Thesis (M.A.)--Zhongguo wen hua xue yuan. / Cover title. Reproduced from typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006. / Prepared for: Center for Public Policy. Bibliography: leaves 145-171. Also available online via the Internet.

M.Comm. / Stakeholders in the process of transfer of immovable property often argue that transfers take too long. This perception impacts unfavourably on investments in property, as well as on the effective management by conveyancing attorneys of their practices. Different views exist, however, as to how long transfers actually take in practice and as regards the period of time that would constitute a reasonable duration for a typical transfer. The purpose of the study is firstly to establish, by means of empirical research, how long transfers should take, given the factors that influence their duration, and secondly to determine how long transfers actually take in practice. The study identifies the factors that influence the duration of transfers. Based on the observations of practising conveyancers, it then proceeds to establish that typical transfers (transfers resulting from certain defined property transactions) should be registered within 6 to 12 weeks (42 to 84 days) from the date of sale. Some conveyancers prefer to express the duration of transfers in months rather than weeks, and state that two to three months (60 to 90 days) represent a normal spectrum of duration for typical transfers. A model is then developed, based on PERT (Programme Evaluation and Review Techniques), that determines the minimum and maximum duration that could reasonably be expected with regard to typical transfers. These periods are calculated as 35 days and 97 days respectively. A reasonable, "average" period for typical transfers is calculated as 63 days. Based on the above findings, the study recommends a duration of 60 to 70 days as a reasonable time span for typical transfers. This period constitutes a theoretical benchmark against which the duration of typical transfers may be measured. The thesis then proceeds to calculate the real duration of typical transfers, based on information regarding transfers that had actually been registered in South African deeds offices over a period of seven years and ten months. With the aid of electronic data it is calculated that typical transfers take an average of 90.15 days from conclusion of sale to date of registration. The median of duration is determined as 85 days and the mode as 70 days. A ten day incrementalX analysis reflects the ten day category of 61 to 70 days as the category in which the most typical transfers occur. Certain trends regarding the duration of transfers are established. Sectional title transfers are on average registered 1. 7 days faster than freehold transfers. A year-on-year comparison shows a reduction in the figure for average duration of typical transfers during the years 1995 to 1999, but average duration increases substantially in 2000 and 2001. In some deeds registries transfers are on average registered faster than in others, but no relationship is found between the volume of registrations in a particular deeds office and the average duration of these transfers. A relationship is found to exist, however, between the price bracket of a property and the duration of the transfer. Broadly speaking it can be said that the higher the price, the shorter the duration of the transfer. At first glance it appears that, generally speaking, transfers actually take as long -or ·as short- as they are in theory supposed to take. Further analysis show, however, that a mere 35.28% of typical transfers are registered within 70 days or less. Only 54.46% of typical transfers take 90 days or less to register. The fact that so many actual registrations fail to meet the theoretical standards described in the study leads to tre conclusion that the unfavourable perception about the duration of transfers has some merit. The thesis recommends that conveyancers use the findings of the study as management tools in the day to day management of their conveyancing practices. A follow- on study that addresses the unfavourable perception about the duration of transfers in more detail is also recommended.

This thesis consists of four chapters that concentrate on seven synoptic titles attributed to Jesus. Chapter one is an historical survey of how the synoptic Gospels have been studied from the second-century until today that specifically focuses on Augustine, Griesbach and the Two-Source hypotheses, Markan priority and redaction criticism. Chapter two is a redaction-critical survey that outlines additions, omissions and alterations made to the synoptic Titles Teacher, Son of Man, Lord, Messiah, Son of God, Son of David and Master. This chapter demonstrates that each Gospel author, for the needs of a new audience or different situation/audience, redacted the traditional material behind the Gospelsincluding these titles. Chapter three specifically focuses on the narrative and exegetical value of three titles out of the seven titles (Teacher, Lord and Master). This chapter proposes that each title is used for specific purposes and in specific contexts to reveal unique theological contributions made by each synoptic evangelist. In chapter four, the results and conclusions from chapters two and three are applied to modem English translations questioning if translators do justice to Matthew, Mark and Luke's creativity. This chapter questions if Matthew's, Mark's and Luke's tendencies in the handling of traditional material are reflected in these translations or do English translations interpret, translate and/or redact in their own unique way(s)? To conclude, this thesis proposes, that, just as Matthew, Mark and Luke redacted certain titles for their new audience and situation, hermeneutically, Christians today must consider the relevance of the Gospel for their "new" audience and situation. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

During the Second Temple period (516 BCE–70 CE) a series of developments contributed to a growing reticence to use the divine name, YHWH. The name was eventually restricted among priestly and pious circles, and then disappeared. The variables are poorly understood and the evidence is scattered. Scholars have supposed that the second century BCE was a major turning point from the use to non-use of the divine name, and depict this phenomenon as a linear development. Many have arrived at this position, however, through only partial consideration of currently available evidence. The current study offers for the first time a complete collection of extant evidence from the Second Temple period in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek in order answer the question of how, when, and in what sources the divine name is used and avoided. The outcome is a modified chronology for the Tetragrammaton’s history. Rather than a linear development from use to avoidance, the extant evidence points to overlapping use and non-use throughout most of the Second Temple period. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

陳潔珊. / 書名中之「貯」「履」二字原為金文. / 論文(碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院中國語言及文學學部, 1997. / 參考文獻: leaves 281-302. / Chen Jieshan. / Chapter 第一章 --- 引言 --- p.1 / 第一章注釋 --- p.4 / Chapter 第二章 --- 金文中的「？」字 --- p.5 / Chapter (1) --- 金文中「？」字及「？田」的解釋 --- p.5 / Chapter (a) --- 「？」隸定爲「？」（「貯」）字 --- p.5 / Chapter (b) --- 「？田」即「租田」說 --- p.16 / Chapter (c) --- 「？田」即「賈田」說 --- p.26 / Chapter (d) --- 「？田」即「予田」或「舍田」說 --- p.41 / Chapter (e) --- 「？田」即「償田」說 --- p.46 / Chapter (f) --- 「？田」即「除田」說 --- p.47 / Chapter (g) --- 「？」、「？」義近說 --- p.48 / Chapter (2) --- 小結 --- p.50 / 第二章 注釋 --- p.53 / Chapter 第三章 --- 金文中的「舍」字 --- p.78 / Chapter (1) --- 金文中「舍」字及「舍田」的解釋 --- p.78 / Chapter (a) --- 「舍」即「賜予」說 --- p.78 / Chapter (b) --- 「舍田」即「予田」說 --- p.88 / Chapter (2） --- 小結 --- p.94 / 第三章 注釋 --- p.104 / Chapter 第四章 --- 金文中的「？」字 --- p.114 / Chapter (1) --- 《散氏盤》「？」字的解釋 --- p.114 / Chapter (a) --- 「？」即「眉」字說 --- p.114 / Chapter (i) --- 「？」」即「堳埒」的「堳」 --- p.114 / Chapter (ii) --- 「？」即周初微國 --- p.120 / Chapter (b) --- 「？」即「履」字說 --- p.123 / Chapter (2) --- 金文「履田」考 --- p.129 / Chapter (3) --- 小結 --- p.144 / 第四章 注釋 --- p.152 / Chapter 第五章 --- 金文中的「封」字 --- p.167 / Chapter (1) --- 金文中「封」字的解釋 --- p.167 / Chapter (2) --- 「封」、「邦」二字同源考 --- p.172 / Chapter (3) --- 金文中有關封疆劃界的記載 --- p.180 / Chapter (4) --- 小結 --- p.191 / 第五章 注釋 --- p.194 / Chapter 第六章 --- 「？田」、「舍田」、「履田」、「立封」所反映的西 周土地交換情況 --- p.201 / Chapter (1) --- 土地交換並非私下買賣 --- p.201 / Chapter (2) --- 土地交換的原因 --- p.207 / Chapter (3) --- 土地交換的程序 --- p.210 / Chapter (4) --- 小結 --- p.223 / 第六章 注釋 --- p.226 / Chapter 第七章 --- 總結 --- p.236 / 第七章 注釋 --- p.242 / 附錄 --- p.243 / 附錄一 本文引用銘文的拓本及釋文 --- p.243 / 附錄二 《毛公鼎》銘「？」字考釋 --- p.273 / 附錄三 《牆盤》銘「？」字考釋 --- p.276 / 參考書目 --- p.281

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<p>This essay deals with some of the difficulties that translation of a technical text may present, more specifically the handling of terminology, proper nouns and titles of cited publications. For this purpose, a text dealing with medical geology, taken from <em>Essentials of Medical Geology</em> (Selinus <em>et al</em>., 2005), was translated and analysed.</p><p>Medical geology is an interdisciplinary science and hence contains terminology from several different scientific areas. The present study includes terminology within the field of medicine and geochemistry in the analysis. The preferred and predominant translation procedure was literal translation (Munday, 2001:57). Many source text terms have synonyms in the target language. With the intention to preserve and transfer the level of technical style into the target text, terms were analysed and classified as belonging to one of three levels of technical style: <em>academic</em>, <em>professional</em> and <em>popular</em> (Newmark, 1988:151). The handling of proper nouns connected to medicine and geology was also included in the analysis. One common procedure is to use a translation which is established in the target language. The present study discusses the strategies used when no such established translation was found. The procedure of using a recognised translation was discussed in connection to the handling of titles of cited publications referred to in the source text.</p>

This dissertation reconstructs the settlement of the Middle Jubba Valley of Somalia by ex-slaves, their descendents, and other Somalis from 1850 to the present. It is an historical study of the construction of a social identity of the Jubba Valley agriculturalist population, and of the evolution of land tenure and land use patterns in the mid-valley. In examining the effects on valley farmers of new land tenure laws requiring registration of land, it shows how power dynamics are integral to the working of land tenure systems.