Studiens syfte var att skriva tre låtar inom EDM-genren med fokus på arrangering och mixning av baselement inom spannet 30–260 Hz. Metod: Med hjälp av olika analystekniker begrundades tre stycken referenslåtar i genrerna Drum and Bass, Glitch Hop och Progressiv house. Utifrån analyserna av dessa utformades tre stycken arrangeringsmodeller, vilka utgjorde grunden för mina tre produktioner. En jämförelse mellan referenslåtarna och produktionerna gjordes för att belysa skillnader och likheter. För att uppnå mina ideal av ett väl mixat basregister framkom det att det är av extra stor vikt att ta hänsyn till arrangering av baselement gentemot mixning av dessa. I mixstadiet visade det sig att verktyg såsom equalizer, kompressorer, expanders, distar och gaters m.m. hade stor betydelse för basregistrets kvalitet. Diskussion/slutsats: Då låtarna är i olika genrer och tempon kan riktlinjer underlätta mixstadiet såsom att snabba tempon inte är att föredra i kombination med en bastrumma med mycket subbas. Likaså att låtar med lägre tempo kan gynnas av att använda sidechain-kompression som ett rytmiskt verktyg. Att använda dynamiska verktyg såsom expanders kan skapa luft i mixen och motverka att den blir platt. Dist kan vara en bra metod för att ge basfrekvenser attityd och framhäva dem i mixen.

Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan has become a mainstream in recent 2 decades. It¡¦s from local form to international organization, and uses the way of commercial management. On the other side, the Buddhist adopt a ¡§inner transformation¡¨ strategy to turn difficult words in the Buddhist Scripture into understandable saying. When Master Sheng Yen was a novice, he had already realized that ¡§the Buddha dharma is so great, but many people misunderstand it and so few people are willing to accept it.¡¨ Therefore, he decided to develop and promote Buddhist higher education. Master Sheng Yen held the religious spirit of universal delivery ,tireless in all his efforts. He established the Dharma Drum Mountain World Center for Buddhist Education in Jinshan Township, Taipei County, in order to practice the Threefold Education¡XExtensive Academic Education, Extensive Public Buddhist Education, and Extensive Social Care Education¡Xwhich is the foundation on which to realize the vision of ¡§uplifting the character of humanity and building a pure land on Earth¡¨. The Master would like to spread the Dharma in language and ideas that people can relate to. For this reason, the Master proposed a series of social movements, hoped to provide concepts and methods applicable in today¡¦s life. These methods include ¡§the Spiritual Environment¡¨,¡¨ Four Kinds of Environmentalism¡¦, ¡§the Fivefold Spiritual Renaissance Campaign¡¨, and ¡§the Six Ethics of the Mind¡¨. The Master is a legendary people. The vision of ¡§uplifting the character of humanity and building a pure land on Earth¡¨ has opened a new sight in Taiwan.

Hypervariable, nuclear-encoded microsatellites were used to (i) estimate genetic effective size (Ne) of red drum spawning over a two-week period in nine brood tanks at a TPWD hatchery; (ii) estimate heritability of early-larval growth and of growth rate and cold tolerance of juveniles; and (iii) test Mendelian segregation and independent assortment of 31 nuclear-encoded microsatellites. Assuming all tanks contributed equally to an offspring population, the maximum (expected) and observed Ne over the nine brood tanks was 43.2 and 27.0, respectively. The estimate of Ne based on observed variation in family size was 19.4. Simulations indicated that over a limited time period the simplest approach to maximizing Ne for a release population would be to utilize equal numbers of progeny from each brood tank. A family (genetic) effect was found to contribute significantly to the variance in early larval growth, juvenile growth rate, and cold tolerance. Estimates of narrow-sense heritability for these three traits were 0.07 +- 0.03, 0.52 +- 0.21 and 0.20 +- 0.10 (two growth intervals measured), and 0.30 +- 0.11, respectively, under the genetic models employed. The relatively low estimate of heritability for early larval growth suggests that genetic improvement for this trait likely would be slow. The heritability estimates for juvenile growth rate and cold tolerance, alternatively, suggest that genetic selection for these traits could be effective. Segregation at all 31 microsatellites fit Mendelian expectations for autosomal loci; a null allele was inferred at two of the microsatellites. Results from pairwise tests of independent assortment demonstrated that 20 of the 31 microsatellites could be placed into seven linkage groups. Additional linkage groups inferred from a prior study increased the number of inferred linkage groups in red drum to nine, with a range of two - five (avg. = 2.78) microsatellites in each linkage group. The remaining 11 microsatellites tested in this study assorted independently from all other microsatellites, suggesting the possibility of 11 additional linkage groups.

The thesis is mainly a study on the Flexible Print Circuit which was producing manufactured. The research investigates how the FPC operates based on related product capacity data in the conjunction of back end MPS system data of producing scheduling database. Due to system and relative data collocation, it helps a salesman to make a better judgment on the outcome of an order before making promises to customers. In addition, this paper is looking into how applying the related production management method increases the number of the entire production and improves the efficiency on the production line. Then it studies how using this method can temporarily meet the needs of customers¡¦ big orders & cut-in orders before promising customers the date of delivery. Regarding manufacturing procedure of FPC, the purpose for increasing actual output is achieving the maximum production capability and the best arranging procedure. All information was given by different groups of employees from FPC industry, including its Sales Department, Production Management Department, Procurement Department and Supply Department; it also derives from the interviews with station managers and high level managers. With situation simulation and case simulation will be revised on current product line¡¦s output and try to bring up production operation model of FPC Industry. Finally, changing production management and station order to achieve its maximum production on FPC.

Unter dem Druck der ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen entstehen in der Landwirschaft immer grössere Betriebe. Familienbetriebe von 500 ha sind keine Seltenheit mehr. In Verbindung mit den ökonomischen Anforderungen hat sich die Anzahl der Arbeitskräfte ebenfalls reduziert. All diese Faktoren haben die Entwicklung von leistungsfähigen Maschinen beschleunigt. Auf dem Gebiet der Mädruschtechnik wurden Maschinen mit beträchtlichen Flächenleistungen entwickelt, die unterschiedliche Dreschsysteme besitzen. Das tangentiale Dreschwerk mit Wendtrommel wurde weiter entwickelt und besitzt gegenwärtig noch weitere rotierende Abscheideelemente. Es entstand das axiale Dreschsystem, das sich in Mitteleuropa auch durchgesetzt hat. Das Hybridsystem stellt eine Kombination von Tangential- und Axialdreschwerk dar. Durch die Optimierung der Arbeitselemente der einzelnen Systeme sind gegenwärtig kaum noch Leistungssteigerungen möglich. Leistungsreserven gibt es nach wie vor bei der Gestaltung des kontinuiertlichen Gutflusses, der Verringerung der Strohzerstörung und der Vergrößerung der Abscheidefläche. Ausgehend von diesen Zielstellungen werden zwei Dreschtrommeln mit Schlagleisten übereinander angeordnet. Dabei soll das Dreschgut möglichst tangential zugeführt werden. Durch die Anordnung der Dreschtrommeln werden große Umschlingungswinkel und große Abscheideflächen erreicht. Als Versuchparameter wurden der Zuführwinkel des Dreschgutes, die Korbabstände und der Durchsatz festgelegt. Gemessen wurden das Drehmoment an der ersten Dreschtrommel, die Kräfte am Dreschkorb, die Korn- und die Beimengungsabscheidung in 5 verschiedenen Klassen. Gleichzeitig erfolgte die Ermittlung des Körnerrestes nach dem Dreschwerk. Aus den Untersuchungen und komplexen Betrachtungen können folgende Ergebnisse formuliert werden: 1. Die Anordnung von zwei Dreschtrommeln hintereinander ermöglicht eine tangentiale Gutzuführung bei beiden Dreschtrommeln. 2. Durch eine zweckmäßige Anordnung ist keine Wende- oder Abweisertrommel notwendig. 3. Die tangentiale Gutzuführung bei beiden Trommeln bewirkt, dass die Strohzerkleinerung gering bleibt und der spezifische Energieverbrauch kann gesenkt werden. 4. Es wird durch die zwei Dreschtrommeln ohne großen technischen Aufwand ein Korbumschlingungswinkel von 270° erreicht. 5. Mit großem Korbumschlingungswinkel werden große Abscheideleistungen erreicht. Damit ist eine Leistungssteigerung möglich. 6. Durch den großen Korbumschlingungswinkel kann mit großen Korbabständen schonend gedroschen werden. Der Körnerbruch wird geringer. 7. Durch die geringere Strohzerkleinerung wird die NKB-Abscheidung kleiner und die Reinigungsbelastung geringer. 8. Die Kräfte am Dreschkorb lassen sich als eine Kraft zusammenfassen. Die Kraftrichtung schwankt um die horizontale Ebene im Bereich von – 5° bis +6°. 9. Weitere Untersuchungen, wie das Korn-NKB-Gemisch zur Reinigung des Mähdreschers transportiert wird, sind erforderlich. Aus den Untersuchungen kann geschlussfolgert werden, dass ein derartiges Dreschsystem zur weiteren Leistungssteigerung beitragen kann, wobei die Gesamtkonzeption der gegenwärtigen Mähdrescher zu verändern ist.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106).

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded June 12, 2006, Apr. 9, 2007, Nov. 12, 2007, and May 26, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66).

This dissertation examines the Americanization of immigrants as a defining theme in American musical theater. It does so through studies of productions from across the past century about Irish Americans, Chinese Americans, and Latino/a Americans, and in each case, at least one of the creators is a member of the ethnic American group depicted. I contend that these artists found the musical to be a constructive tool for voicing their experiences of the struggle of Americanization and broadening notions of American identity. The resulting narrative expands upon the substantial "golden age"-centered literature on Jewish assimilation and the American musical. Decentralizing the "golden age," I show how the genre has helped write into cultural citizenship a broad range of immigrant groups during fraught periods in which their national belonging was contested. I draw upon a wide range of disciplines - especially immigration history, ethnic studies, and American studies as well as musicology - and diverse methods, including archival research, oral history, textual and musical analysis, reception history, and historically based hermeneutics. / Music

In 2006 resin accounted for approximately 17% of the direct manufacturing costs for oriented strand board (OSB). Because of their increased dependency on pMDI-resins, this percentage is likely greater for oriented strand lumber (OSL) and laminated strand lumber (LSL). The cost of PF- and pMDI-resins is expected to face upward pressure as the cost of their primary constituents, natural gas and crude oil, continue to reach new highs. Therefore, there is strong economic incentive to optimize the use of resin in the production of these three products. This can be accomplished by addressing two key issues: reducing resin wastage and optimizing resin distribution on the strands. Both issues will be overcome by focusing on the blending process, where resin is applied to the strands. This work focused on development and use of a discrete element model (DEM) for simulating strand flow in a rotary drum blender using the EDEM software package. EDEM required the input of three material and three interaction properties. Development of the model involved creating the simulated environment (i.e. physical dimensions) and assigning appropriate material and interaction properties given this environment and the assumptions that were made. This was accomplished in two steps, completing baseline bench-top experiments and a literature review to determine appropriate parameters and initial value ranges for these properties, and then fine-tuning these values based on a validation process. Using the validated model, an exploratory study was conducted to determine the effect of four blender design and operating parameters (flight height, number of flights, blender rotational speed, and blender fill level) on bulk strand flow. The results were analyzed with regards to overall trends and by focusing on two perspectives, end users and blender manufacturers. It was found that there was a strong relationship between these key parameters and bulk strand flow. These results suggest that operating parameters of a blender, namely rotational speed and tilt angle, should be linked directly to the blender feed rate to ensure an optimal blending environment is maintained. In addition, manufacturers of blenders must take into consideration the range in final operating conditions when designing and positioning flights.

The field of popular music studies currently lacks effective and extensive discourse on drumming and rhythmic parameters in general. Some important preliminary work exists primarily due to significant contributions by relatively few authors. This thesis serves to expand this literature by providing a detailed explanation of many of the primary elements involved in the intricate practice of rock drumming. Additionally, it expands the literature on the music of Jimi Hendrix by thoroughly exploring the musical contributions Mitch Mitchell made as the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mitchell's stylistic approach to rock drumming is illuminated through analysis of the drum parts in four of the group's songs. An explanation of rock drumming in general and one effective individual approach are present within the work.