本論文主要目的在引用華勒斯坦世界體系理論，來探討中共改革開放後珠江三角洲與世界體系資本主義國家接觸融合所引發之社會發展效應。 　　本文係採用歷史研究法與文獻分析法進行研究。內容共計分為五章：第一章緒論；第二章探討改革開放的緣起與戰略設計，藉以了解改革開放前中國大陸內外環境之客觀態勢與改革開放戰略設計，作為關照中國大陸實施改革開放政策而被捲入資本主義世界體系後社會發展之依據。第三章探討珠江三角洲與改革開放戰略的關係，使與前一章形成有機聯繫關係，內容包括珠江三角洲在改革開放戰略中所扮演角色及珠江三角洲捲入體系之過程。第四章引用華勒斯坦世界體系理論歸結出之農業商業化、工業化、無產階級化，及週期性循環等具體步驟來探討改革開放後珠江三角洲的社會發展。第五章結論，檢討引用該理論探討改革開放後中國大陸社會發展之合理性與適當性。 　　筆者發現在引用過程中兩者並非完全契合，需做修正，謹將不適用處羅列如次： 　　一、中共現階段仍是有一定效力的政府體系，與華勒斯坦所謂無效率、無效能甚至無力應付資本主義國家滲透之一般落後地區或國家有極大差別。 　　二、中國大陸歷經杜會主義洗禮，已對資本主義形成一定作用之反省機制後再與資本主義世界體系接觸、融合之情形，與華勒斯坦所謂一般落後地區捲入之情況不同。 　　三、中國大陸改革開放是在中共一定程度刻意設計下捲入資本主義世界體系，故世界體系之叩關方式與途徑和華勒斯坦所謂一般落後國家被捲入之方式不同。 　　四、中國大陸進入資本主義世界體系後，工業化未必發生在農業商業化過程之後，且無產階級社會出現逆向發展趨勢，故中國大陸進入世界體系未必完全依照世界體系理論歸結之步驟與過程進行。

目前，中國大陸最熱門的兩大經濟區域為長江三角洲與珠江三角洲，此兩地吸引眾多外商至當地投資。究竟此兩區域具有何區位優勢能吸引眾多外資，以及此兩地區的優勢有何差異，成為本論文重心所在。本論文主要探討三個主題： 一﹑這兩區域自改革開放以來，區位優勢的消長如何，才造成今日長江三角洲吸引外商投資金額超越珠江三角洲。 二﹑這兩區域有何區位優勢，才能吸引眾多外商至當地投資。 三﹑這兩區域與中國大陸整體平均水準的區位優勢作比較，究竟這兩區域相較於中國大陸整體平均水準具有何優勢，使外商特別關注此兩大地區。 以上問題運用中國統計年鑑的數據資料，以複回歸模型分析各地區的外商投資數據，以得出各項主題的結果。 / Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta are both the most famous economic areas in Mainland China nowadays, attracting many foreign capitals to invest. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what are the advantages in these two areas that attract foreign direct investment, and what are the differences between them. Three subjects are discussed in the present study. First, how did the location advantages rise and fall between Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, thus now there are more foreign investment enterprises located in Yangtze River Delta than in Pearl River Delta since the beginning of China’s ‘Open Door’ Policy. Second, what are the location advantages in these two areas that attract so many foreign investment enterprises to locate in these two areas. Third, what are the unique location advantages in these two areas compared with the average level of Mainland China, so that many foreign investment enterprises pay especially high attention to this two areas. Data of Statistical Yearbook of China are used in the present study, and multiple regression model is adopted to analyze the data in order to obtain the results.

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This study aims to demonstrate the potential for understanding first millennium glass beads not as individual representatives of types, but as collections of objects brought together and curated by owners. It uses the author’s experience as a skilled bead maker to investigate processes of bead production and mechanics of bead collection current in Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England in the period of 6th to 9th century AD. In the study the bead collections of seven graves are examined from the perspective of their production techniques, materials, and damage from wear and cremation. The results point to beads being acquired in different numbers and often worn for long periods of time before being buried.

This thesis seeks to answer the question of how Joseph Smith—History found in The Pearl of Great Price developed into a part of the canon of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When the prophet Joseph Smith first dictated the text to his scribes it seems he had not intended for the work to become scripture, but simply to follow the Lord's divine mandate to keep a record. Additionally he provided the purpose in his document to "disabuse the public mind, and put all inquirers after truth in possession of the facts, as they transpired." The format he proposed for the Manuscript History illustrates how it was originally not purposed for scripture. The compiling of that history took the efforts of many men and women and spanned the length of almost twenty years to complete. Joseph Smith had begun the dictation to his scribe George Robinson in 1838, but it was unfinished. Joseph later began the dictation anew to his scribe James Mulholland, first having the man rewrite what he had told to Robinson and then picking up the dictation from there. While the prophet had started and stopped histories before, this particular dictation began the enduring effort. The Manuscript History was developed from the original 59 pages that were scribed by Mulholland. By the efforts of other scribes, but mostly Willard Richards, the history was completed. The official statement of Brigham Young and Orson Pratt upon its completion said nothing of extracting portions for canon. But Mulholland's work seemed destined for a different purpose than the rest of the Manuscript History. It was printed serially in the Times and Seasons, and a few apostles seemed to catch a vision of what the manuscript could do for potential converts and members of the Church. Orson Pratt was especially a proponent of communicating certain key events as illustrated in his missionary tract "Remarkable Visions." A later apostle, Franklin D. Richards, would see the benefit of using the official history to distribute the history of the restoration of the Church to others. He extracted portions from Mulholland's text that covered certain main events in Joseph's life and printed them in his missionary tract The Pearl of Great Price. This pamphlet would eventually be canonized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1880. Joseph Smith-History's inclusion in the reclamation of revelation that occurred in 1880 was deserved. This is evidenced by examining the process of canonization and the guiding principles of canonization employed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was canonized at the same time as many other revelations and at a General Conference saturated with many important events. Consequently it is difficult to gauge the reaction to its inclusion in canon, except in how it has been used since its canonization. After its inclusion into scripture the text has become a foundational piece of literature for the Church. The impact the text has had can be seen in the culture, missionary work, and doctrine of the Church. The focus of this thesis is to map the text's journey from birth to canonization.

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Ce mémoire traite de la question suivante: est-ce que les cobordismes lagrangiens préservent l'uniréglage? Dans les deux premiers chapitres, on présente en survol la théorie des courbes pseudo-holomorphes nécessaire. On examine d'abord en détail la preuve que les espaces de courbes $ J $-holomorphes simples est une variété de dimension finie. On présente ensuite les résultats nécessaires à la compactification de ces espaces pour arriver à la définition des invariants de Gromov-Witten. Le troisième chapitre traite ensuite de quelques résultats sur la propriété d'uniréglage, ce qu'elle entraine et comment elle peut être démontrée. Le quatrième chapitre est consacré à la définition et la description de l'homologie quantique, en particulier celle des cobordismes lagrangiens, ainsi que sa structure d'anneau et de module qui sont finalement utilisées dans le dernier chapitre pour présenter quelques cas ou la conjecture tient. / In this dissertation we study the following question: do Lagrangian cobordisms preserve uniruling? In the two first chapters, the necessary pseudoholomorphic curves theory is quickly presented. We first study in detail the proof that the spaces of simple $ J $-holomorphic curves is a manifold of finite dimension. We then present the necessary results to produce the appropriate compactification of these spaces to get to the definition of Gromov-Witten invariants. In the third chapter then some results on the property of uniruling are presented: what are its consequences, how can it be obtained. In the fourth chapter quantum homology is defined, in particular for Lagrangian cobordism, and its ring and module structures are studied which are finally used in the last chapter to present examples of cobordisms which preserves uniruling.