Radiation resistance studies of amorphous silicon films

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin films were irradiated with 2.00 MeV helium ions using fluences ranging from 1E11 to 1E15 cm(-2). The films were characterized using photothermal deflection spectroscopy and photoconductivity measurements. The investigations show that the radiation introduces sub-band-gap states 1.35 eV below the conduction band and the states increase supralinearly with fluence. Photoconductivity measurements suggest the density of states above the Fermi energy is not changing drastically with fluence

Letter from A. H. Payson to John Muir, 1904 Jun 8.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System.641 Market Street, San Francisco.A. H. Payson,Ass\u27t to President.File P-890-126San Francisco, June 8, 1904Mr. John Muir,Martinez, Cal.,Dear Mr. Muir:-I take pleasure in sending you an Annual Pass over our Coast Lines, for 1904. Please sign the accompanying receipt slip, and forward it direct to Mr. A. G. Wells, General Manager, Conservative Life Building, Los Angeles, Cal.Yours very truly,[Illegible]Inclo.0337

Moving feelings, intimate moods and migrant protest in Cardiff

In a public mood of marked hostility around asylum, emotion overflows protest media produced as part of recent migrant mobilisations. Protest media seeks to touch audiences, to stir public feeling for migrants, to build a sense of collectivity, and to move the collective to action, but the emotional modes used also work sideways to produce uneasy and unpredictable affects. This article examines the ‘cultural politics of emotion’(Ahmed 2004) in three pieces of media produced as part of recent refugee protests in Cardiff, Wales: a book of asylum-seeking women’s testimonies, a series of antideportation blog posts and videos, and a ‘Refugee House’ museum installation. Feelings declared outright, such as love, rage and despair, work to move publics outright, but also relegate participants into confined genres of action and subjectivity. Uneasy effects generated through the media’s aesthetics and materiality stir up other, more ambivalent and mobile emotional modes. This article explores the qualities of these uneasy affects, and how they might alter moods around asylum for political effect

Vocal Velocity: A Strategic Public Relations Plan for the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America

The Contemporary A cappella Society of America (CASA) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is, “to foster and promote contemporary a cappella music around the world through education, recognition, and the creation of performance opportunities.” In order to fulfill this mission, CASA must develop and maintain fruitful relationships with two key publics: a cappella groups and a cappella fans. My Honors capstone will be two-tiered, including a short-term public relations strategy aiming to strengthen the organization\u27s relationship with a cappella groups, along with a long-term strategy to increase its recognition and presence in the world of a cappella fans. The people of CASA work primarily as volunteers, which means that their “PR strategy is admittedly somewhat piecemeal,” according to CASA\u27s Communications & Public Relations volunteer director, Matt Emery (M. Emery, personal communication, September 14, 2011). Most non-profit organizations do not have the time or resources to develop a research-based strategic outreach plan. My project assists them by developing a strategic public relations plan for CASA, based on primary research on two of its key publics

Caring for structural vulnerabilities : Can we hear all voices?

In this essay, I argue that care ethics faces a fundamental challenge in addressing structural vulnerabilities. I argue that one of its main strengths – its focus on alleviating individuals’ material needs – also generates a weakness regarding one of its other key aims – namely, respecting the voice of the concrete other. As a result, I will argue that a full application of care ethics in response to structural vulnerabilities must moderate or supplement its focus on material needs.Dans cet essai, je soutiens que l’éthique du care est confrontée à un défi fondamental dans la gestion des vulnérabilités structurelles. Je soutiens que l’un de ses principaux atouts - son objectif d’atténuer les besoins matériels des individus - génère également une faiblesse par rapport à l’un de ses autres objectifs principaux - à savoir respecter la voix de l’autre. En conséquence, je soutiens qu'une application complète de l'éthique du care en réponse à des vulnérabilités structurelles doit modérer ou compléter l'accent mis sur les besoins matériels

Place and time in activity area analysis: a study of elevated contexts used for artifact curation at the Ceren site, El Salvador.

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Marketing aspects of the New England fishing industry

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston Universit