221 research outputs found
daniel-partington/Hydro_Time_Series_Event_Identification: Synthetic temperature time series dataset generation
No full textComparison of methods for identifying non-stationary, non-linear processes from hydrological time series dat
Guitar Studio Recital Michael Partington, director February 9, 2018
No full textConcert ProgramConcert Program for Guitar Studio Recital Michael Partington, director February 9, 201
Performance assessment and improvement of recursive digital baseflow filters for catchments with different physical characteristics and hydrological inputs
No full textAbstract not availableLi Li, Holger R. Maier, Daniel Partington, Martin F. Lambert, Craig T. Simmon
Assessment of the internal dynamics of the Australian Water Balance Model under different calibration regimes
No full textAbstract not availableLi Li, Martin F. Lambert, Holger R. Maier, Daniel Partington, Craig T. Simmon
The Linguistics of Laughter: A corpus-assisisted study of laughter-talk
No full textThis book examines what speakers try to achieve by producing ‘laughter-talk’ (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter.
In particular, the author focuses on the tactical use of laughter-talk to achieve specific rhetorical and strategic ends: for example, to construct an identity, to make an argumentative point, to threaten someone else’s face or save one’s own.
Although laughter and humour are by no means always related, the book also considers the implications these corpus-based observations may have about humour theory in general.
As one of the first works to have recourse to such a sizeable databank of examples of laughter in spontaneous running talk, this impressive volume will be a point of reference and an inspiration for scholars with an interest in corpus
linguistics, discourse, humour, wordplay, irony and laughter-talk as a social phenomenon
Modern diachronic corpus-assisted language studies: methodologies fro tracking language change over recent time.
No full textThis paper presents a description of the tools and methodologies employed in the novel discipline of modern diachronic corpus-assisted language studies. The main instruments are a set of three ‘sister’ corpora of parallel structure and content from different moments of contemporary time, namely 1993, 2005 and 2010, along with a number of corpus interrogation tools. The methodologies are the particular techniques devised by the research team to which the author belongs (the SiBol group) for employing these interrogation tools to shed light on the various research questions treated in the paper.
The first part of the paper outlines ways in which these tools and techniques can be used to track changes in the grammar, lexis and discourse practices of UK broadsheet or ‘quality’ newspapers. Given the important role of newspapers, some of these changes may well be indicative of general changes in UK written English. The second part, instead, describes a number of studies conducted by the research group into how the reporting of various social and cultural themes and issues, ranging from what is seen as a moral issue, to the rhetoric of appeals to science, to how antisemitism is debated, has developed over the time period in question. The concluding section discusses the relationship between the methodologies employed in modern diachronic corpus-assisted language studies and wider scientific research methodology.
SiBol is a portmanteau of Siena and Bologna, the two universities involved in initiating the project. http://www3.lingue.unibo.it/clb
Patterns and Meanings in Discourse
No full textThe present volume mixes theoretical discussions with practical demonstrations. It begins with introductory chapters defining terms and outlining the rationale and aims of the volume, the theoretical linguistic stance underpinning it and the overall methodologies to be used. After this introduction, each chapter begins by outlining a topic or an area in discourse studies, followed by descriptions of case studies which attempt both to shed light on particular themes or issues in this area and also and especially to demonstrate the methodologies which might be fruitfully employed to investigate such issues. Each chapter concludes with suggestions on activities which the readers may wish to undertake themselves. Finally, Appendix 1 contains a list of currently available resources for corpus linguistics research.
The topics for case study include studies in lexis, phraseology, syntax, text grammar, evaluative meaning, metaphor and “unusuality” (defined as the creative upsetting and exploitation of readers and hearers expectations of regularity in language). All of these concerns are present in the current work and are augmented by studies into author style, irony, spoken interaction, including face and politeness and diachronic studies of both linguistic and social, cultural and political changes over recent time
Dwaj angielscy chemicy/autorzy/nauczyciele: John Read i James Riddick Partington
No full textJohn Read and James Partington were both prominent and highly respected academics, chemists, authors and teachers during the middle decades of the 20th century. Their books were widely read throughout this period and played a major role in educating and raising the awareness of chemistry among young people and adults. Today their names are forgotten. The aim of the present article is to re-establish these two remarkable men and to bring them to the forefront of educational programs. An outline is given of their careers as chemists, set against the background of the times they lived in, giving an emphasis to their formidable literary output. Although they had widely contrasting personalities, and were specialists in three different fields of chemistry, Read: organic, Partington: physical and inorganic, they both recognized the great importance of setting chemistry in an historical context. Accordingly, they both wrote many works on the origins and development of chemistry and included much historical material in their textbooks. This added not only a great interest to the subject, but also set it in a broader cultural context, which is so clearly lacking in today’s chemistry teaching programs. A chronological list of their books is given and short contrasting fragments from four of them are analysed. Not only are these books of great interest, but they serve as an outstanding foundation for teaching the principles of chemistry today. A recommendation is made to incorporate one work of each author as compulsory reading material for students today, and in future years.W połowie dwudziestego wieku John Read i James Partington byli wysoko cenionymi naukowcami w dziedzinie chemii, autorami i nauczycielami. Ich książki były czytane w szerokich kręgach i odgrywały ważną rolę w edukacji i w rozszerzaniu świadomości chemii wśród młodzieży i dorosłych. Niestety, dzisiaj ich nazwiska są zapomniane. Celem tego artykułu jest przywrócenie należytego miejsca w historii nauki tym dwóm niezwykłym postaciom i wprowadzenie ich na pierwszy plan we współczesnych programach edukacyjnych. Ich życiorysy zostały przedstawione w skrócie na tle epoki, w której żyli. Szczególny nacisk położono na ich olbrzymi wkład w literaturę. Read i Partington posiadali zupełnie odmienne osobowości i specjalizowali się w trzech dziedzinach chemii, a mianowicie Read: w organicznej, Partington: w fizycznej i nieorganicznej. Mimo tych różnic, obaj chemicy w pełni doceniali konieczność przedstawiania chemii w perspektywie historycznej. W związku z powyższym autorzy ci napisali wiele prac na temat początków chemii i rozwoju nauk chemicznych, a także uwzględniali materiały historyczne w podręcznikach. Materiały te w dużym stopniu wzbogacały i uprzyjemniały nauczanie chemii. Równocześnie uświadamiały czytelnikowi, jak doniosłą rolę odegrała chemia w dziejach ludzkości. Takiego uświadamiania w jaskrawy sposób brakuje w dzisiejszych programach nauczania chemii. Ponadto przedstawiono w układzie chronologicznym listę ich książek i dokonano szczegółowej analizy czterech różnych fragmentów z tych dzieł. Książki Johna Reada i Jamesa R. Partingtona są nie tylko bardzo interesujące, ale również stanowią doskonały fundament do nauczania chemii obecnie. Przedstawiono propozycję, żeby chociaż jedna książka tych autorów stała się obowiązującą lekturą dla studentów chemii, zarówno dzisiaj, jak i w przyszłości
Uso de energia de micro-ondas em preparações de compostos orgânicos
No full textTCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Físicas e Matemáticas, Curso de Química.A busca do entendimento do papel exercido pela energia de micro-ondas (ondas eletromagnéticas nas freqüências de microondas, de 300MHz a 300G1-1z, Figura 1) em reações químicas tem contado com a contribuição e esforços de muitos pesquisadores de diversas áreas, nas últimas décadas o papel da química é extremamente importante neste contexto. Estudos de síntese orgânica sob energia de microondas tem o intuito de fornecer novos avanços no conhecimento da influência dessa energia, bem como testar a eficiência do método. Na metodologia foi utilizado o procedimento de Philips. Para as reações estudadas (de "Phillips" e substituição nucleofilica aromática), houve diminuição no tempo de síntese e incremento no rendimento, quando comparados com métodos convencionais. Tais conclusões indicam que deve ser dada continuidade ao trabalho, estudando novas classes de reações, observando diferentes parâmetros, e analisando o problema em termos fisico-quimicos
Pedler creek streamflow generation: Model input files for Pedler Creek
No full text<p>This repository contains supplementary material and all of the model input files for the results presented in the article Taking theory to the field: streamflow generation mechanisms in an intermittent Mediterranean catchment</p>
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