524 research outputs found
HYDRIDE BED/FUELCELL PROJECT
No full textAbstract The Hydride Bed/Fuelcell Project will result in the development and production of a prototype Fuelcell Powerplant for Mining/Tunneling Locomotives. This powerplant will replace and outperform batteries, currently utilized for mining and tunneling. The Mine Locomotive Project is a project of the Fuelcell Propulsion Institute (FCPI) consortium
Cassiar Story:
No full textIntroduction / Brian G. Pewsey -- Geology / Fred G. Hewett -- Mine planning / G. Scott Zimmer -- Mining / Gillyeard J. Leathley -- The tramline / Peter C. Jones -- Milling / David C. Cook -- Maintenance / Peter C. Jones -- The environment / Melvin S. Taylor.Reprinted from The Canadian mining and metallurgical bulletin, April, 1978.--Page 4 of cover
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Oriental enlightenment: the problematic military experiences and cultural claims of Count Maurice Auguste comte de Benyowsky in Formosa during 1771
No full textMaurice Benyowsky's colourful version of his global adventures during the heady, expansive days of the late-Enlightenment remains still as an historical account, and is perhaps destined for reification at a time of romantic, postmodernist cultural affirmation. Yet this paper argues that within it there lies a virile and possibly dangerous Orientalism, one at least partially based upon a lurid, opportunistic and self-seeking fabrication of his visit to Taiwan (Formosa) in the year 1771. This paper examines the veracity, provenance and historiography of the Benyowsky account of late-eighteenth century Formosa, both as an exercise in one facet of Taiwanese history and as some exploration of the origin and maintenance of European views of the "other" and of the "orient" as they were transforming during the late-Enlightenment period. Furthermore a principal task is to provide an historiographical analysis that illustrates both the initial reasons for the acceptance of Benyowsky's lurid account as well as the wider contexts of its long life as a seemingly reliable and authentic tale. Questions remain as to the cultural contexts of any general acceptance of otherwise doubtful stories, experiments, claims and "adventures". Here there is little doubt that the original Memoirs were given greater credence by Benyowsky's talent in self-fashioning his character and status as those of a reliable gentleman
Spectrums of investment in Doctor Who fandom
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Drawing upon a significant weight of empirical data, collected in the field, this thesis proposes a set of four spectrums of investment engaged in by cult media fans: the spectrum of financial investment; the spectrum of what is here termed 'participatory investment'; the spectrum of investment in the idea of textual authenticity; and the spectrum of multiple investments. The spectrum model allows the individual members of the research sample to be located within specific regions of each spectrum and correlations to be drawn between the distinct spectrums, in order for any patterns which emerge to be examined. The thesis also reviews a number of relevant theoretical concerns such as fan studies, ethnography and social psychology
Cult: A Composite Novel
No full textCult (redacted)
The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
Trans-urban Networks of Learning, Mega Events and Policy Tourism: The Case of Manchester's Commonwealth and Olympic Games Projects
No full textThis paper argues for a rethinking of our understanding of what and where go into the ‘urban’ in the New Urban Politics (NUP). It contends that these issues have always been more complex, complicated and, most importantly, contested than has sometimes appeared to be the case in the literature. Using the example of one trans-urban policy learning network—that around the city of Manchester’s bids for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games—the paper makes the case for taking seriously the politics around comparison and referencing in making possible the NUP. It argues that there is a need to study the circuits, networks and webs in and through which urban knowledge and learning are constituted and moved around, and that often underpin the territorial outcomes that have been the traditional focus of scholars working on the NUP
L2 creative writers : identities and writing processes
No full textL2 creative writing research is a relatively unchartered area. Pedagogical
discussions on L2 creative writing activities often focus on manifestations of L2
learners' language learning, writing improvement, or expressions of emotion. There
is a lack of research investigating the underlying identities of L2 creative writers as
social agents. The present research targets the L2 creative writers who are interested
and experienced in certain forms of creative writing. It investigates if and how L2
creative writers' emergent identities enacted in their online cognitive writing
activities under particular tasks are mediated by the writers' 'autobiographical
identities' (Clark and Ivanič, 1997) rooted in their life histories.
Fifteen L2 creative writers from diverse sociocultural and academic backgrounds
participated in the research. Firstly, the participants' 'autobiographical identities'
were explored through eliciting their retrospective life-history accounts in in-depth
interviews. Secondly, the research implemented two think-aloud story-writing
sessions (Autobiographical writing & Prompted story-continuation writing) to
capture the writers' emergent identities instantiated in their cognitive writing
processes. Subsequently, the interconnectedness between these two types of
identities was sought.
Two parallel data analyses were conducted: 1) quantitative data coding targeting
all fifteen L2 creative writers and 2) qualitative discussions concentrating on five
selected focal participants. These two levels of analyses together show that the
participants' cognitive writing processes as evinced through their engagement in
these creative writing activities (i.e. their task-situated emergent identities) are
mediated by the writers’ previous participation in multiple discourses and social
worlds up to the moment of writing (i.e. their autobiographical identities formed
throughout their life histories).
The findings suggest certain directions for theory development in L2 creative
writing research as well as in L2 writer identity research. Regarding L2 creative
writing research, L2 teachers' practice could be enhanced by a deeper understanding
of how creative writing is employed by L2 individuals not only for language or
literacy acquisition purposes, but also as a self-empowering tool to achieve particular
social positioning. Secondly, regarding L2 writer identity research, more research
needs to be done regarding this micro and dynamic view of writer identity which
resides in the movements of the writers' emerging thoughts situated in an immediate
creative writing context and mediated by the writers' previous sociocultural
experiences
Acting it out: children learning English through story-based drama
No full textThe purpose of this study was to explore why and how stories and drama can encourage children’s participation in class and also affect their learning of English as a foreign language in Taiwanese primary schools. The author takes a strong interest in both fields, English for Young Learners (EYL) and educational drama, and attempts to propose a solution, story-based drama, to two of the more common problems faced by teachers at primary level—mixed ability classes and limited teaching hours. The key methodological approach was action research in a case study format, using mixed methods and gathering quantitative as well as qualitative data in order to evaluate the impact of the author’s teaching on the children’s English learning. The quantitative research data was gathered with the aid of questionnaires responded to by one hundred and nine teachers and thirty-two fifth graders, while the qualitative data was collected from interviews, participant observation, fieldnotes, journals, artefacts, and video and audio recordings. Quantitative and qualitative data analyses revealed that the incorporation of stories and drama into the existing school curriculum was workable, and the story-based drama assisted the pupils to have greater participation in class and a higher degree of improvements than before in terms of their four language and non-verbal communication skills. This was corroborated by questionnaire results, interviewees’ responses, the co-teacher’s observations, and the pupils’ written work.
The author recommends that a collaborative approach to curriculum design and research methodology could be adopted by teachers themselves or between teachers and researchers in order to stimulate more research on the use of story-based drama in similar contexts, while deepening our understanding of this resourceful teaching approach
Eastern Europe's experience with banking reform : is there a role for banks in the transition?
No full textAre there lessons to be learned about how Eastern European countries have dealt with problems in their banking systems? What role have these countries assigned to banks during the transition? How have they used banks in dealing with the enterprise problem? The author addresses these questions by analyzing experience in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. Most of these countries have made substantial progress in restructuring their banking systems, but few have used their banking systems to improve the allocation of credit and hence stimulate the supply response. The author finds the following. The problem is not whether banks hold nonperforming loans but how banks can avoid accumulating more nonperforming loans. The underlying problem is how to close loss-making and nonviable enterprises. The countries that have encouraged the establishment of new private banks, that have introduced regulation and supervision, and that have tried to make banks more competitive have been more successful at improving the allocation of credit and achieving more control over loss-making enterprises. Banks must focus on assessing risk - and for this, capital, private ownership, and adequate regulation are crucial. How quickly banks achieve independence in credit decisions depends on how fast new governance structures can be introduced. In this, the five countries have been less successful. The objectives of bank recapitulation should be to prevent banks from accumulating more nonperforming loans (that is, dealing with the enterprise problem) and to give them the governance structure that would prevent them from incurring new nonperforming loans. This requires introducing a system of risk and reward - by making banks comply with capital adequacy requirements, by privatizing a critical number of banks, and by introducing strong regulation and supervision. Government should see that banks provide efficient payment systems, the basis for trust in banking systems. Introducing adequate regulation and supervision has been difficult as it requires knowing what the banks'role should be. Evidence strongly supports the need to recapitalize and privatize a critical number of banks. Authorities cannot rely on banks to exert control on enterprises early in the transition. In the early stages, control over state-owned enterprises should be exercised by a semipublic institution.Banks&Banking Reform,Financial Intermediation,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Municipal Financial Management,Banking Law
Amusements of the people : the provision of recreation in Leicester, 1850-1914
No full textThe thesis takes as its subject the development of cultural forms and institutions,
exploring constraints on the exercise of choice in the use of non-work time in an evolving
capitalist society. By means of a local study, it aims to describe relationships between
aspects of popular recreation, especially those involving working class participation, and
to relate these to economic and political circumstances. The study focuses upon individuals
and organisations providing facilities and creating institutions in which non-work time
was spent outside the home.
The body of the thesis consists of discrete but interrelated studies of themes in the
development of recreation in Leicester. These concern the relationship between recreation
and the workplace (ch.1), the role of religious organisations as providers and critics of
recreational activities (ch.2), initiatives by the municipal authorities (ch.3) and licensing
magistrates (ch.4), the bases of commercial provision in the drink trade, theatre and sport
(chs.4-6) and the engagement of the labour movement (ch.7).
The thesis is written from a critical standpoint which acknowledges as fundamental
to the understanding of 19th century recreation the uneven distribution of free time,
power and money within capitalist society. But while social control and hegemony are
exploited as pointers to appropriate areas of study, they are found wanting as explanations
of complex historical reality.
In its empirical conclusions, the study confirms the significance of relationships
between work and culture, identifying ways in which the economic development of Leicester
constrained recreational provision. Commercial agencies are shown to have been relatively
weak during much of the period whereas municipal and religious organisations were
of considerable importance from the 1860s until the end of the period of study
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