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This project evaluates the characteristics of the open burning of NOSIH AA-2 sheet waste propellant at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. The project considers the plume and burn characteristics, the removal of nitroglycerin from the waste, the emission of metals into the air, and the modeling of pollutant emissions from open burning. The plumes generated from open burning fall well below the mixing heights. By burning at 2:30 PM and under Army regulations, the risk of inversions is essentially eliminated. The meteorological conditions influence the duration of the burns, and a dimensionless parameter is developed in this study to correlate the conditions to the burn duration. Over 99 percent of the lead and copper in the propellant waste emits to the atmosphere. The removal efficiency of nitroglycerin in the propellant by open burning exceeds 99.9999 percent. A worst-case analysis is conducted using the Trinity INPUFF™ model. Based on this conservative estimate, the concentrations of lead, copper, and NO_x compounds do not exceed the Short-Term Exposure Limits. However, the analysis exposes limitations in the model in the plume height calculations and the sampling time method. / Master of Science

In recent years, particularly during the past decade, there has been a definite and an ever increasing movement of industry and commerce from the northeastern part of the United States into the South. This ever increasing shift of industry and commerce into the southern states has been and still is the result of a number of factors. High tax rates imposed by all levels of government in the North, the high cost of labor, scarcity of favorable industrial sites, and frequent union troubles are but a few of the undesirable conditions that harass industry and commerce in the North. By contrast, the South offers industrial and commercial firms many excellent sites with relatively low tax rates, and, in many cases, prospective industries are offered special tax concessions by local governments to induce them to locate a particular area. In addition, labor costs in the South are lower than in the crowded northeastern states. Many portions of the southeastern United States have a relative abundance of water which is essential to most industrial and many commercial firms. With some exceptions, unions in the South have not developed to the point where they cause frequent and expensive strikes as is the case in the North. For these as well as other reasons, many industrial and commercial firms presently located in the North are seeking new locations and are building in communities throughout the southern part of the country. In connection with this movement of industry into the South, this writer is of the opinion that the area involved in this study, i.e. Montgomery County and Radford, Virginia, has not only developed as a partial result of this relocation process, but will benefit to an even greater extent in the future. This writer believes that the current study is timely in that it brings into focus the rate and nature of commercial and industrial development of the area during the past twenty-five years which, in turn, presents a clear and useful grasp of trends for future years. Secondly, the study serves as a valid indicator of the potential facilities which the area can offer as well as limitations which would have to be considered by interested firms. / Master of Science

This thesis sheds light on Dollie Radford as one of the talented women writers whose work is still insufficiently acknowledged by contemporary studies because of the lack of extant information about her life. LeeAnne Richardson, Ruth Livesey, and Emily Harrington are three of only a handful of scholars who have discussed in any detail Radford's role as a poet, socialist, and activist who was surrounded by key figures in the history of English literature and culture, such as William Morris, Oscar Wilde, Eleanor Marx, and Olive Schreiner. Despite being identified by Victorian reviewers as a “domestic” woman poet, all contemporary scholars who have hitherto considered Radford pinpoint her “radical” thoughts and engagement with the New Woman. Building on arguments by Radford's contemporary scholars, my argument highlights Radford's role as a Victorian feminist who sought, through her poetry, to challenge patriarchal attitudes and defy social conventions which imprisoned women of her generation. While the first two chapters of this thesis provide a contextual background of women's rights and women's poetry in the Victorian era, the four remaining chapters explore how Radford's personal conflict as an ignored married woman and unsupported writer might have influenced her empathetic portrayal of marginalised figures, such as prostitutes, the working classes, women writers, and homosexuals. Simultaneously, the chapters highlight the subversive meanings obscured by Radford's use of evocative and aesthetic language. The majority of the poems, letters, and diary entries included here are unpublished and have not yet been considered by contemporary critics. Thus, this research adds to the existing body of knowledge, offering a new approach to Radford's life and poetry in relation to aspects concerning women in Victorian and Edwardian England. By continuously interrogating Radford's choice of metaphors and images in contrast with those depicted by other Victorian poets, I aim to establish Radford as a significant fin-se-siècle woman poet whose poetry embraces a literary tradition which questions negative gendered attitudes biased against passionate women writers.

Det finns olika former av samverkan i gymnasiesärskolan. En hel del forskning finns om samverkan mellan professionella i skolan samt mellan lärare och elever men inte lika många som rör relationen mellan elevassistenter och elever. Studiens syfte var att ta reda på hur samverkan mellan elever och elevassistenter upplevs av elever och elevassistenter och hur parterna upplever elevassistentens yrkesroll. Studien genomfördes genom kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer. Sju elever med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning i kombination med dövhet, hörselskada och/eller synnedsättning samt sju elevassistenter intervjuades. Intervjuerna genomfördes antingen med tal eller teckenspråk. Forskningsfrågorna berör härmed relationen mellan eleverna och elevassistenterna där det kan handla om kommunikationen med elever som har dubbla samt trippla funktionsnedsättningar. Kommunikationen med elever som har hörselnedsättning/dövhet kan ske genom teckenspråk, tecken som stöd eller/och med hörseltekniska hjälpmedel som hörselteknik med t-slinga. Resultatet följs upp med en kvalitativ tematisk analys med stöd av Biestas teori om utbildningens syfte samt Radfords teori om scaffolding. Biestas teori synliggör socialiseringen där eleverna lär sig genom/med assistenterna vilket gör att de vågar utforska 3omvärlden och kan leda till självinsikt och självkännedom även kallad subjektifiering. Radford belyser olika scaffolding-roller: reparationsrollen, stödrollen samt heuristiska rollen. Resultatet visar att elevassistentens arbetsområde är brett vilket speglar elevernas förväntningar och upplevelser av elevassistentens närvaro. Elevassistenten ska ge socialt stöd, pedagogisk samt fokuserande stöttning. Det finns en önskan från en del av eleverna om ett “lära känna varandra”-samtal där eleven diskuterar med elevassistenten om elevens behov. Elevassistenterna nämner oftare än eleverna om elevassistentens samarbete med lärare som en del av yrkesrollen. Några slutsatser är att eleverna skulle kunna få mer inflytande i hur stöttningen ska utformas men trots det så är elevernas och elevassistenternas syn på elevassistentens yrkesroll tämligen samstämmig. Framtida studier kan inkludera lärare, som informantgrupp, då flera elevassistenter ansåg att lärare kan påverka hur elevassistentens yrkesroll kan se ut.

The purpose of this essay has been to make a feminist study of the Church of Sweden lectionary 2002. I have been interested in two specific subject areas. The first is whether the biblical text have helped to highlight women´s experience, and if that is the case, in which way? The second area has been to investigate whether the texts have an oppressive or liberating tendency. In my study I have used Rosemary Radford Ruethers definition of experience which includes experience of the divine, experience of oneself and experience of the world, although they can be understood separately, they interact with each other. As for the second subject area I have used Elisabeth Shüssler Fiorenzas definitions of oppression and liberation. Oppression is defined based on the underlying or direct meaning that hinders or denies liberation. Liberation implies resistance and change by examining contradictions between the religious-cultural politics of “femininity” and the radical democratic politics of meaning and dignity. My study takes its approach from feminist theology and to it I connect two fields of method. One is feminist theological practices and the other is qualitative textual analysis. The analysis has been made from two biblical texts, one of the New Testament and one of the Old Testament. Both texts describe the biblical woman’s experiences in multiple ways which includes Radford Ruethers definition of experience. The text of the New Testament included a larger part of experience of oneself while the text from the Old Testament included as lager part of experience of “the world”. Both texts are liberating for women since they both meet Shüssler Fiorenzas definition of liberation. But the story of Rahab also has an oppressive tendency. Both women in each story contribute to their own liberation and in the story of Rahab also her family´s liberation. Another likeness in the texts is that both women have an experience of fear.

<p dir="ltr">In composites manufacturing, predicting the shape change in parts is vital for making sure part dimensions are properly compensated. Different factors in the manufacturing process, such as the temperature change throughout a thermoset cure cycle, can influence shape change. The compensation process becomes more difficult for geometries with double curvature, as interactions between the two radii of curvature can reduce the effectiveness of applying methodologies for single curvature geometries. Additionally, using finite element analysis (FEA) to predict shape change can be costly and time-consuming depending on part geometry.</p><p dir="ltr">This thesis studies an approach for predicting the shape change of a symmetric thermoset laminate with a double-curved L-angle section in its geometry. Specifically, the conservation of Gaussian curvature is applied to predict shape change. The geometry studied in this thesis can be broken down and analyzed as a segment of a torus, which is attached on one end by a cylinder and on the other end by a curved flange. Varying the length of the cylinder and flange sections, the effectiveness of Gauss’s theorem is determined for the different part geometries, with developed formulas compared against finite element simulations and experimental measurements.</p><p dir="ltr">By approximating torus segments with certain geometric criteria as cylinders, linear elasticity equations for a cylinder undergoing free thermal strain can be solved and the change in the larger arc length in the double-curved geometry is predicted after deformation. The integral form of Gauss’ theorem is then applied to determine the deformed angle of the larger arc, from which geometric relations can be applied to extract the deformed radius. Abaqus is used first to study the torus segment on its own, and then to see the effects of the cylinder and flange segments on the overall geometry. Experimental measurements are also used as a comparison.</p><p dir="ltr">Generally, the formula derived using Gauss’ theorem predicts shape change very well for the torus segment on its own. When cylinder and flange segments are included in the geometry, an empirical correction factor can be introduced to account for geometrically induced stiffening effects. Future developments and next steps in this research are discussed.</p>

This thesis attempts to compare the feminist principles of two American Christian women, Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) and Rosemary Radford Ruether (b. 1936-). Although separated by one hundred years, they are both considered to be Christian Feminists in the sense that they have both tried to extend women's voice into the male world of religion. Further they compliment each other in the struggle and opportunity they see for Women in the Church. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, was dedicated to "equality" of the sexes in her Church. . Despite Eddy's insistence on "equality", she was more interested in her Church as a healing institution rather than in a Church that was known for its Feminist principles. Rosemary Radford Ruether is a contemporary academic whose writings have become the standard texts for female theologians. She has written with outstanding scholarship on the androcentricism in the Christian Church. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / M.Th. (Church History)

This thesis attempts to compare the feminist principles of two American Christian women, Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) and Rosemary Radford Ruether (b. 1936-). Although separated by one hundred years, they are both considered to be Christian Feminists in the sense that they have both tried to extend women's voice into the male world of religion. Further they compliment each other in the struggle and opportunity they see for Women in the Church. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, was dedicated to "equality" of the sexes in her Church. . Despite Eddy's insistence on "equality", she was more interested in her Church as a healing institution rather than in a Church that was known for its Feminist principles. Rosemary Radford Ruether is a contemporary academic whose writings have become the standard texts for female theologians. She has written with outstanding scholarship on the androcentricism in the Christian Church. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Church History)