Since 1941, R. M. Bell has devoted his life to the training of ministers as the President of Johnson Bible College, Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee. During his tenure as president he has represented a point of view that has played both a distinctive and controversial role in the life of our Brotherhood. It is the purpose of this study to examine his life historically with emphasis on the events and influences that helped shape his life and thought. His theological positions will be surveyed and a critique given regarding the contribution his life and thought has had in the Christian church.

Many quantum information protocols rely on the ability to distinguish between entangled quantum states known as Bell states. However, theoretical limits exist on the maximal distinguishability of these entangled states using linear evolution and local measurement (LELM) devices. In the case of two particles entangled in multiple qubit variables, the maximum number of distinguishable Bell states is known. However, in the more general case of two particles entangled in multiple qudit variables, only an upper bound is known under additional assumptions. I have written software in Matlab and Mathematica to explore computationally the maximum number of Bell states that can be distinguished in the case of two particles entangled in a qutrit variable, and the case of two particles entangled in both a qutrit and qubit variable. Using code I have written in Mathematica, I have reduced the number of cases to check for sets of 9 qubit x qutrit Bell states from 94,143,280 to 10,365. Further work needs to be done to computationally check these cases for distinguishability by an LELM apparatus.

The purpose of this study was to indicate if there exists a need for additional learning experiences in the area of vocational and industrial arts education at Lawrence D. Bell High School. The information acquired from the check list, combined with other related studies, should help establish valid guide lines for curriculum development in this area. This study should provide information as to whether or not the needs of the terminal student and the college preparatory student are dissimilar.

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

This thesis is a personal journey. My work on VCU’s production of SWEENEY TODD began in the Spring of 2012 when I came on board the production as dramaturg. Part of what is contained within is both an explanation of my dramaturgical research method as well as samples of the research I have compiled. However, my role was drastically changed in the Fall of 2012 when I was cast as the primary antagonist in the production. The thesis chronicles the rehearsal process as my role as dramaturg increasingly gave way to my role as actor. It attempts to answer the question, “Is it possible to be both dramaturg and actor on a single production?” Finally, the thesis is a reflection of the overall process of working on a challenging theatrical production in an academic setting.

The awareness of marginality, oppression, and hierarchy at an early age directly influences the creation of work specific to my identity as a woman of color. Born and raised on an island in the Pacific Ocean, I was aware of my sense of location and space relative to the world. The vast ocean separating me from the ‘mainland’ created a specific understanding of marginality, of what is “main” and what is “minor,” and how these categorical placements continued from my youth to ongoing perpetuation. The work I create has a subtle and persistent investigation into my identity as a socio-economic and ethnic minority woman. I attempt to translate and address my identity and cultural significance by creating works that bring about question and dialogue dealing with cultural normative values. My work subtly addresses theories of alienation, burden, heritage, and identity. I use materials and/or focus on importance of materiality to imply an inherent meaning through historical root, core, and/or initial function. Often this function has fixed placement in certain cultures and society. Although the work is visually and conceptually dark in nature, the desired feeling includes a very physical response while coexisting within the installation’s environment. Oppositional Gaze is a video based on my personal experience. I approach making from a lived and ongoing experience that is constant. On an ordinary day, I often witness acts of repression, acts of injustice, and absurd occurrences that are either directed at me or observed toward others. I impose inner turmoil upon myself of whether or not I shall respond or absorb what I have witnessed. These experiences have emerged at a time in my life, in a place I considered to be a dislocation of my physical presence in relation to my constant neighbor, with a metaphysical questioning of placement. The video is a visual and auditory whisper that reflects my internalized struggle. These true encounters of questions, statements, and name-calling were specifically chosen to address this reality on a large screen, symbolic to the hovering subjection of prejudices and stereotypes that resonate within me. These encounters are unexpected, yet not surprising when they happen due to the frequency of their occurrence.

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Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath are two well-known women writers of the twentieth century who committed suicide. The narratives created by their deaths have in some instances become as important as the canonical work they produced. In an effort to understand their motivations and struggles, critics and the public alike have sometimes reduced these women to victims of the patriarchy, mental illness, or even themselves. Beginning with my own discovery of this issue in the legacies of Plath and Woolf combined with my personal dealings with suicide in my family, I recount how I lost these two women as exemplary figures because of their choice to commit suicide. I then take a look at what others have said about their deaths and how it has affected their legacies as writers. Finally, I take a look at Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Plath’s The Bell Jar for an alternate perspective on suicide. Through this journey, I recount how I have been able to regain my respect for these two talented women by considering multiple viewpoints and acknowledging the nuance inherent in any account.

Cette thèse propose d'appréhender l'évolution des productions céramiques et des échanges entre les îles et le continent depuis le Néolithique jusqu’à l’époque gallo-romaine.Au travers d'approches archéométriques du mobilier céramique, nous interrogeons le rôle des îles bretonnes dans le développement de réseaux de communication et de circulation des hommes et des produits. Ainsi, en déterminant le caractère local ou exogène d'une production, il est possible de cerner le degré d'ouverture ou de repli d'une occupation et son intégration dans les réseaux d'échanges.Pour cela, plusieurs méthodes d'analyse ont été mises en oeuvre à différentes échelles, en relation avec les données typologiques des vases. Des observations macroscopiques, portant sur les traitements de surface ont été réalisées, tout comme des observations microscopiques en lames minces, qui permettront d'identifier le cortège minéralogique présent dans les terres et de déterminer l'origine géologique et géographique des poteries. L’étude des pâtes est complétée par des analyses MEB-EDS, D-RX et P-XRF. Enfin, une nouvelle approche méthodologique appliquée à la provenance des céramiques archéologiques a été développée : l’analyse par LA-ICP-MS des inclusions naturelles ou artificielles des terres cuites.Le cadre chronologique de cette étude, du Néolithique à l'époque gallo-romaine, permet de suivre l'évolution des caractéristiques des céramiques ainsi que leurs lieux d'approvisionnements et de productions.L'interprétation de ces analyses est remise en perspective dans une réflexion plus large sur le statut des sites insulaires : sont-ils des centres de production ou des occupations périphériques dépendantes de centres plus continentaux ? / This thesis proposes to grasp the development of the ceramic productions and exchanges between the islands and the mainland since the Neolithic to the gallo-roman period.Through archaeometric approaches of ceramics, we question the role of the islands Brittany in the development of communication networks and movement of people and products. Thus, determining the local or exogenous nature of a production, it is possible to identify the degree of openness or withdrawal of an occupation and its integration into trade networks.For this, several analytical methods have been implemented at different scales, in relation to the typological datas of the ceramics. Macroscopic observations, on the surface treatments were carried out as microscopic observations in thin sections, which will identify the mineral assemblage in the clay, and to determine the geological and geographical origin of pottery. The study of paste is complemented with analysis by SEM-EDS, XR-D and HH-XRF. At last, a new methodological approach applied to the provenance of archaeological ceramics was developed: the analysis by LA-ICP-MS of natural or artificial inclusions in the potteries.The chronological framework of this study, from the Neolithic to the Gallo-Roman period allows to follow the evolution of the ceramic characteristics, the locations of supply and production.The interpretation of these analysis is put into perspective in a broader considerations on the status of island sites: are they production centers or dependent occupations from continental centers?

Submitted by Mario BC (mario@bc.ufrpe.br) on 2017-03-16T14:18:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ariele Carneiro de Andrade.pdf: 1066650 bytes, checksum: 26d95d8f20aec5260de9adb89d2195cd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-16T14:18:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ariele Carneiro de Andrade.pdf: 1066650 bytes, checksum: 26d95d8f20aec5260de9adb89d2195cd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The bell pepper (Capsicum annum L.) crop is one of the most important vegetables grown in Brazil, and has been showing significant growth. However, this culture can be affected by a number of diseases that cause economic damage and anthracnose, still represent a serious obstacle to production, both in the field and at home-de-vegetation. Anthracnose in Capsicum annum can be caused by several species of fungi of the genus Colletotrichum, but in Brazil, the majority of reports identify Colletotrichum gloeosporioides as the main causative agent of the disease. Infections characterized in lesions aerial parts of the plants such fruits, stems and leaves. The control method of the infections is used in fungicidal applications, however currently search for more sustainable alternatives. Thus the use of resistance inducers has been outstanding and can be applied preventively, by acting on the physiological and biochemical processes of plants. Given the above, the objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of acibenzolar-S-methyl inducer for the control of anthracnose in pepper plants as well as the activation of enzymes related to pathogenicity and they peroxidase, polifeniloxidase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase and β-1,3-glucanase.. The study was conducted in a greenhouse in Garanhuns-PE municipality, and the treatments were arranged in subdivided portion, in which the portion consisted of collection times and the subplot of different inducer of doses, with four replications. The plants were treated with the treatments as follows: 0.15g L-1; 0.30g L-1; 0.45g L-1, 0.60g L-1 acibenzolar-S-methyl (Syngenta®) and control (distilled water only). The results were analyzed by the software program SAEG 5.0 to 5% probability. The peroxidase activity was not significant for analysis of variance at 5% probability, however the dose 0.45g L-1 promoted greater activity. For peroxidase although not significant ascorbate activity to analysis of variance, the dose 0.15g L-1 showed increased activity of this enzyme is superior to the control. The increase in catalase activity was significant when the plants were treated with the highest dose of 0.60g L-1 inducer. On the eighth day after inoculation was higher by polyphenol oxidase activity, standing out from the others collection times. The dose 0.60g L -1 promoted greater activity of β-1,3-glucanase enzyme. When the plants medium subjected to the application of acibenzolar-S-methyl there was a reduction in the severity as the doses increased, thereby showing that prior treatment with resistance inducer consists of an efficient method for control of anthracnose disease. / A cultura do pimentão (Capsicum annum L.) é uma das mais importantes hortaliças cultivadas no Brasil. Entretanto essa cultura pode ser acometida por uma série de doenças que acarretam danos econômicos e a antracnose, ainda representa um sério entrave à produção, tanto em campo quanto em casa-de-vegetação. A antracnose nesta olerícola pode ser causada por várias espécies de fungos do gênero Colletotrichum, mas no Brasil, a maioria dos relatos identificam Colletotrichum gloeosporioides como o principal agente causal da doença. As infecções se caracterizam por lesões nas partes aéreas das plantas como nos frutos, caules e folhas. O método de controle das infecções mais utilizado consiste em aplicações de fungicidas, no entanto atualmente se busca por alternativas mais sustentáveis. Desse modo o uso de indutores de resistência vem se destacando podendo ser aplicado de forma preventiva, por atuar nos processos fisiológicos e bioquímicos das plantas. Diante do exposto, o objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a eficácia do indutor acibenzolar-S-metil para o controle da antracnose nas plantas de pimentão bem como a ativação de enzimas relacionadas à patogenicidade sendo elas peroxidase, polifeniloxidase, catalase, ascorbato peroxidase e β-glucanase. O estudo foi conduzido em casa de vegetação no município de Garanhuns-PE. Os tratamentos foram dispostos em parcela subdivida, na qual a parcela consistiu das épocas de coleta e a subparcela das diferentes doses do indutor, com quatros repetições. As plantas receberam os tratamentos da seguinte forma: 0,15g L-1, 0,30g L-1, 0,45g L-1, 0,60g L-1 do acibenzolar-S-metil (Syngenta®) e Controle (somente água destilada). Os resultados obtidos foram analisados pelo emprego do programa software SAEG 5.0 a 5% de probabilidade. A atividade peroxidase não foi significativa para análise de variância a 5% de probabilidade, no entanto a dose 0,45g L-1 promoveu maior atividade. Para a ascorbato peroxidase embora não significativo para análise de variância, a dose 0,15g L-1 apresentou maior atividade desta enzima sendo superior ao controle. O aumento na atividade catalase foi significativo quando as plantas foram tratadas com a maior dose do indutor 0,60g L-1. No oitavo dia após a inoculação houve maior atividade da enzima polifenoloxidase, destacando-se das demais épocas de coletas. A dose 0,60g L-1 promoveu maior atividade da β-1,3-glucanase. Quando as plantas foram submetidas à aplicação do acibenzolar-S-metil verificou-se uma redução da severidade à medida que as doses aumentavam, mostrando com isso que o tratamento prévio com indutor de resistência consiste em um método eficiente para o controle da doença antracnose.