Bowen Island is situated within six and one-half miles of the University of British Columbia and is accessible at all seasons. The island contains a great variety of rocks and offers an excellent opportunity for the student geologist to study batholithic and minor intrusives, acidic to basic extrusives, pyroclastics and sediments. The writer studied the rocks and is submitting, for a Master's degree in Geological Engineering, this paper encompassing the results of his study. Roughly two-thirds of the island were visited in reconnaissance survey. Mapping was done by means of pacing, compass and barometer. A compilation map showing the writer's observations and those of earlier observers is presented. A small area, roughly half a mile square, was studied in detail and is the main basis of the paper. The area studied in detail was found to be composed of volcanics, sediments, quartz-diorite and minor intrusives. The earliest rocks in the detailed area are a series of volcanics with some interbedded sediments. The volcanics and interbedded sediments are highly metamorphosed and intruded by basic porphyry dykes which are in turn metamorphosed to a lesser degree. All the above are cut by quartz-diorite and minor acid intrusions. This places the basic porphyry dykes as later than the volcanics and earlier than the quartz-diorite and related rocks. Basic dykes of trachytic texture represent the closing period of intrusion. Pleistocene and post-pleistocene sediments lie unconformably on the earlier rocks. There are three types of metamorphism present: a) dynamic metamorphism; b) thermal metamorphism; c) contact metamorphism. In addition to these, paulopost juvenile action and propylitization have caused considerable alteration of the volcanics and related dykes. The age of the batholith is accepted provisionally as Upper Jurassic. Material which is believed to be from fossilized organisms but which has not yet proved identifiable, is found in limey inclusions in the volcanics of Wharf Point. The inclusions may indicate an earlier limestone formation or mud formation contemporaneous with the flow rocks. Structures in the pre-batholith volcanics are of questionable assistance in determining top from bottom of a formation. / Science, Faculty of / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The relationship of Elizabeth Bowen's critical theory to her practice has not yet received detailed treatment. Her essay "Notes on Writing a Novel" (1945), a comprehensive and revealing source of practical formulations on method, reveals her basic traditionalism and her striking individual qualities as well. It serves, furthermore, to bring her novels into relief and it suggests tentative conclusions about her place in contemporary literature. Examined here in detail are the eight main divisions of the essay: Plot, Characters, Scene, Dialogue, Visual Angle, Moral Angle, Advance, and Relevance of special importance in considering each of the eight novels are the following: under Plot, "the non-poetic statement of a poetic truth," "mystification as emphasis," "action of language," and "what-is-to-be-said"; under Characters, "materialization," "unpredictability and inevitability," and "diminution of alternatives"; under Scene, "the mood of the 'Now,'" "categoricalness," "staticness," and "dramatic use"; and under Dialogue, "faked realistic qualities" and "functional use." [TRUNCATED]

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006. / Title from title screen. Marilynn Richtarik, committee chair; Calvin Thomas, Margaret Mills Harper, committee members. Electronic text (84 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Apr. 17, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-84).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes abstract and vita. "June 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-111).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes abstract and vita. "June 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-111).

Submitted by Amanda Silva (amanda.osilva2@ufpe.br) on 2015-03-04T12:00:33Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese Irami Buarque do Amazonas.pdf: 5336770 bytes, checksum: 6d9156ec7aeab2dec18c5f3451215f5a (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-04T12:00:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese Irami Buarque do Amazonas.pdf: 5336770 bytes, checksum: 6d9156ec7aeab2dec18c5f3451215f5a (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / A região semiárida nordestina necessita de formas alternativas confiáveis e viáveis economicamente de se estimar a evaporação, uma vez que apresenta um regime de chuvas irregular. O método do domo tem sido comparado com outros métodos, apresentando desempenho satisfatório e, por ser mais barato do que os demais, pode se tornar uma alternativa viável para medidas rápidas e pontuais de evaporação ou evapotranspração. O domo ou câmara ventilada consiste em uma cúpula de acrílico colocada sobre o solo, onde se determina a evaporação ou evapotranspiração a partir de medidas de temperatura e umidade no seu interior. Tem se destacado por permitir medições rápidas com apenas um único sensor, o que torna o método evidentemente mais barato que os demais. A modelagem das transferências de água e calor no sistema solo-planta-atmosfera também é de grande importância em diversas áreas do conhecimento e vários modelos têm sido desenvolvidos para descrever esses processos, mas poucos têm sido avaliados nas condições ambientais do nordeste brasileiro. Neste trabalho o domo foi usado para determinar a evaporação uma fazenda particular no município de São João, no Agreste pernambucano, ao longo de 7 dias, entre 05/04/2013 e 12/04/2013, com resultados confrontados com os dados experimentais obtidos a partir do balanço de energia-razão de Bowen. Também foi realizada uma simulação com o modelo SiSPAT (Simple Soil Plant Atmosphere Transfer Model) neste mesmo período e, mesmo sem calibração, o modelo apresentou concordância aceitável com os dados experimentais observados nos fluxos na interface solo-atmosfera. O SiSPAT é, basicamente, um modelo vertical unidimensional, forçado por series atmosféricas de temperatura e umidade, velocidade do vento, radiação solar incidente, chuva e radiação solar de ondas longas. Neste contexto, este trabalho foi realizado no sentido de compreender e caracterizar as descargas produzidas por evaporação de águas subterrâneas no semiárido Pernambucano, por meio de uma metodologia viável. Para realizar este intento, foi aplicada a metodologia do Domo, primeiramente se avaliando seu funcionamento em condições de laboratório, bem como os resultados obtidos em comparação com outros mecanismos de medição aplicados no campo, como o balanço de energia-razão de Bowen. Também foi aplicado o SiSPAT comparando valores experimentais obtidos para o solo considerados nu com a simulação. Ao avaliar o desempenho do método, comparando o domo com outras metodologias que têm sido implementadas no campo, verificou-se a sua viabilidade uma vez que os resultados, em geral, indicam boa concordância com métodos confiáveis como o da razão de Bowen.

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A atividade mineradora causa alterações na superfície, as quais influenciam a perda de água para atmosfera. Antes da instalação das cavas de mineração, há uma perda natural de água (evapotranspiração) da superfície. Com o aprofundamento da cava, essa área se torna uma lagoa, devido à surgência de água na cava proveniente do aquífero, e a evapotranspiração é alterada para evaporação. A quantificação da alteração no balanço hídrico devido às cavas é importante para se avaliar o impacto da mineração nos estoques hídricos subterrâneos e auxiliar no licenciamento e programas de recuperação de áreas degradadas pelas cavas. Este trabalho tem como objetivo quantificar experimentalmente as modificações nas variáveis do balanço hídrico; fornecer uma ferramenta de previsão das perdas evaporativas para o licenciamento ambiental em cavas de mineração e valorar economicamente o impacto dessa perda nas reservas hídricas subterrâneas. Para isso, foi utilizado um experimento composto por um lisímetro de drenagem com nível constante contendo solo argiloso (lis-arg) e outro arenoso (lis-aren), um tanque de evaporação com nível constante enterrado no solo (tenc), tanque de 20 m2 e o método de Penman-Monteith FAO-56. O monitoramento dos lisímetros foi feito durante 56 meses. Considerando períodos de quatro meses e fazendo a variação de armazenamento de água nos lisímetros igual a zero, conclui-se que a evapotranspiração da grama batatais nos lisímetros foi inferior a evaporação dos tanques e a evapotranspiração estimada pelo método padrão de Penman-Monteith FAO-56. A taxa de cobertura vegetal na área dos lisímetros que no inverno apresentava baixos índices, 50% da superfície evaporante, e a estimativa do saldo de radiação adotada pela FAO-56 que superestima o valor são as causas. A evapotranspiração do lisímetro com solo arenoso atinge uma relação unitária com a metodologia da FAO-56 quando se muda a forma de estimar o saldo de radiação, adotando este como 48% da irradiância solar global e apenas no período de novembro a fevereiro (exceto março a junho de 2015). A drenagem dos lisímetros com solo argiloso e com solo arenoso apresentaram valores semelhantes, e ambos foram em média 50% da precipitação. Para a fase de licenciamento ambiental de cavas de mineração a relação linear 0,9ND, sendo ND o número de dias após o surgimento da área alagada na cava, pode ser utilizado para prever a lamina de água perdida do armazenamento subterrâneo para a atmosfera. A relação citada foi obtida em uma superfície gramada com solo arenoso e outra de água livre num clima tropical úmido, com baixa deficiência hídrica no inverno, e com uma evapotranspiração média de 3,3 mm/dia. Durante o licenciamento ambiental essa metodologia pode prever impactos (perdas evaporativas) devido à instalação e aumento das cavas de mineração. Nos programas de recuperação de áreas degradadas o impacto nos recursos hídricos subterrâneos devido à mudança de superfície feito durante a atividade minerária pode ser quantificado com essa simples relação (0,9ND). O método requer apenas a medição da área convertida em superfície de água livre, para isto podem ser usadas imagens de satélite e a relação acima descrita. Aplicou-se o método nas cavas de mineração de areia na bacia hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul e em Campo Grande – MS. O incremento de evaporação (0,9ND) aliado com o valor cobrado de R$ 0,02/m3 e a área alagada das cavas permitiram quantificar economicamente o valor do impacto. / The mining activity causes changes in the surface, which influence water loss to the atmosphere. Before installation of the pit mining, there is a natural water loss (evapotranspiration) of the surface. With the deepening of the pit, the area becomes a pond due to water upwelling in the pit from the aquifer, and evapotranspiration is changed to evaporation. The quantification of the change in water balance due to the pit is important to assess the impact of mining on groundwater reserves, and assist in licensing and degraded areas recovery programs for pits. This study aims: experimentally quantify the changes in the variables of the water balance; provide a predictive tool of evaporative losses for environmental licensing in mining pits and economically valuate the impact of that loss on groundwater reserves. For this, we used an experiment consisting of a drainage lysimeter with constant water table containing clay soil (lys-clay) and other sandy (lys-sand), an evaporation tank with constant water level buried in the ground, 20 m2 tank and the Penman-Monteith FAO-56. The monitoring of lysimeters was made for 56 months. Considering four-month periods and making the lysimeters water storage variation equal to zero, it is concluded that the evapotranspiration bahia grass in the lysimeters was less evaporation tanks and evapotranspiration estimated by the standard method of Penman-Monteith FAO-56. The vegetation coverage rate in the area of lysimeters in winter had lower rates, 50% of the evaporating surface, and estimate the net radiation adopted by the FAO-56 that overestimates the value are the causes. Evapotranspiration the lysimeter with sandy soil reaches a unitary relationship with the FAO-56 methodology when using it changes the way of estimating the net radiation, adopting the net radiation as 48% of global solar irradiance and only in the period from November to February (except March-June 2015). The drainage lysimeters with clay soil and sandy soil were very similar, and both were on average 50% of the rainfall. For environmental licensing phase mining pits 0.9ND the linear relationship being ND the number of days after the onset of the open water area in the pit, it can be used to predict water lost groundwater blade to the atmosphere. The above ratio was obtained in a grassy area with sandy soil and other free water in a humid tropical climate, with low water deficiency in the winter, with an average evapotranspiration of 3.3 mm/day. During the environmental licensing this methodology can predict impacts (evaporative losses) due to installation and increased mining pits. In degraded areas recovery programs the impact on underground water resources due to surface changes made during the mining activity can be quantified with this simple relationship (0.9ND). The method requires only the measurement area converted into free water surface, it can be used for satellite images and the above-described relationship. It was used the method in sand mining pits in the watershed of the Paraíba do Sul and city Campo Grande - MS. The increase evaporation (0.9ND) allied with the charge of R$ 0.02/ m3 and the area flooded the pits allowed economically quantify the value of impact.

A contemporary view of health and health care has arisen, out of the broadened social understandings of the later half of this century, which recognizes the individual as a whole person (rather than a clinical object), and which recognizes the local community as the preferable locus of care. The community health center model has emerged as a response to this contemporary view. It is a community-specific model of health care delivery, health promotion, and community action. Its services cover a full range of primary health care needs (from social work to urgent care), utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach. While the response of facility planning and programming to the contemporary view of health and health care has been explored to great depth over the past twenty five years, the response of architecture has not. The intent of this thesis was, therefore, to create an architectural design that may serve as a model of the multiservice community health center, and as a source of architectural ideas which respond to the contemporary view of health and health care. A rural site was selected as the most appropriate setting for a new purpose-built facility. The design solution specifically sought to countermand the alienation, stress, loss of sense of personal control, unfamiliarity, sterility, and institutional qualities of the common medical environment - particularly, from the experiential viewpoint of the client. The design also sought to stand on its own as a legitimate work of architecture. Towards these ends, the building was bound to the community via prominence, accessibility and familiarity in the activities of daily life. A concept of democratic space sought to extend the public realm and a sense of public ownership into the facility. A marketplace vocabulary and communitycontrolled space contributed towards this end. The building was bound to place via architectural expression and explorations of processional qualities; responding to the nature of its island place, to the forest environment, and to local vernacular architecture. The design sought to establish a relationship with nature, or natural order, via an interstitial relationship with the forest, the use of natural materials, a truthful structural expression, a presence of natural light, and, at the conceptual level, an interplay between order and aggregation. As a representation of health care architecture, the design sought to express the notion of a community of services, rather than that of an untouchable institution. It also sought to achieve all of this in accord with efficient functioning and way-finding, and to achieve it at costs comparable to existing facilities (if not less expensive), via strategic choices regarding systems and construction.