M-powerment

A proposal for a presentation on a feminist analysis of S/M cultur

AX-5 space suit bearing torque investigation

The symptoms and eventual resolution of a torque increase problem occurring with ball bearings in the joints of the AX-5 space suit are described. Starting torques that rose 5 to 10 times initial levels were observed in crew evaluation tests of the suit in a zero-g water tank. This bearing problem was identified as a blocking torque anomaly, observed previously in oscillatory gimbal bearings. A large matrix of lubricants, ball separator designs and materials were evaluated. None of these combinations showed sufficient tolerance to lubricant washout when repeatedly cycled in water. The problem was resolved by retrofitting a pressure compensated, water exclusion seal to the outboard side of the bearing cavity. The symptoms and possible remedies to blocking are discussed

Bereavement after miscarriage: Implications for pastoral care.

This thesis explores the dilemma women experience when they have a miscarriage. The tension between their perception of its significance and the perception of those around them, create difficulties for them as they attempt to integrate the event into their life-pattern. The social and psychological setting for miscarriage, the dynamics of perinatal bereavement, and models of care are reviewed. The theological and philosophical background of dualistic attitudes towards women and their bodies is examined in the work of traditional and feminist theologians. An examination of the results of interviews with twenty women who had miscarried within the previous four years shows dramatically the tension and difficulties with integration. Some main factors that lead to a measure of integration are explained. The implications for pastoral care, based on the previous information and an analysis of pastoral care theory as it relates to bereavement, produces several concrete suggestions for changes in the type of pastoral care women who miscarry receive.Dept. of Religious Studies. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1990 .M225. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 30-03, page: 0499. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1990

An analysis of northern goshawk prey preferences by biogeoclimatic subzone across coastal British Columbia

This thesis investigates the dietary preferences of northern goshawk populations in second growth stands on Vancouver Island and the islands of the Johnstone Strait region on the BC Mainland Coast. Prey abundance was inferred through the analysis of pellets composed of regurgitated non-digested prey remains that were collected during the annual survey monitoring program carried out by Mosaic Forest Management and predecessor companies since 2012. The relative abundance of prey species was compared across three Coastal Western Hemlock subzones (CWHvm1, CWHmm1, CWHxm2) under the Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) system using the Chi-square test. No significant correlations were found between prey species abundance and BEC subzone (χ2 = 2.3, P = 0.32) in 2013 and (χ2 = 0.84, P = 0.66) in 2014. Trends within the dataset indicate coastal northern goshawks on Vancouver Island and the BC Mainland Coast show a general dietary propensity towards avian prey, which is consistent with findings from other studies. The variation in prey abundance and species diversity reported in this study is more likely a function of topography and forest structure, season and region than it is to BEC subzones. Findings from this study highlights how younger stands could be providing more suitable habitat than was traditionally thought

A study of the w multiple allelomporphic series in Drosophila melanogaster

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Understanding Anthropological Understanding: for a merological anthropology

In this paper I argue for a merological anthropology in which ideas of ‘partiality’ and ‘practical adequacy’ provide a way out of the impasse of relativism which is implied by post-modernism and the related abandonment of a concern with ‘truth’. Ideas such as ‘aptness’ and ‘faithfulness’ enable us to re-establish empirical foundations without having to espouse a simple realism which has been rightly criticised. Ideas taken from ethnomethodology, particularly the way we bootstrap from ‘practical adequacy’ to ‘warrants for confidence’ point to a merological anthropology in which we recognize that we do not and cannot know everything, but that we can have reasons for being confident in the little we know