The use of lasers for hydrographic studies

The utilization of remote laser sensors in water pollution detection and identification, coastal environmental monitoring, and bathymetric depth sounding, is discussed. q

Atmospheric particulate matter and historic buildings

Atmospheric particulate matter, along with gaseous and precipitation pollutants, were collected close to three historic buildings; Lincoln Cathedral, Bolsover Castle and Wells Cathedral, in order to estimate the amount of sulphur and nitrogen deposited onto each. Results obtained showed that the gaseous dry deposition of both sulphur and nitrogen was the main deposition pathway at Lincoln and Bolsover, whereas as a result of high precipitation amounts the wet deposition pathway was the most significant at Wells. At each sampling site the amount of sulphur and nitrogen deposited as dry particulate matter was relatively insignificant. Estimated washout values for both SO² and SO²⁻, indicated that the former provided approximately 80% of the sulphur in precipitation arriving at the building surfaces. The important role of the gas was reinforced by the significant correlation between the sulphur level in precipitation and sulphur dioxide. The concentration of sulphur in precipitation was found to decrease at high precipitation volumes, whereas the nitrogen concentration was unaffected by precipitation volume. A high sulphate to sulphur dioxide concentration ratio during the summer months was indicative of photochemical oxidation processes. Conversely, during the winter months the relatively low sulphate to sulphur dioxide concentration ratio suggested that sulphate and sulphur dioxide were released from common sources. Multivariate statistical techniques, comprising principal component analysis and multiple regression analysis, were used to infer characteristics about the origin of the constituent parts of the collected particulate matter. In general, three sources of material; secondarily formed particulate matter, sea-salt and crustal material, were estimated to contribute to the collected particulate matter

Picturing Life: Using Photo Journals to Explore Challenges and Supports for Women Living with HIV (WL-HIV)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a health-related stigmatizing condition that progresses to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), characterized by a weakened immune system and opportunistic diseases. South Carolina ranks eighth for AIDS prevalence in the United States, and for socioeconomic reasons, women, specifically minority women, in the southern region of the country experience the worst clinical outcomes after receiving an HIV diagnosis. Research that focuses on strategies to improve clinical outcomes for women living with HIV (WL-HIV) has great value in promoting empowerment and health equity especially among minority women. The current study used a participatory research design to collaborate with WL-H IV to create photo journals to identify personal challenges and supports. Data source included (discussions, photographs, and one-on-one interviews). The investigator used a grounded theory approach to analyze the data and identified major themes and subthemes. Major themes for supports included spirituality and empowerment; and subthemes were, reinventing self and positive relationships. The investigator identified stigma as the major theme for challenges, and public silence on HIV and missed opportunities were subthemes. The author provided specific recommendations for future research and clinical practice. Manuscript 1: Defining Hope among HIV-Positive African American Females. This article was a concept analysis of hope among African American females living with HIV and was accepted for publication by The Journal of Christian Nurses, (Kennedy, 2015). Manuscript 2: Ethical Considerations Regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Research Participation for Patients Affected by Health-related Stigmatizing Conditions. This integrative review focused on the ethical implications of omitting persons living with health-related stigmatizing conditions, such as human immunodeficiency virus, substance use disorders, and intimate partner violence. The author formatted this manuscript for The American Journal of Nursing. Manuscript 3: Picturing Life: Using Photo Journals to Explore Challenges and Supports for Women Living with HIV. This manuscript explored the challenges and supports experienced by women with HIV in South Carolina. This qualitative study employed a participatory research design with Photovoice as the method of data collection

How Cartoons Became Art: Exhibitions and Sales of Animation Art as Communication of Aesthetic Value

Animation has risen from a commercially and aesthetically marginalized medium to one that is gaining recognition as an art form worthy of adult appreciation. Three realms of this recognition are: the Museum of Modern Art\u27s film department, which has supported animation in a variety of ways since its inception in 1935; exhibitions of the art contributing to Disney animation, which began in 1932; the market for artworks related to animation, which has grown from early gallery sales in the late 1930s to a broad base of collectors in the 1980s and 1990s. Exhibit materials, critical reviews, news coverage, and interviews with animation art market participants provided a basis to analyze these sites of aesthetic legitimation in terms of the barriers to acceptance animation faced, the strategies employed to overcome them, and the effects of legitimacy on the current state of animation. Curators, critics, and dealers have overcome prejudices that animation is merely a children\u27s mass medium by locating original pieces of production art within animation that are like fine art. Some have argued that animation\u27s basis in technology and mass production should not disqualify it from serious attention as art, nor should emotional satisfaction be a lesser aspect of aesthetic appreciation than disinterested analysis of form. Whereas commercially produced animation has gained both respect and economic vitality, independent and foreign animation has primarily gained prestige within the boundaries of festivals, museums, and art house theaters

Understanding the Malaysian localisation of global format TV: an audience analysis of Akademi Fantasia

Akademi Fantasia (AF), a reality television format show, first aired in Malaysia in 2003 and reached its ninth season in 2011. Originally adapted from a Mexican program, AF has been acclaimed as a cultural phenomenon in the country, attracting unprecedented audiences, generating new trends in viewing and participation practices, and garnering overwhelming public interest, including political comment. The process of global format adaptation, however, is always potentially difficult in the Malaysian context due to the potential clash of imported cultural norms with local values. Despite attracting some significant criticisms from government leaders in its early seasons, AF has remained a firm audience favourite. How do audiences derive pleasure from AF? How do they negotiate the question of its perceived local and/or global characteristics and values? How do audiences engage with the show? To answer these questions the thesis first maps the socio-cultural, industrial and aesthetic contexts within which AF is situated. This involves highlighting the broader social context of a modernising Malaysian economy, its refiguring within the broader shifts of globalisation, and the transnational cultural flows that have become a key aspect of media economies worldwide. It also necessitates an examination of the rise of the genre of the reality show worldwide and its usage by local producers as an adaptable format applicable within the cultural imagination of contemporary Malays. Finally, the textual content of AF is considered, highlighting its hybridisation of different genres (ranging from game show to soap opera) and their narrative conventions, as well as its central theme of the transformation of ordinary people into celebrities. Having established this background, the second part of the thesis provides an analysis of ethnographic audience research gathered through thirteen focus group discussions with Malay audiences, totalling sixty-three participants. Interpretation of the ensuing qualitative data has resulted in three key findings: i) Viewers’ responses suggest that they derive pleasure from the complexity of the juxtaposition of multiple spectator positions as well as the complex melodramatic mechanisms that structure the narrative’s hybrid blend of genre conventions. ii) Audiences do not perceive hybrid global-local shows such as AF as a significant threat to Malaysian cultural identity, but they nevertheless voiced the need for such shows to negotiate their local context and display suitable cultural values. iii) The show’s audience is itself diverse in its constitution and type of engagement with the program. While scholarly categorisations such as ‘fan’ and ‘followers’ (Tulloch and Jenkins, 1995) are useful for understanding some differences among audiences, the line is often murky. The role of ‘interactive’ or participatory technologies - such as the show’s voting system, as well as its transmedia production - has further blurred the fan/follower distinction

Aeronautical Engineering: A continuing bibliography with indexes, supplement 117

This bibliography lists 307 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in December 1979

Case Study of Exemplary Leadership Practices Impact on New Teacher Integration and School

This study aimed to determine how exemplary leadership practices contributed to a collaborative and empowering school culture. The study examined how Kouzes and Posner’s (2017) five practices of exemplary leadership impacted school culture during organizational change which involved the integration of new teachers into the established culture. Building upon prior research concerning organizational theory and culture (Bolman & Deal, 2013; Kouzes & Posner, 2017; Schein, 2010), the study provided evidence to assist in determining if such exemplary leadership practices were critical to ensuring school cultures merged effectively through acceptance, so as to build upon an already recognized positive and productive culture. This study incorporated an embedded single-case study design (Yin, 2018) with myself as the administrator and participant- researcher. It used observations and focus group interviews from teachers in an elementary school in the Southeastern portion of the United States. After thorough data analysis, findings suggested exemplary leadership practices do have an effect on school culture among teachers where a program merger happened; however, more deliberate attention should be made on continuous teacher involvement and feedback in the process. Keywords: leadership, organizational culture, school culture, mergers and acquisitions, change circumstances.Bochenko, Michael J.Suriel, Regina L.Lairsey, John D.Reichert, Elaine K.EdEducation in Leadershi

Inclusion of Waste Collectors in Brazil: A posteriori study of cooperative interventions

In developing countries the informal waste collectors provide important social, environmental, and economic services to society, but are often not recognized nor compensated for the work. This research paper addresses the importance of the integration of informal waste collectors in waste management systems. This phenomenon is especially relevant in Brazil with a comprehensive urban solid waste law enacted in 2010 that promotes the integration of informal waste collectors, selective collection, and reverse logistics, among others. With a decentralized management, municipalities are the responsible executors of waste management. In the implementation of the legal framework, there are practical obstacles that still need to be overcome, such as engagement from all stakeholders and adequate compensation for services by sectorial and industrial sectors, corruption and lack of institutional capacity. This paper, a posteriori evaluation, discusses the integration of the informal sector of waste collectors in Brazil as a mean to improve waste management and poverty reduction resulting in greater social, environmental and economic benefits to society, the key cornerstones to sustainable development. By applying an analytical framework and the rapid assessment tool InteRa to a number of cooperatives in the South Eastern region of Brazil, and interviewing key stakeholders, the current situation in Brazil is brought to light