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Clark, Gary. ""Les Murray and romanticism" /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arc5928.pdf.
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Abreu, Thiago Xavier de [UNESP]. "EPHTAH!: das ideias pedagógicas de Murray Schafer." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110656.
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000795833.pdf: 1501359 bytes, checksum: 3884749ac712f967a563903dd826e742 (MD5)<br>O presente trabalho tem por objetivo discutir as ideias pedagógicas de Murray Schafer. Consideramos “ideias pedagógicas” a filosofia educacional que orienta e que é substância da atividade prática de ensino. Por meio de revisão bibliográfica de obras de Schafer, de periódicos especializados e de literatura relacionada a estas obras, formatamos três eixos centrais que permeiam suas ideias pedagógicas: a ecologia, a experiência espiritual e a experiência estética. Cada um deles foi considerado como consequência de um desdobramento histórico, o qual gera concepções filosóficas a partir de um processo de contradição entre ideias. Sendo assim, discutimos a ecologia e a experiência espiritual por meio da dicotomia entre o pensamento mecanicista e o pensamento ecológico, isto é, a relação ligação/separação entre o homem e a totalidade. A experiência estética foi considerada pelo prisma educacional, e analisada pela dicotomia entre as correntes pedagógicas que partem de um ideal de homem para erigir propostas educacionais (pedagogias da essência) e as que tomam o homem como ele realmente é (pedagogias da existência). Toda esta análise foi relacionada à obra de Murray Schafer, inserindo-o no contexto das referidas dicotomias. Isso nos mostra, tanto a construção de sua visão de mundo, quanto a estrutura, os objetivos e as reflexões que subjazem a sua prática educacional. Suas ideias pedagógicas apontam para um padrão de interação entre os eixos discutidos: a sacralização da experiência estética da paisagem sonora como mediadora da relação ecológica entre o indivíduo e o todo, ou seja, uma relação espiritual entre a arte e o indivíduo como meio de conexão entre ele e a totalidade, entendida aqui da perspectiva ecológica. Pretendemos que este trabalho auxilie na atividade pedagógica de professores que tomam as concepções educacionais de Murray Schafer ...<br>This study aims to discuss the pedagogical ideas of Murray Schafer. “Pedagogical ideas” are here understood as the educational philosophy that guides and composes the practice of teaching. Through the bibliographic review of Schafer‟s work, alongside specialized periodicals and related literature, three central axes that comprise his pedagogical ideas are proposed: ecology, spiritual experience and the aesthetical experience. Each of these axes was considered as a result of a historical development that generates philosophical conceptions from a process of contradictions between ideas. Thus, we discuss the ecology and spiritual experience through the dichotomy between mechanistic thinking and ecological thinking, i.e. the connection/separation relationship between man and the whole. The aesthetic experience was considered by the educational perspective, and analyzed by the dichotomy between the pedagogical currents that are based on an ideal of man to build educational proposals (pedagogies of essence) and currents which take man as he really is (pedagogies of existence). This analysis was correlated with the work of Murray Schafer, inserting the author in the context of these dichotomies. With this, we can observe the construction of his worldview, as well as the structure, objectives and considerations which underlie his pedagogical practice. His pedagogical ideas show a pattern of interaction between the axes discussed: the sacralization of the aesthetic experience of soundscape as a mediator of the ecological relation between the individual and the whole, i.e. a spiritual relationship between art and the individual as a means of connection from the singular to the total, understood here from an ecological perspective. This study intends to assist the pedagogical activity of teachers that employ the educational conceptions of Murray Schafer in the teaching of music, hoping that by providing ...
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Abreu, Thiago Xavier de 1985. "EPHTAH! : das ideias pedagógicas de Murray Schafer /." São Paulo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110656.
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Orientador: Marisa Trench de Oliveira Fonterrada<br>Co-orientador:<br>Banca: Maria Teresa de Alencar Brito<br>Banca: Maria Helena Villas Boas Concone<br>Resumo: O presente trabalho tem por objetivo discutir as ideias pedagógicas de Murray Schafer. Consideramos "ideias pedagógicas" a filosofia educacional que orienta e que é substância da atividade prática de ensino. Por meio de revisão bibliográfica de obras de Schafer, de periódicos especializados e de literatura relacionada a estas obras, formatamos três eixos centrais que permeiam suas ideias pedagógicas: a ecologia, a experiência espiritual e a experiência estética. Cada um deles foi considerado como consequência de um desdobramento histórico, o qual gera concepções filosóficas a partir de um processo de contradição entre ideias. Sendo assim, discutimos a ecologia e a experiência espiritual por meio da dicotomia entre o pensamento mecanicista e o pensamento ecológico, isto é, a relação ligação/separação entre o homem e a totalidade. A experiência estética foi considerada pelo prisma educacional, e analisada pela dicotomia entre as correntes pedagógicas que partem de um ideal de homem para erigir propostas educacionais (pedagogias da essência) e as que tomam o homem como ele realmente é (pedagogias da existência). Toda esta análise foi relacionada à obra de Murray Schafer, inserindo-o no contexto das referidas dicotomias. Isso nos mostra, tanto a construção de sua visão de mundo, quanto a estrutura, os objetivos e as reflexões que subjazem a sua prática educacional. Suas ideias pedagógicas apontam para um padrão de interação entre os eixos discutidos: a sacralização da experiência estética da paisagem sonora como mediadora da relação ecológica entre o indivíduo e o todo, ou seja, uma relação espiritual entre a arte e o indivíduo como meio de conexão entre ele e a totalidade, entendida aqui da perspectiva ecológica. Pretendemos que este trabalho auxilie na atividade pedagógica de professores que tomam as concepções educacionais de Murray Schafer ...<br>Abstract: This study aims to discuss the pedagogical ideas of Murray Schafer. "Pedagogical ideas" are here understood as the educational philosophy that guides and composes the practice of teaching. Through the bibliographic review of Schafer‟s work, alongside specialized periodicals and related literature, three central axes that comprise his pedagogical ideas are proposed: ecology, spiritual experience and the aesthetical experience. Each of these axes was considered as a result of a historical development that generates philosophical conceptions from a process of contradictions between ideas. Thus, we discuss the ecology and spiritual experience through the dichotomy between mechanistic thinking and ecological thinking, i.e. the connection/separation relationship between man and the whole. The aesthetic experience was considered by the educational perspective, and analyzed by the dichotomy between the pedagogical currents that are based on an ideal of man to build educational proposals (pedagogies of essence) and currents which take man as he really is (pedagogies of existence). This analysis was correlated with the work of Murray Schafer, inserting the author in the context of these dichotomies. With this, we can observe the construction of his worldview, as well as the structure, objectives and considerations which underlie his pedagogical practice. His pedagogical ideas show a pattern of interaction between the axes discussed: the sacralization of the aesthetic experience of soundscape as a mediator of the ecological relation between the individual and the whole, i.e. a spiritual relationship between art and the individual as a means of connection from the singular to the total, understood here from an ecological perspective. This study intends to assist the pedagogical activity of teachers that employ the educational conceptions of Murray Schafer in the teaching of music, hoping that by providing ...<br>Mestre
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Rouliere, Camille. "Visions of Waters in Lower Murray Country." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMC014/document.
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L’eau a creusé son chemin jusqu’au cœur des discussions sur le développement durable. Les discours autour de la gestion des eaux soulignent à la fois son abondance dévastatrice et son absence critique : la montée des eaux se juxtapose à la désertification ; les tornades et les inondations répondent à des périodes de sécheresse prolongées. Alors que nous polluons, canalisons et dessalinisons à un rythme toujours croissant, la nature ambiguë de notre relation avec l’eau devient visible. Pendant que nous continuons d’endommager ce qui, par-dessus tout, rend la vie possible, la précarité augmente pour l’ensemble de la population. Il n’est donc pas étonnant qu’un changement de paradigme dans notre compréhension des eaux, devant engendrer une modification dans leur utilisation, soit présenté comme l’un des plus grands et plus pressants défis de notre époque. Ma recherche répond à ce défi. Elle porte sur la poétique de l’espace, c’est-à-dire sur l’étude de la manière dont les êtres humains vivent et interagissent avec leur environnement à travers les arts. Plus précisément, j’explore les relations entre les humains, les eaux et les sons (à la fois propres et générés par les humains) dans la Lower Murray Country (Australie Méridionale). Mon but est de révéler et théoriser ces relations qui évoluent en parallèle afin d’élaborer une cartographie mettant à jour toute une gamme de manières de percevoir et de comprendre ces eaux, et d’être ensuite à même d’utiliser cette pluralité pour remettre en question—et potentiellement imaginer à nouveau—leur construction et représentation culturelles. Afin d’atteindre ce but, j’érige “les eaux” en leitmotiv qui me permet d’unifier ma recherche et me déplacer entre des espaces physiques et théoriques pour mettre en dialogue les individus et leur environnement, tant au niveau local que général. En particulier, je me sers du mouvement des eaux que forment le courant et la résonance pour opérer cette synthèse, mouvement que j’associe à la rythmanalyse et la réverbération (d’après les philosophes Henri Lefebvre et Fran Dyson, respectivement). Je me suis également inspirée du travail du philosophe et poète Édouard Glissant. En particulier, son concept de Relation est une clef pour me permettre de traduire textuellement ces mouvements des eaux. J’applique cette méthodologie aqueuse à presque deux siècles de production musicale—allant des pratiques ngarrindjeri et des ballades coloniales à la musique classique contemporaine et l’art sonore ; et presque deux siècles de modifications touchant au “caractère sonore” des eaux de la Lower Murray Country—matérialisée à travers la déforestation défigurante, la retenue des eaux, l’irrigation mais aussi la salinité croissante des eaux comme des sols. Ainsi, cette thèse se construit selon le principe d’accumulation d’exemples prôné par Glissant (Poetics of Relation 172-4). Elle est structurée autour de quatre sections—quatre visions punctiformes des eaux écrites comme un prélude à une potentielle infinité d’autres. Furtives, partielles, orientées et fragmentées, ces visions procèdent de périodes particulièrement significatives : de périodes pouvant subir des changements, de périodes charnières où des altérations radicales peuvent poindre ou apparaître effectivement<br>Waters are contested entities that are currently at the centre of most scientific discussions about sustainability. Discourse around water management underlines both the serious absence and devastating overabundance of water: rising sea levels compete against desertification; hurricanes and floods follow periods of prolonged drought. As we increasingly pollute, canalise and desalinate waters, the ambiguous nature of our relationship with these entities becomes visible. And, while we continue to damage what most sustains us, collective precarity grows. It is therefore unsurprising that shifting our understanding, and subsequent use, of water has been described as one of the biggest—and most pressing—challenges of our time.My research answers to this challenge. It centres on spatial poetics, that is, on the manner in which people engage and interact with their environment through art. More precisely, I explore the relationships between humans, waters and sound—both intrinsic and human-produced—in Lower Murray Country (South Australia). My aim is to unveil, theorise and create maps of these co-evolving relationships to reveal an array of manners to perceive and relate to these waters; and then draw on this plurality to question—and potentially reimagine—their cultural construction and representation. In order to do so, I transform waters into a leitmotif which enables me to weave my investigation together and move in-between theoretical and physical spaces to bring people and their environments into dialogue, both at the local and global levels. In particular, I draw on the watery movements of flow and resonance to operate this weaving, and associate these with rhythmanalysis and resounding (after philosophers Henri Lefebvre and Fran Dyson, respectively). I am also inspired by the work of philosopher and poet Édouard Glissant and use his concept of Relation as a key to enable me to translate these watery movements textually.I apply this aqueous theoretical frame to nearly two centuries of sonic production—ranging from Ngarrindjeri performance and colonial ballads through to contemporary classical music and sound art; and to nearly two centuries of evolution in the sonic character of Lower Murray Country’s waters—ranging from disfiguring deforestation and damming through to rising salinity and irrigation. As such, this thesis is built on the “accumulation of examples” advocated by Glissant (Poetics of Relation 172-4). It is structured around four sections—four punctiform visions of waters written as a prelude to a potential infinity of others. Furtive, partial, oriented and fragmented, these visions denote times of particular significance: times open to challenge; times of hinges and articulations where radical alteration (can) occur
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De, Carlo Sara <1979>. "Murray Bookchin: una via per il confederalismo." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/9436.
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Questo lavoro vuole scandagliare alcuni punti cardine della riflessione di Murray Bookchin, pensatore che ha attraversato quasi l’intero XX secolo, segnando una svolta nell’ambito dell’elaborazione politica di Abdullah Öcalan e, in parte, orientando l’articolarsi del confederalismo curdo.
Ci si è concentrati dapprima sull’analisi degli snodi fondamentali del pensatore statunitense: dall’elaborazione di un’ecologia sociale - realizzata in particolar modo nel testo L’ecologia della libertà - si è passati poi ad analizzare lo svilupparsi di una proposta ulteriore tutta orientata verso una pratica politica, quella della democrazia diretta (con la sua declinazione nei termini di municipalismo libertario), cui Bookchin approda a partire da una serrata critica all’urbanizzazione moderna colpevole di aver silenziato i cittadini, la loro voce di corpo politico sostanziale e non astratto. Si è evidenziato il nesso, fondamentale per il pensatore, tra giustizia sociale e giustizia ecologica: a suo avviso solo da mutati rapporti tra uomo e ambiente potranno infatti darsi mutate relazioni tra uomo e uomo, che siano sintomo di una reale emancipazione.
Si è poi cercato di rintracciare, seppur brevemente, alcuni spunti di convergenza con quello che, nel campo della prassi, si presenta ancora in una fase embrionale, un tentativo che nel presente ci interroga e che chiede sempre più di essere compreso: il confederalismo democratico curdo.
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Considine, Lynda Jayne. "Discourses of the River Murray : a Foucauldian analysis /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arc7558.pdf.
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Thesis (B.A.(Hons.)) -- University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics, Discipline of Politics and School of Social Sciences, Discipline of Environmental Studies, 2003.<br>"November 2003" Bibliography: leaves 68-74.
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Smith, Louis. "Kerkbegrip en rolverwagtinge in die NG Gemeente Murray." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6741.
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Thesis (MTh)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central problem with which this research is working is: has there been a shift in the members of the Dutch Reformed Congregation Murray (De Doorns) concept of the church, and, if so, how did it affect the role expectation of the ministers? The purpose of the study is to determine the church concept and role expectation of the members of the congregation and to help the congregation to discover their missional identity. It is important that the congregation will learn spiritual discernment.
For the purpose of the study the work was done within the field of practical theology on the basis of the cross methology as found in Studying Congregations in Africa ( Hendriks 2004). This practical theology methology works with a constant correlation-hermeneutic between the Word of God and the world, between context and identity. This correlation is called spiritual discernment and when this happens it will lead to a certain strategy, a way of life in which the members of the congregation do not think institutionally (regarding the role of the minister), but where the members themselves stand before God and are open for his guidance to be light and salt for the world.
The theological foundation of missional theology on the basis of the doctrine of the Trinity and the practical implications for the church are discussed in Chapter 2. This is normative for missional theology.
Chapter 3 is a discussion of the context of the congregation with regard to the current situation in the world, the wider community and the congregation. It is common knowledge that the world is currently in a time of major, fast and unpredictable change. It is important that the congregation will use the change in the way identity is formed in a positive manner by creating an alternative identity in Christ Jesus.
The role expectations of the ministers are central to the research problem. In Chapter 4 the researcher gives what he believes to be the normative role of the minister should a congregation want to learn to live with spiritual discernment. For this to happen the ministers need to establish certain faith-forming habits. Without these faith-forming habits it will be impossible for the minister to lead the congregation to live with spiritual discernment.
The Dutch Reformed congregation of Murray (De Doorns) which was the focus of the study, was researched by using a qualitative questionnaire and ethnographic research.
The results were discussed by triangulation and it thus became clear that there are clear differences with regard to the church model of choice and the role expectations for the ministers. The research shows that there has been a definite shift in the church concept of the members of the congregation. This shift, however has not had a major effect on the role expectations for the ministers. There is thus some degree of conflict between the church concept of the members of the congregation and their role expectations for the ministers. If this conflict is not addressed and the role expectations of the ministers cleared anew, the congregation will not learn to live with spiritual discernment and will not be able to join the missio Dei.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die sentrale probleem waarmee daar in hierdie navorsing gewerk word, is die volgende: Het daar 'n skuif in die kerkbegrip van lidmate in die NG gemeente Murray (De Doorns) gekom en hoe beïnvloed dit hulle rolverwagting van hulle leraars? Die doel van die studie is om die kerkbegrip en rolverwagtinge van die lidmate van die gemeente vas te stel en om die gemeente te help om sy missionale identiteit te ontdek. Die gemeente moet dus geleer word om in die geloof te kan onderskei.
Vir die doel van die navorsing word daar binne die veld van Praktiese Teologie aan die hand van die kruis metodiek van Hendriks se Studying Congregations in Africa (2004) gewerk. Die prakties-teologiese metodologie wat gebruik word, sê dat daar die hele tyd ʼn hermeneuties sensitiewe korrelasie tussen Woord en wêreld moet wees; met ander woorde tussen konteks en identiteit. Hierdie korrelasie word geloofsonderskeiding genoem en as dit gebeur, loop dit uit op ʼn bepaalde strategie, 'n manier van lewe waar lidmate se dink nie institutêr is nie (betreffende die rol van die dominee), maar waar hulle self voor die Here staan en oop is vir sy leiding om in hulle konteks lig en sout te wees. Dit is die ideaal waarna gewerk word.
In hoofstuk 2 word die teologiese fondasie van die missionale teologie aan die hand van die leer van die Triniteit gelê en word die praktiese implikasies daarvan vir die kerk bespreek. Hierdie is die normatiewe van die missionale teologie.
In die derde hoofstuk word die konteks van die gemeente bespreek aan die hand van die huidige situasie in die wêreld, die veranderinge binne die breë gemeenskap en die huidige situasie in die gemeente. Daar word op gewys dat die wêreld tans groot, vinnige en onvoorspelbare veranderinge beleef. Die gemeente sal die impak van hierdie veranderinge op 'n positiewe wyse moet benut deur 'n alternatiewe identiteit in Jesus Christus te skep.
Die rolverwagtinge van die leraars staan sentraal in die navorsingsprobleem en om dié rede word daar in hoofstuk vier gefokus op wat die navorser beskou as die normatiewe rol van leraars, indien hulle die gemeente wil leer om geloofsonderskeidend te leef. Leraars behoort bepaalde geloofsvormende gewoontes as prioriteit in hulle bediening te beskou. Sonder die geloofsgewoontes sal die leraar nie die gemeente kan lei om geloofsonderskeidend te leef nie.
Die NG Gemeente Murray (De Doorns), wat die fokus van die navorsing was, is by wyse van 'n kwalitatiewe vraelys en deur etnografiese studie nagevors. Die resultate is deur middel van triangulasie bespreek en daaruit het dit duidelik geword dat daar duidelike verskille is wat betref die kerkmodel van voorkeur en die rolverwagting van die leraars. Dis egter duidelik dat daar wel 'n skuif gekom het in die kerkbegrip van die lidmate. Hierdie skuif in kerkbegrip het egter nog nie so 'n groot effek op die rolverwagting wat lidmate van die leraars het nie. Daar is dus 'n mate van konflik tussen kerkbegrip van lidmate en hulle verwagting van die leraars. Indien dit nie aangespreek word en die rolle van die leraars nuut uitgeklaar word nie, sal die gemeente nie leer om geloofsonderskeidend te leef nie en kan die gemeente nie aansluit by die missio Dei nie.
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Harley, John. "An evaluation of the soteriology of John Murray." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683174.
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Pharasi, Bhuwan. "Murray polygons as a tool in image processing." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13580.
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This thesis reports on some applications of murray polygons, which are a generalization of space filling curves and of Peano polygons in particular, to process digital image data. Murray techniques have been used on 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional images, which are in cartesian/polar co-ordinates. Attempts have been made to resolve many associated aspects of image processing, such as connected components labelling, hidden surface removal, scaling, shading, set operations, smoothing, superimposition of images, and scan conversion. Initially different techniques which involve quadtree, octree, and linear run length encoding, for processing images are reviewed. Several image processing problems which are solved using different techniques are described in detail. The steps of the development from Peano polygons via multiple radix arithmetic to murray polygons is described. The outline of a software implementation of the basic and fast algorithms are given and some hints for a hardware implementation are described The application of murray polygons to scan arbitrary images is explained. The use of murray run length encodings to resolve some image processing problems is described. The problem of finding connected components, scaling an image, hidden surface removal, shading, set operations, superimposition of images, and scan conversion are discussed. Most of the operations described in this work are on murray run lengths. Some operations on the images themselves are explained. The results obtained by using murray scan techniques are compared with those obtained by using standard methods such as linear scans, quadtrees, and octrees. All the algorithms obtained using murray scan techniques are finally presented in a menu format work bench. Algorithms are coded in PS-algol and the C language.
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McCray, Donyelle C. "Pauli Murray: In & Out of the Pulpit." Institut für Praktische Theologie, 2019. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A36312.
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This keynote address was delivered on August 6, 2018 at Societas Homiletica at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and explores the relationship between preaching and identity. The lecture introduces Pauli Murray, a local saint whose activism, writings, and ministry challenged the church and broader society. After a detailed introduction, I consider three principal influences on Pauli’s voice: Cornelia Smith Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, and James H. Cone. Cornelia Smith Fitzgerald, Pauli’s maternal grandmother, provided a lens for thinking about the ethical and spatial contexts in which sermons arise. Langston Hughes, a fêted poet and author, offered literary inspiration and a model for moving among different genres. James Cone, a path-breaking scholar, gave Pauli vital theological footing and a framework for linking preaching, identity, and activism. Overall, I argue that Pauli Murray makes a singular contribution to the study of African American preaching.
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Klánský, Lukáš. "Murray Perahia a jeho přínos klavírní in terpretaci." Master's thesis, Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Hudební a taneční fakulta. Knihovna, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-202865.
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This Master Thesis deals with the world-renowned pianist Murray Perahioa and his contribution to the pianist. It describes his life and introduces readers to his views on music. It is analyzing his recordings and focuses on his editorial activity also. Analysis of the recordings is centered on important works of the Baroque and Classica era. Analysis of editorial work is conceived as another way to understand the weork of the extraordinary pianist.
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Carroll, Kieran. "Joanna Murray-Smith and Daniel Keene : class oppositions." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16604/1/Kieran_Carroll_Thesis.pdf.
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Joanna Murray-Smith and Daniel Keene are both successful mid-career Melbourne playwrights. Taking them as a starting point and re-tracing an Australian theatrical lineage, this project explores new Melbourne narratives in which two branches of the Australian theatrical idiom converge in a single creative work, my play Friday Night, In Town. An analysis of the writing of Friday Night, In Town, authored by myself and presented for examination herein, demonstrates its narratives are structured with deliberate reference to Murray-Smith and Keene revealing a new form of contemporary urban playwriting. The play's originality, it will be shown, and its contribution to new knowledge, lie in its engagement with these playwrights and their Australian predecessors. These elements combine with a redeployment of the medieval pageant-play, which is thus reinvigorated as a mode of contemporary playwriting practice. The play text presented herein (Friday Night, In Town) represents 75 per cent of the weighting for this M.A. (by Research) with the exegetical component weighted at 25 per cent.
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Carroll, Kieran. "Joanna Murray-Smith and Daniel Keene : class oppositions." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16604/.
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Joanna Murray-Smith and Daniel Keene are both successful mid-career Melbourne playwrights. Taking them as a starting point and re-tracing an Australian theatrical lineage, this project explores new Melbourne narratives in which two branches of the Australian theatrical idiom converge in a single creative work, my play Friday Night, In Town. An analysis of the writing of Friday Night, In Town, authored by myself and presented for examination herein, demonstrates its narratives are structured with deliberate reference to Murray-Smith and Keene revealing a new form of contemporary urban playwriting. The play's originality, it will be shown, and its contribution to new knowledge, lie in its engagement with these playwrights and their Australian predecessors. These elements combine with a redeployment of the medieval pageant-play, which is thus reinvigorated as a mode of contemporary playwriting practice. The play text presented herein (Friday Night, In Town) represents 75 per cent of the weighting for this M.A. (by Research) with the exegetical component weighted at 25 per cent.
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Becker, Maria [Verfasser], Ann [Akademischer Betreuer] Ehrenhofer-Murray, and Bernhard [Akademischer Betreuer] Horsthemke. "Characterization of the Dnmt2 homolog Pmt1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe / Maria Becker. Gutachter: Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray ; Bernhard Horsthemke. Betreuer: Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray." Duisburg, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1041831803/34.
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Chiasson, Alex. "The notion of complementarity in Murray Bookchin's social project." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9631.
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The objective of this work is to prove that, within the framework of Vachet's "Crisis of Ideologies", the philosophy of Murray Bookchin does not offer the basis for an ideological renewal. By concentrating our efforts on his notion of complementarity, we will first attempt to prove that it is the central notion of Murray Bookchin's thought. Secondly, we will try to demonstrate, through the analysis of this notion, that we cannot find the basis for an ideological renewal. Our development is divided in two parts comprising of five chapters. The first part, which is divided into two chapters, outlines the theoretical foundations of the notion. In it, we analyze the role of complementarity on an internal social level, and on the new proposed relationship between humanity and the natural world. In the second part, which is divided into three chapters, we examine the forms of his notion of complementarity within his social project, especially, in relation to the notions of community, politics, and economy.
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Klingner, Darren Mark. "Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of ancient Lake Bungunnia, Murray Basin, Australia /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SB/09sbk657.pdf.
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Murray, Marietta. "Die beweerde rolkonflik by die getroude onderwyseres / Marietta Murray." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8748.
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The research centres mainly around the following questions:
* What is the nature of the role of the woman in society?
* What is the nature of role conflict?
* Does the female married teacher experience role conflict?
In the literature study attention was paid to the nature of the
role of the woman in society and the nature of role conflict. Six
areas of the experiencing of role conflict were identified:
negative role conflict in the role as mother, as teacher and
between the two roles and positive in the role as mother, as
teacher and between the two roles. Conflict can be time-based,
strain-based or behaviour-based.
An empirical research was conducted by means of a structured post
questionnaire to determine to which extent the female teacher
with children of her own experiences role conflict.
Finally a summary of the literature study and empirical study was
made. It was found that the female married teacher has a
positive attitude towards her dual role. The only areas where
she experiences role conflict are time-based and strain-based.
Suggestions were made with regard to future research.<br>Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1994
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Garrett, Cheryl L. "Lord John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, 1660-1724." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=210634.
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This thesis comprises a biographical sketch of the 1st Duke of Atholl, Lord John Murray, the Scottish magnate and nobleman, 1660 – 1724. A background of his family tree is provided with instances of how his Murray ancestors raised their family into the peerage. Lord Murray would become the 1st Duke of Atholl less than one hundred years later. Discussion then turns to the religious situation during Lord Murray's life. He was raised Episcopalian but converted to Presbyterianism in order to wed Lady Katherine Hamilton, the eldest daughter of the 3rd Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Anne, Duchess of Hamilton in 1683. This marriage had a profound impact on the Murray family and his role in the ensuing years of civil battles and continental wars. Estate matters are set in place against the historical background of the era. Lord Murray's acquisition and control of the Atholl Estate from his father in 1689, is examined. His handling of the contentious Glenlyon Estate is prominently reviewed. The oversight of the Athollmen, the large, mainly Highland army loyal to the Atholl banner, who fought for the Crown in the Covenanting Wars of Scotland, and Lord Murray's youthful experiences during his father's leadership and later, his own, are explored. Murray's political fortunes from his early career through to his statesmanship in Westminster are examined. His leadership of the Commission of Inquiry into the Glencoe Massacre and his rise to Secretary of State for Scotland in 1696, resignation and fall, and his resurgence under Queen Anne, as the most vocal magnate opposing the Incorporating Union of 1707, the loss of his wife and heir, the repercussions of the early eighteenth-century Jacobite rebellions, his response to his sons' involvement in the uprisings and his final years finish the work.
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Selles, Colette. "L'innocence dans l'oeuvre de Murray Bail et Frank Moorhouse." Toulouse 2, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997TOU20106.
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Murray bail et frank moorhouse sont deux ecrivains australiens contemporains. Le theme de l'innocence se retrouve dans leur oeuvre qui remet en cause la vision idyllique de l'australie consideree comme nouvel eden pour ses avancees sociales. C'est le repli sur un contentement beat favorise par l'eloignement du reste du monde que mettent en evidence les ouvrages des deux ecrivains. Les illustrations et les metaphores de la beance australienne combinent le vide geographique d'un continent en grande partie desertique et la vacance spirituelle d'une societe livree au beotisme. Cet etat d'innocencepercu negativement est aussi lie a l'histoire d'une ancienne colonie qui, jeune nation, s7est longtemps satisfaite de la protection de la grande-bretagne et des etats-unis, et qui, dans son complexe d'inferiorite, s'est contentee des seconds roles et de l'imitation. L'oeuvre de bail et de moorhouse manifeste neanmoins une ambivalence : si elle porte temoignage de l'inferiorite australienne et la denonce, elle manifeste cependant la tentation de revanche d'une societe post-coloniale en marche vers la maturite et l'affranchissement. C'est ainsi que la mere-patrie et le grand frere americain sont demythifies. Les maux de la societe australienne n'en sont pas pour autant gommes dans une oeuvre qui met en scene les souffrances et rebellions suscitees par le philistinisme et l'oppression morale. Les ouvrages de frank moorhouse, tout particulierement, defient le moralisme en brisant bien des tabous, aussi bien des point de vue des moeurs que de l'ecriture. S'inscrivant en reaction contre le realisme, l'oeuvre des deux auteurs offre aussi un regard lucide, souvent sceptique, sur le monde et notre facon de l'apprehender. Elle est a ce titre une interrogation sur la notion de realite et sur la condition humaine.
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Barrett, Brian Edward. "Water-borne geophysics for Murray River salt-load detection." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SM/09smb2741.pdf.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-115) Towed DC Resistivity and Transient Electromagnetic arrays have been trialled for suitability in monitoring salt-loads on the Murray River at Waikerie, South Australia.
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George, Amy Kathryn. "Eucalypt regeneration on the Lower Murray floodplain, South Australia." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37706.
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Vegetation along the River Murray floodplains has been shown to be in a severe state of decline. This decline is amplified by the impositions of river regulation. In South Australia, where vegetation losses have been great, regeneration is limited and may result in not only individual tree losses but also widespread population decline. This study aimed to examine the relationship between river flows and the regeneration process in populations of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus largiflorens. The current structure of the populations was examined to determine if a viable number of varying age-classed trees were present. Tree surveys conducted at Banrock Station determined that while densities were low for both species, E. camaldulensis had a more sustainable population structure than E. largiflorens. Growth stages for both species illustrated highly clumped distribution, which is believed to correspond with river flooding magnitudes and frequencies. To address the potential link between tree distribution and flooding within the River Murray, a hydrological analysis was conducted for Banrock Station using river flows at the South Australian border from 1900 to 2003. The amount of time growth stages for each species were inundated was found to be greatly reduced under regulated flows compared to natural flows. This has resulted in shifted localized regeneration patterns corresponding with E. camaldulensis' greater demand for inundation than E. largiflorens. Moderate magnitude flows have been most impacted by regulation, and consequently these are the very flows needed for floodplain tree population maintenance. Flowering and seed fall for E. camaldulensis and E. largiflorens were monitored at Banrock Station for 22 months to identify losses in reproductive potential resulting from tree decline. While seed viability was not affected by vigour, trees with visually reduced vigour were found to produce less fruit and had reduced seed fall, as well as a reduced rate of fruit development. Dendrochronological techniques were applied to floodplain trees. Age and size relationships could be established, implying that such techniques can be applied in South Australia to high quality sites. Growth responses within cohorts were similar and easily matched between individuals illustrating cyclic, but not necessarily seasonal correlations. This work verified the preferential selection of younger trees for dendroecological studies, and identified a relationship between on moderate flows and measurable girth expansion in both floodplain tree species.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2004.
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Stephan, Jessica [Verfasser], Ann [Akademischer Betreuer] Ehrenhofer-Murray, and George [Akademischer Betreuer] Iliakis. "Identification of small molecules and genetic factors that alter cellular aging / Jessica Stephan. Gutachter: Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray ; George Iliakis. Betreuer: Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray." Duisburg, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1046502824/34.
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Banks, Kirsten Francesca. "The John Murray Archive, 1820s-1840s : (re)establishing the house identity." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/17858.
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This thesis examines the continuing growth of the House of Murray during the 1820s-1840s. Prior to the 1820s, Murray had enjoyed massive success with the publications of the work of Lord Byron, whose celebrity, and the profits generated, contributed significantly to the House’s prestigious reputation. Murray’s move from Fleet Street to Albemarle Street in 1812 also signified the House’s shift from bookselling to publishing, which enabled Murray to attract an increasing number of high-profile names from the worlds of literature, travel and exploration, the sciences, and politics. Murray’s drawing-room at Albemarle Street became renowned throughout the trade for its gentlemanly gatherings, comprising of the luminaries of the day. The four chapters of this thesis explore how Murray (re)established the House identity in different markets during the 1820s-1840s, as the Romantic epoch diffused into an increasingly commercialised era, with new production methods, an expanding marketplace, and increasing competition. Chapter One considers Murray’s use of the drawing room at Albemarle Street to construct a House identity amongst selected members of his inner circle. It also looks at the importance of the Byronic legacy to the House and the means by which Murray sought to protect it. Chapter Two engages with the contrasting side of the House, namely the ‘cheap’ publications, which Murray published in response to the growth of this market in the late-1820s and early-1830s. During this time Murray used some of his well-established assets, such as Byron, Crabbe and the Quarterly Review, to retain the prestige of the House, while attempting to reach new readers within the burgeoning middle class. Chapter Three examines Murray’s correspondence with some of his female authors to consider how the House responded to authors of both genders, and, with reference to ongoing scholarship regarding ‘women’s writing’, questions the veracity of a gender-centric approach when applied to the study of archival materials; the chapter’s findings suggest that both Murray’s male and female authors were treated similarly. The final chapter explores how Murray strove to retain control over the House’s reputation as international trading possibilities developed. The roots of the 'Handbooks' and the 'Colonial and Home Library' are also traced back further than has previously been considered, and read within the context of the ongoing re-branding of Byron discussed in Chapters One and Two. The House’s literary figures, and the Quarterly Review, were used by Murray in the 1840s to promote the values and prestige of the House in America, Europe and the Colonies. This thesis offers much previously unpublished archival material from the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland. It builds upon previous scholarship on John Murray and seeks to contextualise some of these lines of enquiry through providing a sustained study of the House during the 1820s-1840s. It uses quantitative analysis, where possible, to provide further grounding for some of its claims, and situates the findings within the growing body of research in this area. It is the underlying aim of this thesis to foreground the House’s shift from the ‘Romanticism’ of the early-nineteenth century towards the ‘commercialism’ of the mid-nineteenth century, whilst serving as a point of reference for further scholarship on the John Murray Archive during this time period.
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Mills, Tammy Murray Judith Sargent. "Lines written in my closet volume one of Judith Sargent Murray's poetry manuscripts /." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07252006-125920/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006.<br>Title from title screen. Reiner Smolinski, committee chair; Tanya Caldwell, Robert D. Sattelmeyer , committee members. Electronic text (440 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 20, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-120).
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Millett, Stephen. "Divergence and disagreement in contemporay anarchist communism : social ecology and anarchist primitivism." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272813.
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Saxe, Raymond Hyman Murray Andrew Murray Andrew Murray Andrew. "Some contributions of Andrew Murray, Junior to the missionary cause." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Thesis (D. Miss.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1993.<br>Abstract. Appendix contains photocopies of three books by Andrew Murray: The Kingdom of God in South Africa (London : S.A.G.M. Christian Literature Depot, [1895?]); Foreign Missions and the Week of Prayer (London : Marshall Brothers, 1902); The Dearth of Conversions (London : Marshall Brothers, [n.d.]). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 286-291).
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Waterman, Ellen Frances Schafer R. Murray. "R. Murray Schafer's environmental music theatre : a documentation and analysis of Patria the epilogue: And wolf shall inherit the moon /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9732703.
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Thesis (Ph. D.--Music--University of California, San Diego, 1997.<br>Vita. "The complete script of And wolf shall inherit the moon and a comprehensive collection of chants written by Wolf Project members are included as appendices."--P. xiv. Includes ninth draft of And wolf shall inherit the moon (leaves 403-446). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 498-501). Includes selected bibliography and works list for R. Murray Schafer (leaves 502-512).
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Murray, Rebecca Anne [Verfasser], and Michael M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Morlock. "Pedicle screw fixation / Rebecca Anne Murray. Betreuer: Michael M. Morlock." Hamburg-Harburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Hamburg-Harburg, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1058626175/34.
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Stenlund, Ulrika. "Den västerländska kyrkans utmaningar : Kristendom och efterkristendom enligt Stuart Murray." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-12099.
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Den kristna kyrkan i väst befinner sig i en brytningstid. Från att ha haft en självklar plats och röst i samhället förlorar man mer och mer mark i ett postmodernt samhälle. Ideologen Stuart Murray analyserar detta skifte inom den neoanabaptistiska tankeströmningen, och detta arbete syftar till att studera hans tankar i ljuset av annan forskning. Ett urval av Murrays kyrkohistoriska, ecklesiologiska och missiologiska böcker har lästs och jämförts med andra författares texter. De tematiska områden som studerats är främst begreppen kristendom, efterkristendom och den västliga kyrkans ecklesiologiska och missiologiska utmaningar. Kristendomstiden präglar Europas kristenhet på många plan. Murray drar slutsatsen att kyrkan måste dekonstruera och rekonstruera sin lära och sin praxis för att vara trogen sitt ursprung och kunna möta det postmoderna samhällets utmaningar. Arbetet finner att Murrays tankar är användbara verktyg för kristna när de söker vägar ur dagens förtroendekris.
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Foster-Thorpe, Frances C. "Accountability interactions : mutliple accountabilities in the Murray-Darling basin plan." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:aac0e39b-f397-4292-baf9-e99c93c98c7d.
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This thesis investigates whether different public accountability forums interact with one another when they oversee the same decision maker. It contributes to the larger study of how decision makers are held to account in constitutional democracies where the simultaneous operation of multiple accountability relationships has become routine. Looking beyond the dominant assumption that multiple forums autonomously assess a decision maker's accountability against different and diverging standards, I aim to understand whether forums can influence the standards against which other forums evaluate the same decision maker. I draw on political and normative understandings of public accountability to answer one central question: do different public accountability forums interact with one another in a way that influences the scope of what a decision maker is obliged to account for and the normative standards against which that account is evaluated? Answering this research question involves examining the mechanisms by which interactions might occur and the motivations of actors to interact. I begin by critically reviewing the literature on multiple accountabilities, arguing that existing approaches can only partially explain how public accountability is constructed in multiple accountability regimes. I argue the focus on typologies of accountability emphasise the attributes of individual forums and overlook the broader dynamics of the accountability regime. I then develop an analytical framework to examine how the interactions between different forums, and other actors, might reshape the accountability dialogue. This framework is used to analyse the case of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Australia (2008-2012). By presenting a contextSrich analysis of interactions between forums, and other actors, I find that multiple forums act in concert with one another and other actors to contest and then reshape the standards against which the two decision makers are evaluated. The thesis concludes by discussing the implications of recognising accountability interactions for understanding multiple accountability regimes.
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Murray, Rebecca Anne [Verfasser], and Michael [Akademischer Betreuer] Morlock. "Pedicle screw fixation / Rebecca Anne Murray. Betreuer: Michael M. Morlock." Hamburg-Harburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Hamburg-Harburg, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:830-tubdok-12861.
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SCOTT, L. BRETT. "WHEN WORDS SING: THE CHORAL MUSIC OF R. MURRAY SCHAFER." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021408652.
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Madden, Kelly Alvin. "John Courtney Murray, S.J., and the problem of religious liberty." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Murph, Megan Elizabeth. "MAX NEUHAUS, R. MURRAY SCHAFER, AND THE CHALLENGES OF NOISE." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/118.
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In this dissertation, I analyzed Max Neuhaus’s (1939-2009) and R. Murray Schafer’s (b. 1932) commentary and work regarding noise, its control, and its relationship with the environment from the 1960 to the 1980s. Both Neuhaus and Schafer as well as those more directly involved with noise abatement research and policy were responding to the challenges and possibilities that noise posed in the latter twentieth century. In this project, I delved into these substantial links and argued that responding to and engaging with noise abatement policies was a key impetus to much of their work, which scholarship has yet to critically examine. Inspired by the listening strategies that Neuhaus and Schafer set forth, I also considered ways in which music educators and social activists might approach sound, becoming aural advocates or activists when working in their communities.
The works selected for analysis reflected contemporaneous studies held in the USA and Canada investigating the psychological and physiological impact of noise on humans, animals, and their landscape. Just as these investigations grew into the 1970s, new attention developed towards acoustic ecology and public sound art, both fields dealing with the relationship between sounds, living beings, and the environment. Neuhaus’s works analyzed include the Listen series (1966-76), his New York Times op-ed piece titled “BANG, BOOooom, ThumP, EEEK, tinkle" (1974), and the Emergency Vehicle Siren Redesign project (1978-1989). These Neuhaus projects provided an alternative to the movement towards acoustic ecology put forward by his contemporary, Schafer. Analyses of Schafer and the World Soundscape Project’s (WSP) publications included Ear Cleaning (1967), The Book of Noise (1970), and A Survey of Community Noise Bylaws in Canada (1972).
Featured were primary sources from the Max Neuhaus Papers (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library), newspaper reviews, and clippings. Also included were interviews with artists/associates of Neuhaus from his performance career (Phil Orenstein) and his Sirens project (Ray Gallon, Owen Greenspan, Herr Lugus, Julia Prospero, and Wolfgang Staehle) as well as Schafer's fellow WSP collaborator, Hildegard Westerkamp.
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Burton, C. M. "Management of the River Murray during periods of extended drought /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1988. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENS/09ensb974.pdf.
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Samel, Anke [Verfasser], Ann [Akademischer Betreuer] Ehrenhofer-Murray, Hemmo [Akademischer Betreuer] Meyer, and Bernhard [Akademischer Betreuer] Horsthemke. "Identification and characterization of posttranslational modifications on CenH3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Anke Samel. Gutachter: Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray ; Hemmo Meyer ; Bernhard Horsthemke. Betreuer: Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray." Duisburg, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1074825160/34.
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Dwyer, Brian James, University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and School of Natural Sciences. "Aspects of governance and public participation in remediation of the Murray-Darling Basin." THESIS_CSHS_NS_Dwyer_B.xml, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/776.
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This thesis addresses the question “What is the essence of the Murray Darling river system conundrum that is usually posed as an issue of environmental remediation?”- following perceptions of problems in catchment strategy formulation regarding project selection and public consultation. The question is initially seen as having four facets – governance, public, participation and remediation. An initial literature review indicated that previous examination of these topics seemed insufficiently radical or comprehensive for the enquiry’s purposes, seeming not to attribute full humanness to members of the public. A fieldwork program of quasi-anthropological nature was conducted. Interpretation of the fieldwork reports focuses primarily on the lack of attribution of full humanness to members of the public. Interpretive techniques including a phenomenological-style process was applied and found that the district houses a number of unrecognised people “nexors’ occupying linking or nexus roles who exercise personal skills and initiatives to underpin effective remediation outcomes. Towards the end of the fieldwork program, further literature indicated that the initial four-facet nature of the enquiry should be reformulated, to include the overall nature of western society as it appears in the district (in place of participation), to reconstitute the concept of remediation more radically. Governance as a topic is broader than the ways in which it appears in the examined district, and suitable hybridizing of competing world view concepts remains unresolved in this thesis<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Francis, Cathy, and n/a. "A multi-scale investigation into the effects of permanent inundation on the flood pulse, in ephemeral floodplain wetlands of the River Murray." University of Canberra. Health, Design & Science, 2005. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061128.153926.
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Using a multi-scale experimental approach, the research undertaken in this thesis investigated the role
of the flood pulse in ephemeral floodplain wetlands of the River Murray, in order to better understand
the impact of river regulation (and permanent inundation) on these wetlands.
An ecosystem-based experiment was conducted on the River Murray floodplain, to compare changes
in nutrient availability and phytoplankton productivity in three ephemeral wetlands (over a drying/reflooding
cycle) with three permanently inundated wetlands. In the ephemeral wetlands, both drying
and re-flooding phases were associated with significant increases in nutrient availability and, in some
cases, phytoplankton productivity. It was demonstrated that the ?flood pulse?, as described by the
Flood Pulse Concept (FPC), can occur in ephemeral wetlands in dryland river-floodplain systems,
although considerable variation in the nature of the pulse existed amongst these wetlands. Results of
this experiment suggest that factors such as the degree of drying and length of isolation during the dry
phase, the rate of re-filling, timing of re-flooding and the number of drying/re-flooding cycles may be
potentially important in producing the variation observed.
Permanent inundation of ephemeral wetlands effectively removed these periods of peak nutrient
availability and phytoplankton productivity, resulting in continuously low levels (of nutrient availability
and phytoplankton productivity). It was concluded that alteration of the natural hydrological cycle in
this way can significantly reduce nutrient availability, primary production and secondary production,
essentially changing the structure and function, the ecology, of these wetlands. Equally, the results of
this experiment indicate that some of the changes resulting from river regulation and permanent
inundation can be somewhat reversed, within a relatively short period of time, given re-instatement of
a more natural hydrological regime.
A mesocosm experiment was used to examine the influence of the dry phase, specifically the effect of
the degree of wetland drying, on patterns of nutrient availability and primary productivity comprising
the flood pulse. Compared to permanent inundation, re-flooding of completely desiccated sediments
increased carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) availability while partial drying generally decreased, or had little
effect on, C and N availability after re-flooding. However, degree of drying had little effect on
phosphorus availability or rates of primary production measured after re-flooding, and it is possible
that these two factors are related. Partial drying reduced rates of community respiration after reflooding,
possibly a reflection of the reduced carbon concentrations measured in these mesocosms in
this phase of the experiment. Degree of drying also influenced the macrophyte community (measured
after three months of flooding), with plant biomass generally decreasing and species diversity
increasing as the degree of drying increased (with the exception of complete sediment desiccation
which had lasting negative effects on both macrophyte biomass and species diversity).
The results of the ecosystem and mesocosm experiments were utilised, in addition to results collected
from the same experiment conducted at two smaller scales (minicosms and microcosms), to assess
whether the effects of hydrological regime on nutrient availability at the ?wetland? scale could be
replicated in smaller-scale experiments. None of the smaller-scaled experiments included in this
investigation were able to replicate the specific response to hydrological regime recorded at the
ecosystem scale, however the mesocosm experiment did produce results that were more similar to
those at the ecosystem scale than those produced by the mini and microcosm experiments. The
results of this study indicated that extrapolation of results from small-scale experiments should be
undertaken with caution, and confirmed that a multi-scale approach to ecological research is wise,
where large-scale field experimentation and/or monitoring provides a check on the accuracy, and
hence relevance, of conclusions reached via mesocosm experiments.
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Engle, John S. ""What God has joined together" Andrew Murray's model for the revival and world mission of the church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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McShane, Ian, and n/a. ""Balanced development" a study of the Murray Committee on Australian Universities." University of Canberra. Education, 1995. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050509.161344.
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This thesis is a study of the work of the Committee on Australian Universities of 1957,
usually called the Murray Committee after its chairman.
Interpretations of the Murray Committee's work usually focus on its achievement in
securing funding increases for Australian universities at a time of great financial need, and
establishing an arms-length grants body that assisted what was referred to as the "balanced
development" of the sector. In this thesis I look at the context of the inquiry and the text
of the committee's report to place this outcome within what I consider to be the broader
scope and intent of the committee's work. I argue that the committee was anxious to
secure the position of the universities at the top of an educational hierarchy in a period of
change and challenge. The committee responded to the Commonwealth Government's
request that the future pattern of university development be in the best interests of the
nation by defending what they saw as the traditional role and purpose of the university. I
argue that this response is one that has at various times been put foward by universities to
demands for change, a response that, to paraphrase a view popular in university circles at
the time, seeks to give government what it needs rather than what it wants.
In this instance the committee looked to an English model of a residential university as the
"traditional" template on which Australian institutions should be fashioned. The
committee argued for the value of a broad, liberal education as emblematic of university
pedagogy in an era of increasing knowledge specialisation and increasing confusion of
purpose in the tertiary education system. It considered that a residential university
conducted on liberal principles was the best institutional representation of its ideal of a
community of scholars. The committee set down in its report a range of strategies by
which the ideal might be realised, or at least approached, in the Australian context. It paid
particular attention to the incorporation of first year students - the newest and most
vulnerable members of the community. I also argue that in setting down its ideas on the
institutional form and pedagogy of the university, the committee made assumptions about
the personal characteristics of "the scholar", and I analyse these assumptions.
In redefining the university in the Australian context the committee also engaged in a
process of defining the roles and purposes of other tertiary education institutions. The
committee took a hierarchical view of social organisation to their work, and viewed the
education system in this light. The committee charged the universities with oversight of
the Australian education system and intellectual guardianship of the Australian community.
University graduates, in the committee's view, were the natural leaders of Australian
society, and their education should prepare them to undertake properly this role. In
redefining the university the committee members engaged in a process of boundarysetting,
consolidating an institutional hierarchy in what they saw as a confused and
uncoordinated system. However, they sought to incorporate a commitment to
meritocracy and expansion of education opportunity within this perspective and urged the
creation of pathways between the institutions.
To characterise the committee's work I extend the concept of "balanced development" to
the various areas in which the committee made recommendations. The concept of
balanced development can be seen to refer to the proper development of the individual in
the university system (the production of a balanced personality, or the education of the
whole person); to the balanced development and co-ordination of the university sector; to
the development of the tertiary education system as a whole and its proper articulation
with the labour market; and to the process of reconciling the needs of the universities with
the demands of government
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Baumgartner, Lee Jason, and n/a. "Effects of weirs on fish movements in the Murray-Darling Basin." University of Canberra. Resource, Environmental & Heritage Sciences, 2005. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20051129.142046.
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Dams and weirs are widely implicated in large-scale declines in both the range and abundance of aquatic fauna. Although many factors are involved, such declines are commonly attributed to the prevention or reduction of migration, reductions in available habitat, alteration of natural flow regimes and changes to physicochemical characteristics. In Australia, studies into the ecological effects of these impacts are limited, and have concentrated mainly on species of recreational and commercial importance. Subsequently, the adverse effects of dams and weirs, and suitable methods of mitigation, remain largely unknown for many other taxa. Therefore, the major aim of this thesis is to investigate the ecological effects of dam and weir construction on previously unstudied migratory assemblages of fish and macroinvertebrates in the Murray-Darling Basin. It is anticipated that the results of these studies will feed back into improved management strategies that help arrest the previously observed declines of aquatic fauna. Initially, fish communities were sampled, by boat electrofishing, from both reference sites and downstream of Balranald and Redbank weirs on the lower reaches of the Murrumbidgee River, Australia. Sampling was stratified over large spatial and temporal scales to gain a comprehensive understanding of species most affected by the presence of these two barriers. In general, the weirs obstructed fish migrations during summer and autumn and many species of small-bodied fish such as Australian smelt, western carp gudgeon, fly-specked hardyhead and crimson-spotted rainbowfish accumulated downstream of Balranald Weir. In addition, downstream accumulations of juveniles of larger-bodied species such as bony herring, common carp and goldfish were also detected. Although many previous studies had either documented or hypothesised that upstream migrating fish accumulate downstream of migration barriers, none attempted to quantify the size of such populations. Therefore, a simple but efficient method to estimate the size of migratory populations was assessed at the Balranald Weir site. The application of two commonly used estimation techniques yielded relatively reliable results for seven species that accumulated downstream of the weir. Population size estimates were greatest for most species during summer and autumn, where accumulations as high as 800 fish per day were detected. The largest calculated population size estimates, in addition to the
greatest temporal variation, of any individual species was observed in bony herring. Given the simplicity of the technique and the relative accuracy of population estimates, it was concluded that these methods could easily be applied to other weirs where the size of migratory populations is of particular interest. A study investigating the effects of Yanco Weir on the diets of three migratory percichthyid species, Murray cod, trout cod and golden perch was also conducted. Observed spatial variation in a number of trophic processes strongly implicated Yanco Weir as a major contributor to increased competition among percichthyid species on the Murrumbidgee River. The greater relative abundance of percichthyids from downstream samples, combined with increases in dietary overlap and a greater percentage of empty stomachs, also suggested percichthyids may be significantly affecting the relative abundance of potential prey items such as freshwater prawns and Australian smelt. These significant changes in dietary composition were likely related to migratory behaviour, as these species accumulated downstream of the weir, and could be readily expected at other sites where passage is obstructed. It was suggested that the construction of suitable fish passage facilities would effectively reduce the probability of migratory fish accumulating and, subsequently, potential effects of dams and weirs on trophic processes. Since it was established that dams and weirs of the Murrumbidgee River were significantly affecting migratory fish communities, an innovative but relatively inexpensive fishway design, the Deelder fish lock (after Deelder, 1958), was constructed and assessed for wider application throughout the Murray-Darling Basin. The Deelder lock was effective at mitigating the effects of Balranald Weir by providing passage for a wide range of size classes and species of fish; but importantly, the structure enabled the passage of most species previously observed to accumulate downstream of the structure. Most significant was the ability of the fish lock to pass substantial numbers of small-bodied fish, which were previously not considered migratory, suggesting that these species should be considered when developing options to mitigate the effects of other dams and weirs throughout the Murray-Darling Basin. A significant finding of this study was the realisation that substantially more species and size classes of Australian native fish are migratory than previously thought.
Subsequently, it is recommended that, when designing facilities to mitigate the effects of a dam or weir, the structure of the entire migratory community is considered when developing operating parameters. Various options for mitigating the effects of dams and weirs are discussed, but it was concluded that the construction of effective fishways would be the most appropriate means of restoring migration pathways to Australian native fish. A strategic approach for assessing and adaptively mitigating the effects of dams and weirs is presented and discussed.
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Williams, Mark Donald. "Salinity tolerance of small fishes from the Murray-Darling river system /." Title page, contents and conclusions only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SB/09sbw725.pdf.
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Arney, Fiona. "Feral cats : a behavioural study in the South Australian Murray Mallee /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1996. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SPS/09spsa748.pdf.
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Taylor, Diane F. "Keith Murray, industrial designer, his place in British inter-war design." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/6258.
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This thesis constitutes an investigation of Keith Murray's design methodology and practice as a freelance designer for industry (c. 1932 - 1940). In the course of five chapters it aims to critically evaluate his significance as a British designer of the inter-war period and at the same time to examine and critique the over-arching Modernist theoretical framework which has pervaded earlier accounts and assessments of his work, (including Murray's own). Thus the first chapter identifies pivotal positions in the Modernist spectrum which justifies the study's more complex conceptualisation of the Modem Movement in design as a set of ideas advancing progressive or `non-traditional' design. Chapters Two and Three draw upon a diverse range of primary sources including economic data relating to the performance of both the ceramics and glass industries (c. 1926 - 1939) to illuminate the actualities of designing for specific British manufacturing firms during a period in which manufacturers increasingly turned to design as one of several strategies to beat the world recession. By comparing Murray's experience at the glassmakers, Stevens & Williams and the pottery firm of Wedgwood, it recognises key problems encountered by the new type of non-specialist designer, whose design methodology was hypothetically transferable across different media, across different types of company and across different industries. Chapter Four examines variations relating to firstly, how Modernist design was interpreted by Murray as a practitioner and secondly how it was disseminated both within the spectrum of design reform interests and also in the commercial field. Critical analysis of the latter has revealed a parallel discourse in which Modernist design was promulgated in terms of an emergent culture of consumption. Case studies in Chapter Five use examples of Murray's work in ceramics, glass and metal to analyse inconsistencies between his theory and practice. A conclusion reflects on the constituents of the study's more complex contextualised framework in which Murray's praxis as a designer is analysed and considers themes and approaches for further research
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O'Discin, Liam Sean. "Phillip Murray : the triumph and tragedy of the industrial labour movement." Thesis, Ulster University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650081.
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O'Discin, Liam Sean. "Philip Murray : the triumph and tragedy of the industrial labour movement." Thesis, Ulster University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669662.
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This dissertation presents a biographical study of Philip Murray (1886-1952) who was one of America's premier labour leaders of the twentieth century. The work examines the major influences and historical events that shaped Murray's career. The thesis argues that Murray's career has been unfairly dismissed. It explains how the enduring effects of his formative years in Lanarkshire, Scotland, shaped his character as a trade unionist. It examines his early role as an official of the United Mineworkers of America (UMW A) in the 1920s and 1930s; his leadership of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) during the stormy era of its organising drive of America's industrial workers and of the Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC); and his subsequent presidency of both the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and the CIO during and after the Second World war. Murray's Catholicism and his relationship with Communists occupy a central position in the historical narrative. This thesis contends that Murray's motivations were not based on the crude antiCommunism of the McCat1hyism period following his death, and it seeks to prove the hypothesis that, in spite of his purging of the left-led unions inside the CIO, ironically, Murray throughout his life consistently strove to adhere to his class consciousness and uphold his convictions as a sincere advocate for labour's adversarial role inside capitalism. This thesis questions Murray's purported belief in class collaboration, as advocated in the papal encyclicals Rerum Novarum (1891) and Quadragessimo Anno (1931), and argues that, even if Murray agreed with the sentiments of the encyclicals' support and sympathy for the rights of workers and trade unions, he was never naive enough to reject the social and political reality of class struggle as an intrinsic, or motive, force in capitalist society.
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Byers, Sean. "Seán Murray, the Irish Republican left and international communism, 1916-1962." Thesis, Ulster University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604659.
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This thesis focuses on Irish communism and the republican left, using Seán Murray’s political career as a nexus between Ireland and the international context. Using newly released and previously under-utilised archival material, the thesis concentrates on two main issues. Firstly, it addresses Murray’s relationship with the international communist movement, challenging and adding nuances to extant research on Irish ‘Stalinism’. Murray had a firm grasp of Marxist-Leninist theory, tactics and methods of organisation. Yet he endured a complex and difficult relationship with the international communist hierarchy and with the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in particular. Murray developed independent, nationally specific policies and tactics for the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI), often arguing for a liberal interpretation of Comintern policy. In fact, on a number of occasions, he anticipated shifts in Comintern thinking. Secondly, the thesis examines socialist republicanism between 1916 and 1962 from Murray’s perspective. It argues that a proclivity to pursue communist-republican alliances brought out in Murray both the crudest and most advanced forms of socialist republican thinking. Unique in his era, Murray combined aspects of Marxism-Leninism with fundamentally Connollyist analyses of Irish conditions and demonstrated an understanding of imperialism on two levels. He failed to develop a communist-republican synthesis. However, in the final analysis, he articulated an inclusive, left social democratic vision of republicanism which drew upon diverse sources of inspiration.
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Ellis, James Douglas. "The ecology and control of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida Murray)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016253.
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The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray) is an endemic scavenger in colonies of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies inhabiting sub-Saharan Africa. The beetle only occasionally damages host colonies in its native range and such damage is usually restricted to weakened/diseased colonies or is associated with after absconding events due to behavioral resistance mechanisms of its host. The beetle has recently been introduced into North America and Australia where populations of managed subspecies of European honey bees have proven highly susceptible to beetle depredation. Beetles are able to reproduce in large numbers in European colonies and their larvae weaken colonies by eating honey, pollen, and bee brood. Further, adult and larval defecation is thought to promote the fermentation of honey and large populations of beetles can cause European colonies to abscond, both resulting in additional colony damage. The economic losses attributed to the beetle since its introduction into the United States have been estimated in millions of US dollars. Although beetles feed on foodstuffs found within colonies, experiments in vitro show that they can also complete entire life cycles on fruit. Regardless, they reproduce best on diets of honey, pollen, and bee brood. After feeding, beetle larvae exit the colony and burrow into the ground where they pupate. Neither soil type nor density affects a beetle’s ability to successfully pupate. Instead, successful pupation appears to be closely tied to soil moisture. African subspecies of honey bees employ a complicated scheme of confinement (aggressive behavior toward and guarding of beetles) to limit beetle reproduction in a colony. Despite being confined away from food, adult beetles are able to solicit food and feed from the mouths of their honey bee guards. Remarkably, beetle-naïve European honey bees also confine beetles and this behavior is quantitatively similar to that in African bees. If confinement efforts fail, beetles access the combs where they feed and reproduce. Two modes of beetle oviposition in sealed bee brood have been identified. In the first mode, beetles bite holes in the cappings of cells and oviposit on the pupa contained within. In the second mode, beetles enter empty cells, bite a hole in the wall of the cell, and oviposit on the brood in the adjacent cell. Despite this, African bees detect and remove all of the infected brood (hygienic behavior). Similarly, European bees can detect and remove brood that has been oviposited on by beetles. Enhancing the removal rate of infected brood in European colonies through selective breeding may achieve genetic control of beetles. Additional avenues of control were tested for efficacy against beetles. Reducing colony entrances slowed beetle ingress but the efficacy of this method probably depends on other factors. Further, the mortality of beetle pupae was higher when contacting species of the fungus Aspergillus than when not, making biological control an option. Regardless, no control tested to date proved efficacious at the level needed by beekeepers so an integrated approach to controlling beetles remains preferred. The amalgamation of the data presented in this dissertation contributed to a discussion on the beetle’s ecological niche, ability to impact honey bee colonies in ways never considered, and the ability to predict the beetle’s spread and impact globally.
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Blanch, Stuart James. "Influence of water regime on growth and resource allocation in aquatic macrophytes of the lower River Murray, Australia /." Title page, summary and contents only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb639.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Depts. of Zoology and Botany, 1998?<br>Addendum inserted. Includes copies of author's previously published papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-414).
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King, Alison Jane 1974. "Recruitment ecology of fish in floodplain rivers of the southern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia." Monash University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8391.
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