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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The function of Delphic responses in Greek tragedy /

Johnson, Julie Ann. January 1982 (has links)
No description available.
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Možnosti porovnávání výkonnosti databázového systému Oracle / The ways of comparing performance of Oracle databases

Mareček, Aleš January 2012 (has links)
This thesis examines ways of comparing performance of Oracle databases. The need to compare performance is given by making changes in database systems, for example changes in databases structures or database management systems. One of the goals of this thesis includes a description of options and ways of comparing performance of Oracle databases which does not involve any additional licensing costs. Because there is a need to evaluate obtained performance indicators, part of this thesis deals with the design and implementation tool, which allows analysis of data and their evaluation through defined reports. Functionality of the tool is verified and demonstrated on data obtained from real databases. The main contribution of this thesis is the implementation of the tool, which significantly facilitate evaluating performance impact of changes which should be made in the production database.
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Role of the Pythia at Delphi: ancient and modern perspectives

Lewis, Rosemary January 2014 (has links)
The title of this dissertation emerged from an undergraduate Honours paper that investigated modern scholarly views concerning the authenticity of the Pythia’s possession. An attempt to answer one particular subquestion (Was the Pythia the priesthood’s puppet?) elicited significantly more divergent modern opinions than the discussions concerning the other possible causations of the Pythian prophecies (divine inspiration, clairvoyance, intoxication, and/or charlatanry) that the paper examined. The mere suggestion of the possibility that the Pythia may have enjoyed some degree of autonomy while performing her role in the consultative procedure stirred considerable controversy among modern scholars. This reaction identified a need for further reexamination of the Pythia’s role in the Delphic Oracle as depicted in both ancient literature and the commentaries of modern scholars. However, this dissertation is concerned more with what ancient and modern sources claim the Pythia actually did (i.e. the role she performed) during a mantic consultation than with how the Pythia managed to produce the oracles she uttered (i.e. the underlying causation of her ability to produce prophecies). Ancient sources, in particular Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, and Pausanias, depict and apparently accept the Pythia as the speaker of the oracles, for, after all, the Pythia functioned as Apollo’s mouthpiece “and as such she counted for little.”1 Most early 20th century modern scholars, all with access to the same ancient sources, nevertheless contend (perhaps because they do not believe in Apollo) that the Delphic priesthood was (must have been) responsible for at least the composition, or the interpretation, or even the actual delivery to the enquirers, of the oracles. However, some later modern scholars acknowledge, even if they cannot fully comprehend or embrace, the ancient sources’ portrayal of the Pythia as speaking the oracles directly to enquirers. Compton commences an article on the Delphic mantic session with these words: “As one reads through important treatments of the operation of the Delphic oracle, disparities in interpretation are striking.”2 The discrepancies between both ancient authors and modern scholars and between early 20th century and some later modern scholars warrant a reexamination of how all sources depict the Pythia’s role in the Delphic Oracle. Modern (20th and 21st century for the purpose of this dissertation) scholars all have access to the same ancient sources. However, an examination of modern commentaries on the role of the Pythia in the Delphic mantic (divinatory, oracular) consultation (session) appears to indicate a watershed year for a shift in modern perspective: 1978. Pre-1978 modern scholars depart from the ancient authors and depict the Delphic priesthood as the major player in the mantic procedure whereas several later modern scholars, in and after 1978, return to the ancient depiction of the Pythia as the one who delivers the Delphic oracles directly to the enquirers. A search for an explanation for this shift in modern interpretations of ancient literature underlies this dissertation, which seeks to answer not only how and also why modern classical scholarship on the topic of the Pythia evolved as it did. An investigation of this evolving view of the Pythia’s role includes examination of ancient literature and the commentaries on these ancient sources by modern scholars as found in English literature (including English translations and/or secondary quotations of Danish, French and German scholars) for information both about the person and role of the Pythia and about the composition and role of other Delphic temple personnel, referred to as the Delphic priesthood in this dissertation. Ancient and modern depictions of every step of the consultative process that culminated in the enquirers receiving the oracles that they accepted as Apollo’s answers to their enquiries—in effect, the entire process of oracular consultation, including its physical location, and the process of transfer of communications at Delphi—are also relevant. This dissertation uses the term “chain of communication” to indicate the elements in the communicative process whereby the Pythia learned the content of enquirers’ questions, and, in turn, enquirers learned the content of Apollo’s replies to their questions. Answers to specific questions such as those that follow must, therefore, be sought first in ancient literature before divergent modern scholarly contentions can be evaluated. Who was the Pythia, and what was her role? Who comprised the Delphic priesthood, and what was its role? Who put the enquirer’s question to the Pythia? Who heard the Pythia’s reply? Who spoke the response to the enquirer? Was the response oral or written, in prose or verse form? Who wrote the response down and/or composed the verse? These are some of the questions that indicate a direction for investigation in order to evaluate the division of roles within the Delphic Oracle’s administration. The findings in Chapters 3-6 of this dissertation are, therefore, consistently arranged under the headings of the Pythia (her person and role), the Delphic priesthood (its structure and overall function in the Delphic Oracle), the chain of communication (who did and said what, and how, and to whom, during a Delphic mantic session), and the location in which this mantic consultation took place. Because the first three headings all address aspects of the respective roles played by the Pythia and priesthood during an oracular consultation, some overlap of content is inevitable. Chapters 1 and 2 outline and review ancient Greek divinatory methods, seers, and oracles. Chapter 3 explores relevant ancient references to the Delphic Oracle as found in 8th-4th century BCE sources, including Homer, 5th century BCE tragic poets, and the historian Herodotus. Chapter 4 investigates post-4th century BCE ancient sources, including the works of historian Diodorus Siculus, Delphic priest, historian, and prose commentator Plutarch, and geographer Pausanias. Chapters 5 and 6 cover relevant modern scholarly views. Parke’s 1939 and Parke and Wormell’s 1956 authoritative works on the Delphic Oracle dominate the early 20th century (pre-1978) period, and Fontenrose’s innovative 1978 work on the same subject introduces the later period of modern scholarship on the Delphic Oracle. The conclusion attempts an explanation for and reconciliation of the various ancient and modern views. This dissertation essentially seeks to answer two questions: how do ancient and modern scholars view the role of the Pythia in the mantic procedure at Delphi, and can the variety of interpretations be explained and reconciled? / Classics & Modern European Languages / M.A. (Classical Studies)
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Margaret Atwood’s Divided Self

Moss, Kate 19 July 2011 (has links)
―Margaret Atwood‘s Divided Self‖ explores four novels by celebrated Canadian author, Margaret Atwood: Lady Oracle, Surfacing, Alias Grace, and The Robber Bride. Although others have discussed the reoccurring themes of disunity and duality in Atwood‘s work, these explorations have not addressed some of her newest novels and have taken a very limited approach to reading and understanding Atwood‘s theme of the divided self. This study opens up a literary ―conversation‖ about Atwood‘s theme of the divided self by examining the protagonists of these select novels by using different branches of theory and thought to fully explore this issue. To conquer their double or multiple identities Atwood‘s protagonists in these novels must take two actions: 1) Accept their double/multiple identities as a part of themselves and 2) transcend this position and the resulting ―hauntings‖ by their mothers (or their decision to choose a replacement female ―mother‖ figure) by becoming mothers themselves. The introduction chapter ―The Author as ‗Slippery Double‘‖ explores Atwood‘s position as a ―slippery (divided) subject‖ between her writing/social and interior selves. Chapter one, ―Canadian Women: Nature, Place, and the Divided Other in Atwood‘s Works‖ explores the role of nature, place, and femininity in Atwood‘s divided protagonists. Chapter two, ―The Uncanny Double: Haunting Entities and the Divided Self in Atwood‘s Fiction‖ contains the main argument and explores the role of the uncanny in Atwood‘s works. Although I explore these four novels most thoroughly explored, this theme runs throughout Atwood‘s entire body of work. Although I mostly use close readings of the primary texts, I also ground my argument in the work of theorists in several fields of thought including Sigmund Freud, Louis Althusser, George H. Mead, and Jacques Lacan.
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殷墟甲骨文書風之硏究 =: A study in the calligraphic styles of oracle bone inscriptions from the sites of Anyang. / study in the calligraphic styles of oracle bone inscriptions from the sites of anyang / Yinxu jia gu wen shu feng zhi yan jiu =: A study in the calligraphic styles of oracle bone inscriptions from the sites of anyang.

January 1995 (has links)
黃孕祺. / 論文(博士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院藝術部, 1995. / 參考文献 : 134-143. / Huang Yunqi. / 目錄 --- p.i-iii / 〈凡例〉 --- p.iv / Chapter 第一章 --- 書風的形式 --- p.1 -33 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究之目的 --- p.1 / Chapter 二、 --- 問題之關鍵 --- p.7 / Chapter 三、 --- 形式的特徵 --- p.13 / Chapter 四、 --- 術語的糸統 --- p.18 / Chapter 五、 --- 書風的詮釋 --- p.23 / Chapter 六、 --- 風格的分判 --- p.28 / Chapter 第二章 --- 書風的演變 --- p.34 -68 / Chapter 一、 --- 斷代的標準 --- p.34 / Chapter 二、 --- 世系與稱謂 --- p.39 / Chapter 三、 --- 母妣與名諡 --- p.49 / Chapter 四、 --- 貞人與稱謂 --- p.53 / Chapter 五、 --- 斷代新方案 --- p.58 / Chapter 六、 --- 風格和時代 --- p.63 / Chapter 第三章 --- 書風的意味 --- p.69 -108 / Chapter 一、 --- 意味之抉隱 --- p.69 / Chapter 二、 --- 取龜到藏龜 --- p.74 / Chapter 三、 --- 奉龜到徹龜 --- p.80 / Chapter 四、 --- 記事和記兆 --- p.86 / Chapter 五、 --- 卜辭的書契 --- p.93 / Chapter 六、 --- 殷契之成就 --- p.101 / 〈註釋〉 --- p.109 -131 / Chapter 第一章 --- 註 --- p.109 / Chapter 第二章 --- 註 --- p.115 / Chapter 第三章 --- 註 --- p.125 / 〈書刊簡稱表〉 --- p.132 -133 / 著錄 --- p.132 / 工具書 --- p.132 / 刊物 --- p.133 / 〈參考書目〉 --- p.134 -143 / 〈附表〉 --- p.144 -190 / 【表1.1】書風範型表 --- p.144 / 【表1.2】書風範型關係簡表 --- p.145 / 【表1.3】書風範型資料例 --- p.146 -149 / 【表2.1 .1】王世、稱謂、貞人關係表一: 王世、稱謂表 --- p.150 / 【表2.1.2】王世、稱謂、貞人關係表二: 貞人稱謂表 --- p.151 / 【表2.1.3a】】王世、稱謂、貞人關係表三: 貞人王世表(a) --- p.152 / 【表2.1.3b】】王世、稱謂、貞人關係表三: 貞人王世表(b) --- p.152 / 【表2 . 2】標準片表 --- p.153 -172 / 【表2.3】貞人同版表 --- p.173 -175 / 【表2.4a】 貞人繫聯表(I) --- p.176 -177 / 【表2.4b】 貞人繫聯表(II) --- p.178 / 【表2.5】「標準片」範型時期表 --- p.179 / 【表2.6】四期書風表 --- p.180 / 【表2.7】t期書風表 --- p.180 / 【表2.8】五期書風表 --- p.180 / 【表2.9】書風同異關係糸數簡表 --- p.181 / 【表2.10】書風同異關係系數詳表 --- p.182 -189 / 【表3.1】殷代龜卜程序表 --- p.190 / 〈附圖〉 --- p.1 -223 / 《合》 --- p.1 -202 / 《屯》 --- p.203 -217 / 《英》 --- p.218 -220 / 《東》 --- p.221 / 《懷》 --- p.222 -223
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Role of the Pythia at Delphi : ancient and modern perspectives

Lewis, Rosemary January 2014 (has links)
The title of this dissertation emerged from an undergraduate Honours paper that investigated modern scholarly views concerning the authenticity of the Pythia’s possession. An attempt to answer one particular subquestion (Was the Pythia the priesthood’s puppet?) elicited significantly more divergent modern opinions than the discussions concerning the other possible causations of the Pythian prophecies (divine inspiration, clairvoyance, intoxication, and/or charlatanry) that the paper examined. The mere suggestion of the possibility that the Pythia may have enjoyed some degree of autonomy while performing her role in the consultative procedure stirred considerable controversy among modern scholars. This reaction identified a need for further reexamination of the Pythia’s role in the Delphic Oracle as depicted in both ancient literature and the commentaries of modern scholars. However, this dissertation is concerned more with what ancient and modern sources claim the Pythia actually did (i.e. the role she performed) during a mantic consultation than with how the Pythia managed to produce the oracles she uttered (i.e. the underlying causation of her ability to produce prophecies). Ancient sources, in particular Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, and Pausanias, depict and apparently accept the Pythia as the speaker of the oracles, for, after all, the Pythia functioned as Apollo’s mouthpiece “and as such she counted for little.”1 Most early 20th century modern scholars, all with access to the same ancient sources, nevertheless contend (perhaps because they do not believe in Apollo) that the Delphic priesthood was (must have been) responsible for at least the composition, or the interpretation, or even the actual delivery to the enquirers, of the oracles. However, some later modern scholars acknowledge, even if they cannot fully comprehend or embrace, the ancient sources’ portrayal of the Pythia as speaking the oracles directly to enquirers. Compton commences an article on the Delphic mantic session with these words: “As one reads through important treatments of the operation of the Delphic oracle, disparities in interpretation are striking.”2 The discrepancies between both ancient authors and modern scholars and between early 20th century and some later modern scholars warrant a reexamination of how all sources depict the Pythia’s role in the Delphic Oracle. Modern (20th and 21st century for the purpose of this dissertation) scholars all have access to the same ancient sources. However, an examination of modern commentaries on the role of the Pythia in the Delphic mantic (divinatory, oracular) consultation (session) appears to indicate a watershed year for a shift in modern perspective: 1978. Pre-1978 modern scholars depart from the ancient authors and depict the Delphic priesthood as the major player in the mantic procedure whereas several later modern scholars, in and after 1978, return to the ancient depiction of the Pythia as the one who delivers the Delphic oracles directly to the enquirers. A search for an explanation for this shift in modern interpretations of ancient literature underlies this dissertation, which seeks to answer not only how and also why modern classical scholarship on the topic of the Pythia evolved as it did. An investigation of this evolving view of the Pythia’s role includes examination of ancient literature and the commentaries on these ancient sources by modern scholars as found in English literature (including English translations and/or secondary quotations of Danish, French and German scholars) for information both about the person and role of the Pythia and about the composition and role of other Delphic temple personnel, referred to as the Delphic priesthood in this dissertation. Ancient and modern depictions of every step of the consultative process that culminated in the enquirers receiving the oracles that they accepted as Apollo’s answers to their enquiries—in effect, the entire process of oracular consultation, including its physical location, and the process of transfer of communications at Delphi—are also relevant. This dissertation uses the term “chain of communication” to indicate the elements in the communicative process whereby the Pythia learned the content of enquirers’ questions, and, in turn, enquirers learned the content of Apollo’s replies to their questions. Answers to specific questions such as those that follow must, therefore, be sought first in ancient literature before divergent modern scholarly contentions can be evaluated. Who was the Pythia, and what was her role? Who comprised the Delphic priesthood, and what was its role? Who put the enquirer’s question to the Pythia? Who heard the Pythia’s reply? Who spoke the response to the enquirer? Was the response oral or written, in prose or verse form? Who wrote the response down and/or composed the verse? These are some of the questions that indicate a direction for investigation in order to evaluate the division of roles within the Delphic Oracle’s administration. The findings in Chapters 3-6 of this dissertation are, therefore, consistently arranged under the headings of the Pythia (her person and role), the Delphic priesthood (its structure and overall function in the Delphic Oracle), the chain of communication (who did and said what, and how, and to whom, during a Delphic mantic session), and the location in which this mantic consultation took place. Because the first three headings all address aspects of the respective roles played by the Pythia and priesthood during an oracular consultation, some overlap of content is inevitable. Chapters 1 and 2 outline and review ancient Greek divinatory methods, seers, and oracles. Chapter 3 explores relevant ancient references to the Delphic Oracle as found in 8th-4th century BCE sources, including Homer, 5th century BCE tragic poets, and the historian Herodotus. Chapter 4 investigates post-4th century BCE ancient sources, including the works of historian Diodorus Siculus, Delphic priest, historian, and prose commentator Plutarch, and geographer Pausanias. Chapters 5 and 6 cover relevant modern scholarly views. Parke’s 1939 and Parke and Wormell’s 1956 authoritative works on the Delphic Oracle dominate the early 20th century (pre-1978) period, and Fontenrose’s innovative 1978 work on the same subject introduces the later period of modern scholarship on the Delphic Oracle. The conclusion attempts an explanation for and reconciliation of the various ancient and modern views. This dissertation essentially seeks to answer two questions: how do ancient and modern scholars view the role of the Pythia in the mantic procedure at Delphi, and can the variety of interpretations be explained and reconciled? / Classics and Modern European Languages / M.A. (Classical Studies)
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Análise e reestruturação do Módulo de Gestão de Equipamentos e Manutenção do ERP GIAF na Indra Sistemas Portugal, S. A.

Oliveira, Nuno Alexandre Pinto Gonçalinho de January 2008 (has links)
Estágio realizado na Indra Sistemas Portugal, S. A. e orientado pelo Eng.º Pedro Tróia / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Informática e Computação. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2008
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Oracle warehouse management system-security enhancements

Gonçalves, Marc-Olivier Esteves January 2009 (has links)
Estágio realizado na Wipro Retail e orientado pelo Doutora Ana Paula Barroso Oliveira / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Informática e Computação. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2009
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Business intelligence : um caso prático

Francisco, Vera Sofia Moreira January 2009 (has links)
Estágio realizado na PSI - Projecto de Sistemas de Informação e orientado pelo Eng.º Manuel José Mendes Pinto Machado / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Informática e Computação. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2009
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Oracle retail strategic store solutions

Oliveira, André Manuel Gonçalves January 2009 (has links)
Estágio realizado na Wipro Retail e orientado pelo Eng.ª Cláudia Bartolo Araújo / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Informática e Computação. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2009

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