This thesis examines separately two rhythmic styles: Renaissance mensural proportions and Elliott Carter's metrical modulation. Some historical background for each style is discussed (including examples from Gafurius' fifteenth-century treatise Practica Musicae) and the musical results of each are enumerated, examined, and compared. Examples of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century compositions are drawn from the works of Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ockeghem, and Heinrich Isaac, among others. Elliott Carter's first string quartet and Double Concerto provide most of the sources for the study of metrical modulation.Similarities and differences between the two styles are noted, and their significance discussed. / School of Music

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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of New Brunswick, Dept. of English, 2003. / Typescript. Works cited: Leaves 119-123. Also available online through University of New Brunswick, UNB Electronic Theses & Dissertations.

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2006. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Jan. 30, 2007). Thesis advisor: George White. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006. / Title from title screen. David Cheshier, committee chair; George Pullman, Carol Winkler, Mary Stuckey, James Darsey, committee members. Electronic text (226 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 5, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-226).

Please note: creative writing theses are permanently embargoed in OpenBU. No public access is forecasted for these. To request private access, please click on the locked Download file link and fill out the appropriate web form. / Richard and Nancy's son Jason has been in a car accident and suffered a brain-injury. Yesterday, he woke up from his coma, and he's finally home. Now, Richard and Nancy are forced to face one another, to deal with the blame they level at each other, the guilt they feel, and more importantly, their completely counter views on Jason's recovery. As they try to fight to get their son into the Shepherd Center, one of the best brain-injury rehab centers in the country, they must defend their home from Nancy's sister, Carol, her husband, Rick, and the secret they bring with them. Nancy and Richard must come to terms with their son's injury, forgive each other, and discover the truth of what really happened the night of the accident. / 2031-01-01

Conjugacy classes of nilpotent elements in complex semisimple Lie algebras are classified using the Bala-Carter theory. In this theory, nilpotent orbits in g are parametrized by the conjugacy classes of pairs (l,pl) of Levi subalgebras of g and distinguished parabolic subalgebras of [l,l]. In this thesis we present this theory and use it to give a list of representatives for nilpotent orbits in so(8) and from there we give a partition-type parametrization of them.

This thesis analyzes why people volunteer in two counties of East Tennessee. The study describes the concept of volunteering and its positive impact upon society on a regional and national level. The characteristics of people who volunteer, why people choose to volunteer, and the significance of their volunteering were assessed through a survey questionnaire. The survey questionnaire was administered in Carter County (Elizabethton) and Washington County (Johnson City) Tennessee to 13 charitable and non-charitable agencies that utilize volunteers aged 18 years and over. Out of 243 survey questionnaires distributed in Elizabethton and Johnson City, Tennessee, 124 individuals responded. Data collected in the areas were analyzed to determine how the region related to national profiles of those who volunteer. The data collected revealed reasons why people in this section of the mountains of East Tennessee volunteer and helped identify the characteristics of those who volunteer.

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This thesis contains three chapters. Chapter One provides an analysis of Carter's campaign for president. Carter's battle with Kennedy in the Democratic primary is examined. Additionally, an analysis of Carter's acceptance speech at the Democratic convention and an overview of the fall campaign is provided. Chapter Two has two foci. First, to present a holistic analysis of the debate, this chapter presents an analysis of the questions which were posed to the debaters. Moreover, it argues that Carter's debate preparation books enabled Carter to ignore certain questions and to recite a pre-written answer which reflected the overall strategy of his campaign. The second portion of this chapter delineates Carter's debate tactics, and in the closing portion of this analysis, it will become evident that Carter attempted to use the debate to appeal to specific segments of the population as well as to deny Reagan the "credibility threshold." It will be argued that Carter's debate strategy was fundamentally guided by this concept. Chapter Three will demonstrate that Carter did not achieve either of his debate objectives: Carter was unable to make a persuasive case to blue-collar males, and he was unable to deny Reagan the "credibility threshold." Finally, this chapter evaluates the relative success of Reagan and Carter in achieving their primary debate objectives. / Master of Arts