Abstract The carbon and oxygen isotopes of planktonic foraminifera, faunal assemblage, and coarse fraction of trap materials were analyzed in this study. The sediment traps were deployed in two lacations. One was in the Kao-ping submarine canyon and the other was in the northern South China Sea. Variations of the individual concentrations from Kao-ping submarine canyon are small throughout the deployment interval except for the period when the Typhoon Chi-Te invaded southern Taiwan in July 2000. The results that benthic foraminifer abundances (#/g) are higher than that of planktonic foraminifera after typhoon invasion reflect the influence of particle settling by lateral transport. In addition, the major planktonic foraminifera found in canyon are Globigerinoides aequilateralis, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides sacculifer, and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei. At the same time, we also found Globigerina bulloides that usually lives in the high latitudes and cold temperature. It reveals the effect of nutrient supply along coastal region. The coarse fraction contents and foraminiferal abundances collected by the traps in the northern South China Sea are both increasing in January and March. It could be associated with the enhanced surface productivity. The planktonic foraminifera divided into two groups based on their preferrence. The G. bulloides and N. dutertrei live in cold environment while G. aequilateralis, G. ruber, G. sacculifer, and Pulleniatina obliquiloculata preferr warm areas. In this study, G. bulloides and N. dutertrei were found in January whereas G. aequilateralis, G. rubber, G. sacculifer, and P. obliquiloculata were mostly in March. The difference of carbon isotopes of planktonic foraminifera between species are distinct. Orbulina universa is the heaviest and G. ruber was the lightest. Foraminiferal d18O are depleted in October and enriched in January and March. It is suggested that sea surface temperature might be responsible for the variations of planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes. Comparisons of foraminiferal d18O with the hydrographic data provide some informations. The results show that G. ruber lives in shallow water (~10m), G. sacculifer lives in 25m on average, and O. universa lives in deeper water layer (~70m) in northern South China Sea. Moreover, both the carbon isotopes and foraminiferal abundance of G. ruber show a negative correlation with the particles fluxes.

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the development of financial holdings companies in china. As china joined WTO, it gradually has to open its domestic financial market. As a result, for financial holdings companies in china to compete with large foreign financial groups, their business modal has to change. We will discuss how chinese local financial holdings were reacting towards the presence of large foreign financial groups and the outcome of this reaction , taking all factors that account. This thesis will also explore and compare the strengths and weaknesses as well as advantages and disadvantages between local chinese companies and large foreign companies.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

To detect network changes and network troubles, Transpondertech needs a tool that can make network measurements. The purpose of this thesis has been to find measurable network properties that best reflect the status of a network, to find methods to measure these proerties and to implement these methods in one single tool. The resulting tool is called NetworkPerf and can measure the following network properties: availability, round-trip delay, delay variation, number of hops, intermediate hosts, available bandwidth, available ports, and maximum allowed packet size. Together, these properties give a good picture of the status of a network connection. The thesis also presents the methods used for meassuring these properties in the tool.

The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the nodes of PlanetLab network. The analysis is focusing mainly on verifying the availability of nodes and on verifying the physical position of nodes. Individual nodes are tested for availability of ICMP protocol and SSH protocol. Availability of ICMP protocol is verified by using ping program. The main part of the thesis is devoted to verifying the addresses of nodes. Identified addresses are compared with entered addresses and the resulting conformity is evaluated at the level of the state, county, city and streets. Precision of specified address estimation is calculated based on given GPS coordinates. This thesis also deals with the dividing of nodes based on calculated usability index and accuracy index. The theoretical part contains a description of an experimental PlanetLab network and Google Geocoding API.

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Masaaki Yuasa's 2014 series Ping Pong: The Animation approaches the ideas of play, competition, and victory in unique ways, especially when compared to other series in the sports anime genre. Through the protagonist Smile, Yuasa encourages viewers to engage with play in a childlike, empathetic and naïve way, as opposed to focusing on victory. By analyzing the series using De Koven's ways to approach play, scholars and fans can better understand the variety of ways in which the characters approach play, and how each of them eventually learns to play well. Analyzing this series through the perspective of metamodernism as defined by Robin Van Dan Akker and Thomas Vermeulen helps viewers to understand how Yuasa approaches the cynical nature of sports and competition while ultimately deciding to focus on and encourage the sincere and optimistic approach to competition and play. He uses the conventions of the sports anime genre and the broader conventions of anime to make the series accessible, while also subverting traditional expectations. Susan Napier's work on analyzing anime will give context to the study and research done on this series as a piece of the anime medium. Some of Yuasa's other works are also briefly analyzed in order to show his consistent themes and subverting of conventions across other anime genres.