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Hayes, Ian Alexander. Photo of Ian Alexander Hayes playing traditional Ukranian music.
No full textHayes, Ian Alexander. Photo of Ian Alexander Hayes playing traditional Ukranian music
Catalytic hydrodemetallation of nickel porphyrins : reactivity and catalyst surface studies
No full textThesis (Sc.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1984.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND SCIENCE.Includes bibliographical references.v by Ian Alexander Webster.Sc.D
Cherwick, Brian and Jacob Cherwick, Darren Browne and Ian Alexander Hayes. Photo of the Repbulic of Garlic playing traditional Ukranian music.
No full textCherwick, Brian, Jacob Cherwick, Darren Browne and Ian Alexander Hayes. Photo of the Repbulic of Garlic playing traditional Ukranian music
Developing scenarios for post-merger and acquisition integration: a grounded theory of 'risk bartering'
No full textWhilst recent evidence suggests that the fifth ‘wave’ of global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is coming to an abrupt end, the growth of M&A activity continued apace throughout the last decade of the twentieth century, with the year 2000 seeing an unprecedented US$3.5 trillion worth of deals worldwide (The Economist, January 25th 2001). Considering the monetary values involved, it is perhaps surprising that only around half of the combinations will deliver the value or savings upon which the deals are justified. Mergers and acquisitions can therefore be deemed extremely risky ventures.In response to this dilemma, this thesis brings together the fields of project risk management and mergers and acquisitions, an overlap that is particularly under-developed in the extant literature. Adopting a grounded theory approach (Glaser and Strauss, 1967; Strauss and Corbin, 1998), a four-year worldwide integration programme within a FTSE100 healthcare company was analysed. The research aimed to secure an understanding of the complex dynamics of human actions and interactions relating to the phenomena of risk management whilst developing scenarios during the post-merger and acquisition integration phase.Through the development of a substantive theory of ‘risk bartering’, the research has discovered that whilst operating within a ‘confidentiality bubble’, some individuals were using an (often unfounded) increase or decrease in potential risks for ulterior motives. Rather than, as is the case in contemporary project risk management, the scenarios being developed and then the risks being assessed, the risks were being used to develop and shape the final scenarios. As a result, risks were being transposed from the individual to the organisation. This central finding has the potential to adversely affect the risk efficiency of the organisation, especially where levels of risk management maturity (Hillson, 1997) are ‘naïve’ or ‘novice’. Recommendations are made to ring fence the level of risk bartering, with the view to striking a balance between gaining individual ownership of the resultant change programme and optimising the organisation’s risk efficiency, thereby increasing the chances of a successful integration
Multiple femur finite element analysis of the resurfaced femoral head
No full textFinite Element Analysis is used extensively to assess the design and variation of
surgical parameters in joint prostheses, but the majority of these analyses are undertaken
on a single sample. The variation in implant stability has been found to be as large
between patients as the variation found between different loading scenarios. Recent
investigations have suggested that single sample studies are unable to account for
natural inter-patient variation in bone geometry and material property distribution. This
thesis investigates two methods which can be implemented to account for the patient
variation experienced over the population.
The first method involves analysing a group of patients and examining the variation in
the results to determine the spread of data over the population. Developments in
computer tomography based analyses make multiple sample studies possible; the
question remains how many femurs are required to perform a study which accounts for
such variations. This work uses computer tomography based finite element analyses on
a group of 16 femurs to determine the effect of the resurfacing arthroplasty and
variables in the surgical procedure and implant design. Sample sizing techniques are
developed in this work and implemented on these case studies to determine whether or
not a suitable number of femurs had been analysed in the investigations.
The second method utilises probabilistic techniques in the analysis of the implant,
these methods are able to account for inter-patient variables along with multiple
variables such as surgical parameters and implant design. Two case studies are
undertaken on a single femur model; one varying only surgical parameters the second
incorporating patient variables such as load and bone density.
The thesis determines that probabilistic methods will prove to be invaluable in future
implant design analyses, however there will need to be a substantial development of
current techniques before this becomes feasible. A more immediate answer to the
question of inter-patient variation is the modelling of multiple femurs. This thesis has
developed a set of sample sizing calculations that can be implemented in multi-sample
studies to determine if a suitable sample sizes have been analysed
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Reaching out beyond itself: a framework for understanding the community involvement of local church congregations
No full textDeposited with permission of the author. © 2004 Dr. Ian Alexander BedfordHistorically, religious congregations and other church organisations have had a long involvement in the provision of community services in English-speaking societies. Nonetheless, despite the development since the 1950's of extensive government provision, the growth of large church-sponsored agencies, and the advent of secular community services, there is reason to believe the trend for congregational involvement persists. However, there is also reason to believe that provision of services by congregations is not well understood, an issue of more significance in view of recent policy shifts, especially in the US and UK, promoting an increasing emphasis on government support for welfare service delivery by these “pervasively sectarian” groups. Within the Australian setting little is known about the contribution of local religious congregations to the provision of local community services, although limited data from the 1996 National Church Life Survey indicates in excess of 65% of congregations claim some local community involvement. (For complete abstract open document
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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