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John D. Barrow On the Problem of Free Will
No full textsummary:Britský kosmolog, teoretický fyzik, matematik a filozof John D. Barrow nedávno zemřel. Zaujal čtenáře na celém světě zejména jako autor knih, které spojují informace o pokroku vědy s hlubším pohledem na její historický vývoj a filozofické pozadí. Informujeme o jeho nejzávažnějších publikacích a soustřeďujeme se zejména na ty, jež byly přeloženy do češtiny. Připojujeme překlad kapitoly Problém svobodné vůle z Barrowovy knihy Impossibility
Barrow Innovation Center: A 5-Year Update and Future Direction
No full textOBJECTIVE: The rich history of neurosurgical innovation served as a model for the Barrow Innovation Center\u27s establishment in 2016. The center\u27s accomplishments are summarized in hopes of fostering the development of similar centers and initiatives within the neurosurgical and broader medical community. METHODS: A retrospective review (January 2016-July 2021) of patent filings, project proposals, and funding history was used to generate the data presented in this operational review. RESULTS: Through the 5-year period of analysis, 55 prior art searches were conducted on new patentable ideas. A total of 87 provisional patents, 25 Patent Cooperation Treaty applications, and 48 national stage filings were submitted. In partnership with Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, California Polytechnic State University, and Texas A&M University, a total of 27 multidisciplinary projects were conducted with input from multispecialty engineers and scientists. These efforts translated into 1 startup company and 2 licensed patents to commercial companies, with most remaining ideas and project efforts awaiting interest from industry. CONCLUSIONS: The multidisciplinary collaborative environment embodied by the Barrow Innovation Center has revolutionized the innovative and entrepreneurial environment of its home institution and enabled neurosurgical residents to get a unique educational experience within the realm of innovation. The bottleneck within the workflow of ideas from conception to commercialization appears to be the establishment of commercial partners; therefore, future efforts within the center will be to establish a panel of industry partnerships to enhance the exposure of ideas to interested companies
[Clyde Champion Barrow and W. D. Jones]
No full textPhotograph of Clyde Barrow and W. D. Jones standing together next to a rock wall
Animals and Cotswold-Severn long-barrows: a re-examination.
No full textIn this paper new collaborative research is presented following a re-examination of the faunal remains and
architectural evidence from a selected number of Cotswold-Severn long barrow sites. Five different loci of
deposition are considered: ‘pre-barrow’ contexts; the chambers; the superstructure of the barrow and the
ditches; the forecourt; and blocking material. These spatial locations were chosen following research that has
demonstrated that these areas are likely to represent different temporal, as well as spatial, patterns of activity.
While the faunal remains are diverse in character, common themes observed at the sites include: the deposition
of complete or partial remains of foetal and young animals within chambers; the use of teeth and cranial
elements within blocking material; and, within each temporal context, the absence of clear evidence for feasting
and the importance of cattle, and the small but constant inclusion of wild mammals. This complexity of
practice has the potential to mature our thinking regarding the nature of human–animal relationships within
the early Neolithic of Britain and provide a secure foundation of evidence for subsequent interpretations
DREDGE BARROW
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One thing after another: the date of the Ascott-under-Wychwood long barrow
No full textForty-four radiocarbon results are now available from the Ascott-under-Wychwood long barrow, and are presented within an interpretive Bayesian statistical framework. Three alternative archaeological interpretations of the sequence are given, each with a separate Bayesian model. In our preferred model, pre-barrow occupation including small timber structures and a midden was followed by a gap long enough to allow a turfline to form. Cists and the primary barrow were then initiated and the first human remains inserted into the cists; there was subsequently a secondary extension to the barrow. In the Bayesian model for this interpretation, occupation goes back to the fortieth century cal. bc, the midden being quite short-lived in the latter part of the fortieth or first part of the thirty-ninth century cal. bc. The gap was very probably not less than 50 years long, in the latter part of the thirty-ninth century cal. bc and the first half of the thirty-eighth century cal. bc. The barrow was begun between 3760–3695 cal. bc and extended in 3745–3670 cal. bc, probably within a generation. The first bodies were inserted in 3755–3690 cal. bc, contemporaneously with the primary barrow, and the last remains were probably deposited in the 3640s or 3630s cal. bc. The use of the monument probably did not exceed three to five generations. In an alternative interpretation of the sequence, greater continuity is seen between the underlying timber structures and midden on the one hand and the cists on the other, which could have preceded the initiation of the barrow itself. The Bayesian model for this interpretation suggests the gap between occupation and barrow was much shorter, probably of only 1–40 years' duration. It gives slightly different other estimates for the sequence but agrees with the main model in suggesting an overall short span of use for the whole monument. In a third interpretation, some of the human remains are interpreted as older than the cists and barrow. The Bayesian model for this again gives slightly different estimates but suggests that such putatively ancestral remains would not have been more than a decade or two older than the initiation of cists and barrow. Results are briefly discussed in relation to the overall sequence from occupation and midden to monument, the brevity of monument use, and issues of remembrance
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