Thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Breslau.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-96).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Dallas, 2009. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-179)

Thesis--Vilna uniwersytet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1925. / Vita.

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a literature study regarding how the British media represents Islam and Muslims. On the basis of a selection of material that consists of relevant literature regarding the subject, my aim is to outline how Islam and Muslims are represented according to this literature, and what changes in time have taken place. The results will also be interpreted through a mediatization theory as well as a representation theory. A literature study means that the material is secondary, in this case previous quantitative studies. All studies chosen have examined the British media representation on Islam during specific years, and presented results that are necessary for me to conduct my study. The result of the study shows that British media represents Islam in an unfavourable and discriminating way during the years that were examined in the studies, and that occurrences related to Islam have changed in the media over time. Discourses used in relation to Islam have changed and the framework that surrounds Islam as a subject becomes narrower. Associations between Islam and more extreme Islamic movements become more obvious. The articulation that British Muslims are a threat to the British society is also growing over time. Framing the results through Stig Hjarvards theories on mediatization show that British news media have a consistently narrow framework on the topic of Islam and Muslims in everyday news, and that religious institutions have difficulties presenting their different views since those, according to the news media, don’t fit in. The theories on representation show that British news medias association between Islam and negative subjects can help to create a consistent negative approach to the subject.

Distribution and parallelism are historically important approaches for the implementation of artificial intelligence systems. Research in distributed problem solving considers the approach of solving a particular problem by sharing the problem across a number of cooperatively acting processing agents. Communicating problem solvers can cooperate by exchanging partial solutions to converge on global results. The purpose of this research programme is to make a contribution to the field of Artificial Intelligence by developing a knowledge representation language. The project has attempted to create a computational model using an underlying theory of cognition to address the problem of finding clusters of relevant problem solving agents to provide appropriate partial solutions, which when put together provide the overall solution for a given complex problem. To prove the validity of this approach to problem solving, a model of a distributed production system has been created. A model of a supporting parallel architecture for the proposed distributed production problem solving system (DPSS) is described, along with the mechanism for inference processing. The architecture should offer sufficient computing power to cope with the larger search space required by the knowledge representation, and the required faster methods of processing. The inference engine mechanism, which is a combination of task sharing and result sharing perspectives, is distinguished into three phases of initialising, clustering and integrating. Based on a fitness measure derived to balance the communication and computation for the clusters, new clusters are assembled using genetic operators. The algorithm is also guided by the knowledge expert. A cost model for fitness values has been used, parameterised by computation ration and communication performance. Following the establishment of this knowledge representation scheme and identification of a supporting parallel architecture, a simulation of the array of PEs has been developed to emulate the behaviour of such a system. The thesis reports on findings from a series of tests used to assess its potential gains. The performance of the DPSS has been evaluated to verify the validity of this approach by measuring the gain in speed of execution in a parallel environment as compared with serial processing. The evaluation of test results shows the validity of the proposed approach in constructing large knowledge based systems.

Taking Meyerhold’s Biomechanics, I will analyze four key principles: otkaz (the preparation for action), pocil (the action with meaning), stoika (the end of the action) and tormos (the brakes or control of an action). Using a practice as research approach as outlined by Nelson (2013, p.10) I will explore these principles at three stages of theatre production: 1. The training of the actor, 2. Rehearsals and 3. Performance. The findings of the research are presented in three formats: the theatre production, the thesis and edited footage of the whole process from training to performance. The research brings an understanding of how these principles, developed by Meyerhold throughout his career until his death in 1940, can be applied to contemporary British theatre practice. First taking otkaz, pocil and stoika - how can they can be used to train an actor from the very basics of the construction of a physical score to the development of character and ensemble? I will then include tormos, to bring a depth of understanding to how this and the tripartite can be applied to performance. They provide the tools for an actor and director to approach a production, giving a clear method with which to communicate to an audience. Through this process it is possible to see the principles of Meyerhold’s Biomechanics within a contemporary British theatre context. To understand how the fundamental parts of Biomechanics can be used today to find meaning within an actor’s movements, to find purpose within a production and be used to create theatre which ‘grabs us by the lapels’ (Leach, 1989, p.174).

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to Lie algebras and representation theory.

We study representations of Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier (KLR) algebras of affine Lie type. Associated to every convex preorder on the set of positive roots is a system of cuspidal modules for the KLR algebra. For a balanced order, we study imaginary semicuspidal modules by means of `imaginary Schur-Weyl duality'. We then generalize this theory from balanced to arbitrary convex preorders for affine ADE types. Under the assumption that the characteristic of the ground field is greater than some explicit bound, we prove that KLR algebras are properly stratified. We introduce affine zigzag algebras and prove that these are Morita equivalent to arbitrary imaginary strata if the characteristic of the ground field is greater than the bound mentioned above. Finally, working in finite or affine affine type A, we show that skew Specht modules may be defined over the KLR algebra, and real cuspidal modules associated to a balanced convex preorder are skew Specht modules for certain explicit hook shapes.