My dissertation challenges the longstanding dismissal of love in James Joyce's texts by examining the ethical and political implications of his love stories. Primarily using Martin Buber's works (but also including perspectives derived from bell hooks and Julia Kristeva), I define love as an affirmation of otherness and adopt a critical framework that promotes the love of others over the narcissistic devotion to oneself. In so doing, I highlight love as the ultimate challenge to authoritarian systems because the embrace of the other is necessary to transcend the boundaries that alienate individuals from each other and that justify imperialist and racist political structures. I thus offer a love ethic that not only compels meaningful individual interaction, but also establishes a model for effective social and civic participation, encouraging a climate of cooperation that embraces the solidarity and empathy needed for progressive politics. I also argue that analyzing Joyce's works provides a fruitful opportunity to recognize the individual and political viability of this love ethic. Focusing on Dubliners, Stephen Hero, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Exiles, and Ulysses, I examine the relationships between his characters' pursuits of love and their socio-political struggles, arguing that their love for others directly influences their acceptance of otherness within the colonialist discourses of Joyce's Dublin. For example, James Duffy's refusal of Emily Sinico in "A Painful Case" also rejects her advice to engage in the political cooperation that would promote his socialist ideas. Similarly, Stephen Dedalus's promotion of symbolic romance over real-world attachments focuses his aesthetics on ideal beauty instead of everyday Dublin, which alienates him from his audience and limits the practical success of his art. By contrast, Leopold Bloom's love for his wife Molly reflects a broader empathy for others that encourages social dialogue and counteracts what Joyce called "the old pap of racial hatred," an element in both British imperialism and Irish nationalism. My dissertation's afterword anticipates the amorous potential of Finnegans Wake, reading ALP's concluding soliloquy as a demonstration of her enduring affection for HCE that is reignited through each iteration of the text's cyclical narrative.

This thesis is an inquiry into the position of concrete as an architectural material in architectural production and expression. With increasing use of concrete in architecture not only technical properties but also aesthetical ones of the material came to foreground. Reconsidering concrete as a building material, the thesis aims to find out tectonic possibilities of concrete as an architectural expression tool. The purpose to search for concrete&#039 / s tectonic potentials is to rescue it from its bad connotations and reveal it as an architectural tool instead of being mere constructional mean for an end. In order to explore aesthetic qualities of concrete as a part of architectural production, the scrutiny of tectonic theories provide a conceptual framework for a contemporary interpretation of concrete usage in architecture. Kenneth Frampton, Karl B&ouml / tticher, Gottfried Semper and Martin Heidegger are the key references to understand the tectonic potentials of concrete material in architecture. Within the framework of Semper&#039 / s abstract procedures, manipulation of concrete material is analyzed through the specific examples. Structure and symbol, material and method, clear structure and joint are the consulted binary keywords related to the evaluation of tectonic aspects of concrete in architecture. By the technological developments, concrete material -both as a science and art- has been freed from the constraints of traditional production techniques and generated a field for the imaginative creations of the architect. When considered as a part of architectural design, concrete constitutes not only the &quot / core-form&quot / , but with its innate qualities revealed by the designer it transposes the building into an &quot / art-form&quot / . Constituting the structure, surface, or detail of building, concrete material has the ability to express architectural meanings behind design concept. This study attempts to identify concrete material as a value indicating to tectonic, craft, &quot / poiesis&quot / , technology connotations and emphasizes its architectural expression power.

Since Shakespeare was introduced to China at the beginning of the 20th Century, the Chinese have translated the English playwright's plays and performed them on the Chinese stage either in the form of spoken drama or the traditional Chinese opera. No matter which approach is chosen to perform the dramatist, it is an intercultural form in introducing him to the Chinese.

Since Shakespeare was introduced to China at the beginning of the 20th Century, the Chinese have translated the English playwright's plays and performed them on the Chinese stage either in the form of spoken drama or the traditional Chinese opera. No matter which approach is chosen to perform the dramatist, it is an intercultural form in introducing him to the Chinese.

An der TU Dresden wurde eine Forschungsarbeit zur experimentell-theoretischen Analyse des Tragverhaltens von Verankerungen durchgeführt, die hauptsächlich zur oberflächenparallelen Einleitung großer Schubkräfte in einen Betongrund ausgelegt sind. Diese Verankerungen ermöglichen die Übertragung einer großen Querkraftbe¬anspruchung mit geringer Exzentrizität zur Oberfläche, die mit einer Normalbean¬spruchung in Zug- oder Druckrichtung kombiniert werden kann. Die wesentlichen Grundelemente sind zumindest ein Schubdübel, ein Zuganker und eine Grundplatte, mehrere Schubdübel oder Anker können vorhanden sein. Der quaderförmige Schub¬dübel überträgt die Kraft in den Beton. Die angreifenden Lastmomente und das Moment aus der exzentrischen Einleitung der Schublast werden in ein vor und hinter dem Dübel wirkendes Kräftepaar zerlegt. Die Zugkomponente wird dem Zuganker in Form eines Kopfbolzendübels zugewiesen. Die Grundplatte verbindet die lastseitige Befestigungskonstruktion mit den lastübertragenden Bauteilen Schubdübel und Zug¬anker. Gleichzeitig kann die Grundplatte in den Beton eingelassen sein und überträgt dann ebenfalls Schublasten. Die Lastabtragung und das Verhalten der Einbauteile im Versuch wurden analysiert. Von besonderer Bedeutung ist hierbei die Last-Verschiebungslinie, die die Lastüber¬tragung charakterisiert. Ziel war es, ein Bemessungskonzept zur Dimensionierung der Schubdübel zu erarbeiten. Um die im Versuch erkennbare maßgebende Beein¬flussung der Lastübertragungskapazität durch den sich einstellenden Verformungs¬zustand eingehender untersuchen zu können, wurde der Versuch mit finiten Elemen¬ten abgebildet. So war es möglich, in einem ersten Schritt Lastübertragungskapazitä¬ten für unverformte Systeme zu ermitteln, die praktisch im Versuch nicht oder nur extrem aufwändig realisiert werden könnten. In einem zweiten Schritt kann dann der Einfluss der Verformung berücksichtigt werden. Hierbei können die Parameter ge¬nauer und vielschichtiger variiert werden als dies bei den relativ aufwändigen Versu¬chen rein quantitativ möglich war. Das in dieser Arbeit vorgestellte Berechnungsver¬fahren liefert neben der maximal aufnehmbaren Schubbeanspruchung geometrisch beliebiger Einbauteile auch die Beanspruchbarkeit einzelner Baugruppen und erlaubt es zu beurteilen, inwieweit die einzelnen Lastübertragungsmechanismen additiv oder alternativ wirksam sind. Das Verfahren gibt Auskunft über das zu erwartende lastabhängige Verhalten der Einbauteile inklusive der Vorhersage von Teilversagens¬zuständen. Das Potential der Befestigungssysteme zur Übertragung großer Schublasten ist durch die Aufsplittung der Lastkomponenten und Übertragung durch spezialisierte Bauteile begründet. Diese können in ihrer Beschaffenheit den Erfordernissen optimal angepasst werden. Einsatzgebiete für diese Befestigungen sind alle konzentrierten Lasteinleitungen oder Montagestöße zwischen Betonbauteilen oder Stahl-Holz-Kon¬struktionen auf der einen und Betonelementen auf der anderen Seite. Neben der Auflagerung von Trägern oder Fassadenelementen ist vor allem auch an die Ertüchti¬gung und Verstärkung bestehender Betonbauteile durch zusätzliche Stahlkonstrukti¬onen zu denken. / An experimental and theoretical analysis of the behaviour of complex shear loaded fastenings was carried out at Dresden University of Technology. The main focus was on applications which introduce a great amount of shear load value parallel to the surface into a concrete base using a stell shear lug. The behaviour of these special fixings is presented as the result of the finished research program. Structures, as shown in the opposite figure, are able to transmit high values of shear loads to the anchor ground. An additional loading of normal force und bending moment is suitable, but will only be supposed to cover the necessary tolerance and off centre condition of the fixture parts. The advantage of fastening with shear lugs is based on the splitting of the load transfer into different components. The shear lug/lugs caries/carry the shear load, and the tie bar itself only balances the system by tension load due to moment loading and normal loading. Thusall loads are transferred by highly specialized components. If the base plate is embedded, there will be a shear load transferred in front of the base plate, too. The load carrying behaviour of the fastenings in the experiments is analyzed. Here, the load-displacement relationship is of special importance . This thesis aims at elaborating a dimensioning concept for the design of shear lugs. The tests show a decisive influence of the movements – displacements as well as rotations – of the fastenings to the load carrying capacity. In order to to be able to examine this behaviour, the experiment is redesigned by finite elements. In a first step it is therefore possible to examine fastenings without movements based on the anchor bolt stiffness. In a second step, the influence of the deformation can be explored. Here, the parameters can be varied more exactly and in a more complex way than this is possible in terms of quantity with the comparetively extensive test setup. The calculation method being introduced here does not only supply the maximum shear load transfer capacity of the hole fastening system, a system with free geometries, but also shows the partial shear load transfer capacity of the individual parts of the unit. This method is a means of predicting the load-related behaviour of the fastenings to be expected, including the forecast of partial failure states. As a result, a suggestion for the design of the fittings is shown. This design can be applied to all fittings by splitting the different load components to especially provided anchor elements. The design resistance and behaviour of the fastenings is estimated, depending on different geometries and stiffness conditions of the lug. Different strength classes of the concrete as well as different load combinations are taken into consideration. First examples from building sites are also available.

An der TU Dresden wurde eine Forschungsarbeit zur experimentell-theoretischen Analyse des Tragverhaltens von Verankerungen durchgeführt, die hauptsächlich zur oberflächenparallelen Einleitung großer Schubkräfte in einen Betongrund ausgelegt sind. Diese Verankerungen ermöglichen die Übertragung einer großen Querkraftbe¬anspruchung mit geringer Exzentrizität zur Oberfläche, die mit einer Normalbean¬spruchung in Zug- oder Druckrichtung kombiniert werden kann. Die wesentlichen Grundelemente sind zumindest ein Schubdübel, ein Zuganker und eine Grundplatte, mehrere Schubdübel oder Anker können vorhanden sein. Der quaderförmige Schub¬dübel überträgt die Kraft in den Beton. Die angreifenden Lastmomente und das Moment aus der exzentrischen Einleitung der Schublast werden in ein vor und hinter dem Dübel wirkendes Kräftepaar zerlegt. Die Zugkomponente wird dem Zuganker in Form eines Kopfbolzendübels zugewiesen. Die Grundplatte verbindet die lastseitige Befestigungskonstruktion mit den lastübertragenden Bauteilen Schubdübel und Zug¬anker. Gleichzeitig kann die Grundplatte in den Beton eingelassen sein und überträgt dann ebenfalls Schublasten. Die Lastabtragung und das Verhalten der Einbauteile im Versuch wurden analysiert. Von besonderer Bedeutung ist hierbei die Last-Verschiebungslinie, die die Lastüber¬tragung charakterisiert. Ziel war es, ein Bemessungskonzept zur Dimensionierung der Schubdübel zu erarbeiten. Um die im Versuch erkennbare maßgebende Beein¬flussung der Lastübertragungskapazität durch den sich einstellenden Verformungs¬zustand eingehender untersuchen zu können, wurde der Versuch mit finiten Elemen¬ten abgebildet. So war es möglich, in einem ersten Schritt Lastübertragungskapazitä¬ten für unverformte Systeme zu ermitteln, die praktisch im Versuch nicht oder nur extrem aufwändig realisiert werden könnten. In einem zweiten Schritt kann dann der Einfluss der Verformung berücksichtigt werden. Hierbei können die Parameter ge¬nauer und vielschichtiger variiert werden als dies bei den relativ aufwändigen Versu¬chen rein quantitativ möglich war. Das in dieser Arbeit vorgestellte Berechnungsver¬fahren liefert neben der maximal aufnehmbaren Schubbeanspruchung geometrisch beliebiger Einbauteile auch die Beanspruchbarkeit einzelner Baugruppen und erlaubt es zu beurteilen, inwieweit die einzelnen Lastübertragungsmechanismen additiv oder alternativ wirksam sind. Das Verfahren gibt Auskunft über das zu erwartende lastabhängige Verhalten der Einbauteile inklusive der Vorhersage von Teilversagens¬zuständen. Das Potential der Befestigungssysteme zur Übertragung großer Schublasten ist durch die Aufsplittung der Lastkomponenten und Übertragung durch spezialisierte Bauteile begründet. Diese können in ihrer Beschaffenheit den Erfordernissen optimal angepasst werden. Einsatzgebiete für diese Befestigungen sind alle konzentrierten Lasteinleitungen oder Montagestöße zwischen Betonbauteilen oder Stahl-Holz-Kon¬struktionen auf der einen und Betonelementen auf der anderen Seite. Neben der Auflagerung von Trägern oder Fassadenelementen ist vor allem auch an die Ertüchti¬gung und Verstärkung bestehender Betonbauteile durch zusätzliche Stahlkonstrukti¬onen zu denken. / An experimental and theoretical analysis of the behaviour of complex shear loaded fastenings was carried out at Dresden University of Technology. The main focus was on applications which introduce a great amount of shear load value parallel to the surface into a concrete base using a stell shear lug. The behaviour of these special fixings is presented as the result of the finished research program. Structures, as shown in the opposite figure, are able to transmit high values of shear loads to the anchor ground. An additional loading of normal force und bending moment is suitable, but will only be supposed to cover the necessary tolerance and off centre condition of the fixture parts. The advantage of fastening with shear lugs is based on the splitting of the load transfer into different components. The shear lug/lugs caries/carry the shear load, and the tie bar itself only balances the system by tension load due to moment loading and normal loading. Thusall loads are transferred by highly specialized components. If the base plate is embedded, there will be a shear load transferred in front of the base plate, too. The load carrying behaviour of the fastenings in the experiments is analyzed. Here, the load-displacement relationship is of special importance . This thesis aims at elaborating a dimensioning concept for the design of shear lugs. The tests show a decisive influence of the movements – displacements as well as rotations – of the fastenings to the load carrying capacity. In order to to be able to examine this behaviour, the experiment is redesigned by finite elements. In a first step it is therefore possible to examine fastenings without movements based on the anchor bolt stiffness. In a second step, the influence of the deformation can be explored. Here, the parameters can be varied more exactly and in a more complex way than this is possible in terms of quantity with the comparetively extensive test setup. The calculation method being introduced here does not only supply the maximum shear load transfer capacity of the hole fastening system, a system with free geometries, but also shows the partial shear load transfer capacity of the individual parts of the unit. This method is a means of predicting the load-related behaviour of the fastenings to be expected, including the forecast of partial failure states. As a result, a suggestion for the design of the fittings is shown. This design can be applied to all fittings by splitting the different load components to especially provided anchor elements. The design resistance and behaviour of the fastenings is estimated, depending on different geometries and stiffness conditions of the lug. Different strength classes of the concrete as well as different load combinations are taken into consideration. First examples from building sites are also available.

Keywords "Long" 18th century; 18th century; Baroque; Enlightenment; Czech National Revival; history of Czech language; development of Czech language; Czech language in the Baroque period; Czech language in the times of the Czech National Revival; Czech language in the "long" 18th century; manuscript; scribe's usage; cultural Czech language; books of historiographic records; historiography; "folk chronicles"; gramatography; grammar books; Baroque stylistics; Baroque rhetoric; history of spelling; development of spelling; history of phonetics; development of phonetics; history of morphology; development of morphology; development of the lexis; Chlumec nad Cidlinou; Kutná Hora; Milčice; Nové Strašecí; Pelhřimov; Roudnice nad Labem; František Šolc; Vojtěch Kegler; František Jan Vavák; Filip Ignác Dremsa; Antonín Štěpán; Vojtěch Jílek; Václav Preinhelter. Abstract The traditional view describing Czech literary works written in the period from the late 17th century to the end of 18th century as signs of decline in the level of Czech language and literature has been successfully overcome by linguists over the past few decades. However, most papers covering the topic were focused on prints; handwritten sources are being analysed marginally and unsystematically. The aim of this dissertation is to provide a more...

This thesis is focused on relation between geocaching and sustainable development. It deals with this relation on basis of approach of geocachers to cache-making and on basis of state of caches in different areas. Approach of geocachers to cache-making tests by semi-structured interviews analyzed by Grounded theory and by internet data analysis. State of caches in different areas tests map data analysis. Outcome shows rather positive relation of geocaching and sustainable development. Strong points of the game are in positive influence on sustaining and shift of memory of places, increasing place atractivity and partly environmetal education. Study can be beneficial for instance for protected natural areas administration, public administration or administration of destination management of areas. Scientific benefit of this thesis lies in surveying this theme and creating basis for next research. Keywords: geocaching, sustainable development, sustainable tourism, destination management, environmental education. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The thesis The Attempts of Spain at Power Recuperation in the sixties of the 19th Century analyzes five actions of military and naval character undertaken by the Spanish Monarchy out of its territories roughly between the years 1858 and 1866, along with their preconditions, circumstances, course, and results. In the comparison with two actions realized or initiated by Spain as early as towards the close of the 1850s (her participation in the French intervention in Vietnam in 1858-1863, the war against Morocco in 1859-1860), an profounder attention is paid to three interventions effectuated from 1861 in the American countries which still approximately four decades before had been creating components of her great overseas empire (the reannexation of Santo Domingo in 1861- 1865; the participation in the so-called Tripartite Intervention in Mexico in 1861-1862; the naval expedition towards the South America's Pacific watersides that culminated in Spanish-Peruvian controversy of 1864 and afterwards, in the so-called First Pacific War, managed in 1865-1866 by Spain against the South America's Pacific republics, primarily against Chile and Peru). After all, just the Hispanic American emancipation, consummated in the 1820s (and thus, the decomposition of the great Spanish empire in continental America, after three...

This thesis deals with waste and waste management in 19th century in Prague. The theoretical basis is the concept of "urban metabolism", which part is waste, as the metabolic output. Waste is also seen as an example of interactions between city and its hinterland. The intention of this thesis is to prove the proposition on the case of Prague, that the 19th century wasn't the century of waste. At the time of progressing industrialization and demand of raw materials there was the tendency to reuse every potentially usable material. This thesis describes based on literature and especially on analysis of archival documents the particular steps of waste management in 19th century in Prague (city cleaning, collection, transport and disposal of waste), whereas the main concern lays in interaction of city and its hinterland in context of waste disposal. The results of the analysis are widely interpreted in conclusions. key words: waste, waste management, Prague, "the long" 19th century, process of industrialization, interactions of city and its hinterland, social and urban metabolism, environmental history