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McCann, Mary Therese. "Symbols /." Online version of thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11568.
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Vora, Janhavi L. "Decoding symbols." Virtual Press, 2008. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1391239.
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The primary objective of this creative project is to explore the meaning and complexity of simple forms, also referred to as symbols. The project examines symbols that interest me. These symbols may be found in various cultures and subcultures throughout the world. I also designed symbols to describe weather phenomena.I have provided a thematic interpretation of my work, focusing on the themes of identity and spirituality. When people view my work they may have multiple interpretations, but a thematic explanation of each piece also provides information for the viewer to ponder. The paper also includes a discussion of work by other artists and ideas that have informed and developed my prints. This body of work required traditional printmaking techniques such as: intaglio, deep etching, chine cone, color printing and photomechanical transfer using imagON photopolymer film.Department of Art
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Conceição, Luís F. P. 1952. "A consagração da água através da arquitectura-para uma arquitectura da água." Phd thesis, Instituições portuguesas -- UTL-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa -- -Faculdade de Arquitectura, 1997. http://dited.bn.pt:80/29876.
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Ivarsson, Viva, and Linus Johansson. "Talking Through Symbols : The Relationship Between Player, Symbols and Their Meaning." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-255241.
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Idag använder spelindustrin flertalet metoder för att leda spelare igenom spel som färg- och ljussättning och användandet av former. Denna uppsats fokuserar på det sist nämnda och försöker besvara frågan: I valet mellan simpla symboler, finns det en specifik symbol som spelare föredrar att följa och vad assosierar de med denna symbol? För att besvara denna fråga skapades ett test som undersökte spelares val då de presenterades för tre symboler, en cirkel, en triangle och en fyrkant. Testet var en spelprototyp som bestod av en korridor, vilket var spelets inlärnings område, och ett rum med tre dörrar, vilket var det huvudsakliga testet. Testet visade att det inte fanns en viss symbol som spelare följde mer än någon av de andra, men att associationerna med symbolerna verkar stämma överrens med tidigare studiers förklaring av vad symbolerna står för. Detta visar på att att symbolerna kan användas inom speldesign för att framföra meddelanden till spelaren och hjälpa till att leda dem i nya områden.Presently the video game industry uses a number of methods to lead the players though the games such as colours, lights and shapes. This thesis focuses on shapes and tries to answer the question: In choosing between basic symbols is there a particular symbol that players prefer tofollow and what do they associate with that symbol? In order to answer this question we created an experiment in which we tested how test subjects respond to three primitive shapes, triangles, circles and squares. The experiment consisted of a corridor with a door in one end, acting as the controls tutorial, and a room with three doors which was the actual experiment. Our test shows that there is not a certain symbol that the test subjects prefer to follow, but that the associations to the symbols seem to be true in comparison to earlier made studies on what these symbols are viewed to represent. This points at the possibility that the symbols can be used in game design to convey messages to the players and be used to guide the players in new environments.
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Jeppsson, Fredrik. "Extended meaning by symbolism in Julia Otsuka's novel When the Emperor was divine." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-11807.
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Cekavicius, Tadas, and Milda Pajarskaite. "Pets as Status Symbols." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Marketing and Logistics, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18306.
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According to Onkvisit and Shaw (1987), many products and possessions can be perceived as extensions of consumers' self-identity. Some consumers might even try to enhance their image through conspicuous or status consumption. According to Mosteller (2008), possessing a pet is closely related to the theory of the extended self. Among other types of conspicuously consumed goods, rare or unusual animals may be purchased to satisfy the consumer's need for status (Hirschman, 1994). In 2011, more than 70 million households in Europe kept a pet. The direct and indirect industry of pet breeders, veterinarians etc. creates more than half a million jobs throughout Europe. Although in recent years many studies have been conducted from psychological or medical point of view of companion animals' and their owners' interactions, the academic knowledge from consumer behaviour perspective is still scarce. Authors of this thesis employed attitudes, various self and conspicious consumption theories in order to dig deeper into the topic of pets as status symbols, in particular rare and pure-bred cats and dogs. With the help of convenience sampling technique, internet survey was distributed. Authors questioned 165 students in Jönköping International Business School and created a data sample which was later used in statistical analysis. By combining descriptive statistics, Principal component analysis and Cluster analysis, a research design for the topic at hand was developed, which allowed to squeeze out every bit of valuable information. According to the statistical analysis, four most important factors influencing pet-related conspicuous consumption are (in order of importance): Ostentation, Social Recognition, Conformity and Materialistic Indulgence. With regards to these factors, all participants were grouped in four clusters: Blue Blooded People, Indifferent Boasters, Status Candidates and Approval Seekers. This research design resulted in vast array of managerial implications and creation of academic knowledge in respective consumer behaviour field.
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Lopes, Dominic M. "Pictures as perceptual symbols." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315924.
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Searle, B. G. "Calculation of 6j symbols." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Physics, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8118.
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At present there is no complete algorithm for the calculation of the coupling or recoupling factors of an arbitrary compact group. However, this thesis is based on the premise that the 6j can be calculated using only the Kronecker product rules for the group and the general relations between 6j. We review the symmetry properties of the 6j symbols and choose a set of values for the permutation matrices of a mixed symmetry triad.
An algorithm is presented for the recursive calculation of coupling and recoupling factors in terms of the primitive factors. This algorithm is shown to be complete. It is then shown how this algorithm may be applied to a larger class of group theoretic transformation factors.
The primitive 6j are then split into four classes. This allows us to specify complete algorithms for the calculation of all but one of these classes. This is a major advance since it was previously necessary to systematically try all equations in order to solve an unknown 6j.
We conjecture that our algorithm for the calculation of the fourth class of primitive 6j, the core 6j, is complete, although we are only able to prove this for SO₃. As a consequence we discuss the various special cases that occur in groups more complex than SO₃, starting with the point groups. New results are given for the groups G₂ and E₈, and the 6j for the mixed symmetry finite group K₂₀ are completely solved.
The data structures necessary for the implementation of the algorithms in a PASCAL program are discussed, along with the algorithms required to calculate the symmetrised powers of an irrep.
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Urban, Margaret Mary. "Flight Signs, Flight Symbols." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/956.
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I am investigating the significance of historic events of flight through image making; particularly incidents that captured the collective imagination and became part of our cultural memory. These events have surpassed mere entries in historical texts and become mythic. In the terms of Jungian psychology, they have become symbolic. In terms of Semiotics, they have become signs. Through photographs and installation, I seek to understand their presence in my, and our, unconscious mind.
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Darowski, John J. "Mythic Symbols of Batman." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1226.
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Batman has become a fixture in the popular consciousness of America. Since his first publication in Detective Comics #27 in 1939, he has never ceased publication, appearing in multiple titles every month as well as successfully transitioning into other media such as film and television. A focused analysis of the character will reveal that Batman has achieved and maintained this cultural resonance for almost seventy years by virtue of attaining the status of a postmodern American mythology. In both theme and function, Batman has several direct connections to ancient mythology and has adapted that form into a distinctly American archetype. And as a popular cultural symbol, he has shown remarkable malleability to reflect the attitudes of his contemporary culture. An examination of Batman's enduring and changing characteristics will reveal insights into American values, culture and history during the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries.
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Smith, Alison Mary Ann. "The utility of symbols : the relationship between symbols and legitimacy in international relations." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12617.
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My thesis will demonstrate that symbols matter in international relations because of the way they can influence legitimacy. Joseph Nye has argued, “cooperation is a matter of degree” in international relations (Nye 2004, 29); legitimacy is one of the factors that determines the extent to which the international community will cooperate with a given action. Thomas Franck (1990) argues that legitimacy, too, is a matter of degree. This means that actions are not always judged to be strictly legitimate or illegitimate, but rather, they fall on a spectrum somewhere between the two extremes. The puzzle, however, is how states calculate the degree of legitimacy of an action. I argue that symbols have an important role to play in this calculation of the extent to which an action is seen as legitimate. This thesis will further explore the role and power of symbols in international relations, a role that the literature on legitimacy has not thoroughly discussed.
I will use two case studies, Canada’s refusals to endorse Operation Iraqi Freedom and Ballistic Missile Defence, to demonstrate that symbols are a source of power in international relations. The American administration went to significant lengths to try to obtain a Canadian endorsement of these initiatives because it knew that this endorsement would contribute to the perceived legitimacy of these actions. The degree to which an action is seen as legitimate can influence the extent to which the international community will cooperate with it, or at least not resist it. I conclude that this argument has implications for Canadian foreign and defence policy, and that the literature regarding legitimacy should better reflect this power of symbols in international relations.
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Dass, Rhonda. "Native American symbols in tattooing." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3386672.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 15, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-12, Section: A, page: 4804. Adviser: John Wm. Johnson.
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Martin, C. I., and Bert-Wolfgang Schulze. "The quantisation of edge symbols." Universität Potsdam, 2005. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/2995/.
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We investigate operators on manifolds with edges from the point of view of the symbolic calculus induced by the singularities. We discuss new aspects of the quantisation of edge-degenerate symbols which lead to continuous operators in weighted edge spaces.
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Abed, Jamil, and Bert-Wolfgang Schulze. "Operators with corner-degenerate symbols." Universität Potsdam, 2008. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3029/.
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We establish elements of a new approch to ellipticity and parametrices within operator algebras on a manifold with higher singularities, only based on some general axiomatic requirements on parameter-dependent operators in suitable scales of spaces. The idea is to model an iterative process with new generations of parameter-dependent operator theories, together with new scales of spaces that satisfy analogous requirements as the original ones, now on a corresponding higher level.
The “full” calculus is voluminous; so we content ourselves here with some typical aspects such as symbols in terms of order reducing families, classes of relevant examples, and operators near the conical exit to infinity.
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Potter, Michael James A. "Berezin symbols and operator theory." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ53208.pdf.
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Kurata, Yohei. "Arrow Symbols: Theory for Interpretation." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/KurataY2007.pdf.
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Aranes, M. "Modular symbols over number fields." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2010. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/35128/.
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Let K be a number field, R its ring of integers. For some classes of fields, spaces of cusp forms of weight 2 for GL(2;K) have been computed using methods based on modular symbols. J.E. Cremona [9] began the programme of extending the classical methods over Q to the case of imaginary quadratic fields. This work was continued by some of his Ph.D. students [35, 6, 22], and results have been obtained for some imaginary quadratic fields with small class number. More recently, P. Gunnells and D. Yasaki [18] have developed related algorithms for real quadratic fields. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the extension of the modular symbols method, when possible developing algorithms and implementations for effective computations. Some parts of the theory are purely algebraic and can be extended to all number fields. We generalise the theory for cusps and Manin symbols; we also describe a generalisation of Atkin-Lehner involutions and study other normaliser elements. On the other hand, all previous explicit computations for the imaginary quadratic field case were done only for specific fields. In the last part of this thesis we begin work towards a general implementation of the techniques used in this case. In particular, we are able to compute a fundamental domain of the hyperbolic 3-space for any imaginary quadratic field. Implementations of the algorithms described in this thesis have been written by the author in the open-source mathematics software Sage [31].
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Waters, John Michael. "The Utility of Mathematical Symbols." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52706.
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Explanations of why mathematics is useful to empirical research focus on mathematics' role as a representation or model. On platonist accounts, the representational relation is one of structural correspondence between features of the real world and the abstract mathematical structures that represent them. Where real numbers are concerned, however, there is good reason to think the world's correspondence with systems of real number symbols, rather than the real numbers themselves, can be utilized for our representational purposes. One way this can be accomplished is through a paraphrase interpretation of real number symbols where the symbols are taken to refer directly to the things in the world real numbers are supposed to represent. A platonist account of structural correspondence between structures of real numbers and the world can be found in the foundations of measurement where a scale of real numbers is applied to quantities of physical properties like length, mass and velocity. This subject will be employed as a demonstration of how abstract real numbers, traditionally construed as modeling features of the world, are superfluous if their symbols are taken to refer directly to those features.Master of Arts
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Kuhn, Karen. "Aggression and symbols of power /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11324.
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Corsman, Jens Kolster Manfred. "Redei symbols and governing fields." *McMaster only, 2007.
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Maniccia, L., and Bert-Wolfgang Schulze. "An algebra of meromorphic corner symbols." Universität Potsdam, 2002. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2636/.
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Operators on manifolds with corners that have base configurations with geometric singularities can be analysed in the frame of a conormal symbolic structure which is in spirit similar to the one for conical singularities of Kondrat'ev's work. Solvability of elliptic equations and asymptotics of solutions are determined by meromorphic conormal symbols. We study the case when the base has edge singularities which is a natural assumption in a number of applications. There are new phenomena, caused by a specific kind of higher degeneracy of the underlying symbols. We introduce an algebra of meromorphic edge operators that depend on complex parameters and investigate meromorphic inverses in the parameter-dependent elliptic case. Among the examples are resolvents of elliptic differential operators on manifolds with edges.
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Pugh, Jeffrey Raymond, and jpugh@bcv vic edu au. "Symbols of Dysfunction, Strategies for Renewal." Flinders University. EHLT, 2006. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20060227.150043.
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This thesis is an exploration of five church communities, three of which are represented in depth. These communities have as a common narrative plot a period of significant decline followed by renewal and growth.The frameworks employed to understand these corporate narratives are an Organizational Culture, a Family Systems and an Organizational Psychological lens. The efficacy of each lens is assessed as to its ability to interpret each narrative coherently. Then the narratives are interpreted with all lenses used in parallel. The results of the thesis indicate that periods of decline were associated with certain dysfunctions, particularly Bion like basic assumptions, neurotic constellations or control cultures. Pastors and congregations are both idealized or demonized in the inner theatres of the community psyche. In periods of renewal, more rational and 'depressive' engagements with the environment of the church are indicative of strategic ministry that supplies both a more adequate holding environment and significant transitional objects that assist community maturation. Moreover, these maturational processes also reonnate with what is to be expected of a church community that exhibits the process attributes of an orthodox version of the Triune community.
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Heumann, Jay. "Modular symbols, Eisenstein series, and congruences." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44419.
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Let E and f be an Eisenstein series and a cusp form, respectively, of the same weight k ≥ 2 and of the same level N, both eigenfunctions of the Hecke operators, and both normalized so that a₁ = 1. The main result we seek is that when E and f are congruent mod a prime p (which may be a prime ideal lying over a rational prime p > 2), the algebraic parts of the special values L(E,χ,j) and L(f,χ,j) satisfy congruences mod the same prime. More explicitly, the congruence result states that, under certain conditions,
τ(χ ̄)L(f,χ,j)/(2πi)^(j−1)Ω_f^(sgn(E)) ≡ τ(χ ̄)L(E,χ,j)/(2πi)^(j)Ω_E (mod p)
where the sign of E is ±1 depending on E, and Ω_f^(sgn(E)) is the corresponding
canonical period for f. Also, χ is a primitive Dirichlet character of conductor m, τ(χ ̄) is a Gauss sum, and j is an integer with 0 < j < k such that (−1)^(j−1) · χ(−1) = sgn(E). Finally, Ω_E is a p-adic unit which is independent of χ and j. This is a generalization of earlier results of Stevens and Vatsal for weight k = 2.
In this paper we construct the modular symbol attached to an Eisenstein series, and compute the special values. We give numerical examples of the congruence theorem stated above, and we sketch the proof of the congruence theorem.
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Soulioti, Eleni. "The social role of Minoan symbols." Thesis, Durham University, 2016. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12413/.
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Starting from the premise that symbols are among the most reliable and efficient representatives of a society and that, Minoan society in particular, appears as overly dependent on symbols and their ritual use for the operation of its socio-political structure, this thesis will examine the social role of six of its most emblematic symbols: the double axe, the horns of consecration, the figure-of-eight shield, the sacred knot, the triton and the shell. Based on a large amount of data and recognizing the enormous value of contextual analysis, the social role of the symbols is illustrated through the comparison of patterns of use from a number of sites in North Central and East Crete. The selection of North Central Crete and East Crete is justified by the diversity of socio-political factors offered by the two areas: North Central Crete was a geographically unified area, where the Palace Knossos, the largest and most complex palace of Minoan Crete was built, while East Crete was a geographically fragmented area with relatively isolated settlements, which developed different degrees of palatial complexity. The variation in the responses to the emergence of the palatial system in these two inherently different geographical units is here used to demonstrate the significance of the study of Minoan symbols for the understanding of past societies. The above patterns are interpreted under the scope of an interactive relation between different social groups, individuals and objects, as well as the spaces which become fields of action for the symbols. In this frame, symbols are viewed as constantly changing formations which reflect dynamic social relations.
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Larson, Stephen David 1980. "Intrinsic representation : bootstrapping symbols from experience." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28462.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).
If we are to understand human-level intelligence, we need to understand how meanings can be learned without explicit instruction. I take a step toward that understanding by focusing on the symbol-grounding problem, showing how symbols can emerge from a system that looks for regularity in the experiences of its visual and proprioceptive sensory systems. More specifically, my implemented system builds descriptions up from low-level perceptual information and, without supervision, discovers regularities in that information. Then, my system, with supervision, associates the regularity with symbolic tags. Experiments conducted with the implementation shows that it successfully learns symbols corresponding to blocks in a simple 2D blocks world, and learns to associate the position of its eye with the position of its arm. In the course of this work, I take a new perspective on how to design knowledge representations, one that grapples with the internal semantics of systems, and I propose a model of an adaptive knowledge representation scheme that is intrinsic to the model and not parasitic on meanings captured in some external system, such as the head of a human investigator.
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Williams, Christopher David. "Overconvergent modular symbols over number fields." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/87870/.
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The theory of overconvergent modular symbols, developed by Rob Pollack and Glenn Stevens, gives a beautiful and effective construction of the p-adic L-function of a modular form. In this thesis, we develop the theory of overconvergent modular symbols over a completely general number field and use it to construct p-adic L-functions for automorphic forms for GL2. In particular, we prove control theorems that say that the natural specialisation map from overconvergent to classical modular symbols is an isomorphism on the small slope subspaces, hence attaching a unique overconvergent modular symbol to a small slope cuspidal automorphic eigenform .Φ. From this overconvergent symbol we then obtain a p-adic distribution that interpolates certain critical L-values of .Φ. The text is comprised of two largely independent parts. In the first, we develop the theory in concrete detail over imaginary quadratic fields, and in the process present a constructive definition of the p-adic L-function in this setting. In the second, which was joint work with Daniel Barrera Salazar (Université de Montréal), we provide an analogous theory over general number fields, though not in the same explicit detail.
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DeNardi, Mia A. "Symbols and Identity in Siena, Italy." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1337187382.
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Marks, Lori J. "Supporting Communication Using Pictures and Symbols." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3676.
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Pollack, Courtney. "More Than Just Symbols: Mental and Neural Representations Related to Symbolic Number Processing in Mathematics." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27112714.
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The ability for students to understand numbers and other mathematical symbols is a crucial part of success in mathematics. Accordingly, it is important for researchers to understand the nature of symbolic number processing – the connections between a symbol or collection of symbols that convey numerical information (e.g., Arabic digits, arithmetic facts, literal symbols) and their related mental and neural representations. Research that joins the mind and brain sciences with education, such as educational neuroscience work, provides a powerful way to examine students’ symbolic number processing. Much of the research in this area has focused on processing of Arabic numerals in adults and children, with relatively less work on symbols common in intermediate and higher-level mathematics. This dissertation contributes two studies that focus on number processing for symbols beyond those used in basic numeracy, arithmetic facts and literal symbols.
The first study uses neuroimaging meta-analysis to examine whether there are brain regions that support both arithmetic and phonological processing. Results suggest that activity in frontal and temporo-occipital brain regions support both types of processing, and that there is recruitment of left temporoparietal areas for each type of processing, but these areas are regionally differentiated. The second study investigates the connection between literal symbols and their mental representations of quantity. Results suggest that there is a cognitive processing cost associated with connecting literal symbols to numerical referents because literal symbols have extant mental referents related to literacy.
Taken together, these studies expand the scope of existing research in educational neuroscience related to mathematics learning, to more fully incorporate notions of symbolic processing in intermediate and higher-level mathematics, and contribute to theory building on the connections between symbols in mathematics and their mental and neural representations. These studies also form the basis of my future work in educational neuroscience related to symbolic number processing, which will build and expand on the studies presented herein. Research on symbolic number processing that spans symbols learned in early numeracy (i.e., Arabic numerals) and in intermediate and higher-level mathematics (e.g., arithmetic facts, literal symbols) can facilitate a more complete picture of student learning, thereby supporting students’ mathematical development from early numeracy through advanced mathematics.
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Kramer, Elisabeth Anne. "What’s in a Symbol? Emerging Parties and Anti-Corruption Symbols in Indonesia’s 2014 National Legislative Election Campaigns." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15992.
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This thesis explores the use of anti-corruption symbols during Indonesia’s 2014 legislative elections from a national party and individual candidate perspective. Anti-corruption has long been a political issue in Indonesia, and the entrenched nature of associated rhetoric facilitates the ongoing emphasis on anti-corruption symbols. However, recent history and the perceived misuse of such symbols by some political parties meant that mobilizing them carried risks in 2014. This study addresses two key empirical questions: why were anti-corruption symbols adopted by emerging parties and their candidates, and how were these symbols used? Examining these questions allows us to consider a broader paradox in Indonesia; that while anti-corruption rhetoric is prominent, so too is corruption—including money politics and vote-buying during political campaigns. Theoretically, the thesis speaks to the literature on electoral campaigns and the diffusion of ideas across scales, drawing on Edelman’s conceptualization of political symbols as signifiers of morality and aspiration that are ultimately intended to sway audiences in order to gain power. The application of Edelman’s theory of symbolic politics to the Indonesian case provides an opportunity to extend theoretical discussions of the use of symbols as tools of persuasion during elections. The incorporation of diffusion theory to interpret the parameters and constraints of campaigning represents an original approach to the study of electoral campaigns, not just in Indonesia but more widely. The combination of these theoretical frameworks presents an innovative way of understanding enduring questions regarding coexisting, yet contradictory, political phenomena in Indonesia. Focusing on case studies from three different emerging parties, this thesis finds that the employment of anti-corruption symbols varied considerably between the national level and the candidates, even if the symbols adopted were ostensibly the same. Parties’ executive committees embraced anti-corruption symbols because they believed voters would respond favourably to them, in spite of the inherent hazards involved. However, candidates exercise great autonomy in the construction of their personal campaigns, and could choose to adopt or ignore their party’s anti-corruption symbol. In the cases examined here, the extent to which the symbol was adopted depended heavily on a candidate’s personal history, through which personal ‘ownership’ of the issue was established. The nature of intra-party relations and traditional campaign techniques in Indonesia reinforced these intrinsically different campaign arenas, often referred to colloquially as the ‘air campaign’ (national level) and ‘ground campaign’ (candidate level). Given the different audiences and interactions with voters in each arena, there was scope for discrepancy even though national party committees and individual candidates essentially shared the same goal of wanting to maximize votes. The thesis argues that the disconnect that exists between the anti-corruption symbol constructed in national campaigns and local practice is inherently linked to the simultaneous prominence of anti-corruption rhetoric and money politics in campaigns. At the same time that parties compete to be seen as the ‘cleanest’, individual candidates are pressured to buy votes, knowing that it may be their best chance for success. The inconsistency in the presentation of anti-corruption symbols leads voters to believe that the issue is being manipulated for political purposes rather than reflecting a genuine desire to combat corruption, compromising its persuasive value. The incongruity between what happens in different campaign arenas not only demonstrates the fragmented nature of political parties, but also confirms that the values and decisions of candidates play a crucial role in the perpetuation of money politics. This finding challenges the normative assumption that political parties are single, coherent entities and advances a new way of understanding the relationships between anti-corruption rhetoric and election campaign outcomes for Indonesia’s emerging parties.
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Voulgarakis, Evangelos. "'Our sacred symbols' : the utilisation of symbols of American heritage by the neo-militia movement and its critics." Thesis, University of Kent, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.396917.
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Owoeye, Omotato Idowu Oke. "Textiles texts and symbols : women dyers and symbols in the Indigo textile dyeing production process in Osogbo Nigeria." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62653.
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Despite the emergence of narrative and humanistic anthropological perspectives on thriving indigenous textile technologies, indigo dyed textile products are often read as homogenous products, devoid of Yoruba women-dyers' symbolic narratives. This ethnographic research on indigo textile dyeing in Osogbo examines the relationship between textile production and ritual by focusing on how indigenous peoples are stimulated to create what they make and the textile makers' unit of expression. A key argument throughout the thesis is that the dyeing act is a ritual performance by women dyers in Osogbo a re-enacted symbolic performance of the formation and evolution of human sociality and the socialization of human beings. It is also a symbolic representation of motherhood (parenthood when it comes to the societal level) a process of inscribing the kadara (destiny) of a child and the development of iwa (character) and ewa (beauty) to be an omoluabi (good and cultured child) in Yoruba ontology. The thesis also explores alkaline water production processes as part of the indigenous indigo textile dyeing processes and the use of adire textile for communication in Osogbo the notions of colour and colour symbolism and the use of texts, proverbs and images on dyed textiles as communicative tools specifically to show the transformatory nature of rituals in indigo textile dyeing.Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Witt, Ingo. "On the factorization of meromorphic Mellin symbols." Universität Potsdam, 1999. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2542/.
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It is prooved that mermorphic, parameter-dependet elliptic Mellin symbols can be factorized in a particular way. The proof depends on the availability of logarithms of pseudodifferential operators. As a byproduct, we obtain a characterization of the group generated by pseudodifferential operators admitting a logarithm. The factorization has applications to the theory os pseudodifferential operators on spaces with conical singularities, e.g., to the index theory and the construction of various sub-calculi of the cone calculus.
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Rabinovich, Vladimir, Bert-Wolfgang Schulze, and Nikolai Tarkhanov. "C*-algebras of ISO's with oscillating symbols." Universität Potsdam, 2000. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2584/.
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For a domain D subset of IRn with singular points on the boundary and a weight function ω infinitely differentiable away from the singularpoints in D, we consider a C*-algebra G (D; ω) of operators acting in the weighted space L² (D, ω). It is generated by the operators XD F-¹ σ F XD where σ is a homogeneous function. We show that the techniques of limit operators apply to define a symbol algebra for G (D; ω). When combined with the local principle, this leads to describing the Fredholm operators in G (D; ω).
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Jeria, Lopez Irene. "Othering through symbols in Heart of Darkness." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-196572.
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Park, Sunyoon. "Shenandoah Valley Earthenware as Symbols of Identity." W&M ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626293.
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De, Klerk Hester Magdalena. "Young South African children’s recognition of emotions as depicted by picture communication symbols." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28904.
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Experiencing and expressing emotions is an essential part of psychological well-being. It is for this reason that most graphic symbol sets used in the field of AAC include an array of symbols depicting emotions. However, to date, very limited research has been done on children’s ability to recognise and use these symbols to express feelings within different cultural contexts. The purpose of the current study was to describe and compare Afrikaans and Sepedi speaking grade R children’s choice of graphic symbols when depicting four basic emotions, i.e. happy; sad; afraid; and angry. After ninety participants (44 Afrikaans and 46 Sepedi speaking) passed a pre-assessment task, they were exposed 24 emotions vignettes. Participants had to indicate the intensity the protagonist in the story would experience. The next step was for the participants to choose a graphic symbol from a 16 matrix overlay which they thought best represented the symbol and intensity. The results indicated a significant difference at a 1% level between the two groups’ selection of expected symbols to represent emotions. Afrikaans speaking participants more often chose expected symbols than Sepedi speaking participants to represent different basic emotions. Sepedi speaking participants made use of a larger variety of symbols to represent the emotions. Participants from both language groups most frequently selected expected symbols to represent happy followed by those for angry and afraid with expected symbols for sad selected least frequently. Except for a significant difference at the 1% level for happy no significant differences were present between the intensities selected by the different language groups for the other three basic emotions. No significant differences between the two gender groups’ choices of expected symbols to represent emotions or between the intensities selected by the different gender groups were observed.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Boberg, Henrik, and Jiraya Chanchon. "Symbols of Sustainability : A cross-cultural study on consumers perceived symbolic benefits of energy efficient home appliances." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-202597.
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Sustainability is a growing trend and companies are increasingly engaging sustainability in their core business strategy. One example of how this is manifested is through the development of products that are labelled as energy-efficient. There is a lack of insights into how consumers perceive and gain benefits from such sustainable products, particularly so regarding the nonfunctional and non-economical benefits and into how culture influences those benefits. The purpose of this study is to investigate consumer perceived non-functional and non-economical benefits that are associated with energy-efficient products, in order to gain a deeper understanding on how the Swedish compared to the Thai culture influence consumers perception of energy efficient products within the home appliance industry. The literature review regarding the symbolic meaning of products concludes that the most relevant perceived benefits of products includes emotional-, self-expressiveness-, and social benefits. A cross-cultural quantitative study performed in Sweden and Thailand determines that culture influences consumers understanding of products and thereby influence their perceived benefit from energyefficient home appliances. How culture influences consumer perceived benefits depends on the characteristics of the different cultural dimensions established by Hofstede (2010), involving: power distance, masculinity, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and long-term orientation.
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Fichtner, Matthias. "Anchoring Symbols to Percepts in the Fluent Calculus." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-25900.
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An abstract knowledge representation of cognitive robots - as used for reasoning and planning - typically relies on symbols denoting objects of the world and states of affairs. The process of creating and maintaining the correct connection between a symbol denoting an object and its corresponding perceptual image (called percept), both referring to the same physical object, is called symbol anchoring. Most current cognitive systems implement an ad hoc solution which may work for the specific, intended application under certain conditions. Conversely, we suggest a formal and general approach to the symbol anchoring problem, which enhances previous approaches in terms of flexibility, applicability and expressiveness, and which completely automates the process of determining and maintaining all plausible hypotheses of correspondences between object symbols and perceptual images of physical objects. Based on the first-order logical Fluent Calculus, our approach inherits its rich expressiveness with respect to knowledge representation and reasoning. Implementing all required symbol anchoring functionalities, our approach also complies with fundamental concepts of phenomenalism, representationalism and the sense-data theory of philosophy of cognition.
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Podoliaka, Andrij. "“Processuality” and Relativity in Metaphoric Nature of Symbols." 名古屋大学国際言語文化研究科国際多元文化専攻, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/10169.
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Harutjunjan, Gohar, and Bert-Wolfgang Schulze. "Boundary problems with meromorphic symbols in cylindrical domains." Universität Potsdam, 2004. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2673/.
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We show relative index formulas for boundary value problems in cylindrical domains and Sobolev spaces with different weigths at ±∞. The amplitude functions are meromorphic in the axial covariable and take values in the space of boundary value problems on the cross section of the cylinder.
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Seth, Harpeet. "Iconographic architecture as signs and symbols in Dubai." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/303485.
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This study seeks to investigate the impact of architectural icons on the cities that they are built in, especially those in Dubai to understand the perceptions and associations of ordinary people with these icons, thus analysing their impact on the quality of life in the city. This is an important study with the advent of ‘iconism’ in architecture that has a growing acceptance and demand, wherein the status of a piece of architecture is predetermined as an icon by the media and not necessarily by the people. There is no denying that the fastest means of appearing on the world map is through icons, which Dubai evidently achieved, and there are many supporters of this phenomenon as a means of progress and development, the bonus being instant fame and status. But the symbolism employed in these icons, specifically for this part of the world, many argue may not be relevant to the people or the region, thus leading to a loss of identity and sense of belonging that is a vital component in the overall sense of pride. This study thus evaluates architecture as a service industry that is not only to satisfy the personal egos of the architects or the clients. It has an important role to leave a mark on the end users and not only on the glossy architectural journals. The study presents views on what really leaves a mark on the people’s memory, addressing the scale, the grandness, the location, the size, the technology and the materials that may or may not contribute to the iconic status of an architectural project from the people’s perspective. Further the study investigates if an icon is one that could be a forced landmark or it is one that people associate with, relate to and one that gives them the sense of belonging and pride, binding them together. The expressive iconic forms with the metaphors emerging, may or may not add to the quality of a place, create places of spaces or it may result in more of form accommodating functions.Thus it is imperative to understand that though today Dubai with its multiple icons that are jewels in the crown of Dubai, reflecting awe and splendor, what does this architecture do for the people and thus in leaving an imprint on the peoples mind collectively. The study analyzes the dimensions that make certain kind of architecture stand out. Some of these dimensions are physical and others are difficult to measure, thus it addresses the tangible and intangible factors that result in the icon and the associated symbolism with it. The relevance and meaning of these symbols will have to stand the test of time to leave an ever-lasting impression on generations to come. The literature review was the first part of the study and the theoretical studies were divided into three pivot areas in this thesis: evolution of architecture as signs and symbols, international iconic architecture and its impact, architecture as identity through symbolism. The study also focusses on Dubai as an emerging iconic city concentrating on the needs of people and impact of these icons on people specifically, further highlighting the issues of legibility, context and identity in Dubai. The empirical study examines this argument about iconic architecture through questionnaires and interviews. A comparison is drawn between different segments of people in the community, one set of samples being those who are closely associated with these icons through the process of decision making or building, the others who have very minimal knowledge and association with these icons. The findings thus indicate both the well-established criteria for awarding an iconic status and also the intangible often ignored aspects in iconic image building. Thus, the study suggests a paradigm that could provide more human based elements in the iconic architecture and the selected symbols in representing these icons. Certain recommendations supporting the perception of people towards icons, their needs and local considerations are further made to make cities more liveable and joyful for the people they are intended for.
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Wong, Pik-ha, and 王碧霞. "Interpretation of symbols and construction of algebraic knowledge." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31242431.
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Franses, Henri. "Symbols, meaning, belief : donor portraits in Byzantine art." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283012.
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Adams, Jonna. "Emojis : Carriers of Culture and Symbols of Identity." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22493.
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The study explored how the use of Emojis – beyond being used just as playful joke markers and tone-setters – shape culture and identity within a community of practice. Through the means of two qualitative Focus Group interviews involving ten members from a local soccer team, the purpose was to examine in-depth participants’ motivations for using Emojis, and their feelings about the Emojis that they receive both within and outside their community. Results showed that Emojis – irrespective of shape – are understood as signs representing an individual’s inner positive energy and good will; when such signs are used regularly within a community, this contributes to that the community culture emerge as positive and friendly. Expanding on these findings, results also illustrated that Emojis are perceived as symbols of likeness towards the group and that they contribute to the shaping of open and permissive culture in which emotions are allowed to flow freely – an effect which seem to be transferred to their offline environment too. Drawing from theories of Cultural Psychology and Cultural Semiotics, the thesis presents an innovative view of Emojis as both products as well as producers of culture; products because they are graphic representations of emotions which become meaningful cultural signs when posted online, and producers because they affect members’ perception of reality within the community of practice. The thesis also conclude that the use of Emojis is closely linked to personality and identity; as identities are continuously shaped through the symbolic association of Emojis, this affect not only how members of a community perceive the individuals using them, but also how we perceive the community in which these identities circulate and operate. This finding paved the way for interesting future studies on personal identity building through Emoji use.
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Kurth, Christopher. "Modular forms and modular symbols for noncongruence groups." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2009.
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Wong, Pik-ha. "Interpretation of symbols and construction of algebraic knowledge." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23457181.
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Powell, Kevin James. "Modular Symbols Modulo Eisenstein Ideals for Bianchi Spaces." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/556600.
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The goal of this thesis is two-fold. First, it gives an efficient method for calculating the action of Hecke operators in terms of "Manin" symbols, otherwise known as "M-symbols," in the first homology group of Bianchi spaces. Second, it presents data that may be used to understand and better state an unpublished conjecture of Fukaya, Kato, and Sharifi concerning the structure of Bianchi Spaces modulo Eisenstein ideals [5]. Swan, Cremona, and others have studied the homology of Bianchi spaces characterized as certain quotients of hyperbolic 3-space [3], [13]. The first homology groups are generated both by modular symbols and a certain subset of them: the Manin symbols. This is completely analogous to the study of the homology of modular curves. For modular curves, Merel developed a technique for calculating the action of Hecke operators completely in terms of "Manin" symbols [10]. For Bianchi spaces, Bygott and Lingham outlined methods for calculating the action of Hecke operators in terms of modular symbols [2], [9]. This thesis generalizes the work of Merel to Bianchi spaces. The relevant Bianchi spaces are characterized by imaginary quadratic fields K. The methods described in this thesis deal primarily with the case that the ring of integers of K is a PID. Let p be an odd prime that is split in K. The calculations give the F_p-dimension of the homology modulo both p and an Eisenstein ideal. Data is given for primes less than 50 and the five Euclidean imaginary quadratic fields Q(√-1), Q(√-2), Q(√-3), Q(√-7), and Q(√-11). All of the data presented in this thesis comes from computations done using the computer algebra package Magma.
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Winter, Susan Joyce. "Computer technology: Neutral tools or value-laden symbols?" Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185935.
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Technology is often presented as a neutral tool to be used when and where appropriate to perform work more efficiently and improve the quality of life. This dissertation explores the possibility that computers are distributed as though they were value-laden objects rather than neutral tools. This is done by focusing on the similarity between computers and income, because income is also distributed by organizations and is generally valued positively. The literature on organizational symbols is reviewed and evidence of the value attached to computers is presented. Previous research on income inequality is discussed focusing on factors empirically associated with income and on factors influencing the allocation of valued goods within a group. Earlier work on individual wage allocation and on the determinants of wage inequality within work groups is partially replicated and extended to the area of computer resources. Hypotheses regarding the distribution of income and computers are developed at both the individual and group level and the possibility that computer terminals act as value-laden objects is explored by comparing their distribution to that of income in white-collar work groups when computer use is statistically controlled. At the individual level, computer terminals and income shared many of the same correlates and predictors. For the sample as a whole, computers and income were slightly positively correlated and previous findings that characteristics of work and of individuals are related to income were replicated. The same set of predictors was also related to having one's own computer terminal, providing evidence that computer resources could act as symbols of status. Exploratory analyses indicated that the pattern of results differed by the organizational function of the work group and by job classification. Though use was consistently related to having one's own terminal, it was never the only factor involved. Group-level evidence of symbolic value was equivocal; previous findings regarding the distribution of income were not replicated and the pattern of relationships for computers was different from that for income. Implications of the symbolic value of computers for managers and directions for future research were described.
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Pinzon, Hernandez Carolina. "Le symbole de l’eau et de la montagne, convergences et divergences au sein de la trilogie de l’écrivain colombien William Ospina et dans la poésie andine contemporaine." Thesis, Nice, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016NICE2017/document.
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A travers l’étude isotopique de la trilogie de William Ospina, et des poèmes des représentants de « l’oralitture » latinoaméricaine, elle témoigne du processus d’acculturation et certainement de ce système de représentations que l’on désigne par Andin. La question de « l’andinité » est mise en évidence à travers les répétitions des sèmes et des termes construisant les symboles mythiques de l’eau et de la montagne que nous analysons en tant qu’isotopies. La problématisation concerne l’adoption de symboles, l’adaptation ou le transfert, mais aussi la résistance et le rejet des symboles mythiques issus du bagage symbolique chrétien. Or, si le monde des cordillères et ses eaux transparait le substrat précolombien, il y a aussi des liens entre le sens que la tradition européenne partage avec les cultures andinesThrough the isotopic study of the trilogy written by William Ospina, as well as the poems of the representatives of the Latin-American “oralitura”, it gives evidence of an acculturation process and a representation system that we designed as Andean. The question of “andinity” is manifested by repetitions of semes and terms which build up the mythical symbols of the water and the mountain that we analyze as isotopies. The research question concerns the adoption, adaptation or transfer of symbols, but also the resistance and rejection of the symbols coming from a Christian symbolic background. Nevertheless, if the world of the hills and the water lets the pre-Columbian substratum show itself, there are also links between the sens European tradition shares with Andean cultures