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Moran, James K. [Verfasser]. "Neuropsychological and Psychophysiological Substrates of Appetitive Aggression / James K. Moran." Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1093176989/34.

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Blubaugh, Chris. "James K. Polk: Territorial Expansionist and the Evolution of Presidential Power." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1366285865.

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Damasceno, Filipe Francisco Rocha. "Uma Melhoria no Algoritmo K-médias utilizando o Estimador de James-Stein." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFC, 2016. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/21491.

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DAMASCENO, Filipe Francisco Rocha. Uma Melhoria no Algoritmo K-médias utilizando o Estimador de James-Stein. 63 f. 2015. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciência da Computação)-Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2015.
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The clustering task constitutes one of the main machine learning problems. Among many proposed methods, k-means stands out by its simplicity and high applicability. It is notorious that k-means performance is directly related to the centroid estimation from data, which is usually obtained from the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). In previous studies it was proposed an estimator called James-Stein (JS) estimator, being, in average, capable of overcoming MLE for vectors of data with more than 2 dimensions. Also in previous studies it was proposed a variation of k-means applying JS estimator, obtaining improvements due to its better precision when compared to MLE. In this study we propose a variation of the k-means algorithm using the JS estimator.
A tarefa de agrupamento constitui um dos principais problemas de aprendizado de máquina. Dentre os diversos métodos propostos destaca-se o k-médias por sua simplicidade e grande aplicabilidade. É notório que o desempenho do k-médias está relacionado à estimativa dos centroides a partir dos dados e esta, usualmente, é obtida a partir da estimativa de máxima verossimilhança (EMV). Em trabalhos anteriores foi proposto um estimador denominado estimador de James-Stein (JS), sendo este capaz de, em média, superar o EMV para vetores de dados com dimensão maior que 2. Também em trabalhos anteriores foi proposta uma alteração do k-médias aplicando o estimador JS, obtendo melhoras devido à sua maior precisão em relação ao EMV. Neste trabalho propõe-se uma nova variante do algoritmo k-médias utilizando o estimador JS.
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Riddell, Michael, and n/a. "Funding contextual theology in Aotearoa - New Zealand : the theological contribution of James K. Baxter." University of Otago. Department of Theology and Religious Studies, 2003. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070507.110451.

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Aotearoa-New Zealand received Christianity as part of the colonial/missionary matrix of nineteenth century European expansion. Consequently the form and content of faith was largely shaped by factors distant both in geography and symbolic resonance. Christian theology maintains a cultural dissonance, particularly from an emergent Pakeha cultural indentity. The quest for contextualisation has become a familiar one in post-colonial societies, though not as vigorously pursued in Western nations as in other parts of the world. Only recently has attention been paid to the possibilities of local theologies in New Zealand. C.S. Song�s suggests �Perhaps a poet can tell us how we should go about theology�. In this he is pointing to the necessity of contextual theology using domestic cultural product as an important source for theological reflection, encapsulating as it does local history and experience. James K. Baxter, one of New Zealand�s finest poets, was also a Catholic and social critic. In the last years of his life particularly, the major part of his writing, both poetry and prose, was concerned with his vision of a Christian humanism which might make a practical difference in the immediate context. He established a community at the small settlement of Jerusalem beside the Whanganui River, where he sought to give tangible expression to a mixture of radical Christian acceptance and Maori spiritual values. This thesis examines Baxter�s contribution to the task of contextual theology. In particular, it draws on a great deal of unpublished prose material, until now largely unexamined, from the late period of his life. This, together with the wider body of his writings, is used to investigate his religious thought and movement within it. After an introductory and methodological chapter, the thesis examines Baxter�s categorisation of the fragmented and spiritually bereft nature of Pakeha existence. It then seeks to follow the major themes of his own powerfully articulated responses to this condition, in a series of chapters introduced with Maori terms; a cultural connection which was important to Baxter. The investigation uncovers a commitment to a Christian humanism that recognises the immanence of Christ, and a rather startling manifesto which parallels the approach of Liberation Theology in a distinctly New Zealand context. The survey of Baxter�s religious thought concludes with a critical reflection on his themes. A final chapter considers the contribution which Baxter makes toward the challenge of contextual theology. Considering the relationship between poetic reflection and theology, it stops short of classifying Baxter as a theologian. Rather the argument is advanced that he has provided vital raw material to the ongoing task of local theology; his role is one of �funding� contextual theology symbolically. Baxter is significant in the development of theology in Aotearoa-New Zealand, both for his contribution and his encouragement to further reflection.
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Johnston, Jennifer C. "The poetry and prose of Archibald and James K. Baxter : Like father, like son?" Thesis, University of Canterbury. English, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7057.

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The literature of James K. Baxter features many thematic and stylistic parallels with that of his father, Archibald. The material used in this thesis, most of which is previously unpublished, will illustrate how this is apparent from the outset of James's literary career. Substantial use is also made of a personal interview conducted with James's brother, Terence. Archie's unpublished work contains many expressions of his beliefs and principles, and attention to these is essential in order to achieve a better understanding, not only of his own literature, but also to appreciate how these beliefs came to be realised in James's verse from a very early period. Archie's poetry, traditionally ignored by critical opinion, will be discussed in some detail, particularly in relation to theme and style. Much of his verse is Romantic, while the remainder is often an expression of pacifist or socialist beliefs. A significant amount of James's early verse reiterates these beliefs also, as the World War II period had a dramatic effect on him and coincided with the beginning of his literary career. Archie's unpublished, factually based novel is important to this discussion as it is evidence that a tradition of ancestral mythology was well established by previous Baxter generations. Therefore James, rather than beginning this mythology himself, as has been thought, actually had a substantial body of myth and legend at his disposal should he choose to use it His posthumously published novel, Horse, is not only indebted to this legacy, but also illustrates his conscious desire to make himself a part of that same mythology. The extent and obvious nature of many literary parallels and similarities in work of Archie and James highlight the fact that, although much of Archie's material remains unpublished, it is a useful source for developing a greater understanding of James's literature.
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Dennison, John Sebastian, and n/a. "Load-bearing structures : Pakeha identity and the cross-cultural poetry of James K. Baxter and Glenn Colquhoun." University of Otago. Department of English, 2003. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070507.113327.

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Pakeha identity has long been problematic, caught in a straddling stance between European co-ordinates of origin, and life in Aotearoa. This has been particularly evident over the last three decades: with the rise of tino rangatiratanga, Pakeha identity has undergone something of a crisis. Group identity, especially in such periods of crisis, requires �narratives� that re-imagine being and belonging. Poetry by Pakeha both displays the problem with identity at the cross cultural threshold between Maori and Pakeha, asking � what happens when Pakeha engage cross-culturally with te ao Maori, appropriating te reo Maori and drawing on Maoritanga, to re-vision and reconfigure identity? And how does such an approach shape the imagining of Pakeha identity?� I study, in parallel, the cross-cultural poetry of James K. Baxter and Glen Colquhoun in relation to these questions. Borrowing a conceptual metaphor from Colin McCahon, I examine these cross-cultural poems in detail as �load-bearing structures�. I pay particular attention to the way in which, in purpose, design and materials, they function to re-imagine Pakeha identity in reciprocal relationship with te ao Maori. Aware of the problems of culture-crossing, at the outset I establish a historical and interpretive framework for the poetry. Furthermore, I discuss the question of appropriation, arguing for an ethical distinction between appropriation and misappropriation based on a cross-cultural relationship of faithful and reciprocal engagement. I conclude that Baxter and Colquhoun are singular and radical in their reconfiguration of Pakeha identity. Baxter embraces te ao Maori in a direct challenge to Pakeha nationalism, prescribing the necessary corrective of the tuakana-teina dynamic to Pakeha identity and its relationship with te ao Maori. Writing after the Maori renaissance, Glenn Colquhoun irreverently opens up a further reconfiguration of cross-cultural relationship, pushing both Maori and Pakeha beyond a cultural dichotomy towards a mutually defining complementarity. Both place themselves on the cultural threshold of language, embracing the tensions of the cross-cultural scenario. The result is cross-cultural poetry, load-bearing structures that manifest the tension and ambivalence of the settler culture�s straddling identity, enacting what it is to be Pakeha.
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Cortes, Vinícius Morelli. "Aspectos geométricos dos espaços Co(K,X)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/45/45131/tde-05122017-200608/.

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Este trabalho tem dois objetivos principais. Primeiramente, estudamos as cópias complementadas de co(T) em espaços de Banach, onde T é um cardinal infinito. Estendemos ao caso não-enumerável um resultado clássico obtido por T. Schlumprecht que caracteriza as cópias complementadas de co em um espaço de Banach X. Usamos esta nova caracterização para estender resultados de G. Emmanuele, F. Bombal, D. Leung e F. Räbiger envolvendo as cópias complementadas de co nos espaços de Banach clássicos `p(I,X), onde p T[1, ∞ ] e I é um conjunto não-vazio. Nós também provamos um novo resultado sobre as cópias complementadas de co(T) nos espaços Co(K,X), onde K é um espaço de Hausdor localmente compacto. Em seguida, estudamos uma extensão vetorial do clássico Teorema de Banach-Stone obtida por K. Jarosz. Estudando várias constantes introduzidas por R. James, J. Schäer, M. Baronti, E. Casini e P. Pappini, nós provamos uma nova relação entre os módulos de convexidade dos espaços Xe X*, que possui interesse independente. Esta relação é usada para provar uma nova reneralização vetorial do Teorema de Banach-Stone que simultaneamente estende o Teorema de Jarosz e também mostra que este último resultado é, de fato, uma consequência de um teorema obtido recentemente por F. Cidral, E. Galego e M. RincónVillamizar.
The goal of this work is two-fold. First, we study the complemented copies of co(T) in Banach spaces, where T is an innite cardinal. We extend to the uncountable case a classical result by T. Schulmprecht that characterizes the complemented copies of co in a Banach space X. We use this new characterization to extend results by G. Emmanuele, F. Bombal, D. Leung and F. Räbiger concerning the complemented copies of co in the classical Banach spaces `p(I,X), where p T[1, ∞ ] and I is a non-empty set. We also obtain a new result involving the complemented copies of co(T) in Co(K,X) spaces, where Kis a locally compact Hausdor space. Next, we turn our attention to a vector-valued extension of the classical Banach-Stone theorem obtained by K. Jarosz. Studying several constants introduced by R. James, J. Schäffer, M. Baronti, E. Casini and P. Pappini, we obtain a new relationship between the moduli of convexity of Xand X*, which has independent interest. We then apply this relationship to prove a new X-valued generalization of the Banach-Stone theorem that simultaneously extends the aforementioned result by Jarosz and also shows that this result is, in fact, a consequence of a theorem obtained recently by F. Cidral, E. Galego and M. Rincón-Villamizar.
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Wheeler, T. Ray. "Toward a Framework for a New Philosophy of Music Education: Løgstrup as Synergy Between the Platonic and the Aristotelian Perspectives in the Music Education Philosophies of Bennett Reimer and David Elliott." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2006. http://www.unt.edu/etd/all/Dec2006/Open/wheeler_t_ray/index.htm.

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Kahn, James Meier Samuel [Verfasser], and Thomas [Akademischer Betreuer] Kuhr. "Hadronic tag sensitivity study of B → K(*)vˉv and selective background Monte Carlo Simulation at Belle II / James Meier Samuel Kahn ; Betreuer: Thomas Kuhr." München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1184202788/34.

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Herten, Andreas [Verfasser], James Lambrecht [Akademischer Betreuer] Ritman, and Ulrich [Akademischer Betreuer] Wiedner. "GPU-based online track reconstruction for \(\barP}\)ANDA and application to the analysis of D \(\rightarrow\)K \(\pi \pi\) / Andreas Herten. Gutachter: James Lambrecht Ritman ; Ulrich Wiedner." Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1079842853/34.

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Cattermole, Grant. "School reports : university fiction in the masculine tradition of New Zealand literature." Thesis, University of Canterbury. English, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9709.

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This thesis will investigate the fictional discourse that has developed around academia and how this discourse has manifested itself in the New Zealand literary tradition, primarily in the works of M.K. Joseph, Dan Davin and James K. Baxter. These three writers have been selected because of their status within Kai Jensen's conception of “a literary tradition of excitement about masculinity”; in other words, the masculine tradition in New Zealand literature which provides fictional representations of factual events and tensions. This literary approach is also utilised in the tradition of British university fiction, in which the behaviour of students and faculty are often deliberately exaggerated in order to provide a representation of campus life that captures the essence of the reality without being wholly factual. The fact that these three writers attempt, consciously or unconsciously, to combine the two traditions is a matter of great literary interest: Joseph's A Pound of Saffron (1962) appropriates tropes of the British university novel while extending them to include concerns specific to New Zealand; Davin's Cliffs of Fall (1945), Not Here, Not Now (1970) and Brides of Price (1972) attempt to blend traditions of university fiction with the masculine realist tradition in New Zealand literature, though, as we will see, with limited success; Baxter's station as the maternal grandson of a noted professor allows him to criticise the elitist New Zealand university system in Horse (1985) from a unique position, for he was more sympathetic towards what he considered the working class “peasant wisdom” of his father, Archie, than the “professorial knowledge” of Archie's father-in-law. These three authors have been chosen also because of the way they explore attitudes towards universities amongst mainstream New Zealand society in their writing, for while most novels in the British tradition demonstrate little tension between those within the university walls and those without, in New Zealand fiction the tension is palpable. The motivations for this tension will also be explored in due course, but before we can grapple with how the tradition of British university fiction has impacted New Zealand literature, we must first examine the tradition itself.
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Ling, Trent. "An Examination of School Principals' Moral Reasoning and Decision-Making along the Principalship Track and across Years of Experience." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6307.

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Previous research by Vitton & Wasonga (2009) and Strenth (2013) found public school K-12 principals struggling in the moral reasoning and decision-making measures of the second Defining Issues Test ("DIT-2"). In response to these studies, this research sought to collect, to examine, and to compare DIT-2 data for educational leaders at various stages of the principalship track in an effort to determine and/or to isolate the locus of principals' reported underperformance. The moral reasoning and decision-making of regular-education K-12 public school principals and assistant principals in Florida, and current master's degree students in educational leadership programs at a large public Florida university were measured and compared. Research questions were posed: 1) to find the levels of moral reasoning and decision-making reached by acting principals, acting assistant principals, and current master's students in educational leadership programs; 2) to determine if there was a difference between these principals, assistant principals, and master's students in moral reasoning and decision-making; and 3) to see if there was a difference in moral reasoning and decision-making between principals across various years of experience. The DIT-2 was administered anonymously to participants through an online link, and was scored by the University of Alabama's Office for the Study of Ethical Development. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistical methods principally to determine the degree to which participants reasoned and made decisions based upon personal interests, upon the maintenance of norms, or upon the basis of more sophisticated principles. Results showed master's students in educational leadership outperforming active principals and assistant principals in moral reasoning and decision-making by more often employing sophisticated principles and by more often avoiding choices associated with personal interests. With regard to principals, the difference was statistically significant on DIT-2 N-2 scores (based on ANOVA and t-test results) and P-scores (based on t-test results, but not based on ANOVA results). Principals not only underperformed master's students in educational leadership statistically significantly, but also underperformed active assistant principals in comparisons of group means on DIT-2 sub-scores. This research confirms the prior works of Strenth (2013) and Vitton & Wasonga (2009), where principals had been found to struggle in measures of moral reasoning and decision-making. These consecutive and consistent findings now require consideration, discussion, and action by the array of K-12 public school stakeholders. In response to the startling findings that K-12 principals are significantly underperforming those still aspiring for the principalship, a substantial, alarmed, and sober re-examination must take place as to what has happened to principals in K-12 public schools, and as to what can and must be done about it.
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Doctorate
Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Education and Human Performance
Educational Leadership; Executive Track
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Cadogan, Bernard Francis. "Constituting the settler colony and reconstituting the indigene : the native administration and constitutionalism of Sir George Grey K.C.B. during his two New Zealand governorships (1845-1853, 1861-68) until the outbreak of the Waikato War in 1863." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7040311f-6a6e-44d2-be47-b1d895380099.

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Sir George Grey (1812-1898) served as Governor of South Australia, of New Zealand twice, and of the Cape Colony. This thesis explains his policy for the first time for a history of the political ideas of colonization. Grey introduced the policy of racial amalgamation to settler colonies after the 1837 Report of the Select Committee into Aboriginal Affairs, that had advised the policy of segregation as had been North American policy under Sir William Johnson. This thesis demonstrates that Grey was a Liberal Anglican who had adopted neo-Harringtonian thought, and who introduced Jeffersonian native policy into British native policy. He practised the strategic theory of Antoine-Henri Jomini, applying it to native policy. Grey captured the monarchical constitution of the empire for what had been a settler policy of dissent to the segregation of indigenes that dated back to Tudor Ireland and early Viginia. Grey's distinctive intellectual practices were ethnograpical research and speculation, for which he enjoyed an international reputation, and the constitutional design of settler colonies, an activity he came to totally identify with. The thesis concentrates on his first New Zealand governorship (1845-53) and upon the resumption of his second New Zealand governorship (1861-68) because it was in that colony he first fully practised his native policy and participated in constitutional design, and into which he brought about a crisis of indigenous amalgamation on the eve of the Waikato War in 1863, having introduced full responsible government.
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Heasman, Michael Kenneth. "Influence of changing patterns of sucrose consumption on industrial users. Response by manufacturers of soft drinks, biscuits, cereals, cakes confectionery, ice-cream, jams, canned products and other sugar-containing foods to the U. K. dietary guidelines that relate to sucrose consumption." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4223.

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Sugar is intrinsically linked with the modern food system. Large sections of the U. K. food industry are dependent on its use and functional qualities. Supplies of sucrose entering the food chain have declined 25% between the 1950's and 1980's and currently stand around 37 kg/person/year. Furthermore, U. K. dietary guidelines over the past 14 years have consistently suggested caution over how much sugar is eaten, especially in manufactured foods. Dietary guidelines such as the NACNE report (1983) recommend average sugar consumption should be no more than 20 kg/person/year. Currently, two-thirds of sugar supplies are bought for use in food and drink manufacture. Continued pressures on sugar consumption and negative consumer attitudes to sugar may be reflected in lost sales of sugar-containing foods. The available information on U. K. sugar consumption is critically assessed. Although the main sources of sugar supply are identified, individual sugar consumption is shown to vary by considerable amounts. The place of sucrose is examined in relation to other sweeteners and why and where sugars and sweeteners are used in food systems. The promotion of "no added sugar" and "sugar free" products is examined since the publication of the NACNE report to the end of 1987. To further test the impact of changing patterns of sugar consumption on food and drink manufacturers a national survey of manufacturers who use sugar was carried out in early 1988. This was an attitudinal postal questionnaire and responses to the issue of sugar, diet and health were analysed. Respondents bought an estimated 650,000 tonnes of sugar in 1986, around 45% of the total industrial market. While the survey aggregate were fully supportive of sucrose, respondents reported that the majority of consumers were worried about sugar being bad for health and were actively cutting down on individual intakes. There were significant differences to the issue of sugar, diet and health dependent on company size, whether a company manufactured for a retailer's own label and if products had already been marketed at a "healthy eating" segment. However, in general, while manufacturers considered consumer attitudes to sugar to be important they had to be put in the context of other factors. So far the impact of changing patterns of sugar consumption is not reflected in the total average industrial purchases of sugar, although substantial "sugar-free" and "sugar-reduced" product niches have been established.
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Mackal, Jan. ""Henry James a jeho postoj k estetismu a dekadenci"." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-336502.

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This M.A. thesis focuses on the problematic relationship between Henry James and Aestheticism and Decadence on the example of his two masterpieces-The Portrait of a Lady () and The Golden Bowl (). The main task is to document the evolution of this relationship and to point out that despite his lifelong preoccupation with these two artistic movements in his literary works, James refuses to assume a concrete stance toward them. Before the literary analysis of the two abovementioned novels, the author devotes the first chapter to a brief historical survey as to the nature and purpose of the work of art, to the development Aestheticism and Decadence in Europe and Britain, and to James's relationship with some of the proponents of British Aestheticism. The rest of the thesis is devoted to the literary analysis of the two novels through the optics of Aestheticism and Decadence. Keywords: James, Henry; Aestheticism; Decadence; literary analysis; transatlantic studies
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Bulvasová, Alena. "Na cestě k rasové segregaci: Jihoafrická unie mezi světovými válkami." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-354005.

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This Master's thesis emphasizes on the analysis of three key factors, that affected the development of the Union of South Africa during the interwar era - the struggle for equality of Afrikaners with Britons, pre-apartheid legislation and a political rivalry of Boer Generals Jan Smuts and James Hertzog. This thesis aims on answering the question, whether the interwar policy of the Union was more affected by the matter of race segregation or by attempts to secure adequate political equality of the Afrikaners. The thesis is dividend to three main chapters, in which the author analyzes all the phenomenon. The nature of so called Afrikanerdom and the interwar political situation are being described, as well as the development of the non-white community in the Union and its attempts of political emancipation. Racial legislation is also explained closely. This thesis focuses on proper explanation of serious social problem of the selected era - the problem of poor whites and describes the way, the South African government tried to deal with it. Key Words Union of South Africa, Jan C. Smuts, James B. M. Hertzog, Afrikanerdom, Interwar Policy
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Touška, Mikuláš. "Od boje proti nacismu k vítězství apartheidu. Příspěvek k analýze vývoje Jihoafrické unie v letech 1939 až 1948." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-351927.

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This thesis deals with the development of the political environment and society in the Union of South Africa between 1939 and 1948. This period is characterized not only by close cooperation with Great Britain during World War II, the temporary suppression of nationalist opposition and the dominance of the United Party led by Jan Smuts in the South African political scene, but also social tensions and escalating conflict between the mainly Afrikaner "white" populations in the Union and non- European ethnic groups. Regardless of the fact that the Union was in World War II on the side of the victors and the sacrifice that had to bring in comparison with many other belligerent countries was relatively small, Smuts and his United Party suffered a fatal defeat in the first post-war elections in 1948. These elections not only meant the actual end of Smuts' political career and departure of United Party to permanent opposition, but also the beginning of the rule of Afrikaner nationalists for more than forty years. This paper aims to analyse the changes in society and the political climate in the Union during World War II and in the first three years after the war and the reasons that led to long-term dominance of nationalists in South Africa. Key Words Union of South Africa, Second World War, Union...
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Fendrychová, Michaela. ""Když přežít bylo vítězstvím". Příspěvek k historii fenoménu Formule 1 v letech 1970-1994." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-347824.

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Résumé This thesis is focused on the Czech environment neglected history of sport, specific sporty branch - races F1. Thesis is concentrated on the years 1970-1994 because there are two important milestones in the history of F1 racing - the title of world champion in memoriam of Jochen Rindt 1970 and death of Ayrton Senna at Grand Prix San Marino at Imola 1994. Thesis will be looking the answer to the questions why this sport gained in researching period rising popularity, what was F1 social and economic relevance, how did formula 1 help to the further technological development of automotive, why it began to professionalize, what reasons and in which countries began F1 expand. Individual world champions will not miss out, especially Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna and other important personalities at whose fates will be the history of F1 in researching period also watch.
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Russell, Keith. "Kenosis, katharsis, kairosis: a theory of literary affects." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/28951.

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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
This thesis explores theoretical aspects of the affective dimension of literature. Beginning with Aristotle's tying of katharsis to the drama, the pattern of affective relations is completed through the establishing of terms for each of the three broad traditional genres. These relations can be expressed in the ratio: as katharsis is to the genre of the dramatic, so kenosis is to the genre of the lyric, so kairosis is to the genre of the epic. Within each of these affective relations, further relations are determined for the identity structures within each genre. In defining these identity structures, the philosophical, theological, psychological and literary aspects of katharsis, kenosis and kairosis are explored. Of particular use in mapping these identity structures and literary affects were the philosophical theories of Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, and Wittgenstein; the theological views of D.G. Dawe, John Macquarrie, Charles Pickstone, and Ernest F. Scott; the psychological theories of C.J. Jung, Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva; the literary theories of Mikel Dufrenne, Stanley Fish, Toshihiko and Toyo Izutsu, Hans Robert Jauss, W.R. Johnson, Frank Kermode, William Elford Rogers, and D.T. Suzuki; and the literary works of Homer, Shakespeare, George Herbert, S.T. Coleridge, Charles Baudelaire, Wallace Stevens, and James K. Baxter. Taking up Aristotle's project to grant cognitive value to the experience of art, this thesis argues for the centrality of identity structures within the dimension of the affective. The thesis further determines that literature's affective dimension is the domain within which aesthetic identity is established. Such imaginative identity structures amount to a cultural catalogue of identity possibilities. As the keepers of this catalogue, the three interpretive genres amount to a body of affective knowledge that is its own dimension.
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Russell, Keith. "Kenosis, katharsis, kairosis: a theory of literary affects." 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/28951.

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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
This thesis explores theoretical aspects of the affective dimension of literature. Beginning with Aristotle's tying of katharsis to the drama, the pattern of affective relations is completed through the establishing of terms for each of the three broad traditional genres. These relations can be expressed in the ratio: as katharsis is to the genre of the dramatic, so kenosis is to the genre of the lyric, so kairosis is to the genre of the epic. Within each of these affective relations, further relations are determined for the identity structures within each genre. In defining these identity structures, the philosophical, theological, psychological and literary aspects of katharsis, kenosis and kairosis are explored. Of particular use in mapping these identity structures and literary affects were the philosophical theories of Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, and Wittgenstein; the theological views of D.G. Dawe, John Macquarrie, Charles Pickstone, and Ernest F. Scott; the psychological theories of C.J. Jung, Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva; the literary theories of Mikel Dufrenne, Stanley Fish, Toshihiko and Toyo Izutsu, Hans Robert Jauss, W.R. Johnson, Frank Kermode, William Elford Rogers, and D.T. Suzuki; and the literary works of Homer, Shakespeare, George Herbert, S.T. Coleridge, Charles Baudelaire, Wallace Stevens, and James K. Baxter. Taking up Aristotle's project to grant cognitive value to the experience of art, this thesis argues for the centrality of identity structures within the dimension of the affective. The thesis further determines that literature's affective dimension is the domain within which aesthetic identity is established. Such imaginative identity structures amount to a cultural catalogue of identity possibilities. As the keepers of this catalogue, the three interpretive genres amount to a body of affective knowledge that is its own dimension.
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Kayembe, James Christophe Kabwe [Verfasser]. "Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Entfernung von Zink(II)-Spuren bei der Extraktion mittels in Di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phosphorsäure getränkten porösen Polymerpartikeln im Festbettextraktor / vorgelegt von James Christophe K. Kayembe." 2006. http://d-nb.info/982036485/34.

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Harbilas, Despina. "Antiobesity and antidiabetic activity of P. balsamifera, its active Salicortin, and L. laricina, medicinal plants from the traditional pharmacopoeia of the James Bay Cree." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/8905.

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La prévalence de l’obésité, du diabète de type 2, et du syndrome métabolique, sont à la hausse chez les Cris d’Eeyou Istchee (CEI-Nord du Québec). Ces problèmes sont aggravés par leur diète non traditionnelle, leur sédentarité, ainsi que par une résistance culturelle aux produits pharmaceutiques. Afin de développer des traitements antidiabétiques culturellement adaptés, notre équipe a effectué une enquête ethnobotanique qui a identifié 17 plantes provenant de la pharmacopée traditionnelle des CEI. À partir des études de criblage effectuées in vitro, deux plantes parmi les 17 ont attiré notre attention. Populus balsamifera L. (Salicaceae) pour ses propriétés anti-obésité et Larix laricina K. Koch (Pinaceae) pour ses propriétés antidiabétiques. P. balsamifera et son composé actif salicortin ont inhibé l’accumulation de triglycérides durant l’adipogénèse dans les adipocytes 3T3-L1. L. laricina a augmenté le transport de glucose et l’activation de l’AMPK dans les cellules musculaires C2C12, l’adipogénèse dans les 3T3-L1 et a démontré un fort potentiel découpleur (propriété anti-obésité). Les objectifs de cette thèse sont d'évaluer les potentiels anti-obésité et antidiabétique et d’élucider les mécanismes d'action de P. balsamifera, salicortin, et L. laricina chez la souris C57BL/6 rendue obèse par une diète riche en gras (HFD). Les souris ont été soumises pendant huit (étude préventive) ou seize semaines (étude traitement) à une HFD, ou à une HFD dans laquelle P. balsamifera, salicortin, ou L. laricina a été incorporé soit dès le départ (prévention), ou dans les 8 dernières des 16 semaines d'administration de HFD (traitement). iv Les résultats démontrent que P. balsamifera (dans les deux études) et salicortin (évalué dans l’étude traitement) diminuent: le poids corporel, le gras rétropéritonéal, la sévérité de la stéatose et l’accumulation de triglycérides hépatique (ERK impliqué), les niveaux de glycémie et d'insuline, et le ratio leptine/adiponectine. Dans les deux études, P. balsamifera a significativement réduit la consommation de nourriture mais cet effet coupe-faim nécessite d’être approfondi. Dans l'étude préventive, P. balsamifera a augmenté la dépense énergétique (hausse de la température à la surface de la peau et de l’activation de la protéine découplante-1; UCP-1). Les voies de signalisation activées par P. balsamifera et par salicortin (de façon plus modeste) sont impliquées dans: la production de glucose hépatique (Akt), l’expression de Glut4 dans le muscle squelettique, la captation du glucose et du métabolisme des lipides (Akt dans le tissu adipeux), la différenciation des adipocytes (ERK et PPARg), l’inflammation dans le foie (IKKαβ), et l'oxydation des acides gras dans le muscle, le foie, ou le tissu adipeux (PPARa et CPT-1). D’autre part, L. laricina a également diminué les niveaux de glycémie et d’insuline, le ratio leptine/adiponectine, le gras rétropéritonéal et le poids corporel. Ces effets ont été observés en conjonction avec une augmentation de la dépense énergétique: hausse de température à la surface de la peau (prévention) et amélioration de la fonction mitochondriale et de la synthèse d'ATP (traitement). En conclusion, l’utilisation de P. balsamifera, salicortin et L. laricina comme des traitements alternatifs et culturellement adaptés aux CEI représente une contribution importante dans la prévention et le traitement de l’obésité et du diabète.
The prevalence of obesity, insulin resistance, and the metabolic syndrome is increasing among the Cree of Eeyou Istchee (CEI - Northern Quebec). Non-traditional diet and sedentary lifestyle along with cultural disconnect of modern type 2 diabetes (T2D) therapies are involved. In order to establish culturally adapted antidiabetic treatments, our research team conducted an ethnobotanical survey, where 17 plants were identified from the CEI traditional pharmacopoeia. Based on data obtained from in vitro screening studies, two plant species out of 17 were of particular interest for their properties as antiobesity, namely Populus balsamifera L. (Salicaceae), and antidiabetic agents, namely Larix laricina K. Koch (Pinaceae). P. balsamifera and its active salicortin inhibited triglyceride accumulation during adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. L. laricina increased glucose uptake and AMPK activation in C2C12 myotubes, adipogenesis in the 3T3-L1 adipocyte cell line, and was observed as one of the strongest uncouplers, severely disrupting mitochondrial function (increasing fuel consumption/metabolic rate; antiobesity property). The purpose of this PhD thesis is to evaluate the antiobesity and antidiabetic potential of P. balsamifera, salicortin, and L. laricina, in an in vivo model of diet-induced obese (DIO) C57BL/6 mice, as well as to investigate their possible mechanisms of action. Mice were subjected for eight (prevention study) or sixteen weeks (treatment study) to a high fat diet (HFD), or HFD to which P. balsamifera, salicortin, or L. laricina were incorporated either at onset (prevention), or in the last 8 of the 16 weeks of administration of the HFD (treatment). The results showed that P. balsamifera (in either study) and salicortin (incorporated in HFD only in treatment study) decreased the weight of whole vii body, retroperitoneal fat pad, reduced the severity of hepatic macrovesicular steatosis and triglyceride accumulation (ERK pathway implicated). They also decreased glycemia and improved insulin sensitivity by diminishing insulin levels, and altering adipokine secretion whereby reducing the leptin/adiponectin ratio. In both studies, P. balsamifera significantly reduced food intake. This appetite-reducing effect needs to be investigated further. In the prevention study this was accompanied by an increase in energy expenditure (increase in skin temperature and tends to increase expression of uncoupling protein-1; UCP-1). The signaling pathways activated by P. balsamifera and slightly by salicortin are implicated in either controlling hepatic glucose output (Akt), skeletal muscle Glut4 expression, glucose uptake and lipid metabolism in adipose tissue (Akt), adipocyte differentiation (ERK pathway and PPARg), decreasing the hepatic inflammatory state (IKKab), and increasing muscular, hepatic, or adipose tissue fatty acid oxidation (PPARa, CPT-1). As for L. laricina, it effectively decreased glycemia levels, insulin levels and the leptin/adiponectin ratio, improved insulin sensitivity and slightly decreased abdominal fat pad and body weights. This occurred in conjunction with increased energy expenditure as demonstrated by elevated skin temperature in the prevention study, and tendency to improve mitochondrial function and ATP synthesis in the treatment protocol. In conclusion, these results represent a major contribution, identifying P. balsamifera, salicortin, and L. laricina, as promising alternative, and culturally adapted therapies for the prevention and treatment care of obesity and diabetes among the CEI.
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Kadlecová, Markéta. "Královská zeměpisná společnost a její příspěvek k průzkumu jezer rovníkové Afriky a hledání pramenů Nilu." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-347829.

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The history of exploration is one of the great chapters in the history of mankind, which offers not only strong personal stories of desire and determination but is also related to the Great Powers policy. What stands in center of attention of this thesis is an institution established under the patronage of British king William IV, the aim of which was the promotion of geography and exploration of continents. The Royal Geographical Society has been among others distiguished in the support of expeditions which managed to map the sources of the Nile and contribute to a solution of one of the long term mysteries of the mankind.
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Williams, Susan Lillian. "Metamorphosis at 'the margin' : Bruce Mason, James K. Baxter, Mervyn Thompson, Renée and Robert Lord, five playwrights who have helped to change the face of New Zealand drama : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1461.

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Drama has been the slowest of the arts to develop an authentic New Zealand 'voice.' This thesis focuses on the work of five playwrights: Bruce Mason, James K. Baxter, Mervyn Thompson, Renée and Robert Lord, all of whom have set out to identify such a 'voice' and in so doing have brought about a metamorphosis in the nature of New Zealand drama. New Zealand has traditionally been regarded as being on 'the margin' in relation to the dominant culture of the colonizer (the Eurocentre). Before Bruce Mason began to challenge this 'centre' of power in the early 1950s, New Zealand playwrights were so intimidated by the Eurocentre that they usually set their plays in Europe, particularly in England, in order to make them acceptable to their audiences. Mason proposed that 'the margin' of New Zealand, rather than being seen as inferior, should be redefined as a fertile place capable of nurturing a new individual dramatic form quite distinct from colonial norms. All of my chosen playwrights have insisted upon the intrinsic value of a two-tiered concept of 'the margin.' By setting their plays (wherever possible) in the country of their birth, highlighting New Zealand social issues and in the process persuading theatre-going audiences that plays about this country are worth watching, they have given new life to 'the margin' (the culture of New Zealand as a whole). At the same time all of these five playwrights have recognized that minority groups - 'voices' from 'the outer margin' in relation to the Pakeha 'inner margin' of power - have been largely unrepresented or misrepresented in New Zealand plays. They have advocated the vital importance of women's 'voices,' Māori 'voices' and gay 'voices,' for example, in their exploration of a more sophisticated and inclusive understanding of what constitutes our national identity. Moreover, in a period of less than forty years, they have helped to facilitate the transition of New Zealand theatre from amateur to professional status and have been instrumental in providing the practical framework whereby future New Zealand playwrights may find an outlet for their work.
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Suk, John D., Sophie Vandenberg, and Calvin Seerveld. "Perspective vol. 42 no. 1 (Feb 2008)." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/251167.

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Suk, John D., Sophie Vandenberg, and Calvin Seerveld. "Perspective vol. 42 no. 1 (Feb 2008)." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/277516.

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Potter, Mary-Anne. "Arboreal thresholds - the liminal function of trees in twentieth-century fantasy narratives." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25341.

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Trees, as threshold beings, effectively blur the line between the real world and fantastical alternate worlds, and destabilise traditional binary classification systems that distinguish humanity, and Culture, from Nature. Though the presence of trees is often peripheral to the main narrative action, their representation is necessary within the fantasy trope. Their consistent inclusion within fantasy texts of the twentieth century demonstrates an enduring arboreal legacy that cannot be disregarded in its contemporary relevance, whether they are represented individually or in collective forests. The purpose of my dissertation is to conduct a study of various prominent fantasy texts of the twentieth century, including the fantasy works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Robert Holdstock, Diana Wynne Jones, Natalie Babbitt, and J.K. Rowling. In scrutinising these texts, and drawing on insights offered by liminal, ecocritical, ecofeminist, mythological and psychological theorists, I identify the primary function of trees within fantasy narratives as liminal: what Victor Turner identifies as a ‘betwixt and between’ state (1991:95) where binaries are suspended in favour of embracing potentiality. This liminality is constituted by three central dimensions: the ecological, the mythological, and the psychological. Each dimension informs the relationship between the arboreal as grounded in reality, and represented in fantasy. Trees, as literary and cinematic arboreal totems are positioned within fantasy narratives in such a way as to emphasise an underlying call to bio-conservatorship, to enable a connection to a larger scope of cultural expectation, and to act as a means through which human self-awareness is developed.
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