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TITLE: Therapy of voice disorders AUTHOR: Michaela Horáková DEPARTMENT: Department of special education SUPERVISOR: Mgr. Miroslava Kotvová ABSTRACT: This diploma thesis deals with the voice disorders and their treatment options. The character of the thesis is mostly theoretical and the thesis is divided into four general parts. The first one elaborates the anatomy and physiology of the vocal tract as a basis for understanding mechanisms of voice pathology development, the second one is devoted to voice disorders and their categorization, and the third part deals with their therapy, as the czech literature reflects it. The last part of this thesis is dedicated to voice disorders therapy in the United States with a practical focus on therapeutical program Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) widely used abroad during the treatment of voice disorders especially connected to Parkinson disease. The program is considered to be very effective and it is really popular outside of the Czech republic. LSVT is not well known in the Czech republic yet and there is actually only limited information devoted to this type of voice therapy. For this reason the thesis is based on analysis and comparison of the available foreign texts in order to inform the czech public about its theoretical basis, structure and system,...

Two Rooms, by Lee Blessings, was selected for performance at the University of New Orleans during the fall of 2015. I studied and portrayed the role of Lainie Wells as my thesis project. The purpose of my thesis was to research a character physically, psychologically, and emotionally as an actress and create a character through the eyes of Lainie Wells. The following is a brief breakdown of the structure of my written thesis: biography of Lee Blessing, hostage families and their mental state as it relates to the Iranian hostage crisis, mass media effects on Syria, The Hunt for Bin Laden, the rehearsal process, and a scored script including all actions and objectives; a review of my work, my own conclusions based on my process and character arc, photographs of my performance, a professional headshot along with my resume to highlight the significance to my work as an artist.

The purpose with this essay is to investigate how different theories about literary competence can help us understand why Sven Delblanc’s novel Änkan and Mara Lee’s novel Ladies have generated so many various interpretations as they have. To fulfill this purpose a comparative study of book reviews about the two novels Änkan and Ladies has been made. The theories about literary competence that have been used in this study are Joseph Appleyard’s theory about reader-roles, Judith Langer’s theory about imaginary worlds and Magnus Persson’s theory about genre perspectives. The results that are presented in this study are that those book reviews that express expectations about the novels as being genre-typical are often more disappointed about the reading experience than those readers who have expectations about the novels as being genre-transgressing and with deeper meaning. The discussion about genres has therefore given an interesting perspective about the correlation between the readers’ expectations and the many, various interpretations that follow.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-11-14T13:47:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Luis Carlos Barroso de Sousa Girão.pdf: 1361803 bytes, checksum: 0434a5a4b7e1c95b599ff15a169f0d27 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-14T13:47:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luis Carlos Barroso de Sousa Girão.pdf: 1361803 bytes, checksum: 0434a5a4b7e1c95b599ff15a169f0d27 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present study aims to reflect about the narrative border in the works Shadow (2010), by the South Korean Suzy Lee, and O cântico dos cânticos (1992), by the Brazilian Angela Lago. Our main purpose is to contribute to studies on children’s literature’s theory and criticism, pointing out how the authors broaden up the interpretative potential for their picture-books, in its materiality and visuality, by exploring the use of the codex’s borders as structures for pictorial narratives. In addition to the theory focused on the specific critics of literature for children and young adults (Sarah Dowhower, Maria Nikolajeva, Sophie Van der Linden, Maria José Palo) and the studies on the book as an art form (Julio Plaza, Johanna Drucker, Maria do Carmo de Freitas Veneroso, Paulo Silveira), bibliographies on the concepts of the binding fold dialectics (Michel Melot) and the threshold (Walter Benjamin, Jeanne Marie Gagnebin, Georges Didi-Huberman) are also mobilized. This passage from literary criticism to the artistic philosophy about the book as an object, culminating in the interdisciplinarity of literature and art criticism, aims to re-present and re-know this artistic phenomenon, the picture-book, in the potential of its hybridity, occupying a threshold space between artist’s books and children’s books / A presente dissertação visa refletir sobre a margem que narra nas obras Sombra (2010), da sul-coreana Suzy Lee, e O cântico dos cânticos (1992), da brasileira Angela Lago. O objetivo dessa abordagem é contribuir com os estudos em teoria e crítica de literatura infantil e juvenil, apontando como as autoras ampliam o potencial interpretativo dos livros-imagem, em sua materialidade e visualidade, ao explorar o uso das margens do códex como estruturadoras de narrativas pictóricas. Além da teoria voltada para a crítica específica de literatura para crianças e jovens (Sarah Dowhower, Maria Nikolajeva, Sophie Van der Linden, Maria José Palo) e dos estudos do livro como forma de arte (Julio Plaza, Johanna Drucker, Maria do Carmo de Freitas Veneroso, Paulo Silveira), também são mobilizadas bibliografias sobre os conceitos de dialética da dobra (Michel Melot) e de limiar (Walter Benjamin, Jeanne Marie Gagnebin, Georges Didi-Huberman). Esta passagem da crítica literária para a filosofia artística acerca do objeto livro, culminando na interdisciplinaridade da literatura e crítica de arte, tem como meta re-apresentar e re-conhecer este fenômeno artístico, o livro-imagem, na potência de sua hibridez, ocupando espaço liminar entre os livros de artista e os livros infantis

American Indian author Susan Power’s novel The Grass Dancer is often categorized as magical realism, yet Power has stated the novel is a representation of her reality and that it is not a magical realist text. The term magical realism was first applied to the work of Latin American authors such as Gabriel García Márquez whose writing depicts magical events in a matter-of-fact narrative tone. It has since expanded to include other cultures. The question is whether it is a term that can readily be applied to the literary work of all cultures. The closest Wendy B. Faris, one of the most prominent experts on magical realism, comes to discussing the term in relation to the work of American Indian authors is by simply acknowledging Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich’s label as a magical realist author. In order to aid Power in her rejection of the association, I delve into both her Dakota heritage and her life through the lens of biographical criticism in order to obtain a working image of her reality. By locating and examining the seeds of truth in her fiction, I explain the magical qualities of her novel in a rational and logical manner.

This education resource guide supplements the presentation made by Tanya Lee Stone at In Search of Wonder: Common Core and More, a professional development day presented by The National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance, in conjunction with the Perry Ohio School District. Included on these pages are engaging activities and discussion questions based on Common Core English Language Standards for two of Stone’s books: Courage Has No Color and Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?

共同基金是未來投資理財約主流!專業法人機構在股市之投資比重日益提高，對國內證券市場生態產生結構性改變。展望未來趨勢，隨著股市發展成熟化、上市上櫃公司遽增與金融市場情勢連動關係複雜化等因素，專業投資理財時代的來臨必將成為事實。「專業、分工理財」投資型態將逐漸取代以往投資人自行下海操作之「自助式理財」型態。故共同基金操作績效正是進行本評鑑研究的最大動機，其中辨認基金經理人操作策略與績效顯現最具代表性的指標--選股能力與擇時能力．乃本研究所欲深入探討的主題。本研究模型之構建乃根據 Lee-Rahman (1990) 所提出之改良評鑑模式，簡言之，該模型的發展歷經早期 Treynor & Mazuy (1966) 的理論雛形，並經過 Jensen 針對評鑑擇時能力方面之改進，然後再經由 Bhattacharya & Pfleiderer (1983) 的進一步修正，產生了較完善的整體架構，最後經由 Lee-Rahman (1990) 針對評鑑過程中評鑑迴歸式之殘餘項異質性問題，作一根本的解決，建構完整的基金選股與市場擇時能力績效之評鑑模式。同時並運用幾個傳統績效評鑑指標 (即 Treynor、 Sharpe 與 Jensen 指標三種)，作為基金整體性績效之輔助研究。 實證結果顯示:(一)在基金整體績效評估方面，得到的結果顯示不論研究期間的長短．基金表現擊敗大盤的比例皆高於五成，約介於 60% 至 70% 左右，而在 Treynor、Sharpe 與 Jensen 指標三種不同評鑑模式分析下，基金績效排名有相當顯著的一致性。(二)在選股與市場擇時能力評鑑( Lee-Rahman 修正模型)方面:1.同時兼具選股與市場擇時能力的基金皆有穩定的一致性;2.大多頭時期基金擇時能力普遍提昇、新投信基金績效表現較優異。(三)整合比較結論方面:1.本研究中不同的評鑑模式所得實證結果十分肯定基金績效的持續性與穩定性;2.基金顯著的擇時能力並非基金整體績效脫穎而出的決定性因素，績效傑出與否幾乎決定於選股功力因素:3.台灣股市投資 Bottom-up 的投資邏輯漸漸取代 Top-down ;4.新投信績效已有凌駕老投信的趨勢。 / Mutual Funds Investment will be very popular! While the professional institutionalist's participation being promoted, domestic stock market environment has beenchanged structurally. In the future, accompanied by several reasons such us the_maturationof stock market, dramatic increasing in listed company numbers and more complex correlation in international financial markets, the age stressing on professional financial adversary will come. "Professional financial investment and adversary" will substitute for"Self-adversary" investment. Therefore, measuring the mutual fund's performance is the mailmotivation of my study', and the insight in selectivity ability and market timing ability will bethe subject for further research. The research model is based on the Lee-Rahman's modified model (1990), that is, the model structure was first built by Treynor & Mazuy (1966), improved by Jensen in Timingability measurement, and then revised by Bhattacharya & Pfleiderer (1983), and throughout structured by solving the "heteroscedasticity" in error terms of regressions finally Therefore, the better integral research model on measuring selectivity ability a timing abilityhas been accomplished. Meanwhile, we also use three traditional performance measure(Treynor, Sharpe & Jensen index) to be the general performance research. Empirical results show that (1)By measuring the general performance of mutual funds, we know that about 60%-70% funds managers beat market at each research period, and there exists consistency of fund's performance ranking among those three measures. (2) By using Lee-Rahman modified model (1990), we got three conclusions. First, for those funds consist of selectivity and timing ability, there exists consistency. In bull market period, timing ability of most funds performed better generally, and new funds had better performance. (3) Integral comparative conclusions have four results. First, no matter what measures being used, empirical results confirm stability and consistency in performance ranking. Second, significant timing ability is not the determinate factor of significant performance, significant selectivity ability plays the determinate role. Third, in Taiwan, bottom-up investment strategy gradually substitutes for top-down investment strategy. Finally, new mutual funds investment co. had outperformed old mutual funds investment institutions.