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The January 17 and 18, 1966, thesis production presented at North Texas State University was an experimental production of The Inspector General, as based on historical, philosophical, and analytical study of both the play and the author, Nikolai Gogol. A thesis production consists of a written analysis and evaluation of the play and its author and the actual production of the play. The thesis production enables the candidate to illustrate his mastery of theatre discipline. The written portion demonstrates his ability to develop the concepts necessary to the production of a play, and the presentation of the play offers the candidate the opportunity to show his creativity and aesthetic understanding of theatre.

The problem of this thesis is concerned with the directing and producing of a 1936 peace play, Bury the Dead, by Irwin Shaw. The production attempts to heighten the relevancy of the play to modern audiences. The project experiments with applying contemporary machines and techniques to a dated script containing realistic dialogue, a dualistic point of view, and a surrealistic idea of dead soldiers rising from their graves. The task generates a particular responsibility and challenge in that the use of contemporary machinery must be carefully chosen in such a way that it does not interfere with the message of the play.

This essay is going to be a reflection of my work process. It will describe different subjects and interests regarding my work. During the last years I have been making videos that deal with “scenes” and situations from our everyday life specifically from the subway. The subway is a closed, confined space where we coexist for different periods of time. There is a stage and an audience with every observed situation. I am interested in the subtle violence that often goes unnoticed, as we inhabit the public realm. I am interested in what type of roles are we playing? When are we communicating violence or xenophobia? When we are operating in this space, what roles are “on” and what roles are “off” when we invade or impose others in the public realm?

Freiburg i. Br., Univ., Diss., 2008.

München, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2004.

nÃo hà / LanÃamos-nos em um exercÃcio reflexivo buscando entender como a encenaÃÃo, esse gesto originÃrio do teatro, deixando de remeter incessantemente a ele, embora nÃo o exclua por completo, adquiriu sentido na linguagem fotogrÃfica. Para tanto, partimos do entendimento de encenaÃÃo como jogo, como uma operaÃÃo de invenÃÃes, como um gesto criativo que amplia o protocolo do fotografÃvel. Nossa abordagem busca, tambÃm, explorar atravessamentos, fusÃes e contaminaÃÃes que se instauram entre as linguagens fotogrÃfica e teatral e suas reverberaÃÃes na representaÃÃo imagÃtica do humano. AlÃm das reflexÃes de ordem teÃrica, este trabalho propÃe um exercÃcio de leitura de algumas imagens selecionadas da obra dos fotÃgrafos Duane Michals e Jorge Molder. Nossas questÃes sÃo inspiradas, principalmente, em dois pensadores: FranÃois Soulages com sua estÃtica do âisto foi encenadoâ e Andrà Rouillà com seu conceito de fotografia- expressÃo. Suas contribuiÃÃes se constituem nÃcleo de onde partem nossas reflexÃes que, contudo, se expandem e atingem outros autores a medida que realizamos nossa travessia investigativa. / Through a reflexive exercise we search to understand how the staging, this gesture originally from theater, not referring to it incessantly, though not completely excluding it, acquired meaning in photographic language. The starting point was the understanding of staging as a game, as an operation of inventions, as a creative gesture that extends the photographed protocol. Our approach also searches to explore crossings, mergers and contaminations established between the photographic and theatrical languages and their reverberations in the image representation of the human. In addition to reflexions of theoretical nature, this work proposes a reading exercise of some selected images from the work of photographers Duane Michals and Jorge Molder. These issues are mainly inspired in two thinkers: FranÃois Soulages and his aesthetic of "that was staged" and Andrà Rouillà with his concept of expression-photography. Their contributions constitute the core for our reflexions, which however, were expanded and reached other authors as we make our investigative journey.

This dissertation investigates the relationship between architectural education and practice. The nature of the relationship between these two phases in architecture is continuously debated and discussed. The debate generally revolves around the responsibilities of educational institutions to produce architects that can easily adapt in the work environment and the industry’s responsibility to assist graduates in the transition process. The debate is discussed and analysed in depth and a programme is developed to assist in facilitating this capricious relationship. A more collaborative relationship between architectural theory and practice can benefit both the quality of architectural education and the architectural industry. The architectural building type that will be investigated is an inhabited bridge. The structure will act as a unifying space between architectural education and practice, Main Campus and South Campus, as well as the different departments in the Built Environment at the University of Pretoria. The facility will act as a platform for the students to interact with members of the different departments in the Built Environment, the built environment industry and the public. The architectural exploration aims to create an environment where the relationship between theory and practice can successfully sustain itself. This is achieved through the development of three types of relationships: social, intellectual and practical. These relationships are developed in order to inform and support one another in the attempt to create a more stable and interdependent relationship between architectural theory and practice. An additional relationship that is addressed is the University’s interface and relationship with its local community and society at large. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Architecture / unrestricted

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Background- Mediastinal staging is the rate-limiting step prior to initiation of lung cancer treatment and is essential in identifying the most appropriate treatment for the patient. However, this process is often complex and involves multiple imaging modalities including invasive and non-invasive methods for the assessment of lymph nodes in the mediastinum which are error prone. The use of Artificial Intelligence may be able to provide more accurate and precise measurements and eliminate error associated with medical imaging. Methods-This thesis was conducted in three parts. In Part 1, we synthesized and critically appraised the methodological quality of existing studies that use Artificial Intelligence to diagnosis and stage lung cancer from thoracic imaging based on lymph node features. In Part 2, we determined the inter-rater reliability of segmentation of the ultrasonographic lymph node features performed by an experienced endoscopist (manually) compared to NeuralSeg (automatically). In Part 3, we developed and validated a deep neural network through a clinical prediction model to determine if NeuralSeg could learn and identify ultrasonographic lymph node features from endobronchial ultrasound images in patients undergoing lung cancer staging. Results- In Part 1, there were few studies in the Artificial Intelligence literature that provided a complete and detailed description of the design, Artificial Intelligence architecture, validation strategies and performance measures. In Part 2, NeuralSeg and the experienced endosonographer possessed excellent inter-rater correlation (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient = 0.76, 95% CI= 0.70 – 0.80, p<0.0001). In Part 3, NeuralSeg’s algorithm had an accuracy of 73.78% (95% CI: 68.40% to 78.68%), a sensitivity of 18.37% (95% CI: 8.76% to 32.02%) and specificity of 84.34% (95% CI: 79.22% to 88.62%). Conclusions- Analysis of staging modalities for lung cancer using Artificial Intelligence may be useful for when results are inconclusive or uninterpretable by a human reader. NeuralSeg’s high specificity may inform decision-making regarding biopsy if results are benign. Prospective external validation of algorithms and direct comparisons through cut-off thresholds are required to determine their true predictive capability. Future work with a larger dataset will be required to improve and refine the algorithm prior to trials in clinical practice. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc) / Before deciding on treatment for patients with lung cancer, a critical step in the investigation is finding out whether the lymph nodes in the chest contain cancer cells. This is accomplished through medical imaging of the lymph nodes or taking a biopsy of the lymph node tissue using a needle attached to a scope that is entered through the airway wall. The purpose of these tests is to ensure that lung cancer patients receive the optimal treatment option. However, imaging of the lymph nodes is heavily reliant on human interpretation, which can be error prone. We aimed to critically analyze and investigate the use of Artificial Intelligence to enhance clinician performance for image interpretation. We performed a search of the medical literature for the use of Artificial Intelligence to diagnosis lung cancer from medical imaging. We also taught a computer program, known as NeuralSeg, to learn and identify cancerous lymph nodes from ultrasound imaging. This thesis provides a significant contribution to the Artificial Intelligence literature and provides recommendations for future research.