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The purpose of this study was to determine if female householders were disproportionately represented among all householders in older, urban neighborhoods, and disproportionately displaced when these neighborhoods underwent gentrification. Two neighborhoods, Oakwood and Boylan Heights, in Raleigh, North Carolina, were acknowledged as having undergone gentrification between 1970 and 1980, and were selected as study neighborhoods for that time period. Data were collected on the tenure, gender, deaths, and building permit applications for all neighborhood households from 1970 to 1980. Tenure and gender of householders in Raleigh, and occupations of female householders in the neighborhoods, were collected for 1970 and 1980. Data sources were: Polk city directories; county tax, marriage, and death records; city building permits; national decennial census; and the Annual Housing Survey. The Chi square test was used for testing tenure and gender of householders between neighborhoods and between each neighborhood and Raleigh. Findings indicate that for the study period: Both neighborhoods had significantly higher percentages of female householders in 1970 and 1980 than Raleigh, but their number and percentage decreased while Raleigh's increased; the percentage of female owner-occupants among all owner-occupants declined in all areas; female renter householders with low-status occupations continued moving into the neighborhoods; female householders were not significantly displaced by male householders, and; a majority of renovation was by male owner-occupants in one neighborhood and by absentee landlords in the other neighborhood. / Master of Science / incomplete_metadata

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Eight flush mount pressure sensors were used in a series of 3 test sequences to measure air overpressure produced by a firecracker. Overpressure was recorded at a range of 1 inch to 21 inches away from detonation, and charge weight was determined to be 0.1mg of black powder. Air overpressure prediction equations were developed from test series then compared to collected data for subsequent tests. Overpressure wave velocity was measured using wave arrival time and distance between sensors. This wave velocity was compared to calculated wave velocity using overpressure and ideal gas law. Overpressure and wave velocity are directly related to each other in shock wave behavior. The goal of these tests was to identify at what point the in elastic-plastic region the overpressure wave no longer closely resembled a shock wave, but an elastic wave instead.

Thesis (D. Min.)--McCormick Theological Seminary, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references.

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted

Project report (D. Min.)--George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-156).

Investigations into ophiolite from California demonstrated that these ultramafic rocks formed within the mantle wedge of a subduction zone. Fore-arc locales are dominated by highly refractory peridotite, formed by hydrous-fractional partial melting that began in the garnet stability field and ended in the spinel stability field. These ophiolites also displayed enriched fluid-mobile element concentrations. Based on melt models, these elements should have extremely low concentrations, yet all pyroxenes display enriched compositions. A new algorithm was derived to model this fluid enrichment process, which represents the total addition of material to the mantle wedge source region and can be applied to any refractory mantle peridotite that has been modified by melt extraction and/or metasomatism. Investigations into the interaction of a mantle plume with continental lithosphere demonstrated that Yellowstone-Snake River Plain olivine tholeiites are compatible with genesis from a deep-seated mantle plume and were modeled via mixing of three components. The variable age, thickness, and composition of North American lithosphere guide this process. Drill core near Twin Falls, ID was examined to assess (1) the chemical evolution of olivine tholeiite, (2) how basalt evolves in continental settings, and (3) the dominant fractionation process, e.g., fractional crystallization, Raleigh fractional crystallization, or assimilation fractional crystallization.

This thesis developed from a concern to see the individual as part of a larger whole. In a wall, pieces come together to form a stronger whole; as do rooms join together to form apartments, apartments join together to form houses, houses join together to form a wall that defines the street. / Master of Architecture