The aim of this study is to analyze whether or not the translation of shōnen manga, a subset of Japanese comics, cannot be done into English while maintaining the complete original intent and meaning of the work in its source language. This was done through a survey asking both native Japanese speakers and non-native Japanese speakers to compare panels from both the Japanese and English versions of the manga Dragon Ball, and through their responses strengthening the hypothesis that the inherent meaning between the two versions did indeed end up feeling different. The main differences cited were based partly on yakuwarigo, so-called "role language", and that there were inherent implications in the Japanese speech patterns that were not accurately conveyed in the English translation, thereby leading to some loss of context between the two versions, making the impressions of the characters differ in some areas. Hence, the results of this study accentuate that some aspects of Dragon Ball will be lost in translation.

Submitted by Edileide Reis (leyde-landy@hotmail.com) on 2013-05-24T13:24:48Z No. of bitstreams: 3 André Luiz Souza da Silva parte 3.pdf: 5744284 bytes, checksum: 77cfea20d0b62d21bb28bdaa33cd07f2 (MD5) André Luiz Souza da Silva parte 2.pdf: 6279094 bytes, checksum: 2a34abd3bde2217525dbb539358ec3f9 (MD5) André Luiz Souza da Silva parte 1.pdf: 5919305 bytes, checksum: 69221622cebd08abc45a450f9c75de32 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T13:24:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 André Luiz Souza da Silva parte 3.pdf: 5744284 bytes, checksum: 77cfea20d0b62d21bb28bdaa33cd07f2 (MD5) André Luiz Souza da Silva parte 2.pdf: 6279094 bytes, checksum: 2a34abd3bde2217525dbb539358ec3f9 (MD5) André Luiz Souza da Silva parte 1.pdf: 5919305 bytes, checksum: 69221622cebd08abc45a450f9c75de32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / A presente dissertação, intitulada O herói na forma e no conteúdo: análise textual do mangá Dragon Ball e Dragon Ball Z, objetiva averiguar os aspectos narrativos que compõem o mangá ao longo dessa série, verificando o papel do herói e a sua relação com os demais personagens. Para isso, a investigação analisa os aspectos plásticos do herói no contexto da economia narrativa geral dos quadrinhos. O objetivo é ponderar e realçar certos aspectos de ordem morfológica e das ações narrativas entre o herói do mangá e o herói das comics, partindo do pressuposto de que o conceito de mangá deve ganhar uma amplitude que não se restrinja à sua origem de produção. Portanto, a nossa proposta é pautada na análise interna dos mangás, tendo em vista não só a distribuição das imagens no espaço das páginas, como também a construção da figura do herói. / Salvador

The use of technology has become fairly integrated into our personal, educational, and professional lives. Students with disabilities attending postsecondary institutions may require the use of Assistive Technology (AT) for their educational pursuits and access to other technology. This study quantified students' general knowledge of AT and specific knowledge of Dragon NaturallySpeaking software. In addition, this study examined the relationship between disability support services received and current knowledge of AT among students with disabilities in a postsecondary environment. Participants were recruited from those who received disability support services at a midsize university in Illinois. An online survey was administered to 41 participants that included the Prior Knowledge of Assistive Technology Instrument (PKATI). Results indicated that participants' knowledge was influenced by three factors; prior training in AT within a postsecondary institution, access and availability to AT within postsecondary environments, and personal confidence in understanding of AT.

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka hur parallellklippning påverkar tittarensupplevelse av händelseförloppet från en filmscen. Analysen gjordes på filmerna Män somhatar kvinnor (2009) och The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) eftersom de innehållersamma berättelse. Scener valdes ut då den ena filmen använt sig av parallellklippning och denandra inte gjort det. En parallellklippt scen från båda filmer jämfördes också för att undersökamöjliga skillnader i hur klipptekniken användes i scenen. Med Gillian Roses ”kompositionstolkning” blev ett urval av scenernas visuella komponenter tolkade och genom Walter Murchs”The Rule of Six” analyserades klippteknikens inverkan på upplevelsen. Resultaten visade attparallellklippning införde en ny struktur av scenen för att föra berättelsen framåt ochkaraktärer fick en ökad eller minskad närvaro i scenen. Dessa ändringar hade förutsättningarför att påverka tittarens engagemang i karaktärerna eller handlingen och därpå upplevelsen avhändelseförloppet.

Master’s thesis is focused on a design of front uprights for Dragon 8 racing car of TU Brno Racing Formula Student team. This thesis follows up the bachelor’s thesis called “Race Car Front Wheel Carrier Design”. Discussion about team’s recent upright and component designs is followed by a model creation with use of topology optimization. Final geometry is simulated in FEA software. Design of the upright is then compared to the previous designs and also to its substitute produced with milling machining process.

This study determined the passage time and phage propagation time of salmonella specific phages, Felix O1 and S16, in 10 bearded dragons, based on re‐isolation from cloacal swabs and faecal samples following oral administration, as a possible tool for reducing salmonella shedding. In Study 1, Felix O1 was administered orally for 12 consecutive days. Over 60 days, swabs were taken from the oral cavity and cloaca and qualitative Salmonella detection as well as salmonella quantification from faecal samples were performed. In Study 2, a phage cocktail (Felix O1 and S16) was administered to half of the tested animals. Salmonella (S.) Eastbourne was also given orally to all animals. Oral and cloacal swabs were tested as in Study 1, and faecal samples were collected for phage quantification. Various Salmonella serovars were detectable at the beginning of the study. The numbers of serovars detected declined over the course of the study. S. Kisarawe was most commonly detected. Salmonella titres ranged from 102 to 107 cfu/g faeces. The phages (Felix O1 and S16) were detectable for up to 20 days after the last administration. The initial phage titres ranged from 103 to 107 pfu/ml. The study shows that the phages were able to replicate in the intestine, and were shed for a prolonged period and therefore could contribute to a reduction of Salmonella shedding.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka kvinnornas funktion i narrativet i House of the Dragon, speciellt med avseende på skildringen av förlossningar, i relation till spänningen mellan tradition och modernitet. Vi har undersökt om en viss typ av kvinna premieras i narrativet, om förlossning fungerar som belöning eller bestraffning av kvinnan, samt hur tv-serien synliggör och bearbetar samtida konflikter i narrativet. Studien utgår dels från Koselleck och Habermas teori om modernitet, dels från Habermas teori om familjestrukturen. Det teoretiska ramverket bygger även på Caweltis teori om litterära formler, främst angående hur narrativ kan bearbeta konflikter i samtiden. Materialet för studien är säsong ett av House of the Dragon som analyseras genom Ecos narrativa analysmodell med fokus på motsättningar. Resultaten visar bland annat att den kvinna som efterlever de traditionsenliga förväntningarna som ställs på henne premieras i narrativet och belönas med okomplicerade förlossningar. Förlossningen kan på det sättet fungera som ett verktyg för att belöna eller bestraffa en kvinna för sina egenskaper och handlingar. Resultaten visar även att tv-serien bearbetar samtida konflikter gällande kvinnlig autonomi och sexualitet.

Fuels comprised of the element thorium have become increasingly popular with researchers and the public as the next generation fuel due to its ability to produce its own fissile element (U-233) and generate lower concentrations of heavy actinides. The use of thorium can possibly lead to a self-sustaining cycle whereby the addition of fissile material is not required and that the fuel can breed sufficient amounts of U-233 for a continuous supply. Research into thorium use in CANDU reactors has mainly been focused on using driver elements such as U-235 or Pu-239 to initiate the nuclear reaction by taking advantage of bundle design or by mixing the thorium and driver fuel together; however, these methods have added complexities and may not lead to a pure thorium fuel cycle, but extend the life of current nuclear fuels used. This thesis will investigate a simpler means of utilizing thorium for the intent of breeding U-233 through the use of pure thorium bundles in a once-through cycle by the ways of a heterogeneous core loading in a CANDU-6 reactor model. A 3x3 multi-cell model using DRAGON 3.06K will simulate the dual fuel model by having the centre lattice enclosing the thorium bundle and the outer eight lattices enclosing the enriched uranium bundles as the driver fuel. Next, the diffusion code DONJON 3.02E is used to produce time-average, instantaneous, and initial startup full-core simulations. As well, a brief look at the refuelling operations on the thorium channels will be done. The presence of a thorium bundle places a negative reactivity load on the multi-cell, but causes a positive insertion of reactivity for a coolant void and shutdown scenario. In the full-core modelling, the final core configuration chosen shows that thorium channels should be located in the inner core rather than in the most outer channels to produce a flattening effect on the radial profile. Thorium channels will require a combination of SEU and thorium bundles in an attempt to maintain channel power levels. Specifically, the use of 4, 6, or 8 Th bundles were investigated. The most optimal core performance shown has a radial form factor of 0.816, a total average core burnup of 18.32 GWd/t, and operates within designed power limits. It is possible to implement pure thorium bundles into a reactor set in a dual fuel mode. A careful consideration of where thorium bundles should be located in the core can help flatten the radial power distribution and help the reactor operate within the operating licensing parameters without the use of adjuster rods while breeding U-233 for a future thorium fuel cycle. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

How loud is todays movies? I have been investigating the differences between loudness in American and Swedish flm making. Also, what difference does variation depending on country of distribution, language spoken and audio formats make? I applied the loudness levelling standard EBU r128 as take-off point for my study as I believe it will be the standard for how future audio tracks will be played and mixed.

<p>Due to the strong interest in thorium fuels in CANDU reactors rooting back to 1970’s and 1980’s, four experiments were done in the ZED-2 critical facility at Chalk River Laboratories to test the properties of (Th,Pu)O­₂ fuel. The fuel was placed in five bundles with a typical CANDU design, stacked vertically in the center of the core (K0 site) and surrounded by natural uranium fuel.</p> <p>The simulation of these experiments using the transport code DRAGON coupled with the diffusion code DONJON is presented. DRAGON is initially used to model two lattices and the full cores in 2D. These models are designed to calculate direct/adjoint flux, k_∞ and k_eff values using the collision probability method. Furthermore, the models determine a set of homogenized and condensed cross sections in two energy groups. Subsequently, DONJON is used to model the full core facility in three dimensions. Using the homogenized and condensed macroscopic cross section libraries obtained from the DRAGON models, DONJON is able to calculate the flux alongside with the k_eff values for the specific cases in two energy groups. The results are then compared to those from the experiments and will further validate the accuracy of the simulations.</p> <p>Sensitivity and uncertainty results for the infinite lattices and the 2D full core model using DRAGON and SUSD3D code are discussed. The direct and adjoint flux values determined by DRAGON for the lattices and the full core model are used by SUSD3D to calculate the sensitivity profiles for specific reactions of the isotopes present. The sensitivity profiles are then used alongside with the covariance matrices to calculate the uncertainty contribution of nuclear data to criticality. The sensitivity and uncertainty (S/U) results of the 2D model for full core, using the DRAGON/SUSD3D code coupling are then compared with the S/U results of a 3D model of the full core using the code TSUNAMI within the SCALE6 package in reference. The comparisons will show an excellent degree of consistency between the two methods, while reasons for possible differences in the results are also presented.</p> / Master of Applied Science (MASc)