Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Rodney Anderson, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 9, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 251 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Economics Department, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.) in Resource Economics and Policy--University of Maine, 2006. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-95).

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Baylor University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-187).

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Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) can cause balance and mobility deficits with activity and participation limitations. Repetitive Functional Task Practice (RFTP), currently best practice to promote recovery, is often not delivered at an adequate volume due to limited resources. This case series looked at the feasibility of treating community-dwelling people with ABI, in a group format, thus allowing economical, intense rehabilitation. Four participants attended for four weeks, three days/week, 4.25 hours/day. One-to-one and semi-supervised therapy was delivered with one therapist and one assistant. 89.51 minutes of RFTP and 134.82 minutes of total physical therapeutic activity was delivered per day. Participant satisfaction was good. All participants improved on some clinical measures. Three participants improved single and dual-task balance measures. This project established feasibility, allowed the formation of guiding principles for and supported the value of future research and development of this ABI Boot Camp model. / February 2016

Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mobile IPv6 is a proposed mobility standard for Next Generation Wireless Access Networks that allows mobile nodes, such as laptops, tablets, smart phones to stay reachable while moving around in an IPv6 Internet network. The need for MIPv6 exists because a mobile device cannot maintain the previously connected link when changing location and IP address. The initial IP Mobility protocol was first presented in 1993 for IPv4 and in 2004 for IPv6. The Mobile IP protocol solves the TCP/IP Stack Layer 3 mobility issue, by assigning a permanent IP Home Agent address to the mobile node. IPv4 has some drawbacks, the main one being IP address exhaustion, making MIPv6 the future option for mobility protocol in IP Networks.The main goal of the mobility protocol is to enable network applications to operate continuously at the required quality of service for both wired and wireless networks while the mobile node moves around in the network. MIPv6 on its own needs optimization techniques to improve the handover latency of the protocol and to minimize the latency. This thesis investigates MIPv6 simulated using OMNeT++ Network Simulator Framework and the implementation thereof on a Linux IPv6 test bed. The test bed was used to test handover latency, overhead added by the MIPv6 extensions and packet loss. The developed test set up can also be used to evaluate different handover schemes that might enhance the MIPv6 protocol, decreasing handover latency and enabling real-time IPv6 applications such as Voice over IP. FMIPv6 and PMIPv6 are extensions to MIPv6 to enhance it's functionality. These protocols are investigated and evaluated against MIPv6 in order to make recommendations on possible improvements of these mobility protocols. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Mobiele IPv6 is 'n voorgestelde standaard vir mobiele netwerke of die sogenaamde Volgende Generasie Netwerke wat mobiele nodes sal toelaat om bereikbaar te bly wanneer die nodes rondbeweeg in 'n IPv6 Internet omgewing. Die behoefte aan 'n kontinue netwerksessie is baie groot en dit kan toegeskryf word aan die vinnige toename in mobiele nodes, soos skootrekenaars, tablette en slimfone. Die oorspronklike IP Mobiele protokol was voorgestel in 1993 vir IPv4 en in 2004 vir IPv6. Mobiele IP dien as 'n oplossing vir netwerk mobiliteit deur te fokus op Laag 3 van die TCP/IP Stapel. Kontinue sessies word bereik deur 'n permanente Basis Adres aan die mobiele node te bind. IPv4 het heelwat nadele, waarvan die grootste een verseker IP adres uitputting is, ander nadele sluit in driehoekige roetering en invloei filtering wanneer die mobiele node rondbeweeg. Weens die genoemde nadele van MIPv4 en die stelselmatige oorgang van IPv4 na IPv6 word die fokus gerig op MIPv6 vir toekomstige verbetering en implementering. Die hoofdoel van MIPv6 is om te sorg dat mobiele nodes kan rondbeweeg in 'n network sonder om netwerk konneksie te verloor en ook om die gehalte van diens te handhaaf. MIPv6 benodig addisionele optimalisering tegnieke om die oorhandigings latensie van die protokol te verbeter en dus die gehalte van diens ook te verbeter. In die tesis ondersoek ons die elemente wat oorhandigingstydperk beinvloed en verhoog, deur MIPv6 in 'n OMNeT++ Simuleerder te evalueer. Nadat die nodige simulasie resultate verkry is, word MIPv6 geimplementeer op 'n toets netwerk om die oorhandigingstydperk te toets wanner die node rondbeweeg, oorhoofse inligting wat bygevoeg word deur MIPv6 en die aantal netwerk pakkies wat verlore gaan tydens die oorhandigingsproses. Hierna word die optimalisering tegnieke genaamd PMIPv6 en FMIPv6 ook geimplementeer op die toets netwerk om die e ektiwiteit en optimaliserings voordele teenoor die toets resultate van MIPv6 te vergelyk. Die resultate kan gebruik word om verbeterings en voorstelle te maak rakende die mobiele protokols.

Submitted by Alexandre Esposito null (alexandreespositosp@gmail.com) on 2018-01-24T17:36:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação-ALEXANDRE.pdf: 1585670 bytes, checksum: f94b18998723853e1139356f166153fa (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Luiza Carpi Semeghini (luiza@assis.unesp.br) on 2018-01-24T18:59:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 esposito_a_me_assis.pdf: 1585670 bytes, checksum: f94b18998723853e1139356f166153fa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-24T18:59:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 esposito_a_me_assis.pdf: 1585670 bytes, checksum: f94b18998723853e1139356f166153fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-06 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O fenômeno da mobilidade está presente na vida do ser humano. Por meio dele, os sujeitos são capazes de se relacionar com diferentes meios conforme transitam por eles. Existem pessoas que fazem movimentos errantes, um caminhar sem rumo pelas estradas a pé ou mesmo de ônibus. Passam por diferentes cidades e não se estabelecem em nenhuma porque apenas transitam por elas. Por diferentes motivos, começaram a fazer esses movimentos errantes e não querem ou não conseguem parar suas caminhadas. Essas pessoas se autodenominam como trecheiros. A presente dissertação de mestrado consistiu em investigar as interações dos trecheiros com o meio por que eles transitam utilizando a etnografia de uma perspectiva situada na interface da psicologia social com a ecologia urbana. A etnografia foi feita acompanhando o processo em que os trecheiros desembarcavam na cidade, acompanhando-os pelas ruas e estabelecimentos até o momento em que embarcavam para outro local. A pesquisa apontou que os trecheiros conseguem recursos usando discursos criativos para pedir, fazem trabalhos temporários e criam objetos de troca. Os objetos são mediadores para a interação dos trecheiros com os ambientes por que transitam, usando-os para conseguir habitar temporariamente os espaços, para proteger das adversidades climáticas e para criar redes de troca e de informações entre eles, que também convivem e interagem com outros sujeitos que habitam o trecho. Ademais, os resultados mostraram as estratégias de sobrevivência que os trecheiros usam para habitar territórios que podem ser violentos e revelaram quais são essas violências sofridas que os prejudicam em habitar o trecho; do mesmo modo, apontaram como mudam de rota conforme fenômenos climáticos, ações humanas e decisões políticas. Dessa maneira, a partir desses resultados e discussões, a dissertação apresenta como os trecheiros interagem com o meio pelo qual transitam. / The phenomenon of mobility is within the life of the human being. Through it, subjects are able to relate to different environments as they travel through them. There are people who make errant movements, an aimlessly walking on foot or even by bus. They pass through different cities and settle in none because they only transit through them. For different reasons they began to make these errant movements and do not want or cannot stop their walks. These people call themselves trecheiros. The present dissertation consisted in investigating the interactions of the trecheiros with the environment that they travel using ethnography from a perspective situated at the interface of social psychology with urban ecology. The ethnography was made following the process in which the trecheiros disembarked in the city, accompanying them through the streets and establishments until the moment they embarked to another place. Research pointed out that trecheiros get resources using creative speeches to beg, to do temporary jobs and to exchange objects. The objects are mediators for the interaction of the trecheiros with the environments where they transit, using them to habit temporarily the spaces, to protect themselves against climate adversities and to create networks of exchange and information among them, that also coexist and interact with other subjects that inhabit the stretch. In addition, the results showed the survival strategies that the trecheiros use to inhabit territories that can be violent and what kind of violences harms them to inhabit the stretch. Likewise, they pointed out how they change of route according to climatic phenomena, human actions and political decisions. Thus, from these results and discussions, the dissertation presents how the trecheiros interact with the environment where they travel. / FAPESP: 2015/15416-3

The thesis seeks to understand the differences between the indigenous and the non-indigenous populations in Mexico in terms of poverty and to analyse what explains these differences. The thesis departs from the official multidimensional poverty measure that has been adopted in Mexico. The thesis distinguishes from the official results in at least four areas: 1) the main poverty indicator and how it is estimated; 2) a deeper understanding of the indigenous and non-indigenous; 3) the analysis of robustness and redundancy across dimensions and; 4) the use of standard errors to compare groups and across time. This dissertation then focuses on remoteness, since a high percentage of the indigenous population live in small isolated rural communities, and there is a relationship between the locality size and the standard of living. In order to quantify the remoteness, and to be able to compare indigenous and non-indigenous populations, a measure of remoteness is proposed. Then also explores how different the social mobility for the indigenous is, compared to non-indigenous. While there are studies that allow comparisons of indigenous and non-indigenous in relation to social mobility, this thesis suggests a measure of absolute social mobility that uses the framework of the Alkire-Foster methodology for multidimensional poverty. Finally, this thesis explores the role of ethnic discrimination using the Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions. Also, an innovative method to study discrimination is also presented, based on the propensity score match techniques. At the end, this dissertation argues there is a vicious cycle of indigenous poverty in Mexico. In a nutshell, the fact that the indigenous are poorer means they rely more on state intervention while being discriminated against in the labour markets. Discrimination is an incentive to remain geographically isolated and lowers their intergenerational social mobility. As a result, the indigenous live in remote rural localities, where harder and more expensive for the state to reach. Thus, the indigenous have less access to state support. The thesis follows a mixed-methods approach, that combines quantitative analysis based on information at national level with analysis of data collected during fieldwork in 2011.