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The Untrue Island Re-visited: Three Encounters with Orford Ness
No full textThe present paper deals with three texts inspired by the topography and secretive military history of the East Anglian offshore shingle spit Orford Ness. Each may be considered a specific example of a hybrid genre. The first part presents Robert Macfarlane’s Ness (2019) as an explicitly eco-centric and experimental poetic response to this unique territory. The poem’s five “more-than-human forms” are related to the notions of haecceities, the smooth space, Aeon, and the concept of rhizomes in Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus. The latter part of this article focuses on Polly Crosby’s fictional island Dohhalund from her second novel, The Unravelling (2022). Though this novel is referred to as a historical mystery, it clearly does not represent the traditional whodunit genre. First, the treatment of Orford Ness in Crosby’s text will be confronted with another hybrid of a book, W. G. Sebald’s Rings of Saturn (1995), a novel acknowledged by Crosby as a major influence. The final section shifts focus to Crosby’s island setting as a site of transformation, offering a surprisingly non-anthropocentric perspective comparable to that of Macfarlane’s Ness.  
From “Water Liars” to Yonder Stands Your Orphan: Pastimes, Sports, and Games Inside/Outside the Frame of Barry Hannah’s Eagle Lake Stories
No full textFor most of his career, Mississippi author Barry Hannah was deemed the postmodern heir to William Faulkner and is best known for the short fiction in his landmark collection Airships (1978), which begins with the muchanthologized story “Water Liars.” Like many of the meta-fictionalist masters of the 1970s (Barth, Coover, etc.), Hannah stepped inside/outside the frame of his fictions, often in his case by using highly elevated language, and syntax to depict a rogue’s gallery of down-and-out characters, as well as the construction of numerous autobiographical personas, which wink and wave to his initiated readers. Thus, Hannah’s fiction is not only funny, it is playful, as if to invite the reader into some fictional game. As Hannah’s career developed, this sense of gamesmanship only seemed to increase as the characters and settings of many fictions began to reappear or return for cameo appearances. The characters first introduced in “Water Liars” reappear intermittently throughout Hannah’s thirty-year career and populate the community we come to know as Eagle Lake, the setting for Hannah’s final novel Yonder Stands Your Orphan (2001). While other critics have examined Hannah’s passions for tennis and golf as having thematic significance, this article will focus on the pastime of fishing as well as many other intertextual games played inside/outside the frame of Hannah’s Eagle Lake Stories, to reckon with how they inform his swan song, Yonder Stands Your Orphan. Ultimately, the paper will consider to what extent writing itself is a literary game on a meta level, a dynamic in which writers and tellers of tall tales strive against not only their peers but also their forbears
Geography of the Narrative Self in Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
No full textThis paper examines how Stuart Turton\u27s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) engages in ongoing debates concerning embodied consciousness and personal identity yet to be resolved by current theories linking mind and body. The analysis integrates a neuroscientific approach (Greenfield), narrative self theory (Dennett, Schechtman), pre-narrative self-consciousness (Zahavi), embodied narrative (Brandon), transpersonal psychology (Grof), and Eastern philosophical concepts (Blackmore, Watts) with close textual analysis to study how Turton\u27s protagonist navigates self-definition across multiple bodily experiences. His behaviour and actions are influenced by emotions, skills and reasoning that he perceives as temporarily acquired from the body and mind of his current \u27host’. Although initially it may appear paradoxical, Turton\u27s narrative constructs a complex geography of personal identity, suggesting that consciousness persists independently of specific embodiment, while remaining fundamentally shaped by bodily experience. This paper examines the capacity of speculative fiction to engage with philosophical problems of the mind-body relationship and to advocate for alternative approaches to selfhood and embodied consciousness
Advancing Environmental Justice By Expanding The Literary Canon
No full textReview of Petr Kopecký and Jan Beneš, eds. Environmental Justice in Ethnic American Literature (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2025
Jan HRUBECKÝ – Jiří VANĚČEK, Boj v těžkém opevnění. O osádkách pevností a jejich činnosti v míru i v boji, Olomouc, Ing. Jiří Vaněček 2024, 304 s. ISBN 978-80-11-04390-2.
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Tram Front Ends Testing with Respect to the Collision with a Pedestrian
No full textTato práce se zabývá některými důsledky připravovaného legislativního požadavku, který se týká konstrukce čel tramvají a vozidel lehké stavby s ohledem na kolizi s chodcem. Tato legislativa může vést k potřebě využití validovaného modelu figuríny, který prozatím není k dispozici. Je proto nastíněna možnost převzetí řešení z automobilového průmyslu.This paper deals with some of the implications of the upcoming legislative requirement concerning the design of the tram front ends and LSV with respect to pedestrian collisions. This legislation may lead to the need to use a validated dummy model, which is not yet available. Therefore, the possibility of adopting solutions from the automotive industry is indicated
Innovations in Non-Destructive Testing of Railway Freight Wagon Wheelset Axles
No full textPříspěvek je zaměřen na diagnostiku náprav dvojkolí železničních nákladních vozů ve smyslu nedestruktivního testování v rámci údržby. Popisuje stávající standardní přístup včetně výhod a rizik, které vedly k výzkumu a vývoji nového zkušebního zařízení.The article focuses on the diagnostics of railway freight wagon wheelset axles in terms of non-destructive testing within maintenance. It describes the current standard approach, including the advantages and risks that led to the research and development of a new testing device
Innovative Freight Bogie NP-X
No full textPříspěvek se zabývá projektem inovativního nákladního podvozku normálního rozchodu pro maximální zatížení 22,5 tuny na nápravu. Rodina podvozků označená NP-X je zaměnitelná za dnes běžně používaný podvozek Y25 a vyznačuje se použitím pryžokovových prvků, kyvných ramen a dalších inovativních prvků. Jeho cílem je reflektovat současné a budoucí požadavky na nákladní dopravu. Příspěvek popisuje současný stav vývoje a výhledy do dalších let grantového projektu.This article deals with the project of an innovative freight bogie. The bogie has standard gauge and is intended for maximum axle load 22.5 tons. The bogie family called NP-X is interchangeable with standard freight bogie Y25. Design of the bogie considers use of rubber springs, swing arms and other innovative elements. Aim of the project is to reflect actual and future requirements for freight bogies. The paper describes actual state of art and the outlook for next years of the grant project
Increase of Traction Forces in Head of a Train above Current Limit in the Network of Správa Železnic
No full textJiž od 60. let platí na české železnici limit tažné síly v čele vlaku 350 kN. Tento limit je v kontextu sousedních zemí značně nízký a snižuje výkonnost zejména nákladní dopravy. Proto zahájila Správa železnic sérii činností vedoucích k novelizaci předpisů a zvýšení limitu tažné síly. Jedním aspektem, který byl řešen ve spolupráci Správy železnic a VÚKV v letech 2023 a 2024, byla interakce mezi vozidlem a tratí a bezpečnost jízdy při působení tažných sil nad 350 kN. Studium těchto oblastí bylo nejprve teoretické, založené na výpočtech a počítačových simulacích jízdy vozidla. V druhé části byla provedena jízdní zkouška se soupravou schopnou vyvinout tažnou sílu nad 350 kN, přičemž v soupravě byl zařazen instrumentovaný nákladní vůz, na němž byly měřeny relevantní veličiny (např. kolové síly na všech kolech prostřednictvím měřicího dvojkolí, síly ve spřáhlech na obou koncích). Tento příspěvek se zabývá shrnutím těchto provedených prací, poznatků z provádění a závěrů těchto prací.Since the 1960s, a traction force limit at the head of the train of 350 kN has been applied on the Czech railway network. Compared to neighbouring countries, this limit is relatively low and negatively impacts freight transport efficiency. Therefore, Správa železnic initiated steps to revise relevant regulations and increase the traction force limit. One aspect addressed in cooperation with VÚKV during 2023–2024 was the interaction between vehicle and track and the running safety under traction forces exceeding 350 kN. The study began with theoretical analyses based on calculations and computer simulations of running dynamics. In the second phase, a test run was conducted with a train set capable of exceeding the current traction limit, with included an instrumented freight wagon equipped to measure key parameters (e.g., wheel forces via an instrumented wheelset and coupler forces at both ends). This paper summarizes the work carried out, key findings from the testing, and the resulting conclusions