Despite thirty published evaluation reports citing the effectiveness of Vancouver’s safe injection site (Small 2008), the Canadian federal government refuses to endorse safe injection sites as a health service option available to injection drug users (IDUs). Insite’ s evaluation results are undergoing debate, because two communicative spheres of knowledge, each with a unique authoritative language, are conflicting as each is attempting to gain moral authority over the right to recontextualize drug users. Drawing on a literature review of two harm reduction programs in Vancouver, Insite and Sheway, and expert interviews with evaluators, I show that what constitutes “evidence” is in fact subjective, determined by spheres of communicability that are built upon social, professional and political contexts. To confront the problematic nature of this issue, I suggest that evaluators and overseers need to treat program evaluation as a process of negotiation, best approached in a fluid manner. By obscuring multiple user experiences in the evaluation of harm reduction programs, evaluators and overseers risk imposing their communicative ideologies on what it means to be a drug user. / Arts, Faculty of / Anthropology, Department of / Graduate

Johnny Drops the Bomb is a site-specific, historical play written to be performed in the Diefenbunker, a bomb shelter built to protect key members of the Canadian government in the event of a nuclear attack. As a practice-as-research project, Johnny Drops the Bomb explores the theories and techniques associated with performing history in situ: aura and atmosphere, empathy and witnessing, embodiment and being-in-the-world, proximity and site-specificity, and upsurges of the Real. As the written component of that practical project, this thesis contextualizes Johnny Drops the Bomb by situating it within these approaches, reflecting on the role that each technique played as I wrote, rehearsed, and ultimately performed it with two other actors.

This study was undertaken to compare the overstory above-ground biomass, net primary production, and nutrient cycle in three common types of subalpine coastal forests near Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Twelve sample plots, representing three plant associations of different moisture regime, were established along an elevation transect. The following parameters were determined on each plot: overstory litterfall biomass and its macronutrient content, overstory throughfall volume and its macronutrient content, above-ground tree biomass and its macronutrient content, tree bole wood increment, annual net primary production and its macronutrient content, mean depth of forest floor and its biomass. The quantity of macronutrients supplied in incident precipitation was measured in three forest openings in the vicinity of the sample plots. Litterfall was sampled for 24 months, while throughfall and incident precipitation were sampled during the summers of three consecutive years. Diameter increment for the last 20 years was measured on increment cores obtained from 95 randomly selected trees. Increment of tree boles was calculated from allometric volume equations and combined with data on litter production to provide the estimate of net primary production. Distribution of biomass and macronutrients in the above-ground tree layer was calculated by logarithmic equations prepared in a preliminary study. Sample plots ranged in elevation from 1250 to 1450 m. Tree cover consisted of mountain hemlock and Pacific silver fir in various proportions with some yellow-cedar at the top and some western hemlock at the bottom of the elevation transect. Mean age of trees on the sample plots ranged from 295 to 440 years. The above-ground tree standing biomass on the sample plots was 389-731 t/ha, with the largest volumes on the mesic sites. The annual net primary production was 1.77-3.35 t/ha. The biomass of overstory above-ground litterfall was 1.48-3.02 t/(ha*a); the amount of macronutrients in litterfall was 24-41 kg/(ha*a). The largest litter production was on mesic sites. There was a considerable amount of epiphytic lichens in the litterfall (71-426 kg//(ha*a)). The amount of nitrogen in incident precipitation was greater than in throughfall, indicating that the tree canopy extracted nitrogen from rainwater. More than 1 kg/ha of nitrogen was extracted from rainwater during the summer sampling period. In contrast, up to 3 kg/ha of potassium, 1 kg/ha of calcium and 10 kg/ha of sulphur were leached from the tree canopy during the 13 weeks summer sampling period. It is possible that the high value for sulphur reflects the presence of a pulpmill about 20 km southwest of the study area. The results of the study were used to test the hypothesis that differences in phytosociological characteristics occurring on a topographic sequence along relatively short elevation transects are accompanied by sufficiently large changes in patterns of ecosystem function to distinguish these sites on a functional basis. Analysis of the data supported this hypo thesis. / Forestry, Faculty of / Graduate

With its growing popularity, most church leaders believe the multisite church is not going anywhere. Regardless of one’s belief about whether a multisite church meets the definition of “one church” or “multiple churches,” all multisite churches must deal with the fact that their senior leaders will eventually depart. While numerous examples of single-site pastoral succession exist, there are few examples of multisite pastoral succession from which to learn. The ultimate purpose of this research was to help multisite churches (or churches that are considering multisite) better understand and implement pastoral succession from the first generation of pastoral leadership to the second. To accomplish this goal, a two-phase sequential mixed-methods study was developed. Phase 1 of the research built a survey to better understand multisite succession, which was administered to 21 of 35 churches that were discovered through snowball sampling. Phase 2 built upon the survey information and utilized a Delphi Panel in order to project best practices for multisite churches undergoing pastoral succession. This phase had 76 practices gain consensus after three rounds of expert feedback. The results included practices for first generation pastors, practices for second generation pastors, and practices for the organization as a whole.

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The integration of remote sensing and digital documentation into archaeological practice has aided in the discovery of historical remains and improved the recordation of artifacts and built heritage. This thesis will explore the evolution of remote sensing and its relationship to archaeology and heritage conservation. Remote sensing employs image capturing and radar systems to record data both on the ground and in the air, which can be utilized to create three dimensional (3D) models and maps detailing archaeological, architectural, and geological features. In the past two decades that its use has become more common in the heritage sector. Remote sensing technologies are continuously improving and the applications for them are increasing, making the future of remote sensing very promising. Given the significance of the archaeological record to Etruscan studies, Etruscan archaeological sites provide significant and connected case studies for the employment of remote sensing forms at active and inactive ancient heritage sites / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu

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The purpose of this study was to identify and rank the importance of the site selection factors that influence the U.S. franchise restaurant industry as well as rank the confidence level of the experts. To identify the site selection factors, this study sought assistance and support from restaurant professionals. The Delphi technique was used to elicit the opinions of a panel of experts regarding the site selection factors. The panel was composed of restaurant professionals of restaurant companies which had already developed franchised units in the U.S. Panel members suggested a total of 56 factors under six different headings: general location, position of site, demographics, traffic information, competition, and cost consideration. They reached a consensus on the site selection factors on most of the issues. The result of study showed that the factors identified under position of site and competition are major aspects that influence the site selection of the restaurant companies. / Master of Science

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