林玫芳. / 論文(碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院歷史學部, 1996. / 參考文献 : leaves 164-171. / Lin Meifang. / Chapter 第一部 --- 份抗日戰爭後國共在廣州的佈署 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節： --- 研究動機 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節： --- 研究回顧及參考資料 --- p.3 / Chapter 第三節： --- 内戰時期廣州學生運動的基本特色 --- p.6 / Chapter 第二章 --- 戰後國共的關係 --- p.9 / Chapter 第一節： --- 對待日本投降問題 --- p.9 / Chapter 第二節： --- 由和談至破裂 --- p.12 / Chapter 第三章 --- 凱旋聲中的廣州 --- p.18 / Chapter 第一節： --- 廣州受降經過 --- p.18 / Chapter 第二節： --- 光復後廣州的情況 --- p.20 / Chapter 第四章 --- 内戰時期中共在廣州的活動 --- p.27 / Chapter 第一節： --- 日本投降後中共在廣州的政策 --- p.27 / Chapter 第二節： --- 中共在廣州的黨組織 --- p.33 / Chapter 第二部 --- 份廣州學生運動（1946 - 1947年） --- p.37 / Chapter 第五章 --- 「一 ´Ø三〇」運動 --- p.37 / Chapter 第一節： --- 一.三〇運動的背景 --- p.37 / Chapter 第二節： --- 運動的醞釀 --- p.44 / Chapter 第三節： --- 運動的經過 --- p.48 / Chapter 第四節： --- 一.三〇運動的迴響 --- p.50 / Chapter 第六章 --- 反美抗暴運動 --- p.76 / Chapter 第一節： --- 運動的醞釀 --- p.76 / Chapter 第二節： --- 遊行的經過 --- p.79 / Chapter 第三節： --- 反美抗暴運動的迴響 --- p.81 / Chapter 第七章 --- 「五´Ø卅一」運動 --- p.85 / Chapter 第一節： --- 運動的醞釀 --- p.85 / Chapter 第二節： --- 運動的經過 --- p.95 / Chapter 第三節： --- 五.卅一運動的迴響 --- p.98 / Chapter 第八章 --- 從廣州學生運動看國共的學運政策 --- p.112 / Chapter 第一節： --- 中共在廣州的學生運動政策 --- p.112 / Chapter 第二節： --- 國民黨在廣州的學生運動政策 --- p.126 / Chapter 第三部 --- 份結論 --- p.141 / Chapter 第九章 --- 廣州學生運動與國共的關係 --- p.141 / 附錄一至十六 --- p.148 / 參考資料、書目及論著 --- p.164 / 圖片 --- p.172

"The Science of Antislavery" explores the critical though rarely studied role scientists played in the early antislavery movement. It argues that scientists not only helped legitimize abolitionism but also helped create the myth that slavery was a backward institution. During the Age of Revolution (1770-1830), when antislavery societies first took root, abolitionism attracted many scientific supporters. Though their refutations of scientific racism are perhaps better known, they also made many arguments that went beyond race. Chemists argued that new chemical techniques would fertilize the soil more effectively, which would in turn reduce the need for slave labor. Botanists touted the natural environments of new British colonies in Africa and Southeast Asia, contending that they would make ideal free labor alternatives to Caribbean plantations. Geologists argued that the western American frontier, with its unique mineral deposits, was best suited to free white agricultural settlements rather than slavery’s expansion. Even by the 1830s, when the movement was taken over by a more radical, less elite multiracial coalition, scientific arguments continued to influence antislavery arguments. From the 1830s until the Civil War, antislavery supporters on both sides of the Atlantic argued that slaveholders’ alleged refusal to adopt new machinery was evidence of their backwardness. Today, as a new generation of historians demonstrate how modern slavery in fact was, The Science of Antislavery shows how the idea that it was somehow never modern came into being.

The primary aim of this thesis was to identify the mechanism under-pinning the word-predictability effect, while a secondary aim was to investigate whether words are processed in serial or parallel. In five experiments, adults’ eye-movements were monitored as they read sentences for comprehension on a computer screen. In Experiments 1 and 2, a critical target-word that was either of high- or low-frequency and either predictable or unpredictable was embedded in experimental sentences. The nature of the preview of the target word was manipulated such that it was either identical to the target or was misspelled (the misspelling was more severe in Experiment 2). Predictability effects were apparent in the identical preview condition in both experiments, whilst they were only apparent in the misspelled condition of Experiment 1. This outcome is compatible with early Guessing Game type models of reading which propose that readers predictions about up-coming words using contextual parafoveal information. When taken together, the results of Experiments 1 and 2 also suggested that frequency and predictability exert additive effects on fixation durations.In Experiment 3, four levels of word-predictability were employed. The function relating word-predictability and word-processing time was strictly monotonic: word-processing time decreased as predictability increased. This outcome was consistent with a word-prediction account of predictability in which there is no penalty for incorrect guessing. Experiment 3 also showed that processing time on the pre-target word increased as the predictability of the up-coming increased. This outcome replicated an effect obtained by Kliegl, Nuthmann and Engbert (2006) who claim that it arises as a result of memory retrieval processes cued by prior sentence context Experiment 4 replicated the manipulation in Experiment 3 but included additional condition in which the preview of the target word was masked while in parafoveal vision, using a pixel scrambling technique. The target-predictability effect was again a graded one, and did not depend upon the availability of initial information, providing evidence against the word-prediction theory. Additionally, there was no pre-target predictability effect in the unmasked condition. There was a pre-target effect in an direction in the masked condition, although this appeared to be a consequence of the mask. Experiment 5 replicated Experiment 4, but replaced the masked condition with a non-predictable but semantically related word, and the results showed no pre-target effects at all. It was concluded that inverted pre-predictability effects are more likely to be related to higher-level sentential processing.

The research reported in the present explored the interaction between perception and action, focusing on how this might occur under memory conditions. This was done in line with the proposals of grounded cognition and situated action, in which action and perception are tightly linked, and able to influence one another in order to aid the performance of a task. Following this idea of a bi-directional loop between the two processes, studies were conducted which focused on each side of this relationship, in conditions where memory would be necessary. The first experiments investigated how the perception of objects and the memory of those perceived objects could influence the production of actions. Later studies examined how the preparation and performance of actions could affect the perception of a scene, and subsequent recall of the objects presented. Throughout these studies, object properties (e.g., shape, colour, position) were used as a means to either manipulate or measure the effect of the tasks. The findings of the studies suggested that weighting an off-line memory representation by means of the task setting was possible, but that this was not an automatic occurrence. Based on the results obtained, it seemed that there were conditions which would affect whether memories could be tailored to the current demands of the tasks, and that these conditions were linked to the realism of the situation. Factors such as the task complexity, the potential for object interaction and the immersive environment were all suggested as possible contributors to the construction and use of weighted representations. Overall, the studies conducted suggest that memory can play a role in guiding action, as on-line perception does, so long as the situation makes it clear that this is necessary. If such weightings are useful, then the memory will be constructed accordingly. However, if the situation is such that there is no clear task, then the memory representations will remain unaffected and unprepared for one specific action, or not be used to aid action. Memory can be seen as serving action, but our memory systems are flexible, allowing us to cope with the demands and restrictions of particular situations.

We live in a rich visual world that we experience as a seamless and detailed stream of continuous information. However, we can only attend to and remember a small portion of our visual environment. The visual system is tasked with stitching together snapshots of the world through near constant eye movements, with around three saccades per second. The situation is further complicated with the visual system being contralaterally organized. Each eye movement can bring items in our environment into a different visual hemifield. Despite the many challenges and limitations of attention and the visual system, how does the brain stitch together our experience of our visual environment? One potential mechanism that could contribute to our conscious perception of a continuous visual experience could be visual working memory (VWM) working to maintain representations of items across saccades. Electrophysiological activity using event-related potentials has revealed the contralateral delay activity (CDA), which is a sustained negativity contralateral to the side of the visual field where subjects are attending. However, how does this work if we are constantly moving our eyes? How do we form a stable representation of items across eye movements? Does the representation transfer over to the other side of the brain, constantly shuffling the items between the hemispheres? Or does it stay in the hemisphere contralateral to the visual field where the items were located when we originally created the representation? The consequences of eye movements need to be examined at multiple levels and time points throughout the process. The goal of my doctoral dissertation is to investigate VWM representations throughout the dynamic peri-saccadic window. In Experiment 1, I will first compare VWM representations across shifts of attention and eye position. With the focus on the effect of maintaining attention on items across eye movements, Experiment 2 will also explore eye movements both towards and away from attended visual hemifields. Finally, Experiment 3 is designed to substantiate our use of the CDA as a tool for examining VWM representations across eye movements by confirming that the CDA is indeed established in retinotopic coordinates.

Ho, Yuk Kwan = 粒子鏈的布朗運動 : 相互關係時間之探討 / 何煜坤. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-84). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Ho, Yuk Kwan = Li zi lian de Bulang yun dong : xiang hu guan xi shi jian zhi tan tao / He Yukun. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Historical background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Motivation --- p.4 / Chapter 2 --- Modelling of the system of the particle chain --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Interactions between the particles --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Assumptions of the Brownian force --- p.10 / Chapter 3 --- Time evolution of the probability distribution --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1 --- Diffusion under a uniform external force field --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Multi-dimensional Fokker-Planck equation --- p.18 / Chapter 3.3 --- Fundamental solution to the Fokker-Planck equation --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Fulfillment of the Fokker-Planck equation by the stochas- tic process described by the Langevin equation --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Gaussian process of the stochastic process in the system --- p.24 / Chapter 3.4 --- Relaxation of the fluctuations and the variances of the system --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Dependence of system parameters - study of a two-body system --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Dependence of system size --- p.33 / Chapter 4 --- Time evolution of the correlation function --- p.36 / Chapter 4.1 --- Method of Rice - harmonic analysis --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Natural mode expansion of the correlation functions --- p.41 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Satisfaction of the equipartition principle --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2 --- Relaxation of the correlation functions --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Dependence of system parameters - study of a two body system --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Dependence of system size --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3 --- Connection with relaxation modes of fluctuations and variances --- p.53 / Chapter 5 --- Coloured Brownian force --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Fluctuation-dissipation theorem --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- The system of a large particle with a particle chain --- p.64 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Equivalent heat bath with which the large particleis interacting --- p.67 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Retarded friction from its underlying physical origin --- p.71 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Effective random force of the heat bath and its underly- ing physical origin --- p.73 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Displacement correlation function for the large particle interacting with the heat bath --- p.77 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.81 / Bibliography --- p.82 / Chapter A --- Magnetic force between two magnetic dipoles --- p.85 / Chapter B --- Hydrodynamic interaction --- p.88 / Chapter B.l --- Faxen´ةs Law --- p.90 / Chapter B.2 --- Method of reflection --- p.92 / Chapter B.3 --- Interactions between three translating identical spheres --- p.94 / Chapter C --- Proof of the cross-correlation theorem and Wiener-Kintchine theorem --- p.97 / Chapter D --- Proof of the relation between θ(t) and β(t) in Eq. 5.42 --- p.99 / Chapter E --- Proof of the zero-value of k in Eq. 5.60 --- p.101

Tam, Lam Chi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-88). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1. --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2. --- Objectives --- p.5 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Survey --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1. --- Existing Virtual Libraries --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2. --- Challenges --- p.13 / Chapter 3. --- Virtual Library of Mechanical Timepieces --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1. --- Structure of the Virtual Library --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2. --- Mechanical Clock Escapements --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2.1. --- Graham Escapement --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3. --- Mechanical Watch Escapements --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.1. --- English Lever Escapement --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.2. --- Swiss Lever Escapement --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.3. --- Daniels Co-Axial Double-Wheel Escapement --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3.4. --- Spring Detent Escapement --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3.5. --- Cylinder Escapement --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.6. --- Verge Escapement --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4. --- Accessories --- p.46 / Chapter 3.4.1. --- Automatic Winding System --- p.46 / Chapter 3.4.2. --- Moon Phase Mechanism --- p.65 / Chapter 3.5. --- Chapter Summary --- p.71 / Chapter 4. --- Implementations --- p.73 / Chapter 4.1. --- CAD Modeling of the Escapement Structure --- p.73 / Chapter 4.2. --- Website Design --- p.78 / Chapter 4.3. --- An Application --- p.79 / Chapter 5. --- Conclusions --- p.82 / References --- p.85 / Appendix A --- p.89 / Appendix B --- p.101

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Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) / Action, agency and protest were notions that seeped through the social and political terrain of 1960s Japan. Opposition to the Vietnam War, disputes in the universities, environmental concerns and anticipation of the US-Japan Security Treaty’s renewal set down for 1970, saw the entire decade engulfed in activism and protest. This thesis explores these sites of activism revealing the disparate character of protest in the 1960s – the often competing tactics and agendas that were manifested within the burgeoning and dynamic cultures of protest. The shifting definitions of protest and the competing ideals that emerged from its various sites of articulation are crucial to our understanding of postwar Japan. Excavating these sites – reading the character of protest and the ideals expressed – exposes the notions of autonomy and activism that underpinned conceptions of the postwar national identity. In the aftermath of the Pacific War intellectuals and activists looked for new forms of political expression, outside the auspices of the state, through which to enact the postwar nation. The identity of postwar Japan was constructed within the spheres of protest and resistance as anti-Vietnam War activists, Beheiren (Betonamu ni Heiwa o! Shimin Rengō), student groups such as Zenkyōtō, and local citizens’ movements negotiated the discursive space of ‘modern Japan.’ Examining the conceptions of political practice and identity that manifested themselves in the protest and resistance of the period, provides insights into the shifting terrain of national identity in the 1960s.