Bethel, Kirchliche Hochsch., Diss., 2009--Wuppertal.

Thesis (D.Min.)--Liberty University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.

"The purpose, then, of this study is to present a biographical account of Miss Latham, and, to determine her place in the field of children's literature on the basis of critical opinion of her biographies expressed in reviews and on the basis of their inclusion in authoritative book selection aids and on best seller lists. Miss Latham was chosen as the subject of this paper, first, because of great admiration for her and her works, and, secondly, because of her stature as an author of young people's biographies. Although she has been a prolific writer of drama, she is now best known for her contributions to young people's literature, and only this phase of her work is considered in this study. Only the eight fictionalized are included in this study of her contributions"--Introduction. / Carbon copy of typescript. / "August, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Robert Clapp, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-84).

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In 1965, Singapore became independent. While this country¡¦s history is not a long one, nor is its surface area expansive, its economic prowess has astounded all. It is truly a city state which deserves closer examination. The long rule of the People¡¦s Action Party includes the terms of Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong, and Lee Hsien Loong. While this period has been marked with outstanding economic accomplishments, Singapore¡¦s political development has been primarily under an authoritarian leadership model. This study divides these three administrations into the Lee Kuan Yew period and post Lee Kuan Yew period and analyzes methods of rule the People¡¦s Action Party takes with respect to politics, economic issues, and social issues in creating its authoritarian regime today. In the political realm, the People¡¦s Action Party limited opposition from gaining political control through intended and actual operations. In the economic realm, they created large nationally owned companies covering an enormous scope and, through the cooperation of labor, capital, and governance, kept their hand on the levers of the economy. With respect to society, the People¡¦s Action Party controlled media and news publications in order to slow the development of civil society. Thus, they have achieved stability in their authoritarian rule. The same time, the theory through Western authoritarian, it is attributed to the authoritarian rule of the common features in order to distinguish between Singapore today is what type of authoritarian regime. Found that Singapore, although from time to time that congressional elections are held regularly, but still did not have a fair and free election system, therefore be classified as a mixed constitution "competitive authoritarian" regimes. Contemporaneously,western theories are utilized to draw conclusions concerning the common characteristics of authoritarianism and distinguish what type of authoritarian regime Singapore is today. This study finds though Singapore holds regular parliamentary elections from time to time, it has never held fair or free elections and must therefore be classified as a hybrid ¡§competitive authoritarian¡¨ form of government.

Seminario para optar al título de Ingeniero Comercial, Mención Economía / Este seminario de título explora la naturaleza de la longevidad humana y su comportamiento estocástico, as como su incidencia en el cálculo de las pensiones de vejez. De acuerdo a esto, el estudio discute dos de las principales posturas sobre el límite de la supervivencia humana; desarrolla los distintos tipos de riesgo presentes en este problema financiero en el contexto de Rentas Vitalicias, y examina el tema de las tablas de mortalidad como principal instrumento regulador de reservas técnicas para las compañias de seguro. Posteriormente profundiza en modelos de predicción de mortalidad estocástica, presentando el Modelo Lee-Carter, y el Modelo de Cairns, Blake, Down (CBD). Además, se muestran aplicaciones empí ricas, de los modelos antes de nidos matemáticamente, desarrollando los casos de Italia a través del modelo Lee-Carter; Inglaterra y Gales, utilizando el modelo CBD; y finalmente el caso de Chile, donde la OECD realiza una comparación de las tablas de mortalidad con los dos modelos antes expuestos. Por ultimo, se discuten dos alternativas para resolver el riesgo de longevidad presente en el sistema de pensiones, proponiéndose por un lado los Bonos de Longevidad y, por otro, el Modelo de la Cuarta Edad.

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University / The theories ot empathy in the visual aesthetic experience as propound by Theodor Lipps, Vernon Lee and Hugo Munsterberg attempt to explain cognition ar qualities that do nat correspond to any specific sensations due to an object, but are nevertheless attributed to the object just as the specific sensations (e.g. of red or blue) are attributed to it. Pleasure felt as a result of experiencing the aesthetic object is not felt as occurring in the observer's body but as tied up with the object. The empathists discussed haw different explanations for the way that this attribution ot what seem to be "illusory qualities" is achieved. For Theodor Lipps empathy is a more complex process than it is for the other empathists. According to his view the observer, on one hand, participates in the life and activity of the object, and, on the other hand, attributes these "illusory" qualities to the object. [TRUNCATED]

Thesis (M.A.)--Tennessee Technological University, 2009. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 10, 2010). Bibliography: leaves 71-74.

Thesis (doctoral)--Zürich. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 97).