Dissertations / Theses: 'Shi ren'

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Wang, Xiaosheng. "Yu yan yu ren shi." Beijing : Zhongguo ren min da xue chu ban she, 1994.

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Wang, Ji 1949. "Ren shi xi tong yun xing lun." Beijing : Zhongguo ren min da xue chu ban she, 1990.

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Feng, Meiyi. "Er xue jie yan zhi ren shi tiao cha /." click here to view the abstract and table of contents, 2006. http://net3.hkbu.edu.hk/~libres/cgi-bin/thesisab.pl?pdf=b19986543a.pdf.

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Yuan, Zushe. "Quan li yu zi you shi min she hui de ren xue kao cha /." Beijing : Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she, 2003. http://books.google.com/books?id=oiY1AAAAMAAJ.

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Luo, Yusheng. ""Huangdi nei jing" dui shuai lao , lao nian bing de ren shi ji hou shi zhi fa zhan /." click here to view the abstract and table of contents, 2006. http://net3.hkbu.edu.hk/~libres/cgi-bin/thesisab.pl?pdf=b20009598a.pdf.

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Bai, Liping. "Shi xue, yi shi xing tai ji zan zhu ren yu fan yi Liang Shiqiu fan yi yan jiu /." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2004. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3182141.

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Zhu, Shaozhang. "Xian dai xin shi ren jiu ti shi yan jiu = Study of Chinese classical poetry written by modern Chinese poets /." click here to view the abstract and table of contents, 2002. http://net3.hkbu.edu.hk/~libres/cgi-bin/thesisab.pl?pdf=b17563586a.pdf.

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Meng, Shuhui. "Zhu Xi ji qi men ren de jiao hua li nian yu shi jian /." Tai Bei : Guo li Tai Wan da xue, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39292461m.

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Th. doct.--histoire--Taibei--National Taiwan University = Guo li Tai Wan da xue, 2001.
Mention parallèle de titre ou de responsabilité : Instruction in virtue and its practice by Chu Hsi and his disciples. Bibliogr. p. 441-458.

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Amin, Md Ashraful. "Gabor wavelets for human biometrics = Gaibo xiao bo zai ren ti shi bie zhong de ying yong /." access full-text access abstract and table of contents, 2009. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/thesis.pl?phd-ee-b23749489f.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2009.
"Submitted to the Department of Electronic Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Includes bibliographical references.

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Chan, Kit-i. "Wei Yijie(1616-1686) a case study of Late Ming literati serving the Qing government = Wei Yijie : Ming mo shi ren shi Qing ge an yan jiu /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkutrfo/record/B31691973.

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Siu, Sai-yau, and 蕭世友. "The relationship between emperors and monks in the northwest region in the Sixteen Kingdoms period : theoretical model and data visualization = Wu Hu shi liu guo shi dai xi bei zheng quan zhi jun zhu yu seng ren guan xi yan jiu : sha lou li lun mo xing ji shi liao shi xiang hua." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206681.

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The Sixteen Kingdoms was a period of political disintegration in medieval China. Foreign rulers of Wu Hu (“Five Barbarian Tribes”) captured the northern China during the 3rd – 5th centuries and established independent states through continuous military actions. This thesis aims at studying the relationship between the emperors and Buddhist monks in the Northwest empires in the Sixteen Kingdoms Period, including the Former Liang (320-376), the Western Qin (385-400; 409-431), the Later Liang (386-403), the Northern Liang (397-439) and the Xia (407-431), by developing a theoretical model called “Hourglass Model”. The model provides a holistic framework for investigating not only the emperors’ changing attitudes towards Buddhism but also the dissemination of the Dharma by monks. In addition, the concept of “data visualization” is implemented to re-interpret various historical sources. The complex interaction among imperial clans and Buddhist practitioners is further analyzed with computer-aided historical research methods. This thesis hopes to reveal the inspiring nature of the political religion in China’s early medieval age and expand the scope of Chinese Studies by rethinking about foreign rulers and Buddhist monks’ roles in reshaping and vitalizing the Chinese civilization. Moreover, this study develops alternative approaches to the research on the history of Chinese Buddhism, and attempts to shed new lights on theories and research methodology.
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Master of Philosophy

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Chan, Hing-yun Roger. "The taoists and politics in the T'ang dynasty Tang dai Dao jia ren shi yu zheng zhi zhi guan xi /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31948479.

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Wu, Tsz Wing. "Li Yu gai bian ju yan jiu : jian lun wen ren chuan qi yu shi min wen xue zhi rong he /." View abstract or full-text, 2006. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?HUMA%202006%20WU.

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Ho, Wai Chung. "Cong "Zuo zhuan" dao "Shi ji" : kan xian Qin zhi Qin Han jian "tian ren guan" liu bian zhi yi li /." View abstract or full-text, 2004. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?HUMA%202004%20HOW.

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Zhou, Bing. "Tian ren zhi ji de li xue xin quan shi : Wang Fuzhi "Du Si shu da quan shuo" si xiang yan jiu /." Chengdu Shi : Sichuan chu ban ji tuan Ba Shu shu she, 2006. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/chi0801/2008554788.html.

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Lee, Pak-tsun. "The late Qing revolutionaries' understanding of the American War of Independence Qing mo ge ming pai dui Meiguo du li ge ming de ren shi /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31951399.

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Wang, Limin. "The unregistered and the registered Catholic Church in China reconciliation for the Catholic churches in the city of Xinxiang /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p033-0809.

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Kao, Jung-Hsi. "La peinture lettrée traditionnelle renouvelée grâce à une utilisation nouvelle de la nature : l'exemple de Hong Ren et Shi Tao au début de la dynastie Qing." Paris 4, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA040025.

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Les historiens de l'art classent les peintres du début de la dynastie Qing en deux catégories : l'école orthodoxe et l'école individualiste. Les premiers cherchaient à imiter les peintres anciens maitres, les seconds tiraient leur inspiration de la nature, il est crucial de comprendre quels sont les rôles respectifs des traditions et de la nature par les artistes. Nous avons donc choisi deux peintres individualistes (i. E. Hong Ren et Shi Tao ) comme exemple, et allons montrer leur intérêt commun sur la nature. Nous verrons aussi comment leurs différentes personnalités (Hong Ren est introverti, selon la psychologie de Jung, alors que Shi Tao est extraverti) ont influencé leur propre style. La peinture de Hong Ren est calme et un peu froide, alors que celle de Shi Tao est plus dynamique et libre. Une telle différence a été explorée plus par W. Worringer dans sa théorie ; la distinction entre l'abstrait et l'empathie, en raison des différentes attitudes psychologiques envers la nature, ce qui pourrait être complète par une interprétation approfondie des principes dynamiques taoïstes du yin et du yang.

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Ouyang, Sutong. "Leng zhan shi dai de shi jie wei ji yu Meiguo de ze ren : dui Laiyinhuoerde Nibuer hou qi zheng zhi shen xue de yan jiu = World crisis in cold war and American responsibility : on Reinhold Niebuhr's later political theology /." click here to view the abstract and table of contents click here to view the fulltext, 2005. http://net3.hkbu.edu.hk/~libres/cgi-bin/thesisab.pl?pdf=b1884280xa.pdf.

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Lee, Sai-ho. "Recognition of components of Chinese characters by Hong Kong student Xianggang xue sheng ren du bu tong bu jian zu he han zi de shi bie yan jiu /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3764791X.

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Wong, Ka-man. "On the phenomenon of "being strong in narration and weak in characterization" in Xiaohong's novels Xiao Hong xiao shuo "qiang yu xu shi, ruo yu xie ren" tan xi /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40717847.

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Tong, Kin Patrick. "Revitalization of Tung Choi Street : Women Street in Mongkok [Futurity of Streetscape System] = Wangjiao nü ren jie (Tongcai jie) chong jian ji hua : wei lai jie dao mo shi /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25953138.

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Chow, Ka-kin Kelvin. "A study of the social status of the Canadian Chinese during the mid-twentieth century 20 shi ji zhong ye Jianada hua ren di wei zhuan bian zhi yan jiu /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4163374X.

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Chan, Hoi-wuen Katherine. "Consciousness of language a study on the concept of name in ancient China and the Western World = Yu yan ren zhi : gu dai zhong xi ming shi guan nian yan jiu /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B32020491.

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Chow, Ka-kin Kelvin, and 周家建. "A study of the Chinese Canadians identity and social status in comparison with other minority ethnic groups in the 20th Century = 20 shi ji Jianada Hua ren yu qi ta shao shu zu yi de she hui shen fen yu di wei bi jiao." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202365.

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In tracing the experience of Chinese Canadians in the 20th Century, we need to look further back into its history. Most people believe that the increasing number of immigrants from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China in the 1980s and 1990s played the most important roles in the social and economic changes during the latest decades of the 20th Century. The contribution of the Chinese Canadians settlement throughout the 20th Century should also be considered as it marks the beginning of the rise of their social status and identity in Canada. Although the Chinese Canadians earned their fame and status since the 1980s, they had been racially discriminated for more than a century. To probe into the situation, the social and political situations in the Chinese Canadian community will be meticulously analyzed and their contribution in difference aspects examined. In addition, other minority ethnic groups, such as the Japanese, Jewish and Indian, will be used as a comparison to demonstrate the change of policies towards the Chinese in Canada. In doing so, both English and Canadian Chinese newspapers will be used to illustrate the cultural difference between the “whites” and “non-whites”. To illustrate the changes, the 20th Century will be break into three parts. In most of the pre-Second World War period, the Chinese community was isolated from the mainstream community with their activities largely confined to Chinatowns in cities, such as Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto and so on. For the Chinese living in small townships, such as Prince Rupert, Richmond and so on, their daily life will also be examined. When Canada declared war on Japan on 7th December 1941, Canada became an ally of China during the war. A sentiment of acceptance of the Chinese in the mainstream society began to take shape. Some of the Chinese chose to contribute their efforts to Canada by joining the Canadian Armed Forces and went into battle alongside the White Canadians. After the Second World War, Canada adopted a new policy towards the minority ethnic groups and Chinese Canadians started to enjoy political equality. In May 1947, the Canadian Government repealed the Chinese Immigration Act. In 1967, after the liberalization of the Canadian immigration policy, the Chinese, once again, were allowed to immigrate freely to Canada as an individual. With granted full citizenship, the Chinese social and political status began to change. In 1957, Douglas Jung, a Canadian born Chinese, was elected a Member of the Parliament, which can be seen as the beginning of the Chinese involvement in the political arena of the Canadian community. Since then, Chinese Canadians were able to achieve equality in the society. Based on documentary accounts and oral history research, this thesis re-constructed the history of Canadian Chinese involvement in the 20th Century and the change of their identity and social status thereafter.
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Chow, Ping-wa Timothy. "A study of the educational activities of the Society of Jesus in Hong Kong : with special reference to the Kowloon Wah Yan College = Yesu hui zai Xianggang de jiao yu shi ye yan jiu: yi Jiulong hua ren shu yuan wei zhong xin /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31636640.

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Xiao, Yunqi. "Ren shi guang gao bei hou de wen hua jia zhi guan : yi nei rong fen xi tan tao Zhongguo da lu ji Xianggang de hu fu / hua zhuang pin za zhi guang gao zhong biao da de "yang hua" jia zhi /." click here to view the abstract and table of contents, 2005. http://net3.hkbu.edu.hk/~libres/cgi-bin/thesisab.pl?pdf=b19816315a.pdf.

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Oweling, Agnes. ""Det handlar om ren medmänsklighet" : Integration via sfi-klassrummet." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för nordiska språk, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-402837.

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Studiens syfte var att undersöka sex sfi-lärares syn på integration samt om och hur de arbetar med det i och utanför det fysiska klassrummet. Studien gällde också lärares uppfattningar om styrdokument samt vem som ansvarar för att arbete med integration sker. Metoden som användes var en semi-strukturerad intervju som utfördes enskilt med varje lärare. Resultaten visar att lärarna arbetar med integration i och utanför det fysiska klassrummet och att de anser att det är nödvändigt för att elever ska lyckas i det svenska samhället. Lärarna är positivt inställda till att elever tidigt kommer i kontakt med yrkeslivet och de är alla överens om att språket är en viktig del av integrationen. Vidare menar lärarna att även om de per automatik arbetar mycket med integration i det fysiska klassrummet, krävs det mycket tid och planering för att planera aktiviteter utanför. Tid är också något som lärarna menar att de inte har tillräckligt av. Resultaten stämmer delvis överens med den tidigare forskning som gjorts gällande elevers uppfattningar om integration inom sfi.

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Cheung, Hosum. "Toward a schizo-natural writing : exploring the production of nature in Dung Kai-Cheung's Natural histories trilogy." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2019. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/705.

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How should nature be written? Writing has long been a way for people to understand nature. Still, we have come to an age that we need to reconceptualize our relation with nature. Nature can no longer be regarded as a passive stage upon which human beings act. How should we understand nature so that nature is made inanimate? I propose that the solution, known as “Schizo-Natural Writing,” can be found in Dung Kai-cheung’s Natural Histories Trilogy. Hong Kong is commonly seen as a city. Correspondingly, when it comes to Hong Kong literature, the term appears frequently will be “city writing”. It is not surprising, given that Hong Kong has always been recognised as a highly-developed city, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Famous literary works in Hong Kong like Xi Xi’s My City (西西，我城), A Dictionary of Two Cities co-written by Hon Lai Chu and Dorothy Tse Hiu Hong (韓麗珠、謝曉虹，雙城辭典), Wong Bik Wan’s The City of Lost (黃碧雲，失城), just to name some. This phenomenon is closely related to the historical background of Hong Kong. According to Chan (2009), the connection between Hong Kong literature and its cityscape can be dated back to 1950s. Though it does not mean that there are no non-urban writings, those were not in the mainstream. However, in 2000s one of the most influential local writers, Dung Kai Cheung (1967 -), has begun his Natural Histories Trilogy. He is the director in The House of Hong Kong Literature, a folk organisation of local literature. His publication includes, Androgyny: Evolution of a Non-existent Species (1996), a story about a female scientist who went into the wild and sought a nonexistent species, named as androgyny and Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City (1997), an imaginary archaeology in the future Hong Kong, which has been translated into English. During 2005 to 2010, he published the Natural Histories Trilogy, including firstly, the History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera (2018, which titled in Chinese, 天工開物．栩栩如真), secondly, the Histories of Time: The Light of Nga Chi (2007, 時間繁史．啞瓷之光) and thirdly, on the Origin of Species: The Rebirth of Bui Bui - The Age of Apprenticeship (2010, 物種源始．貝貝重生之學習年代). In the trilogy, Dung Kai-cheung, echoing Deleuze and Guattari’s notion of “nature=industry”, highlighted the productivity of nature, or the naturing of nature. As such, he no longer writes nature. He writes schizo-naturally. I further adopted the term “ecology”, which on the one hand pointed out the close relation between the item produced during the schizo-natural writing; on the other hand, echoed Guattari’s the Three Ecology. In this thesis, there are four parts investigating four types of ecology: mental ecology, social ecology, environmental ecology and spatiotemporal ecology. Through examining the trilogy, love, being standing outside oneself, is advocated to be the way out of the fragmented world. Keywords: Dung Kai-cheung, the Natural Histories Trilogy, nature writing, Gilles Deleuze, Ecology

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Sha, Ran. "Essays on the export performance and provincial growth of China / Ran Sha." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1616.

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Sha, Ran. "The determinants of national and provincial economic growth in China / Sha Ran." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1171.

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This dissertation investigates the determinants of economic growth in China since 1978, with a focus on the determinants of spatial growth. A study of the theories of economic growth shows that both proximate and fundamental factors can contribute to economic growth. In the case of China, institutional changes are the keys to the Chinese transitional economy. Given the special nature of China's economy, the main institutional reforms since 1978 are examined, together with the gradual transition process. Furthermore, from the overview of empirical literature, it is found that the proximate determinants such as initial gross domestic product (GDP), investment, population growth, human capital and openness are determinants of economic growth in China based on the findings in cross-country growth literature. From growth accounting exercises, capital formation and total factor productivity (TFP) growth can be seen to play important roles in the rapid economic growth in China. However, while the nationwide economic growth is impressive, the pace of reform and economic development has been uneven across provinces. In the existing literature, geography and preferential policy are emphasised as particular factors that affect coastal-interior disparity. This study incorporates the economic variables identified as important stimulants to growth, drawing on major findings in the study of convergence and economic growth to estimate the determinants of regional economic growth in China. To address the weaknesses of using ordinary least squares (OLS) for cross-country regression analyses, fixed-effects ordinary least squares (OLS) and random-effects generalised least squares (GLS) panel data estimators are applied to provincial data from 1994 to 2003. It is concluded that the convergence hypothesis does not hold in China, and that export, investment, education, foreign direct investment (FDI) growth and coastal dummy have a positive effect on regional GDP per capita growth in China while population growth affects the annual growth rate negatively.
Thesis (M.Com. (Economics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

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Ren, Julie Yunyi Verfasser], Ilse [Gutachter] [Helbrecht, Talja [Gutachter] Blokland, and Hyun Bang [Gutachter] Shin. "Locating mobilities and possibilities : art spaces in Beijing and Berlin / Julie Yunyi Ren. Gutachter: Ilse Helbrecht ; Talja Blokland ; Hyun Bang Shin." Berlin : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2016. http://d-nb.info/110552616X/34.

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Ren, Julie [Verfasser], Ilse [Gutachter] Helbrecht, Talja [Gutachter] Blokland, and Hyun Bang [Gutachter] Shin. "Locating mobilities and possibilities : art spaces in Beijing and Berlin / Julie Yunyi Ren. Gutachter: Ilse Helbrecht ; Talja Blokland ; Hyun Bang Shin." Berlin : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2016. http://d-nb.info/110552616X/34.

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Zuluaga, Bianca R. "An analysis of regulations pertaining to cruise ship disposal of generated wastes." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1151.

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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.
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Health and Public Affairs
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Montanari, Giulia. "Analisi del sistema idraulico e di monitoraggio dei Consorzi dei canali di Reno e Savena e caratterizzazione degli eventi storici di siccita meteorologica ed idrologica del Fiume Reno a Casalecchio." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016.

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La tesi è suddivisa in tre parti. Nella prima parte si descrive il sistema dei canali bolognesi che derivano acqua dal bacino montano del Fiume Reno e dal Torrente Savena, e il sistema di gestione e di monitoraggio utilizzato dal Consorzio dei canali di Reno e Savena. Nella seconda parte si illustra una proposta di sistema di visualizzazione dei dati idro-pluviometrici che si sta valutando, assieme al Presidente del Consorzio e ad Arpa, per il monitor che il Consorzio intende installare al fine di illustrare al pubblico il monitoraggio e l’evoluzione degli eventi di piena e di scarsità idrica/siccità. Nella terza parte, infine, si effettuano la stima e un’analisi della correlazione tra due diversi indici di siccità, meteorologica ed idrologica, per il bacino del Reno chiuso a Casalecchio. Il sistema dell’intero bacino del Reno e della rete dei canali cittadini risulta molto complesso. Vista tale complessità del sistema, si è proposto di distinguere uno scenario di piena e uno scenario di magra. Tra le diverse informazioni da visualizzare nel monitor si intendono anche visualizzare informazioni relative alla disponibilità idrica alla scala del bacino in esame. Per questo è stata svolta l’analisi sugli indici di siccità Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) e Streamflow Drought Index per il bacino del Reno chiuso a Casalecchio . Tali indici hanno portato a dei risultati consistenti con le condizioni idro-metereologiche e con le informazioni sugli impatti al suolo disponibili per alcuni degli eventi più significativi presi in esame. In base ai risultati ottenuti è possibile affermare che gli indici SPI e SDI a scala di bacino hanno una buona correlazione che permette di poter considerare anche la sola caratterizzazione pluviometrica per identificare la situazione della disponibilità idrica del fiume a monte dell’opera di presa del Canale di Reno.

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Patel, Parag. "We live this shit rap as a reflection of reality for inner city youth." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4818.

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Rap is an extremely popular form of modern music that is notorious for incorporating themes of guns and violence into the lyrics. Early rap was mainly party or dance music until the mid-80s when structural shifts in social conditions brought feelings of hopelessness and frustration into black inner city communities and youth culture. These feelings now find expression in rap lyrics. This thesis uses rap lyrics as qualitative data to understand the plight of urban black youth. Rap music can be seen as a form of resistance for young African Americans who have historically never had such a medium to express their lived experiences and frustrations with society. The rap performance becomes a stage where the powerless become powerful by using the microphone as a symbolic AK-47 and words as weapons in the form of symbolic hollow point cartridges. This Thesis examines the contemporary African American experience, its reflection in the lyrics of rap music, and its fascination with guns, violence and death. A key theme is while rap lyrics sometimes seem radical and frightening to the mainstream, they often express lines of analysis and understanding that have been widely discussed in conventional sociological literature.
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Applied Sociology

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廖麗暉 and Lai-fai Liu. "Chinese temple and Chinese community in colonial Hong Kong : a case study of Man Mo Temple in Sheung Wan = Hua ren miao yu yu zhi min di de Xianggang Hua ren she hui : yi Shanghuan Wen wu miao wei yan jiu ge an." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192998.

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The Man Mo Temple（文武廟）Compound on Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, which comprises three blocks, namely Man Mo Temple, Lit Shing Kung （列聖宮） and Kung Sor（公所）, were built in 1847 . The Temple was built mainly for the worship of Man Cheong (God of Literature, 文昌) and Mo Tai (God of Martial Arts, 武帝). It was important assembly hall where Chinese people discussed issues and resolved disputes in early colonial period. The Temple represented the traditional social organization and religious practices of the Chinese community in the past. The aim of this study examines the development of Man Mon Temple from 1840s to 1908. This thesis contains six main chapters. The first chapter is literature review of previous researches for Man Mo Temple, as well as presents the objectives and methodology of the thesis. The second chapter explores the reasons for its establishment. The third chapter describes the development of architecture of temple. The forth chapter describes and analyses the Guandi worship （關帝信仰）and Wenchang belief （文昌信仰）in Hong Kong. The fifth chapter evaluates the significance of Man Mo Temple on different periods. The temple provided religious service, also as sponsor the charitable work of the Chinese community. It analyses the change of the temple’s function in colonial period. The final chapter is a conclusion how the Man Mo Temple shift to accommodate changing needs of the colonial development.
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Cooper, Michelle L. "A MUSICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW MARY PRIESTLEY IMPLEMENTED THE TECHNIQUES SHE DEVELOPED FOR ANALYTICAL MUSIC THERAPY." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/173335.

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Music Therapy
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This study examined how Mary Priestley musically implemented 15 Analytical Music Therapy (AMT) techniques for exploring conscious material, accessing unconscious material, and strengthening the ego. Using the Priestley archives at Temple University, the author listened to 96 recorded examples of individual AMT sessions with 31 adult clients that were made between the years 1975-1991 to examine and aurally identify the musical phenomena and patterns occurring in the musical implementation of AMT techniques. The results of the study present clinical considerations necessary for applying each AMT technique and the clinical/musical roles of the analytical music therapist. Finally, this study presents distinctions between traditional and contemporary AMT practice and implications for AMT training and supervision.
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Gallaher, Laura C. "The moderating effect of gender on the use of humor during an employment interview that's what she said." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4677.

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This study examined the moderating impact of gender on the use of humor during employment interviews. Consistent with expectancy violation theory, I hypothesized that the use of humor by female candidates would cause more extreme evaluations than the use of humor by male candidates. In other words, when positive (affiliative) humor is used, females will be rated more positively than males, but when negative (aggressive) humor is used, females will be rated more negatively than males. I also hypothesized that the relationship between humor condition and evaluations would be partially mediated by state positive affect. I also posed a research question regarding how recall of what was said in the interview would relate to humor and evaluations. This experiment was a 2 (gender) x 3 (affiliative humor, aggressive humor, no humor) factorial design. Participants received brief interviewer training, interviewed a confederate playing another participant as the applicant, and then completed measures. Data from 221 undergraduate students were analyzed. Results demonstrate support of some hypotheses, including a main effect of humor condition on evaluations and partial mediation of state positive affect. Practical and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.
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Restaino, Nicole. "WHICH WHITNEY WAS SHE: A STUDY OF THE 2014 WHITNEY BIENNIAL, WHITNEY HOUSTON BIENNIAL, AND LAST BRUCENNIAL." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2016. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/417575.

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Art History
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This study examines three related exhibitions from the spring of 2014: the Whitney Biennial, the Whitney Houston Biennial, and the Last Brucennial, assessing the problematics invoked across all three shows, including representation in the art world; the nexus of contemporary feminist art, theory, and its display; and the role of exhibitions and display in creating meaning in the contemporary art world. The analysis begins with reviews, interviews, and other primary-source documentation of the three shows. The second chapter then situates the projects among an art historical continuum. The third and final chapter of the thesis conducts a theoretical analysis, utilizing methodologies from performance studies and visual cultural studies. The three chapters and their attendant methodologies build toward the conclusion, which suggests that the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Houston Biennial, and Last Brucennial interact with one another and through a rich, complex web of contemporary art practices and conditions to create meaning and perhaps foment change.
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Pena, Ana-Maria. "Génération de seconde harmonique par le collagène et application à l'étude de fibroses par microscopie multiphoton." Phd thesis, Ecole Polytechnique X, 2006. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00002033.

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La microscopie multiphoton est une technique d'imagerie optique dont une des caractéristiques les plus remarquables est de fournir une information micrométrique en profondeur dans les tissus intacts. Un autre intérêt est la possibilité de visualiser la structure d'une cellule ou d'un tissu en utilisant des sources de contraste endogènes qui permettent une imagerie très peu invasive. De plus, divers modes de contrastes tels que la fluorescence excitée à deux photons (2PEF), la génération de seconde harmonique (SHG) ou la génération de troisième harmonique (THG) sont facilement combinables, et les applications de la microscopie multiphoton sont ainsi nombreuses et variées, dans des domaines comme les neurosciences, la cancérologie, l'embryologie,... Cependant, des progrès sont encore nécessaires dans la compréhension des contrastes optiques non-linéaires endogènes observés dans les tissus. Dans ce contexte, la génération de seconde harmonique par le collagène fibrillaire soulevait différentes questions au début de ce travail, notamment sur la spécificité de la SHG en fonction du type de collagène et sur le rôle de sa structure chirale en triple hélice dans la forte amplitude des signaux observés. L'étude du collagène est particulièrement intéressante car il représente 30 % du contenu total du corps humain en protéines. Constituant principal de la matrice extracellulaire d'une grande variété de tissus et d'organes, le collagène est impliqué dans tout remodelage de la matrice extracellulaire et dans de nombreuses pathologies, mais on manque actuellement d'outils performants pour visualiser son architecture tridimensionnelle à l'échelle micrométrique. Dans ce contexte, la microscopie SHG est un outil prometteur pour visualiser la distribution du collagène dans les tissus. Ce travail de thèse a débuté avec des expériences de génération de seconde harmonique en surface résolue en polarisation sur des films minces de molécules de collagène de type I et IV, qui nous ont permis de démontrer que la microscopie SHG est une sonde de l'organisation macromoléculaire du collagène et non pas du type de collagène. Nous avons appliqué ensuite ces résultats à l'étude de la fibrose collagénique pulmonaire et rénale dans des modèles murins, une accumulation pathologique de collagène fibrillaire qui peut conduire à une insuffisance rénale terminale ou à une insuffisance respiratoire souvent létale à terme. Nous avons démontré que la microscopie multiphoton permet de visualiser la morphologie de ces tissus, de mettre en évidence toutes les caractéristiques de ces pathologies et d'évaluer quantitativement le remodelage de la matrice extracellulaire au cours de l'évolution de la fibrose. Finalement, nous avons proposé des scores de fibrose basés sur des densités volumiques de pixels SHG qui nous ont permis d'apprécier le rôle de certains facteurs (cellules/enzymes d'assemblage) responsables de la fibrose. Ce travail devrait ainsi permettre de proposer de nouvelles approches thérapeutiques pour ces pathologies fibrosantes.

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Dawacairen. "Dang dai Xizang de huo fo : xin tu ren tong, zheng zhi jiao se yu she hui ying xiang = Living Buddhas in contemporary Tibet : believers' identifications, political roles and social influence /." click here to view the abstract and table of contents click here to view the fulltext, 2004. http://net3.hkbu.edu.hk/~libres/cgi-bin/thesisab.pl?pdf=b18515599a.pdf.

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Kayal, Nilanjan. "AN INVESTIGATION OF GROW CUT ALGORITHM FOR SEGMENTATION OF MRI SPINAL CORD IMAGES IN NORMALS AND PATIENTS WITH SCI." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/214786.

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Bioengineering
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In spinal cord injury the amount of total surviving white matter is known to be strongly related to post injury neurological functions (1). Accurate segmentation of these regions is shown to be critical in terms of developing effective treatment (1). Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) has been shown to be effective in obtaining spinal cord images (2). However challenges still exist in clear separation of gray/white/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) structures within the cord using DTI. The purpose of this study is to (1) test a semi-automatic tissue segmentation algorithm based on grow cut algorithm (GCA), to classify CSF, gray and white matter in conventional T2 weighted MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) images in pediatric spinal cord injury (SCI) subjects, and (2) to compare the results of semi-automatic GCA segmentation with manually segmented spinal cord data performed on various DTI images by a board certified pediatric neuroradiologist. Results show that semi-automatic segmentation of the spinal cord using GCA was successfully implemented. Qualitatively, good separation of cord/CSF was seen in B0, CFA and FA maps (of a representative patient with SCI and a control using this GCA method. They demonstrate more homogeneous signal within the cervical spinal cord as well as greater conspicuity of the cord and surrounding CSF interface. Quantitative analysis of images segmented using GCA and manual segmentation between and within the groups showed no significant differences in CFA (p=0.1347) and FA (p=0.1442) images but B0 (p=0.0001) images showed statistically significant differences. Overall, in both the controls and subjects with SCI, quantitative and qualitative analysis showed a superior semi-automated segmentation on CFA and FA images over a B0 image the using modified GCA. Key words: Grow Cut Algorithm (GCA), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), segmentation, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), cervical spinal cord, cerebral-spinal fluid (CSF).
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Yenser, Jennifer. "The Relationship of Well-Being, And General Role Participation And Parental Role Satisfaction in Mothers with SCI: An Exploratory Study." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/146281.

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Occupational Therapy
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The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between participation and well-being in mothers with SCI. Twenty-nine women with a spinal cord injury participated in the study. The inclusion criteria was being a mother with a spinal cord injury living in the community and actively parenting at least one child under the age of 12 who were currently living with them. Three standardized instruments were used for this study; the Parental Participation Scale, the Role Physical and Role Emotional subscales of the SF-36, and the Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale and six subscales. A correlation matrix was performed examining the relationship between General Role Participation and Well-being for mothers with SCI using Pearson's correlations. The overall well-being scale score for women with spinal cord injury significantly correlated with role physical and role emotional scales indicating the greater the well-being the greater the role participation (less limitation for physical or emotional reasons). Positive relations with others, environmental mastery, and self-acceptance subscales were significantly correlated with role physical and role emotional. In addition, autonomy, personal growth, and purpose in life were significantly correlated with the subscale of role emotional. Another correlation matrix was performed examining the relationship between well-being and satisfaction with parental participation, using Pearson's correlations. The total and all the subscales of well-being (positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, purpose in life and self-acceptance) were significantly correlated with the satisfaction subscale of the parental participation scale. Occupational therapists can utilize these findings when working with mothers with spinal cord injury by addressing the personal well-being factors (such as self-acceptance, environmental mastery and positive relations with others) that significantly contribute to greater participation and satisfaction with parental participation. Also, occupational therapists can advocate in the community/home to make needed environmental modifications to normalize participation, as well as facilitating interpersonal support through educating family and friends to promote the well-being of these women.
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Herculano, Edla de Azevedo. "Avaliação da atividade cardiovascular do extrato seco de própolis vermelha em ratos espontaneamente hipertensos." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2017. http://www.repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/1846.

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Arterial hypertension it is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Its prevalence appears to be about 30-45% of the general population. Despite current knowledge the long-term adherence to cardiovascular drugs is still low in hypertension treatment. The Brazilian red propolis has a large content of phenols compounds such as isoflavones, this have been reported to exert beneficial effects in cardiovascular disease, including hypertension. Therefore the objective of this study was to investigate cardiovascular effects from a red propolis gastroretentive system (ESPV, patents register numbers BR 10 2012 013590-6 A2 and WO 2014/186851) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The HPLC-UV analysis showed in ESPV chemical composition the presence propolis chemical markers: daidzein, biochanin A, liquiritigenin, pinobanksin, isoliquiritigenin, formononetin and pinocembrina. The cytotoxicity from ESPV was evaluate on macrophage J774 by MTT assay and exhibited IC50 = 72.86 μg/mL. Intravenous injection of ESPV caused a hipotensive dose-dependent effect at 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5 and 10 mg/kg, unchanges heart rate in conscious SHR. The hypotensive effect was not affected by anesthesia. In intact rings of rat mesenteric artery pre-contracted with 10 μM phenylephrine, ESPV induced relaxations (Emax = 100 ± 0.4 %; pD2 = 1.08 ± 0.02 μg/mL) that were affected by endothelium removal, (Emax = 56.7 ± 2 %; pD2 = 1.37 ± 0.04 μg/mL). In an antihypertensive study, ESPV (75 and 150 mg/kg) was orally administered to Juvenile (11-week-old) and young adult (24-week-old) SHRs, and the systolic pressure were measured using the tail-cuff method before and 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after beginning of treatment. Was observed a significant antihypertensive effect from 14th day of treatment only in young adult SHR, with decreased by 56 mmHg compared with baseline systolic blood pressure. Furthermore, the treatment reduced left ventricular hypertrophy in young adult SHR as evident by myocardial morphometry. The vascular function of mesenteric arteries was also investigated at the end of the treatment with ESPV in young adult SHR, the endothelium-independent relaxations to sodium nitroprusside (10-3 to 3.10-4 M) was unchanged compared to control. For other hand, endothelium-dependent relaxations to acetylcholine (10-3 to 3.10-4 M) was markedly improve (Emax = 76.4 ± 3.8% e pD2 = -8.72 ± 3.8 M). We therefore investigated vascular reactivity to acetylcholine (10-3 to 3.10-4 M) also in the presence of the nonspecific NOS inhibitor L-NAME (3.10-3 M), in order to assess NO-dependent relaxation. In these, relaxation response was abolished (Emax = 18.9 ± 1.65% e pD2 = -5.12 ± 0.33 M). Similary, the acetylcholine relaxation in the presence of L-NAME plus a cyclooxygenase antagonist, indomethacin (10-3 M), was too antagonized (Emax = 15.90 ± 1.32 % e pD2 = -5.39 ± 0.24 M), indicating that the response to ESPV treatement involves the enhancement of the nitric oxide via NOS relaxations. These results disclosed that ESPV is effective to lower blood pressure only of young adult SHR, its antihypertensive effect is associated with lowering left ventricular hypertrophy and probably by decrease peripheral vascular resistance, improving endothelial function and increasing the NO-dependent relaxation via NOS.
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Estima-se que hipertensão arterial é o principal fator de risco para doença cardiovascular. Sua prevalência parece ser cerca de 30-45% da população mundial. Contudo, apesar do conhecimento atual, a adesão ao tratamento da hipertensão a longo prazo ainda é baixa. A própolis vermelha brasileira apresenta grande teor de compostos fenólicos em sua constituição química, dentre os quais destacam-se as isoflavonas, metabólitos com efeitos benéficos para doenças cardiovasculares, incluindo hipertensão. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi investigar os efeitos cardiovasculares de um sistema gastrorresistente de própolis vermelha (ESPV, patentes registradas BR 10 2012 013590-6 A2 e WO 2014/186851) em ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR). A análise HPLC-UV demonstrou a presença dos marcadores químicos para propolis na composição química do ESPV: daidzeína, biochanina A, liquiritigenina, pinobanksina, isoliquiritigenina, formononetina e pinocembrina. A avaliação da citotoxicidade de ESPV, em macrófagos J774 através do ensaio de MTT, revelou IC50 = 72,86 μg/mL. A injeção intravenosa de ESPV causou um efeito hipotensor dependente de dose (0,1; 0,5; 1; 5 e 10 mg/kg), sem alterar a freqüência cardíaca em SHR consciente. O efeito hipotensor não foi afetado pela anestesia. Em anéis de artéria mesentérica pré-contraídos com fenilefrina 10 μM, ESPV induziu vasorrelaxamento (Emax = 100 ± 0,4%; pD2 = 1,08 ± 0,02 μg/mL) que foi afetado pela remoção do endotélio (Emax = 56,7 ± 2%; PD2 = 1,37 ± 0,04 μg/mL). Na avaliação do efeito anti-hipertensivo, o ESPV (75 e 150 mg / kg) foi administrado oralmente a SHRs jovens (11 semanas de idade) e adultos jovens (24 semanas de idade), a pressão sistólica foi então avaliada através do método de medida indireta de pressão arterial tail-cuff antes e 7, 14, 21 e 28 dias após o início do tratamento. Desta forma, observou-se um efeito anti-hipertensivo significativo a partir do 14º dia de tratamento apenas em SHR de adultos jovens, com diminuição de 56 mmHg em comparação com a pressão arterial sistólica basal. Além disso, o tratamento reduziu a hipertrofia ventricular esquerda em SHR de adultos jovens como evidenciado pela morfometria miocárdica. Além disso, a função vascular das artérias mesentéricas de SHR tratados com SHR também foi investigada, o relaxamento independente do endotélio foi avaliado através de uma curva concentração-resposta para nitroprussiato de sódio (10-3 – 3.10-4 M), e sob estas condições permaneceram inalteradas em comparação ao controle. Por outro lado, o relaxamento dependentes do endotélio à avaliado através da curva para acetilcolina (10-3 – 3.10-4 M) apresentou melhorara significativa (Emax = 76,4 ± 3,8% e pD2 = -8,72 ± 3,8 M). Por conseguinte, para avaliar o relaxamento dependente de NO, investigou-se a reatividade vascular à acetilcolina (10-3 – 3.10-4 M) na presença do inibidor inespecífico de NOS, L-NAME (3.10-3 M). Nestas condições, a resposta relaxante foi abolida (Emax = 18,9 ± 1,65% e pD2 = -5,12 ± 0,33 M). Resultados similares, foram obtidos ao avaliar o relaxamento da acetilcolina na presença de L-NAME mais um antagonista da ciclo-oxigenase, a indometacina (10-3 M) (Emax = 15,90 ± 1,32% e pD2 = -5,39 ± 0,24 M), indicando que a resposta ao tratamento com ESPV envolve o aumento do relaxamento dependente de óxido nítrico via NOS. Estes resultados revelaram que o ESPV é eficaz para promover redução da pressão arterial apenas de SHR adultos jovens, que o efeito anti-hipertensivo está associado com a redução da hipertrofia ventricular esquerda e provavelmente pela diminuição da resistência vascular periférica, melhorando a função endotelial e aumentando o relaxamento dependente de NO através da NOS.

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ZAURIN, RICARDO. "STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING WITH EMPHASIS ON COMPUTER VISION, DAMAGE INDICES, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3530.

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Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the sensing and analysis of a structure to detect abnormal behavior, damage and deterioration during regular operations as well as under extreme loadings. SHM is designed to provide objective information for decision-making on safety and serviceability. This research focuses on the SHM of bridges by developing and integrating novel methods and techniques using sensor networks, computer vision, modeling for damage indices and statistical approaches. Effective use of traffic video synchronized with sensor measurements for decision-making is demonstrated. First, some of the computer vision methods and how they can be used for bridge monitoring are presented along with the most common issues and some practical solutions. Second, a conceptual damage index (Unit Influence Line) is formulated using synchronized computer images and sensor data for tracking the structural response under various load conditions. Third, a new index, Nd , is formulated and demonstrated to more effectively identify, localize and quantify damage. Commonly observed damage conditions on real bridges are simulated on a laboratory model for the demonstration of the computer vision method, UIL and the new index. This new method and the index, which are based on outlier detection from the UIL population, can very effectively handle large sets of monitoring data. The methods and techniques are demonstrated on the laboratory model for damage detection and all damage scenarios are identified successfully. Finally, the application of the proposed methods on a real life structure, which has a monitoring system, is presented. It is shown that these methods can be used efficiently for applications such as damage detection and load rating for decision-making. The results from this monitoring project on a movable bridge are demonstrated and presented along with the conclusions and recommendations for future work.
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Tricker, Spencer. "Exiled as the Ship Itself: Liminality and Transnational Identity in Malcolm Lowry's Ultramarine, Under the Volcano, and Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5537.

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The themes of empire, nationality, and self-imposed exile constitute underexplored topics in critical discussions of modernist author Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957). Until recently, most academic studies have approached his work from biographical, mythological, and psychoanalytic perspectives. While a few studies have performed historical readings of his novels, such investigations tend, primarily, to focus on his engagement with western literary and theoretical movements of the early twentieth century. Of the few studies that address the cross-cultural reach of his novels, most are limited to discussions of Mexican history and traditions, thus prioritizing a specific geographical region when they might, instead, illuminate the author's career-long engagement with cultural developments on a world scale—historical realignments triggered by wartime anxieties and the impending dissolution of the British Empire. Employing an interpretive framework that synthesizes postcolonial theory, cultural anthropology, and contemporary theories of the transnational, I demonstrate how the exile-heroes of three of Lowry's novels—Ultramarine (1933), Under the Volcano (1947), and Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid (1968)—struggle to navigate the experience of social liminality, dramatizing, in the process, an increasingly fraught relationship between English expatriates and imperial models of English national identity. Rejecting the well-known mythical hero's cyclical quest, so often culminating in a triumphant return to society, the Lowrian exile-hero, instead, remains in a liminal state, emblematizing, through persistent cultural questioning, a transnational concept of identity that resists institutionally prescribed models of thought and behavior.
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Arts and Humanities
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Gu, Donghui. "Shanghai xia gang zhi gong yan jiu she hui zhi chi xi tong, ge ren hui ying yu zai jiu ye = A study of the unemployed in Shanghai : social support systems, individual responses & reemployment /." online access from Digital dissertation consortium, 2000. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?9984698.

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Goosen, Adri. ""Stealing the story, salvaging the she" : feminist revisionist fiction and the bible." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5338.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis analyses six novels by different women writers, each of which rewrites an originally androcentric biblical story from a female perspective. These novels are The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, The Garden by Elsie Aidinoff, Leaving Eden by Ann Chamberlin, The Moon under her Feet by Clysta Kinstler, The Wild Girl by Michelle Roberts and Wisdom’s Daughter by India Edghill. By classifying these novels as feminist revisionist fiction, this study considers how they both subvert and revise the biblical narratives they are based on in order to offer readers new and gynocentric alternatives. With the intention of establishing the significance of such an endeavor, the study therefore employs the findings of feminist critique and theology to expose how the Bible, as a sexist text, has inspired, directly or indirectly, many of the patriarchal values that govern Western society and religion. Having established how biblical narratives have promoted and justified visions of women as marginal, subordinate and outside the realm of the sacred, we move on to explore how feminist rewritings of such narratives might function to challenge and transform androcentric ideology, patriarchal myth and phallocentric theology. The aim is to show that the new and different stories constructed within these revisionist novels re-conceptualise and re-imagine women, their place in society and their relation to the divine. Thus, as the title suggests, this thesis ultimately considers how women writers ‘steal’ the original biblical stories and transform them in ways that prove liberating for women.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis analiseer ses romans deur verskillende vroue skrywers - romans wat die oorspronklik androsentriese bybelse stories herskryf vanuit ’n vroulike perspektief. Die romans sluit in The Red Tent deur Anita Diamant, The Garden deur Elsie Aidinoff, Leaving Eden deur Ann Chamberlin, The Moon under her Feet deur Clysta Kinstler, The Wild Girl deur Michelle Roberts en Wisdom’s Daughter deur India Edghill. Deur hierdie romans te klassifiseer as feministiese revisionistiese fiksie, oorweeg hierdie studie hoe hulle die bybelse verhale waarop hulle gebaseer is, beide ondermyn en hersien om sodoende lesers nuwe en ginosentriese alternatiewe te bied. Met die voorneme om die betekenisvolheid van so ’n poging vas te stel, wend hierdie tesis dus die bevindings van feministiese kritiek en -teologie aan om bloot te lê hoe die Bybel, as ‘n seksistiese teks, baie van die patriargale waardes van die Westerse samelewing en godsdiens, direk of indirek, geïnspireer het. Nadat vasgestel is hoe bybelse verhale sienings van vroue as marginaal, ondergeskik en buite die sfeer van heiligheid bevorder en regverdig, beweeg die tesis aan om te ondersoek hoe feministiese herskrywings van sulke verhale, androsentriese ideologie, patriargale mite en fallosentriese teologie uitdaag en herskep. Die doelwit is om te wys dat die nuwe en anderste stories saamgestel in hierdie revisionistiese romans, vroue, hul plek in die samelewing en hul betrekking tot die goddelike, kan heroorweeg en herdink. Dus, soos die titel voorstel, oorweeg hierdie tesis primêr hoe vroue skrywers die oorspronklike bybelse stories ‘steel’ en herskep op maniere wat bevrydend vir vrouens blyk te wees.

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Tafur, Sergio. "NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC CHROMOPHORES CALCULATED WITHIN TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4079.

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Time Dependent Density Functional Theory offers a good accuracy/computational cost ratio among different methods used to predict the electronic structure for molecules of practical interest. The Coupled Electronic Oscillator (CEO) formalism was recently shown to accurately predict Nonlinear Optical (NLO) properties of organic chromophores when combined with Time Dependent Density Functional Theory. Unfortunately, CEO does not lend itself easily to interpretation of the structure activity relationships of chromophores. On the other hand, the Sum Over States formalism in combination with semiempirical wavefunction methods has been used in the past for the design of simplified essential states models. These models can be applied to optimization of NLO properties of interest for applications. Unfortunately, TD-DFT can not be combined directly with SOS because state-to-state transition dipoles are not defined in the linear response TD approach. In this work, a second order CEO approach to TD-DFT is simplified so that properties of double excited states and state-to-state transition dipoles may be expressed through the combination of linear response properties. This approach is termed the a posteriori Tamm-Dancoff approximation (ATDA), and validated against high-level wavefunction theory methods. Sum over States (SOS) and related Two-Photon Transition Matrix formalism are then used to predict Two-Photon Absorption (2PA) profiles and anisotropy, as well as Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) properties. Numerical results for several conjugated molecules are in excellent agreement with CEO and finite field calculations, and reproduce experimental measurements well.
M.S.
Department of Physics
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Physics MS

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