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The Life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod"
No full text"William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and for more than a decade ""Fiona Macleod"" duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as William Butler Yeats and, in America, E. C. Stedman.
Sharp wrote ""I feel another self within me now more than ever; it is as if I were possessed by a spirit who must speak out"". This three-volume collection brings together Sharp’s own correspondence – a fascinating trove in its own right, by a Victorian man of letters who was on intimate terms with writers including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, and George Meredith – and the Fiona Macleod letters, which bring to life Sharp’s intriguing ""second self"".
With an introduction and detailed notes by William F. Halloran, this richly rewarding collection offers a wonderful insight into the literary landscape of the time, while also investigating a strange and underappreciated phenomenon of late-nineteenth-century English literature. It is essential for scholars of the period, and it is an illuminating read for anyone interested in authorship and identity.
APXS data associated with "Statistical analysis of APXS-derived chemistry of the clay-bearing Glen Torridon region and Mount Sharp group, Gale crater, Mars"
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Estimating Total Body Fat in Sharp-Shinned and Cooper\u27s Hawks: Techniques and Application
No full textI evaluated the use of three direct methods (fat scoring, condition indices, and multiple regression of external morphological variables) and one indirect method to estimate total body fat (TBF) in Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) and Cooper\u27s Hawks (A. cooperii). All three direct methods explained a reasonable amount of variation in actual TBF values (r2 ≥ 0.82), and all three methods required the use of four equations to account for the categories of species, age, and sex. Indirect methods are those that predict lean mass and subtract the lean mass estimate from the actual body mass to produce an estimate of TBF. I estimated lean mass from external morphology, and this technique was also fairly accurate (r = 0.94). The methods evaluated here, though reasonably precise, may not be accurate enough to reliably compare estimated TBF between individual birds. Using multiple regression to directly estimate TBF from mass and tarsus length measurements is the recommended technique because it provided continuous estimates of TBF and the independent variables are less subjective than fat scores. I also studied the energy reserves of migrating Sharp-shinned and Cooper\u27s Hawks captured as they traveled south along the Manzano Mountains in central New Mexico during the fall, 1992-6. I compared species, age, and sex cohorts for differences in mean percent TBF and found that (1) adults had greater stores than juveniles (6.1% vs. 4.3%), and (2) females stored more fat than males (6.0% vs. 4.4%). The significant age and sex effects indicated that larger age and sex groups (adults and females) carried relatively greater fat reserves than smaller age and sex groups (juveniles and males). Though female Cooper\u27s Hawks were the fattest group, male Cooper\u27s Hawks carried less fat than male Sharp-shinned Hawks. These results are thus not consistent with (1) the idea that body mass-related differences in energy expenditure constrain fat accumulation in these birds and (2) patterns expected for birds minimizing their predation risk. Age-specific differences in mean TBF were strong despite minimal differences in mass. This pattern probably reflected differences in hunting efficiencies and the extra costs immature birds face in reaching adult lean masses. Barring additional food acquisition, most birds carried enough fat reserves to survive from one to three days. Not surprisingly, adults showed lower starvation risk than juveniles, which is consistent with the high mortality rates for juvenile birds. Seasonal trends in fat reserves were apparent only for female Sharp-shinned Hawks, and the subtlety and scatter of the trends make this finding difficult to interpret
Reference Levels of Plasma Cholinesterase Activity From Autumn Migrant Sharp-Shinned (\u3ci\u3eAccipiter striatus\u3c/i\u3e) and Cooper\u27s (\u3ci\u3eAccipiter cooperii\u3c/i\u3e) Hawks
No full textDetecting exposure to anticholinergic pesticides involves measuring levels of cholinesterase (ChE) activity. There are few published values for plasma ChE activity from wild avian species, yet reference levels of ChE activity are vital for nonlethal bioassays to determine exposure to carbamate or organophosphate pesticides. I used plasma samples from 102 sharp-shinned hawks (Accipiter striatus) and 45 Cooper\u27s hawks (A. cooperii) captured during autumn migration to establish reference levels of cholinesterase activity. I evaluated the use of a spectrophotometer (SPEC) and 96-well optical microplate reader (MPR) for determining plasma cholinesterase activity from migrating hawks. The SPEC was more precise, both on same-day trials and between days, in measuring ChE activity. The variance in the MPR may have been the result of fluctuating temperatures between ChE activity measurements performed on different days. I also examined the differences between the SPEC and MPR methods measuring standardized amounts of eel brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and plasma ChE activity from pigeon and hawk samples analyzed on the same day. ChE activity run over several days ranged from 0.970-2.467 μmol/in/ml plasma for sharp-shinned and Cooper\u27s hawks. Sharp-shinned and Cooper\u27s hawks differ significantly in size both between species, and between genders within a species. I tested whether ChE activity differed between the two species, and between gender and age groups within each species. Sharp-shinned hawks had higher ChE activity than Cooper\u27s hawks. Mean AChE activity was significantly higher in after-hatch-year sharp-shinned hawks when compared to hatch-year sharp-shinned hawks. This relationship did not hold for Cooper\u27s hawks. Gender had no relationship to ChE activity in either species. The percentage of AChE in plasma ChE had the same relationship as mean AChE activity in sharp-shinned hawks, whereas there was a significant difference in the percentage of AChE between the genders of Cooper\u27s hawks. Cholinesterase I50 activity was established using the organophosphate paraoxon. These values were 8.95 x 10-9 M and 5.11x10-9 M for sharp-shinned hawks and Cooper\u27s hawks, respectively
Vicki Potempa demonstrating at the pro-abortion rally in Sydney, New South Wales, May 2010 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Purchased from the photographer, 2010. "Vicki Potempa seen here at a pro-abortion rally in Sydney. Author and 2001 Outstanding Humanist Achiever, Vicki has been an advocate to Women's Reproductive Rights since 1966 when she underwent her own abortion"--Information supplied by photographer
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Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction
No full textAccomplished authors, Preece, Rogers and Sharp, have written a key new textbook on this core subject area. Interaction Design deals with a broad scope of issues, topics and paradigms that has traditionally been the scope of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design (ID). The book covers psychological and social aspects of users, interaction styles, user requirements, design approaches, usability and evaluation, traditional and future interface paradigms and the role of theory in informing design. The topics will be grounded in the design process and the aim is to present relevant issues in an integrated and coherent way, rather than assembling a collection of chapters on individual HCI topics.KEY FEATURES: This truly integrated approach to HCI provides students with background information from psychology, sociology, anthropology, information systems and computer science provides principles and skills for designing any technology through the use of many interesting and state of the art examples. The author supported, highly interactive Web Site provides resources that allow students to collaborate on experiments, participate in design competitions, collaborate on design, find resources and communicate with others. The accompanying Web Site also features examples, step-by-step exercises and templates for questionnaires
The SHARP study: a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the short-term outcomes of housing and neighbourhood renewal
No full text<p><b>Background:</b> The SHARP study was set up to evaluate the short (1 year) and longer-term (2 year) effects on health and wellbeing of providing new social housing to tenants. This paper presents the study background, the design and methods, and the findings at one year.</p>
<p><b>Methods:</b> Data were collected from social tenants who were rehoused into a new, general-purpose socially-rented home developed and let by a Scottish Registered Social Landlord (the "Intervention" group). These data were collected at three points in time: before moving (Wave 1), one year after moving (Wave 2) and two years after moving (Wave 3). Data were collected from a Comparison group using the same methods at Baseline (Wave 1) and after two years of follow-up (Wave 3). Qualitative data were also collected by means of individual interviews. This paper presents the quantitative and qualitative findings at 1 year (after Wave 2).</p>
<p><b>Results:</b> 339 Intervention group interviews and 392 Comparison group interviews were completed. One year after moving to a new home there was a significant reduction in the proportion of Intervention group respondents reporting problems with the home, such as damp and noise. There was also a significant increase in neighbourhood satisfaction compared with Baseline (χ2 = 35.51, p < 0.0001). Many aspects of the neighbourhood improved significantly, including antisocial behaviour. In terms of environmental aspects and services the greatest improvements were in the general appearance of the area, the reputation of the area, litter and rubbish, and speeding traffic. However, lack of facilities for children/young people and lack of safe children's play areas remained a concern for tenants.</p>
<p><b>Conclusion:</b> This study found that self-reported health changed little in the first year after moving. Nonetheless, the quantitative and qualitative data point to improvements in the quality of housing and of the local environment, as well as in tenant satisfaction and other related outcomes. Further analyses will explore whether these effects are sustained, and whether differences in health outcomes emerge at 2 years compared with the Comparison group.</p>
FACULTY RECITAL JOHN PERRY, Piano Thursday, March 5, 1992 8:00 p.m. Stude Concert Hall
No full textProgram: Sonata in E major, K. 380 / Domenico Scarlatti -- Sonata in E major, K. 264 / Domenico Scarlatti -- Four impromptus, op. 90 / Franz Schubert (1797-1828) -- Sinfonia for solo piano / Paul Cooper -- Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. posth. / Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) -- Mazurka in A-flat major, op. 59, no. 2 / Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) -- Sonata in B minor, op. 58 / Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
A sharp exceptional set estimate for visibility
No full textA Borel set BRn is visible from xRn, if the radial projection of B with base point x has positive Hn-1 measure. I prove that if dimB>n-1, then B is visible from every point xRn\E, where E is an exceptional set with dimension dimE2(n-1)-dimB. This is the sharp bound for all n2. Many parts of the proof were already contained in a recent previous paper by P. Mattila and the author, where a weaker bound for dimE was derived as a corollary from a certain slicing theorem. Here, no improvement to the slicing result is obtained; in brief, the main observation of the present paper is that the proof method gives the optimal result, when applied directly to the visibility problem.Peer reviewe
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