人類日常活動造就了今日各種環境議題已經是無可否認的事實，然而生活在繁華都市裡的人因為接觸不到一望無際的垃圾山／海、感受不到斷糧的危機、體會不到缺水的絕望等環境議題，所以對環境議題沒有太大的危機感，即使聽過環境議題，也仍舊抱持著充耳不聞的鴕鳥心態。但環境議題不像單純的政治、宗教或社會議題能讓人自由選擇立場或是沒有立場，而是一個嚴肅的道德議題，只要有份消耗自然資源就必須負上保護環境的責任。 法國社會及哲學家布希亞曾說了一句很準確的話：“在當今社會裡，我們都是被別人給提醒的（we were made aware of）”。因此對理解環境議題的人來說，除了身體力行從生活中做環保之外，讓更多人了解這些岌岌可危的環境議題變成了最重要的事。在今天，許多意識到環境保護重要性的名人不遺餘力地為環境發聲，甚至身體力行投入環保產業，成為了極具影響力的環境代言人。 在環境代言人出現的同時，卻鮮少看過由虛擬人物為環境代言的案例，因此本創作決定以虛擬代言人的方式來創作環境議題平面廣告，透過迪士尼的明星光環發揮類似名人代言的廣告效果。在創作發表結果中不難看出，以迪士尼為環境代言人的創作方式確實吸引了受眾的目光，進而影響受眾對環境議題的態度及行為，皆達到了廣告代言人效果及創作目的。 / There is no denying that human activities have caused environmental issues. However, living an urban life have made people unware of such environmental issues as the garbage mountains/oceans, the hunger from food shortage, and the despair of dry seasons, etc. Therefore they have no sense of crisis about these issues. People heard of those terms but they still bury their heads in the sand. Different from political, religious or social issues, environmental issues are more like serious ethical issues, which allow none to either choose a stance or stay neutral. Those who have depleted the natural resources are responsible to protect the environment. Baudrillard, a French sociologist and a philosopher, said: “we were made aware of”. To the people who care about environment, helping more people understand the severity of environmental issues becomes the most important thing. Therefore, a lot of celebrities who are aware of the importance of environmental protection spare no effort to promote environmental issues, even engaging themselves in the environmental protection industry. They have become influential spokespersons of the environment. However, we’ve rarely seen the cases of fictional characters being used in the environment endorsement. So the idea of combining environmental issues with spokes-characters is born. These Print Ads creations will use Disney’s characters to achieve the effect of spokespersons. The exhibition have shown the creation successfully attracted audience attention, affecting both their attitudes and behaviors to environmental issues. The results have reached the effect of spokespersons and purpose of the creation.

Thesis (MPhil (Modern Foreign Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / In this thesis, I pinpoint the challenge of character learning as my research problem, which is the subsequent motivation to explain the background and rationale of my research. I also discuss the theoretical concepts of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in relation to cognitive psychology, the constructivist learning theory and Second Language Acquisition theories. This leads to the presentation of my considerations regarding design principles, strategic approach and other relevant decisions. The multimedia project I designed, named the “Chinese Character Challenger”, a “supplementary courseware for assisting students learning characters”, is an informational and educational-oriented website. It provides learners with the necessary knowledge, hints, tips and sources to cope with their specific learning problems and to achieve their learning potential. It also introduces external resources of learning if learners need further research. The purpose of the website is to assist, to motivate and to further guide students’ learning. To conclude, I have discussed some open issues with regards to adding value in the learning environment.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In his Odes, Horace pays particular attention not only to the subject in hand, but also to the reader as his audience, or the addressee, who is usually mentioned at the beginning of the poem. As this kind of communication draws the poet into his own creation, it is useful to refer to him in that context, as the speaker. It is evident from the manner of communication with the addressee that Horace conveys the message of each poem not solely by means of statements, but by implying certain facts, through this interaction between speaker and addressee. The specific addressee for each ode - to whom the speaker's attitude is a reaction - is therefore chosen with great care, in order to underline a specific subject or support a point of view. Just as each ode is different, and contains a variety of differing emotions, Horace's speakers display a myriad of different attitudes. His deeper sentiments do however remain constant. This brings one to the realisation that Horace applies a number of "roles", in order to obtain the desired effect in each poem. Eventually the interaction is not between the speaker and the addressee, but between the poet and the reader. Some of the poems do not give the names of addressees, only the roles Horace plays as the speaker. These roles are termed personae, and represent the poet on a number of realistic and super-realistic planes. In this study, a selection of personae was analysed and the effects examined, in order to establish in what way the persona might influence the interpretation of the poem. Initially a collective overview of several personae was planned, for the purpose of a synthesis of those personae, possibly leading to the discovery of a central Horatian persona. It was however, found, in the complex perfection of his work, that that central person is Horace: the poet. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In Horatius se Odes, gee hy dikwels spesifieke aandag nie net aan die onderwerp nie, maar ook aan die leser as sy gehoor, of die aangesproke persoon, wat dikwels in die begin van die gedig genoem word: Omdat so 'n kommunikasie die digter in sy eie skepping intrek, is dit sinvol om na hom in daardie konteks as die spreker te verwys. In die wyse waarop daar dan met die aangesprokene gekommunikeer word, word dit duidelik dat Horatius die boodskap van sy gedig nie slegs deur middel van stellings oordra nie, maar dat hy ook deur middel van die wisselwerking tussen die aangesprokene en die spreker, sekere feite impliseer. Die aangesproke persoon, waarop die spreker se houding dan'n reaksie is, word dus vir elke ode gekies om 'n sekere onderwerp of siening te ondersteun. Soos wat elke ode dus verskil, en'n verskeidenheid emosies bevat, verskil Horatius se houdings teenoor sy aangesprokenes drasties. Sy dieper oortuigings bly egter dieselfde. Dit lei die leser tot die besef dat Horatius 'n verskeidenheid "rolle" aanwend om in elke gedig die gewensde effek te verkry. Die werklike wisselwerking is nie tussen die spreker en die aangesprokene nie, maar tussen die digter en die leser. Sommige gedigte bevat geen name van aangesprokenes nie; slegs die rolle wat Horatius as die spreker gebruik. Hierdie rolle word personae genoem en verteenwoordig die digter op 'n aantal realistiese en bo-realistiese vlakke. Die effekte van 'n seleksie personae word in hierdie studie deur middel van analise ondersoek om vas te stel hoe die toepassing van die persona die interpretasie van die gedig beïnvloed. 'n Gesamentlike beskouing van 'n aantal digterlike personae is aanvanklik beplan, met die oog op 'n sintese van die personae, wat moontlik tot die ontdekking van 'n sentrale persona by Horatius sou kon lei. Daar is egter bevind dat die sentrale persoon wat in die komplekse perfeksie van sy werk self sit, dié is van Horatius as digter.

「甲骨塗辭」乃指在甲骨刻辭筆畫中塗以朱、墨，以往學者將之稱為「塗朱/墨」或「填朱/墨」，這類刻辭在刻寫完成之後，以朱砂或墨填入刻痕。其中，塗朱甲骨色彩鮮明奪目，很早就受到學者注意，其目的有美觀、宗教意涵、重要訊息的不同說法。然而，受限於甲骨著錄多為黑白拓本形式、早期彩色印刷不發達，目前甲骨學界尚無學者對塗辭做出專門且深入的研究。所幸，近年來出版之甲骨著錄附有彩色相片，部分甲骨收藏單位架設數位資料庫，如中研院史語所，所能蒐羅之資料備於完善，為甲骨塗辭研究奠定基礎。 本文以「塗朱甲骨」作為主要討論對象，試圖將辭例或形狀完整的塗朱卜辭進行分類。首先於第二章探討塗朱甲骨的年代以及塗朱甲骨的幾項特徵，包含：牛胛骨骨面塗朱卜辭、犯兆塗朱卜辭、塗朱記事刻辭。第三章及第四章則以塗朱甲骨的形態進行討論，分別以顏色及辭例的完整度作為分類標準。以顏色劃分塗朱甲骨可分為三類：僅見塗朱者、朱墨褐三色同版者、朱墨或朱褐同版者。以辭例完整度可分成八類。 / The incised characters on oracle bones rubbed with cinnabar or ink are called cinnabar inscriptions or ink inscription. The vermillion colored cinnabar used on the coloring of oracle bones is said to have religious messages or aesthetic purposes. Previously limited by the immature color printing and computer technology, oracle bones inscriptions were mostly rubbing editions in black and white, and thus there are few in-depth studies on the coloring of oracle bone inscriptions. But now a corpus of oracle bones is taking form, such as editions with color pictures and digitalization of oracle bones images by Institute of History and Philosophy, Academia Sinica. This paper aims to examine the cinnabar inscriptions on oracle bones, discuss their characteristics in different periods, and categorize them into three categories based on colors, and eight categories based on the intactness of the inscriptions.

published_or_final_version / Computer Science / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Science in Information Technology in Education

The goal of this study is to research the disparities in character positions between clients and server when playing an online game. The data needed was gathered by letting three players play a game made by me against each other, using extrapolation methods like the Kalman Filter on the characters’. During the play-through each client saved all characters positions together with the input made by the players. The clients logged the information every network update, in synch with the server. When the time came, all clients sent their information to the server, where it was collected, analyzed and compared with the information the server had registered. By calculating the difference in position of the server and clients characters, a disparity value could be extracted. This value is what was used to calculate a disparity value between the server characters and all clients’ counterparts. The same value is also what was used to answer the questions on how much impact the different extrapolation methods have on a game, as well as how big of an impact input made have on the delay of the game. An important part of the study was to make sure that the information gathered was collected at the same time on the clients and the server, as well as to be able to enable and disable parts of the methods. Therefore the whole game used in this dissertation was built focused on this study. All extrapolation methods are toggle-able and the information gathered is synched using time.windows.com.

第一章緒論。首節言新資料與學術研究之關係；第二節言簡牘出土與簡牘學之研究， 並列二十二表，以明其論著刊布情形：第三節言本書之研究旨趣。 第二章漢簡概述，首節論述載籍著錄之古簡凡七，即汲冢竹簡、延陵木簡、襄陽竹簡 、居延竹簡、天都木簡、陝西木竹簡，皆引載籍而論之也；第二節記近世出土漢簡凡 一十七，依序如次：敦煌漢簡、居阯漢簡、羅市淖爾漢簡、武威漢簡、長沙漢簡、武 昌漢簡陝縣漢簡連雲港（海州）漢簡、臨沂漢簡雲夢漢簡、盱眙漢簡、貴縣漢簡江陵 漢簡犬通漢簡、定縣漢簡、阜陽漢簡。記述之外，尚附圖版，以明其書體墨□也；第 三節簡牘釋義；第四節論簡牘之形制，並就其質材、整治、編聯、長度、書寫等文獻 資料，參以出土實物，詳加勘銓論證之。 第三章漢簡文字之書體。首節略論漢簡以前文字書骿之演化與變革；第二節論漢簡文 字之篆書體，詳其式微篆隸之混合並作漢簡篆體釋例；第三節論其隸書體，除以實例 論其起源、形成外，並就八分及兩漢隸體作一比較，未附隸體釋例；第四節論其草書 體，亦就其形成，名稱及古隸之關係詳加論證，未附草體釋例。 第四章漢簡文字之異體字。計分七節，以出土簡牘所作成之「漢簡文字字形表」（附 篇）為主，歸納其文字之分歧現象，並考釋之。 第五章漢簡文字之符號。首二節論其合文、重文之例；第三節探究節牘文字之標號， 如ˇ符、л符、．符、│─符、≡符、︴符、Ｒ、ㄢ、十、 符等簡牘標號皆詳加舉 證釋義。 第六章漢簡文字之考釋。本章以漢簡中存古文字之形，及篆隸混合者為主要考釋對象 ，末並附存疑字。 第七章結論。 附篇：漢簡文字字形表（總表）。合十七單字檢字表成此總表。

<p>The literature on J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter is prolific. People have written on various topics dealing with issues such as translation, etymology and diverse areas concerning the language. In this essay, I examine whether linguistic features such as reporting verbs, adverbs of manner and adjectives contribute to the depiction of heroic and villainous characters. Before conducting this research, my assumptions were that there would be a great difference in the value of the words depending on the character they were associated with. I wanted to see if the heroic characters used verbs and adverbs with positive connotations, and the villainous characters verbs and adverbs with negative connotations. I also wanted to know if the adjectives describing the characters could, in themselves, clearly indicate whether a character was a hero or a villain.</p><p>The results of my research suggested that the choice of particular verbs and adverbs contributed only indirectly to the depiction of the characters. Without context, it was not possible to know if the character was a hero or a villain simply by identifying the verbs and adverbs used to describe their speech. By contrast, the choice of particular adjectives did appear to indicate more clearly whether a character was hero or villain. Finally, the results of my research indicated that context, rather than the use of particular linguistic features was often the most important factor in contributing to the portrayal of characters in the novel.</p>