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41	Performing Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years: An Exercise In Communication On Stage And Off Sucharski, David Z 01 January 2012 (has links) Communication, in its most basic sense, is foundational for any personal, human interaction and relationship. As theatre artists, we are charged with communicating complex story lines, conceptual ideas, and emotion to an audience. Sound communication is paramount to every aspect of a musical production, be it communication between actors/characters, actor and director, amongst the production team, and arguable the most important, between the actors and the audience. My years of education as a Masters in Fine Arts candidate in Musical Theatre have been spent polishing my ability to communicate physical and emotional choices with greater accuracy, depth, and truth. By staging Jason Robert Brown‟s musical The Last Five Years and performing the role of Jamie, this performance thesis will explore, develop, and examine my mastery of the aforementioned varied forms of communication, all of which are necessary in building a successful musical production. Research will be conducted to gather information on relevant topics, including the history of The Last Five Years, the life of Jason Robert Brown, and his musical and theatrical influences. By further understanding Brown, his life, and his ideas about his works, I hope to more fully understand and communicate the message of the musical itself. A dramatic and musical structural analysis will provide further depth and insight into the piece, with the hopes of informing my production and individual performance. A thorough character analysis will provide connective tissue that will allow myself, as the actor, to more effectively communicate the psychological and emotional make up of the character Jamie. Lastly, the thesis document will culminate with a production journal, documenting the pre-production, rehearsal, and performance process. Through the journaling process, I will document and address the iii journey that I have experienced with the production, giving focus and attention to its many obstacles and discoveries, successes and failures, all of which have contributed to my personal growth as a young theatre artist. Jason robert brown the last five years musical theatre rehearsal process communication relationships actor director performance Theatre and Performance Studies
42	First Time Measurements of Polarization Observables for the Charged Cascade Hyperon in Photoproduction Bono, Jason S 06 June 2014 (has links) The parity violating weak decay of hyperons offers a valuable means of measuring their polarization, providing insight into the production of strange quarks and the matter they compose. Jefferson Lab’s CLAS collaboration has utilized this property of hyperons, publishing the most precise polarization measurements for the Λ and Σ in both photoproduction and electroproduction to date. In contrast, cascades, which contain two strange quarks, can only be produced through indirect processes and as a result, exhibit low cross sections thus remaining experimentally elusive. At present, there are two aspects in cascade physics where progress has been minimal: characterizing their production mechanism, which lacks theoretical and experimental developments, and observation of the numerous excited cascade resonances that are required to exist by flavor SU(3)F symmetry. However, CLAS data were collected in 2008 with a luminosity of 68 pb−1 using a circularly polarized photon beam with energies up to 5.45 GeV, incident on a liquid hydrogen target. This dataset is, at present, the world’s largest for meson photoproduction in its energy range and provides a unique opportunity to study cascade physics with polarization measurements. The current analysis explores hyperon production through the γp → K+K+Ξ− reaction by providing the first ever determination of spin observables P, Cx and Cz for the cascade. Three of our primary goals are to test the only cascade photoproduction model in existence, examine the underlying processes that give rise to hyperon polarization, and to stimulate future theoretical developments while providing constraints for their parameters. Our research is part of a broader program to understand the production of strange quarks and hadrons with strangeness. The remainder of this document discusses the motivation behind such research, the method of data collection, details of their analysis, and the significance of our results. Physics Weak Nuclear Polarization Hyperon Particle Baryon Meson Strange Quark Kaon Photoproduction Jlab Jefferson Lab Photon Lambda Production Gamma K P Xi Cascade Jason Bono Experimental Accelerator g12 CLAS Jason Bono Jason S. Bono Nuclear Physics Particle Physics Hyperon Polarization Weak Decay Cascade Polarization Xi Polarization Induced Transfered Cx Cz Induced Polarization Transfered Polarization FIU Jlab Jefferson Lab Hall b
43	Polyphonic conversations between novel and film : Heart of darkness and Apocalypse now ; Na die geliefde land and Promised land / Toinette Badenhorst-Roux Badenhorst-Roux, Toinette January 2006 (has links) This dissertation attempts a Bakhtinian analysis of the polyphonic dialogue between Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, Karel Schoeman's Na die Geliefde Land and Jason Xenopoulos' Promised Land. Specific Bakthinian concepts are employed to determine whether the films are "apt" adaptations of the literary texts; how the stylistically hybrid texts engage in conversation with different movements, genres and trends; how the polyphonic conversations between different texts and discourses, such as literature and film, or colonialism and postcolonialism, can provide insight into the variety of discourses, textual and ideological, of a postcolonial, post-apartheid South Africa; and how identity crises experienced by key characters can be explained using the notions of hybridity, "The Marginal Man" and liminality. All four texts have key characters that experience identity crises that spring from cultural hybridity; their cultural hybridity has the potential to either render them marginally stagnant or lead them to liminally active participation within their imagined communities. This dissertation argues that even though there are major differences between the films and the literary texts they are based upon, they are relevant to a specific target audience and therefore enrich the ur-texts. Salient characteristics of realism, symbolism, impressionism, modernism, postmodernism, postcolonialism and the apocalyptic dialogise one another within the four texts, thereby liberating the texts from one authorial reading. The dialogue between the discourses of literature and film supplement an understanding of the dialogue between war, imperialism, colonialism, postcolonialism and the Will to Power. / Thesis (M.A. (Applied Language and Literary Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006 Mikhail Bakhtin Dialogics Dialogism Polyphony Polyphonic Hybrid Hybridity Identity Marginal Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now Redux Karel Schoeman Jason Xenopoulos Promised Land
44	AgentSpeak(PL): uma nova linguagem de programação para agentes BDI com um modelo integrado de Redes Bayesianas Silva, Diego Gonçalves 29 April 2011 (has links) Submitted by Mariana Dornelles Vargas (marianadv) on 2015-05-05T18:45:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AgentSpeak.pdf: 2033275 bytes, checksum: 00fdf0cf1d5436d313d43434cbc09f20 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-05T18:45:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AgentSpeak.pdf: 2033275 bytes, checksum: 00fdf0cf1d5436d313d43434cbc09f20 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Nenhuma / Quando este trabalho foi iniciado não era possível desenvolver de forma prática e direta softwares com agentes inteligentes onde suas crenças poderiam ser probabilidades relacionadas com seu ambiente, visto que as definições formais das linguagens disponíveis não previam tal possibilidade. Quando essa necessidade precisava ser levada em conta e implementada, devia-se lançar mão de técnicas avançadas de programação onde deveria haver a integração de ambientes de desenvolvimentos e linguagens, a fim de tornar a implementação factível. Este trabalho teve como objetivo o desenvolvimento de uma nova linguagem de programação orientada a agentes denominada AgentSpeak(PL), baseada em AgentSpeak(L), com o intuito de agregar o conceito de crenças probabilísticas através do uso de Redes Bayesianas sendo implementada através de uma extensão da ferramenta de programação Jason. / When this work was started it was not possible to develop so practical and straightforward software with intelligent agents where their beliefs could likely be related to their environment, as the settings formal language available did not foresee such a possibility. When this necessity had to be taken into account and implemented, one should resort of advanced programming techniques where there should be integration of development environments and languages in order to make the implementation feasible. This study aimed to develop a new language agent oriented programming called AgentSpeak (PL), based on AgentSpeak (L) with the intention of creating the concept of probabilistic beliefs through the use of Bayesian networks being implemented through an extension Jason's programming tool. Programação orientada a agentes AgentSpeak Jason Lógica probabilística Redes Bayesianas Agent oriented programming Probabilistic logical Bayesians networks
45	La Station Laser Ultra Mobile - De l'obtention d'une exactitude centimétrique des mesures à des applications en océanographie et géodésie spatiales NICOLAS, Joëlle 07 December 2000 (has links) (PDF) La Station Laser Ultra Mobile est la plus petite station de télémétrie laser au monde, ne pesant que 300 kg, dédiée à la poursuite de satellites équipés de rétroréflecteurs laser. Elle utilise un petit télescope de 13 cm de diamètre placé sur une monture issue d'un théodolite de précision et motorisé, un laser très compact et une photodiode à avalanche permettant la détection au niveau du simple photo-électron. Les premières expériences (Corse, fin 1996) ont révélé des instabilités dans la qualité des mesures. Ce travail concerne l'étude et la mise en place de nombreuses modifications techniques afin d'atteindre une exactitude centimétrique des mesures et de pouvoir participer à la campagne de validation des orbites et d'étalonnage de l'altimètre du satellite océanographique JASON-1 (2001). La précision instrumentale souhaitée a été vérifiée avec succès en laboratoire.<br />Outre cet aspect instrumental et métrologique, une analyse a été développée afin de pouvoir estimer l'exactitude et la stabilité des observations de la station mobile après intégration des modifications. A partir d'une expérience de co-localisation entre les deux stations laser fixe du plateau de Calern, on a fait une analyse fondée sur l'ajustement, par station, de coordonnées et d'un biais instrumental moyen à partir d'une orbite de référence des satellites LAGEOS. Des variations saisonnières très cohérentes ont été mises en évidence dans les séries temporelles des différentes composantes. La comparaison locale des déformations de la croûte terrestre se traduisant par des variations d'altitude issues des données laser montre une cohérence avec les mesures d'un gravimètre absolu transportable (FG5). Des signaux de même amplitude ont été observés par GPS. Ces variations sont également mises en évidence à l'échelle mondiale et leur interprétation géophysique est due à la combinaison des effets de marées terrestres et polaire et des effets de charge atmosphérique. géodésie spatiale télémétrie laser sur satellites exactitude étalonnage altimétrique Jason-1 repère de référence séries temporelles de positionnement effets de charge
46	Through a Piece of Colored Glass : An Analysis of Caddy Compson in The Sound and the Fury Jewell, Arwen January 2008 (has links) <p>The Sound and the Fury is William Faulkner’s story of the Compson family’s downfall in the American South during the early 20th century. The novel illustrates the impact on the cultural identity of the South of strictly defined social roles and the tension they created in the aftermath of slavery and defeat in the Civil War. In my analysis, I have chosen to focus on gender issues, especially in their Southern manifestation. The Compsons’ daughter, Caddy, figures prominently in the sons’ narratives, but is only portrayed through their perceptions and memories. My aim is to determine Caddy’s significance in the novel by exploring her relationships with her brothers, as seen through their eyes, and how she is characterized by them. In Benjy’s narrative, I examine her actions as a little girl in light of the Eve myth and the icon of the virgin mother. Quentin’s obsession with Caddy's sexuality as a teenager reveals the implications of associating female sexuality with death, the role of language in reproducing and combating established gender power structures, and the impact of traditional gender roles on women and men. Jason’s binary categorization of women as virgins or whores turns the few glimpses of Caddy as a mother into that of a woman treated as a commodity of exchange. In each of their narratives, Caddy is a dynamic character whose words, body, and actions expose prevailing social and gender power struggles. By conjuring her presence through her absence, her brothers reveal the depth and destructiveness of the social imperatives that underlie their attempts to control her. I suggest that Caddy’s role in the novel is to disrupt the brothers’ narratives and challenge the underlying Southern social and gender constructs that imbue them.</p> William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury Compson Caddy Benjy Quentin Jason the American South Eve virgin mother female sexuality death language gender roles binary categorization women English language Engelska språket
47	Polyphonic conversations between novel and film : Heart of darkness and Apocalypse now ; Na die geliefde land and Promised land / Toinette Badenhorst-Roux Badenhorst-Roux, Toinette January 2006 (has links) Thesis (M.A. (Applied Language and Literary Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006. Mikhail Bakhtin Dialogics Dialogism Polyphony Polyphonic Hybrid Hybridity Identity Marginal Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now Redux Karel Schoeman Jason Xenopoulos Promised Land
48	The Trick Question: Finding a Home for Tricksters in Indigenous Literary Nationalism Cline, Kayleigh Unknown Date No description available. trickster Indigenous Literary Nationalism American Gods Trickster: A Graphic Anthology Troubling Tricksters Scalped Matt Dembicki Neil Gaiman Jason Aaron R.M. Guera trickster archetype Native comics
49	Polyphonic conversations between novel and film : Heart of darkness and Apocalypse now ; Na die geliefde land and Promised land / Toinette Badenhorst-Roux Badenhorst-Roux, Toinette January 2006 (has links) This dissertation attempts a Bakhtinian analysis of the polyphonic dialogue between Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, Karel Schoeman's Na die Geliefde Land and Jason Xenopoulos' Promised Land. Specific Bakthinian concepts are employed to determine whether the films are "apt" adaptations of the literary texts; how the stylistically hybrid texts engage in conversation with different movements, genres and trends; how the polyphonic conversations between different texts and discourses, such as literature and film, or colonialism and postcolonialism, can provide insight into the variety of discourses, textual and ideological, of a postcolonial, post-apartheid South Africa; and how identity crises experienced by key characters can be explained using the notions of hybridity, "The Marginal Man" and liminality. All four texts have key characters that experience identity crises that spring from cultural hybridity; their cultural hybridity has the potential to either render them marginally stagnant or lead them to liminally active participation within their imagined communities. This dissertation argues that even though there are major differences between the films and the literary texts they are based upon, they are relevant to a specific target audience and therefore enrich the ur-texts. Salient characteristics of realism, symbolism, impressionism, modernism, postmodernism, postcolonialism and the apocalyptic dialogise one another within the four texts, thereby liberating the texts from one authorial reading. The dialogue between the discourses of literature and film supplement an understanding of the dialogue between war, imperialism, colonialism, postcolonialism and the Will to Power. / Thesis (M.A. (Applied Language and Literary Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006 Mikhail Bakhtin Dialogics Dialogism Polyphony Polyphonic Hybrid Hybridity Identity Marginal Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now Redux Karel Schoeman Jason Xenopoulos Promised Land
50	Landscape in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius Williams, Mary Frances, January 1900 (has links) Revision of Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-339) and index.

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