423 research outputs found
Letter from B. F. Gavin (for Carl Hayden) to Stephen Mather, National Park Service
No full textLetter from Mrs. B. F. Gavin to Stephen Mather regarding the sale of Bass properties to the Santa Fe Railroad Company
(Table T5) Silicon, aluminium and calcium oxide composition of ODP Hole 172-1063D bulk sediments
No full text(Table T5) Silicon, aluminium and calcium oxide composition of ODP Hole 172-1063D bulk sediment
(Table T2) Mineralogy of ODP Hole 172-1063D bulk sediments
No full text(Table T2) Mineralogy of ODP Hole 172-1063D bulk sediment
(Table T3) Major element oxide composition of ODP Hole 172-1063D bulk sediments
No full text(Table T3) Major element oxide composition of ODP Hole 172-1063D bulk sediment
A 60 000-year record of environmental change for the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Australia based on the ODP 820 marine core
No full textPalynomorphs from the ODP Site 820 marine core have provided a detailed record of terrestrial environmental responses to glacial–interglacial forcing over the last 250 000 years in the Australian Wet Tropics. The development of an accurate geochronological framework for this key sequence has proved challenging. Consequently, different dominant forcing mechanism(s) have been proposed to drive environmental change in the low latitudes. A new chronology for the last 60 000 years, based on accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon (C) dates of pollen concentrate material and the existing Marine Isotope Stage boundaries (MIS 4 to 1) has been produced. This new chronology provides a robust geochronological framework for interpreting environmental records across the region. In particular, our age model helps to resolve several debates concerning the timing of climatic changes and their impacts on both the marine and the terrestrial systems, as well as possible human arrival and associated impacts on the region's ecosystems. Our findings suggest C dating of terrestrial pollen concentrate in marine sediments is a valuable tool for resolving major chronological uncertainties in potentially diagenetically altered marine CaCO sediments and should play a role in future multi-dating strategies. Copyrigh
The Social Construction of the Child Sex Offender Explored by Narrative
No full textThe notion of "child sex offender" provokes aversion, but it may be that it is a social construction. We suggest that a Dominant narrative, in which child sex offenders are constructed as irredeemable, persists, despite the emergence of assumption challenging Alternative narratives. A story completion method was used to elicit themes of Dominant or Alternative narratives, theory-led thematic analysis was used to identify them. The use and analysis of narrative and free-form stories are well established in social research, but remain a novel concept in the study of offenders. The results support the persistence of the Dominant narrative with two notable exceptions. Conclusions centre on utility of the narrative method to examine offender constructions, and the pervasiveness of Dominant narratives. Key Words: Dominant and Alternative Narrative, Social Construction, Child Sex Offenders, and Thematic Analysi
(Table 2) Skeletal bulk density microprofile data for free-growing and laboratory cultured Porites
No full textPaleotemperature estimates based on coral Sr/Ca have not been widely accepted because the reconstructed glacial-Holocene shift in tropical sea-surface temperature (∼4-6C) is larger than that indicated by foraminiferal Mg/Ca (∼2-4C). We show that corals over-estimate changes in sea-surface temperature (SST) because their records are attenuated during skeletogenesis within the living tissue layer. To quantify this process, we microprofiled skeletal mass accumulation within the tissue layer of Porites from Australasian coral reefs and laboratory culturing experiments. The results show that the sensitivity of the Sr/Ca and δ18O thermometers in Porites will be suppressed, variable, and dependent on the relationship between skeletal growth rate and mass accumulation within the tissue layer. Our findings help explain why δ18O-SST sensitivities for Porites range from-0.08‰/C to-0.22‰/C and are always less than the value of-0.23‰/C established for biogenic aragonite. Based on this observation, we recalibrated the coral Sr/Ca thermometer to determine a revised sensitivity of-0.084 mmol/mol/C. After rescaling, most of the published Sr/Ca-SST estimates for the Indo-Pacific region for the last ∼14,000 years (-7C to +2C relative to modern) fall within the 95% confidence envelope of the foraminiferal Mg/Ca-SST records. We conclude that two types of calibration scales are required for coral paleothermometry; an attenuated Porites-specific thermometer sensitivity for studies of seasonal to interannual change in SST and, importantly, the rescaled-0.084 mmol/mol/C Sr/Ca sensitivity for studies of 20th-century trends and millennial-scale changes in mean SST. The calibration-scaling concept will apply to the development of transfer functions for all geochemical tracers in corals
The minority of King James V, 1513-1528
No full textThe thesis is a detailed study of Scottish central government
institutions, personnel and policies during the long and politically complex
minority of James V 1513-1528. Research has been undertaken principally in
the records of the Lords of Council which have never been published nor
examined intensively for this period. Documents from various family
collections further supplement the wide range of record sources which have
been published, particularly the Letters and Papers..., and State Papers of
Henry VIII. The contribution ma4g by contemporary and later chroniclers has
also been examined with the conclusion that their contributions are of some
value, provided that due recognition is given to their motivation for writing
history.
Examination of the role and influence of faction at Court, pro-English
against pro-French, has broadened the scope of the thesis to include
discussion of the wider themes of Scottish foreign policy in the early
sixteenth century. Consideration is also given to the effect of the
unprecedented opportunities presented to England and France for interference
through the rival claims to authority made by Queen Margaret Tudor, mother of
James V, and John, Duke of Albany, the nearest male relative of the young
King. The complex political machinations following Albany's final departure
in 1524, which led to the domination of the Scottish government by Archibald,
6th Earl of Angus, during the final years of James V's minority are discussed
at length.
The conclusion is that the development of royal autocracy was hindered
by the King's youth and that this minority contributes to the evidence that,
in general, minorities acted as a safety-valve in the development of Scottish
government, preserving a balance between the interests of crown and magnates.
Nevertheless, there was a genuine desire shown by the magnates to have a
Governor able to act as if he was a-king of full age because of the advantage
such a position could bring, especially in foreign relations. Government did
not stagnate because there was no adult king
(Table 1) Details of Porites specimens analyzed for bio-smoothing
No full textPorites species identified by C. Veron, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia. Orpheus and Nusa Barung coral specimens from Gagan et al. [1998, doi:10.1126/science.279.5353.1014]. Experiments: corals were cultured in the General Environmental Technos Co. Ltd. Laboratory, Japan [Omata et al., 2008, doi:10.1029/2007JG000431] for 519 days at 25.0°C and light intensity of 100 mmol/m2/s with a day/night regime of 12h/12h for 12h-4 and 10h/14h for 10h-4
The invisible men: validation, belonging, and identity development in gay males
No full textThere is relatively little research and literature on the psychosocial development of gay males. This qualitative study explores the developmental experiences of gay males, as expressed by adult gay male patients, ages 20 to 29, in psychotherapy. Three composite cases were created, drawing upon data from real psychotherapy cases from clinical training experiences, published clinical examples, and fictional details to protect patients’ confidentiality. Each of these cases is presented as one key aspect or category of gay male development: validation, belonging, and identity development. Particular attention is paid to these formative developmental experiences. Case material is analyzed qualitatively, through the method of experiential phenomenology, or phenomenology of practice, as explicated by Richards and Morse (2007), van Manen (2007), and van den Berg (1972). The lived experiences of the three cases are addressed phenomenologically. The following themes emerged: (a) dissociation, (b) hypervigilance, (c) anxiety, (d) microaggression, (e) shame, (f) true self/false self, (g) avoidance of self, and (h) invisibility. Implications for psychotherapy with gay male patients are explored and limitations of the study discussed.Psy. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Gavin Kenn
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