This thesis investigates the design of a new, private residential community on the undeveloped island, Thatch Cay, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Architectural issues explored include the use of load bearing walls versus free standing columns for the primary structure of the individual buildings as a means of ordering space and a way to frame the context of the Caribbean. Architectural decisions involve how to make openings in the walls, how much of the walls remain, and how the remaining portions of the walls are articulated, as best suited for the specific building type, a prototype residence, in this particular setting in the tropics. / Master of Architecture

The most skilled seafaring sailors in recorded human history came from Taiwan, known as the ancient Polynesians. Ilha Formosa, Taiwan’s former name given by the Portuguese in the 17th century signified its magnificent coastline and abundant ocean resources. During the 20th century, through political turmoil and warfare, Taiwan’s maritime accolades rested on its yacht building sector, achieving a place in the world’s top five rankings. However, Taiwan’s martial law and the lack of reform prohibited leisure marine activities, an industry creating valuable socioeconomic impact. By comparison, maritime regulation in Taiwan is far behind that of both developed and developing nations around the world today. With gradual lifting of restrictions and growing public demand, a leisure marine industry will hopefully thrive to enrich the lives of people living in Taiwan. This research provides an overview of marinas and its market opportunities in Taiwan through various revenue models. It concludes with a financial model to assess the viability of such an investment.

[EN] The seagrass Posidonia oceanica is an important ecosystem endemic in the Mediterranean Sea and for their rightful protection they have been included as priority habitat in the European Union habitats directive. From the priority lines of investigation proposed by the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine care for the conversation of the habitat of communal interest 1120*. In regards to the seagrass Posidonia (Posidonion oceanicae) in Spain, in some of the protected marine spaces and managed by the Generalitat Valenciana, the following have been developed: The line "mapping and cataloging of the habitat type 1120*". The line "effect of invading species". The line "Effects of climate change in the priority habitat of seagrass of Posidonia oceanica". The line "Development and validation of state indicators of the conservation, structure and function of the habitat type 1120*". / [ES] Las praderas de Posidonia oceanica son un importante ecosistema endémico del mar mediterráneo y para su protección ha sido incluido como hábitat prioritario en la Directiva de Hábitats de la Unión Europea. De las líneas prioritarias de investigación propuestas por el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, y Medio Rural y Marino, para la conservación del hábitat de interés comunitario 1120* Praderas de Posidonia (Posidonion oceanicae) en España, en algunos de los espacios marinos protegido creados y gestionado por la Generalitat Valenciana, se han desarrollado las siguientes: La línea "Cartografiado y catalogación del tipo de hábitat 1120*". La línea "Efecto de las especies invasoras". La línea "Efectos del cambio climático en el hábitat prioritario praderas de Posidonia oceanica". La línea "Desarrollo y validación de indicadores de estado de conservación, estructura y función del tipo de hábitat 1120*" . / [CAT] Els herbers de Posidonia oceanica són un important ecosistema endèmic del mar mediterrani i per a la seua protecció ha sigut inclòs com a hàbitat prioritari en la Directiva d'Hàbitats de la Unió Europea. De les línies prioritàries d'investigació proposades per el Ministeri de Medi Ambient , i Medi Rural i Marí, per a la conservació de l'hàbitat d'interés comunitari 1120* Herbers de Posidonia (Posidonion oceanicae) a Espanya, en alguns dels espais marins protegit creats i gestionat per la Generalitat Valenciana, s'han desenrotllat les següents: La línia "Cartografiat i catalogació del tipus d'hàbitat 1120*". La línia "Efecte de les espècies invasores". La línia "Efectes del canvi climàtic en l'hàbitat prioritari herbers de Posidonia oceanica". La línia "Desenrotllament i validació d'indicadors d'estat de conservació, estructura i funció del tipus d'hàbitat 1120*". / Enguix Egea, A. (2016). Desarrollo de lineas prioritarias de investigación del hábitat de interés comunitario 1120* Praderas de Posidonia (Posidonion oceanicae) en espacios marinos protegidos de la Comunidad Valenciana [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/63242 / TESIS

This master thesis is devoted to Jana Stroblova, the Czech poet, novelist and translator from Russian language. The thesis is aimed at several goals: 1) to summarize and unite the known facts about life of this author and try to capture her personality, 2) to describe the relationship of Jana Stroblova to the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, as the vast part of Stroblova's translations is dedicated to her, 3) to establish the similarities between the personalities of Stroblova and Tsvetaeva as well as to find the parallels in their poems, and, afterwards, to clarify the reasons that led Stroblova to decision to translate Tsvetaeva, 4) to summarize the reflections of Stroblova's translations while emphasizing the translations of Tsvetaeva's work and to use these reflections to define Stroblova's translation methodology, 5) to confront the findings of the thesis with opinions of Jana Stroblova during an interview with her. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis centers on a country that has produced some of the greatest and most important English language dramas of the past two centuries. Within this cultural context, this thesis is also about a feminine revival in Irish theatre and how this can be a powerful tool to incite change. Early in history, Irish writers, and specifically dramatists, recreated a type of theatre that captured the true essence of what it meant to be Irish by representing their struggles, frustrations and humor. The Irish talent for storytelling connects back to its Gaelic roots and has remained a constant in the life of a culture that has passed down this art form for centuries. The focus of this thesis is to examine three contemporary Irish plays by prominent playwrights who came to the world of theatre from very different backgrounds. Each play is written by a different hand, yet all share a vital common denominator: the interaction of female character groups – groups that are central to the action of each play. What incited my interest in these three plays – Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, Anne Devlin’s Ourselves Alone and Marina Carr’s The Mai – was the playwright’s ability to expose what had been silenced in Irish history for so long. Each female character portrays one important aspect of Irish womanhood that has been tragically understated in the nation’s literature since the death of John Millington Synge: woman’s struggle between what she wants to be and who she is expected to be. These three plays will be scrutinized in terms of three elements of social control contributing to woman’s struggle in Irish society: myth, church and patriarchal tradition.

This dissertation examines theatre and film in Ireland between 1988 and 2005, focusing on the plays of Sebastian Barry and Marina Carr, as well as a select group of films from this period. Employing a method of analysis that couples close-readings with attention to socio-cultural context, aesthetic form, and issues of representation, the dissertation demonstrates how theatre and film work to complicate conventional Irish historical narratives and thereby encourages a reassessment of contemporary constructs of Irish identity. The introduction provides a contextual framework for significant contemporaneous social, cultural and economic changes in Ireland, and includes a case study of ‘The Spire,’ a monument unveiled on Dublin’s central boulevard in 2003, which I argue is the architectural metonym for the transitional nature of Celtic Tiger Ireland. The case study explores the aesthetics of the monument, as well as the politicised public debate that ensued, and thereby provides a snapshot of issues relevant to the readings pursued in dissertation’s remaining chapters. The discussion of Sebastian Barry’s ‘family plays’ reveals the playwright’s effort to refuse traditional binary conceptions of identity and to proffer, instead, a dramatic landscape that similarly refuses to allow conflict to dominate. Barry’s use of a non-conflictual dramatic form supports his narrative interest in compassion and peaceful resolution, and provides a model for living with otherness that could prove useful in an increasingly diverse and globalised Ireland. Marina Carr’s plays share Barry’s desire to represent aspects of Irish character anew, but they also dramatise how cultural transitions are difficult and never linear, and how the conventional pull of memory and the past has a residual presence in the ‘new’ Ireland. Taken together, these chapters reveal Barry’s hopefulness as an antidote to Carr’s tragic endings. The final chapter provides close readings of several ‘Celtic Tiger’ films, arguing that the representation of landscape is the key lens through which Irish film communicates shifting images of Irish identity. A cycle of films from the first years of the new millennium ekes out a space for new modes of representation through a critical dialogue with major tropes in Irish film history.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:59:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vanessa de Bello Lins da Rocha.pdf: 355855 bytes, checksum: c89c7b2cbd6af9b33b3b9a45284a72ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-14 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / This paper analyzes ten stories of 23 histórias de um viajante, Marina Colasanti, from the rescue and return of gender and the wonderful tradition held by the author to write his fictional worlds. By revisiting the wonderful tales, reinterpreted and violates some elements of tradition in the light of contemporary, among them the metamorphosis, the journey and the fairies. Note also through writing Colasantiana, especially in the book 23 histórias de um viajante, this attempt to rescue the traditional root, because the stories are connected to a frame story, which leads to the classic example of construction of the As Mil e uma Noites but that story frame is frequent dialogue with the reader, and it is as if the twenty-fourth story in the book, because it depends on the other 23 stories, moreover all the stories are interrelated, allowing the book to be read in sequence or random. The author also innovates to try to put the existential dilemma of his characters in the service of the dilemma of literary construction. The theoretical framework that supports the reading of the wonderful is Todorov, Marino, Chiampi, Rodrigues and Le Goff, and as for fairy tales has Propp and Jolles as main theoretical. The methodology used for the reading of the corpus is the descriptive and analytical / Este trabalho analisa dez contos do livro 23 histórias de um viajante, de Marina Colasanti, a partir do resgate e revisitação do gênero maravilhoso e da tradição realizados pela autora ao compor seus mundos ficcionais. Ao revisitar os contos maravilhosos, reinterpreta e transgride alguns elementos da tradição sob a luz da contemporaneidade, dentre eles a metamorfose, a viagem e a figura da fada. Nota-se também por meio da escritura Colasantiana, especialmente em 23 histórias de um viajante, o resgate da raiz tradicional realizado pela própria composição do livro: os contos são interligados por um conto moldura, o que remete ao exemplo clássico de construção das Mil e Uma Noites. Na obra analisada nesta dissertação, o conto moldura estabelece diálogos freqüentes com o leitor, configurando-se como a vigésima quarta história do livro. A autora inova ainda ao associar o dilema existencial de suas personagens ao da própria construção literária. O suporte teórico que respalda a leitura do maravilhoso é composto por autores como Todorov, Marinho, Chiampi, Rodrigues e Le Goff, e, quanto à reflexão sobre os contos maravilhosos, têm-se Propp e Jolles como principais suportes teóricos. A metodologia utilizada para a leitura do corpus é a descritivo-analítica

El gobierno que se instaló el 4 de julio de 1919, presidido por Augusto B. Leguía, significó un punto de quiebre en el desenvolvimiento de las instituciones estatales. En efecto, la política llevada a cabo por el régimen de la Patria Nueva, abarcó a todas las instancias de la burocracia estatal, incluyendo a la Armada peruana. La influencia que ejerció Leguía en las Fuerzas Armadas, especialmente en la Marina de Guerra, le permitió a esta última lograr una rápida y constante apertura a las nuevas tendencias, tecnologías, doctrinas y formas navales del mundo. De hecho, la recepción institucionalizada de las enseñanzas de los miembros de la Misión Naval estadounidense, las inquietudes de los marinos jóvenes, así como, la permisibilidad del Presidente de la República, tuvieron como consecuencia impregnar dentro de la Institución naval la modernizaciónen todos sus niveles, resultado que no pudo obtener su predecesora, la Misión Naval francesa. Esta impronta, auspiciada por el leguiismo, tendría una vigencia que abarcó todo el siglo XX y continúa hasta el presente / Tesis

<p>Försvarsmaktsorganisationen har varit i förändring sedan försvarsbeslutet 2004, då Försvarsmakten gick från ett invasionsförsvars till ett rörligt insatsförsvar. Denna nya inriktning innebär att de svenska enheter skall kunna genomföra uppdrag långt ifrån den svenska kusten och infrastruktur, vilket kan medföra en del nya intressanta frågeställningar.</p><p>Ett exempel på en sådan frågeställning är om de svenska enheterna är lämpliga för sådana uppdrag då det gäller att ta hand om och transportera eventuella skadade ombord. Har sjukvårdsorganisationen och Försvarsmakten medel till att transportera och ge adekvat vård vid större krissituationer internationellt?</p><p>Uppsatsen syfte är att genom ett organisationsteoretiskt perspektiv undersöka hur Försvarsmaktens förmåga att ta hand om skadade vid internationella missioner ser ut, samt vilka brister i organisationen som kan påvisas.</p><p>Den metod som har använts är den deskriptiva metoden tillsammans med fallstudier. Det som har studerats är svenska reglementen, doktriner samt den utländska Nato doktrinen <em>AJP 4-10</em>. Fallstudierna har utgjorts av ML 01-02 samt ME 01. Maslows teori om säkerhetsbehov har hela tiden verkat som utgångspunkt vid presenterande av fakta samt assisterande för att besvara frågeställningarna.</p><p>Slutsatsen som har dragits är att svenska enheter inte är direkt anpassade för denna verksamhet. Avsaknaden av egen helikopter är en av orsakerna. En bristande organisation kan ge en försämrad stridsmoral, vilket kan resultera i förödande konsekvenser för hela fartyget.</p> / <p>The Swedish armed forces have been through a big reformation since the Parliamentary Resolution 2004. The Resolutions biggest statement was that the armed forces should change from a invasiondefence to a mobile armed force. This means that Swedish troops and ships are meant to operate far from the Swedish coast line and infrastructure; this can give many new interesting problems.</p><p>One of these problems is if the Swedish units are fit for the missions that they now are entitled to take part in. I particularly if they have the capability to take care of injured personal far from Swedish infrastructure.</p><p>Have the medical organisation and the armed forces the right means to give adequate medical treatment and transportation?</p><p>The methods that the writer has used to solve these questions have been the descriptive method combined whit fall studies on ML 01-02 and ME 01. The literature consists part of reglements, doctrines both Swedish and domestic, in particular the Nato doctrine <em>AJP 4-10</em>. </p><p>The conclusions that have been made are that the Swedish ships are not adjusted for this kind of missions, the abcens of the helicopter capability is one of the arguments for this. The effect of what this can mean for the soldier is a decreased will to fight, which can be drastic for the ship.</p>

Durante el desarrollo de la presente tesis doctoral se han estudiado las posibles alteraciones causadas por los residuos orgánicos generados por los cultivos marinos de peces en jaulas flotantes, enfatizando en los efectos sobre algunos de los productores secundarios asociados. Varios de los impactos en el ambiente provocados por los cultivos en jaulas flotantes han sido previamente estudiados por nuestro grupo de investigación, por lo que con este trabajo se pretende profundizar y ampliar estos conocimientos, para a continuación poder conformar un modelo holístico del sistema. / The present thesis involved the study of the organic wastes generated by marine culture of fish floating cages, emphasizing in their effect on the associated secondary producers. Several of the impacts on the environment caused by floating cages fish farms have been previously studied by our research group, in that sense, this work deepen in the understanding of those impacts, and ultimately will allow figuring a holistic modeling of the system.