Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Poetry by Post is a four-month poetry subscription service that will run from November of 2013 to February of 2014. I will produce one mailing per month that will include a letterpress-printed broadside that features a poem of my choosing and an accompanying literary analysis and reply postcard, also letterpress-printed, all contained within calligraphed envelopes and posted with vintage stamps. Subscriptions are available at $150 for the series or $50 for an individual mailing and will not exceed 50 in number. The inaugural Poetry by Post will feature Midwestern poets Jennie Kinneberg Wrisley, Eric McHenry, Catherine Tufariello, and Ted Kooser. I have taken "Midwestern" to mean anyone who has simply spent a good bit of time in the large swath of land in the middle of the U.S. And much like the Midwest, the poetry featured will be plainspoken but no less profound for that.

Philately is an original source which has been unexamined as a research tool in comparative education. This study investigated the possibility of formulating ideas and concepts about higher education by developing case studies on Japan, Kenya and the USSR. Each case study compared the interpretation of the postage stamps and dedications issued with an analysis of comparative education literature. Wilson's comparative education framework was used to assess the thoroughness of each approach. The comparative education journals used in this research included: Comparative Education Review (1957 to present), Comparative Education (1964 to present), and the International Review of Education (1955 to present). The analysis of philately required developing useful questions as a heuristic device. The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain (Bloom, 1956) was used to devise sample questions which extended the comparative education literature in useful ways. The philatelic questions formed a link between the comparative education literature and International Education which enhanced both fields. Philatelic analysis highlighted culturally important events useful for both comparative education and international education. It is appropriate to note that Wilson's categories of national characteristics and socializing agents was expanded by this research to include a country's traditional values (Japan), sought values (Kenya) and propaganda (USSR). The case studies indicated new ways to examine comparative education through Wilson's framework and established the value of philately as a research tool for comparative education researchers.

Nombreux sont les artistes plus ou moins reconnus qui travaillent pour le compte de l’administration postale depuis 1928, année d'émission du premier timbre-poste français gravé en taille-douce. Cette technique, devenue le procédé par excellence de création des timbres-poste en France, se développa et connut des temps forts avec les années 1930 et jusque dans les années 1970. Tous les timbres-poste, à quelques rares exceptions, sont alors gravés par des artistes. Peu à peu, l’apparition de nouveaux procédés de fabrication, tels que l’héliogravure, l’offset et la gravure assistée par ordinateur, s’impose à la taille-douce traditionnelle. Aussi, le poinçon, plaque en acier qui sert de support au graveur, est progressivement remplacé par des procédés électromécaniques et photochimiques permettant d’obtenir des délais d’exécution et des coûts de fabrication bien moindres et sans doute mieux adaptés à des productions industrielles. Cette étude présente une analyse de l’évolution de l’art de la gravure, de sa place et de son rôle dans le domaine de la philatélie durant une période précise, de 1928 à nos jours. Le statut de l’artiste graveur et sa reconnaissance artistique évoluent au même titre que changent le statut de l’administration postale, sa politique et ses besoins liés aux exigences économiques du marché. L’examen approfondi des créations philatéliques, commandes régies par un cahier des charges strict ainsi que des conditions de travail et de l’investissement des graveurs de timbres face à leur métier, a permis de présenter les particularités esthétiques et plastiques de leurs travaux et de leur attribuer une place dans le domaine de l’art. / Many artists, some more famous than others, have worked for the postal administration since 1928, the year of the first issue of an engraved French postage stamp . This technique, which became the most important method of creating postage stamps in France, developed and reached a peak in the 1930s and continued until the 1970s. During this time all postage stamps, with few exceptions, were engraved by artists. Gradually, however, the emergence of new manufacturing processes, such as heliogravure, offset printing and computer-aided engraving, replaced traditional engraving. Also, the stamping device, a steel plate that served as a support for the engraver, was gradually replaced by electromechanical and photochemical processes making it possible to obtain much lower turnaround times and manufacturing costs and was probably better suited to industrial production. This study presents an analysis of the development of the art of engraving, its place and its role in Philately during a specific period, from 1928 to the present day. The status of the engraver and his artistic recognition changed along with the status of the postal administration, its policy and its needs in response to the economic demands of the market. The in-depth review of philatelic creations, orders governed by strict specifications, working conditions and the investment of stamp engravers in their craft, has made it possible to show the aesthetic and plastic features of their work and secure them a place in the art world.

Orientadores: Marcos Nogueira Eberlin, Maria Izabel Maretti Silveira Bueno / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T15:37:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Schwab_NicolasVilczaki_D.pdf: 3814064 bytes, checksum: 830504748a20c22da41317192a1c7d9b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: O atual avanço na tecnologia em instrumentação analítica permite análises químicas cada vez mais rápidas e eficientes. Assim, o desenvolvimento de métodos que consistem em minimizar ou eliminar o preparo de amostra apresentam um grande diferencial em relação aos procedimentos tradicionais. Duas técnicas se destacam nesse sentido: a espectrometria de massas com ionização ambiente e a fluorescência de raios X por dispersão em energia. Com características distintas, essas técnicas abrangem um enorme campo de aplicações na ciência. Seguindo este conceito, esta tese de doutorado está dividida em três partes, que ilustram as diferentes aplicações utilizando uma das técnicas mencionadas. Primeiramente, foi relatada a produção e caracterização de superfícies funcionalizadas à base de silício poroso, como substrato para espectrometria de massas com ionização ambiente por dessorção via electrospray (DESI-MS). Os resultados encontrados mostraram que estas superfícies são excelentes alternativas como substrato para análises em DESI-MS, levando a baixos limites de detecção, eliminação de problemas referentes à contaminação cruzada e melhora na estabilidade do sinal analítico. O capítulo seguinte descreve o desenvolvimento de uma fonte portátil para ionização ambiente de moléculas por espectrometria de massas, que elimina a necessidade do uso de cilindros de gás e bombas injetoras. Sua eficiência foi comprovada por meio de análises de diversos compostos, gerando expectativas futuras para aplicações em campo, para resolução de casos analíticos conjuntamente com uso de equipamentos miniaturizados de espectrômetros de massas. Na parte final, foi demonstrado o uso da técnica de fluorescência de raios X na filatelia. Trata-se de uma técnica não destrutiva, onde, obteve-se o perfil elementar característico de diversas amostras de selos postais antigos como, por exemplo, os elementos relacionados à composição das tintas utilizadas na impressão. Como consequência, essa metodologia pode ser utilizada na discriminação em casos de falsificação de peças raras / Abstract: The advancement in analytical instrumentation allows today faster and more efficient chemical analysis. The development of new methods with regards to minimize or eliminate sample preparation steps has a great advantage over traditional procedures. Two techniques stand out in this concept: the ambient ionization mass spectrometry and energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence. With different characteristics, both techniques cover a huge range of applications in analytical chemistry. Following this idea, this thesis is divided into three parts that demonstrates some applications using the techniques mentioned earlier. The first chapter describes the production and characterization of functionalized porous silicon surfaces as substrates for desorption ionization electrospray mass spectrometry (DESI-MS). The results showed that specific surfaces provides an excellent alternative for spot analysis in DESI-MS, increasing detectability, eliminating cross-contamination problems and improving the analytical signal stability. The next chapter reports the development of a portable ambient ionization source for mass spectrometry, which eliminates the use of gas cylinders and injection pumps. Its efficiency was confirmed by analysis of several compounds leading to prospects for field applications; using for example with miniaturized mass spectrometers. Finally, the last chapter demonstrates the use of X-ray fluorescence in philately. The method developed is nondestructive and is a suitable technique to detect elements related with the composition of inks that are used to print stamps. For this reason, this is a powerful methodology to identify counterfeit samples of rare stamps mainly / Doutorado / Quimica Analitica / Doutor em Ciências

Diplomová práce analyzuje možnosti vstupu Burda Auction, s.r.o. na filatelistický trh Spolkové republiky Německo. Obsahuje zhodnocení teoretických poznatků a používaných analytických metod, které jsou poté aplikovány při analýze německého trhu s filatelií a konkurenčního prostředí. A poté navrhuje vhodné strategie pro expanzi firmy Burda Auction, s.r.o. na německý trh.