Th.--Faculty of science--Leicester--University of Leicester, 1985. / Bibliogr. p. 193-208.

<p> This project studies the applicability of two ordination methods, principle component analysis and correspondence analysis, and one classification method, mode analysis, for a specific ecological data set. The differences between techniques are discussed and the results are compared.</p> / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

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The original research element of this thesis consists of the study of an emerging· professional association of senior managerial employees in business and industry in Weimar Germany. This association which went by the name of VELA, Vereinigung der leitenden Angestellten, or the Organisation of Leading Salaried Employees, was founded in December 1918, and continued in existence until December 1934. Utilising a complete collection of VELA's bi-monthly members' periodical, the development of a coherent ideology of elitism is traced from 1919 to 1933, with the emphasis upon the crystallisation of a world-view compatible and congruent with that of National Socialism by 1924/25. Political convergence with, and support for, the Nazi Party then followed some time after the onset of the Great Depression. A detailed study of the process of Gleichschaltung, or co-ordination, in the spring and summer of 1933 is used to illustrate how easily, readily and enthusiastically VELA embraced the coining of a New Order in the Third Reich.

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MSc (Physiotherapy), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand / In South Africa, the concept of Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) is relatively unfamiliar and not well understood. The exact epidemiology is unknown, but the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV, 2000) indicate that the value could be between five and ten percent of the American population. Many studies on DCD have been conducted and most highlight the immense difficulties these children experience with motor activities, both in sport and daily tasks. However, few studies specifically investigated endurance and the impact it has on the child’s ability to function normally without too much effort and fatigue due to the condition. The main aim of this study was to determine the difference in submaximal endurance levels between children diagnosed with DCD and normally developing children. Children between the ages of seven and ten years were included in the study. The Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) was employed to determine the average distance covered by each of two groups that were selected to participate in the study and thus, the submaximal endurance levels of each group. The first group of participants consisted of children having a diagnosis of DCD (n=31) and the second comparative group consisted of normally developing children (n=17). The results were analysed and compared using the Student t-test. Anthropometric data of height, age, gender and weight as well as baseline data of breathing rate, heart rate and peak flow were taken. These were compared to normative data as determined by the growth charts of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as previous research on the various topics. The average distance covered by the DCD group was 375.89 metres with a standard deviation of ±73.33 and the mean distance covered by the normal comparative group was 430.48 metres with a standard deviation of ±60.85. When the two groups were compared it produced a p-value of 0.0086 which was a statistically significant difference. The normally developing group covered on average 54.6 metres more distance than the group with co-ordination difficulties. In comparison to studies that determined normal age (Lammers et al, 2008) and height (Li et al, 2007) reference values, the children within the eight-year age band for the normally developing group fell within the determined values. The other age bands fell below average for both the DCD and normally developing groups. The finding of the current study is important as it highlights the discrepancy in the submaximal endurance levels of children with DCD when compared to normally developing children of the same age. This is important when considering that most of the activities of daily living are performed at submaximal endurance levels and it is particularly important to note that these are the activities that children with DCD find challenging. The 6MWT can be performed by children as young as four years of age, with explanation and encouragement. This is particularly helpful in the clinical setting, as other tests of physical fitness require more time, equipment and generally good co-ordination in the individual being tested. The 6MWT is easy to apply and requires few tools, making it a cost and time effective means of testing submaximal fitness in children. It is thus a useful measure to determine whether therapeutic intervention has impacted endurance for activities of daily living.

Thesis advisor: Francine Cardman / There is compelling reason to change the traditional practice of the Orthodox Church and begin taking active steps towards the inclusion of women in all the ministries of the church, including the sacramental priesthood. According to the French Orthodox theologian Élisabeth Behr-Sigel, initial responses to the issue contradict patristic views of the priesthood and undermine key aspects of Orthodox Christology, soteriology, and theology of icons. This dissertation extends the work of Behr-Sigel by carefully reading traditional texts, images, and liturgy in light of contemporary concerns. Five claims support women's participation in the priesthood. First, Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom present the priesthood as an eikon of the "new humanity" exemplified in Christ, in which we see embodied and enacted charisms, capabilities, functions, and virtues. Second, these charisms, capabilities, and virtues are evoked by multiple, contextual models and metaphors, none of which requires or prioritizes a male-bodied presider. Instead, as both a model and symbol, the presider serves as a dynamic eikon of the virtuous relationships that characterize the fuller humanity into which all are called via theosis. Third, iconic theology and practice consistently affirm the use of diverse media (included sexed persons) through which we see our "new humanity" embodied in unique persons who enact virtuous relationships. Denial of uniqueness and reduction to a particular quality or material is a form of blindness, a fixed rather than iconic "gaze." Fourth, the liturgy is an icon of the reign of God made visible through patterns of actions, that is ritual practices that teach participants how to relate in virtue to both God and neighbor. The liturgy is a primary locus for the `social construction' of virtuous persons-in-relation, and its practices either permit or prevent us from recognizing the unique irreducibility of our neighbor in both our ecclesial and human community. Fifth, the liturgical exclusion of women is a failure to love rooted in a gaze that fixates on sex rather than the unique and gifted human person before us. The church fails to enact its own eschatological hope when it reduces its members to a particular quality or capability. This failure is not, however, the last word. The church, through its theology and practice is that place where we become who we are. Therefore, it is called to recognize its participants as persons, to encourage their gifts, to receive their gifts, and as a community, offer those gifts for the life of the world. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Theology.

This thesis examines vegetation community change at two temporal scales in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Using long-term plots in the Duke Forest, I examine decadal-scale changes in community composition of the forest understory and shed light on the potential drivers of that change. Using historical data from colonial survey records, I study presettlement forest communities of the Piedmont and attempt to reconstruct Piedmont forests as they may have been in the time before European arrival. The pattern of successional change in southeastern United States Piedmont forests has been assumed from chronosequence studies over the last half century. However, these assumptions for forest understory herb-layer populations and communities have not been tested using long term data sets. Using permanently marked plots in the Duke Forest (Durham, NC, USA) re-censused after a 23 year time step, species richness and community changes at 25m2 and 1000m2 scales are examined. I look at changes across life forms and examine these changes in relation to measured stand and environmental factors. Although total species richness stayed relatively constant through the 23 year step, herb richness declined with a concomitant increase in woody richness. Plot composition change was remarkably consistent and this change was not correlated to any measured stand or environmental factors. These community-level changes are consistent with previously reported changes in the understories of hardwood dominated stands in the Duke Forest, suggesting that landscape scale drivers may be more important than within-stand successional processes in patterning herbaceous communities at this time. Combined with growing evidence from other studies, this work indicates that forests in the temperate region may be experiencing changes different from those predicted by successional chronosequence studies. It indicates that one of the primary drivers of this change is the explosive growth of deer populations in the last two decades. Witness trees recorded in historical surveys have been used to reconstruct presettlement vegetation in many parts of North America, leading to a better understanding of vegetation patterns before the effects of Europeans. For some parts of North America, Government Land Office records make the process of reconstructing vegetation patterns easier - thus more is known about these areas. Because of the unique and unplanned nature of settlement in the southeastern U.S., less is known about the presettlement vegetation in this area of the country. Using a reconstructed cadastral map of a section of the North Carolina Piedmont, I was able to plot the positions of trees on the historical landscape. These data were then used to understand and reconstruct the composition of presettlement forests. Although the vegetation of some areas of the Piedmont is similar to what was expected, I find significant differences with the expected presettlement composition. In particular, pine species were common in some areas and rare in others, indicating that different disturbance regimes were active on the landscape. / Dissertation

Thesis (S.T.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2008. / Description based on Microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-168).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [118]-123).