ii To the memory of my bubbe, Lillian Kotovsky, and to my parents who have taught me the importance of embracing my cultural heritage. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my Thesis Supervisor, Professor Craig Adcock, for the time and energy he has dedicated to assisting me in the completion of this thesis. My gratitude also goes to Professor Wallace Tomasini and Professor Dorothy Johnson...

This research explores women’s position in Pakistani society. Women are considered an interesting topic for researchers. The following will show empowerment male-dominant backgrounds. offers a close analysis of presentations by English writers. is qualitative nature. It provides detailed account information about postcolonial feminism and feminist writers contemporary times. Portraiture women c...

Spectral reflectances of various parts of human faces from various ethnic races were collected from experiments on spectral imaging of human portraits. Principal components analysis (PCA) was applied to those spectral reflectances not only from different races, but also from different face parts. The first three principal components can explain about 99.8% of cumulative contribution of variance...