Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The purpose of this dissertation is to determine what takes place on the human side when a man says he has an encounter with God, with special reference to the thought of Martin Buber and of the Hebrew prophet, Jeremiah. The method has been to characterize each man's thought; to pay particular attention to the data lending themselves to psychological description, to the end of analyzing encounter with God in its epistemic, psychological and existential modes. On the basis of these characterizations, each of these men has been compared to the other to determine likenesses and differences; to assay the effect of culture at points of difference; and to summarize the points of likeness which might have abiding value. Findings and conclusions are: 1. Buber and Jeremiah find man's essential nature incomplete apart from relation to God. Fulfilment is possible in what Buber terms an I-Thou relation--a subject-subject relation as opposed to the subject-object relation of knowledge. Subject-subject relation is made possible by a unique category of being, which Buber calls the inborn Thou. This is not to say that man has an original self. A self has to be won. 2. A sense of lack (anxiety), a reaching out, the dual gestalt of man's own being together with objective reference of the Thou, a sense of fulfillment by a Persons over against one, standing in the relation of love--these minimal elements of encounter constitute the fountainhead of religion and ethics, as well as the occasion for man's social being to emerge and to be kept intact. Revelation comes in the form of Presence--presence as power. No verbal message is given. There is a sense of reciprocal relation, of inexpressible confirmation, and of an urge to act out the power of it in the world. 3. Jeremiah conceived man to be created by God and endowed with a drive to fulfillment like the migratory instinct in birds. Man is free to direct this drive toward God and find fulfilment, or to direct it elsewhere with little promise in the face of his precarious existence. 4. For both men, one's religious knowledge and his cultural modes of thought were part of the whole person taken into encounter and could affect the subsequent interpretation of it. Neither believed that encounter was sufficient without the remainder of experience; nor did either conceive the experience of immediacy as resulting from any form of mystical absorption. Jeremiah's tribal consciousness lends itself aptly both to illustrate the limits which culture can impose on revelation and also to reveal how the Presence can transcend the limits. 5. Relation to God is necessary for maintaining the integrity of one's I; otherwise, the world of things assumes the mastery, and persons are cheapened (Buber); or man loses his moral fibre (Jeremiah). 6. Jeremiah negatively illustrates Buber's judgment that verbal messages are not given in revelation. Recently from the Presence, he put his own thoughts into the mouth of God and delivered them as a "Thus saith the Lord." The mistakes he made indicate that alleged verbal messages in revelation do not stand on their own authority. They need further testing. 7. Buber and Jeremiah fonnd that perceptual data of religion gained in concrete life-situations were a reliable foundation upon which to build coherent religious truth. They would agree that this method of gaining religious truth has been a distinctive contribution of the Hebrew-Jewish religion.

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH / Bibliography: leaves 135-139. / by Marijoan Bull. / M.C.P.

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University / Horatio William Parker (1863-1919) was a prominent American composer who belonged to the Second New England School (the "Boston Six"), and served as the Dean of Music at Yale University from 1904 until his death. His opera Mona (Opus 71) was created in collaboration with his librettist, Brian Hooker (1880-1946), as an entry to a contest that was being held by the Metropolitan Opera Company for the best English-language opera written by an American-born composer. Parker and Hooker won the contest, and received $10,000 in prize money along with a production of Mona at the Met. The contest generated a considerable amount of interest in the American musical community, and sparked debate concerning the characteristics that should epitomize "American" opera. After difficult rehearsals and extensive revisions, Mona premiered on March 14'h, 1912. Despite its lavish production, the opera was met with a lukewarm reception by the American public, and failed to make its way into the permanent repertory of the Met. Willie American opera of this era was commonly criticized for being simple and frivolous, Mona is notable for being a serious opera of considerable complexity that was ultimately rejected by the American public. The opera is also significant in that it seems to mark a turning point in Parker's biography, after which he placed greater emphasis on the popular appeal of his compositions.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The concept of "delinquencty area" denotes a social phenomenon. It is generally defined as an area of a city marked by an abnormal delinquency rate as compared with other areas of the city of similar size and population. Such areas are located in zones of transition, and are marked by industrial buildings, waterfronts and railroads, deteriorated buildings, and population of mixed nationalities. In spite of the criticisms of the concept of "delinquency area," it appears to serve a useful purpose. There is a danger that the concept may be used as an oversimplification of the problem of delinquency and crime, because of the extreme complexity of delinquency and crime causation and the inconclusive nature of most statistical data on this subject. Probably the concept of "delinquency area," if refined, would be of increasing use in research. However, it should be noted that delinquency may be of various types. Some of these types may exist in certain areas, and others may breed in other areas. If we wish to find out the dynamic factors that may cause a type or types of delinquent behavior, the concept will provide us with a starting point from which to look for these factors. For example: We may be able to find out the reasons why certain types of delinquency occur in others; or why they occur more often in certain areas than in other areas of the same city. [TRUNCATED]

La technologie est de plus en plus omniprésente et nombreuses sont les industries qui doivent demeurer à l'affût de cette dernière afin d'être en mesure de rivaliser sur la scène internationale. L'automatisation est aujourd'hui devenue la norme notamment dans les systèmes de négociation des marchés boursiers. Malgré l'abondante littérature financière qui porte sur le virage électronique dans les systèmes de négociation, une récente innovation découlant des systèmes électroniques a fait ses débuts à la bourse de Boston et demeure jusqu'ici inexplorée. Avec pour principal bénéfice la réduction des coûts de transaction, ce système novateur veut gagner la ferveur du public par le transfert de ces bénéfices vers les investisseurs. Dans ce mémoire, nous proposons d'apporter une contribution à la compréhension des répercussions de ce nouveau système connu sous le nom de Price Improvement Process, ou « PIP ». Ainsi, nous mesurons l'impact de ce système qui se veut comme un processus d'amélioration de prix qui se manifeste au niveau de l'écart bid-ask. Nous trouvons qu'en l'absence du processus d'amélioration de prix « PIP », la transaction médiane est exécutée à l'intérieur de l'intervalle du prix moyen ± 50% de l'écart bid-ask affiché. En d'autres mots, la transaction sera exécutée soit au BidPrice ou au AskPrice. Cependant, les résultats obtenus nous montrent qu'avec le processus d'amélioration de prix « PIP », la transaction médiane est exécutée dans l'intervalle du prix moyen ±30% de l'écart bid-ask. Ce résultat nous indique une amélioration significative de la qualité d'exécution des transactions lorsqu'un « PIP » est lancé. La stratification de la variable volume nous a permis d'identifier avec plus de précision dans quelle situation l'amélioration était la plus significative. Dans un premier temps, les résultats de la stratification du volume par transaction montrent que l'amélioration de prix que procure le « PIP » augmente avec le volume de la transaction. L'amélioration est de l'ordre de 23.8% lorsque les transactions comprennent de 1 à 5 contrats et peut atteindre tout près 56.47% d'amélioration pour les transactions dont le volume est de 51 contrats ou plus. Dans un second temps, nous avons étudié la liquidité journalière. Malgré le fait que les résultats étaient beaucoup moins précis quant à l'influence de chacune des variables, nous avons été en mesure de déterminer que l'amélioration que procure le processus « PIP » est à son maximum les journées de très forte liquidité, soit plus de 500 contrats transigés par jour.

Thesis (B. Arch.)--Roger Williams University, 2009. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 3, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Simmons College, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (l. 238-247)

Thesis (Masters) -- Simmons College, 2009.

Thesis (Masters) -- Simmons College, 2009.

Thesis (Masters) -- Simmons College, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (l. 71-80)