In an effort to assist self-guided artists in constructing meaning and creativity through the technique of printmaking, the author has compiled a curriculum to engage these artist/students in thoughtful research, discussion, art-making, and critique. In this qualitative case study there are eight participants from age 14 to 79, with varying educational and art experience, who enrolled in a relief print workshop with no recompense other than participation. The particular benefits of learning relief printing are described. The author's goal is exploration of student responses to a curriculum centered around constructing meaning and engaging in introspective and informed discussion. In fostering open inquiry and analysis, the author was able to cultivate a place of personal discovery in a community class and gain insights into teaching, learning, and curriculum design.

Text in English / Advertising is a genre of mass media communication which unearths the exceptional qualities of products and services in a persuasive fashion. It is also a form of marketing communication through which business organizations inform the general public about new or improved commercial endeavors. Advertising in modern time comprises varied component parts (visual imagery, graphic and color designs, print and auditory techniques.); however, language plays an indispensable role in the transmission of the message. Language has an immense influence on human beings and the way they behave. The language of advertising influences the reasoning, thinking, feeling and the general attitude of the audience. Copywriters, like poets, choose their words carefully in order to achieve a particular rhetorical effect. They use language in such a way that they attract attention, arouse interest or desire and create need. Language forms an integral part of advertisements. The current study focused on persuasive elements in the English employed in advertisements in newspapers in Ghana. The study investigated the extent to which Aristotle’s three artistic proofs (logos, pathos and ethos), figures of speech and grammatical elements in the English of advertisements in the Ghanaian newspapers were employed by copywriters for persuasive effect. The current study was underpinned by three theories, namely, Aristotle’s Rhetorical Theory, Conventional Figurative Language Theory and the Standard Theory of Generative Grammar. These theories lent support to the three thematic trends of the study. The qualitative research design was employed given the interpretive nature of the analysis of the corpus. The current study did not involve human subjects as data sources because the corpus was from written documents. The purposive sampling method was employed owing to the subjective nature of the process of data collection. The qualitative content analysis approach was adopted as the analytical framework for the study. This made it possible for the coding of categories of the textual data based on the themes, patterns and trends that emerged. The findings of the research revealed that copywriters in the Ghanaian newspapers employed Aristotle’s three artistic proofs, figures of speech and grammatical elements in the English of advertisements for persuasive effect. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / D. Phil. (Language, Linguistics and Literature)

O uso de novas tecnologias na odontologia, como a técnica CAD/CAM, promete ser uma opção relevante no que diz respeito à confecção das placas oclusais, empregadas no tratamento de disfunções temporomandibulares. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi desenvolver uma técnica para desenho e confecção de placas oclusais pelo método CAD/CAM, em impressora 3D, e verificar seus resultados clínicos no tratamento de pacientes com disfunções temporomandibulares. Para o desenho das placas foi desenvolvida uma metodologia de desenho digital (CAD), utilizando o software Meshmixer® (Autodesk, USA), e de registro das relações maxilo-mandibulares. A partir dessa metodologia iniciou-se um estudo clínico randomizado comparativo entre as placas CAD/CAM produzidas em impressora 3D e placas produzidas convencionalmente em laboratório. O estudo foi realizado em duas etapas, 18 pacientes foram avaliados de acordo com os critérios de inclusão e exclusão. Na Etapa 1 (n=18) foram realizados testes técnicos comparativos das duas placas em relação à dor, por meio da Escala Visual Analógica; atividade muscular; ajuste interno; báscula; conforto; tempo de instalação; pontos de contato oclusal. Todos os pacientes da amostra utilizaram os dois tipos de placas. Na Etapa 2, estes pacientes foram divididos randomicamente em dois grupos para o estudo clínico randomizado (estudo cego): Grupo IMP (n=9) (placas impressas) e grupo LAB (n=9) (placas convencionais laboratoriais). Os grupos foram avaliados após 1 mês de uso, por meio dos Questionários, RDC/TMD, SF-36, escala visual de dor EVA, e pelos pontos de contato oclusais. Os dados foram avaliados estatisticamente usando os testes de Wilcoxon, de Mann-Whitney, e de Kruskal-Wallis nas análises quantitativas; os testes Qui-Quadrado e Exato de Fisher, nas variáveis categóricas. Os resultados mostraram que houve diferenças significativas (P-valor<0.05) nas avaliações para conforto, ajuste interno e tempo de confecção das placas, a favor das placas impressas. Nas demais avaliações, os grupos foram equivalentes (não- significantes). Concluiu-se que foi possível desenvolver uma técnica para desenho e confecção de placas oclusais pelo método CAD/CAM, em impressora 3D, e que o desempenho clínico foi equivalente entre as placas convencionais e impressas, sendo que estas se mostraram superiores quanto ao conforto e quanto à adaptação da superfície interna da placa, mostrando ser este um método possível e viável economicamente. / The use of new technologies in dentistry, as the CAD/CAM technique, promises to be a relevant option concerning the manufacture of occlusal splints for temporomandibular disorders treatment. The aim of this research was to develop a technique for design and manufacture occlusal splints using the CAD/CAM method and 3D printer and verify the clinical results in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders patients. It was developed a technique for occlusal splint design a using the software Meshmixer® (Autodesk, USA) and a technique to register the jaws relationship. From this method, it was started a Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) to compare splints made through the CAD/CAM technique and others made conventionally in a dental lab. The study was performed in two steps, 18 patients were selected based on the inclusion/exclusion criteria. In Step 1 (n=18) patients were comparatively evaluated, using both splints, in relation to pain, using the visual analog scale; internal adjustment of the splint; patients comfort; time spent to deliver the appliance and occlusal contacts pattern. In Step 2, these patients were allocated in two groups (n=9 each group) randomly to the RCT be performed (blind study): Group IMP - printed splints and Group LAB (conventional lab splints). Both groups were assessed after 1 month using the splint using RDC/TMD and SF-36 questionnaires, the visual analog scale for pain, and occlusal contacts pattern. The data were statistically evaluated using Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis test for qualitative analyses and Qui-square and Fisher´s exact tests for categorical variables. The results showed significant statistical differences (p-value<0.05) in favor of printed occlusal splints, related to patients\' comfort, internal adjustment, and time spent to deliver the appliance. All other assessments were equivalents (not significant). It was concluded that it was possible to develop a technique to design and manufacture occlusal splints using CAD/CAM and 3D printer, and furthermore the clinical performance was equivalent comparing conventional and printed occlusal splints, being the printed splints superior to conventional splints in relation to comfort and internal adjustment, proving this is a possible and economically viable method.

Les solutions pour lutter contre la contrefaçon permettant une sécurisation des produits dépendent des capacités de mesure à l’échelle microscopique de points imprimés. Les recherches explicitées dans ce manuscrit ont donc été consacrées au développement d’un équipement et de méthodes permettant de mesurer les imprimés à l’échelle microscopique. Un microscope en réflexion avec lumière polarisée a été associé avec un appareil photographique numérique. La matrice de Bayer a été retirée de la surface du capteur photographique et des images raw ont été enregistrées. La platine du microscope, l’appareil photographique, un photomètre et un thermomètre ont été contrôlés directement dans une interface logicielle développée en Python. Une méthode de mesure permettant d’élargir la gamme dynamique de reflectances mesurées a été proposée. L’appareil et les méthodes de mesures ont permis d’améliorer la précision et d’automatiser la mesure des points de trame à l’échelle microscopique. Les élargissements physique et optique des points de trame ont alors été séparés et analysés. Une méthode d’ajustement des pics de l’histogramme, correspondant à l’encre et au papier, avec une fonction Gaussienne a été proposée. Des algorithmes de seuillage ont été employés pour séparer l’élargissement optique et physique des points de trame. Une méthode objective d’évaluation des algorithmes de seuillage a été développée pour déterminer leurs performances sur les images de tramés. Cette méthode d’évaluation procède à une simulation des effets de la diffusion de la lumière et des défauts générés par l’imagerie afin de générer des images tests et images de référence. 30 algorithmes de seuillage de la littérature ont été évalués et ont présenté une dépendance avec le pourcentage de couverture de l’encre. Deux nouveaux algorithmes de seuillage ont alors été développés spécialement pour traiter les imprimés tramés. Le premier algorithme détermine le déplacement du pic correspondant à l’encre sur l’histogramme. Le deuxième algorithme proposé se base sur une pseudo-déconvolution permettant de prétraiter les images et se basant sur une séparation des effets de l’élargissement optique. Une caractérisation de l’élargissement optique et physique a alors été menée sur 2708 images d’imprimés tramés. Enfin, un modèle de l’élargissement physique et un modèle de l’élargissement optique des points de trame ont été proposés. Le modèle physique se base sur une génération de particules d’encre placées selon une fonction de probabilité et sur une fusion des particules d’encre. Le modèle a été évalué en considérant 43269 points de trame différents, mesurés automatiquement sur le microscope. Un nouveau modèle prédisant la réflectance des tramés a été développé, basé sur une double convolution avec deux fonctions différentes d’étalement du point. Ce modèle a permis de simuler de manière précise les effets principaux de la diffusion de la lumière dans le tramé, tout en simulant les effets de piégeage de la lumière à proximité des bords des points de trame. / Applications in the field of product security and authentication to prevent counterfeiting rely on abilities of microscale measurements of printed dots. Thus, researches described in this manuscript have been directed toward the development of measurement methods and apparatus to characterize halftone dot at the microscale. A polarized reflection optical microscope has been adapted with a commercial digital camera. The Bayer matrix was removed from the surface of the camera and raw images were retrieved. The microscope stage, the camera, the photometer and the thermometer were controlled directly in a Python graphic user interface specifically developed. A high dynamic range capture method was proposed and tuned specifically to obtain richer information on the ink and paper regions. The measurement apparatus and methods helped improve the accuracy and automate the measurements of the halftone dots at the microscale. The physical and optical dot gains were then separated and analyzed. A Gaussian fitting of the ink and paper histogram peaks was proposed to measure automatically the ink and paper region reflectance as a function of the ink coverage. Thresholding algorithms were applied to separate optical and physical dot gain. An objective threshold evaluation method was developed in order to define the best threshold algorithms for halftone images. The method was based on a simulation of the optical dot gain effects and of the microscope distortions to obtain test images and ground truth images. 30 threshold algorithms from literature were evaluated and demonstrated dependency on the ink surface coverage of the halftones. Two novel threshold algorithms were then developed specifically to process halftones. The first threshold algorithm was based on the determination of the amount of ink peak shift. The second threshold algorithm proposed a pretreatment of the images by applying a pseudo-deconvolution strategy, removing the optical dot gain from the halftones. Characterizations of the optical and physical dot gains were then conducted analyzing 2708 different halftones. Finally, a physical dot gain model and an optical dot gain model were proposed in order to predict the halftone reflectances from raster to print. The physical dot gain model was based on the generation of single ink particles placed according to a probability mask and on a fusion of the ink particles. The model was evaluated with 43269 dot morphologies that were captured automatically on the microscope. A novel halftone reflectance model was proposed based on a double convolution with two different paper point spread functions. It allowed an accurate reproduction of the main effects of the light diffusion with, at the same time, an accurate reproduction of the light entrapment near the edges of the dots.

The current study aimed to develop a model of reading comprehension for children in middle primary school. As part of this overall aim there was a particular focus on the contribution of different types of memory to reading comprehension. The variables selected for consideration were identified from the child and adult literature and were of three types: word reading, language, and memory. The sample comprised 180 primary school children in grades 3-5 recruited from two primary schools. Their ages ranged from 8 years 7 months to 11 years 11 months. The reading comprehension measure was in a multiple-choice format with the text available when answering the questions. The five word reading measures were phonological recoding, orthographic processing, text reading accuracy, text reading speed, and a measure of exposure to print and reading experience. It is recognised that, although exposure to print is closely associated with word reading skills, it is not a direct measure of word reading. The language measures were oral comprehension, receptive vocabulary and receptive grammatical skills. The memory measures included measures of verbal and visuospatial short-term memory, measures of verbal and visuospatial working memory, a measure of the ability to inhibit irrelevant information from working memory and a measure of longer term verbal learning and retrieval. Correlational and hierachical multiple regression analyses were used to extrapolate the relationships between and among these variables. The results revealed that, after controlling for age and general intellectual ability, the word reading and the language variables had a much stronger relationship with reading comprehension than the memory variables. The strongest independent predictors of reading comprehension were orthographic processing and oral comprehension. An additive combination of these two variables provided a more parsimonious model of reading comprehension than other models under consideration. It was concluded that for the age range in this study, language and word reading skills are the main predictors of reading comprehension and that the different types of memory do not make major contributions to reading comprehension.

本論文嘗試結合印刷媒體與世代這兩項過去在台灣文學研究中分別獨立的研究範疇，以印刷媒體世代的概念對應以往將日本統治時期的台灣知識社群區分為「傳統文人」或「知識份子」的研究傾向。一方面回頭檢視過去台灣文學研究對於世代概念的引用延伸概況，另一方面也透過卡爾‧曼海姆的世代理論，重新檢視日本統治時期的台灣人是如何透過現代印刷媒體的引進，促成一個文化世代的萌芽與成形。日治時期台灣地區在活字印刷媒體的影響下，形成了一個有別於過去的「文化重疊地域」，印刷品輸入的多源性特質創造了台灣文化的多向性特徵。自此以降，台灣文化菁英與印刷媒體刊物之間的關係愈形緊密，而過去所缺乏的「同時性」與「現實性」認知也越趨明顯，讓這些台灣人在共同參與印刷媒體刊物運作下而形成一個台灣歷史當中的特殊世代。本文在此將之定義為「印刷媒體世代」，進而以個案陳逢源來檢視上述論述的適切性，與未來後續研究運用上的可行性。 / This dissertation attempts to develop a new concept, the Taiwanese Print Media Generation, through integrating two separate research fields, the print media and the theory of generation. The aims of the new approach are twofold: first, to challenge a common conceptual usage of dividing the Taiwanese intelligentsia into “the traditional literati” and “the intellectuals;” second, to reexamine how did the colonial Taiwanese contribute to the origin and formation of a specific generation through introducing modern print media. This dissertation will argue that under the influence of modern print media, a “cross-cultural field” was formed in the colonial Taiwan. Various sources of publications have created diverse characters of Taiwanese culture. Since then, after recognizing the need for an instant system that transfers information of the reality, Taiwanese cultural elites and the print media developed into a tightened relationship. This relationship eventually created a special generation of, as this dissertation defines, the “Taiwanese Print Media Generation.” Finally, the author examines the argument mentioned above in terms of its validity and applicability.

<p>BACKGROUND </p><p>When a customer delivers a colour proof to a printer, they expect the final print to look similar to that proof. Today it is impossible to control if a match between proof and print is technically possible to reach at all. This is mainly due to the fact that no information regarding the production circumstances of the proof is provided, for instance the printer does not know which proofer, RIP or ICC-profile that was used. Situations where similarity between proof and print cannot be reached and the press has to be stopped are both costly and time consuming and are therefore wished to be avoided.</p><p>PURPOSE </p><p>The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the possibility to form a method with the ability control if a proof is of such good quality that it is likely to produce a print that is similar to it.</p><p>METHOD </p><p>The basic assumption was that the quality of a proof could be decided by spectrally measuring known colour patches and compare those values to reference values representing the same patches printed at optimal press conditions. To decide which and how many patches that are required, literature and reports were studied, then a test printing and a comparison between proofing systems were performed. To be able to analyse the measurement data in an effective way a tool that analyses the difference between reference and measurement data was developed using MATLAB. </p><p>RESULT </p><p>The result was a suggestion for a colour proof quality verification method that consists two parts that are supposed to complement each other.The first one was called Colour proofing system evaluation and is supposed to evaluate entire proofing systems. It consists of a test page containing colour patches, grey balance fields, gradations and photographs. The second part is called Colour proof control and consists of a smaller set of colour patches that is supposed to be attached to each proof. </p><p>CONCLUSIONS </p><p>The method is not complete since more research regarding the difference between measurement results and visual impression is needed. To be able to obtain realistic tolerance levels for differences between measurement- and reference data, the method must be tested in every-day production. If this is done the method is thought to provide a good way of controlling the quality of colour proofs.</p>

<p>The purpose of the study is to examine weather the South African print media do pictures crime reporting objective. The aim is also to bring fourth if crime reporting is visualized differently in regional newspapers compared to newspapers in metropolitan areas. Two different qualitative methods have been used; in-depth interviews with South African journalists and text analyses of some of their published articles. Theories as the social responsibility ideology and ethical codes, along with theories about crime in the media context are used in the study.</p><p>The interviews show professional journalists struggling with the task to give a truthful picture of the crime situation in the country. However, crime reporting in South Africa is still covering crime committed against white people in the rich areas, even though crimes against black people in the townships are more commonly reported on to the police. The high amount of violent crime makes the approach quite sensationalistic, because of the high level of news value. The interviewed journalists’ narrative style is corresponding their expressed way of mediate crime and some tend to be more sensational in their style than others. The relationship between the media and the South African police is considered as quite bad. Especially journalists are affected a small city, because of personal relationships tend to influence the professional behaviour. This is a serious problem and it does affect how the journalists are reporting on crime.</p>

The purpose of the study is to examine weather the South African print media do pictures crime reporting objective. The aim is also to bring fourth if crime reporting is visualized differently in regional newspapers compared to newspapers in metropolitan areas. Two different qualitative methods have been used; in-depth interviews with South African journalists and text analyses of some of their published articles. Theories as the social responsibility ideology and ethical codes, along with theories about crime in the media context are used in the study. The interviews show professional journalists struggling with the task to give a truthful picture of the crime situation in the country. However, crime reporting in South Africa is still covering crime committed against white people in the rich areas, even though crimes against black people in the townships are more commonly reported on to the police. The high amount of violent crime makes the approach quite sensationalistic, because of the high level of news value. The interviewed journalists’ narrative style is corresponding their expressed way of mediate crime and some tend to be more sensational in their style than others. The relationship between the media and the South African police is considered as quite bad. Especially journalists are affected a small city, because of personal relationships tend to influence the professional behaviour. This is a serious problem and it does affect how the journalists are reporting on crime.

The role of advertising in postmodern culture is far more than an impetus to capitalist economy; from its first full flowering in the 1920s, it has addressed its human subjects in ways that exceed considerations of monetary exchange. Advertising has come not only to sell people what they desire – it has also materially changed their desire, and thus the people themselves in the process. Certainly ‘individuals’ have become ‘consumers’ – but the problem is greater than this. Advertising, with its undeniable aspects of fantasy, often stands in complete opposition to critical thinking. This examination explores advertising’s effects on the individual through the critical lenses of ideology and psychoanalysis, concluding that although ideology is a relevant methodology, it remains incomplete. Psychoanalytic theory, on the other hand, provides multiple avenues of interpreting how advertising addresses both the conscious and the unconscious mind, and offers a potential methodology for personal resistance and social change.