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This thesis offers an examination of healing theology and practice as found in early North American Pentecostalism. The thesis begins with a brief survey of recent scholarship and research on the subject of healing in America, establishing that little attention has been given to the theology and practice of the early Pentecostal movement. The first major section of the thesis is devoted to an examination of the Divine Healing Movement of the nineteenth century, providing the historical and theological background of the Pentecostal Movement's healing theology and practice. By examining the writings of five major practitioners of the movement (including A.B. Simpson, Andrew Murray and Carrie Judd Montgomery), a nineteenth-century theology of 'divine healing provided in the atonement' is articulated. A major portion of the thesis is devoted to an analysis of healing theology and practice in early North American Pentecostalism. An inductive approach is employed, examining the earliest (1906 to 1923) periodical literature of the movement, and where that is not available examining other extant materials, such as sermons, songs and tracts. This portion of the study consists of two major parts: Wesleyan-Pentecostalism and Finished Work Pentecostalism. The result of this examination is the identification of two distinct healing theologies and the attendant practices, which are consistent with each group's distinct soteriological characteristics. A models approach is then employed by which, out of the materials previously examined, these two distinct theologies of healing are constructed. A case study of Pentecostal responses to the 1918 Influenza Epidemic serves both to illustrate and test the two models of healing. A final chapter summarizes conclusions including contributions, clarifications, and implications of the research for further Pentecostal studies as well as a theological reflection on the findings.

Les GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems), notamment le GPS sont aujourd'hui largement utilisés dans les systèmes de transport terrestre pour des applications sans impact sur la sécurité des biens et des personnes. Dans de telles situations, la qualité de l'information de localisation n'est pas un paramètre vital. Le service de localisation devient un élément critique dans un système ferroviaire. Les standards (EN 50126, EN 50128 et EN 50129) requièrent la détermination du degré de confiance que l'utilisateur peut placer dans le service délivré c’est à dire l'évaluation de la sûreté de fonctionnement avant la mise en service d'un nouveau système.Un service de positionnement basé sur un GNSS souffre d'une variabilité de la précision inhérente aux différentes configurations environnementales qu'un train traverse tout au long d'une mission. Cependant, les GNSS intéressent les communautés de transport ferroviaire afin d'améliorer les systèmes de contrôle-commande des trains tout en substituant les balises au sol par une solution embarquée. Après un état de l’art sur la localisation ferroviaire et sur les méthodes de sûreté de fonctionnement existantes, une analyse de sensibilité et causale sont faites afin de déterminer quelle est l’architecture de capteurs (avec un récepteur GNSS) adaptée pour répondre aux exigences de sécurité. Nous proposons ensuite une nouvelle approche pour l’évaluation de la sécurité des systèmes impliquant les GNSS grâce à l’intégrité, paramètre de performances des GNSS, étendu aux systèmes autres que GNSS et au milieu ferroviaire. Une évaluation de la sécurité sur un cas d’utilisation précis est réalisée grâce à l’approche proposée précédemment. / Nowadays, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) such as GPS are usually used in ground transportation systems for non-safety-relevant applications. In these situations, the quality of localisation information is not called into question. In the case of safety-related applications, the localisation service becomes critical in railway system. The standards (EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129) require the determination of the degree of confidence that the user can be placed in the delivered service i.e. the RAMS analysis before putting into service of a new system. A GNSS-based localisation service suffers from accuracy variability linked to the different environmental configurations that a train crosses all along a mission. However, with hybridisation solutions and combination of actual technologies, the GNSS integration increasingly interests the railway actors in order to ameliorate the train control system replacing balises by an embedded solution. After a state-of-the-art on the railway localisation and existing RAMS methods, a sensibility and causal methodologies are done in order to determine which sensors architecture (with a GNSS receiver) is the best to meet the railway requirements. We propose a new approach for safety evaluation of the GNSS-based systems through the integrity attribute, GNSS performances attributes, extended to the hybridised systems and in railway domain. A safety evaluation is performed on chosen architecture during sensibility and causal analyses thanks to the previous proposed approach.

Martin Schetzen. / "September 30, 1954." "This report is based on a thesis submitted ... for the degree of Master of Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, M.I.T., 1954. / Bibliography: p. 20. / Army Signal Corps Contract DA36-039 sc-42607 Project 132B Dept. of the Army Project 3-99-12-022

This thesis, in the very broad sense, evaluates the perception of an architectural structure through its history. It examines the &lsquo / theatre&rsquo / as the building and selects &lsquo / ancient Greece and Rome&rsquo / (mainly fourth century B.C. to second century A.D. which can be depicted as the golden age of the ancient theatre) as the period. It posits that the study of theatre requires more than formal data, hence, it employs a multidisciplinary approach, and combines the author&rsquo / s personal experience on the theatre. The study believes that the subject-focused nature of available works is insufficient for the study of theatre, as they employ only a certain aspect of this structure. This thesis tries to examine the complete experience of the theatre for the people who were exposed to it / and present it, in a more relatable way, for the future researchers, theatre professionals and educated enthusiasts as an intermediate level source, where the need arises to increase the perception of theatre as a whole concept, so that its interpretation can be more complete.

Ce mémoire rapporte les études de protéines amyloïdes en interaction avec des membranes modèle afin d’établir une relation structure toxicité. Nous avons choisi différents modèles membranaires (monocouches, bicouches) de composition lipidique et charges différentes et utilisé différentes méthodes physico-chimiques afin de caractériser les interactions des protéines amyloïdes avec les membranes.Nous avons montré l’importance de la contribution électrostatique dans les interactions de la protéine amyloïde HET-s (218-289) et ses mutants avec les membranes modèles.L’ellipsométrie a démontré que les mutants toxiques de HET-s (218-289) (M8, WT.Y1Y2V2) perturbentfortement les monocouches lipidiques à l’interface air-eau. La structure riche en feuillets β antiparallèles des protéines àl’interface air-eau et dans l’interaction avec les monocouches de lipides a été démontrée par la spectroscopie PMIRRAS (Polarization Modulation – Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy). Nous avons établie que l’interface air-eau peut modifier l’agrégation des protéines amyloïdes. A l’aide de la spectroscopie de fluorescence, la spectroscopie PWR (Plasmon-Waveguided Resonance) et la spectroscopie ATR-FTIR (Attenuated Total Reflection – Fourier Transform Infrared), nous avons mis en évidence que la protéine toxique M8 adopte une structure riche en feuillets β antiparallèles en altérant fortement l’intégrité des bicouches lipidiques. Au contraire, la protéine non toxique WT se structure en feuillets β parallèles dans ces interactions et elle ne perturbe pas l’homogénéité des membranes. La toxicité de la protéine M8 semble liée à son organisation différente et à sa capacité à réorganiser les membranes.Nos résultats confortent également l’hypothèse de la toxicité des oligomères amyloïdes.Une étude sur la fabrication d’une cellule microfluidique pour la séparation de différents types d’autoassemblage afin de les détecter et de les étudier en interaction avec des liposomes par spectroscopie infrarouge est présentée. Une cellule microfluidique de CaF2 de 8 μm d’épaisseur de canaux est obtenue et est utilisée pour la détection d’une protéine de test. / This manuscript reports the studies of amyloid proteins in interaction with membrane models in order to establish their structure-toxicity relationship.Membrane models (monolayer, bilayer) of different charge and lipid composition were used. We used various physico chemical methods to characterize the interaction of these amyloid proteins with membranes.We showed the importance of the electrostatic contribution in the interactions of the amyloid protein HET-s(218-289) and its mutants with model membranes.Ellipsometry showed that the toxic mutants of HET-s (218-289) (M8, WT.Y1Y2V2) strongly disturbed thelipid monolayers at the air-water interface. The structure rich in antiparallel β sheets of auto-assembled proteins at theair-water interface and in interaction with lipid monolayers at the air-water interface has been demonstrated by the PMIRRAS spectroscopy (Polarization Modulation - Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy). We established that theair-water interface can change the aggregation properties of amyloid proteins.By using fluorescence spectroscopy, PWR spectroscopy (Plasmon Resonance-Waveguided spectroscopy) and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy (Attenuated Total Reflection - Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy), we found that thetoxic protein (M8) adopted a structure rich in antiparallel β sheets greatly altered the integrity of lipid bilayers. Incontrast, the protein non-toxic (WT) organized in a structure rich in parallel β sheets in these interactions and it did notdisturb the homogeneity of the membranes. The toxicity of the protein M8 appears to be related to its differentorganization and its ability to rearrange membranes.Our results also support the hypothesis of the toxicity of amyloid oligomers.A study on the fabrication of a microfluidic cell for the separation of different aggregation states of amyloidproteins in order to detect these assemblies and to study their interaction with liposomes by infrared spectroscopy is presented. A CaF2 microfluidic cell with channels of 8 μm of thickness was obtained and was used for the detection of atested protein.

The subject of this study is the rural settlements in Classical Greece. There is no doubt that there were various factors determined the ancient settlement patterns in Greek countryside. Geographical conditions, socio-economic and political structures can be regarded as major significant factors behind the settlement practices of ancient societies. In this study the relationships between agricultural system and rural settlements of Classical Greece will be examined.

Capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) underground for thousands of years is one way to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases, often associated with global warming. Leakage of CO2 through wells is one of the major concerns when storing CO2 in depleted oil and gas reservoirs. CO2-injection candidates could be new wells, or old wells that are active, closed or abandoned. To prevent the leakage, the possible leakage paths and the mechanisms triggering these paths must be examined and identified. It is known that the leakage paths can occur due to CO2-rock interaction and CO2-water-cement interaction. Interaction between well cement and carbon dioxide has attracted much renewed interest because of its implication in geological storage of carbon dioxide. The diffusion of CO2-water through well cement is a long-term phenomenon which can take many thousand years. Partial pressure, porosity, permeability, cement type, moisture content and temperature are the factors that affect the carbonation of well cement. The objective of this research is to investigate the chemical reactions of the dissolved CO2 in the synthetic formation water with the plugs of well cement. Cement specimens were left in contact with CO2 saturated brine at 1100 psi and 65