Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 407-454) Also available in print.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 407-454) Also available online.

Stuttgart, FH, Diplomarb., 2002.

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 1974. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-39).

Zweite Studienarbeit Hochschule für Angewandte Psychologie Zürich, 2004.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-376).

Ce travail doctoral consiste en une observation mémique des phénomènes de résistance caractéristiques des pratiques de fans sur les médias sociaux. L'objectif est double : d'une part, resituer les fans et les producteurs de sens officiels dans la fonction qu'ils tiennent respectivement au sein de la structure de la production culturelle de manière à en exposer les rapports de force. Pour ce faire, nous ciblerons notre analyse sur un type de fans spécifique, ceux réunis autour de thématiques queer visibles ou non dans les séries télévisées américaines et qui utilisent la technologie numérique dans leurs démarches de réécriture et de contestation de l'état actuel de la représentation télévisuelle des diverses identités et expériences sociales.Un recours à la théorie mémique nous permettra, d'autre part, d'envisager les acteurs impliqués dans les dynamiques qui s'opèrent au sein de la structure de production et de réception des contenus culturels, non plus selon la fonction qu'ils occupent, mais en s'intéressant à la formation de ces fonctions en amont au gré d'idées qui voyagent et d'informations qui s'encodent. La mémétique en tant que théorie évolutionniste darwinienne représentera un outil nécessaire à la compréhension de la formation des groupes et des dynamiques qui régissent leurs interactions, et rendra ainsi possible une conception des groupes « fans » et « producteurs » en tant que super-organismes, soit en tant que complexes sociaux formés d'individus mus par un mème commun. Nous nous emploierons donc, à travers l'analyse de la transmission des récits LGBTQ sur le paradigme des séries TV américaines, à conceptualiser la résistance en tant que phénomène mémique résultant de l'ascendance d'un super-organisme sur un autre. / This dissertation aims at looking at the phenomena of fan resistance on social media through the memetic perspective. The objective is twofold: on one hand, to determine the function held by fans and official meaning-makers in the overall structure of cultural production as to reveal their power dynamics. For that purpose, we shall focus on a specific type of fans, namely television fans who connect around queer matters – whether those matters are broached in American TV contents or not – and who make digital technology part of their rewriting practices as well as their protests against the lack of diversity and authentic representation in current US television shows.On the other hand, adopting the meme's eye view will allow us to contemplate these power dynamics between fans and producers by questioning the mecanisms at play in the formation of each of their functions in the production/reception structure. Memetics understood as a Darwinian theory of cultural evolution shall prove to be an efficient tool for interpreting the creation of groups and group interactions, and thus allow us to conceptualize "fans" and "producers" as superorganisms, social complexes of individuals driven by a common meme. We will, through an analysis of the ways in which LGBTQ television narratives are transmitted, problematize fan resistance to cultural contents as a memetic instance: a battle between superorganisms.

Clay minerals from sediment samples obtained on Astoria Fan were analyzed by X-ray diffraction. Clay minerals are defined for the purpose of this study as crystalline phyllosilicates less than two microns in equivalent settling diameter. The clay minerals are subdivided into the five common families: montmorillonite, chlorite, vermiculite, illite, and kaolinite. One X-ray scan of a magnesium ion saturated, ethylene glycol treated sample was sufficient for the identification of all the clay minerals. A typical Recent hemipelagic sediment contains about 40 percent montmorillonite, 30 percent illite, and 30 percent chlorite. Neither kaolinite nor vermiculite is detectable in these samples. These concentrations are similar to those reported for Columbia River sediments. The surface sediments have an identical clay mineral assemblage from the head of Astoria Canyon to the outer edge of the fan approximately 250 kilometers offshore. All of the Recent sediments in piston cores from Astoria Fan are the same as the surface sediments on the fan. This similarity indicates an unchanging source during Recent time and a lack of any visible marine diagenesis after burial. X-ray traces of Pleistocene clay minerals are distinctly different from those of the Recent. One can use this change in clay mineralogy as a time marker across the fan. Presumably the Pleistocene clays were formed under different weathering conditions caused by different climatic conditions. / Graduation date: 1967

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 25, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129).

An improved test system for acoustical rating of air-movement devices was installed and evaluated at the Riverside Energy Efficiency Laboratory at Texas A&M University where measurements of sound pressure levels were carried out using an array of six microphones instead of the existing rotating boom- microphone setup. The new array setup did not generate any inherent transient noise peaks, which provided adequate signal-to-noise ratios suitable for low sone fan testing. The reverberation chamber was qualified for broad-band testing in the frequency range 50 Hz to 10 kHz. Important acoustical parameters, namely, reverberation time and natural modes of the chamber, were determined. The purpose of this study was to identify potential background noise sources by computing the coherence functions between microphones placed outside the chamber and a microphone placed within the chamber. No strong coherence was observed, thus indicating adequate sound attenuation characteristics of the chamber walls. The effect of background noise levels on the loudness rating of fans was evaluated. A low sone fan and a louder fan (loudness greater than one sone) were tested during night time when the background noise is the least and during daytime and with the air conditioners running (high background noise level). While both fan types showed no significant change in loudness when tested during daytime and during the night, accurate ratings were not obtained with the air-conditioners running due to inconsistent spectrum. Finally, it was observed that with the six decibels separation requirement between the fan and background noise spectra for a low sone fan, at very low frequencies (below 63 Hz), despite inadequate fan- background separation, the loudness rating of the fan does not change as the minimum perceived loudness at these frequencies is very high. At very high frequencies (greater than 5 kHz), the fan does not generate any noise and hence the fan and the background noise sound pressure levels are very close to each other.