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Fiber orientation measurements by diffusion tensor imaging improve hydrogen-1 magnetic resonance spectroscopy of intramyocellular lipids in human leg muscles
No full textTwelve healthy subjects underwent hydrogen-1 magnetic resonance spectroscopy ([Formula: see text]) acquisition ([Formula: see text]), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with a [Formula: see text]-value of [Formula: see text], and fat-water magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using the Dixon method. Subject-specific muscle fiber orientation, derived from DTI, was used to estimate the lipid proton spectral chemical shift. Pennation angles were measured as 23.78 deg in vastus lateralis (VL), 17.06 deg in soleus (SO), and 8.49 deg in tibialis anterior (TA) resulting in a chemical shift between extramyocellular lipids (EMCL) and intramyocellular lipids (IMCL) of 0.15, 0.17, and 0.19 ppm, respectively. IMCL concentrations were [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] in SO, VL, and TA, respectively. Significant differences were observed in IMCL and EMCL pairwise comparisons in SO, VL, and TA ([Formula: see text]). Strong correlations were observed between total fat fractions from [Formula: see text] and Dixon MRI for VL ([Formula: see text]), SO ([Formula: see text]), and TA ([Formula: see text]). Bland-Altman analysis between fat fractions (FFMRS and FFMRI) showed good agreement with small limits of agreement (LoA): [Formula: see text] (LoA: [Formula: see text] to 0.69%) in VL, [Formula: see text] (LoA: [Formula: see text] to 1.33%) in SO, and [Formula: see text] (LoA: [Formula: see text] to 0.47%) in TA. The results of this study demonstrate the variation in muscle fiber orientation and lipid concentrations in these three skeletal muscle types
Freedom and the 'creative act' in the writings of Nikolai Berdiaev : an evaluation in light of Jürgen Moltmann's theology of freedom
No full textThis project revisits the work of Nikolai Berdiaev, one of the first Russian Silver Age religious philosophers to be widely read in the West. The focus of this research is his thought on freedom and the ‘creative act’. We will argue that Berdiaev’s vision of freedom contains two types of freedom – a freedom understood within the created order and a freedom ‘outside’ of creation. It will be shown that in the former type, the reader finds a nuanced and insightful multi-layered conception of human freedom, which offers intriguing possibilities for exploring freedom and its implications for humanity. It will also be demonstrated that this type of freedom is closely related to his innovative view of creativity. Berdiaev conceives of freedom and creativity as distinct concepts, and yet so integrally related that they are interdependent. In the latter type of freedom, the reader will encounter a highly speculative and original metaphysical view that attempts to explain freedom as non-determination and answer the challenges of theodicy, which, this research will maintain, fails to do.
This research will contend (contrary to Berdiaev’s own statements) that his thought is most comprehensible from a broadly theological perspective. This perspective will underscore the significant tension within his work that arises from his speculative metaphysics. Unlike earlier works on Berdiaev that glossed over this tension, we will attempt to ameliorate it by engaging Jürgen Moltmann’s theology of freedom. Moltmann’s theology will provide a number of ideas and concepts for an analysis, critique, and reconfiguration of Berdiaev’s vision. This reconfiguration will seek to remain faithful to Berdiaev’s core concerns, while providing a new interpretation of his thought that is relevant for a contemporary dialogue concerning the significance of freedom and creativity for the person and community in relation to God
An uncommon education
No full textAn Uncommon Education is a memoir of the author‟s years at Bennington College from 1986 to 1990. The author‟s career at Bennington was somewhat atypical and his experiences included suing the College for a half million dollars while serving as president of student council, building a full scale model of Stonehenge and shooting himself in the leg.M.A.by Clark D. Perk
Paraliturgicalism in the vespers sequence of Ivan Moody
Get PDFIvan Moody (b. 1964) is an Orthodox priest, composer, editor, and critic who deserves better recognition as a composer. He is primarily known through his scholarly writings and performing editions. Moody’s own compositions are influenced by and maintain a stream of continuity with the school of sacred minimalist composers like Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, and Henryck Gorecki. His vocal compositions often exhibit “paraliturgicalism” –a term he uses and in part created to describe repertoire with roots in music of liturgical rites repurposed for concert use. Choirs and small vocal ensembles from amateur to professional have used repertoire from sacred music traditions to program concerts since the advent of concerted music. Specialist vocal ensembles such as the Hilliard Ensemble, Trio Mediaeval, Cappella Romana and New York Polyphony are current champions of his work. However, quantifying the use of essentially liturgical music in a concert setting has had little exploration or explanation. This project serves to open the veil, break down some of the potential barriers, and open doors to make the methodology of programming liturgical sacred music at a concert context a less ambiguous or reckless affair. Through Moody’s music, particularly his Vespers Sequence, we see a contemporary composer deliberately placing the idioms and styles of liturgical music into the traditional venues and parameters of concert performance. Their symbiosis is defined as “paraliturgicalism” and this thesis offers situations and suggestions for its use in concert programming.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2021-05-01The student, Geoffrey Williams, accepted the attached license on 2019-04-10 at 13:42.The student, Geoffrey Williams, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-04-10 at 13:45.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2019-04-12 at 07:53.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #13547 on 2019-08-22 at 15:05:43Made available in DSpace on 2019-08-23T20:35:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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The Science-Policy-Stakeholder Interface in sustainable water management: creating interactive, participatory scenarios together with stakeholders
No full textAs has been noted in earlier chapters in this book, a major problem in the move to sustainable water management is the incorporation of scientific and other forms of information (such as local knowledge) within the science–policy interface and within the policy process itself. Despite the considerable amount of effort put into research on the factors influencing policy input, the results of this knowledge production are often not successfully incorporated within policy-making. The reasons for this are many (see, for example, Chapter 2) and (in cases) uncertain. Part of the problem seems to be in the initial formulation of problems; scientists are concerned with problem-solving procedures that fit into scientific disciplines or that can be judged by others in the scientific community (see Chapter 2). Policy-makers and managers, on the other hand, need answers to more immediate problems. The correlation between these two ways of looking at problems is often weak. At the same time, stakeholders can provide an important source of knowledge for water management, a knowledge that can both complement and further inform the knowledge provided by the scientific community. A possible solution to this is that scientists could make their methods and results more understandable and accessible to policy-makers, while policy-makers could also make clearer the type of information necessary for policy formulation and implementation. Into this two-way exchange we need to insert a third: the knowledge produced by local people and stakeholders. As will be seen later in Chapter 7, local knowledge is often a vital input into policy, 52especially in scientifically data-poor contexts, such as our examples from South-East Asia and India
Collective Improvisation: The Practice and Vision of Ingemar Lindh
Get PDFIngemar Lindh's research on the principles of collective improvisation and performance conceived as process announce an important development in the 20th-century tradition of the actor's work. After early studies with Étienne Decroux and working collaborations with Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba, and Yves Lebreton, Lindh founded the first laboratory theatre in Sweden in 1971, the Institutet för Scenkonst. His practice of collective improvisation is viewed in light of postdramatic concerns such as its resistance to fixed scores, directorial montage, and choreography as an organizing principle
Theology and natural philosophy in late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Britain
Get PDFA number of historians of science have claimed that the early Boyle Sermons provided a platform for the promotion of a moderate-Anglican social and political ideology underpinned by Newtonian natural philosophy. However, by examining in detail the texts of Richard Bentley, John Harris and Samuel Clarke, this thesis argues that their Sermons should not be characterised as 'Newtonian'. These texts were highly complex literary productions constructed with the intention of achieving victory over the enemies of Christianity. An examination of their rhetorical strategies
focuses attention on the use to which various cognitive materials - including natural philosophy - were put. Thus the presence of Newtonian concepts in the texts is
explained by the aims and overall scholarly programmes of the Lecturers. It will also be argued that the term 'Boyle Lectureship' is problematic and that the main elements of the Lectureship - Robert Boyle's bequest, the Trustees, the
Lecturers, and the Sermons - cannot be conflated into a single historical unit. Therefore, throughout this study, emphasis is placed on the contingent and singular
behaviour of individuals located within an ecclesiastical and scholarly community, where career promotion and the notion of scholarly credit were important. The brief
in Boyle's last will and testament stipulated that the Lecturers must defend Christianity using the scholarly tools to hand. In this thesis it will be shown that the
personnel of the Lectureship conformed to Boyle's brief and that they utilised all available methods and materials in the pursuance of their legal and institutional
responsibilities. This approach removes the analysis of the Lectureship from an overarching sociological perspective; instead the Sermons are interpreted as exemplary texts in the rhetorical prosecution of the enemies of Christianity. This study, therefore, acknowledges the complex nature of theological texts in early modern England
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