Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Este trabalho propÃe uma metodologia para estudar o comportamento das concentraÃÃes da Demanda BioquÃmica de OxigÃnio e do OxigÃnio Dissolvido em um rio sujeito a lanÃamentos de efluentes. O estudo à baseado na transformaÃÃo do Modelo MatemÃtico de Streeter-Phelps em um modelo de natureza fuzzy, onde as concentraÃÃes de DBO e de OD sÃo calculadas na forma de funÃÃes de pertinÃncia. Desta forma, à possÃvel incorporar incertezas no modelo, o que permite desenvolver uma metodologia para a determinaÃÃo do risco de um corpo hÃdrico nÃo atender as condiÃÃes de uso previsto por norma, quando recebe uma carga poluente, proveniente de uma concessÃo de outorga de lanÃamento de efluentes. A pesquisa usa um programa computacional, desenvolvido para este trabalho, para calcular, a partir das equaÃÃes do modelo, as concentraÃÃes de DBO e de OD nas suas formas fuzzy. TambÃm foi desenvolvida uma sub-rotina que permite que sejam calculados o risco e a confiabilidade para o rio em questÃo que venha a receber lanÃamentos de efluentes. Os resultados mostraram que esta metodologia fuzzy à uma alternativa para ser considerada nas questÃes pertinentes à gestÃo integrada dos recursos hÃdricos. / This research proposes a methodology to study the behavior of the Biochemical Oxygen Demand and of the Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations, in a river, subject to effluent discharges. The study is based on the transformation of the Streeter-Phelps Mathematical Model to a Streeter-Phelps Fuzzy Model, where the concentrations of BDO and of DO are calculated as membership functions. In such way, it is possible to incorporate uncertainties in the model, so that it allows developing a methodology for the determination risk and the reliability of a body of water do not assist the use conditions established by norm, when it receives a load pollutant, originating from a concession of grants of effluent discharges. The research uses a computational program, developed for this research, to make calculations, starting from the model equations, the BOD and the DO concentrations, in the membership functions. It was also developed a subroutine that allows that the risk and the reliability could be calculated for the river, subject that receives effluents discharges. The results showed that this fuzzy methodology is an alternative to be considered in the questions related with Integrated Water Resources Management.

This purpose of this study is to investigate the apologetic rhetoric of professional athletes’ off-field scandals. The three case studies used were Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Phelps. A genre analysis was conducted to determine the success or failure of the speech by examining the image repair strategies used during the rhetoric. Further research revealed that the audiences’ perception plays a large role in determining if the rhetoric was successful or not. Two factors that aid the audience are the medium in which the public address was given, and the time it took to deliver the speech once the off-field scandal took place. The findings determined that Tiger Woods apologia was not successful, while Kobe Bryant’s was successful. The rhetoric of Michael Phelps’ speech lacked in delivery and strategies chosen. To have a successful apologia, one should have a clear use of strategies as well as a timely public address. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

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La présente étude vise à explorer les mécanismes scripturaux d’oeuvres littéraires qui thématisent le retour au pays natal. À partir d’un corpus formé de romans publiés par des écrivains expatriés, elle ambitionne de démontrer l’adéquation de leur forme à leur contenu. À cet égard, La contrainte de l’inachevé d’Anthony Phelps, Pays sans chapeau de Dany Laferrière et Les urnes scellées d’Émile Ollivier répondent au critère de fictions qui associent étroitement thème et structure, sens et composition, fond et forme. Ces trois romans, en effet, procèdent de choix structurels et thématiques qui découlent du principe du retour, défini comme la propension à se soumettre à un mouvement régressif ou, pour le dire plus clairement, à évoluer à reculons dans le temps aussi bien que dans l’espace. Deux axes sont ainsi retenus afin de mettre en évidence le fil conducteur de notre recherche : le retour définitif au pays natal et le retour en alternance entre le pays d’accueil et le pays d’origine. Le premier axe prend en considération la volonté de réinstallation permanente dans leur société de provenance de certains personnages de roman exilés, l’enquête, la répétition, l’interprétation, le rituel, l’affiliation constituant les manifestations textuelles du parcours de ces individus. Quant au deuxième axe, il est focalisé sur l’aller-retour entre deux territoires de personnages romanesques, et se traduit par l’affleurement dans les récits de l’entre-deux, du motif du double, de l’autoréférentialité, de la mise en abyme et par la place réservée aux zombis, aux sosies, aux rêves ou aux miroirs. La recherche est ainsi parvenue à établir que le retour, comme signification, va de pair avec le retour, comme principe de composition, dans les romans analysés. Sur le plan de l’énonciation, chez Ollivier, Laferrière et Phelps, des procédés scripturaux font toujours écho, sur le plan de l’énoncé, au geste régressif des personnages de fiction. / The purpose of this study is to explore the scriptural mechanisms of literary works that thematize the return to the homeland. Based on a corpus of novels published by expatriate writers, it aims to demonstrate the adequacy of their form to their content. In this regard, La contrainte de l'inachevé by Anthony Phelps, Pays sans chapeau by Dany Laferrière, Les urnes scellées by Émile Ollivier meet the criteria of fictions which closely associate theme and structure, meaning and composition, substance and form. These three novels are based on structural and thematic choices that stem from the principle of return, defined as the propensity to submit to a regressive movement or, to put it more clearly, to evolve backwards in time as well as in space. Two axes are thus chosen to highlight the main theme of our research: the definitive return to the country of birth and the return alternately between the host country and the country of origin. The first axis takes into consideration the will for permanent resettlement in their society from certain exiles, the investigation, the repetition, the interpretation, the ritual, the affiliation constituting the textual manifestations of what animates these migrants. As for the second axis, it is focused on the round trip between two territories of fictional characters and is reflected in the stories by the outcrop in the narratives of the motif of the double, the in-between, self-referentiality, of the mise en abyme and by the place reserved for zombies, doppelgangers, dreams, mirrors, etc. This research has thus managed to establish that return as meaning goes hand in hand with return as a principle of composition in the novels analyzed. In Ollivier, Laferrière and Phelps, with the regressive gesture of the fictional characters, on the level of the statement, always echoes in the texts, on the level of the enunciation, the scriptural processes characterized by the principle of return.

This thesis brings together for the first time, in an organised account, Saskatchewans search for a pulp industry. This thesis will show that, in a fundamental tension between goals of fiscal prudence and of economic growth, fiscal prudence won out again and again, to the point that the CCF governments could be characterised as risk-averse where pulp production was concerned. The cautious approach is in contradiction both to the activist reputation of the CCF governments and to their aggressive development of other resources, notably mining. Pulp offers an example of the contradictions that plagued the CCF governments and their policies for the north, contradictions that included disagreements between moderates and radicals over the roles of public and multinational enterprise, colonial attitudes towards the north, and risk aversion despite bold rhetoric and announcements.<p>The methodology used in this thesis has generally maintained an economic policy and political discourse, and incorporates mostly a top-down governmental approach. The personal papers of Tommy Douglas and Woodrow Lloyd provided CCF government correspondence and departmental memos that included premiers, ministers, deputy ministers, and departmental directors involved with the Department of Natural Resources, the Timber Board, the Industrial Development Office, and the Economic Advisory and Planning Board, and with pulp company officials. Furthermore, pulp reports, surveys, and studies helped contextualise all of the interrelated correspondences. To supplement government discourse I utilised the Prince Albert Daily Herald to gain an understanding of what issues the public was debating and found to be most important.

This thesis brings together for the first time, in an organised account, Saskatchewans search for a pulp industry. This thesis will show that, in a fundamental tension between goals of fiscal prudence and of economic growth, fiscal prudence won out again and again, to the point that the CCF governments could be characterised as risk-averse where pulp production was concerned. The cautious approach is in contradiction both to the activist reputation of the CCF governments and to their aggressive development of other resources, notably mining. Pulp offers an example of the contradictions that plagued the CCF governments and their policies for the north, contradictions that included disagreements between moderates and radicals over the roles of public and multinational enterprise, colonial attitudes towards the north, and risk aversion despite bold rhetoric and announcements.<p>The methodology used in this thesis has generally maintained an economic policy and political discourse, and incorporates mostly a top-down governmental approach. The personal papers of Tommy Douglas and Woodrow Lloyd provided CCF government correspondence and departmental memos that included premiers, ministers, deputy ministers, and departmental directors involved with the Department of Natural Resources, the Timber Board, the Industrial Development Office, and the Economic Advisory and Planning Board, and with pulp company officials. Furthermore, pulp reports, surveys, and studies helped contextualise all of the interrelated correspondences. To supplement government discourse I utilised the Prince Albert Daily Herald to gain an understanding of what issues the public was debating and found to be most important.

This thesis investigates the worldview of six rhetors of the far-right using the rhetorical method of fantasy theme analysis. The specific rhetors examined in this study are Peter J. Peters, Dan Gayman, Edward Fields, Fred Phelps, Jeny Falwell, and James Dobson. In order to understand the discourse of the six rhetors, five research questions were developed to guide the study: (1) What are the images portrayed of homosexuals and gay rights advocates in the fantasy themes of the rhetors examined in this study? (2) What are the images portrayed of Christians in the fantasy themes of the rhetors examined in this study? (3) How do the fantasy themes differ in extremity among the rhetors of the far-tight with regard to homosexuality and supporters of gay lights? (4) How do the fantasy themes of the rhetors work together to create a rhetolical vision for the far-light regarding homosexuality? (5) How do the collective fantasy themes of the far-right rhetors potentially influence actions against and aggression towards homosexuals? In order to answer these questions, a fantasy theme analysis was conducted on various artifacts of the six rhetors chosen for examination in this thesis. The analysis indicated that the fantasy themes of the rhetors work together to create a rhetorical vision in which a drama is played out. In this drama, homosexuals and supporters of gay rights are depicted as villains and fundamentalist Christians are characterized as heroes. Through the depictions of these characters and their actions the ultimate ideal of America as a country is provided. This ultimate ideal focuses on a setting where homosexuals do not exist and gay rights is not an issue. Through these fantasy themes the rhetors encourage America's patriots and fundamentalist Christians to remove homosexuals from society. In addition, the collective rhetorical vision of the six rhetors provides motives for aggressive actions against homosexuals, including acts of violence.