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Item Comedic Music: The Juxtaposition Between Incongruous Musical Elements(2022-05-09) Loloee, AryaClassical music is a learned art form with exemplary aesthetic value. It is often synonymous with serious music because of the careful consideration required to create and understand the music. The term serious, however, may imply a lack of fun. This thesis explores comedic Western art music, which juxtaposes high-style and low-style musical elements to provoke humor in an audience. In the second section of this document, the different theories of humor are briefly explained. In the third section, the incongruity theory of humor (which necessitates an absurd contrast between components resulting in a violation of expectations) is applied to how contrasting musical elements make a piece of music funny. In the fourth, fifth, and sixth sections, selected works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Robert Lucas de Pearsall, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Tom Johnson are analyzed for their humorous nature by considering their different methods of juxtaposing music elements.Item Evaluating the Hardness of Yttrium Ruthenium Borides(2022-04-14) Loloee, AryaHigh hardness materials are used for a multitude of applications, ranging from drill bits and saw blades to artificial joint replacement. Most of these materials are constructed out of simple binary phases, namely transition metal borides and carbides. Their simplicity makes them easy to produce but limits the ability to tune the mechanical properties through chemical substitution. As a result, we are investigating ternary borides that may have high hardness. The project started by preparing three yttrium ruthenium borides (YRu3B2, YRu4B4, YRuB4). The powders were mixed and pressed into pellets that were then melted into homogeneous ingots using an arc-melter under an argon atmosphere. After optimising the reaction conditions, the samples are ground, and the sample purity is checked using powder X-ray diffraction. The samples’ resistances to plastic deformation are measured with the Vickers hardness test under different loads. Density functional theory calculations were then used to understand how changes in electron density as a function of chemical composition could be used to maximise the mechanical properties. We are now using this information to develop new ternary high hardness materials with even better mechanical properties.