Frenzied facts and fictions collide as Maureen Medved takes her unconventional approach to writing from book to big screen.

This study investigated the conversion of monomeric lignin fragments into cyclohexanols for use as a source of lignin-derived monomers for renewable Nylon 6 production. Lignin-derived monomeric phenolic species was transformed to their cyclohexanol analogs via selective catalytic hydrogenation. A fixed-bed flow reactor was used to evaluate the selective hydrogenation of individual model phenolic species (guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol or diphenyl ether). The catalyst composition studied was Ni/SiO₂, which was previously shown to form cyclohexanol as an intermediate from phenol. A primary focus was on tuning the reaction conditions to form desired products, while avoiding the formation of bicyclic species which can be precursors to catalyst deactivation, or fully hydrogenated products of lower value. Reaction pathways of guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol and diphenyl ether were studied. Major products obtained from guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol and diphenyl ether reactions were 2-methoxycyclohexanone, 4-methylcyclohexanol and cyclohexanol, respectively. Spent catalyst was analyzed for extent of deactivation.

Diss. Linköping : Univ., 2001.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

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The ranges and stragglings of fission fragments from the thermal neutron fission of U-235 have been measured. Particular attention was given to the preparation of very thin uranium sources, the design of a well collimated recoil system and the preparation of the fragment catcher. The ranges and range distributions in aluminum of fission products of mass numbers 95, 140, 141 and 147 have been obtained. The range values obtained agree with previous determinations within the experimental error. The refined techniques developed in this work have enabled differential range distributions to be obtained which are more precise than any previous determinations. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

Isotopic abundances of the elements barium, cerium, neodymium, samarium and europium formed in the thermal neutron fission of have been studied with a mass spectrometer. Suitable analyses of very young and old fission products have made possible the normaliza­tion of the isotopic abundances of each of these elements through iso­baric nuclides. In this manner the relative cumulative fission yield of every fission chain from mass 137 to 154 has been obtained. These yields, together with previously reported relative yields of masses 131 to 137 when normalized to total 100%, give the absolute cumulative yield of all the significant heavy fragment chains. The origin of the fine structure found in this mass yield distribution is discussed. It has been found that all fine structure can be explained in terms of a smooth primary mass-yield curve and a simple neutron distribution both of which are compared with experimental data from other laboratories. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

This thesis is an exploration of the ambiguous form. "Ambiguous" means having multiple interpretations. Usually, a figurative presentation will direct people to a particular thing. On the contrary, if familiarity is provided as the only way, people can find a deceptive scenario, and associate it with the corresponding space in his or her memory. This happens because the images stored in our minds are not very refined, especially the ones we see but do not remember deliberately. So we can say that the ambiguous form triggers our association and thinking. It could give us more affordance about architectural space. In addition, collage, an art of transforming fragments into a whole, is an essential approach for my thesis. The process involves disintegrating something first, analyzing it, then synthesizing the parts together. It is beautiful / Master of Architecture

Ce travail consiste en un commentaire ad locum, à caractère à la fois historique et historiographique, de la première moitié du livre XXXI de la Bibliothèque Historique de Diodore de Sicile, parvenu jusqu’à nous de façon fragmentaire. L’analyse recouvre 34 fragments, correspondant aux chapitres 1-17b de l’édition Loeb de F.R. Walton et issus du récit annalistique de la première olympiade successive à la bataille de Pydna (168/7-165/4 av. J.-C. = Ol. 153). Le choix du sujet se dessine dans le cadre d’un renouvellement général d’intérêt pour les deux dernières décades fragmentaires de l’œuvre diodoréenne, et pour les livres proprement ‘romains’ en particulier (XXIII-XL). Leur étude semble aujourd’hui centrale pour une meilleure appréciation de la personnalité de l’historien d’Agyrion, du fait de la proximité de l’époque de l’auteur aux événements relatés et de l’importance réservée aux deux cents dernières années d’histoire romaine dans l’économie globale de l’œuvre. La double perspective adoptée vise aussi bien à centrer la question de l’interprétation que l’historien sikéliote donne aux faits narrés qu’à envisager de manière novatrice les enjeux caractérisant la phase historique considérée, à la lumière des apports et des sollicitations de la recherche scientifique la plus récente. A côté de l’intérêt porté à l’écriture de Diodore – ici considérée en particulier du point de vue de son rapport avec la tradition polybienne –, une place privilégiée est ainsi accordée à la réflexion sur les causes et les procédés de l’expansion romaine en Orient, à un moment clé pour la redéfinition des équilibres de pouvoir entre l’Urbs et le monde gréco-hellénistique. / This work consists in an ad locum commentary, both historical and historiographical, on the first half part of the XXXI book of Diodorus Siculus’ Historical Library, that has reached us in fragments. This analysis is about the 34 fragments corresponding to the chapters 1-17b of F.R. Walton’s Loeb edition and to the remaining annalistic narration of the first Olympiad following the battle of Pydna (168/7-165/4BC = Ol. 153). The choice of the subject fits within a new general interest for the two last fragmentary decades of the Historical Library, and particularly for the so called ‘Roman’ books (XXIII-XL). A study of this section of Diodorus’ Bibliotheke seems nowadays essential for a better appraisal of the personality of the historian of Agyrion: this is because of the proximity of the author’s time to the events related and because of the great importance of the two last centuries of Roman history into the global economy of his work. The double perspective adopted aims to point out the historian’s interpretation of the facts narrated, but also to reconsider in an innovative way the problems characterizing the period analyzed, specially under the new light offered by the most recent contributions of the scientific research. Therefore, a privileged place is granted to the reflection on the causes and the procedures of the Roman expansion in the East, in a key-moment for the redefinition of the balance of power between the Urbs and the Greco-Hellenistic world, together with a particular attention to Diodorus’ writing, here considered in its relation with the Polybian tradition.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2004. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.