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AbstractThe aim of this compositional research project is to find new paradigms of expression and rep- resentation of musical information, supported by technology.This may further our understanding of how artistic intention materialises during the production of a musical work. A further aim is to create a software device, which will allow the user to generate, analyse and manipulate abstract musical in- formation within a multi-dimensional environment.The main intent of this software and composition portfolio is to examine the process involved during the development of a...

AbstractIn recent years there has been substantial research on Dominican migration and transnationalism, yet these studies have largely overlooked both the manner in which globalisation generates new localisations and the continuing salience of the state as mediator between the global and the local. Based upon fieldwork in La Ciénaga, a poor barrio of Santo Domingo, this thesis argues that emplacement, rather than transnationalism, is paradigmatic of the experiences of poor Dominicans and provides their primary source of unity. Race, ethnicity and social class have long been promoted...

Abstract:This thesis explores the impact of institutional changes in the Australian Higher Education Sector (AHES) on academics in entrepreneurial graduate schools of business. It addresses questions about the causes, nature and effects of change, and ultimately, the impact on the values and lives of 21 academics at two points in time, 2002-3 and 2008. In addition to reviewing literature, qualitative methods of document analysis and interviews provide the data for the research. The framework for the analysis of data is based on Laughlin’s (1991) ‘skeletal’ theory of organisation...

Abstract:In the public hospital sector in Australia there is no dedicated scheme to offset costs associated with high cost medications (HCMs) to the institution or the public. (1) Concerns exist as to the equity of access and appropriate mechanisms to manage access to HCMs in public hospitals. (2) There are gaps in the literature as to how decisions are made, and in particular, decision-making processes by which ethical, clinical and economic considerations maybe taken into account. To date, limited work has been conducted regarding the use and funding of HCMs in public hospitals....

AbstractThis ethnography is based on fieldwork in two very different cities, Hong Kong and Sydney. It traces the movements of subjects from Hong Kong through the analysis of differing modes of inhabiting urban space.The texture of lived spaces provides an analytic focus for examining a highly mobile migrant group. This ethnography explores the mesh of objective structures and migrant subjectivities in a mobile field of migrant ‘place’. A basic assumption of this study is that people from Hong Kong have acquired a common array of dispositions attuned to living in a specific...

AbstractCommunication is a fundamental process that allows animals to effectively transfer information between groups or individuals. Recognition plays an essential role in permitting animals to distinguish individuals based upon both communicatory and non-communicatory signals allowing animals to direct suitable behaviours towards them. Several modes of recognition exist and in colonial breeding animals which congregate in large numbers, acoustic signalling is thought to be the most effective as it suffers less from environmental degradation.Otariid seals (fur seals and sea...

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TABLE OF CONTENTCANDIDATE’S STATEMENT i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii ABSTRACT iii LIST OF ABBREVIATION iv LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS v TABLE OF CONTENT vi Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Rationale for the study 1 1.2. Aims and research questions 2 1.3. Theoretical and practical significance of the study 2 1.4. Scope of the study 2 1.5. Method of the study 2 1.6. Organization of the paper 3 Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.1. Language testing 4 2.1.1. What is a language test? 4 2.1.2. The purposes of language tests 4 2.1.3. Types of language tests 5 2.1.4. Criteria of a good...

1. introduction 2. the stylized facts 2.1. risk and return of international stock markets 2.2. implied volatility and return 2.3. the relationship between the S&P 500 and the corporate spreads 2.4. measuring the volatility: GARCH modelling 3. financial economics interpretation 3.1. financial economics fundamentals 3.2. intertemporal consumption based models 3.3. conclusion from classical finance evidence 3.4. option pricing Theory 3.5. corporate finance approach 3.6. conclusion 4. non – classical finance 4.1. behavioural finance 4.2. conclusion from non – classical finance...

LỜI NÓI ĐẦUSống và chết là qui luật tất yếu của cuộc sống. Tuy nhiên hầu hết mọi người lại khó chấp nhận được sự thật rằng một ai đó mất đi. Vì vậy, người nói hay người viết nên biết cách tìm từ ngữ diễn đạt thế nào để có thể giảm bớt hoặc né tránh hậu quả quá kích động trong điễn ngôn cho người nghe cũng như người đọc. Và cách diễn đạt như vậy được gọi là uyển ngữ. Đó là lí do tôi chọn đề tài so sánh đối chiếu uyển ngữ diễn đạt cái chết trong tiếng Việt và tiếng Anh.MỤC LỤCLỜI NÓI ĐẦU 2 MỤC LỤC 3 NỘI DUNG 4 I. Cơ sở lí luận: 4 1. Định nghĩa về uyển ngữ: 4 2. Đinh...

Abstract (Summary) Since 9/11, airport security has become an area of critical national security. The current study investigates the effect of mental rotation training and the presence of visual decision aids on inspection performance. Forty-eight participants were divided into two groups (Group A and Group B) of twenty-four each. Each group was provided with training on visual inspection, baggage screening and on using the software simulation of airport baggage inspection. Participants had to identify from images any object that cannot be allowed on a passenger plane and register a...

AbstractThe Marshland Upwelling System (MUS) is an alternative method for coastal dwellers to treat their wastewater. Past studies have dealt with the removal of fecal pathogens from wastewater. However the objectives of this research were to: 1) evaluate the treatment capability of the MUS under high hydraulic loadings and cool temperatures with respect to CBOD5, TKN, TAN, NO2--N, NO3--N, TP, and PO4-P, and 2) determine the ideal flowrate and injection frequency to achieve satisfactory nitrogen removal without hydraulic failure.The artificial wastewater study was performed to...

TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii LIST OF TABLES .vii LIST OF FIGURES viii ABSTRACT xiii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Structural Performance of Approach Slab .1 1.2 Vehicle-Induced Bridge Dynamic Response .3 1.3 Effect of...

Table of Contents Acknowledgements ii List of Tables .v List of Figures .vii Abstract ix Chapter 1: Global Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 MUS Background .4 1.3 Bayou Segnette...

TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER1. INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW . 10 2.A. Portfolio Restructuring and Its Antecedents 11 2.A.1. The Agency Explanation . 12 2.A.2. The Mimicry Explanation . 15 2.A.3. The Environmental Explanation 16 2.A.4. The Strategy Explanation 17 2.B. Corporate Governance 18 2.B.1. The...

TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii LIST OF TABLES . v LIST OF FIGURES . vii ABSTRACT . x CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Shortcomings of Traditional Pile Design . 2 1.1.1 Shortcomings of the Drilling and Sampling Phase 2...

TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . iii LIST OF TABLES . vi LIST OF FIGURES . vii ABSTRACT ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND .4 2.1 Eyestalk Ablation 4 2.2 Hydraulic Separation...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Abstract ii Dedication .iii Acknowledgments iv Vita .v List of Figures .viii Chapters: 1. INTRODUCTION Background to Nonpoint Source Pollution Problem .1 Point versus Nonpoint Pollution 2...

Table of Contents Page Dedication ii Acknowledgements iii Abstract v CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2 Literature Review 10 2.1 Modeling Issues in the Management of University Endowment Funds . 10 2.2 Continuous-time Finance and Martingale Methodology . 14 2.3...

Table of Contents Acknowledgments . ii Abstract v Chapter 1. Introduction .1 1.1 Evaluation of Small Strain Stiffness under Ko-Conditions in Dry and Unsaturated Soils 1 1.2 Evaluation of Small and Large Stiffness under Multi-axial State of Stress Conditions in Unsaturated Soil with Suction Control 1 1.3 Organization .2...