The thesis focuses on the significance of the cinematic medium for Elizabeth Bowen's novels, from the level of prose and formal representations to broader aspects of narrative and character. The chapters on To the North (1932) and The House in Paris (1935) examine complementary issues of motion and stillness and the consequent impact on subjective experiences of time, space, knowledge, and identity. The final chapter expands the issue of genre revision in The Heat of the Day (1949) to the greater problem of precedent and the reconstruction of identity through storytelling; the novel not only uses formal cinematic techniques by evoking the tone of film noir, but also reconfigures narrative and character tropes of the genre. Thus the advent of cinema not only opened up formal possibilities in the language of fiction but also expanded the types of worlds and effects an author could depict.

Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2009. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-142). Also available on the World Wide Web.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 GiullianaMMS_TESE.pdf: 1015558 bytes, checksum: 043e3f2ff9fa60d637da7f4e70b0506a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The potential for irrigated orcharding and horticulture in Rio Grande do Norte state is recognized worldwide, and it is shaping as the largest melon producer (Cucumis melo L.) in Brazil. Melon production in this region is predominantly under irrigated conditions, allowing the production all year. The rapid increase in irrigation projects has led to an increase in water demand, leading to sharp downgrades of aquifers so as to generate concerns about water security in the region in periods of long droughts, fact quite common in the Brazilian semiarid region. The objective of this research was to determine the daily crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and the values of crop coefficient (Kc) for the different phenological phases melon crop in the region of Mossoró/RN, using the micrometeorological method of Bowen ratio (BERB). The study was conducted in two areas of commercial melon cultivation, located in the Rural Mossoró/RN Zone. The experiment consisted of the determination of the components of energy balance and crop evapotranspiration (ETc) using the method of Bowen ratio (BERB). The field phase was installed in two consecutive cycles of the harvest 2012. The crop coefficients (Kc) were determined by the ratio between the crop evapotranspiration by BERB method (ETBERB) and reference evapotranspiration (ETo), is being estimated from data collected in the meteorological station of INMET located in one area. The ETo was calculated using the Penman-Monteith parameterized by FAO. Performance indicators were used to compare the ETBERB with ETFAO. It was observed that the LE/Rn values were above 60%, G/Rn averaged 11% and the mean H/Rn was 21%. The ETc varied from 264.79 mm to 362.19 mm. The KC-init ial results were higher, and the Kc-middle and lower Kc-end, compared to KcFAO values of the same phenological stages, and the average differences observed were 43, 8 and 7% for stages initial, middle and final, respectively. Cultivation coefficients generated by the method BERB varied, for the initial stage of 0.27 0.32; to the middle stage of the 0.89 and 0.84 for the final stage of 0.56 0.66. The methodology of BERB enabled the obtaining of evapotranspiration and crop coefficients compatible with the traditional methodology of the FAO Manual 56 for Irrigation and Drainage. However, there was disagreement between the methods in the early stage of culture, which provided full ETBERB be up to 5% higher than the ETFAO / O potencial para a fruticultura e olericultura irrigadas no estado do Rio Grande do Norte é reconhecido mundialmente, e o mesmo já desponta como o maior produtor de melão (Cucumis melo L.) do Brasil. A produção de melão nessa região é predominantemente sob condições irrigadas, permitindo a produção o ano inteiro. O rápido aumento dos projetos de irrigação tem provocado um acréscimo na demanda hídrica, acarretando rebaixamentos acentuados dos aquíferos, de modo a gerar preocupações quanto à seguridade hídrica da região em períodos de longas estiagens, fato bastante comum no semiárido brasileiro. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi determinar a evapotranspiração diária da cultura (ETc) e os valores do coeficiente de cultivo (Kc) para as diferentes fases fenológicas da cultura do meloeiro na região de Mossoró/RN, utilizando o método micrometeorológico da razão de Bowen (BERB). O trabalho foi realizado em duas áreas de cultivo comercial de melão, localizadas na Zona Rural de Mossoró/RN. O experimento constou da determinação dos componentes do balanço de energia e da evapotranspiração da cultura (ETc) utilizando o método da razão de Bowen (BERB). A fase de campo foi instalada em dois ciclos consecutivos da safra de 2012. Os coeficientes de cultivo (Kc) foram determinados pela razão entre a evapotranspiração da cultura pelo método BERB (ETBERB) e a evapotranspiração de referência (ETo), sendo esta estimada a partir de dados coletados na estação meteorológica do INMET localizada em uma das áreas. A ETo foi calculada segundo a equação de Penman- Monteith, parametrizada pela FAO. Indicadores de desempenho foram utilizados para comparar a ETBERB com a ETFAO. Observou-se que os valores de LE/Rn foram superiores a 60%, G/Rn foi em média 11% e a média de H/Rn foi de 21%. A ETc variou de 264,79 mm a 362,19 mm. Os resultados do KC-inicial foram mais altos, e os do Kc-médio e Kc-final mais baixos, quando comparados aos valores do KcFAO das mesmas fases fenológicas, e as diferenças médias observadas foram de 43, 8 e 7% para as fases inicial, média e final, respectivamente. Os coeficientes de cultivo gerados pelo método BERB variaram, para o estádio inicial de 0,27 a 0,32; para o estádio médio de 0,84 a 0,89 e para o estádio final de 0,56 a 0,66. A metodologia do BERB possibilitou a obtenção da evapotranspiração e de coeficientes de cultivo compatíveis com a tradicional metodologia do Manual 56 da FAO para Irrigação e Drenagem. Entretanto, houve divergência entre os métodos na fase inicial da cultura, o que proporcionou a ETBERB total ser de até 5% mais elevada que a ETFAO / 2016-10-26

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. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate

Peer counseling programs benefit peer-to-peer relationships in schools through students providing active support for one another. Literature shows that peer counseling programs are effective with adolescents, especially in school-based settings. Bowen family systems theory is a model that focuses on the importance of emotional and relationship systems. Differentiation of self, a key concept in Bowen systems theory, is described as the balance between emotional and intellectual functioning; the higher the level of differentiation, the less likely one is to experience emotional and social difficulties. This dissertation I explored the potential for training high school senior counselors from a Bowenian perspective. A project called the Archimedean peer counseling program trained 32 high school senior peer counselors in Bowen family systems theory. This study used a mixed methods approach to understand the following research question: To what extent did participation in the Archimedean peer counseling program increase overall differentiation of self among high school senior counselors, as measured by pre- and posttest scores on the differentiation of self-inventory (DSI), an instrument used to measure fusion between emotional and intellectual functioning. In addition, scores for the DSI subscales (emotional reactivity, taking an I position, reactive distancing, and fusion with parents), and archival quantitative data were examined. Paired samples t-tests were conducted to assess mean differences in baseline and posttest DSI scores. A thematic analysis of qualitative data in the form of student reflection papers, journal entries, and personal communications with school administrators was also conducted. Results from this study help to illustrate the utility of Bowen family systems theory training in the context of an adolescent peer counseling program.

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Vegetation plays an important role in the partitioning, transport and fate of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) in the environment. This thesis aimed at addressing two key knowledge gaps in our understanding of how plants exchange HOCs with the atmosphere: (1) To improve our understanding of the uptake of HOCs into, and transfer through, leaves of different plant species which can significantly influence the transport and fate of HOCs in the environment; and (2) To evaluate an experimental approach to measure fluxes of HOCs in the field. The methods presented in papers I, II and III contribute to increasing our understanding of the fate and transport of HOCs in leaves by offering straightforward ways of measuring mass transfer coefficients through leaves and partition ratios of HOCs between leaves, leaf lipids and lipid standards and reference materials like water, air and olive oil. The passive dosing study in paper III in particular investigated the role of the composition of the organic matter extracted from leaves in determining the capacity of the leaves to hold chemicals and found no large differences between 7 different plant species, even though literature data on leaf/air partition ratios (Kleaf/air) varies over 1-3 orders of magnitude. In paper IV we demonstrated that the modified Bowen ratio method can be extended to measure fluxes of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) if the fluxes do not change direction over the course of the sampling period and are large enough to be measured. This approach thus makes it possible to measure fluxes of POPs that usually require sampling times of days to weeks to exceed method detection limits. The experimental methods described in this thesis have the potential to support improved parameterization of multimedia models, which can then be evaluated against fluxes measured in the field using the modified Bowen ratio approach. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 3: Manuscript.</p>

"February 2001" / Bibliography: p. 335-349. / xxix, 394 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), plates (col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, 2004