No description available.

No description available.

Thèse--Universit́e de Grenoble. / "Bibliographie": p. [303]-320.

Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2011. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42). / The Qweak experiment at Jefferson Lab aims to make the first precision measurement of the proton's weak charge, QP = 1 - 4 sin 2 9w at Q2 = 0.026GeV 2 . Given the precision goals in the Qweak experiment, the electron beam polarization must be known to an absolute uncertainty of 1%. A new Compton polarimeter has been built and installed in Hall C in order to make this important measurement. Compton polarimetry has been chosen for its ability to deliver continuous on-line measuremnts at high currents necessary for Qweak (up to 180pzA). In this thesis, we collected and analyzed electron beam polarization data using the Qweak Compton polarimeter. Currently, data from the Compton can already be used to calculate preliminary values of experimental physics asymmetries and also the electron beam polarization. These preliminary results are promising indications that Qweak will be able to meet its stated precision goals. / by David Zou. / S.B.

Thomas Jefferson's contribution to the development of public administration in the United States has been largely neglected. When we think of Jefferson our minds naturally reflect back to his authorship of the Declaration of American Independence, his commitment to religious freedom, his unwavering support for universal education at all levels of instruction, his establishment of the University of Virginia, and his public service as Foreign Minister to France, Secretary of State, Vice President and President of the United States. Such extraordinary political and professional accomplishments often keep us from connecting Jefferson to the art and science of public administration. A careful examination of Jefferson's life, however, from his election to the presidency in 1800 to his death in 1826 reveals that he made important and noteworthy contributions to the study and practice of public administration - contributions that have been virtually ignored by the field as a whole. By examining how Jefferson thought about administration at the beginning of his political career compared with how he applied it during his later, more mature years reveals a remarkable change in perspective that can only come through experience in public service. The purpose of this dissertation is to tell the story of how this transformation occurred. Such a story illustrates how one of the most influential and important statesmen in American history developed an appreciation for administration by governing the nation as president and by establishing a state institution for higher education, radically different from any other in the nation, designed to connect the importance of an educated citizenry with the preservation of the nation's constitutional heritage. / Ph. D.

Diss.--Univ. of Virginia, 1988.

Submitted by Mayara Brandão Venturini null (mayarabventurini@hotmail.com) on 2017-12-18T12:20:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO - MAYARA BRANDÃO VENTURINI.pdf: 1794311 bytes, checksum: 8cb2b63d5bab101e64a75e9618bd8879 (MD5) / Submitted by Mayara Brandão Venturini null (mayarabventurini@hotmail.com) on 2017-12-21T12:31:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO - MAYARA BRANDÃO VENTURINI.pdf: 1794311 bytes, checksum: 8cb2b63d5bab101e64a75e9618bd8879 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Laura Odette Dorta Jardim null (laura@franca.unesp.br) on 2018-01-17T19:07:21Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO - MAYARA BRANDÃO VENTURINI.pdf: 1794311 bytes, checksum: 8cb2b63d5bab101e64a75e9618bd8879 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-17T19:07:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO - MAYARA BRANDÃO VENTURINI.pdf: 1794311 bytes, checksum: 8cb2b63d5bab101e64a75e9618bd8879 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente dissertação é resultado de uma pesquisa de mestrado que objetivou mapear o projeto de si construído por Thomas Jefferson - terceiro presidente dos Estados Unidos da América e redator da Declaração de Independência - em sua narrativa autobiográfica. Jefferson nasceu em 1743 e morreu em 1826, no dia 04 de julho, coincidentemente, aniversário de cinquenta anos de Independência do país que ajudou a fundar. Sua autobiografia foi escrita em 1821, ocasião na qual o político, na idade de 77 anos, dedicou-se a retomar parte de sua vida e trajetória política. Os anos narrados no documento, no entanto, abrangeram um recorte temporal limitado, restringindo-se aos anos 1743 (seu nascimento) e 1790 (ano em que assumiu o cargo de Secretário de Estado do governo de George Washington). A narrativa, deste modo, não abordou alguns grandes acontecimentos de sua vida, como os dois mais altos cargos políticos ocupados por ele: a Vice Presidência e a Presidência do país (1800 – 1809). A análise se propôs a apresentar uma perspectiva geral da fonte, suas características técnicas, estruturais, conteudistas e editoriais, para depois aprofundar em algumas temáticas selecionadas entre os diversos assuntos narrados por ele no texto do documento. Os temas considerados dignos de destaque foram: a escravidão, a religião, a educação e a revolução. O primeiro, a escravidão, foi escolhido por se tratar de uma referência bastante comum à imagem do político, e que acumulou durante quase dois séculos visões completamente divergentes acerca de seus posicionamentos sobre o assunto. Os outros três, religião-educação-revolução, compõe o tripé de feitos escolhidos por ele para serem inscritos em sua lápide e, portanto, foram considerados temas de destaque e essenciais no mapeamento que fizemos de sua narrativa autobiografia. Os quatro temas de destaque, entre outros trabalhados no primeiro capítulo da dissertação, foram pensados no sentido de delinear qual “Jefferson” o autor-personagem intencionou registrar no documento, qual face de si ele buscou delegar à posterioridade. / The present dissertation is a result of a master’s research that aimed to map the “Project of self” built by Thomas Jefferson – third President of United States of America and redactor of the Declaration of Independence – on his autobiographical narrative. Jefferson was born in 1743 and died in 1826, on July 4th, coincidentally, the fiftieth independence anniversary of a country he helped to build. His autobiography was written in 1821, occasion in which the politician, at age of 77 years-old, dedicated to recapture part of his life and political trajectory. However, the years narrated on the document cover a limited temporal frame, restricting it to the years of 1743 (his birth) to 1790 (on which he assumed the office of the Secretary State of George Washington government). The narrative, thus, did not approached some of the greatest events of his life, as the two of the highest political offices occupied by him: the Vice Presidency and the Presidency (1800 – 1809). The analysis proposed to present a general perspective of the source, its technical structural and editorial characteristics, and his concern about dates and facts, in order to, posteriorly, deepen in some of the selected thematic between the several subject narrated by him in the document's text. The selected topics considered worthy of note were: slavery, religion, education and revolution. The first, the slavery, was chosen for being a fairly common reference to the image of the politician, and which accumulated during almost two centuries completely divergent visions over his positioning about the subject. The others, religion – education – revolution, are part of group of events chosen by him to be written in his grave and, therefore, were considered featured topics and essential to the mapping that we made of his autobiography narrative. The four featured topics, among others discussed at chapter one of this dissertation, were thought in a way to outline which Jefferson the author/character meant to register in the document, which part of himself the aimed to delegate to posterity.

Throughout the history of American slavery and abolitionist activities Jefferson was a key figure. Because he so clearly and fervently denounced slavery as inconsistent with natural rights and the ideology of the Revolution, he has been hailed by many as a champion of equality. On the other hand, Jefferson owned many slaves during his lifetime, and he freed only seven, five of these being emancipated through his will. This fact has made him vulnerable to attacks from modern historians. The critics have oversimplified and distorted matters relating to slavery as they applied to Jefferson and his time. Slavery during his lifetime was not the dramatic issue that it has been made out to be. The major passion of Jefferson's generation was the establishment of a sound Union for whites, based on general principles of republicanism. Specifically, for Jefferson, this meant the establishment of a nation for self-governing, self-sufficient white farmers. In his Notes on Virginia, Jefferson declared that "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God if ever he had a chosen people."2 The Creator had deposited in these people, to a greater extent than in any other group, a large amount of true virtue. Looking back through the ages for evidence of the farmer's virtues, Jefferson concluded that *corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example."3 The "'cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens," he wrote. "They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bonds."

John Hartwell Cocke was a Virginia planter and amateur architect whose style evolved from Jeffersonian Classicism to a revival of English Tudor-Stuart or Jacobethan architecture. This dissertation discusses the Cocke family's Elizabethan roots and advances four theses. The first of these theses is that John Hartwell Cocke implemented Thomas Jefferson's principles for the reform of Virginia architecture. Cocke's most ambitious project, a Jeffersonian Palladian mansion called Bremo, was in the planning stages by 1815. The second thesis is that Cocke's off-plantation buildings signals his break from the Palladianism of Thomas Jefferson in favor of the Jacobean style for his houses and his acceptance of classical Jeffersonian elements for public buildings. The third thesis proposes John Hartwell Cocke as the first practitioner of the Romantic Colonial Revival movement in America in his revival of Tudor-Stuart architecture. The fourth thesis is that John Hartwell Cocke's architectural legacy was expanded by Philip St. George Cocke, the second of his three sons, when the younger Cocke commissioned Alexander J. Davis to build Belmead and later promoted Davis among his circle of family and friends.

Thomas Jefferson's political ideology centered on the importance of individual liberty and choice for the common person. Activities throughout his career were grounded on this concept. It is interesting, therefore, that events during the final years of his presidency appear to have prompted him to abandon this philosophy in favor of a more pragmatic, less democratic, approach. The embargo acts which Congress passed at Jefferson's request in between December 1807 and January 1809 outlawed all foreign commercial activities and provided harsh penalties for violations. The president's failure to communicate publicly the reasons he believed these drastic measures were required stand in stark contrast to his political philosophy and left a cloud over his presidency when he left office.