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Benard, Charlène. "Le « metal à chanteuse », un genre musical ? Une enquête sur la construction médiaculturelle d’un genre musical par le gender. Le cas du metal symphonique en France." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 3, 2023. https://bsnum.sorbonne-nouvelle.fr/files/original/1338/6773/These_en_cours_de_traitement.pdf.
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Le metal symphonique est un sous-genre de musique metal qui a la particularité de compter une majorité de groupes où le chant est tenu par une femme : 80% en moyenne, se présentant à la fois comme une spécificité dans une culture musicale majoritairement masculine, autant qu’une régularité dans les musiques populaires où la proportion de chanteuses parmi les musiciennes en représente la grande majorité. Cette thèse a donc pour objectif de mesurer le rôle des femmes d’une part et de vocaliste d’autre part dans la définition d’un genre musical, au prisme d’une approche culturelle des musiques metal d’une part, et de leur situation en France d’autre part, des débuts du metal symphonique en 1996 à nos jours. Musique la plus détestée des Français, le metal compte essentiellement sur ses propres réseaux pour se développer : la presse spécialisée et la scène locale live. L’une et l’autre sont analysées dans cette thèse, entre discours promotionnels et évaluatifs de la presse sur les disques et production de concerts sur le sol français, de l’accueil des groupes étrangers à l’autoproduction locale. Ce travail tend ainsi à mesurer non seulement le rôle des chanteuses en tant qu’interprètes et créatrices de musique mais également leur implication dans l’activité d’une scène souvent présentée comme masculine, où leur place centrale mais négociée suggère d’en nuancer la domination. Complétée d’une enquête par questionnaire et entretiens, cette thèse discute enfin la notion de « goût féminin » et de « féminisation » d’un genre et d’une scène dans une approche compréhensiveSymphonic metal is a subgenre of metal music, which has the particularity of presenting a majority groups lead by female singers (80% on average). This feature is common to both this predominantly male culture, and to popular music more broadly, as the great majority of female musicians tend to be singers. This dissertation aims to measure the role played by women and by singers in the shaping of a musical genre, through a cultural approach of metal culture and of its situation in France, from the genre’s inception in 1996 to the present day.As the most hated genre of music in France, metal must rely mainly on its own networks in order to subsist and foster in this country: its press and local live scenes. Through the analysis of these two elements, this study considers promotional and evaluative media discourses on metal recordings and the production of concerts in France, from foreign bands touring around the country to the grassroots production of local events. Its aim is to consider not only the role female singers play as performers and creators, but also their involvement in the life of a scene often considered as masculine: their position, both central and negotiated, tends to limit the situation of domination. Through a complementary, comprehensive approach based on a questionnaire and interviews, this thesis also discusses the notions of “feminine taste” and of the “feminization” of a genre and a scene
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Peringer, Patrick Edward. "Babel: a Composition for Rock Band, Soprano Quartet, and Chamber Ensemble—music and Critical Essay." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700023/.
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Babel is a work for rock ‘n’ roll band (two electric guitars, electric bass, drum set), four soprano singers, and a twenty-one instrument mixed chamber ensemble. The 50-minute composition is based on the Tower of Babel story in Genesis 11:1-9, and the four-movement structure is derived from the form of this narrative. The first movement, “building rebellion,” establishes man’s intent to build a grand city and tower in a rebellion against God, while the second movement, “seeing/coming down,” describes the all-seeing God’s knowledge of man’s rebellion and God’s descent to the city. Movements three and four, “confusion” and “scatter,” depict the actions of God, confusing humankind’s language and scattering him over the earth. This project fuses rock ‘n’ roll influences with contemporary classical improvisation, creating a work that is sonically and dynamically excessive. One compositional goal was to use small amounts of material as the impetus for directed improvisation, which would be developed to create intricate and evolving textures. Each movement’s score is confined to a single page of music per part, necessitating highly graphic and aleatoric notation. The musical history and musicianship of each player greatly shapes the sonic outcome of Babel. Rigorous structure was mixed with extra-musical associations to create intricate layers of musical and metaphorical meanings. Every decision regarding form, pitch, rhythm, and improvisatory state is linked to a meaningful mathematical, philosophical, or theological idea. Out of the intention to illustrate a multi-layered, Biblical text interpreted in vastly different ways, came a complex work of art that challenges, yet welcomes, performers and listeners of all kinds.
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Khong, Cuong Doan. "Development and numerical evaluation of unified critical state models." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2004. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10120/.
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With the increased availability of computers of various sizes, it is becoming more common to predict the responses of geotechnical structures using numerical analyses which incorporate more realistic models of soil behaviour. The main objective of this research is to develop and evaluate a series of unified critical state models. These models are then used to solve some typical boundary value problems in geotechnical engineering. The new models are based on a critical state model called CASM which was formulated based on both the state parameter concept and a non associated flow rule. The main feature of CASM is that a single set of yield and plastic potential functions is used to model the behaviour of clay and sand under both drained and undrained loading conditions. These models are developed by incorporating a new non-linear elasticity rule, the combined hardening concept and the bounding surface plasticity theory. A new non-linear elasticity rule for clay materials is introduced into CASM, this gives a better prediction on the behaviour of soil. The new combined volumetric-deviatoric hardening model is named CASM-d and provides a better prediction of the behaviour of lightly overconsolidated clays and loose sands. The new bounding surface model is named CASM-b and provides a more realistic prediction of soil behaviour inside the state boundary surface. The new cyclic bounding surface model is named CASM-c and provides a good prediction of soil behaviour under cyclic loading conditions. To evaluate their adequacy, CASM and its extensions are implemented into a finite element package called CRISP. This program was specifically developed to incorporate the critical state type of constitutive models. The analyses of a variety of typical geotechnical engineering problems are carried out to further check the validity of the new constitutive models. The models prove themselves to be very robust and useful tools for solving a wide range of practical geotechnical problems under different loading conditions.
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Sberni, Junior Cleber [UNESP]. "Imprensa e música no Brasil: rock, mpb e contracultura no período Rolling Stone - 1972." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/140234.
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000866205.pdf: 3565339 bytes, checksum: 183a7ed482ce6f78241693814ae59214 (MD5)O presente texto teve por intuito estudar a revista Rolling Stone, editada no Brasil entre dezembro de 1971 e janeiro de 1973. Especificamente, procurou-se, ao longo do trabalho, analisar a forma como a revista integrou a cena rock carioca do início da década de setenta, ao promover e registrar a atividade de artistas, colaborando para a difusão do rock produzido por aqui. Esse período registra uma marcante movimentação jovem transnacional influenciada pela contracultura, cujo ideário difundido circulava via música, livros e publicações. Também podemos identificar neste momento histórico, o desenvolvimento do mercado de bens simbólicos no Brasil, impulsionando tanto a indústria fonográfica, que atravessava um período de expansão e afirmação, como o mercado editorial de publicações periódicas, também em crescimento. É, neste contexto, que Rolling Stone chegou às bancas, destinada ao público jovem e com perfil de revista especializada, que tratava em seu conteúdo de informações e notícias da movimentação em torno do rock, MPB e contracultura. De fato, os gêneros predominantes em suas páginas são o rock internacional, o rock produzido no Brasil e a MPB de influência tropicalista. Em sua breve existência, 36 edições foram comercializadas em bancas de jornal, e como veículo, a revista possuiu um alcance de circulação nacional, prestando-se a fornecer informações sobre o panorama geral da cena musical, através de artigos, entrevistas e resenhas de discos. Os textos publicados na revista apontam para aproximações entre o rock e a MPB. Fica evidente como a publicação, ao longo de suas edições, procurou dar visibilidade a uma movimentação de grupos de rock iniciantes e artistas que compartilhavam da valorização da contracultura e do diálogo com o rock. Podemos também afirmar que a revista faz parte da cena musical que ela mesma ajudava a fomentar, evocando mome...
The aim of the present study was to assess the issues of Rolling Stone edited in Brazil between December 1971 and January 1973. More specifically, the goal was to evaluate how the magazine integrates the Rio de Janeiro's rock scene in the early 1970s, promoting and doing record of artistic activities, thus contributing to the dissemination of rock made in Brazil. The analyzed period is characterized by a striking cross-country youthful movement influenced by counterculture, whose ideology was conveyed via music, books, and publications. This historical period also witnessed the development of the market of symbolic goods in Brazil, boosting the recording industry, which was going through a cycle of expansion and selfassurance, and of the market of periodical publications, which was also on the rise. It was in that context that Rolling Stone, aimed at a young readership and incorporating the distinctive features of a specialized magazine, hit the newsstands, covering information and news on rock, MPB (Brazilian popular music), and counterculture. Actually, the predominant genres were international rock, rock made in Brazil, and MPB influenced by tropicalism. During its short-lived existence, 36 issues were sold at newsstands, having a nationwide circulation and providing an overview of the musical scene by means of articles, interviews, and album reviews. The texts published in the magazine demonstrated a close relationship between rock and MPB. There was an all-out effort channeled into giving visibility to the activity of new rock bands and artists who attached a high value to counterculture and to its interaction with rock. It is also possible to claim that the magazine was an integral part of the musical scene it helped establish, evoking moments, placing a high value on experiences and on musical events, and making room for rock bands and rock itself. In short, Rolling Stone eventually strengthened...
Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo estudiar la revista Rolling Stone, editada en Brasil entre diciembre de 1971 y enero de 1973. Específicamente se buscó analizar, a lo largo del trabajo, el modo como la revista formó parte de la escena rock de Río de Janeiro de principios de los setenta, al promover y registrar la actividad de los artistas, contribuyendo a la difusión del rock producido aquí. Ese período registró un importante movimiento juvenil transnacional con influencia de la contracultura, cuyo ideario difundido transitaba a través de la música, libros y publicaciones. Asimismo identificamos en ese momento histórico el desarrollo del mercado de bienes simbólicos en Brasil, que impulsó tanto la industria fonográfica, la que pasaba por un período de expansión y afirmación, como el mercado editorial de publicaciones periódicas, también en crecimiento. Fue en este contexto que la revista Rolling Stone llegó a los quioscos de periódicos, dirigida a un público joven y con perfil de revista especializada, que trataba en su contenido de informaciones y noticias del movimiento alrededor del rock, MPB (Música Popular Brasileña) y contracultura. De hecho, los géneros predominantes en sus páginas eran el rock internacional, el rock producido en Brasil y la MPB de influencia tropicalista. En su breve existencia, se comercializaron 36 ediciones en los quioscos, y como medio de comunicación, la revista poseyó un alcance de circulación nacional, al prestarse a ofrecer informaciones sobre el panorama general de la escena musical, a través de artículos, entrevistas y reseñas de discos. Los textos publicados en la revista señalaron similitudes entre el rock y la MPB. Es evidente que la publicación, a lo largo de sus ediciones, buscó dar visibilidad a un movimiento de grupos principiantes de rock y artistas que compartían la valorización de la contracultura y el diálogo con el rock...
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Yue, Peng. "A micro mechanical study of critical state soil mechanics using DEM." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38060/.
Анотація:
One of the greatest breakthroughs in soil mechanics was the development of Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM) in the 1950s and 1960s and the derivation of a continuum elasto-plastic constitutive model, namely Cam clay, which was the foundation for other continuum models for clays, and much later for sands. However, as yet there has been no micro mechanical analysis which explains the existence of such continuum models; such a micro perspective must take into account the discontinuous nature of soil. Without such insight, the engineer cannot understand which micro parameters affect soil behaviour. This work uses the discrete element method (DEM) to model a silica sand as a sample of discrete particles, with properties which have been calibrated against experimental data in previous work, to build up a micro mechanical picture of the behaviour of sand under different loading conditions. The simplest of loading conditions is the one dimensional or oedometer test and has been modelled to check whether this agrees with previously published research. The simulated sample has then been subjected to isotropic compression to establish a normal compression line in log voids ratio – log stress space, and which turns out to be parallel to the one-dimensional normal compression line, in agreement with CSSM. The evolution of the isotropic normal compression line is due to local shear stresses within the sample, and the origin of the existence of both lines lies in the evolution of a fractal distribution of particles with a fractal dimension of 2.5. The effect of boundary particles has then been minimised by choosing an appropriate aspect ratio and a smaller number of particles in the sample to give a computational time which is acceptable for subsequent shearing to critical states. Isotropically normally compressed samples have been unloaded to different stress levels and sheared to critical states. A unique critical state line (CSL) exists at high stress levels, which is parallel to the normal compression lines, in agreement with CSSM. At low stress levels, the CSL is not linear and is non-unique; that is to say it is a function of preconsolidation pressure because the fractal distribution of sizes has not fully evolved. Samples sheared on the dense side of critical dilate and have a peak strength whilst loose samples exhibit ductile contraction, in agreement with CSSM. At a critical state, the work shows that crushing continues in the formation of ‘fines’, small particles with smaller than 0.1mm dimensions, which plays no part in the mechanical behaviour, which is reflected in the average mechanical co-ordination number and which means that plastic hardening can be assumed to have ceased at a critical state. For the isotropically overconsolidated samples sheared to critical states, a number of different definitions of yield have been used to establish a yield surface in stress space. The work shows that a previously published yield surface for sand (Yu, 1998; McDowell, 2002) gives a good representation of the behaviour, and it has therefore been shown that the sample of discrete particles has been shown to give rise to observed continuum behaviour. The work is, to the author’s knowledge, the first that has shown a DEM soil to show many of the desirable features of sand, in that the sample qualitatively gives normal compression lines and a CSL of the correct slope, which obeys CSSM and which gives a Cam Clay type yield surface in stress space. The work means that the established model can be used in the study of other micro mechanics problems such as particle shape and time effects and the application of DEM to boundary value problems directly.
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Devlin, Erin Krutko. ""Justice is a Perpetual Struggle": The Public Memory of the Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis." W&M ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1593092083.
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Spross, Johan. "A Critical Review of the Observational Method." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Jord- och bergmekanik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-144207.
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Building a sustainable structure in soil or rock that satisfies all predefined technical requirements implies choosing a rational and effective construction method. An important aspect is how the performance of the structure is verified. For cases when the geotechnical behaviour is hard to predict, the existing design code for geotechnical structures, Eurocode 7, suggests the so-called “observational method” to verify that the performance is acceptable. The basic principle of the method is to accept predefined changes in the design during construction, in order to accommodate the actual ground conditions, if the current design is found unsuitable. Even though this in theory should ensure an effective design solution, formal application of the observational method is rare. It is therefore not clear which prerequisites and circumstances that must be present for the observational method to be applicable and be the more suitable method. This licentiate thesis gives a critical review of the observational method, based on, and therefore limited by, the outcome of the performed case studies. The aim is to identify and highlight the crucial aspects that make the observational method difficult to apply, thereby providing a basis for research towards a more applicable definition of the method. The main topics of discussion are (1) the apparent contradiction between the preference for advanced probabilistic calculation methods to solve complex design problems and sound, qualitative engineering judgement, (2) the limitations of measurement data in assessing the safety of a structure, (3) the fact that currently, no safety margin is required for the completed structure when the observational method is applied, and (4) the rigidity of the current definition of the observational method and the implications of deviations from its principles. Based on the review, it is argued that the observational method can be improved by linking it to a probabilistic framework. To be applicable, the method should be supported by guidelines that explain and exemplify how to make the best use of it. The engineering judgement is however not lost; no matter how elaborate probabilistic methods are used, sound judgement is still needed to define the problem correctly. How to define such a probabilistic framework is an urgent topic for future research, because this also addresses the concerns regarding safety that is raised in the other topics of discussion.För att i berg eller jord kunna konstruera en anläggning, som uppfyller satta tekniska krav, krävs det att man väljer en rationell och effektiv konstruktionsmetod. En viktig aspekt i detta val är hur man verifierar konstruktionens funktion avseende exempelvis bärförmåga eller stadga. För fall när konstruktionens beteende svårt att förutsäga, erbjuder gällande standard (Eurokod 7) den så kallade observationsmetoden. Denna metod tillåter i förväg förberedda förändringar i designen under konstruktionstiden, om observationer av konstruktionens beteende indikerar att så behövs. På så vis anpassas konstruktionen till de faktiska förhållandena i marken. Trots att detta tillvägagångssätt i teorin borde ge en rationell design, används metoden sällan. Det råder därför oklarheter om vilka förutsättningar och omständigheter som krävs för att observationsmetoden ska kunna användas och dessutom utgöra den bästa lösningen. I denna licentiatuppsats granskas observationsmetoden och dess användbarhet. Målet med licentiatuppsatsen är att belysa de aspekter som kan utgöra svårigheter när observationsmetoden används. Dessa identifierades under arbetet med några fallstudier. Licentiatuppsatsen ger därmed en utgångspunkt för fortsatt forskning för att ta fram en mer användbar definition av observationsmetoden. De viktigaste aspekterna som diskuteras i uppsatsen är (1) den skenbara motsatsen mellan användandet av sannolikhetsbaserade beräkningsmetoder för att lösa komplexa dimensioneringsfrågor och kvalitativa ingenjörsmässiga bedömningar, (2) de begränsningar som finns när man använder mätdata för att utvärdera konstruktioners säkerhet, (3) att det för tillfället saknas krav på säkerhetsmarginal mot brott för konstruktioner som byggts med observationsmetoden, och (4) vad svårigheten att uppfylla Eurokodens strikta definition innebär för metodens användbarhet. Utifrån resultatet av granskningen dras slutsatsen att observationsmetoden kan förbättras genom att ge den ett sannolikhetsbaserat ramverk. För att förenkla användningen bör riktlinjer och anvisningar utformas. Även om metoden utvecklas mot en högre grad av beräkningskomplexitet, kommer ingenjörsmässiga bedömningar också framgent att vara viktiga, eftersom en avgörande aspekt är hur problemställningen formuleras. Med ett sannolikhetsbaserat ramverk ökar möjligheten att lösa de frågeställningar kring säkerhet som också diskuteras i uppsatsen.
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Daly, Caroline. "Collective Memory, Commemoration and Ways of Remembering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Integration Crisis at Central High School." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/359.
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This thesis uses the 50th Anniversary of the 1957 Integration Crisis at Central High School as a case study to explore issues of memory and remembrance. After looking at various forms of commemoration, Little Rock proves to provide key insights into the dangers of memory, as well as more effective ways of remembering.
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Kerr, Christopher Reid. "Approaching popular music in the field of English : critical boundaries, remediation, and performance theory /." Online version, 2008. http://content.wwu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/theses&CISOPTR=291&CISOBOX=1&REC=2.
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Wang, Qian. "The Crisis of Chinese Rock in the mid-1990s: Weakness in Form or Weakness in Content?" Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485867.
Анотація:
Born in the political turmoil of the 1989 student movement, Chinese rock music is often understood as an ideological weapon to against the Communist principles due to its western origin. The movement pushed Chinese rock to an unprecedented height of cultural prominence in the. early 1990s. Chinese rock, however, lost this cultural prominence in the mid-1990s. The political suppression is generally regarded as the key reason causing the crisis, but the real reason is much more complicated and deep inside China's society. . The 1990s is a decade when China was profoundly transformed into a new nation in every dimension. The substantial economic growth hid other social problems, such as the unparalleled development between economy and culture. The crisis of Chinese rock is just evidence demonstrating how cultures are co-produced by multi-forces social movements rather than any single factors. Social powers and the political power are often mixed in previous studies. It is also incorrect to treat ordinary people as a passive group who actually had exerted their influences on the formation of Chinese rock in the 1990s. Qualitative data (such as the lyrics and comments) and quantitative data (such as the number ofrock album and economic figures) display why the crisis happened. The political-concentrated content and the purely artistic form are the two direct causes of the crisis, but digging deeper, social power, social classes, and cultural capital play vital roles. The immaturity of Chinese rock music itself is the direct reason, but the immaturity of China's society is the essential and primary reason for the crisis. The crisis of Chinese rock, however, does not mean its death, but a period when rockers, the music industries, the media, fans, and even the government needed to learn and accumulate adequate source and capital to develop this new culture. It cannot be an overnight task. The comeback of Chinese rock in the new millennium demonstrates that Chinese rock is a culture related to China. Its social significance and role likely differ from its western counterpart. Because China has been opened up to the outside world since 1979, the development of intercultural exchange is inevitable, which makes rock music develop in China in a together-in-difference situation.
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Parry, Samuel Aneurin. "Turning rock into soil : variations in soil mineral reactivity, surface area and porosity through the critical zone." Thesis, University of Reading, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.559249.
Анотація:
This study investigated how the surface area and porosity of soil minerals varied during pedogenesis, and how these variations in conjunction with changes in soil mineralogy influence soil mineral elemental release rates over time. Soil mineral samples were collected systematically with depth from granitic soil profiles in Dartmoor and Glen Dye. The variation in the surface area, porosity, mineralogy of bulk soils prior to and following the removal of soil organic matter, amorphous and free Fe oxide phases and individual grain size fractions (2000-500, 500-250, 250, 63-2 and
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Korlyakova, Darya. "Corporate governance and its increased role in the period of global financial crisis with the focus on European region." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-125147.
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In this thesis we analyzed methods contributing to corporate government improvement in order to enhance companies' efficiency, thereby preventing their bankruptcy during times of crisis. In the theoretical part we defined corporate governance, described its elements, influential factors and models. Particular attention was paid to the concept of effective governance and recommendations aimed at its achievement. Overall it was discovered that to be successful company should have such corporate governance system which will ensure maximization of shareholder value, respect for stakeholder rights, balance of strategically important long-term goals, effective supervision over managers' actions, regular audits and reliability of their results and transparent and frequent Board reports. In the historical part we gave an overview of main corporate governance developments which took place from the moment the first corporations emerged till the global financial crisis outbroke (its early outcomes are included as well). In the course of time the following findings were reached: owners should be involved in management of an organization, managers should act in best stakeholders' interests, remuneration schemes should be well thought-out, auditor and the Board itself should be independent, financial information should be adequately disclosed, etc. In the second chapter we examined corporate governance regulation in Europe as thesis topic implies focus on this region. In addition to the above mentioned corporate governance improvements regulatory measures are aimed at strengthening the role of non-executive directors, unambiguous description of auditor's and Board's duties, higher quality of information provided to investors, achieving gender balance on Boards. In the third chapter the analysis of case study was carried out. Northern Rock, which was a very successful bank for a long time, suddenly asked the Bank of England for financial support in September 2007 what immediately caused depositor run and 32 percent drop in its share price. Despite the fact that it was looking for a buyer for several months it failed to find the one who would be able to adequately compensate taxpayers, therefore in February 2008 it was nationalized. Several factors contributed to its downfall, however the main role is assigned to poor corporate governance whose improvement requires the undertaking of following measures: stricter criteria for auditor's independence, remuneration based on performance and aimed at long-term commitment, promotion of stakeholder activism, limitations on risks and creation of "honesty motivational" corporate culture. The principal conclusion was that good corporate governance should contribute to company's forward movement but at the same time it should respect accountability framework.
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Benavente, Secco Mario Gonzalo. "Nos siguen pegando abajo o el rock como fenómeno de resistencia: Narrador metadiegético, censura y lo cinematográfico en las canciones de Charly García, en el contexto de la última dictadura militar en Argentina." Master's thesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018. http://tesis.pucp.edu.pe/repositorio/handle/123456789/12932.
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La siguiente tesis explora la evolución que se presenta en las letras de las canciones del
músico argentino Charly García, entre los años 1974 y 1984 (antes, durante y después de la
última dictadura militar de su país, conocida también como “Proceso de Reorganización
Nacional”). Atravesando su participación en las bandas Sui Generis, La Máquina de Hacer
Pájaros y Serú Girán, así como los inicios de su carrera solista, este estudio pretende identificar
y explorar las estrategias narrativas que, desde lo literario, se hacen presentes a lo largo de la
obra de García, priorizando el análisis sobre el uso del narrador metadiegético en primera
persona, el mismo que utiliza Charly para plasmar una visión particular sobre la responsabilidad
que tiene el artista frente a una sociedad convulsionada de la que también es parte. Asimismo,
ahondaremos en el uso de referencias cinematográficas como estrategia para hablar del rol que
tiene el arte en relación a (d)enunciar los atropellos que se ejecutan desde el poder, evadiendo
los mecanismos de censura que la dictadura sistematizó.Tesis
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Pavlisová, Miroslava. "Dopady ekonomické krize na rozpočet ČR v roce 2009." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15530.
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This paper analyzes the impacts of the economic crisis on Czech government budget in 2009. The introductory part deals with the theoretical and historical base of the business cycle and with main economic terms. This chapter is summed up with a unified general conclusion of the term economic crisis. Also listed, are descriptions of principles, reasons and consequences of the Financial crisis which originated in 2007 in USA including a comparison to the Great Depression in 30's. The practical part of this paper is focused on the Czech government budget and analyzed for the period of nine months in 2009. Impacts of the crisis and anti-crisis measures on budget revenues, budget expenditures, government and state debt are also addressed in the practical part. The conclusion draws proposals and recommendations to mitigate the impacts of the economic crisis.
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Sanders, Douglass M. Jr. ""Rock the mic!" the influence of hip-hop culture on black boys' attitude in school: a critical ethnography." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2012. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/446.
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Hip-Hop educational research is critical to understanding the plight of black boys in public schools throughout the United States. This qualitative inquiry fills a void in the research literature that often fails to include the emic perspectives of the participants involved. To confront the challenges black male youth face in school studies that capture their salient voices about lived-experiences are crucial. Nonetheless, this critical ethnography provides a praxis for educational practitioners to use to gain valuable insight into the minds of school age black males. This study contributes to the canon of educational research by situating hip-hop culture and its various elements as independent variables that have a direct impact on black male youth and their attitude in school. This study is also different in that it adds three additional components to hip-hop culture that include fashion/style, language, and behavior. Historically, these three elements are discussed as a part of the four cornerstones: DJing, Rapping/emceeing, Breakdancing, and Graffiti Art. However, this investigation isolates these three as separate elements that should be included in discussions about hip-hop educational research due to their profound influence on the current generation of black male youth in public schools throughout the United States.
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Vieira, Virgínia Tavares. "O discurso da crise ambiental nas letras de rock and roll: modos de ser sujeito em tempos contemporâneos." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FURG, 2013. http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/6080.
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O presente estudo refere-se a uma dissertação de mestrado em Educação Ambiental, a qual que teve como objetivo estabelecer um diálogo entre música, sociedade e Educação Ambiental. Sendo assim, tem-se como problema de pesquia investigar de que forma a música, por meio do rock and roll, vem contribuindo para pensarmos na crise ambiental que se instala na atualidade. Para dar conta de responder a essa investiação selecionaram-se letras de rock de sete bandas de diferentes países ocidentais que tratam da temática ambiental, desde a década de 1990 até os dias atuais. Apoiada em autores como Michel Foucault, Félix Guattari, Zygmunt Bauman, Isabel Carvalho, Leandro Belinaso Guimarães, Maria Lúcia Castagna Wortmann, entre outros, a pesquisa analisou as enunciações de natureza, meio ambiente e homem presentes nas letras que compuseram o corpus de análise desta investigação. O caminho metodológico selecionado para operar com o material empírico trata especificamente de algumas ferramentas da análise do discurso, a partir de Michel Foucault. Na análise do material posto em suspenso, a pesquisa apontou para dois enunciados potentes, os quais vêm auxiliando na constituição do discurso da crise ambiental por meio de letras de rock and roll: o homem como principal destruidor do planeta, este intitulado de antropocentrismo; e o terror e medo pela perda do planeta. Com isso, evidenciaram-se que ditos como esses, presentes nas letras de rock selecionadas, entram na ordem do discurso verdadeiro no campo da Educação Ambiental, o que justifica a escrita dessa dissertação. Sendo assim, ressalta-se a importância de atentarmos para rock and roll, como um artefato cultural potente que vem nos auxiliando a olhar para crise ambiental, interpelando-nos a constituir modos de ser e viver, diante de saberes e verdades produzidas na e pela cultura, pois, diante dos significados travados por meio da cultura, vamos engendrando nossos modos de vida, bem como estabelecendo relações com o mundo em que vivemos.
The present study refers to a master`s degree dissertation in Environmental Education which has as its objective to establish a dialogue among music, society and Environmental Education. That said, this research problematizes how to investigate the way music, through rock and roll, has been contributing to think about the environmental crisis of our days. With the intention of problematize the way music, through rock and roll, has been contributing to make us think about the environmental crisis, it has been selected rock and roll lyrics from seven different western bands about environmental themes, since the early 90 ́s to nowadays. Supported by authors such as Michel Foucault, Félix Guattari, Zygmunt Bauman, Isabel Carvalho, Leandro Belinaso Guimarães, Maria Lúcia Castagna Wortmann and others, the research analyzed enunciations of nature, environment and men presented on the lyrics that composed this investigation ́s analysis corpus. The methodological patch selected to operate with the empirical material is specifically some speech analysis tools from Michel Foucault. Based on the analysis of this material, the research lead to two strong statements, which has been helping the formation of the environmental crisis speech through rock and roll lyrics: the mankind as the main destructor of the planet, what is named as anthropocentrism, and the terror and fear for the planet ́s losses. Whit this, it became evident that sayings like those presented in the selected rock and roll lyrics agree with the true speech on Environmental Education field, what justifies this dissertation. Thus, it is highlighted the importance to pay attention to rock and roll as a strong cultural artifact that has been assisting us to look to the environmental crisis, asking us to create ways of being and living, in front of the knowledge and truths produced in and by the culture, for the meanings locked by the culture, we engender our way of life and establish relations with the world we live in.
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Šormová, Kateřina. "Daňová reforma v ČR v roce 2008 a její výsledky." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-192693.
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This diploma thesis deals with the tax reform 2008 in the Czech Republice and its results. The aim is to assess how satisfied fiscal and socio-economic objectives of tax reform in 2008 in the Czech republic. The first chapter focuses on tax reform and tax theory. The second chapter presents a tax reform proposal to set targets. The third chapter focuses on the evaluation of the objectives set.
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Červená, Lenka. "Vývoj zbožového zahraničního obchodu zemí EU v roce 2010 - v kontextu hospodářské krize." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-85915.
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An important role in the global economy certainly plays international trade. Removing barriers to international trade contributes to better competitiveness and economic growth. This paper is focused on foreign merchandise trade of the European Union countries towards third countries (ie. excluding intra-trade).The aim of this paper is to identify important features of the development of foreign merchandise trade of the European Union in 2010 in the context of economic crisis in the years 2007 - 2009, to determine the potential effects of merchandise trade on solution of the consequences of the crisis and also provide an outline of the economic competitiveness of the European Union and prospects of the future development of EU foreign merchandise trade. The method of work comprises the analysis of statistical data linked to considerations arising from the current social, economic and political development.
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Walser, Johanna. "Representation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline : A Critical Discourse Analysis of NGOs' press releases." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36406.
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This Master Thesis studies the power relationship between NGOs, politics and the society by performing a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) on NGO press releases concerning the case of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the USA. Interactions between mass media and NGOs are rising, hence the organizations are contributing to shape the ‘reality’ and the public’s perception. As CDA has a special interest in social representation and power relations, this thesis examines furthermore the representation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the light of the theory of victimization. The Indigenous communities refused the construction near tribal reservations because the Pipeline threatens the public health, the Tribe’s water supply, existing Treaties and cultural resources. Especially with the Presidential election in late 2016 and President Trump’s signing of an executive order to advance the Pipeline construction aggravated the situation. To meet the requirements of a CDA, I transfer the concepts of a micro- and macro-level Analysis in the way of Teun A. Van Dijk and connect it in the end with the socio-cultural context. I draw on the concepts of power/knowledge as well as on the concepts of media logic to explain the power relations but also the social representations in the 28 press releases of Amnesty International USA and Greenpeace USA. I conclude with the findings that the Indigenous people are represented as the powerless victims, the NGOs use their press releases to raise awareness but also to serve their self-interests and that the NGO press releases complied the media logics.
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Ceulemans, Cédric. "Three essays in the economics of music: reputation and success of musicians." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209455.
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The music industry is a market of superstars, that is a market where a relatively small number of people earn enormous amounts of money and dominate the activity in which they engage (Rosen,1981). Theories on the superstars phenomenon suggest that luck (Adler, 1985) or talent (Rosen, 1981) are the driving forces behind success. Thus, the “superstars models” left performers with no “active” role: successful artists are either endowed with an innate talent far above the average or are extremely lucky. However, all musicians (talented or not; lucky or not) take continuously decisions that affect their career. Chapter 1 and 2 of this dissertation analyze in details some of these decisions and their influence on success.Chapter 1, Rock Bands: Matching, Recording & Work Organization,4 investigates the impact of partnerships, matching, and work organization on the success of rock musicians using a unique database of 1,494 albums released between 1970 and 2004. We show that rock bands differ in their work organization because the agreements between the members of band are different. These agreements can be seen as implicit contracts. Drawing on this observation, we develop a model where agents (musicians) with different levels of creativity match (to form a band) and produce a joint output (a song). We show that the way agents match (positively or negatively) is correlated with success and depends on the (in)completeness of contracts. The theoretical results are supported by the data.
Chapter 2, Musical Characteristics and Success in Commercial Music, analyzes the relationship between musical characteristics, that can objectively be measured, and different types of success (commercial success, critical success, and success assessed by music lovers). We show that the strength and the direction (positive or negative) of the relationship between success and musical characteristics vary with the measure of success.
The third chapter goes in a slightly different direction than the two others as it deals with long term reputation of composers rather than commercial success of pop-rock musicians. Chapter 3, The Formation of the Canons of the Baroque Music, analyzes the reputation of baroque composers over time. The dataset makes it possible to describe the evolution of composers’ reputation and of the baroque canon. The entries in seven important musical dictionaries written between 1790 and 2000 are used to measure reputations. We provide evidence that a consensus exists between musicologists, who often rely on their predecessors’ work.
References:
Adler, M. (1985). Stardom and talent. American Economic Review, 75, 208-211.
Rosen, S. (1981). The economics of superstars, American Economic Review, 71, 845–858.
Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion
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Colson, Alicia J. M. "An obsession with meaning : a critical examination of the pictograph sites of the Lake of Woods." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102795.
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Most researchers who study rock image sites tend to be interested in the meaning of images, even though they could obtain more empirical information about these images and their physical location. Furthermore, very little of the work done in the past on rock image sites has been systematic. In this thesis I address the dearth of detailed information on the images and their context. This thesis presents a thorough examination of the images of the twenty-seven pictograph sites in the Lake of the Woods, in the Canadian Shield. These pictograph sites were selected because they exhibit traits evident in rock image studies in other parts of the world.This study is based on data collected during three months of fieldwork conducted in 2001. Images were found on cliff faces and inside caves. New images and new sites were found and identified.
Here, as elsewhere, the choice of theoretical approach influences the fieldwork, analysis, and search for meaning. Each prescribes the types of questions asked and determines the levels of understanding obtained about whichever form of archaeological evidence is being considered. The different but complementary theoretical approaches should be employed in a definite order. The same data must be examined in sequential order using these different approaches to increase the potential quantity and quality of information gained. Archaeologists should use the following sequence of approaches: culture-historical, contextual, followed by either the homological, or analogical approaches, or a combination of the latter two.
Classifying and describing any image is very difficult, since the level of description given to an image affects the way in which it can be analysed, and heavily influences the possible outcome of any discussion of perceived meaning. A rigorous examination of the images of these sites was conducted to (a) identify the possible vocabulary of images, (b) determine whether combinatory, rules exist, (c) reconstitute the life history of each site, and (d) ascertain whether the images can be related to other indigenous images to determine if this can provide information about the meaning(s) of the rock images. In assessing the meaning of the rock images, the images of a few birch bark scrolls were considered, since it was posited that a detailed investigation of the scrolls, the ethnographic record, and their pictographs might provide some answers regarding the meanings of the images found on the rock faces.
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Nieto, Rueda Jesús. "Una poética de la crisis. Aproximación sociocultural a la canción urbana de Rodrigo González." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/399221.
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La tesis propone una revisión de la producción musical del músico y cantante mexicano de rock urbano Rodrigo González, conocido como Rockdrigo, figura principal del llamado movimiento Rupestre durante los años 80 en la Ciudad de México. Se discute el fenómeno desde su contexto social, económico y cultural, al igual que en un análisis detallado de las canciones.
La generación a la que perteneció González puede identificarse como una de transición entre la época en que el rock fue orillado a los márgenes de la sociedad, y en términos geográficos a las orillas de la Ciudad de México, debido a la tendencia conservadora que lo consideraba subversivo, a partir de una concepción de esta música como incitadora de violencia, además de extranjera o enajenante. Luego vendría la época en que el rock floreció como un producto cultural de clara referencia local.
La aproximación a la obra se realiza desde la sociología de la cultura, mediante los presupuestos de Pierre Bourdieu, así como a partir de las aportaciones de autores como Dick Hebdige, Motti Regev y David Hesmondhalgh, quienes desde los estudios culturales incorporan elementos sociológicos, y su trabajo sirve como modelo. A partir de sus perspectivas se discuten temas como la identidad, la contracultura y la subcultura, la hegemonía y la contra hegemonía aterrizados en el caso concreto de la obra del músico mexicano.
De forma específica interesa demostrar que la producción de González se distingue porque: 1) buscó alejarse de los discursos de los productos difundidos por las industrias culturales y fomentar una conciencia de crítica social en sus letras; 2) sus temas tienen una referencia evidente al contexto local, mayoritariamente citadino, y 3) su forma de hacer música no tenía prejuicios al incorporar explícitamente elementos de música extranjera (blues, rock), al tiempo que homenajeaba tradiciones nacionales (huapango, son) en sus composiciones originales, proponiendo así una noción de lo híbrido. El análisis de las canciones parte de una lectura interpretativa, apoyada en el tipo de lectura crítica tomando en cuenta la perspectiva de los años que han pasado desde los ochenta a la actualidad.
La tesis se propone hacer un análisis global de la figura del músico y cantante, tomando como punto de partida el contexto de su realización, aunque también la resonancia actual. ¿Qué les dice a las actuales generaciones la música de González? ¿Cuál es su legado para los músicos contemporáneos? ¿Quiénes se apropian del mito de Rockdrigo, de su música y por qué? Se concluye que la producción cultural de Rodrigo González ocupa un lugar sustancial para el desarrollo del rock mexicano, como lo reconocen los músicos del medio, aun cuando su difusión no es masiva.The thesis proposes a revision of the musical production of Mexican singer and musician Rodrigo Gonzalez, known as Rockdrigo, who was the leading figure of the so-called Rupestre movement in Mexico City during the 80’s in the 20th Century. The phenomenon is discussed from a social, economic and cultural context, as well as in a detailed analysis of the songs. The generation that Gonzalez belonged to could be located in a transition between the time in which rock music was lead to the margins of society, and in geographical terms, pushed away to the edges of Mexico City due to a conservative tendency that considered rock subversive. This music was seen as violence stimulating, in addition to be alienating or foreigner. Later came the time in which rock music flourished as a cultural product of deliberate local reference. The work is approached through the lenses of the sociology of culture, particularly using the principles established by Pierre Bourdieu, and also through the perspective of other authors like Dick Hebdige, Motti Regev and David Hesmondhalgh, who’s assimilation of sociological elements into cultural studies are useful models. Their points of view are useful to discuss topics such as identity, counterculture and subculture, hegemony and counter-hegemony adequate to the specific case of the Mexican musician. Specifically, there’s an interest in stating that Gonzalez’s production may be distinguished because: 1) it pursued to take distance from the products disseminated by the cultural industries and stimulated a conscience of social criticism in his lyrics; 2) his topics make clear reference to the local context, mainly urban, and 3) his way of making music did not hesitate in incorporating elements of foreign music (blues, rock) at the time that it paid homage to traditional rhythms (huapango and son), thus putting forward a hybrid notion of Mexican popular music. The analysis of the songs is based on interpretation, taking into account the context of production of the artistic material, as well as the perspective of the years that have gone by from the 80’s until now. The thesis also explores today’s repercussion of the musician. What does Gonzalez say to the youngest generations? What is his legacy for contemporary musicians? Who appropriates his myth and his music? Why? The conclusion is reached that Rodrigo Gonzalez’ production is substantial to the development of Mexican rock, as most musicians in the milieu acknowledge it, even though his work is not spread massively.
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Spencer, Alexander. "Re-Imagining the National Park Experience." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535372504337022.
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Haikney, Susan Ann. "The nature of olivine-rich cumulate rocks of the lower critical and lower zones of the northwestern Bushveld Complex." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005592.
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Boreholes NG1 and NG2 were drilled on the farm Nooitgedacht 406 KQ to intersect the lower Critical and lower Zones of the western Bushveld Complex. The aim of this study is to describe the textural features and chemical characteristics of the olivine-bearing rocks in the intersections, as determined by petrographic studies, XRF analysis and microprobe analysis. The olivine-bearing rocks are dunites, harzburgites and olivine pyroxenites. They comprise olivine and orthopyroxene, with minor chromite, clinopyroxene and plagioclase, and their textures vary between adcumulate, mesocumulate and poikilitic. The sequence intersected can be broadly correlated with that in the eastern Bushveld Complex. Of the whole-rock inter-element ratios, the MMF (MgO)/[MgO+FeO])ratio is the clearest indicator of cyclicity. The olivine-rich rocks are more primitive than the associated rocks, and seem to become more primitive with height in most intervals. The plagioclase in the olivine-bearing rocks is unusually sodic in corrposition, having a maximum Na₂0 content of 8.12%. A comparison of olivine and plagioclase compositions with those in other intrusions has revealed that the only other major intrusion with sodic plagioclase is the Kiglapait intrusion of Canada. In the Kiglapait intrusion the sodic plagioclase occurs in conjunction with fayalitic olivine as opposed to the forsteritic variety of this study. Chemical variations in the rocks sampled indicate that periodic replenishment of the magma from which the rocks crystallised must have occurred. In some of the olivine-bearing intervals where little fractionation is evident, replenishment seems to have been continuous. In other intervals fractionation appears to have continued uninterrupted for significant periods, prior to rejuvenation by fresh influxes of magma.
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Scoon, Roger N. "Discordant bodies of postcumulis, ultramafic rock in the upper critical zone of the Bushveld complex : iron-rich ultramafic pegmatite bodies at Amandelbult and the Driekop platiniferous ultramafic pipe." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004912.
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From the abstract: In the layered sequence of the Bushveld Complex a number of distinct, but possibly genetically related groups of transgressive, postcumulus, ultramafic and mafic rock are recognised. The main part of this thesis investigates a suite of postcumulus rocks for which the name iron-rich ultramafic pegmatite is proposed. The majority of iron-rich ultramafic pegmatite bodies examined are from the upper critical zone of the layered sequence at Rustenburg Platinum Mines Amandelbult Section, in the northern sector of the western Bushveld Complex. Field relationships imply that the iron-rich ultramafic pegmatites should be considered as an integral feature of the layered sequence, even though they transgress the cumulates. Consequently, this thesis also includes a study of the cumulate sequence at Amandelbult. A second group of postcumulus, ultramafic rocks which is investigated comprises latiniferous ultramafic pipes; the Driekop pipe has been selected as a case study. This thesis is presented in four sections, namely, an introduction and verview, and studies on the Driekop pipe, the cumulate sequence at mandelbult and the iron-rich ultramafic pegmatite suite. A new classification scheme of discordant bodies of postcumulus, ultramafic rock in he Bushveld Complex is proposed (see also Viljoen & Scoon, in press). In he scheme presented here, two main varieties of postcumulus, ultramafic rock re recognised, namely, non-platiniferous magnesian dunites and iron-rich ltramafic pegmatites.
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Ruffato, Demirse Marilva. "Bob Dylan : versões brasileiras de 1968 a 2008." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/66300.
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O principal objetivo deste trabalho é, primeiramente, o levantamento de versões brasileiras para canções de Bob Dylan e, posteriormente, a análise das letras dessas versões. A intenção é compreender como os compositores brasileiros fizeram a leitura do compositor americano. O resultado mostra um quadro com 46 versões, realizadas no período de 1968 a 2008, que se referem a três períodos da obra de Bob Dylan, antes, durante e depois do que o biógrafo Robert Sheldon denominou Primeiro Ciclo Rock. Os dados permitem separar dois grandes grupos de compositores brasileiros: um contém aquelas versões feitas a partir dos álbuns pertencentes ao Primeiro Ciclo Rock de Dylan, gerando a estatística de mais de 52% dos casos, e o outro contém versões que focaram nas outras fases do músico.The main purpose of this research was to collect Brazilian versions of Bob Dylan’s songs and analyze both Portuguese and English lyrics, searching for evidences on how Brazilian songwriters have interpreted Dylan’s work in their cultural context. Results show a table with 46 Brazilian versions made from 1968 to 2008. They were analyzed according to what the biographer Robert Shelton called Rock Cycle. Statistics show more than 52% of those versions referring to pre-rock cycle and rock cycle, aiming the musician’s production from 1963 to 1965, mainly. This paper analyses Brazilian version lyrics in comparison to original lyrics.
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Hedin, Fredrik, and Jonathan Johansson. "Predictors of financial crises-do we see the same pattern in Sweden?-do we see the same pattern in Sweden?" Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-141585.
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This paper aims to find macroeconomic and financial variables with ability to predict financial crises. A dataset covering 17 developed countries over the period 1870-2013 have been investigated using a logit model. We found commonly used macroeconomic variables such as terms of trade and consumption to be strong predictors within our sample. Whereas private debt and house prices are frequently found to be strong predictors, we found loans to business to be at least as good in predicting financial crises. Multivariate models are constructed as warning systems and used to analyze Sweden from 1975 up until 2016. The most efficient warning system give a strong signal before the first and moderate signal before the second crisis. In extension, regarding today’s climate the warning system provides no signal, suggesting low current risk. Policy makers can benefit from observing certain variables that are found significant in this study to improve financial stability and reduce socio-economic costs.
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Daniels, Gregory. "Redressing the Past: A Critical Legal Assessment of """"quota"""" allocations in post-apartheid South Africa under the Marine Living Resources Act 18 of 1998 in the hake deep-sea trawl and West Coast rock lobster near-shore sectors." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4469.
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The South African government faces numerous challenges in redistributing resources and ensuring access to those resources by historically disadvantaged individuals. This is particularly relevant in the fishing industry where people have been dependant on marine living resources, but under Apartheid, were restricted from accessing these resources. The manner and extent to which the South African government seeks to address the injustices of the past in fisheries allocations is an important indication of its commitment to transformation. Transformation of the fishing industry must be balanced against the South African government's commitment to promote historically disadvantaged individuals on the one hand, and sustainable development, the internal transformation of previously advantaged companies and the government's commitment under international human rights and environmental law instruments on the other. The South African government's Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has published numerous White Papers and laws that recognise the government's role as custodian of natural resources and the need for the redistribution of resources especially to historically disadvantaged individuals. However, the manner in which legislation and policy is implemented and, more importantly, the way transformation is interpreted by the courts is an important indication of what levels of transformation would satisfy the courts that transformation was considered and given effect to. As stated above, this is important not only for the fishing industry sector but for the redistribution and transformation processes in other areas as well. Transformation requires a marked change. The process under the Marine Living Resources Act and the levels of transformation that it has achieved resembles a negotiated settlement, where the process in allocating fishing rights is relatively transparent, rather than change that is so significant that it may be considered as marked.
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Moragues, Quiroga Cristina. "Water mixing processes in the critical zone : evidence from trace elements and Sr-Nd-Pb-U isotopes." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018STRAH002.
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Les fonctions hydrologiques de captage, stockage et rejet d’eau ont des signatures géochimiques dans les cours d'eau reflétant énormément celles trouvées dans les compartiments de la zone critique. Ces signatures sont fortement contrôlées par des processus bio-géophysico-chimiques produits dans l'interface régolite-plante. Jusqu'à présent, les recherches sur régolithes et processus hydrologiques sont restées largement découplées - conduisant à une utilisation généralisée de traceurs non conservateurs d'origines multiples, bloquant ainsi notre capacité à identifier les sources et les voies d'écoulement d’eau. Nous étudions ici le mélange d'eau dans la subsurface à travers un portefeuille unique de traceurs (éléments traces et isotopes O-H-Sr-Nd-Pb-U) permettant d'étudier les processus d'évolution du régolithe et le transport des solutés dans la zone critique. Nous signalons l'intérêt de cette approche pour renforcer la caractérisation des sources et voies d'écoulement d’eauCatchment hydrological functions of water collection, storage and release have geochemical signatures in stream water largely mirroring those found in critical zone compartments. These signatures are strongly controlled by the different bio-geo-physico-chemical processes that occur within the regolith-plant interface. Until now, investigations into the critical zone’s regolith and hydrological processes research have largely remained uncoupled –leading to a widespread use of non-conservative tracers with multiple origins and thereby stymieing our capability for identifying water pools and flow paths. Here we study the mixing of water in the subsurface through a unique portfolio of complementary groups of tracers (trace elements O-Hand Sr-Nd-Pb-U isotopes) which enables investigating regolith evolution processes and solutes transport within the critical zone. We report the interest of this approach to strengthen water flowpaths and end-members characterization
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Akers, Mary Elizabeth. "A cultural studies analysis of the Christian women vocalists movement from the 1980's to 2000: Influences, stars and lyrical meaning making." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3266.
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This study examines popular female Christian vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s, their images and their contemporary Christian music (CCM) lyrics. This literature illustrates how music becomes popular, and also how it becomes a powerful source of communication, which prompts popular culture and society to buy into its style and lyrics. The implications of this study illustrates the importance of image and lyrics and how certain female CCM vocalists had greater influences, impact and had the ability to make changes within their female audiences towards Christianity.
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Osorio-Leon, Ivan-David. "Dynamiques oxiques-anoxiques dans la subsurface continentale : prédiction et contrôle sur l'altération des roches et la biomasse profonde." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Rennes (2023-....), 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023URENB039.
Анотація:
Les réactions redox impliquant l’oxygène dissous (OD) sont les plus énergétiques et offrent une source majeure d'énergie pour la biosphère profonde. La capacité des milieux fracturés à transporter rapidement des eaux oxygénées de la surface vers la profondeur permet le maintien d’une hydrosphère oxique profonde (HOP) jusqu’à présent négligée. Cette thèse porte donc sur l’origine, la dynamique et les conséquences de cette HOP. Dans un premier temps, nous établissons un cadre conceptuel pour identifier les facteurs qui contrôlent le transport réactif de l’OD à l’échelle d’un bassin versant. Nous développons un modèle d’interactions eau-roche afin de prédire la profondeur de l’HOP. Ce modèle est ensuite utilisé pour expliquer l’occurrence d’une HOP dans les premiers 300 mètres de profondeur de l’Observatoire de la Zone Critique de Ploemeur. Nous étudions le δ18O de l'OD au sein de l'HOP afin d'identifier la distribution des processus biotiques et abiotiques qui contrôlent la réactivité de l'OD dans le bassin versant. Dans un deuxième temps, nous développons deux expériences in-situ pour explorer les conséquences de l’HOP sur le fonctionnement biogéochimique de la subsurface. Grâce à un test de traçage réactif à l'OD et une expérience d'incubation de minéraux, nous démontrons, respectivement, la réponse de la biomasse planktonique et de celle attachée aux minéraux aux dynamiques oxiques-anoxiques de la subsurface. Ces travaux mettent en lumière une HOP dans laquelle les processus biogéochimiques souterrains sont sensibles aux dynamiques hydrologiques de surface impliquant le transport de l'OD, remettant ainsi en question le paradigme de la biosphère profonde en tant que système inertiel et anoxiqueRedox reactions involving dissolved oxygen (DO) are the most energetic and provide a major source of energy for the deep biosphere. The ability of fractured rocks to rapidly transport oxygenated waters from the surface to depth allows for the existence of a deep oxic hydrosphere (DOH), which has been historically neglected. This thesis focuses on the origin, dynamics, and consequences of this DOH. First, we establish a conceptual framework to identify the factors controlling the reactive transport of DO at the watershed scale. We develop a water-rock interaction model to predict the depth of the DOH. This model is used to explain the occurrence of a DOH within the first 300 meters of the aquifer in the Critical Zone Observatory of Ploemeur. We investigate the δ18O of DO within the DOH to identify the distribution of biotic and abiotic processes that control the reactivity of DO in the watershed. Second, we conduct two in-situ experiments to explore the consequences of the DOH on the biogeochemical functioning of the subsurface. A reactive DO tracer test and a mineral incubation experiment are developed to study the response of, respectively, the planktonic and mineral-attached biomass to oxic and anoxic dynamics in the subsurface. This work highlights a DOH in which subsurface biogeochemical processes are sensitive to surface hydrological dynamics involving the transport of DO, thus challenging the paradigm of the deep biosphere as an inert and anoxic system
Las reacciones redox que involucran oxígeno disuelto (OD) son las más energéticas y proporcionan una fuente importante de energía para la biosfera subterránea. La capacidad de las rocas fracturadas para transportar rápidamente aguas oxigenadas desde la superficie hasta la profundidad permite la existencia de una hidrosfera óxica profunda (HOP), que históricamente ha sido ignorada. Esta tesis se centra en el origen, la dinámica y las consecuencias de esta HOP. En primer lugar, establecemos un marco conceptual para identificar los factores que controlan el transporte reactivo del OD a escala de cuenca. Desarrollamos un modelo de interacción agua-roca para predecir la profundidad de la HOP. Este modelo se utiliza para explicar la ocurrencia de una HOP dentro de los primeros 300 metros del acuífero en el Observatorio de la Zona Crítica de Ploemeur. Investigamos el δ18O del OD dentro de la HOP para identificar la distribución de los procesos bióticos y abióticos que controlan la reactividad del OD en la cuenca. En segundo lugar, realizamos dos experimentos in-situ para explorar las consecuencias de la HOP en el funcionamiento biogeoquímico del subsuelo. Se desarrolla una prueba de trazador reactivo con OD y un experimento de incubación mineral para estudiar la respuesta de la biomasa planctónica y adherida a los minerales, respectivamente, a las dinámicas óxicas y anóxicas en el subsuelo. Este trabajo destaca una HOP en la que los procesos biogeoquímicos subterráneos son sensibles a las dinámicas hidrológicas superficiales que implican el transporte de OD, desafiando así el paradigma de la biosfera profunda como un sistema inerte y anóxico
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Tedeschi, Raffaella. "L'impressionismo di Octave Mirbeau: un'estetica del fluido." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1235.
Анотація:
Il nostro percorso copre l ultimo ventennio del XIX secolo. In un contesto ora definito decadente, ora caratterizzato da un fermento di idee, situiamo la figura di Octave Mirbeau, critico d arte, romanziere, drammaturgo, saggista, del quale evidenziamo lo stretto legame tra le sue idee in ambito artistico e la sua poetica.
Dopo un rapido schizzo della storia della critica d arte ed una panoramica della ricezione dell opera impressionista in Francia, ci concentriamo sull estetica di Octave Mirbeau, che tentiamo di snocciolare dalla lettura delle sue cronache artistiche.
Dopo aver constatato la difficile delimitazione del gruppo impressionista e avendo avanzato una proposta di revisione della nozione di impressionismo letterario, valutiamo l influenza dei commentari d arte sulla produzione romanzesca mirbelliana degli anni Ottanta e Novanta. A tal proposito, ci concentriamo sui romanzi Le Calvaire (1886), L Abbé Jules (1888) e Sébastien Roch (1890), all interno dei quali notiamo l impiego di modalità descrittive influenzate dalla pratica della critica dell arte impressionista. In particolare, l attenzione alla luce ed agli aspetti indistinti del paesaggio, dove si riscontra una fusione degli elementi (acqua, luce, vapore), testimonia tale contaminazione.
In seguito analizziamo il romanzo Dans le ciel, comparso en feuilleton tra 1892 e 1893 alla luce della nozione di fluidità, che ci pare fondare l estetica impressionista, collegandola tanto al simbolismo quanto alla filosofia di Bergson. A tal fine, interroghiamo la mobilità di senso, la dinamica tra presenza ed assenza delle immagini, la dissoluzione della personalità dei personaggi ed il perdersi della parola nel silenzio.
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de, Somer Gregory John Humanities & Social Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "The Redefinition of Asia : Australian Foreign Policy and Contemporary Asian Regionalism." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38666.
Анотація:
This thesis set out to ascertain the position of recent Australian Governments on the latest instalments of Asian regionalism in the context of an assessment of whether there has been a redefinition of Asia and thus a redefinition of Australia???s engagement with Asia. It will concentrate on the broad themes of politico-strategic and economic engagement. Whilst there has been extensive research and documentation on the Asian economic crisis there has been less work on the issue of a new Asian regionalism and the implications for Australia???s complex and variable engagement with the region. This is the basis for the claim to originality of this thesis, a claim supported by its focus on the practical and policy implications of Australia???s engagement, or lack of it, with regional institutions. The process of regional integration has been extremely slow, thus supporting the conclusion that there is no evidence of a major redefinition of Asia. Efforts at Asian regionalism are meeting obstacles that pose immense challenges. Asian regionalism remains nascent and poorly defined. This reflects the diversity and enormous disparities in cultures, political systems and the levels of economic development and differences over economic philosophies within East Asia. What is discernible is that the regionalism is proceeding more rapidly on financial issues than on trade, and in the security area it is conspicuously absent. This research highlights the fact that the question of Asian engagement remains a sensitive issue in Australia and continues to grow more complex. Australia???s engagement with Asia since 1996 has been variable because of the Howard Government???s broader balance of priorities between global and regional issues, and because of the changing nature of the Asian region. The perception gleaned from sources is that, for the Australian Government, regionalism initiatives are characterised by much discussion but lack substance. Consequently, this appears to have led the Government to the position that exclusion from some manifestations of regionalism is not so important. Australia is excluded from some of the regional architectures being constructed. In its efforts to seek inclusion in ASEAN + 3 and ASEM, Australia is facing the same barriers that have stood in the way of an AFTA-CER agreement. Exclusion would be important if the performance of regional groupings was not so indifferent. Exclusion from ASEAN + 3 and ASEM, however, does not equate to Australia???s exclusion from the region.
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Kelly, Brendan. "Rock and theory : a critical crisis." Thesis, 1992. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/4145/1/MM81016.pdf.
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Mohammadnejad, M. "Advanced FDEM modelling of rock fracture process and applications in rock cutting." Thesis, 2020. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35162/1/Mohammadnejad_whole_thesis.pdf.
Анотація:
Throughout the years, rock fracture mechanism has been studied extensively experimentally, analytically and numerically due to its crucial importance for the field of civil, geotechnical and mining engineering as well as other fields, such as geothermal, hydraulic, oil and gas engineering, in which rock fracture plays an important role. However, in some cases such as dynamic rock fracturing and rock failure progressive process, the underlying mechanism of crack initiation and propagation has not been understood yet therefore it is worthwhile for further study. Recently, numerical methods have been increasingly applied to analyse the fracture process of rocks. The hybrid finite‐discrete element method (FDEM) is a widely used numerical technique in engineering applications involving material fracture, which, however, is computationally expensive and needs further development, especially when rock fracture progressive process is modelled. At the same time, some important fundamental components of FDEM such as the cohesive zone model (CZM) have been ignored in many recent publications in the field of rock fracture mechanics. This study aims to further develop a sequential hybrid FDEM code and then parallelize it with the use of a general‐purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) using compute unified device architecture (CUDA) C/C++. However, because the current contact detection algorithm in the sequential code is not suitable for GPGPU parallelization, a different contact detection algorithm is implemented in the GPGPU‐parallelized FDEM. Furthermore, a number of new features are implemented in the FDEM code, including the local damping, contact damping, contact friction, adaptive contact detection activation and mass scaling, and verified by simulating some simple tests. After that, the speed‐up performance of the GPGPU‐parallelized FDEM is discussed in terms of its performance on various GPGPU accelerators, which reveals that the GPGPU‐parallelized FDEM achieves a relative speed-up time of 128.6 and 284 times for 2D and 3D simulations, respectively, in comparison with the original sequential code. Furthermore, a number of simulations with both quasi‐static and dynamic loading conditions are conducted using the GPGPU‐parallelized FDEM, and the results obtained are compared qualitatively and/or quantitatively with published results from theoretical analysis and/or physical experiment to calibrate and validate the implementations. Based on the results obtained, the code can realistically model rock fracture under quasi static and dynamic under 2D and 3D loading condition. Moreover, it is found that the local orientation of elements affects resulted fracture mode in FDEM simulations, and the mixed mode I-II fracturing is the dominant failure mechanism in the FDEM simulations when unstructured meshes are used. Finally, a series of rock scratch tests with various cutting velocities and cutting depths are modelled using the GPGPU‐parallelized FDEM with calibrated input parameters and an appropriate value for local damping coefficient. On the basis of the results modelled, the failure mechanism, cutting force, chipping morphology and effect of various factors on them are discussed. Accumulation of fragments in front of the cutting tool is modelled successfully for the first time using FDEM by introducing a concept of local damping into the framework of FDEM. Changes of the fragment sizes and morphologies with increase in cutting depth can be fully captured like those reported in literatures on rock cutting experiments. Moreover, compared with recent numerical studies on rock cutting process, this study could model the change in average cutting force within ductile-brittle transition area similar to reported trends from experimental observations. Thus, the results obtained show that the GPGPU-parallelized FDEM is capable of producing quantitative predictions in addition to a qualitative representation of the rock failure process in rock scratch test. It is concluded that GPGPU-parallelized FDEM could be a powerful tool to further study rock cutting and improve cutting efficiencies.
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Kades, Deborah G. "Covering the second Fort Sumter newspapers and the Little Rock crisis /." 1992. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/26067921.html.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1992.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-226).
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Campbell, Colin. "Art in crisis: contact period rock art in the south-eastern mountains of Southern Africa." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/13022.
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Storey, Amanda Eileen Maria. "The Didima Rock Art Centre : a critical evaluation of the intersections of tourism, heritage conservation, and visual communication." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1819.
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This dissertation critically evaluates the intersections of tourism, heritage conservation, and visual communication by exploring the display materials and Museology within the Didima Rock Art Centre, at Cathedral Peak, southern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal. The text consists of three chapters. The first chapter introduces rock art and current research and conservation concerns in relation to heritage and rock art. The second chapter serves as an introduction to the Didima Rock Art Centre. A discussion raises important issues about visual communication in regard to the representation of the Southern San and rock art as material culture both in this museum context. Chapter three investigates and analyses the museum practices that have been used as a visual communication within the Centre by discussing methods that have been used in the museum and its auditorium. A conclusion follows that summarizes the candidate's findings regarding museum display within the Centre, and its impact on tourism and heritage conservation in relation to the Southern San and rock art.Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.
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Zheng, Ru-Hsuan, and 鄭濡萱. "ROCK2 is critical for the enhancement of actomyosin contractility in cultured podocytes." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/sf55rv.
Анотація:
碩士國立陽明大學
生命科學系暨基因體科學研究所
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Ultrafiltration of plasma in the renal glomeruli is a major function of the kidney. The highly differentiated podocytes have specialized foot processes (FP) that cover the outer surfaces of the glomerular capillaries and form the slit diaphragm (SD) to prevent protein loss during filtration. They adhere to the underlying glomerular basement membrane (GBM) via integrin and forms focal adhesions (FA). The connecting actin cytoskeleton is contractive to provide resistance of the network to mechanical strain caused by filtration. Previously, we found that α-actinin-4 contributes to Shp2 targeting at FA for RhoA/ROCK activation in podocytes. In this study, I further investigated the biological role of ROCK in podocytes. Using a conditional immobilized mouse podocytes as a cell model, I found that ROCK2 was significantly activated in the differentiated podocytes. The phosphorylation status of MLC and ERM, two ROCK downstream substrates, were also enhanced in differentiated cells. Inhibition of ROCK kinase activity diminished both MLC and ERM phosphorylation and disrupted the formation of FA, stress fibers, and cell-cell junctions, indicating the importance of ROCK activity for the maintenance of podocyte structure. ROCK2 gene knockout podocytes were then generated by CRISPR/Cas9 method. Comparing with wild-type cells, ROCK2-/- cells exhibit less central stress fibers, instead of enhanced cortical actin at cell peripheral. The interdigitating cell processes with neighboring cells was also affected. The phosphorylation of MLC, but not ERM, was significantly decreased in ROCK2-/- cells. Taken together, ROCK2 is important for actomyosin contractility that is critical for the maintenance of cell architecture in cultured podocytes.
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HSU, Wei-Chan, and 徐瑋嬋. "The Relation Between Volatility of ROCE and P/B: Before and After Financial Crisis." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/uf9w92.
Анотація:
碩士靜宜大學
會計學系
104
Volatility of Return on equity is very important for investors because higher volatility of return on equity might result in low value relevancy of the financial statements. In this study we use capitalization ratio as independent variable. We also add net market value ratio because it is often used by investors as instruments to evaluate the volatility of return on equity. Will the relation between Volatility of Return on equity and net market value ratio change before and after financial crisis? Using data collected from Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ), the study investigates whether the relation change. The results show that financial crisis do make changes the relation between Volatility of Return on equity and net market value. Investors should pay more attention to the volatility on market while making their investments.
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Hsu, Cheng-pang, and 徐承邦. "A Study of Constitutional Reform in ROC: Critical Juncture and Power Struggle." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21402592325798171356.
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Jáč, Marek. "USA a československá krize v roce 1938: politika appeasementu?" Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-324207.
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This Master thesis, U.S. and the Czechoslovak Crisis in 1938: Policy of Appeasement?, examines the policy of the United States in 1938 during the dispute between Czechoslovakia and Nazi Germany over the Sudeten German issue. This paper is a case study and it analyzes a diplomatic correspondence and public statements of key representatives of U.S. foreign policy in the period March to October 1938. The goal of the paper is to evaluate the U.S. policy towards the Czechoslovak crisis and to consider whether or not the U.S. policy could be labeled as a policy of appeasement. There are four chapters. The first chapter recapitulates U.S. foreign policy before 1938, briefly describes issues of appeasement and describes the Czechoslovak-U.S. relations before 1938. The second chapter deals with U.S. policy during the so-called May crisis. The third chapter focuses on U.S. policy during the Munich Conference. The fourth chapter analyzes attitudes and actions of U.S. representatives in the time of the Munich Conference.
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Wang, Shu-Han, and 王舒涵. "Analysis of the Optimal Critical Points on ROC Curves with Disproportionately-Sampled Data." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93548854602394269867.
Анотація:
碩士東海大學
統計學系
104
In medical applications, we need to invent diagnostic devices that can generate references to detect disease status as soon as possible. In addition to cost considerations, the diagnostic device must have a certain degree of accuracy for determining such reference, and therefore the accuracy of the diagnostic device is an important issue. Typically, the outcomes of diagnostic devices are binary, with positive/negative signs based on a critical value of the quantity of a continuous variable, usually a biomarker which originally measures the medical status. In this work, we perform ROC curve (Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve) analysis to obtain the optimum critical value that has a lowest misclassification rate. In real practices, we may conduct disproportionately stratified sampling to collect data for improving the accuracy of critical value analysis. With such disproportionately stratified samples, we first estimated the distribution of the biomarker with conditional maximum likelihood under some parametrical assumptions. Then, we used the estimated probabilities as adjustments to calculate the ROC curve. Simulation analysis showed that our method can provide good estimators, and ROC curve analysis can objectively provide the best critical value. We also present an empirical study on blood samples of a type of glucose (a biomarker), tested with a newly invented test kit. A preliminary investigation found that the population distribution of such blood data is moderately skewed to the right. Therefore, we suggest a gamma distribution for this biomarker. We performed our method to analyze this data and also analyze questionnaires related to the operations of the test kit.
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Hingley, RE. "Dilapidated huts and piles of rocks : the geopolitics of cultural heritage in Antarctica." Thesis, 2021. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45455/13/Hingley_whole_thesis_ex-pub_mat.pdf.
Анотація:
The idea of heritage in Antarctica stereotypically evokes images of disintegrating huts buried under snow or ice, and rock cairns scattered across the continent. Similarly, it might be thought that the challenges of heritage management in this polar region are limited to maintaining the physical longevity of sites situated in an extreme and remote environment. But these historic remains are powerful political resources as well as vulnerable cultural artefacts. This thesis examines how Antarctic heritage is deployed for geopolitical means by states, providing them with an alternative pathway to influence international affairs. This appropriation of cultural heritage is of particular importance to the currently well-managed, yet technically unresolved, issue of sovereignty south of 60° South latitude. Although the region’s overarching governing regime specifically prohibits states from asserting sovereignty within this geographical area, states can enhance their presence in Antarctica by treating historical sites and monuments as signifiers of territorial occupation. The aim of this thesis is therefore to expose how and why the governance of Antarctic heritage concerns more than the preservation and conservation of historic remains, and what effects these alternative agendas have on multilateral relations.
Previous research has established the inherently political nature of cultural heritage and its management in Antarctica. This thesis deepens and extends this research by: arguing that there is an official discourse on Antarctic heritage; examining who this discourse has been constructed by (and whom it benefits); critically analysing the underlying assumptions of this discourse; and investigating how states have applied this discourse within the practice of international relations.
The analysis draws primarily upon scholarship from two disciplines, Political Geography and Heritage Studies. Both of these fields of research support a critical interpretation that not only problematises how states have managed and engaged with Antarctic heritage, but also questions what cultural heritage in Antarctica actually is. Under these broad disciplinary mandates, this thesis employs a discourse analysis as its methodological framework to interrogate the conceptualisation and content of the official discourse on Antarctic heritage, and to investigate how this dominant discourse can and has been geopolitically manipulated by states operating in the polar region.
Structurally, the thesis is centred around three primary research questions. The first asks, ‘Whose perspective on Antarctic heritage counts?’ Both qualitative and quantitative coding techniques are used to answer this question, identifying claimant states as responsible for the definition and treatment of Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments (HSMs) to date. The second research question asks, ‘How have states deployed Antarctic heritage for geopolitical means?’ Here, a geopolitical reading is used to analyse the ways in which states have exploited Antarctic heritage – within exercises of de facto sovereignty; to bolster nation-building strategies; and to meet environmental expectations. The third and final research question asks, ‘Which non-state actors have engaged with Antarctic heritage?’ Again, a geopolitical reading is the chosen method, revealing that although states are the most powerful actors in the region at present, other non-state actors – including the tourism industry, non-governmental organisations, and individuals – can and do perceive of Antarctic heritage differently to states.
In answering these questions, this thesis offers an in-depth and nuanced account of how Antarctic heritage has come to be officially curated and deployed, and also outlines the current and potential future geopolitical implications of a statist interpretation of heritage within Antarctic affairs.
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Chang, Shu Ren, and 張樹人. "A study of the public school teachers' retirement pension fund crisis in the ROC." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95669282516372375188.
Анотація:
碩士長庚大學
管理學院碩士學位學程在職專班經營管理組
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The purpose of this research was to investiagte under unstable dramatic change of economic recession, population aging, and trend of fewer newborns, the influential factors of the retirement pension funds by nowaday’s public school teachers’ retirement system. The government employees’ retirement system has been implemented from initial start period in 1943 to the reform period of fixed saving deposit retirement pension funds system in Republic Of China(R.O.C.) Due to the change of the times and environment, promoting the reformation of three-level retirement pension annuity system to not only make rational use of resources for the whole people in our society, but also,meanwhile, undertake all the historical burdens and responsibilities. The last retirement pension system reform was programmed by Minister Qui-hua Chen, taken over by Minister Zhong Guan who combined all the provisions of the retirement pension system altogether, and adding preferential 18% interest rate. Therefore, the income substitution rate of retire government employees, including public school teachers, could be 117% if they quoted the most profit provisions. For this reason, the authorities concerned should remember the lesson before and do not to repeat the same errors when promoting the reformation retirement pension annuity system in the future. In the end, using the concept of the (pension insurance) annuity contract, calculate the relationship between the retirement pension fund paid during the employment period and retirement pension received after retirement.We also discuss the relationship and influence about funding policy-fund rate and funding earning rate to realize and resolve the problems of the retirement pension fund and provide individual retirement financial managemant assistance in the future.
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Panák, Břetislav. "Analýza Československého filmového týdeníku v roce 1961." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-333063.
Анотація:
The aim of the diploma thesis is analysis of the Czechoslovak newsreel of 1961. In the quantitative method, reports are sorted by the codebook into thematic groups. There are following variables: soft x hard news; domestic x foreign news; culture x politics x economy x sport x disaster x rest. As a result of this method we can find out which news were preferred (agenda-setting) and bated (gate-keeping). In the qualitative method author is analysing foreign reports chosen by quantitative method. There were chosen these topics: Soviet economy, German question, Space Race, Cuban Crises and French decolonialism. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Hsu, Ts'ai, and 許彩. "A Study on Management of Crisis Communication in ROC Armed Forces－ Combined Arms Brigade Level." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93564299358886349757.
Анотація:
碩士明道大學
管理研究所
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Crisis may occur in any echelon of a society, ranging from military operations around the globe to personal crisis resulting from some contextual changes. Failure to handle the crisis may directly influence its image, morale, and social security, even the overall combat power of the national defense, which may, seriously speaking, damage the infrastructure of a nation itself. This thesis, based on the discussions of theoretical structure and case studies, obtains a decision-making model through the questionnaires gathered from the panelists in terms of Delphi method. The major accomplishments are as follows: 1.This thesis tries to deal with crisis in respect of its concept, method and organizational operation from theoretical perspectives. Through military-centered case studies, the present situation of military crisis management is presented to sort out the potential crisis models involved for crisis communication strategies. On this basis, a well-organized structure is established to make the theory more complete, which may help the decision maker in any military echelon realize the core value of crisis management. 2.Based on the characteristics of military organization, this thesis aims to construct a dynamic model for military crisis management, ranging from security issues to accidents, so as to bring over feasible course of action and better solutions. 3.Crisis communication strategies in this thesis are used to explore public relations built and communication strategies used while military crisis occurs. The strategies, from the selection of spokesperson to building relationships with the media in each developing phase of a crisis, offer ways of critical thinking model for better solutions out of the strategies used to tackle the crisis that the military may face in the future. 4.To avoid unnecessary impact caused by objective factors, a decision-making model for military crisis communication strategies is built quantitatively, rather than qualitatively as used to be, through AHP and the computation of Expert Choice, which is proved a model for both feasibility and applicability and can offer decision maker a more precise way to handle crisis while it occurs.
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Tien, Chien-Liang, and 簡良典. "The current investigation into crisis management of subway conducted by fire-fighting organization in ROC." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03013648029246177106.
Анотація:
碩士元智大學
管理研究所
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Subway rapid transportation has been actively developed in ROC. Taipei of Rapid Transportation System （TRTS）was developed many years, and other cities also want to construct urban subway system. If not controlled well, the convenient subway system will cause major disaster. In the early part of this year, Dacha, the third big city in South Korea, suffered heavy casualties in subway arson. It proves that when disaster happened, the convenient subway system suffered heavy casualties if there is no crisis management. The main disaster prevention and rescuing system of ROC is fire-fighting organization at present. Therefore this dissertation was to investigate the crisis management for subway disaster. First, Literature Survey Method was investigated into Disaster Prevention and Rescuing system of ROC. Second, I reviewed the advantages and shortcomings about Dacha’s heavy casualties in subway. Finally, I used questionnaires to investigate that when disasters happen in subway, fire-fighting organization has what crisis management being use. And I was to divide that into four parts, 1.Physical Mitigation. 2. Preparedness. 3. Response. 4. Recovery. Through these four parts, we could know abilities of crisis management by fire fighting organization. The result can provide fire-fighting organization with reference for crisis management for subway disaster in the future.
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Hua, Peng Chien, and 彭健華. "A Study on Crisis Communication of ROC Armed Forces— An Example of Hung Chung-Chiu Event." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/tp9r95.
Анотація:
碩士國防大學政治作戰學院
新聞碩士班
102
This research is about the Hung Chung-Chiu Event in July 2013. The research method is case study research and depth interview, getting the information from print media literature, and by visiting scholar, military speaker, public relationship manager, in order to understand what ROC Armed Forces is doing to prepare before the crisis, during the crisis, and study after the crisis. The major finding in the research are following: doing more completely to prepare before the crisis is coming, doing well during the crisis, and learning the experiences after the crisis, then the ability of handling crisis will be better. The suggestion of this research are following: adding more awareness of crisis to soldiers, setting Standard Operating Procedure, building relationship between local media, clarifying false news more faster.
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Hsu, Yu-Wei, and 許佑瑋. "The Narrative of Nationalism in “the ROC Centennial Celebrating Activities”: A Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25275057045846022283.
Анотація:
碩士國立中正大學
戰略暨國際事務研究所
101
Abstract During the centennial of the Republic of China (the ROC), the government systematically spent immense budget on hosting a series of celebrating activities. All of these activities were labeled with the slogan “Celebrating the ROC’s 100 years anniversary,” although their content and nature do not necessarily relate to the idea of the nation. Historically speaking, however, Taiwan had been under Japan’s colonial rule for decades and was not part of the ROC. The ROC therefore does not have fixed and inherent boundaries, territories, and people. A question thereby comes up: what’s the meaning of the ROC Centennial for contemporary Taiwan? This thesis offers a reading of the ROC Centennial other than the official discourse. Undertaking a perspective of the Critical Discourse Analysis, it explores how a specific national narrative has been represented in and through various celebrating activities. Rather than celebrating the ROC as a nation-state “already there,” the texts (i.e. the activities) in fact construct and (re)define a particular relationship between the ROC and Taiwan. Consequently, they not only strengthen or even impose a Chinese national identity and national history, but also have clear policy implications for the future cross-Strait relations.