This thesis is an examination of the representation of trans characters like Bridget from GuiltyGear Strive(2021). By analyzing trans representation in movies and games, the typical tropesof trans characters were found, and conducting a close reading of the visual design of Bridgetto see where she represents and differs from these tropes. The results of the close readingfound that Bridget's shape language conveys a harmless appearance, differing from the tropeof violence. The color scheme conveys harmonious and youthful, contrasting trope ofdysphoria. Bridget's cute appearance makes her similar to the trope of ambiguity. Bridget'suse of toys as weapons makes her comedic without becoming the butt of the joke. Bridget isnot treated as disgusting nor focused on the male gaze. This thesis concludes that Bridgetmainly differs by not being as adult-oriented, showing it can represent trans identity withoutrelying on these negative tropes.

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The book of Amos preserves powerful critiques of injustices in ancient Israel, and accordingly it has become famous as a resource for social justice movements across the centuries. The text has also been a testing ground for the history of prophets and prophetic literature. Given these emphases on socio-economic justice and historical dimensions of human culture, there has been a glaring neglect of “nature" themes in Amos and how these references to the non-human, created universe function in shaping the moral character of the readers. Without ecological features, the ethical message is hollow, since the character of humans and even of Yahweh as God are often evaluated and illustrated by realities in the rest of the natural world. Amos reciprocally connects the natural world (cosmos) and the moral world (ethos) together, implying that the condition and conceptions of the cosmos are partly reflective of human character and partly formative for human character in turn. The second aspect deserves attention at last. There is an ethos of the cosmos in Amos. Nature is not neutral. To describe this cosmos and ethos, the study proceeds in two steps for each major section of the translated Hebrew text. First, after establishing a historical setting for the final form of the text, there is a careful analysis of the "creation rhetoric." followed by a second step that doubles back to ask how such nature imagery encourages or discourages moral “character formation” for an audience in Judah. The rhetorical analysis uses insights into genre and speech act theory, while the ethical analysis uses character ethics to discuss practices, dispositions, and desires for visions of good and evil in Amos. In the end, the cosmos in Amos is more than ancient cosmology or dispensable background scenery. Built into the cosmos are dynamics that link justice with matters of life and death, and only through the nature imagery does the audience most vividly gain reverence for each other, their world, and their God. From earthquakes to new growth, creation shapes character. Creation rhetoric and character formation are mutually related and profitably compared for Old Testament ethics. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(情報学) / 甲第24728号 / 情博第816号 / 新制||情||137(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院情報学研究科知能情報学専攻 / (主査)教授 河原 達也, 教授 熊田 孝恒, 教授 黒橋 禎夫 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Informatics / Kyoto University / DFAM

Members of the Mylagaulidae have been known for over a century to bear nasal horns; the only rodents, extinct or extant, ever to have done so. This striking feature is known from five of the over 30 species of mylagaulid rodents discovered across North America and Eurasia, all relatively large animals that were likely less fossorial than their relatives. We describe herein a sixth new species of horned mylagaulid. This new taxon from Sioux County, Nebraska, offers the opportunity to reassess the phylogenetic relationships of Mylagaulidae and test several evolutionary hypotheses. Our analyses demonstrate that horns evolved only once in Mylagaulidae, in the common ancestor of Ceratogaulus, first as short horns exapted from the thickened nasals of fossorial ancestors, and later as taller horns. The horns evolved following a positive allometric scaling with body mass that suggests a response to predation pressure in these nearly blind animals. The evolution of tall horns also corresponds to a jump in body mass. The largest mylagaulids are not horn-bearing species, however. Additional analyses of the complex pattern of body mass evolution we reveal will be necessary to explain the evolution of the largest head-lift digging rodents in Earth history. https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:81FE999A-F79E-4BD4-9A81-2C7D3D5D81CD.

INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The American nation has maintained its ideal for democracy through recognition of the fact that intelligence, together with moral integrity, functions in the maintenance of the democratic state. There are at the present time, certain indications which show that large numbers of our citizens are unable to meet successfully the increasing demands of our industrial, social and political life. We have no reason to doubt the intelligence of our citizenship, and yet we must insistently ask, What has brought about this condition which amounts almost to an impasse in citizenship? [TRUNCATED]

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A finite group H is said to fuse to a finite group G if the class algebra of G is isomorphic to an S-ring over H which is a subalgebra of the class algebra of H. We will also say that G fuses from H. In this case, the classes and characters of H can fuse to give the character table of G. We investigate the case where H is the dihedral group. In many cases, G can be completely determined. In general, G can be proven to have many interesting properties. The theory is developed in terms of S-ring of Schur and Wielandt.

This paper details the design and development of a self-directed character education program based on the Aims of a BYU Education. Specifically, the program was intended to meet the following objectives: (a) increase student awareness of the BYU Aims, (b) provide opportunities for students to recognize and understand principles of good character, (c) engage students in enriching application of character values, and (d) lay the foundation for lifelong learning, service, and good character. The design process followed a modified systematic approach and resulted with a pilot trial of the BYU Aims Program. The selection of design model, preliminary analyses, and formative evaluation appear to have particularly contributed to the success of the pilot. While participant feedback did suggest that involvement in the pilot helped participants meet the intended objectives, the program suffered a high participant attrition rate over the course of pilot. Participant feedback also suggested that modifications to program delivery, interface, and duration and requirements of challenge activities would be necessary to improve or maintain participant engagement in future iterations of the program.

In order to reconcile the deus ex machina at the end of Sophocles' Philoctetes with the actions of the rest of the play, this project analyzes the role of Odysseus within the play with special attention to rhetoric. By considering the character of Odysseus as a complex construct referencing both literary and historical contexts, this study suggests that Neoptolemus in fact errs in siding with Philoctetes to the degree that he does by the tragedy's end. The themes of the play involving Philoctetes and Neoptolemus then become warnings against inappropriate emotional responses, again consistent with Heracles' advice in the deus ex machina at the play's end.