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Richardson, Barbauld, and the construction of an early modern fan club
No full textMPhilMuch has been written about the life and long works of the eighteenth century epistolary novelist, Samuel Richardson, but the prospect of his position as the first celebrity novelist – responsible for courting his own fame as well as initiating his own fan club – has largely been ignored. The body of manuscripts housed at the National Art Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London provides the modern scholar with evidence of the skeletal beginnings of an early fan club. This thesis aims to show how these manuscripts were turned into a saleable commodity by the publisher and entrepreneur Richard Phillips, while under the guiding hand of another, slightly later, literary celebrity, Anna Laetitia Barbauld. In order to restore Richardson’s reputation amongst a new nineteenth century audience, Barbauld was required to construct her own idea of him as an eighteenth century celebrity author, and in doing so the insecurities of a self-professed, apparently diffident man, are revealed. Barbauld’s capacious, but heavily edited selection of letters is analyzed in this thesis, providing ample evidence that Richardson’s correspondents were more than just eager letter writers. By using Barbauld’s biography of Richardson this thesis aims to show how she manipulates the genre of life writing in her construction of him.
This thesis offers an alternative reading of how the Richardson manuscripts are viewed, redefining them as not simply a collection of letters, but as a collective entity, deliberately selected and archived as evidence of an early modern fan club, and its celebrity managing director
Tridentella Richardson 1905
No full textTridentella Richardson, 1905 Restricted synonymy.— Tridentella Brandt & Poore 2001: 200.— Bruce 2008: 43. Type species: Cirolana virginiana Richardson, 1900; by monotypy. Richardson (1900) gave no type locality and no figures, just two lines of ambiguous text; later Richardson (1901) cited the type locality for the named type species as Chesapeake Bay, gave one figure of the pleon and pleotelson, and mentioned two syntypes (USNM 6350). Richardson (1905, p. 162, 163) expanded the description to include additional figures, but it is not clear which specimens these figures were taken from as her material at hand was of two specimens from off the Santa Barbara Islands, California. The Californian specimens have subsequently been identified as Tridentella quinicornis Delaney & Brusca, 1985. Remarks: With the increasing number of species in the genus it is now possible to make some comments on the relationships between the species based simply on shared characters (see list below). One group of species is characterized by having a generally ornate dorsal body surface, sometimes highly so; some of these species have the apparently unique character within the Cymothooidea of large, overlapping scale-like serrations on the lateral margin of the pleotelson; most species in this group have longitudinal carinae on the pleotelson dorsal surface. Species that lack ornamentation include two separate pairs of species—one pair, geographically widely separated, is characterized by the pleotelson apex being deeply excavate, the species being T. recava Bowman, 1986 (off New York, USA) and T. tanimbar Bruce, 2008 (Banda Sea, Indonesia). The species pair T. memikat Bruce, 2008 and T. magna sp. nov. has in common their large size (c. 3 cm), antennula and antenna morphology and general somatic morphology. The remaining species differ in aspects of pleotelson and uropod characters as well as setation of the pereopods, but otherwise do not show any obvious uniting characteristics.Published as part of Bruce, Niel L. & Svavarsson, Jörundur, 2018, Three new species of Tridentella Richardson, 1905 (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Tridentellidae) from New Caledonia, pp. 101-118 in Zootaxa 4399 (1) on page 102, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/120649
Figure 9. Aega excisa Richardson, 1910. A–F in Reassessment of the isopod crustacean Aega deshaysiana (Milne Edwards, 1840) (Cymothoida: Aegidae): a worldwide complex of 21 species
No full textFigure 9. Aega excisa Richardson, 1910. A–F, holotype, G–I, ♀ (ZMUC CRU3878). A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. C, frons. D, head, dorsal view. E, pereopod 1. F, pereopod 2. G, antennule. H, antenna peduncle articles 1–3, ventral view. I, antenna peduncle.Published as part of Bruce, Niel L., 2004, Reassessment of the isopod crustacean Aega deshaysiana (Milne Edwards, 1840) (Cymothoida: Aegidae): a worldwide complex of 21 species, pp. 135-232 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142 (2) on page 152, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00127.x, http://zenodo.org/record/543137
Fiber design for high-power low-cost Yb:Al-doped fiber laser operating at 980nm
No full textWe investigated an Yb:Al-doped depressed-clad hollow optical fiber (DCHOF) for cladding-pumped 980nm laser operation. With a careful design, the nonzero fundamental-mode cutoff characteristics of a DCHOF allows the competing 1030-1060nm emission to be filtered out, despite being quite close to 980nm. The laser yielded over 3W of output power in a diffraction limited beam (M -parameter degrades to 2.7, as a result of increased cladding-mode lasing, as the cladding thickness is reduced
Ceratothoa Dana 1852
No full textGenus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 Ceratothoa Dana, 1852: 203; 1853: 747.— Miers, 1876 b: 104 –105.—Schioedte & Meinert, 1883: 322.— Richardson, 1905: 233.— Bowman, 1978: 217 –218.— Brusca, 1981: 177.— Bruce & Bowman, 1989: 1.— Horton, 2000: 1041.— Martin, Bruce & Nowak, 2013: 396.— Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2014 a: 3. Codonophilus Haswell, 1881: 471; 1882: 283.— Hale, 1926: 201, 223. Rhexana Schioedte & Meinert, 1883: 289. Cteatessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883: 296. Meinertia Stebbing, 1893: 354; 1900: 642; 1910: 103.— Richardson, 1905: 236.— Menzies, 1962: 116.— Schultz, 1969: 156. Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911: 179. Not Ceratothoa: Dana, 1853: 747.— Richardson, 1905: 236.— Schultz, 1969: 155.— Kussakin, 1979: 287 [= Glossobius Schioedte & Meinert, 1883]. Diagnosis. Bruce & Bowman (1989) provided a provisional diagnosis; a detailed diagnosis was provided by Hadfield et al. (2014 a). Type species. Dana (1852) included Cymothoa gaudichaudii Milne Edwards, 1840 (type locality Coquimbo, Chile) and Cymothoa parallela Otto, 1828 (type locality “ Oran ” [Algeria] see Horton (2000; neotype designation) as the only two species for genus Ceratothoa. The ICZN Code (Art 68.2) recognizes a “ type species by original designation” if the nominal species is explicitly designated by the author. Dana (1852) under the Act (69.1.1) did not state or indicate the type species or equivalent and therefore the type species can only be designated by a later author as a subsequent designation. The female syntype for Ceratothoa gaudichaudii is very damaged and incomplete while the male syntype (MNHN-Is 315) remains intact (Trilles 1973 b; Hadfield et al. 2014 a). Within the Cymothoidae, both generic and species diagnoses are dependent on adult female characters, therefore designating C. gaudichaudii (based on the male syntype) as the type species is not the best action. Additionally the validity of this species is questionable and we briefly discuss its current status under the section species inquirenda (p. 39). The type specimen of Ceratothoa parallela is no longer extant (Bruce & Bowman 1989; Horton 2000) and a neotype (MNHN-Is 415) was designated by Horton (2000) with brief description, distribution and host preference for the species. Bruce & Bowman (1989) and Hadfield et al. (2014 a) provided a detailed genus diagnosis and the defining characters of the genus are now well understood. Here we designate Cymothoa parallela Otto, 1828 as type species for the genus to ensure the long-term stability of the genus. Remarks. Ceratothoa can be identified by the contiguous antennal bases, antennula more stout than antenna; pereonite 1 longest, body widest at pereonite 4 or 5; and the pereopods have a large carinae on basis (Martin et al. 2013; Hadfield et al. 2014 a). Other related buccal-attaching genera can be distinguished from Ceratothoa by the following characteristics: Cinusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884: anteriorly widest at pereonite 3–4; slender antennae with close-set and almost contiguous bases (Hadfield et al. 2010); Glossobius Schioedte & Meinert, 1883: pereopod 3 dactylus twice as long as pereopod 2 dactylus, pereonite 1 anterolateral margins minute or projecting forward (Bruce & Bowman 1989); Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857: strongly developed lobes on pereonite 1 anterolateral margins, which extend past the cephalon (Yu & Bruce 2006); Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793: widely separated and not expanded basal articles of the antennula (Martin et al. 2013); and Smenispa Özdikem, 2009: co-linear pereon and pleon, and pleopods 3–5 with large folds (Martin et al. 2014 a).Published as part of Martin, Melissa B., Bruce, Niel L. & Nowak, Barbara F., 2015, Review of the fish-parasitic genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species, pp. 251-294 in Zootaxa 3963 (3) on pages 253-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24217
Richardson Elements for Parabolic Subgroups of Classical Groups in Positive Characteristic
No full textLet G be a simple algebraic group of classical type over an algebraically closed field k. Let P be a parabolic subgroup of G and let p = Lie P be the Lie algebra of P with Levi decomposition p = l circle plus u, where u is the Lie algebra of the unipotent radical of P and l is a Levi complement. Thanks to a fundamental theorem of Richardson (Bull. London Math. Soc. 6: 21-24, 1974), P acts on u with an open dense orbit; this orbit is called the Richardson orbit and its elements are called Richardson elements. Recently Baur (J. Algebra 297(1): 168-185, 2006), the first author gave constructions of Richardson elements in the case k = C for many parabolic subgroups P of G. In this note, we observe that these constructions remain valid for any algebraically closed field k of characteristic not equal to 2 and we give constructions of Richardson elements for the remaining parabolic subgroups
Cirolana Leach 1818
No full textKey to the species of Cirolana ‘pleonastica- group ’ in the South-East Asia region 1 Body dorsal surfaces without nodules or tubercles on posterior margin of pereonites and pleonites............................................................................................. C. tuberculata (Richardson, 1910) - Body dorsal surfaces with or without nodolsoes on posterior margin of pereonites, but with tubercles on pleonites........ 2 2 Body dorsal surfaces without nodules on posterior margin of pereonites 6 and 7................................... 3 - Body dorsal surfaces with nodules on posterior margin of pereonites 6 or 7....................................... 4 3 Head anteriorly produced and overriding the antennular bases; posterior of pleotelson (in male) with 2 tubercles and scattered nodules................................................................. C. trulla Sidabalok & Bruce, 2018 - Head anteriorly not produced and overriding the antennular bases; pleotelson with a median row of fine setae................................................................................. C. lembeh Sidabalok & Bruce, 2018 4 Uropod not sexually dimorphic, male uropodal exopod dorsal posterior surface without distolateral stiff setae........... 5 - Uropod sexually dimorphic, male uropodal exopod dorsal posterior surface with distolateral stiff setae................. 7 5 Antennula peduncle with 4 unfused articles; lateral margin of uropodal exopod having continuous row of plumose setae..................................................................................... C. khamensis sp. nov. - Antennula peduncle with articles 1 and 2 fused; lateral margin of uropodal exopod having discontinuous of plumose setae..................................................................................................... 6 6 Body dorsal with nodules on posterior of both pereonites 6 and 7; frontal lamina pentagonal, lateral margins anteriorly concave................................................................. C. merlion Sidabalok & Bruce, 2018 - Body dorsal with nodules on posterior of pereonite 7 only; frontal lamina pentagonal, lateral margins anteriorly straight....................................................................... C. phuketensis Rodcharoen et al., 2017 7 Pereonites 2–3 without transverse impressed line; pleonite 3 without median tubercle, pleonite 4 with median tubercle and 4 indistinct sublateral tubercules on each side (set as one row)................................. C. parawongat sp. nov. - Pereonites 2–3 with each a single transverse impressed line; pleonite 3 and 4 with 1 median tubercle (the largest) and 10 sublateral tubercles on each side (set as two row).................................. C. fasfes Sidabalok & Bruce, 2018Published as part of Rodcharoen, Eknarin & Bruce, Niel L., 2021, Two new species of the marine isopod genus Cirolana Leach, 1818 (Crustacea Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the coast of the western Gulf of Thailand, pp. 469-486 in Zootaxa 4950 (3) on page 485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/464999
The Induction of Apoptosis in Macrophages with Activated Human Cytolytic T 4 Cell Clones
No full textiii, 27 p.Macrophages, activated through cytolytic T cell recognition of their
presented antigens, undergo cell death in the maintenance of homeostatic
control over cell numbers. We examined the interaction of activated human
T4 cell clones with macrophages to determine if helper T-Iymphocytes could
be induced into initiating the cytolysis of macrophages. We sought to
compare cytolytic capabilities of different T-Iymphocyte cell lines through
their ability to express a cytoplasmic trypsin-like granular enzyme, serine
esterase. The cloned T4 cells and the cytolytic T8 cells contained similar levels
of serine esterase activity, while freshly isolated T4 cells showed negligible
activity. Thus, cloned T4 cells become activated during culture. A previous
report indicated that murine T cells became activated between the seventh
and ninth days of culture, although the means is not yet known.(Lancki et al.
1991) We attempted to determine if the length of activation for cultured
human T4 cells was equivalent to the murine cells, but the esterase activity
levels did not reach significant amounts during the nine days of the test
culture. When cultured T4 cells were combined with antigen-presenting
macrophages and stimulated by the tetanus toxoid antigen, isolated DNA
showed signs of fragmentation through gel electrophoresis. These
fragmented segments of nuclear DNA, approximately 200 base pairs in length,
displayed that apoptosis was occurring within the macrophages.(Wyllie 1980)
Thus, cultured human T4 cells express cytolytic serine esterase and can
initiate the apoptotic mechanism within antigen-presenting macrophages.Department of Internal Medicine. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan
Current directions in videoconferencing tele-mental health research
No full textThe provision of mental health services via videoconferencing tele-mental health has become an increasingly routine component of mental health service delivery throughout the world. Emphasizing the research literature since 2003, we examine (a) the extent to which the field of tele-mental health has advanced the research agenda previously suggested and (b) implications for tele-mental healthcare delivery for special clinical populations. Previous findings have demonstrated that tele-mental health services are satisfactory to patients, improve outcomes, and are probably cost effective. In the very small number of randomized controlled studies that have been conducted to date, tele-mental health has demonstrated equivalent efficacy compared to face-to-face care in a variety of clinical settings and with specific patient populations. However, methodologically flawed or limited research studies are the norm, and thus the research agenda for tele-mental health has not been fully maximized. Implications for future research and practice are discussed
The 'true use of reading' : Sarah Fielding and mid eighteenth-century literary strategies.
No full textPhDThe aim of this thesis is to explore, by examining her life and
works, how Sarah Fielding (1710-68) established her identity as an author.
The definition of her role involves her notions of the functions of
writing and reading.
Sarah Fielding attempts to invite readers to form a sense of ties
by tacit understanding of her messages. As she believes that a work
of literature is produced through collaboration between the writer and
the reader, it is an important task in her view to show her attentiveness
toward reading practice. In her consideration of reading, she has two
distinct, even opposite views of her audience: on the one hand a familiar
and limited circle of readers with shared moral and cultural values and
on the other potential readers among the unknown mass of people. The
dual targets direct her to devise various strategies. She tries to
appeal to those who can endorse and appreciate her moral values as well
as her learning. Her writings and letters testify that she is sensitive
to the demands of the literary market, trying to lead the taste of readers
by inventing new forms.
The thesis opens with an overview of Sarah Fielding's career,
followed by a consideration of her critical attention to the roles of
reading. I go on to examine the narrative structures and strategies
she deploys, with a particular emphasis on her use of the epistolary
method. The following chapter deals with her attention to the reading
of the moral message tangibly embodied in her educational writing. It
is followed by an analysis of the activity which earned her a reputation
as a learned woman. Various as the forms of her works are, they invariably
reflect her attempt to balance herself between the two demands of
inventiveness and familiarity
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