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A Newly Commissioned Work for Cello, A Recording and Performance Practice Guide by Yu-Ting Tseng
Full text linkabstract: The introduction of a new instrumental piece—specifically Taiwanese—into the cello repertoire is as exciting as it is important. Currently, the majority of works for cello and piano include predominantly Western compositions that is repeatedly taught and performed. Reflections, by Taiwanese composer Ming-Hsiu Yen (Ms. Yen) is a response to this saturation. It is a piece that is both demanding for the performers and entertaining for the audience. Brilliantly written by a composer who has intimate familiarity with both the cello and piano, it is highly suitable for scholarly study and performance.
This document details ensemble issues, interpretative suggestions for both cellist and pianist, and general concepts about the music. The composer further adds to these concepts and suggestions.
Reflections is a programmatic work comprised of four movements, each with a descriptive title: “Gear,” “Tears of the Angel,” “Spintop,” and “Transformation.” Because the composer’s intentions were driven by pictorial ideas and not by a formal harmonic structure, this paper concentrates on ensemble issues and interpretation less than harmonic analysis.
Secondly, the project includes the premiere recording of Reflections, as performer by Yu-Ting Tseng, cellist, and Dr. Jeremy Peterman, pianist. This audio documentation provides other cellists and pianists the opportunity of hearing the piece as originally conceived by the composer, as an aid to their own future preparation of this work. This recording, combined with the interpretative analysis, will assist in bringing Reflections into the cello repertoire and public eye.Dissertation/ThesisReflections Recording Movement I GearReflections Recording Movement II Tears of the AngelReflections Recording Movement III SpintopReflections Recording Movement IV TransformationDoctoral Dissertation Music 201
Ion release from three lead-free piezoelectric ceramics and their physical and cytotoxicity characteristics
No full textDetection of Copper Ions Through Recovery of the Fluorescence of DNA-Templated Copper/Silver Nanoclusters in the Presence of Mercaptopropionic Acid
No full textA Study on In-App Purchase Intention of Emotion Stickers for Messaging Software- The Case of LINE
No full textWith the popularity of mobile devices and the Internet, most of people rely on social communication app to communicate with each other like their family or friend. It becomes an important app tool to contact with each other. There are 73% people using LINE as a social communicate tool in Taiwan. One of reason for its success is the variety of emotion sticker to rich the communication. The emotion sticker provides strongly emotion and humor that giving the self-image to user, so it becomes a new communication way to use emotion sticker when chatting with others. The situation creates a successful business model. Base on these, this study attempts to look into why those who already owned free emotion stickers still keep on buying new emotion stickers. Moreover, looking into which factor will influence user\ue2s purchase intention.
In this study, perceived value of theTheory of Consumption Values, (TVC) and satisfaction of Expectation-Confirmation Theory, (ECT) is used as the foundation, with the moderator of reference group, personal innovativeness, and price consciousness to look into user\ue2s purchase intention. Data was collected from 352 informants through a web-based questionnaire distributed through relevant discussion groups. SPSS and PLS were employed as data analysis tools. The result shows that: (1) Perceived value, satisfaction, reference group, personal innovativeness positive influence purchase intention. (2) The moderator of reference group, personal innovativeness, price consciousness effectively moderate purchasing intention for LINE stickers, but just has part of effectively moderation between perceived value and purchase intention
The political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
Full text linkThis thesis is to study the political role of the People's Liberation Army from the approach of structure and function. The framework of the thesis consists of three major parts, first, the influence of Chinese traditional political culture on, and the formation of, the political role of the PL A; second, the influence of domestic political struggles and external military conflicts on the development of the political role of the PLA; and the third, the analysis of the transition of the PLA's political role from the structure and personnel arrangements of the CCPCC Within the above-mentioned three scopes, this thesis make a thorough discussion on the following: (1) The relationship between the structure of the PRC and the formation of the PLA's political role; (2) How has ideology influenced the army's political role; (3) What is Mao's viewpoint and his influence on the development of the army's political role; (4) What is the link between the army and the party, and how has this developed; (6) What accounts for the expansion of the PLA's political functions; (7) What is the influence of political factional struggles on the PLA's political role; (8) Is it political institution or military institution that controls the recruitment of the military elite; (9) What are the disparities between the military elite in handling international conflicts and what are their political considerations; (10) What is the Party's position in the army; (11) How have the Party’s important meetings and personnel arrangements influenced the rise and fall of the PLA's political role
Detection of Copper Ions Using Copper/Silver Nanoclusters
No full text本論文利用以DNA為模板所合成之銅銀奈米團簇 (DNA-Cu/Ag nanoclusters, DNA-Cu/Ag NCs) 配合巰基丙酸 (3-mercaptopropionic acid, MPA) 發展出一種簡單、免標定(label-free) 之銅離子螢光探針。其偵測機制是由於MPA與DNA-Cu/Ag NCs上之金屬離子作用導致團簇的構形瓦解，使螢光消光；此時在有額外銅離子存在下，MPA先和銅離子生成錯合物並進一步被氧化成雙硫形式 (disulfide)，隨著銅離子濃度增加，使未作用的MPA濃度下降，導致DNA-Cu/Ag NCs螢光被消光的程度會下降，因此螢光強度會隨著銅離子濃度增加而增強。在最佳化的反應條件，其偵測極限 (limit of detection，LOD) 為3.5 nM，線性範圍5-200 nM (R2 = 0.988)。此方法對於銅離子具有極高的選擇性，為其他金屬離子的2300倍。將此方法應用於偵測土壤樣品中銅離子濃度，所測得濃度為2.60 (± 0.23) μM，與利用感應耦合電漿質譜分析儀 (Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; ICP-MS) 分析結果一致，顯示此方法適合用於環境樣品的分析。This thesis focuses on devoloping a simple and homogeneous fluorescence assay—comprising 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) with DNA-Cu/Ag nanoclusters (NCs) in aqueous solution—for the detection of Cu2+ ions. The sensing mechanism is based on the suppression of MPA induced fluorescence quenching of the DNA-Cu/Ag NCs by Cu2+. MPA-induced fluorescence quenching is due to changes in the DNA conformation as a result of the interactions between MPA and Cu/Ag clusters. The MPA-induced fluorescence quenching followed a typical characteristic of a Stern-Volmer plot and followed a static quenching mechanism. The presence of Cu2+ resulted in the oxidation of MPA to form disulfide, leading to suppression of the MPA-induced fluorescence quenching. The fluorescence of the DNA-Cu/Ag NCs in the presence of MPA increased upon increasing the concentration of Cu2+ over the range 5-200 nM. The DNA-Cu/Ag NC probe provided the limit of detection at a signal-to-noise of 3 of 2.7 nM for Cu2+ ions, with high selectivity (at least 2300-folds over tested metal ions). The practicality of this approach has been validated by the analyses of Montana soil and water samples (3 replicate measurements), showing the potential of the probe for detection of Cu2+ ions in environmental samples
The effect of larval competition on adult weight and its mechanism in Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
No full text四紋豆象幼蟲為內食性昆蟲，幼蟲在羽化之前無法自由離開寄主豆。前人研究顯示，隨著豆內的幼蟲數增加，資源的競爭程度增加，經常導致成蟲的平均體重顯著下降的現象。然而，本研究卻發現，當以小型綠豆為寄主，幼蟲期遭遇競爭的成蟲，其平均體重顯著較幼蟲期沒有競爭的成蟲為重。另以食物及空間相對較多的大型綠豆為寄主，卻沒有發現體重顯著變大的現象。顯示寄主大小是造成競爭後羽化體重變大的重要條件。本文旨在探討幼蟲競爭導致羽化體重增加的原因。首先透過模擬，檢驗體重上升的原因，是否完全源自較輕個體在競爭中被淘汰之故。結果顯示，模擬後獲得的體重分布，與實際的分布並不相符。顯示對體重的選汰不是導致體重上升的唯一原因。此外，具有競爭經歷的幼蟲,其發育期並無延長的現象。因此，延長發育期以增加取食量不是體重上升的原因。我們進一步假設，取食對手是造成羽化體重變大的原因。因此對三卵豆進行解剖。結果顯示，豆內幼蟲有互咬的行為，且在不完整的屍體上發現疑似被取食的痕跡，加上蟲屍不見的比例隨著時間上升。說明同類相食的現象存在於四紋豆象幼蟲，取食同類是獲得額外體重的可能來源。再者，經由測量幼蟲取食量的試驗，顯示三隻幼蟲處理下幼蟲取食量顯著大於一隻幼蟲處理者。此結果說明，優勢幼蟲藉由增加取食量，進而提高平均羽化體重的可能無法排除，其可能性猶待進一步的檢驗。此外，前人於四紋豆象South India品系之中，曾發現幼蟲能以取食所發出的震動抑制同種幼蟲的進食，進而決定幼蟲競爭的勝負。然而，本試驗結果顯示，所使用的4C6-4品系，同種幼蟲發出的取食震動，對其體重的效應並不顯著。Larvae of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus develop inside the seeds of their host plants, and are incapable of moving between seeds. Many studies reported a reduction of adult weight as larval density increases due to resource shortage. However, I observed a different trend that larval competition led to an increase of adult weight when the host size was small. The phenomenon disappeared when host size was large, indicating that host size was a crucial factor for the trend. In this study, I tried to answer how adult weight increases under larval competition. Since egg-to-adult development was not prolonged under larval competition, increased feeding period via longer development is not the cause of the greater adult weight. Furthermore, the proportion of large individuals of the observed distribution at high larval density was significantly higher than that of a simulated distribution where small individuals were eliminated by an imaginary selection. Thus, there must be other causes leading to greater adult weight besides selection on body size. I further hypothesized that cannibalism increases adult weight under larval competition. By dissecting beans with 3 larvae at regular intervals, I found interference behavior and the evidence of cannibalism in larvae of C. maculatus, the finding potentially supporting the cannibalism hypothesis because conspesifics could be extra food source when bean resource was limited. Nevertheless, dominant larvae could also gain more weight by raising total food consumption in response to competition. In this study, the total consumption at high larval density was significantly higher than that at low larval density, indicating the possibility of increased efficiency. Further investigation is required. Finally, a previous study demonstrated that South India strain of C. maculatus could emit feeding vibration at larval stage to affect conspesifics weight. But, no indication in my experiment showed feeding vibration of 4C6-4 strain affected adult weight.ABSTRACT………………………………………………………1
CHINESE ABSTRACT………………….……………………………3
LIST OF FIGURES……………………………………………………6
LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………7
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………8
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The origin of experimental population and stock maintenance…12
Experiment 1--The effect of larval density on adult weight and development time in small and large mung bean………12
Experiment 2--Investigation on cannibalism by dissecting beans with 3 larvae at regular interval……………… ……14
Experiment 3--The relationship between adult weight and total food consumption at density of one larva and three larvae……………………………………………………………15
Experiment 4--The effect of feeding vibration on adult weight……16
RESULTS
Experiment 1--The effect of larval density on adult weight and development time in small and large mung bean…………18
Experiment 2--Investigation on cannibalism by dissecting beans with 3 larvae at regular interval………………………30
Experiment 3-- The relationship between adult weight and total food consumption at density of one larva and three larvae……………………………………………………………36
Experiment 4--The effect of feeding vibration on adult weight……39
DISCUSSION…………………………………………………………42
REFERENCES..………………………………………………………48
ACKNOWLDGEMENT………………………………………………5
Fun mathematics / Ting Su Ung
Full text linkAnthology of 200 poems which were contributed by lecturers and academicians from UiTM and other higher learning institutions. This is in fact the largest collection of poems compiled in one anthology
Chang_Supplemental_Table – Supplemental material for Delay Aversion, Temporal Processing, and N-3 Fatty Acids Intake in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
No full textSupplemental material, Chang_Supplemental_Table for Delay Aversion, Temporal Processing, and N-3 Fatty Acids Intake in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by Jane Pei-Chen Chang, Li Jingling, Ya-Ting Huang, Yu-Ji Lu and Kuan-Pin Su in Clinical Psychological Science</p
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