Orofacial clefts are extremely common birth defects. Orofacial clefts affect a multitude of different areas including feeding, speech, proper tooth development, as well as personality. There are many causes associated with the many different presentations of the birth defect. There have been a multitude of different surgical procedures over time that have dealt with the complications associated with repairing the various clefts. There is no current accepted standard for orofacial cleft repair. In more recent times the focus of the various orofacial clefts procedures have gone from a major procedure where survival was the objective to a more streamline procedure with a man goal of restoring normal human anatomy. Presurgical nasoalveolar molding (PNAM) is more recent procedure that takes advantage of the malleability and rapid growth of facial tissue during the first months of life. This procedure uses a custom acrylic plate that brings the right and left halves of the cleft closer together. This procedure is currently not accepted by all because the long-term effects are unclear. The aim of this study is to point out the short term successes of the PNAM procedure, compare our results to current published studies, and suggest further study that should be completed. A case report was completed on the first five months of treatment on a bilateral cleft lip/ cleft palate case. The case report followed the patient from birth through the first cleft lip closure surgery. The notes taken at weekly appliance adjustment appointments will be reviewed for information on progress as well as behavior and parent involvement. Pictures were also reviewed in order to review progress as well as surgical procedure. After review of the appointment notes and various pictures from throughout the process it was deemed that this PNAM procedure was a success. It was found that there was an overall increase in symmetry in facial structure as well and an increase in facial tissue. After reviewing pictures of the surgical procedure it can be concluded that the overall process was made easier by the PNAM procedure. It is concluded that the PNAM procedure is extremely successful in the short term but in order to receive more concrete results more cases must be reviewed with future follow-ups in order to see consistent long-term results.

Master of Music / Department of Music / Craig A. Weston / Igor Stravinsky used a compositional technique that researchers have termed cut-and-paste. During the compositional process, Stravinsky would write notes on carbon paper, then cut the lower parts out to paste them into other sheets of paper with music on them. This paper examines a few key ways this fits into the compositional process for Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, rev. 1947). In an original work, Whither No One Knows (a chamber work for flute, clarinet, marimba, piano, violin, viola, and cello) several similar cut-and-paste compositional processes were used. These include melodic cut-and-paste, ostinato creation, layering, rhythmic diminution, and extension. These techniques are illustrated and examined. The full score of Whither No One Knows (2009) is included.

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Call number: LD2668 .T4 1978 S85 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1985 C87 / Master of Arts

My journey from an over-practice injury to the final exam concert on a master level. I start with my background and with investigating the possible reasons for my injuries, then continue with providing solutions to my problems. The solutions consist of technical advice, knowledge of ergonomy, information on the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais and the psychological factors. The goal of this thesis was to manage to perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and get away from that experinece without renewing my injury.

In this study psychotherapy training is described from a new epistemological perspective. This perspective, based upon new science and physics and Batesonian evolution, embodies elements of holism, reciprocity, circularity and a both/and view of the universe. From a new epistemological perspective understandings of psychotherapy training are constructed, not discovered. By precluding the notion of absolute truth, an infinite variety of alternative constructions of training becomes possible. The conceptual map constructed in this study incorporates a process model for the training of systemic psychotherapists. In terms of this model, training should be a context where various orders of learning are encountered by student and trainer. In particular, the trainees must learn how to differentiate from each other and how to separate from the trainer. Three evolutionary stages of training are identified to describe how an emancipatory learning context may be created. It is suggested that training may never be concluded. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 22-25, 1984 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada / For maritime applications of distress communications via geostationary satellites a special method of signal processing was developed, called superposition technique. The data frame containing the alert message is transmitted from a distress equipment repeatedly. After being relayed by the satellite the signal is detected and improved by superimposing the frames. Around 14 dB is the actual processing gain. Thus a distress buoy is able to transfer a message from all over the world with high reliability by only transmitting a power of 50 mW omnidirectionally over a slant range of about 40 000 km. The described system, called the Distress Radio Call System (DRCS) was tested in a Coordinated Trials Program (CTP) of 6 nations. Both in a simulation phase and in a field test under exactly the same environmental conditions the DRCS with its superposition technique was able to detect signals with lowest signal-to-noise-density ratio without error. In laboratory tests using GAUSS channel conditions, a system threshold of 13 dB-Hz could be demonstrated. In a real environment (North Cape) 15 dB-Hz was the lower limit for error-free reception. CCIR approved a recommendation in June, 1984 for a system operating through geostationary satellites at 1.6 GHz being a DRCS-type with very little modifications.

The revival of interest in historical performance practice has led to much speculation concerning how early instruments might have been made, played and in particular how early ensembles might have sounded. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the hunting horn became increasingly accepted as an integral member of the orchestra. This new role led to changes in the design of the instrument and also in player technique which in turn led to a change in the sound quality or timbre of the instrument. There are many surviving examples of eighteenth-century horns in museums and private collections worldwide and the significant variation amongst these instruments is evidence of this new and innovative era in the development of the horn. Perhaps the most significant and contentious debate in the discussion on horn technique from this period concerns how and in what situation the hand should be employed within the bell of the instrument. This is the central issue on which the following research has been based. A multifaceted approach was adopted in order to gain a broader insight into the mysteries surrounding the eighteenth-century horn. The various methods used include: acoustical analysis of the effect of the hand in the bell of the horn on intonation and ease of playing in the high register, and analysis of variation in tonal characteristics; ergonomic analysis which lends a practical perspective to the issues surrounding playing technique; bore profile analysis in order to efficiently and effectively compare a large amount of data concerning this fundamental aspect of horn design. The results have shown that an integrated approach to the analysis of eighteenth-century horns, performed systematically on measurements from a large database of over one hundred instruments, has the potential to provide an insight into the development of the horn from a number of different perspectives. A large scale analysis such as this allows trends to be observed which shed new light on regional variation in horn design and playing technique over time.

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