Supersymmetric extensions to the Standard Model (SM) have many interesting experimental consequences which can provide important hints to the physics beyond the SM. In this thesis, we first study the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon and show that a significant constraint on the parameter space can be obtained from its current experimental value. In the next topic, we study the CP violations in B -> phi K decays and show that the SM and the minimal supergravity model (mSUGRA) cannot account for the current experimental observation. We then show that all the data can be accommodated for a wide range of parameters in models with non-universal soft breaking left-right A terms. In our last topic, which is based on a Horava-Witten inspired model proposed by R. Arnowitt and B. Dutta, we extend their analysis to the full fermion sector of the SM and propose a new mechanism different from the usual see saw mechanism to generate small neutrino masses which are in good agreement with the current neutrino oscillation data.

In recent years, Taiwan has made efforts for the promotion of cultural industries. During the "Challenge 2008: National Development Plan" cultural and creative industries developed plans directed at combining artistic creation and commercial mechanisms in order to create products with local cultural characteristics. These products were to enhance the people's cultural identity and increase industrial added value. This was also the first time that "cultural software" was applied to major state construction projects. Research in this study is into the essence of the Koji pottery cultural industry entrepreneurs by the phenomenological approach. From the study, we have found that the essence of entrepreneurs has the following three main points that are worthy of in-depth discussion: ¡§the essence of cultural entrepreneurs¡¨, ¡§the cultural entrepreneurial opportunities¡¨, and ¡§cultural entrepreneurial practices¡¨. In the depth of understanding the transcription, we can see the Koji pottery cultural industry entrepreneurs (hereinafter referred to as entrepreneurs) have the essence of a ¡§high degree of self-perception¡¨. He himself has a strong power of self-reflection and a focus on the ¡§Culture Morality¡¨. They are seeking the meaning of spiritual values, not just the realities of material life. There is an interaction and mutual traction between the essences of entrepreneurs. It is not only a linear causal relationship, but is a three-dimensional or even four-dimensional relationship among the essences. In addition, we have seen business opportunities of the pottery cultural industry (hereinafter referred to as business opportunities) are, in a sense, reconstructed and the entrepreneur¡¦s essence is included in the nature of entrepreneurial opportunities. Entrepreneurial opportunities are no longer confined to traditional economic supply and demand imbalance, but can be the gradually accumulated results from action and reflection in every facet of life. What we need to be concerned with is that the entrepreneurs¡¦ daily life is a constant interaction between self and situation. Moreover, in the Koji pottery industry, entrepreneurship is a practical process from the abstract to the concrete. This can constantly break with the inherent challenge of thinking. In conclusion, we propose a long-term reconsideration wherein the government should return to the essence of culture and the arts when they are counseling rather than just commercial propaganda. We must rethink the course of the industrialization of culture and the arts.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 468-490). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR46008

Thesis (Th. D.)--Utrecht, 1951. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Divinity School, August 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

This study produced a rich description of the lived experiences of tuberculosis (TB) treatment among Mexican Americans with TB living in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas. This phenomenological study was guided by Merleau-Ponty's philosophical framework, particularly his theories on mind-body influence, fabric of relationships, importance of culture, and equilibrium. A purposeful sample was recruited through TB clinics in four south Texas border counties: Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, and Willacy, which make up the LRGV. Interviews from 18 participants were conducted in the participants' preferred language and analyzed. There were five women and 13 men. The majority of interviews (n=16) were conducted in Spanish. Five themes were discovered: a) being observed taking pills everyday b) signs and symptoms, c) importance of family, d) stigma; and e) border living. Stigma has four subconcepts: masks, interactions with others, internalization of stigma, and actions to limit exposure to stigma. The overarching theme was a struggle to find a balance during treatment between being exposed to stigma and isolation from social support. Recommendations have been made in regard to education, practice, and research, and health policy. / text

Palliative care and hospice philosophies, practice, and research can be understood as a movement to counter dehumanizing aspects of the medicalization of death—a movement to “reclaim” the individuality of dying. However, this push to singularize dying (as one’s own) becomes part of a universalizing process as death is managed within institutional spaces and medical discourses. From an ontological perspective, the individuality of mortality—i.e., dying—can be understood in opposition to the universality of death. In contemporary society, there is a paradoxical relationship within the management of death: there is an attempt to universalize the singularity of dying. This thesis is proposed to address contemporary conceptual “problems” of dying and responses to them, as historically and contextually situated, through a Heideggerian phenomenological understanding and methodological critique of selected phenomenological nursing research related to dying. The intent is to explore the ways dying is constructed as an object of phenomenology through an analysis of the ontological and epistemological ambiguities within this literature to pose the ensuing methodological implications. The thesis hopes to propose an alternate way to conceptualize dying for this literature and it aims to suggest implications for theory and method in this field of research. / Graduate / 0344

Romanian composer Iancu Dumitrescu began writing music in the late 1960s and early 1970s and has enjoyed a successful career in his home country, albeit one with limited exposure in the English-speaking world. The collapse of communism and the fall of the Romanian regime in 1989 sparked a new and revitalized era in Dumitrescu's career that has culminated in numerous features in prominent music magazines such as Musicworks and The Wire. Until now, however, there has been no serious analysis of Dumitrescu's music and his philosophically inspired techniques of composition. Often described as a member of the Romanian spectral school alongside the likes of Horatiu Radulescu and Octavian Nemescu, Dumitrescu is also known for his interest in the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl. In this thesis I analyze two of Iancu Dumitrescu's chamber works for strings, Alternances (1&2) (1967) and Movemur et Sumus (3) (1977).

Conceived of and established as a fortified city, Halifax developed a naval and industrial relationship with its harbour. The waterfront was seen as a strategic area for military defense, not for public amenities. In an effort to streamline the movement of goods, an imposing rail line corridor was developed along the peninsula’s waterfront. This industrialization effectively dislocated Point Pleasant Park from the rest of its urban fabric. The severing of this vital and historic artery symbolized the evolution of Halifax’s harbour from being fortified to industrialized. As a result, todays waterfront is largely privatized for the military, large industry and high-end single family residential. The focus of this investigation is to explore a methodology that recognizes the potential of the decaying rail line corridor and surrounding industrial environment. The intent of this intervention is to graft new vital arteries between Halifax’s urban fabric and its industrial waterfront.

Abstract Graeme Kohler BSc. (Health Education), MA (Health Promotion) School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University Objective: To understand the experiences of young men living with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). Methods: Using an interpretive phenomenological research approach, two semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 male informants ranging from ages 22 – 37. All of the informants lived in Nova Scotia and had been diagnosed with AS for at least one year. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Results & Conclusions: Informants displayed a strong affinity to hegemonic masculine behaviours. The overriding theme was I’m a Man. The four emerging themes were: Trying to maintain normalcy, Do what I like to do, I have to work, and I don’t really ask for support. Several barriers to support and health care access were identified that have implications for health promotion, the men themselves, and various AS care providers.