Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utvärdera om simulering av flöden på en emballeringsavdelning kan vara till hjälp för att kunna planera in stopp av packmaskiner så att förebyggande underhåll kan utföras. Med hjälp av simulering har kölängder, kötider och beläggningsgrader hos emballeringsavdelningen kunnat predikteras. Genom att skapa olika hypotesgrundade scenarion i simuleringsmodellen har ett antal resultat genererats.Resultaten av simuleringarna har gett värdefull information till underhållsavdelningens planerare. Informationen bör kunna vara ett viktigt beslutsunderlag för att kunna avgöra vid vilka tillfällen som de planerade stoppen kommer att ge upphov till minst störning av driften. Arbetet har visat att simulering av flöden är ett bra hjälpmedel för att kunna planera in stopp för förebyggande underhåll.För att kunna uppfylla syftet har en simuleringsmodell skapats över emballeringsavdelningen. Genom studier av processer och genom informationshämtning från kunnig personal har en användbar modell kunnat skapas. Även studier av underhållsteorier och simuleringslitteratur har varit till hjälp för att kunna uppfylla syftet med detta examensarbete.De utförda analyserna bygger till stor del på rekommendationer hämtade från den simuleringslitteratur som studerats men även på tips och stöd från författarnas handledare som har lång erfarenhet inom området.

The reasons to cause the variation of the Fu-Long resort area have been investigated in the study. The resort area is the spit extended from the northern coast of the Shung-si River located at the northeast part of Taiwan. Historical coastlines and the bathymetry surveyed in the last 15 years have been used to interpret the cause of the coastline variation. Numerical simulation of the wave and flow field is performed to assist the interpretation. It is found that the spit may be eroded during typhoon season by the flood from Shung-si River and recovered in the next year if the typhoon occurred in monsoon season in which the eroded sediment carried by northward monsoon waves will be merged to the coastline by the following southward northeast season waves. On the contrary, if the typhoon occurred during northeast wind season, the accompanying southward will carry the eroded sediment further south and the spit may not recover in the next year. It is further found that the source of the sediment from the river has been decreased in the last decade and the coastline retreated in responding the source decrease. Man-made fishery port close to the spit also deposited some sediment and may cause the variation of the coastline.

The single-scattering properties of six non-spherical ice crystals, droxtals, plates, solid columns, hollow columns, aggregates and 6-branch bullet rosettes are simulated. The anomalous diffraction theory (ADT) is applied to the simulation of the extinction efficiency and the absorption efficiency. Because the first order reflection is considered, the accuracy of the absorption efficiency increases with the increasing of the size parameter. Compared with the reference single-scattering properties from an improved geometric optics method (IGOM), the errors in the extinction and absorption efficiencies are small. In addition, the asymmetry factor is formulated within the framework of diffraction and external reflection. The asymmetry factor based on the ADT matches very well with the IGOM counterpart when the absorption is strong, but needs an improvement in the solar region. The errors in conjunction with the application of the ADT-based optical properties to the computation of atmospheric fluxes and heating rates, based on the Fu-Liou model also are investigated. Two cases, one for tropical cirrus clouds and the other for mid-latitude cirrus clouds, are designed. It is found that the errors of bulk asymmetry factor between ADT-based and IGOM-based result in an overestimation of downward infrared (IR) fluxes and upward solar fluxes, and an underestimation of upward IR fluxes and downward solar fluxes. The errors of the fluxes and heating rates based on two sets of single-scattering properties are caused mainly by the underestimation of the bulk absorption efficiency based on ADT. It is also shown that ADT-based optical properties generate more accurate radiative properties for tropical cirrus clouds than for the mid-latitude cirrus clouds. In conclusion, the ADT-based method can generate reasonably accurate single-scattering properties of ice crystals, and can result in reasonable upward IR and solar fluxes at top of atmosphere (TOA), downward IR fluxes at the surface, and net heating rates.

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1995. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-172).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary (Canada), 2002.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kansas, 1980. / "Catalogue raisonné: leaves 255-316. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 317-335).

My argument is that the Wong Fei-hung film series, Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark, Chapters 1, 2, 3), not only affirms the ideas of Confucianism but also criticizes them. Tsui Hark’s film series express Hong Kong’s tension of selecting eastern tradition and western modernity before it returned to mainland China in 1997, which represents the selection of entirely different values between East and West. Though the film series was made from 1991 to 1993, Hark started considering how to eliminate the uncertainty in selecting ideology after Hong Kong’s return. He provides his answer by combining eastern Confucianism and western modernity to lead Hong Kong to build a more inclusive nationalism. This new nationalism not only transforms tense uncertainty into positive potentiality but also avoids the intense conflict between those who select eastern values and those who select western ones. Tsui Hark's affirmation to Confucianism includes the traditional moral principles which are kindness, righteousness, wisdom, sincerity and “father guides son”. Meanwhile, he affirms the individualism and anti-tradition of modernity. For Hong Kong, Hark's implication is to let them take the Chinese nation as the prerequisite for safeguarding the unification of China and abiding by the leadership of state sovereignty, as well as accepting the traditional Confucian morality. In addition, as a modern city, Hong Kong should continue to carry forward individualism and anti-tradition of modernity to satisfies the individual's reasonable desires and challenge the traditional with creativity. In this thesis, I support this argument by analyzing two aspects of these films: character and genre.

This thesis deals with an italian writer Luigi Pirandello and with one of his most famous novel: Il fu Mattia Pascal. The main aim is to find the examples of Pirandellos humour in this novel and to prove, that the novel is rightly called one of his first humour compositions. At the beginning of the thesis I introduce the writer and his works generally. Than I focus on his essay LUmorismo, which is important for analysis of the novel. In this essay Pirandello summarized the concept of his conception of humour. On the basis of the essay I analyse the novel.

Le champ de la pharmacogénétique est d'une importance cruciale en oncologie pour optimiser la sélection du traitement à utiliser en fonction du profil génomique du patient et de la tumeur. En effet, au-delà des caractéristiques spécifiques de la tumeur, le génome de l'individu explique une grande partie de la variation de la réponse du observée à des agents chimiothérapeutiques à la fois en terme d'efficacité et de toxicité. Les patients atteints de cancer colorectal (CCR) sont susceptibles de recevoir une ou plusieurs lignes de chimiothérapie avec une efficacité variable et de faire l'expérience des effets secondaires connexes. Il est donc essentiel d'optimiser l’arsenal thérapeutique pour améliorer l’efficacité des traitements en évitant au maximum les effets indésirables. Le but des études de pharmacogénétique est d'étudier spécifiquement pour chaque médicament les voies métaboliques impliquées et leurs variations interindividuelles potentielles secondaires à des mutations génomiques ou somatiques. Cette recherche vise ainsi à identifier les biomarqueurs pronostiques et prédictifs qui aideront à une meilleure sélection de traitement. Pour les patients atteints de CRC, le bénéfice de survie de l'administration de la chimiothérapie adjuvante chez les patients de stade II et III reste à évaluer. En effet, l'avantage de survie donné par la perfusion de 5-fluorouracile en adjuvant (avec ou sans oxaliplatine) a été montré pour les patients de stade III CRC mais est encore indéterminé pour les patients de stade II CRC. Par définition, les mutations somatiques sont détectées dans le génome des cellules tumorales et ont été associées à la réponse aux agents chimiothérapeutiques. En outre, plusieurs rapports ont suggéré l'importance du rôle des variations héréditaires (génome constitutionnel) pour la réponse aux médicaments et à la prévision des effets secondaires. Dans ce travail, je me suis concentrée sur la relation entre les polymorphismes et la réponse aux chimiothérapies chez les patients de stade II - III CRC. J'ai observé que la cycline D1 (CCND1), les canaux sodique voltage-dépendants (SCN1A), les régulateurs de la voie WNT / β - caténine, KSR et les gènes de cellules souches cancéreuses pouvaient prédire la réponse et la survie de patients traités pour CCR en situation adjuvante. / The pharmacogenetics field is of crucial importance in oncology to optimize the selection of which chemotherapy regimen to use according to the patient’s and tumor’s genomic profile. Indeed, beyond the specific tumor characteristics, the individual’s inherited genome accounts for a large proportion of the variation in patient’s response to chemotherapeutic agents both in term of efficiency and toxicity. Patients with colorectal cancer are likely to receive one or several lines of chemotherapy with variable efficacy and to experience some related side effects. It is therefore critical to tailor the best therapeutic arsenal to improve treatments efficacy meanwhile avoiding adverse reactions susceptible to lead to treatment disruption as much as possible. The purpose of pharmacogenetics studies is to specifically investigate for each drug the implicated metabolic pathways and their potential individual variations related to genomic or somatic mutations. This research aims at identifying both prognostic and predictive biomarkers that will help for the best treatment selection. In CRC, one important issue remains to evaluate the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy administration in patients with stage II and III CRC. In this setting, the survival advantage given by adjuvant 5-fluoruracil-infusion (with or without oxaliplatin) has been shown for patients with stage III CRC but is still undetermined for patients with stage II CRC. By definition somatic mutations can be found in tumor cells genome and have been related with response to chemotherapeutic agents. In addition, several reports suggested the important role of inherited variations (constitutional or germ line) for drug response and side effects prediction.

《樂府補題》是一部著名的詠物詞集，本文即以此詞集為研究對象。除緒論及總結外，本文共分三編七章。各章節的內容大要如下。緒論回顧了《樂府補題》的研究狀況，並提出了本文的研究問題：一、甚麼因素促使《樂府補題》問世？二. 能否整理出一個《樂府補題》的新文本以供討論？ 三. "樂府補題"究竟有何寄託？四.《樂府補題》的詠物成就如何？五.《樂府補題》復出之後，讀者又如何接受？上編一章，研究《補題》的生成語境，處理的是第一個研究問題。本章分別從「歷史語境」、「詠物詞史語境」、「詞學語境」和陳恕可的「個人語境」等四個層面，由廣而狹地逐步聚焦於《樂府補題》得以問世的因素，並嘗試界定「雅」的定義。中編包括第二、第三及第四等三章，主力研究《補題》的文本，處理的是第二、第三和第四等三個研究問題。本編探討了《補題》的版本、寄託和詠物等基本課題。第二章首先整理了《補題》的版本系統，重建了《補題》的文本，第三章即在此基礎上作進一步的討論，提出無本事而有寄託的解讀方法、應題典故和烘題典故的區分及其對解讀詠物詞所起的作用。此外，本編第四章又討論了《補題》在賦形和摹神所用到的手法，並嘗試界定「神」的定義。下編三章，討論了後世讀者對《補題》的接受，處理的是第五個研究問題。第五章討論了清代詞人追和《補題》的作品的特點，第六章則討論了清人對《補題》的理論開發，從而看出《補題》經典地位的建立。本編第七章則討論了《補題》進入民國之後被文學史家邊緣化的問題。總結即回顧本文各章的研究結果。= It is known that Yue Fu Bu Ti 樂府補題 is a famous anthology of object-chanting Ci poetry詠物詞. Where have such poems come from? How did such an anthology come about? Very simply put, in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, a small number of poets held a handful of clandestine gatherings to mourn the demise of the Song Dynasty. The innocence of their verse - songs about very common objects and animals - hid their true feelings about the the Song Dynasty. Their lamentations, their regrets and even their feelings of guilt burn within the sub-text of this small collection of poems. This thesis is a study of this anthology. In this thesis, except for the introduction and the conclusion, there are 3 sections with 7 chapters. The synopsis is as follows. The introduction contains a literature review on Yue Fu Bu Ti. Five research questions are raised: 1. What are the factors that spurred the emergence of Yue Fu Bu Ti? 2. Is it possible to reconstruct a faithful and authentic version of Yue Fu Bu Ti today? 3. What are the hidden meanings - the subtext - of Yue Fu Bu Ti? 4. What are the accomplishments of object-chanting which Yue Fu Bu Ti achieved? 5. How have the readers over the years received Yue Fu Bu Ti? Chapter 1 addresses the first research question. It examines the factors which prompted Yue Fu Bu Ti to coalesce and to take shape through the perspectives of its historical context, the context of object-chanting Ci, the context of Ci poetry 詞學more generally, and the personal context of Chen Shu He 陳恕可, the editor and one of the authors of Yue Fu Bu Ti. In addition, the concept of Ya 雅 is also discussed in this chapter. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 make up Section 2. They concentrate on the second, third and fourth research questions respectively. The basic issues, including different versions of Yue Fu Bu Ti, the shrouded, concealed meanings Yue Fu Bu Ti, and the realization and triumph of object-chanting which Yue Fu Bu Ti achieved are discussed in this section. The text of Yue Fu Bu Ti is reconstructed. This latest version is the basis of further discussion. It is suggested that the true meanings of Yue Fu Bu Ti are cleverly disguised free of referential incidents. Direct and indirect allusion are keys to a successful reading of the poems. The concept of Shen 神 of objects, the writing technique for depicting a resemblance to objects, and the acquisition or attainment of the essence of the Shen of objects in Yue Fu Bu Ti, are discussed in this section. There are also 3 chapters in the last section. The final research question is discussed in this section. Chapter 5 studies the characteristics of Zhui He 追和 (compositions based on the rhymes of the original work ) during the Qing Dynasty while Chapter 6 examines the Ci theory revealed within Yue Fu Bu Ti and explored in the Qing Dynasty. The process of canonization of Yue Fu Bu Ti is shown here. Marginalisation of Yue Fu Bu Ti by literary historians in the Min Guo era is discussed in Chapter 7. The conclusion is a review of the achievements the chapters have presented.