Call number: LD2668 .T4 1962 C67

Máscara is an analysis of an existing film about sicarios, hit men who have been part of organized crime in Mexico. Máscara and it is based on the lives of three sicarios. The first and youngest sicario, in his mid twenties, wears a white ski mask and goes by the alias La Liebre. The second one wears a red ski mask and goes by the alias of El Monstruo and is in late forties. The third one, in his sixties, wears a green ski mask and goes by the alias of El Tanque.

In an American democracy, created by the people and for the people, contemporary political women remain a marginalized voice in policy making and governance. My dissertation celebrates personal politics, and posits a landscape for thinking about democracy and advocacy in terms of political feminism. Specifically, I am concerned with how theorizing feminist interventions in the rhetorical canon operationalize material advancements for women in the political public sphere. To that end, this dissertation will introduce two systemic obstacles for political women, including, first, an ideological problem, where the political infrastructure and the press apparatus exacerbate a patriarchal gendered game; and second, an epistemological problem, where gendered language and gendered journalism are used to discipline political women. In the search for how political women can challenge and thwart political hegemony, I build from feminist rhetorical theory, political theory, and public sphere theory to offer rhetorical care as a vehicle for feminist political advocacy in the American political public sphere. Operationalizing feminist care through the case study chapters of Hillary Clinton and Wendy Davis, respectively, I argue that both political women successfully shifted gendered narratives for women in political leadership. / text

<p><strong>Syfte</strong>: Denna undersökning utreder om polariserande Suncovers skulle kunna påverka djupseendet.</p><p><strong>Metod</strong>: Mätningarna genomfördes på tre meters avstånd med en modifierad variant av Frisby Davis Distance Stereotest och med jämförande mätningar mellan bruna Suncovers från Polaroid, gråa Suncovers från Polaroid och utan solskydd. Undersökningarna gjordes på 36 frivilliga försökspersoner som alla hade samsyn och inte mer visusskillnad mellan ögonen än 0,1 med en synskärpa över 0,9 Snellen-visus.</p><p><strong>Resultat</strong>: Utan solglasögon var medelvärdet på stereoseendet för försökspersonerna 16,0´´ ± 10,7´´. Med polariserande Suncovers blev det en försämring, denna försämring var 2,8´´ med gråa Suncovers (p = 0,08) och 5,4´´ med bruna Suncovers (p = 0,02).</p><p><strong>Slutsats</strong>: Med de bruna Suncovers fanns en signifikant försämring i jämförelse med utan Suncovers även om skillnaden var liten. Att det är en större påverkan med bruna Suncovers än med gråa kan möjligtvis bero på att de bruna till skillnad mot de gråa absorberar våglängderna ojämnt över det synliga spektrumet.</p>

This thesis comprises a portfolio of compositions with supporting commentary in addition to a general commentary on past and contemporary models of performance practice. The compositions all use elements of improvisation and are documented in recorded and score formats. Recordings and discussion of the rehearsal process of these works are also included. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first, entitled ‘Context’, examines issues of performance practice through reference to both historical and contemporary models. In this regard, particular attention is given to the work of Miles Davis and Peter Wiegold. Parts 2, 3 and 4 consist of the portfolio of original compositions with sub-headings as follows: ‘Beginnings’, ‘Transition’ and ‘Current Projects’. As a part of the commentary on the portfolio, the role of the performer as creative artist will also be examined.

This thesis focuses on bicyclists using the Jefferson Davis multi-use, off-street trail in the City of New Orleans. Understanding user characteristics and perceptions of bicyclists will help inform planning, policy, and design related to bicycle infrastructure. This thesis uses a review of the relevant literature, intercept surveys of bicyclists, and automatic bicycle counts to understand how user characteristics can influence successful bicycle design, policies, and planning. The user characteristics of the bicyclists on the Jefferson Davis Trail provide us with information on who is using the trail, how often, why, and what users would like to see improved. Planners need to understand the motivations of the current and potential trail users. Making bicycling a safe mode of travel in an urban area involves influencing citizens at both the socialecological level and the travel-behavioral level, providing the culture around bicycling and the facilities available to do so.

This paper thoroughly examines the thesis film, Blood in the Grass. Each area of the film's production is carefully analyzed, including writing, directing, production design, cinematography, editing, sound, and technology and workflow. In addition to these areas, the background and ideology of the filmmaker provides a context for the choices made in production. This overall analysis discusses the effectiveness of the goals set by the filmmaker for the film to be an emotionally effective commentary on capital punishment, and to be conducive to the short film medium.

by Chan Yue Shan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-133). / ABSTRACT --- p.i-ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / INTRODUCTION --- p.1-8 / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- THE CONDITIONS OF HONG KONG / Chapter I. --- The Establishment of the Colonial Government --- p.9-13 / Chapter II. --- Nature of the Population --- p.13-16 / Chapter III. --- Lawless Situation --- p.16-24 / Chapter IV. --- Measures Taken to Fight Crime Prior to the Governorship of Davis --- p.24-31 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF SIR JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS --- p.32-38 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- DAVIS' DETERMINATION TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF THE COLONY --- p.39-46 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- DEVICES OF SOCIAL CONTROL / Chapter 1. --- Reforms on the Police Force --- p.47-51 / Chapter 2. --- The Appointment of Chinese Peace Officers: Paouchong and Paoukea --- p.52-59 / Chapter 3. --- Establishment of the Supreme Court --- p.60-63 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIMINALS / Chapter 1. --- Prison Reform --- p.64-68 / Chapter 2. --- Expatriation of Convicts --- p.69-73 / Chapter 3. --- The Enforcement of Capital Punishment --- p.74-77 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- MEASURES AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME / Chapter 1. --- suppression of the Triad Society --- p.78-86 / Chapter 2. --- Suppression of Piracy --- p.87-93 / Chapter CHAPTER SEVEN --- REGULATION OF THE MOVEMENTS OF INHABITANTS / Chapter 1. --- The Continuation of Curfew --- p.94-95 / Chapter 2. --- Implementation of Registration as a Police Measure --- p.96-104 / Chapter CHAPTER EIGHT --- DISCUSSION ON DAVIS' MEASURES IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER --- p.105-113 / CONCLUSION --- p.114-116 / APPENDICES / Appendix 1 --- p.117 / Appendix 2 --- p.118-119 / Appendix 3 --- p.120 / Appendix 4 --- p.121-124 / Appendix 5 --- p.125 / GLOSSARY --- p.126-127 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.128-133

<p>Daily nitrate-N, soluble reactive phosphorus and total phosphorus loads in subsurface drainage were quantified in an agricultural farm field in eastern Indiana (Davis Purdue Agricultural Center).</p> <p><b>Site description:</b> The data was collected from the field W at Davis Purdue Agricultural Center (DPAC) located in eastern Indiana. Field W is relatively flat (slope < 1%), with 0.16 km2 total area, divided into four plots, northwest (NW), southwest (SW), northeast (NE), and southeast (SE) with areas ranging from 3.5 ha to 3.7 ha. The four soil series at the site range from very poorly to somewhat poorly drained, with a small portion of moderately well drained series. The subsurface drainage system was installed in 2004, with 10-cm laterals having an approximate depth of 1 m and spacing of 14 m, resulting in a drainage intensity of 1.1 cm day-1 and drainage coefficient of 1 cm day-1. Drainage in the SE and NW plots was controlled at two different levels during some periods depending on the season, while the SW and NE were allowed to drain freely. This field has been in a corn-soybean rotation since 2011 and in continuous corn before that, and was managed using chisel-plow tillage in the fall and field cultivator tillage in the spring during the study period. Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers were applied at different rates prior to and after planting corn. Phosphorus was also applied prior to soybean planting in two of the three soybean years. The rate and timing of fertilizer applications were uniform for all plots and were based on Purdue Extension recommendations. Further details of the site management and data are available in Abendroth et al. (2017). More information about this site and fertilizer application can be found in Saadat et al., 2018.</p> <p><b>Sampling strategy and load calculation:</b> Automated water samplers (ISCO) were used to draw samples from the drainage outlet flow of each plot. Samples were collected every hour when flow was present except during winter, and combined into weekly composite samples varying in length from twice a week to biweekly. During the winter, water samples were collected manually to avoid freezing problems, approximately every week whenever flow was present. Samples were kept frozen until analysis and then analyzed on a SEAL Analytical AQ2 auto-analyzer to be tested for nitrate+nitrite-N (referred to nitrate-N), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) and total phosphorus (TP) according to US EPA methods.</p> <p>Daily nitrate-N, SRP and TP concentration values needed for the load calculations were estimated using linear interpolation. After estimating daily concentrations, daily loads were calculated by multiplying the daily drain flow by estimated daily concentrations.</p> <p><b>References: </b>Saadat, S., Bowling, L., Frankenberger, J. and Kladivko, E., 2018. Nitrate and phosphorus transport through subsurface drains under free and controlled drainage. <i>Water research, 142: </i>196-207.</p><br>

The influence of aspect on water yield variability over a long period, 1936-1964, was studied at two small, mountainous watersheds within the Davis County Experimental Watershed near Farmington, Utah. North-facing Miller Creek is densely vegetated by a conifer-aspen forest and mountain brush. Miller Creek's yield was more variable for daily, monthly, seasonal, and annual flows than yields from south-west facing Halfway Creek which is covered by mountain brush. Differences between watersheds in annual yield and snowmelt season runoff were nonsignificant. The snowmelt runoff season extended for an average of 65 days on both watersheds, but it began 24 days earlier (March 29) on Halfway. Approximately 57 percent of the mean annual flow of 19.4 inches on Halfway, and 68 percent of Miller's mean annual yield of 17.9 inches occurred during the snowmelt runoff season. One-third of Halfway's annual flow and one-half of Miller's occurred during the May 15 to September 15 growing season when only one-fifth of the annual precipitation of 42 inches usually fell. The difference between the growing season flows from the two watersheds was significant, with Miller's flow greater by 3.4 inches.