477 research outputs found
Book Review of "Architecture of Happiness" by Alain de Botton. Pantheon Books, New York.
No full textDe Botton’s book is an exploration (often philosophical and
poetical) of architecture and its contribution to human wellbeing. At the heart of this lyrical, often humorous and beautifully illustrated book is a clearly articulated insight into the complex and dynamic transactions that occur between humans and the buildings that they design, construct and choose to inhabit. In paraphrasing John Ruskin, de Botton suggests that humans seek two things from their buildings - “We want them to shelter us. And we want them to speak to us …of whatever we find important and need to be reminded of” (p.62). This metaphor of dialogue, conversation and the eloquence of structure is a central thread upon which the author frequently returns and elaborates
The Old English Bede: Transmission and Textual History in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts
No full textAn unknown author translated the Old English version of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History (OEB) around the ninth century. Previous research focused on the text’s authorship, specifically on Mercian linguistic features in its earliest manuscript, rather than the reception and transmission of its manuscripts (Miller, 1890; Whitelock, 1962; Kuhn, 1972). This thesis considers the OEB’s reception and transmission as evident in its copyists’ scribal performances. Conservative and innovative textual variants are identified for the OEB, and scribal behaviour categorised according to the framework devised by Benskin and Laing (1981) in their study of Middle English scribes. A detailed linguistic comparison of OEB witnesses combined with a close examination of the physical manuscripts reveals the working methods of scribes involved in their production. The manuscripts examined are:
Oxford, Bodleian Library Tanner 10 (T)
Oxford, Corpus Christi College 279B (O)
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 41 (B)
Cambridge, University Library Kk.3.18 (Ca)
Each chapter analyses a particular scribal performance. O’s scribe created a Mischsprache text, combining Mercian and West-Saxon forms, yet conflicting views of what constituted a good text are revealed by O’s producers’ extensive textual corrections. Relict forms in B demonstrate that its exemplar was illegible in places and that the scribe was forced to make several textual repairs. Ca has long been considered a direct copy of O, however my detailed comparison of the two manuscripts reveals that this cannot be the case. Finally, some previously unnoticed and unpublished drypoint annotations to O’s text are presented and explored in the context of other Anglo-Saxon scratched material.
This thesis shows the benefits of examining the OEB from a scribal viewpoint, identifying common modes of scribal behaviour across the medieval period. It proposes a set of features belonging to the original translation, some of which hint at an earlier date of composition than previously supposed
Dataset of Author Names and Name Frequencies
No full textThis file is a gzipped semicolon separated text file containing block id, frequency of the first name (number of times it appears in the 38M WoC version Q author IDs), frequency of the last name, full name, email, and Author ID. The largest block contains 993 Author IDs. </p
High-throughput well plate approach illustrates strain specific variation in picocyanobacteria nitrogen and phosphorus usage
No full textIn the wake of water body eutrophication influenced by major nutrient influxes from agriculture and urban runoff, there have been global increases in the growth of phytoplankton species. The environments created appear to favour the growth of cyanobacteria in comparison to other primary producers. The smallest group of these organisms, known as picocyanobacteria, is uniquely adapted to grow and dominate aquatic environments following a period of nutrients saturation. Due to the small nature of these organisms’ identification outside of genomic testing can be a difficult task, as such minor morphological differences can be hard to identify using microscopic techniques. Despite being closely related and similarly classified, many picocyanobacteria have been highly specialized in their environment based on conditions such as salinity, nutrient availability, and light. This study implemented the use of a high-throughput well plate design to expose three strains of picocyanobacteria to a fully crossed experimental matrix of five phosphorus concentrations (0 μM, 0.5 μM, 3.0 μM, 5.0 μM, and 7.0 μM), four nitrogen concentrations (0 μM, 5.0 μM, 30.0 μM, and 70.0 μM), and three-light levels (30, 100 or 300 μmol photons m-2 s-1), to determine if niche determination based on nutrients and light is an effective method of understanding and characterizing the growth of picocyanobacteria strains. Cyanobium sp. CZS25K, Cyanobium sp. CZS48M, and Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 were examined for this study. Statistical modelling demonstrated distinct strain-specific variations between the uses of nutrients and light for
growth. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations were demonstrated to influence the growth of CZS25K. Nitrogen and light levels were essential for the growth of CZS48M. In contrast, PCC6803 growth rates were most sensitive to environmental nitrogen availability. These results may help support and inspire studies examining phytoplankton growth and adaptation mechanisms. This knowledge is becoming increasingly valuable for global monitoring and management of accelerated phytoplankton growth
Reading acts of narrative appropriation: four instances of fraudulent memoir
No full textPhDThis thesis examines acts of narrative appropriation, the telling of purportedly‘authentic’ life stories by those for whom the stories are not theirs to tell. This
misuse or subversion of genre - the discipline of historical writing and the category
of autobiography - becomes a means for cultural, social and political dissimulation,
and the analysis focuses both on the act: the event, trespass, or ‘theft’ of another’s
life story, and on the cultural meaning that this event reveals. These narrative acts
are approached theoretically through discussions of what it means to be an author, a
reader, and through the consideration of literary and social genre, category and form.
In exploring identities at particular risk of appropriation, this thesis shows how
fraudulent appropriated narratives affect our reading of the world, and in turn
influence our perception of already marginalized social groups. My primary
examples include prostitution ‘narratives’, Native North American ‘memoir,’ and
fraudulent Holocaust survivor ‘testimony,’ with each text providing decoded
evidence of ‘genre-bending’ exhibiting a social and political intent. These works
seek to be read as authentic personal narratives, as autobiography, and that is how
they have been presented to the reader. However, they are imposters – fictional tales
desiring the elevated status of historical authenticity and willing to bend the rules
and contracts of genre to achieve their end. Here the appearance of authenticity is
achieved through the use of cultural and social ‘myth,’ or perceptions of cultural
identity, and as such its fraudulent construction is first and foremost a social act,
with a social and economic motivation. As this thesis concludes, these texts are
most successful when their own political and social ideologies echo and confirm that
of the readership; when their subjects, the fraudulent ‘I’ at the center of the text is
also a performative elaboration of cultural belief
Young women's use of a microbicide surrogate: The complex influence of relationship characteristics and perceived male partners' evaluations
No full textThis is the post-print version of the article. The official published version can be found at the link below.Currently in clinical trials, vaginal microbicides are proposed as a female-initiated method of sexually transmitted infection prevention. Much of microbicide acceptability research has been conducted outside of the United States and frequently without consideration of the social interaction between sex partners, ignoring the complex gender and power structures often inherent in young women’s (heterosexual) relationships. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to build on existing microbicide research by exploring the role of male partners and relationship characteristics on young women’s use of a microbicide surrogate, an inert vaginal moisturizer (VM), in a large city in the United States. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 young women (18–23 years old; 85% African American; 47.5% mothers) following use of the VM during coital events for a 4 week period. Overall, the results indicated that relationship dynamics and perceptions of male partners influenced VM evaluation. These two factors suggest that relationship context will need to be considered in the promotion of vaginal microbicides. The findings offer insights into how future acceptability and use of microbicides will be influenced by gendered power dynamics. The results also underscore the importance of incorporating men into microbicide promotion efforts while encouraging a dialogue that focuses attention on power inequities that can exist in heterosexual relationships. Detailed understanding of these issues is essential for successful microbicide acceptability, social marketing, education, and use.This study was funded by a grant from National Institutes of Health (NIHU19AI 31494) as well as research awards to the first author: Friends of the Kinsey Institute Research Grant Award, Indiana University’s School of HPER Graduate Student Grant-in-Aid of Research Award, William L. Yarber Sexual Health Fellowship, and the Indiana University Graduate and Professional Student Organization Research Grant
Dataset of Grouped Commit Author IDs after Identity Resolution
No full textThis Dataset contains the SHA1 values of IDs for 5,427,024 commit authors who have created commits in git version control system, and have more than 1 ID in git. It is a compressed CSV file (separated by ; ) with 14,861,538 author IDs, where the first column is the group ID, which is same as the first (randomly selected) author ID of the group, and the second column is the author ID that is part of the group. If an author was found to have 2 different IDs: I1, I2, then it is recorded in the file in 2 separate lines, with the lines being I1;I1 and I1;I2, i.e. the first column is the group identifier, which is one of the IDs in a group, and the second column contains the different author IDs in separate lines. Author IDs consist of the Author's name and email address in the format: Name .</p
Development of non-born-Oppenheimer methods for ground and excited state molecular properties
No full textThe nuclear-electronic orbital (NEO) method is a multicomponent approach that allows the quantum mechanical treatment of electrons and specified protons on the same quantum mechanical level. NEO does not make the Born-Oppenheimber approximation between electrons and select protons, and therefore has great potential in applications to non-Born-Oppenheimer processes such as proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). Additionally, NEO can also capture nuclear quantum effects such as zero-point energy and proton delocalization in a direct and efficient manner. This dissertation describes the development of NEO methods for calculating both ground and excited state molecular properties. For the ground state, a general multicomponent embedding scheme is developed and tested within the NEO framework to obtain nuclear densities. Machinery is also presented for identifying the character and stability of NEO self-consistent field (SCF) solutions, allowing the differentiation between minima and saddle points. For excited states, the linear response multicomponent time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is derived and implemented within the NEO framework. The results for nuclear vibrational excitations of interest corresponding to single or multiple protons calculated with NEO-TDDFT are accurate when the method is used in conjunction with large nuclear and electronic basis sets. Lastly, a scheme is presented for coupling proton vibrational excitation energies calculated with NEO-TDDFT to the normal modes associated with the other nuclei. This scheme, denoted NEO-DFT(V), thereby allows for full molecular vibrational frequencies to be calculated. These NEO methods provide the foundation for a wide range of applications, especially those involving non-Born-Oppenheimber processes or nuclear quantum effects.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2021-12-01The student, Tanner Culpitt, accepted the attached license on 2019-10-16 at 10:14.The student, Tanner Culpitt, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-10-16 at 10:14.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2019-10-17 at 15:11.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #14498 on 2020-02-28 at 17:35:40Made available in DSpace on 2020-03-02T22:38:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Dataset of Grouped Commit Author IDs after Identity Resolution
No full textThis Dataset contains the IDs of 5,427,024 commit authors who have created commits in git version control system, and have more than 1 ID in git. It is a compressed CSV file (separated by ; ) with 14,861,538 author IDs, where the first column is the group ID, which is same as the first (randomly selected) author ID of the group, and the second column is the author ID that is part of the group. If an author was found to have 2 different IDs: I1, I2, then it is recorded in the file in 2 separate lines, with the lines being I1;I1 and I1;I2, i.e. the first column is the group identifier, which is one of the IDs in a group, and the second column contains the different author IDs in separate lines.</p
Victor Hugo and the Politics of Masculinity, Representations of Nineteenth-Century French Virility in Les Châtiments (1853)
No full textThis thesis demonstrates how 19th-century French author Victor Hugo used
masculinity as a trope to illustrate the sociopolitical destruction of France under the
Second Empire of Napoleon III. Using Hugo’s collection of poems in Les Châtiments
(1853) as the primary point of inquiry, analysis of his literary work and political
interventions shows how the author depicted Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte as a tyrant
whose tenure as Emperor precipitated the destruction of France’s national sense of
virility. Hugo in turn, I contend exhorts the French people to recuperate their virility in
order to reject Napoleon III. Furthermore, I examine the historical relationship between
Napoleon III and his uncle, Napoleon I, and how Napoleon III’s appropriation of the
symbolism that characterized Napoleon I allowed Hugo to emasculate Napoleon III for
representing the antithesis to his uncle’s likeness. Finally, this thesis explores how
Hugo’s literature and political activism revirilized France at the beginning of the Third
Republic.Bachelor of Art
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