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This poorly preserved painted wood statue depicts St. Roche, shown here in pilgrim's clothes, which he lifts to show the plague sore on his leg. Roche was known for having cured people of the plague (and been cured himself) and thus was a particularly popular saint in this period (c. 1450-1500). This sculpture was likely carried in procession, in an attempt to ward off the plague. The work is currently housed in the Casa Museo Rodolfo Siviero in Florence. Photograph(s) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Chopping carcasses into segments for effective distribution and processing is an essential part of the butchery process from the distant past to the modern era. However, identification criteria, definitions, and experimental work pertaining to chop marks is lacking in the zooarchaeological literature. Butchery marks on archaeological faunal assemblages provide indirect evidence for utilitarian tool use related to food processing and mitigates the need for the physical presence of the tool itself. This thesis uses an experimental approach to determine the axe material type (bronze, copper, ground stone, or chipped stone) that created the prominent chop marks found on the Early Bronze Age faunal assemblage from Göltepe, Turkey. Experimentation shows that both width and sharpness of the axe are the major aspects of the chopping tool that effect the morphology of the chop mark. A thick, dull axe is more likely to crush the bone rather than cut through it, and often leaves the bone highly fragmented. A thin, sharp axe is more likely to cut through the bone with little to no crushing, and leaves a smooth sheared surface extending from the point of entry. All chop marks can be classified according to both their levels of crushing and shearing on a scale from 1-5. Chop marks falling between a Class 1 and a Class 3 were likely created by stone axes, whereas chop marks that fall between a Class 4 and Class 5 were likely created by metal axes. The experimental results indicate that metal axes created the majority of the chop marks on the Göltepe faunal assemblage even though no metal axes were recovered from the site. The extensive level of shearing on many of the chop marks and relatively high number of bronze artefacts recovered from Göltepe, suggest that the dominate material type for axe heads used for butchery were either bronze or arsenical-copper.

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The implementation of solar shelters over top of parking spaces has the potential to make the production of renewable energy a secondary function of parking lots without impeding their ability to function as parking locations. This has the capacity to reduce the amount of natural space converted to solar farms as solar energy becomes more common. In addition, if these shelters are outfitted as charging stations for electric vehicles, they could serve as a driver for a cultural shift towards a more sustainable vehicle fleet. Implementation of this technology has begun on a small scale in San Diego, California and this project assessed the feasibility of implementation in Kingston, Ontario. This study set out to determine how much energy could be produced by a solar shelter over one parking space and how many parking spaces would be required to produce 1% of Kingston’s total electricity consumption. An insolation model was written in C, which used past climate data and mathematical models to incorporate the effects of latitude, cloud cover and snow. This model was compared to the current production in San Diego to check for validity. Since the insolation model was deemed to be valid, the results were used in conjunction with typical solar panel efficiencies in Kingston to calculate the potential energy production per structure. This was then used to determine the number of structures that would be required to provide 1% of Kingston’s electricity. Through literature review, it was determined that although snow on the panels would have a drastic effect on power production, it would not remain on the panels long enough to cause a significant effect. It was found that a single parking space in Kingston would be capable of generating 5500±_800^1000 kWh/year using the single-axis tracking model that is currently being implemented in San Diego, although a dual-axis tracking model would be capable of generating 11% more energy. Using the current prototype, Kingston would require implementation across about 2750 parking spaces in order to provide 1% of its electricity and it has ample locations which would be suitable. However, due to the current $40,000 price tag per structure, the current buy-back period is about 55 years which makes the current technology not economically feasible without lowering the cost or increasing the efficiency.

The practicum is a study of the implementation of the Manitoba/ Winnipeg Community Revitalization Program (M/WCRP). The program's goal is the revitalization of older neighbourhoods by working closely with residents in the planning and funding of capital projects that improve neighbourhood facilities. The purpose of the practicum is to examine the implementation of the program in two case study neighbourhoods and analyze how the implementation process actually unfolded. This analysis will lead to a better understanding of how and why implementation does not always occur as planned and how the implementors involved in the process can be flexible and adjust to changes as they occur. The study methodology first involved a review of existing literature in the field of implementation analysis in order to develop an appropriate framework for the analysis in the two case study neighbourhoods. The next stage of the research involved a description of the implementation process as it is designed by t e implementors, followed by a description of what actually occurred during implementation, based on my experience as a participant-observer. Using an interpretive approach to implementation analysis, the study looked at, from several different perspectives, the relationships and interactions between the actors involved in implementation. When dealing with the implementation of a policy or program, deviations from a designed process are to be expected. Reflecting on what actually happened during implementation leads to a better understanding of how to improve implementation in the future.