Browsing by Subject "Maps"

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Annual Report of the Faculty and of the Finance Committee of the Board of Regents, 1884-5
(University of Texas at Austin, 1885-06-15) University of Texas at Austin
Biskra
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Bône (Algeria)
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Bou Saâda
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Constantine
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Defining borders, defining bodies : insularities, Utopia and other ideal figures in Las Sergas de Esplandián
(2011-05) Macaulay, Rachel Miriam; Harney, Michael, 1948-
While islands have long been a point of literary interest and curiosity, in the 16th century, one begins to see the stubborn application of the island’s geographical structure to non-islands. Recent scholarship on the issue of insularity has placed emphasis on the development of modern literature through the ambiguity of insularity of spaces and the language used to describe them. In the English and Spanish traditions, the focus on insularity in 16th century literature can be tied to the influence of colonialism. Despite widespread popularity in the 16th century, Las Sergas de Esplandián has become little more than a footnote in reference to the name of California. Nevertheless, the geographic elements of Las Sergas deserve closer examination, as they highlight the connection between geographic and literary texts in their portrayal of gender in the early modern period. In this essay I apply border theory to Las Sergas to understand the way in which these elements interact in the early modern period. In many ways, Las Sergas achieves the opposite of Anzaldúa’s intent in her development of border theory, which was designed to highlight that which exists between or outside the hegemonic structure left behind by colonialism rather than re-colonize it, but some of the insular spaces within Las Sergas demonstrate a geographic, linguistic and gendered ambiguity that fits well within border theory.
Geometry of quantum noise
(2010-05) Dixit, Kuldeep Narayan; Sudarshan, E. C. G.; Markert, John; Paban, Sonia; De La Llave, Rafael; Bohm, Arno
Open quantum systems refer to systems that are affected by interaction with the environment. The effects of these unwanted interactions, called \emph{quantum noise}, are studied using dynamical maps. We study the geometry of these maps in this work. We review the canonical representations of dynamical maps such as reduced dynamics, $\mathcal{A}$ and $\mathcal{B}$ forms and operator sum representation. We develop a framework for simplifying the action of dynamical maps in terms of their action on the coherence vector associated with the density matrix. We use the framework to describe the geometry of depolarization, dephasing and dissipation in the domain of complete positivity. We give a geometric picture of how two-, three- and four-level systems are affected by these common forms of quantum noises. We show useful similarities between two- and four-level depolarizing maps and give a generalization for $n$-qubits. We also derive important results that restrict dephasing and dissipation.
Historical Maps as Data
(2021-10-01) Strickland, Kat
Late Quaternary geomorphic evolution of the Colorado River, Bastrop and Fayette counties, Texas
(1977) Looney, Robert Michael; Baker, Victor R.
Ancient and modern flood plain and channel morphology was mapped in the late Quaternary alluvial valley of the Colorado River between Utley and La Grange, Texas. The analysis of N.A.S.A.-generated color aerial infrared photography, SKYLAB remote sensing imagery, and aerial panchromatic photography revealed nine assemblages of fluvial channel patterns. The paleochannels occur on multiple flood plain and terrace levels and are associated with deposits with variable textures, sedimentary structures, and lithologic composition. Quantitative geomorphic analysis showed that bankfull width for the late Quaternary Colorado River varied from 450 m to 200 m, meander wavelength from 575 m to 1730 m, and sinuosity from 1.3 to 3.6. The channel adjustments from low sinuosity to high sinuosity streams was accompanied by a decrease in meander wavelength and bankfull width. Sedimentological analyses show corresponding changes in grain size from sand and gravel to sand and silt transporting streams. The nine channel assemblages of the Colorado River reflect changes in runoff and sediment load characteristics from upstream catchment areas. These runoff and sediment load changes correlate with an alternating arid-humid climate in central Texas during the late Quaternary. The resulting hypothesis is that channel 7 is pre-Wisconsinan; channels 6, 6A, and 6B are Wisconsinan; channel 5 is a dry period at the beginning of the Holocene; channel 4 is a humid Holocene phase; and channel 3 to the modern channel are the most recent Holocene fluctuations. Sedimentary structures and paleo-hydrologic implications indicate that channels 7 and 6 were laid down by broad, shallow braided streams, Channels 6A and 5 were either braided or coarse meander belt fluvial systems. The small channel width, meander wavelength, and low sinuosity indicates that channels 6B and 4 operated as fine grained meander belt fluvial systems. Channels 3 and 2 are similar to the modern Colorado River which is a bed-load (high bed-load/discharge ratio) stream transporting coarse sand and pebble-to-cobble gravel
Mapping English onto the world : vernacular cartography in The wonders of The East
(2013-05) Barajas, Courtney Catherine; Blockley, Mary Eva
This report takes as its subject the Anglo-Saxon text of The Wonders of the East, a medieval liber monstrum which appears in three English manuscripts from the 11th and 12th centuries. It argues that Wonders is a uniquely English text, and that the use of the vernacular is an attempt to spread and validate English usage across various literary and scientific forms. The first section examines briefly the relationships between the three manuscripts, then turns to one in particular, British Library MS Cotton Tiberius B.v., for the remainder of the study. This first section will also detail the contents of each of the three manuscripts, and the various thematic and linguistic connections between them. The second section turns to the text and illustrations of Wonders, and will consider the use and significance of distinctly “English” vocabulary in describing foreign monsters. It will show that the use of vernacular neologisms to describe foreign spaces and monstrous creatures is an attempt to explore the potential uses of English, and was inspired by a political and cultural environment which encouraged the use of the vernacular in an attempt to grow a national identity. The third section examines a brief passage describing the wondrous creatures known as the donestre, and will show examine the anxieties revealed in the naming and renaming of these creatures. It then explores the relationship between the visual representation and textual description of the donestre, and the implications of the discrepancies therein, to our understanding of the text. The fourth section reads The Wonders of the East as a map. First, it unpacks the myriad potential meanings held within the medieval map; then, it examines the structural and thematic concerns of the text, and the ways in which those concerns work to literally map English onto the Eastern world. My final section considers the implications of my reading of Wonders. It shows that this reading, by acknowledging for the first time, the distinct “Englishness” of the text, opens up Wonders to further study from a number of theoretical and disciplinary viewpoint.
Mascara
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Mostaganem
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) United States Army Corps of Engineers
Nemours
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) United States Army Corps of Engineers
Sétif
(1942) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Sidi Bel Abbès
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1943) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Tenes--City Plan
(Army Map Service, U. S. Army, 1942) United States Army Corps of Engineers
Tiaret
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1943) United States Army Corps of Engineers
Tlemcen
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section
Touggourt
(Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1943) United States Army Corps of Engineers
Town plan of Beni-Saf
(1942-10) Great Britain War Office General Staff Geographical Section