Alors que les hypothèses de valence et de dominance hémisphérique droite ont longtemps été utilisées afin d’expliquer les résultats de recherches portant sur le traitement émotionnel de stimuli verbaux et non-verbaux, la littérature sur le traitement de mots émotionnels est généralement en désaccord avec ces deux hypothèses et semble converger vers celle du décours temporel. Cette dernière hypothèse stipule que le décours temporal lors du traitement de certains aspects du système sémantique est plus lent pour l’hémisphère droit que pour l’hémisphère gauche. L’objectif de cette thèse est d’examiner la façon dont les mots émotionnels sont traités par les hémisphères cérébraux chez des individus jeunes et âgés. À cet effet, la première étude a pour objectif d’évaluer l’hypothèse du décours temporel en examinant les patrons d’activations relatif au traitement de mots émotionnels par les hémisphères gauche et droit en utilisant un paradigme d’amorçage sémantique et une tâche d’évaluation. En accord avec l’hypothèse du décours temporel, les résultats obtenus pour les hommes montrent que l’amorçage débute plus tôt dans l’hémisphère gauche et plus tard dans l’hémisphère droit. Par contre, les résultats obtenus pour les femmes sont plutôt en accord avec l’hypothèse de valence, car les mots à valence positive sont principalement amorcés dans l’hémisphère gauche, alors que les mots à valence négative sont principalement amorcés dans l’hémisphère droit. Puisque les femmes sont considérées plus « émotives » que les hommes, les résultats ainsi obtenus peuvent être la conséquence des effets de la tâche, qui exige une décision explicite au sujet de la cible. La deuxième étude a pour objectif d’examiner la possibilité que la préservation avec l’âge de l’habileté à traiter des mots émotionnels s’exprime par un phénomène compensatoire d’activations bilatérales fréquemment observées chez des individus âgés et maintenant un haut niveau de performance, ce qui est également connu sous le terme de phénomène HAROLD (Hemispheric Asymmetry Reduction in OLDer adults). En comparant les patrons d’amorçages de mots émotionnels auprès de jeunes adultes et d’adultes âgés performants à des niveaux élevés sur le plan comportemental, les résultats révèlent que l’amorçage se manifeste unilatéralement chez les jeunes participants et bilatéralement chez les participants âgés. Par ailleurs, l’amorçage se produit chez les participants âgés avec un léger délai, ce qui peut résulter d’une augmentation des seuils sensoriels chez les participants âgés, qui nécessiteraient alors davantage de temps pour encoder les stimuli et entamer l’activation à travers le réseau sémantique. Ainsi, la performance équivalente au niveau de la précision retrouvée chez les deux groupes de participants et l’amorçage bilatéral observé chez les participants âgés sont en accord avec l’hypothèse de compensation du phénomène HAROLD. / While the right hemisphere and valence hypotheses have long been used to explain the results of research on emotional nonverbal and verbal stimuli processing, the literature on emotional word processing is highly inconsistent with both hypotheses, but appear to converge with the time course hypothesis. The time course hypothesis holds that in the processing of some parts of the semantic system the time course of activation is slower in the right hemisphere compared to the left hemisphere. The goal of this thesis was to find insight into the ways in which words with emotional words are processed in the cerebral hemispheres in young and older individuals. To this end, the first study investigated the time course hypothesis looking at the activation pattern of emotional words in the left and right hemispheres, using the priming paradigm and an evaluation task. Consistent with the time course hypothesis, the results in males revealed an early and later priming in the left and right hemispheres, respectively. The results for females, however, were consistent with the valence hypothesis, since positive and negative words were optimally primed in the left and right hemispheres, respectively. As females are considered more emotional than males, their results may be due to the nature of the task, which required an explicit decision concerning the target. The second study looked at the possibility that the preservation with age of the ability to process emotional words would follow the compensatory role of bilateral activation in high performing older individuals known as the HAROLD phenomenon (Hemispheric Asymmetry Reduction in OLDer adults). Comparing the pattern of emotional word priming in a group of equally high performing older and younger, it was shown that while priming occurred unilaterally in young participants, the pattern of priming in older participants appeared to be bilateral. The occurrence of priming in older adults occurred with a tiny delay, though, that may be due to an increase in sensory thresholds that causes older adults to need more time to encode stimuli and start activation through the semantic network. Thus, the bilateral pattern of priming and the equivalent level of performance in older adults provide behavioral evidence supporting the compensatory role of the HAROLD phenomenon.

Based on a Ph.D. thesis - Liverpool Hope University College. / Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1965. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: leaves 231-252.

We can find many records concerning the Godwine family in primary sources of the period in between the reign of Knut the Great (1066) and William the Conqueror's famous conquest of British Isles (1066). Even though autors of the primal sources mention this noble house in conection with key political and war events of 11th. century, significance of Godwinson's is usualy suppressed at the expense of contemporary "pro-norman" theories, which are defending William the Concueror's rights to anglo-saxon throne. Main purpose of submited diploma thesis is to introduce reader to complex and truthfull image of how and why did Godwinson's bacame as powerfull as they were, and to show their influence and importance in history of "pre- norman" England.

Este estudo tem como objetivo central propor uma leitura diferente para a peça The Homecoming, escrita por Harold Pinter. Desde sua estreia nos palcos ingleses, em 1965, a fortuna crítica da obra tende a partir de dois diferentes vieses para analisá-la: por um lado, parte da crítica enxerga a peça através das características do Teatro do Absurdo termo estabelecido por Martin Esslin para um grupo de peças do período pós-guerra europeu em seu livro The Theatre of the Absurd (1961) ; por outro, um grupo de críticos tenta definir a peça através dos conceitos da psicanálise freudiana enfocando o Complexo de Édipo. Nossa proposta de leitura para a peça contrapõe o texto teatral a seu momento sócio-histórico e cultural, tentando relacioná-los e indicar de que modo estes se influenciam mutuamente. Uma breve contextualização geral das obras de Harold Pinter e das características que a tornaram tão célebre, assim como um breve panorama do teatro inglês nas décadas de 1950 e 1960 iniciam nosso estudo para que a importância de Harold Pinter seja compreendida. A partir daí, o texto de The Homecoming será analisado tendo como ponto de partida a teorização de Peter Szondi (2001) acerca do drama burguês, do Teatro do Absurdo e do contraste com o momento sócio-histórico da Inglaterra na década de 1960. Por fim, um levantamento acerca da primeira montagem de The Homecoming no Brasil, traduzida como A Volta ao Lar em 1968, e de seu processo de censura durante a Ditadura Militar será fornecido, retomando a importância da obra para o teatro brasileiro e sua história. / This study proposes a different interpretation of Harold Pinters play, The Homecoming. It premiered in 1965 and most of the critical works on it usually tend to examine the play through two different biases: on one hand, some critics use the theory established by Martin Esslin in The Theatre of the Absurd (1961) where he evaluates a group of post-war European plays to analyze the play; on the other, different critics apply concepts from Freudian psychoanalysis especially the ones related to the called Oedipus complex to comprehend the play. Our proposed interpretation analyzes the dramatic text considering its socio-historical and cultural moment, relating such fields and identifying how they influence one another. A brief overview on Harold Pinters works and their celebrated characteristics, as well as a panorama on British drama in the 1950s and 1960s decades will open our study, so that Harold Pinters significance can be understood. Later, The Homecoming will be analyzed through the ideas of Peter Szondi (2001) on bourgeois drama, the concept of the Theatre of the Absurd and the relations between the text and the British socio-historical moment during the 1960s. Finally, a survey on the first Brazilian production of The Homecoming, translated as A Volta ao Lar in 1968, and on its censorship by Brazilian military dictatorship will be presented in order to stress the importance of the play to Brazilian theater\'s history.

The purpose of this study was to examine the life of William Harold Fletcher (b. 1923) and his contributions to music education. The study is divided into a prologue, six chapters, and an epilogue: Early Life (1923-1941), College Studies and Military Service (1941-1948), Central Christian College: The Formative Years (1948-1960), Oklahoma Christian College: The Department of Music (1960-1980), The Department of Music (1980-2012), and Discussion and Conclusion. Fletcher, the first faculty member at Central Christian College (1950), dedicated his career to creating a strong music program for the college (now named Oklahoma Christian University). For the first thirteen years of its existence, Fletcher was the music department's sole full-time faculty member. He conducted, taught, and produced musical productions that were well received by the community. His contributions to music education include teacher, composer, conductor, and philosopher. Though not maintaining a highly politicized career, Fletcher's contribution to the field of music education remains substantial. His teaching methods and passion for music have inspired students for more than sixty years. Fletcher has received multiple honors for his teaching including the dedication of the Oklahoma Christian University music department as "The Harold and Mary Helon Fletcher Center for Music." This dissertation presents a glimpse of William Harold Fletcher the teacher, musician, composer, and free-spirited individual.

The purpose of this thesis is to set in perspective, as far as is possible, the eschatology of the Early Church. The work required for it has been undertaken in the conviction that this is a significant area of investigation. It is impossible to gain an adequate picture of Early Church life and theology, if any one facet of thought, which was important to the people of the time, is left out of consideration. It is also felt that the writers and thinkers of the early centuries stood so much closer in their thought forms to those writers who set down the words of the Scriptures, and especially of the New Testament, that what they thought is a probable indication as to how the Scriptural writers themselves thought. It also seems to be true that the Church of Jesus Christ today has little to say concerning eschatology, and when it does speak, does so with an uncertain voice. The recovery of an understanding with regard to the assumptions of hope of the Early Fathers must put Christians today in a better position to make their own assessment in the field of eschatology. The study undertaken for this thesis has presented a constant challenge to the faith and understanding of the writer. It was originally intended to take the study through to the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. The volume of work made this impossible, but it is believed that the conclusions reached about the development of thought up to c.250 A.D. indicates. the trend of thought up to that watershed in the Ancient Church.

by Wong Suk Yin, Edith. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-104). / Chapter Chapter One --- The Eternal Triangle --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Harold Pinter --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Peter Nichols --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Tom Stoppard --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Conclusion --- p.91 / Works Cited and Consulted --- p.94

by Wendy Wai Kui Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-131). / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- "Dominance and Destruction in The Room, A Slight Ache and A Night Out" --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- "Married Love and Reality in The Collection, The Lover, Landscape and Betrayal" --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- "The Human Connection and Its Limits in The Caretaker, The Homecoming and Family Voices" --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- "The End Of The Road in One For The Road, Mountain Language and Party Time" --- p.85 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Love and Death Wedded in Moonlight --- p.110 / Conclusion --- p.122 / Works Cited --- p.124 / Bibliography --- p.127

Chan, Woon Ki. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-94). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract (English) --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- A New Understanding of Reality: Innovation within the Canon of Realism and Naturalism --- p.19 / Chapter 3 --- Sarah Kane: Bodies and Pain --- p.41 / Chapter 4 --- Harold Pinter: The Dilatory Space --- p.63 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.83 / Works Cited and Bibliography