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Daniel, Rosalie, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Aspects of the interaction between Xanthorrhoea australis and Phytophthora cinnamomi in south-western Victoria, Australia." Deakin University. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2002. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051201.144848.
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Diseases in natural ecosystems are often assumed to be less severe than those observed in domestic cropping systems due to the extensive biodiversity exhibited in wild vegetation communities. In Australia, it is this natural biodiversity that is now under threat from Phytophthora cinnamomi. The soilborne Oomycete causes severe decline of native vegetation communities in south-western Victoria, Australia, disrupting the ecological balance of native forest and heathland communities.
While the effect of disease caused by P. cinnamomi on native vegetation communities in Victoria has been extensively investigated, little work has focused on the Anglesea healthlands in south-western Victoria. Nothing is known about the population structure of P. cinnamomi at Anglesea. This project was divided into two main components to investigate fundamental issues affecting the management of P. cinnamomi in the Anglesea heathlands. The first component examined the phenotypic characteristics of P. cinnamomi isolates sampled from the population at Anglesea, and compared these with isolates from other regions in Victoria, and also from Western Australia. The second component of the project investigated the effect of the fungicide phosphonate on the host response following infection by P. cinnamomi.
Following soil sampling in the Anglesea heathlands, a collection of P, cinnamomi isolates was established. Morphological and physiological traits of each isolate were examined. All isolates were found to be of the A2 mating type. Variation was demonstrated among isolates in the following characteristics: radial growth rate on various nutrient media, sporangial production, and sporangial dimensions. Oogonial dimensions did not differ significantly between isolates. Morphological and physiological variation was rarely dependant on isolate origin.
To examine the genetic diversity among isolates and to determine whether phenotypic variation observed was genetically based, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses were conducted. No significant variation was observed among isolates based on an analysis of molecular variance (AMQVA). The results are discussed in relation to population biology, and the effect of genetic variation on population structure and population dynamics.
X australis, an arborescent monocotyledon indigenous to Australia, is highly susceptible to infection by P. cinnamomi. It forms an important component of the heathland vegetation community, providing habitat for native flora and fauna, A cell suspension culture system was developed to investigate the effect of the fungicide phosphonate on the host-pathogen interaction between X. australis and P. cinnamomi. This allowed the interaction between the host and the pathogen to be examined at a cellular level.
Subsequently, histological studies using X. australis seedlings were undertaken to support the cellular study. Observations in the cell culture system correlated well with those in the plant. The anatomical structure of X australis roots was examined to assist in the interpretation of results of histopathological studies. The infection of single cells and roots of X. australis, and the effect of phosphonate on the interaction are described. Phosphonate application prior to inoculation with P. cinnamomi reduced the infection of cells in culture and of cells in planta. In particular, phosphonate was found to stimulate the production of phenolic material in roots of X australis seedlings and in cells in suspension cultures. In phosphonate-treated roots of X australis seedlings, the deposition of electron dense material, possibly lignin or cellulose, was observed following infection with P. cinnamomi. It is proposed that this is a significant consequence of the stimulation of plant defence pathways by the fungicide.
Results of the study are discussed in terms of the implications of the findings on management of the Anglesea heathlands in Victoria, taking into account variation in pathogen morphology, pathogenicity and genotype. The mode of action of phosphonate in the plant is discussed in relation to plant physiology and biochemistry.
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Laidlaw, William Scott, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "The Effects of Phytophthora Cinnamomi on heathland flora and fauna of the Eastern Otway Ranges." Deakin University. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 1997. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051111.121612.
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The plant pathogen, Phytophthora dnnamomi, is a cause of dieback disease observed in sclerophyll vegetation in Australia, The effects of P. dnnamomi on flora and fauna were studied at two locations in heathland vegetation near the coastal town of Anglesea, Victoria. The pathogen was isolated from soils beneath diseased heathland plants. The extent of diseased vegetation was assessed by the presence and absence of highly sensitive indicator species, Xanthorrhoea australis and hopogon ceratophyllus. The characteristics of heathland vegetation exhibiting dieback disease associated with the presence of P. dnnamomi were investigated.
Plant species richness was similar between diseased and non-diseased areas however diseased areas were characterised by significant declines in the cover and frequency of susceptible species, increases in resistant species and increases in percent cover of open ground. Compared to non-diseased areas, diseased areas exhibited fewer shrub species and decreased shrub cover. The percentage cover and number of species of sedges, lilies and grasses were higher in diseased areas. Structural differences were significant between 0-0.6 m with decreased cover of vegetation in diseased areas. Differences in structure between diseased and non-diseased areas were not as great as expected due to increases in the cover of resistant species. A number of regenerating X australis were observed in post-disease areas. Cluster analysis of floristic data could clearly separate diseased and non-diseased trap stations.
The population dynamics and habitat use of eight small mammal species present were compared in diseased and non-diseased areas using trapping and radio-tracking techniques. The number of small mammal species captured in post-disease areas was significantly lower than non-diseased areas. Mean captures of Antechinus stuartii and Rattus fiisdpes were significantly lower in diseased areas on Grid B. Mean captures of Rattus lutreolus were significantly lower in diseased areas on both study grids. Significant differences were not observed in every season over the two year study period. Radio tracking revealed more observations of Sminthopsis leucopus in non-diseased vegetation than in diseased. Cercartetus nanus was frequently observed to utilise the disease susceptible X. australis for nesting.
At one location, the recovery of vegetation and small mammal communities in non-diseased and diseased vegetation after fuel reduction burning was monitored for three years post-fire. Return of plant species after fire in both disease classes were similar, reaching 75% of pre-fire richness after three years. Vegetation cover was slower to return after fire in diseased areas. Of the seven small mammal species captured pre-fire, five were regularly captured in the three years after fire. General linear model analysis revealed a significant influence of disease on capture rates for total small mammals before fire and a significant influence of fire on capture rates for total small mammals after fire. After three years, the influence of fire on capture rates was reduced no significant difference was detected between disease classes. Measurements of microclimate indicate that diseased, burnt heathland was likely to experience greater extremes of temperature and wind speed. Seeding of diseased heathland with X. australis resulted in the establishment of seedlings of this sensitive species.
The reported distributions of the mamma] species in Victoria were analysed to determine which species were associated with the reported distribution of dieback disease. Twenty-two species have more than 20% of their known distribution in diseased areas. Five of these species, Pseudomys novaehollandiae, Pseudomys fumeust Pseudomys shortridgei, Potorous longipes and Petrogale pencillata are rare or endangered in Victoria. Four of the twenty-two species, Sminthopsis leucopus, Isoodon obesulus, Cercartetus nanus and Rottus lutreolus am observed in Victorian heathlands.
Phytophthora cinnamomi changes both the structure and floristics of heathland vegetation in the eastern Qtway Ranges. Small mammals respond to these changes through decreased utilisation of diseased heathland. The pathogen threatens the diversity of species present and future research efforts should be directed towards limiting its spread and rehabilitating diseased areas.
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Bureu, Nela. "The Canadian Lanscape through poetry." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/8113.
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Cooper, Sarah. "Intonation in Anglesey Welsh." Thesis, Bangor University, 2015. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/intonation-in-anglesey-welsh(3044742c-576d-4081-9e3b-865f7ba06e47).html.
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This thesis investigates the intonation system of Anglesey Welsh, an under researched variety with regards to its suprasegmental aspects. The main aim of this thesis is to provide a fine-grained intonational investigation into the realisation of the structural components of the intonation system. The secondary aim considers a functional hypothesis proposed by Haan (2002), that there may be a trade-off between the amount of lexicosyntactic marking used to cue interrogativity (e.g. inversion, wh-words) and the amount of intonational marking (e.g. higher and later accent peaks). With regards to the phonetic realisation of the structural elements, two features are investigated: the vertical scaling (or height) and the temporal alignment to the segmental string. The materials were manipulated to test the effect that a) grammatical function and b) temporal constraints had on the scaling and alignment of the structural components. The results show that the scaling (height) was significantly affected by the grammatical function of the test sentences, with the structural components in questions being realised higher than statements. With regards to alignment, there was evidence of significant adjustments in the location of some structural components as a function of the number of syllables available in the sentence. The final part of this thesis discusses issues surrounding a phonological analysis of the intonation system using the scaling and alignment data. It is proposed that Anglesey Welsh questions and statements are best analysed as having a rising L+H* in both prenuclear and nuclear position, followed by a low boundary tone L%. This thesis contributes to knowledge on prosodic typology by analysing the structure and function of the intonation system using a widely used approach to intonational analysis (the autosegmental-metrical approach). Furthermore, it tests questions about the phonetic implementation of intonation in Anglesey Welsh and uses the patterning to discuss an appropriate underlying phonological representation of the intonation.
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Carter, D. C. "Tectonic evolution of Northern Anglesey." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233412.
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Segui, Aznar Juana Mª. "Robert Graves y Mallorca: su narrativa breve mallorquina." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9425.
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Aquest treball d'investigació explora i analitza divuit narracions curtes de Robert Graves publicades al llarg dels anys 1947 a 1962. Està dirigit a establir la relació entre Graves i Mallorca mitjançant els elements autobiogràfics i locals que es poden trobar en les narracions. La idiosincràsia de l'illa queda reflectida en la descripció i comportament dels personatges, en els aspectes socials, polítics, culturals i lingüístics, i en l'escenari espaciotemporal d'aquestes narracions; tots aquests elements han servit a Graves per a conformar-les, sempre des del seu personal punt de vista. Es tracta d'un treball hermenèutic sobre el color local en la narrativa breu de Graves. Consta d'una anàlisi filològica o de crítica textual, seguida de l'aportació de la font, notícies, anècdotes, fets biogràfics i altres elements que serviren d'inspiració a l'autor.In this research, eighteen short stories written by Robert Graves and published along 1947 and 1962 are explored and analyzed. It focuses on the relationship between Graves and Majorca through the autobiographical and local elements found in the stories. It shows how the idiosyncrasy of the place, reflected on the description and behaviour of the characters, on the social, political cultural and linguistic aspects and the spatial-temporal setting where these stories are settled, has formed these stories told from Graves's point of view. It is a hermeneutic work on the local colour of Graves's short narrative. This study relies firstly on a philological component or textual criticism, followed by the source, news, anecdotes, biographical facts and other elements that inspired the writer.
Este trabajo de investigación explora y analiza dieciocho relatos breves escritos por Robert Graves a lo largo de los años 1947 a 1962. El estudio se centra sobre todo en mostrar a través de estas obras la relación que existió entre Robert Graves y Mallorca, rastreando en ellas elementos autobiográficos y locales. Se muestra como la idiosincrasia del lugar, reflejada en la descripción y comportamiento de los personajes, en los aspectos sociales, políticos, culturales y lingüísticos, y en el escenario espacial-temporal donde tienen lugar estos relatos, ha ido conformando estas historias narradas desde el punto de vista de Robert Graves. Es un trabajo hermenéutico acerca del color local en la narrativa breve de Robert Graves. Dicho estudio se apoya primeramente en un componente de tipo filológico o crítica textual, seguido de la aportación de las fuentes, noticias, anécdotas hechos biográficos y otros que sirvieron de inspiración al autor.
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Santaularia, Capdevila Isabel. "Representations of masculinity in Wilbur Smith's Courtney Saga. Contextual Causes and Strategies of Authorial Control." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/8116.
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Pearson, Terry. "Angles in Light." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2887.
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My work on canvas and in jewelry focuses on the tension between the hard edges of geometric shape and soft lines of organic form. Light plays an important part in the viewing of these opposing forms. It reflects off the shapes and textures creating sharp contrasts and enhancing the individual sections as they relate to the whole. In my paintings, I set organic floral forms against geometric architectural structures. I create texture and contrast by adding digitally enhanced transfers, torn paper, and acrylic putty. In my jewelry, I also set organic forms against geometric shapes, by adding stone, wire, and various types of metal to the raised surfaces. The different textures in both of my focus areas attract and reflect light, allowing the look and character of the piece to change as the light changes.
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Phillips, Emrys Rodger. "The geology of the monian supergroup, Western Anglesey, North Wales." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.335529.
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Mann, A. "Geological studies within the Mona Complex of central Anglesey, North Wales." Thesis, Bucks New University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373603.
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Grove-White, Robin. "Welsh, English or British? : Hugh Hughes and late sixteenth-century Anglesey." Thesis, Bangor University, 2011. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/welsh-english-or-british-hugh-hughes-and-late-sixteenthcentury-anglesey(febc1e86-b00f-4d71-90c6-83d6b0b4482f).html.
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The ‘acts of union’ administrative and judicial machinery, through which Wales was governed from the late-Tudor period onwards, gave a major role to native Welshmen. It is sometimes argued that this encouraged a predominantly self-seeking Welsh gentry class to consolidate, attracted to English priorities, to the continuing detriment of Welsh culture and language. Through an examination of the life and career of a single individual from this class, the lawyer-landowner Hugh Hughes (c. 1548-1609) of Plas Coch in Anglesey, it is argued on the contrary that the multi-tiered administrative system helped perpetuate Welsh distinctiveness, with highly educated bi-lingual lawyers like Hughes himself crucial to the effectiveness of the machinery of government. His English university and legal training is shown to have been compatible with continued embeddedness in Welsh-speaking Anglesey, and the thesis uses him as a prism for understanding the various north Welsh governance institutions, in most of which he was personally involved, and their inter-connected workings. It is probably more appropriate to picture key figures of Hugh Hughes’ kind as acting on behalf of an emergent shared ‘imagined community’ of ‘Britain’, than as compromised agents of English hegemony. Reflections are offered on possible implications of such a perspective for present-day attitudes towards devolution.
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Johnson, A. W. "Angles, squares or roundes." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.236251.
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Williams, Amanda Jane. "The sedimentology of Late Devensian glacial deposits in Anglesey, north-west Wales." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.404507.
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Serhadlioglu, Sena. "Tidal stream resource assessment of the Anglesey Skerries and the Bristol Channel." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:aaab7e1f-2c91-4c2b-949c-a8311066aa92.
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Utilising tidal currents as a renewable energy resource is presently under consideration to meet the requirements of increasing worldwide energy demand and the need to reduce carbon emissions. In this respect, in-stream tidal devices are proposed to convert the kinetic energy of currents into useful extractable power. In order to extract a useful amount of energy from tidal currents, the proposed devices need to be deployed in an array or farm-like format. Due to the thrust exerted by the devices within an array, the natural flow regime will inevitably be changed. In light of this, this study aims to estimate the maximum power that can be extracted by tidal turbine arrays and assess the far-field effects of energy extraction in the designated areas around the UK for various array configurations. In this thesis, the ocean tides are modelled using the long wave equations, commonly referred as the shallow water equations (SWEs). A numerical solver based on a Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin finite element method is employed to solve the SWEs. One main advantage of the discontinuous Galerkin method is that it approximates the solution individually at each element, which allows for discontinuities within the solution system while ensuring mass conservation locally and globally. The selected numerical solver has been verified against several benchmark tests. It is then modified to include a line discontinuity to represent the effect of tidal turbine array(s) in a coastal basin. The algorithm implemented in the numerical solver involves a sub-grid model, which is based on Linear Momentum Actuator Disk Theory (LMADT) to approximate the local flow-field in the presence of the turbines. This near-field approach allows the flow velocity at the turbine to be estimated with a greater accuracy. As the power available to the turbines is related to the velocity at the turbine blades, the characterisation of the designated tidal site as a resource using LMADT may be more accurate than previously proposed methods. An additional advantage of using LMADT is that it provides a distinction between the power extracted by the turbines and the total amount of power that is removed from the tidal stream, including the wake mixing losses. The methodology employed in this thesis has been applied to two tidal basins around the UK; the Anglesey Skerries (a headland) and the Bristol Channel (an oscillating bay). A comprehensive unstructured triangular finite element model has been constructed to simulate the naturally occurring tides at these regions. The constructed model has then been validated against field measurement. The validated model is used to conduct parametric studies, which evaluate the importance of tidal array locations, configurations and operating conditions on the available power at the Anglesey Skerries and the Bristol Channel sites. The parametric study aims to evaluate a realistic upper limit of available power at each site considered. This study also provides a unique analysis to examine the potential tidal farm interactions by deploying several tidal arrays at both Anglesey Skerries and the Bristol Channel.
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Kwok, Daniel Yu Hing. "Contact angles and surface energetics." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/NQ35214.pdf.
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Andrieu, Claire. "Angles de contact et demouillage." Paris 6, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA066247.
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Nous avons etudie la stabilite d'un film liquide d'epaisseur superieure a quelques microns, depose sur une surface non-mouillante. Un tel film est metastable et demouille des qu'une zone de taille suffisante est assechee. Afin de mesurer simultanement la vitesse de demouillage et l'angle de contact dynamique, nous avons mis au point une technique reposant sur les proprietes optiques d'un coin de liquide (technique de la grille). Pour des liquides visqueux, la vitesse et l'angle dynamique (qui est petit devant l'angle d'equilibre), ne dependent pas de l'epaisseur du film natif. Nous avons interprete ces resultats en affinant les lois de vitesse en regime visqueux. Par contre, dans le cas de liquides peu visqueux, en particulier avec l'eau, la vitesse de demouillage depend de l'epaisseur du film natif, ce que nous expliquons par une dominance des effets inertiels devant les forces de frottements visqueux (regime inertiel). Par ailleurs, nous avons mesure le rayon du trou de zone seche necessaire pour induire le demouillage. Ce rayon est directement proportionnel a l'epaisseur du film natif, a un facteur logarithmique pres. Nous avons enfin mis en evidence l'existence d'un angle de contact moyen sur des surfaces heterogenes. Par une fluctuation du parametre d'etalement autour d'une valeur moyenne, nous avons relie cet angle a l'hysteresis de l'angle de contact
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MacDonald, Philip. "A reassessment of the copper alloy artefacts from Llyn Cerrig Bach, Anglesey assemblage." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391161.
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Navarro, i. Ferrando Ignasi. "A Cognitive Semantics analysis of the Lexical Units AT, ON and IN, in English." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Jaume I, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/10433.
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The use-in-context of three lexical units - at, on and in - is analized in thousands of examples from the BROWN corpus of written American English. Syntactic scrutiny confirms the lexicon-grammar continuum, as far as particles cannot be categorized according to necessary and sufficient conditions. Semantic analysis is performed according to a polysemy model based on prototypes and radial categories. It is shown that the same semantic structure is common to all the uses of these particles, as a result of partial sanction and semantic extension of a single category. A prototype is posed for each category, based on topological, force-dynamic, and functional experiential dimensions, according to human perception of objects and their relationships. Particularly, the semantic structure of AT is developed on the basis of an ENCOUNTER schema, that of ON follows from a SUPPORT schema, and finally, that of IN derives from both an INCLUSION and a MEDIUM schema.
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Knobel, Christian. "Optimal control allocation for road vehicle dynamics using wheel steer angles, brake, drive torques camber angles." Düsseldorf VDI-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/992593425/04.
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Holmstedt, Ulrica. "Hells Angles och Bandidos i Helsingborg." Thesis, Umeå University, Basic training programme for Police Officers, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-27499.
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Studien berättar om vilka Mc-gäng som har florerat i Helsingborg och hur dessa gäng har påverkat samhället. Här finns bakgrunds berättelse om Mc-gängen, dess struktur, uppbyggnad och syfte. I studien framkommer även information från en medlem om livet som Mc- kriminell, synen på polisen och deras arbete mot Mc-gängen. Personal från Helsingborgs polisen har fått svara på frågor som framställs i ett senare kapitel. Syftet med min rapport är att delge övriga städer, kommuner men även nya poliser kunskap om hur arbetet mot de kriminella Mc-gängen ser ut och hur arbetet har förändrats genom åren samt vad det har gett för resultat. De resultat som framkommer är att Mc-krigen stannat upp, men att den organiserade brottsligheten finns kvar bland Mc-gängen. Polisen har effektiviserat sitt arbete mot de kriminella Mc-gängen och har på så sätt lyckats minska den kriminalitet som Hells Angels och Bandidos utövade.
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Chen, Jian. "Accurate frequency estimation with phasor angles." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12042009-020203/.
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Gillis, Robert W. "Low-Thrust Assited Angles-Only Navigation." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1001.
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Tradition spacecraft proximity operations require large and expensive on-board sensors and significant ground support. Relative angle measurements can be obtained from small, simple, and inexpensive on-board sensors, but have not traditionally been used for proximity operation because of difficulty generating rang information. In this thesis it is shown that useful relative range data can be generated provided that the spacecraft is experiencing a small continuous thrust such as would be provided by a low-thrust propulsion system.
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Bamousa, Abdullah Omar. "Structural analysis and tectonic significance of the Carmel Head Thrust Belt, Anglesey, North Wales." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/4535.
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MacDonald, Philip. "A reassessment of the copper alloy artefacts from the Llyn Cerri Bach, Anglesey assemblage." Boston Spa, U.K. : British Library Document Supply Centre, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.391161.
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Rost, Kerstin Anna Sofia Olsson. "Pioneering comprehensive schooling : the politics of education : reform and response on Anglesey circa 1935-1974." Thesis, Bangor University, 2016. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/pioneering-comprehensive-schooling-the-politics-of-education-reform-and-response-on-anglesey-circa-19351974(d8d0fba4-c1a7-4265-9808-850d57ab1a86).html.
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This thesis examines the development of Anglesey’s pioneering scheme of comprehensive education between 1935 and 1974. It scrutinises the contributing factors that permitted Anglesey to become the first local authority to introduce a fully comprehensive system of secondary education in 1953. The political process behind educational developments is analysed, with particular focus on the relationship between local and central government. Due to the island’s prominent role as a pioneer of comprehensive schooling, this local case study is also positioned within the wider educational context of the time. The broadly chronological approach of the study shows the Local Education Authority’s (LEA) early support of multilateralism, and its successful resistance to the desires of the Board of Education (BoE) throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s. The implementation of the pioneering scheme in 1953 demonstrated continuity rather than change. It is emphasised that the exceptional circumstances which existed on Anglesey was the predominant reason why such an experimental scheme was allowed to go ahead. The early introduction of a comprehensive system guaranteed Anglesey a prominent place within the broader educational debate during the 1950s and 1960s. The thesis evaluates the significant interest and scrutiny the education system engendered, and the interrelationship between local developments and the wider educational debate. This work reveals how issues were emerging in Anglesey’s comprehensive schools during the latter half of the 1960s and the early 1970s. It analyses how Anglesey’s comprehensive scheme was becoming a cause for concern locally, at the very time that central government expressed its official support for comprehensive schools. Paradoxically, the LEA’s reservations also coincided with Anglesey’s case being used in the national press to justify and strengthen comprehensive reform, showing the discrepancy between the focus of the national debate and the reality of comprehensive schooling in Britain at this time.
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Toinet, Emmanuel. "Automorphismes des groupes d'Artin à angles droits." Phd thesis, Université de Bourgogne, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00698614.
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Cette thèse a pour objet l'étude des automorphismes des groupes d'Artin à angles droits. Etant donné un graphe simple fini $\Gamma$, le groupe d'Artin à angles droits $G_\Gamma$ associé à $\Gamma$ est le groupe défini par la présentation dont les générateurs sont les sommets de $\Gamma$, et dont les relateurs sont les commutateurs $[v,w]$, où {$v$,$w$} est une paire de sommets adjacents. Le premier chapitre est conçu comme une introduction générale à la théorie des groupes d'Artin à angles droits et de leurs automorphismes. Dans un deuxième chapitre, on démontre que tout sous-groupe sous-normal d'indice une puissance de $p$ d'un groupe d'Artin à angles droits est résiduellement $p$-séparable. Comme application de ce résultat, on montre que tout groupe d'Artin à angles droits est résiduellement séparable dans la classe des groupes nilpotents sans torsion. Une autre application de ce résultat est que le groupe des automorphismes extérieurs d'un groupe d'Artin à angles droits est virtuellement résiduellement $p$-fini. On montre également que le groupe de Torelli d'un groupe d'Artin à angles droits est résiduellement nilpotent sans torsion, et, par suite, résiduellement $p$-fini et bi-ordonnable. Dans un troisième chapitre, on établit une présentation du sous-groupe $Conj(G_\Gamma)$ de $Aut(G_\Gamma)$ formé des automorphismes qui envoient chaque générateur sur un conjugué de lui-même.
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Shani, Mehul A. "Compressive strength of eccentrically loaded steel angles." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0013/MQ52481.pdf.
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Nandula, Ramgopal. "Finite element analysis of eccentrically loaded angles." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0013/MQ52474.pdf.
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Eisemann, David W. "Methods for determining dish antenna pointing angles." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020248/.
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Chari, Raja Jon Vurputoor 1977. "Autonomous orbital rendezvous using angles-only navigation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8716.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195).
This study assesses navigation performance for rendezvous and close approach applications where on-board navigation must be accomplished through the use of angles-only measurements by developing various relative motion orbital trajectories. Chaser vehicle maneuvers designed to enhance the estimator's observability of the downrange distance to the target are considered. The target vehicle is assumed to be non-maneuvering and in a near-circular orbit. The modeled system includes representative scenarios from the Orbital Express mission. Although a wide array of angle measurement sensors are available, their use in orbital rendezvous is generally limited by the fact that they are unable to provide direct target ranging information which leads to significant downrange error accumulation in the navigation filter. These navigation problems inherent to angles-only measurements in a natural motion environment are first qualitatively studied both analytically and through linear covariance modeling. It is shown that different target-chaser geometries lead to different navigation uncertainties in target downrange distance. The conclusions drawn from considering natural motion geometries are used to study candidate maneuver-assisted trajectories. The results from this study are used to select and combine the most promising maneuver-assisted trajectories for more in-depth consideration as potential scenarios for the Orbital Express mission. These selected trajectories are then analyzed in depth to determine the interdependency of range observability using angles-only navigation with angular sensor quality, inertial measurement accuracy, attitude determination accuracy, and trajectory design. Using the Orbital Express mission as a baseline, maneuver-assisted trajectories for angles-only navigation are tested with realistic error models to validate the rules of thumb created for improved angles-only navigation even in the presence of biases, misalignments, and degraded sensors. The results show that using well-chosen trajectories leads to navigation error uncertainties acceptable for rendezvous applications when only angular measurements are available.
by Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari.
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Woffinden, David Charles. "Angles-Only Navigation for Autonomous Orbital Rendezvous." DigitalCommons@USU, 2008. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/12.
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The proposed thesis of this dissertation has both a practical element and theoretical component which aim to answer key questions related to the use of angles-only navigation for autonomous orbital rendezvous. The first and fundamental principle to this work argues that an angles-only navigation filter can determine the relative position and orientation (pose) between two spacecraft to perform the necessary maneuvers and close proximity operations for autonomous orbital rendezvous. Second, the implementation of angles-only navigation for on-orbit applications is looked upon with skeptical eyes because of its perceived limitation of determining the relative range between two vehicles. This assumed, yet little understood subtlety can be formally characterized with a closed-form analytical observability criteria which specifies the necessary and sufficient conditions for determining the relative position and velocity with only angular measurements. With a mathematical expression of the observability criteria, it can be used to 1) identify the orbital rendezvous trajectories and maneuvers that ensure the relative position and velocity are observable for angles-only navigation, 2) quantify the degree or level of observability and 3) compute optimal maneuvers that maximize observability. In summary, the objective of this dissertation is to provide both a practical and theoretical foundation for the advancement of autonomous orbital rendezvous through the use of angles-only navigation.
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Matheson, Iggy. "Angles-Only EKF Navigation for Hyperbolic Flybys." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7608.
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Space travelers in science fiction can drop out of hyperspace and make a pinpoint landing on any strange new world without stopping to get their bearings, but real-life space navigation is an art characterized by limited information and complex mathematics that yield no easy answers. This study investigates, for the first time ever, what position and velocity estimation errors can be expected by a starship arriving at a distant star - specifically, a miniature probe like those proposed by the Breakthrough Starshot initiative arriving at Proxima Centauri. Such a probe consists of nothing but a small optical camera and a small microprocessor, and must therefore rely on relatively simple methods to determine its position and velocity, such as observing the angles between its destination and certain guide stars and processing them in an algorithm known as an extended Kalman filter. However, this algorithm is designed for scenarios in which the position and velocity are already known to high accuracy. This study shows that the extended Kalman filter can reliably estimate the position and velocity of the Starshot probe at speeds characteristic of current space probes, but does not attempt to model the filter’s performance at speeds characteristic of Starshot-style proposals. The gravity of the target star is also estimated using the same methods.
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Lee, Da-Mang. "The angles of friction of granular fills." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252312.
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Bosch, Sánchez Lluís. "La traducció al català de poesia en llengua anglesa (1990-2010): anàlisi formal i retòrica." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666592.
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This PhD dissertation attempts to describe and value the translation into Catalan of English language poetry during the period that comprises the years 1990 to 2010. It is the aim of this thesis to consider a theoretical approach regarding the study of poetry translation based on rhetoric. As far as twenty translations are studied in order to offer quite an assorted, large and diverse collection of samples that supports the fulfillment of the pursued objective. All the English language poets that belong to the corpus have mostly published their work during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This chronological delimitation hinders the application of a historicist methodology that would not fit in the synchronic and theoretical goals of the current dissertation. Hence, the methodology employed is comparative, descriptive and empirical. It is impossible to avoid the comparative method when studying any translated text in depth, because translation needs to confront two texts: the source text and the target text. Whereas the descriptive and empirical methods allow to reach supporting conclusions, since the thesis always departs from texts that have been previously analyzed and described. Thus, this dissertation aims at showing that translated poetry texts can be described, studied and assessed from rhetoric, a discipline that, from its origins, has been linked to grammar and poetry and, for this reason, it is based on the knowledge of the language procedure that is characteristic of literatureAquesta tesi doctoral es proposa descriure i valorar les traduccions al català de poesia en llengua anglesa durant el període comprès entre els anys 1990 i 2010. El propòsit de la tesi és plantejar un enfocament teòric per a l’estudi de la traducció de poesia basat en la retòrica. S’hi estudien fins a vint traduccions, a fi d’oferir un mostrari prou variat, ampli i divers que permeti assolir l’objectiu proposat. Tots els poetes en llengua anglesa que formen part del corpus han publicat, majoritàriament, la seva obra, durant els segles XX i XXI. Aquesta delimitació cronològica impedeix aplicar una metodologia historicista que no encaixaria amb els objectius sincrònics i teòrics d’aquesta tesi. Així doncs, la metodologia emprada és comparatista, descriptiva i empírica. El mètode comparatiu és del tot inevitable a l’hora d’aprofundir en l’estudi de qualsevol text traduït, perquè la traducció obliga a acarar dos textos: el text de partida i el text d’arribada. El mètode descriptiu i empíric permet arribar a conclusions contrastables, per tal com la tesi parteix sempre dels textos analitzats i prèviament descrits. La tesi es proposa demostrar que els textos de poesia traduïts poden ser descrits, estudiats i avaluats a partir de la retòrica, una disciplina que, des dels seus orígens, ha estat vinculada a la gramàtica i a la poètica, per la qual cosa es basa en el coneixement dels procediments del llenguatge característics de la literatura
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Stončikaitė, Ieva. "Discourses of female ageing in the works of Erica Jong." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458558.
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Amb l'objectiu d'entendre millor el complex fenomen de l'envelliment i la seva interpretació, i, en particular, d’analitzar la vivència de la vellesa femenina, aquesta tesi examina l'obra de l’Erica Jong des de la perspectiva dels estudis de l'envelliment. Mitjançant l'ús de la gerontologia literària com a marc específic d'aquest estudi, que integra també les teories feministes, la tesi ofereix una anàlisi longitudinal de les obres de l’autora, i examina l’evolució de la seva percepció de l'envelliment en les mateixes. Tot contradient la tendència dominant en la recepció de l'obra de Jong, que considera superficials molts dels seus llibres, aquesta tesi argumenta que els seus textos, i en particular, els escrits en la seva maduresa, donen veu a inquietuds professionals i personals que afecten a les dones de la seva generació. Al mateix temps, aquesta tesi mostra que moltes de les pors i les ansietats dels personatges de l’escriptora estan condicionades per contextos socioculturals i discursos dominants sobre la vellesa que poden ser superats amb el pas del temps. Les obres tardanes de Jong reflecteixen una sèrie de transformacions socials, polítiques i culturals, incloses les derivades del moviment feminista de segona ona, que representen especialment la generació nord-americana de postguerra.Con el objetivo de comprender mejor el complejo fenómeno del envejecimiento y su interpretación, y, en particular, de analizar la vivencia del envejecimiento femenino, esta tesis examina la obra de Erica Jong desde la perspectiva de los estudios del envejecimiento. A partir del uso de la gerontología literaria como marco específico de este estudio, que integra también las teorías feministas, la tesis ofrece un análisis longitudinal de las obras de la autora, y examina la evolución de su percepción del envejecimiento en las mismas. Contradiciendo la tendencia dominante en la recepción de la obra de Jong, que considera superficiales muchos de sus libros, esta tesis argumenta que sus textos, y en particular, los escritos en su madurez, dan voz a inquietudes profesionales y personales que afectan a las mujeres de su generación. Al mismo tiempo, esta tesis muestra que muchos de los miedos y las ansiedades de los personajes de la escritora están condicionados por contextos socioculturales y discursos dominantes sobre el envejecimiento que pueden ser superados con el paso del tiempo. Las obras tardías de Jong reflejan una serie de transformaciones sociales, políticas y culturales, incluidas las que se derivan del movimiento feminista de segunda ola, que representan especialmente a la generación norteamericana de postguerra.
With the objective to better understand the complex dynamics of ageing, and of female ageing in particular, this thesis examines the oeuvre of Erica Jong from an age-studies perspective. By employing literary gerontology as the specific framework of this study, and by integrating a feminist perspective in it, this study offers a longitudinal analysis of her writings and examines the ways in which the writer’s perceptions of ageing have changed over time. Contradicting the dominant tendency in the reception of Jong’s work, which considers many of her fictional writings superficial, this dissertation argues that Jong’s middle and later works in particular address important professional and personal concerns that affect women of her generation. At the same time, it shows that many of her characters’ fears and anxieties are conditioned by sociocultural contexts and dominant discourses that can be contested and transcended in later life. Jong’s later writings serve as a corpus that demonstrates how women deal with social, political, and cultural transformations, including shifting feminist and age-related ideas in an anti-ageing-driven society.
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Varney, Jennifer. "H.d. And the translation of classical greek literature." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/80714.
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A lo largo de su carrera, la poetisa estadounidense Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961) se comprometió con la mitología clásica. A pesar de que produjo una gran cantidad de traducciones de la tragedia griega, muy pocas investigaciones se han desarrollado sobre esta parte de su trabajo. Con el fin de identificar las influencias y las relaciones de poder que confluyeron en las traducciones de H.D. y que dieron forma a su actividad como traductora, esta tesis no solo analiza las traducciones que hizo durante los primeros años de su carrera (1913-1920), sino que también estudia el contexto en el cual se produjeron dichas traducciones. La principal motivación que impulsa este estudio es la de indagar sobre el trato que H.D. dio al género en sus traducciones y sobre la medida en que los asuntos de género fueron relevantes en su papel como traductora.Throughout her career, the American poet H.D. (1886-1961) engaged with classical myth. Despite the numerous translations from Greek tragedy that H.D. produced, very little research has been carried out into this area of the poet’s work. In order to identify the influences and power relations that fed into H.D.’s translations and shaped her activity as translator, this thesis analyses not only the translations that H.D. produced during the early stages of her career (1913-1920), but also the contexts in which these translations were rendered. The driving force behind this study is the desire to interrogate H.D.’s treatment of gender in her translations and the extent to which questions of gender were relevant to her role as translator.
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Lennon, Kieran James. "Factors influencing adhesion behaviour of tablet film coats." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250779.
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Parry, Ioan Mihangel. "Strategic stakeholder dialogue and social sustainability indicator development for nuclear decision-making in Anglesey, North Wales." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2017. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/24006/.
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As new nuclear power developments are proposed for the UK over the coming decades, it is important that public engagement and decision-making processes for these developments are carried out as effectively and sustainably as possible to benefit both current and future generations and mitigate negative social impact and conflict, particularly at the local scale. Alternative approaches are required to those employed historically, which were often expert-led, public-excluding, and vulnerable to extensive critique and opposition, particularly for large-scale and often contentious industrial or technological developments. The research employs a mixed-method approach to engage with different social groups in Anglesey, North Wales, a predominantly rural island where the Wylfa Newydd Nuclear Power Station is proposed to be developed. Quantitative and qualitative techniques are employed to study intra-community social priorities, both generally and development- related, in order to highlight important social sustainability issues for a potential development. The four social groups that participated in this research included two secondary school student groups (YUB and YSTJ Students) and two adult groups (YSTJ Teachers and CTGYM Farmers), reflecting multi- generational representation. Similarities and differences between groups are highlighted which suggests that engagement with ‘the public’ may be more effective if a strategic, social group and priority-based approach was employed, working with existing social collectives at the local scale. The Social Group Dialogue Strategy is proposed to facilitate this approach. I argue that both engagement and decision-making should reflect the pluralism present within local communities, and thereby enhance the effectiveness of stakeholder engagement and legitimacy of decision-making processes. I also argue that deliberative dialogue focussed on understanding social priorities can facilitate indicator development and effective engagement with local communities. Concepts of fairness and justice, such as procedural justice, are identified and discussed in the context of strategic decision-making, sustainability indicator development and dialogue-based engagement with public stakeholders.
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Jones, Andrea Parry. "The hydrography and ecology of an estuary polluted by acid mine drainage : Dulas Bay, Anglesey, U.K." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550902.
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The behaviour of Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn and their ecological impact have been examined in Dulas Bay, Anglesey, UK. Dulas Bay receives metal-rich run-off from a disused copper mine via the Afon Goch. Variations in stream discharge conditions affect the concentration and partitioning of metals entering the estuary. Metal concentrations in the Afon Goch (eg. Fe 752, Cu 659, Zn 1810, Mn 526 ~g/l) are one to two orders of magnitude higher than those found in other Welsh streams draining mineralised catchments. During estuarine mixing, a large proportion of the Fe was removed from solution by flocculation, occurring over the salinity range 0-8%0. There was also removal of Cu, and Zn to a lesser extent. The behaviour of Mn was more variable, ranging from conservative to non-conservative. Analysis of the estuarine sediments has revealed gross contamination with metals (Fe 5.08%, Cu 2007, Zn 1200, Mn 427 ~g/g), such that Dulas Bay is among the UK's most metal-polluted sites. High freshwater flows appear to bring about resuspension of estuarine sediments, with the release of porewater enriched in trace metals. Under these conditions, elevated levels of heavy metals will be released to the coastal waters of the Irish Sea. Thus Dulas Bay can act as both a source and sink for metals, depending on the prevailing hydrological conditions. The concentrations of dissolved eu and Zn entering the estuary exceed levels known to produce toxic effects in marine organisms. Analysis of the sediments has revealed a very restricted infaunal community in comparison with nearby unpolluted sites; only two species were present in any number - the polychaete N ereis diversicolor and the amphipod Corophium v olutator. The distribution of rocky shore fauna also appears to be limited. There is evidence for metal tolerance in N. diversicolor and C. volutator from Dulas Bay, and this study has demonstrated tolerance in the gastropod Littorina saxatilis. The only other abundant invertebrate species present at Dulas Bay are barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides and Elminius modestus) and they appear to survive by virtue of their naturally efficient detoxification systems.
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Rault, Jasmine. "Eileen Gray : new angles on gender and sexuality." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102825.
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This dissertation investigates the early twentieth century work of Irish-born interior designer and architect, Eileen Gray. While the existing literature has tended to read Gray and her work primarily in relation to major male modernist movements and figures, this dissertation contends that considering her engagement with the alternative modernisms developed by other women artists and writers at the time will enrich our understanding of the wider social, cultural and historical implications of her work. In order to make sense of what scholars have long recognised as Gray's critically different architecture and design I analyse her work in relation to three of her female contemporaries: the artist Romaine Brooks, and writers Radclyffe Hall and Djuna Barnes. Such an analysis reveals that Gray's critically different work was importantly related to the critically different aesthetics, genders and sexualities that Gray and many of her female contemporaries cultivated at the time.The first chapter argues that debates about domestic architecture and design were also importantly debates about modern bodies and subjects and provides the framework for the analyses that follow. Chapter 2 compares Gray's early lacquer works, La Voie Lactee (ca. 1912), Le Magicien de la Nuit (1913) and Le Destin (1914) to Romaine Brooks' two paintings from 1910, White Azaleas and The Screen, focusing on their use of decadent aesthetics. Chapter 3 considers Gray's first intricately designed house, E.1027 (1928), in relation to the content and cultural impact of Radclyffe Hall's 1928 novel, The Well of Loneliness. Chapter 4 examines Gray's extremely private and less known house, Tempe a Pailla (1934), in relation to the obscure and non-communicative narrative strategies of Djuna Barnes' 1936 novel, Nightwood. Overall, the argument that binds my dissertation is that Gray's work both contributed and responded to changing conceptions of gendered and sexual subjects in the first half of the last century.
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Staples, Conor, Jonathan A. Cox, Martin M. Lopez, Craig Warren McNabb, Siddhart Narang, and Matthew Ryan Schellenberg. "Measuring Angles in an Environmentally Exposed Gimbal Assembly." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/297765.
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Raytheon Missile Systems has a need for an angular rate measurement system to be implemented within the allocated space at the front of an existing weapon system known as Paveway™. Ultimately, the armament needs to be more accurate and thus the need for this measurement system, which measures the angular rate of change between two bodies rotating about each other on a two axis gimbal assembly, was born. The system must be environmentally sealed, operate on a fixed voltage supplied by the weapon, have low friction, provide low error measurements, and most importantly be low cost. The end design involved the usage of two COTS (commercial off the shelf) gyroscopes that would not only be able to measure the angular rate of change of both pitch and yaw, but be able to easily satisfy all of the other requirements posed by the sponsor as well. The final technical report discusses the high level design process, hardware and software implementation, as well as testing results and project conclusion. Additionally, the project’s mitigation plan, which was a large part of the project, will also be discussed further in Appendix C.
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Khorsravi, Mehrdad. "Some N-Dimensional analytic geometry : angles and more." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2002. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/281.
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TRUSCOTT, GREGORY THOMAS. "Retrofit of Double Angles in Concentrically Braced Frames." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1217885861.
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Masnou, i. Suriñach Joan. "Cartografies literàries de la Costa Brava en la narrativa anglosaxona (1945-2000). Mite, atavisme, parc temàtic i zona zero." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Vic, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/277374.
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Aquest estudi comporta un treball de frontera, a cavall entre la narrativa
en llengua anglesa i la geografia física i humana d’una àrea de Catalunya amb
una marcada personalitat. Observem que en els darrers anys hi ha hagut
intents reeixits des de les col·laboracions en diaris i revistes (Revista de Girona,
Revista del Baix Empordà, Diari de Girona, El Punt/Avui, Hora Nova, Serra
d’Or), ajuntaments (Begur, Palafrugell, Palamós), associacions locals (Fundació
Caixa Girona, Diputació de Girona, Institut d’Estudis Empordanesos), i
iniciatives particulars (Lluís Molinas, Oriol Pi de Cabanyes, Biel Castelló, Xavier
Febrés, Xavier Moret) de recórrer a la història de la Costa Brava per donar a
conèixer les personalitats de rellevància internacional que han fet estada en
algun poble de la costa. Sens dubte, aquesta és una manera de posar en valor
la singularitat de la Costa Brava amb l’arribada massiva del turisme més
econòmic. Aquest treball vol estudiar, a partir de la narrativa en llengua
anglesa, l’espiral de significats canviants en la transformació de la Costa Brava
d’un món ancestral i atàvic cap a un micromón carnavalesc, postindustrial i
capitalista.
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Escorihuela, Pujol Lambert. "Modalities of Contemporary Thought and Behaviour in the Edwardian Fiction of Hilaire Belloc." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/663323.
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Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) va escriure catorze novel·les que reflecteixen el conjunt de costums i creences del període eduardià. Tot i que ell era reconegut per la seva poesia i assajos, cal repassar les seves novel.les atentament de bell nou, ja que són l’instrument que utilitza per explicar les seves idees mitjançant narracions, sovint estranyes i divertides alhora, que d’antuvi foren considerades literatura d’evasió, però que expliquen el seu pensament més clarament que en altres possibles exposicions teòriques.
Des del seu punt de vista catòlic punyent Belloc fa referència a la Reforma anglicana i la consegüent plutocràcia emergent, la intromissió de la cultura europea en les institucions angleses, la historiografia Whig (la interpretació que en fan els progressistes liberals), el desig de la gent normal per ascendir socialment i la frustració que sol acompanyar l’intent. Belloc analitza la nostra relació amb els diners: com els guanyem, en què els invertim i quines són les nostres prioritats econòmiques. És sagaç i albira el paper emergent de la dona i com s’ho fa per arribar als primers llocs de poder, encara que Belloc sovint presenta imatges estereotipades de la dona.
La tesi intenta descobrir les capes ocultes, plenament significatives, que rauen en les novel·les humorístiques d’en Belloc i la seva aplicació a formes actuals de pensament i conducta. En la seva tasca de novel·lista Belloc s’esforça per descriure les passions humanes i la nostra follia. Malgrat que les seves novel·les foren escrites des del 1904 al 1932, les opinions sobre els seus contemporanis són vigents avui dia, perquè la natura humana és la mateixa que aleshores i mai no canvia, com tampoc ho fa la nostra ambició i afany de domini.Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) escribió catorce novelas que reflejan el conjunto de costumbres y creencias de la época eduardiana. Aunque es conocido sobre todo por su poesía y ensayos, sus novelas merecen ser revisadas atentamente puesto que expresan la densidad ideológica de Belloc a través de narraciones divertidas, incluso extrañas, a las que inicialmente se etiquetó como literatura de evasión. Sin embargo estas novelas contribuyen a expresar su esfera de pensamiento de forma más clara que en otros teóricamente posibles tratados académicos. Desde su punto de vista inequívocamente católico Belloc introduce temas como la Reforma anglicana y la plutocracia que inmediatamente se originó como nueva clase emergente, la influencia de la cultura europea en las instituciones inglesas, la interpretación Whig de la historia (historiografía ‘oficial’ que elaboran los liberales a partir del siglo XVIII) y el deseo irrefrenable del ciudadano de a pie por ascender en la escala social, con la frustración que suele acompañarlo. Con su característica vena humorística y mirada satírica, Belloc va analizando nuestras obsesiones pecuniarias: cómo ganamos dinero, en qué lo invertimos y cuáles son nuestras prioridades económicas. Su sagacidad le lleva a vislumbrar el papel de la mujer, cada día más preponderante, y de qué manera accede a los máximos puestos de decisión, si bien a menudo ofrece imágenes femeninas estereotipadas. La tesis intenta desentrañar las capas de significación ocultas en las novelas humorísticas de Belloc y extrapolarlas al pensamiento y conducta contemporáneos. Con su habitual perspicacia Belloc se esfuerza en describir las pasiones humanas. Pone el espejo frente a nuestra insensatez. Aunque sus obras de ficción abarcan el período que va de 1904 a 1932, las observaciones que realiza sobre sus coetáneos siguen vigentes en la sociedad actual, puesto que la naturaleza humana no cambia básicamente, ni tampoco nuestra ambición y afán de dominio.
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) wrote fourteen novels that reflect the set of habits, customs and beliefs of the Edwardian period. Even though he was well known for his poetry and essays his novels deserve closer attention, as they convey Belloc’s ideological load through weird, amusing stories that were originally considered escapist fiction, but that constitute a more specific expression of ideas than other more formal documents. From his trenchant Roman Catholic point of view, Belloc refers to the English Reformation and the subsequent emerging plutocracy, the interference of continental culture into English institutions, the Whig interpretation of history, and the ordinary people’s urgency to climb up socially and their inherent frustrations. With his peculiar sense of humour and satirical outlook, Belloc dissects our pecuniary attitudes. He analyses how we earn money, what we invest it in, and what our economic priorities are. He is perceptive enough to glimpse the growing role of women and how they achieve top positions, although he often goes on using stereotypical female representations. This thesis analyses significant hidden layers of meaning in Belloc’s comic fiction and their application to present day modalities of thought and behaviour. As a novelist, Belloc makes an effort to describe human passions and casts light on our follies. Even though his fiction books span from 1904 to 1932, the views he applied to his contemporaries are also in force for current society, since essential human nature does not change, neither does human greed and desire to dominate others.
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Domínguez, i. Rué Emma. "Ellen Through the Looking-Glass: Female Invalidism as Metaphor in the Fiction of Ellen Glasgow." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/8112.
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Esta tesis doctoral examina la figura de la inválida como símbolo de la indefensión de la mujer en los Estados Unidos durante el cambio de siglo. En mi opinión, éste es un aspecto esencial para comprender la producción literaria de la escritora de Virginia Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945). Aunque escribió la mayor parte de sus novelas durante las tres primeras décadas del siglo veinte, Glasgow fue educada en la moral victoriana. Por tanto, mi análisis de la enfermedad y la invalidez como metáfora de la condición de la mujer se ha llevado a cabo en el contexto del culto a la invalidez femenina de la época. La tesis se centra especialmente en la imagen de la inválida como una manifestación exagerada de los ideales masculinos de género, que definían la feminidad como sinónimo de extrema debilidad.Los capítulos de esta tesis doctoral intentan examinar la figura de la inválida en algunas de las novelas y narraciones cortas de Ellen Glasgow. A mi parecer, este cánon opera como un espejo y refleja aspectos de la personalidad de sus protagonistas así como de la misma autora y, hasta cierto punto, de la mujer en general. Aunque algunos de los personajes femeninos que se consideran no pueden calificarse de físicamente o médicamente inválidos, mi agumento principal es que Glasgow utiliza este ideal cultural y estético como metáfora para revelar los mecanismos de la sociedad machista en la que vivía. La ficción de Glasgow advierte de los peligros que comporta asimilar estos valores, ya que las mujeres de la época eran instruidas para convertirse en un modelo de delicadeza, inocencia y abnegación, hasta el punto de ser reducidas a la invisibildad como individuos. Glasgow parece sugerir que esta doctrina debilita a la mujer tanto física como psicológicamente, ya que condena sus necesidades y aspiraciones como inválidas, es decir, no-válidas.
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Motta, Marcelo Jorge de Assis. "Equivalent impedance of rough surface at low grazing angles." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA369420.
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Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1999."September 1999". Thesis advisor(s): R. Janaswamy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77). Also avaliable online.
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Leong, Chuen Shiong. "Repair/strengthening of steel angles using thermal spray metallizing." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0013/MQ53172.pdf.
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Amirfazli, Alidad. "Drop size dependence of contact angles and line tension." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ59012.pdf.
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Pilkington, David J. "Motion induced unsteady aerodynamics at high angles-of-attack." Thesis, University of Bath, 1996. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.760689.
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