Thesis (M.A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-95).

Thesis (D.W.S.)--Institute for Worship Studies, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 419-420).

Project (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008. / Abstract and vita. Includes final project proposal. Description based on Print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-179, 51-59).

O objetivo desta dissertação é analisar os romances Dreaming in Cuban, de Cristina García, e Memory Mambo, de Achy Obejas. Este trabalho investiga como o exílio e hibridismo podem interferir nos relacionamentos familiares. Em ambos os romances, de escritoras contemporâneas cubano-americanas, os personagens têm que negociar com suas próprias famílias e com diferentes culturas. Nesses romances, a construção de identidade do sujeito diaspórico feminino é intensivamente permeada por relacionamentos familiares e pela política, apesar de as famílias poderem estar ou não separadas por questões políticas. Em Dreaming in Cuban, por meio de estratégias narrativas pós-modernas, Cristina García insere vozes silenciadas pelo patriarcado, descontruindo a história oficial e fornecendo ao leitor uma perspectiva feminina dos eventos. Em Memory Mambo, a memória tem um importante papel na narrativa, demonstrando que a memória pode ser contraditória e que história é uma construção social. Ambos os romances desafiam modos tradicionais de representação e oferecem um fascinante retrato da vida nos cruzamentos de culturas / The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the novels Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina García, and Memory Mambo, by Achy Obejas. This work investigates how exile and hybridity may interfere in family relationships. In both novels, by contemporary Cuban-American writers, the characters have to negotiate with their own families and with different cultures. In these novels, the construction of identity of the female diasporic subject is intensively permeated by family relationships and politics, even though families may or may not be separated by political issues. In Dreaming in Cuban, by means of postmodern narrative strategies, Cristina García inserts voices silenced by patriarchy, deconstructing official history and providing the reader with a female perspective of events. In Memory Mambo, memory plays an important role in the narrative, demonstrating that memory can be contradictory and that history is a social construct. Both novels challenge traditional modes of representation and offer a compelling portrait of life at the crossroads of cultures

O objetivo desta dissertação é analisar os romances Dreaming in Cuban, de Cristina García, e Memory Mambo, de Achy Obejas. Este trabalho investiga como o exílio e hibridismo podem interferir nos relacionamentos familiares. Em ambos os romances, de escritoras contemporâneas cubano-americanas, os personagens têm que negociar com suas próprias famílias e com diferentes culturas. Nesses romances, a construção de identidade do sujeito diaspórico feminino é intensivamente permeada por relacionamentos familiares e pela política, apesar de as famílias poderem estar ou não separadas por questões políticas. Em Dreaming in Cuban, por meio de estratégias narrativas pós-modernas, Cristina García insere vozes silenciadas pelo patriarcado, descontruindo a história oficial e fornecendo ao leitor uma perspectiva feminina dos eventos. Em Memory Mambo, a memória tem um importante papel na narrativa, demonstrando que a memória pode ser contraditória e que história é uma construção social. Ambos os romances desafiam modos tradicionais de representação e oferecem um fascinante retrato da vida nos cruzamentos de culturas / The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the novels Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina García, and Memory Mambo, by Achy Obejas. This work investigates how exile and hybridity may interfere in family relationships. In both novels, by contemporary Cuban-American writers, the characters have to negotiate with their own families and with different cultures. In these novels, the construction of identity of the female diasporic subject is intensively permeated by family relationships and politics, even though families may or may not be separated by political issues. In Dreaming in Cuban, by means of postmodern narrative strategies, Cristina García inserts voices silenced by patriarchy, deconstructing official history and providing the reader with a female perspective of events. In Memory Mambo, memory plays an important role in the narrative, demonstrating that memory can be contradictory and that history is a social construct. Both novels challenge traditional modes of representation and offer a compelling portrait of life at the crossroads of cultures

The subject of my thesis was traffic-engineering solution to the crossroads of the streets Osvobození - Podřevnická in several options. For these options were designed needed construction adjustment next was selected one option and after taht was carried out capacity assessment of the crossroads in accordance with relevant technical regulations. To verify the capacity assessment was carried out simulations using the proposed variants Aimsun.

The topic of the diploma work the Analysis of Critical Locations for Road Transport in a Chosen region – Brno-Country was proposed with the aim to use its results in a practice. The practical use is guaranteed by the cooperation with the Traffic Inspectorial Brno-country of the Police of Czech Republic. The aim of the work is to propose organization and constructional-technical measures that will lead to the increasing of the safety of the road transport after careful analysis of a concrete place, which is the crossroad A56 of the roads III/42510, III/41619, and III/39528. In the end of the work are proposed concrete remedies suitable for realization, which will contribute to an increasing to the road transport safety in the subject crossroad. The results are destined in the first for the use the Police of Czech Republic, appropriate City Hall, and Road Board and Service, but some partial conclusions are suitable for a serious consideration of drivers too.

Magister Chirurgiae Dentium (MChD) / There is an absence of both dental services and systematic planning to meet the oral health needs of the Black* population ~f greater Cape Town. Little epidemiological data exists upon which such planning can be based. This study describes the prevalence and treatment need related to tooth decay and periodontal disease ofaXhosa-speaking* squatter community on the outskirts of Cape Town. An age and sex stratified sample of 290 adults attending the SACLA clinic in Crossroads were examined. Examiner variability was measured by a percentage intra-examiner agreement for the DMFT of 95% and for the CPITN 84%. Cohen's kappa statistic, for tooth-specific caries detection errors was k = 0.877. The mean DMFT was 11.8 and varied little with sex or age below 55 years. After this age, the DMFT climbs steeply due largely to the rapid increase in the M value (missing teeth). The results show that for every tooth needing to be extracted, two teeth per subject required a restoration. Only three subjects already had some restorations. Periodontal health was reflected by a high prevalence of calculus (TN2 = 99%; MNS = 5.2) for the whole sample. Deep pockets were detected in 13% of those aged between 15 and 29 years, but only at a relatively low intensity (MNS = 0.1). This prevalence reached a high 60% for those aged between 45 and 64 years (MNS = 1.7). All subjects require oral hygiene instruction and gross scaling in at least four sextants, according to CPITN criteria. In conclus~on it is noted that there is a shortage of relevant epidemiological information necessary to the planning of oral health services to improve the oral health of the Xhosa-speaking community in the Western Cape. Caries prevalence rates are already high in young adults and a high tooth mortality rate and an absence of fillings, suggests that extraction is the only form of treatment made available to this community. The absence of appropriate prevention strategies such as water fluoridation is reflected in these results. The existence of small amounts of severe periodontal disease in young adults is of concern. The high prevalence of mild (and preventable) periodontal disease, seems to reflect a low awareness of the condition and/or a lack of resources to control it. It is no coincidence that such poor oral health was observed in this, a poor, peri-urban squatter community. This study, serves as a sad reminder of the maldistribution of oral health and socia-economic resources in South Africa. The socia-economic and political character of this community is reflected by the epidemiological picture of oral health observed in the study. It is clear that further data must be collected, especially a clear assessment of community-expressed needs. Active planning must take place urgently to integrate oral health with Primary Health Care to rectify the serious misuse and maldistribution of oral health resources required to improve the oral health of this population.

Juan Rulfo and João Guimarães Rosa stand at a literary crossroads, the intersection where traditional regionalists and celebrated Boom-era novelists meet. Although Rulfo and Guimarães Rosa chose the Mexican Llano Grande and the Brazilian sertão of Minas Gerais as the settings of their most celebrated novels, they go far beyond the techniques of traditional regionalism by distancing themselves from their national literatures. They universalize their narratives by incorporating universal religious themes, including the symbol of the cross. The symbol of the cross/crossroad has been analyzed and alluded to in a handful of essays on Pedro Páramo and Grande sertão: Veredas but has never been applied comparatively or in depth, beyond a connection to Hermes, Greek god of the crossroads. Rulfo and Guimarães Rosa use the spatial organizing power of the cross-and by extension, the crossroad-to highlight the importance of racial and religious mixing to Mexican and Brazilian identity, determine narrative structure, and strengthen mythic, religious, and epic themes. The motif allows the reader to transcend (although not eradicate) a geographical conception of setting. Instead, the reader recognizes the construction of a mythic space that intertwines national history with primordial creation stories, modern heroes, and ancient religious symbols.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-112).