628 research outputs found
SCS New Employee Orientation
No full textPhotograph of a group during the SCS New Employee Orientation. Back Row L to R: Carole A. Daniel; Allen D, Russel; Joseph W.Cullen; Paul W. Hamilton; Robt. O. Griswold; James E. Hamilton; David J. Dosset Middle Row: Lester L. Cobb; Elisabeth P. Raunikax; Stanley L. Rice; Ruby M. Speed; Leslie R. Conner; Ginger S. Hobbs; Irita F. Devine. Front Row Jarvis G. Kinder; Robt. F. Hawking; Carl J. Hunter; Norman W. Priest; Blaine D. Halliday
The Myth of Urban Unity. Religion and Social Performance in Late Medieval Braunschweig
No full textArlinghaus F-J. The Myth of Urban Unity. Religion and Social Performance in Late Medieval Braunschweig. In: Goodson C, Lester AE, Symes C, eds. Cities, Texts, and Social Networks, 400-1500: Experiences and Perceptions of Medieval Urban Space. Farnham: Ashgate; 2010: 215-232
Investigation of the interaction between corticomuscular coherence, motor precision and perceived difficulty in wrist flexion and extension
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Recently, behavioural (motor precision) differences were reported between isometric wrist flexion and extension. Neurophysiological as well as clinical differences have also been reported between these antagonistic movements. Corticomuscular coherence (CMC), i.e. the frequency specific temporal coupling between the electroencephalogram (EEG) and electromyogram (EMG) recorded during isometric force production, reflects the functional connectivity between cortex and muscle. A single muscle (flexor digitorum superficialis) study suggests a positive correlation between 15-35 Hz (beta) CMC and motor precision of the muscle. Yet, no study has simultaneously compared CMC and motor precision between wrist flexion and extension. Task perceived difficulty, which is a perceptual variable, may influence both motor precision and CMC, but has not been studied yet. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the interaction between CMC, motor precision and perceived difficulty in isometric wrist flexion and extension tasks
A guide to the microfilm edition of the John F. Kennedy national security files, 1961-1963. Middle East
No full textBib id: 4776005 "National security files."; "Microfilmed from the holdings of the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
Characterization and structure in the development of Tudor comedy
No full textThe role of characterization in dramatic structure is assessed by theoretical criteria.
Characters who perform actions necessary for the completion of the narrative sequence are
said to be "bound" to the narrative; those without such obligations are "free". Characters
who maintain a single, constant meaning during the course of a play are said to be "static";
characters who change or develop into new roles are "dynamic". Horatian decorum
demanded that comic characters be static, and the characters of Plautine and Terentian
tradition were almost always bound to narrative intrigue. However, evaluations of six
Tudor comedies show an increasing use of non-classical characterization within the comic
form.
In the early comedies lohan lohan and Roister Doister all characters are bound and
static, yet the impetus to enlarge the role of characterization is evident. The characters of
lohan lohan are expanded from their French source, and Roister Doister includes
extraneous episodes in which Udall displays his braggart hero. Free characters abound in
Misogonus; as well the play brings dynamic characterization into the scope of comedy with
the conversion of its prodigal son.
Free characters offer new possibilities of non-narrative plotting. In comedies of the
1580s favourite traditional characters appear as diversions outside the action, and thematic
arrangements of characters inform the increasingly complex plots. Lyly stresses the
symbolic potential of characters in Endimion, whereas Greene uses dynamic
characterization to heighten the illusion of independent figures in Friar Bacon and Friar
Bungay. Love's Labour's Lost exposes the limitations of comic artifice by pulling the
characters between convention and individualization.
By the end of the sixteenth century free and dynamic characters had become
common, and characterization had established a sizable claim on the design of English
comedy. These developments set the English form apart from its neoclassical counterparts
The political orientations of black students from all-black towns: the cases of boley, oklahoma; grambling, louisiana; and mound bayou, mississippi
No full textThis study examines the political orientations of black high school students living in the all-black towns of Boley, Oklahoma; Grambling, Louisiana; and Mound Bayou, Mississippi. For comparative purposes, the study also examines the political orientations of black students living in one multi-ethnic town (Rural Town). The primary intent of this investigation is to determine to what degree the students from these towns are socialized to accept the American political system. In essence, this research seeks to determine to what extent are the students committed to certain values, norms and traditions generally associated with the American society. This study also examines the students' feelings about black nationalism. It attempts to determine the extent to which the students in the three all-black towns and one multi-ethnic town accept the concept black nationalism. A major concern is to determine if there is a correlation between one's acceptance or rejection of the values associated with the American political system and one's feelings about black nationalism. The data for this research were obtained from a paper and pencil questionnaire administered to one-hundred and seventy-two black town students and forty-two multi-ethnic town students in the Spring and Sumner of 1984. The questionnaire consisted of questions concerning the personal and family background of the students, the American political system, and the students' feelings about black nationalism. Additional information on black nationalism and all-black towns was obtained through library research. Findings of this study show that the vast majority of the students in the all-black towns and the multi-ethnic town displayed more support for the American political system than disaffection for the system. The data indicate that more than thr ee-f our ths of all the students can be classified as moderate conformers to conformers. However, the black town students show more support for the political system than those from Rural Town. Findings concerning the students' feelings about black nationalism show that the students in Rural Town displayed a higher degree of support for black nationalism than those in the three all-black towns. However, the vast majority of all the students can be classified in the moderate nationalist to nationalist categories. Only in the town of Boley do the students show strong support of black national!sm. The results of this research show that there is an association between the degree of political socialization and the degree of black nationalism. However, the data indicate that the relationship between the two variables is a negative one. That is, the findings show that those students who oppose the American political system are more likely to display support for black nationalism
The Islamist movement in Sudan : the impact of Dr Hassal al-Turabi's personality on the movement.
No full textSIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:DX201005 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
Unmaking the remake: Lacanian psychoanalysis, Deleuzian logic, and the problem of repetition in Hollywood cinema
No full textRepetition is inherent to cinema. From the complex interweaving of genre cycles andHollywood stars to the elementary mechanism of film projection (twenty-four times persecond): cinema is repetition. It is perhaps little wonder then that psychoanalysis is oftenthought of as one of the discourses with which to write about film in the 20th century.However, this thesis problematises both cinematic repetition and psychoanalytic film theory,stressing that each is haunted by a spectre: the remake, and the film-philosophy of GillesDeleuze, respectively. Despite its critical opprobrium, I explore the remake not only as aviable object of cinematic scholarship, but one necessary in moving past the impasse of filmstudies identified by Timothy Corrigan (1991) as ‘historical hysteria’. My research turns toDeleuzian film theory as a counterpart, rather than replacement, of the predominant Lacanianmodel. This is, however, neither a defence of the remake nor of psychoanalysis, but, rather, anattempt to submit both to a radical reassessment that, as Lacan says, aims at giving you a‘kick up the arse’ (1998:49).Eschewing the ‘example’ as a remnant of film theory’s current collapse in form, I suggest two‘case studies’ for consideration, augmented by a cache of film references: (1) Gus Van Sant’sshot-for-shot remake (1998) of Alfred Hitchcock’s original Psycho (1960) as a ‘symptom’ ofHollywood’s self-cannibalisation; and (2) George Sluizer’s The Vanishing (1993), aHollywood ‘auto-remake’ of his own Dutch original, Spoorloos (1988), as a ‘fetish’ ofHollywood’s desire in the European ‘Other’. Rather than expose Deleuze to a Lacanianframework I subject the one to a reading of the other in a möbius relation, turning theminside-out, so to speak. Mediating these two thinkers is Slavoj Žižek, a cultural theorist whoseown ‘filmosophy’ is revealed from amongst his often frenetic writings. In so doing, I expose adark underside to Hollywood repetition, one which provides some new tools forunderstanding the popularity of cinema’s most critically neglected discourse
THE IMPACT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON THE IMPORT, EXPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CITRUS
No full textAgricultural and Food Policy,
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Etching in silicon-dioxide with a controllable sidewall angle
No full textA selective sloped silicon dioxide etching method has been studied using a temperature controlled diode-type reactive ion etch system with CHCl₃, C₂F₆, H₂ and N₂ gases. The SiO₂ was covered by a polyimide mask with vertical sidewalls and window openings from 1.25-4 microns. Control of the sidewall slope in SiO₂ is possible through varying the ratios of CHCl₃ and C₂F₆. High percentages (95-100%) of CHCl₃ resulted in low etch rates of 420 angstroms/min. Large slopes of up to 65 degrees are possible. With C₂F₆ above 5%, larger etch rates close to 2000 angstroms/min. occur and etching becomes vertical with purely anisotropic profiles at 10% C₂F₆. In a simulation study, SiO₂ sidewall slope was found to be controlled by the isotropic deposition rate as well as the anisotropic etch rate. Optical Multichannel Analysis of the discharge showed an increase in silicon dioxide removal when the percentage of C₂F₆ was increased. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.
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