Some Problems of Money Demand

macroeconomics, monetary policy

The Greek Youthening: Assessing the Iconographic Changes within Courtship during the Late Archaic Period

During the late sixth century and early fifth century B.C., Athenian vase painters started experimenting with a new medium (i.e. red figure). Black figure was still the predominant medium by the early fifth century B.C., and its pederastic scenes on some of the vases belonged to a coherently consistent presentation or a conventional set of images. However, the conventional pederastic motifs of black figure, such as the differentiation in height between figures, the variation among lovers (e.g. bearded erastes and unbearded eromenos), and the appearance of courtship gifts all started to disappear in red figure throughout the fifth century B.C. Sir John Beazley, arguably one of the most preeminent Attic vase experts of the 20th century, noticed that the erastai (i.e. lovers) were depicted more often as youths throughout the fifth century B.C. He labeled this phenomenon as the “youthening” (Beazley 1950:321). Over the last few decades, several scholars (e.g. Shapiro 1981, 2000; Stewart 1997; Kilmer 1993; Lear and Cantarella 2008) have put forth many hypotheses regarding this “youthening”. However, their arguments have either given too much weight to social/political change (e.g. Shapiro 1981), or did not adequately take into consideration much of the extant literature (e.g. Lear and Cantarella 2008). (1) I will analyze this synchronic phenomenon by synthesizing evidence from both Attic vase materials and the extant literature; furthermore, (2) I will utilize elements of both Foucault’s (1985) “problematization” theory and Anthony Giddens’s (1986) theory of structuration as a theoretical framework for my analysis. (3) Lastly, I will demonstrate that the youthening happened as early as the late fifth century B.C., and that the addition of the cane or walking stick of the erastai was instrumental to this stylistic change because it replaced the beard as the signifier for the adult male; moreover, the “youthening” did in fact mirror certain aspects of social reality, and reflect the various forms of erotic alliances between age groups

Breaking tradition : a study of film adaptations of Richard III

Since the advent of film as a visual and artistic medium, Shakespeare\u27s Richard III has captured the interest of filmmakers and viewers alike. In the play, Shakespeare, through his central character Richard Gloucester, renders his vision of radical evil. The conception of evil, a perennial theme both in literature and in the world it seeks to describe, has changed in tandem with shifting performative mediums: A Renaissance understanding of evil is to a late twentieth-century understanding of evil as Shakespeare\u27s stage is to the modern movie theatre. In short, Shakespeare\u27s Richard is worlds apart from the evil figures that we see through pop cultural mediums today. This thesis asks the following questions: if Shakespeare\u27s England is so different from twentieth-century Hollywood, then why do filmmakers continue to revisit Shakespeare\u27s material in general and Shakespeare\u27s Richard III in specific? Further, how do they appropriate Shakespeare\u27s understanding of evil to fit with their own and their world\u27s conceptions? To answer these questions, this project examines three film adaptations: Laurence Olivier\u27s Richard III (1955), Ian McKellen\u27s Richard III (1995), and Al Pacino\u27s Looking for Richard (1996)

Strategic Positioning: UNESCO\u27s Use of Argumentation to Encourage a U.S. Return to Membership

This dissertation is an argumentation analysis of UNESCO’s use of argumentation theory to encourage a U.S. return to membership in 2003. The U.S. left UNESCO in 1985 under complaint that it had become politicized and was fraught with budgetary mismanagement. It is an attempt to bridge international communication scholarship and international relations scholarship on an organization that is positioned to have great influence in the international community

Studies of Reaction Processes for Voloxidation Methods

Various facets of the voloxidation process and processes that have been derived from the voloxidation process have been investigated since its development over four decades ago. Despite the numerous studies performed, gaps remain in understanding of particular fundamental aspects of the reaction processes. In this work, several of these specific aspects of the oxidation processes for standard voloxidation and NO2 [nitrogen dioxide] voloxidation are studied experimentally and modeled. In the case of standard voloxidation, the oxidation rates of simulant UO­2 [uranium dioxide] pressurized water reactor pellets in oxygen-rich environments were studied with an emphasis on the controlling phenomena for the reaction and the influence of cladding on these phenomena. Parametric isolation experiments for the oxidation of UO2 pellets using thermogravimetric analysis were employed in which oxidant concentration, temperature, gas flow rate, and effect of cladding were studied. To supplement the thermogravimetric experiments, the reaction interface was characterized using neutron diffraction to validate assumptions for model development. From these experiments, a model approach is derived for the oxidation of clad UO2 pellets during voloxidation. This work provides needed insight into the influence of various parameters on oxidation rate and reveals the potential controlling phenomena and their parameter dependencies to allow for improved process design. Advanced NO2 voloxidation, unlike standard voloxidation, is a novel process only recently proposed and thus there is much to investigate. The NO2 voloxidation experiments and reaction models presented focus on the oxidation process of U3O8 [triuranium octoxide] to UO3 [uranium trioxide]. A structure for the ε [epsilon]-UO3 polymorph is proposed and employed for in situ X-ray diffraction studies for quantitative analysis to determine reaction rates and reaction mechanism. The data collected were modeled using a phenomena-based approach to propose the controlling mechanism for reaction. From the findings of the research presented, a better understanding of the oxidation process of U3O8 to UO3 by NO2 was achieved