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This study examined how Mary Priestley musically implemented 15 Analytical Music Therapy (AMT) techniques for exploring conscious material, accessing unconscious material, and strengthening the ego. Using the Priestley archives at Temple University, the author listened to 96 recorded examples of individual AMT sessions with 31 adult clients that were made between the years 1975-1991 to examine and aurally identify the musical phenomena and patterns occurring in the musical implementation of AMT techniques. The results of the study present clinical considerations necessary for applying each AMT technique and the clinical/musical roles of the analytical music therapist. Finally, this study presents distinctions between traditional and contemporary AMT practice and implications for AMT training and supervision. / Music Therapy

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Modern tools, nontraditional datasets and a better understanding of the interaction between climate and ecohydrology are continuously being developed as today's society is in critical need for improving water management, predicting hydrometeorological hazards and forecasting future climate. In particular, the study of the intra- and inter-annual variations in grass productivity and evapotranspiration caused by variations in precipitation/soil moisture and other biophysical factors is of great significance due to their relation to future climatic changes. The research presented here falls in three parts. In the first part of the dissertation, a land use adaptable model, based on the superposition of the temperature and water vapor pressure effects, is proposed for the effective clear sky emissivity. Ground radiometer and meteorological data, applicable in the subtropical climate of Saint Johns River Water Management District, Florida, were utilized for the model development over the spring season of 2004. The performance of this model was systematically evaluated by pertinent comparisons with previously established models using data over various land covers. The second part of the thesis investigates the dynamics of evapotranspiration with respect to its significant environmental and biological controls over an unmanaged bahia grassland. Eddy correlation measurements were carried out at a flux tower in Central Florida over the annual course of 2004. The main focus was on the sensitivity of the water vapor flux to wetness variables, namely the volumetric soil water content and the current precipitation index. It was shown that the time scales involved with the dynamics of evapotranspiration were on the order of six days, suggesting that depletion of the soil moisture was mostly responsible for the temporal fluctuations in evapotranspiration. Finally, simple models for the Priestley-Taylor factor were employed in terms of water availability, and the modeled results closely matched the eddy covariance flux values on daily time scale during all moisture conditions. In the third part of this work, the partitioning between latent and sensible heat fluxes was systematically examined with respect to biophysical factors. It was found that the seasonal variations in leaf area index, soil water content and net radiation were reflected in a strong seasonal pattern of the energy balance. Calculations of the bulk parameters, namely Priestley-Taylor parameter and decoupling coefficient, indicated that evapotranspiration of this grassland was controlled by water supply limitations and surface conductance. At an annual basis, the cumulative evapotranspiration was 59 percent of the precipitation received at the site. The results of this research complemented with other studies will promote better understanding of land-atmosphere interactions, accurate parameterizations of hydroclimatic models, and assessment of climate impact of grassland ecosystems.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:16:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elisa Cristina Oliosi.pdf: 2497503 bytes, checksum: 29e83643e5644b7dce48c0e2c1034f8e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In the present thesis we approach some aspects related to the investigative process of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) about the theory of electricity the theory of two fluids. Priestley was one of the natural philosophers who made countless experiments in order to observe the existence of electricity in various bodies. Theirs experiments were described in many publications such as The History and Present State of Electricity with Original Experiments and Familiar to the Study of Electricity. It‟s possible to verify in these publications how was the process of the construction of the theory of electricity. We seek, therefore, in this work we intend to analyze the course of Priestley‟s thought pointing specifically to his methodology of study which involved theory and practice. In order to do so, we privilege our analysis on the experiments with inanimate bodies to focus how he explained the theory of the two electric fluids / Nesta tese abordamos alguns aspectos relacionados ao processo investigativo de Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) sobre a teoria da eletricidade, a saber, a teoria dos dois fluidos elétricos. Priestley foi um dos filósofos naturais que realizou inúmeros experimentos a fim de verificar a existência da eletricidade em diversos materiais. Seus experimentos foram descritos em várias obras, destacando-se The History and Present State of Electricity with Original Experiments e Familiar to the Study of Electricity. É possível verificar nestas publicações como foi o processo de construção da teoria da eletricidade. Buscamos, assim, nesta pesquisa analisar o percurso do pensamento de Priestley, apontando para sua metodologia de estudo, que envolvia a teoria e a prática. Para tanto, privilegiamos a análise dos experimentos com corpos inanimados a fim de abordar como ele explicava a teoria dos dois fluidos elétricos

In the period following the pandemic, we observed that poor student behaviour was increasingly becoming a problem in our library. We decided to take a novel approach to try and discover new ways of encouraging positive use of the university library using existing resources and ensuring the inclusion of student voices to gather rich critically evaluated feedback to inform our service improvements.