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Comparing The Discourse Of Popular Politics In Korea And China: From Civil Society To Social Movements, William A. Callahan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

The Korea Journal’s series of articles addressing the question of civil society are a timely addition to the struggle over the discourse of democracy which is common to many countries in Pacific Asia. Since Professor Han Sang-Jin’s article does an excellent job of critically summarizing Chung Chulhee, Cho Hein and David Steinberg’s arti cles on Korean civil society, it seems that there is not much more to be said on the topic. To add to this discussion I will try to expand the discourse geographically and conceptually. Geographically, I will compare the discourse of popular politics in Korea with that …

The Ideology Of Miss Thailand In National, Consumerist And Transnational Space, William A. Callahan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Every morning at 8:00 a.m. (with flag-raising) and every evening at 6:00 P.M. (with flag lowering) the official symbolic identity of Thai- land is displayed - by state order - on television. These displays are a graphic daily reminder of how nationalism, the military, and the media are tightly bound together in Thailand. Though it seems like a timeless tradition of respect for essential national symbols, this tele- vized ritual is the result of a "revolutionary order" issued by the right-wing dictators who took power with the brutal October 6, 1976, massacre and military coup.1 These media productions are part …

Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog [1997-1998], Georgia Southern University

Undergraduate & Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Philosopher's Stone, Philosophical Discussion Group, Armstrong State University

The Philosopher's Stone

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Simply C.S. Lewis: A Beginner's Guide to the Life and Works of C.S. Lewis. Thomas C. Peters. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis, Lightbearer in the Shadowlands: The Evangelistic Vision of C.S. Lewis. Ed. by Angus J.L. Menuge. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

VII, An Anglo-American Literary Review. Volume 14, 1997. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis, A Companion and Guide. Walter Hooper. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Heaven and Earth in the Middle Ages. Rudolf Simak. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Green Man. Kathleen Basford. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

A Dictionary of Fabulous Beasts. Richard Barber and Anne Riches. Reviewed by …

Phthalocyanines And Related Compounds: Subunits For The Preparation Of Molecular Materials, J. Garcia, A. Gonzalez, A. Gouloumis, E.M. Maya, M.D. Perez, B.D. Rey, P. Vazquez, T. Torres

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The design, synthesis, structural and physical characterization and engineering, and the study of the electrical conductivity and the nonlinear optical properties of phthalocyanines and molecular substances related to them, such as subphthalocyanines, hemiporphyrazines and triazolephthalocyanines were reviewed.

Electropolymerization Of Thiophene With And Without Aniline In Acetonitrile, Muzaffer Can, Kadir Pekmez, Nuran Pekmez, Attila Yildiz

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The electrooxidation behaviors of thiophene and 3-methylthiophene on a Pt surface in acetonitrile/tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate solution were investigated using cyclic voltammetry. The electropolymerization of these monomers and electrochemical properties of polythiophene and poly(3-methylthiophene) were studied in neutral, acidic and basic media. Mechanisms related to the formation of polymers and electroactivity loss were proposed. The effect of thiophene on the electropreparation and properties of polyaniline were also investigated. The presence of thiophene in solutions of aniline in acetonitrile accelerates the formation and causes an improvement in the conductivity of polyaniline films. Thiophene, which catalyzes the polyaniline formation, enters into the structure of …

Electrically Conductive Polymer Grafts Prepared By Electrochemical Polymerization Of Pyrrole Onto Poly[(Methyl Methacrylate)-Co-(2-(N-Pyrrolyl) Ethyl Methacrylate)] Electrodes, Nuran Balci, Ural Akbulut, Levent Toppare, Dietmar Stanke, Manfred L. Hallensleben

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Pyrrole was grafted on poly[(methyl methacrylate)-co-(2-(N-pyrrolyl) ethyl methacrylate)] (PMMA-co-PEMA) using constant potential electrolyses. The thermal stability of PMMA-co-PEMA was improved as a result of electrochemical grafting with pyrrole. The electrochemical behavior of the films was studied by cyclic voltammetry. Pyrrole was found to be electroactive on PMMA-co-PEMA electrodes.

The Removal Of Organic Sulfur From Two Turkish Lignites By Chlorinolysis, Yücel Y. Kadioğlu, Semra Karaca, Samih Bayrakçeken, M. Şahin Gülaboğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The removal of organic sulfur from two Turkish lignites by chlorinolysis with chlorine gas in water and water-carbon tetrachloride media at ambient pressure was examined. The effects of stirring speed (5-20 s^{-1}), particle size (250-425, 150-180 and 74-88 \mu m), temperature (13-70°C) and time (0-10800 s) were investigated. Significant portions of the organic sulfur in the coal samples were removed.

Potentiometric Titrations Of Semicarbazone Derivatives 6-Keto 9-17 Mono Methyl Substituted Octadecanoic Acids In Non-Aqueous Media, Mustafa Yalçin, Süleyman Tanyolaç, İrfan Kizilcikli, Aydın Tavman

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The pK$_a$ values of 6-semicarbazone 9-17 monomethyl substituted octadecanoic acids were determined using the potentiometric titration method. 2-Propanol was used as the non-aqueous medium and tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH) as the titrant in the experiments. The contribution of semicarbazone and methyl groups to the pK$_a$ values of octadecanoic acids was investigated and evaluated. In addition, observations were made on the IR spectra of the compounds.

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Determination Of The Protonation Constants Of 2-[4-Dimethylaminocinnamalamino] Benzoic Acid (Dacab) In Dioxane - Water Medium And Preparation Of Some Of Its Transition Metal Complexes, Mustafa Yalçin, Harun Mutluay, Hüsnü Cankurtaran

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In this study, the Schiff base 2-[4-Dimethylaminocinnamalamino]- benzoic acid [(CH$_3$)$_2$N.C$_6$H$_4$.CH:CH.N.C$_6$H$_4$.COOH] (DACAB) was prepared by the reaction of 2-Aminobenzoic acid with p-Dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde. The protonation constants of the ligand were determined in a 50\% (v/v) dioxane - water medium using the Irving-Rossotti and PKAS-BEST computer methods. The complexes of Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) with DACAB were synthesized and the structures of these complexes were elucidated by means of data obtained from elemental analysis, using IR, $^1$H-NMR methods. The magnetic properties of the solid complexes were measured.

Electrochemical Polymerization And Analysis Of Some Aniline Derivatives, Bekir Sari, Muzaffer Talu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In this study, conductive homopolymers of o-chloroaniline, p-bromoaniline and N-methylaniline were synthesized electrochemically in perchloric acidic solution and their properties were analyzed. Initially, the maximum oxidation potential values of these monomer solutions were determined by Cyclic Voltammetry (CV). Their conductive polymers were then synthesized under a nitrogen atmosphere using a potentiostat. FTIR spectra were taken in order to analyze the structural properties of the resulting polymers. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was conducted and surface micrographs were taken by a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The conductivity levels of the polymers were determined by the Four Probe technique. Magnetic properties of the samples …

Polarographic Studies On The Kinetics Of The Electrode Reaction Of 4-Benzoyl-1,5 Diphenyl Pyrazole-3-Carboxylic Acid, M. Veri̇rşen, S. Erturan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The polarographic behavior of 4-Benzoyl-1,5 diphenyl pyrazole-3- Carboxylic acid (BDPPCA) in aqueous ethanol solution (76 \% v/v) at 25^oC was studied as a function of pH using Mcl buffer solution. One well-defined wave was obtained in the pH range of 3.3-5.4. This wave, corresponding to two electron reduction processes, was irreversible and diffusion controlled. However, in the pH range of 5.4-7.4 a single reversible and diffusion-controlled wave involving two electrons resulted. The kinetic parameters $(n_a, k^o_{f,h})$ were calculated by Koutecky's method. A tentative mechanism was put forward for the reduction process of depolarizer. Furthermore, the effects of different supporting electrolytes …

Separation Of Molybdenum, Vanadium And Nickel By Liquid-Liquid Extraction, T. Coşar, R. Zi̇yadanoğullari

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Elements in the ash of asphaltites that is used in thermal central for power generation units are Mo, V, U, Ti and Ni. The main goal of this study was to separate molybdenum, vanadium and nickel from the aqueous solution. The quantities of the above elements in solution were in the range of 50-80 ppm. The separate these elements from solution, the liquid-liquid extraction method was applied to samples. Alamine 336 was used as extractant. During the reduction-oxidation processes, single and multiple extraction methods were applied to the solution in combination. The quantities of molybdenum, vanadium and nickel in the …

Potentiometric Investigation Of The Effects Of Several Substituents On The Basicity Of Benzilidene-O-Hydroxyaniline, Esma Kiliç, Orhan Atakol, E. Canel, Zehra Ali̇beşeoğlu, Turgut Gündüz, Fitnat Köseoğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Chloro-, bromo-, iodo-, nitro-, methoxy- and hydroxy-substituted benzilidene-o-hydroxyaniline were prepared in order to investigate the effects of substituents on the basicity of benzilidene-o-hydroxyaniline. For each substituent, three isomers -- ortho, meta and para -- were synthesised. Schiff bases were titrated potentiometrically with perchloric acid in nitrobenzene solvent at $25^{\circ}$C. All compounds gave well-shaped titration curves, from which half-neutralisation potentials were calculated. The trend in the values of half-neutralisation potentials of Schiff bases were explained in terms of the nature of the substituents. The applicability of the Hammett equation to the effect of substituents in Schiff bases in nitrobenzene solvent was …

Improvisation In Latin Dance Music: History And Style, Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

Latin dance music constitutes one of the most dynamic and sophisticated urban popular music traditions in the Americas. Improvisation plays an important role in this set of genres, and its styles are sufficiently distinctive, complex, and internally significant as to merit book-length treatment along the lines of Paul Berliner's volume Thinking in Jazz (1994). To date, however, the subject of Latin improvisation has received only marginal and cursory analytical treatment, primarily in recent pedagogical guidebooks and videos. While a single chapter such as this can hardly do justice to the subject, an attempt will be made here to sketch some …

Chutney And Indo-Trinidadian Cultural Identity, Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

Since the early 1980s Indian diasporic communities have attained sufficient size, affluence, self-awareness and generational distance from South Asia to have created a set of popular music styles that are autonomous and distinctive rather than strictly derivative of Indian models. While the bhangra music of British Punjabis has attracted some scholarly and journalistic attention, chutney, a syncretic IndoCaribbean popular music and dance idiom, is little known outside its own milieu. This article constitutes a preliminary socio-musical study of chutney.

Making Meaning Transformative Art Education For Middle School, Julia Marshall

Doctoral Dissertations

The problems this study addresses are the purpose and the methodology of contemporary art education in middle school. The research explores art-making as a potent teaching/learning process when used in critical pedagogy and participatory research. The study seeks to inquire into the world of the young adolescent, identifying the needs, issues and problems specific to middle school age students. It does this through using personal and communal life as the subject of art-making and reflection. Specifically, the study looks at what students discover about themselves and each other and the strategies that facilitate that discovery. The study examines how art …

A Framework For Controlling Quality Of Sessions In Multimedia Systems, Alaa S. Youssef

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

Collaborative multimedia systems demand overall session quality control beyond the level of quality of service (QoS) pertaining to individual connections in isolation of others. At every instant in time, the quality of the session depends on the actual QoS offered by the system to each of the application streams, as well as on the relative priorities of these streams according to the application semantics. We introduce a framework for achieving QoSess control and address the architectural issues involved in designing a QoSess control laver that realizes the proposed framework. In addition, we detail our contributions for two main components of …

Gender Politics In Caribbean Popular Music: Consumer Perspectives And Academic Interpretation, Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mapping Mediation: The Risks Of Riskin's Grid, Kimberlee K. Kovach, Lela P. Love

Articles

We use maps for orientation and guidance. A topographical map and compass guide us through unmarked terrain. To pass a bar exam, law students follow a course carefully mapped out by BAR/ BRI. To understand political configurations, we study maps of the world, indicating countries and states and their boundaries. Maps are important. They create paradigms or "boxes" within which to operate safely and efficiently. The universe a map depicts-what is put in and what is left out-must have an internal cohesion, logic, and accuracy. If not, maps misguide their users.

Harding University Catalog 1998-1999, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Academic catalog for the undergraduate programs at Harding University.

Harding University School Of Education Graduate Catalog, 1998-1999, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Academic catalog for the graduate education program at Harding University.

Logiccity: On-Line Digital Logic Simulator, Jihad Z. Almahayni

Open Access Master's Theses

A primary challenge for science educators is to develop ways to help students understand new ideas that cannot be directly observed. The application of computer simulations is one method instructors may use to address the problem of teaching for conceptual understanding. The use of computer simulations for science teaching is increasing steadily because simulations provide students with the opportunity to witness or "perform" experiments that might otherwise be too expensive, too time consuming, or too dangerous for them to do in the lab. Simulation, in general, is a very effective way for both a student and a professional to visualize …

Database Security: Evaluation Of A Multi-Policy Access Control Model, Fei Dong

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

As an increasing number of organizations become dependent on access to their data stored in the database, the need for adequate security measures is becoming more and more critical. Enforcing data protection means safeguarding data from unauthorized or improper disclosures or modifications. Access control policies should be independent of the mechanisms that will implement the physical control of access: this allows control mechanism to be available for different policies. Although considerable work was done on access control models and related mechanisms for databases (Castano & Fugini, 1994), current access control models and mechanisms are not flexible enough to meet the …

The Predictive Effectiveness Of Previous Offensive Play Selections On Future Play Selections In College Football, Ross Michael Els

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The popularity of college football is indisputable. In 1987, over 350 million people attended NCAA football contests which pushed the three year attendance figure from 1985 to 1987 to over one billion. Because of this popularity, however, intense pressure to win has been placed on players, coaches and administrators. To confound the problem, offenses have grown in complexity since the early years of college football. To assist teams in preparing for upcoming opponents, coaching staffs view films of the opponent's previous games. The coaches gather information from the films and develop tendencies in hopes that the upcoming opponent will repeat …

Coaching Philosophy Differences Among Ncaa Division Iii Head Men’S Basketball Coaches, Mark J. Franzen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to describe the coaching philosophies of men's head basketball coaches at the NCAA Division III level in three areas: (a) coach's expectation of the athlete, (b) coach's role in the overall development of the athlete, and ( c) conditions believed essential to maximize team performance. All of the coaches in this study were from private institutions. A modified questionnaire from Eitzen and Pratt (1989) was used as the instrument in this study. The questionnaire pertained to three areas of coaching philosophy and was divided into three sections: ( a) coach's expectation of the athlete, …

Freedom Of Speech: How Does The New York Constitution Compare To The United States Constitution, Eileen R. Kaufman, Leon Friedman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

One of the most interesting, and certainly most litigated, defamation questions in New York State is when constitutional protection should be afforded speech that arguably would be regarded as opinion. In resolving that question, the New York Court of Appeals has decided that the New York State Constitution affords greater protection for speech than does the federal constitution. While the New York standard seems to be far more generous in protecting speech than the federal standard, it may be that in the vast majority of cases, the outcomes would be the same under either state or federal analysis. The two …

The Policy And Politics Of Charter Making: The Story Of New York City's 1989 Charter, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., Eric Lane

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

On November 7, 1989, the voters of the City of New York approved, by a vote of fifty-five percent to forty-five percent, the broadest and most radical changes to their Charter since 1901. These changes abolished the City's historic Board of Estimate, while preserving a borough voice in government, expanding and increasing the powers of the City Council, retooling almost all of the City's significant decision-making processes, and adding a myriad of other changes. These changes were the product of a revision process that started in mid-1987 with the first hearings of an initial Charter revision commission, and moved to …