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Perceptions Of Thermal Comfort: Landscape Design Attributes Based On The Shops At La Cantera In San Antonio, Texas, Krishan Patel

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The focus of this thesis was to understand people’s perceptions of thermal comfort. Understanding design attributes that affect thermal comfort in outdoor spaces is necessary, as it will have a major influence on the design of urban outdoor spaces (Nikolopoulou and Steemers, 2003). The research will have great implications on the field of landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, and planning, Indoor malls are no longer being built. The trend is moving towards lifestyle centers. Lifestyle centers offer an experience that can’t be replicated by indoor malls. Lifestyle centers are open to the sky and as a result, they are exposed …

From Warfare To Welfare: Veterans, Military Charities And The Blurred Spatiality Of Post-Service Welfare In The United Kingdom, Agatha Herman, Richard Yarwood

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The military offers a form of welfare-for-work but when personnel leave they lose this safety net, a loss exacerbated by the rollback neoliberalism of the contemporary welfare state. Increasingly the third sector has stepped in to address veterans’ welfare needs through operating within and across military/civilian and state/market/community spaces and cultures. In this paper we use both veterans’ and military charities’ experiences to analyse the complex politics that govern the liminal boundary zone of post-military welfare. Through exploring ‘crossing’ and ‘bridging’ we conceptualise military charities as ‘boundary subjects’, active yet dependent on the continuation of the civilian-military binary, and argue …

Sb31-15/16: Regarding Fy17 Budget Cuts, Samuel Forstag, Cody Meixner

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB31-15/16: Regarding FY17 Budget Cuts. This resolution was passed by roll call vote 16Y-8N at the December 9, 2015 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

From A Chat In The Parlor To Viral Music Videos: An Analysis Of Music As A Social Occasion, Emma Plotnik

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Imagine an intimate room filled with people playing cards and casually chatting, while one of Chopin’s piano sonatas plays elegantly in the background. This scenario is characteristic of the atmosphere surrounding Classical and Romantic European salons. Salons served as havens of musical discourse from the Baroque era to the early twentieth century. However, with the advancement of technology from the mid-twentieth century to the present, there has been a decline, or, arguably, even a cessation of salon life.

The aim of this project was to recreate the salon environment through the generation of the online discussion forum, "Music Soirée." To …

The Genesis Of A Lava Cave In The Deccan Volcanic Province (Maharashtra, India), Nikhil R. Pawar, Amod H. Katikar, Sudha Vaddadi, Sumitra H. Shinde, Sharad N. Rajaguru, Sachin V. Joshi, Sanjay P. Eksambekar

International Journal of Speleology

Lava tubes and channels forming lava distributaries have been recognized from different parts of western Deccan Volcanic Province (DVP). Openings of smaller dimension have been documented from the pāhoehoe flows around Pune, in the western DVP. A small lava cave is exposed in Ghoradeshwar hill, near Pune. Detailed field studies of the physical characteristics, structure and morphology of the flows hosting the lava tube has been carried out. This is the first detailed documentation of a lava cave from the DVP. The lava cave occurs in a compound pāhoehoe flow of Karla Formation, characterized by the presence of lobes, toes …

Getting It Right From The Beginning: Imagination And Education In John Dewey And Kieran Egan, Davide Weible

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session December 8, 2015, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Apartment Rates
• Office Space Sharing Agreement
• Faculty Senate Executive Board
• Western Student Association
• Tribute to Betty Kocher's Service
• Secretary to the Board of Trustees

The Production And Stock Of College Graduates For U.S. States, John V. Winters

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

The stock of human capital in an area is important for regional economic growth and development. However, highly educated workers are often quite mobile, and there is a concern that public investments in college graduates may not benefit the state if the college graduates leave the state after finishing their education. This paper examines the relationship between the production of college graduates from a state and the stock of college graduates residing in the state using microdata from the decennial census and American Community Survey. The relationship is examined across states and across cohorts within states. The descriptive analysis suggests …

Ucc Minutes, December 8, 2015, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Effects Of Chemical And Physical Weathering On Submerged Karst Surfaces, Bryan Charles Booth

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Reports an investigation of the effects of chemical and physical weathering on submerged karst surfaces that pairs laboratory studies with computer modeling studies. The first study attempts to quantify the production of carbonate fines; soluble sediments produced by the incomplete dissolution of karst minerals during chemical weathering. Results show carbonate fine production in relation to dissolutional action; Chalk: 42.8%; Coquina: 2.6%; Dolomite: 3.1%; Gray Limestone: 4.8%; Ocala Limestone: 3.1%; Shell Limestone: 6.1%; Travertine: 8.6%. Due to the use of hydrochloric acid as opposed to carbonic acid these results may not be fully valid for application to natural speleogenic processes. The …

Post-Revolutionary Mexican Education In Durango And Jalisco: Regional Differences, Cultures Of Violence, Teaching, And Folk Catholicism, Lindsey Ellison Collins

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis explored a regional comparison of education in post-revolutionary Mexico. It involved a micro-look into the relationship between violence, education, religion, and politics in the states of Durango and Jalisco. Research methods included primary sources and microfilms from the National Archives State Department records related to education from the internal affairs of Mexico from 1930-1939 from collection file M1370. It also utilized G-2 United States Military Intelligence reports as well as records from the British National Archives dealing with church and state relations in Mexico from 1920-1939.

Anti - clericalism in the 1920’s led to violent backlash in rural …

Rethinking Proxies For Disadvantage In Higher Education: A First Generation Students' Project, Tomiko Brown-Nagin

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Guest Workers And Integration: Toward A Theory Of What Immigrants And Americans Owe One Another, Cristina M. Rodriguez

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Guantanamo Is Here: The Military Commissions Act And Noncitizen Vulnerability, Muneer I. Ahmad

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

The Anthropological Machine At The Abattoir: The Humane Methods Of Slaughter Act, Constantinos Hotis

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Gun Crime And Gun Control: The Hawaiian Experience, Joseph A. Peters, Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Tribal Court Jurisdiction In Dissolution-Based Custody Proceedings, Lesley M. Wexler

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Two Ideals Of Jury Deliberation, Jeffrey Abramson

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Environmental Quality As A National Good In A Federal State, Richard B. Stewart

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

The Enforceability Gap Of Covenants Not To Compete In Telecommuting Employment Relationships, Emily J. Kuo

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Software Worlds And The First Amendment: Virtual Doorkeepers In Cyberspace, M. Ethan Katsh

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Legitimate Business Interest: No End In Sight - An Inquiry Into The Status Of Privacy In Cyberspace, Oscar H. Gandy Jr.

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Electoral Data In Racial-Bloc Analysis: A Solution For Staleness And Special Circumstances Problems, Richard R. Hesp

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Lottery Voting: A Thought Experiment, Akhil Reed Amar

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Race And Representation After Miller V. Johnson, Richard Briffault

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

More Democracy, Lani Guinier

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Using Private Schools To Promote Public Values, Stephen D. Sugarman

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Multiculturalism, Majoritarianism, And Educational Choice: What Does Our Constitutional Tradition Have To Say?, Michael W. Mcconnell

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Multicultural Education, Robert K. Fullinwider

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.

Government Trade Policy And The Professional Regulation Of Foreign Lawyers, Sydney M. Cone Iii

University of Chicago Legal Forum

No abstract provided.