Thesis (M.A. (Creative Writing))--University of Western Australia, 2006.

The door to college is open for increasing numbers of students for whom adapting to college may be a great challenge (Kamphoff, Hutson, Amundsen, & Atwood, 2007). Hansen (1998) noted that the overall academic preparation level has declined for students entering college and that academic disengagement in college has increased among many students. The educational background of the parents has been shown to have a significant impact on a student's decision to attend college (Choy, 200). Many firs-generation students come from ethnic and educational backgrounds that historically have struggled with the educational system (Somers, Woodhouse, & Cofer, 2004). The purpose of the study was to determine if there is a relationship between students' parental educational background and selected academic and non-academic variables of entering college freshmen. The participants in this study were enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a comprehensive public Midwestern research university, during academic years 2006-2008. Academic and non-academic factors were assessed to determine if differences existed between first-generation and non-first-generation students. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences versions 16.0 (SPSS 16.0) and Microsoft Excel 2007. Descriptive statistics were calculated to provide a general profile of the students. Descriptive data analyzed included demographic information, non-academic data (assessed using the Bryson Instrument for Noncognitive Assessment), and academic data (high school GPA and rank, ACT composite and subscores).

<p>The purpose of this paper is to analyse how work by Swedish artist Ylva Ogland (born in 1974) function as an eye-opener for the social marginalisation of people identified with homosexuality, prostitution and drug addiction. Although highly present in reality, these phenomena were historically, and are still today, hidden from view in public discourse. I have focused on the installations Rapture and Silence and Things Seen, and the still-life painting called Xenia. I argue that these artworks carefully represent the above-mentioned marginalised groups, by way of references to comparable motives in the history of art, from neoclassicism in France, to realism and romanticism.</p>

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how work by Swedish artist Ylva Ogland (born in 1974) function as an eye-opener for the social marginalisation of people identified with homosexuality, prostitution and drug addiction. Although highly present in reality, these phenomena were historically, and are still today, hidden from view in public discourse. I have focused on the installations Rapture and Silence and Things Seen, and the still-life painting called Xenia. I argue that these artworks carefully represent the above-mentioned marginalised groups, by way of references to comparable motives in the history of art, from neoclassicism in France, to realism and romanticism.

Dans une perspective d'avenir pour le développement durable, les gisements de zinc non-sulfurés seront favorisés relativement aux gisements sulfurés conventionnels. Les marbres mésoprotérozoïques du Supergroupe de Grenville ainsi que leurs équivalents dans les terrains grenvilliens exposés au New Jersey contiennent deux types de minéralisations zincifères SEDEX : (1) Les gisements plus communs et compris de zinc sulfuré SEDEX (i.e. district de classe-mondial de Balmat-Edwards, New York), et (2) les gisements hypogènes et stratiformes rares, et moins compris, de zinc non-sulfuré (i.e. gisements de classe-mondial de Franklin et Sterling Hill, New Jersey). La rareté et la localisation isolée des gisements de Franklin et Sterling Hill ne permettent pas d'imaginer une relation entre les gisements SEDEX sulfurés et non-sulfurés de zinc. Cependant, un horizon de marbre contenant un oxyde de zinc est présent près du village de Bryson (Québec), à environ 30 kilomètres au nord du gisement SEDEX de zinc sulfuré de Cadieux (Renfrew, Ontario). La région de Bryson-Renfrew nous offre conséquemment l'opportunité d'étudier la relation pouvant exister entre les deux pôles de minéralisation zincifère SEDEX. La région de Bryson-Renfrew est caractérisée par (1) une abondance de marbres dolomitiques pures, (2) par la présence d'horizons stratiformes d'anhydrite ainsi que (3) par des niveaux riches en magnésium (i.e. brucite). De telles caractéristiques indiquent une précipitation de carbonates dans un environnement évaporitique peu profond. Ce type d'environnement est typique des gisements SEDEX de zinc sulfuré du type McArthur (i.e. district de Balmat-Edwards). La région de Bryson-Renfrew contient plusieurs indices de zinc sulfuré, associés aux unités de marbres dolomitiques riches en minéraux silicatés. Elle contient aussi plusieurs indices de zinc non-sulfuré également encaissées dans des marbres dolomitiques riches en silicates. Ainsi, les minéralisations SEDEX zincifères non-sulfurés et sulfurés de zinc se forment dans un environnement géologique similaire. Les études pétrographiques sur l'assemblage zincifère non-sulfuré révèlent des exsolutions dendritiques de wurtzite/sphalerite dans des grains de magnétite. De plus, des analyses de diffraction au rayons-X et à la microsonde révèlent que le silicate zincifère est une serpentine contenant jusqu'à 4.31% de ZnO. D'autres serpentines sont plutôt caractérisées par la présence d'inclusions fines de pyrophanite zincifère ((Fe,Mg,Zn,Mn)TiO3) , une ilmenite zincifère rare mais connue aux gisements de Franklin et Sterling Hill. Les exsolutions dendritiques de wurtzite/sphalerite sont interprétés comme résultant de la déstabilisation rétrograde de la franklinite. De plus, le produit d'altération de la willémite (Zn2SiO4), le principal minerai de zinc aux gisements de Franklin et Sterling Hill, résulte en une serpentine lors d'une déstabilisation métamorphique rétrograde. Des minéralisations zincifères non-sulfurées de type-Franklin sont ainsi confirmées. Un lien entre les gisements SEDEX zincifères sulfurés et non-sulfurés existe donc puisqu'ils se présentent dans le même environnement géologique. La présence de minéralisations SEDEX zincifères non-sulfurées pourrait de ce fait être expliquée et indiquer la présence d'un système exhalatif à haute température plutôt qu'un système à température moyenne déposant des sulfures de zinc. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Supergroupe de Grenville, sulfures de zinc, silicates de zinc, oxydes de zinc

The EDEN ISS project, initiated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) focuses on the development of greenhouses for future Space habitats on the Moon and Mars. For this, they run a full-size experiment in Antarctica in collaboration with NASA. This experiment is remotely controlled and monitored by the mission control team in Bremen, Germany. The aim of this thesis is to improve the accessibility of the data being pulled from the greenhouse in Antarctica and delivered to the mission control room. Furthermore, it promises to provide the EDEN ISS team with a set of tools to quickly and easily analyze historical data from the numerous sensors and devices currently installed inside the greenhouse module. To accomplish this, the development of a Data Analysis Tool was designed and programmed in Python, which generates accurate graphs and plots in a fast and user-friendly manner. This tool provides the user with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) which includes a set of easy-to-use tools to modify and manipulate the available data throughout the entire experiment’s lifetime, covering the years from 2018 to 2021. By using this tool, the EDEN ISS team can access relevant data and reach informed conclusions regarding the functionality and stability of the greenhouse experiment module in Antarctica.

This thesis reports an in-fiber magnetic field sensor that is able to detect magnetic fields as low as 2 A/m at a spatial resolution of 1 mm. The small sensor consists of a magneto-optic slab waveguide, bismuth-doped rare earth iron garnet (Bi-RIG) that is coupled to an optical fiber. By coupling light from the fiber to the slab waveguide, it becomes an in-fiber magnetic field sensor. This is due to the Magneto-Optic Kerr effect; a change in refractive index is proportional to the applied magnetic field. When an AC field is applied, an AC component in the output power can be detected by a spectrum analyzer. The novelties of Magneto-Optic Slab Coupled Optical Sensor (MO-SCOS) devices include their small compact nature and a dielectric structure allowing low electromagnetic interference. Due to their compact size they are capable of placement within devices to measure interior electromagnetic fields immeasurable by other sensors that are either too large for internal placement or disruptive of the internal fields due to metallic structure. This work also reports progress on EO SCOS development. The EO sensor has found application in new environments including the electromagnetic rail gun, and a dual-axis sensor.

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