67 research outputs found
Liverpool - city of media
No full textA Liverpool John Moores University public lecture podcast where broadcaster Peter Sissons examines the contribution Liverpool has made to the world of media
Long-lived deformation history recorded along the Precambrian Thelon and Judge Sissons faults, northeast Thelon Basin, Nunavut
No full textThe ENE-striking Thelon and Judge Sissons faults of south-central Nunavut are well-preserved, and record long-lived dextral transcurrent movement with complex reactivation and fluid flow histories. The faults cut across Archean gneisses, Paleoproterozoic plutons, and a Mesoproterozoic sedimentary basin in the Rae domain of the western Churchill Province. They formed and were reactivated during multiple deformation events beginning with an initial faulting event at 1830-1760 Ma, followed by an epithermal faulting event at 1760-1750 Ma and late reactivation events at 1600-1300 Ma. The initial faulting event produced the core-damage zone architecture of the faults. Damage zones are characterized by multiple fracture sets, quartz veins and hydrothermal crackle breccias, surrounding core zones defined by multiple mosaic to chaotic breccias and cataclasites with dextral slip indicators. The epithermal faulting event is expressed by the presence of crosscutting comb, crustiform-cockade and lattice-bladed quartz hematite carbonate veins, and is likely associated with a magmatic event of similar age. The late reactivation events resulted in the formation of irregular, non-cohesive crackle to mosaic breccias and gouges, which became the primary pathways for uranium-bearing hydrothermal fluids and the formation of unconformity-type uranium deposits. The Thelon and Judge Sissons faults are similar to other major continental faults in the Rae domain (e.g. McDonald fault, Wager Bay shear zone), which formed during the Paleoproterozoic Taltson-Thelon and Trans-Hudson orogenies, and to modern analogues, such as the Karakorum, Altyn Tagh, and Hunan-Jaingxi faults, which formed during the Himalayan-Tibetan orogeny and experienced prolonged hydrothermal and even hot spring activity.The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the pdf file of the accepted manuscript may differ slightly from what is displayed on the item page. The information in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript reflects the original submission by the author
The Whitesand River: An assessment of brook trout habitat suitability following mine site closure
No full textThe Winston Lake Mine operated from 1988-1999 within the Whitesand
River watershed located near Schreiber, ON. Operations resulted in releases of
elevated cations and anions from tailings pond discharges above Cleaver Lake.
The lake entered a period of meromictic stagnation but has since been reported
to be experiencing seasonal turnover as a product of natural remediation. The
overall goal of environmental studies in the watershed is to determine the
likelihood of a successful reintroduction of brook trout. Suitable habitat within
Cleaver Lake and the outflow into the Whitesand River is required for this to
occur. This thesis involved the Whitesand River. Water quality data provided by
First Quantum Minerals was used to assess the potential effect of heavy metals,
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, temperature and
water hardness on survivability of brook trout. Comparison of pre-operational
data and recent water quality records indicated the return of examined water
quality and benthic invertebrate populations to conditions statistically similar to
the historical habitat. Rising seasonal temperatures were identified as an area of
concern having potential to impact future health of cold-water fish communities in
the river
Bridging Australia and Japan : the writings of David Sissons, historian and political scientist.
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The Place of Medicine in the American Prison: Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Offenders
No full textDenominational, communal and associational modes of religious belonging: a study of church members in the burgh of Falkirk
No full textThis thesis is a sociological investigation of church
membership in the Scottish burgh of Falkirk. Its primary
aim is to explore the meanings of church membership from
within a theoretical context which seeks to adapt and
utilise traditional conceptualisations of church and sect
by employing them as dynamic forms of belonging rather than
as types of institutions. Two principal hypotheses are
formulated and tested; 1) that the ecclesiastical tradition
to which church members belong (denomination) contributes to
their distinctive styles of social, economic and political
behaviour as well as to the social, economic and political
values which they uphold; and that 2) communal and
associational forms of church membership, corresponding in
part to the qualities of church-type and sect-type
religious organisations, transcend the formal denominational
boundaries and dissect the internal structures of the
denominations. In discussing communal and associational
forms of church membership the theories of socialisation
espoused by Thomas Luckmann and Peter Berger are used to
illustrate how communal and associational forms of church
membership are indicative of church members' differing
perceptions of their social world.The hypotheses are empirically explored through an
examination of a sample of church members selected randomly
from the ecclesiastical traditions represented in Falkirk
and a random sample of non churoh members. The majority of
the data discussed were obtained from a series of intensive
interviews held with two hundred and thirty-six informants.The thesis consists of eleven chapters. The first
two are devoted to describing the sociological and
theological basis upon which the investigation was conducted*
the details of the procedures adopted, the historical back¬
ground of the burgh, and some of the general statistical
data relating to the churches. Chapters three to six are
devoted to an examination of the hypotheses in relation to
the church members * participation in institutional religion.
These chapters set out to describe the motivations and
processes whereby people become members of the churches,
the nature of their participation in the life of the churches,
the nature of leadership within the churches, and the ways
in which the church members conceptualise the Church and
their membership of it. Chapters seven, eight and nine
examine the hypotheses in relation to the church members*
participation in social structures beyond the churches, the
family, voluntary associations, politics and the world of
work. Chapter ten is devoted to a separate consideration
of the non church members who were interviewed. The final
ohapter presents the major conclusions arising from the
thesis through a reconsideration of the two hypotheses.
The major conclusions were that membership of a denominational
group is apparently more influential than any other factor
examined in determining the over-all life of the church
member. There are clear distinctions between the
denominational groups which transcend any class differences
which exist within a denomination. There are however
significant differences of class between the denominations
and significant differences between communal and
associations! members within the denominations
Attitudes to Japan and defence, 1890-1923
No full textDeposited with permission of the author. © 1956 D. C. S. Sissons.No events of international consequences likely to bring Japan to Australia’s attention occurred before the Sino-Japanese war (1894-5). Japan had as yet shown no sign of her military power. Probably as far as Australians felt any insecurity, their anxieties centred on the expansion of European powers into the Pacific, the might of Russia and the Chinese hordes. In such conditions they were free to think of Japan chiefly as a country of cherry blossom and quaint people. Only the question of Japanese immigration which began to assume large proportions after about 1890 gave any basis for feelings of hostility
The Menzies era: A reappraisal of government, politics and policy
No full textSee pg 8-9 of pdf Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008Book reviewed in this article: THE ABORIGINAL TASMANIANS By Lyndall Ryan Sydney; TE WAIMANA: The Spring of Mana By Jedffrey Sissons; HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA By Ann Turner; WHITE AUSTRALIA DEFIED: Pacific Islander Settlement in North Queensland By Patricia Mercer; FRANCE AND BOTANY BAY By Colin Forster; SEAPORT SYDNEY: The Making of the City Landscape By Peter proud foot; ASIAN ORIENTATIONS: Studies in Western Australian History Vol. 6 Edited by Jan Gothard; THE POLITICS OF AUSTRALIAN CHILD CARE: From Philanthropy to Feminism By Deborah Brennan; THE MENZIES ERA: A Reappraisal of Government, Politics and Policy Edited by Scott Prasser, J. R. Nethercote and John Warhurst....Jenny Tilby Stoc
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