215 research outputs found
SUPERSEDED - An annotated list of Italian Renaissance humanists, their writings about Jews, and involvement in Hebrew studies, ca. 1440-ca.1540
No full text### N.B. this dataset has been superseded by the one at http://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2070 ###
This list, arranged in chronological order by author’s date of birth, where known, is a preliminary guide to Italian humanists’ Latin and vernacular prose and poetic accounts of Jews and Judaic culture and history from about 1440 to 1540. In each case, I have sought to provide the author’s name and birth and death dates, a brief biography highlighting details which especially pertain to his interest in Jews, a summary of discussions about Jews, a list of relevant works and dates of composition, locations of manuscripts, and a list of secondary sources or studies of the author and his context arranged alphabetically by author’s name. Manuscripts are listed in alphabetical order by city of current location; imprints, as far as possible, by ascending date
An annotated list of Italian Renaissance humanists, their writings about Jews, and involvement in Hebrew studies, ca. 1440-ca.1540
No full textThis list, arranged in chronological order by author’s date of birth, where known, is a preliminary guide to Italian humanists’ Latin and vernacular prose and poetic accounts of Jews and Judaic culture and history from about 1440 to 1540. In each case, I have sought to provide the author’s name and birth and death dates, a brief biography highlighting details which especially pertain to his interest in Jews, a summary of discussions about Jews, a list of relevant works and dates of composition, locations of manuscripts, and a list of secondary sources or studies of the author and his context arranged alphabetically by author’s name. Manuscripts are listed in alphabetical order by city of current location; imprints, as far as possible, by ascending date
Crafting true stories: an interpretation of four Australian journalists’ nonfiction writing practices
No full textNonfiction books written by Australian journalists are increasingly recognised by scholars (Joseph 2016a; Keeble 2015) as authentic contributions to literary journalism. This study undertakes a case study analysis of the nonfiction writing practice of four Australian journalists: Christopher Kremmer, Annabel Crabb, Ben Stubbs and Shannon Harvey. Their explanations of key influences on their nonfiction writing such as news reporting experiences and motivations for writing nonfiction are investigated. The story-crafting techniques they each employed to write one nonfiction book, namely, Inhaling the Mahatma (Kremmer 2006), Ticket to Paradise (Stubbs 2012), The Wife Drought (Crabb 2014) and The Whole Health Life (Harvey 2016) are a focal point of this analysis. Present scholarship indicates a gap in knowledge of Australian journalists’ nonfiction writing practices that this study seeks to partly address. A case study methodology was adopted as it enables in-depth analysis (Saldaña 2015) of individual journalists’ nonfiction writing styles, and “because it is one of the most immediately recognised genres of qualitative research” (Saldaña 2015, p. 3). Each case comprises a narrative analysis of two semi-structured interviews with each journalist, informed by reading and interpreting the abovementioned books. Sims, a pioneer literary journalism scholar, advises that studies should not “mimic that of [only] one sector of the academy” (2009, p. 8). Therefore, this study is based on related concepts from journalism studies and philosophy, and it was informed by late philosopher Sartre’s view that “writing is a certain way of wanting freedom” (1947, p. 65), where the author assumes sole responsibility for texts they create. With works of nonfiction, like those examined in this thesis, this concept of author accountability is especially important. Concepts from journalism studies are used to interpret the journalists’ nonfiction writing practice: Geiber’s (1964) view that creating longer news narratives is an intensely personal experience for sensitive journalists despite organisational and government restrictions imposed on them; Sims’ (1984) five key characteristics of literary journalism; and Eason’s explanation of literary journalists who write in a “realist” style (2008, pp. 192-193). While literary journalism scholarship has flourished in the United States of America and the United Kingdom since at least the 1960s (Sims 1984), scholarship in Australia is still developing (Ricketson & Joseph 2015). This study investigates the nonfiction writing approaches of four journalists to identify how their nonfiction books contribute to Australian literary journalism.Thesis (MPhil) -- University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 201
Corporate responsibility and the media
No full textThis paper discusses how CR is covered in the media and the media’s own corporate responsibilities, covering both traditional and new media.Co published with Centrum fur Corporate Citizenship Deutschlan
Le Monde de Houellebecq
No full textProceedings of the first international conference on the work of Michel Houellebecq, held at the Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, in October 2005, in the presence of the author himself
Le Monde de Houellebecq
No full textProceedings of the first international conference on the work of Michel Houellebecq, held at the Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, in October 2005, in the presence of the author himself
In Vivo Examination of Lamina Cribrosa Microarchitecture and Optic Nerve Head Geometry in Normal Human Aging and Early Glaucoma
No full textPurpose: The lamina cribrosa likely plays an important role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. The goals of this dissertation were to better understand differences in lamina cribrosa microarchitecture and optic nerve head (ONH) geometry in normal human eyes with axial length and aging and determine whether any differences found in older, normal eyes were similar to changes associated with early glaucoma, but potentially to a lesser extent.
Methods: (1) Images of the ONH were acquired via spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) and used to quantify Bruch’s Membrane Opening (BMO) area, mean anterior lamina cribrosa surface depth (ALCSD), mean minimum rim width (MRW) and scaled MRW in young normal subjects to examine ONH structure in eyes with different axial lengths. (2) The aforementioned and additional SDOCT parameters (anterior lamina cribrosa surface [ALCS] radius of curvature [RoC], prelaminar tissue volume [PTV], neuroretinal rim volume) were quantified in normal young (20-30 years) and older (> 50 years) eyes. Images of the ALCS microarchitecture were acquired using adaptive optics and used to quantify mean ALCS pore area, elongation, and nearest neighbor distance (NND). ALCS pore and ONH parameters were compared between fellow eyes of normal subjects and between young and older normal eyes. (3) Images of the ONH and ALCS microarchitecture were also acquired in glaucoma suspects and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) patients. Global and local ALCS pore geometries and ONH parameters were compared between suspect/POAG and age-matched normal eyes. The relationships between ONH and ALCS pore parameters were also examined.
Results: (1) Mean MRW was significantly thinner in young, normal eyes with more posteriorly-located laminar surfaces (P<.01) and larger BMO areas (P<.01). However, scaled MRW and BMO area were not correlated (P=.77), potentially indicating that all eyes have the same number of axons regardless of the size of the disc. While eyes with longer axial lengths had larger BMO areas (P<.01), no significant relationships were found between axial length and mean MRW (P=.09) or mean ALCSD (P=.07). (2) ONH and mean global ALCS pore parameters were not statistically different between fellow normal eyes. With the exception of mean MRW (significantly thinner in older eyes), all ONH and ALCS pore parameters were similar between older and young eyes. (3) PTV, rim volume, mean MRW and mean RNFL thickness were significant reduced, and ALCS was more posteriorly located and more steeply curved in suspect/POAG eyes compared to normal eyes. ALCS pores were more closely spaced (smaller global mean NND) in suspect/POAG eyes. Local pore analyses revealed that ALCS pores were significantly smaller in the superior-temporal sector of suspect/POAG eyes compared to normal eyes (P=.03). In addition, there were no significant relationships between any ALCS pore and ONH parameter within older normal eyes or suspect/POAG eyes.
Conclusions: This dissertation provides increased understanding of ONH and laminar structure in normal young and older eyes, as well as differences in these structural properties between normal and suspect/POAG eyes. The larger BMO areas found in young eyes with increased axial lengths could result from retinal and scleral stretching forces that occur during development. As the normal eye ages, there is a reduction in mean MRW that likely reflects an age-related loss in retinal ganglion cell axons. In addition to profound differences in ONH structure, we found significant differences in ALCS pore area in the superior-temporal sector of suspect/POAG eyes (relative to normal, older eyes), corresponding to a region that is known to be prone to the development of retinal nerve fiber layer defects in glaucoma.Optometry, College o
Glaucomatous patterns in Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) perimetry data identified by unsupervised machine learning classifiers
No full textPurpose: The variational Bayesian independent component analysis-mixture model (VIM), an unsupervised machine-learning classifier, was used to automatically separate Matrix Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) perimetry data into clusters of healthy and glaucomatous eyes, and to identify axes representing statistically independent patterns of defect in the glaucoma clusters. Methods: FDT measurements were obtained from 1,190 eyes with normal FDT results and 786 eyes with abnormal FDT results from the UCSD-based Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study (DIGS) and African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES). For all eyes, VIM input was 52 threshold test points from the 24-2 test pattern, plus age. Results: FDT mean deviation was -1.00 dB (S.D. = 2.80 dB) and -5.57 dB (S.D. = 5.09 dB) in FDT-normal eyes and FDT-abnormal eyes, respectively (p\u3c0.001). VIM identified meaningful clusters of FDT data and positioned a set of statistically independent axes through the mean of each cluster. The optimal VIM model separated the FDT fields into 3 clusters. Cluster N contained primarily normal fields (1109/1190, specificity 93.1%) and clusters G1 and G2 combined, contained primarily abnormal fields (651/786, sensitivity 82.8%). For clusters G 1 and G2 the optimal number of axes were 2 and 5, respectively. Patterns automatically generated along axes within the glaucoma clusters were similar to those known to be indicative of glaucoma. Fields located farther from the normal mean on each glaucoma axis showed increasing field defect severity. Conclusions: VIM successfully separated FDT fields from healthy and glaucoma eyes without a priori information about class membership, and identified familiar glaucomatous patterns of loss. © 2014 Bowd et al
Love by M. de la Peña
No full textde la Peña, Matt. Love. Illustrated by Loren Long, G.P. Penguin Random House, 2018.
Newbery Medal-winning author of Last Stop on Market Street Matt de la Peña and New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long have teamed up to paint a touching picture of where love lives in each of our lives. Perfect for the child in your life or the child in you, this book ignites a warm feeling deep down inside. Love shines through in all our senses. Through poetic verses we are reminded of what love looks like, what love sounds like, what love tastes like, what love smells like, and what love feels like, physically and emotionally. Who cannot relate to the simple innocence of laughing as you run through the sprinkler on a hot summer\u27s day?
One much-needed two-page spread even highlights the importance of self-love. The gorgeous illustrations are comprised of a compilation of monotype prints, acrylic paint, and pencil. They perfectly complement the words that they accompany, even telling their own hidden stories along the way. It is clear to understand how the pictures connect to the words, the two parts work together to invoke emotions in the reader. The vocabulary and structure, like how the word love is used in a variety of manners and how each page offers a glimpse into different individuals’ lives, may be challenging for younger children to read on their own but with the right facilitation any child can find connections to this beautiful picture book.
Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Bretton Bow
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