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Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Early Palaeozoic orogenic events north of the Rheic suture (Brabant, Ardenne): a review
No full textThe Lower Palaeozoic rocks exposed in the Brabant-Ardenne region (Belgium, France) recorded the Early Palaeozoic history on the southern margin of the perigondwanan microcontinent of Avalonia, north of the Rheic suture. These rocks crop out in the Brabant basement and in the Ardenne basement inliers within the Variscan Ardenne allochthon. The two main unconformities are classically associated with distinct orogenic episodes, the Late Ordovician "Ardennian" event and the Early Devonian "Brabantian" event. A review of the current state-of-knowledge with respect to the reconstruction of Early Palaeozoic geodynamics in the Brabant-Ardenne region is presented. It is demonstrated that an unconformity does not necessarily represent an orogenic event, and that the hiatus related to an unconformity does not necessarily coincide with tectonic activity, especially when tectonism is diachronous in nature. The former applies to the Ardennian unconformity, while the latter applies to the Brabantian unconformity. Finally, the well-constrained Brabantian orogeny, as well as the Ardenne-Eifel basin development, is tentatively framed within the Early Palaeozoic geodynamic context of the northern margin of the Rheic realm. By doing so, it is shown that the Brabant-Ardenne region links, both in space and time, the Rheic and Rhenohercynian ocean. © 2008 Académie des sciences.sponsorship: [
"This research is sponsored by the Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO - Vlaanderen). The work is part of the research projects 6.0271.05 and KAN1.5.128.05. Manuel Sintubin is Research Professor of the Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds at the K.U.Leuven. Timothy N. Debacker is Postdoctoral Fellow of the FWO - Vlaanderen. Herve Van Baelen is Research Assistant of the Institute for Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology (IWT - Vlaanderen). Jacques Verniers is thanked to provide a photograph of the Fepin outcrop.",
"Brian Windley and Stanislaw Mazur are greatly acknowledged for their comments. Karel Schulmann, Jean-Marc Lardeaux and Richard Scriveners are thanked to edit this special issue of the Comptes Rendus Geoscience."
] (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO - Vlaanderen), 6.0271.05, KAN1.5.128.05)status: Publishe
Money piece by Timothy P. Agnew, chief executive officer of the Finance Author
No full textMoney piece by Timothy P. Agnew, chief executive officer of the Finance Authority of Maine, about the increased availability of credit for Maine\u27s small businesses
Adverse reactions to methylphenidate treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: structure and associations with clinical characteristics and symptom control.
No full textBackground: methylphenidate (MPH)-related adverse events are well characterized. Their predictors and their relationship with therapeutic effects are less well understood. Here we examine these issues in relation to two long-acting formulations.Method: comparison of Methylphenidates in the Analog Classroom Setting (COMACS) was made in a large (n=184) placebo-controlled trial comparing Equasym XL®/Metadate CD®, Concerta®, and placebo (PLA) using a Laboratory School protocol. Therapeutic effects were measured using direct observation, scores on a simple math productivity task and parent ratings. Parents also completed the Barkley Stimulant Side Effect Rating Scale (BSSERS).Results: the BSSERS had six factors: Emotionality, sleep/appetite, disengaged, dizzy, uninterested, and aches. Treatment effects were seen only for emotionality (which improved) and sleep and appetite (which worsened). Adverse events were not predictable from personal and clinical characteristics of patients. Sleep/appetite adverse events were not associated with therapeutic effects. Improvements in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and emotionality were correlated.Discussion: the results support a narrow conceptualization of MPH adverse events with problems restricted to appetite and sleep. These effects were not predictable on the basis of available information and may be due to an underlying mechanism rather distinct from those determining therapeutic effect
On the use of magnetic techniques for stratigraphic purposes: examples from the Lower Palaeozoic Anglo-Brabant Deformation Belt (Belgium)
No full textWithin the Lower Palaeozoic Anglo-Brabant Deformation Belt, magnetic susceptibility on its own does not allow for a straightforward distinction between different lithostratigraphic units, except for the high-susceptibility levels of the Lower Cambrian Tubize Formation. Moreover, the variation in magnetic susceptibility within individual lithostratigraphic units is often larger than that between different units, but at the same time, this internal variation in susceptibility may show no clear relationship to features obvious in outcrop or hand specimens. Hence, the applicability of magnetic susceptibility for stratigraphic purposes in the Anglo-Brabant Deformation Belt is low. Better results are obtained using the temperature-dependent variation in terms of percentage of magnetic susceptibility within the "room temperature interval". Also the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility allows for a better distinction between different lithostratigraphic units than does magnetic susceptibility. The best results are obtained by a comparison of thermal demagnetisation curves of magnetic remanence, used for determining ferromagnetic mineralogy. This method even allows distinguishing lithostratigraphic units in which ferromagnetic carriers do not contribute to overall magnetic susceptibility and its anisotropy. Ideally, each magnetic technique should be used for stratigraphic purposes only in combination with other magnetic techniques. Moreover, knowledge about the magnetic carriers (s.l.) facilitates this use of magnetic techniques and strongly improves the accuracy of the interpretations.sponsorship: We would like to thank F. Martin-Hernandez and O. Averbush for thoroughly reviewing the manuscript. We are very grateful to A. Flirt (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland) for the additional magnetic analyses by means of the Curie Balance and to C. Aubourg for the stimulating discussions on ferromagnetic mineralogy. We would also like to acknowledge A. Herbosch for pointing out the unexpected lithology at Braine-le-Chateau. T.N. Debacker is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation-Flanders (F.W.O.-Vlaanderen). This work forms part of research project G.0271.05 of the F.W.O.-Vlaanderen. The handheld magnetic susceptibility meter was obtained by means of extra research funds given by the F.W.O.-Vlaanderen to T. Debacker. (F.W.O.-Vlaanderen|G.0271.05)status: Publishe
Timothy Meyer serves as a contributing author for UN report
No full textAssistant Professor Timothy Meyer served as a contributing author for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization\u27s report titled Networks for Prosperity: Connecting Development Knowledge Beyond 2015. The document, which was released during November, analyzes the nexus between the global connectedness of a country and its economic success, sustainability and government effectiveness. Meyer was one of only approximately 20 academic and practical experts from around the world selected to serve as a contributor after a global call for proposals.
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The supposed thrust fault in the Dyle-Thyle outcrop area (southern Brabant Massif, Belgium) re-interpreted as a folded low-angle extensional detachment
No full textSince 1943 the anomalous contact in the Dyle-Thyle area between the Lower Cambrian Tubize Formation and older deposits, on the one hand, and the Upper Cambrian Mousty Formation and younger deposits, on the other hand, has been interpreted as a gently N-dipping, large-displacement thrust, the Orne-Noirmont-Baudecet thrust. The irregular fault trace and the presence of a supposed klippe at Court-St.-Etienne are both ascribed to the very gentle fault dip. However, a review of outcrop, borehole and geophysical data shows that there are no convincing arguments for such a gently N-dipping thrust. An alternative model is proposed in which the Orne-Noirmont-Baudecet fault is considered a pre-cleavage and pre-folding low-angle extensional detachment, similar to the Asquempont fault sensu Debacker in the Senne-Sennette area. The irregular subcrop trace of the Orne-Noirmont-Baudecet fault is attributed to the strongly variable fold orientations, associated with a transition zone between steeply plunging and gently plunging folds, similar to what has recently been described in the Senne-Sennette area. Although also this model remains speculative, it is the only model which successfully combines all the data from the Dyle-Thyle area and which is compatible also with the structural architecture of other outcrop and subcrop areas of the Brabant Massif.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe
Selected Contributions of Sister Mary Berenice Beck, O.S.F. to Nursing in the United States, 1923-1956
No full textby Sister M. Timothy Costello.Typescript.Thesis (M.S.N.)--Catholic University of America.Bibliography: leaves 44-47.Also available in microfilm
The Baptismal Liturgy of Theodore of Mopsuestia
No full textTimothy A. Curtin.Typescript.Thesis (S.T.D.)--Catholic University of America, 1971.Bibliography: leaves 368-393
Five minutes with Timothy Gowers: “academics can publish journals of the highest quality without a commercial entity”
No full textFields Medal-winning Cambridge mathematician Sir Timothy Gowers and a team of colleagues have recently launched a new editor-owned Open Access (OA) journal for mathematics. Discrete Analysis is an arXiv overlay journal, which means articles are submitted and hosted via the preprint server arXiv first. The journal coordinates peer-review and publishes via Scholastica with no cost to reader or author. Gowers reflects here on his vision for the future of editor-owned journals
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