by Fok Ying-wai, Dereck ; Lee Ho-chi, Dominic. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 118-120. / FOREWORD --- p.i / EXECUTIVE SUMMARY --- p.ii -iv / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.v -vi / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.vii -ix / CHAPTER / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG JEWELLERY INDUSTRY --- p.2-5 / Chapter III. --- FUTURE PROSPECT --- p.6-8 / Chapter IV. --- TRADE ASSOCIATIONS --- p.9 -12 / Hong Kong Jade and Stone Manufacturers Association --- p.9 / Diamond Importers Association --- p.10 / Hong Kong Jewellery Manufacturers Association --- p.10-11 / Hong Kong and Kowloon Gold and Silver Ornaments and Wares Workers General Union --- p.11 -12 / Gemological Association of Hong Kong --- p.12 / Chapter V. --- ABOUT PRECIOUS STONE JEWELLERY --- p.13 -17 / Diamonds --- p.13 -15 / Rubies --- p.16 / Sapphires --- p.16-17 / Emeralds --- p.17 / Chapter VI. --- JEWELLERY RETAILING IN HONG KONG --- p.18 -24 / Development and Classification --- p.18 -19 / Operation of the Retail Outlets and Their Marketing Concepts --- p.19 -24 / Product --- p.19 -20 / Pricing --- p.21 -22 / Advertising --- p.22 -23 / Personal Selling --- p.23 -24 / Shop Display --- p.25 / Chapter VII. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.26 -48 / The Research --- p.26 -27 / Objectives --- p.28-29 / Hypotheses --- p.30 -31 / Cross-sectional Survey --- p.32 -44 / Pilot Interview --- p.32 -33 / Data Collection --- p.34 / Sampling --- p.35 / In-depth Study --- p.36 -40 / Chapter VIII. --- RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.41 -56 / Survey --- p.41 -51 / In-Depth Study --- p.52 -56 / Chapter IX. --- INTERPRETATION --- p.57-64 / Chapter X. --- RECOMMENDATION --- p.65 -75 / Recommendation to Large Firms --- p.67-71 / Recommendation to Small Firms --- p.72 -75 / APPENDIX --- p.76-117 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.118 -120

Marayniyoq, A Wari Establishment in Ayacucho Valley, PerúIn this paper we discuss the initial results of archaeological excavation carried out at Marayniyoq, a specialized Wari facility in the Ayacucho Valley, Peru. The discovery of a series of flat worked stones used for grinding, along with rocker grinders strongly suggests that the role of Marayniyoq was focused on grain processing, probably grinding corn. Because the grinding stones are immense cut blocks it is also apparent that enormous human energy was invested in the preparation, transportation and final setup of the facility. At the same time, the presence of large ceramic vessels and other evidence suggests that the function of Marayniyoq was the grinding of malted corn (qora) for corn-beer production. / En este trabajo se dan a conocer los resultados de las excavaciones efectuadas en Marayniyoq, un centro especializado wari del valle de Ayacucho. El descubrimiento de una serie de batanes y sus respectivas moliendas indican que éste fue un establecimiento destinado al procesamiento de granos, como el maíz. Puesto que estos batanes consisten en grandes bloques de piedra labrada, queda también manifiesto que se invirtió una enorme actividad humana en su preparación, traslado y construcción final. A su vez, la presencia de vasijas y evidencias adicionales tienden a sugerir que la función de Marayniyoq se relacionaba con el procesamiento de maíz y la producción de chicha.

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A population based cross-sectional time series analysis was conducted using three Ontario administrative databases, to assess trends over time in the surgical management of kidney stone disease. All kidney stone treatments performed with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL), ureteroscopy (URS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy between July 1, 1991 and December 31, 2010, were included. Time series modeling with exponential smoothing and autoregressive integrated moving average models demonstrated a significant increase in the utilization of URS over time (23.69% to 59.98%, p<0.0001), with a reciprocal significant decrease in the utilization of SWL (68.77% to 33.36%, p<0.0001). As a result of this shift in treatment paradigm, time series modeling also demonstrated an associated significant decrease in the need for ancillary treatment over time (22.12% to 16.01%, p<0.0001) and a significant increase in the need for hospital readmission (8.01% to 10.85%, p<0.0001) or emergency room visit (7.58% to 9.95%, p=0.0024) within 7 days following treatment.

A population based cross-sectional time series analysis was conducted using three Ontario administrative databases, to assess trends over time in the surgical management of kidney stone disease. All kidney stone treatments performed with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL), ureteroscopy (URS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy between July 1, 1991 and December 31, 2010, were included. Time series modeling with exponential smoothing and autoregressive integrated moving average models demonstrated a significant increase in the utilization of URS over time (23.69% to 59.98%, p<0.0001), with a reciprocal significant decrease in the utilization of SWL (68.77% to 33.36%, p<0.0001). As a result of this shift in treatment paradigm, time series modeling also demonstrated an associated significant decrease in the need for ancillary treatment over time (22.12% to 16.01%, p<0.0001) and a significant increase in the need for hospital readmission (8.01% to 10.85%, p<0.0001) or emergency room visit (7.58% to 9.95%, p=0.0024) within 7 days following treatment.

Heaps of fire cracked stones is an apparent feature of the Scandinavian Bronze Age. The heaps are built of stones cracked by fire and then placed in different constructions. The heaps are placed in different contexts in the Bronze Age landscape and for a long time, research neglected this site category owing to that the heaps were not considered important enough to dig. During the 1980s-90s the interest for the heaps of fire cracked stones increased and it became a wellresearched although debated site category. Earlier research has interpreted the heaps to be on the hillslopes in the landscape. This study’s research aims to understand the relation between shorelines and the placement of fire cracked stone heaps. This will be done through a landscape study of Uppland. The study indicates that the pattern in the distribution of heaps of fire cracked stones creates a correlation with the shoreline of the time the heaps were built, through their placement in the landscape. By creating a dynamic shoreline displacement, the essay will be able to look at the landscape in a more detailed way and will be able to investigate the relation between the heaps and the water edge. Through excluding the heaps that are under the waterline it is possible to in general determine the earliest possible production date. The fire cracked stone heaps have earlier been categorised to the Scandinavian Bronze Age but this research argues that some of the heaps should belong to the Neolithic Age as well.

Rock’n’roll has specific aesthetic — a set of invisible rules that each young rock musician accepts as a given. If one examines the history of rock’n’roll starting from 1950s, one will notice that there was a clear division in rock that separates the rock’n’roll of 1950s from rock of the second half of the 1960s and beyond—the rock that we know today. This thesis investigates how the visual aesthetic of rock’n’roll evolved from its origins in the 1950s blues tradition, how it was formed in the second half of the 1960s, and how it was modified in the first half of the 1970s. In particular, it focuses on the role played by the British band Rolling Stones as mediators between the 1950s early rock aesthetics rooted in the blues tradition and the Beats’ ideology and the subsequent generations of American rockers who emerged in the 1970s, such as the band New York Dolls. The final section of the thesis investigates how the New York Dolls adopted and transmitted the aesthetics of authenticity pioneered by the Stones to the new wave of punk and grunge bands. Although the thesis considers the music produced within this milieu, its primary focus is on the visual presentation and promotion of the new aesthetic through stage performances, publicity and the medium of television.

Existe atualmente uma tendência de se utilizar em revestimento das fachadas de grandes edificações placas cada vez maiores, separadas por juntas de dilatação com dimensões menores possíveis, a fim de proporcionar efeitos arquitetônicos agradáveis e ao mesmo tempo dificultar a infiltração de agentes deterioradores na estrutura das edificações. Desta forma, há a necessidade de se dimensionar precisamente estas juntas, cuja função é absorver as variações do comprimento de placas produzidas pela dilatação térmica linear (&#946) de rochas graníticas e gnáissicas extraídas nos Estados de São Paulo, Mato Grosso e Espírito Santo, usadas comercialmente na forma de placas para revestimento de edificações. Os coeficientes de dilatação térmica linear (&#946) foram determinados em dilatômetro de quartzo fundido e correlacionadas com o conteúdo em quartzo, granulação, porosidade aparente e estrutura das rochas estudadas. Conclui-se que, nas rochas gnáissicas, os valores de &#946 são muito maiores quando determinados paralelo à gnaissificação. Nas graníticas, o &#946 aumenta com o conteúdo em quartzo e diminui com os aumentos da porosidade aparente e do tamanho dos grãos minerais. / There is a great tendency of using larger plaques of rocks on the covering of the faces of buildings, separated by expansion joints of very small dimensions as possible, in order to provide agreeable architectural effects and at the same time to make difficult the infiltration in the building structure of deterioration agents. Therefore, there is a great need of dimensioning precisely these joints whose function is to absorb the plates length variation produced by thermal expansion. This research presents values of plates length variation produced by thermal expansion. This research presents values of thermal linear expansion coefficient (&#946) of granite and gneiss rocks extracted from São Paulo, Mato Grosso and Espírito Santo states, used commercially in plate shapes for covering of buildings. The thermal linear expansion coefficients (&#946) were determined by cast quartz dilatometer and correlated with the quartz content, granulation, apparent porosity, and the studied rock structures. It can be concluded that, in gneiss rocks, the &#946 values are much bigger when determined in parallel with the structure. On the granite rocks, the &#946 value increases with the quartz content and it decreases with the increases of apparent porosity and the size of mineral grains.

nÃo hà / Na intenÃÃo de fomentar o setor de rochas ornamentais no CearÃ, a SEFAZ-CE instituiu o regime de substituiÃÃo tributÃria para este segmento. Os objetivos da nova polÃtica tributÃria visaram estabelecer um regime de tributaÃÃo operacional e simplificado, propiciar maior competitividade no mercado nacional, neutralizar a concorrÃncia desleal entre os contribuintes do Estado e desenvolver o parque industrial do setor. Para verificar o impacto desta nova polÃtica tributÃria na arrecadaÃÃo do setor, aplicou-se a metodologia economÃtrica do estimador de diferenÃa em diferenÃas em uma base de dados dos anos de 2003 a 2013 de contribuintes do Estado do Cearà e considerou-se o Decreto n 30.256/2010 como evento base para uma comparaÃÃo entre o antes e o depois. Em termos gerais, houve crescimento de arrecadaÃÃo para os contribuintes do setor no regime de recolhimento EPP e MICROEMPRESA, e nÃo foi possÃvel concluir se houve impacto na arrecadaÃÃo para os contribuintes do regime de recolhimento NORMAL. / With the intention of encouraging the sector of ornamental rocks in CearÃ, SEFAZCE established the tax substitution system for this segment. The intention of the new tax policy aimed to establish an operational and simplified tax regime, provide greater competitiveness in the domestic market, neutralize unfair competition between state taxpayers and develop the industrial park industry. To check the impact of this new tax policy in the sector's revenues, applied econometric methodology of the difference estimator in differences in a database the years 2003-2013 of the State of Cearà taxpayers and considered the Decree 30.256/2010 for an event based on comparison between before and after. Overall, there was revenue growth for industry taxpayers in the payment scheme EPP and MICROEMPRESA, and it was not possible to conclude whether there was an impact on revenue for taxpayers NORMAL payment scheme.

<p>This paper aims to investigate the connection between clearance cairns and burial cairns. From this point of view I try to answer the questions why they are built in the same area and why these two different types of cairns are so similary constructed. Further I consider different theories about mounds of fire-cracked stones.</p>