Iliac complexes from pit fowl hens, in 3 groups of 8 animals each having mean ages of 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years, were examined histologically and histochemically for spontaneous atherosclerotic plaques. The purpose being (1) clarification of the role of specific arterial components in elaboration of plaques; (2) demonstration of specific protein polysaccharide involvement in the etiology of these lesions; and (3) quantitation of these compounds. Examination of vessels indicated plaque severity ranged from 2.83 to 4.91 (total intimal involvement) to 3.50 for animals 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years of age. Plaque severity data suggest a normal curve with its mid-point at 2.5 years, while plaque frequency data increase linearly from 37.5% to 87.6%. Spontaneous plaques were characterized by (1) vacuolization of the intima; (2) marked elastic fiber fragmentation in the intimal and medial regions; and (3) alterations to medial collagen and protein- polysaccharides. Significant (P ≤. 05) adventitial reduction accompanied aging and plaque development. Media dimensions simulate a normal curve accompanying age, with mean thickness of 79.10 μ, 159.52 μ, and 98.83 μ for birds of 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years. All ages exhibited increased medial thickness in plaque-containing vessels. Intima dimensions of the three age groups simulate a normal curve with mean thickness of 27.37 μ, 50.29 μ, and 36.80 μ for animals 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years, respectively. Plaque-vessels exhibited significant intimal thickening from 6.0 μ, non- plaque, to 65.96 μ for plaque-vessels. Mean bore diameters for the three ages approximate a normal curve with 254.52 μ, 326.03 μ, and 251.61 μ being significantly different for animals of 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years, respectively. Bore diameters of plaque-vessels were reduced significantly. lliac O. D. for all ages differed significantly with 666.00 μ, 998.64 μ, and 662.55 μ observed for animals 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years, respectively. Toluidin blue-O, pH 4.9 produced marked staining response, and intense gamma metachromasia in the media of plaque-vessels, indicating carbohydrate alterations. Decreased response to toluidin blue-O, pH 2. 6 was observed in plaque-vessels. Intimal response to toluidin blue-O, pH 4.9, and 3.4 exhibited peak intensity at age 2.5 years. Iliac complexes of animals 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years contained 26.2%, 37.1%, and 14.5% elastin, respectively. While non-plaque vessels exhibited a linear increase from 36.7% to 50.3% and 58.8%, plaque-vessels exhibited severe fragmentation and significant decrease in elastin to 8.8%, 32.7%, and 8.2% in birds 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years. Arterial collagen decreased with age from 15.3%, 14.8%, to 7.5% for birds 1.0, 2.5, and 4.4 years. Plaque vessels of birds 1.0 and 4.4 years of age showed decreased collagen content, while those of 2.5 years increased. The pooled mean, however, indicates significant collagen reduction in plaque-vessels. Animals 2.5 and 4.4 years of age exhibited no significant difference for serum cholesterol between plaque and non-plaque animals. Significant differences between age groups, however, were noted. / Ph. D.

The distribution of internal ocelli has been extended to include not only additional anocellate moths but also two species of butterflies. The possible presence of internal ocelli of a different external structure in other Ropalocera is also examined. The structure of internal ocelli is examined by light and electron microscopy. A unique circular rhabdom apparently composed of a single retinular cell was observed in the internal ocelli of sphingids. Pigment cells were found to be absent. Observations were also made on the synapse between first and second order neurons where an apparent axosomatic synapse was found. A nerve complex was found to be associated with the internal ocelli of moths. Nerve branches were found to connect the ocelli to the antenna! nerve, optic lobe, corpus cardiacum and sometimes the tegumentary nerve as well as the external ocellus. Adult moths and butterflies reported to lack external ocelli were found to possess a pair of small external ocelli located on the vertex posterior to the antennae and dorso-medial to the compound eyes. Scanning electron microscopy and histological studies showed the external ocellus to consist of a corneal lens about 26 µ in diameter with cells beneath it. A nerve branch was found to extend from these cells to the internal ocellus in moths. Thus the possibility of a two-part ocellus exists. / Master of Science

Dissertation submitted to the Department of English, University of the Witwatersrand, for the Degree of Master of Arts. / This dissertation is a critical biography of the late Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo, the writer, journalist and editor. It includes a discussion of the main themes of his English and Zulu works. The first chapter outlines Dhlomo's life, and provides background information about his Sociological, historical and political context in order to delineate the man, his reasons for writing, the subject matter of his works, and his Significance for early twentieth century black literature and journalism in South Africa. The second chapter of this dissertation expands on the background to Dhlomo's writing and ideas through an examination of the aims and work of the Zulu Society. The third chapter analyses Dhlomo's use of English and Zulu in his writing, and suggests the ways in which these languages influenced each other, as well ag Dhlomo's achievement as an early black writer in English. The next chapter focuses on those of Dhlomo' s works which are commonly assumed to be fiction. This study reveals the writer's moralistic bias, and his tendency towards didacticism. This tendency as Chapter Four shows, deprives Dhlomo's works of their apparent fictitiousness. Chapter Five is an -overview of Dhlomo's historical works and an analysis of the writer's perception and presentation of history. It contains translations from Dhlomo's books about the Zulu kings from Shaka to Dinuzulu. The final chapter of this dissertation discusses a theme which preoccupied the writer throughout his life, that is, the role of traditional Zulu medicine and religion in modern society. Although Dhlomo's response to this topic varied from work to work, his attitude ultimately did not alter. The chapter demonstrates Dhlomo's desire to retain that which is traditional, as well as his reluctance to accept any concept which challenged Christianity. / Andrew Chakane 2018

by Lai Boon Tsing Joseph. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 212-214) and discography (leave 215). / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The Development of I. Stravinsky's Word- setting Philosophy --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Word-setting of Threni: id est Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae (1957/58) --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- "The Word-setting of A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer (1960/1)" --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Word-setting of Abraham and Isaac (1962/3) --- p.102 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Comparison of the Word-setting of the Three Selected Passages --- p.137 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.156 / Appendices --- p.162 / Bibliography --- p.212 / Discography --- p.215 / List of Appendices / Appendix I THRENI: The metric placement of the normally-stressed syllables --- p.162 / Appendix II THRENI: The metric placement of the normally-unstressed syllables --- p.168 / Appendix IIIA THRENI: Normally-unstressed syllables that are accentuated resulting from an ascending leap in the melody --- p.175 / Appendix IIIB THRENI: Normally-stressed syllables that are accentuated resulting from an ascending leap in the melody --- p.178 / "Appendix IV THRENI: The treatment of the ultimate syllable of a phrase, clause or sentence" --- p.180 / "Appendix V A SERMON， A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER, II A NARRATIVE: Table of monosyllabic sung- words showing their stressed or non- stressed identity" --- p.182 / "Appendix VI A SERMON, A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER, II A NARRATIVE: The metric placement of the normally-stressed syllables" --- p.185 / "Appendix VII A SERMON, A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER, II A NARRATIVE: The metric placement of the normally-unstressed syllables" --- p.187 / "Appendix VIIIA A SERMON， A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER, II A NARRATIVE: Normally-unstressed syllables that are accentuated resulting from an ascending leap in the melody" --- p.189 / "Appendix VIIIB A SERMON, A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER, II A NARRATIVE: Normally-stressed syllables that are accentuated resulting from an ascending leap in the melody" --- p.190 / "Appendix IX A SERMON, A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER,II A NARRATIVE: The distribution of all syllables stressed by all means" --- p.191 / Appendix X ABRAHAM AND ISAAC :The metric placement of the normally-stressed syllables --- p.195 / Appendix XI ABRAHAM AND ISAAC: The metric placement of the normally-unstressed syllables --- p.199 / Appendix XIIA ABRAHAM AND ISAAC : Normally-unstressed syllables that are accentuated resulting from an ascending leap in the melody --- p.204 / Appendix XIIB ABRAHAM AND ISAAC: Normally-stressed syllables that are accentuated resulting from an ascending leap in the melody --- p.206 / "Appendix XIIIA A SERMON, A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER, II A NARRATIVE: The distribution of normally-stressed monosyllabic words" --- p.208 / "Appendix XIIIB A SERMON, A NARRATIVE AND A PRAYER,II A NARRATIVE: The distribution of normally-unstressed monosyllabic words" --- p.210

Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaf 59. / This thesis consists of four parts. Part one is a written dialogue in which I respond to the words and the thoughts of the photographer, Diane Arbus. Through responding to Arbus' thoughts, I had hoped to make clear my own thoughts and feelings about photography and the reasons why I photograph. Part two is a description with drawn sketches. It describes my original plan for the public presentations of my project. Part Three consists of photographic collages with brief written descriptions. It describes the actual public presentations that took place. Part four is a written description of the public presentation project including: l. My original concept and motivation for doing the project. 2. A description of how the concept evolved into its final physical form. 3. What participation in the project meant to the participants and myself. / by Hideji Nagura. / M.S.V.S.

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This study uses analysis, comparison, analogy, and inductive reasoning, to defend the thesis that a theological interpretation of the musical imagination can be arrived at through a correlation of myth and musical form. The first part of the study develops the approach to musical symbolism called presentational idealism, from Plato and Aristotle, through Kant, to Susanne Langer. This approach is then developed alongside evidence from various sources for a relationship between myth and music, to reach the conclusion that a mythical analysis of music is productive and practical. / The second part of the study uses selected compositions of Stravinsky to illustrate the application of mythical analysis. By analyzing formal aspects of Stravinsky's music in terms of their mythic, ritual, and archetypal symbols, a theological quest is perceived in his work, which is dominated by three interrelated symbols: death, rebirth, and eternal life. These three symbols parallel another set of symbols which derives from his aesthetic stance: chaos, discipline, and freedom. By treating Stravinsky's compositions chronologically, a development is observed through his Russian, Neo-classical, and Serial periods, which indicates that these symbolic clusters, death/rebirth/eternal life, and chaos/discipline/freedom, are keys both to his aesthetics and to the spiritual development of his imagination. Evidence from Stravinsky himself is given priority, with analysis by scholars and critics introduced where it will clarify the thesis.

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Diss. Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2005.