H. G Wells’s novel The Time Machine is a significant work of science fiction that dramatizes the themes of degeneration and social inequality, themes that were very relevant during the Victorian era in relation to the discovery of evolution. Degeneration was seen as the degradation of society into primitiveness far from the Victorian standards, and the problem of social difference, where the gap between poor and rich was very wide, became the visible proof of the difference between the evolved and civilized and the degenerated and primitive. The purpose of this essay is to analyse how the frame narrative, the story surrounding the main adventure, affects the theme of degeneration in the novel. The framework reveals the reactions of the people present at the dinner parties, where the Time Traveller recounts his journey into a degenerated future. The guests are all representing different factions of Victorian society, such as the Provincial Mayor, the Very Young Man and the Editor who all have their own motives and agendas in relation to degeneration, social differences and time travel. By examining the guests’ individual motives, the essay argues that they do not want to believe in time travel since it would include believing in a degenerated future where all the glory of their present-day Victorian era would crumble into chaos and pandemonium. This essay shows that by denying the relevance of the Time Traveller’s story, despite the evidence presented, the dinner guests are condemning themselves to the degenerated future they are afraid of, hence making the novel a warning example of not accepting new ideas.

Asian American literature has continued to evolve since the emergence of first generation Asian American writers in 1975. Authors have continued to interact not only with Asian American content, but also with different forms to express that content – one of these forms is genre writing. Genre writing allows Asian American writers to interact with genre conventions, using them to inform Asian American tropes and vice versa. This thesis focuses on the genre of science fiction, specifically in the subgenre of time travel. Using three literary case studies – Ken Liu’s “The Man Who Ended History,” Charles Yu’s How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, and Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life” – this thesis seeks to explore the ways in which different Asian American writers have interacted with the genre, using it to retell Asian American narratives in new ways. “The Man Who Ended History” explores the use of time travel in restoring lost or silenced historical narratives, and the implications of that usage; How to Live Safely is a clever rewriting of the immigrant narrative, which embeds the story within the conventions of a science fictional universe; “Story of Your Life” presents a reimagining of alterity, and investigates how we might interact with the alien in a globalized world. Ultimately, all three stories, though quite different, express Asian American concerns in new and interesting ways; they may point to ways that Asian American writers can continue to write and rewrite Asian American narratives, branching out into new genres and affecting those genres in turn.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from file title page. Elizabeth West, committee chair; Layli Phillips, Kameelah Martin Samuel, committee members. Electronic text (52 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Jan. 30, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-52).

abstract: The purpose of this study is to raise questions by exploring, writing, imagining, and telling the musical life stories of Billy Cioffi. Billy Cioffi is a professional musician, band leader, private teacher, professor of English, and, formerly, a musical director for acts such as Chuck Berry, Del Shannon, and others. In this document I explore the life of Billy Cioffi with the following questions in mind: 1. What might Billy's musical experiences, expertise, teaching, and learning teach us about music education? 2. What might the story of Billy’s musical life cause us to question about institutional music education? 3. How might his story trouble beliefs and perceptions about music teaching and learning? Prior to Billy’s story, which appears as a novella, I raise questions about popular music, its histories, and its place in music education contexts. Following the novella, I invite readers into four different “endings” to this document. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music Education 2017

Das Verfahren der akustischen Laufzeittomographie nutzt die Abhängigkeit der Schallgeschwindigkeit von den Parametern Temperatur und Strömung entlang des Ausbreitungsweges akustischer Signale, um diese Parameter zu bestimmen. Es wird ein Algorithmus vorgestellt, der eine tomographische Rekonstruktion der 2-dimensionalen Strömungsfelder innerhalb eines Messgebietes erlaubt, wobei die räumliche Auflösung des Vektorfeldes der Auflösung des Temperaturfeldes entspricht. Neben Ergebnissen von Simulationen verschiedener Strömungssituationen wird eine Anwendung vorgestellt, welches die Anwendbarkeit des Verfahrens zur Detektion von Strömungs- und Temperaturverteilung in einem abgeschlossenen Raum demonstriert. / Acoustic travel time tomography uses the dependency of sound speed from temperature and flow properties along the propagation path to measure these parameters. An algorithm is introduced which is capable of resolving the two-dimensional flow field within a certain measuring area comparable to the resolution of the temperature field. Different flow fields have been simulated in order to show the reconstruction properties of the algorithm. Furthermore an experiment has been carried out, which demonstrates the applicability of the acoustic tomographic method to detect temperature and flow fields indoor.

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut provides a profound discussion on how the many traumas of war affect the human psyche. The novel’s protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, is a direct witness of many horrific events in World War II, which causes certain life-changing symptoms later in his life. This essay examines the psychological processes of Billy Pilgrim in relation to the traumatic events he experiences in the war. More specifically, Billy’s delusions of supernatural nature are discussed in an attempt to find a connection to the war-trauma. In doing this, the analysis utilizes a psychoanalytic approach to explore the theoretical concepts of trauma and delusion. The essay then identifies certain key moments that are of significance to the development of Billy Pilgrim’s psychological processes and investigates how the different events affect his psyche. Furthermore, Billy’s delusions are discussed to identify their cognitive functions. The analysis finds a clear connection between Billy’s delusions and his trauma, and the essay finds that several of his psychological mechanisms are supported by the corresponding ideas within the psychoanalytic framework. Moreover, a progression of his symptoms is identified and discussed in relation to his experiences in World War II.

The purpose of the following essay is to examine various works of fiction featuring time travel and their underlying common theme. The main focus of the essay is the novella The Time Machine by H. G. Wells and the short story ”A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, but a number of other texts from various different periods in time are also taken into account, mainly to provide a background for the analysis of the chosen texts. The essay is written based on the assumption that there are two distinct subcategories of time travel fiction. There is a significant difference in time travel literature written before and after The Time Machine: mainly because this work was written in a period when the concept of 'time' was changing in the public mind, due to the scientific and cultural advances in the fields of physics, philosophy and psychology. The conclusion of the study is that all examples of time travel fiction (or at least those brought up in this essay) share a common theme, namely the relation to the alien and the uncanny. Furthermore, the analysed texts seem to be firmly rooted in their respective era. Older time travel fiction in particular demonstrates that time travel is used as an alienating effect on the traveller, who is transported (willingly or not) into an unfamiliar time and is hopelessly lost in an inescapable situation. The alienation theme lives on in more modern examples of the narrative as well, but since the introduction of the The Time Machine, the time travelling protagonists have a way of fighting back against the alienation, by trying to take control of their unfamiliar situation. / Syftet med följande uppsats är att undersöka olika litterära verk innehållande tidsresor, samt det underliggande gemensamma motivet. Uppsatsens huvudfokus är kortromanen The Time Machine av H. G. Wells och novellen ”A Sound of Thunder” av Ray Bradbury, men ett antal andra texter från olika tidsperioder tas också i beaktande, främst för att tillhandahålla en bakgrund för analysen av de utvalda texterna. Uppsatsen är baserad på antagandet att det i tidsreselitteraturen finns två distinkta underkategorier. Det finns en väsentlig skillnad i  de verk som publicerades före respektive efter The Time Machine, vilket främst beror på att denna text skrevs i en tid då föreställningen om vad 'tid' är var på väg att förändras i det publika medvetandet, med anledning av de vetenskapliga och kulturella landvinningarna inom fysik, filosofi och psykologi. Studiens slutsats visar att all tidsreselitteratur (eller åtminstone de exempel som tas upp i uppsatsen) har ett gemensamt tema, nämligen relationen till det främmande och det kusliga. Vidare tycks de analyserade texterna vara tydligt förankrade i sina respektive tidsperioder. Äldre tidsreselitteratur i synnerhet använder sig av en alienerande effekt på resenären, som förflyttas (frivilligt eller ej) till en främmande tid och blir hopplöst förlorad i en ofrånkomlig situation. Alienationstemat lever vidare även i mer moderna tidsreseexempel, men sedan The Time Machine publicerades har de tidsresande protagonisterna möjligheten att slå tillbaka mot alienationen genom att försöka (och ibland till och med lyckas) att ta kontroll över den obekanta situationen.

ABSTRACT SOLID GOLD OCTOBER MAY 2012 CHRISTOPHER S. WARD, B.F.A., MASON GROSS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, RUTGERS UNIVERISTY, NEW BRUNSWICK M.F.A., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST Directed by: Professor Dara Wier This thesis is a collection of poems.

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Yes / Objectives To examine the impact of memory accessibility on episodic future thinking. Design Single-case study of neurological patient HCM and an age-matched comparison group of neurologically Healthy Controls. Methods We administered a full battery of tests assessing general intelligence, memory, and executive functioning. To assess autobiographical memory, the Autobiographical Memory Interview (Kopelman, Wilson, & Baddeley, 1990. The Autobiographical Memory Interview. Bury St. Edmunds, UK: Thames Valley Test Company) was administered. The Past Episodic and Future Episodic sections of Dalla Barba's Confabulation Battery (Dalla Barba, 1993, Cogn. Neuropsychol., 1, 1) and a specifically tailored Mental Time Travel Questionnaire were administered to assess future thinking in HCM and age-matched controls. Results HCM presented with a deficit in forming new memories (anterograde amnesia) and recalling events from before the onset of neurological impairment (retrograde amnesia). HCM's autobiographical memory impairments are characterized by a paucity of memories from Recent Life. In comparison with controls, two features of his future thoughts are apparent: Reduced episodic future thinking and outdated content of his episodic future thoughts. Conclusions This article suggests neuropsychologists should look beyond popular conceptualizations of the past–future relation in amnesia via focussing on reduced future thinking. Investigating both the quantity and quality of future thoughts produced by amnesic patients may lead to developments in understanding the complex nature of future thinking disorders resulting from memory impairments. / Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds