The study was conducted to investigate the ecological effectiveness and economicefficiency of four wastewater treatment plants in East Central Indiana (Muncie, Anderson, Alexandria, and Paws). Data were collected from the four plants, then analyzed descriptively and statistically, and compared in terms of ecological effectiveness and economic efficiency. The Muncie, Anderson, and Paws wastewater treatment facilities were not significantly different from one another in terms of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) reductions, but each reduced BOD5 more than the Alexandria facility over the three- year period (1996, 1997, and 1998). Plants were not statistically different regarding suspended solids (SS) reductions. The Muncie, Anderson, and Paws wastewater treatment plants were also not significantly different from one another on ammonia reduction, but each plant reduced ammonia significantly more than Alexandria. Muncie and Anderson were not different from each other on dissolved oxygen (DO) levels, but each had a statistically higher level of DO in the final effluent than Alexandria and Paws. The study showed a statistically significant difference in fecal coliform bacteria abatement between Anderson and Alexandria, Anderson and Paws, and Muncie and Alexandria. Furthermore, Muncie, Anderson and Alexandria were different in terms of cost per 1000 gallons of wastewater treated. Muncie has been treating wastewater at a lower cost than the other treatment plants, whereas Anderson had a higher cost over the three-year period. / Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

L'émancipation de la pensée politique américaine de ses sources européennes était un processus à plusieurs facettes. Au cœur de ce processus d'émancipation intellectuelle des jeunes États-Unis était la notion de la souveraineté, qui doit être selon l'historien Gordon Wood considérée comme l'abstraction la plus important de la politique dans l'ère révolutionnaire. Un des contributeurs les plus important au débat sur la notion de la souveraineté était James Madison (1751-1836), surtout connu comme le père de la constitution américaine, comme l'auteur du Fédéraliste avec Hamilton et Jay et comme le quatrième Président des États-Unis. La thèse cherche à reconstituer la contribution de Madison à l'américanisation de la souveraineté en s'appuyant sur ses propres discours et écrits. Les analyses montrent qu'il proposait notamment une souveraineté à double face : quant à la dimension intérieure, il défendait l'idée d'une souveraineté limitée, qui s’avérerait dans sa forme spécifique comme une particularité : le constitutionnalisme américaine. Quant à la politique extérieure, il concevait en revanche une souveraineté plutôt illimitée et en plein extension, qui se développait au cours de sa carrière petit à petit à une conception largement en accord avec les postulats du système westphalien des États européennes. Pour éclairer les implications politiques pratiques de ce raisonnement, on peut formuler un « théorème de Madison », qui récapitule le rapport particulier entre souveraineté interne et souveraineté externe dans sa pensée politique : L'état libérale et sécularisé vit des conditions, qu'il doit garantir par sa politique étrangère. Cette reformulation d'une citation fameux du juriste allemand Böckenförde décrit non seulement la sensibilité de Madison pour la nature précaire de la liberté dans une démocratie constitutionnelle, mais aussi sa conviction que la probabilité de la violence des factions dans la république américaine peut non seulement être réduite par les remèdes républicains de la politique intérieure comme la constitutionnalisation, la démocratisation, la séparation des pouvoirs, le principe de la représentation ou la fédéralisation, mais aussi par les valves de sécurité fournis par la politique étrangers, notamment la disponibilité d'un grande nombre des terrains pour le développement du peuple américaine et les conditions commerciales favorables qui facilitent l'accès aux marchés étrangères pour les produits américaines. / The emancipation of American political thought from its European origins was a multi-layered process. The concept of sovereignty which was according to the renowned historian Gordon Wood the "single most important abstractions of politics in the entire Revolutionary era", was at the heart of this intellectual emancipation process in the early years of United States of America. One of the most important contributors to this debate was James Madison (1751-1836), a politician known as the father of the American constitution, revered as one of the authors of the Federalist Papers, alongside Hamilton and Jay, and remembered as the fourth President of the United States of America. The thesis aims to reconstruct the contribution of Madison to the Americanization of sovereignty by analyzing his speeches, essays and private correspondence. These analyses suggest that Madison proposed a double-faced concept of sovereignty. Concerning the internal dimension of sovereignty, he defended the idea of a limited sovereignty in the form of American constitutionnalism. Concerning the external dimension of sovereignty, he imagined a sovereignty without those limits and in continuous extension, an idea he developed during the course of his career into a concept which was in line with the postulates of the westphalian system of the European nation states. To illustrate the political implications of this line of reasoning, I suggest one can formulate a "Madison theorem" characterizing the particular link between internal and external sovereignty in his political thought: The liberal secularized state lives by prerequisites, that he should guarantee through his foreign policy. This reformulation of a statement by the renowned German jurist Böckenförde does not only describe Madison's consciousness for the precarious nature of liberty in constitutional democracies, but also his conviction that the probability of the violence of factions in the American republic cannot only be reduced by republican remedies in the field of domestic policy, like constitutionnalisation, democratization, the separation of powers, the principle of representation or Federalisation. But that the probability of the violence of factions can also be reduced by safety valves provided by foreign policy, like the availability of land for the development of the American people or favorable commercial conditions facilitating the access for american products to foreign markets.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--James Madison University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Project (B.A.)--James Madison University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Project (Ed.S.)--James Madison University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

This study provides new insights on the mechanisms that controlled the development of solution-enhanced fractures and suprastratal deformation associated with the Mississippian Madison Sequence IV evaporite paleokarst complex. Based on detailed field mapping utilizing LiDAR, GPS, and field observations, we document a paleostructural high (oriented 145º) associated with the Ancestral Rockies uplift within the study area. One hundred twenty-one sediment-filled, solution-enhanced fractures within the Seq. IV cave roof were mapped and characterized by their dominant fill type (Amsden or Madison) and vertical extent. Spatial analysis reveals minimum spacing of these features occurs in areas uplifted during the Late Paleozoic suggesting a link between paleostructural position and solution feature spacing. Shape analysis of these solution features also supports structural position during the Late Paleozoic acted as a dominant control on fracture morphology: (1) downward tapering and fully penetrative features concentrate in areas that experienced uplift; (2) upward tapering concentrate in areas that were undeformed. Mapping of Seq. IV cave roof strata demonstrates vertical collapse variability exceeds 22 m and fault intensity increases in areas of increased collapse. These findings have significant implications for prediction and characterization of solution-enhanced fractures and suprastratal deformation within evaporite paleokarst systems. / text

Enlightenment theorists like John Locke and Montesquieu were incredibly influential for the American Revolution. However, while Jean-Jacques Rousseau is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment writers in history and while his work was very influential in Europe, especially during the French Revolution, Rousseau's theories were not widely read and he is not considered a strong influence on American political theory. In this thesis, I argue that Rousseau is considered noninfluential in particular because of the conflict between his theories of communtarianism and egalitarianism and Federalist political projects that aimed to convert the United States into a large, mercantalist, international presence. Anti-Federalists were much more receptive to Rousseau's theories but were unable to commit to them fully because of their reliance on chattel slavery and his firm opposition to the institution. Finally, I argue that the tensions between early American politicians and Rousseau's theories of egalitarianism showcase the pseudodemocratic nature of early American politics and rhetoric and explain American government's oligarchic tendencies.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--James Madison University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--James Madison University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--James Madison University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.