Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The poetry of affirmation has not been easy in our time. It has not been easy to achieve, not has it been easy to accept. The confusion and chaos in which we live and continue to live seem to deny the possibility of any real affirmation capable of persisting though change. It is easier, therefore, to impose upon a limitation that denies its ultimate seriousness, to think of it in terms of usefulness in some practical or moral sense. To think of it otherwise seems to risk the separation of art from life; and the change that modern art has cut itself off from life has been so prevalent as to require no documentation. The most serious accusation against Wallace Stevens has grown out of this change. [TRUNCATED]

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Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam. / Auteursnaam op omslag: Wim van Dam. Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

Proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. / Met lit.opg. en samenvatting in het Nederlands.

1. Introduction (i) A summary of the main aspects of Sartre's philosophical theories, especially those which relate to the concepts of freedom and commitment. (ii) A brief discussion of Sartre’s theories on the novel. 2. L'Age de raison: "la vaine liberté" (i) The importance of technique in advancing Sartre's aims in the novel; in this case, his use of the multiple point of view approach. (ii) Initial discussion of the principal characters and their relevance to the main themes of the novel. 3. Le Sursis: "la liberté, en situation" (i) Sartre's skilful use of the technique of "simultaneity." (ii) Daniel Sereno and the significance of the "le regard" motif in advancing Sartre's aims. (iii) Reasons why Le Sursis is more successful than L'Age de raison in terms of Sartre's aims. 4. La Mort dans l'âme: "La Liberté, c'est la terreur." (i) Final examination of the characters and their progress (if any) along their "chemins de la liberté." (ii) Mathieu's decision to stand and fight: discussion of the degree to which he has "succeeded" in terms of Sartre's philosophy. (iii) Discussion of how Sartre divides this volume into virtually two separate novels, and the reasons why this is a serious weakness in the work. 5. Conclusion (i) Sartre's reasons for abandoning Les Chemins de la liberté. (ii) Sartre fails to observe his own rules about novel-writing. (iii) Serious faults in Sartre's characterisation, especially his failure to create convincing characters, and the consequent lack of human interest in the novel. (iv) Despite several impressive features (effective depiction of minor characters; technical skill; ability to depict an atmosphere of evil and decay), Les Chemins de la liberté falls considerably short of achieving Sartre's clearly defined aims.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 2010. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-73). / This work focuses on a generalization of the models for rational homotopy theory developed by D. Sullivan and D. Quillen and p-adic homotopy developed by M. Mandell to K(1)-local homotopy theory. The work is divided into two parts. The first part is a reflection on M. Mandell's model for p-adic homotopy theory. Reformulating M. Mandell's result in terms of an adjunction between p-complete, nilpotent spaces of finite type and a subcategory of commutative HIF,-algebras, the main theorem shows that the unit of this adjunction induces an isomorphism between the unstable HF, Adams spectral sequence and the HIF, Goerss-Hopkins spectral sequence. The second part generalizes M. Mandell's model for p-adic homotopy theory to give a model for K(1)-localization. The main theorem gives a model for the K(1)- localization of an infinite loop space as a certain derived mapping space of K(1)- local ring spectra. This result is proven by analyzing a more general functor from finite spectra to a mapping space of K -algebras using homotopy calculus, and then taking the continuous homotopy fixed points with respect to the prime to p Adams operations. / Ph.D.

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Given rising work and family demands in our society for both men and women, the experience of work-family conflict is commonplace. Work-family conflict occurs when the demands of work or family make it difficult to meet the demands of the alternate domain. A sizeable body of research has established work-family conflict and its nomological network. Despite decades of research, we have yet to form a precise understanding of when work-family conflicts occur and what happens when a conflict arises. The current research addresses these questions using an experience sampling, episodic approach. Two primary research questions are addressed. First, I used border and boundary theory to identify when work-family conflict episodes are likely to occur. Second, I used stressor-strain and allostatic load theories to examine what happens with regard to psychological, physiological, and behavioral strain following an episodic work-family conflict over time. The results suggest work-family conflict occurs when individuals transition in between work and family domains. Further, family-to-work conflict tends to occur in the morning, while work-to-family conflict tends to occur in the afternoon. Fatigue showed significant reactivity at the time of a family-to-work conflict and recovered in the following time point. Unhealthy eating also showed a sleeper pattern, such that unhealthy eating increased at the end of the day, following a work-to-family conflict. Unexpectedly, fatigue decreased at the time of a family-to-work conflict, indicating family-to-work conflict may be a restorative, rather than taxing. Post-hoc analyses showed some evidence that work-to-family conflict accumulation is associated with increased strain over the course of three days. Again, results suggest family-to-work conflict accumulation may reduce, rather than increase, strain. Implications for the theoretical relationship between work-family conflict and strain, as well as border/boundary theory are discussed. In addition, practical implications for flexible work initiatives and episodic research design are considered.

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The 2012 excavation of a single housepit (Housepit 54) at the Bridge River Village site (EeR14) offers the unique opportunity to look at lithic organization and techinological strategies during the Fur Trade era in the Middle Fraser Canyon. The main goal of this research is to understand how the winter occupation of Housepit 54 may have affected the lithic technological strategies carried out at Bride River Village. As a winter pithouse, lithic raw material sources would be inaccessible during the three months of occupation. The hypothesis of this thesis is structured with a theory of risk framework in order to understand what strategies may have been implemented in order to minimize the risk of exhausting raw material over the winter. This thesis will also seek to explore the ethnographic record in relation to the archaeological record in order to extrapolate a model of lithic organization. The hypothesis proposes that certain strategies such as bipolar reduction and high production intensity would be applied in order to conserve raw material over the winter. Tools size, expedient reuse and longer use-lives are also factors anticipated from the hypothesis. These factors are highly testable variables that will provide a deeper understanding of lithic technological strategies, but also, will provide insight into the activities being carried out over the winter occupation at Bridge River Village during the Fur Trade era.