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Yang-Baxter deformations of quandles and racks
No full textPublished by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-23.abs.htmlInternational audienceGiven a rack Q and a ring A, one can construct a Yang-Baxter operator c_Q: V tensor V --> V tensor V on the free A-module V = AQ by setting c_Q(x tensor y) = y tensor x^y for all x,y in Q. In answer to a question initiated by D.N. Yetter and P.J. Freyd, this article classifies formal deformations of c_Q in the space of Yang-Baxter operators. For the trivial rack, where x^y = x for all x,y, one has, of course, the classical setting of r-matrices and quantum groups. In the general case we introduce and calculate the cohomology theory that classifies infinitesimal deformations of c_Q. In many cases this allows us to conclude that c_Q is rigid. In the remaining cases, where infinitesimal deformations are possible, we show that higher-order obstructions are the same as in the quantum case
Theatrum D.N. Iesu Christi : atrociorum cruciatuum c. lectori spectatori propositum /
No full textIncludes index.Signatures: )(⁴ A-Z⁴. First 2 leaves of 1st gathering are unsigned engravings, last 2 leaves are signed )(2 and )(3.Engraved t.p., signed R.C. after M.K. (Matthäus or Melchior Küsel?). Engraved port. of Joachim von Gravenegg, Abbot of Fulda, to whom the work is dedicated. Two full-page engravings by Georg Andreas Wolfgang and 8 by another hand. Versos of these 10 ill. are blank & the leaves are not included in paging. Woodcut in-text ill., Y3v. Head- and tail-pieces, initials.Probably published in Augsburg. See VD17.VD17Mode of access: Internet.Inscription on t.p. of 1st title: B.M.V. in Salem (Cistercian Abbey of Salem, Baden). Devotional inscription in Latin on front free endpaper.Binding: old vellum. Rebacked, retaining original backstrip with title & author written at head. Page edges blue. Two pairs of slits for ties at foredge.Bound with: Emblemata Iosephina / Karl Stengel (Augsburg : V. Aperger, 1658) -- Hierologia in qua loca sacra / Karl Stengel (Ingolstadt : G. Haenlin, 1653) -- Revocatoriae tremellianae revocatio ad calculos veritatis et modestiae / Christoph Ott (Augsburg : V. Aperger, 1662)
After Tocqueville – the curious adventures of Bernard-Henri Lévy and Don Watson
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Date: 5 July 2013
Author: D.N. Byrne
Publisher: Australian Review of Public Affairs (ARPA)
Owning Institution(s): University of Sydney
Book Details
Title: American Vertigo: On the Road from Newport to Guantánamo (in the Footsteps of Alexis de Tocqueville)
Publisher: Gibson Square
Date Published: 2006
Author/s: Bernard-Henri Lévy
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Title: American Journeys
Publisher: Vintage Books Australia
Author/s: Don Watson
In 1830 and 1831, as the facts about the New World increasingly challenged the myths about the New World, the French political theorist, Alexis de Tocqueville, journeyed across the nascent American democracy. Two hundred years after de Toqueville’s birth, a French philosopher and an Australian historian made their own journeys around the United States, recording observations and reflections. The trope of the stranger in a strange land shapes their observations and reflections upon the forms of American life that they encounter—yet while both ostensibly write about American society, the reader finds narratives of two very different Americas.
Read D.N. Byrne\u27s full article in the Australian Review of Public Affairs.
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Province in D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak's and A.P. Chekhov's Works: on the Topology of Fate
No full textРассматриваются творческие сближения писателей одного поколения, выходцев из провинции А. П. Чехова и Д. Н. Мамина-Сибиряка. Анализируется общее и различное в их творчестве, ярко проявившееся при обращении к теме заводского труда и жизни провинциальной России.The author reviews the artistic convergence between the two representatives of the same generation and provincial background, A.P. Chekhov and D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak, analyzing the similarities and differences in their creative work, reflected in their treatment of factory labour and life in provincial Russia
One day in the life of David Hicks
No full textDavid Hicks has just been cleared of the charges he faced in a US Military Commission, while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. His counsel, Michael Mori, has told the story of Hicks’ case: the problematic constitutionality of the military commissions and the charges laid under their authority; how Hicks was treated—and abused—by the military authorities; and the apparent indifference of the Howard Government to Hicks’ predicament. It’s a story that reveals and warns in equal measure …
Read D.N. Byrne’s compelling review essay of Michael Mori’s book In the Company of Cowards: Bush, Howard and Injustice at Guantanamo in the Australian Review of Public Affairs.
Title: In the Company of Cowards: Bush, Howard and Injustice at Guantanamo
Publisher: Penguin Viking Books
Date Published: 2014
Author: Michael Mori
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Maslyuzhenko D.N. Turko-Mongol Traditions in the “State of Nomadic Uzbeks” of Abu al-Khair Khan
No full textThe author of this article identifies the daily and political traditions in the Khanate of Abu al-Khair, which researchers traditionally call the “State of nomadic Uzbeks”. This State was created in the south of Western Siberia in the 1430’s and annexed by military means to the land of Shiban’s (the younger brother of Batu) descendants. The overwhelming majority of researchers consider it as a Muslim State since its very foundation, substantiating their allegations by indication both on the reading of khutba in honor of Khan after he took the “throne of Sain Khan” and on the presence of the sheikhs and Sufis in his entourage.
At the same time, the authority of Abu al-Khair had the strong support of nomadic elite of more than twenty tribes. Precisely this elite, its inquiries and interests, which were advocated on the nobility councils, formed the existing political and daily traditions. These traditions reflect the preservation of Turko-Mongol customs among nomadic populations. We can find analogies of these practices in the earlier customs among the precursors of post-Golden Horde State, i.e., in the Mongol Empire and the ulus of Jochi. Traditions of the Abu al-Khair’s Khanate represented a phenomenon of cultural inertia, which were restored in the conditions of Islamization and could become the adats. This effect is particularly significant in view of the specific attitude of Sufi tariqats to the phenomena of social life.
In political terms, of particular importance among these was the restoration of the Toy and the related kurultay that could take place in accordance with the existing steppe (animals) calendar. The khans restored the ritual of robes and belts’ distribution as the main mechanism for redeployment of posts and responsibilities among the steppe aristocracy. Military tradition was also focused on samples of the previous time, which was particularly manifested in the selection of wings and avant-garde. In the course of military operations, there was the prevalent practice of magical rites known since the early Middle Ages and aimed at influencing the weather by means of the magic stone “yada” and Yadachi-sorcerers
Cross-Cultural Meta-Analyses
No full textIn the enormous collection of cross-cultural data that have been published during the last few decades it is difficult to perceive patterns. There is a clear need for systematizing the vast amount of cross-cultural studies and for developing models that explain cross-cultural differences in psychology. Two methods of cross-cultural meta-analysis can be distinguished. First, the instrument-based method of comparing data for one instrument across countries is suitable for instruments which have been administered in many countries. Second, a domain-based meta-analysis used a thematic domain from which culture-comparative studies are sampled instead of one specific instrument or method
Social Behavior and Meningococcal Carriage in British Teenagers
No full textUnderstanding predisposing factors for meningococcal carriage may identify targets for public health interventions. Before mass vaccination with meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine began in autumn 1999, we took pharyngeal swabs from ?14,000 UK teenagers and collected information on potential risk factors. Neisseria meningitidis was cultured from 2,319 (16.7%) of 13,919 swabs. In multivariable analysis, attendance at pubs/clubs, intimate kissing, and cigarette smoking were each independently and strongly associated with increased risk for meningococcal carriage (p<0.001). Carriage in those with none of these risk factors was 7.8%, compared to 32.8% in those with all 3. Passive smoking was also linked to higher risk for carriage, but age, sex, social deprivation, home crowding, or school characteristics had little or no effect. Social behavior, rather than age or sex, can explain the higher frequency of meningococcal carriage among teenagers. A ban on smoking in public places may reduce risk for transmission
Contrast enhancement for depolarizing radar targets
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