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Policing prostitution: view from the streets

ThisthesisdescribesandanalysestirepolicingoffemalestreetprostitutioninEdinburgh.Inparticular,itprovidesananalysisoftheconstructionofprostitutes'identitiesthroughpolicing.Myapproachattemptstodispelsomeofthemyths,misunderstandingsandambiguitieswhichsurroundcontemporaryunderstandingsoffemalestreetprostitution,therebymakingacontributiontomoregeneraltheorisingaboutthefemalebody.Thefindingsofthisstudy,whichtookplaceinEdinburghin1995/1996,arebasedon10monthsparticipantobservationof60womenworkingasstreetprostitutesinaparticularareaofthecity;thedocksinLeith.Afterthisperiod,15in-depthinterviewswithfemalestreetprostituteswerecarriedout.Togainamorebalancedpicture,10malepoliceofficerswhohadhadcontactswithstreetprostitutesinLeithwerealsointerviewed.Structured aroundthecentralconceptofidentity,thechaptersofthethesisareorganisedaroundmyunderstandingoftheuseofvalues,normsandbeliefsbymembersofsocietyintheconstructionofsocialorder,identityandtheformalandinformalpolicingofthebody.Thesethreethemesrunthroughout.Inaddition,on-goinganalysisofthedatacollectedthroughoutthefieldworkperiodrevealedtwofurtherthemes:(i)theabilityoffemalestreetprostitutestonegotiatetheirpower(s)throughtheregulatoryfunctionofshameandthenegotiationof"truth";and,(ii)consequently,thefactthatsexworkers'identitiesareshapedthroughtheirownabilitytodrawonandgenerateknowledge(s).Thethesis alsoshowshowpowerrelationsofgenderandsocialstructuredominatetheday-to-daylifeoftheredlightareainLeith.Inparticular,thedatapresenteddemonstratehowpowerin"redlightculture"restsinadelicateequilibriuminwlrichthewomenthemselvesexertsomepower,notsimplyasthestereotypical"Madame",butasworkingwomenwhohavemadeconsciousdecisionstoenterthesexindustry.Indeed,inthisversionofsex-for-sale,thedatashowhowprostitutewomencanfrequentlyinvertpowerby"takingcontrolofthestreet"throughtheconstructionandmanagementoftheirpersonalandprofessionalidentities.Incircularity,powerbecomesknowledgewhichinturnpreservespower

Matriz para mapeamento do potencial educativo de programas audiovisuais na aprendizagem do inglês

This thesis describes the process of developing and testing a prototype of a mobile application aimed at English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers, as well as English for Specific Purposes / Business English learners. It is a prototype of an online collaborative platform that allows the sharing and mapping of audiovisual content. This mapping also allows for the search of content on the same platform, to use in-class or in informal contexts. In this work the following steps are depicted: i. the identification of the variables included in the Matrix, which supports mapping and searching tasks, ii. how this Matrix was incorporated into a Google Form, to be tested by an expert panel, iii. the selection of the tools used to build the high-fidelity prototype, and iv. how this prototype was tested and evaluated by a sample of target users. In terms of methodology, this project is a development-research work, in which four different phases were outlined: i. the construction of the Matrix – through an exploratory study of the literature, as well as language learning platforms and software; ii. the validation of the Matrix by an experts’ panel; iii. the incorporation of the Matrix into a prototype – using prototyping freeware online tools; iv. the experimental use of the prototype by target users. With the data gathered in the latter, the potential of implementing such a platform was evaluated. The results of the prototype trial show that, on a behavioral level, this type of platform has the potential to change the habits of searching for audiovisual content by both user groups; regarding the tasks, they are intuitive and simple to perform; on a conceptual level, the platform was validated as tool to support the teaching and learning process; the functions of social interaction tools were also validated. However, the planned gamification functions still need some review. A platform of this nature can be a useful instrument to other TESOL branches (such as General English). It can generate the development of mechanisms of artificial intelligence for automatic mapping of audiovisual content and the underlying rationale can be transferred to other foreign languages.A presente tese descreve o processo de desenvolvimento e teste de um protótipo de uma aplicação móvel direcionada a professores de Inglês Língua Estrangeira e aprendentes de English for Specific Purposes / Business English. Trata-se de um protótipo de uma plataforma colaborativa online que permite a partilha e mapeamento de conteúdo audiovisual. Este mapeamento também permite a pesquisa de conteúdo na mesma plataforma, para utilização em sala de aula ou para consumo em contextos informais. Neste trabalho, descreve-se: i. como foram isoladas as vareáveis para construir a matriz que sustenta as tarefas de mapeamento e pesquisa, ii. como essa Matriz foi incorporada num Google Form para ser testada por um painel de peritos, iii. como foi construído o protótipo de alta-fidelidade, e iv. como esse protótipo foi testado e avaliado por uma amostra de utilizadores-alvo. A metodologia aplicada neste projeto foi Development-Research e foram delineadas quatro fases distintas: 1. Construção da Matriz – através de um estudo exploratório da literatura e de plataformas e software de aprendizagem de línguas; 2. Validação da matriz por parte de um painel de peritos; 3. Incorporação da matriz num protótipo – utilizando ferramentas de prototipagem disponíveis gratuitamente online; 4. Uso experimental do protótipo por utilizadores-alvo. Com os dados recolhidos na fase 4 foi possível avaliar o potencial de implementação desta plataforma. Os resultados do teste do protótipo mostram que, ao nível comportamental, este tipo de plataforma tem potencial para mudar os hábitos de pesquisa de conteúdo audiovisual por parte de ambos os grupos de utilizadores; ao nível das tarefas, estas são intuitivas e de simples execução; ao nível conceptual, a plataforma foi validada enquanto instrumento de auxílio ao processo de ensino e de aprendizagem e as funções de interação social foram igualmente validadas. Ainda assim, concluiu-se que as funções de gamificação pensadas necessitam de uma revisão. Em síntese, uma plataforma desta natureza parece ser um instrumento de utilidade a outros ramos do ensino do inglês (como o General English), que pode gerar o desenvolvimento de mecanismos de inteligência artificial para mapeamento automático de conteúdo audiovisual, e o racional subjacente pode ser transferido para outras línguas estrangeiras.Programa Doutoral em Multimédia em Educaçã

Software Takes Command

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cultural artifacts. It has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination - a universal language through which the world speaks, and a universal engine on which the world runs. What electricity and combustion engine were to the early 20th century, software is to the early 21st century. Offering the the first theoretical and historical account of software for media authoring and its effects on the practice and the very concept of 'media,' the author of The Language of New Media (2001) develops his own theory for this rapidly-growing, always-changing field. What was the thinking and motivations of people who in the 1960 and 1970s created concepts and practical techniques that underlie contemporary media software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Final Cut and After Effects? How do their interfaces and tools shape the visual aesthetics of contemporary media and design? What happens to the idea of a 'medium' after previously media-specific tools have been simulated and extended in software? Is it still meaningful to talk about different mediums at all? Lev Manovich answers these questions and supports his theoretical arguments by detailed analysis of key media applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, popular web services such as Google Earth, and the projects in motion graphics, interactive environments, graphic design and architecture. Software Takes Command is a must for all practicing designers and media artists and scholars concerned with contemporary media

An examination and confirmation of a macro theory of conversations through a realization of the protologic Lp by microscopic simulation

This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Conversation Theory is a theory of interaction. From interaction (the theory asserts) arises all individuals and all concepts. Interaction, if it is to allow for evolution, must perforce contain conflict, and, if concepts and individuals are to endure, resolution of conflict. Conversation Theory as developed by Pask led to the protologic called Lp which describes the interaction of conceptual entities. Lp contains injunctions as to how entities can and may interact, including how they may conflict and how their conflict may be resolved. Unlike existing software implementations based on Conversation Theory, Lp in its pure form is a logic of process as well as coherence and distinction. The hypothesis is that a low-level simulation of Lp, that of an internal and microscopic level in which topics are influenced by "forces" that are exerted by the topology of the conceptual space, would, in its activation as a dynamic process of appropriate dimension, produce as a result (and hence be a confirmation of) the macroscopically-observed behaviour of the system manifest as conflict and resolution of conflict. Without this confirmation, the relationships between Conversation Theory and Lp remain only proposed; with it, their mutual consistencies and validity as a model of cognition, are affirmed. The background of Conversation Theory and Lp necessary to support the thesis is presented a long with a comparison of other software approaches to related problems. A description of THOUGHTSTICKER, a current embodiment of Lp at the macro level, provides a detailed sense of the Lp operations. Then a computer program (developed to provide a proof by demonstration of the thesis) is described, in which a microscopic simulation of Lp processes confirms the macroscopic behaviour predicted by Conversation Theory. Conversation Theory thereby gains support f or its use as a valid observer's language for every-day experience owing to this confirmation and its protologic as a basis for psychological phenomena in the interaction of conceptual entities of mind

Software Takes Command

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cultural artifacts. It has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination - a universal language through which the world speaks, and a universal engine on which the world runs. What electricity and combustion engine were to the early 20th century, software is to the early 21st century. Offering the the first theoretical and historical account of software for media authoring and its effects on the practice and the very concept of 'media,' the author of The Language of New Media (2001) develops his own theory for this rapidly-growing, always-changing field. What was the thinking and motivations of people who in the 1960 and 1970s created concepts and practical techniques that underlie contemporary media software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Final Cut and After Effects? How do their interfaces and tools shape the visual aesthetics of contemporary media and design? What happens to the idea of a 'medium' after previously media-specific tools have been simulated and extended in software? Is it still meaningful to talk about different mediums at all? Lev Manovich answers these questions and supports his theoretical arguments by detailed analysis of key media applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, popular web services such as Google Earth, and the projects in motion graphics, interactive environments, graphic design and architecture. Software Takes Command is a must for all practicing designers and media artists and scholars concerned with contemporary media

A method for capturing customers’ preferences for housing customisation

The housebuilding sector has used mass production systems and reduced portfolios for many decades in different countries, countering the constant changes in society, resulting in neglecting the increasing diversity of customers’ requirements. Housebuilding companies should be able to meet this requirement’s diversity by offering a higher product variety and at the same time maintaining costs within market expectations. Mass customisation strategies have been presented as efficient alternatives to keep the balance between fulfilling clients’ specific needs and maintaining reasonable prices in housing by focusing on value generation. Moreover, there are limited ways of increasing value generation in housing considering its tradeoff with product cost, emphasising the need for the delimitation of a set of options (i.e.: solution space) adequate to customers’ preferences. Some research opportunities highlighted in the literature for adopting mass customisation in housing include solution space clear definition and the need for methods to explore the value perceived in product alternatives and reduce trade-offs between preferences and choice complexity. Accordingly, the main aim of this investigation is to propose a method for capturing customers’ preferencess and supporting customer integration in mass customisation strategies for housing. The design science approach was used as methodological underpinning for building the solution in this investigation. This thesis was structured in three academic papers. The first paper provides an overview of the available practices in house building and focuses on developing a framework of customer integration and core decision categories that support the definition of mass customisation strategies. In the second paper, a method for identifying customers’ preferences and support solution space definition was proposed, based on preference modelling and willingness-to-pay approaches regarding customer value and its balance with operations costs. In paper 3, another method is presented by adapting menu-based choice for housing and its implementation in an empirical study. The main contributions of this thesis include the method for capturing customers’ preferences, a framework of decision categories, and approaches for modelling customers willingness-to-pay for customised housing

Albuquerque Morning Journal, 01-23-1922

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