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xvi, 330 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / This dissertation focuses on an urban development project outside St. Petersburg, Russia, called the Baltic Pearl. Financed by a consortium of firms based in Shanghai, China, the Baltic Pearl signals several changes in contemporary Russia. At the scale of the region and the nation-state, the project reflects growing political cooperation between the Russian and Chinese governments; it also parallels an increase in economic partnership, including use of Chinese labor. However, social processes at the scale of the city may militate against the success of this project. City residents fearful of rumored Chinese migration feel alarm over the Baltic Pearl because they associate it with narratives of Chinatowns inhabited by labor migrants; other residents already resentful of being left behind in the economic transformation associate the project with the city administration's neglect of their needs. Thus, closer examination of the Baltic Pearl offers the opportunity to gauge commonalities in the causes behind xenophobia and claims of dispossession. Using a theoretical approach based on both humanist and critical geography, I develop an original reading of Henri Lefebvre's The Production of Space to which I give the term socio-spatial paradigm. This concept allows me to conduct an analysis of spatialities in statements of the vision and purpose of the Baltic Pearl made by various individuals and groups. I consider the negotiation over the project's form between Chinese and Russian officials, planners, and architects; local protest and support for the quarter as articulated in newspaper articles, blogs, a survey, and interviews; and individual narratives of spatial form in the city as recounted in a survey and interviews. The aim of the different analyses is to evaluate the capacity of St. Petersburg to adapt to global pressures related to economic restructuring and migration streams, and to become a truly "world city" in terms of cultural multiplicity as well as financial capacity. The conclusion discusses the commensurability of information gained at different scales, from interview narratives to government statements. The study asserts the need to develop better models for incorporating information gained at finer scales into our evaluation of state-to-state relations. / Advisers: Dr. Alexander B. Murphy; Dr. Susan W. Hardwick

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Dissertação - Déborah Patrícia Leal Oliveira - 2013.pdf: 2010212 bytes, checksum: 0c24a44129b6342788eadf59a1e31064 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-25 / Pearl millet is a rich nutritionally cereal, being a major source of protein countries of the semiarid region of the African continent. The pearl millet crops are in expansion on Brazilian Savanna due the plant characteristics that are compatible to the climate and soil of the region. However, in Brazil, the grains of millet are not widely used in food, it was noted with advantageous insertion of this cereal in the diet of the population as this has major advantages over other commonly used cereals as the lowest price, the more quantity and better quality of fiber lipid and protein. The thermoplastic extrusion was used for the preparation of products with the millet that was mixed with corn grits because it presents favorable characteristics for processing used. This study was conducted in order to develop and evaluate the nutritional quality, technological and sensory snacks, pre-gelatinized flour (FPG) and pasta-based mixture of millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br] and gritz of corn (Zea mays L.). For extruding the mixture of grains of millet and corn gritz was used rotational central composite design for the best moisture conditions of the raw material and temperature of the extruder zone 3. The snacks were optimized according to the expandability and pregelatinized flour according to the absorption capacity and water solubility. After optimization of flour, which showed better gelatinization was applied in the preparation of pasta. This was prepared using the mixture design with ternary composition (extruded flour, corn flour and millet raw) to find what proportion of ingredients that got the best features of cooking pasta. Snacks with 11% moisture content of the raw material and 90 ° C temperature were those with greater expansion and were the most desirable second test of desirability. When they were being flavored sensory acceptance and its nutritional composition were classified as high fiber content. The pre-gelatinized flour with highest absorption capacity and water solubility was the one with the same extrusion conditions optimized snack. The proportion of ingredients of the mass had the best cooking conditions was 10% pre-gelatinized flour, 25% corn and 65% of pearl millet flour. The pasta was accepted for flavor, texture and appearance of the panelists. However, it was possible to extrude grains of millet and corn gritz and also the development of products with good nutritional and sensory characteristics. / O milheto é um cereal rico nutricionalmente, sendo uma das principais fontes proteicas em países da região semiárida do continente Africano. No Brasil, mais especificamente no Cerrado, o cultivo deste cereal apresenta-se em expansão devida as características da planta que são compatíveis ao clima e solo da região. No entanto, no Brasil, os grãos de milheto não são muito utilizados na alimentação humana, com isso notou-se vantajoso a inserção deste cereal na alimentação da população já que este apresenta grandes vantagens em relação a outros cereais comumente utilizados, como o preço mais baixo, a maior quantidade de fibras e a melhor qualidade proteica e lipídica. A extrusão termoplástica, uma técnica bastante versátil, foi utilizada para a elaboração de produtos com o milheto que foi misturado ao gritz de milho por este apresentar características favoráveis ao processamento utilizado. Este estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de desenvolver e avaliar a qualidade nutricional, tecnológica e sensorial de snacks, farinha prégelatinizada e massa alimentícia à base de mistura de milheto [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] e gritz de milho (Zea mays). Para a extrusão da mistura de grãos de milheto e gritz de milho foi utilizado o delineamento composto central rotacional para obter as melhores condições de umidade da matériaprima e temperatura da 3ª zona do extrusor. Os snacks foram otimizados conforme a capacidade de expansão e a farinha pré-gelatinizada de acordo com a capacidade de absorção e solubilidade em água, ou seja, gelatinizada. A farinha pré-gelatinizada otimizada foi aplicada na elaboração de massa alimentícia. Esta foi elaborada utilizando o delineamento de misturas com composição ternária (farinha extrusada, fubá de milho e farinha de milheto crua) para encontrar qual a proporção de ingredientes que obtivesse as melhores características de cozimento da massa. Os snacks e a massa alimentícia foram analisados microbiologicamente para a realização da análise sensorial. Os snacks com 11% de umidade da matéria-prima e 90 °C de temperatura foram os que apresentaram maior expansão e foram os mais desejáveis segundo teste de desejabilidade. Ao serem aromatizados eles foram aceitos sensorialmente e em sua composição nutricional foram classificados como alto teor de fibras. A farinha pré-gelatinizada que obteve maior capacidade de absorção e solubilidade em água também foi o experimento com 11% de umidade e 90 °C de temperatura. A proporção de ingredientes da massa que teve as melhores condições de cozimento foi a de 10% farinha pré-gelatinizada, 25% de fubá de milho e 65% de farinha de milheto. A massa alimentícia foi aceita em relação ao sabor, textura e aparência entre os provadores. Contudo, foi possível a extrusão de grãos inteiros de milheto e gritz de milho e ainda a elaboração de produtos com boas características nutricionais, tecnológicas, microbiológicas e sensoriais segundo atributos sabor, aparência e textura.

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This thesis examines the New York Times' coverage of unique generational influences between Japan and the United States from 1920 through the start of hostilities at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The purpose of this project was to see if the Times gave Americans an accurate picture of the relationship between the two countries or to determine if there was a lapse in coverage exhibiting negligence on the part of this prominent paper. This thesis concludes that the New York Times was not negligent in its coverage of the issues prior to World War II. However, it was the Times’ inconsistent placement of its news articles about Japan with them never being in the same place in the newspaper and the gaps of time between coverage of specific topics. That meant only those with a vi keen interest in what was happening in Japan and Japan’s attitude toward America would have had the determination and ability to put all the puzzle pieces together from the truck load of material to realize Japan’s increasing irritation with America and its view of an unavoidable war. The warnings were there if you were willing to look for them.

Although work on the prolamins of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) has revealed partial amino acid sequences for several alcohol-soluble storage proteins (Marcellino et al. 2002) the genes encoding them have not yet been isolated. We constructed a cDNA library from developing P. glaucum seed tissue and screened it using maize zein gene probes to isolate several α-prolamin-like gene sequences. The proteins encoded by these genes generally fall into two size classes: 20.6kD and 27.1kD, which we call the 21kD and 27kD pennisetins. Both proteins are similar in composition and sequence to α-prolamins from maize, sorghum and Coix. Protein bodies that appear as occlusions within the rough ER of P. glaucum endosperm cells are also very similar in size and shape to maize and sorghum protein bodies. The SDS-PAGE gel of the alcohol soluble protein fraction shows two distinct bands in the region corresponding to the 19kD and 22kD of maize α-zein. Both classes of pennisetins appear to be more similar to the 19kD α-zein of maize than to the 22-kD α-zein judging from sequence homology and maize antibody binding. Phylogenetic reconstruction suggests that P. glaucum may have branched from maize prior to the gene duplication which created the 19kD and 22kD α-zein families.

Tsang Yuk-ha, Eileen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 246-256). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgment --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii-iii / "PROLOGUE Applying a Cultural Perspective for Analyzing New Class Formation, Living Styles and Consumerism in Post-Reform China" --- p.1 / "Bringing the ""New Class"" Back in: The Story of Uncle Wong Class Formation, Living Styles and Consumerism in Post-Reform China" / Chapter Chapter ONE --- Conceptualization and Theoretical Framework--- Formation and Culture of the New Class Fraction --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1 --- "Dynamic Economy, Declining Party-State" / Chapter 1.2 --- Empirical Puzzles and Theoretical Questions / Chapter 1.3 --- "Methodological Design: Cultural Sociology, Qualitative Method and Documentary Studies" / Chapter 1.4 --- "Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptualization of ""New Class Fraction""" / Chapter 1.5 --- The Importance of Cultural Perspective in Analyzing New Class in Post Reform China / Chapter 1.6 --- The Manifestations of Living Styles and Consumption Patterns / Chapter 1.7 --- Overall Summaries of the Thesis / Chapter Chapter TWO --- The Theoretical Conceptualizations and Understandings for the New Class Fraction in Post-Reform China --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1 --- Posing the Problem - The Agenda of Class Analysis / Chapter 2.2 --- "Conceptualizations of Poulantzas's ""Class Fraction"" Theory" / Chapter 2.3 --- Bourdieu's Conceptualizations for the Manifestation of New Class Fractions / Chapter 2.4 --- Class Culture as in the Economic Perspective / Chapter 2.5 --- "New Class Theories in Socialist, Capitalist and Transitional Societies" / Chapter 2.6 --- New Class Theories in Transitional China / Chapter 2.7 --- "The Prospering Groups as ""New Class Fraction"" in Post-Reform China" / Chapter Chapter THREE --- The Fieldsite of the Case Study: Humen Town in the Pearl River Delta --- p.45 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Methodological Designs / Chapter 3.2 --- Cultural Studies - The Meaning of Meaning / Chapter 3.3 --- Semiotics as a Theoretical Basis / Chapter 3.4 --- Qualitative Research Method / Chapter 3.5 --- Documentary Studies - Supplementary Data in the Fieldsite / Chapter 3.6 --- The Distinctive Profiles for the New Class Fraction / Chapter 3.7 --- "Economic Hardships, Unforgettable Past" / Chapter 3.8 --- Physical Layout of Humen Town / Chapter 3.9 --- Structures and Infrastructures of Commercial Opportunities in Humen / Chapter Chapter FOUR --- Living Styles and Consumption Patterns among the New Class Fraction --- New Class Boundary and Admission --- p.78 / Chapter 4.1 --- Class as no Longer Primarily an Economic Term in Post-Reform China / Chapter 4.2 --- Economic Hardship and the Rise of Consumerism in Post-Reform China / Chapter 4.3 --- Lifestyles and Consumerism for the New Class Fraction in Humen / Chapter a. --- Entertainment Activities / Chapter b. --- Foods / Chapter c. --- Fashions / Chapter d. --- Traveling / Chapter e. --- Cultural Activities / Chapter f. --- Cigarettes and Liquors / Chapter 4.4 --- Living Styles and Consumption Patterns for the Non-New Class Fraction / Chapter Chapter FIVE --- Cultural Capital and Collective Memories for the Formation of New Class Fraction --- p.112 / Chapter 5.1 --- Cultural Capital in Bourdieuian Conceptual Framework / Chapter 5.2 --- The Operationalization of Cultural Capital / Chapter 5.3 --- Cultural Capital in Terms of Educational Credentialism / Chapter 5.4 --- Adapting to the Investment Environment in Humen / Chapter 5.5 --- Ambiguities and Incompleteness of Humen's Policies / Chapter 5.6 --- Social Networks and Flexibility for the Formation of New Class Fraction / Chapter 5.7 --- Collective Memories and the Formation of New Class Fraction / Chapter 5.8 --- Collective Memories and Past History of the New Class Fraction / Chapter 5.9 --- Collective Memories as a Lubricant for the Shared Lifestyles / Chapter Chapter SIX --- Collaborative Relationship and Power Struggles of the New Class Fraction --- p.155 / Chapter 6.1 --- Autonomous Discourses of the New Class Fraction / Chapter 6.2 --- Institutional Commodiflcation in Humen Town / Chapter 6.3 --- The Rise of the Cadre Entrepreneurial Paths / Chapter 6.4 --- "Collaborative Strategies, Cooperation and Economic Interests" / Chapter 6.5 --- "Power Struggles, Conflicts and Harmonies" / Chapter 6.6 --- Enhancing Expectations: A New Form of Guanxi Network / Epilogue: Rethinking New Class Formation ´ؤ from Economic Exploitation to Cultural Consumerismin Post-Reform China --- p.191 / Chapter 7.1 --- Sociological Significance of the Research on New Class Fraction / Chapter 7.2 --- Final Insight: A New Form of New Class Fraction in Post-Reform China / Endnotes --- p.195 / Appendix --- p.209 / Appendix 1: Tables / Appendix 2: Map of Humen / Appendix 3: Glossary / Appendix 4: Photo Description / Bibliography --- p.246

Fiskar kan drabbas av många olika parasiter tillhörande ett brett spektrum av organismgrupper. Parasiter kan påverka värdens fysiologi, morfologi och beteende, vilket kan ha negativa effekter på värden.  Den starkt hotade flodpärlmusslan (Margaritifera margaritifera) parasiterar under sitt tidiga liv som glochidielarver på fiskgälar, i Sverige främst på öringen (Salmo trutta). I tidigare studier har man sett såväl negativa som inga effekter av parasiteringen på värdfisken. Syftet med min studie var att undersöka effekten av musslans parasitering på öringens rörelse, habitatval och tillväxt i Älgån i Arvika kommun, Värmland. Resultaten visade att höginfekterad öring förflyttade sig längre sträckor och hade lägre tillväxt än låginfekterad öring. Det var ingen skillnad mellan hög- och låginfekterade öringars habitatval med avseende på djup, vattenhastighet eller substrat. Sammanfattningsvis kan höginfekterade öringar ha högre mortalitetsrisk än låginfekterade, lägre tillväxt och sämre konkurrensförmåga, vilket kan ha negativa konsekvenser för musslans rekryteringsframgång. / Fish are affected by various parasites, belonging to many different taxonomic groups. Parasites can affect the host’s physiology, morphology, and behaviour, which may have negative effects for the host. The critically endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) lives parasitically as glochidia larvae on the gills of fish, and in Sweden this occurs mainly in the gills of brown trout (Salmo trutta). During their parasitic stage, which lasts for almost one year, the mussel grows up to four or five times their initial size.  Previous studies have reported both negative and no effects of the parasite on the host fish. The aim of my study was to analyse the effect of the freshwater pearl mussel parasitation on the brown trout’s movement, habitat choice, and growth in the stream Älgån in Arvika municipalty, Värmland. The results show that highly infected brown trout moved greater distances and had lower growth than less infected trout. There was no difference in habitat choice in terms of depth, velocity, or substrate between high or low infected trout. In summary, highly infected trout may have high energy costs, low growth, and poor competitive ability, which can have negative consequences for the mussel’s recruitment.