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Acoustic detection of seabed gas leaks, with application to carbon capture and storage (CCS), and leak prevention for the oil and gas industry: preliminary assessment of use of active and passive acoustic inversion for the quantification of underwater gas releases
No full textDetection, localization and quantification of the emissions of gas from the seabed in fieldwork and experimental studies using active sonar systems
No full text"The Braided Rope": theatre and young people—theatre, education or in between?
No full textPeter Wright co-ordinates both undergraduate and postgraduate Arts Education at the Universityof New England, NSW, Australia. He is involved in pre- and in-service Teacher Education and Nursing, and Community Cultural Development projects. His recent research has considered competency in drama teachers, Playback Theatre as a contemporary form of Applied Theatre, and using the arts as a form of social-aesthetic inquiry. He has a particular interest in the nexus between learning and healing and believes that people should be involved with the Arts everyday
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent Couette-Poiseuille flow with zero skin friction
No full textThe near-wall scaling of mean velocity U(y) is addressed for the case of zero skin friction on one wall of a fully turbulent channel flow. The present DNS results can be added to the evidence in support of the conjecture that U is proportional to √yw in the region just above the wall at which the mean shear dU/dy = 0
Scaling and intermittency in ocean turbulence: analysis of coastal water optical properties and sea surface temperature (SST)
No full textWe consider here some scaling and intermittency properties of oceanic turbulence, with a general aim of considering the impact of turbulence on the bio-optical dynamics. For that purpose, we tried two different approaches, using in situ and satellite data. For the in situ study we adopted one dimensional and for the satellite two dimensional approaches. Different techniques such as Fourier power spectrum, Empirical mode of decomposition (EMD), Hilbert spectral analysis (HSA) have been used for analyzing the intermittency characteristics of the in situ data. For analyzing the multi-scale properties of the satellite images, we have considered Structure functions (SF) and Fourier power spectrum (1D and 2D). The general objective is to understand the multi-scale oceanic variability using scaling tools developed in the field of intermittent turbulence studies
The geochemistry of soluble salts in the Wright and Taylor Valleys, South Victoria Land, Antarctica
No full textSamples of salt deposits, snow, meltwater and soils were collected in the Wright and Taylor Valleys, South Victoria Land, during the summer field season of 1973-74. The primary aim of the work carried out was to demonstrate the application of chemical techniques to geological problems in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Salt samples identified by X-ray diffraction patterns were halite, thenardite and mirabilite. Snow, ice and groundwater samples were analysed for Na⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, K⁺. Cl⁻ and SO₄²⁻. The results show that atmospheric transport from the sea is probably the most important source of supply of salts to the Dry Valley system, with saline groundwater flows as important means of transport of salts to the Dry Valley lakes
The organization of industry in the P.R. China: A new start or resort to old concepts?
No full textThe Chinese have let it be known since the death of Mao Zedong and the purge of the “Gang of Four” that they would in future draw on credits from foreign governments as well as other sources to finance imports of technology. According to western conjectures China’s capital requirements may be between US $ 25 and 50 bn or even a good deal higher. Many observers have taken the view that the Chinese have thereby put all their former development principles behind them. The author of the following article was in the P.R. China about the middle of this year at the invitation of the National Planning Commission. His assessment is that the P.R. China is far from embarking on an entirely new course in its development policy
Performing 'Hope': Authentic story, change and transformation in teacher education
No full textTeaching is always performance. There are actors who are present, an audience—usually, but not always students—and most importantly a dynamic that exists between them; this relationship being key to successful pedagogy. In short, teaching is relational work. In the best of all possible worlds, this dynamic is a relationship that is forward looking, has dignity, and characterised by hope. Zournazi (2002 p. 9) describes hope as “a space for dialogue… exchange…[for] voices to be heard”, and risks for encounters with others “that create possibilities for change”. It is this possibility that is important for education in the way that inducts young people into a world that is not yet known or fully formed.
This chapter describes a project conducted with pre-service teachers where a hope-full project was conducted through a one-semester unit— Learning Through the Arts—delivered in an intensive summer mode each day over two weeks. Hope as a concept was inquired into, imagined, embodied, and through arts practices, insights into hope were gained; this project thereby becoming an example of arts-relationality (Keifer-Boyd, 2011) and arts-based research (Barone & Eisner, 2011; Knowles & Cole, 2008)
It’s like thinking with both sides of your brain. Big Hart’s LUCKY project: an imaginative intervention
No full textThis document represents an inquiry into Big hART’s LUCKY project run primarily in the North West of Tasmania. It contains a series of portraits, and thick descriptions of contexts and individuals involved in various ways with the project. There are observations of processes and products, each revealing ways in which the work of Big hART impacts on individuals and the communities around them.
It is an outcome of a series of visits to various project components from July 2005 (Radio Holiday), to 2008. It includes descriptions, observations, inquiry into and reflections on such LUCKY project components as Radio Holiday and Drive In Holiday, This is Living, and Drive as a work in progress. There also some insights presented that have been gleaned from adjunct projects such as the No Comply skate event held in Burnie during 2005. It includes and gives voice to project participants such as young people from locations including Burnie, Wynyard, Smithon and surrounding areas; older project participants such as those resident in Smithton Nursing Home, the site of one project component; project partners such as those either directly or indirectly involved in support of project participants—both youth and elders; and those who functioned to provide advice and support from local councils, youth support workers, and government agencies.
This document is not an audit style report where objectives are measured against outcomes. In this sense it presents a ‘knowing how’ rather than a ‘knowing that’. What this means is that is the personal knowledge of, and knowledge about project participants can contribute to understanding LUCKY in terms of knowing how, when, why, whether, and for whom such projects work. Its power lies in the way it is grounded in the interactions of project participants with Big hART and those involved in this work. Consequently, as the project work is reflective of, and grounded in the lives, times, and communities that surround project participants, it can reveal what is usable and useful. Simply put, what this document reveals is the knowledge that is produced through use, that is, what is learnt through doing.
The document includes a series of portraits or narratives. It reflects knowledge of project participants both as groups and as individuals, and portraits of particular individuals who can be seen as representative of themes or patterns of project impact broadly speaking. As these studies are presented in a narrative form they are accessible, and act as agents of understanding, revealing what works in practice. These narratives are informed by multiple lines of evidence including: focus groups, interviews, observations, review of artefacts, and commentary provided by a range of informants including young people, support workers, team members, project directors, and those with a concern and/or involvement with the project. Taken together, these constitute a body of experience that provide evidence against which the impact of LUCKY can be judged.
In this document, a context is first set that evokes much of Big hART’s work. Next Big hART’s processes are described. These include themes and principles that run through the project and provide its distinct characteristics. Following this a range of outcomes including enhanced opportunities for learning, connection, work and understanding are illuminated. Finally, observations are made revealing how and in what ways LUCKY is successful with some recommendations for future practice
Agency, intersubjectivity and drama education: The power to be and do more
No full textKeywords: agency, intersubjectivity, drama education, applied theatre, young people, identity
Theories of agency have long been implicit in drama education and applied theatre where the focus is on the performative, action, and engagement. What the notion of agency foregrounds is the individual, choice, freedom, and intentionality; it speaks to being purposeful and having and taking control in one’s life. However, agency can also be situated within the realm of self-interest where difference is individually measured and achieved; this being seen as some worse forms of new individualism defining living in the 21st Century (Elliott & du Gay, 2009). What is not as well understood is that agency also exits in relation to others with social bonds being a powerful way of knowing ourselves and attributing meaning. Intersubjectivity is a related concept that helps reveal how this process works, and the power that drama has in contributing to young people’s meaning making and the way they construct learning identities. Consequently, this entry will describe notions of agency and intersubjectivity within drama and applied theatre as particular forms of personal, social and collective action where the social and personal are inextricably linked
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