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Letter from J. E. Gavin to Louis C. Cramton regarding Sale of Bright Angel Trail
No full textLetter from J. E. Gavin to Louis C. Cramton regarding the Bright Angel Trail controversy, including newspaper clipping
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
Letter from J. E. Gavin (for Senator Hayden) to Roy W. James, Michael Hanley and H. A. Montgomery
No full textLetter from J. E. Gavin on behalf of Carl Hayden writing in regards to the insurance claims filed with the National Park
The first statewide, open access dataset tracking public records requests in New Jersey
No full textState freedom of information laws are vital mechanisms for providing public access to government records and supporting civic engagement through the effectuation of a public policy of transparency at the state level within the United States, not unlike their federal counterpart, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). New Jersey state law facilitates public access to government records under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Codified at N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., OPRA applies to state, county and local public authorities but exempts the judicial and legislative branches from its disclosure requirements. Since OPRA took effect in 2002, it has been difficult to track the full extent of law's impact across New Jersey's 21 counties, 565 municipalities, and numerous state agencies, school districts and independent authorities, all of which must individually respond to requests under the law. To the best of the author's knowledge, no official source has compiled detailed metadata tracking the content and disposition of OPRA requests at the state, regional and municipal levels within New Jersey using individual requests, and authorities rarely proactively disclose their responses to requests they receive, necessitating further data collection to support research into the impacts of this law. This article presents the OPRAmachine dataset: data containing detailed metadata on public records requests submitted to state & local public authorities in New Jersey since October 2017 collected through the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate the freedom of information request process. The data was collected using an open-source web interface that allowed users to submit an OPRA request to public authorities, with responses stored in a database and made available via the internet. After their request received a response, users were asked to answer a single survey question describing the status of their request, with their answer used to classify the request. Descriptive statistics, tables and frequencies were produced for the dataset and are included in this article. These data will assist state policymakers and other interested parties with assessing trends in OPRA requests across multiple types of public authorities & geographic regions. These data can inform more efficient government records management procedures, foster civic engagement by increasing government transparency and can inform the development of possible reforms to the OPRA law by showing trends in requests & responses that can be used to evaluate the law's implementation throughout the state.Peer reviewe
Architecture and Faux-nationalism: reflections on a remark made by the British architectural historian Gavin Stamp about the German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
No full textThis is a short 'think piece' commissioned by the guest editor of National Identities for a special issue on the theme of architecture. It attempts to reconcile Gavin Stamp's anti-nationalistic 'bugger brexit' stance with his apparently nationalistic attitude to Mies van der Rohe's design for an office tower and open space in the City of London
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
Impact of scour on lateral resistance of wind turbine monopiles: An experimental study
No full textThe majority of offshore wind structures are supported on large-diameter, rigid monopile foundations. These piles may be subjected to scour due to the waves and currents that causes a loss of soil support and consequently decreases the pile capacity and system stiffness. The results of numerical models suggest that the shape of the scour hole affects the magnitude of pile capacity loss; however, there is a dearth of experimental test data that quantify this effect. This paper presents a series of centrifuge model tests on an instrumented model pile that investigates the effects of scour-hole geometry on the response of a laterally loaded pile embedded in sand. The pile instrumentation allowed load–displacement and p–y (soil reaction – displacement) curves to be derived. Three scour geometries (global, local wide, and local narrow) and three scour depths (1D, 1.5D, and 2D; where D is pile diameter) were modelled. For all three scour types, pile moment capacity decreased almost linearly with increase of scour depth. Simple empirical relations were proposed to evaluate the detrimental influence of scour on the pile moment capacity. A new method has been developed to allow designers to quantify the effect of scour-hole shape and severity of scour on the pile response.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Geo-engineerin
Using the Framework Method for the Analysis of Qualitative Dyadic Data in Health Research
No full textThere are an increasing number of qualitative studies which focus on the dyad (couples, families, caregivers-patients, health care professionals-patients). However, there is limited literature regarding qualitative methodology for dyadic analysis when members of the couple have been interviewed separately. The aim of this article is to share the knowledge we gained from undertaking a novel approach to dyadic analysis. We used an adapted version of the Framework method on data gathered in a study exploring the impact of prostate cancer on younger men and their partners. In this article, we examine and reflect on the challenges of this type of analysis and describe how we analyzed the interview data from a dyadic point of view, to share what we learned in the process.</p
Lateral response of rigid monopiles subjected to cyclic loading: Centrifuge modelling
No full textIn this study, a total number of 20 centrifuge tests were carried out to investigate monopile behaviour under lateral cyclic loading. The instrumented model pile simulates an offshore wind turbine foundation with an embedment ratio of 5 installed in sand layers with two relative densities of 80% and 50%. The influence of the directional characteristic and amplitude of cyclic load on pile lateral behaviour was studied. The data analysis focused on the influence of cyclic load on the accumulation of lateral displacement and evolution of secant stiffness of the foundation system. The most damaging cyclic load type (which can cause the most accumulated pile displacement) is identified as two-way loading, and it was observed that cyclic load always increases the pile secant stiffness. A new model for the prediction of evolution of accumulated displacement and change in secant stiffness has been formulated. An example of the procedure developed is presented for a typical field monopile subjected to cyclic loading. Lastly, the performance of the new model is demonstrated and predicted results are compared with field test data. Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Geo-engineerin
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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