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The purpose of this study is to determine the general style characteristics of the works for solo trumpet by Alan Hovhaness, viz., Khrimian Hairig, Overture to Avak, Prayer of Saint Gregory, and Haroutiun. The musical elements of form, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, texture, and counterpoint are examined objectively in order to determine the essential features of the music. Further consideration is given to the idiomatic use of the solo trumpet in these compositions. Each composition is examined separately, the conclusions and generalizations of the style features being reserved for the final chapter.

The push to design environmentally conscious and sustainable buildings has surged over the past twenty year, thus leading to the development of new methods for harnessing the natural elements of the earth. In recent years the international firm of Kohn, Pederson and Fox has been a champion of the sustainability movement. In fact many of the newer passive ventilation strategies under development can be seen in Kohn, Pedersen Fox International (KPFI) current commission for the World Trade Center (WTC) currently under construction in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This multi-million square foot complex has been designed to service the growing needs of Europe's free market economy and the fledgling European Union (EU). The complex is a series of five towers with connecting multi-storied atriums in the interstitial spaces. While the towers are actively heated and cooled using modern energy efficient systems the atrium areas are ventilated using an innovative passive system. This passive system relies on turbulence and negative pressure along the roof system to draw air through the space and positive pressure (due to wind driven forces) at the inlets located above the ground level doors to bring air into the atrium. The primary concept behind this strategy is that the difference between the positive and negative pressure zones will induce a convective current within the atrium space and there by create a continuous air-change system. The intent of this thesis is to analyze and report on the findings of the wind tunnel tests done on scale models of the complex and, propose alternative ideas to strengthen the current design. / Master of Science

Seasonal influenza produces substantial disease within the United States every year. Despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines for influenza, millions of individuals go unvaccinated each flu season, with notable differences across racial/ethnic groups. Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), I examine vaccination rates among non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics during the 2000-2009 influenza seasons. After developing a new method that addresses shortcomings of BRFSS vaccination measures, I find that non-Hispanic whites exhibit higher vaccination rates than Hispanics. Through a series of logistic regression models I show that the disparities between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics narrow after controlling for healthcare coverage and socioeconomic characteristics. This suggests that seasonal influenza vaccination may be improved among U.S. Hispanics by addressing structural barriers in receiving the vaccine, especially access to health care.

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La presente investigación busca analizar qué tipos de interacción surgieron entre las ONG feministas Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán, el Movimiento Manuela Ramos y el Estado –con respecto a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos de las mujeres en el Perú– durante su participación en la Mesa Tripartita de Seguimiento de la Conferencia de Población y Desarrollo, El Cairo (CIPD), que tuvo lugar entre los años 1997-2000. Dicha Mesa, instaurada durante el segundo gobierno de Alberto Fujimori, estuvo constituida, además, por representantes de la Cooperación Internacional y la Academia. Este trabajo busca determinar cómo la Mesa Tripartita, en un contexto fuertemente influido por las agencias de Cooperación Internacional, generó interacciones entre el Estado y las ONG feministas CMP Flora Tristán y el Movimiento Manuela Ramos; interacciones que fueron cambiando entre el acercamiento y la cooperación, hasta producir una reconfiguración de las negociaciones debido al programa de Anticoncepción Quirúrgica Voluntaria (AQV) que causó una serie de denuncias por esterilizaciones forzadas durante el segundo gobierno de Alberto Fujimori. Cabe mencionar, que esta tesis enfocará su análisis desde la perspectiva de los distintos integrantes involucrados de la sociedad civil.

We live in a world where most people are inundated with information on a global scale. The world has become smaller and more homogenous, whereas the social composition has become more and more complex, and extremely hierarchical. In such a society, the only way for one to define oneself could be to expand himself/herself beyond all social frames. Through close and dynamic interaction with the outer world, and coexistence with heterogeneous elements around us, we are able to define intrinsic factors within us, within our society. This process challenges openness and full understanding of the world beyond oneself. Only through this process, we might be able to establish a "global culture." Every action we take has some kind of impact on this world. Like the river flows into the bay, it seems that social values on our life and culture are constantly in a state of change. It is very important for me to read this changing flow of social consciousness to understand our world and allow it to inform architecture. Architecture is a great tool for me to expand myself toward society, and people. It allows me to become infinite in a timeless journey in human life searching for the truth. / Master of Architecture

This book presents a project that celebrates a key event in the development of human technology, the first flight of the Wright Brothers in North Carolina. However, this book does not concentrate in a monument or in a building-monument to celebrate the episode but focuses on the process of designing a building. In fact, as the reader will see, this thesis distinguishes two basic stages of architecture. One, the most relevant in this case, is the process of achieving architecture; the second is the statement of a position in architecture. Making a statement in architecture refers more to the concrete result of the design, which relies on technical details and precise plans that dissect the object. However, the process of achieving architecture goes beyond the concrete and intends to encompass the more elusive interaction between rational research and sensible exploration. In Roberto's work, sketches, photographs, computer images, rough color papers, and collages are the instruments to express the dynamic pursuit of an architecture that intends to go beyond the evident. Some could criticize its lack of concretion and its ethereal character; nonetheless it is necessary to understand the final result of February 2000 in relationship with the competition project of May 1999. Both designs, the very exploratory and the very precise, are evidence of concern about the complexity and comprehensiveness of architecture. Moreover, this study of exploration and concretion in architecture seems to be a good transition as the author leaves the university and enters the realm of professional life. From this fact results the name of this book â Approaching Architectureâ that in some sort reminds the patient, gentle, and short yet significant fly that occurred in North Carolina almost one hundred years ago. / Master of Architecture