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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-96). / by Barbara Marie Brennan. / M.C.P.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University / Vast amounts of published and unpublished materials concerning the implications of television in the field of education are available. A glimpse into the literature indicates a great deal of controversy over the uses, purposes, advantages, and disadvantages of television and its role in the lives of school children. The purposes of this survey are to find out the television viewing habits of a group of high school students, and the impact of television on some of the educational activities of these students. [TRUNCATED]

Dams have altered flow distributions in rivers everywhere, causing a host of changes in channel morphology and sediment dynamics. Although major changes in flow regime have occurred along Yegua Creek, Texas, since the closure of Somerville Dam in 1967, the issue of sediment transport has not been studied in detail. The extent to which sediment is moving through the system remains unclear. This study addresses the extent to which sediment is moving through and downstream of the dam. Analysis of sediment samples collected at 23 sites in the Yegua Creek channel system showed that coarse sand to silt-sized materials dominate the creek upstream of the dam, whereas finer silt and clay sediments characterize the downstream portions. Calculation of the trapping efficiency of the dam indicates that approximately 99.8% of materials from the upper watershed are trapped behind Somerville Dam. Investigations of sediment mobility further suggest that present flows are capable of mobilizing sediments downstream of the dam. Although a de-coupling between the upper and lower portions of the Yegua Creek watershed has likely occurred due to the high rate of sediment trapping, new sediment sources that include tributaries and alluvial storage likely play a larger role in providing materials for sediment transport downstream. Despite a reuction in peak flows, the channel morphology of Yegua Creek has apparently adjusted over the four decades since construction of Somerville Dam to achieve a new equilibrium characterized by sediment movement. These results are corroborated by analysis of aerial photographs. These findings augment our understanding of the many facets of the response of fluvial systems to the disturbance posed by dam construction. Because Yegua Creek is a major tributary to the Brazos River draining to the Texas coast, increased understanding of sediment dynamics within Yegua Creek provides critical insights into the efficacy of sediment delivery in a regional context, and ultimately to the Texas coastline. The findings of this study also provide useful information for managing stream ecosystems affected by impoundments.

Inaug.-diss.--Jena. / Vita. "Literaturnachweis": p. [103]-104.

Simon Somerville Laurie was born in Edinburgh on 13th November 1829. He was the eldest son of James Laurie, who was at the time chaplain to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and Jean Somerville, herself the daughter of a presbyterian minister. Laurie was educated at the Edinburgh High School and subsequently at Edinburgh University. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1849 and spent five years as a private tutor before returning to Edinburgh to take up, in 1855, the post of secretary to the education committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He held this post for fifty years and added to it two other official posts: visitor and examiner for the trustees of the Dick bequest, from 1856 until 1907, and professor at the University of Edinburgh, as the first holder of the Bell Chair in the Theory, History and Art of Education, from 1876 until 1903. Laurie was also invited to write reports for the Merchant Company of Edinburgh pointing the way to reform of their endowed schools, to give evidence to a number of royal commissions and parliamentary inquiries, and to act as secretary to one royal commission, the Colebrooke Commission, and to the Association for the Promotion of Secondary Education in Scotland. He also wrote books and articles and gave numerous lectures, many of which were subsequently published. Laurie was thus both a leading theorist and closely concerned with almost all of the practical developments in the provision of education in Scotland for half a century. In an anonymous obituary published in 1910 the author described Laurie as ‘a singularly attractive personality’ and suggested that a full account of his influence should be written. With the exception of a brief chapter on Laurie in Alexander Morgan’s book, The Makers of Scottish Education published in 1929, this never happened. There is, however, a doctoral thesis lodged in the special collections of Edinburgh University library on Laurie which was submitted in 1949 by H. M. Knox entitled The Educational Writings of Simon Somerville Laurie MA, LLD, FEIS, FRSE (1829-1909) First Bell Professor of The Theory, History, and Art, of Education in the University of Edinburgh (1876-1903). It is evident from even this very brief sketch of Laurie's work that he was a man of considerable energy with an appetite for hard work. This work can be conveniently divided into three interdependent categories. As a philosopher he published three major philosophical works: Ethica, under the pseudonym ‘Scotus Novanticus’ in 1885, Metaphysica Nova et Vetusta, under the same pseudonym, in 1889 and Synthetica: being meditations epistemological and ontological in 1906. He wrote many books and articles on educational topics, some theoretical and some commentaries on the issues of the day. And as an administrator he was practically involved with the inspection of schools, the running of training colleges and the writing of reports and memorials to government.

Thesis. 1978. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references. / M.C.P.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Literaturwissenschaft--Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, 1978. / Bibliogr. 225-238. Index.

Thesis. 1979. M.Arch--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaves 220-224. / by Victor W. Karen. / M.Arch

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.