Thesis (M.A.)--Cleveland State University, 2008. Thesis (M.S.)--Cleveland State University, 2008. / Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jan. 13, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 37). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in print.

This master´s thesis focuses on constructional design of chuck with settable eccentricity in two axes. The first part consists of brief analysis of the clamping of CNC machines and summary of available chucks with settable eccentricity. Next part deals with study of possible construction designs. Two construction variants will be based on those designs in the next part. Following part then describes dimensionality of the main parts of the chuck. Based on the calculations, the 3D model of chosen variant is created with the description of its functionality. Finally the conditions of operation for the chuck are described.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington 2009. / Title from PDF title page (January 11, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-44)

The topic of the following MA thesis is the theme of self-destruction in the works of Chuck Palahniuk, an American author whose novels frequently deal with the disintegration of contemporary society. Self-destruction, which the author often describes in violent details, is in his works portrayed as a form of civil disobedience and as a tool for dealing with social and personal problems. The first section of the thesis will explore the legacy of civil disobedience in American culture as well as violence as a recurring motif in US literature. The next section deals with transgressive fiction, a type of literature Palahniuk is frequently connected to, followed by an overview of his literary output. The last part of the thesis further explores some of his novels and the role self-destruction plays in them.

L'imaginaire de la fin évolue et s'actualise sans cesse, au gré du temps. Chez Douglas Coupland et Chuck Palahniuk, il se conjugue au singulier. La fin est intime, personnelle, elle ne concerne que le sujet, et lui seul. Néanmoins, elle interpelle les mêmes traits intrinsèques à tout imaginaire de la fin. La fin est transitive, elle est achèvement d'une chose et commencement d'une autre. Le temps de la fin, quant à lui, est toujours aussi harassant à négocier: passé, présent, futur cohabitent difficilement. Enfin, devant tant de désordres, la langue et l'imaginaire sont à leur tour happés par la confusion. À ces trois constantes s'en ajoute une quatrième, à l'œuvre autant dans Generation X que dans Choke: une sursollicitation de l'imaginaire qui provoque un brouillage important dans la perception du réel. Récits de la fin, Generation X et Choke sont aussi des romans du renouveau. S'ils disent que le monde menace l'individualité du sujet et qu'il est responsable des graves dysfonctionnements qu'il connaît, les romans de Coupland et Palahniuk nous disent aussi que l'homme peut être sauvé, s'il le désire. Il n'en tient qu'à lui. Résultat d'une clairvoyance du monde, d'une amère déception, puis façon de fabriquer du sens, la fin chez eux ne renvoie non pas à une fin du monde, à sa clôture, mais bien à son renouvellement, subjectif. Réaction, elle permet la survie, objet de pensée, elle incite à la perdition. Car si l'homme peut renaître, son monde et son imaginaire, eux, sont voués au désordre. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Coupland, Palahniuk, Fin, Imaginaire, Temps.

Vid framställningen av papper för tryckindustrin som använder rullat papper används olika typer av kartonghylsor. Hylsans uppgift är att bära papperet från pappersbruket till kunden. Vidare är det hylsan som ligger till grund för att papperet skall vara körbart och rullbart i tryckpressen. På bruken och tryckerierna utsätts hylsorna för stora påfrestningar vilket gör att hylskvaliteten är av största vikt. I detta examensarbete har ett antal hylskvaliteter avsedda för pappersindustrin utretts. Utredningen omfattades av att undersöka vilka variationer som existerade i dimension, styrka och fukt hos vissa utvalda hylskvaliteter. Syftet var att påvisa den faktiska kvaliteten hos dessa hylsor och utreda om kraven som finns anvisade för dessa uppfylldes. Vidare mål var att kartlägga existerande lagringsklimat vid pappersbruket som använder hylsorna för att fastställa om förhållandena är acceptabla.

A total of 40 beef arm chucks were collected from three cities across the United States to study the proximate composition of their separable lean. Chucks were fabricated 5-7 d postmortem and later cooked and dissected, or dissected raw into four separable components, separable lean, external fat, separable seam (intermuscular) fat, and connective tissue (considered inedible). Proximate analysis was conducted on the separable lean component of each dissected retail cut. Dissection data showed that multiple muscled cuts had a numerically lower percent separable lean when compared to the retail cuts comprised of a single muscle. Proximate analysis showed that as the mean value for moisture decreased in the retail cut, the mean percentage of total fat increased. Least squares means of total fat percentage were reported on the retail cuts stratified by USDA quality grade (upper Choice, lower Choice, and Select). Some of the retail cuts had significantly different total fat percentage of the separable lean when considering the differences in USDA quality grade. Cooking yields for the three methods utilized were numerically different. The cuts that were roasted had the highest cooking yield (80.72 %), followed by cuts that were grilled (76.58%), and finally cuts that were braised (66.13%). Differences in final endpoint temperature for each cut may account for the differences between cooking methods. This study was designed to acquire data to update the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, as well as to provide nutritional information for cuts that are not presently in the database. This study evaluated thirteen cooked cuts and twelve raw cuts in an effort to increase the number of retail cuts available to search for nutrient information in the National Database.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2005. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 1, 2006). Thesis advisor: David S. Buckley. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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