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A date-chart of significant periods and events from the third millennium BC to the seventh century AD prefaces the work. The text's chronological span runs from the heyday of the Mermnad kingdom to that of the Roman Empire, and the primary emphasis is on giving a narrative of the country's development under Greek influence: a wide range of literary and archaeological material is employed to this end. The thesis is divided into six parts: the first deals with geographical notices in such authors as Strabo and Pliny; the second chronicles the Mermnad period, between the seventh and sixth centuries, with particular reference to contacts with the Ionian Greeks; the third describes Lydian experiences during the ensuing period of Persian hegemony, between the sixth and fourth centuries; the fourth, covering the sequel to Alexander's takeover, focusses on the culminating stages of Hellenization, discussing Sardis' Hellenistic period and the Seleukid and Attalid foundations in the countryside. The fifth part discusses the village communities, over an extended period as the topic warrants: inscriptions of the Roman period predominate, and are incorporated on the grounds that a broader panorama is thereby achieved, and that the patterns delineated will have changed only slowly and are anyway of relevance for the Hellenized country's continuing history. The sixth part, on religion native and foreign, deals with the relevant inscriptions and literature, charting the progressive influence of Persian and Greek cult but also the surviving Anatolian elements. Appendices follow on the evidence for the process of change in language use from Lydian to Greek, on Maionia and the Heraklidai, and on Mycenaean contacts, together with a catalogue of the numismatic sources for religious history. Maps and sketch-plans accompany the text at appropriate points.

BACKGROUND: Disease specific, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement is important in cystic fibrosis (CF). This work aimed to translate the original English Cystic Fibrosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (CFQoL) into Italian, evaluate the linguistic translation and to psychometrically evaluate the Italian version of the CFQoL. METHODS: The linguistic translation followed the international guidelines of forward and backward translation. Psychometric evaluation of the Italian CFQoL involved the assessment of construct validity, internal reliability, concurrent validity, known groups validity and test-retest reliability. RESULTS: The instrument was acceptable to adolescents and adults with CF and demonstrated robust psychometric properties. Principle components analysis indicated that the factorial structure was essentially similar to the original, and the internal reliability of each domain was good (Cronbach alpha coefficients 0.73 to 0.91). Appropriate domains of the CFQoL and SF-36 correlated well indicating good concurrent validity (r=0.68-0.80). Consistent with theoretical expectations some domains were able to discriminate between disease severity groups. Test-retest reliability, assessed by intraclass correlation coefficients, was found to be excellent (ICC 0.83 to 0.98). CONCLUSIONS: The Italian CFQoL is a valid and reliable measure. Its use in individual patient monitoring and research should complement traditional clinical outcome measures.

The sound field of the F-22A Raptor has been measured extensively using arrays of microphones including an intensity probe to the sideline and rear of the aircraft. Recently, an equivalent source model (ESM) has been proposed that incorporates two arrays of monopole sources placed along the jet axis and their image sources to account for the hard ground. The monopole amplitudes in each case are described by a Rayleigh distribution, and one array includes a phase angle between the monopoles to produce correlated noise steered in a specific direction. The model closely replicates the measured SPL at the majority of measurement locations. However, agreement with energy-based quantities such as the vector acoustic intensity may not follow from agreement with the pressure measurements alone. Hence, in this work, the ESM’s ability to produce intensity estimates that match the measured F-22A intensity is evaluated. A new method of estimating acoustic intensity, known as the phase and amplitude gradient estimation (PAGE) method, is applied to the measured F-22A data. The PAGE method accurately estimates intensity in a larger bandwidth than the traditional finite difference method, expanding this discussion of the ESM's accuracy. In addition, sensitivity of ESM parameter selection, e.g., correlated source phase angle and peak amplitude location, on changes in the predicted intensity is examined. [Work sponsored by ONR.]