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Present day Methodists are often surprised to learn that ‘women in the Ministry’ is not a twentieth century phenomenon; that the Bible Christians and Primitive Methodists had the flexibility and foresight to make valuable use of female preaching talents. This research has concentrated on the women travelling preachers of Primitive Methodism, starting from the premise that there were doubtless far more than was immediately apparent; searching them out; looking at their life and work; their value and influence within the context of the movement itself and in relation to the strata of society to which it chiefly appealed. I have sought to weigh the contemporary arguments about the merits and demerits of female preaching; to look at the gradual decline and ultimate demise of the female itinerant; to see if an explanation for their disappearance could be found in the prevailing social conditions or if the answer lay within Primitive Methodism itself. As Primitive Methodism moved from enthusiastic evangelism towards consolidation so its emphasis shifted and its attitudes developed and changed. The female travelling preachers played a vital, though often little acknowledged, role in the Connexional evolution and it is this role which I have tried to explore and evaluate.

Nick De Claris. / "December 30, 1954." / Bibliography: p. 27. / Army Signal Corps Contract DA36-039 sc-42607 Project 132B Dept. of the Army Project 3-99-12-022

Ο Ελλαδικός χώρος είναι μεγάλου τεκτονικού και σεισμολογικού ενδιαφέροντος. Ιδιαίτερα η ΒΔ Πελοπόννησος που αποτελεί μια από τις πιο ενεργές σεισμικά περιοχές της Ευρώπης και του πλανήτη. Στην παρούσα εργασία έγινε επεξεργασία μικροσεισμικών δεδομένων από τους μετασεισμούς (15/09/2008 – 08/10/2008) του σεισμού της Μόβρης (8η Ιουνίου 2008) με σκοπό την ανάλυση της μετασεισμικής ακολουθίας και την παρουσίαση των σεισμοτεκτονικών χαρακτηριστηκών της ΒΔ Πελοποννήσου. Στα πλαίσια της εργασίας δημιουργήθηκαν χάρτες και διαγράμματα με κατανομή επικέντρων και τα χαρακτηριστικά των συμβάντων αντίστοιχα. / The area of Greece is highly active seismically. NW Peloponnese is one of the most active areas of Europe and the earth. In this study data from the aftershocks of Movri earthquake (8 June 2008) are used to describe the tectonic enviroment of Peloponnese. Maps created in this study and histograms display the conclusions. The aftershocks used were from 15/09/2008 until 08/10/2008.

Este trabalho discute os neologismos usados na obra modernista da literatura turca, Tutunamayanlar, de Oğuz Atay (1934-1977). Tais neologismos devem ser entendidos sob o pano de fundo da revolução linguística que teve início na década de 30 na Turquia, e que, em poucos anos, alterou substancialmente a língua turca. O autor faz uma crítica dos excessos dos reformadores turcos através da paródia de neologismos virtuais, não-dicionarizados. Após análise etimológica e morfológica do neologismo, além do cotejo com as duas traduções da obra turca existente, a saber, em holandês e alemão, sugeriremos um neologismo equivalente em português, com base nas técnicas de criação de palavras usadas por tradutores como Haroldo de Campos e Odorico Mendes, além de escritores como Guimarães Rosa. Dentre tais técnicas, demos ênfase à busca da etimologia, preconizada por Campos em suas traduções, como na do Qohélet, e o recurso ao latim e o grego clássico para cunhar palavras, e a diversidade dos neologismos criados por Rosa em suas obras. Os neologismos sugeridos pretendem reproduzir em língua portuguesa um impacto de estranheza semelhante ao causado no leitor turco, ou seja, a força motriz por detrás da criação dos neologismos é o estrangeirismo, que tem como objetivo fazer com que essas palavras atraiam atenção para si. / This thesis deals with the neologisms as used in a modernist work of the Turkish litera-ture, Tutunamayanlar by Oğuz Atay (1934-1977). Such neologisms should be understood with the background of the Turkish Language Revolution that started in the 30\'s in Tur-key, and that, in a matter of a few years, changed substantially the Turkish language. The author criticizes the excesses of the Turkish reformers by using virtual neologisms, not found in any dictionary as a way of parody. After the etymological and morphological analysis of the neologism, not to mention a comparison with the two existing translations so far, namely, Dutch and German, we offer our own suggestion of an equivalent neolo-gism in Portuguese, basing ourselves on the techniques used by translators to coin words, such as Haroldo de Campos and Odorico Mendes, besides writers like Guimarães Rosa. Among such techniques, we gave special emphasis to the etymology of words, as Harol-do de Campos did in his translations, especially in the Qohélet, by resorting to Latin and Ancient Greek to coin new words and also by using Guimarães Rosa as a model for the creation of neologisms. The suggested neologisms aim at reproducing in Portuguese a foreignizing effect similar to the one that the Turkish readers have, i.e., the driving force behind the creation of neologism is foreignization, emphasized by Lawrence Venuti, and which has the purpose of drawing attention to the words themselves.

Este trabalho discute os neologismos usados na obra modernista da literatura turca, Tutunamayanlar, de Oğuz Atay (1934-1977). Tais neologismos devem ser entendidos sob o pano de fundo da revolução linguística que teve início na década de 30 na Turquia, e que, em poucos anos, alterou substancialmente a língua turca. O autor faz uma crítica dos excessos dos reformadores turcos através da paródia de neologismos virtuais, não-dicionarizados. Após análise etimológica e morfológica do neologismo, além do cotejo com as duas traduções da obra turca existente, a saber, em holandês e alemão, sugeriremos um neologismo equivalente em português, com base nas técnicas de criação de palavras usadas por tradutores como Haroldo de Campos e Odorico Mendes, além de escritores como Guimarães Rosa. Dentre tais técnicas, demos ênfase à busca da etimologia, preconizada por Campos em suas traduções, como na do Qohélet, e o recurso ao latim e o grego clássico para cunhar palavras, e a diversidade dos neologismos criados por Rosa em suas obras. Os neologismos sugeridos pretendem reproduzir em língua portuguesa um impacto de estranheza semelhante ao causado no leitor turco, ou seja, a força motriz por detrás da criação dos neologismos é o estrangeirismo, que tem como objetivo fazer com que essas palavras atraiam atenção para si. / This thesis deals with the neologisms as used in a modernist work of the Turkish litera-ture, Tutunamayanlar by Oğuz Atay (1934-1977). Such neologisms should be understood with the background of the Turkish Language Revolution that started in the 30\'s in Tur-key, and that, in a matter of a few years, changed substantially the Turkish language. The author criticizes the excesses of the Turkish reformers by using virtual neologisms, not found in any dictionary as a way of parody. After the etymological and morphological analysis of the neologism, not to mention a comparison with the two existing translations so far, namely, Dutch and German, we offer our own suggestion of an equivalent neolo-gism in Portuguese, basing ourselves on the techniques used by translators to coin words, such as Haroldo de Campos and Odorico Mendes, besides writers like Guimarães Rosa. Among such techniques, we gave special emphasis to the etymology of words, as Harol-do de Campos did in his translations, especially in the Qohélet, by resorting to Latin and Ancient Greek to coin new words and also by using Guimarães Rosa as a model for the creation of neologisms. The suggested neologisms aim at reproducing in Portuguese a foreignizing effect similar to the one that the Turkish readers have, i.e., the driving force behind the creation of neologism is foreignization, emphasized by Lawrence Venuti, and which has the purpose of drawing attention to the words themselves.

Μια συσκευή για τη μέτρηση της πίεσης του αίματος ενός ασθενή, περιλαμβάνει έναν επεξεργαστή προσκολλημένο σε μια συσκευή εισόδου, ο οποίος δέχεται μια αρχική είσοδο, που αντιπροσωπεύει την απόλυτη πίεση του αίματος του ασθενή και ένα μη-επεμβατικό αισθητήρα, που ακουμπάει τον ασθενή για τη μέτρηση τουλάχιστον μιας ‘φυσιολογικής’ λειτουργίας. Ο επεξεργαστής εκτελεί μια διαδικασία για την εκτίμηση της αρχικής εισόδου και της ‘φυσιολογικής’ λειτουργίας, για να υπολογίσει την πίεση του αίματος του ασθενή. Μια μέθοδος για τον υπολογισμό της πίεσης του αίματος ενός ασθενή, περιλαμβάνει τα βήματα της αποθήκευσης της αρχικής εισόδου, που αντιπροσωπεύει την απόλυτη πίεση του αίματος του ασθενή, της μη-επεμβατικής ‘αίσθησης’ (μέσω αισθητήρα) τουλάχιστον μιας ‘φυσιολογικής’ λειτουργίας και της εκτίμησης των δύω τιμών για τον υπολογισμό της πίεσης του αίματος. Η παρούσα εργασία μπορεί επίσης να χρησιμοποιηθεί για την ανάλυση και τον εντοπισμό άλλων ‘φυσιολογικών’ μεταβλητών όπως της ενδοτικότητας των τοιχωμάτων των αγγείων, των αλλαγών στην ένταση των κοιλιακών συστολών, των αλλαγών στην αγγειακή αντίσταση, των αλλαγών στον όγκο των υγρών, των αλλαγών στον καρδιακό παλμό, της συσταλτικότητας του μυοκαρδίου και άλλων σχετικών παραγόντων. / This dissertation refers to a device for non-invasively measuring the blood pressure of a patient. Such a device consists of a processor attached to an input device, which receives an initial input value, representing the patient’s absolute pressure, and a non-invasive sensor attached to the patient for measuring at least one physiological function. For determining the patient’s blood pressure, the processor performs a process for evaluating the initial input and the physiological function of the sensor. A method for non-invasively measuring a patient’s blood pressure includes, firstly, storing the initial input (which represents the patient’s absolute pressure), secondly, non-invasively sensing at least one physiological function and, finally, evaluating both these inputs for measuring the patient’s blood pressure. This dissertation can also be used for the analysis of other physiological variables such as vascular wall compliance, changes in the strength of ventricular contractions, alterations in fluid volume or in cardiac output and other related factors.

This thesis examines the federal government’s progression in implementing the Secure Communities program. The Secure Communities program was initiated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2008 as a pilot program in only fourteen jurisdictions nation-wide. As of the writing of this thesis, four years following the initiation of the program, S-Comm. has been implemented in over 1700 jurisdictions nation-wide and it is set to be implemented in all local jurisdictions nationally by the end of 2013 (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2012). Although local law enforcement agencies had long shared the fingerprints of those they arrested with the FBI, the FBI now forwards this information to the DHS through S-Comm. who then checks the fingerprints against the Automated Biometric Identification System known as IDENT—a fingerprint database containing information on over 91 million individuals, including travelers, applicants for immigration benefits, and immigrants who have previously violated immigration laws. ICE then supposedly reviews their records to see if the person arrested is deportable. If they believe they are, or want to further interrogate them, ICE will issue a detainer. The detainer is a request to the local police to inform federal immigration authorities when the arrestee will be released from custody and to hold the individual for up to two days for transfer to ICE (The Chief Justice, 2011). This process is considered to be the most advanced form of file sharing between local authorities and federal immigration authorities yet. The focus of this endeavor is to evaluate whether this program has been effective in doing as its title maintains. If this program is one that the American people, documented or not, have to endure then it is important that we ask: has Secure Communities made American communities safer? Recent data collected on the program, reports of mass opposition to the initiative by local law enforcement officials throughout the country, and numerous personal accounts of discriminatory harassment of mostly Spanish-speaking Americans by federal immigration agents and state and local law enforcement officials participating in Secure Communities collectively demonstrate that this program has failed in making American communities more secure. / text

Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή πραγματεύεται τις παραμένουσες μετακινήσεις κατασκευών υπό σεισμικές δράσεις, με στόχο την πληρέστερη κατανόηση και ποσοτικοποίησή τους. Για τον υπολογισμό των παραμενουσών μετακινήσεων πραγματοποιήθηκαν μη-γραμμικές δυναμικές αναλύσεις μονοβάθμιων συστημάτων, δίνοντας ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στη μορφή του νόμου υστέρησης, ώστε να έχει τα χαρακτηριστικά που προσιδιάζουν σε κατασκευές οπλισμένου σκυροδέματος. Συγκεκριμένα, υιοθετήθηκε η κατηγοριοποίηση των κατασκευών ΟΣ κατά Erberik (2011) σε τρεις βασικές Κατηγορίες, ανάλογα με την υστερητική τους συμπεριφορά: (α) νέα κτίρια, σχεδιασμένα με σύγχρονους αντισεισμικούς κανονισμούς, (β) κτίρια που δεν καλύπτουν πλήρως τους σύγχρονους αντισεισμικούς κανονισμούς και (γ) παλαιά κτίρια που δεν διαθέτουν σεισμική αντοχή. Για λόγους σύγκρισης εξετάστηκε και η ιδανική υστερητική συμπεριφορά. Η παραμένουσα μετακίνηση κάθε συστήματος, Ures, κανονικοποιήθηκε ως προς τη μέγιστη μετακίνηση που θα είχε λάβει το σύστημα αν η απόκρισή του ήταν ελαστική, με 5% απόσβεση, Sd, αλλά και ως προς τη μέγιστη ανελαστική μετακίνηση του συστήματος, Umax. Οι λόγοι Ures/Sd και Ures/Umax μελετήθηκαν εκτενώς και αναπτύχθηκαν πιθανοτικά προσομοιώματα για τα φάσματα ανηγμένων παραμενουσών μετακινήσεων που προέκυψαν. Επιπλέον, διαπιστώθηκε η επίδραση της ύπαρξης παλμού στην εδαφική κίνηση στους λόγους Ures/Sd και Ures/Umax, και διερευνήθηκαν οι λόγοι της επιρροής του. Περαιτέρω, οι πειραματικές παραμένουσες μετακινήσεις πέντε τριώροφων επίπεδων πλαισίων ΟΣ που υποβλήθησαν σε ψευδοδυναμικές δοκιμές με εξωτερικά επιβαλλόμενα κατακόρυφα φορτία στο METU (Middle East Technical University) συσχετίστηκαν με τις αναλυτικές από μη-γραμμικές δυναμικές αναλύσεις χρονοϊστορίας. Εξετάστηκε αν τα διαθέσιμα υπολογιστικά εργαλεία ανάλυσης δύνανται να υπολογίσουν ικανοποιητικά τις παραμένουσες μετακινήσεις, αλλά και ποιοι παράγοντες ευθύνονται για τις ασυμφωνίες μεταξύ πειραματικών και αναλυτικών τιμών. Τέλος, οι λόγοι Ures/Sd και Ures/Umax που προέκυψαν από την ανάλυση των δοκιμίων και από την επεξεργασία των πειραματικών αποτελεσμάτων συγκρίθηκαν με τα φάσματα ανηγμένων παραμενουσών μετακινήσεων μονοβάθμιων συστημάτων. / The present study aims to evaluate and quantify seismic residual displacements. In order to compute residual displacements, non-linear dynamic analyses were conducted for single degree of freedom systems with cyclic force-deformation relations typical of reinforced concrete structures. To this end, the versatile modeling approach of Erberik (2011) was adopted, which was tuned to three different categories of RC structures, ranging from new earthquake resistant ones to existing substandard construction, with an intermediate situation. The ideal hysteretic behavior was also examined. For each single degree of freedom system, residual displacement, Ures, was expressed as ratio to the peak inelastic, Umax or the 5%-damped elastic displacement of the response, Sd. Ratios Ures/Sd and Ures/Umax were thoroughly studied and normalized residual displacements response spectrums were created. Moreover, it was noted that the existence of a distinct velocity pulse in the ground motion affects the magnitude of these ratios, and the reasons of this influence were further investigated. Furthermore, experimental residual displacements from five three-story reinforced concrete frames, which were subjected to pseudo-dynamic tests in METU (Middle East Technical University), were compared to analytical residual displacements from non-linear time-history analyses. The study focused on whether modern analysis tools can accurately predict residual displacements and which factors create the observed discrepancies between analytical and experimental values. Lastly, ratios Ures/Sd and Ures/Umax from experiments and time-history analyses were compared to the normalized residual response spectrums of single degree of freedom systems.

Seismic hazard assessment is a required procedure to assist effective designing of structures located in seismically active regions. Traditionally, in a seismically active region as Greece, the seismic hazard evaluation was based primarily on the historical seismicity, and to lesser extent based on the consideration of the geological information. The importance of the geological information in seismic hazard assessment is significant, for the reason that earthquakes occur on faults. This approach also covers areas with few instrumental recordings. Mapping, analyzing and modeling are needed for faults investigation. In the present dissertation, we examined the seismic hazard for the cities of Patras, Aigion and Korinthos, considering the seismically active faults. The active faults considered in this investigation consists of 148 active faults, for which a minimum amount of information was available (i.e. length, maximum magnitude, slip rate, etc.). For some critical parameters, e.g. slip rate, if an estimate could not be found in the literature it was calculated based on empirical laws. Specifically, the slip rate for each fault was resulted from the division of total displacement with the stratigraphic age. Two different approaches (historical seismicity, length of faults) were followed for the estimation of total displacement for each fault. A distribution of slip rates was made because uncertainties are considered. The resulted slip rates were converted into seismic activity. Thus, we were able to construct a complete database for our research. Epistemic uncertainties were accounted at both seismic source models as well as at the ground motion via a logic tree framework resulted in two different calculation procedures (including or not the b value uncertainty). The seismic hazard model was implemented following the OpenQuake open standards – NRML, and the seismic hazard computation was performed for the region of interest. The seismic hazard was quantified in terms of seismic hazard maps, hazard curves and uniform hazard spectra for the region of interest. Different intensity measure types were considered, Peak Ground Acceleration, Spectral Acceleration at two fundamental periods 0.1 and 1.0 sec. Finally, the results of this thesis were compared with the Greek Seismic Code and other seismic hazard estimations for the investigation region. / Η μελέτη σεισμικής επικινδυνότητας αποτελεί μια απαραίτητη διαδικασία που αφορά τον αποτελεσματικό σχεδιασμό των κατασκευών σε σεισμικά ενεργές περιοχές. Σε μια χώρα με έντονη σεισμικότητα, όπως η Ελλάδα, η εκτίμηση της σεισμικής επικινδυνότητας βασιζόταν αρχικά στη σεισμικότητα και σε μικρότερο βαθμό στη γεωλογική πληροφορία. Η σημαντικότητα της γεωλογικής πληροφορίας στη σεισμική επικινδυνότητα είναι αξιοσημείωτη, για το λόγο οτι η σεισμοί γίνονται πάνω σε ρήγματα. Αυτή η προσέγγιση επίσης καλύπτει περιοχές με λίγες ενόργανες καταγραφές. Η χαρτγράφηση, η ανάλυση και η μοντελοποίηση είναι απαραίτητη για την έρευνα των ρηγμάτων. Στην παρούσα διατριβή, εξετάστηκε η σεισμική επικινδυνότητα για τις πόλεις της Πάτρας, του Αιγίου και της Κορίνθου, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη 148 ενεργά ρήγματα. Για κάποιες σημαντικές παραμέτρους των ενεργών ρηγμάτων που εξετάστηκαν, π.χ. ρυθμός ολίσθησης, εάν μια τιμή δεν μπορούσε να βρεθεί στη βιβλιογραφία, υπολιγίστηκε βάσει εμπειρικών σχέσεων. Ο ρυθμός ολίσθησης προέκυψε από τη διαίρεση της συνολικής μετακίνησης με τη στρωματογραφική ηλικίας του ρήγματος. Δύο διαφορετικές προσεγγίσεις(σεισμικότητα, μήκος ρήγματος) εξετάστηκαν για την εκτίμηση της συνολικής μετακίνησης για κάθε ρήγμα. Μια κατανομή τιμών για τους ρυθμούς ολίσθησης δημιουργήθηκε για το λόγο οτι υπάρχουν αβεβαιότητες. Οι ρυθμοί ολίσθησης που προέκυψαν μετατράπηκαν σε τιμές ρυθμού σεισμικότητας. Με αυτό τον τρόπο κατασκευάστηκε μια πλήρης βάση δεδομένων για την έρευνά μας. Αβεβαιότητες λήφθηκαν υπόψη και για τα δύο μοντέλα σεισμικών πηγών, όπως και στο μοντέλο εδαφικών κινήσεων με τη μορφή λογικών δέντρων για δύο διαδικασίες εκτέλεσης (με, ή χωρίς την αβεβαιότητα της b value). Η σεισμική επικινδυνότητα για την περιοχή μελέτης έγινε για τη Μέγιστη και Φασματική Εδαφική Επιτάχυνση για περιόδους 0.1 και 1.0 sec. Επειτα, τα αποτελέσματα συγρίθηκαν με τον Ελληνικό Αντισεισμικό Κώδικα, καθώς και με παλαιότερες αντίστοιχες μελέτες για την περιοχή αυτή.