This investigation is about characterization in the Fourth Gospel as it relates to the "disciple"---the mysterious, anonymous figure that pervades the structure of allusions in this narrative. The question as to who this character is and what s/he does in this gospel text has both attracted and intrigued generations of biblical scholars. / The first part of the investigation examines divergent views of premodern, modern and reader-oriented criticism with regard to the "disciple's" identity and function, highlighting the respectively allegorical, historical and reader-oriented understanding of his/her character as proposed by these three critical approaches. / The second part of the investigation re-examines the question with a novel approach. The approach involves a detailed analysis of the structure of allusions. This analysis concludes that the allusions constitute a set of interactive linguistic phenomena which are meant to shed light on the anonymous figure within them. On the basis of this finding, the investigation proposes a new understanding of the structure of allusions and of the question of identity and function that it raises.

This thesis investigates the response to ionising radiation, of p-type Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) (REM Oxford (UK)) and a reader system developed by the Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, The University of Wollongong, to determine their feasibility for measurements of dose during radiotherapy treatment (in vivo dosimetry (IVD)). Two types of MOSFET probes were used -"single sensitivity", for measuring low doses, and "dual sensitivity", to measure both high and lose doses. Sensitivity, linearity of response with dose, and response changes with accumulated dose and direction of incident radiation (angular dependence) were investigated. The average sensitivity reduction over the lifetime of the probes was 22.37% with a standard deviation of 0.63%. This reduction in sensitivity can be corrected for by the use of "drift equations". MOSFETs have a limited "lifetime" due to saturation effects with increasing accumulated dose. Saturation occurred at an average of 40 Gray (Gy) accumulated dose, for the high sensitivity probes investigated. The high sensitivity probes were linear within 1.6% for doses between 5 and 140 cGy, and 3.8% for the high sensitivity probes for doses between 50 and 500 cGy. Drift (changes in readings with time since irradiation due to electronic processes) over the long-term (from hours to weeks following irradiation) has been previously well characterised in the literature. This work focuses on shortterm drift, within the first few seconds or minutes following irradiation, being the most clinically relevant for in vivo measurements. Drift is investigated for various reading methods, such as reading frequency, and delays between irradiation and readings. It is shown that sensitivity, and consequently dose determination, is significantly influenced by the reading methodology. During the first five minutes following an irradiation, drift increased inversely with delivered dose, and was greater for probes having accumulated dose of > 20 Gy (2.0 -16.2% compared with 1.2 -7.4% for < 20 Gy probes). During the first five minutes following an irradiation, drift increased inversely with delivered dose, and was greater for probes having accumulated dose of > 20 Gy (2.0 -16.2% compared with 1.2 -7.4% for < 20 Gy probes). When two post-irradiation readings were taken following an irradiation, the difference between them generally increased as the time interval between the two readings increased, by up to 8.8%. Delays in taking pre-and post-irradiation readings resulted in drift of up to 5.7% or 9.3% respectively, compared with readings without a delay. These results emphasise the necessity for consistent methodologies between calibration and measurement in the clinical situation. Greater sensitivity was measured with the epoxy bubble, rather than the substrate side, facing the beam. The greatest variation, for orientations other than the bubble side facing directly towards the beam, was 10%, or 5% uncertainty in dose. The variations with angle were found to be reproducible, so that appropriate correction factors could be applied to correct measurements at angles other than with the sensitive area of the probes facing directly towards the radiation beam. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1368262 / Thesis (M.Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Chemistry and Physics, 2009

Television permeates our daily lives. Ninety seven per cent of New Zealand households have a television set and the average watching time is estimated at 20 hours per week (Grimes and Tyndall, 1999). This exposure to television has been recognised as an important factor in the way we see and identify ourselves as a nation - how we seek to find signs and symbols that construct a shared identity and culture that make us New Zealanders and distinguish us from other nations.Using narrative theory combined with critical discourse analysis this thesis aims to show that, even in factual programmes, stories can be constructed that convey messages of nationhood and belonging, creating and recreating a national identity that present New Zealanders in a positive way and seek to bind them as a nation.Three episodes of the television series Heartland, a popular documentary in the mid-1990s that explored the people and lifestyles in different locations around New Zealand, were selected for analysis focusing on narrative structure, the social actors and the role of the narrator. Critical discourse analysis was employed to look at the connection between language, image and text, and discursive practices as well as the relationship the text has in a socio-cultural context.The analysis found that the programmes followed a similar narrative structure to that of a fictional story involving changes in states of equilibrium that created a sense of concern or anxiety associated with what it means to be a New Zealander. However the subsequent resolution of these anxieties combined with the entertaining role of the programme presenter Gary McCormick and the involvement of social actors, resulted in a version of New Zealand's national identity being represented as a reality through a positive discourse of the population working towards a socially and culturally harmonious society.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Baylor University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-280).

Halle, Phil. diss. v. 5. Jan. 1912, Ref. Deutschbein.

Thesis (M.A.)--Southern California College, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. / Title from title screen (site viewed Jan. 13, 2009). PDF text: 310 p. : ill. ; 11.3 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3321126. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 1972. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-141).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1928. / Vita. Published also as Teachers college, Columbia university, Contributions to education, no. 315. Bibliography: p. 44.

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 70-71.