21 research outputs found
Seiber Store - Interior
No full textHenry Alvis Seiber owned this general store along Main Street in Irving, Texas, c. 1915
Hispania / Henry Seiber & Bro., lith ; eng. by G.E. Sherman, N.Y.
No full text1 mapa. Datat entre 1843 i 1850 aproximadament.25 x 33 c
Hispania / Henry Seiber & Bro., lith ; eng. by G.E. Sherman, N.Y.
No full text1 mapa. Datat entre 1843 i 1850 aproximadament.25 x 33 c
Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965 a historical perspective
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references and index.This thesis profiles the conductors of the Cape Municipal Orchestra since its inception in 1914 until the resignation of David Tidboald in 1965. After the introductory Chapter 1, Chapter 2 includes a historic review of the period before 1914. It also highlights the influences leading towards the inauguration of the Cape Municipal Orchestra. Chapters 3-7 discuss the permanent conductors who conducted between 1914 and 1954. The following list extends from the dates of their first concerts up to their resignations, or up to the date of their final concerts: Theo Wendt (from 28 February 1914 to 30 September 1924: a period of about 10 years). Leslie Heward (from 17 July 1924 to 31 May 1926: a period of about 2 years). William Pickerill (from 5 May 1927 to 12 October 1946: a period of about 19 years). Geoffrey Miller as Associate Conductor (from 31 October 1946 to 19 February1948: a period of nearly two years). Enrique Jordá (from 19 February 1948 to 31 December 1953: a period of nearly five years). Assistant and guest conductors are discussed within these chapters. Chapter 8 discusses guest conductors from January 1954 until June 1960. Here they are organised chronologically accordingto their first appearances. Chapter 9 deals with the period of David Tidboald's conductorship (from 20 August 1960 to1 July 1965). The concluding remarks of Chapter 10 briefly touch on such aspects as the number of premieres, recurrence of works mentioned in this thesis, and the guest conducting system
Foreign aid, economic development and the indebtedness problem, with special reference to the Sudan
No full textIn the task of promoting both economic growth and development
of the developing countries, both theory and development experience
suggest that international co-operation in a broad sense has a vital
role to play. For most developing countries, foreign trade is, and is
likely to remain, the most important ingredient of such co-operation,
although in the absence of a so-called new international economic
order, its benefits may be smaller than most developing countries
think to be equitable. But despite the overwhelming importance of
trade, resource transfers from the more advanced and rich countries
have a significant and in many cases, a decisive role as well to play
in augmenting economic development. Resource transfers include
foreign investment, financial aid and technical assistance.
The present study principally examines the role of foreign aid -
including both financial and technical assistance - in economic
development with particular reference to the Sudan. This focus on aid
is not intended to under-rate the significance of other forms of
co-operation between advanced and developing countries in promoting
the latter's development. This study falls into three main parts which
together cover most of the principal issues related to foreign aid, and
examine the situation in the Sudan.
Part I is a critical review of the theoretical literature on aid
and of the controversies that have arisen in the light of the different
empirical investigations which have been attempted to establish its
impact upon recipient economies. It also examines the rationale
behind the provision of aid and the requirements which are to be
satisfied if it is to be used effectively.
Part II is an attempt to apply the conceptual framework of the
previous part to an elucidation of the role of aid in the Sudan's economic
development. It begins with a brief description of the structure of the
Sudanese economy and a survey of the trends in available resources.
In the light of this analysis, a number of key issues are examined:
in particular the source, composition and end-use of aid funds; the
significance of Arab capital; the structure of aid management, and the
role of technical assistance in supplementing domestic skills. Apart
from these largely qualitative appraisals, the study also attempts to
apply Weisskopf's behavioural model to evaluate the contribution of
foreign aid to the Sudanese economy. Part II includes an examination
of the limitations of such econometric studies.
Part III examines the so-called debt problem of developing
countries and its extent. Since foreign aid is not wholly provided in
grant form, its inflow into developing countries has been accompanied
by a growing debt. Part III contains a critical appraisal of the
indebtedness issue of developing countries in the light of recent debates.
Its prime concern is, however, to identify the causes and to
demonstrate the immediate as well as the long-term implications of
debt difficulties. This is followed by a scrutiny of the debt position
of the Sudan, using for this purpose both published and unpublished
data.
Finally, a concluding section summarizes some of the most
important propositions arrived at in the dissertation
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) within a South Indian (Keralian) mainstream school context
No full textAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a widely discussed special educational issue in Western contexts and developed countries. By contrast, limited information is available about ADHD in Eastern contexts and developing countries. In India in particular, the only available information is about the medical perspective of ADHD; little or no attention is given to social or educational perspectives. DSM IV criteria are the most commonly used standard assessment procedures. However, limited research is reported to discuss the potential cultural influences of this North American model. The present study examines the incidence and interpretation of ADHD within the context of five mainstream schools in Trivandrum, South India. It also explored cultural influences impact upon the cultural validity and reliability of DSM IV criteria when introduced into a South Indian context. In order to identify children with ADHD characteristics, culturally valid assessment tools such as behaviour checklist and behaviour rating scales, were developed from DSM IV (TR) symptoms criteria. Qualitative data was gathered from the five sample schools during the academic year of 2006-07 using a variety of methods including in-depth interviews (with 21 teachers), classroom observations (of 26 children), rating scale and document scrutiny. The case study method was adopted to gain in-depth information about the identified children. Informal interviews with parents (24) were also utilised to triangulate the information gathered from the school contexts. Qualitative data analysis techniques such as open coding and case analysis were used to assess children's behavioural characteristics and difficulties. The findings indicate that three percent of children (21) had ADHD characteristics within the sample schools. Some of the findings are consistent with the studies reported in Western contexts. There are also some contrasting results: a) most of the identified children had inattention rather than hyperactivity characteristics, b) a higher number of children with ADHD characteristics were from lower socio-economic backgrounds, c) teachers used coercive methods of physical punishments and sanctions as they interpreted the children's ADHD characteristics as a result of their lack of interest in learning. Most importantly, though DSM IV (TR) criteria are useful in identifying ADHD, two items of the 'symptoms' criteria were not identifiable within the present context of the sample schools. The findings suggest that socio-cultural factors do influence the validity and reliability of DSM IV criteria. The study has implications not only for further research but also for planning and policy making in the field of education for all. The conclusions suggest that an educational provision should be considered with regards to the varied and complex needs of children with special educational needs such as ADHD. Teacher education programmes should be enhanced with positive intervention strategies
Managing the service experience: a study of young people's managed outdoor adventure leisure
No full textThe provision of outdoor adventure leisure experiences for young people is a complex
service task and it requires the careful management of participants' heterogeneous needs
in a physically demanding and dynamic risk environment Research into the quality of this
experience and its management is limited. It typically presents an adult perspective of
young people's needs, without reference to the young people themselves. Practitioners
and researchers alike acknowledge that the few studies conducted with young people to
date suffer from the lack of clear theoretical and empirical underpinning, therefore this
thesis, which draws on the conceptual basis for SERVQUAL, has a clear theoretical
foundation. Also, many extant studies are quantitative and do not elicit richer, qualitative
data from these young people and thus there is little deep understanding of their
experiences to guide management.
The literature on service quality links to that on customer satisfaction: in this thesis, the
two are explicitly conjoined as a precursor to the field research here. A key contribution
made by this thesis is to demonstrate that the main drivers of participants' satisfaction are
based on elements not previously identified with clarity. These elements are their
interactions with staff, their interactions with one another in their own peer 'socialscape'
and their own performance in developing skilled leisure consumption. The explicit
identification of a 'socialscape' is a particular feature of the research findings here.
This thesis analyses qualitative perceptions of service quality from participants,
employees and management, and evaluates how service quality and customer
satisfaction are managed in a specific organisational context in outdoor adventure leisure.
Firstly, watersports participants were interviewed before, observed during, and
interviewed after their courses, to establish whether they felt their expectations were met
and how this might have been achieved. Secondly, staff were interviewed to establish
their perceptions of young people's experiences of the service, and the critical aspects of
managing these experiences appropriately.
The critical aspect of managing these experiences is that instructors must have specific
personal qualities, summarised in this thesis as 'intrinsic service values', and be able to
work in an empowered culture, where the changing physical service environment requires
them to make flexible, autonomous decisions to ensure participants have an appropriate
experience. There are additional findings, which conclude that the ADVENTUREQUAL
Conceptual Gap Model is a more appropriate reconceptualisation of the SERVQUAL
Conceptual Gap Model, to inform this study of young people's outdoor adventure leisure.
This thesis thus provides both conceptual development and understanding, and
managerial insight in a specific context
Development of a fluidic sensor for the detection of herbicides using thylakoid preparations immobilised on magnetic beads to aid regenerability
Full text linkFollowing the industrial revolution and advances in chemical science, the
pollution of the environment with trace organic pollutants has been steadily
increasing, which is of concern, due to their effect on the environmental and
human health. Tighter legislation that has been introduced in order to minimise
the release of harmful pollutants has led to the initiation of monitoring
programmes. For example, drinking water suppliers are obliged to
systematically monitor drinking water supplied for human consumption for a
large range of pollutants. The same applies for waste water treatment facilities.
The well-established standard methods of environmental waters analysis
require sampling and transportation of samples to the laboratory for detailed
measurements. Therefore, the timescale from sampling to reporting is not ideal,
as a considerable lag occurs.
There is therefore the potential for the use of in situ methods that overcome this
issue. As these do not currently exist, a need to address this is identified.
Biosensors are sensing devices that rely on a biologically-derived component
as an integral part of their detection mechanism. Biosensors that respond to
pollutants could be used for rapid, low cost, field-based pre-screening of water
samples.
Herbicides are considered to be the most important class of pesticides used in
the E.U. Herbicides can be highly toxic for human and animal health, and
increase in the application of herbicides in agriculture during recent decades
has resulted in immense pollution of both soil and water. About half of the
herbicides used at present in agriculture inhibit the light reactions in
photosynthesis, mostly by targeting the Photosystem II (PSII) complex.
A method of detecting certain classes of herbicides is therefore proposed; the
photosynthesis-inhibiting herbicides act by binding to PS II, a chlorophyll–
protein complex which plays a vital role in photosynthesis, located in the
thylakoid membrane of algae, cyanobacteria and higher plants. The inhibition of
PS II causes a reduced photoinduced production of hydrogen peroxide, which
can be measured by the HRP-mediated luminol chemiluminescence reaction.
The design and development of a fluidic sensor unit for the detection of such
herbicides, based upon their inhibition of the hydrogen peroxide production, will
employ the use of superparamagnetic beads in order to address issues of reuse
and regenerability.
The illumination-dependent production of hydrogen peroxide by isolated
thylakoids, and its inhibition by herbicides in a concentration-dependent
manner, were achieved and measured with the HRP-mediated
chemiluminescence reaction with luminol in a cuvette, batch format, allowing for
the detection of herbicides down to 6.0 x 10-09.The integration of the above reactions has been achieved by designing and
constructing a fluidic unit that combines the herbicide-dependent production and
the detection of hydrogen peroxide in a single fluidic assay by combining all the
individual steps in a compact, portable format, with both HRP and thylakoids
covalently coupled on superparamagnetic beads. This addresses issues of
regenerability, as the beads are introduced, used and discarded following a
measurement, controlled only by magnetic and flow forces. Herbicide detection
was achieved to a lower LOD of 5.5 x 10-10 M. The concept development,
design and construction of the fluidic unit, as well as results of the detection of
herbicides with the batch assay method has been published, in a paper by the
author (Talanta, 2008, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 42-47),
Considerable progress has therefore been made towards developing a system
that would be suitable for automated, field deployment applications for the
detection of the most frequently used classes of herbicides; the lower LOD
however is not within the stringent legislated maximum permissible limits set for
herbicides measured in water, in European waters.
An immediate step forward would be to achieve the required lower LOD, with
the unit's development into a prototype instrument that can be field deployed
being the further goal
