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McGinley, Susan. "4-H Celebrates 100 Years." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/295814.

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Urmann, David. "ENSO and PDO variability during the past 100 years." The Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1409835137.

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Ryrie, Alec. "English evangelical reformers in the last years of Henry VIII." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342912.

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Harper, Susan Billington. "Azariah and Indian Christianity in the late years of the Raj." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314951.

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Danford, Kayla Sue. "100 Years to Live: Marital Experiences and Advice of Ohio Centenarian Women." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303848437.

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Donaldson, Fiona McCallum. "Reid Concerts at the University of Edinburgh : the first 100 years, 1841-1941." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33058.

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Reid Concerts began in 1841 and were defined by Donald Francis Tovey as those concerts presented by the University of Edinburgh under the auspices of the Professors of Music, based on the guidance laid down in the will and codicil of General John Reid. Reid was a major benefactor who bequeathed funds for the establishment of the Chair of the Theory of Music at The University of Edinburgh with a condition attached to the bequest that a concert be held each year in his memory. This thesis will explore the development and evolution of the first 100 years of these concerts through the contents of the available original concert programmes and related ephemera held in the Centre for Research Collections at The University of Edinburgh - a valuable historical resource which has never been fully recorded or researched. Analysis of this resource will focus on the programming, people, personalities, places, and perspectives associated with the performances and offer insight into the choices and influences of the Professors of Music charged with the organisation and implementation of the concerts over an extended timescale from 1841 to 1941. To aid this analysis a searchable online database has been designed and developed to provide outline performance details and some background information on the contents of many of these Reid concert programmes: http://www.reidconcerts.music.ed.ac.uk. The database is both a finding aid to these contents and a research tool providing a basis for future studies. This research will contribute to the history of the University and City of Edinburgh and the social and musical history of concerts in the University from 1841. The findings emphasise the usefulness of printed concert programmes in recording trends in concert presentation and programming and will broaden the knowledge of this use of such ephemera for academic research.
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Nonu, Mounga E. "Eagle Lake Climate Change during the Holocene and during the Last 100 Years." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10638771.

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Multi-proxy comparative analyses of sediment from Eagle Lake, including TOC, δ13C and δ15N composition of bulk organic material, n-alkane distribution, and biogenic silica, was used to document hydroclimatic changes during the early and late Holocene. Eagle Lake is currently located near the transition zone of the North American Precipitation Dipole, with the timing of precipitation showing a winter-wet scenario common to the Pacific Northwest, but overall precipitation (e.g. aridity) showing a Pacific Southwest pattern. The width and position of this transition is poorly constrained during the Holocene and is hypothesized to have migrated, particularly in response to the North American Monsoon. Eagle Lake is thus ideal in providing insights to the past positions of the dipole. Multi-proxy analyses results in differences between the early and late Holocene at Eagle Lake. TOC is lower in the early Holocene, however C:N ratios are much more variable indicating a transition from algal source material to terrestrial and back to algal material prior to the Mazama ash. There are also greater fluctuations of biogenic silica during the early Holocene, suggesting rapid changes in productivity.

To place these Holocene changes within the context of known climatic and anthropogenic conditions of the 20th century, a ~100 year record of hydrologic change is compared to drought and lake-level drops induced by the formation of the Bly Tunnel. Importantly, the effects of the tunnel on lake level is superimposed on the 1930s drought, making it difficult to disentangle the two impacts. However, the TOC and C:N ratios clearly mirror variations in lake level suggesting that they are effective indicators of Holocene variations.

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Godwin, Matthew James. "Small Business Sustainability for Longer Than 5 Years." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7144.

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Over half the U.S. labor force is employed by small business owners, yet only 50% of small businesses survive beyond 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore sustainability strategies small business owners in the construction industry used to sustain their organization for longer than 5 years. The research population included 5 owners of small businesses in the construction industry in Georgia, who have been in operation for a minimum of 5 years. The conceptual framework for this study was general systems theory. Data were collected through semistructured interviews, organizational documentation reviews, and business plan reviews. Yin'€™s (2014) 4 principles of data collection were used to collect the data: use multiple sources of evidence, create a case study database, maintain a chain of evidence, and exercise care when using data from electronic sources. Data were triangulated using Yin's 5-€step analysis process: collecting data, grouping data into codes, grouping data into themes, assessing the themes, and developing conclusions. Member checking, transcript review, and triangulation of data were used to further validate the study. The 4 themes that emerged from the study were internal relationships, building the brand, specialization, and planning. The implications of the study for positive social change include the potential for small businesses in the construction industry to survive for longer than 5 years and to increase the number of individuals employed.
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Sweenie, Kaitlin Elizabeth. "The relationship between norms and hegemony : exploring international drug prohibition over the last 100 years." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20112.

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It is just over fifty years since the United Nations adopted the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), explicitly proscribing the manufacturing of, trade in, and use of narcotics for anything but scientific and medicinal purposes. Today, the 1961 agreement, alongside the similarly-focused 1971 and 1988 UN Conventions remain the bases of the international drug control regime despite the continuously high rates of drug use, trade, and production that remain worldwide. Taking due cognizance of these inconsistencies, the present study seeks to examine how the system of international drug control developed over the past century and, through this, why it is that prohibition continues to be the international community's primary response to the 'drug issue'. Methodologically, the study applies two distinct analytical frameworks. The first framework applied - Kathryn Sikkink and Martha Finnemore's constructivist norm life-cycle model - systematically traces the evolution of the norm of prohibition over time and helps identify the main causal mechanisms at work in each stage of the norm's life. While the model is successful in regards to these aforementioned aspects, however, the research also shows the model does not adequately examine the role of power in international norm dynamics. The model, more specifically, does not discuss how existing power relations can help sustain a norm's livelihood long past its (perceived) effectiveness. Additionally, it is also shown through this application that prohibition did not develop in the exact manner the model suggests it would, but became institutionalised only in its final, internalisation phase instead of its emergent phase. In this manner, the second theoretical framework - that of Robert Cox's critical theory - is consequently introduced to address the life cycle's limitations. By applying Cox's ideas on hegemony - herein understood as a fit between material power, ideas, and institutions - the study demonstrates how the hegemony of (primarily) the United States (US) has always and continues to play a leading role in supporting the norm of international drug prohibition today. The study concludes with some final notes about further research and the possibilities for change.
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Taylor, Stephen John Charles. "Church and State in England in the mid-eighteenth century : the Newcastle years 1742-1762." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1987. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/237060.

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This dissertation is a work of political and social , as well as ecclesiastical, history, a contribution, above all, to the reassessment of the nature and functioning of the English state in the eighteenth century. It takes issue with the assumption that the Church of England can be regarded as a discrete subject in the history of eighteenth-century England. During this period it was still a central part of the English state; its courts remained important, its parishes had many secular functions, it controlled most of the nation's education and organized much of its charity, and, preeminently, it was responsible for teaching men to be 'good' citizens and subjects. It is the contention of this dissertation both that the Church was an integral part of politics in the eighteenth century, and that the interests of the Church were not wholly subordinated to those of a secular state. These themes are developed through the thesis which is divided into five sections. Part I, the introduction, is itself divided into two Chapters. The first emphasizes that eighteenth-century politics was concerned, above all, with the exercise of power. It is within the context of government and administration that the importance of the Church is most apparent. The second chapter provides an account of the physical and spiritual state of the Church. Each of the remaining four sections concentrates on one aspect of church-state relations. Section 2 examines contemporary ideas about the relationship of church and state, demonstrating the emphasis that was placed on their interdependence and the inseparability of secular and spiritual matters. Through an examination of the management of the crown's ecclesiastical patronage section 3 explores ministers' perceptions of the Church's role and the extent to which they were able to determine its character. The next section considers the clergy's perception of the role of the Church, both as part of the temporal government and as an institution concerned with the spiritual condition of men, and the ways in which they were able to resolve the apparent contradictions in this dual role. Finally, the place of the Church in parliamentary and high politics is discussed. This final section explores the tensions and conflicts that did arise between church and state in the years 1742-62, the extent to which the Church was able to preserve its independence against secular encroachments, and the willingness of churchmen and ministers to contemplate reforms to enable the Church to perform its duties, both secular and spiritual more effectively.
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Massari, Francesco. "Species identification of archived fish bones collected from the Mediterranean Sea 100 years ago using molecular techniques." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/8085/.

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With the discovery that DNA can be successfully recovered from museum collections, a new source of genetic information has been provided to extend our comprehension of the evolutionary history of species. However, historical specimens are often mislabeled or report incorrect information of origin, thus accurate identification of specimens is essential. Due to the highly damaged nature of ancient DNA many pitfalls exist and particular precautions need to be considered in order to perform genetic analysis. In this study we analyze 208 historical remains of pelagic fishes collected in the beginning of the 20th century. Through the adaptation of existing protocols, usually applied to human remains, we manage to successfully retrieve valuable genetic material from almost all of the examined samples using a guanidine and silica column-based approach. The combined use of two mitochondrial markers cytochrome-oxidase-1(mtDNA COI) and Control Region (mtDNA CR), and the nuclear marker first internal transcriber space (ITS1) allowed us to identify the majority of the examined specimens using traditional PCR and Sanger sequencing techniques. The creation of primers capable of amplifying heavily degraded DNA have great potential for future uses, both in ancient and in modern investigation. The methodologies developed in this study can in fact be applied for other ancient fish specimens as well as cooked or canned samples.
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Blake, Laurence. "Acidic deposition : the long term (100 years) effects on soil chemistry under grassland and naturally regenerating woodland." Thesis, University of Reading, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385174.

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Rehn, Andreas. "Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of Acid Mine Drainage from 100 Years of Coal Mining in Svalbard (78° N)." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-78714.

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Waste rock piles from coal mining of tertiary bituminous coal in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, show sulfide oxidation and subsequent acid mine drainage (AMD) production. The aim was to establish deeper understanding of AMD prediction based on Mineralogy and Geochemistry of coal and AMD samples. Mineralogical investigation of both coal and rock samples was performed with Automated SEM (ZEISS-Sigma VP300-Mineralogic System) as well as RAMAN. ICP-MS analysis was performed on solid and water samples. The pH from in situ measurements of AMD between 2,5-7,0. Eh varied from 222-569 mV (corresponding pe value of 3,7-9,6). This study showed that time of AMD in an oxidative environment was a key factor in iron concentration and iron speciation the AMD. This could not however be concluded in terms of age of mine site but rather the site-specific setting. The main minerals found in coal samples were pyrite (FeS2), siderite (FeCO3), calcite (CaCO3) and apatite (Ca5(PO4)3). Pyrites were identified with framboidal and euhedral textures and were found inside the maceral matter and in over- and underlying rocks respectively. SEM analysis of coal samples indicated that the modes of mineral formation was changing over the course of the Longyear seam. This study found that framboidal or euhedral textures of pyrite had different impacts in the AMD production. Framboidal pyrite was found to generate a greater amount of acidity than euhedral pyrites due to larger specific surface area and could therefore pose larger problems in AMD management.
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Cederlund, Mats. "Boys with Asperger syndrome grown up : a longitudinal follow-up study of 100 cases more than 5 years after original diagosis /." Göteborg : Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Göteborg University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/3143.

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Medina, Andres Alberto. "Reconstruction of Xmax and Energy from 3 -- 100 PeV using 5 Years of Data From IceTop and IceCube and its Applications." The Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1617101771880381.

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Lindeberg, Emin Ida. "VRÅN : A bachelor project about the architectural impact on peoples well-being, housing crises & style eras throughout 100 years of history." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-173105.

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Murray, Amy Louise. "A socio-ecological analysis of environmental change in the Kannaland Municipality of the Klein Karoo, South Africa, over the last 100 years." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19986.

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This study utilizes a cyclical socio-ecological systems approach to explore change in natural vegetation and land use within the Kannaland Municipality of the Klein Karoo. Repeat ground photography, historical climate and agricultural data, and in-depth, semi-structured interviews were used to assess environmental, political and socio-economic change in the study area since the early 1900s. Few studies have had the opportunity to augment the analysis of repeat ground photography with contextual information from in-depth interviews making this study unique in its approach. For most of the 20th century agricultural land use within the Klein Karoo has undergone fluctuations of increased and decreased productivity. However, during the later decades a noticeable decline in agricultural land use, especially sheep and goat production, has been recorded. Largely due to this, and contrary to degradation projections for this area, evidence of growth in cover of natural vegetation, especially over the last 20 years, was found. From the mid 1990s change from largely agricultural to recreational game and weekend farming as well as tourism-related land use has increased. Implications of recent land use change are perceived as both positive and negative. Increases in natural vegetation cover and potential associated biodiversity improvements are considered positive implications associated with the demise in extensive agricultural land use for the area. A decline in farm-based employment and agricultural productivity are considered negative implications of this land use change. Substantial increase in game farming within the study area is perceived to require stringent monitoring and research into the long term implications of this land use on natural vegetation. For optimal land use management and conservation of natural vegetation this study recommends building the capacity of the agricultural and conservation extension services within the Klein Karoo. The study further promotes the diversification of land use inclusive of agricultural production, conservation of biodiversity and development, particularly within the tourism sector, as optimal for the sustainability of land use in the Klein Karoo.
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Swanson, Ginger. "The other woman| Explored through 100 years of film, the psychic landscape of dreams, and the lived experiences of Anais Nin and Sabina Spielrein." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3687860.

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The purpose of this organic inquiry and alchemical hermeneutic study was to explore the nature, essence, and archetype of the other woman with the goal of understanding how and why women become involved in triadic relationships. The study seeks to comprehend the lived experience of the other woman, including her history, character, behavior, ideologies, and desires. This study explored how and why other women are othered (i.e., cast out or rejected) in society, and the resultant effects upon them. A further goal of the work was to understand the dynamics of the triadic relationship from the other woman's point of view and to find ways to ease the pain experienced by all parties involved in and affected by these often complex and problematic relationships, which can lead to severe suffering, alienation, heartbreak, and in extreme cases, even murder or suicide.

Although she has been with us for eons, the other woman's true identity has been all but erased from existence. She has been buried in the shadows of society's taboos, relegated to the role of the scapegoat, and burdened with carrying negative projections of an ill-begotten stereotype. Using Carl Jung's theories of the archetypes and complexes and James Hillman and Pat Berry's archetypal psychology, the researcher explored and contrasted the lived experiences of the other woman stereotype and the other woman archetype portrayed in film over the last hundred years, as well as women in history, including pioneering feminist, Anaïs Nin, and the mother of depth psychology, Sabina Spielrein. The other woman archetype proved to be elusive because her identity has been mostly usurped by negative stereotypes. Further, the problems resulting from othering the other woman do not rest in the dyad or in the triadic relationship, but originate with the problem of the imbalance of masculine and feminine energy on the planet.

The researcher concludes with the hope that the other woman can be re-visioned as just "another woman," on an individuation journey towards the Whole Woman archetype. Keywords: Affairs, Betrayal, Feminism, Film, Individuation, Infidelity, Othering, Whole Woman Archetype

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Leme, Andressa Caroline Francisco. "Agora é para alfabetizar, sim ou não? : análise dos discursos especializados sobre a idade certa para iniciar a alfabetização no contexto da ampliação do ensino fundamental para nove anos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/100/100135/tde-17102015-183713/.

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Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo efetuar uma análise dos discursos especializados sobre as relações entre a infância e a cultura escolar letrada a partir da perspectiva de Michel Foucault. Mais precisamente, busca-se examinar os discursos sobre a idade mais adequada para o início do processo de alfabetização, que marca a passagem da educação infantil para o ensino fundamental. O interesse pelo tema justifica-se tendo em vista a recente ampliação do ensino fundamental para nove anos, com a antecipação do ingresso no primeiro ano, que passou a ocorrer aos seis anos e não mais aos sete anos de idade. Esse fato gerou uma série de discussões pedagógicas acerca das consequências dessa mudança para as crianças de seis anos, que anteriormente frequentavam a educação infantil e passaram a frequentar o ensino fundamental. A partir do estudo de documentos oficiais e revistas pedagógicas destinados à formação docente, pretende-se identificar os argumentos mobilizados nos discursos para a defesa de uma idade mais indicada para o início do processo de alfabetização. A análise evidenciou que os discursos sobre o tema caracterizam a educação infantil e o ensino fundamental como duas culturas escolares distintas. A educação infantil é concebida como uma etapa da escolarização que tem como propósito favorecer o desenvolvimento infantil espontâneo, de modo que todo aprendizado realizado nessa etapa, inclusive o da leitura e da escrita, deve partir do interesse e da curiosidade das próprias crianças. O ensino fundamental, por sua vez, destina-se à formação do estudante por meio do ensino sistemático das disciplinas escolares definidas no currículo.
This research aims to make an analysis of the specialized discourse on the relationship between childhood and schools literate culture, from Michel Foucault\'s perspective. More precisely, it seeks to examine the speeches on the most appropriate age for the beginning of literacy process, which marks the transition from preschool to elementary school. The importance of this subject is justified in view of the recent expansion of primary education to nine years, with the anticipation of entering the first year, which now occur at six and no more at seven years old. This has raised a number of pedagogical discussions about the consequences of this change for children that are six years old, who previously attended kindergarten and began to attend the elementary school. From the study of official documents and pedagogical journals for teachers training, the analysis intended to identify the arguments deployed in the speeches for the defense of a more appropriate age for the beginning of the literacy process. The analysis showed that the speeches on the subject characterize the kindergarten and elementary school as two different school cultures. Early childhood education is conceived as a stage of schooling that aims to foster the spontaneous child development, so that all learning undertaken at this stage, including reading and writing, should start from the interest and curiosity of the children themselves. The primary school, in turn, is intended for the formation of the student through the systematic teaching of school subjects defined in the curriculum.
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Githiga, Gideon Gichuhi. "The Church as the bulwark against extremism : development of Church and State relations in Kenya with particular reference to the years after political independence 1963-1992." Thesis, n.p, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Mitchell, Nicholas [Verfasser]. "Rainforest change analysis in Eastern Africa: A new multisourced, semi-quantitative approach to investigating more than 100 years of forest cover disturbance / Nicholas Mitchell. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1018829709/34.

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Carnegie, Garry D., and edu au jillj@deakin edu au mikewood@deakin edu au wildol@deakin edu au kimg@deakin. "ACCOUNTING FOR GOODWILL ON CONSOLIDATION." Deakin University. School of Management, 1987. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20040618.165446.

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The issue of accounting for goodwill has caused considerable concern to accountants and academics. For over 100 years there has been diversity of views as to the nature, recognition and measurement of goodwill. Such diversity of views has contributed to the adoption of a variety of accounting practices for goodwill, which has lead to attempts to regulate practice by accounting professions in the Anglo-American world. The research conducted involves a literature review to identify the concepts and definition of goodwill and the criteria for its recognition and measurement. the investigation will then concentrate upon goodwill arising on consolidation of the financial statements of a group of companies. Major accounting practices will be examined, along with the requirements of the australian and mojor overseas professions on the issue. The findings of a study of listed Australian companies which investigated the accounting policies adopted for goodwill on consolidation before and after regulation of the issue and which sought views upon some of the conceptual issues involved are reported and discussed. Implications of the research for the Australian accounting profession will be addressed, and recommendations will be propsed together with a description of future research opportunities.
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Bigl, Benjamin, and Jens Blecher. "Schlaglichter." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-216968.

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Die Posterausstellung des Lehr- und Praxisprojekts von Studierenden des Bachelorstudienganges Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft anlässlich der 61. Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik gibt in Kooperation mit dem Universitätsarchiv Leipzig Einblicke in die wechselvolle Geschichte des Instituts für Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft der Universität Leipzig im 100. Jahr seiner Gründung.
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Yoder, Madonna K. "Lower Charles River bathymetry : 108 years of fresh water." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114326.

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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 22).
The Lower Charles River has been a heavily utilized urban river that runs between Cambridge and Boston in Massachusetts. The recreational usage of the river is dependent on adequate water depths and there have been no definitive prior studies on the sedimentation rate of the Lower Charles River. The river transitioned from tidal to a freshwater basin in 1908 and the study area for historical comparisons was from the old Charles River Dam to the Boston University Bridge. This study surveyed the river, digitized three prior surveys that spanned 114 years, calculated volumes and depth distributions for each survey, and estimated sedimentation rates from fits to the volumes over time. The average sedimentation rate is estimated as 5-10 mm/year, which implies 1.8-3.5 feet sedimentation since 1908. Sedimentation rates and distributions are necessary to develop comprehensive management plans for the river.
by Madonna K. Yoder.
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Kobylinski-Fehrman, Margaret J. "The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme and its Effect on Students in Poverty." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2013. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/eps_diss/104.

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The achievement gap between middle class white students and black or Hispanic students living in low income households continues to be a persistent problem in education even ten years since the authorization of No Child Left Behind in 2001. This study examined the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme and how students from low income households preformed on the Criterion Referenced Competencies Test (CRCT) mathematics and reading subtests when compared to similar students at a school with a traditional instruction program. Analysis of covariance was employed using scores from students’ fifth grade composite Cognitive Abilities Tests as the covariate. The analysis did not detect a significant difference (p=.410) on the eighth grade adjusted means reading CRCT scores, but did detect a significant difference (p
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Frischmuth, Philipp, Natanael Arndt, and Michael Martin. "OntoWiki 1.0: 10 years of development - what's new in OntoWiki." Universität Leipzig, 2016. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15938.

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In this demonstration (with supportive poster) we present the semantic data wiki OntoWiki, which was released in version 1.0 just recently. We focus on the changes introduced to the tool in the latest release and showcase the generic data wiki, improvements we made with regard to the documentation as well as three success stories where OntoWiki was adapted and deployed.
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Crapanzano, Ann. "Understanding Bullying Participant Roles: Stability across School Years and Personality and Behavioral Correlates." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/108.

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This study investigated the factorial validity, stability, and social, behavioral and emotional correlates of several different roles that students can play in the context of bullying. Data were collected from students at two time points across two school years, April and May of 2006 (n=284) and again in November and December of 2006 (n=185). A confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence for the validity of 4 participant roles (i.e. bully, reinforcer, assistant, and defender). However, further analysis revealed that there was a strong degree of intercorrelation between the three bully factors (i.e., bully, reinforcer, and assistant). Analyses found that participant roles are fairly stable across school years and that the greater the percentage of same raters across the time points, the greater the stability. All of the bullying roles (i.e., bully, reinforcer, and assistant) were significantly related to callous unemotional traits, emotional dysregulation, positive expectations for aggression, conduct problems, reactive relational aggression, proactive relational aggression, reactive overt aggression, and proactive overt aggression, but these relationships were stronger in boys. It was also found that the defender role was associated with less aggression and more prosocial behavior. These associations were stronger in girls. Finally, a linear regression analysis of the interaction between participant roles and victimization revealed that at T1, the association between bullying roles and aggression was moderated by victimization. Specifically, the association was stronger in those low on victimization. At T2, the association between defending and lower aggression and greater prosocial behavior was stronger in those low in victimization.
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Feurdean, Angelica. "Palaeoenvironment in north-western Romania during the last 15,000 years /." Stockholm : Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi, Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-108.

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Gray, Jennifer Mary Knightley. "A study of Babylonian goal-year planetary astronomy." Thesis, Durham University, 2009. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/101/.

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Throughout the Late Babylonian Period, Mesopotamian astronomers made nightly observations of the planets, Moon and stars. Based on these observations, they developed several different techniques for predicting future astronomical events. The present study aims to improve our understanding of a particular empirical method of prediction, which made use of planetary periods – a period of time over which a planet‘s motion recurs very closely – to predict that planet‘s future motion. Various planetary periods are referred to in many Late Babylonian astronomical texts. By collecting together these periods and analysing their effectiveness, it was found that, generally, the most effective of the planetary periods were those which were used in the production of a particular type of text known as a Goal-Year Text. The Goal-Year Texts contain excerpts of astronomical observational records, with the planetary records having been taken from particular observation years with these planetary periods in mind – such that each planet‘s motion will recur during the same, specific, future year. It has been suggested that they form an intermediate step towards the compilation of the non-mathematical predictive texts known as Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. An analysis of theoretically calculated dates of planetary events showed that, if the Goal-Year Texts were to be used as a source for making empirical predictions, particular corrections (specific to each planet) would need to be applied to the dates of the planetary records found in the Goal-Year Texts. These corrections take the form of regular corrections to the day of an event (a ―date correction‖), and more irregular corrections of ±1 month (a ―month shift‖). An extensive investigation of the Babylonian non-mathematical texts demonstrated that the observed differences in the dates of events, when comparing equivalent records in all known extant Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs with those in the Goal-Year Texts, were extremely consistent with theoretical expectations. This lends considerable support to the theory that the Goal-Year Texts‘ records formed the ―raw data‖ used in the compilation of the Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. It was also possible to analyse several other aspects of Late Babylonian non-mathematical astronomy during the course of this study. These topics include the usage of particular stars in the predictive texts, the meaning of certain terminology found in records of the Babylonian zodiacal signs, and the specific issues related to the planet Mercury‘s periods of visibility and invisibility. Therefore, this investigation enhances many aspects of our knowledge of Late Babylonian astronomical practices.
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Feurdean, Angelica. "Palaeoenvironment in North-Western Romania during the last 15 000 years." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-108.

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The objectives of this thesis are to establish a chronological framework for environmental changes during the last 15,000 years in northwest Romania, to reconstruct the vegetation development, and to evaluate the underlying processes for forest dynamics. Furthermore, an overview of earlier and ongoing pollenstratigraphic work in Romania is provided.

Sediments from two former crater lakes, Preluca Tiganului and Steregoiu, situated in the Gutaiului Mountains, on the western extremity of the Eastern Carpathians at 730 m and 790 m a.s.l., respectively were obtained and analysed for high-resolution pollen, macrofossils, charcoal, mineral magnetic parameters and organic matter. The chronostratigraphic framework was provided by dense AMS 14C measurements.

Cold and dry climatic conditions are indicated by the occurrence of open vegetation with shrubs and herbs, and cold lake water prior to 14,700 cal. yr BP. The climatic improvement at the beginning of the Lateglacial interstadial (around 14,700 cal. yr BP) is seen by the development of open forests. These were dominated by Pinus and Betula, but contained also new arriving tree taxa, such as Populus, Alnus and Prunus. The gradual establishment of forests may have led to a stabilization of the soils in the catchment. Between ca. 14,100 and 13,800 cal. yr BP the forest density became reduced to stands of Pinus, Betula, Alnus, Larix and Populus trees and grassland expanded, suggesting colder climatic conditions. Picea arrived as a new taxon at around 13,800 cal. yr BP, and between 13,800 and 12,900 cal. yr BP, the surroundings of the sites were predominantly covered by Picea forest. This forest included Betula, Pinus, Alnus, Larix and Populus and, from 13,200 cal. yr BP onwards also Ulmus. At ca. 12,900 cal. yr BP, the forest became significantly reduced and at 12,600 cal. yr BP, a recurrence of open vegetation with stands of Larix, Pinus, Betula, Salix and Alnus is documented, lasting until 11,500 cal. yr BP. This distinct change in vegetation may by taken as a strong decline in temperature and moisture availability.

At the transition to the Holocene, at ca. 11,500 cal. yr BP, Pinus, Betula and Larix quickly expanded (from small local stands) and formed open forests, probably as a response to warmer and more humid climatic conditions. At 11,250 cal. yr BP Ulmus and Picea expanded and the landscape became completely forested. The rapid increase of Ulmus and Picea after 11,500 cal. yr BP may suggest the existence of small residual populations close to the study sites during the preceding cold interval. Ulmus was the first and most prominent deciduous taxa in the early Holocene in the Gutaiului Mountains. From ca. 10,750 cal. yr BP onwards Quercus, Tilia, Fraxinus and Acer expanded and Corylus arrived. A highly diverse, predominantly deciduous forest with Ulmus, Quercus, Tilia, Fraxinus, Acer, Corylus and Picea developed between 10,700 and 8200 cal. yr BP, which possibly signifies more continental climatic conditions. The development of a Picea-Corylus dominated forest between 8200 and 5700 cal. yr BP is likely connected to a more humid and cooler climate. The establishment of Carpinus and Fagus was dated to 5750 cal. yr BP and 5200 cal. yr BP, respectively. The dominance of Fagus during the late Holocene, from 4000 cal. yr BP onwards, may have been related to cooler and more humid climatic conditions. First signs of human activities are recorded around 2300 cal. yr BP, but only during the last 300 years did local human impact become significant.

The vegetation development recorded in the Gutaiului Mountains during the Lateglacial is very similar to reconstructions based on lowland sites, whereas higher elevation sites seem not to have always experienced visible vegetation changes. The time of tree arrival and expansion during the past 11,500 cal. yr BP seems to have occurred almost synchronously across Romania. The composition of the forests during the Holocene in the Gutaiului Mountains is consistent with that reconstructed at mid-elevation sites, but differs from the forest composition at higher elevations. Important differences between the Gutaiului Mountains and other studied sites in Romania are a low representation of Carpinus and a late and weak human impact.

The available data sets for Romania give evidence for the presence of coniferous and cold-tolerant deciduous trees before 14,700 cal. yr BP. Glacial refugia for Ulmus may have occurred in different parts of Romania, whereas the existence of Quercus, Tilia, Corylus and Fraxinus has not been corroborated.

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Booker, Alan Stephen. "Modeling the 100-Year Flood Using GIS: A Flood Analysis in the Avon Park Watershed." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001474.

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Classen, Neele. "1000 years of environmental changes in Falun, Sweden : Lake Sediment as source material." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-61885.

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The aim of this study was to get a better knowledge of the metal pollution and the mining history of the Falun area. It adds new information on the geochemistry of the lakes and the beginning of mining in the Falun region, together with the influence of early land use. The main focus is on three lakes Hagtjärnen, Stugutjärnen and Nästjärnen, which were previously dated and analyzed regarding acidification by Anna Ek. Additional supporting information is provided from records from 10 other lakes, which are located at distances between 0-27 km from the Falun Copper mine. Another specific focus is on the lake Tisken, which has been assumed over the past 50 years to represent faithful historical record of mining in the Falun area. In this study this lake record was dated and analyzed, too. The analyses of all the lakes included resulted in four significant phases of environmental change, indicating the start of agriculture and mining, the development of each sector, as well as the sharp increase in pollution in the modern time period. Phase I covers the time period A.D. 700-1000 and represents the time of the early beginning of land use and small scale mining activities. Phase II represents the time between A.D. 1200 to 1450, which is dominated by an ongoing development of mining and a sharp increase in metal concentrations and occurrence of cultivated plants and plants favored by disturbance from A.D. 1450 onwards. The third phase, representing the year A.D. 1540, clearly displays another period of sharp increases among the metal concentrations, which coincides with a peak in Cu production volumes. Phase IV covers the time period A.D. 1750-1900, referred to as Modern time, and features a clear increase in Pb pollution, which is linked to the introduction of tetra ethyl Pb in the 1970s. Other metals increase also, together with cultivated plants like cereals, indicating an ongoing expansion of mining and agriculture. The results also indicate that Cu was not emitted as far as other elements, like for example Pb, which led to great pollution only in the lakes close to the Falun mine. Another important finding is that the lake Tisken does not represent a continual historical record, because the sediment is not a chronological sequence and instead likely represents mostly a catastrophic input of debris of mixed age. The C-14 dating shows, that the sediment is mixed and disturbed in Tisken. As a consequence, the long-standing interpretation of Tisken’s sediment record as an archive for the historical start and late development of mining at the Falun copper mine is incorrect
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Kuhlmann, Jim L. "The Socialization of CPEP Teachers: Implications for Administration." PDXScholar, 1988. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1400.

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The competencies and needs of those entering the teaching profession have become the subject of public debate since the release of A Nation at Risk. Subsequently many comprehensive and comparative reviews have documented the socialization of those entering the teaching profession especially student teachers and first-year teachers. The problems of beginning teachers have produced survival and self-oriented concerns. Internships and induction programs have been developed to ease the socialization of beginning teachers and mediate these concerns. As internships are developed and induction programs implemented, descriptive field studies which examine the processes of beginning teacher socialization are needed. Particularly, studies which investigate the socialization of first-year teachers prepared in cooperative field-based programs are necessary. This study was designed to document and analyze the teaching experiences of four first-year teachers who completed an extended field-based Internship – CPEP (Cooperative Professional Education Program). These teaching experiences were documented in terms of a conceptual framework drawn from socialization theory, occupational socialization theory, and teacher socialization research. Three questions were developed to guide this research into the teacher socialization process: 1) What are the socialization structures and processes, formal and informal, which shaped teachers' perceptions of their first year of teaching? 2) What are the teachers' perceptions of problems encountered and what adjustments are made? 3) What are the common concerns shared by these beginning teachers? The conceptual framework, socialization theory, coupled with a comparative case study design, were utilized to collect, organize, and interpret the data. Data sources included interviews, questionnaires, observations, video tapes, and journals. These multiple data sources provided evidence of the factors which explain beginning teachers’ induction into the teaching profession, teaching experiences in terms of teacher socialization theory and research and the relationship between teacher socialization and occupational socialization theory. The answers to the research questions are as follows: First, several significant contextual factors shaped these first-year teachers' perceptions of teaching: the organizational nature of the schools, the physical demands necessary to maintain energy levels for teaching, and the lack of time for planning. The influence of each teacher's primary socializing agent, the internship mentor teacher was expressed through a process of collegial emulation. Their students and teachers in other schools were also influential socializing agents. The behavioral outcomes of the teachers consistently focused on issues related to efficiency and organization. Second. the most significant self-perceived problems were the lack of planning time and the dynamics of working with other staff members. Although these beginning teachers became increasingly self-critical about the consequences of their teaching, they maintained a tone of confidence and competence. Third, the Stages of Concern Questionnaire administered to the teachers revealed relatively high student-focused (task) and teacher-oriented (impact) concern intensities. Their most commonly shared concerns included refocusing their teaching and identifying the consequences of their instruction. Although institutional demands influenced teacher adjustment to the norms and values of the profession and to the school as a social organization, the teachers also took an active role in this socialization process. The teachers were influenced by institutional norms, but they also created new roles and norms. Consequently, their socialization was a dynamic and interactive process. Occupational socialization variables which linked teacher socialization to occupation socialization theory included training, formal and informal mechanisms of control, and stages of socialization. The research findings contribute to the teacher education knowledge base and should be of value to four primary audiences: school site administrators who supervise beginning teachers, staff development administrators who organize in-service programs, governing bodies which regulate teacher certification, and university personnel who develop and supervise teacher preparation programs.
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Berry, Elisa Leah. "Come On In, The Writing's Fine: Preserving Voice and Generating Enthusiasm in My English 100 Syllabus." TopSCHOLAR®, 2016. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1731.

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This thesis explores the potential for creating a composition syllabus that presents a model of good writing, is an enthusiastic invitation to the discipline, and provides a clear roadmap to success, not only for the course, but also for the students’ college career. This is especially useful for an increasingly diverse student community that arrives to college with a varying knowledge of the academic institution, with its specialized language and systems. The project explores the existing research on syllabus crafting, uses current composition studies and a survey of English 100 students to interrogate the rhetorical situation of the author’s own syllabus, and finally reflects upon a section-bysection revision of that syllabus. With a present and positive voice from the teacher that includes students in the process of their own learning, a dynamic composition syllabus can initiate trusting relationships in the classroom, and support greater success for the students.
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Anderson, Sharon S. "Yeats: from fairy tales to myth." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 1993. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/107.

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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.
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Trudinger, Catherine Mary. "The carbon cycle over the last 1000 years inferred from inversion of ice core data /." Full text, 2000. http://www.dar.csiro.au/publications/Trudinger_2001a0.htm.

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Zhang, Jie. "General features of climate changes durinf the last 1000 years in a climate system model." Paris 6, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA066553.

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La simulation est effectuée d’une manière continue pour mille ans sous le seul effet du forçage extérieur. Le réchauffement rapide et sans précédent du 20e siècle est bien simulé, indiscutablement attribué à l’augmentation soutenue des gaz à effet de serre dans l’atmosphère depuis l’ère industrielle. En revanche pour la période préindustrielle où le forçage naturel est dominant, le changement en température manifeste principalement dans l’hémisphère du nord, créant ainsi une forte asymétrie inter-hémisphérique. La NAO est bien identifiable durant l’ensemble du dernier millénaire, mais la structure spatiale associée est différente avant et après l’ère industrielle. La dépression d’Islande possède une plus grande variabilité que l’anticyclone des Açores avant l’ère industrielle soumise aux forçages naturels. Mais les deux centres d’action sont presque à l’égalité au niveau de leur variabilité pour la période récente où les forçages anthropiques sont dominants. Durant la période récente, l’anticyclone subtropical situé au Pacifique nord, ainsi que les circulations atmosphériques associées, est aussi intensifié en variabilité. La phase positive de la NAO favorise l’intensification de l’AMOC. La NAO précède de l’AMOC par une ou deux décennies dans leur variation. Cette relation est attribuée aux formations des eaux profondes dans les sites subpolaires de l’Atlantique nord. Le mode nord de la mousson d’hiver est étroitement lié à la NAO. D’autres facteurs, tels que la SST en Pacifique nord et la couverture neigeuse sur le continent Eurasien, jouent aussi un rôle dans la variabilité de la mousson
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Norris, Toni Louise. "The personal, career and learning skill needs of first year psychology students." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/140.

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This study assessed the personal, career and learning skills needs of 196 psychology students (M= 56, F= 103). The preferred means of counselling assistance, preferred experience of counselling and preferred counselling provider were also assessed. The most highly endorsed needs were time management skills (83.5 percent, n=162), learning test-taking strategies (82 percent, n=159), job search strategies (73.6 percent, n=142), increasing self-confidence (70.3 percent, n=135), increasing motivation (72.4 percent, n=134), controlling anxiety and nervousness (68.7 percent, n=134), public speaking anxiety (68.4percent, n=134), understanding career interests and abilities (67.5 percent, n=131), fear of failure (68.1 percent, n=130), and improving study skills (66.5 percent, n=129). Significant sex differences were found for the following, finding a greater purpose in life, controlling weight, job search strategies, concerns about career choice, understanding career interests and abilities in the selection of major subjects and improving study skills. Males highly endorsed the need for finding a greater purpose in life, job search strategies, and concern about career choice, understanding career interest and abilities, selection of major subjects and to improve study skills, whereas females endorsed the need for controlling weight. Respondents indicated individual counselling as being their preferred means of counselling assistance, but lectures were the most prevalent means of assistance previously received by respondents. Most respondents (78.1 percent) found the assistance they had received to be helpful.
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Sabri, Raghid N. R. "Geochemical and isotope investigations of carbonate sinter – 2000 years of water supply management in Palestine." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg Universitaetsbibliothek "Georgius Agricola", 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:105-qucosa-215797.

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Over thousands of years, the eastern part of the Mediterranean has developed ways to supply and manage its water resources. The most important evidence of this is the water networks that are distributed in the area. Case studies involving a literature review, fieldwork, sample collection and analysis were conducted that focused on two areas in the West Bank: Nablus city and the northern part of Jordan Valley. These locations were chosen because Nablus city and its vicinity have many of Roman tunnels and aqueducts while the Jordan Valley has many watermills. This study aims to examine the changes in water quality over time in various ways; in an attempt to explain environmental degradation, to understand archeological aspects relating to the water management system, and to piece together what sustained the past environmental development. Throughout centuries carbonate deposits have accumulated along the sidewalls of the water system, containing and archiving geochemical and hydraulic information. These carbonate deposits were sampled from the walls of tunnels together with water samples from the tunnel and surrounding springs in the area. In addition, carbonate sinter has accumulated at the outlet of the watermill on the water shaft. This sinter was also sampled along with water samples from the springs and the water in the Wadi in the area. Water and carbonate samples were analyzed. Water analysis included major cations and anions, trace elements, rare earth elements, 18O/16O isotope ratio, and 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratio. Results indicate the presence of different underground water bodies and Sr resources. Furthermore, thin sections were made from the carbonate samples for SEM–EDX analyses and microscopic investigations. The microscope analysis showed that the distribution of minerals precipitated differs within one sample. Likewise, SEM–EDX results show a variation in element distribution along the growth axis. After finishing the analysis of water samples and thin sections, the layers of the carbonate samples were acidified and trace elements and rare earth elements were measured by means of ICP–MS. Then selected layers were prepared for isotope analyses (18O, 13C, and 87Sr/86Sr) and subsequently measured. The carbonate samples were dated using the U–Th method. Rare earth elements and trace elements measurements provide clear evidence that urbanization has an adverse effect on groundwater quality. Different groundwater bodies were identified by means of geochemical analysis. In the same way, the water sources used to feed the ancient water system were also identified. Through petrological and geochemical analysis, the sustainability of the watermill concept could be demonstrated. This study recommends a more controlled regulation of urbanization expansion. It will only be possible to continue living in this region with sufficient amounts of groundwater and innovative techniques for water supply and management that are environmentally sustainable, as it used to be centuries ago.
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Davids, Charmaine Catherine. "The sandplay therapy process of a thirteen year old girl : a case study." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1005.

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Mowinckel, Erland Kragh. "Flood Capacity Improvement of San Jose Creek Channel Using HEC-RAS." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2011. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/583.

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The Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County, California, have seen many major storm events during the past century. San Jose Creek, which runs out of these mountains, through the town of Goleta, and into the Pacific Ocean, has experienced several intense flood events as a result. The lower portion of the creek was diverted in 1960 to alleviate flooding through Old Town Goleta. However, flooding still occurred in the storms of 1995 and 1998. This study incorporates a hydraulic analysis component of a project aimed at re-designing this diverted portion of the channel. It presents an analysis of modifications to this reach in order to improve its capacity and reduce flooding during a 100-year event. As one of the most prominent software for hydraulic modeling for steady and unsteady state open channel flow, HEC-RAS is used to analyze multiple variations in channel geometry and combinations of lining materials. Of these modifications, the best configuration is suggested.
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Weirauch, Daniel R. "A high-resolution record of climate instability spanning ~1.0 million years across the mid-Pleistocene transition." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 131 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1472642111&sid=21&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Gund, John Edward. "Exploring Veterans' Experiences In Engl-101 At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1727.

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In recent years, an increasing number of military veterans have enrolled in higher education. Little research has been conducted on veterans in tandem with higher education, but what does exist shows that they are a unique student population because of their military background. In the last few years, scholarship has called for research on veterans in classroom environments. Moreover, composition scholars in particular have called for research on veterans and writing. Although veterans have been recognized as a unique student population, little research has been conducted on what pedagogical practices can be used to help them as they become students. First-year composition courses are the perfect context to examine the intersection of these calls for research because most veterans have to take them – since they often enroll as freshmen – and they involve varied written assignments. The purpose of this study was to explore what veterans’ experiences had been in the classroom environment of first-year composition courses and in working towards the course goals for written assignments through qualitative methods. This study also sought to discover what veterans thought could be altered to improve their experience in first-year composition. This study focused on the context of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and its first-year composition course, Engl-101. In order to discover what veterans’ experiences had been, a focus group of five veterans that had taken Engl-101 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale was held. Additionally, a follow-up interview was conducted with one of the participants of the focus group. The results were consistent with the findings of other research on veterans. What was most notably clear was that veterans’ experiences in Engl-101 were greatly influenced by their experiences in the military. Participants expected their instructors to wield more authority over the class, much like their superiors would in the military. Additionally, veterans were often challenged by the behaviors of non-military students, which they perceived as disrespectful. Despite these challenges that participants encountered in the classroom environment, they also drew from the leadership skills they acquired while in the military to counter them. Additionally, the participants of this study raised that their instructors cared about the students and the content of the course, which alleviated some of the challenges they encountered. When it came to working towards the course goals for the written assignments, veterans struggled to expand their ideas beyond a few sentences, largely due to the style of writing they were used to in the military. That said, once veterans had a clear understanding of the conventions needed for an assignment, they were able to write strong essays. Ultimately, instructors of first-year composition that work with veterans will need to further training on the expectations that veterans’ carry with them from the military. Once instructors have knowledge of the ways veterans learn, they can adapt their pedagogical practices to suit.
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Kwong, King Lun. "Status of the apple snail pomacea canaliculata in Hong Kong twenty years after its invasion, with emphasis on its distribution, secondary production and trophic relationship." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2008. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1003.

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Maldonado, Philip Pasqual. "Low Flow Variations in Source Water Supply for the Occoquan Reservoir System Based on a 100-Year Climate Forecast." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35203.

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The reliability of future water supplies comes into question with the onset of global climate change and the variations in local weather patterns that it brings. Changes in temperature, precipitation, soil moisture, and sea level can all have an impact on drinking water storage and supply. As these impacts are realized, it is increasingly important to use forward projecting estimates of future supply through the use of general circulation models (GCMs). GCMs can be used to predict changes in local weather over the next century. Using GCM data as input to a hydrologic model of local water supplies, water supply managers can assess and be better prepared for the impact of these possible changes. Land use/demand in particular has an impact on runoff characteristics within a watershed. By incorporating changes in land use/demand into hydrologic model simulations, a more complete picture can be generated of the possible runoff characteristics, and thereby source water supply. The four land use scenarios used in this study are: 1) present day land use/demand; 2) projected land use/demand to 2040; 3) projected land use/demand to 2070; and 4) projected land use/demand to 2100.

This study uses established techniques to incorporate both climate and land use/demand change into a hydrologic model of the Occoquan watershed, which encompasses an area of approximately 1,550 square kilometers in Northern Virginia, U.S.A., and is part of the drinking water supply to approximately 1.7 million residents.
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Manning-Ouellette, Amber Lynn. "A WOMAN'S VOICE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON HOW FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE WOMEN UNDERSTAND THEIR SEXUAL EXPERIENCES." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1004.

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A significant social and personal area of the first-year of college is the freedom to engage in casual sex relationships. There is an indication that negative emotions and regret effect women longer than men (Esbaugh & Gute, 2008; Lambert, Kahn, & Apple, 2003; Littleton, Tabernik, Canales, Backstrom, 2009; Morgan & Zurbriggen, 2009; Nack, 2008). The purpose of the study is to investigate how first-year college women understand their sexual experiences. By gathering narratives directly from first-year college women regarding their sex education background and experiences, this dissertation will obtain information needed to offer the types of successful strategies and information secondary and postsecondary education can provide women to strengthen their cognitions and to enlighten their college experiences. This qualitative study investigates how women understand their sexual experiences through women's cognitive development. I conducted twelve 90-minute interviews with a diverse set of first-year college female participants using a structured interviewing technique with open-ended questions. This structure provided an opportunity for exploration of student's sexual decision-making and understanding of the experiences. My interviewing techniques mimic the strategies of grounded theory and I interpreted my data through a three phase thematic coding process guided by the theoretical framework of Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, & Tarule (1986) Women's Ways of Knowing. The findings suggest that women understand their sexual experiences through informal sex education background, public sexual identity, and private sexual identity. These identities are understood through silence and received knowledge in the women's lived experiences and ownership of knowledge. The findings also suggest a model for college women's sexual identity development and how higher education can develop successful strategies to empower women and enlighten their educational experiences to assist in their academic persistence.
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Bale, Roderick Jon. "Climatic reconstruction of the last 1000 years from bristlecone pine tree rings at Blanco, White Mountains, California, USA." Thesis, Swansea University, 2008. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42975.

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As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, a key issue facing humanity is that of climate change. Understanding past climate should improve future predictions and climate models. Stable isotope ratios from tree rings may be free from some of the problems associated with tree ring width studies. This research creates a millennial (AD1005-2005) annually resolved δ¹³C based temperature and precipitation reconstruction from bristlecone pine trees growing at an elevation of c.3000m at Blanco in the White Mountains of south central California. Samples were cross dated, cut into annual increments and extracted to α-cellulose. Following this measurements of δ¹³C were made. The δ¹³C results were corrected for increasing atmospheric δ¹²C concentration due to fossil fuel combustion (δ¹³Ccor), and for increasing CO₂ over the last 150 years (δ¹³Cpin). Summer temperature and precipitation are demonstrated to influence δ¹³C ratios. Annual δ¹³C fluctuations correlate strongly with summer precipitation, while lower frequency variations appear to follow changes in summer temperature. The mid 12th, late 16th, late 17th and early 18th century appear to have been warmer, or drier than the 20th century. The late llth/early 12th, early 15th, early 17th and late 19th centuries appear to have witnessed wetter or colder periods than the 20th century. The data compares favourably with previous climate reconstructions from the Western United States.
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Viegas, Otávio Macedo. "Change over continuity? An analysis of Brazilian foreign policy during President Lula\'s years (2003-2010)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/101/101131/tde-29102013-182935/.

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Since the first months of Lula da Silva\'s presidency, Brazil adopted a more assertive stance in its foreign policy. A number of recent papers and books have emphasized one aspect of change in the country\'s strategy of external insertion, during President Lula\'s two terms in office (2003-2010): autonomy played a central role in the framing of Brazilian interests in global affairs. Chapter 1 reviews the literature on Brazilian foreign policy during that period, taking into account the following dimensions: a) the concept of autonomy; b) the return of the autonomist group to Itamaraty and the erosion of the ministry\'s monopoly in foreign policy-making; c) the links between regional leadership and a more autonomous stance in international politics. The goal of chapter 2 is to make an analysis of Brazilian foreign policy during President Lula\'s years (2003-2010) and is divided in two parts, besides the introduction and the conclusion. In the first section I initially discuss the concepts of middle-power and autonomy, then proceed to an overview of Brazil\'s foreign policy in the period. In the second section I analyze the country\'s quest for autonomy during President Lula\'s government, emphasizing the aspect of change in diplomatic stances during his second term. I argue that adjustment and program changes took place in this period and also discuss structural challenges affecting Brazil today.
Desde os primeiros meses da presidência de Lula da Silva, o Brasil adotou uma postura mais assertiva em sua política externa. Artigos e livros recentes têm enfatizado um aspecto de mudança na estratégia de inserção externa do país durante os dois mandatos de Lula: a autonomia desempenhou um papel central na configuração dos interesses Brasileiros em relações internacionais. O capítulo 1 desta dissertação revisa a literatura sobre política externa brasileira naquele período, levando em consideração as seguintes dimensões: a) o conceito de autonomia; b) o retorno do grupo autonomista ao Itamaraty e a erosão do monopólio desse ministério em assuntos de política externa; c) os nexos entre liderança regional e uma postura mais autônoma em política internacional. O objetivo do capítulo 2 é fazer uma análise da política externa brasileira durante os anos do Presidente Lula (2003-2010) e está dividido em duas partes, além da introdução e da conclusão. Na primeira seção eu inicialmente discuto os conceitos de potência média e de autonomia, e em seguida traço um panorama da política externa do Brasil no período. Na segunda seção é feita uma análise da busca do país por autonomia, enfatizando o aspecto de mudança nas posturas diplomáticas durante os anos 2007-2010. Argumenta-se que mudanças de ajuste e de programa ocorreram nesse período e também discutem-se desafios estruturais que afetam o Brasil hoje.
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Malebye, Manthodi Alina. "Causes of Hospital re-administrations of HIV / AIDS children at Dr George Mukhari hospital during the year 2003." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1080.

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Thesis (MPH) -- University of Limpopo, 2011.
Introduction HIV/AIDS is major cause of child mortality and an increase in the number of sick children presenting to health services worldwide (UNICEF 2008). A significant number of children live with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Research indicates that in poor resourced countries, there is an increase in the prevalence of hospital admissions and re-admissions among HIV infected children as compared to developed countries. Research data on hospital admissions, treatment and care of HIV positive children South Africa is limited. Objectives This study was therefore initiated to determine the demographic and clinical causes of HIV positive children admitted and readmitted at the paediatric ward of Dr George Mukhari Hospital (DGMH), South Africa in the year 2003. Methods This was mainly a descriptive quantitative study using medical records of HIV infected children admitted and readmitted in the paediatric ward of DGMH from 1st January to 31st December 2003. A full census of all the records of children admitted in the two paediatric wards was carried out. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. Results The study comprised 74 children, 28 (37.8%) female and 48 (62.2%) males. The average mean of initial admission length of hospital stay was 12.3 days and (SD = 12.1) days. The different diagnoses were classified in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) Clinical Staging of HIV disease for infants and children with established HIV infection. Out of a total of 581 initial admissions, 74 (12.7%) children were readmitted. The mean interval days between the discharge date and readmission date was 9.8 days (SD = 7.0 days) and 94.6% of the readmissions occurred within the first two weeks of discharge date. Second readmission decreased by 75.3% as only 18 patients were readmitted. A further 95.9% decrease in the third readmission was noted with only 3 patients getting readmitted. iv The commonest causes of admission with HIV were broncho-pneumonia, gastro-enteritis, vomitting, oral thrush, immunosuppression with symptoms like fever,cough, respiratory distress. Causes of readmissions were broncho-pneumonia, oral thrush, diarrhoea, vomitting, immunosuppression, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting and failure to thrive, dehydration associated with symptoms like fever, cough, respiratory distress and upper respiratory distress. Conclusion The rate of readmission was (12.7%) and majority of the readmitted children were in the 0- 2-year age group. The study results show a high prevalence of diseases of the respiratory system with a high frequency of broncho-pneumonia and a high prevalence of diseases of the digestive system with a high frequency of gastro-enteritis. The average mean of the initial hospital admission stay was 12.3 days, which was significantly higher than other studies previously conducted. The probable reason for a long hospital stay could be the high prevalence of co-infections among the children admitted.
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Davies, Veronica. "A comparative study of state art policies : institutional practices and exhibition organisation in Britain and Germany c.1945-51 with particular attention to the cultural policies of the British-occupied zone of North West Germany during these years." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/1300/.

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This thesis is a comparative study of state policies and institutional practices relating to art in Britain and Germany in the period from 1945-5 1. This study examines the context for the production of visual art and considers its dissemination through art exhibitions and criticism in this important transitional period. It also assesses the contribution of the visual arts towards the process of cultural reconstruction and to the re-negotiation of national identities in both countries. Significantly, the cultural history of this period has been relatively under-examined and has not been the subject of extensive nor detailed research. Until now, mainstream art-historical accounts have tended to focus on the Paris-New York axis during these years, rendering Anglo-German art developments relatively peripheral. It is this marginalisation that this thesis seeks to counter. This study is divided into two main sections. The first focuses on the British Zone of occupation in postwar Germany. My research draws on a wide range of British and German archival and other sources to compare the experiences and perceptions of the British occupying forces with the different approaches adopted by German artists and arts administrators involved in reconstruction. The second section offers a detailed comparative case study of two regional art museums, Leeds City Art Gallery and the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld. A particular feature of this comparison is the detailed investigation of these museums' exhibition and acquisition policies, and how these relate to the wider political issues and cultural imperatives identified in the first section. My conclusion reinforces the broader view that the years 1945-51 form a turbulent transitional period in the cultural histories of both Germany and Britain. What is underlined is the often provisional and contingent nature of arts policies as they were aligned with and incorporated into wider aims of cultural reconstruction. What also emerges are the complex ways in which the visual arts contributed towards, and were subject to, the fluctuating and evolving political and cultural circumstances of both countries in the years leading up to the Cold War.
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