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STEVENSON, MATTHEW D. "POST-INDUSTRIAL PALIMPSEST: MAINTAINING PLACE AND LAYERS OF HISTORY." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1084987813.
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Stevenson, Matthew D. "Post-industrial palimpsest maintaining place and layers of history /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin1084987813.
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Jones, Michael David. "Effects of Disturbance History on Forest Soil Characteristics in the Southern Appalachian Mountains." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35213.
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Minimally disturbed virgin forest soils in the Little Santeetlah Creek (LSC) watershed of western North Carolina were sampled along with soils from the adjacent disturbed Slickrock Creek (SRC) watershed. Soils with similar elevation/landform/vegetation/parent material characteristics were initially sampled at nine random locations each on north and south aspects within each watershed with a soil push probe. Some differences in parent materials were noted on south aspects (metasandstone vs. phyllite), but parent materials under north aspect soils were identical (metasandstone). Soils in LSC were significantly deeper and relatively free of solum coarse fragments while SRC soils were shallower and higher in coarse fragments. Subsequent auger observations of three typical pedons on each aspect indicated that soils in LSC were well-developed with gradual horizon boundaries and common diffuse transition horizons, while soils in SRC were more compact in horizonation and lacked diffuse transitional horizons. Vegetation communities were similar across both watersheds, except that SRC south sites were higher in Pinus spp. Litter layer morphology differed strongly between the two watersheds. Specifically, well-developed humus (H) layers were typical in LSC, but completely absent in all typical pedons described in SRC. Data obtained from these two watersheds indicate strong differences in surface soil (O + A horizon) properties between the two. These observed differences could be due to differential anthropogenic effects, particularly logging and associated erosion in the early 1920's. However, further study over multiple disturbed watersheds in the region, and of the distribution of sediments and colluvium within them would be required to test this hypothesis.Master of Science
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Smith, Miriam E. "Design of Bridging Layers in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Column-Supported Embankments." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28260.
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Column-supported geosynthetic-reinforced embankments have great potential for application in soft ground conditions when there is a need to accelerate construction and/or protect adjacent facilities from the settlement that would otherwise be induced by the new embankment load. The columns in column-supported embankments can be driven piles, vibro-concrete columns, deep-mixing-method columns, stone columns, or any other suitable type of column. A bridging layer consisting of several feet of sand or sand and gravel is also used to help transfer the embankment load to the columns. Geosynthetic reinforcement is often employed in bridging layers to enhance load transfer to the columns and increase the spacing between columns. Several methods have been developed to calculate the load on the geosynthetic reinforcement, but the calculated loads differ by over an order of magnitude in some cases, and there is not agreement on which method is correct.
In this research, a new method was developed for calculating the load on the geosynthetic reinforcement. The new method employs one of the existing mechanistically-based approaches, and combines it with consideration of the stiffnesses of the embankment, geosynthetic, column, and subgrade soil. The new method was verified against the results of a large numerical parameter study, for which the numerical procedures themselves were verified against closed-form solutions for membranes, pilot-scale experiments, and instrumented field case histories.
The results of the numerical analyses and the new calculation procedure indicate that the net vertical load on the portion of the geosynthetic reinforcement between columns increases with increasing clear spacing between columns and increasing geosynthetic stiffness. The net vertical load on the geosynthetic decreases with increasing stiffness and strength of the foundation and embankment soils and with increasing elevation of the geosynthetic above the top of the columns or pile caps. A key finding of the research is that, if the subgrade support is good, geosynthetic reinforcement does not have a significant effect on system performance.
The new calculation procedure is implemented in an easy-to-use spreadsheet, and recommendations for designing geosynthetic-reinforced bridging layers are provided.Ph. D.
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Jordi, Rupert Benjamin. "Re-presenting layers of history in the "natural landscape": an architectural exposition of the Silvermine Reservoir." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22758.
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The story of how a particular place came to be is more than the knowledge of a chronology of events; it is intimately part of our experience of that place. By knowing even a little of the history of a place, our perception of that place is transformed. In Historical Ground, John Dixon Hunt uses the term historical ground to refer to the notion that memories, tales, myths, and historical artefacts adhere to a place. The question Hunt then asks is how an existing site, and its tales, may be told through the medium of architecture, or landscape architecture. The idea that each site accumulates histories which may be revealed through architecture, is the basis for my own investigation. In the context of the Cape Peninsula mountain range, I am interested in seeking out and revealing particular historical narratives through the medium of architectural intervention. This report traces the journey of my design research project from my broader interests in the history of the mountain range; through the clarification of my architectural intentions; to my initial siting and programming strategies; and finally to my first ideas about making architecture in this context. I would describe this process as one of walking, finding, linking, and ultimately responding. This report introduces several key elements which underpin my research project. These elements (or layers) are: mountain (my general site of inquiry); pathways (how movement is linked to memory and meaning); earth (a technical study of the encounter between earth and architecture); fire (and its effects on the landscape); water (a resource with a story); and the wall (an historical piece of infrastructure). Each of these elements guides the reader through my research process and highlights certain found histories and artefacts along the way. As each element is presented, my research hones in on one particular place in the landscape, which is ultimately the site of my design investigation. This site, with the addition of a final artefact (a found brief), becomes the site of an architectural proposition which seeks to engage and link all of these elements together.
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Bobke, Alexandra. "Simulations of turbulent boundary layers with suction and pressure gradients." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Linné Flow Center, FLOW, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-185275.
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The focus of the present licentiate thesis is on the effect of suction and pressure gradients on turbulent boundary-layer flows, which are investigated separately through performing numerical simulations.The first part aims at assessing history and development effects on adverse pressure-gradient (APG) turbulent boundary layers (TBL). A suitable set-up was developed to study near-equilibrium conditions for a boundary layer developingon a flat plate by setting the free-stream velocity at the top of the domain following a power law. The computational box size and the correct definition of the top-boundary condition were systematically tested. Well-resolved large-eddy simulations were performed to keep computational costs low. By varying the free-stream velocity distribution parameters, e.g. power-law exponent and virtual origin, pressure gradients of different strength and development were obtained. The magnitude of the pressure gradient is quantified in terms of the Clauser pressure-gradient parameter β. The effect of the APG is closely related to its streamwise development, hence, TBLs with non-constant and constant β were investigated. The effect was manifested in the mean flow through a much more pronounced wake region and in the Reynolds stresses through the existence of an outer peak. The terms of the turbulent kinetic energy budgets indicate the influence of the APG on the distribution of the transfer mechanism across the boundary layer. Stronger and more energetic structures were identified in boundary layers with relatively stronger pressure gradients in their development history. Due to the difficulty of determining the boundary-layer thickness in flows with strong pressure gradients or over a curvedsurface, a new method based on the diagnostic-plot concept was introduced to obtain a robust estimation of the edge of a turbulent boundary layer. In the second part, large-eddy simulations were performed on temporally developing turbulent asymptotic suction boundary layers (TASBLs). Findings from previous studies about the effect of suction could be confirmed, e.g. the reduction of the fluctuation levels and Reynolds shear stresses. Furthermore, the importance of the size of the computational domain and the time development were investigated. Both parameters were found to have a large impact on the results even on low-order statistics. While the mean velocity profile collapses in the inner layer irrespective of box size and development time, a wake region occurs for too small box sizes or early development time and vanishes once sufficiently large domains and/or integration times are chosen. The asymptotic state is charactersized by surprisingly thick boundary layers even for moderateReynolds numbers Re (based on free-stream velocity and laminar displacement thickness); for instance, Re = 333 gives rise to a friction Reynolds number Reτ = 2000. Similarly, the flow gives rise to very large structures in the outer region. These findings have important ramifications for experiments, since very large facilities are required to reach the asymptotic state even for low Reynolds numbers.QC 20160418
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Barwick, Emily Moran. "Layers of the LapDance Scholarship: conception & foundational thought processes, history, development, & issues inherent therein and arising therefrom." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3563.
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The LapDance Scholarship was conceived in November of 2009, opened for applications in December 2010, and awarded its final scholarship in October 2012. The Scholarship has been awarded to ten recipients for the funding of their art projects. The total monies awarded totals $2,886. The Scholarship was created by Hailey Jude Minder and administered by Emily Moran Barwick. Part of its inspiration was the idea of funding something as decidedly "high brow" as fine art with something as decidedly "low brow" as lap dancing (to borrow from the chosen vernacular of the high court justices of New York in their recent ruling). The LapDance Scholarship was open to any Iowa City resident, and was awarded on a monthly basis. All applications were submitted through the blog lapdancescholarship.blogspot.com.
The Scholarship is a multi-faceted project that has spanned three years, involved thousands of hours of labor, and funded ten artistic endeavors with both local and international applications. While the Scholarship itself is simple in its premise (artist applies, artist is chosen, Hailey performs lap dances, Hailey gets money, money is given to artist), the history, development, and inherent implications and issues of the Scholarship are anything but.
In the following pages, I attempt to offer some of the layers of this project. I will delve into the history and development of the Scholarship as well some of the foundational thought processes underlying its conception and issues sparked by its existence. I do not claim to have produced an exhaustive analysis on all of the various elements arising from and inherent within the Scholarship, but rather an intimate view of certain aspects, moments, and thoughts. I have intentionally left out any hard and fast conclusions. I find that approach neither productive nor realistically possible. Nothing here is black and white, including my own identity and position. I am so personally entwined with this project, as it has come, literally, from my body and mind, that I cannot successfully separate myself as an objective viewer and analyst. Nor can I fully separate Emily and Hailey. So I offer you instances, layers, windows in. I offer you select parts, allow you to look, touch, consider. I offer you some of what I have to give. I offer you some, but not all.
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Okuno, Mitsuru. "Accelerator Mass Spectrometric Radiocarbon Chronology during the Last 30,000 Years of the Aira Caldera, Southern Kyushu, Japan." 名古屋大学年代測定資料研究センター 天然放射性元素測定小委員会, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/13346.
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Byrne, Shane Brown Michael E. "History and current processes of the Martian polar layered deposits /." Diss., Pasadena, Calif. : California Institute of Technology, 2003. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05292003-140024.
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Brereton, Ashley. "Phytoplankton aggregations in a turbulent boundary layer." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2013. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/15833/.
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Phytoplankton aggregations come in a wide range of space and time scales and, as such, simulating such behavior is computationally restrictive. I present a Large-eddy simulation of the upper mixed layer, resolving scales of o(1m). I then show how aggregations are promoted by nutrient upwellings (something which macroscale models struggle to emulate), facilitated primarily by Langmuir circulations. I then demonstrate how certain levels of turbulent mixing encourage planktonic thin layering, a phenomenon which is widely observed.
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Simmons, Dorothy Anne. "Austen Henry Layard and the Victorian art world, 1850-1870." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326941.
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Li, Jing Xiang Lisa. "A reading of the multi-layered subalternity in City of Broken Promises." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953534.
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Wang, Guoqiang. "MAC LAYER AND ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS WITH ASYMMETRIC LINKS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION STUDIES." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3402.
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In a heterogeneous mobile ad hoc network (MANET), assorted devices with different computation and communication capabilities co-exist. In this thesis, we consider the case when the nodes of a MANET have various degrees of mobility and range, and the communication links are asymmetric. Many routing protocols for ad hoc networks routinely assume that all communication links are symmetric, if node A can hear node B and node B can also hear node A. Most current MAC layer protocols are unable to exploit the asymmetric links present in a network, thus leading to an inefficient overall bandwidth utilization, or, in the worst case, to lack of connectivity. To exploit the asymmetric links, the protocols must deal with the asymmetry of the path from a source node to a destination node which affects either the delivery of the original packets, or the paths taken by acknowledgments, or both. Furthermore, the problem of hidden nodes requires a more careful analysis in the case of asymmetric links. MAC layer and routing protocols for ad hoc networks with asymmetric links require a rigorous performance analysis. Analytical models are usually unable to provide even approximate solutions to questions such as end-to-end delay, packet loss ratio, throughput, etc. Traditional simulation techniques for large-scale wireless networks require vast amounts of storage and computing cycles rarely available on single computing systems. In our search for an effective solution to study the performance of wireless networks we investigate the time-parallel simulation. Time-parallel simulation has received significant attention in the past. The advantages, as well as, the theoretical and practical limitations of time-parallel simulation have been extensively researched for many applications when the complexity of the models involved severely limits the applicability of analytical studies and is unfeasible with traditional simulation techniques. Our goal is to study the behavior of large systems consisting of possibly thousands of nodes over extended periods of time and obtain results efficiently, and time-parallel simulation enables us to achieve this objective. We conclude that MAC layer and routing protocols capable of using asymmetric links are more complex than traditional ones, but can improve the connectivity, and provide better performance. We are confident that approximate results for various performance metrics of wireless networks obtained using time-parallel simulation are sufficiently accurate and able to provide the necessary insight into the inner workings of the protocols.Ph.D.
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Kacou, Gisèle Virginie. "Camara Laye et la tradition africaine." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66191.
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Harrelson, Sarah. "Floristic Survey of the Terrestrial Vascular Flora of Strouds Run State Park, Athens County, Ohio." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1113581854.
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Pereyra, Plasencia Hugo. "El nacionalismo campesino a fines de la guerra con Chile: una revisión historiográfica de la ejecución del guerrillero Tomás Laymes." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/122315.
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En este artículo se hace una reflexión sobre el origen y las formas que adoptó el nacionalismo campesino en la sierra central del Perú,principalmente entre 1881 y 1885.Para ello, se toma como principal objeto de estudio la ejecución del guerrillero Tomás Laymes, en julio de 1884. Tanto este tema como otros vinculados a la actividad de los guerrilleros durante la campaña de la sierra contra· las fuerzas invasoras chilenas y en el tiempo de la guerra civil que la siguió, son analizadosa partir de una relectura delas fuentes conocidas. El estudiotambién ha considerado documentosque no habían sido usadosantes por los investigadores. Sepresta una atención especial a laactitud del" general Andrés A. Cácerescon respecto a los guerrilleros.
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Andersson, Robin. "Decoding the Structural Layer of Transcriptional Regulation : Computational Analyses of Chromatin and Chromosomal Aberrations." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Centrum för bioinformatik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-130999.
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Gene activity is regulated at two separate layers. Through structural and chemical properties of DNA – the primary layer of encoding – local signatures may enable, or disable, the binding of proteins or complexes of them with regulatory potential to the DNA. At a higher level – the structural layer of encoding – gene activity is regulated through the properties of higher order DNA structure, chromatin, and chromosome organization. Cells with abnormal chromosome compaction or organization, e.g. cancer cells, may thus have perturbed regulatory activities resulting in abnormal gene activity. Hence, there is a great need to decode the transcriptional regulation encoded in both layers to further our understanding of the factors that control activity and life of a cell and, ultimately, an organism. Modern genome-wide studies with those aims rely on data-intense experiments requiring sophisticated computational and statistical methods for data handling and analyses. This thesis describes recent advances of analyzing experimental data from quantitative biological studies to decipher the structural layer of encoding in human cells. Adopting an integrative approach when possible, combining multiple sources of data, allowed us to study the influences of chromatin (Papers I and II) and chromosomal aberrations (Paper IV) on transcription. Combining chromatin data with chromosomal aberration data allowed us to identify putative driver oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes in cancer (Paper IV). Bayesian approaches enabling the incorporation of background information in the models and the adaptability of such models to data have been very useful. Their usages yielded accurate and narrow detection of chromosomal breakpoints in cancer (Papers III and IV) and reliable positioning of nucleosomes and their dynamics during transcriptional regulation at functionally relevant regulatory elements (Paper II). Using massively parallel sequencing data, we explored the chromatin landscapes of human cells (Papers I and II) and concluded that there is a preferential and evolutionary conserved positioning at internal exons nearly unaffected by the transcriptional level. We also observed a strong association between certain histone modifications and the inclusion or exclusion of an exon in the mature gene transcript, suggesting a functional role in splicing.
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Léon, Cécile. "Le château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye au Moyen âge : XIIe - XIVe siècles : histoire et évolution architecturale d'une résidence royale /." Paris : Presses Franciliennes, 2008. http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz304359246inh.htm.
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Sacranie, Halima. "Strategy, culture and institutional logics : a multi-layered view of community investment at a large housing association." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/2958/.
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This project is an ESRC CASE study of one of the largest housing associations in England. The aim of the study was to take a multi-layered view of the organisation to explore its changing identity, by tracking its evolving community investment strategy over a 2 year period as an examination of shifting sub-cultures and driving institutional logics. The underlying theme of a multi-layered approach led to a research design sub-dividing the organisation horizontally and vertically into management strata and functional and geographical sampling points. The focus on ‘strategy, culture, logics and community investment’ was derived from a research cycle which integrated both macro level issues and the organization’s internal agenda reflecting the inherent paradoxes characterising the hybrid third sector of social housing. The thesis builds on earlier work on competing institutional logics in social housing and links this to changing organisations cultures to show how hybridity is enacted over time. The author concludes that a dominant corporate sub-culture, tied into a commercial, customer-driven logic has been displacing more regional, local community cultures derived from the pre-merger organisations. This enactment process is exemplified by the centralisation and consumerisation of CI services depicted in the author’s logics-culture matrix.
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Belge, Burak. "Urban Archaeological Issues And Resources In Izmir Historic City Centre: An Exploratory Case Study." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606886/index.pdf.
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In Turkey, the majority of the historic city centres have been continuously occupied since early ages onwards and where still occupation exists. The multi-layered structure of historic centres both can indicate the historical continuity of cities and enhance urban consciousness, if urban archaeological resources are handled effectively into planning process. However, the recent policies and strategies don’
t allow the handling of urban archaeological resources, especially invisible sub-soil resources, into planning and decision-making process. In this thesis, it is aimed to formulate a basic methodological framework for the handling of urban archaeological resources into planning process of historic city centres in Turkey. Therefore, the study is handled in two parts
a conceptual methodological framework part and an exploratory case study.In the conceptual part, a basic equation is studied to research the factors on the conservation and evaluation of real urban archaeological potential. Then, the methodological framework is examined in detail in izmir Historic City Centre that has been inhabited since 324 B.C. Consequently, the terms of equi-property areas, which are used to define ideal potential of archaeological resources, and urban archaeological character zones, which are described as the basic units of planning and conservation policies, are developed to determine exact management strategies for urban archaeological resources.
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Rinckenbach, Thierry. "Diagenese minerale des sediments petroliferes du delta fossile de la mahakam (indonesie) : evolution mineralogique et isotopique des composants argileux et histoire thermique." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988STR13117.
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On etudie la diagenese des sediments deltaiques deposes sur plus de 4000m d'epaisseur du miocene inferieur a l'holocene a l'emplacement du delta actuel de la mahakam. On aborde les phenomenes de cimentation, de dissolution avec formation de porosite secondaire et de neoformations de kaolinite et illite a l'aide de la diffraction rx, de la microscopie electronique a balayage et a transmission, de la geochimie isotopique. On analyse les mecanismes d'illitisation ainsi que la formation de l'interstratifie illit nonesmectite en fonction de l'evolution thermique de la region
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Treiber, Nicolas. "Les structures de la déception : récits de migration et expériences colonisées dans la littérature africaine d'expression française (1953-1961)." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AIXM0074.
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Le voyage des étudiants africains en situation coloniale constitue le sujet d’une mise en scène récurrente dans la littérature africaine d’expression française des années cinquante. À l’époque des combats décoloniaux, politiques et idéologiques, certains écrivains comme Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Camara Laye ou Aké Loba font de l’expérience de la colonisation culturelle le cœur de leurs œuvres littéraires. Leurs textes portant sur le voyage pour études des héros vers la France s’articulent autour d’une isotopie narrative, spatiale et existentielle : une migration en forme d’impasse, reposant sur quantité de promesses trahies, de rêves aux perspectives brisées, d’expériences de déréliction mortifère. L’étude du fonctionnement littéraire de la déception progressive des personnages d’élèves africains colonisés permet de mettre au jour le processus de subjectivation qui détermine leur horizon bouché. Car les trompe-l’œil idéologiques de l’entreprise coloniale dissimulent un mouvement de capture existentielle qui arraisonne les personnages et les transforme en sujet de domination. Depuis le tournant des indépendances politiques, le traitement littéraire de ces aventures échouées continue d’interroger le temps présent. Ces êtres tendus entre des espaces et des univers de valeurs antagoniques questionnent la négociation des identités postcoloniales. Comme si, en entrant dans la fabrique du personnage colonisé, partant à la rencontre de ses mécanismes et de ses modèles, nous avions rendez-vous avec les formes contemporaines de leur développement mondialiséThe travels of African students in a colonial situation are a recurring subject in Frenchspeaking African literature of the 1950s. At the time of de-colonial, political and ideological struggles, some writers such as Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Camara Laye or Aké Loba have put the experience of cultural colonization at the heart of their literary work. Their writings, aboutthe study trips of the main characters to France, are based on a spatial and existential isotopy: a dead-end migration, based on many betrayed promises, dreams with broken perspectives, experiences of deathly dereliction. The study of the literary device of the progressive disenchantment of these characters – African, colonized students – allows to shed light on thesubjectivation process that shapes their barred horizons. Indeed, the ideological deceit of the colonial endeavor hides a movement of existential capture that grabs the character and makes them subjects of domination. Since the turning point of political independencies, the literary outlook on those failed adventures keeps interrogating our present times. These beings, stretched between spaces and universes of opposed values, question the negotiation of postcolonial identities. As if, by entering the mold of the colonized character, by going to meet its mechanisms and models, we had an appointment with the modern-day shapes of their globalized development
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Zaarour, Suzanne. "Le théâtre de Sarraute : polyphonie et énonciation." Thesis, Dijon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014DIJOL032/document.
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Notre corpus, formé des six pièces de théâtre de Nathalie Sarraute, recèle un dédoublement des types énonciatifs dans les répliques des personnages, dédoublement qui est latent et qui est dû essentiellement à la neutralisation des oppositions de personnes et de temps. Le passage d’une couche locutoire à l’autre n’est pas marqué dans la plupart des cas ; sinon, il ne s’agit pas du marquage usuel. Ainsi est complexifiée la tâche de déchiffrage de tout récepteur extratextuel. Ces œuvres sont aussi éminemment polyphoniques tant au niveau énonciatif qu’au niveau sémantique, dans le sens où des voix multiples s’y enchevêtrent et des instances de prises de position y sont mises en scène. Les lecteurs, auditeurs ou spectateurs devraient, par conséquent, identifier les sources énonciatives et les instances « autres » pour les distinguer des voix originelles et pour reconnaître le rôle de cet « ailleurs ». Même des paroles sont rapportées, surtout aux styles direct et direct libre, multipliant ainsi les strates locutoires et les locuteurs. D’autres voix sont aussi perceptibles au théâtre, à savoir l’auctoriale à travers les didascalies et d’autres éléments des textes sarrautiens, et celles des praticiens du théâtre et du metteur en scène à travers la représentationThe corpus is formed of six plays of Nathalie Sarraute; it hides a duplication of enunciation types in the characters’ dialogue. This duplication is latent due to personal pronouns and verb tenses’ neutralization. The transition from an enunciation layer to another is not marked at all or not traditionally marked. Therefore, deciphering will be more complicated to any reader, listener or spectator. These works of art are also highly polyphonic in terms of enunciation as in semantics, as several voices are intertwined and as the characters resort to authorities of point of view. Thus, readers, listeners and spectators should identify enunciation sources and “other” authorities of point of view to distinguish them from the original voices and to know what their contribution to the plays is. Even some speeches are reported and, predominately repeated as direct speech. Therefore, enunciation layers and enunciators are multiplied. We can also notice other voices in plays, as the author’s through what is called “stage directions” and other parts of the texts, the practitioners’ and the director’s through the performance
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Reynard, Jerome Peter. "The unidentified long bone fragments from the middle stone age Still Bay layers at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11398.
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M.Sc., Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 2011The aim of this investigation was to explore the relationship between the unidentified and identified fauna from the Still Bay period at Blombos Cave between ca. 77 and 72 ka. The size, breakage patterns and surface modifications of unidentified long bone fragments from the M1 and upper M2 phases were analysed. The results of the analyses were then compared to a sample of faunal remains identified by Klein (Henshilwood et al. 2001b) and Thompson (2008) from the Still Bay layers at Blombos Cave. The length of each fragment was measured to ascertain the degree of fragmentation of the assemblage. Long bone fragments generally become slightly shorter with increasing depth. This may be because smaller fauna are relatively more prevalent in the deeper layers. Cortical thickness of the bone fragments was measured and grouped into small, medium and large categories. These categories were correlated to Brain‟s (1974a) bovid size classes to investigate whether the unidentified faunal remains mimic the identified bone sample in terms of animal size. While small-sized fauna dominate the identified archaeofaunal assemblages at Blombos Cave, the cortical thickness of unidentified long bone fragments suggest that medium-sized fauna was more common. The breakage pattern of each fragment was assessed, indicating that the majority of specimens exhibited spiral fractures. Burning is more common in the unidentified faunal sample than in the identified sample and may have resulted in the relatively low frequencies of cut-marked and percussion-marked fragments. Polished bone fragments may also be a consequence of burning, abrasion or compaction, though its prevalence in the upper M2 with formal bone tools suggests that it was the result of human activities. Higher bone fragment densities in the upper layers at Blombos Cave suggests that changes in human occupation and faunal density patterns during the Still Bay at Blombos Cave may relate to environmental conditions.
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Schmid, Moritz. "Model-predicting the effect of freshwater inflow on saltwater layers, migration and life history of zooplankton in the Arctic Ocean: Towards scenarios and future trends." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0022-5F98-2.
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Hadfield, Carla Evelyn. "Palimpsest: memory in layers/layers in architecture." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23033.
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Thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional) to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2017Throughout history, people have remembered their past through the dissemination of knowledge from one generation to the next. This transfer of ideas, history, culture and identity allows for the continuation of narrative to transcend the bounds of time and contribute to a rich memory landscape, that cultivates a unified perception of community memory. This is in turn, directly translated into the physical landscape. Architecture becomes the physical attribute of shared identity, and creates spaces where new memories can be made and the past, remembered. This idea of remembering and creating contextual memory is thus relevant to all people and communities, as it is a core principle in creating consensual outlooks. This premise permeates into the exploration that memory, as a passive device of remembering and an active node of creation and education, is a unifying agent within a community and is directly related to the surrounding architectural space. Cultivating the question of whether there is a correlation between memory and the architectural spaces in which it is created, and to what extent they influence each other? The investigation examines the various facets of memory and recall processes that affect the architectural landscape and in turn shape human perceptions surrounding it. This interplay between memory, architectural memory and human memory is a layered discourse that ultimately resulted in the finding that architecture and memory are linked in the way people remember and use space. The historically rich memory landscape of Fordsburg became the apt site choice which allowed these ideas to grow into an architectural response. This culminated into the idea of combining preschool and exhibition typologies, with specific allowances for photographic and community spaces. These programmes were unified through their relation to memory and the spaces in which they occur. The aim was to unify these programmes and create a space which encouraged learning and community integration, whilst commemorating the history and memory of the past in a dynamic and linked manner. The building aims at creating a positive architectural addition to Fordsburg by addressing the need for education within the community, whilst architecturally responding to facets of the past through the adaptation of the Lilian Road Art Studios, creating a palimpsest of built fabric that speaks to the continuation of memory making in architectural environments. This investigation and resulting building have demonstrated that architecture and memory are linked, and although this may not be the only way to link the two in a manner that speaks to the past, present and future is a response that amply describes the parameters in which they can occur.
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Byrne, Shane. "History and Current Processes of the Martian Polar Layered Deposits." Thesis, 2003. https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2232/1/thesis.pdf.
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The Martian polar layered deposits constitute a detailed record of geologically recent environmental conditions. In this thesis I examine processes that have affected this history over timescales ranging from ≈10² to ≈10⁷ Martian years. To complete the work in this thesis I developed a geographic database of the Martian polar regions to enable comparisons of different datasets spread over different missions.
I report on the discovery of a large sand rich unit underlying the northern polar layered deposits. The presence of this unit suggests there once existed a radically different polar environment where there was no polar cap. A major new question now arises of where that water went during this time period and how the old polar cap (if there was one) was removed.
I describe analysis and modeling of evolving landforms on the southern residual CO₂ cap. This modeling suggests that these landforms are underlain by a water ice layer. THEMIS observations were used to confirm this hypothesis. This limits the size of the residual CO₂ cap reservoir to no more than 5% of the current atmosphere, which puts an important constraint on models of atmospheric evolution. Analysis of the size distribution coupled with this modeling indicates a uniform age for a large group of these features, implying some environmental change on the order of Martian centuries ago.
I examined geomorphologic evidence for flow processes at the margin of the south polar layered deposits. Indications of multiple episodes of previous flow are seen. However much evidence of brittle processes such as faulting, slumping and landsliding is also present. This leads to the conclusion that, during some periods, flow of the layered deposits is incapable of relieving the gravitationally generated stresses within the ice sheet. The evidence suggests that periods where flow was possible occurred intermittently and were separated by periods in which sublimation-based retreat of the ice dominated.
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Raciborski, Monika Julia. "Drawing Lines." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3738.
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My work uses process as a course of action that marks the death of moments through a continuous stream of consciousness. I metaphorically link disparate pieces of information to the human condition in order to present multiple readings through juxtaposition. I assemble both abstract and figurative subject matter in a collage-like manner through methods of cropping and fragmentation to symbolize the disjuncture I feel is indicative of how we experience the world through short-lived thoughts, feelings, and actions.
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Gomathinayagam, Arun Bharath. "Evaluation of a System Layer Design for the Visual Knowledge Builder." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10252.
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When users are searching for documents, they must sift through a collection of potentially relevant documents assessing, categorizing and prioritizing them based on the current task at hand, a process we refer to as document triage. Since users' time is precious, as much information as possible should be presented to them to aid the process of document triage. This thesis presents a simple visualization and a set of features that can help users in identifying information of interest. As a part of this thesis, the System Layer of the Visual Knowledge Builder (VKB) was developed as a tab strip container. Each of the tabs presents a different type of information about Web Documents. The types of information currently included in VKB are: a summary of the Web Document, keywords based on users' interests provided by the Interest Profile Manager (IPM), popular keywords from a social bookmarking site, metadata about the Web Document, a list of outgoing links of the Web Document, and the history of the Web Document. We performed a heuristic evaluation to assess the usefulness of the new visualization and features. During the evaluation, participants were asked to rate the usefulness of each of the new web document features over a scale of 1 to 7, where a value of 1 indicated strong disagreement, and 7 indicated strong agreement. Our results indicate that the document summary, the keywords from IPM, popular tags, and the history of the Web Document are expected to be most useful during the process of document triage.
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Tomoyose, Erika. "Commodore Perry's Expedition, 1852-4: Layered Experiences and Perceptions of the U.S., Japan, and the Kingdom of Ryukyu." 2014. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1204.
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In the history of the U.S.-Japan relations, Commodore Perry’s expedition can be considered both as a great destination for the U.S. westward expansion and a watershed for Japan’s modernization. The previous scholars on this historical event have built a basis for understanding its political intentions, historical significance, and influence on Japan’s social transformation. Considering the historiography of the U.S.-Japan relations in Commodore Perry’s expedition, this study will examine the encounter of the U.S. and Japan by focusing more on the complexity and diversity of the agencies from various people’s perspectives. In order to accomplish the goal, this study firstly demonstrates the chronological study of the U.S. encounters with Japan/the Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawa). The second chapter will integrate several accounts of members in the expedition and Japanese officials/intellectuals/commoners to investigate a variety of experiences and perspectives in terms of the following three ideas: race, gender, and Christianization/Civilization. The final chapter will include the Ryukyuan and Japanese perspectives into the narrative of Commodore Perry’s expedition to include various viewpoints from all three, the Americans, Japanese and Ryukyuans.
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Demers, Hervé. "La mémoire et son paysage minéral : des images stratigraphiques explorées par la parole." Thèse, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/23775.
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Ce projet de recherche-création en cinéma porte sur l’histoire d’une ancienne ville minière. En 1971, un glissement de terrain provoqué par les excavations d’une exploitation minière emporte une partie de la ville d’Asbestos (et de son histoire) au fond du trou. Cet événement hautement symbolique est devenu le point d’ancrage d’une problématique sur la représentation de la mémoire collective au cinéma.
En écartant une approche « archiviste » du cinéma documentaire (images et enregistrements du passé), j’ai cherché à faire voir ce qui avait disparu dans le paysage matériel d’Asbestos, mais qui subsistait pourtant dans la mémoire des citoyens. Trois grands axes ont structuré mon projet.
1) Peut-on faire voir le passé d’Asbestos avec des images de son paysage actuel?
2) Est-il possible que la parole vernaculaire soit le meilleur moyen de faire (re)vivre et de faire (re)voir les expériences d'une communauté?
3) Est-ce dans l’interaction entre les images du présent et la parole des témoins de l’histoire que l’on peut révéler un passé disparu?This film research-creation project focuses on the history of a former mining town. In 1971, a landslide triggered by the excavations of the adjacent mine swept part of the town of Asbestos – and its history – to the bottom of the pit. This symbolic incident serves as the basis for an exploration of how best to represent collective memory in film. In eschewing the archival approach of documentary cinema (using images and audio recordings from the past), I have tried to show what has disappeared from the town’s physical landscape yet is still very present in the memory of its inhabitants. My project is underpinned by three main questions: 1) Can Asbestos’s past be evoked through images of its current landscape? 2) Could capturing the spoken words of its inhabitants be the best way to bring a community’s experiences back to life and share them with others? 3) Can a bygone past be revealed through the interplay of present images and vernacular accounts of recent or distant history?