Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-85).

The work titled "Bowl as a storehouse of memories" is divided into two parts. The theoretical part is briefly outlined basic difference between collection and collecting. As a basic literary source is book called "Have or to be by Erich Fromm". Terms ritual, fetish and totem are in more detail characterized in connection with the collection. The practical part includes the first defining of concept. The realization process of massive glass object requires detailed and flawless familiarity with the entire production process - from the choice of material forms, through a kind fused glass, to dealing with the calculation of melting and cooling including the choice of final finishes. The work also includes pictures.

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South-East Asian region is the most dynamic region in the world. It is also known for having enormous number of RTAs, which became the main drive force for trade integration. Moreover, China is the leader in this region, changing fast and becoming either a pioneer or a threat for the neighbor countries. This paper uses a gravity model to estimate the influence of RTAs on the countries in the region and attempts to find out whether new agreements will deeper the trade cooperation or make the 'spaghetti bowl' effect even worse.

The effect of involvement with program context has long been an imperative factor in understanding advertising processing. However, contradictory theses and inconsistent findings demand better clarifications. This thesis bridges a gap between the key constructs of program intensity and product involvement in terms of TV advertising effects with the consideration of antecedents of program involvement. Following the “Cognitive Efficacy principle, the Wyer-Srull model, Limited Capacity Model and ELM model has been adopted to examine the theoretical frameworks of contextual and serial TV advertising position effects. With the emphasis on the concept of involvement, both situational and enduring involvement has been contemplated to explore the theoretical framework of TV advertising message processing. With the unit of analysis set at the advertised brand level, a naturalistic field study has been conducted to examine program intensity induced involvement (situational), product involvement (enduring) and audiences’ intrinsic involvement (enduring) effects on live TV advertising utilizing twelve years of Super Bowl broadcasting content analysis and survey data. The results have indicated that the advertisements subsequent to high intensity TV program contents are more likely to be memorized, yet it is moderated by product involvement. In other words the scoring segments would tend to have a positive effect on low involvement products and negative effect on high involvement products in terms of viewers’ memory. Additionally, the same effect patterns have been revealed on both high involvement (Fans) and low involvement (Non-Fans) viewers. However, the pattern of impact has not been witnessed on viewers’ attitude. The results have also validated serial position effects. The findings have revealed the dynamics created by program intensity and its interaction with product involvement on advertisement effects. The outcome also provided an in-depth understanding of TV ads positions for practical implications

When a faithful Catholic boy gets a sign from God, he tries to save his family from their doomed Dust Bowl town by rebuilding an abandoned crop-duster airplane, but he must risk his own life to convince his grieving father to leave.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第20951号 / 理博第4403号 / 新制||理||1632(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科化学専攻 / (主査)教授 大須賀 篤弘, 教授 丸岡 啓二, 教授 依光 英樹 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

“Violent men and superficial women” (“Våldsamma män och utseendefixerade kvinnor”) by authors Magda Wendel Bommarco and Lina Larsson aims to evaluate how male and female stereotypes are constructed in Super Bowls commercials 2023. The subject illustrates the issues behind stereotypes as a part of wider social ideologies and power relations, which makes the topic highly relevant to examine. The study examines how male and female stereotypes are constructed in the commercials, how they differ as well as how they can be understood. The research questions are examined through a semiotic content analysis of 10 commercials from Super Bowl 2023. The essay's theoretical framework consists of hegemonies, stereotypes and the gender system. The main results reveal that women are stereotyped as dumb, crazy, fixated on appearance as well as motherly in the commercials. This differs from the male stereotypes, which are related to violence and criminality, beer-drinking, sports and being a father. The results reveal that both genders are stereotyped as clichés, but that the female stereotypes are portrayed as more problematic than the male stereotypes are. The results can complement previous research in the field as well as display the stereotypes' function in society as a whole. The results are therefore relevant for the academic field as well as society.

Many ethical studies have focused on advertising; however, they have yet to focus specifically on Super Bowl advertisements. This thesis examines the ethical issue of portraying deceptive acts within the storylines of Super Bowl advertisements from 1988-2008. Results indicate that 196 of the 2,172 advertisements studied, contain deceptive storylines. Most often the advertisements depicted white males, ages 30-64, using deception. Also, deception was usually done out of self interest at the expense of others. The deception often led to negative social, material, and emotional consequences for the person being deceived, with mostly positive outcomes being shown for the person doing the deceiving. These, and other actions, provide a model of behavior that may have a negative impact on society, which warrants future research on this subject.

A vast majority of coal and mineral cleaning and upgrading processes involve the addition of water. The water allows the movement of particles throughout the processing plant and the upgrading of the material. When the process is complete the finished product must be dewatered. This is due to storage concerns, in which the water takes up a majority of the space, and high transportation costs, in which no compensation is obtained from the buyer for the shipment of the liquid. Dewatering is accomplished by many devices, with the two most common pieces of equipment being the screen-bowl centrifuge and disk filter. This thesis tests and compares the effect of reagents on dewatering using the screen-bowl centrifuge and disk filter. Coal was obtained from the Upper Banner, Pittsburgh No. 8, Taggart, and Dorchester seams, crushed and ground to the desired size, and run through the dewatering circuits. The results showed that the moisture content of the product can be greatly reduced in the disk filter while being only slightly reduced in the screen-bowl centrifuge. It was also shown that the recovery can be slightly increased in the screen-bowl centrifuge. Overall, with the addition of reagents, the disk filter outperformed the centrifuge in both recovery and moisture content. A model was also developed for the screen-bowl centrifuge. The results from the screen-bowl tests helped in the development of this model. This model can be used to predict the moisture content of the product, the recovery, particle size distribution of the effluent and particle size distribution of the product. The model also predicted how the product moisture and recovery were affected by changing the feed flow rate, feed percent solids, centrifuge speed, and particle size distribution. / Master of Science