920 research outputs found
Introduzione
No full textIntroduction to the issue of Textus, edited by the author and Stuart Curran, dedicated to "Renaissance and Romanticism: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Transmission of Literary and Cultural Models
Trichopalpus nigribasis Curran 1927
No full textTrichopalpus nigribasis Curran, 1927 Trichopalpus nigribasis Curran, 1927: 255. HOLOTYPE: J, Canada,Alta.[= Alberta], Banff, 23.viii.1922, No. 2606, C. B. G. Garrett leg. (CNC). Chaetosa pilirostris Ringdahl, 1936: 178. HOLOTYPE: J, Norway, ‘im nördlichen Norwegen [= in northern Norway], Ein J vom Verf. bei Tromsö [= one male collected by the author near Tromsø]’ (probably MZLU). Synonymized by GORODKOV (1986: 28). Distribution. Finland (HACKMAN 1980: 131); Norway (NELSON & GREVE 2002: 46); Nearctic region (VOCKEROTH 1965: 836).Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on pages 140-141, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.534249
Widening the gap – Indigenous affairs
No full textThe author points out the implications for aboriginal Australians of the decision to cut funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services. Curran gives individual examples to show how early intervention to give aboriginals effective access to services and avoid jail helps to close the gap between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people and saves taxpayers’ money
Design for additive manufacturing in the context of CubeSat primary structures
No full textThis paper investigates the effects of additive manufacturing (AM) on the design, structural performance, manufacturing process and cost of CubeSat primary structures. The motivation of the paper isto arrive at a structure that can outperform classic CubeSat designs, at a lower production cost thatrelies on a shorter manufacturing time. Small satellites are intended to be an affordable alternative to fullscale satellites for Universities to design and build, and more recently they have become a way to attractcommercial revenue as part of constellations. As a result, a more affordable and well performing structurecan lead to more Universities taking up small satellite projects and to more profit on the commercial side.The paper first analyzes the performance of a regular CubeSat structure produced through SubtractiveManufacturing (SM) at the University of Southampton. Having gathered the baseline data, the paperinvestigates various gridded structures which will replace the classic cutouts on the CubeSat sides. Gridded structures have the advantage of requiring far less effort and resources in the cleanup phase, after themetal 3D printing takes place, because their gaps can be small enough to not need support structures.They also offer the potential for an improved structural performance over the regular triangular cutouts.The gridded structures shall be put under various loading scenarios in ANSYS and then they shall beintegrated in the CubeSat structure for further dynamic analysis. The paper shall arrive at an optimaltype of gridded structure both from a performance and a manufacturing standpoint. The paper will thenanalyze various ways to split the structure, since 3D printing allows for the CubeSat to be manufacturedout of fewer parts instead of the usual six. This can lead to a more monolithic structure that can offerbetter performance and weight saving capabilities. This investigation will also be performed with anawareness of the importance of access for systems integration. Finally, the best combination between agrid type and a cube partition shall be further tested and optimized. The cell size of the grid can bevaried along with the wall thickness, all within the printing capabilities of the metal 3D printer at theUniversity of Southampton
"Moving Fourth": Introduction of a practical toolkit for shared decision-making to facilitate healthy living beyond HIV viral suppression
No full textAn extension of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target proposes >90% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) should have good health-related quality of life (HrQoL); however, limited guidance exists. The "Health Goals for Me" framework, an individualized approach to HIV care, provides a framework to assess HrQoL. We analyzed several patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to develop a practical toolkit to facilitate shared physician-patient decision-making. HrQoL subdomains, actionable in the clinical setting and measurable as PROMs, were selected. PROMs were collated through systematic literature searches, scored by the authors on usability, validation, and availability, after which practical recommendations were made. Nine subdomains were selected across physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains; 46 validated PROMs were identified. After pre-screening, from 39 evaluated PROMs, we recommended PROMs in the following subdomains: fatigue/energy loss, frailty/resilience, sleep disturbance, substance use, anxiety/depression, cognition, sexual function and desire, and stigma. Using this toolkit, healthcare professionals and PLHIV can collaborate and mutually agree on individual care objectives. Following the "Health Goals for Me" framework, appropriate care interventions can be implemented and reviewed in a continuous cycle. We discussed how eHealth interventions, which will have increasing importance in the post-COVID era, can facilitate improved HrQoL for PLHIV by utilizing toolkits such as the one described here. Implementation of this practical framework and the PROMs toolkit could provide a useful approach to assessing HrQoL in PLHIV and could enhance the physician's ability to gain valuable insights into the patient's daily life across a broad range of HrQoL issues
Letter from M.J. Curran to Hagan
No full textHolograph letter from M.[J.Curran], Rome, to Hagan. Sr. Rita progresses well; she does suffer from typhoid after all. Explaining the matter concerning the Enright Burse; a draft has been received. In Tivoli, a new municipal tax is imposed on all building materials; asking for advice. Latest progress on the Via Santi Quattro site. The Civiltà Cattolica has apparently excelled itself in an attack on the author of the Isola Smeralda; promising to send the issue
Homeless shelters are mandated by the Maine State Housing Authority to provide s
No full textHomeless shelters are mandated by the Maine State Housing Authority to provide shelter for no longer than 45 days, and the average stay is about 10 days. Shelters need 500,00 increase in funding instead of a hoped-for 100,000 was found, increasing the state funding by $6 per person per night. Details on author Hugh Curran\u27s efforts to gain more funds for the homeless from the state
Numerical prediction of vortex dynamics in inviscid sheet cavitation
No full textRecent studies have indicated that mass transfer models are able to correctly reflect the sheet cavitation dynamics of inertia driven flows, given that the mass transfer model constants governing the source term magnitude are sufficiently large (Koukouvinis and Gavaises 2015) and that enough temporal resolution is provided (Schenke and Van Terwisga 2017). The inertia driven dynamics, characterised by cavity collapse time, shedding frequencies and local pressure impact frequencies, were shown to be insensitive to variations of the mass transfer coefficients in this limit.This study focuses on an inviscid cavitating flow around a NACA0015 hydrofoil. The flow dynamics are driven by the re-entrant jet as the main mechanism of cavity shedding. A threshold of mass transfer magnitude, temporal and spanwise spatial resolution is identified, beyond which the frequency of local pressure impacts is model parameter independent. Although the excact values of peak pressure loads remain time step size, grid size and model parameter dependent, the sheet cavitation dynamics are considered as well resolved in this regime as far as shedding frequency and characteristic cavity collapse time are concerned. The results are compared to experimental results by Van Rijsbergen et al. (2012).Based on this, the study further focuses on the mechanism of vorticity generation and vorticity break-up, causing potentially erosive cavitating structures such as horseshoe cavities (Dular and Petkovˇsek 2015).Accepted Author ManuscriptShip Hydromechanics and Structure
Region-based foreground extraction
No full textWe propose a region-based method to extract foreground regions from colour video sequences. The foreground region is decided by voting with scores from background subtraction to the sub-regions by graph-based segmentation. Experiments show that the proposed algorithm improves on conventional approaches especially in strong shadow regions
“I will Tell my Story, and my Reader shall Judge for Me”: Mary Shelley’s Stories for The Keepsake
No full textBetween 1823 and 1839 Mary Shelley was a prolific writer and a steady contributor
to the annuals. After she moved back from Italy to London, she published
four novels and twenty-one stories as well as some poetical pieces. Her
literary contributions for the annuals were accompanied by illustrations of the
sort that characterized the periodical market of annuals and gift books of the
time. In many of these stories Mary Shelley employs gothic elements such
as the supernatural, the dangerous, and the mysterious, linking her later production
with her successful publication, Frankenstein. Thus, Shelley’s stories
written for the annuals can be read as an extension and development of the
gothic elements employed by the author in her first novel. Specifically, the
author is building on both the enduring public taste for those gothic elements
employed by Ann Radcliffe as well as experimenting with the new genre of the
short story. Mary Shelley’s editorial relationship with The Keepsake—a very
successful periodical for women that represented the refinements and elegance
pervading the English consumerist society of the 1830s—became a fruitful
endeavor not only for financial income, but also as a site of literary experimentation
in terms of genre and content
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