Diss.--Komparatistik--Universität Augsburg, 1998. / Bibliogr. p. 196-201. Index.

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Konstanz, HS, Diplomarbeit, 2008.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Group workshop report. Includes bibliographical references.

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Changes in the temporal variability of precipitation at all timescales are expected due to global warming. Such changes affect urban water infrastructure by potentially influencing their performance and risk of failure. Unfortunately, there is considerable uncertainty about how hydrological variables will change in the future. While uncertainty is present at all timescales, the climate signal in the daily time series simulated by climate models, for instance, can be estimated with much greater certainty than in the simulated hourly time series. That is problematic as sub-daily precipitation time series are essential to solving specific water resource engineering problems, especially in urban hydrology, where times of concentrations are typically less than a day. For instance, hourly or sub-hourly precipitation time series are routinely used to design stormwater and road drainage systems. Rainfall variability at sub-daily time steps is often represented as Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves, relating precipitation duration (of basin time of concentration) to return period and average precipitation intensity. Naturally, several researchers investigated the integration of climate change in IDF curves, leading to methods of variable complexity and variable performance. This thesis aims to a) make a critical analysis of the most commonly used methods for IDF curves under climate change in Canada and b) identify the methods with optimal performance for a set of stations located in the South Nation watershed in Ottawa, Ontario, and c) perform a case study highlighting the effect of the choice of the temporal disaggregation method on the estimated risk of failure/performance of an urban water system. The first part of the thesis examines Equidistant Quantile Mapping (EQM) used in the IDF_CC tool developed for the Canadian Water Network project. Two conceptual flaws in the method that led to a systematic underestimation of extreme events were discovered. Two corrections are proposed to the EQM, leading to the development of two new methods for IDF generation. The output of EQM and its improved version is a time series of annual maximum precipitation intensity for different durations that can be used to derive IDF curves. These time series generated using the above approach are not appropriate for rainfall-runoff models for which continuous time series of precipitation (not only maximums) are required. The second part of the thesis tackles the issue, which examines a different approach to evaluating the risk of failure/performance of urban water systems under a changing climate. This second approach yields continuous time series of precipitation that can be fed in rainfall-runoff models used for IDF curve generation. The proposed method is applied in three steps: i) projections of future daily precipitation are generated by downscaling the output of climate models; ii) the downscaled daily precipitation time series are temporally disaggregated to an hourly time step using various techniques; iii) finally, the disaggregated future precipitation time series are used as inputs to rainfall-runoff models or used to generate IDF curves. This approach relaxes several strong assumptions made to develop the EQM approach, such as the implicit (and strong) assumption that the annual maximum precipitation at two different time steps occurs during the same event. That assumption is not necessarily valid and can affect the realism of the generated IDF curves. The method's performance is obviously dependent on the temporal disaggregation technique used in step 3. In this thesis, a simple steady-state stochastic disaggregation model that generates wet/dry day occurrence using a binomial distribution and precipitation intensity using an exponential distribution is proposed and compared to widely used temporal disaggregation methods: the multiplicative random cascade model (MRC), the Hurst-Kolmogorov process (HKP), and three versions of the K-nearest neighbor model (KNN) using the nonparametric Kolmogorov- Smirnov (KS) test. The six disaggregation techniques were assessed at four stations located in South Nation River Watershed located in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The third part of the thesis is a case study of the impact of climate change on stormwater management. First, a stormwater management model (SWMM) of St. Catharines, Ontario, developed in a previous study, was selected to simulate its stormwater and sanitary system. The model was forced with downscaled and temporally disaggregated precipitation outputs of the Canadian Regional Climate Model at the Port Dalhousie station, simulated under emission scenario RCP8.5. The temporal disaggregation was done using the Fahad-Ousmane and the KNN (30) methods developed in the previous chapter. The impact of climate change on the frequency, volume, and quality of combined sewer overflows and other hydraulic parameters is examined. Results suggest an increase in the total volume, flow frequency percentage, maximum flow, and average flow in the stormwater system due to climate change. Therefore, adaptation measures should be implemented for the distribution network and wastewater treatment plant to convey and treat the wastewater resulting from wet and dry events.

In this essay, research is conducted on two different translations of the same comic play by Dario Fo: Accidental Death of an Anarchist. (Original title in Italian: Morte accidentale di un anarchico). The first translation is by Gillian Hanna – adapted by Gavin Richards, and the other by Simon Nye. As the original text is both satirical and comedic, one of the things investigated is how these satirical and comical features of the original text are translated. Questions asked include whether these comical and satirical features are sometimes omitted or altered for any linguistic reason, or if the “jester-like” satire of the original text is preserved. In order to answer these questions, the context of the text will first be explored, as this context may present linguistic obstacles for a translator. These possible linguistic obstacles will mainly be established through Fitzpatrick & Sawczak’s Cultural Translation Model. Chapter 2 of this essay consists of an explanation of the methodology of gathering data through primary and secondary literature sources, and, eventually a comparison of the two translations to the original text. In Chapter 3, a review of the relevant theories is presented, and the theoretical literature which may offer explanations about the linguistic properties of humour and the “comedic process”. Further, Dario Fo’s particular style of political satire is presented in Chapter 4, together with an investigation of the particular use of satire in theatre performances, and Commedia dell’arte - as background for his particular comedic style. In Chapter 5, linguistic obstacles for translating humour and satire for stage are investigated. In addition, various adaptation strategies of translation are briefly displayed, as well as a short account for Accidental Death of an Anarchist in adaptation. Finally, in Chapter 6, a comparison between some short segments of the two translations and the original text is conducted, in order to establish whether some satirical and comical features have been preserved or altered in the translations. The research will show that there exists a lack of linguistic humour theories which goes beyond linguistic puns. At the same time, various techniques are available to translate and adapt the humorous source text into the target language and culture. Even if there is no linguistic reason for altering the implications and symbolic approach of the original text, the translator may adapt the stage performance into the cultural realm of the native public. Thus, the translator can either exclude the humorous parts in the original text, or adapt the satire into domestically accepted jokes, or add new humorous events into the play. However, due to linguistic obstacles in translating humour, it is not always a matter of choice for the translator to either be true to audience or author.

La F1 Fo ATP synthase est un complexe enzymatique localisé au sein de la membrane interne mitochondriale qui utilise le gradient électrochimique en protons formé par la chaîne respiratoire pour synthétiser de l'ATP à partir d'ADP et de Pi. Cette enzyme conservée de la levure S. cerevisiae aux cellules de mammifères s'organise dans les membranes internes mitochondriales sous forme de structures supramoléculaires d'ATP synthases. Chez la levure, il est aujourd'hui parfaitement identifiée que cette organisation nécessite la présence de deux sous-unités accessoires de l'enzyme : les sous-unités e et g.Les travaux présentés dans ce manuscrit visaient à étudier l'implication des sous-unités e et g dans les mécanismes de dimérisation et d'oligomérisation des ATP synthases ainsi que dans la morphogénèse des crêtes mitochondriales chez la levure S. cerevisiae et dans les cellules humaines en culture.Chez la levure, l'étude réalisée nous a permis de déterminer la stœchiométrie des sous-unités e et g, élément indispensable à la modélisation de l'agencement des sous-unités membranaires de l'enzyme dans la membrane interne mitochondriale.Dans les cellules humaines en culture, nous avons pu établir que les sous-unités e et g participent à la stabilité des dimères d'ATP synthases. Cependant l'implication de ces sous-unités dans la stabilité de l'enzyme semble différente des observations effectuées dans les cellules de levure / The F1Fo ATP synthase is an enzymatic complex embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane which use the electrochemical proton gradient generated by the phosphorylation oxydative pathway to synthesize ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. This enzyme is conserved from yeast to mammalian cells and displays supramolecular organization in the inner mitochondrial membrane. In yeast, it is actually well-known that the supramolecular assembly required two accessory subunits : e and g subunits.The present work was realized to understand the involvement of subunits e and g in dimerization and oligomerization of mitochondrial ATP synthases as well as their effect on mitochondrial inner membrane morphogenesis in yeast S. cerevisiae and human cultured cells.In yeast, this study led us to determine subunits e and g stoechiometry, which was cruelly missing to establish a model of the ATP synthases membranous subunits layout in the inner mitochondrial membrane.In human cells, we have demonstrated that subunits e and g are implicated in ATP synthase dimer stabilization. However, their involvement in this stabilization seems to be quietly different of what have been observed in yeast cells.

The present research attempts to conceptualize and theorize the social engaging phenomenon of a contemporary Buddhist organization – Foguangshan – from a sociological and cultural perspective. This approach sees the growing presence of religion in contemporary society as a multi-facet social process that involves dialectic exchanges with various actors in the public realm, and acknowledges that a full understanding of the social presence and significance of a religious actor in a society cannot be realized only by the examination of their religious beliefs and practices but also the conceptualization of these religious expressions in search for the meanings and implications underneath. / The study acknowledges that despite the existence of abundance studies on Taiwanese Buddhism and Foguangshan, they are mostly historical and philosophical in nature; theoretical analysis of the social engaging mentality of these Buddhist communities and their interaction with the society is insufficient if not inattentive. The present research, therefore, would like to confront this issue by taking a dialectic approach that draws a connection between the socially engaging Buddhist community of Foguangshan with current social and cultural theories. / Specifically the paper will conduct a theoretical examination of Foguangshan and its interaction with the Taiwanese society by investigating their multiple aspects of publicness. This includes 1) how Foguangshan understands and imagines the public; 2) their strategy in engaging and penetrating into the public; and 3) how the people of the general public in return receives and responses to the social presence of the monastery. What this research tries to reveal is that while Foguangshan has been successful in expanding and penetrating into various public domains of the Taiwanese society, the outcome of their particular strategy in engaging with the public might result in an identity crisis beyond the intention of the monastery – an ambiguous public image between being religious and secular. / From our case study of Foguangshan in Taiwan the contemplation of these topics would be contextualized in a contemporary Chinese setting, and by doing so allows a cross cultural examination of the validity and universality of existing models of secularization and public religion. Hence the outcome of this study would not only provide an in-depth sociological and cultural understanding of the various public aspects of Foguangshan in relation to the contemporary history of Taiwan, the contextualization of this Buddhist phenomenon within a Chinese context could also further our understanding on how the particular social and cultural history of Taiwan, its Chinese cultural roots, and the religiosity of Chinese Buddhism have contributed to the unique way Chinese religions adapts and negotiates with modernity. / 本研究試圖從社會及文化角度，對當代佛教組織佛光山及其社會參與現象作概念化及理論化的分析。此方法視當代社會宗教增長現況，為一個牽涉公共領域中不同行動者的多層面社會過程，及相信一個對社會及宗教現狀的全面理解，並不能單靠對宗教信仰及其思想習俗的探討而獲得，而是更需要對這些宗教表象背後的意義和引伸作出概念化的整理。 / 本研究指出，儘管現存對台灣佛教及佛光山之研究非常豐富，然而，這些研究多屬於歷史及哲學性質，因而頗為缺乏對這些佛教團體的社會參與現象作社會學的理論分析。本論文直面這個問題，透過辯證方法把佛光山及其社會參與現象與當今社會及文化理論連接起來。 / 本論文將會透過研究佛光山的不同公共面貌，對佛光山及其在台灣社會的社會參與作理論性的探究，這包括︰(一)佛光山如何了解及想像公共這一概念，(二)他們參與及滲透公共領域的策略，及(三)大眾市民如何接收及回應佛光山的公共存在現象。本研究嘗試揭示正當佛光山成功地擴張及滲透台灣公共領域之際，他們探取的獨特策略卻做成了對這當代佛教團體的一個身份危機 – 一個游離於宗教與世俗之間的不明確公共形象。 / 本研究亦嘗試延伸到有關於宗教當代社會學中更廣闊的課題，特別是宗教與世俗之間的界線，以及現代化當下之社會變遷的探討。從對台灣佛光山的個案研究，這些課題將會落實於當代中國脈絡中，作全面性的思考，這樣便能給現有對世俗化和公共宗教的既有理解中，展開一個有效性和普遍性的跨文化檢驗。因此，本研究的結果不但提供一個對佛光山不同公共層面的社會及文化的深入理解，也進一步加深我們認識及了解台灣特殊的社會及文化歷史、中國文化根源、及中國佛教的宗教性、如何促成中國宗教對現代化過程作出獨特的適應及協調。 / Chan, Fang Michael. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 295-302). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on 28. September, 2016). / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only.

Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) / It is only in recent decades that marine scientific research has begun to reveal the true physical characteristics and resource potential of the open ocean and deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction. A combination of factors such as the depletion of inshore fish stocks and an increase in global maritime trade has led to greater usage of the vast maritime area beyond the territorial sea and exclusive economic zone limits of the coastal states. Human activities in this area of the ocean, which covers approximately 50% of the world’s surface, have expanded to include bioprospecting, exploration for deep seabed minerals, more sophisticated marine scientific research and deep sea tourism. This rise in human activities beyond the offshore zones of coastal states poses actual and potential threats to the physical characteristics and biodiversity of the open ocean and deep sea environments. Arbitrary human intrusions into this largely unexplored marine domain have the potential to harm the intricate links between complex marine ecosystems and to erode components of marine biodiversity. This thesis examines the global and regional provisions which have been put in place to regulate the environmental impacts of human activities that occur beyond national jurisdiction. An analysis of these instruments and their implementation reveals that the current international law framework provides only minimal levels of protection for the marine environment beyond national jurisdiction. It explores several options based on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) and the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to establish a cohesive environmental protection system for the marine environment beyond national jurisdiction.