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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"The Weir"”.
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"Old Cod": The Power of Storytelling in Conor McPherson's <em>The Weir</em>
<p>This paper examines the representation of Irish storytelling in Conor McPherson’s 1997 play <em>The Weir</em>. Drawing on postcolonial theory as well as the historical context of Ireland during the play’s release, I argue that <em>The Weir</em> is uniquely positioned at the intersection of …
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Eye for the Gap: Frenzy, Liberty, and the Nietszchean Chorus in Conor McPherson's The Weir and Shining City
<p>This study situates <em>The Weir</em> and <em>Shining City</em> by Conor McPherson as embodying elements of Dionysian aesthetics as elucidated by Friedrich Nietzsche. Working through the lenses of Samuel Beckett’s linguistic philosophy and the premium of theater as established by Nietzsche, …
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Study of the Virginia V-notch weir-box culvert combination gaging station
A Virginia V-notch weir·box culvert combination gaging station is a discharge measuring device to record the runoff from small watersheds, usually less than two thousand acres in area. The station is composed of a prebuilt highway culvert, a one-foot thick triangular shaped weir placed between wing …
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Effectiveness of weirs on the New River in retarding rapid releases from Claytor Lake Dam at Big Falls
… in certain downstream sections of rivers. These conditions and the natural geometry of the river can render certain sections of the river dangerous for recreation. Although public utilities take precautionary safety measures immediately downstream of the dam, their measures further …
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The use of flow control devices to improve the flow pattern and throughput of sieve trays
… are more cost effective column internals because they create a large interfacial area for mass transfer by the interaction of the vapour on the liquid. The tray supports a mass of froth or spray which on most trays (including the most widely used sieve trays) is not in any way controlled. The two …
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"Sump-Inlet" deployment linkage design for sargassum ocean sequestration (SOS)
… a serious problem for Caribbean nations due to the blocking of fisheries and distinct rotten smell that disincentivizes tourism to these countries. The solution to this problem conceived in Luke Gray's master's thesis was to pump the sargassum to a depth where the hydrostatic pressure is …
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Surrogate-based optimization of a BioMEMs microfluidic weir
BioMEM microfluidic weirs enable biologists to study biological processes at the cell level. A novel substrate-affixed microfluidic array of weirs allows active sorting of cells via control electrodes. The ability of the weirs to retain cells hydrodynamically is vital to the functionality of the …
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Stream Discharge Measurement Using A Large-Scale Paticle Image Velocimetry Prototype
… use. New technologies have been developed for the establishment of stage-discharge relationships due to concerns about costs, accuracy, and safety of traditional discharge estimation methods. One emerging technology for measuring open-channel flow is Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry …
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Characteristics of dividing and combining flows
In the present thesis, some aspects of dividing and combining flows are studied. The first part of the study considers the discharge characteristics of flow past a two-dimensional lateral slot located in a rectangular conduit. Existing theoretical solutions to this problem are based on free …
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Discharge coefficients for broad-crested weirs of low aspect ratios
A previously developed theoretical analysis of the discharge coefficient for broad-crested weirs is investigated. Experimentally determined discharge coefficients are presented for a broad-crested weir of small crest width in an attempt to verify the theory, and an investigation of the geometry of …
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Assessing the influence of low head weirs and low head ‘on weir’ hydropower on the phytobenthic biofilm
In recent years there has increased interest in low head ‘on weir’ hydro across the UK. This directly corresponds to carbon reduction targets, renewable energy targets and financial incentives directed at renewable energy generating schemes. Despite increased interests, current understandings of …
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Hydraulic and biological aspects of fish passes for dams
The primary purpose of the dissertation is to quantify the efficiency and operation of various types of fish passes for dams. This is achieved through a novel experiment of testing juvenile salmon in a scale model fish-passes with a range of small structures including vertical slots, orifices, …
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Time the avenger: two plays and a critical thesis. How does a dramatist’s use of stage time affect the audience’s understanding of the story being told? A critical examination of temporal framing in the work of four playwrights
… of two elements: two original plays and a thesis. The critical and creative elements are linked by an interrogation into the way that four different dramatists have used stage time, and in a critical reflection on the way I myself have used stage time in my plays. In the critical element …
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Flow patterns, performance and scale-up of distillation trays
This work is concerned with the nature of liquid flow across industrial sieve trays operating in the spray, mixed, and the emulsified flow regimes. In order to overcome the practical difficulties of removing many samples from a commercial tray, the mass transfer process was investigated in an air …
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Hydraulic Performance of Porous Sediment Control Structures
… of filter fabric and rockfill as well as their sediment trapping efficiency are studied in this research. The head-discharge relationship for filter fabric has been developed by first applying the Bernoulli equation to a single opening and then extending the principle to the entire …
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Energy methods and measurements for a twelve-year-old girl walking and climbing up and down steps with and without books
The following conclusions were drawn from this activity study with one subject: 1. The Kofranyi-Michaelis apparatus may be successfully used with children if it is worn on the back of an adult beside the child. 2. More than one test should be used to establish the energy value for a particular …
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Algumas das formas de poluição do açude de Coremas-Pb provocadas pelos moradores locais.
The water, which is quite natural, every day becomes more sparse populations of its availability various regions. In Brazil, the northeast is the most arid region, with cyclical periods of drought. The quality and preservation of freshwater resources should be a constant goal in the world. The …
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Hydrologic Design of a Wetland Impoundment: Kingsbury County, SD.
… proposed to create a wetland, as classified by the Army Corps of Engineers (1987), in southeastern South Dakota as part of a geological engineering senior design project. The wetland will lie within the Prairie Pothole Region of the Upper Midwest. It is within this region that the presence of …
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The reclassification of the genus Ceratocaryum Nees (Restionaceae) and describing the variation of the species C. argenteum Nees ex Kumth
… by relatively high levels of salinity due to their connection with the sea. Zandvlei has been victim too much manipulation for the sake of flood prevention, recreation and water level regulation. One of the largest impacts on the system is the rubble weir placed at the mouth of the outlet …
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