Summary of Dissertation Recitals Three Programs of Orchestral Music

The dissertation consisted of three conducting recitals. Recital 1: November 17, 2013, 2:00 PM, Power Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Works performed by the University of Michigan Opera Theatre and the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Program: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioacchino Rossini. Recital 2: November 1, 2014, 8:00 PM, Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan. Works performed by an ad hoc ensemble comprised of students from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Program: Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47, Jean Sibelius and Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, op. 64, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Assisting performer: Yi-Chun Li, violin. Recital 3: January 31, 2015, 3:00 PM, Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan. Works performed by an ad hoc ensemble comprised of students from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Program: Dances of Galánta, Zoltán Kodály, Wild Swan—Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra, Bright Sheng and Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73, Johannes Brahms. Assisting performer: Professor Chad Burrow, clarinet.AMUMusic: ConductingUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/147622/1/elimchan_1.pd

North Korean refugees and International Refugee Law

The severe food crisis of the 1990s forced thousands of North Koreans to leave their country in search of food. Most of them crossed the border into China, to which the Government of the People's Republic of China (the PRC) responded by forcibly repatriating defectors to North Korea, thus placing many of them at risk of being subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment and, at times, even death. This article provides an overview of the situation of North Korean asylum seekers and analyses the legal protection available to North Korean defectors under international law. The article focuses specifically on the situation of North Koreans in mainland China and China's obligations under international human rights and refugee law. The aim of the article is to contribute to the elaboration of durable solutions for the plight of North Korean asylum seekers and to develop a range of recommendations for law reform and policy change

Gold nanoprobes for theranostics

Gold nanoprobes have become attractive diagnostic and therapeutic agents in medicine and life sciences research owing to their reproducible synthesis with atomic level precision, unique physical and chemical properties, versatility of their morphologies, flexibility in functionalization, ease of targeting, efficiency in drug delivery and opportunities for multimodal therapy. This review highlights some of the recent advances and the potential for gold nanoprobes in theranostics

Tadpole-shaped AgInSe2 nanocrystals from a single molecular precursor and its nonlinear optical properties

10.1021/cg901254jCrystal Growth and Design1031237-124