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Debris-flows pose serious hazards to communities in mountainous regions of the world and are often responsible for loss of life and damages to infrastructure. Characterised by high flow velocity, large impact forces and long runout, debris-flows have potential discharges several times greater than clear water flood discharges and possess much greater erosive and destructive potential. In combination with poor temporal predictability, they present a significant hazard to settlements, transport routes and other infrastructure located at the drainage points (fan-heads) of watersheds. Thus, it is important that areas vulnerable to debris-flows are identified in order to aid decisions on appropriate land-uses for alluvial fans. This research has developed and tested a new GIS-based procedure for identifying areas prone to debris-flow hazards in the Coromandel/Kaimai region, North Island, New Zealand. The procedure was developed using ESRI Arc View software, utilising the NZ 25 x 25 m DEM as the primary input. When run, it enabled watersheds and their associated morphometric parameters to be derived for selected streams in the study area. Two specific parameters, Melton ratio (R) and watershed length were then correlated against field evidence for debris-flows, debris-floods and fluvial processes at stream watershed locations in the study area. Overall, strong relationships were observed to exist between the evidence observed for these phenomena and the parameters, thus confirming the utility of the GIS procedure for the preliminary identification of hydrogeomorphic hazards such as debris-flow in the Coromandel/Kaimai region study area. In consideration of the results, the procedure could prove a useful tool for regional councils and CDEM groups in regional debris-flow hazard assessment for the identification of existing developments at risk of debris-flow disaster. Furthermore, the procedure could be used to provide justification for subsequent, more intensive local investigations to fully quantify the risk to people and property at stream fan and watershed locations in such areas.

Title: Public Relations tools and activities of ice-hockey team HKM Zvolen Goals: The objective is to analyze and appraise Public Relations tools and activities of ice- hockey club HKM Zvolen which are aimed at target group of fans. As a follow-up to the executed analysis and appraisal other possible solutions of effective communication with fans, that would lead to improvement of club's name, increasing its popularity among the public and mainly enlargement of fans basement connected with higher fans attendance of home games, will be suggested. Methods: The determinated objective is achieved by using analysis of documents and texts followed by descriptive analysis which were the base for creating summary of Public Relations tools and activities towards fans basement of ice-hockey club HKM Zvolen. To gain more detail information, which is not accessible to the public, cooperation with club's management in form of interview was very helpful. Results: The result of this paper is elaborated analysis and summary of PR communication of ice-hockey club HKM Zvolen with its fans during the previous season 2013/2014. On the basis of findings fan relations plan for long-term part of league for coming season 2014/2015 has been created. Fan relations plan was presented in front of management of ice-hockey...

M.Phil. / The aim of this research is to study the underhood airflow thermal behaviour of the extra low profile (XLP) dozer due to the excessive heat dissipated and observed during testing sessions executed at ground level, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The motivation of this project is to identify the reasons of poor cooling performance of this equipment, to develop and to demonstrate the capabilities of CFD in thermal research by validating the CFD result with experiments using a scaled model, prior to analyzing the full-scale dozer ...

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att belysa och analysera, men även att problematisera hur podcasten kan fungera som arena för identitetsskapande och dess funktion för de unga vuxnas fansutövande. Ett viktigt initialläge är att identitetsskapandet i synnerhet är något som äger rum i vardagen. Vi har i vår studie använt Alex & Sigges podcast och dess fans som ett fallstudium, med avsikt att ge kunskap och lärdomar för ett större område.  Frågeställningar:  Hur kan man tolka och förstå Alex och Sigges följarskara utifrån idéer om fandom? Vilken betydelse beskriver de unga vuxna följarna att Alex & Sigges podcast har för deras identitetsskapande? Metod och material: Kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer med åtta unga vuxna i åldrarna 20-30. Huvudresultat: Alex & Sigges podcast inbegriper olika delar av livet som fansen kan känna igen sig i och föra över till sina egna liv och identiteter.

A presente pesquisa teve como principal objetivo compreender quais os efeitos que a transformação de um estádio brasileiro de futebol em uma arena multiuso, à luz das exigências da Federação Internacional de Futebol (FIFA), traz para as formas de torcer. Para tanto, foi realizada uma etnografia nos jogos da Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (SEP) disputados no Allianz Parque, inaugurado em 2014 após quatros anos de reforma no Estádio Palestra Itália, campo pertencente à Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (SEP), considerado um dos clubes de maior relevância no cenário futebolístico de São Paulo e do Brasil. Com base em meses de observações, pôde-se perceber um fluxo de práticas torcedoras entre o que acontece dentro e fora da arena. Isto porque a localização do Allianz Parque, na zona oeste paulistana, possibilita a criação de uma territorialidade palmeirense, onde equipamentos físicos, tais quais bares e sedes de torcidas organizadas, misturam-se a um código moral, regido pelo clubismo, nas ruas do entorno da arena. / This research sought to understand the effects that the transformation of a Brazilian football stadium into a multi-purpose arena, according to the demands of FIFA - International Federation of Association Football -, brought to the act of supporting a club. In order to do so, it presents an ethnography of the games played at the Allianz Parque. The arena was innaugurated in 2014, after four years of renewal work on the Palestra Itália Stadium, a field belonging to the Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (SEP), considered one of the most relevant football clubs in both São Paulo and Brazil. After months of observations, it was possible to notice a flow of practices of support between what happens inside and outside the arena. That happens because the place where the Allianz Parque is built, to the west of town, creates a \'Palmeiras territoriality\' in which physical equipment such as pubs and football firms headquarters mix themselves into a moral code guided by the club itself in the streets surrounding the arena.

A presente pesquisa teve como principal objetivo compreender quais os efeitos que a transformação de um estádio brasileiro de futebol em uma arena multiuso, à luz das exigências da Federação Internacional de Futebol (FIFA), traz para as formas de torcer. Para tanto, foi realizada uma etnografia nos jogos da Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (SEP) disputados no Allianz Parque, inaugurado em 2014 após quatros anos de reforma no Estádio Palestra Itália, campo pertencente à Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (SEP), considerado um dos clubes de maior relevância no cenário futebolístico de São Paulo e do Brasil. Com base em meses de observações, pôde-se perceber um fluxo de práticas torcedoras entre o que acontece dentro e fora da arena. Isto porque a localização do Allianz Parque, na zona oeste paulistana, possibilita a criação de uma territorialidade palmeirense, onde equipamentos físicos, tais quais bares e sedes de torcidas organizadas, misturam-se a um código moral, regido pelo clubismo, nas ruas do entorno da arena. / This research sought to understand the effects that the transformation of a Brazilian football stadium into a multi-purpose arena, according to the demands of FIFA - International Federation of Association Football -, brought to the act of supporting a club. In order to do so, it presents an ethnography of the games played at the Allianz Parque. The arena was innaugurated in 2014, after four years of renewal work on the Palestra Itália Stadium, a field belonging to the Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (SEP), considered one of the most relevant football clubs in both São Paulo and Brazil. After months of observations, it was possible to notice a flow of practices of support between what happens inside and outside the arena. That happens because the place where the Allianz Parque is built, to the west of town, creates a \'Palmeiras territoriality\' in which physical equipment such as pubs and football firms headquarters mix themselves into a moral code guided by the club itself in the streets surrounding the arena.

Manga, or Japanese comic books, are one of the newest popular media imports from Japan to garner a sizable following in the U.S. Shortly before the establishment of an American manga publishing industry and the investment in resources to publish manga legally, fans calling themselves scanslators or scanlators (scan + translators) began translating Japanese manga themselves and distributing it to other fans through the Internet. This dissertation focuses on the manga importation process from several different angles, comparing within each the struggles and similarities between the actions and motives of scanslators and publishers. Comparing and contrasting the practices and norms of scanslators with those of the American manga publishing industry, this case study will provide insight into the ways that fans of transnational texts are involved in a system of global media flows whose paths are determined by legal, cultural, economic, and political forces. This work focuses on three stages in the manga importation process: selection, translation, and distribution. This study is based on the textual analysis of trade journal articles and web sites, informed by interviews with scanslators and manga industry workers. I conducted interviews over a six-month period in 2008, focusing on two groups, the publishing company Tokyopop and the scanslation group "Paradise." I carried out follow-up interviews a year later. I supplemented these interviews with interviews from freelance manga translators. I demonstrate principles influencing the flow of other kinds of media across borders. Manga serves as a prime example of the rise and transformation of a genre in the book market, and more broadly as a form of media. This case also serves as a snapshot of a moment of change within the publishing industries as they move towards increased digitization.

With the rise of the mass media over the last century, fame and celebrity seem to have evolved into ever-growing phenomena. Likewise, audience members have sought increasing involvement with people or activities related to the focus of their interest. These individuals are not content to simply watch their favorite actors or films from home. Instead, they take a more active approach, engaging in activities related to their fandom as well as seeking interaction with each other in organized groups (in person and on the Internet), attending conventions, and seeking interaction with celebrities. This study presents a discussion of fame, celebrity, and participatory fandom, to examine what motivates certain individuals to seek active involvement in fandom. Using the theories of Uses and Gratifications and Social Learning, it looks at this unique relationship and possible causes for certain members of an audience to actively participate in fandom and seek interaction with each other and with celebrities. Areas examined include social group identification, personal identification with celebrities, false intimacy with celebrities, parasocial interaction, the possibility of meeting celebrities and a feeling of empowerment as a member of a fan community. This qualitative research took an ethnographic case study approach, using in-depth interviews and participant observation of attendees and activities at DragonCon, a large annual media convention in Atlanta, Georgia. This study sought to examine what themes might emerge to identify motivations for fans' active participation in fandom. Seventeen participants were chosen using convenience sampling and interviewed about their experience at the convention. In data analysis, three major concepts emerged in regard to the participants' motivation for attending the convention: Fans seek out social interaction, interaction with celebrities, and enjoy being a part of a participation environment.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2006. / "May 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-42). Online version available on the World Wide Web.