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Chick Lit in Historical Settings by Frida Skybäck
No full textChick lit is mostly contemporary portrayals of single women in cities. The Swedish author Frida Skybäck writes “chick lit in corsets”, that is, chick lit in a historical setting, and she writes primarily for teenage girls. Her two novels Charlotte Hassel (2011) and Den vita frun (2012) balance between chick lit jr. and romance. They can also be read as historical novels, and in my article I highlight how Skybäck has consciously played with the different genres to convey a feminist message and to strengthen young readers
Aposthonia merdelynae Lucañas & Lit 2018, n. sp.
No full textSpecies Aposthonia merdelynae Lucañas & Lit, n. sp. Fig. 2 Material examined. Holotype male, Philippines, Luzon: Los Baños, Laguna, on Canarium ovatum Engl., 22-x- 2014 (C.C.Lucañas, UPLBMNH EMB-00028 ♂); Paratypes, 2 males, 3 females, same data as holotype (UPLBMNH EMB-00029‒00030 ♂; 00031‒00033 ♀) Diagnosis. This species is similar to A. borneensis except for its relatively smaller size, subcylindrical LC1 (distally dilated and lobed in A. borneensis), and enlarged membranous area of the 10RP. It is also similar to A. problita Poolprasert, Sitthicharoenchai, Butcher & Lekprayoon 2011 in size and coloration, but differs in the presence of the hook-like LPPT (absent in A. problita) and the shape of the hypandrium. It differs from A. oceania Ross 1951 in terms of the ovate head and submentum with rounded corners, and LC1 cylindrical (head elongate, submentum with acute corners and LC1 distinctly expanding distally in A. oceania). Description. Size (mm): ♂ BL: 5.4 ± 0.44; HL × HW: 1.0 ± 0.15 × 0.7 ± 0.1; OR: 0.53 ± 0.01; Fw: 4.1 ± 0.1; Hw: 3.1 ± 0.12. ♀ BL: 5.2 ± 0.9; HL × HW 0.8 ± 0.12 × 0.7 ± 0.06. Male alate (Fig. 2A). Small, generally light brown except for dark brown head. Antenna filiform, whitish proximally, brown distally. Submentum reniform, lateral margins entire (Fig. 2C). Pronotum chocolate brown, concolorous with rest of thorax and abdomen. Hind basitarsus with single indistinct papilla (Fig. 2D). Terminalia (Figure E-F): LC1 subcylindrical, not abruptly lobed. 10LP slightly constricted basally and medially, distally rounded (Fig. 2G). 10RP with membranous area enlarged, tip diverging as two similar-sized teeth. LPPT broad, basally ending with left-pointing hook (Figure 2H). HP broad basally leading to blunt HP that points to LC (Fig. 2F). Female (Fig. 2B) slightly larger than male. Chocolate brown throughout except on integumental joints. Sternite 8 with right triangular patterns laterally, central region unpigmented (Fig. 2I). Sternite 9 medially unpigmented (Fig. 2I). Etymology: Aposthonia merdelynae n. sp. species is named in honor of Dr. Merdelyn Caasi-Lit, in recognition of her contributions to the knowledge of insect-plant interactions and for her support for this study. Remarks: This species is the third known member of Aposthonia sp. native to the Philippines, the others being A. japonica (Okajima 1926) and A. oceania Ross, both reported from Davao (Davis 1940; Ross 1955).Published as part of Lucañas, Cristian C. & Lit, Ireneo L., 2018, Oligotomidae (Insecta: Embioptera) of Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Philippines, with description of a new species, pp. 173-182 in Zootaxa 4415 (1) on pages 177-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/124183
"Matron Lit": a twenty first century voice?
No full textIn this thesis I argue that matron lit gives over-forties women a voice within contemporary popular fictional texts that they have previously been denied. This genre began to emerge around the turn of the twenty-first century as a sub-genre of chick lit and is now firmly entrenched in the mainstream of popular fiction. Contemporary popular fiction aimed at the baby-boom market has established its readership steadily. For the first time older female readers of popular fiction have heroines to whom they can relate. Matron lit discusses the gains and losses that are encountered by ageing women in Western society. Cultural attitudes about ageing and gender operate together to marginalise older women. Matron lit contributes to the debate around ageing and gender by reporting and exposing gendered and ageist discourses.
In order to explore the impact of fictional narratives that represent the lives of older women, I draw on the work of Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault and Judith Butler. These theorists provide a frame of reference that assist an understanding of the constructive discourse which promotes normative cultural concepts of ageing and gender. In reporting on gendered ageist discourses matron lit exposes the repetitive linguistic process that undermines mature, female identities. While matron lit sometimes simply recites ageist discourses, it occasionally challenges them directly and frequently subverts them through irony.
The particular issues which I explore over five chapters are:
The importance of body image and sexuality, in the lives of matron lit heroines.
The effect of ageist attitudes on wellbeing.
The significance of home for matron lit heroines.
The relevance of relationships and friendships to mature women.
The pursuit of ‘liminal’ space where post-reproductive women can re-evaluate their purpose
Design and simulation of a novel top-lit downdraft gasifier cookstove and performance comparison with a conventional top-lit updraft cookstove
No full textThis study designed and fabricated a novel top-lit downdraft gasifier stove (TLDDGS), which was compared with a traditional top-lit updraft gasifier stove (TLUDGS) in terms of modeling and performance. The experimental and simulation results demonstrated that the novel TLDDGS exhibits a downward-flow configuration. The average fuel consumption measured in the experiments was 4.57 ± 0.933 g/min. The average flame temperature from the experiment was 608 ± 43 °C. The TLDDGS mean flame temperature remained stable throughout the experiment. The O2, H2, CO2, CO, CH4, and N2 in the diluted syngas from the experiment were 16.07, 0.33, 0.66, 2.56, 0.34, and 80.04% by volume, respectively. The total suspended particulates and CO in TLDDGS and TLUDGS were 15 and 28 mg/m3 and 335 and 69 ppm, respectively, which are within the limits specified by the local standard. Thus, the developed TLDDGS is a promising alternative for sophisticated cooking applications because of its superior performance in terms of flame stability
Sistema trifásico de 10kw com alto fator de potência e controle de luminosidade, para um grupo de lâmpadas fluorescentes
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Elétrica.Trata do estudo de um sistema de iluminação com alto fator de potência e controle de luminosidade, para alimentar um grupo de lâmpadas fluorescentes de 40W. O sistema é composto por um retificador de 10kW trifásico baseado no transformador de interfase de linha (LIT), dez conversores do tipo BUCK de 1kW para regular a tensão CC e variar sua amplitude de acordo com uma tensão externa isolada aplicada ao conversor, e duzentos e cinqüenta inversores com seus respectivos filtros ressonantes. A estrutura apresenta uma solução inovadora em sistemas de iluminação
Pd catalysed C-C & C-O bond formation using bis-(dialkyl/diarylphosphino)ferrocene ligands
No full textA brief introduction explaining phosphine ligand properties, Pd catalysed cross-coupling reactions; the importance of the steps involved in the catalytic cycle (oxidative addition, transmetalation & reductive elimination), mechanistic studies and a comparison of various reactions will give an overview of important cross-coupling reactions and their limitations.The development of a “super-concentrated” (5M) Pd catalysed Kumada type coupling reaction has been developed for coupling a range of aryl bromide and chloride substrates with
the Grignard reagents ((p-CF₃-C₆H₄)MgBr)) and PhMgBr in methyl-tetrahydrofuran
(Me-THF). Using a range of bidentate ligands such as bis-phosphinoferrocenyl ligands, good
conversions were achieved using small amounts of solvent; up to 10 times less than typical procedures in THF. The unsymmetrical Pt complexes of the form [Pt(P-P)Br₂], [Pt(P-P)(Ph)Br] and [Pt(P-P)Ph₂] have been synthesised and characterised. The variations of substituents on the ligand system and the steric bulk have been shown to have a dramatic effect on the rate of transmetalation. The results provide one explanation why 1,1’-bis(di tert-butylphosphino)ferrocene (dtbpf),
an excellent ligand for certain Suzuki reactions, is quite poor in reactions where
transmetalation is more difficult. Palladium dichloride complexes of the ferrocenylphosphine based ligands 1,1’-bis-
(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf), 1,1’-bis-(diisopropylphosphino)ferrocene (dippf) and 1,1’-bis-(di-tert-butylphosphino)ferrocene (dtbpf) have been shown to be active in the Hiyama cross-coupling of p-bromoacetophenone and vinyltrimethoxysilane (CHCH₂Si(OMe₃)) in the presence of TBAF under thermal heating and microwave conditions. Ligands with the optimum balance for promoting the transmetalation, oxidative addition and reductive elimination steps along the reaction pathway have been identified.
Competition experiments are consistent with slow transmetalation being an issue with the
Hiyama reaction relative to the Suzuki coupling.A novel protocol has been developed for the synthesis of aryl-alkyl ethers via C-O bond activation under Pd catalysed conditions. Utilising the unsymmetrical 1-bis-(ditertbutyl-1’-
bis-diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dtbdppf) under optimised conditions with silicon based
nucleophiles and NaOH or TBAF as an activator, the formation of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl and n-butyl ethers with a range of aryl halides was achieved in good yield
Beylagen Sub. Lit. A. B. C. Zu dem den 16. (26.) Octob. 1680 Publicé Dictirten Statt Piberachischen Moderationsmaterial
No full textBEYLAGEN SUB. LIT. A. B. C. ZU DEM DEN 16. (26.) OCTOB. 1680 PUBLICÉ DICTIRTEN STATT PIBERACHISCHEN MODERATIONSMATERIAL
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André Fontaine. Un seul lit pour deux rêves. Histoire de la détente. 1962-1981
No full textC. C. André Fontaine. Un seul lit pour deux rêves. Histoire de la détente. 1962-1981. In: Politique étrangère, n°1 - 1982 - 47ᵉannée. pp. 188-190
Lit spheres concept.
No full text<p>A - All possible lighting and shading components of an arbitrary object (right) can be represented on a 2D image of a sphere (left). Colored arrows depict locations of equivalent surface orientation. B - Different lit-spheres applied to a molecular surface creating different effects : hand drawing (left), green glass (center), cartoon shading (right). C – Illustrative rendering using lit spheres and Hyperballs. Van der Waals (left) and backbone (right) representation of the BLT2 GPCR receptor with hand drawn lit spheres.</p
Oligotomidae (Insecta: Embioptera) of Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Philippines, with description of a new species
No full textLucañas, Cristian C., Lit, Ireneo L. (2018): Oligotomidae (Insecta: Embioptera) of Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Philippines, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4415 (1): 173-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.
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