RECIPROCITY

本論文題旨為：「論代間正義：一個羅爾斯式的觀點」。代間正義是晚近三十年來新興且益愈受到重視的倫理學議題之一，其主要關切的核心問題，乃在於追問「當代之於後代所應擔負的責任」。本文透過當代政治哲學與倫理學家羅爾斯（John Rawls）有關社會正義理論的設計與主張，分兩部分處理此問題。 , 第一部份所處理的問題為由帕菲特（Derek Parfit）所深化之「後代人格不同一問題」（The Non-Identity Problem），旨在探究「代間正義是否可能」。帕菲特指出，前代不同的行為選擇，將造成不同後代的存在，而這使得現存既有之各種權利與責任相對應的理論，無法合理地適用於代間關係。帕菲特主張，可以採取「忽略特定人格的比較（品質）原則」以解決此後代人格不同一問題。然而，帕菲特此舉卻陷入「不特定人格的後代無法追究前代之行為責任」的理論困境。本文主張，透過羅爾斯原初位置（original position）的理論設計啟發，即便在代間存在著「前代不同的行為選擇，將造成不同後代的存在」的後代人格不同一疑慮，當代仍可採納原初位置的理論啟示，區分人的屬性（properties）與獨特性（particu...

genetic testing, genetics ethics, young people, adolescents. children, qualitative interviews

A clash in perception is taking place. Some perceive predictive genetic testing in young people to be too potentially harmful to allow. Others perceive it to be an opportunity for benefit, even an opportunity for the prevention of harm. In this thesis I consider the issue of potential harm to mature young people who seek predictive genetic tests. , There are two parts to this thesis. In part one (chapters 1-4) I provide a background to the current debate. I describe the prohibitive stance purpor...

Salvia divinorum, salvinorin, divinatorin, terpenoid, neoclerodane diterpenoid, alkaloid, Valdes, Diaz, epimerization, kappa opioid receptor, HIV, activated carbon, amorphous solid, legal status, systematic name

Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic sage used to treat illness by the Mazatec Indians of Mexico. Salvinorin A (1a), a neoclerodane diterpenoid isolated from the plant, is a potent, selective agonist at the kappa opioid receptor (KOR), and is the first non-nitrogenous opioid. The plant is used recreationally as a hallucinogen, but is unpopular due to its dysphoric effects. 1a has been prohibited in Australia under an invalid systematic name. An early report of psychoactive alkaloids in S. divino...

FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, multinational, determinants, consequences, Australia

Increased globalisation over the last two decades has led to strong growth of international business activity and FDI. Despite the considerable amount of research that has been undertaken to analyse the determinants and consequences of FDI, Australia represents a country with a substantial share of foreign ownership whose FDI experience has been largely overlooked in terms of a comprehensive economic analysis. Not only has Australia received a large amount of foreign investment so far, it is als...

low-Reynolds-Number, turbulent boundary layers, turbulence

This thesis documents an extensive experimental investigation into low-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layers flowing over a smooth flat surface in nominally zero pressure gradients. The way in which these layers are affected by variations in R(theta), i.e. the Reynolds number based on the boundary-layer momentum thickness, type of tripping device used and variations in freestream velocity, each considered independently, are investigated.

moral education, study and teaching of values, moral and ethical aspects of teaching

This thesis explores the way a skilled teacher developed and implemented my idea that metacognition could be applied to affect as well as cognition in values education. This idea suggests that teachers can help primary school students to understand the role that affect has played in the development of their values through socialization, and that through this understanding the students may develop a greater capacity to question and develop their values in the future. I call this teaching idea the...

Hilbert Hardy type inequalities, Hilbert algebras, Hardy classes

I use novel splittings of conjugate exponents in Holder’s inequality and other techniques to obtain new inequalities of Hilbert, Hilbert-Pachpatte and Hardy type for series and integrals. The Thesis gives far reaching generalisations of the work of Dragomir-Kim (2003), Pachpatte (1987, 1990, 1992),Handley-Koliha-Pecaric (2000), Hwang-Yang (1990), Hwang(1996), Love-Pecaric (1995) and Mohapatra-Russell (1985) and inequalities for fractional derivatives of integrable functions. (For complete abstra...

Central to the humoral immune response is the production of memory B cells and the secretion of highly specific antibody, by high affinity antibody forming cells (AFCs). Both these cell types are produced in germinal centres (GC) during primary responses but have several different properties. AFCs arise early in the reaction, are highly selected for affinity and specifically migrate to the bone marrow (BM) where they persist for many months. Memory cells are produced later, are not so stringentl...

native title, spatial dimension, land administration

The importance currently placed on sustainable development recognises the fundamental role of land administration and the management of land based resources. This acknowledgement of the pivotal role of land administration and tenure security reinforces the need to recognise all interest and responsibilities in land, particularly those of a customary and traditional nature. The United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Pritchard 1998) respects the unique relationship b...

history of Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, Melbourne, Australia, history of the care of the mentally ill in Victoria, 19th centuury, history of asylums in Melbourne, history of psychiatric hospitals in Melbourne, Victoria in the 19th century

The thesis is in three major sections, plus a brief conclusion. The first section provides essentail background by describing the care of the mentally ill in England and New South Wales (including the Port Phillip district) in the period prior to the establishment of Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum in 1848. The second section is a chronological history of Yarra Bend, particularly focusing on the period from its inception in 1848 until the Royal Commission of 1884; with some extension to describe the o...

Peter Weir, Australian films, mystical gaze in films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, Witness

Peter Weir is one of Australia’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful directors. Ever since Weirs feature film debut with The Cars that Ate Paris in 1974, his work has been explored for unifying themes. Scholars have analysed his films from many perspectives: the establishment of identification and identity especially through binary oppositions in the diegesis; the creation of an oneiric atmosphere as a way of exploiting the spectators dream experience; a clash of value systems;...

dense matter, hydrodynamics, stars: interior, stars: neutron, stars: rotation

Small amplitude rotational irregularities are observed in a number of rotation-powered pulsars. They fall into two classes: (i) glitches, defined as abrupt increases in the angular velocity of a pulsar (accompanied sometimes by changes in the angular acceleration Ω), of which 286 have been observed in 101 objects; and (ii) timing noise, a continuous stochastic fluctuation in phase, or, which is observed mostly in young and adolescent pulsars (with ages ≥ 10 4 yr). Both classes of irregularity se...

agent, peer-to-peer, shared ride

Shared ride systems match the travel demand of transport a client with the supply of vehicles, or hosts, so that the client find rides to their destinations. A peer-to-peer shared ride system allows a client to find rides in an ad-hoc manner, by negotiating directly with nearby hosts via radio-based communication. Such a peer-to-peer shared ride system has to deal with various types of hosts, such as private cars, taxicabs and mass transit vehicles. Agents, i.e. a client and hosts, have diverse ...

B cell, Lyn kinase, signaling transduction

B lymphocytes constitutes an important arm of the immune system, and their response to antigen is largely dependent upon signal transduction through the B cell receptor (BCR). Such a potent receptor, however, needs to be further balanced by positive and negative regulators to prevent harmful effects that may arise from inappropriate stimulation. Src family protein tyrosine kinase Lyn is involved in both positive and negative regulation, since the both gain-of-function Lyn and loss-of-function Ly...

QA, RMRS, MRS, Japanese NLP

Question answering is a research field with the aim of providing answers to a user’s question, phrased in natural language. In this thesis I explore some techniques used in question answering, working towards the twin goals of using deep linguistic knowledge robustly as well as using language-independent methods wherever possible. While the ultimate aim is cross-language question answering, in this research experiments are conducted over Japanese data, concentrating on factoid questions. The two...

risk management, crisis management, strategic preparedness, crisis preparedness, crisis outcomes, crisis indicators, crisis benchmarks, crisis evaluations, governance

This thesis demonstrates that it is paramount to develop crisis-preparedness strategies and practices based on empirical research, in order to improve an organisation‘s ability to manage effectively and, ultimately to survive, a high-profile crisis event. Although there are many high-profile crises that have been managed successfully by applying strategies to make organisations more resilient, there is still considerable confusion and uncertainty about the way these crises have been evaluated an...

soil physical properties, waterlogging, south-western Victoria

Winter cropping often does not realise its full potential in south-western Victoria, where waterlogging is a major problem on the poorly drained soils of conventional cultivation (CC) systems. Consequently, cropping has been undertaken on raised beds (RB) to reduce the risk of waterlogging. Initial reports on the yields of RB were encouraging. It was hypothesized that an improvement in soil properties of RB may account for their better performance compared to CC systems. , The aim of the thesis ...

Israeli history, Israeli literature, Israeli militarism, Israel, military, army, fiction, Zionism, post-Zionism, anti-Zionism, Jewish, Jew, IDF

The current study investigates changing attitudes to militarism within Israeli society since the tumultuous decades following 1948. Events leading to the current state of Israeli society will be traced in order to illustrate the way in which change occurs. The shifts in Israeli history and society during these decades will be examined alongside developments in Israeli literature. Accordingly, eight works of fiction have been selected to lie at the heart of the study. These works, all of which ce...

culture, experience, urban sociology, special events, festivals, rites and ceremonies, city and town life, Australian social life and customs

The broad argument underpinning this thesis is that a feature of contemporary city life deserving further critical attention is that of the ‘extraordinary everyday.’ I coin this term as a way of identifying and describing an increasingly common place articulation or ‘interface’ between the extraordinary (that is, the production and experience of spectacle and intense affective states within the context of technologically mediated, contemporary urban space), and the everyday (the seemingly banal ...

McMaster University Free radical reactions. Imino compounds. Free radicals (Chemistry)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1992. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-12, Section: B, page: 6173. Adviser: J. Warkentin.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1994. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-08, Section: B, page: 4105. Adviser: J. R. Smiley.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1995. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-03, Section: B, page: 1627. Adviser: W. J. Muller.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1996. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-06, Section: B, page: 3172. Adviser: C. Nahmias.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 2006. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-12, Section: B, page: 7213.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 2006. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-12, Section: B, page: 7021.

Braunschweig, Techn. Universit̀a, Diss., 2005 und Florenz, Univ., Diss., 2005.

accrual-based earnings management

由於會計資訊與企業存有緊密之關聯性，再加上企業外部的報表使用者屬於相對資訊弱勢者，企業之管理當局因此存有許多不同動機及機會進行盈餘管理。會計師受託查核公司財務報表並對報表表示意見，在健全資本市場的任務中擔任極為重要的角色，社會大眾對會計師之職責賦予相當大的期待。但繼美國安隆案後，各國財務報導相關弊案連續爆發卻使會計師的專業遭受嚴重質疑，因此，弊案爆發或會計師受主管機關懲處後，先前被懲處會計師所簽證之其他受查公司，不論有無類似弊病，都會被人以放大鏡來觀察。然而，究竟會計師對於實質盈餘管理之抑制效果是否得以發揮？會計師懲戒制度實施結果是否合乎立法初衷而得以督促提升報表之盈餘品質？則尚無一致結論，亦為本研究欲探討的議題。 , Grahem et al.（2005），Roychowdhury（2006）及Cohen et al.（2008）等文獻均認為沙氏法頒布後，公司管理階層用以操縱盈餘之行為，從過去進行應計項目盈餘管理，改為偵察度較困難、法律上可非難性較低之實質盈餘管理。本研究即參考Roychowdhury之研究，以異常裁決性費用、異常生產成本、異常營運活動現金流量之絕對值捕捉實質盈餘管理...

創業計畫

愛幼幼創業計畫

Non-Performing Loans Ratio

多角化是否能提升銀行獲利與降低風險？本文採2000年至2007年21家本國銀行之年資料，獲利以調整呆帳費用後之資產報酬率作為評估基礎；風險以資產報酬率的標準差衡量，利用追蹤資料分析法，探討銀行多角化程度對獲利與風險之影響，並分析對於逾放比率不同之銀行，其獲利、風險之影響因素是否有所差異，實證結果顯示：一、依品質一致性原則調整呆帳後之資產報酬率，較財報公佈之資產報酬率具較佳之解釋能力與統計顯著性；二、營業收入多角化可提升獲利與降低風險；資產配置多角化不但無法提升獲利，甚使其面臨更高之風險；轉投資模式與風險具有負向關係；三、金融控股公司經營模式與獲利具有正向關係；資產規模與風險具有負向關係；權益資產比及用人費用率與獲利、風險具有負向關係；總體環境因素和風險具有正向關係；四、對於低逾放比率銀行，分散營業收入來源，擴充銀行規模及提高自有資金比例，對其獲利與風險皆有正面之助益；對於高逾放比率銀行，僅有營業收入多角化模式可同時提升獲利與降低風險，意謂此類銀行除可採取營業收入多角化策略彌補呆帳損失外，亦應確實監控授信資產品質，方能有效地改善獲利能力與降低風險。 , Does diversificat...

conservatism

本研究主要探討財務報表重編前後會計穩健性是否有顯著差異，以瞭解財務報表重編對會計穩健性之影響。本研究以1998年至2007年發生年報重編公司為研究樣本，以T檢定檢測重編前後財務報表穩健性是否具顯著差異，研究結果顯示，重編前財務報表穩健性顯著低於重編後財務報表，證實重編公司重編前財務報表採用較不穩健之會計。此外，本研究進一步探討公司治理與重編前後穩健性之關聯，發現經理人持股比愈高及總經理異動次數愈多，重編前財務報表穩健性顯著低於重編後財務報表。 , This study examines the effect of financial restatements on conservatism. I collect restatement samples from listed companies in Taiwan between 1998 and 2007 and use T-test to validate the hypothesis. The empirical results find that conservatism is significantly lower befor...

Technical trading rule

在使用White的真實性檢定和Stepwise Multiple Test消除資料勘誤的問題之後，有些技術分析確實可以擊敗大盤，在1989到2008，DJIA, NASDAQ, S&P 500, NIKKEI 225, TAIEX這五個指數中。但是在較不成熟的市場或較過去的時間內，我沒辦法找到任何強烈的關係在這些市場與超額報酬間。還有學習策略通常沒辦法獲得比簡單策略更好的表現，代表使用過去最好的策略來預測未來並不是個好主意。我同時還發現在熊市比穩定的牛市更有可能擊敗買進持有的策略。 , In five indices, DJIA, NASDAQ, S&P 500, NIKKEI 225, TAIEX, from 1989 to 2008, some technical trading rules indeed can defeat the broad market even after using the White reality check and stepwise multiple test to solve the data snooping problem. ...

push-pull factor

九0年代初，捷克以及其他東、中歐國家成爲世界移民系統的一部份。當時，捷克的開放移民政策及國家的經濟發展吸引全世界移民的目光，其中也包含了中國大陸移民在内。然而，自1995年開始，爲了準備加入歐盟及申根地區，捷克逐漸將移民政策調整成與歐盟目標一致。因而，捷克的政府推行所謂的限制移民政策。因此，隨著開放移民政策的變遷，捷克對移民的拉力減弱。在限制移民政策的狀況之下，在移民過程中，移民國的社會網絡成爲關鍵的移民因素。本文旨在研究探討捷克移民政策的變遷以及中國移民社會網絡的加強對捷克中國移民人數的影響。 , At the beginning of the 1990’s, the Czech Republic, together with other European post-communist countries became a part of the world migration system. Its liberal migration policy and new business opportunities attracted a lot of migrants from dif...

優選理論

近年來許多學者開始注意語言及音樂之間的共通之處。這篇論文主要從結構、韻律及曲調方面，分析現代閩南語歌曲中，歌詞與旋律之間的協調與配合，希望能夠對語言與音樂之間的互動有更多的了解。傳統閩南語歌曲旋律簡單，非常忠於語言本身的特性，在優選理論的架構下，受到某些制約條件影響。當這些歌曲融入Rock 或R&B等音樂元素後，歌詞與旋律之間的對應受到另一套制約條件排列的影響。透過分析同一首歌曲的不同版本，對於音樂與語言之間、以及不同版本之間的對應，提供更完整的理論分析。 , The parallel structures between language and music have been observed in the literature of linguistics. To have further understanding on the interaction of language and music, this study examines the concordance and compromise of lyrics and melodies in Taiwanese ...

strangers to ourselves

本篇論文意在分析綏夫特<<格理弗遊記>>中的主體、客體、卑賤體的再現，嘗試以不同觀點來看遊記主人翁在四次航行中的遭遇。<<格理弗遊記>>為十八世紀著名的旅行文學，而旅行本身即被視作一種譬喻來闡述旅行者與旅行之間的關係。本論文我主要採用克莉斯蒂娃(Julia Kristeva)幾本書中的理論觀點來逐章論述。在<小人國遊記>中，格理弗以旅行者主體去觀察與再現異地事物。其中最顯而易見的是以「方便之計」來救火。此不經意的行為不僅帶入旅行者主體的議題，也進一步檢驗在家與旅行之間的關係。除了旅行者主體之外，格理弗作為一個發言主體背後代表一套語言規則。最顯著的例子是拉普塔與慧駰國的語言系統。此兩國的語言系統以及他們對於某些外在客體的描述提供讀者去了解語言背後的符號意義。除此之外，透過格理弗在慧駰國的所見所聞，尤其是犽猢的無所不在，造成格理弗不僅在身體上也在心理上產生認知的改變。而他的回程也代表著一項重要的意義：格理弗的改變源於他內在卑賤體(abject)的存在，而他的家人更讓他了解到自己是一位在家的陌生人。 , This thesis investigates the representation ...

Hualon

華隆這個個案的具體狀況，是資方在掏空案爆發後，仍繼續以壓縮勞動條件的方式茍延經營：華隆公司掌握著四、五千名員工的家庭生計問題作籌碼，持續向政府要求紓困；另一方面，又抓住工人擔心工作權與退休金不保的心理，對勞工予取予求，實行減薪、欠薪、利潤中心制等經營盈虧與工資連動的政策。華隆工會作為早期曾參與自主工會運動、至今也仍是苗栗縣產業總工會會員之一，近年來卻陷於工會幹部被開除、積極工會代表自殺抗議、工會對於資方的減薪裁員行為默不作聲之惡性循環。資方軟土深崛、工會步步退讓之表象下，工人有沒有過團結抵抗的機會？而這樣的機會又在過程中如何被解消？而台灣的自主工會運動在此場廠工會提供的協助為何？是我想要藉此個案研究加以釐清的問題。 , This thesis is about a plant trade union’s history. In this case, this company faced very serious financial crisis from the end of 1990s. The workers were owed salary for 3 months and th...

behavior norm and sanction norm

在實質法治國裡，法益保護是刑法正當性的起點，法益侵害是實質犯罪概念之首位且必要元素。詳言之：刑法每個罪都可以分為行為規範與制裁規範兩部分，以這區分為基礎來觀察──形式上，法益是會受行為在因果關係上侵害的、因此被以行為規範保護的客體，而行為規範本身受到制裁規範的保護；實質上，憲法定義的法益，是社會和平生活中，人格自由發展的外在、真實（即可受因果侵害的）、基本條件。這個定義的功能不在於表列出特定的法益清單，因為人格發展的條件與時俱變，它的功能是供作憲法上的審查步驟與學術批判的施力點。正確認識憲法對各種基本自由的保護意旨，是正確建構法益理論的前提，而以法益理論為基礎的犯罪理論精緻化，提供法治國一個自我檢討、深化的契機。 , In a state under the rule of law, the very beginning of legitimation of criminal law is protection of legal-good (in German: “Rechtsgut”). Infringing legally-protected-good constitutes th...

Forcast Dispersion

本研究探討分析師在進行盈餘預測時是否會考慮會計師的審計品質。不同於過去文獻，本研究除了測試「品牌層級」的審計品質（brand-name level audit quality）與「事務所層級」（firm level audit quality）的審計品質外，利用我國簽證制度進一步檢視分析師盈餘預測之品質是否因會計師個人層級之審計品質 (individual-level audit quality) 的差異而有所不同。本研究以Heckman (1979) 之兩階段模型來控制會計師選擇內生性的問題，進行實證分析。實證結果顯示：(1) 四大會計師事務所對於分析師預測準確度具有正面影響，但侷限於小規模公司，呈現顯著正相關。(2) 四大事務所彼此之審計品質對於分析師預測準確度與離散程度之影響，並無顯著之差異，但整體來說，資誠會計師事務所之表現最佳，而小規模公司中，安永之表現較差；大規模公司中，勤業眾信之表現較差，此與一般市場所認知者不同。(3) 當分析師盈餘預測之對象為小規模公司時，審計品質最差的個別會計師會降低（提高）分析師預測準確度（離散程度）。反之，測試對象為大規模公司時，審計品質最佳的個...

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2007. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: B, page: 1982. Adviser: Wendi L. Gardner.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Northwestern University, 2007. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: B, page: 1869. Adviser: Vinayak P. Dravid.

Rayleigh分配

在壽命檢測試驗中，當我們因故或基於實驗上的方便無法連續觀察檢驗產品時，可以採用區間設限方式進行試驗，此外，對於許多長壽命的零件與產品，我們很難在試驗結束之前觀測到足夠的試驗單位死亡個數，此時可以採用加速壽命試驗的方式進行試驗，此種試驗方法可使受測的試驗單位提早故障，以有效地減少試驗所需的時間，並達到縮減成本的目的。本論文結合逐步應力加速試驗、型一設限以及區間設限，探討當產品壽命服從Rayleigh分配時，如何建立壽命檢驗計畫，在給定生產者風險與消費者風險下，求出壽命檢驗計畫所需的最小樣本數，以及判定貨批是否接受的壽命檢定臨界值，並將以上結果編製成表，以利實務界使用。 , In life test experiment we use interval censoring to complete it when we can not inspect the experiment units continuously due to some accidents or for convenience. Furthermore, it is difficult to obtain enough ...

call-in

2004年總統大選前後台灣出現許多電視政論節目，其中以劇作家汪笨湖主持年代MUCH台「台灣心聲」節目曾帶動台語政論風潮，引發「台灣心聲現象」，這個現象之後隨政治情勢變化等原因結束節目。政論節目召喚閱聽人的「認同」，閱聽人也對政論節目產生「迷」現象。政論節目與政治、國族認同結合，節目內容呈現特定符碼與意識形態。 , 本研究依據Hall的媒介文化模型，從這個概念研究產製流程、文本、與接收者解碼，了解其中的儀式性參與及最後形成的認同，透過「台灣心聲」政論節目的意義生產（編碼）與消費（解碼）面向，來觀察政論節目的文化產品意義。 , 本研究由研究者參與並觀察政論節目的運作流程，發現影響政論節目運作的因素包括收視率、主持人、政經大氣候、電視台小氣候等，呈現動態變化。本研究採論述分析法分析「台灣心聲」節目文本所呈現的認同意涵與意識形態建構。研究發現，當涉及族群及國族認同時，政論節目展演者在國家、台灣、中華民國、拚經濟等議題與符號上，呈現出運作差異範疇，透過符號運作政論節目區分出我者與他者的差異認同。 , 本研究深入訪問長期收看「台灣心聲」節目的閱聽人，了解閱聽人觀看節目的動機及認同；並採問卷調查法抽...

Israel

本文嘗試以和平問題與暴力問題為焦點，重新理解列維納斯道德形上學之梗概，並解決其政治蘊義所造成的疑難。列維納斯的哲學基本上是一種和平哲學，其所論之和平乃被界定為對暴力的非暴力抵抗，並在其前期作品中具體展現為倫理學對政治學的抵抗。但此一抵抗關係隨著列維納斯的思想進程而逐漸呈現出一種兩歧性，從而引發其思想是否前後不一致的批判，亦產生對和平之純粹性的質疑。筆者的努力即在於說明此一疑難的成因並構想一調和方案。筆者主張，應將列維納斯的思想進程視為一條闡發其倫理學之政治蘊義的思路，但這條從倫理學走到政治學的和平之路，須途經社會學的迂迴方才可能，而如此一種中介性的社會學之建構，惟在列維納斯的他勒目詮釋中獲得。因此，本文綜觀列維納斯的哲學作品與宗教作品，先是闡述責任倫理學的和平蘊義，再從其宗教詮釋學對以色列社群的刻畫得到那基於倫理學之社會學的基本模式，最後參照解構主義的批判，在對質疑政治學與回答社會學的構想中，統括列維納斯的倫理思想與政治思想。 , Peace, as the non-violence resistance to violence, is one of the main topics o...

Independent Bank

本篇論文應用Rubin (1973)、Rosenbaum and Rubin (1983、1985a,b)所發展的配對方法(Matching Method)探討兩個議題，其一是評估企業從事社會責任行為是否可以改善績效，另一則是探討銀行加入金控後對其績效的影響。 , 針對第一個議題，我們將FTSE All-share 指數中被收錄於英國FTSE 社會責任指數的成份股定義為社會責任企業，未被收錄者定義為非社會責任企業，應用配對方法，根據特性變數是否相近為依據進行樣本配對。實證結果發現，不論使用配對前或是配對後的樣本進行分析，皆找不到社會責任企業的平均績效優於非社會責任企業的證據；相反地，部分的證據顯示社會責任企業的財務績效相對較低，因此我們的分析結果傾向支持焦點移轉假說，社會責任行為對財務績效的影響效果為負。 , 另外，我們以遠見雜誌於2006 年公佈的企業社會責任調查為基礎，將衡量企業社會責任績效的三個層面－社區參與、環境保護與財務透明，透過投資組合分析與迴歸分析來評估公司承擔社會責任與財務績效之間的關聯性。實證結果發現，第一，平均來說，公司的社會責任評分愈高，在評比結果公佈後的股票報酬...

underreaction

本研究以台灣證券交易所1995年2月至2008年所有上市公司的資料為樣本，比較Jegadeesh and Titman (1993)提出的價格動能策略、Moskowitz and Grinblatt (1999)提出的產業動能策略以及George and Hwang (2004)的52週高價動能策略之間的獲利能力。研究分別進行了月平均報酬比較、元月效果檢視、配對比較、迴歸分析以及加入定錨效果的強韌性檢視。 , 結果發現，在持有期為6個月下，只有52週高價動能策略的獲利能力為顯著且報酬率最佳，月平均報酬率達1.12%，且其對報酬率的解釋能力無法被價格動能策略或產業動能策略給替代，然而52週高價動能策略卻能部分替代價格及產業動能策略的解釋能力，顯示52週高價動能策略相較於價格及產業動能策略而言有優勢性。本研究也發現動能策略投資組合的報酬率存在元月效應，無論是哪一種動能策略的贏家或輸家，在一月份的報酬皆大幅顯著的高於其他11個月份，顯示元月效應的確存在且會影響分析的結果。 , 而最後在迴歸分析裡，結果顯示在控制了公司市值、前一期報酬率、各動能投資策略的影響後，無論是全樣本或一月份除外，依然只...

融資收購

近年來私募股權基金在全球興起一股廣泛的討論與重視，事實上，此類型的投資型態並非是近一兩年方產生出來，二次大戰後由麻省理工學院教授Karl Compton與哈佛大學商學院教授Georges F. Doriot與波士頓地區之企業領導人所成立之「美國研究與發展公司」(American Research and Development)可謂現代私募股權基金之濫觴。經歷多年發展，私募股權基金拜近年來全球低利率環境所賜，及亞洲等新興市場地區經濟起飛，開始全球大舉投資活動。 , 本研究主要以私募股權基金近十多年來在台灣的投資案為分析案源，進行其投資型態與交易作法之研究。私募股權基金在不同的交易型態中，扮演不同的角色及採行不同之交易作法。社會輿論常囿於單一個案之結果而對私募股權基金產生刻板印象。還原私募股權基金之真實面貌，是本研究之主要期許。

對價方式

本文研究之目的為探討中國大陸股權分置改革對價支付方式之影響因素，企圖彌補過去僅針對股權分置改革中對價比率之探討，以對中國大陸股權分置改革有更完整之瞭解。過去研究發現股權結構、公司之規模、價值以及是否同時發行B股或H股等因素將影響對價之比率，而本研究實證結果發現，非流通股之持股比率、公司之規模、公司之價值、公司支付現金之能力以及公司是否同時發行B股或H股，皆會對中國大陸A 股上市公司選擇股權分置改革對價支付之方式造成影響。本研究之發現將對中國大陸股權分置改革之對價有更完整之瞭解。 , The study investigates the influence factors of the consideration model in reform of non-trading stock in China. According the past findings, structure of stockholder,the scale of company, the value of company, as well as whether issue B or H stock at the ...

Seventeen-century English literature

本論文以十七世紀英國千禧年思想為脈絡，從神學的角度檢視密爾頓千禧年思想的發展。千禧年思想在十六世紀時被斥為異端，但卻在十七世紀初興起，並於英國大革命時達到前所未有的高峰。密爾頓早年並未相信千禧年王國會降臨人世。從密爾頓1640年之前所寫的短詩中，我們發現他期待這個世界結束後，接續而來的是天國。然而隨著內戰爆發，密爾頓也受到當時盛行的千禧年思想所感染；因而在其反對聖公會神職制度文章中，密爾頓熱切企盼基督早日再臨人世，建立千禧年王國。唯此熱度很快就消退，直到1649年查爾斯一世戰敗後，密爾頓又重燃對千禧年王國的渴望。在為弒君辯護的文章中，密爾頓懇求基督速速降臨，在這個世界興起第五王國。但1652年眼睛全盲後，密爾頓對於忍耐有了更深刻的「洞視」，因而也重新調整他的千禧年思想。密爾頓終於體認到主的日子是無法預測的，人只能忍耐等候神。但他仍然持守對於千禧年王國的信仰。1660年當查爾斯二世即將復辟之時，密爾頓最後一次表達他的千禧年思想。他希望英國共和體制能延續到千禧年王國的來臨。然而這次他並未表達對千禧年王國的急切性。在密爾頓的兩部史詩──《失樂園》與《復樂園》──當中，我們看不到任何的千禧年思...

Markov Chain

由近期的研究中發現變動所有參數的管制圖在偵測小幅度偏移時的速度比起傳統的舒華特管制圖來的快，許多文獻也討論到利用調適性管制技術同時監控製程的平均數和變異數。而在這份研究中，為了改善現有管制圖的偵測效率，依序提出了U-V管制圖以及Max-M管制圖來偵測單一製程與兩相依製程的平均數和變異數。採用AATS及ANOS來衡量管制圖的偵測績效，並利用馬可夫鏈推導計算得之。透過兩階段的範例來介紹所提出的管制圖的應用方法並將VP U-V管制圖、VP Max-M管制圖與FP Z(X-bar)-Z(Sx^2)管制圖加以比較。從所研究的數值分析中發現VP Max-M管制圖比另兩種管制圖的表現來的好，再加上只需要單一管制圖在使用上對工程師來說也較為簡便，因此建議Max-M管制圖値得在實務上被使用。 , Recent studies have shown that the variable parameters (VP) charts detect small process shifts faster than the traditional Shewhart charts. There have been ...

expansion tubes

During atmospheric entry, a spacecraft&#39;s aeroshell uses a thermal protection system (TPS) to withstand severe thermal loads. Heating to the vehicle surface arises as convective, catalytic and radiative heat flux due to the high temperature of the shockwave compressed gases surrounding the aeroshell. The problem for the TPS designer is that the heat load estimates are based on phenomenological models which have questionable validity and, thus, large uncertainty. As an example, recent analyses...

English language -- Dialects -- Queensland

This thesis is a sociolinguistic examination of the use of English by Aboriginal people in Southeast Queensland (SEQAB people). It is written within a framework of the ethnography of speaking, and specifically relates what people say (language form), to its effect on people (language function), examining aspects of context. This ethnographically based language study goes beyond formal details of grammatical structure, presents new data on the Aboriginal use of English, and explores some areas wh...