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The North Sea Andrea storm and numerical simulations
No full text© Author(s) 2014. A coupling of a spectral wave model with a nonlinear phase-resolving model is used to reconstruct the evolution of wave statistics during a storm crossing the North Sea on 8-9 November 2007. During this storm a rogue wave (named the Andrea wave) was recorded at the Ekofisk field. The wave has characteristics comparable to the well-known New Year wave measured by Statoil at the Draupner platform 1 January 1995. Hindcast data of the storm at the nearest grid point to the Ekofisk field are here applied as input to calculate the evolution of random realizations of the sea surface and its statistical properties. Numerical simulations are carried out using the Euler equations with a higher-order spectral method (HOSM). Results are compared with some characteristics of the Andrea wave record measured by the down-looking lasers at Ekofisk.sponsorship: This work has been supported by EU project EXTREME SEAS (SCP8-GA-2009-234175). The F.W.O. project G.0333.09 is also acknowledged. L. Fernandez and J. Monbaliu also acknowledge the Hercules Foundation and the Flemish Government department EWI for providing access to the Flemish Supercomputer Center. E. M. Bitner-Gregersen and A. Toffoli thank Miguel Onorato and Carlo Brandini for fruitful discussions. (EU project EXTREME SEAS|SCP8-GA-2009-234175, F.W.O. project|G.0333.09)status: Publishe
E.M. Jellinek: The Hungarian connection
No full textThis is the second in a series of papers depicting the mostly undocumented life of E.M. Jellinek. This paper establishes the connection between Jellinek Morton, a well-known figure in Hungary in the early part of the 20th Century, and E.M. Jellinek, one of the founders of alcohol studies. Newly found documents in Hungary and at the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies Library and Archives provide compelling evidence of this connection and shed some light on the mysterious circumstances of his 1920 disappearance from Hungary. The information in these papers was first presented at the 36th Annual Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS) Conference on May 1st, 2014, by seven presenters in a panel entitled “Mystery and speculations: Piecing together E.M. Jellinek’s redemption.”Peer reviewe
Tomb with a view: three recent publications by E.M. Forster
No full text6000-word review article concerning three recent collections of essays, broadcasts and diaries by English modernist novelist, author and critic E.M. Forste
Overview of Probabilistic Models of the Wave Environment for Reliability Assessment of Offshore Structures
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Hayo Haya Maaseh [= Once upon a time]
No full textAnthology of East European Jewish folklore, with introduction and sources. The anthology includes: songs, tales, traditions, customs, jokes, proverbs, riddles. Authored by Chaim Ben Zion Elon-Baranik (born 1901). Published immediately after the Second World War. Illustrations by Moritz Oppenheimer, L. Pilichowski, Yosef Budko, E.M. Lilien (his signature in print). Most of the illustrations are printed on separated chrome paper, on one side of the page. Folklore publishing, Tel Aviv. HaIvri press, Jerusalem. 22 em. [1],303, [3] pages. Excellent condition. Chipped top of spine. . '... Olb price140-160This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: HebrewChaim Ben Zion Elon-Barani
Integrated difference: Counteracting exclusion of migrants through intercultural spatial planning and governance in Athens
No full textThis research-and-design research addresses the influence of urban conditions on social conditions (and vice versa) and explores interdisciplinary alternatives. In the context of Athens (Greece), spatial planning and its governance support social exclusion of migrants, which is expressed through conflicts with native residents. The project experiments with alleviating these effects by establishing spatial planning as active agent of integration. The main aim of the research is to develop an appropriate strategy in areas with migrants, by re-adjusting the principles of urban space. Instead of providing one fixed solution, the project will design flexible initiatives that help the community achieve the desirable outcome. The methodology of this urban integration can be replicable, provided that it is adjusted for similar urban and social contexts
Letter from E.M. Rowalt, Acting Regional Director, War Relocation Authority, to Mr. Joseph Smart, Regional Director, War Relocation Authority, September 29, 1942
No full textCorrespondence from E.M. Rowalt to Joseph Smart regarding the transportation and storage of incarcerees personal belongings.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
Psycholinguistic Characteristics of the Discourse with a «Colour Black» Component (based on E.M. Remarque’s works)
No full textIn recent decades, colour vocabulary has been actively studied by the Ukrainian and foreign scientists. Modern Linguistics has significant achievements in research of this issue, however, some of its aspects, in particular, psycholinguistic characteristics of the discourse with a colour element, still remain relevant and poorly researched.
Colour has always played an important role in artistic discourse. The names of individual writers are
inextricably associated with certain coloronyms, which is a so-called marker in their work.
One example of this phenomenon is the colour black, that is dominant in the discourse of E.M. Remarque, which, given the mostly dramatic themes of the author’s novels, is quite expected, especially if the
fact is considered through the prism of Psycholinguistics.
The purpose of the given scientific investigation is to provide psycholinguistic characteristics of the
discourse with the «black colour» component in E.M. Remarque’s works and to identify the impact it has
on the reader in the process of perceiving the outstanding author’s texts.
Implementation of the stated tasks of research involved the integrational usage of general scientific methods (such as description, induction, deduction), as well as the analysіs of dictionary definitions, current native and foreign psycholinguistic sources; contextual and structural-thematic analysis; modelling
and classification of actual material.
The results of the analysis of the Remarque’s discourse with the «black colour» component allow us
drawing the following conclusion: the coloronym «schwarz» in E.M. Remarque’s is characterised by a wide
semantic content, wherein the black colour is used by the writer both to determine the colour of the described object neutrally and to convey figurative negative semantics.
Lexemes denoting black, in their direct meaning, indicate the colour of the depicted object directly.
Using the colour nomination «schwarz» in symbolic meaning, the author resorts to «painting» in dark natural phenomena, which are not characterised by black; depicts dishonest and illegal actions; demonstrates
negative attitude towards people.
Using the specified colour nomination as the colour of clothing, objects, buildings, as well as emotions,
experiences and feelings, non-verbal means of intensification the semantics of “black” – the designation of
poses, gestures, facial expressions, body movements the author demonstrates not only his personal attitude
towards the characters of his novels, but by focusing the consciousness of the reader on their difficult psychological and physical state, he encourages to rethink the causes and consequences of their actions.
Stable association with the black colour, peculiar for a long historical and cultural development of
mankind, and therefore with sad events in human life, losses, failures, loneliness, is verbalized in all analysed Remarque’s works. Thus, the black colour is the necessary element of the psycholinguistic portrait of
Remarque’s character
A Polyphonic Study of E.M. Forsters A Passage to India and George Orwell’s Burmese Days
No full textThe purpose of this study is to examine the multi-voicedness techniques in E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India and George Orwell’s Burmese Days, in terms of the narrator’s role and the plurality of voices and consciousnesses. This paper used the concept of polyphony which was coined by Bakhtin as a methodology in analyzing and examining the aforesaid novels. The results of this study showed that; First, both novels used the omniscient narrator as a narrative technique, since the voice of the author was evident on more than one occasion. Moreover, there was an influence by the omniscient narrator on the reader, which might be considered significant on more than one occasion, in controlling and manipulating his decisions and views in A Passage to India, while the influence was minuscule in Burmese Days. Second, this paper proved that the aforesaid novels are polyphonic ones. Finally, both authors gave a considerable margin of freedom for each character to express their ideologies freely
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