Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1909. / Summary in French. "This study compares a collection of decontextualized objects in McGill's Redpath Museum." Includes bliographical references (leaves 203-227).

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In The Deptford Trilogy, Robertson Davies uses the circus freaks and the Roman Catholic Saints who influence the main characters to illustrate the duality inherent in all human beings.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Theatre, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-71).

Sexual reproduction is expected to facilitate the removal of deleterious mutations from populations because biparental inheritance (i.e., segregation) and recombination during meiosis break down linkage disequilibria (LD), allowing mutations to be selected independently from their genetic background. Accordingly, the absence of recombination and segregation is expected to increase selective interference between loci, translating into reduced efficacy of natural selection. While there now exist multiple lines of evidence demonstrating that asexual lineages do experience accelerated accumulation of putatively harmful mutations, whether these mutations influence phenotype in a manner that could contribute to the maintenance of sex remains almost entirely unevaluated. Here, I use the New Zealand freshwater snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, to address these questions. In particular, I take advantage of the fact that the mitochondrial genome is expected to suffer from these mutational effects and interacts extensively with the nuclear genome to evaluate potential harmful effects of mutation accumulation in asexuals on a genome-wide scale. I present evidence that harmful mutations remain extant longer in asexual populations than in sexual populations, that the degree of functional constraint determines the extent of mutation accumulation in asexuals, that there is genetic variation for mitochondrial function in asexual lineages of P. antipodarum, and that phenotypic variation for mitochondrial function is mediated by both genetic and environmental variation. Together, these analyses provide strong evidence that asexual lineages are accumulating deleterious mutations, and that there is genetic variation, structured by lake, for mitochondrial function.

Recent years have witnessed the integration of theoretical advances in population genetics with large-scale analyses of complete genomes. As a result, a growing number of studies suggest the frequent occurrence of deleterious as well as adaptive mutations. Given the evidence for the widespread occurrence of selection, the finite sizes of natural populations, and the limited recombination in every genome, mutations under selection are expected to alter the fate of genetically linked mutations. The consequences of this non-independent behavior of mutations can be described by the Hill-Robertson effect in terms of the reduction in the effective population size (Ne). Reduction in the effective population size has two effects: 1) a reduction in levels of genetic variation and 2) a reduction in the effectiveness of selection that is manifested in an increased probability of fixation of deleterious mutations and a reduced probability of fixation of advantageous mutations. Changes in Ne that have previously been frequently associated with changes in recombination rate can also occur locally, in association with changes in the number of sites under selection even when the recombination rate remains uniform. The main objective of the work presented in this thesis is to investigate these local effects of the non-independent behavior of mutations on patterns of polymorphism and divergence in Drosophila using computer simulation and experimental approaches. A computer simulation approach is developed to investigate the local consequences of linked selection on estimates of selection and the proportion of adaptive substitutions using the McDonald-Kreitman framework. The results suggest that even a high level of recombination is unlikely to remove all the effects of linked selection. Ignoring these local linkage effects leads to misleading estimates of the intensity of selection and the proportion of adaptive substitutions. Two predictions of the Hill-Robertson effect were tested empirically by examining patterns of polymorphism and divergence combined with codon bias estimates in genes with and without introns: 1) the effectiveness of selection and polymorphism levels are expected to be reduced in the center of the long coding sequence of genes without introns (the intragenic Hill-Robertson effect), and 2) introns are expected to function as modifiers of recombination thereby increasing the effectiveness of selection in the central region of the coding sequence of genes containing centrally located introns. The evidence from divergence and codon bias patterns in genes with a long coding sequence supports the presence of the intragenic Hill-Robertson effect. However, polymorphism levels do not show the expected decrease in the center of the coding sequence. With regard to the second prediction, results indicate that intron presence does not increase the effectiveness of selection at synonymous sites in the set of investigated genes. Rather, intron presence is associated with increased levels of adaptation at nonsynonymous sites. Further investigations are necessary to clarify the role of introns in mediating the increase in adaptation.

<p>Sångtexter motsvarande 352 skivspår insjungna av den svenske sångaren och låtskrivaren Alf Robertson studeras med tonvikt på de 72 egna originaltexterna och 152 egna översättningarna av som regel amerikanska originaltexter. Robertson kännetecknas som en sångare vars repertoar domineras av översatta texter framförda av honom själv som om det var hans egna. De översatta texterna analyseras utifrån hur konflikter mellan originaltexternas innehåll och den egna artistpersonans konstruktion hanterats. Ett antal återkommande teman i Robertsons texter beskrivs och exemplifieras via närläsning av utvalda texter. Sångtexternas subjekt analyseras och kvantifieras bl a utifrån om textjaget är könsfixerat eller ej. Två olika översättningar av samma originaltext analyseras kvantitativt med avseende på hur väl de följer originalet.</p>

This paper addresses the conception that fundamentalisms are “anti-modern.” I propose that this view is a mischaracterization of fundamentalisms. I argue that an understanding of fundamentalisms would be better served by forgoing this “anti-modern” characterization and instead approaching fundamentalisms from the perspective that they are wholly modern phenomenon. In my analysis I use the writings and speeches of Pat Robertson as examples of the modern nature of America Fundamentalism in four areas. The first area examines how the Enlightenment influenced Fundamentalism’s development of inerrantism. The second area examines Fundamentalism’s prophetic interpretation. The third area examines the political nature of Fundamentalism. The fourth area examines Pat Robertson’s rhetoric to reveal that he reflects philosophically modern thought and rejects postmodernism.

There have been many attempts made by folklore scholars from the late nineteenth century to the present to formulate a classification system in folklore that would make it possible to clearly define folklore genres. Limited success has been achieved always to be blocked by a look at the problem from yet another angle. In identification problems relating specifically to folk narratives the earlier scholars recognized myths, legends and folk tales as general categories to be found universally in all cultures, but they made no attempt to clear up the blurred lines between and within these divisions. Comparative folklorists arbitrarily divided prose narratives according to themes or subject matter. They assumed that similar themes constituted a single genre. Roughly, stories of ritual and belief that explained origins of a people, related adventures of their gods, gave spiritual guidelines to day to day living and were believed were considered myths; other "true" narratives about people and places in the recent past, but not having to do with religion were loosely gathered under the heading of legends; and tales of make-believe told mainly for entertainent were called folktales or Marchen. Certainly the examination of themes is important to the study and comparison of prose narratives. However, as a method of classification on its own it produced confusion.

Sångtexter motsvarande 352 skivspår insjungna av den svenske sångaren och låtskrivaren Alf Robertson studeras med tonvikt på de 72 egna originaltexterna och 152 egna översättningarna av som regel amerikanska originaltexter. Robertson kännetecknas som en sångare vars repertoar domineras av översatta texter framförda av honom själv som om det var hans egna. De översatta texterna analyseras utifrån hur konflikter mellan originaltexternas innehåll och den egna artistpersonans konstruktion hanterats. Ett antal återkommande teman i Robertsons texter beskrivs och exemplifieras via närläsning av utvalda texter. Sångtexternas subjekt analyseras och kvantifieras bl a utifrån om textjaget är könsfixerat eller ej. Två olika översättningar av samma originaltext analyseras kvantitativt med avseende på hur väl de följer originalet.