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The fundamental theology of George Tyrrell
No full textIn order to study the fundamental theology of Tyrrell contextually the author presents a perspective of theological trends in the nineteenth century. The author monitors the notions of revelation, dogma, faith and church authority as they structure the fundamental theology of Tyrrell.^ The first aspect of Tyrrell\u27s fundamental theology examined is revelation. By means of the contemporary notion of theological models the author traces Tyrrell\u27s movement from the orthodox view of revelation as doctrine to the modernist one of revelation as inner experience. The author then studies Tyrrell\u27s experiential model from the point of view of its complexity, its place for the conceptual, its communication to others and its relationship to the apostolic revelation.^ The second aspect of Tyrrell\u27s fundamental theology considered is dogma. In his orthodox period, 1886-1899, Tyrrell viewed dogmas as the spoken or written equivalent of that mental language in which Christ and his church (divinely assisted) have embodied the truths of revelation. In his liberal period, 1900-1907, dogmas were not only more clearly seen but more fully as real development required. To save dogmas from their conflict with criticism Tyrrell reinterpreted them. In his final position, 1907-1909, Tyrrell emphasized that dogmas were simply protective and reasserted revelation.^ The third aspect of Tyrrell\u27s fundamental theology studied is faith. Tyrrell rearranged priorities in the act of faith. Against the neo-scholastic orthodoxy of his time he insisted that the appeal of faith to the intellect was secondary and conditional, not primary and causal. The wish to believe is the effectual cause of faith; it intimates that the truths proposed for belief have a place in the life of the intended believer.^ The fourth aspect of Tyrrell\u27s fundamental theology analyzed is church authority. Tyrrell framed his ecclesiology in light of the core concept of the collective mind of the church. The nature of church authority in Tyrrell\u27s thought is spiritual rather than juridical. His liberal position claimed a wide scope for the faithful and put a limit on papal authority; it assumed a democratic as opposed to a monarchic conception of church authority.^ The author ends the study with an evaluation of Tyrrell\u27s thought and that of leading modernists in fundamental theology. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Development of a microfluidic based analytical system for copper monitoring in environmental water samples
No full textA microfluidic-based system has been developed for copper (II) monitoring in water samples with sensitive and selective detection, based on the measurement of light emitted from the copper (II) catalysed oxidation of 1,10-phenanthroline by hydrogen peroxide. Work initially focussed on the development of a flow injection analysis (FIA) system with micellar enhanced chemiluminescence (CL) detection. Sufficient selectivity was achieved by removing interfering metal ions using an on-line itaconic acid modified microcolumn, allowing copper (II) to be easily determined at concentrations as low as 1 jig L_1 from high concentrations of calcium (II) and magnesium (II).
The FIA-CL system was further developed and scaled-down to create a microfluidicbased system. A number of different microflow devices, of various designs and dimensions, were manufactured from polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). A range of in-house micro-fabrication techniques were investigated for the fabrication of the microfluidic devices including hot embossing, laser ablation and direct micromilling. A complete miniaturised flow system was developed incorporating miniaturised peristaltic pumps, a microfluidic plastic manifold and a compact photomultiplier tube for CL detection. Experimental conditions including reagent concentrations and flow rates were optimised and the system was found to produce linear results for copper (II) over the concentration range 0 to 150 jxg L‘\.
Selectivity of the microfluidic-based CL system was further enhanced by incorporating an on-line separation step into the microflow manifold. A number of different solid phases were compared and contrasted for the on-line separation of copper (II) from complex sample matrices. These included incorporating a stationary phase e.g. monolithic and chelating resin micro-columns into the plastic microflow device and the use of on-line modified Convective-Interaction Media® (CIM®) disk monolithic columns. Finally the optimised system was successfully used for trace copper (II) determinations in a standard reference freshwater sample (SRM 1640) and in real water samples
'George Tyrrell and Vatican II'
No full textThe chapter explores the resonances between the work and vision of the modernist theologian George Tyrrell and the 'modernising' Second Vatican Council. While there are clearly parallels and affinities, the author is careful of too close an identity, partly because of aspects of Tyrrell's temperament which would have left him unsympathetic to the Council. Nevertheless there are sufficient analogies to enable a comparative study of the respective ecclesiologies
Development of an architectural design tool for 3-D VLSI sensors
No full textThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159).Three dimensional integration schemes for VLSI have the potential for enabling the development of new high-performance architectures for applications such as focal plane sensors. Due to the high costs involved in 3-D VLSI fabrication and the fabrication complexity of 3-D integration, analysis of the design and process tradeoffs for a particular application is essential. An architectural and topological design tool is presented that enables the high-level analysis and optimization of sensor architectures targeted to a variety of 3-D VLSI process options. This design tool is based on an inference chain evaluation framework, and allows for a high-level structural representation of a circuit architecture to be considered in conjunction with low-level process models. Approximation strategies for projecting circuit area and performance are incorporated into the inference chain relations.by Brian Tyrrell.S.M
Transnational advocacy networks confront transnational tobacco marketing
No full textVersion of RecordWorld Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a major blow to the worldwide expansion strategies and marketing practices of transnational tobacco companies. As expected, the industry vehemently opposed the treaty, lobbying instead for voluntary agreements and regulation by the market. However, in spite of bitter and persistent opposition by the tobacco industry, the FCTC was adopted by WHO. If the tobacco industry 'lost' its battle to prevent FCTC from being institutionalized, who 'won' and how? Our research suggests that Transnational Advocacy Network's (set of non-state actors working together on an international issue that are bound together by shared values, common discourse, and dense exchange of information and services) efforts won the battle by being able to better convince the decision-makers as to the needs of the FCTC by relying on, and successfully disseminating, its knowledge, expertise and ideas.Mukherjee, A. & Tyrrell, B. (2007, October). Transnational advocacy networks confront transnational tobacco marketing. Presented at the Academy of International Business U.S. Northeast Chapter Regional Meeting, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
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James Tyrrell, John Locke, and Patriarcha non Monarcha (1681)
No full textIn June 1681, Richard Janeway published Patriarcha non Monarcha, a pseudonymous attack on the works of Sir Robert Filmer, the author of Patriarcha: or The Natural Power of Kings. The author of Patriarcha non Monarcha was James Tyrrell (1642–1719), a close friend and correspondent of John Locke (1632–1704), whose own Two Treatises of Government (1690) would bear a marked resemblance to Patriarcha non Monarcha. In the decades since the appearance of Peter Laslett’s critical edition (1960) of Locke’s Two Treatises, these resemblances have formed the subject of an unusual debate about the nature of Tyrrell’s and Locke’s intellectual exchanges during the period when both were writing confutations of Filmer. In the work of Richard Tuck and David Wootton, Patriarcha non Monarcha is shown to possess a remarkable significance in the textual history of the Two Treatises. The article revisits this debate in the light of significant new evidence. In particular, the article examines a series of provocative claims about the arrangement of printed gatherings — or “collation” — of Patriarcha non Monarcha itself
Golden State, Grey Sky: Vehicular Pollution and California, 1960-present
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/df3e5f6b-b9ff-4084-a32a-4841802c66d7/thumb/128.jpgCars are an integral part of the American landscape but contribute significantly to air pollution on the local level and global temperature rises on the international level. Americans' relationship to vehicle pollution is shaped by the interplay between science, culture, and politics. Pollution management requires scientifically informed policy and applies to a culture who can either embrace or reject policy. Throughout the last sixty years, American science, culture, and politics fluctuated and lead to varied responses to vehicle emissions. Today, science and culture largely agree on the negative impact cars have on the environment, but the current presidential administration is attempting to rollback decades of environmental policy. This thesis explores how we got to this point, paying particular attention to California because of the state's success in improving their urban air quality with policies stricter than the national policies. California's statewide dedication to addressing air pollution is an outlier among the 50 states, and their story offers insight into effective air quality management
Growing Community from Seed to Table: The Dynamic, Radical, and Romantic Ideology of Local Organic Agriculture
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/506e41ad-530b-44b2-aac1-2fb0772c2399/thumb/128.jpgFirst and foremost, the organic movement is a social movement, and the story of organics is a human story. It is also a story about ideologies, politics, economics, industrialization, consumerism, war, and environment. The story of organics told here begins with an idea that took root in England during World War II, and it ends with a local organic farm in Oregon. Across these gaps in place and time, the organic movement was both consciously shaped from within and fundamentally altered by external forces beyond its control. What remained constant throughout this process of growth and change was the fundamental ideological basis of organics that arose in response to wartime and postwar trends in agriculture, production, cultural imagery of war, and how humans relate to the land. This foundation lay in the ideological attraction to notions of agrarian romance, community-building, and land-based relationships ofcare. The tension between these foundational values and the federal standards for organics in established in 2001 crystalized the division between industrial organic and local organic agriculture in America that had been developing since the 1970s.This thesis argues that what began during the 1940s as a story about the relationship between conventional and organic agriculture, after 2001 became a story about the coevolution of three bodies in American agriculture: the conventional agricultural industry, federally standardized organic agriculture, and local farmers who sought to remain true to the foundational values of the organic movement
Growing Holiday Magic: Nature, Labor, and Meaning in Christmas Trees in the Mid-Twentieth Century Pacific Northwest
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/7b9a96ac-722e-4f52-83b3-0a0e218aebef/thumb/128.jpgIn this thesis, I explore the history of American Christmas trees between 1940 and 1970, with a particular focus on the Pacific Northwest. I consider how these trees were produced, consumed, and represented in media in order to understand their place at the intersection of nature, labor, and meaning in the minds and lives of midcentury Americans. To do so, I use government agriculture and planning documents, newspaper articles and ads, films, and television specials. These documents reveal shifts in understandings of Christmas trees that occurred alongside the cultural changes that shook postwar America. As farmland became suburb, growers had to find ever more complex ways to perfect their crop into aesthetically ideal trees. These changes did not occur unbeknownst to consumers. Rather, buyers often sought out these perfected trees over their imperfect counterparts and even, in some cases, aspired to take on their cultivation. In addition, harvest became a pastoral family activity that enabled suburban families to connect with each other, the landscape around them, and the nostalgic Christmases of yore that they imagined to be behind them. Contemporary national media suggest parallel shifts in ideas about the relationships between landscape, work, connection, and nostalgia, indicating that these ideas extended beyond the borders of Oregon and Washington. Ultimately, these findings emphasize the importance of considering labor in and with nature not only as a source of practical knowledge about the natural world but also as acts of deliberate creation of meaning
An investigation into the physiological and nutritional requirements of the protoplast stage of the fungus Entomophthora egressa MacLeod and Tyrrell (Phycomycete: Entomophthorales)
No full textThe physiological and nutritional requirements of the entomogenous phycomycete Entomophthora egressa MacLeod and Tyrrell were determined using the wall-free protoplast stage. -- Based on the uptake of ninhydrin-positive compounds the amino acids in the standard medium, Grace's modified insect tissue culture medium, were simplified to contain the amino acids methionine, asparagine and glutamine. -- The buffer 2-(N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid afforded excellent buffering capacity. The protoplasts utilized glucose, were vitamin autotrophic in two different media and required protein for membrane integrity. -- The regeneration patterns were studied throughout the experiments using various liquid and solid media. It was possible to induce mycelial and hyphal body development in the two simplified liquid media. -- Biochemical analysis of the fungal host, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guenee) in terms of haemolymph amino acids resulted in the development of a medium superior to the standard medium. Fatty acid analysis and total lipid production for various stages of the fungal host and protoplasts were determined.Bibliography: leaves 132-145
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