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Nunn, Jessie. "Sign and significance a comparative study of community expression and local signage in four southeastern Montana towns /". Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1483331811&sid=14&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Hamilton, Joshua. "These Walls Can Talk: An Ethnographic Study of the Interior Schoolscape of Three High Schools". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062876/.
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The schoolhouse is a place in which messages for student consumption are typically found with classroom lectures, text, and activities. As with any social setting, however, the communication is not confined to one space but extends, in this case, to hallways, common spaces, and exterior of the building. One of the most common practices for the delivery of messages to students within the schoolhouse is through visual signage. Visual signage can traverse disciplines encompassing concepts from the fields of communication, semiotics, language, literacy, and even interior design. In an effort to understand the impact these signs have on student populations this dissertation asks the question: How are signs within public high schools produced, consumed, and influential to persons in contact with intended messages that are presented in public school spaces? The study utilizes ethnography to describe the production, consumption, and influence of fixed signs in the interior hallways and common spaces at three public high schools in Texas. At each campus, student volunteers, one from each grade level, provided their individual course schedule to follow their daily route from class to class at their particular high school. Post these observations these students engaged in focus groups to discuss the various signs displayed on their campus. In addition, faculty/staff members from each high school volunteered to participate in a separate faculty/staff focus group to discuss the use of signage in schools and the observations made by both the students and myself during the observations. The data suggest that district directives and social happenings guide the production of messages for each campus. The consumption and influence of these messages though is far more complex as a variety of factors contributed to the student and faculty/staff consumption, or lack thereof, and influence to action. As ethnography, this dissertation sheds light onto these complexities revealing that a host of external and internal issues dictate the messages displayed through school signage within the individual schoolhouse.
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Scales, Tashai J. "Accessible signage a study of a Midwest college campus /". Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002scalest.pdf.
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Lee, Siu-tin Anne. "Traditional Chinese shop signs in the Sheung Wan District of Hong Kong the search for historical, cultural and architectural identity /". Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31473726.
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Koo, Yiu-wai. "A study of the importance of signage on the popularity of shopping centres /". View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40697630.
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Chmielewska, Ella. "Implaced communication : wayfinding and informational environments". Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36891.
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This thesis investigates the relationship between communication and place, and the informational environment it forms. The thesis takes as its object of analysis signage, and examines signage as an implaced medium of communication.In this work communication, including its practices and technologies, is treated as a dynamic ritual formed by the marking, naming, connecting, and interpreting the environment in the process of wayfinding. Such an approach underscores the inherent duality of communication: its manifestations framed by transmission and ritual; its boundedness by both space and time; and its expression in both mobile and fixed (implaced) media. The thesis thus shifts the disciplinary discourse from the usual text- and language-based focus to a more comprehensive focus that encompasses architectural and infrastructural environments and the grounding action of physical presences. Through its focus on the navigational aspects of communication, and framing by such concepts as wayfinding and signposting, the thesis shows how we can reconfigure the notion of the visual to include the embodied, experiential, and implaced. This in turn can help us gain a new perspective on the changing nature of text, image, representation, information and reality.
The thesis argues that as the themes of orientation, navigation, and interface grow alongside the new communication technologies, they make it important to attend to the original mediating role of the built environment and the navigational dimensions of place. It is here, within our foundational spatial orientation and wayfinding, that we turn for the metaphors, conceptual structures, and grounding as we chart our ways through the emerging informational environments.
In examining signage as a system of interfaces used in negotiating informational environments, as way-markers in a process of wayfinding, the thesis demonstrates the ways in which the concepts of wayfinding and navigation have become consequential to communication scholarship. It proposes that fruitful cues for the theorising and understanding of emerging informational realms can be drawn from the communicative dimensions of the most familiar immersive environments and their related practices: the physical spaces and built environments that we inhabit and negotiate daily.
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Luchini, Alyson. "Can a point-of-decision-prompt intervention increase stair use? an analysis of a community intervention /". Connect to online version, 2009. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/37470.
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Burant, Diane. "Building signs : a history that defines their historical significance in the commercial streetscape, 1900-1940". Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/865932.
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The purpose of this thesis is to define the historical commercial center. To write this history, it was necessary to identify the developmental factors affecting the form and/or placement of the building sign. Historic photographs of the Indianapolis commercial center and other primary sources were used to document the popular sign forms of that era.Sign history is not a subject that is well represented in preservation or urban planning literature. Thus, the preservation and/or adaptive use of historic commercial districts often lacks strong references to the district's building sign heritage. This history is a guide for those professionals whose job it is to develop design guidelines and sign ordinances for early 20th-century historic commercial districts.Department of Architecture
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Kline, Elizabeth A. "Multi-variant analysis of real-world environmental variables affecting image fading on outdoor synthetic inkjet substrates /". Online version of thesis, 2006. https://ritdml.rit.edu/dspace/handle/1850/2845.
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Mura, Matthew S. "Decreasing elevator travel in women with sign prompts encouraging stair use". Click here to access thesis, 2005. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/Spring2005/mmura/mura_matthew_s_200501_ms.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Georgia Southern University, 2005."A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science" ETD. Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-39) and appendices.
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Garcia-Castro, Alejandra. "A user-perspective approach for the design of modern bilingual airport signage". Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007, 2007. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-07092007-110711/.
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Robbins, Marnin Lowell Weiss. "Comparing the influence of interpretive and sanction signs on visitors' attention, knowledge, attitudes and behavioral intentions /". California : Humboldt State University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2148/26.
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Awad, E. T. A. "Identification of competencies for sign designers in Jordan". Thesis, Coventry University, 2012. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/b27d73c7-71a7-4c87-9e65-ae3a074ddd63/1.
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The aim of this research is to propose ways in which graphic designers can improve the design of commercial signage in Amman, Jordan. A survey of the effectiveness of recent signage regulation in the type and placement of commercial signage has led to the conclusion that regulations alone will not lead to improved quality in the production and siting of commercial signage without multi-stakeholder involvement and the dedicated training of those working in this field. There is a need for practitioners to develop specialised skills and knowledge in sign design, as opposed to applying only generalised graphic design techniques to sign production. Such skills include problem-solving, visual communication methods and competency in the application of the latest multi-media technology. It is proposed that by developing and incorporating sign-design competencies within the graphic design curriculum, practitioners will be better able to work effectively in this field. Following the investigation of the situation in Amman with respect to commercial signage, four related investigations were undertaken in order to formulate a list of recommendations which could be incorporated into an improved curriculum for teaching sign design. The first study investigated the problems caused by poorly designed and situated commercial signage in Amman. The second and third studies investigated urban signage solutions adopted by companies in other parts of the world, namely the global marketing of the McDonald’s brand and the corporate signage of Coventry University UK. The final study was a comparative investigation of graphic design education (with respect to sign design) in Jordan and the UK. Following these investigations, the Delphi technique was employed to elicit a set of 25 competencies for sign design learners, recommended by an expert panel of sign industry professionals and design academics. It is anticipated that the incorporation of such competencies will contribute to the improvements within the sign industry, as designers become better equipped for the task of sign design. Therefore it is anticipated that this research will contribute to the furthering of design practice by identifying the additional knowledge and competencies that graphic designers need to create appropriate commercial signs.
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李小田 e Siu-tin Anne Lee. "Traditional Chinese shop signs in the Sheung Wan District of HongKong: the search for historical, cultural andarchitectural identity". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31473726.
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Williams, David D. "Hazard signs". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245688200.
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Koo, Yiu-wai, e 古耀偉. "A study of the importance of signage on the popularity of shopping centres". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45009259.
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Beecher, Ann B. "Wayfinding tools in public library buildings: A multiple case study". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4470/.
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Wayfinding is the process of using one or more tools to move from one location to another in order to accomplish a task or to achieve a goal. This qualitative study explores the process of wayfinding as it applies to locating information in a public library. A group of volunteers were asked to find a selection of items in three types of libraries-traditional, contemporary, and modern. The retrieval process was timed and the reactions of the volunteers were recorded, documented, and analyzed. The impact of various wayfinding tools-architecture, layout, color, signage, computer support, collection organization-on the retrieval process was also identified. The study revealed that many of the wayfinding tools currently available in libraries do not facilitate item retrieval. Inconsistencies, ambiguities, obstructions, disparities, and operational deficiencies all contributed to end-user frustration and retrieval failure. The study suggests that failing to address these issues may prompt library patrons-end users who are increasingly interested in finding information with minimal expenditures of time and effort-may turn to other information-retrieval strategies and abandon a system that they find confusing and frustrating.
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Hovendon, Gabrielle. "Signs of Flight: Stories". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394106931.
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Brunning, Alizon. "Signs of change in Jacobean city comedy". Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 1997. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/19035/.
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This thesis is concerned with a study of a particular genre, Jacobean city comedy, in relation to its socio-economic and religious context. It aims to show that the structural forms of city comedy share similarities with structures in Jacobean social consciousness. By arguing that the plays are productions of a material age this study suggests that these structures are manifestations of ideological changes brought about by two related systems of thought: capitalism and Protestantism.
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Kaiser, Leann M. R. "Encouraging minimum impact behavior a multi theory approach /". Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1594482621&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Wells, James Bradley. ""Singers heed the signs" : speech and performance in Pindar's epinikia /". [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. 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:3220179.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Classical Studies, 2006.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1721. Adviser: William Hansen. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 20, 2007)."
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Collin, Frida. "Recognising deterioration: nurses’documentation of vital signs–a systematic literature review". Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-90274.
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Introduction: Research show that patients frequently display abnormal vital signs as much as 48h before a serious adverse event occur, such as cardiac arrest or unplanned intensive care unit admission. Therefore, early recognition of these changes trough vital sign examination is essential in the prevention of deterioration. However, deterioration is often missed.Aim: The aim was to investigate to what extent nurses in the general ward are documenting vital signs prior to patient deterioration. Methods: A systematic literature review was done usingthe databases PubMed and CINAHL. Inclusion criteria: general ward and publication 2010-2020, exclusion criteria:emergency department, acute admission ward, paediatric ward, psychiatric ward, interventions and continuousmonitoring. Critical appraisalusingtools from Joanna Briggs Institute. PRISMA statement for reporting of systematic reviews.Results: Nine studies were included. It was seen that the fraction of cases who had vital signs documented prior to deterioration was diverse, although never complete. Some studies showed an acceptable fraction of patients who weremonitoredin the hours prior to deterioration, but it was seen that the monitoring did not always escalate as the patient got worse. The vital signs most frequently documentedwereheart rate and pulse, thoughstill missing in a large fraction of charts. Respiratory rate was documented less than the other vital signs.Conclusions: This study suggests that documentation of vital signs prior to deterioration is diverse but often incomplete. Further research is needed to understand what can be done to improve vital sign documentation on general wards.
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Gado, Mona. "The essays of Emerson and Carlyle as 'signs of the times'". Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269282.
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Pollock, Grace Walmsley Peter. "Signs of secrecy politics of scandal in eighteenth-century english print culture /". * McMaster only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1372005921&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1196799786&clientId=22605.
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Beardmore, Michael Ian. "Ancient weather signs : texts, science and tradition". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4103.
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This thesis offers a new contextualisation of weather signs, naturally occurring terrestrial indicators of weather change (from, for example, animals, plants and atmospheric phenomena), in antiquity. It asks how the utility of this method of prediction was perceived and presented in ancient sources and studies the range of answers given across almost eight hundred years of Greek and Roman civilisation. The presentation of weather signs is compared throughout to that of another predictive method, astrometeorology, which uses the movement of the stars as markers of approaching weather. The first chapter deals with the presentation and discussion of weather signs in a range of Greek texts. It sees hesitant trust being placed in weather signs, lists of which were constructed so as to be underpinned by astronomical knowledge. The second chapter assesses how these Greek lists were received and assimilated into Roman intellectual discourse by looking to the strikingly similar practice of divining by portents. This lays the foundations for the final chapter, which describes and explains the Roman treatment of weather signs. Here, the perceived utility of weather signs can be seen to reduce rapidly as the cultural significance of astronomy reaches new heights. This thesis provides new readings and interpretations of a range of weather-based passages and texts, from the Pseudo-Theophrastan De Signis, to Lucan's Pharsalia, to Pliny's Natural History, many of which have previously been greatly understudied or oversimplified. It allows us to understand the social and scientific place of weather prediction in the ancient world and therefore how abstract and elaborate ideas and theories filtered in to the seemingly commonplace and everyday. I argue that between the 7th century BC and the end of the 1st century AD, the treatment of weather signs changes from being framed in fundamentally practical terms to one in which practical considerations were negligible or absent. As this occurred, astrometeorology comes to be seen as the only predictive method worthy of detailed attention. These two processes, I suggest, were linked.
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Kucaba, Kelley. "Behind the scenes, behind the signs : some pragmatic reflections on courtliness in Gottfried's "Tristan" /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9934.
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Brocklebank, Lisa M. "Presentiments, sympathies and signs : minds in the age of fiction---reading and the limits of reason in Victorian Britain". View abstract/electronic edition; access limited to Brown University users, 2008. 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:3318292.
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Ditmann, Laurent. "Cheever's signs : a semiotic approach to thirteen stories by John Cheever". PDXScholar, 1988. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3741.
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Literary criticism dealing with John Cheever focuses on the social implications of Cheever's description of suburban America. The purpose of this thesis is to propose a new approach to Cheever's short stories, and to apply the concepts developed by French literary critics Jacques Derrida and Roland Barthes to thirteen short stories by Cheever.
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Wizinowich, Janice Ingrid 1951. "Figures of speech, signs of knowing: Towards a semiotic view of science conceptualization". Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288989.
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Models for science education, rather than paralleling the process of scientific discovery, have traditionally involved the dissemination of information through texts and controlled lab experiences. These have had limited effect in the development of science concepts. Therefore, the focus of this study was to investigate alternative avenues, such as the use of narrative, for science conceptualization. Despite the potential for narrative as an avenue for science conceptualization, for the most part studies involving literature have not explored this relationship. The purpose of this study was to investigate the process of science conceptualization, with a specific focus on narrative. This was done through a fifth grade classroom based study where learning experiences were created, focused on the concept of interdependence in relationship to water. These experiences included open-ended, hands-on science experiences, literature discussion groups, self-selected research projects and the creation of narrative pieces based on those research projects. Data sources included: (a) audio and videotaped literature discussion group sessions; (b) audio and videotaped study group interviews and curricular sessions; (c) individual interviews; (d) learning log entries and reflections; and (e) student narratives. Data analysis was conducted within a semiotic theoretical framework and involved the process of retroduction. Retroduction entails a kind of spiraling dialectic between theoretical considerations and data incidences, from which are generated possible explanations. These possible explanations or abductions, provide direction for further forays into the data. The process of retroduction lends itself to the creation of data analysis chapters that highlight theoretical issues in relationship to the data or "theoretical memos". Three theoretical memos emerged from this process. Theoretical memo one explores the role of experience in conceptualization; theoretical memo two focuses on the role of analogy and narrative experiences in relationship to intertextuality in conceptualization; and theoretical memo three highlights metaphor in relationship to the intertextual process of transmediation, whereby conceptualization is symbolized through student generated narratives. Together, these memos provide some insights into aspects of the process of conceptualization that are often ignored both in "real" science as well as science instruction. The implications of the study findings are summarized in light of what is known about the discovery process, as compared to what happens in traditional science instruction.
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Bailey, Hannah McKendrick. "Misinterpretation and the meaning of signs in Old English poetry". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:880a2482-9573-4142-be27-ec8c87cfa3fb.
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This thesis investigates how Old English poets understood the processes of signification and interpretation through analysis of depictions of poor interpreters and the use of 'sign terms' such as tacen and beacen in the longer Old English poems. The first chapter deals with the Beowulf Manuscript, the second and third chapters consider Elene and Andreas within the network of related poems found in the Vercelli Book and the begin- ning of the Exeter Book, the fourth chapter is on the Junius Manuscript, and the conclusion looks at the use of the 'bright sign' motif across all four major poetic codices. I suggest that there is a 'heroic sign-bearing interpreter' character-type which several of the poems utilize or ironically invert, and that poor interpretation is nearly always asso- ciated with hesitation, which often resembles acedia. I also argue that there is greater nuance in the poems' depictions of modes of understanding than has previously been acknowledged: Eve in Genesis B does not stand for the senses which subvert the mind, but rather models the limits of rational thought as a means of understanding God, and Elene does not depict a simple opposition of letter and spirit, but a threefold mental pro- cess of learning about the Cross with analogues in exegesis and Augustine's Trinity of the Soul. Finally, I argue that there is a 'bright sign' motif which functions within a brightness-sign-covenant concept cluster, whose evocation as a traditional poetic unit is not identical to the denotation and connotation of its constituent parts. These strands of inquiry taken together demonstrate how Old English poems invest signs with significance by tapping into a specifically poetic network of allusion.
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Ventura, Fernandez Berenice. "Translating Andrew Kaufman's 'Signs of the Cross' (Back) into Spanish". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5820.
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Este trabajo se centra en la traducción al español del poema de Andrew Kaufman “Signs of the Cross”, que se encuentra en su libro Earth’s Ends. El poema presenta una visión familiar, al mismo tiempo que extranjerizante, de los pueblos latinoamericanos a los que describe. Se tratan en él temas como el cambio constante, la desacralización de lo sagrado, la reescritura de la historia, la resiliencia de algunos de los pueblos latinoamericanos, el peso del pasado sobre ellos, así como la presencia del cristianismo y los símbolos de la cruz presentes en acontecimientos históricos importantes, la religión, la vida cotidiana y la naturaleza. Junto con la traducción del poema, se proporciona un análisis detallado de las nueve partes que lo componen, así como comentarios sobre las principales dificultades de traducción. Se emprendió la tarea de traducir como un ejercicio de back-translation figurativo, mediante el cual se devolvió el poema al idioma de la cultura que lo inspiró: el español, idioma que además ayuda a completar el significado del texto.
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Turner, Matthew R. "Signs of Comedy: A Semiotic Approach to Comedy in the Arts". Ohio : Ohio University, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1126899710.
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Sviatko, Courtney. "“Rampant Signs and Symbols”: Artifacts of Language in J.D. Salinger’s “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor” and Glass Family Stories". VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3487.
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This thesis explores the use of language in J.D. Salinger’s “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor,” “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” and Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters. It establishes a narrative pattern in which sensitive individuals such as Seymour Glass and Sergeant X are isolated by the insensitivity of the superficial modern world, attempt to communicate their concerns to others through an exchange of language in material forms, and ultimately find relief in silence. By analyzing various examples of linguistic artifacts and the impact they have on both sender and receiver, this thesis identifies criteria for successful communication as well as reasons for the failure of language which may be useful for the study of these and other works by Salinger. This thesis also considers the intersection of binaries such as silence and noise, and the ways Salinger presents them both thematically and formally.
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Geldenhuys, Vincent. "A signification in stone the lapis as metaphor for visual hybridisation in the Harry Potter films /". Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11132008-191836.
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Whicker, Jennifer L. "Supporting Utah's Parents in Preventing Adolescent Suicide: A Literature Review and Handouts for Utah's Youth Suicide Prevention Manual". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3275.
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Suicide, a public health problem on a global scale, has become the focus in many domains across the United States. With the recent push to provide solutions to the adolescent suicide rate in the U.S., the school setting has become an important venue for prevention and intervention efforts. While there are many risk and protective factors, the majority of suicide completions are concurrent with psychiatric disorders among adolescents; as such, this is an area that warrants further investigation. Additionally, school resources are often overwhelmed by the magnitude of need among the student population; therefore, effective interventions must be identified that can feasibly be implemented in the schools. Research has suggested that parent-adolescent relationships are key in the prevention of suicide, yet minimal research has been conducted towards promoting healthy parent-adolescent relationships for at-risk adolescents. Additionally, some research suggests that school and community interventions are only more effective than parental support when negative parent-adolescent relationships are present. This implies that fostering parental support should be a top priority in school-based suicide prevention efforts. This literature review identifies and summarizes pertinent scholarly research and resources for schools to better support parents of adolescents who struggle with suicidal thoughts and previous attempted suicides. As part of an intervention plan which increases home/school collaboration in adolescent suicide prevention, handouts were developed for parents (found in the appendix), which include information on warning signs of suicide, risk factors for suicide, and methods of responding to suicidality. After adapting these handouts to best meet their students' needs, school-based mental health professionals may consider including these handouts in their school's crisis plan and suicide prevention efforts.
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Ojo, Olutunmise Adesola. "The efficacy of graphic imagery in HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns : a case study of lovelife outdoor material". Thesis, [Bloemfontein?] : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/119.
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Thesis (M. Tech.) - Central University of Technology, Free State, 2009The aim of health communication campaigns and visual communication material (VCM) is to positively influence audience health behaviour and attitude. VCM has been used in this respect effectively as a vehicle to convey information about HIV/AIDS over the past three decades. It has been used to promote health knowledge and awareness in order to reduce the transmission of the virus. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of graphic imagery in HIV/AIDS VCM. To realise this aim, the researcher set the following objectives: * To review relevant literature in order to isolate key features and process those that communicators must consider/follow when developing HIV/AIDS VCM; * To determine the comprehension of selected outdoor HIV/AIDS messages, the graphics used in these messages, illustration preferences, and an evaluation of the self-efficacy of selected loveLife outdoor visual messages; and * To propose a model that communicators can use as a guideline when developing VCM. The outcome of the review suggests a compilation of features, design guidelines and variables that may contribute to the effectiveness of VCM. The results of the empirical study indicate that suitable graphic imagery fosters message comprehension, while inappropriate imagery inhibits comprehension, and realistic and appropriate imagery is preferred to abstract and representational imagery. Familiar images can contribute towards improved comprehension of HIV/AIDS messages. These findings also gave birth to the proposed ‘O’ communication model, which is a reflection of the results of the empirical study.
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Andersson, Moa. "Lika, olika och unika : Ett mångfaldsarbete med fokus på barnlitteratur i förskolan". Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-85636.
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I detta arbete används ett normkritiskt perspektiv för att undersöka mångfalden som presenteras ur ett urval bilderböcker publicerade mellan år 2016-2021. Arbetet kommer fokusera på några av de normer som bilderboken presenterar gällande bland annat genus, funktionsvariationer och kultur. Vidare kommer bilderbokens multimodala kommunikationssätt att analyseras utifrån metodansatsen semiotisk modalitet och vidare granskas genom kvantitativa och kvalitativa analysmetoder. Detta för att belysa textens och illustrationens likvärdighet i den multimodala kommunikationen. I min process har ett urval på nio böcker tagits fram och kritiskt granskats utifrån normkritiska kriterier och genom både konventionella och ikoniska tecken för att på så sätt skapa en så heltäckande analys som möjligt. Som avslutning presenteras resultatet av denna undersökning där också normer och/eller teman som återkommer, eller inte uppmärksammas, i flera av böckerna tas upp. Vidare belyses vikten av förskolepedagogens förståelse för bilderboken, normkritik och inkludering. Vikt läggs vid att pedagogen själv skall förstå varför regelbundna reflektioner och analyser av materialet förskolan erbjuder barnen bör göras.This thesis uses a norm-critical perspective to highlight the diversity presented from a selection of picture books published by swedish authors between the years 2016-2021. The work will focus on some of the norms that the picture book presents regarding, among other things, gender, functional variations and culture Furthermore, the picture book's multimodal communication method will be analyzed on the basis of the method approach semiotic modality and further examined through quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. This is to highlight the importance of the text and the equivalence of the illustration in the multimodal communication. In my process, a selection of nine books has been selected and critically examined on the basis of norm-critical criteria and through both conventional and iconic signs in order to create as comprehensive an analysis as possible. In conclusion the results of this study are presented where norms and/or themes that recur, or are not noticed, are also addressed in several of the books. Furthermore, the importance of the preschool educator's understanding of the picture book, norm criticism and inclusion is highlighted. Emphasis is placed on the educators understanding why regular reflections and analyzes of the material the preschool offers the children should be made.
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Sato, Julio. "A imagem e a palavra em Handke e Wenders". Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8144/tde-08022010-104218/.
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Esta dissertação é fruto da pesquisa interdisciplinar acerca da coocorrência de imagem (código não verbal) e palavra (código verbal) na literatura e no cinema alemães, através de um recorte que resulta em obras de um cineasta e um escritor de língua alemã específicos. Discuto inicialmente algumas teorias que podem lançar alguma luz sobre o par palavra-imagem. Posteriormente verifico o problema da coocorrência a partir das obras escolhidas e sua análise. Lanço um olhar sobre um fenômeno particular para encontrar nele aquilo que é geral no que diz respeito ao uso da palavra e da imagem na obra de arte e na comunicação, passando pela questão da faculdade poética que reside, potencial, em cada ato de linguagem, em cada criação imagética ou linguística, de qualquer manifestação humana de comunicação.This dissertation is resultant of an interdisciplinary research on co-occurrence of image (non verbal code) and word (verbal code) in German literature and cinema, considered through the analysis of two specific German speaking authors: a writer and a filmmaker. Initially I discuss some theories that may shed some light on the word-image question. Then I verify the problem of the co-occurrence based on the selected works and their analysis. I put an eye on the particular phenomenon in order to search for what is general in whatever concerns the use of word and image in the work of art and in the communication, going through the question of the poetic faculty that resides, potentially, in each language act, in each imagetic or linguistic creation, in any human communication manifestation.
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Banzouzi, Jean-Pierre. "Imaginaire et quotidien à travers le discours du kiosque à Brazzaville (Congo): une nouvelle appropriation de la rue en tant que lieu de discours et de sociabilité". Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/212127.
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Vasconcelos, Clara Mayara de Almeida. "Quando poe encontrou peirce no cinema: o modo de representação indicial na investigação criminal em the raven (2012)". Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2016. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/8526.
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This research is the final interpretant of the analytical process used to understand the relationship between Cinema and Literature permeated by the General Theory of Signs grounded by Charles Sanders Peirce, which is based in the connection established by the representamen, the object and the interpretant. From this, we can assay the elements present in the movie The Raven (2012) out from the plot of the tales written by Edgar A. Poe. In this case, the action of the indexical sign process ruled the way how we expounded the dynamic existence amidst the object, tales, and the representamen, cinema. As we know, there is a long time that the Literature and the Cinema have an informational interchange, by which they share many characteristics for using, for example, the same story for constructing a “new” script in a different system of signs. Jakobson called this exchange of constituent of language to another as intersemiotic translation. Considering this aspect, it was enclosed to the Peircean Semiotics, focusing on the index, in this research. Based on this, the discussions promoted by studious such as Deleuze (1983), Eco and Sebeok (1991), Ferraz Júnior (2012), Hutcheon (2013), Nöth (1990; 2003), Peirce (1975; 2003), Plaza (2003) e Santaella (1992, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008) were included in our approaches in this work to describe references between texts from the verbal to the non-verbal system of signs. Based in these overlays, we decided to divide our work in three parts. In the first one, we discussed about Poe, in the field of Literature, and Peirce, in the area of semiotics; the second part has as specific focus the duty of the indexical representation method and the relation between the abduction of Peirce and the “ratiocination” of Poe; the third part is the analysis of some frames from the film The Raven according to the previous development of semiotic approach which had been argued until the third chapter.
Esta pesquisa é o interpretante final do processo analítico utilizado para compreender a relação entre Cinema e Literatura permeada pela Teoria Geral dos Signos de Charles Sanders Peirce, a qual está fundamentada na conexão estabelecida pelo representâmen, o objeto e o interpretante. A partir disto, podemos analisar os elementos presentes no filme The Raven (2012) fora do enredo dos contos de Edgar A. Poe. Neste caso, a ação do índice regeu a forma como interpretamos a existência dinâmica entre o objeto, contos, e o representâmen, cinema. Como sabemos, o intercâmbio entre a Literatura e o Cinema existe há muito tempo, pelo qual eles compartilham características por usar, por exemplo, a mesma história para construir um “novo” enredo em sistema sígnico diferente. Jakobson nomeou esta troca de constituintes de uma linguagem à outra de tradução intersemiótica. Considerando este aspecto, ele foi incluído à Semiótica Peirceana, ao focar no índice, nesta pesquisa. Baseado nisto, as discussões promovidas por estudiosos tais como Deleuze (1983), Eco e Sebeok (1991), Ferraz Júnior (2012), Hutcheon (2013), Nöth (1990; 2003), Peirce (1975; 2003), Plaza (2003) e Santaella (1992, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008) foram incluídas em nossa abordagem neste trabalho para descrever as referências entre os textos dos sistemas sígnicos verbal e não verbal. Baseado nessas sobreposições, decidimos dividir nosso trabalho em três partes. Na primeira, discutimos sobre Poe, no campo da Literatura, e Peirce, na área da semiótica; a segunda parte foca na função do método de representação indexical e a relação entre a abdução de Peirce e a “raciocinação” de Poe; a terceira parte é a análise dos frames do filme The Raven de acordo com o desenvolvimento anterior da abordagem semiótica que tem sido discutida até chegarmos ao terceiro capítulo.
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Reilly-Sanders, Erin F. "Drawing Outside the Bounds: Tradition and Innovation in Depictions of the House in Children's Picturebooks". The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1398851009.
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Tuhkunen, Simon. "Musik som polariserar : En retorisk studie av musikens semiotiska inslag i dokumentärfilm". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för retorik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-326586.
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När vi tänker oss retorik som studieområde tänker vi oftast retorik som ett verktyg för att övertyga, men även som ett verktyg för tolkning. De områden som brukar komma på tal är främst tal, skrift eller bild. Frågan som jag ställde mig var: Finns det fler områden som retoriken är närvarande? Retoriken som brukar ses som ett brett ämne som överskrider gränserna till andra studieområden borde ju då appliceras på fler format än skrift, bild och tal? Därför kommer denna studie inkludera ett annat format, som jag sällan har sett undersökas eller problematiseras i skrift och litteratur: Instrumentell musik som ett retorisk format. Uppsatsen undersöker hur instrumentell musik fungerar som ett retoriskt i argumentationen i film. Musiken som retoriskt verktyg går många gånger obemärkt förbi och dess inflytande på argumentationen blir därför ignorerad och bortglömd. Musikens instrumentala funktion kommer analyseras genom dess intertextuella funktioner till narrativet i dokumentärfilmen Vice Special Report: A House Divided (2016). Dokumentären påvisar en förutsatt objektiv bild av 2016 års presidentval i USA och hur Donald Trump kom till makten. Studiens syfte är att bevisa den instrumentella musikens retoriska roll i dokumentären och fokus kommer ligga på musikens skildring av berättandet och det visuella i filmen. För att nå detta syfte kommer jag att påvisa att det existerar en intertextualitet mellan musik och narrativ, men också musikens symboliska värden med hjälp av Raymond Monelle och Kofi Agawus semiotiska teckenteorier. Med hjälp av musikanalysen visas en ny sida av argumentationen i dokumentären och den förutsatta neutrala hållningen som narrativet visar blir problematiserad.
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Li, Xuejun. "Fatigue strength and evaluation of highway structures". 2005. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI3178438/.
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Lee, Christopher Alarie. "Medieval Hermeneutic Pedagogy: Teaching with and about Signs in Several Didactic Genres". Thesis, 2011. https://doi.org/10.7916/D80V8KRK.
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This dissertation explores the central place of semiotic interpretation in the instruction of several medieval genres--Latin and vernacular religious drama, French fabliaux, and Spanish exempla--encompassing both the lesson that is taught and the method for teaching it. It is my contention that teaching the proper way to interpret signs is the didactic focus in these genres and that their authors were also deeply concerned with scrutinizing their own use of signs in conveying this instruction. As medieval sign theory finds its origin in Augustinian semiotics, Chapter 1 of my dissertation raises key considerations in Augustine's discussions of signa that would continue to inform later treatments of interpretation. I establish the intrinsic connection between teaching and the interpretation of signs in his writings as well as his frequent ambivalence on the subject. For the Bishop of Hippo, the proper understanding of sacred signs is the paramount lesson of Christian instruction, with misreading Jews as the primary emblem of faulty interpretation. Signs are also a concern for the pedagogical process (doctrina in its second sense) because the success of any lesson is dependent on the effectiveness of its signs to communicate. Yet, Augustine also places the burden of understanding squarely on the learner who must labor with interpretation and attain personal enlightenment. Augustine clearly admires the pagan classics and acknowledges the dominant role of words in instruction, but, for him, the falsified verbal signs of fiction have no value for teaching. Moreover, non-verbal communication--through inner inspiration and visually apprehended signs or res significandi--is vastly superior to fallen language in transmitting meaning as well as creating memory of what is learned. Yet, Augustine also evinces a suspicion of sensory data. These ideas, including doubts about vision and the value of learning through fictive works, would continue to inform the instruction present in later medieval texts. Chapter 2 examines the persistence of Augustinian concepts in medieval religious plays from early church drama through the Middle English cycles. These texts are mainly concerned with teaching the proper interpretation of sacred signa, following Augustine, particularly through the characterization of Jews who fail to read signs correctly. Medieval religious drama also endorses the value of non-verbal communication--through a reliance on individual faith as a precursor to comprehension and through dramatic res such as setting, gesture, and costume--both in conveying semiotic instruction and rendering it memorable. Jewish characters are further portrayed as working against these ideas, representatives of a failure to learn by seeing and believing, who seek instead to force interpretation through violence. Chapter 3 examines a genre in which the presence of doctrinal instruction is debatable, the French fabliaux, and identifies a consistent emphasis on the risks of interpretation across the vast corpus. All signs, verbal and visual, are potentially insufficient in constructing meaning and open to manipulation, emblematized primarily by the actions of deceptive women. Fabliaux evince a self-consciousness about their ability to present these hazards both because they do so through the medium of poetry and because they must rely on signs to make their point. However, the genre ultimately flaunts the insufficiency of its own signs as part of its message, using laughter and mnemonic imagery to promote understanding. Chapter 4 extends the findings on fabliaux to the Spanish Sendebar or Libro de los engaños, a text of questionable didacticism that also emphasizes the role of women in manipulating signs. The practical wisdom derived from the collection--its interest in good counsel and prudence--can likewise be simplified to the need for careful interpretation of signs in a post-lapsarian world. However, through the didactic insufficiency of its tale-telling enterprise, it ultimately affirms the limits of teaching using signs. My dissertation concludes by examining the persistence of many of these ideas in twenty-first-century pedagogy. Recent emphasis on equipping contemporary students with the tools for interpreting signs in an increasingly image-based culture and on promoting the expanded use of visuals in the classroom reiterate longstanding concerns of doctrina. Assessing the instructional role of signs first raised by Augustine and its reconsideration in medieval texts thus sheds new light on didactic content and purpose that continue to inform our endeavors as teachers today.
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"Generic signboard detection in image and video". 2003. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891586.
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by Shen Hua.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-71).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Abstract --- p.i
摘要 --- p.iii
Acknowledgments --- p.v
Table of Contents --- p.vii
List of Figures --- p.ix
Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Object Detection --- p.2
Chapter 1.2 --- Signboard Detection --- p.3
Chapter Chapter 2 --- System Overview --- p.5
Chapter 2.1 --- What is the problem? --- p.5
Chapter 2.2 --- Review of previous work --- p.6
Chapter 2.3 --- System Outline --- p.8
Chapter Chapter 3 --- Preprocessing --- p.10
Chapter 3.1 --- Edge Detection --- p.11
Chapter 3.1.1 --- Gradient-Based Method --- p.11
Chapter 3.1.2 --- Laplacian of Gaussian --- p.14
Chapter 3.1.3 --- Canny edge detection --- p.15
Chapter 3.2 --- Corner Detection --- p.18
Chapter Chapter 4 --- Finding Candidate Lines --- p.22
Chapter 4.1 --- Hough Transform --- p.22
Chapter 4.1.1 --- What is Hough Transform --- p.22
Chapter 4.1.2 --- Parameter Space --- p.22
Chapter 4.1.3 --- Accumulator Array --- p.24
Chapter 4.2 --- Gradient-based Hough Transform --- p.25
Chapter 4.2.1 --- Direction of Gradient --- p.26
Chapter 4.2.2 --- Accumulator Array --- p.28
Chapter 4.2.3 --- Peaks in the accumulator array --- p.30
Chapter 4.2.4 --- Performance of Gradient-based Hough Transform --- p.32
Chapter Chapter 5 --- Signboards Locating --- p.35
Chapter 5.1 --- Line Verification --- p.35
Chapter 5.1.1 --- Line Segmentation --- p.35
Chapter 5.1.2 --- Density Checking --- p.37
Chapter 5.2 --- Finding Close Circuits --- p.40
Chapter 5.3 --- Remove Redundant Segments --- p.47
Chapter Chapter 6 --- Post processing --- p.54
Chapter Chapter 7 --- Experiments and Conclusion --- p.59
Chapter 7.1 --- Experimental Results --- p.59
Chapter 7.2 --- Conclusion --- p.66
Bibliography --- p.67
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Sharma, Pratibha. "Design and evaluation of inorganic and organic light-emitting diode displays for signage application". Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1860.
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High brightness inorganic LEDs have been utilized effectively for signage application using the edgelighting technique. In this thesis. the inorganic LED-based edgelit signage using transparent acrylic has been evaluated. We determine that the edgelighting technique, although superior in efficiency to other available techniques, suffers from intrinsic limitations, particularly in terms of illumination uniformity. The illumination uniformity can be improved by external means such as a diamond grating. In order to quantitatively establish this, the illumination uniformity of the LED-based signage with and without the diamond grating is examined. The results show a considerable improvement in the illumination uniformity when a diamond grating is used. However, the high cost of the diamond grating and the transparent acrylic amplify the overall cost of signage using LEDs. Therefore, a distributed light source, which can eliminate the use of the diamond grating. is determined to be more suitable for signage application. Organic Light-Emitting diode (OLED), which is a distributed light source, emerges as a possible contender.
The second part of our research focuses on the application of OLEDs for signage. We examine two OLED modules from different manufacturers for our evaluation. The first module is a prototype module obtained from the National Research Council (NRC) and the second module is a commercially available OLED from RiT Display Corporation. We present novel design techniques that can be used to implement signage based on OLEDs. A prototype tiled OLED display using commercially available OLEDs is designed and tested. Our investigation suggests that good light uniformity in signage panels can be achieved using OLED modules in the form of tiles. This proves that OLEDs are superior to conventional light-emitting diodes as light sources for signage in terms of illumination uniformity.
However, we determine that the currently available OLEDs have a lower light-conversion efficiency in addition to higher costs when compared with conventional LEDs. Though the individual OLEDs cost more than LEDs. signage panels based on OLEDs can be made cheaper by avoiding the use of acrylic sheet and diamond grating. Moreover, the light weight of OLEDs and the fact that OLEDs are diffused sources (rather than point sources like LEDs) add an additional advantage. Also. OLEDs have the potential to be built inexpensively on flexible substrates by using the roll-to-roll technique. This makes OLEDs superior to conventional LEDs in large-area signage applications.
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Hitchcox, Kathryn Langford. "Alchemical discourse in the "Canterbury Tales": Signs of gnosis and transmutation". Thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/16153.
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Although most critics of the "Canon's Yeoman's Tale" agree that the tale's striking realism and wealth of detail suggest that Chaucer had an extensive knowledge of alchemical lore, they disagree about whether Chaucer condemned alchemy as a heresy or esteemed it as a divine science compatible with Christianity. For, the Canon's Yeoman begins his tale by asserting the impossibility of achieving the Philosopher's Stone, only to end his tale by affirming the Stone's existence, and describing it as a gift from Christ. In the past, most critics have investigated Chaucer's use of alchemical signs in the "Canon's Yeoman's Tale" by discussing medieval alchemy as an obscure laboratory procedure in which Chaucer did or did not have any faith. This study, however, proposes not only to reexamine the significance of Chaucer's references to alchemical apparati, procedures, and philosophy in the "Canon's Yeoman's Tale" but also to show that Chaucer was primarily interested in alchemy as a symbolic language, and that he utilized alchemical signs in both the "Canon's Yeoman's Tale" and the "Second Nun's Tale," which are linked by the prologue of the "Canon's Yeoman's Tale," to explore how discourse itself is a kind of alchemy which mediates between man and God, or physical reality and spiritual reality, to communicate truth and enable the individual to convert from the "old man of Adam" to the "new man in Christ." Both tales begin with references to the baseness of matter, and end with alchemical allusions to the perfection of matter. Since Chaucer presented the alchemical allusions in the "Second Nun's Tale" and the "Canon's Yeoman's Tale" within a penitential framework, he also implied that both alchemy and Christianity seek salvation, which may be understood as the reconciliation of spiritual and physical nature. Chaucer's Parson defines salvation in these terms when he explains, "Than shal men understonde what is the fruyt of penaunce, dots ther as the body of man that whilom was foul and derk is moore cleer than the sonne" (ParsT 1. 1078).
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Bennett, Brian Patrick. "Divining history : providential interpretation in the Primary Chronicle of Kievan Rus' /". 1999. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9943043.
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Carpenter, Amanda Kay. "Signage & sense of place : preserving the experience of historic illuminated signage". Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3335.
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The purpose of this thesis is to raise awareness about the contribution historic signs make to the experience of a place. Illuminated signage has played a key role in the development of the American landscape. The relationship between illuminated signage and sense of place is complex. Because of the ephemeral nature of signs and the public perception of them as advertising tools, the preservation community frequently overlooks signs. By examining three case studies, this thesis presents three different approaches to the preservation of illuminated signage.
The first case study is the 2002 New Mexico Route 66 Neon Sign Restoration Project. This case uses Route 66 to examine the preservation of original material in original location. The second case study is the 2002 Amendment to the New York City Zoning Regulations, which mandates signage saturation in Times Square. This case examines the preservation of the experience of Times Square by protecting the historical use of innovative signage. The third case study is the 1996 installation of restored illuminated signs by the Neon Museum in Las Vegas at the Fremont Street Experience. This case examines the collections approach to preserving original Las Vegas illuminated signs in an outdoor museum setting as public works of art.
While these three case studies evaluate iconic locations, the lessons are broadly applicable. The preservation approaches outlined here illustrate that every situation is unique and requires a full analysis of the context of the sign. Preservationists should evaluate signage within their local communities by examining the artistry and materiality of the signs. However, it is equally important to evaluate the overall community context of the signs. In order to preserve the experience of historic illuminated signage, it is imperative that preservationists and the general public understand that there are numerous approaches to safeguarding these works and that the time to take action is now.text
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Mac, Kenzie Scott Hutcheson. "SAINT OSWALD, CHRIST AND THE DREAM OF THE ROOD: MUTABLE SIGNS AT A CULTURAL CROSSROAD". 2010. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/897.
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The first decades following a country’s conversion to Christianity are sometimes marked by experimentation with native expressions of piety. Out of the multicultural environment of early Christian Northumbria such experiments created an insular Germanic version of sanctity. In the mid-seventh century, Oswiu of Northumbria (642-670), the younger brother and successor to King Oswald, constructed an elaborate narrative of God’s plan for England (without consent or guidance from the Roman Church). His narrative would weave his family into the sacred fabric of his nascent, Christian kingdom. Through skillful manipulation of oral tradition, material culture and sacri loci he crafted a unique interpretation of his brother’s death, an interpretation that Bede later canonizes in his Ecclesiastical History. King Oswiu, developed a novel form of the sacred by fusing certain established topoi of Christian sanctity with cultural elements from the Germans, Irish, Britons and Picts. Oswiu created the first Germanic holy warrior. Oswald with his dual nature as martyred warrior-king and humble saint represented a uniquely hybrid model of Germanic Christian sanctity as an imitatio for his people.
It is this same cultural and intellectual environment, that gave birth to the Anglo-Saxon poetic masterpiece, The Dream of the Rood, which I suggest was written during the reign of King Aldfrith (685-705). Whereas Oswiu wished to consolidate political power through aligning his family with the newly introduced religion, the poet of the Dream of the Rood focused on exploring a related issue, the dual nature of Christ. The poem draws inspiration from the same font of political, cultural, and spiritual ideas that Oswiu used when he created his martyr-king. The inversions of traditional roles — Christ as warrior in The Dream of the Rood and warrior-king Oswald as martyr and humble servant of God — represent an outgrowth of the spiritual milieu that existed in seventh century Northumbria.
The Dream of the Rood and the narrative of St. Oswald’s martyrdom reflect not merely Germanic ideals but a unique worldview stemming from the cultural and ethnic diversity of Northumbria. Both also reflect a desire by the Northumbrians to include themselves in the narrative of the Christian faith.