Since the 1987 Brundtland Report, the development of urban areas has been considered a key determinant in achieving 'sustainability'. Greater residential density is increasingly advocated for and applied through policy statements around the world as a way of achieving this goal. Various tiers of New Zealand government are following international policy trends, developing programmes, protocols and strategies that promote sustainability and 'good' urban design practices through intensification, or concentration, within urban areas. Research shows that a policy framework of urban concentration, through greater residential density, is only successful where consumers and providers of housing support its practical application. Confrontation between policy and the market, and the acceptability of greater levels of residential density to residents, can jeopardise a policy's success. This research uses a mix of survey and interview techniques to determine the acceptability of "medium density" developments to residents, and to understand the practises and motivations of housing developers in Christchurch's "Living 3" zone. This zone is predominantly sited between the central business district and low-density suburban areas, making it ideally located to facilitate policies of intensification. The principle purpose of the zone is the development of medium-density residential accommodation, however greater residential density is relatively new to Christchurch where the potential for expansion is seemingly unbounded. The intention of this research is to assist the planning, production and performance of future developments. In conclusion, this thesis makes recommendations to improve the form and design of medium density residential developments in Christchurch's inner Living Three zone in terms of the market's producers and consumers.

Background: Because it is a strong determinant of chronic disease and mortality risk, physical activity is a health behaviour that is measured in most large health surveys. Questionnaires are the most commonly used method for measuring physical activity in health surveys. In the early 1990’s, an international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) was created to allow researchers from across the globe to employ the same questionnaire within their country. Several studies have been conducted on the IPAQ to determine whether the responses obtained are comparable when the questionnaire is administered on multiple occasions (reliability) and to determine the ability of the questionnaire to obtain the same physical activity result when compared to other direct measures, considered as “gold standard” (validity). However, none of these studies have been conducted in Mexico. Objective: Examine: 1) the reliability of the IPAQ among Mexican adults by comparing minutes per week (min/wk) spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) from the IPAQ administered two times, 2) the validity of the IPAQ surveys by comparing IPAQ min/wk of MVPA to those obtained by the accelerometer. Methods: 267 Mexican adults who worked in a factory in Mexico City participated. IPAQ was applied in a face-to-face interview during a first clinic visit. Participants received an accelerometer (motion sensor that measures and record physical activity) and wore it consecutively for the next 9 days. In a second visit, participants returned the accelerometer and completed a second IPAQ. The research team cleaned and analyzed the accelerometer data using standardized techniques. Results from the two IPAQ and the accelerometer were compared using the appropriate statistical tests. Results: IPAQ1 and IPAQ2 measures of MVPA were significantly correlated to each other (r=0.55, p<0.01). The MVPA (min/week) measures from IPAQ1 and IPAQ2 were only modestly correlated with the accelerometer measures (r=0.26 and r=0.31, p<0.01). The percentage of the participants who were classified as inactive according to the World Health Organization physical activity guidelines was 18.0% in IPAQ1, 25.1% in IPAQ2, and 28.2% for the accelerometer. Conclusions: IPAQ was modestly correlated to each other and it was lowly correlated to values obtained by the accelerometer. Since IPAQ has been used to obtain physical activity prevalence worldwide, caution should be taken when this instrument is used. Future research should be focused on the importance of including direct measures to measure physical activity levels within epidemiological surveys. / Thesis (Master, Kinesiology & Health Studies) -- Queen's University, 2013-04-18 15:12:21.626

Die Universität Leipzig verändert ihr Antlitz. Sichtbar wird dies nicht nur auf dem Campus am Augustusplatz, sondern auch am Jahresbericht. Nach der durchweg günstigen Aufnahme der inhaltlich und gestalterisch neuen Form der Ausgabe für das Jahr 2006/2007, freue ich mich, Ihnen mit diesem Bericht auch die Arbeitsergebnisse der Universität für das Akademische Jahr 2007/2008 in Wort und Bild präsentieren zu können. Es war wieder ein sehr spannendes und aufregendes Jahr für uns. Zum einen sind es die Probleme und Herausforderungen, die sich aus der Umsetzung der komplexen Studienreform und ihrer Überlagerung mit dem Hochschulpakt 2020 ergeben, und zum anderen die rasch aufeinander folgenden Exzellenzinitiativen in der Forschung von Bund und Ländern sowie des Freistaates. Hinzu kommen die Vorbereitung des 600. Jubiläums unserer Universität im Jahr 2009 und das Neu- und Umbauvorhaben am Augustusplatz.

Das zurückliegende Jahr 2009 war für die Universität Leipzig ein ganz besonderes, seit langem geplant und sorgfältig vorbereitet: Die Universität Leipzig erinnerte an ihre Gründung vor 600 Jahren. Parallel zu den zentralen Veranstaltungen wurden rund 300 Ausstellungen, Tagungen, Fachkongresse, studentische Projekte der Initiative „Studierende 2009“ und Konzerte durchgeführt. Lehre und Forschung ruhten im Jubiläumsjahr 2009 jedoch nicht. Diskussionspunkte der Studienreform waren die Beseitigung der Überlastsituation und die Reform des Wahlbereiches in den geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Studiengängen, die Reduzierung der Prüfungslast und die Akkreditierung neuer Studiengänge.

2010 ist wieder der „normale" Universitätsalltag eingekehrt. In Umsetzung des zum 1. Januar 2009 in Kraft getretenen neuen Sächsischen Hochschulgesetzes hat sich im März 2010 der siebenköpfige Hochschulrat als Aufsichts- und Beratungsgremium der Universität konstituiert. Am 16. November 2010 hat dann der ebenfalls im Jahr 2010 neu eingerichtete Erweiterte Senat, der sich aus den stimmberechtigten Mitgliedern des neu gewählten Senats und aus weiteren 70 gewählten Mitgliedern zusammensetzt, die Medizinerin Frau Professor Dr. Beate Schücking von der Universität Osnabrück mit großer Mehrheit zur neuen Rektorin gewählt.

Der in diesem Jahr erstmals erscheinende „Jahresspiegel“ ersetzt den Statistikteil des bisherigen Jahresberichts der Universität Leipzig. Mit diesem neuen Berichtsformat soll in kompakter Form gegenüber den Mitgliedern und Angehörigen der Universität, ihren Förderern und Freunden sowie einer breiten Öffentlichkeit Rechenschaft über die im Jahr 2011 erreichten Ziele und Ergebnisse der Universität abgelegt werden. Aus der Vielzahl der Aufgaben, Ergebnisse und Ereignisse sollen hier nur schlaglichtartig einige wesentliche und prägende genannt werden.

Master of Music / Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance / Frank C. Tracz / This report possesses a detailed analysis of three works, two works for concert band and one for brass ensemble. The works included in this report are Fanfare Héroïque (1944) by Eugéne Bozza, Symphonic Sketch (1994) by Charles Carter, and Tempered Steel 2nd ed. (1997 and 2008) by Charles Rochester Young. Also included in this report is performance information about the pieces above, the author’s thoughts about the role of music education in the American school system, and a section that discusses quality literature for concert ensembles. It is the author's hope that some of this information is used to aid teachers in their study of these works in order to be more effective in the classroom. In order to facilitate this, each analysis includes biographical information about the composer, historical information about the composition, technical information, musical information, an analysis of form, and sample lesson plans with reflections.

Inattentive responding by research participants may decrease the reliability and validity of self-report measures. The current studies broaden the record of personality traits correlated with inattention by examining individual differences in attachment anxiety and avoidance among adults in romantic relationships. Based upon the characteristics typically exhibited by adults high on attachment avoidance, I expected an overlap between this personality trait and inattention, such that participants higher on attachment avoidance would exhibit higher levels of inattentive responding when answering self-report questions about their relationship. Two studies addressed this hypothesis using both self-report data from individuals and partner-report data from romantic couples to examine the association between a participant’s attachment avoidance and their level of inattentive responding while participating in research focusing on their romantic relationships. Self-reported attachment avoidance was associated with greater inattentive responding in both studies. However, partner-reported attachment avoidance was not significantly associated with inattentive responding in Study 2. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Large-scale assessments of children and youth physical activity (PA) behaviors are regularly conducted in school settings. In addition to assessing actual fitness, the FITNESSGRAM® assesses self-reported PA behaviors for aerobic, strengthening, and flexibility activity within the past 7 days. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the three PA items. Participants included 1010 students in grades three through twelve and were either tested under a teacher – teacher condition, an expert - expert condition, a teacher – expert condition, or a trained teacher – expert condition. Comparisons of the responses to the PA items indicated adequate reliability for teachers, but the reliability improved with training. Likewise, the validities for teachers are moderate to fair; however, they improved when teachers received additional training.

L'objectif de cette étude est l'évaluation des potentialités de la nanophotonique à fort contraste d'indice pour la réalisation de deux fonctions optoélectroniques hyperfréquences : une fonction retard variable et un interrupteur tout optique ultrarapide. Nous proposons l'utilisation de nanofils d'InP insérés dans une matrice de faible indice optique en benzocyclobutène par report de substrat. Cette structure bénéficie des propriétés des matériaux III-V pour la réalisation de fonctions actives. La réalisation d'une telle structure passe par l'optimisation d'un procédé technologique de haute résolution, pour palier la forte sensibilité des nanofils à toute variation de taille. La qualité de la technologie employée a été démontrée par la caractérisation optique de nos structures, avec la mise en évidence de pertes de propagation inférieures à 10 dB/cm et d'une réduction importante des pertes de couplage. Les caractéristiques ainsi obtenues font des nanofils d'InP dans le BCB une structure de qualité pour la réalisation de fonctions actives et nous permettent d'étudier les phénomènes physiques à l'origine des fonctions envisagées. Ainsi, la faisabilité de réseaux de Bragg sur nanofil d'InP dans le BCB a pu être mise en évidence et leur potentialité pour la création de retards hyperfréquences liés au phénomène de lumière lente a été évaluée à environ 1 ns pour des réseaux de 1 mm de long. Par ailleurs, le phénomène de saturation d'absorption a également été démontré et permettra la création d'un interrupteur tout optique. En outre, des pistes ont été proposées pour assurer le caractère ultrarapide et en diminuer la puissance de commande / This work gives an insight into the possible application of high index contrast based nanophotonics to process microwave - photonic functions such as a tunable time delay and an all-optical ultrafast switch. InP embedded in a low optical index matrix (benzocyclobutene) by wafer bonding is considered for this purpose to take benefit of III-V material electro-optical properties. High resolution technological process is required due to the high sensitivity of the nanowires to any change in their size. The optical characterisation proved the quality of the process, through the highlighting of state-of-the-art propagation los (less than 10 dB/cm) and strong decrease of coupling loss. Such good propagation characteristics allow us to use the InP/BCB nanowires as a first step for active functions and to study physical phenomena they are based on. So, Bragg gratings on InP/BCB nanowires were processed and characterized successfully. Slow light phenomenon at the band edge of such structures should allow 1 ns microwave delay for a 1 mm long grating. ln addition, absorption-saturation was demonstrated opening the way to an all-optical switch. Furthermore, propositions are made towards ultrafast and low power devices.