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by Lee Kin Ming. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-225). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i ; ABBREVIATIONS --- p.ii ; ABSTRACT --- p.vii ; ABSTRACT IN CHINESE --- p.ix ; LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xi ; LIST OF TABLES --- p.xv ; CONTENTS --- p.xvi ; Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Cordyceps --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.1 --- Pharmacological Functions of Cordyceps --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1.1.1 --- Anti-tumor Activities --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1.1.2 --- Immunomodulatory Activities --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.1.1.3 --- Hepatic Functions --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.1.1.4 --- Cardiovascular Functions --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.1.1.5 --- Renal Functions --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Biological Activities of Cordycepin --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Inhibition of RNA Synthesis --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- Disruption of Microtubule Network --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.2.3 --- Inhibition of Nucleic Acid Methylation --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.4 --- Enhancement of Cell Differentiation --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.5 --- Anti-tumor Activity --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.6 --- Anti-fungal Activity --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Hepatocellular Carcinoma --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.3.1 --- Incidence and Risk Factor of Hepatocellular Carcinoma --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.3.2 --- Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.3.2.1 --- Hepatic Resection --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.3.2.2 --- Liver Transplantation --- p.17 ; Chapter 1.3.2.3 --- Non-surgical Therapeutic Modalities for Hepatocellular Carcinoma --- p.17 ; Chapter 1.3.3 --- Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines --- p.20 ; Chapter 1.3.3.1 --- Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line HepG2 --- p.20 ; Chapter 1.3.3.2 --- Multidrug Resistant Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line R-HepG2 --- p.20 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Multidrug Resistance of Tumor Cells --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.4.1 --- Multidrug Resistance Mediated by P-Glycoprotein --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.4.1.1 --- Location and Structure of P-Glycoprotein --- p.22 ; Chapter ...

Gao Yang. ; Thesis submitted in: June 2005. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-133). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; GENDER AND NATIONALISM IN CHINESE FILMS BETWEEN 1949 AND 1989 --- p.I ; 摘要 --- p.III ; ABBREVIATIONS --- p.VIII ; Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Literature Review --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.1 --- "Nation, State and Nationalism" --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2 --- Gender and Nation in Chinese Cinematic Narration --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Methodology --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Typology --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- Film Analysis as Method --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.2.3 --- Case Selection --- p.16 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF CHINA: 1949-1989 --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Background of the First Period:1949-1978 --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- "New China, New Women" --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- The Cooperative Movement and the Communization Movement:1952- --- p.24 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- The Great Leap Forward and the Suppression of Individualism:1958-1960 --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.1.4 --- The Magnification of Class Struggle and the Cultural Revolution --- p.28 ; Chapter 2.1.5 --- The Unchanged Philosophy behind the Changing Policies: the Strategic Opening Up of Public Domain for Women --- p.30 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Economic and Political Landscape after the Cultural Revolution: 1979-1989 --- p.31 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Economic Reform and the Concomitant Social Problems --- p.31 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Political Liberalization and the Backlashes --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- "The ""Cultural Fever"" and the ""Fifth Generation"" Filmmakers" --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.2.3.1 --- Collective Frustration: The Social Sentiment after the National Trauma --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.2.3.1.1 --- Traumatic Experiences during the Cultural Revolution --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.2.3.1.2 --- The Lost Past --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.2.3.1.3 --- The Meaningless Present --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.2.3.2 --- The Specter of Westernization --- p.37 ; Chapter 2.2.3.2.1 --- ...

Chan, Wing Hin. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-143). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgement --- p.ii ; Abstract --- p.iii ; 摘要 --- p.vi ; Table of Content --- p.viii ; List of Figures --- p.xiv ; List of Tables --- p.xvi ; Abbreviations --- p.xviii ; Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Food and herb authentication --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.1 --- Background and definition --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.2 --- Importance of species identification in food and herb authentication --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Primary health care --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Food and herb safety --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.1.2.3 --- Conservation --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.1.3 --- Methods for species identification in food and herb authentication --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.1.3.1 --- Morphological identification --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1.3.2 --- Chemical analysis --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.1.3.3 --- Molecular analysis --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.1.4 --- Legislation --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.1.4.1 --- Labeling ´ب --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.1.4.2 --- Chinese medicine : --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.1.4.3 --- Conservation --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Dongchongxiacao --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Background information of Dongchongxiacao --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- Classification of fungal part of Dongchongxiacao --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.2.3 --- Dongchongxiacao as a Traditional Chinese Medicine. --- p.15 ; Chapter 1.2.4 --- The Dongchongxiacao market --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.2.5 --- Adulteration and contamination of Dongchongxiacao --- p.18 ; Chapter 1.2.6 --- Authentication of Dongchongxiacao --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.2.6.1 --- Morphological identification --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.2.6.2 --- Chemical analysis --- p.20 ; Chapter 1.2.6.3 --- Molecular analysis --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.2.6.3.1 --- "FINS analysis with genomic ITS, nrLSU, EF-lα and rpbl regions for fungal analyses" --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.2.6.3.2 --- FINS analysis with mitochondrial CytB and COI regions for caterpillar analyses --- p.24 ; Chapter 1.3 --- ...

Wong, Ngan Yuk. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-128). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Thesis/Assessment Committee --- p.i ; Declaration --- p.ii ; Abstract (in English) --- p.iii ; Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.v ; Acknowledgments --- p.vi ; Table of Contents --- p.vii ; List of Abbreviations --- p.xi ; List of Figures --- p.xiv ; List of Tables --- p.xvi ; Chapter 1. --- Literature review --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1. --- Introduction to Cordyceps --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2. --- Ingredients of Cordyceps and their related biological activities --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.2.1. --- "Amino acids, peptides, proteins and polyamines" --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.2.1.1. --- Proteins --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.2.2. --- Saccharides and sugar derivatives --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.2.2.1. --- Polysaccharides --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.2.3. --- Nucleosides --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.2.3.1. --- Cordycepin --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.2.3.2. --- Adenosine --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.2.4. --- Fatty acids and sterols --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.2.5. --- Vitamins and inorganics --- p.15 ; Chapter 1.3. --- Cordyceps and their related biological activities --- p.15 ; Chapter 1.3.1. --- Cordyceps militaris --- p.15 ; Chapter 1.3.2. --- Cordyceps sinensis --- p.17 ; Chapter 1.4. --- Proteomic tools used to study the change in protein expression profiles --- p.21 ; Chapter 1.4.1. --- Proteomic tools in studies of the change in protein expression --- p.21 ; Chapter 1.4.2. --- Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.4.3. --- Mass spectrometry --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.4.4. --- Current challenges --- p.23 ; Chapter 2. --- Methodology --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.1. --- Cultivation of Cordyceps militaris --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.2. --- Preparation of Cordyceps extracts for anti-proliferation assay on cell lines --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.2.1. --- Types of the extracts of Cordyceps --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.2.2. --- Preparation of the Cordyceps extracts --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.3. --- Anti-proliferation assay on cell lines for extract screening --- ...

Meng Lingsheng. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32-35). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 2 --- Institutional Background --- p.3 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Private Businesses in China since1978 --- p.3 ; Chapter 2.2 --- PC and CPPCC --- p.6 ; Chapter 3 --- Hypotheses --- p.7 ; Chapter 4 --- Data and Variables --- p.13 ; Chapter 5 --- Econometric Specification --- p.16 ; Chapter 6 --- Empirical Results --- p.17 ; Chapter 6.1 --- Conditional Probability Analysis of Political Participation --- p.17 ; Chapter 6.2 --- Multinomial Logit Analysis of Political Participation --- p.18 ; Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.22 ; Appendix 1: Institutional Indices --- p.24 ; Tables --- p.25 ; References --- p.32

Chiu, Ming Ho. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-155). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgements --- p.v ; Table of Contents --- p.vii ; List of Tables --- p.xi ; List of Figures --- p.xiii ; List of Plates --- p.xiv ; Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.1 --- Environment of Hong Kong --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.1.1 --- Flat land area --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.1.2 --- Population --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.1.3 --- Climate --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2 --- Landslides in Hong Kong --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Landslide history --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Government actions on landslide prevention --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.1.3 --- Slopes in Hong Kong --- p.8 ; Chapter 1.1.4 --- Slope stabilization --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.1.4.1 --- Conventional methods of slope stabilization --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.1.4.2 --- Biotechnical stabilization --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Situation in Hong Kong --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Slope protection in the past --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- Government action on improving slope appearance --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.2.3 --- Proprietary slope greening techniques --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Vegetation growth on slopes --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.3.1 --- Basic requirements of plants --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.3.2 --- Potential problems of proprietary systems on shotcreted cut slopes --- p.24 ; Chapter 1.3.2.1 --- Steep gradient --- p.24 ; Chapter 1.3.2.2 --- Thin soil --- p.24 ; Chapter 1.3.2.3 --- Rainfall seasonality --- p.25 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Current study --- p.26 ; Chapter 1.4.1 --- Objectives --- p.26 ; Chapter 1.4.2 --- Significance --- p.26 ; Chapter 1.4.3 --- Thesis layout --- p.27 ; Chapter Chapter 2 --- Soil water status and vegetation of cut slopes --- p.30 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.30 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Study site --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- In situ measurements and substrate sampling --- p.43 ; Chapter ...

Wang, Jing. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-142). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract ; Acknowledgements ; Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.7 ; Chapter A. --- Background leading to the research question --- p.7 ; Chapter I. --- The socialist legacy: the institutional failure of China ´ةs labor regime --- p.8 ; Chapter II. --- Society in action: the emergence of migrant worker NGOs --- p.10 ; Chapter B. --- Research Question --- p.16 ; Chapter C. --- Significance of the research --- p.18 ; Chapter D. --- Research Structure --- p.21 ; Chapter I. --- Relationship with official trade unions --- p.22 ; Chapter II. --- Relationship with enterprises (suppliers and MNCs) --- p.22 ; Chapter III. --- Relationship with foreign NGOs --- p.24 ; Chapter F. --- The Organization of the Thesis --- p.24 ; Chapter Chapter Two: --- Literature Review --- p.26 ; Chapter A. --- State-society relations: a Civil Society Perspective --- p.27 ; Chapter B. --- Industrial relations as Embedded in the State-society Relations --- p.35 ; Chapter C. --- Major Inadequacies in Literatures --- p.40 ; Chapter Chapter Three: --- Methodology --- p.42 ; Chapter A. --- Research Question and Research Design --- p.42 ; Chapter B. --- Justifications for Case Study as an Appropriate Method for this Research --- p.44 ; Chapter C. --- Selection of the Case --- p.48 ; Chapter D. --- Conducting Case Studies --- p.49 ; Chapter E. --- Problems Associated with the Case Study --- p.51 ; Chapter F. --- Summary --- p.51 ; Chapter Chapter Four: --- Impoverishment of Migrant Labor: Global Capitalism and China's Urban-rural Structural Divide --- p.51 ; Chapter A. --- Global Capitalism: the Political Economy of Export-orientated Industry --- p.55 ; Chapter B. --- Labor Regime Facilitative to Exploitation --- p.59 ; Chapter C. --- The Socio-political Underpinnings of the Labor Regime: Residence Registration System and Two-tier Labor Market --- p.63 ; Chapter D. --- ...

Wong Lai Fong Yvonne. ; Thesis submitted in: July 2005. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT --- p.ii ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv ; TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.v ; Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Common explanations of economic success --- p.2 ; Chapter i) --- Explanation from Neoclassical Economic Perspectives --- p.3 ; Chapter ii) --- Explanation from the Statist Perspective --- p.5 ; Chapter iii) --- Limitations of Neoclassical and Statist Perspectives --- p.7 ; Chapter iv) --- Importance of the interorganizational relationships perspective --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.3 --- The Research --- p.11 ; Chapter i) --- The choice of studying the software industry --- p.11 ; Chapter ii) --- Research questions and significance --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Layout --- p.13 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW: THE STUDY OF INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE IT INDUSTRY ; Chapter 2.1 --- Importance of Social Networks --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Theories in the Network Approach I - Social Embeddedness: The Fundamental Building Block of the Network Approach --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Theories in the Network Approach II - The Social Network Approach --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Theories in Network Approach III - Factors affecting the formation of networks --- p.22 ; Chapter i) --- Prior ties or pre-existing network --- p.22 ; Chapter ii) --- Expectations from social networks --- p.23 ; Chapter iii) --- Incentive schemes by government - industry promotion schemes nurturing public-private or private-private partnership --- p.26 ; Chapter iv) --- IT clusters --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Theories in Network Approach IV ´ؤ Interorganizational Alliances and Social Capital --- p.31 ; Chapter i) --- Interorganizational alliances and organizational outcomes --- p.31 ; Chapter ii) --- Enhanced performance through social capital --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.6 ...

Chiu Yuen Ming Vivian. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-87). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Chapter Chapter 1 - --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Significance --- p.7 ; Chapter Chapter 2 - --- Literature review --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Definition of nation --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.2 --- History of Chinese nationalism --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.3 --- From state nationalism to popular nationalism --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Three levels of Chinese nationalism --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Media and nationalism --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.5.1 --- Media in China- newspapers --- p.20 ; Chapter Chapter 3 - --- Framing --- p.22 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.22 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Four different frames --- p.24 ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- National self respect --- p.27 ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- National self strengthening --- p.28 ; Chapter 3.2.3 --- Co-operation with Japan --- p.30 ; Chapter 3.2.4 --- National humiliation --- p.31 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Framing Sino-Japanese relationship --- p.33 ; Chapter Chapter 4 - --- Methodology --- p.35 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Theoretical concern --- p.35 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Case study --- p.35 ; Chapter 4.2.1 --- First case study: the Mukden incident --- p.36 ; Chapter 4.2.2 --- Second case study: Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine --- p.37 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Media text --- p.39 ; Chapter 4.3.1 --- People's Daily --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.3.2 --- Global Times --- p.42 ; Chapter 4.3.4 --- Southern Metropolis News --- p.45 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Data and sampling --- p.47 ; Chapter 4.5 --- Content analysis --- p.49 ; Chapter 4.6 --- Hypothesis --- p.50 ; Chapter 4.7 --- Coding categories and schemes --- p.54 ; Chapter 4.8 --- Coding training --- p.55 ; Chapter Chapter 5 - --- Results --- p.57 ; Chapter 5.1 --- Overview --- p.57 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Quantitative results --- p.59 ; Chapter Chapter 6 - --- Discussion --- p.67 ; Chapter 6.1 --- Analysis --- p.67 ; Chapter 6.1.1 --- National self respect --- p.68 ...

Xia Xiang. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-102). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract (in English) --- p.i-iii ; Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.iv-v ; Acknowledgement --- p.vi-vii ; List of Figures --- p.xii ; List of Tables --- p.xiii ; Abbreviations --- p.xiv ; Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-7 ; Chapter 1.1 --- The Rationale of the Study --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- The Scope of the Study --- p.1-2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- The Objectives of the Study --- p.2-3 ; Chapter 1.4 --- The Methodology of the Study --- p.3-4 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Significance and Limitations of the Study --- p.4-6 ; Chapter 1.6 --- The Organization of the Study --- p.6-7 ; Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.8-29 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Theory of Corporatism and Its Criticism --- p.8-11 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Definition of Corporatism and Two Different Types --- p.8-10 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Some Critiques on Corporatism --- p.10-11 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Theory of Civil Society and Its Criticism --- p.12-17 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Definition of Civil Society --- p.12-14 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Some Critiques on Civil Society --- p.14-17 ; Chapter 2.3 --- The Applicability of Corporatism/Civil Society to China --- p.17-25 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Discussions on Corporatism --- p.17-19 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Discussions on Civil Society --- p.19-22 ; Chapter 2.3.3 --- Social Organizations: both corporatist and civil society features? --- p.22-25 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Studies on the Private Business Associations in China --- p.25-29 ; Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Federation of Industry and Commerce --- p.30-54 ; Chapter 3.1 --- The All China Federation of Industry and Commerce --- p.30-35 ; Chapter 3.1.1 --- Establishment and Objectives --- p.30-31 ; Chapter 3.1.2 --- Functions of the A CFIC --- p.32 ; Chapter 3.1.3 --- "Organization, Staffing and Budget" --- p.32-34 ; Chapter 3.1.4 --- "Structure, Local Chapters and Membership" --- p.34-35 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Shanghai Federation of ...

Yip Kin Fung. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-104). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 2 --- The Distribution of Fluctuations in Financial Data --- p.5 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Empirical Statistics --- p.5 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Data analyzed --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Levy Distribution --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Returns Distribution and Scaling Properties --- p.12 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Volatility Clustering --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.6 --- Conclusion --- p.21 ; Chapter 3 --- Models of Herd behaviour in Financial Markets --- p.22 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Cont and Bouchaud's model --- p.22 ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Model of Egiuluz and Zimmerman --- p.24 ; Chapter 3.3 --- EZ Model with Size-Dependent Dissociation Rates --- p.28 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Democratic and Dictatorship Self-Organized Model --- p.31 ; Chapter 3.5 --- Effect of Size-Dependent Fragmentation and Coagulation Prob- abilities --- p.33 ; Chapter 3.6 --- Extensions of EZ model --- p.35 ; Chapter 3.7 --- Conclusion --- p.39 ; Chapter 4 --- Review on the Minority Game(MG) --- p.42 ; Chapter 4.1 --- The Model and Results --- p.42 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Crowd-anticrowd Theory and Phase Transition --- p.46 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Market Efficiency --- p.48 ; Chapter 5 --- MG with biased strategy pool --- p.52 ; Chapter 5.1 --- The Model --- p.53 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Numerical Results and Discussion --- p.53 ; Chapter 5.3 --- Theory: MG with Biased Strategy Pool --- p.61 ; Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.69 ; Chapter 6 --- MG with Randomly Participating Agents --- p.71 ; Chapter 6.1 --- The Model with One RPA --- p.71 ; Chapter 6.2 --- Results for q = 0.5 --- p.72 ; Chapter 6.3 --- Inefficiency and Success Rate --- p.76 ; Chapter 6.4 --- Results for q ≠ 0.5 --- p.82 ; Chapter 6.5 --- Many RPAs --- p.85 ; Chapter 6.6 --- Conclusion --- p.86 ; Chapter 7 --- A Model on Coupled Minority Games --- p.88 ; Chapter 7.1 --- The Model --- p.89 ; Chapter 7.2 --- Results and Discussion。 --- ...

Shi, Yang. ; Thesis submitted in: November 2007. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-45). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgement --- p.iv ; Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 2 --- Background and Literature Review --- p.4 ; Chapter 3 --- Data and Methodology --- p.10 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Data Description --- p.10 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Methodology --- p.13 ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- Univariate analysis --- p.14 ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- Regression approach --- p.15 ; Chapter 4 --- Result --- p.17 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Univariate analysis --- p.17 ; Chapter 4.1.1 --- Output change --- p.18 ; Chapter 4.1.2 --- Profitability change --- p.19 ; Chapter 4.1.3 --- Efficiency change --- p.22 ; Chapter 4.1.4 --- Leverage change --- p.24 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Multivariate analysis --- p.25 ; Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.28 ; Tables 1-6 --- p.30 ; Bibliography --- p.43

Lam Kwan Heung. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-137). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendices in English with some Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.ii-iv ; Acknowledgement --- p.v ; Table of Contents --- p.vi ; Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-6 ; Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.7-22 ; Chapter Chapter 3 --- Research Methods --- p.23-35 ; Chapter Chapter 4 --- An Overview on Hainan --- p.36-46 ; Chapter Chapter 5 --- Framing of Hainan --- p.47-92 ; Chapter ´Ø --- International law and order ; Chapter ´Ø --- U.S. peacekeeping surveillance ; Chapter ´Ø --- Victimized U.S ; Chapter Chapter 6 --- Framing of China --- p.93-125 ; Chapter ´Ø --- China's skewed media ; Chapter ´Ø --- China as a problematic communist state ; Chapter ´Ø --- China as a secretive military power ; Chapter ´Ø --- China's aggression towards Taiwan ; Chapter ´Ø --- China's buying off U.S. politicians ; Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.126-134 ; Bibliography --- p.135-137 ; Appendices --- p.138-182

Zou, Meiyang. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-103). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgements --- p.iii ; Abstract --- p.iv ; 摘要 --- p.vi ; Abbreviations --- p.viii ; Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Nation and nationalism: problems and dilemmas --- p.2 ; James Joyce and Lu Xun --- p.10 ; Critical / ironical nationalism? --- p.16 ; Chapter Chapter Two: --- Negative Images of the Homeland --- p.21 ; Haunting death and insanity --- p.22 ; Problematic national identity and "backward´ح national character --- p.33 ; Chapter Chapter Three: --- Doubts Towards the Foreign Powers --- p.39 ; Criticizing the self-imposed inferiority --- p.42 ; Failed intellectuals --- p.53 ; Chapter Chapter Four: --- Rescuing the Nation Through Language --- p.63 ; Disillusionment with political revolutions --- p.63 ; Literary experimentations as alternative salvation --- p.76 ; Chapter Chapter Five: --- Conclusion --- p.83 ; After the short stories --- p.83 ; Exile and role of the intellectual --- p.89 ; Literature and politics --- p.96 ; WORKS CITED --- p.99

Vitayatprapaiphan Nongyao. ; Thesis submitted in: June 2004. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-96). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgements --- p.1 ; Preface --- p.4 ; Chapter 1. --- Introduction - Knowing the Akha ; Chapter a. --- Background --- p.10 ; Chapter b. --- Problems the Akha People are Facing --- p.16 ; Chapter c. --- Government Policy Towards the Akha and Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand --- p.22 ; Chapter d. --- The Impact of Government Policy on the Akha People --- p.27 ; Chapter e. --- Rituals and the Beliefs of the Akha --- p.30 ; Chapter 2. --- The Traditional Musical Life of the Akha --- p.33 ; Chapter 3. --- The Impact of Christianity on Akha Life and Musical Life --- p.38 ; Chapter 4. --- The Impact of Tourism on Akha Life and Musical Life --- p.56 ; Chapter 5. --- Prospects for the Traditional Musical Life of the Akha --- p.65 ; Chapter 6. --- Conclusion --- p.73 ; Appendix I: Figures --- p.82 ; Appendix II: Musical Examples --- p.89 ; Bibliography --- p.91