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A transcription of Luke in VL 11A
No full textA transcription of the Gospel according to Mark in Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek M.p.th.f. 67. This transcription was made in conjunction with the following article:
H.A.G. Houghton, "The Gospel according to Luke in Vetus Latina 11A (Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek M.p.th.f.67)" in Thomas Johann Bauer (ed.), Traditio et Translatio. Studien zur lateinischen Bibel zu Ehren von Roger Gryson. AGLB 40. Freiburg: Herder, 2016. (pp. 117–34)
Virtuous medical practice : research report
No full textThe Jubilee Centre’s new report, Virtuous Medical Practice, examines the place of character and values in the medical profession in Britain today. Its findings are drawn from a UK-focused multi-methods study of 549 doctors and aspiring doctors at three career stages, first and final year students and experienced doctors
From gratitude to service: engagement, influence and impact
No full textReport detailing the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues' impact, influence and reach. This report features figures and infographics for the different areas of the Centre’s work to date. Since launching in May 2012, the Jubilee Centre has conducted rigorous research into how character and virtues impact on individuals and society. During this time, the Centre has engaged with the British public in a range of different ways and has sought to make a significant difference to how character and virtues are perceived. This new report, From Gratitude to Service, demonstrates the influence the Centre has achieved on the ground in a short period of time and the wide variety of channels through which the Centre has promoted and applied its research evidence. The report explores all aspects of the Centre’s work including research, influence and engagement with policy, partnerships and international collaborations, its work with schools and the community
The Legal Education - Legal Practice Relationship: A Critical Evaluation
No full textThis research explores the current challenges and concerns within the profession and how the development of legal education and its relationship with legal practice informs current debate
Optimization of Heavy Oil Upgrading using Dispersed Nanoparticulate Iron Oxide as a Catalyst
No full textABSTRACT: It has previously been shown that in situ upgrading of heavy oil by Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) can be augmented by surrounding the horizontal production well with an annulus of pelleted catalyst. Despite the further upgrading achieved with this configuration, the accumulation of coke and metals deposits on the catalyst and pore sites, resulting from cracking of the heavy oil, have a detrimental effect on the catalyst activity, life span and process. An alternative contacting pattern between the oil and nanoparticulate catalysts was investigated in this study, to mitigate the above mentioned challenges. The Taguchi method was applied to optimize the effect of reaction factors and select the optimum values that maximize level of heavy oil upgrading while suppressing coke yield. The reaction factors evaluated were reaction temperature, H2 initial pressure, reaction time, iron metal loading and speed of mixing. An orthogonal array, analysis of mean of response, analysis of mean signal to noise ratio (S/N) and ANalysis Of VAriance (ANOVA) were employed to analyze the effect of these reaction factors. Detailed optimization of the reaction conditions with iron oxide dispersed nanoparticles (≤ 50 nm) for in situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil was carried out at the following ranges; temperature 355 – 425 oC, reaction time 20 – 80 min, agitation 200 – 900 rpm, initial hydrogen pressure 10 – 50 bar, and iron metal loading 0.03 – 0.4 wt%. It was found that the optimum combinations of reaction factors are temperature 425 oC, initial hydrogen pressure 50 bar, reaction time 60 min, agitation 400 rpm and iron-metal loading 0.1 wt%. The properties of upgraded oil at the optimum condition are API gravity 21.1o, viscosity 105.75 cP, sulfur reduced by 37.54 %, metals (Ni + V) reduced by 68.9 %, and naphtha plus middle distillate fractions (IBP – 343 oC) 68 wt% relative to the feed oil (12.8oAPI, 1482 cP, sulfur content 3.09 wt%, metals (Ni+V) content 0.0132 wt%, and naphtha plus middle distillate fractions 28.86 wt%)
3D morphological reconstruction of oligodendrocyte precursor cells
Get PDFReconstruction of mouse cerebellar oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Cells in cultured brain slices were labeled using a recombinant viral vector encoding membrane targeted GFP. Cells were imaged using a spinning disk confocal microscope, and confocal images were then traced in 3D using NeuronStudio software
Electrifying modified DNA: disease detection
No full textCancer is one of the biggest health concerns today. DNA strands where the sequence has changed can be indicative of the disease. This project aims to detect changes in DNA sequence using Ferrocene, an iron based compound. It is easily manufactured within the lab, is stable and non toxic. These qualities make it an excellent candidate for DNA sensing
Does commonality in illiquidity matter to investors?
No full textThis paper investigates whether investors are compensated for taking on commonality risk in equity portfolios. A large literature documents the existence and the causes of commonality in illiquidity, but the implications for investors are less well understood. In a more than fifty year long sample of NYSE stocks, we find that commonality risk carries a return premium of around 2.6 per cent annually. The commonality risk premium is statistically and economically significant, and substantially higher than what is found in previous studies. It is robust when controlling for illiquidity level effects, different investment horizons, as well as variations in illiquidity measurement and systematic illiquidity estimation
Doing 'What Wisdom Dictates': Localized Forms of Citizenship, 'Livity', and the Use of Violence in the 'Commons'
No full textThreats to national and sub-national security remain a significant challenge for Jamaica. Most studies which seek to understand this phenomenon have focussed on Kingston's garrison constituencies. This article examines the construction of security at the local level using interviews which were conducted in Bucknor - a small community in Clarendon - which most residents have come to define as a 'garrison'. The article demonstrates how localised ideas of citizenship and political identity shape attitudes towards violence, individualism and policing. The community has become an important site for contesting, resisting and reinforcing established power as well as for re-narrating dominant discourses in Jamaican society. While the state has sought to assert its legitimacy in the community through 'social intervention', there is still a need to address, in a more sustainable way, the social and structural issues which affect the well-being of members of the community, threaten law and order, and pose a direct challenge to rational-legal authority through the Jamaican state
Legislation documentation archive for the University of Birmingham (2015-2016)
No full textZip file containing the following documents:
(1) Memorandum: Changes to University Regulations and Codes of Practice from 1 August 2015
(2) Codes of Practice:
(2a) Code of Practice on admission of students
(2b) Code of Practice on adjusted regulations and Bachelor's degrees
(2c) Code of Practice on adjusted regulations and undergraduate Masters degrees
(2d) Code of Practice on the assessment and award of higher doctorates
(2e) Code of Practice on the assessment and award of PhD by publication
(2f) Code of Practice on the assessment of research degree theses
(2g) Code of Practice on the conduct of centrally co-ordinated formal written examinations
(2h) Code of Practice on discipline in residences
(2i) Code of Practice extenuating circumstances
(2j) Code of Practice on the External Examiner system for taught programmes
(2k) Code of Practice on freedom of speech
(2l) Code of Practice on leave of absence
(2m) Code of Practice on Misconduct and Fitness to Practise Committee
(2n) Code of Practice on Personal Tutoring
(2o) Code of Practice on Placement Learning
(2p) Code of Practice on plagiarism
(2q) Code of Practice on primary appeals procedures
(2r) Code of Practice on Pursuant to requirements of the Education Act 1994
(2s) Code of Practice reasonable adjustments for students
(2t) Code of Practice for research
(2u) Code of Practice on split location study for postgraduate research students
(2v) Code of Practice on student attendance and reasonable diligence
(2w) Code of Practice on student concerns and complaints procedure
(2x)Code of Practice on student representation system
(2y)Code of Practice on student visas
(2z) Code of Practice on the supervision and monitoring progress of research students
(2ai) Code of Practice on suspension from study on health grounds
(2aii) Code of Practice on taught programme and module assessment
(2aiii) Code of Practice on the teaching and academic support of undergraduate and postgraduate taught students by postgraduate teaching assistants and undergraduates
(3) Guidance:
(3a) Guidance on Attendance Monitoring
(3b) Guidance on e-mail in relation to data protection
(3c) Guidance on student grievances to Council
(3d) Guidance to students on outside employment
(3e) Guidance on Alternative Modes of Delivery
(4) Policies:
(4a) Accommodating student's religious observances policy
(4b) Collaborative provision policy
(4c) Policy on consulting students about major changes
(4d) Drugs and alcohol policy
(4e) Policy on graduate certificates and diplomas
(4f) Harassment and bullying policy
(4g) Policy on professional, statutory and regulatory bodies
(4h) Policy on the use of animals in research
(5) Regulations:
(5a) Full University Regulations excluding Library Regulations
(5b) Section 1 - definitions and interpretation
(5c) Section 2 - organisation and governance
(5d) Section 3 - human resource matters
(5e) Section 4 - estates matters
(5f) Section 5 - admission and registration
(5g) Section 6 - programmes of study
(5h) Section 7 - assessment, progression and award
(5i) Section 8 - student conduct
(5j) Section 9 - documents supplementary to the University legislation
(5k) Code of Ethic
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