Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Aug., 2007. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

The main goal of this thesis is to compare the quality of customer service between the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) on the Czech mobile telecommunication market. The mystery shopping method is used as the source of data for the comparative analysis.

Globale Themen benötigen adäquate Methoden des Unterrichts, um die tiefgreifende Vernetzung unserer Gesellschaft und ihr Wirken auf unseren sensiblen Naturhaushalt in Räumen moderner und flexibler Bildung greifbar werden zu lassen. Die vorliegende Staatsexamensarbeit untersucht dazu die Potentiale des Mysterys, dass an Vorwissen anknüpft, Strukturen herausarbeitet und der Lehrkraft ausreichend Freiräume lässt, Schülern auf dem Weg zum selbst erarbeitetem Wissen zu begleiten. Die Unterrichtsmethode ist in der 10. Klassenstufe eines Gymnasiums zu Dresden zu dem Thema globaler Klimawandel in die Praxis umgesetzt worden. Diese Erfahrungen sollten in die Bewertung der Methode im Hinblick auf ihren Nutzen und ihre Anwendbarkeit im Unterricht einfließen.

The detective fiction (tantei shōsetsu) genre is one that came into Japan from the West around the time of the Meiji Restoration (1868), and soon became wildly popular. Again in recent years, detective fiction has experienced a popularity boom in Japan, and there has been an outpouring of new detective fiction books as well as various television and movie adaptations. It is not a revelation that the Japanese detective fiction genre, while rife with imitation and homage to Western works, took a dramatic turn somewhere along the line, away from celebrated models like Poe, Doyle, and Christie, and developed into a unique subgenre of Japanese prose. However, despite its popularity and innovation, Japanese detective fiction has often been categorized as popular literature (taishū bungaku), which is historically disregarded as vulgar and common. My thesis first consists of a brief introductory history oftantei shōsetsugenre in Japan. This includes a discussion of Japanese writers' anxiety concerning imitation of Western forms and their perception of themselves as imposters and imitators. Following this, I examine the ways in whichtantei shōsetsuwriters--particularly Edogawa Ranpo (1894 - 1965), the grandfather of the genre in Japan--began to deviate from the Western model in the 1920's. At the same time, I investigate the bias againsttantei shōsetsuas a vulgar or even pornographic genre. Through a discussion of literary critic Karatani Kōjin's ideas on the construction of depth in literature, I will demonstrate how Edogawa created, through his deviance from the West, a new kind of construction in detective fiction to bring a different sort of depth to what was generally considered merely a popular and shallow genre. This discussion includes a look at the ideas of Tsubouchi Shōyō on writing modern novels, and Japanese conceptions of "pure" (junsui) and "popular" (taishū) literature. Through an examination of several of Edogawa's works and his use of psychology in creating interiority in his characters, I propose that the depth configuration, put forth by Karatani in his critique of canonical modern Japanese literature, is also present in popular fiction, like Edogawa'stantei shōsetsu. When viewed through the lens of Karatani's depth paradigm, we discover how detective fiction and the vulgarity therein may actually have more in common with "pure" fiction created by those writers who followed Shōyō's prescriptions. In the final section of the introduction, I propose a definition of Japanese detective fiction that links Edogawa's works from the 1920's to the contemporary Japanese detective novel After-Dinner Mysteries (Nazotoki wa dinaa no ato de, 2010), by Higashigawa Tokuya. Thus we see that many of the themes and conventions present in Edogawa remain prevalent in contemporary writing. Finally, I present my translation of the first two chapters of After-Dinner Mysteries.

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Thesis (DTh (Old and New Testament))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the concept of ‘wisdom’ in the Old Testament Wisdom Literature. This dissertation argues that the concept of ‘wisdom’ is both the search for order and the maintenance of mystery. The coexistence of order and mystery is suggested as a coherent theme of Wisdom Literature, and the various relationships between the two themes are explained as the particular voices in Wisdom Literature. Proverbs 16, Job 28, Ecclesiastes 3, and Sirach 24 exhibit the coexistent relationship between the two themes. While Proverbs 16 reveals an order prevailing coexistence, Ecclesiastes 3 exhibits a mystery prevailing coexistence. While Job 28 shows a dialogical coexistence, Sirach 24 illustrates a mysterious integrated coexistence between order and mystery. This coexistence of order and mystery is investigated by means of socio-rhetorical criticism. The voices of various textures such as inner texture, intertexture, social and cultural texture, and ideological and theological texture in Wisdom Literature reveal the coexistence and various types of coexistent relationships between the search for order and the maintenance of mystery. Inner texture analysis the literal and rhetorical nature of each text, revealing the themes such as the potential and the limitation of human beings and the fear of the Lord. Intertexture elaborates the themes as the search for order and the maintenance of mystery. Social and cultural texture explains the social and cultural setting of the theme, depending on the social topics such as the manipulationist and thaumaturgical response and the cultural categories such as dominant culture and contraculture. Based on this social cultural milieu, the sages or the authors of Wisdom Literature formulate a creation theology comprising of the search for order and the maintenance of mystery, criticising various ideologies such as royal ideology and the doctrine of retribution, and dominant cultures such as Hellenism and Judaism in each period. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie dissertasie is om die konsep ‘Wysheid’ in die Ou Testamentiese Wysheidsliteratuur te ondersoek. Hierdie dissertasie voer aan dat die begrip ‘Wysheid’ sowel die soeke is na orde as na die behoud van misterie. Die saambestaan van orde en misterie word voorgehou as ‘n tema wat alle Wysheidsliteratuur saamvat. Die verhoudings tussen die twee temas word verduidelik as die verskillende stemme van elke vorm van Wysheidsliteratuur. Spreuke 16, Job 28, Prediker 3 en Sirach 24 toon die samehangende verhouding tussen die twee temas. Terwyl Spreuke 16 ‘n vervlegtheid toon waarin orde oorheersend is, toon Prediker ‘n saambestaan waarin misterie oorheersend is. Waar Job 28 ‘n samehang van dialoog toon, toon Sirach 24 ‘n misterie-geïntegreerde saambestaan van orde en misterie. Hierdie vervlegtheid van orde en misterie word ondersoek deur middel van sosio-retoriese kritiek. Die stemme van verskillende teksture soos binne-tekstuur, intertekstuur, sosiale en kulturele tekstuur asook ideologiese en teologiese teksture in die Wysheidsliteratuur wys op die saambestaan van verskillende tipes verhoudings tussen die soeke na orde en die behoud van misterie. Binnetekstuur ontleed die letterlike en retoriese aard van elke teks, en toon temas soos die potensiaal en die beperktheid van die mens asook die vrees van God. Intertekstuur brei die temas uit as die soeke na orde en die behoud van misterie. Sosiale en kulturele tekstuur van die tema word toegelig deur die sosiale en kulturele tekstuur, afhangende van die sosiale temas soos die manipulerende en thaumaturgiese response en van die kulturele kategorieë soos dominante- en kontrakulture. Gebaseer op hierdie sosiale en kulturele milieu druk die outeurs van die Wysheidsliteratuur die skeppingsteologie uit as die soeke na orde en behoud van misterie en kritiseer verskeie ideologieë soos die ideologie van konings, die vergeldingsleer, asook Hellenisme en Judaïsme in elke periode.

Agatha Christie set a number of her popular novels in British colonies in the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean. While there is a lot of research about the portrayal of the colonised in the Middle East, there is only little to be found on those of Africa and the Caribbean. Therefore, this thesis aims to compare the portrayals of the Middle Eastern, African and Caribbean colonised by analysing Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit, Murder in Mesopotamia, Appointment with Deah, and A Caribbean Mystery.

The main aim of this diploma thesis is to focus on the protection consumers in insurance sector. The thesis gives us an approximation on development and attitude to protection of consumers in accordance with the development of conditions for the function of insurance in market economy after year 1989. Subsequently, the thesis focuses on the research of legislative conditions, the charge of market control and the special level of financial agents. Eventually, at last but not at least the thesis focuses on financial literacy of consumer himself. The theme of the proper research is an evaluation of the proposal transparency's field. Particularly, this research contains products of investment capital insurance, here is shown proficiency of financial consultants, given information and stumbling blocks that are connected with complex solution. Conclusion deals with the interpretation of entire evaluation based on acquired information.

(in English): This work will consist in an analysis of the antiheroes in modern French literature, especially in "Roman Noir". Before treating the topic of antiheroes in mystery fiction we will describe the history of this type of protagonists in world literatures, from the classic literature to the modern one. To be able to understand the problematics of antiheroes in Roman Noir, we will also describe the history of French mystery fiction. Regarding the analysis of antiheroes in this sub- genre of crime fiction, we will start with the character of Maigret. Although the novels of G. Simenon are not real Romans Noirs, we consider them as a "passage" of the detective novel - in the traditional sense - to the Roman Noir. Furthermore, in this work, we will analyze characters of real Romans Noirs; first, the crude and surprising behavior of Nestor Burma, a famous character of Léo Malet, then the mediocrity of protagonists of the novels Morgue pleine and Le Petit Bleu de la côte ouest of Jean-Patrick Manchette, and finally, Fabio Montale, an atypical investigator from a novel series of the late twentieth century written by Jean-Claude Izzo.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelo Froes de Matos.pdf: 675340 bytes, checksum: 15708035411d0f38b934170d25924827 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-10-25 / By the look of liturgical science, we try to provide subsidies on the relationship between the Paschal Mystery and the homily and its contribution to the community through the liturgy of the word. At which point the people of God mystagogical makes the experience of the mystery celebrated. Initially defended the hypothesis that the homiletic discourse must be based on the lecture announcement kerygmatic rooted in the Paschal Mystery of Christ. The scientific methodology was developed based on look biographical readings, texts, reflections and found that the homily is still an area of construction and reconstruction of the "ethos" and worldview. The speech by the priest during the homily is the door through which the laity mystagogical will lecture on the ad kerygmatic of experience in the mystery of Christ, a fact that is evident in the first chapter, which shows the epistemological categories that emerged in the research. Find that the Paschal Mystery has a tremendous power of persuasion through its symbols, rites, and especially in celebrations. In the second chapter, we in the homily of the kerygma ethics and pastoral practice: communication, language, aesthetics of oratory. In the third chapter demonstrate some aspects of the homily that lead to a perfect conversion and how the Word read and updated becomes theological foundation (not line) showing why the homily is made during the Liturgy of the Word and as a constituent part of liturgy of the Word, explaining that the Paschal Mystery celebrated in the Word and who celebrates is the keyword for the homiletic discourse is considered effective by the faithful that the legitimate faith / Pelo olhar da ciência litúrgica, buscaremos apresentar subsídios sobre a relação entre o Mistério Pascal e homilia e a sua contribuição à comunidade por meio da liturgia da Palavra. Momento este em que o povo de Deus faz a experiência mistagógica do mistério celebrado. Inicialmente defenderemos a hipótese de que o discurso homilético deve ter como base de preleção o anúncio querigmático enraizado no Mistério Pascal de Cristo. A metodologia científica foi desenvolvida com base em um olhar biográfico de leituras, textos, reflexões e constatamos que a homilia ainda é um espaço de construção e re-construção do ethos e visão de mundo. O discurso do padre durante a homilia é a porta mistagógica por onde os leigos farão a leitura pelo anúncio querigmático da vivência no Mistério de Cristo, fato que será evidenciado no primeiro capítulo, no qual demonstraremos as categorias epistemológicas que surgiram na pesquisa. Verificaremos que o Mistério Pascal exerce um enorme poder de persuasão por meio de seus símbolos, ritos e sobretudo nas celebrações. No segundo capítulo, conheceremos a homilia sob a ética do querigma e na ação pastoral prática: comunicação, linguagem, estética da oratória. No terceiro capítulo demonstraremos alguns aspectos da homilia que levam a uma perfeita conversão e como a Palavra lida e atualizada torna-se fundamento teológico (e não rubrica) mostrando o motivo pelo qual a homilia é feita durante a Liturgia da Palavra e como parte constitutiva da Liturgia da Palavra, esclarecendo que o Mistério Pascal na Palavra celebrada e de quem celebra é a palavra-chave para que o discurso homilético seja considerado eficaz por parte dos fiéis que o legitimam pela fé