1,438 research outputs found
Rees Collection
No full textThe Floyd Elton & Jewell Griffith Rees Collection consists of over 650 books and journals, approximately 2 cubic feet of manuscript material, and over 1000 railroad related photographs. The collection of books focuses on the Civil War and the Confederacy, Texas and Mexican History, and Railroad History. The photographs document every type of railroad activity (especially accidents), objects (like rolling stock and locomotives) and locals (depots and train yards) related to railroads in Texas, and especially in South Texas from the late 1800’s through the 1970's. The manuscript materials deal mostly with railroad activities and history
griff-rees/ukboards: Update continuous integration for travis.com
No full textA Python library for snowball sampling company and charity board (interlock) network data from the UK Companies House and Charities Commission APIs. Built on NetworkX bimodal (bipartite) configuration. Optional Geospatial data at the postcode level is implemented via the postcodes.io API. Can export a modification of the standard NetworkX JSON structure with additional meta data including timestamps and query parameters
Letter to Elizabeth Rees about Distant Family
No full textLetter addressed to Elizabeth Rees, but because the last pages of this letter were lost there is no way of telling who it is from. The letter states that the author’s nephew is recovering from the swelling of his limbs and is expected to be okay. The author’s cousin Thomas will be visiting soon along with the rest of his family. Then the author continues to speak of the different marriages that have been occurring locally. This is one item from the Rees Family Correspondence Collection, which includes many letters between family members in Oregon and Ohio
Letter to a Brother of the Rees Family about Politics
No full textLetter addressed to a brother of the Rees family, but neither the author of the letter nor who the letter is to be mentioned. The letter talks about local gossip in Butteville. Then the letter cuts off and switches from March to December and talks about the Presidential candidates for 1876. It was a close race between Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes, with Hayes winning the election. The author of this letter strong supports the Federalist views while talking about politics during this time. This is one item from the Rees Family Correspondence Collection, which includes many letters between family members in Oregon and Ohio
Variations in Decisions to Use Force in American Foreign Policy - From George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama
No full textThis thesis seeks to advance understandings of why states’ foreign policy decisions vary when the material and social conditions underpinning their interests have not changed. It focuses on American foreign policy, and specifically on US decisions on whether to use military force abroad. It works to show that variation in these types of decisions can best be explained through an emphasis on the different types of ideas that emerge in debates within presidential administrations, rather than through adopting rationalist approaches making generalised presumptions of state self-interest.
Since the end of the Cold War, the US has remained a great power and enjoyed relative stability in coalitional alignments. Despite this relative stability in material and relational conditions, however, decisions to use military force abroad have varied considerably across cases, including in humanitarian crises in the Balkans in the early 1990s, the War on Terror from 2001, and more recent conflicts in Libya and Syria. But what explains this variation? Existing rationalist theoretical approaches in International Relations have often pointed to crises and “exogenous shocks” to explain variation in foreign policy interests. In doing so, they have emphasised rational self-interest, presuming that agents use information efficiently in efforts to pursue either material or ideational bases of state interests. Yet, realist, liberal, and constructivist scholars have struggled to explain variation in state interests in the absence of either a change in the international distribution of material capabilities or in the face of ideational change. For example, in regard to possible intervention in Bosnia in the early 1990s, President George H.W. Bush urged restraint, arguing that the conflict was fuelled by “ancient, ethnic animosities”, and that the US “did not have a dog in the fight”. His successor, Bill Clinton, initially adopted the same approach. Yet, following the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995, it became clear that the existing approach to conflict in Bosnia had become a “cancer” in US foreign policy. As such, Clinton demanded a new policy which ultimately led the US intervene and bring the Bosnian War to an end through Operation Deliberate Force. Similarly, despite professing a foreign policy of restraint, President Barack Obama would become drawn into intervention in Libya in 2011 despite their being “no vital security interests” at stake. An approach focussing on a states’ rational pursuit of self-interest would face severe challenges in seeking to explain the decisions ultimately made in either case. Overall, such approaches tend to underrate uncertainty and overrate interpretive efficiency in foreign policy decision-making.
This thesis develops an alternate theoretical framework focussed on the role of ideas in influencing the interpretations by states’ principal foreign policy decision-makers of foreign policy interests. Building on Vivien Schmidt’s discursive institutionalist framework, it highlights how agents use different types of ideas — principled or cognitive — as “weapons” as they contest the meaning of events. It focuses on two key mechanisms — narrative displacement and repressive conversion — through which agents come to rely on these different types of ideas as they either repress or displace different sources of information. In doing so, it provides an explanation of how decisions to use force vary as agents come to rely on principled or cognitive types of ideas in their interpretations of foreign policy interests.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Govt & Int RelationsGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
Our App Crashed: Expressions of Desire in the Context of Social Media Dating Applications
No full textThis research project focuses on desire, a topic that many scholars have discussed and debated over the ages. In particular, it explores contemporary modes of expressing desire; namely, through online dating. The motivation for the research arose when I found myself newly single in my mid-thirties and forced to enter the world of online dating. It revealed to me a new social landscape and way of communicating with others. I discovered quickly the power of the ‘mediated text’ message and the nuances that arise through this form of communication. Hence, my visual research responds to the research question ‘how is desire modified and expressed in mediated texts sent via online dating applications?’
Using an action-research method, I researched online dating and critically reflected upon my own online dating experiences and those of others, whom I interviewed and corresponded with, to create the visual research of this DVA project. I found that the participants (and I) tended to place too much emotional significance on received mediated text conversations, leading to the intensification of romantic and emotional attitudes towards new connections. I also researched the statistical information about on online dating in Australia, which revealed the disadvantage that women aged over 34 years face in finding a long-term partner. Combined, the research and interviews provided a condensed snapshot view of Brisbane’s current trends in modern dating practices, which in turn informed and inspired my work in the studio.Thesis (Professional Doctorate)Doctor of Visual Arts (DVA)Queensland College of ArtArts, Education and LawFull Tex
Whose credibility is it anyway: professional authority and relevance in forensic nurse examinations of sexual assault survivors
No full textThere is an inherent tension in the information gathering and recording stages of the forensic medical examination of rape survivors. Medical practitioners do not wish to record information that can undermine a complainant’s credibility, but at the same time must ensure that they do not problematise their own credibility by appearing partisan (for instance, by omitting information that might be relevant). Drawing upon semi-structured interviews with Forensic Nurse Examiners (FNEs) and their trainers (Forensic Medical Examiners) in England, and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) in Ontario, this paper will investigate the strategies that both sets of nurses employ in order to document medical, sexual and assault histories, as well as physical phenomena (injuries, tattoos and piercings). FNEs collect more potentially prejudicial information than SANEs; this is a result of their greater anxiety in regards to their perceived credibility and professional authority
On the future: prospects for humanity/ Martin Rees, with a new preface by the author.
No full textDescription based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes--good and bad--are possible. Yet our approach to the future is characterized by short-term thinking, polarizing debates, alarmist rhetoric, and pessimism. In this short, exhilarating book, renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees argues that humanity's prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow.The future of humanity is bound to the future of science and hinges on how successfully we harness technological advances to address our challenges. If we are to use science to solve our problems while avoiding its dystopian risks, we must think rationally, globally, collectively, and optimistically about the long term. Advances in biotechnology, cybertechnology, robotics, and artificial intelligence--if pursued and applied wisely--could empower us to boost the developing and developed world and overcome the threats humanity faces on Earth, from climate change to nuclear war. At the same time, further advances in space science will allow humans to explore the solar system and beyond with robots and AI. But there is no "Plan B" for Earth--no viable alternative within reach if we do not care for our home planet.Rich with fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, this accessible book will captivate anyone who wants to understand the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Deep in the Anthropocene -- 1.1. Perils and Prospects -- 1.2. Nuclear Threats -- 1.3. Eco-Threats and Tipping Points -- 1.4. Staying within Planetary Boundaries -- 1.5. Climate Change -- 1.6. Clean Energy-and a 'Plan B'? -- 2. Humanity's Future on Earth -- 2.1. Biotech -- 2.2. Cybertechnology, Robotics, and AI -- 2.3. What about Our Jobs? -- 2.4. Human-Level Intelligence? -- 2.5. Truly Existential Risks? -- 3. Humanity in a Cosmic Perspective -- 3.1. The Earth in a Cosmic Context -- 3.2. Beyond Our Solar System -- 3.3. Spaceflight-Manned and Unmanned -- 3.4. Towards a Post-Human Era? -- 3.5. Alien Intelligence? -- 4. The Limits and Future of Science -- 4.1. From the Simple to the Complex -- 4.2. Making Sense of Our Complex World -- 4.3. How Far Does Physical Reality Extend? -- 4.4. Will Science 'Hit the Buffers'? -- 4.5. What about God? -- 5. Conclusions -- 5.1. Doing Science -- 5.2. Science in Society -- 5.3. Shared Hopes and Fears.1 online resource (281 p.
Recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from uranium containing solutions using biosorption
No full textBatch testing and determination of appropriate biosorbent and experimental procedures for recovery of REEs from artificial solution as well as the efficiency of the process for recovery of REEs from artificial solution via biosorption are given in present research work
Selective electrochemical extraction of REEs from NdFeB magnet waste at room temperature
No full textNdFeB magnet waste is one of the important secondary resources from which rare-earth elements (REEs) can be recovered. Herein we present an electrochemical route to selectively extract REEs from the magnet waste at room temperature. First, the magnet waste was partially leached with HCl. The partial leachate along with undissolved magnet waste was taken in the anolyte side of a two compartment reactor separated by an anion exchange membrane whereas the catholyte consisted of sodium chloride solution. The Fe(ii) present in the leachate was oxidized and precipitated as Fe(OH)3 while more than 95% of REEs were extracted into the solution. Subsequently, oxalic acid was used to selectively precipitate REEs as rare-earth oxalates. Hydrochloric acid liberated during the oxalic acid precipitation process could be directly reused in the partial leaching step. Sodium chloride was the only chemical consumed during the electrolysis. The effect of the NaCl concentration in the anolyte and catholyte on the extraction of metals was investigated. From magnet waste to rare-earth oxides, the developed recycling process is environmentally friendly and consumes only electricity, NaCl and oxalic acid.Accepted Author Manuscript(OLD) MSE-
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