Theater

This thesis is a feminist research on Korean genderideology through the actual case of the popular actress WhangSujung¡¯s drug abuse and adultery case. Chapter 1analyzes Whang¡¯s representations in the media and thegender ideology in Korea based on feminist media and film theory.Chapter 2 discusses the influence of feminist theatre on theauthor in creating the play If You Look For Me, IWon¡¯t Be There in chapter 3. The play is anexploration o...

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To fulfill one of the requirements for the Degree ofMaster of Technical and Scientific Communication, I performed a20-week internship at CTC Parker Automation (CTC) as a technicalwriter. During the internship, I wrote and edited productcommunications in the forms of user guides, online help, andinstallation sheets. I was responsible for all aspects of thesecommunications, including preparing the graphics, coordinatingreviews, and preparing the files for printing. I interviewedsubject matter expe...

Language, Rhetoric and Composition

This study uses the African churches in Philadelphia inthe 1790s and the Denmark Vesey conspiracy trials in Charlestonin 1822 as focal points of inquiry into intersections of race andrhetoric in the Early Republic (1783-1828). I invite scholars inrhetoric and composition to reconsider this period as a crucialsite of investigation for a field devoted to elaborating itshistory and understanding the widest array of rhetoricalpractices. This

Literature, English

The poems in this collection generally focus oncommunication with non-human beings. I have thenature¡¯s story, including my life as a poet in thesepoems. Man is just a part of nature. Human and natural beings areinter-acting each other as a member of a family in the Universe.The universe is my house in which I live together with all kindsof animals, plants, and lifeless beings. As a mediator betweenhuman and non-human beings, I show a poem as an organic being inwhich every thin...

The main goal of this research was to seek a betterunderstanding of the analytical measurements of the oxychlorinespecies ClO2, Cl2O4-, and Cl2O3/Cl2O3-. The US EPA has developeda new colorimetric method for the measurement of ClO2 andchlorite ion (Method 327.0). This method is based on thedecolorization of the dye Lissamine Green B (LGB) by ClO2.Chlorite ion is converted to ClO2 by Horseradish Peroxidaseenzyme and measured with LGB. In the current work, theperformance of this method (method det...

Education, Technology

Abstract NETWORK AND SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION AT COMPAQCOMPUTER CORP. By Christopher F. Colón My internship periodwith Compaq began December 12, 1998 and ran until March 19, 1999.I was assigned to a network support team Compaq had organized towork with the newly formed General Electric Financial Assurance(GEFA) group. During my internship, I documented various aspectsof the GEFA computer network and worked with managers to authorthe service agreements between the Compaq team and GEFA. Icre...

Information Science

This report presents an account of a graduateinternship that was completed in partial fulfillment of therequirements for the Master of Technical and ScientificCommunication degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Iperformed this internship with two major e-publishing companiesbased in Indianapolis, Indiana, from March 20 to July 10, 2000.In this report, I discuss my work as a Web TechnicalWriter/Editor at InformIT.com and Macmillan Publishing. I providean overview of the various projects and...

To fulfill one of the requirements for the degree ofMaster of Technical and Scientific Communication, I performed aninternship at Software Artistry, Inc. from January, 1995 to June,1995 as an Associate Technical Communicator. This reportdescribes this internship I performed at this mid-size softwarecompany located in Indianapolis, Indiana. In chapter one, I offera company background. Chapter two is a description of othersmaller projects I completed during my internship. Chapter threeis an analys...

Chemistry, Inorganic

This thesis consists of two separate but relatedmanuscripts; Surface Structure Controlled Sectoral Zoning of REEin Fluorite from Long Lake, N.Y. and Bingham, N.M. and Mineralogyand paragenetic history of fluorites from Bingham, N.M. Linksbetween REE chemistry, color and morphology. In the first paper,fluorite crystals from two deposits were identified as sectorallyzoned with respect to the rare earth elements. It has been shownthat the differential incorporation of the REE occurred duringcrystal...

Racial Studies; Women s Studies

The dissertation examines how two women authors ofmixed-race, Nella Larsen and Winnifred Eaton (Onoto Watanna),resisted American identity politics in their works. Theideological complexities of mixed-race identity, which is

Engineering, Mechanical

The purpose of this paper was to compare an unconventional3D digitizer with an expensive CT-Scan for 3D reconstruction ofa human skull.A new method is proposed that will allow the reconstructionof a model from a cloud of points or images and in the sametime, will allow the transfer of the reconstructed model in aFEA software.Two models of a human skull were reconstructed, one wasreconstructed using a 3D modeling software, 3D Studio Max, from3D coordinates generated by a 3D digitizer, Microscribe...

Biology, Animal Physiology

The efficiency of skeletal muscle regeneration followinginjury is decreased with age, and a deficient macrophageresponse may be part of the cause. Since several importantgrowth factors and cytokines are produced by macrophages, adeficient macrophage response may alter these importantcellular signals, further inhibiting the regenerative process.PURPOSE: The primary aim of the study was to observe theresponse of three macrophage subpopulations (ED1+, ED2+, and IA+) and to quantify the appearance o...

Psychology, Industrial

The purpose of this dissertation is to introduce a novelmeta-methodology for studying constructs in organizationalcontexts based on archival data. The variance architectureapproach is a guided exploratory research method designed toestimate (a) the dispersion of variance in constructs acrossthe multiple facets on which they commonly vary and (b) thestability of that dispersion across contexts and time. Theapproach has its roots in Cattell s (1966) Basic Data RelationsMatrix as well as Cronbach, ...

Environmental Sciences

The Clean Air Act stipulates tropospheric ozone compliance.As a result, states monitor and quantify sources ofanthropogenic and biogenic pollution. As biogenic pollution isdifficult to measure, models estimate biogenic emissions. TheUnited States Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Sciences

This thesis presents the results of personal, indoor, andoutdoor PM2.5 monitored at three elementary schools in centraland southeastern Ohio from January 1999 through August 2000.The thesis focuses on the temporal and spatial variations ofambient PM2.5, and the relationships between personal, indoor,and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations.Ambient PM2.5 depicted an apparent seasonal trend andhomogeneous spatial distribution. No clear seasonal or spatialpatterns existed for indoor and personal PM2.5 conc...

Biology, General

Avian community structure is determined by many abiotic andbiotic factors such as bird-habitat associations, resourcepartitioning, and species interactions. Disturbance, such asshelterwood harvesting and prescribed burning, alter thesepatterns of co-existence. I studied avian forest communities atthree sites in Southeast Ohio. Each site consists of fourtreatment plots: control, burn, thin, and thin + burn. Idetermined differences in species composition, richness, meanabundance, and nest success ...

Engineering, Chemical

Bacillus subtilis is an attractive host for the productionof heterologous proteins. Fed-batch fermentation can attain ahigh cell density by avoiding substrate inhibition andaccumulation of inhibitory metabolites such as acetate. In afed-batch fermentation, the concentration of glucose or thespecific growth rate is commonly used as an index incontrolling the addition of the substrate (i.e., glucose) inorder to maintain a stable, low concentration of the substrateduring the entire process. A compu...

Environmental Sciences

Environmental education (EE) has been suggested as a curefor improving the scientific knowledge of students. Due to thepossibilities, the Internet is a realistic means forincorporating EE into the classroom. However, Web sites needevaluated by defined criteria to select quality instructionalsites. I used the Environmental Education Materials: Guidelinesfor Excellence by the NAAEE to evaluate Web sites to determinetheir usefulness for EE. I found appropriate sites to evaluateby searching articles...

Engineering, Chemical

In this dissertation, the experimental investigation of theepitaxial lateral overgrowth of GaN and the simulation of theGaN MOCVD process are presented.The effects of various parameters on the MOCVD and ELOprocess were examined. The crystal structures of both the GaNseeding layers and the ELO layers were examined by XRD

Psychology, General

The current study involved the development and evaluation ofa new method to facilitate the formation of the alliance. Apaper-and-pencil Alliance Workbook was developed, a key featureof which was the elicitation of specific client reactions tothe alliance. The workbook was completed by clients after theirfirst two sessions of therapy and reviewed by therapists inbetween sessions as a tool to provide direct, specificassessment of the state of the alliance. The study compared 2conditions: Therapy a...

LDAP management system , LDAP , directory

Directory has become more and more important part of Internet technology. Directory exists in a multitude of application ranging from operating systems, asset management systems, security systems, etc. Even more Gartner Group s, a market research firm, predicts that there will 40% to 90% portion of new software and hardware are directory related products at end of 2001 to 2003.In directory industry field, we can divide products into 3 fields: Directory server, Management system, directory applic...

perturbation estimation , robust tracking , sliding mode

AbstractA simple design methodology of robust adaptive sliding m de utputtracking controllers for a class of MIMO nonlinear mismatched perturbedsystems is presented in this thesis.First,the derivatives of tracking error sdynamics are estimated in order t implement the designed sliding function.Then a robust tracking controller with a perturbation estimation schemeembedded is designed by using Lyapunov stability theorem.An adaptivecontrol e ffrt embedded in the sliding m de controller i...

multimarket competition¡Amarket commonaluty¡Afirm

Resource similarity and market commonality are receiving increased attention in the strategic management literature. In this thesis, I attempt to explore how the firm¡¦s characteristics and the resource similarity between two firms affect the tendency of firm¡¦s action. And follow this with a discussion of the necessity to put the resource similarity into consideration when we analyze the firm¡¦s action tendency from the aspect of market comm...

Coupling Efficiency , External Cavity Laser

The coupling of Fabry-Perot laser and fiber-grating for single frequency operation was studied experimentally and theoretically. A 1.55Ým Fabry-Perot (FP) laser chip that one facet was coated a high reflectivity (HR) of 90% and another facet was uncoated anti-reflectivity (AR) was used. The reflectivity of fiber-grating with length of 1.2cm was 86%. The lensed fiber was used to improve coupling efficiency between laser and fiber. We used the mixture of HF and oil with different density ...

ketene , flash vacuum pyrolysis

Flash vacuum pyrolysis of 3-mercaptopyridine-2-carboxylic acid(74), gave 3-mercaptopyridine(83) and di-(3-pyridyl)disulfide(84). FVP of 3-hydroxy-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid(75), gave dipyrrolo[1,2-a;1 ,2 -d]pyrazine-5,10-dione(91). FVP of 2-hydroxypyridine-3-carboxylic acid(76), gave di-[2]-pyridylether(101) and trimer(102).

Schottky contact , Ohmic contact

ABSTRACTIt is very common that the driven voltage of the Light emitting diode device is around 1.8eV~2.2eV, however, in its applications the voltage that applied on the circuit is higher than this specification (3 eV as usual). It will be very annoying that the design of the LED circuit should always be in series with an extra resistor in order to protect the LED. In here we propose a method with a schottky contact structure on the device that we can solve this problem. Before we proceed this me...

electric-field vector , 2-D electric field , electro-optic probing technique

Electro-Optic(EO) probing techniques are advancing rapidly in recent years due to their superior performance in characterization of semiconductor devices and circuits. Although the conventional systems can only monitor the amplitude distribution of electric field, some advanced EO probing techniques are able to measure not only the electric-field amplitude, but also direction of the electric field. Because valuable information can be released in such as chamfered bending transmission lines, patc...

linear algebraic , model matching , 2DOF , PMSM , robust control

Because of several advantages, e.g. compact structure, high air-gap flux density, and high torque capability, the PM synchronous motor plays an important role in recent years. The basic principle of controlling a PMSM is based on vector control. The control performance is influenced by factors as the plant parameter variations, the external load disturbances, and the unmodeled or nonlinear dynamics. In the thesis, we apply a recently proposed robust 2DOF configuration to designing controllers fo...

bicycle industry , Hyper-archy competition , global

This study is based on the viewpoint of global commodity chains(GCC), to discover the network activities of bicycle industry in Taiwan. But, due to the keen competition , the phenomenon of ¡uHyper-archy competition¡vemerge in bicycle industry . The so called¡uHyper-archy competition¡vindicate that parts factories skip the middle stratum of industry and with the result to promote their competitiveness ; or tighten the original network activities of cooperation ...

MOCVD , TiO2 , BaTiO3 , thermal annealing

Recently, there has been increasing demands for high dielectric materials to replace SiO2 for high-density dynamic random access memories with ultralarge scale integration. TiO2 and BaTiO3 are very promising insulators for applications to DRAMs, as they exhibit higher dielectric constant.The growths of TiO2 and BaTiO3 thin films on (100) silicon are studied by MOCVD using Ti(i-OC3H7)4, Ba(DPM)2(tetraene)2 and N2O as precursors. The growth was performed in a cold wall horizontal system in the tem...

American poetry , sexual projection , William Carlos Williams , nature , little girl , woman

The thesis commences an examination of Williams s divided nature and conflicted personality. The connection between the "hidden core" of Williams s life claimed in the Autobiography and his repressed sexual desire as divulged in his poetry is primarily concerned.From Chapter Two to Chapter Four, I attempt to demonstrate that Williams, in the poetic world, finds an outlet to release the suppression of his desire. Especially in his earlier poetry imbued with the poet s highly autobiograp...

Photo-LPD , LPD , electric properties , SiON , Bias-LPD

ASTRACTUsing an aqueous solution of ammonia hydroxide aqua, hydrosilicofluoric acid and boric acid, an oxynitride film can be deposited. The deposition rate and refractive index increase with the mole concentration of ammonia hydroxide aqua. However, the refractive index decreases as the mole concentration of ammonia hydroxide aqua becomes too high. The leakage current density as a function of mole concentration of ammonia hydroxide aqua was studied. The best experimental condition is found that...

national competitiveness , technological competitiveness

In this thesis I used the 3SLS method to test the national competitiveness model found by Fagerberg(1988), which regards the technological competitiveness as a dominant factor deciding national competitiveness of a country. The data concerned including economic variables of Taiwan, U.S., U.K., French, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, ranging from 1990 to 1997.

Robert Frost , house , boundary , community , poetry , identity , image , poem

Community, Boundary and Identity: The House Image in Robert Frosts PoetryAbstractThe house image is ubiquitous in the poetry of Robert Frost. It seems that Frost has a predilection for houses. In Frosts poetry, too often the house plays a vital role in the landscape, or is the place where the story goes. It is by virtue of the house image that Frost not only presents the scenery of New England but also reveals the community in New England. At the same time, he dexterously delineates the communit...

modulation spectroscopy , light hole , heavy hole , PR , ER , Fast Fourier Transform

AbstractsPhotoreflectance(PR) of surface-intrinsic n+ type doped GaAs has been measured for various power densities of pumping laser.The spectra exhibited many Franz-Keldysh oscillations,where by the electric field(F) can be determined from the technique of the fast fourier transform.It is known that F s determined from PR are subjected to photovoltaic effect ,but it is difficult to estimate the strength of modulating field in the PR measurements.Hence we have investigated the relation between F...

Mortgage Insurance , Housing Market

Mortgage insurance (MI), is the insurance which a insurer guarantees that it will pay a certain portion of top tier mortgage loss to financial institution (insured) when the debtor defaults. Because the insurer shares the decreasing risk of collateral value, the bank is willing to lend homebuyer more money. The homebuyer can use low down payment (3%-10% in American) to buy a house so that he can shorten the waiting time of saving enough down payment. By this mechanism, the homebuyer, financial i...

Piano Sonatas , Variation Movements , Beethoven

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Fiber-Solder-Ferrule , Residual Stress , Post-Weld-Shift

The effect of residual stress on the post-weld-shift (PWS) of a fiber-solder-ferrule (FSF) under a cyclic thermal load is investigated in this thesis. By using the finite element software MENTAT and MARC, the stress distribution in this model of coupled thermal-elastoplasticity is adopted to solve. The temperature dependent material properties are employed to calculate the residual stresses and the thermal stresses of the solder in the solidification process. The PWS of a fiber and the stress di...

Credit risk management , Credit scoring system. , Credit rating system , Credit risk , Consumers loan

AbstractAccording to a survey conducted by Rock (1984), the major factors of influenced credit risk are (1) the relationship with other creditor, (2) income, (3) loan-income ration, (4) profession, (5) immovable property, (6) check & deposit account. And, the sure way to score with lenders are (1) rules of thumb & subjective judgment, (2) credit rating system, (3) credit scoring system, and (4) expert system.The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationships between...

active , machine vision , FOE , camera calibration , feature point

The technology of machine vision is board applied in many aspects such as industrial inspection, medical image processing, remote sensing and nanotechnology. It recovers useful information about a scene from its two-dimension projections. This recovery requires the inversion of a many-to-one mapping. But we usually lose some important data for not exactly correct mapping. It might occur from lens distortion, rotation and perspective distortion, and non-ideal vision systems. Camera calibration ca...

DEA , local bank , measurement efficiency

An investigation of the measurement in each branch of a is studied in this article. For a manager of a bank, how to promote its operational efficiency i.e., with the least input, including manpower, material resources and etc., to achieve the maximum output (profit), is the most important thing in banking management. Since the scale of a banking organization is so huge, it is rather difficult to evaluate and compare its operational efficiency impartially and objectively. As a result, each indivi...

aluminum matrix composite , laser beam , electron beam , wettability , cavity , microstructure , mechanical property

The current thesis was designed to examine the welding characteristics of laser and electron beamwelding of the superplastic metal matrix composites (MMCs) reinforced with 1~20% SiC and todifferentiate the difference between the 6061 aluminum alloy and 6061/SiC composites.The 6061/20%SiCw MMC was found to exhibit poor welding characteristics under electron beamwelding. This was because that the SiC whiskers would induce poor fluidity of molten Al matrix andthe electron beam continuously bombared...

political economy , historical structural analysis , automobile industry , dependent theory , state and market

Many researchers always consider that Taiwan government use industry policy to ¡

Guide-vane , Air curtain , Wet bench , Perforate plate

­^¤åºK­nIn the wet wafer cleaning process, the wafersurfaces are washed with toxic solutions such asammonia and sulfuric acid which was not to allowto enter the surroundings i.e. clean room.Therefore, common practice is to reduce thepressure differential between the wet bench andthe surroundings to a very low pressuredifference level while maintaining a high exhaustflow rate for toxic fumes. In such a case, theisolation of process area from the surrou...

industrial relation , ESOP

The Study of Satisfaction about Employee Stock Ownership PlanAbstractNow the main reason why the enterprises in Taiwan enforce employee stock ownership plan is because of the Rule 267 in the Corporate Law. However, the companies actualizing the plan all give this a positive evaluation. If enterprises want to successfully put the employee stock ownership plan into force, they have to establish a complete system first. Among the researchers in the field of employee stock ownership plan, there is n...

Ag(111) , self-coupling , elimination , UHV , allyl , inverse isotope effect , TPR/D , hydrogenation

AbstractThe reactivity and bonding of allyl groups (C3H5) on a Ag(111) surface have been investigated under ultrahigh vacuum conditions by temperature-programmed reaction/desorption (TPR/D) and reflection-adsorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS). The atomically clean surface was achieved by Ar+ sputtering and verified by AES. The surface crystallinity was assured by LEED. Surface -bound allyl groups were generated by dissociative adsorption of allyl halides. Our study shows that the C-X (X= I or...

discotic liquid crystal , HTN , fused polyaromatics

Disc like molecule which was formed by fused polyaromatics was found to be with discotic liquid crystal properties. So it has been researched thoroughly. We take 5,6,11,12,17,18-hexaazatrinaphthylene (HTN) as our central core and synthesize Hexa-O-substituted hexaazatriphenylene, a new molecule with discotic liquid crystal properties successfully.

phase behavior , side chain crystalline , morphology

In this research,we observed PAMA(poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)) and PAA(poly(n-alkyl acrylate)¡^side chain crystalline.We find side chain is longer and crystalize more easily,melting pointis higher.In the result of DSC thermograms,the length of side chain is 6 carbons,we can t find any thermal transition.But the length of side chain is 12¡B18 carbons,we only found Tm.In PLM observation,we only get side chain crystalline s picture,and can t see any liquid crystalline yet.Although ...

exact design , multiple response , D-optimal design , parallel line assay

The D-optimal design problems in polynomial regression models with aone-dimensional control variable and k-dimensional response variableY=(Y_1,...,Y_k) where there are some common unknown parameters are discussed.The approximate D-optimal designs are shown to be independent of thecovariance structure between the k responses when the degrees of the k responsesare of the same order. Then, the exact n-point D-optimal designs are also discussed.Krafft and Schaefer (1992) and Imhof (2000) are useful ...

Sturm-Liouville , nodal set , inverse nodal problem

In this thesis, we study two new inverse nodal problemsintroduced by Yang, Shen and Shieh respectively.Consider the classical Sturm-Liouville problem: $$ left{egin{array}{c}-phi +q(x)phi=la phiphi(0)cosalpha+phi (0)sinalpha=0phi(1)coseta+phi (1)sineta=0end{array}ight. ,$$ where $qin L^1(0,1)$ and $al,ein [0,pi)$. The inversenodal problem involves the determination of the parameters$(q,al,e)$ in the problem by the knowledge of the nodal pointsin $(0,1)$. In 1999, X.F. Yang got a uniqueness result...