Thesis (M.A,)--George Mason University, 2008. / Vita: p. 78. Thesis director: Steven Weinberger. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 11, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-77). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 274-289) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-81).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Supervisor: Richard Shiff. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

When and where there is cultural "borrowing there will always "be the possibility of "borrowing words which are associated with it. Since 1868 English has had a remarkable influence on the Japanese language and especially after the Second World War through the wide-spread audio-visual media the number of English loanwords in Japanese, along with new objects or practices introduced, has been increasing. This thesis attempts the overall description of the assimilation of English loanwords into the structure of Japanese so that they may fulfill their communicative function. Since loanwords alone constitute the corpus for the linguistic analysis the analyst is naturally required to adopt rigorously scientific procedures free from the domination of metaphysics and psychology but at the same time it should be borne in mind that we are dealing with the "whole man" expressing himself and his culture. For the purpose of this study English loan-elements are established in the context of situation, i.e. in their socio-cultural context and are then examined at different levels of analysis—Lexical, Grammatical and Phonological, as to their degree of assimilation. The present writer admits mutual working of elements abstracted at different levels of analysis. That is, units obtained at one level might serve to solve the problems left unsolved at the other levels either below or above. In spite of the great number of English loanwords they have been well assimilated into the structure of Japanese. The factors at play in assimilation of loan-elements are: (a) Internal 1. Sheer absence of equivalent exponents at various levels of the Japanese structure 2. pressure of the system 3. productivity of certain forms 4. popular patterns in coinage 5. underdifferentiation of equivalent exponents in Japanese (b) External 1. different channels of borrowing—oral and written 2. the socio-cultural background at the time when the particular element was borrowed 3. the socio-cultural background of the original introducer and/or that of the later users 4. the writing system of Japanese To some extent the future of the Japanese language in connection with cultural borrowing may be predicted. Although the phonological and grammatical systems of a language are not easily affected by cultural borrowings, the gaps in the system may he gradually filled. Fluctuation is more prominent at the lexical level. The symmetry of the language structure at the lexical level requires the presence of terms both generic and specific, abstract and concrete. Some English elements may be added to satisfy these requirements. Some will be added to the set of vocabulary to bring about variety and subtlety in the way experience is articulated. If English elements behave quite distinctively from the native and jiongo elements, it will be methodologically acceptable to admit the existence of different strata within Japanese. Another important feature to be investigated is how far lexical patterning depends on grammar in the process of assimilation of loanwords. / Arts, Faculty of / Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, Department of / Graduate

Owing to the crippling nature of arthritis, surgeons have been trying for well over a century to successfully treat this debilitating disease particularly when attacking the hip joint. In the early 1970s, Sir John Charnley started with total hip replacement as a solution to this ever-increasing problem. Many different designs were developed but all the designs revolved around a femoral stem, femoral head and acetabular component. Independent of the design, longevity of the implant remains a problem. The major cause of replacements, according to various hip registers, is due to aseptic loosening resulting from osteolysis. According to these registers, the average in-vivo life of a hip replacement is approximately 12 years. The main aim of this study was to determine the root cause of mechanical failure of the acetabular cups and to determine the origin of the excessive amount of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) wear debris floating in the joint resulting in osteolysis. During the study, various techniques were used to investigate the acetabular components to try to establish the root cause of mechanical failure. These techniques included: 1. Visual inspection 2. Investigation making use of dye penetrant spray 3. Investigation under stereo microscope 4. Investigation making use of a scanning electron microscope 5. Electrophoresis 6. Mass-spectrometric analysis 7. Analysis of the synovial fluid on high-frequency linear-oscillation machine (SRV). The wear debris retrieved from the scar tissue surrounding the joints of a number of patients was also analysed. Apart from the obvious defects such as mechanical damage due to impingement, the main defect on which this study focuses is the wear patches found on the inside of the acetabular components. The wear areas were presented as areas where the surface layer of the UHMWPE was ripped off by adhering to the rotating femoral head. This type of failure is possible if localised overheating takes place resulting in the material either adhering to the rotating femoral head or the material being squeezed out under the prevailing pressure. Both these mechanisms were confirmed by the wear debris retrieved from the scar tissue, being either droplets of UHMWPE or whisker-like wear products. To confirm the existence of elevated temperatures the brown discolouring on the inside of the acetabular cups was analysed, making use of electrophoresis, mass-spectrometric analysis and scanning electron microscope recordings. In this part of the study, it was confirmed that localised temperatures on the bearing surface had reached at least 60°C during in-vivo service. This temperature was confirmed by inserting a thermocouple just under the surface of an acetabular cup and then measuring the temperature while in-vitro testing was taking place on a hip simulator. The wear debris as retrieved was also duplicated in laboratory experiments while the temperature on the surface of an acetabular cup was monitored. It was established that wear particles similar in shape and size were formed at temperatures in excess of 90°C. At temperatures above 50°C the UHMWPE had visually shown extensive increase in creep, indicating that at these temperatures the material softens sufficiently for this type of debris to be generated The overheating as described can also only occur if there is a lack of lubrication in the bearing couple. The synovial fluid from 12 patients was retrieved during revision surgery. This synovial fluid was then tested on a high-frequency linear-oscillation machine (Optimol SRV test machine) to determine the lubricity characteristics of the synovial fluid as retrieved. It was discovered that the load-carrying capability of the synovial fluid did not comply with the minimum requirements for a fluid to function as a lubricant. The final conclusion of this study is that excessive amounts of wear debris are generated due to the localised overheating of the bearing couple as a result of insufficient lubrication. The localised heat build-up results in excessive amounts of wear debris being generated and deposited in the joint area resulting in osteolysis. / Thesis (PhD (Mechanical Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted

Quelles sont les modalités de conquête ou reconquête de la parole dans les situations cliniques de mutisme ? Le mutisme opère une mise en attente des processus de symbolisation. Cette mise en attente suppose cependant un travail de symbolisation souterrain, inconscient, dont le retour à la parole n’est que la partie émergée. Des exemples cliniques nous permettront de préciser deux chemins de symbolisation hors parole à travers :- Un usage particulier de la trace et de l’écriture à partir du cas clinique d’un enfant qui écrit avant de parler.- L’identification au muet sous la forme d’identification à l’inanimé et à l’animal, elle n’est pas seulement ce qui fait taire mais aussi ce qui permet de préserver les possibilités d’identification, de rejouer la rencontre au miroir.Nous serons amenés à nous interroger sur la perte de légitimité des mots qui conduit parfois au mutisme. / What are the modalities of conquest or reconquest of the word in the clinical situations of mutism ? Mutism operates a stop of the processes of symbolization. This put on hold supposes, however, an underground, unconscious work of symbolization, the return to the word is only the emerged part of it. Clinical examples will allow us to specify two ways of symbolization except word through: - a particular use of the trace and the writing from the clinical case of a child who writes before speaking. - The identification to the mute under the form of identification to inanimate and to animal. Identification to the mute is not only what silences but also what makes it possible to replay the meeting in the mirror. We will be brought to wonder about the loss of legitimacy of the words which sometimes leads to mutism

Hipster is first-person novel in diary form. It chronicles events in the life of the narrator. The story begins when his girlfriend leaves him in an unnamed town in the northeastern US to move back home to Georgia, and the novel ends when he decides to return home too.

Tell Me Where To Hide My Mouth is a collection of poetry whose central theme is a woman's journey towards redemption. The redemptive struggle plays out in various scenarios, stalls, hesitates, regresses, slowly and abruptly begins, but never ends. The hesitance, the anticipation during the redemptive journey, and the way this journey weaves back and forth within itself is represented in four separate sections: "My Insect Heart", "No One Warns You of This", "The Body Without Yes", and "Tell Me Where to Hide my Mouth". The poems in each section are separated by my own creative design relative to four central themes revolving around the redemptive journey: love; loss and sacrifice; social consciousness, and confessional history telling through the reflection of my relationship to the physical landscape. Although the collection is not chronological, it is a lyric narrative with linear characteristics. It is my hope that the reader enters any place within the collection they wish, but is eventually drawn to the beginning to read through to the end, and experience a redemptive journey themselves. / Master of Fine Arts

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of the superordinate and subordinate words as mediators in mediate association learning across three different age groups in the A-B, B-C, A-C mediation x paradigm. The effects of sex difference, high and low levels of associational fluency, as well as a type of pre-training which was done by requiring subjects to create associations to the mediating B terms, were considered. The subjects used were, 50 fourth graders (22 boys and 28 girls), 54 seventh graders (26 boys and 28 girls), and 51 tenth graders (22 boys and 29 girls), for a total of 155 students. Each group of subjects was divided into high and low associational fluency groups using the cutting point. The high and low associational fluency groups were divided further into two groups each using the odd-even method on the ranks on the associational fluency scores. Prior to the mediate association learning task, one group received the pre-training procedure while the other received the no-pre-training procedure where each subject was simply required to write a short story. The learning materials consisted of superordinate and subordinate words, and high association value nonsense syllables. Two sets of A-B, B-C, A-C, mediate association learning task were constructed using superordinate words as B terms in one set and subordinate words as B terms in the other, while the same nonsense syllables were used as the A and C terms in both sets. Each set of the learning task consisted of two 12 paired-associate lists, half of which was used as the experimental pairs with the other half as the control pairs. Each list of paired-associates was presented one pair at a time for five seconds for seven trials. Each subject received both sets of the learning task and served as his own control. The multiple-choice method was used to measure the amount of mediation. The results of the experiments were as follows: Mediation was obtained with both the superordinate and subordinate words as mediators when subjects in the fourth, seventh and tenth grades were each treated as a single group, with the exception of the fourth grade group when the superordinate words were used as mediators. In general, when subjects were treated on the subgroup basis, mediation was obtained increasingly with age. The pre-training method was not superior to the no-pre-training (control) method in producing mediation. In fact, on the seventh grade level with superordinate words as mediators, the pre-training group was inferior to the control group in producing mediation. Superordinate words were not more effective mediators than subordinate words. There was a trend which indicated that subordinate words were more effective mediators than the superordinate words with the increasing age of subjects, especially among female subjects. There was no clear-cut evidence that the high associational fluency level enhanced the occurrence of mediation more than the low associational fluency level when the superordinate words and subordinate words were used as mediators. It was found that age had a definite effect on mediation. The amount of mediation produced occurred increasing with age, at least for the three grade levels compared. There was no sex difference on mediation produced superordinate words as mediators. But with the subordinate words as mediators there were sex difference effects on the amount of mediation produced in favor of female groups on the fourth and tenth grade levels. In conclusion, the results of the study were in agreement with the majority of the findings reported in the literature on mediate association experiments that mediation could be experimentally produced. The superordinate words and subordinate words proved to be about equally effective as mediators and their effectiveness increased with the increasing age of the subjects.