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Refugee housing for Hong Kong
No full textThesis (M.Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1962.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-64).by Samuel Cheng-Mei Wang.M.Arc
The political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
No full textThis 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
Supplementary_TablesR2 – Supplemental material for Constructive, illusory, and distressed posttraumatic growth among survivors of breast cancer: A 7-year growth trajectory study
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary_TablesR2 for Constructive, illusory, and distressed posttraumatic growth among survivors of breast cancer: A 7-year growth trajectory study by Chih-Tao Cheng, Samuel MY Ho, Yi-Chen Hou, Yihuan Lai and Ging-Long Wang in Journal of Health Psychology</p
A Study of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op. 24
No full textSamuel Barber is one of the most important American composers in the twentieth century. He wrote 103 solo songs. Among these works, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op. 24 is unique because its scale is larger than other vocal works and because it is the only piece Barber wrote for soprano and orchestra. Since the premier in 1948, this masterwork is considered the most \ue2American\ue2 piece of Barber\ue2s works, for that he successfully sketches the atmosphere described in the lyrics, that is, American country life during the 1910s.
The main issue of this short thesis is to reveal reasons that make the work well-known for its \ue2most American\ue2 nature. The musical education of the composer, the short biography of the poet, and the compositional background of Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op. 24 are mentioned. Through the analyses of lyrics, tempo and melody, the discussion focuses on how Barber translates the picture of American country life during the 1910s into musical notes
Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon
No full textKirjoittajalista kokonaisuudessaan: Principal investigators John P. Vogel, David F. Garvin, Todd C. Mockler, Jeremy Schmutz, Dan Rokhsar, Michael W. Bevan; DNA sequencing and assembly Kerrie Barry, Susan Lucas, Miranda Harmon-Smith, Kathleen Lail, Hope Tice, Jeremy Schmutz (Leader), Jane Grimwood, Neil McKenzie, Michael W. Bevan; Pseudomolecule assembly and BACend sequencing NaxinHuo, Yong Q.Gu,GerardR. Lazo, OlinD.Anderson, John P. Vogel (Leader), Frank M. You,Ming-Cheng Luo, Jan Dvorak, Jonathan Wright, Melanie Febrer, Michael W. Bevan, Dominika Idziak, Robert Hasterok, David F. Garvin; Transcriptome sequencing and analysis Erika Lindquist, Mei Wang, Samuel E. Fox, Henry D. Priest, Sergei A. Filichkin, Scott A. Givan, Douglas W. Bryant, JeffH.Chang, ToddC.Mockler (Leader), HaiyanWu, Wei Wu, An-Ping Hsia, Patrick S. Schnable, Anantharaman Kalyanaraman, Brad Barbazuk, Todd P.Michael, Samuel P.Hazen, JenniferN. Bragg, Debbie Laudencia-Chingcuanco, John P. Vogel, David F. Garvin, Yiqun Weng, Neil McKenzie, Michael W. Bevan; Gene analysis and annotation Georg Haberer, Manuel Spannagl, Klaus Mayer (Leader), Thomas Rattei, ThereseMitros, Dan Rokhsar, Sang-Jik Lee, Jocelyn K. C. Rose, Lukas A. Mueller, Thomas L. York; Repeats analysis Thomas Wicker (Leader), Jan P. Buchmann, Jaakko Tanskanen, Alan H. Schulman (Leader), Heidrun Gundlach, Jonathan Wright, Michael Bevan, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Luciano da C. Maia, William Belknap, Yong Q. Gu, Ning Jiang, Jinsheng Lai, Liucun Zhu, JianxinMa, Cheng Sun, Ellen Pritham; Comparative genomics Jerome Salse (Leader), Florent Murat, Michael Abrouk, Georg Haberer, Manuel Spannagl, Klaus Mayer, Remy Bruggmann, Joachim Messing, Frank M. You, Ming-Cheng Luo, Jan Dvorak; Small RNA analysis Noah Fahlgren, Samuel E. Fox, Christopher M. Sullivan, Todd C. Mockler, James C. Carrington, Elisabeth J. Chapman, Greg D.May, Jixian Zhai, Matthias Ganssmann, Sai Guna Ranjan Gurazada, Marcelo German, Blake C. Meyers, Pamela J. Green (Leader); Manual annotation and gene family analysis Jennifer N. Bragg, Ludmila Tyler, Jiajie Wu, Yong Q. Gu, Gerard R. Lazo, Debbie Laudencia-Chingcuanco, James Thomson, John P. Vogel (Leader), Samuel P. Hazen, Shan Chen, Henrik V. Scheller, JesperHarholt, Peter Ulvskov, Samuel E. Fox, Sergei A. Filichkin, Noah Fahlgren, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Jeff H. Chang, Christopher M. Sullivan, Elisabeth J. Chapman, James C. Carrington, Todd C. Mockler, Laura E. Bartley, Peijian Cao, Ki-Hong Jung, Manoj K Sharma, Miguel Vega-Sanchez, Pamela Ronald, Christopher D.Dardick, StefanieDe Bodt,Wim Verelst, Dirk Inze, Maren Heese, Arp Schnittger, Xiaohan Yang, Udaya C. Kalluri, GeraldA. Tuskan, ZhihuaHua, Richard D. Vierstra, David F. Garvin, Yu Cui, Shuhong Ouyang, Qixin Sun, Zhiyong Liu, Alper Yilmaz, Erich Grotewold, Richard Sibout, Kian Hematy, Gregory Mouille, Herman Hofte, Todd Michael, JeŽrome Pelloux, Devin O Connor, James Schnable, Scott Rowe, Frank Harmon, Cynthia L. Cass, John C. Sedbrook, Mary E. Byrne, SeanWalsh, Janet Higgins, Michael Bevan, PinghuaLi, ThomasBrutnell, TurgayUnver,Hikmet Budak, Harry Belcram, Mathieu Charles, Boulos Chalhoub, Ivan Baxterv2010okBE
Death in three novels by Zhang Xianliang, Samuel Beckett and Albert Camus.
No full textby Mak Mei Kwan Alisa.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-115).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.i摘要 --- p.iiiAcknowledgements --- p.vChapter Chapter One: --- The Displaced Man --- p.1Chapter Chapter Two: --- The Fragmented Self in Xiguan siwang [Getting Used to Dying] --- p.19Chapter Chapter Three: --- Death of the Author: An Abandoned Beingin Malone Dies --- p.46Chapter Chapter Four: --- Death of Sharing: A Man of Authenticityin The Outsider --- p.67Chapter Chapter Five: --- Conclusion: The Helplessness of Life --- p.94Works Cited --- p.108Works Consulted --- p.11
Accelerating population decline of Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)
No full textThe Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is now the only cetacean species in the Yangtze River following the probable extinction of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer). However, population abundance estimates and genetic diversity studies both indicate that the porpoise population is declining and may also become extinct in the wild in the near future. We used data from 279 stranded porpoises that were collected along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River since 1978 to construct life tables for the porpoise population before and after 1993. Demographic rate estimates reveal an accelerating decline of the Yangtze porpoise population according to the instantaneous rate of increase ((r) over bar), from (r) over bar = -0.0159 (SD = 0.0135) to (r) over bar = -0.0625 (SD = 0.0169). Using an individual-based Leslie matrix model, there is a high probability of extinction (86.06%) within the next 100 years. Effective conservation measures must be enacted immediately. The pattern of cetacean decline and extinction in the Yangtze provides a startling demonstration of how rapid economic development without adequate environmental control leads to deterioration of natural habitats and threatens native species extremely rapid. This research also emphasizes the need for precautionary conservation action in other riverine systems containing freshwater cetacean species. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is now the only cetacean species in the Yangtze River following the probable extinction of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer). However, population abundance estimates and genetic diversity studies both indicate that the porpoise population is declining and may also become extinct in the wild in the near future. We used data from 279 stranded porpoises that were collected along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River since 1978 to construct life tables for the porpoise population before and after 1993. Demographic rate estimates reveal an accelerating decline of the Yangtze porpoise population according to the instantaneous rate of increase ((r) over bar), from (r) over bar = -0.0159 (SD = 0.0135) to (r) over bar = -0.0625 (SD = 0.0169). Using an individual-based Leslie matrix model, there is a high probability of extinction (86.06%) within the next 100 years. Effective conservation measures must be enacted immediately. The pattern of cetacean decline and extinction in the Yangtze provides a startling demonstration of how rapid economic development without adequate environmental control leads to deterioration of natural habitats and threatens native species extremely rapid. This research also emphasizes the need for precautionary conservation action in other riverine systems containing freshwater cetacean species. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
The strategic symbiosis between us Asian policy and Taiwanese nationalism
No full textThis thesis explores the influence of us Asian policy on the evolution of Taiwanese nationalism and the role of Taiwanese nationalism in America's Asian policy. The study consists of five parts. The first part (1895-1950) introduces the source of Taiwanese nationalism and America's strategic scheme on Taiwan before 1945, and explores American options after the germination of Taiwanese nationalism. America's intention to separate Taiwan from the mainland so as to deny the island to Chinese Communists late 1948 helped preserve inchoate Taiwanese nationalism. The second part (1950-1970) examines how America simultaneously exploited the Chinese Nationalist regime's anti-communism and facilitated the growth of Taiwanese nationalism in the bipolarized Cold-War era. The Truman administration's separatist intention after the Korean War, US aid and American scholars' Taiwan independence theories had significant implications for the evolution of Taiwanese nationalism. The third part (1970-1989) examines how America reconciled US-PRC rapprochement with its promotion of Taiwanese nationalism. Taiwan's democratisation evolved in the context of US political, economic and military intervention. During the transition to democratisation, secessionists turned political opposition movement into nation-building revolution. The fourth part (1989-2000) examines how US conservatives and Taiwanese nationalists jointly promoted Taiwanization. The dynamics of democratisation, native president Lee Teng-hui's domination of political agenda, the ambience of US-Taiwan strategic realignment and the maturity of political nationalism together facilitated Taiwanization. The fifth part (2000֊present) explores how America and Taiwan establish a strategic symbiosis for US-China strategic competition. The 9/11 Incident has little influence on the course of strategic symbiosis. The consolidation of Taiwan identity obliged thepan-blue camp to identify with Taiwan, promote political nationalism and deviate from their pro-unification ideology. The increased antagonism between Taiwanese nationalism and Chinese nationalism ossifies the symbiotic partnership between USAsian policy and Taiwanese nationalism and hinders China's rise to regional hegemonyand global superpower
System for automated trending event coverage on Twitter
No full textThesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-52).With its popularity, Twitter has become an increasingly valuable source of real-time, user-generated information about interesting events in our world. This thesis presents TwitGeo, a system to explore and visualize trending topics on Twitter. It features an interactive map that summarizes trends across dierent geographical regions. Powered by a novel GPU-based datastore, this system performs ad hoc trend detection without predefined temporal or geospatial indexes, and is capable of discovering trends with arbitrary granularity in both dimensions. An evaluation of the system shows promising results for visualizing trends on Twitter in real time.by Cheng Hau Tong.M. Eng
Targeting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Akt with OSU-03012 and Gefitinib or Erlotinib to Overcome Resistance to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors
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