Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 1999. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 356-371). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users. Address: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9947971.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, 1909. / Chiefly the activities of T.O. Larkin. Bibliography: p. [104]-107.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Oliver Twist is a novel loved by many, read by more. It is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, portraying the life and hardships of a young boy named Oliver Twist, who was born in a work house. Oliver is bright and righteous, the exact opposite of his brother Edward “Monks” Leeford. This essay will follow Oliver and Monks and analyse their characters in the light of the literary hero and the literary villain and in doing so see how Dickens use the characters as literary tools to convey his view of a dark, uncaring Victorian society as well as his hopes for a brighter future. Their strong characteristics make way for a fascinating story, a story that do not only tell us about Oliver’s bravery and Monks’ egoism, but one that do also prove that they are characters created by Dickens to show both the Victorian society that he lived in as well as the society that it could become.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University. / Using the two volumes of the Helmes-Laski Correspondence, published by Harvard and edited by Mark DeWolfe Howe, as one of its principal sources, this dissertation examines the circumstances leading up to the publication of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' essay, Natural Law in the Harvard Law Review in November, 1918, when Harold J. Laski was its editor. From this focus several lines of inquiry expand, developing from the two major questions of the dissertation: 1) What is Natural Law? and 2) How significant, profound and pertinent were Holmes' and Laski's contribution to the theory of Natural Law, the validity of which they denied? A last chapter examines the co-fusions in Laski's connecting together the plural sovereignty with the personality of associations theories -- ideas he apparently gathered from Otto Gierke. Gierke's position is analyzed directly from his writings, with the conclusion that he was unclear in his own formulations, and that Laski was even more unclear in what he thought Gierke said. Reasons for the vitiation of Laski's work are analyzed, and in summary his frustrations are stressed, while Holmes' great accomplishment within the framework of his own creative inconsistencies is forcefully stated. The conclusion of the whole is that no matter what they said they believed both Holmes and Laski lived and worked as though they believed in Natural Law.

ABSTRACT ORDER AND ARDOR: THE REVIVAL SPIRITUALITY OF REGULAR BAPTIST OLIVER HART, 1723–1795 Eric Coleman Smith, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin This dissertation argues that Regular Baptist Oliver Hart shared the revival spirituality of the Great Awakening, and that revival played a greater role in Regular Baptist identity than is often suggested. Chapter 2 demonstrates that Hart’s life and ministry were profoundly shaped by the evangelical revival of the eighteenth century. He was converted in revival as a young man, promoted revival at the height of his ministry in Charleston, South Carolina, and longed for revival in his latter years in Hopewell, New Jersey. Chapter 3 examines Hart’s revival piety. The theology of the Christian life that undergirded his ministry was the evangelical Calvinism that united Christians from across denominational lines during the Great Awakening. Chapter 4 focuses on the most intense personal experience of revival in Hart’s ministry, an awakening among the youth of the Charleston Baptist Church in 1754. An analysis of Hart’s diary during this period proves that it belongs to the emerging genre of eighteenth century “revival narrative,” epitomized in Jonathan Edwards’s A Faithful Narrative. Chapter 5 shows that Hart’s spirituality was marked by the evangelical activism of the Great Awakening, as illustrated by his efforts in evangelism, gospel partnerships, education, and politics. Chapter 6 demonstrates that Hart and a number of other Regular Baptists shared in the evangelical catholicity of the revival. While Hart embraced the ecumenical impulse of the awakening to promote revival, he also maintained deep Baptist convictions.

The first four decades of the twentieth century was a period of rapid development in physics. The late nineteenth century discoveries of X-rays, Becquerel rays and subatomic particles had revealed new properties of matter, and the early twentieth century quantum and relativity theories added to the notion that the discipline was undergoing a fundamental change in thought and practice. Historians and scientists alike have retrospectively conceived of a sharp divide between nineteenth century and twentieth century physics, applying the terms ‘classical’ and ‘modern’ to distinguish between these two practices. However, recent scholarship has suggested that early twentieth century physicists did not see this divide as self-evident, and in fact were responsible for consciously constructing these categories and definitions. This thesis explores the creation of the terms ‘classical’ and ‘modern’ physics in Britain, and the physicists responsible. I consider how these terms were employed in ‘public’ arenas (lectures, books, newspapers, museums) influencing the wider reception of ‘modern’ physics. I consider not only the rhetorics employed by ‘modern’ physicists, but also those we would now consider to be ‘classical’, revealing a diverse range of potential definitions of ‘modern’ physics. Furthermore, even within the ‘modernists’ themselves, there was considerable disagreement over how their work was to be presented, as industrially applicable, or of value simply as intellectual knowledge in and of itself. There were also different notions of how scientific ‘progress’ should be portrayed, whether knowledge advanced through experimental refinement or theoretical work. Early twentieth century ‘modern’ physics appeared to discard long held theories, rejecting much of the discipline’s past. As such, physicists’ connection to the legacy of Newton was under threat. Furthermore, the instability of science more generally was revealed: if physicists had shown the old theories to be wrong, then why should the new ones be any different? This had severe implications as to how the public placed ‘trust’ in science. I explore how physicists carefully managed the ‘public’ transition from ‘classical’ to ‘modern’ physics, regaining public trust during a period of scientific ‘revolution’ and controversy.

Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that has a wide range of hosts including humans. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate T. gondii seroprevalence and associated risk factors in small ruminants, pigs, poultry and cats in the Oliver Reginald Tambo District in the Eastern Cape in South Africa between June 2016 and October 2016. Household-level and animal-level data were collected using a close-ended questionnaire. One sample of each present species was collected in each household. The Toxoreagent ®, Mast Group, United Kingdom, latex agglutination test, was used for T. gondii antibody detection. Positive samples had agglutination patterns at dilutions of 1:64 or greater, except for chickens, whose cut off titre was 1:32. A household was classified as T. gondii seropositive if at least one species tested positive. The study revealed that 78 out of 121 sheep (64.46%), 69 out of 128 goats (53.91%), 36 out of 106 pigs (33.96%), 35 out of 109 cats (32.11%) and 46 out of 137 chickens (33.58%) were seropositive for the parasite. Seropositivity was assessed for association with potential risk factors. Age, location, climate, animal production system, rodent control, cat-feed access and cat faecal disposal were found to be significantly associated with seropositivity using the Chi-Squared test or odds ratio confirmed by the Fisher's exact test. The relatively high seroprevalence of T. gondii detected in this study suggests that the infection T. gondii poses a substantial public health risk through the consumption of infected raw or undercooked meat infected with T.gondii cysts as well as contact with cat faeces infected with T. gondii oocysts. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Veterinary Tropical Diseases / MSc / Unrestricted

Modularisering av en produktfamilj av lyftsaxar genomförs på begäran av uppdragsgivare Falcken Forshaga som ett examinerande moment inom högskoleingenjörsprogrammet Maskinteknik på Karlstads universitet. Greppmoduler sammanfogas med en standardiserad ramkonstruktion med hjälp av en fästande detalj där en serie skruvförband ingår. Detta möjliggör att samma lyftsax kan lyfta ett flertal olika lyftobjekt med skiljande geometrier. För att öka applicerbarheten för lyftsaxarna dimensioneras 2 stycken varianter där skruvförband och övrig ramkonstruktion konstrueras utifrån en maximal lyftbelastning på 235 kg och 500 kg. Dessa varianter benämns som privat och industriell tillämpning i rapporten. Beräkningar utförs med säkerhetsfaktor 2 där hänsyn tas till lyftsaxarnas egen vikt. Vid hållfasthetsberäkningarna för konstruktion har egenvikten för lyftsaxarna specificerats som 12 kg och 50 kg. Lyftsaxarnas greppvidd har under arbetet godtyckligt specificerats till 0,4 m. Genom en konceptutvärderingsprocess som riktar in sig på framtagandet av modulapplikationer genereras 4 stycken konceptuella greppmoduler. Dessa används för att påvisa några av de användningsområden som den generella modullösningen med fästande detalj och skruvförband kan användas till. Med hjälp av kund- och marknadsundersökningar kan koncepten utvecklas och flera tillkomma för att bättre passa kundbehov och öka lönsamhet. Med hjälp av CAD-programmet Inventor erhålls vikten för den konceptuella ramkonstruktionen. Ramen väger 9,8 kg för privat tillämpning och 19,6 kg för industriell. Vikten för en komplett lyftsax med ram och greppmodul varierar mellan 10,5kg – 11,7kg för privat tillämpning och 21,3kg – 26,8 kg för industriell tillämpning. Vikten beror på vilken av de konceptuella greppmodulerna som används. Greppmodulskonceptet blocklyft visar sig i det nuvarande utförandet vara för tung för användning i samband med lyftsaxen som är dimensionerad för 247 kg.  Detta då modulen medför att konstruktionens vikt överstiger 12 kg vilket medför att säkerhetsfaktor 2 inte kan utlovas samt att krav från produktspecifikationen inte kan utlovas.

I denna uppsats genomför vi en komparativ textanalys av Charles Dickens verk om Oliver Twist och vi använder oss av en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Verken vi har jämför är en översatt kapitelbok, Oliver Twist (2001) med en adapterad bilderbok, Oliver Twist (2019). Uppsatsens syfte är undersöka vad som har förändrats i de olika versionerna, där vi fokuserar på berättelsens intrig och karaktärer. Analysens resultat visar att detaljer i både händelser och karaktärer har reducerats men att bilderna i adaptionen bidrar med mycket av berättandet. Vidare används analysens resultat i en didaktisk diskussion för beskriva hur båda böckerna kan användas kombinerat i ett undervisningssammanhang för att utveckla elevers läsförståelse