An investigation of magneto-acoustic waves in the solar atmosphere

Isothermal and non-isothermal quiet sun atmospheres are modelled and small perturbations are applied. Acoustic wave behaviour is observed and deconstructed both analytically and numerically. Isothermal magnetic regions are then investigated by considering mode conversions

An Unquenchable Flame: The Spirit of Protest and the Sit-In Movement in Chattanooga, Tennessee

ABSTRACT The purpose of this thesis is to examine the Sit-in movement in Chattanooga, Tennessee during the early 1960s in the context of a perpetuating tradition of protest in the African American community spanning more than a century. The study will also illustrate how it was a unique episode in the annals of the Civil Rights Movement in that it was strictly orchestrated by high school students without the input or support of adults, yet it has largely been neglected by historians. The research conducted includes oral histories, newspaper clippings, private manuscript collections, books, videos, and periodicals which provide great insight into the minds, motives, and methods of those involved. The study also depicts the galvanizing spirit, ignited by the students, which compelled the community to act and resulted in monumental social changes

Modding the Apocalypse: (Re)Making Videogames as Post-Structuralist Free Play

This dissertation is about seeing videogames, and videogame design, through the lens of Gregory Ulmer ™s electracy apparatus theory. Videogame modding is emphasized an electrate approach to intervening in existing media. Mods have the potential to make potent rhetorical arguments, but they are little-understood in the field of rhet-comp, and there are numerous obstacles to carving a space for them in academic curricula; nevertheless, they are an increasingly common form of participatory engagement that make use of a broad digital skillset. Modders fit into Gregory Ulmer ™s electracy apparatus as egents ”agents of change in the Internet age ”and their playful appropriation of objects from various archives resembles the electrate genre of MyStory (personal alternative-history). By positioning modding as electrate composition praxis, a new gateway for academic game study and production is opened, one where play is integral to the process of knowledge formation. Fallout 4 (2016) serves as an example of a moddable game whose rhetorical affordances can be adapted to craft MyStories and MEmorials

Forestry Extension in Tennessee: Comparing Traditional and Web-Based Program Delivery Methods

As the traditional forestry Extension clientele in Tennessee changes, Extension professionals need to adapt and deliver programs in such a way as to reach the maximum audience while ensuring the educational benefit of the program and remaining within budget. The development of the Internet and associated web-based programs presents a new tool by which Extension professionals can develop and deliver educational programs to clientele. This study compared two Extension program delivery methods, web-based and traditional field-based. A series of field workshops were held and participants were surveyed. From these field workshops, a web-based program was developed and was marketed to a similar audience; these participants were also surveyed. Demographic information, learning preferences, and other measures of program preference were collected. Ninety-seven percent of participants in the field-based program and 68% of the web-based sample preferred a field program over a web-based program. If only a web-based program was made available to participants, at least 50% of each sample would be interested. Educational level was the only demographic characteristic that was significantly different between those who chose a web-based program and those who chose a field-based program. Participants with higher educational levels were more likely to choose a web-based program. Educational level was positively correlated with income level, computer ownership, and Internet access. Educational level was negatively correlated with age. Knowledge gain was significantly higher in the field-based sample. Web-based participants showed average knowledge gain of 12.2 to 28.7% whereas the knowledge gain for people attending the traditional field day program averaged 16.5 to 46.1%. Level of computer ownership was high in both samples as was the use of the computer on a regular basis. Internet access was high in both groups. The web-based sample had significantly higher levels of high-speed access. Those with high-speed connections were more likely to choose a web-based program, although both groups used the computer/Internet regularly for gathering information. Current forestry Extension clientele preferred a field-based program delivery method. Some clientele, though, preferred web-based programming and these types of programs should be offered when suitable. Using a variety of delivery methods, Extension can adapt programs to a wide range of learning styles to reach new audiences, including younger generations who are more comfortable with Internet learning

Design of Physical System Experiments Using Bayes Linear Emulation and History Matching Methodology with Application to Arabidopsis Thaliana

There are many physical processes within our world which scientists aim to understand. Computer models representing these processes are fundamental to achieving such understanding. Bayes linear emulation is a powerful tool for comprehensively exploring the behaviour of computationally intensive models. History matching is a method for finding the set of inputs to a computer model for which the corresponding model outputs give acceptable matches to observed data, given our state of uncertainty regarding the model itself, the measurements, and, if used, the emulators representing the model. This thesis provides three major developments to the current methodology in this area. We develop sequential history matching methodology by splitting the available data into groups and gaining insight about the information obtained from each group. Such insight is then realised through a wide array of novel visualisations. We develop emulation techniques for the case when there are hypersurfaces of input space across which we have essentially perfect knowledge about the model’s behaviour. Finally, we have developed the use of history matching methodology as criteria for the design of physical system experiments. We outline the general framework for design in a history matching setting, before discussing many extensions, including the performance of a comprehensive robustness analysis on our design choice. We outline our novel methodology on a model of hormonal crosstalk in the roots of an Arabidopsis plant

Attacking the Affluent Islands: A Legal Strategy for the 70’s

The legal strategies employed in the attack on racial and economic exclusionary zoning, as set forth in Mr. Jackson\u27s article are further examined in the succeeding article by Messrs. Aloi and Goldberg

Case of Scarlatina Maligna

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