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Typescript manuscript of "A Personal Recollection of Theatre at Memphis State University" by Eugene Bence, a professor in the Speech and Drama Department from 1950 to 1977.

The Author And The Other: Reexamining The Doctrine Of Joint Authorship In Copyright Law, Tehila Rozencwaig-Feldman

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Over the years, there has been an increase in the importance and prevalence of the joint authorship doctrine resulting from the internet evolution and globalization processes which allow quick sharing of content and information among various creators from around the world. The collaborations that increased and intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic occurred across a wide variety of creative areas. Today, many types of works such as songs, movies, software, and computer games are created regularly through joint authorship. However, current copyright law regimes relate to this complex and fascinating phenomenon in a limited way, leading to courts’ inconsistent interpretation of …

การศึกษากลไกและเกณฑ์การจ่ายค่าตอบแทนและความเสี่ยงของผู้มีส่วนได้เสียหลักในสัญญา Ppp O&M ของโครงการทางหลวงระหว่างเมืองในประเทศไทย, นันทพัฒน์ ปิ่นตบแต่ง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ปัจจุบันรัฐได้เปิดโอกาสให้เอกชนเข้ามาร่วมลงทุนในโครงการของรัฐในรูปแบบของการจ้างดำเนินงานและบำรุงรักษาโครงการ (PPP O&M) สัญญารูปแบบดังกล่าว รายได้จากการเก็บค่าผ่านทางจะเป็นของรัฐทั้งหมด แล้วจ่ายผลตอบแทนให้กับเอกชนในลักษณะอัตราเหมาจ่าย โดยรัฐต้องแบกรับความเสี่ยงด้านการตลาด (Market risk) เช่น ความเสี่ยงด้านปริมาณจราจร เป็นต้น ส่วนเอกชนแบกรับความเสี่ยงด้านการลงทุนงานระบบ และค่ายใช้จ่ายในการดำเนินงานและบำรุงรักษา สัญญา PPP O&M ได้นำกลไกการจ่ายค่าตอบแทน (Payment mechanisms) ที่เรียกว่า “Availability Payment หรือ AP” โดยอาจจะมีการปรับลดค่าตอบแทน (Payment Adjustment) ถ้าเอกชนผู้ให้บริการไม่สามารถรักษาสภาพความพร้อมใช้และคุณภาพของการให้บริการได้ตามสัญญา งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษากลไกการจ่ายค่าตอบแทนตามความพร้อมใช้ และเกณฑ์การคำนวณการปรับค่าตอบแทนของสัญญา PPP O&M และเพื่อสร้างกรอบการคำนวณ (Computational framework) สำหรับวิเคราะห์ผลตอบแทนทางการเงิน ปัจจัยเสี่ยงและระดับความเสี่ยง (Risk variables and risk profile) ของผู้มีส่วนได้เสียหลัก ได้แก่ (1) รัฐเจ้าของโครงการ (2) เอกชนผู้ให้บริการ และ (3) สถาบันการเงินผู้ให้เงินกู้ยืม ทั้งนี้เพื่อใช้เป็นเครื่องมือประกอบการตัดสินใจของผู้มีส่วนได้เสียหลักในการพัฒนากลไกการจ่ายค่าตอบแทน โดยงานวิจัยนี้ใช้โครงการทางหลวงพิเศษระหว่างเมืองหมายเลข 6 บางปะอิน - นครราชสีมา เป็นโครงการกรณีศึกษา ผลการศึกษาพบว่ากรอบการคำนวณที่ได้พัฒนาสามารถนำมาใช้ในการประเมินผลตอบแทนทางการเงินและระดับของความเสี่ยงของแต่ละฝ่าย โดยแสดงผลการประเมินความเสี่ยงในรูปแบบ Risk profile เพื่อนำไปสู่การบริหารจัดการความเสี่ยงให้เป็นที่ยอมรับของทุกฝ่าย

School-Aged Children Of Incarcerated Parents: Information And Behavioral Interventions For Minimizing Negative Effects Of A Parent’S Absence, Rena L. Harp

Psychology Doctoral Specialization Projects

The growing population of incarcerated individuals in the United States has resulted in 2.6 million minor aged children with at least one parent living in a correctional facility. Incarcerated parents are the beginning of a ripple effect whose unique challenges directly and indirectly impact the overall well-being of their children as well as their children’s home caregivers. With this image in mind, the benefits of empirically supported data and behavioral interventions can do the same producing a positive ripple effect starting from the inside out. To evoke this positive ripple effect, resources were compared to the literature and those most …

Embodied Performance As Queer Theatre Historiography: Translation, Gender, Identity, And Temporalities In Mikhail Kuzmin's The Dangerous Precaution, Keenan Shionalyn

All Master's Theses

The “World of Art” and “The Tower,” two groups of symbolist artists in St. Petersburg at the turn of the 20^th century, are often noted for their contributions to queer art in poetry, literature, and the visual arts. However, the theatrical record has yet to acknowledge the significant contributions by these groups, largely ignoring their queer dramatic writings. Mikhail Kuzmin, a notable contributor in both groups of symbolists, is recognized for having contributed music to Meyerhold and Blok’s The Puppet Show but is less known for his multitude of plays. Seeking to remedy this problem, I examine one of …

The Duty To Take Precautions In Hostilities, And The Disobeying Of Orders: Should Robots Refuse?, Francis Grimal, Michael J. Pollard

Fordham International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Raps Sheet, January 2021, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Human Condition Through The Depiction Of Protagonists In Crime And Mystery Novels, Kevalin Kaewruean

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Extant criticism of crime and mystery fiction has indicated how protagonists have freedom of choice in dealing with difficult situations in different forms of risky or challenging settings. In this article, previous criticism is evaluated in terms of its reflection of an essential element of the human condition: the Self’s free will to construct the existential and spatial meanings of its phenomenological existence in relation to the Other. The article further indicates that protagonists tend to disregard their freedom and responsibility for their actions, especially when they make existential choices in traumatic or critical situations. Additionally, the dominance of others …

A Natural Fit For The Natural State: The Emergence Of Black Power Organizations In Arkansas From 1968-1975, Maurice D. Gipson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study seeks to explore how Black Arkansans on college campuses in rural towns navigated their local circumstances while embracing tenets of Black Power. By 1968, public PWIs in Arkansas were contending with an influx of Black students due to the gains of the Civil Rights Movement. Even though many of the universities had been integrated years and even decades earlier, they were still ill-equipped for the number of Black students that would enroll and descend upon the towns during this period.

Crouching Tiger Cello Concerto - A Melding Of Form And Content For The Concert Stage, Xiaohang Yu

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra is not only one of the most frequently performed cello concerto of the recent past; it also demonstrates Tan’s masterful synthesis of artistic forms from the Chinese and the Western art music traditions with visual media that extends beyond the concert-hall. The music for this concerto was initially composed as part of the score for Ang Lee’s film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, itself a landmark blend of Chinese cinema with Western technique. The score broke boundaries, combining Western orchestral music with traditional Chinese instruments and thematic material. This melding …

Teacher Perspectives On The Influence Of Participation In Dalcroze Training In The K–12 Music Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study, Holly Smith

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the teacher perspectives on the influence of participation in Dalcroze training in the K–12 music classroom. A primary goal was to investigate how Dalcroze training influenced music teachers’ classroom instructional practices. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was use for this study. Participants (N = 91) completed a cross-sectional survey, the Dalcroze Training Experience Questionnaire (DTEQ). Interview participants (N = 6) were selected using stratified sampling based on their years of Dalcroze experience and not demographic characteristics. Each participated in one semi-structured interview.

Quantitative data was analyzed using a …

A Glimpse Into Chinese Piano Education And Performance Through An Influential Professor, Xin Zhang

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Although China traditionally did not have keyboard instruments of its own origin, the country has taken to the modern piano exceedingly well. In the past decades, piano performance and education have progressed at an impressive rate, its popularity reaching unprecedented heights. The virtuosity of Chinese pianists has earned them prizes at renowned international competitions. These developments have sparked the interest of scholars as well as the general public.

First introduced to China around 1840, the piano was slow to be accepted, but interest grew steadily in the twentieth century. Missionaries and foreigners were the first piano teachers, with figures like …

Ending The War Against Sex Work: Why It's Time To Decriminalize Prostitution, Linda S. Anderson

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.

Workplace Based Assessment: Tools To Assess Competencies In A Clinical Setting, Amber Shahmim Sultan, Rahila Ali, Sara Shakil, Rehan Nasir Khan

Department for Educational Development

The apprenticeship model has been used for long in surgical training. It initially provides opportunity to the trainee to observe the attending surgeon, followed by gradual introduction to surgical technique under direct supervision and later with detached supervision. The attending provides informal feedback at different intervals to the trainee. Several changes have been made in postgraduate programmes with a shift towards using workplace-based assessment tools for formative and summative evaluation of the trainee's clinical skills.

The Drama Of Information Literacy: Collaborating To Incorporate Information Literacy Into A Theatre History Curriculum, Dianna Sachs, Michael J. Duffy Iv

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Information literacy (IL) has been studied extensively, but little has been written about IL applied to the study of theatre. This study addresses that lacuna by evaluating the success of a librarian-faculty collaboration to integrate IL throughout a year-long course of study. Using a pre- and post-test methodology, researchers assessed students’ knowledge on a range of IL concepts. The results were used to modify the IL curriculum to place greater emphasis on IL concepts that students struggled with, and to de-emphasize IL concepts for which students demonstrated adequate incoming knowledge. This paper will provide recommendations for librarians and other instructors …

The Matusiflute: A Bi-Timbral Flute Modification And The Cultural Influences That Inform Its Performance Practice And Repertoire, Joshua Gabriel Mcmahon

Theses : Honours

A product of flute modification and experimentation, the Matusiflute is a headjoint that allows the performer to alter the timbre of the western concert flute. This thesis examines this bi-timbral instrument, invented by Swiss flautist Professor Matthias Ziegler, and explores its capabilities to shift to a buzzing timbral colour which is similar to that of the dizi (Chinese end-blown flute). Composers may use the instrument for its unique textural timbral colour or to imitate the culturally-informed performance style of the dízi. Though reflective performance practice, music analysis and an interview with the inventor, the thesis examines the Matusiflute to …

Introduction And Appendix A: Arts And Preaching, Sunggu A. Yang

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

No abstract provided.

Musical Theatre Education’S Influence On High School Students’ Self-Esteem, Michael John Penna

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Studies have shown that middle school students’ involvement in performing arts classes helps to improve self-esteem, but there is a gap in understanding how high school students and teachers perceive the influence of musical theatre education on students’ self-esteem. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to extend research to include high school musical theatre students by examining how high school students and teachers perceive the influence of rehearsals, performance, and musical theatre education classes on students’ self-esteem and education goals. Bandura’s social cognitive theory and Kolb’s experiential learning theory were used as the conceptual framework. Eight students and …

Sugar And Salt, Elaine Monaghan

Wraparound South (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Gun Control: Republican Views For Common Ground, Ruth Yazmin Molina

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractPublic and political opinion regarding gun regulation in the United States are sharply split across the political divide. The purpose of this research was to determine the common ground among the Republican Party supporters concerning gun control legislations in the United States. The frame for the study poised into determining in what ways does an affiliation to the Republican Party influence a supporters’ views on state and federal gun laws and if members of the Republican Party believe that a common ground may exist with Democrats for passable gun control legislation. Partisan motivated reasoning theory was used to frame the …

The Well-Made Man: An Exploration Of George Tesman In Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Ryan Ernst

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Hedda Gabler is one of the best-known works of Realism theatre, and the character, Hedda, is a showcase of dynamic and challenging work; but her husband, George Tesman, rarely, if ever, is showcased. Here I explain why George’s character deserves more attention and actually makes for a better protagonist than Hedda. Textual analysis shows the absence of the play’s parental figures and a rubber band metaphor illustrates how all the characters are con-nected to each other. The misconceptions and subtext concerning George: a social filtering mechanism, perception of character, George’s selflessness, how he is made fun of, the heart compared …

Technical Direction Process For King Lear, Ashley Noel Hungerford

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis is my account as the Technical Director of King Lear filmed at West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts, School of Theatre & Dance in collaboration with West Virginia Public Broadcasting. This production took place during the COVID-19 pandemic from September 2020 – March 2021. This document will take you through budgeting, drafting, build, load in, filming, and strike processes, including how COVID-19 affected these processes. This thesis is supported by images, schedules, drafting, and paperwork.

Bravery In The Delicate: An Actor's Exploration Of Thea Elvsted In Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Mary Catherine Goff

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This purpose of this document is twofold: to examine the process of character creation over the course of my experiences performing the role of Thea Elvsted in West Virginia University’s spring 2020 production of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, and to define Thea’s dramatic significance to Hedda Gabler as a whole. The following text will provide a detailed look at the research I collected in the interest of building a cohesive view of the world of the play. Additionally, it will describe the various techniques I employed throughout the rehearsal and performance process of the production, with specific attention paid to …

Washington University Magazine, April 2021

Washington University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Jrsm 1700: Intro To Media Honors (Syllabus), Terris King

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Social background, scope, functions and organization of modern communication media, attention to all major mass communication media; history, philosophy and goals of modern journalism; impact on governmental, social and economic systems.

Jour 4530: Innovative Storytelling Techni (Syllabus), Terris King

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: The course offers instruction, training, practice, and analysis in journalistic podcasting, including research, organization, branding, and content presentation skills. The course will also focus on effective interviewing with emphasis on developing and delivering interesting and compelling content audio storytelling.

Jrsm 1800: Intro To Radio (Syllabus), Terris King

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: This course is an introduction to the production and performance skills required for basic work in radio. In addition to receiving lab training and instruction, all students will complete regular shifts at the campus radio station.

Jrsm 1800: Intro To Radio (Syllabus), Terris King

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: This course is an introduction to the production and performance skills required for basic work in radio. In addition to receiving lab training and instruction, all students will complete regular shifts at the campus radio station.

Jour 6530: Innovative Storytelling Techni (Syllabus), Terris King

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: The course offers instruction, training, practice, and analysis in journalistic podcasting, including research, organization, branding, and content presentation skills. The course will also focus on effective interviewing with emphasis on developing and delivering interesting and compelling content audio storytelling.

Jour 4530: Innovative Storytelling Techni (Syllabus), Terris King

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: The course offers instruction, training, practice, and analysis in journalistic podcasting, including research, organization, branding, and content presentation skills. The course will also focus on effective interviewing with emphasis on developing and delivering interesting and compelling content audio storytelling.