"Two bedrooms, two toothbrushes" : a qualitative study of shared care parenting : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

Shared care is a post-separation family living arrangement whereby the children move between the parents living in two separate houses. This custody arrangement has grown more popular in the last few decades, although little is known about a young person’s perspective of living shared care. The present study examined the views of 12 young adults who had experienced shared care family life. Thematic analysis revealed five broad themes. Firstly, “The catalyst: parental separation” focuses on the actual separation event, what they remembered, how it was communicated and what they would advise parents contemplating separation. The second theme ‘logistics: two homes, one bag” explores practical aspects of shared care; how participants adapted to two houses and their likes and dislikes about the arrangement. The third theme explores ‘relationships: many and varied’ to discuss how shared care impacted relationships with each parent; the co-parenting relationship and the complexity of introducing new members into the family. The fourth theme examines “wellbeing changes” including mental and emotional wellbeing as well as financial changes participants experienced. The last theme “reflections” uses a strength based perspective to explore positive aspects, attributes and values that the participants attributed to their shared care family life. Participants strongly identified with having two separate valid homes. They adapted easily to shared care and found it unremarkable. They sometimes found the living arrangement inconvenient and the bag or suitcase that went between the two homes was a symbolic and evocative representation of living in shared care. Participants acquired personal attributes including: resilience, independence, compassion and adaptability. They also acquired enhanced interpersonal skills through managing different networks of people. Family life was important to them and they enjoyed warm relationships with both their parents. Whilst they discarded the traditional nuclear family convention, they embraced a fluid, versatile, encompassing and relational view of family view

One-dimensional analysis of steady-flow air-water mixtures in pipes

Thesis (Nav.E.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 1953.Bibliography: leaf 66.by Merson Booth.Nav.E

Study of the ionosphere layers in the infrared region of the spectrum

Infrared emission of ionospheric layer

CETA truck and EVA restraint system

The Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) experiment is an extravehicular activity (EVA) Space Transportation System (STS) based flight experiment which will explore various modes of transporting astronauts and light equipment for Space Station Freedom (SSF). The basic elements of CETA are: (1) two 25 foot long sections of monorail, which will be EVA assembled in the STS cargo bay to become a single 50 ft. rail called the track; (2) a wheeled baseplate called the truck which rolls along the track and can accept three cart concepts; and (3) the three carts which are designated manual, electric, and mechanical. The three carts serve as the astronaut restraint and locomotive interfaces with the track. The manual cart is powered by the astronaut grasping the track's handrail and pulling himself along. The electric cart is operated by an astronaut turning a generator which powers the electric motor and drives the cart. The mechanical cart is driven by a Bendix type transmission and is similar in concept to a man-propelled railroad cart. During launch and landing, the truck is attached to the deployable track by means of EVA removable restraint bolts and held in position by a system of retractable shims. These shims are positioned on the exterior of the rail for launch and landing and rotate out of the way for the duration of the experiment. The shims are held in position by strips of Velcro nap, which rub against the sides of the shim and exert a tailored force. The amount of force required to rotate the shims was a major EVA concern, along with operational repeatability and extreme temperature effects. The restraint system was tested in a thermal-vac and vibration environment and was shown to meet all of the initial design requirements. Using design inputs from the astronauts who will perform the EVA, CETA evolved through an iterative design process and represented a cooperative effort

Predicting H{\alpha} emission line galaxy counts for future galaxy redshift surveys

Knowledge of the number density of H$\alpha$ emitting galaxies is vital for assessing the scientific impact of the Euclid and WFIRST missions. In this work we present predictions from a galaxy formation model, Galacticus, for the cumulative number counts of H$\alpha$-emitting galaxies. We couple Galacticus to three different dust attenuation methods and examine the counts using each method. A $\chi^2$ minimisation approach is used to compare the model predictions to observed galaxy counts and calibrate the dust parameters. We find that weak dust attenuation is required for the Galacticus counts to be broadly consistent with the observations, though the optimum dust parameters return large values for $\chi^2$, suggesting that further calibration of Galacticus is necessary. The model predictions are also consistent with observed estimates for the optical depth and the H$\alpha$ luminosity function. Finally we present forecasts for the redshift distributions and number counts for two Euclid-like and one WFIRST-like survey. For a Euclid-like survey with redshift range $0.9\leqslant z\leqslant 1.8$ and H$\alpha+{\rm [NII]}$ blended flux limit of $2\times 10^{-16}{\rm erg}\,{\rm s}^{-1}\,{\rm cm}^{-2}$ we predict a number density between 3900--4800 galaxies per square degree. For a WFIRST-like survey with redshift range $1\leqslant z\leqslant 2$ and blended flux limit of $1\times 10^{-16}{\rm erg}\,{\rm s}^{-1}\,{\rm cm}^{-2}$ we predict a number density between 10400--15200 galaxies per square degree.Comment: 21 pages (including appendix), 12 figures, 6 tables. Accepted b

Peranan BPD dalam Pembuatan Kebijakan di Desa Barataku Kecamatan Loloda Kabupaten Halmahera Barat1

Salah satu karakteristik demokratisasi dalam pemerintahan desa adalah terdapatnya BadanPermusyawaratan Desa. Yang dimaksud dengan Badan Permusyawaratan Desa dalam UU No. 6Tahun 2014 tentang Desa adalah sebutan nama Badan Permusyawaratan Desa sebagaimana yangdimaksud dalam UU No. 10 Tahun 2004 tentang Pembentukan Peraturan Perundang-undangan yanganggota-anggotanya dipilih secara langsung dari dan oleh penduduk desa yang memenuhipersyaratan. Peranan BPD adalah pelaksanaan fungsi, hak dan kewenangan BPD didasarkan padaperaturan yang berlaku.Badan Permusyawaratan Desa adalah lembaga yang melaksanakan fungsipemerintahan yang anggotanya merupakan wakil dari penduduk Desa berdasarkan keterwakilanwilayah dan ditetapkan secara demokratis(Pasa1 1: 4 UU No. 6 Tahun 2014).Peranan BPD dalam pembuatan kebijakan pemerintah desa Barataku Kecamatan Lalodaadalah menetapkan anggaran pendapatan dan belanja. Bersama-sama Kepala Desamenetapkan peraturan Desa. Bersama-sama dengan pemerintah desa menampung danmenindaklanjuti aspirasi masyarakat. Melakukan pengawasan terhadap pelaksanaan peraturandesa, anggaran pendapatan dan belanja desa serta keputusan Kepala Desa. Memintapertanggungjawaban kepada Kepala Desa, juga membina demokrasi dalam penyelenggaraanpemerintahan desa.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peranan BPD dalam pembuatan kebijakanpemerintah desa Barataku Kecamatan Loloda

Halo detection via large-scale Bayesian inference

We present a proof-of-concept of a novel and fully Bayesian methodology designed to detect halos of different masses in cosmological observations subject to noise and systematic uncertainties. Our methodology combines the previously published Bayesian large-scale structure inference algorithm, HADES, and a Bayesian chain rule (the Blackwell-Rao Estimator), which we use to connect the inferred density field to the properties of dark matter halos. To demonstrate the capability of our approach we construct a realistic galaxy mock catalogue emulating the wide-area 6-degree Field Galaxy Survey, which has a median redshift of approximately 0.05. Application of HADES to the catalogue provides us with accurately inferred three-dimensional density fields and corresponding quantification of uncertainties inherent to any cosmological observation. We then use a cosmological simulation to relate the amplitude of the density field to the probability of detecting a halo with mass above a specified threshold. With this information we can sum over the HADES density field realisations to construct maps of detection probabilities and demonstrate the validity of this approach within our mock scenario. We find that the probability of successful of detection of halos in the mock catalogue increases as a function of the signal-to-noise of the local galaxy observations. Our proposed methodology can easily be extended to account for more complex scientific questions and is a promising novel tool to analyse the cosmic large-scale structure in observations.Comment: 17 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS following moderate correction

Pembangunan Aplikasi Mobile Pencarian Tiket Pesawat Termurah Berbasis J2ME

Perkembangan Teknologi Informasi saat ini telah banyak mempengaruhi hampir di semua bidang , seperti pemesananan tiket pesawat. Dengan perkembangan teknologi informasi saat ini ada banyak yang dapat ditawarkan seperti kelebihan, kemudahan dan efesiensi dalam pencarian tiket pesawat termurah. Tugas akhir ini merupakan suatu pembangunan aplikasi yang merupakan aplikasi yang digunakan untuk mencari tiket termurah dan dapat melakukan reservasi tiket secara online melalui perangkat mobile. Apilkasi ini dapat merekomendasikan tiket termurah dari beberapa situs maskapai penerbangan. Aplikasi ini dibangun menggunakan bahasa pemrograman J2ME untuk mobile. Dengan adanya aplikasi ini, diharapkan para pengguna yang akan menggunakan aplikasi ini dapat dengan mudah mencari dan memesan tiket pesawat terbang secara realtime tanpa harus menghubungi Travel Agent atau kantor maskapai penerbangan

QUALIDADE DE CURSOS DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO E INSTITUIÇÕES DE ENSINO SUPERIOR EM JOINVILLE, SC: UM ESTUDO MULTICASO SOBRE FATORES RELACIONADOS AO MERCADO DE TRABALHO

Em um mercado de ensino superior competitivo, como é o caso do Brasil, possuir uma imagem de qualidade tem sido fundamental para atrair e reter alunos em uma instituição de ensino superior (IES). Este estudo objetivou determinar a qualidade de cursos de administração e das IES que o oferecem em Joinville, SC, quanto a aspectos ligados ao mercado de trabalho. Para a realização do estudo, buscou-se estudos que tratam da qualidade em organizações educacionais, encontrando-se 6 atributos que medem a qualidade de um curso e de uma IES quanto a fatores relacionados ao mercado de trabalho. Em seguida, realizou-se uma pesquisa quantitativa-descritiva junto a 292 alunos formandos em duas das cinco IES que oferecem a graduação em administração em Joinville, SC. Com os dados coletados, caracterizou-se estes formandos e identificou-se os atributos de melhor e pior desempenho quanto a qualidade destes cursos e IES dos atributos ligados ao mercado de trabalho. Encontrou-se também os atributos que mais contribuem para a percepção de qualidade de um curso e de uma instituição na visão dos alunos. Os cursos e as IES foram bem avaliados em termos de qualidade para o mercado de trabalho, sendo que a reputação dos cursos e das IES é o atributo de melhor desempenho segundo os alunos. Palavras-chave: Instituições de ensino superior; Cursos superiores; Qualidade em organizações educacionais; Graduação em administração; Mercado de trabalh