252 research outputs found
Gerard Edwards Smith, Butters, Sandgate, [Kent], to Sir James Edward Smith
No full textEncouraged to write to Smith by the "persevering attention bestowed by [Smith] upon the progress & the wishes of young botanists, of which he possess so many solid proofs in [Smith's] works".
Discusses apparent ambiguity in earlier editions of "English botany" and "English flora" over the 'Ophrys' species considered 'O. apifera' by Haller and 'O. adrachnites' by Professor Murray; errors respecting localities; encloses sketches, to be returned; William Hutchinson of Hythe, [Kent], [Patrick] Keith [(1769-1840)] author of "Physiological Botany", Robert Price of Lyminge, [Kent], and himself all think it is variety of 'O. apifera'; detailed history and observations.
Provides localities for various local plants
Reforming finance in transitional socialist economies : avoiding the path from shell money to shell games
No full textIn the late 1980s, transitional socialist economies (TSEs) in Central and Eastern Europe were only somewhat more sophisticated than shell money systems: savings books or currency had to be used for most transactions and there was no risk assessment, information monitoring and acquisition, or portfolio management. The TSEs have moved toward a two-tiered banking system but they lag in the development of competitive, market-based financial systems. In several TSEs the financial system seems to be part of a shell game to hide the losses of the real economy. The authors argue that rapid, successful economic reform requires putting the shell game to an end. They review several contentious issues of financial reform in the TSEs, especially issues involving macrofinance, corporate finance, the internal debt problems, and the need to build efficient banks. The authors contend that the banks should be"cleaned up"when they are privatized, to prevent the quick reemergence of debt problems. They believe that either of the proposed alternatives for shaping financial systems in the TSEs - very highly capitalized banking or narrow banking - would minimize the need for future support. Either alternative would reduce leverage in the TSEs and provide more financial stability. But taking concerns about moral hazard to an extreme - prohibiting debt finance - could starve new firms for credit and limit economic growth.Economic Theory&Research,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Financial Intermediation
Institutional reform in emerging securities markets
No full textIn the long run, sound, efficient securities markets can contribute to economic growth; in the short run, they play an important role in financial liberalization. The author provides a guide to issues involved in institutional and regulatory reform of securities markets - and a discussion of the practical implications of different policy options and sequencing decisions. He argues that establishing sound securities markets requires institutional development that is a substantial task for many developing countries. Prerequisities for the development of securities markets include: (a) a macroeconomic and fiscal environment conducive to the supply of quality securities; (b) a legal, regulatory, and institutional infrastructure that can support efficient operation of the securities market. Essentially such an infrastructure must provide four things: (a) certainty about property rights and contracts; (b) transparent trading and other procedures and public disclosure by companies of all information relevant to the value of their securities; (c) protection against unfair practices by insiders and intermediaries; and (d) protection against the financial failure of intermediaries and market institutions such as clearinghouses. The author also provides examples of the policy conflicts and uncertainties that are routine in securities market reform and development, and suggests approaches to managing them.Financial Intermediation,Environmental Economics&Policies,Insurance&Risk Mitigation,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Theory&Research
Art and the artist in the literary works of Elsa Triolet
No full textThis thesis takes a representative selection of Triolet's works to study the themes of writing and creativity as they are presented in the novels. These are all portraits of artists and the accounts of the search for a synthesis of aesthetic freedom and ethical responsibility. It considers Triolet's importance as a foreign writer, adopting a new creative language to be adopted by a different cultural
environment, to be essential in understanding her importance to the French literary tradition. By emphasising her formative years in the avant-garde circles of prerevolutionary Russia, my study demonstrates her considerable contribution to the meeting of Russian and French aesthetic theories. I extend this with close textual
readings of certain works to demonstrate her techniques in novelistic construction which reveal many Formalist practices before Formalist works in translation made
their official influence on creative methods.
The introduction considers the reasons for Triolet's neglect as a writer. It then considers various contemporary and recent critical appraisals which indicate
the interest she has received until present and which allow me to define my own critical approach. Part One traces Triolet's literary evolution from her formative
years in Russia, through exile to her first publications in Russian. It then considers her insertion into French literary activity, and her association with the schools of
socialist realism and the "nouveau roman".
Part Two examines two traditional novels which portray the creative and metaphorical roles of the artist and his work, showing the constant conflict between private and public lives. In Part Three, I show how aspects of novelistic
traditionalism are gradually foregrounded so that the work develops a dual-sided character where it both narrates and examines the processes of its own narration. In Part Four, this move to highly self-conscious aesthetics demonstrates an idiosyncratic exploration of new paths for the novel that bring visual, auditive and cinematographic media into the traditional domain of written art. Accompanying
the very post-modernist experimentation, I show how this research within the novel into the novel's own future has an ethical and redemptive purpose whose final conclusion is that creativity and human freedom are inexorably interwoven
A.J. Potter (1918-1980): The career and creative achievement of an Irish composer in social and cultural context
No full textA. J. Potter (1918-1980) was one of the most significant composers working in Ireland in the latter part of the twentieth century. This thesis surveys his career and creative achievement, which have not hitherto been subjected to detailed scrutiny. The opening chapter presents a biographical overview: its first part outlines the circumstances of Potter's childhood and early adulthood, including his studies with Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music in London, his period of service in the British Army during World War II and his subsequent three-year sojourn in Africa; the second continues the narrative from 1951, when he settled permanently in Ireland, up to his death in 1980. In addition to detailing events of note in his private and professional life, an important subsidiary focus of this section is to depict the impoverished and culturally marginalised nature of Irish musical life at this period and describe the frustrations that these conditions engendered for the composer and his contemporaries. The remaining chapters are devoted to an examination of Potter's major works. Chapter 2 considers four student compositions that were written or conceived in the late 1930s and were subsequently revised when he resumed composing in 1949 after a creative silence of over a decade. Chapter 3 is divided in two parts: the first delineates the salient features of his mature creative aesthetic, while the second provides an account of his later orchestral works. The remaining chapters explore his choral music and stage works, which, in addition to the scores previously described, constitute his most noteworthy achievements
Safe and sound banking in developing countries : we're not in Kansas anymore
No full textDrawing on earlier work, the author reviews some of the salient facts about the boom in banking busts in developing countries. He then reviews policy responses taken by authorities in some of the"early"crisis countries, and considers a wider menu of responses -in particular the currently popular suggestion that promulgating an International Banking Standard would significantly improve the safety and soundness of banking systems in developing countries. Such a standard is not without appeal, but other approaches are probably necessary in developing countries where risks are usually greater, financial institutions are less diversified, markets are less transparent, supervision is weak, and other ingredients critical to sound banking are either missing or scarcer than in industrial countries. The author calls for a multi-pillar approach to safe and sound banking, one that would: (1) focus attention on factors that restrict banks'ability and willingness to diversify risk; and (2) Give three key groups -owners (and managers), the market (including uninsured debtholders and other possible co-owners), and supervisors- more incentive and ability to monitor banks and ensure their prudent corporate governance.Banks&Banking Reform,Labor Policies,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Financial Intermediation,Banks&Banking Reform,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Financial Intermediation,Economic Theory&Research,Settlement of Investment Disputes
Detection of Schistosoma haematobium using lensless imaging and flow cytometry, a proof of principle study
No full textWe present a simple method for the diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis using an in-line lensless holographic microscope combined with flow cytometry technique. Using simple image processing algorithms and binary image classifier, our system provides automated detection of Schistosoma haematobium eggs in infected urine samples. Registered hologram is reconstructed by applying backpropagation from sensor to sample plane and reconstructed image is automatically analysed for the presence of S. haematobium eggs. Designed for use in a resource-poor laboratory setting, our proposed method has been implemented using a Raspberry Pi computer. From pre-clinical test performed with human urine samples spiked with S. haematobium eggs (approximately 200 eggs per 12 ml of urine), we achieved a sensitivity and specificity of 50.6% and 98.6% respectively. Our proposed method requires no complex sample preparation methods making the system simple to operate and useable in point-of-care diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis.This method can be optimized to complement existing diagnostic procedures for the detection of S. haematobium eggs and can be deployed to inaccessible remote areas.Team Raf Van de PlasDesign for Sustainabilit
The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
No full textContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
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No full textRepublican memorial, Bombay Street, Clonard, West Belfast, 2020. 'Gairdín Cuimhneacháin Mhairtirigh Chluain Árd Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden; crests of four provinces of Ireland, Republican sypbol of phoenix rising; left section: plaque: 'This Plaque Is Dedicated To The People Of The Greater Clonard Who Have Resisted And Still Resist The Occupation Of Our Country By Britain. We Acknowledge With Pride The Sacrifices They Made Throughout Every Decade. Their Names Would Be Too Numerous To Mention, And Their Deeds Of Bravery And Resistance Are Un-Equalled In The History Of Our Struggle. We, The Republican Ex-Prisoners Of The Greater Clonard, Salute You, And Your Reward Will Only Be A United Ireland'; small plaque underneath: 'Renee Marie Margaret Madaline Rosthbotham', and smaller plaque underneath: 'Dedicated to the memory of Renee and Marie Rosbotham'; plaque: 'Greater Clonard Memorial Garden Committee This plaque is dedicated to the memory of members and friends who, over the years, assisted in the completion and upkeep of our memorial garden. Their dedication and comradeship is sorely missed Tommy Haddock Rita Canavan Bernie Tohill'; central section: Celtic Cross, Clonard Martyrs I gCuimhme na Mairbh Dílis' [In memory of the faithful departed]; plaque against rear wall: military figure, reverse arms; ‘I measc laochra na nGaedheal go rabh said’ [They were among the heroes of the Gaels] Clonard Martyrs C Coy 2nd Battalion Belfast Brigade Oglaigh na h-Eireann Roll Of Honour Vol. Sean Gaynor 26th Sept. 1920 " Dan Duffin 23rd April 1921 " Pat Duffin 23rd April 1921 " Seán McCartney 8th May 1921 " Gerard O'Callaghan 31st Aug. 1942 " Tom Williams 2nd Sept. 1942 " Seamus Burns 12th Feb. 1944 Fian. Gerard McAuley 15th Aug. 1969 Vol. Peter Blake 27th Oct. 1970 " Seamus Simpson 11th Aug. 1971 " Danny O'Neill 7th Jan. 1972 " Gerard Crossan 9th March 1972 " John Johnston 9th March 1972 " Tony Lewis 9th March 1972 " Tom McCann 9th March 1972 Fian. Seán O'Riordan 23rd March 1972 Vol. Joe McKenna 17th May 1973 " Martin McKenna 23rd Oct. 1979 Vol. Liam Hannaway 2nd Feb. 1981 " Brian Dempsey 25th June 1986 " Jim McKernan 14th Sept. 1986 " Finbarr McKenna 2nd May 1987 " Dan McCann 6th March 1988 " Seán Savage 6th March 1988 " Proinsias Mac Airt 8th Jan. 1992 We Also Remember All The Civilians From The Clonard Area Who Were Killed By Crown Forces And Loyalist Murder Gangs’; 'Go ndeana Dia trócaire ar a n-anamacha [May God have mercy on their souls] Civilians Murdered By Loyalists And British Forces During The Course of The Conflict Francis Finnegan ~ 21-7-20 (40) Br. Michael Morgan ~ 22-7-20 (28) Bernard Devlin ~22-7-20 (18) John J. Giles ~ 22-7-20 (19) Alexander McGoran ~ 22-7-20 (25) Thomas Robinson ~ 22-7-20 (33) John Downey ~ 22-7-20 (20) John McCartney ~ 25-7-20 (32) John McFadden ~ 26-7-20 (40) Kathleen Collins ~ 13-6-21 (18) Alexander Hamilton ~ 10-7-21 (21) Henry Mulholland ~ 10-7-21 (49) Seamus Ledlie ~ 11-7-21 (19) Anne Hobbs ~ 18-7-21 (5) William Tennyson ~ 13-2-22 (23) Frank McCoy ~ 14-2-22 (26) James Thompson ~ 7-2-22 (30) Mary Wilson ~ 15-3-22 (4) Patrick Devlin ~ 18-4-22 (28) John McMenemy ~ 7-6-22 (50) Patrick Doyle ~ 13-9-72 (19) John Scullion ~ 11-6-66 (28) Harry Thornton ~ 7-8-71 (28) Maura Meenan ~ 23-10-71 (31) James McCallum ~ 17-12-71 (31) Patrick Magee ~ 17-4-72 (20) Gerald Mccrea ~ 2-7-72 (27) Anthony Davidson ~ 22-7-72 (27) Rose McCartney ~ 22-7-72 (27) Patrick O'Neill ~ 22-7-72 (26) Hugh Connolly ~ 7-2-73 (38) Michael Coleman ~ 18-2-73 (30) Edward Coogan ~ 19-5-73 (39) Patrick Brady ~ 2-2-73 (28) Anthony Mitchell ~ 12-6-73 (38) Patrick Bracken ~ 6-7-73 (28) Eric Morgan ~ 21-10-74 (27) Michael Loghran ~ 21-10-74 (18) Michael Hanratty ~ 22-11-74 (44) Charles Irvine ~ 13-7-75 (16) Francis Mallon ~ 9-4-76 (51) Daniel Carson ~ 1-9-73 (29) Frank Moyna ~ 25-1-77 (68) Kevin Dyer ~ 17-6-78 (26) Francis Sullivan ~ 20-6-79 (34) Sean Cairns ~ 31-12-79 (19) Brendan McLaughlin ~ 29-2-80 (35) Carl McParland ~ 2-4-80 (21) Nora McCabe ~ 9-7-81 (33) Dominic O'Connor ~ 25-6-87 (29) Patrick Hamill ~9-9-87 (29) Gerard Slane ~ 23-9-88 (26) Jim Mccartney ~ 10-3-89 (39) Eamon Quinn ~ 11-3-90 (32) John Judge ~ 31-7-91 (34) Seamus Sullivan ~ 3-9-91 (24) Philomena Hanna ~ 28-4-92 (26) James Cameron ~ 26-10-93 (54) Arthur McDonnell ~ 1-2-94 (35) John Hemsworth ~ 1-2-98 (39) Michael Duggan ~ 12-11-75 (32) Michael Donnelly ~ 9-8-80 (21) Dominic Marron ~ 17-8-04 (39)'; mural against Peace Line (above): pictures of IRA volunteers (commemorated below) against burned out Bombay Street, with Phoenix 'C' (Clonard, 'Dedicated to the memory of local Republican Billy Davidson'; right section: plaque: 'In loving memory of the deceased Republican prisoners from the Greater Clonard area 1916 Peter Burns (Snr) Joseph Robinson Henry Dobbyn Seamus Dobbyn Sean Kelly Sean Neeson Bernard McMakin Harry Loughran Seamus Robinson 1920's Leo McGuinne James O'Doherty Patrick O'Doherty Edward Kane Joseph Allen Michael Ryan Seamus McKenna Patsy Dougan James Dougan Thomas Fox Pat Smyth Pat Magill Seomarle MacCanna Joseph Connolly Robert Boyle Patrick Boyle Thomas Watson John Malone Joseph McGuinne James Tanney Art O'Donnell Thomas McMorrow J.Kearney J.Savage Hugh Corvin David Matthews J.McNamara Charles McCartney Patrick Campbell Patrick Malone Edward Murphy Sean McArdle Patrick McArdle Henry McArdle James Ryan Philip Ryan Andy Jones James Cunningham Con O'Neill Leo O'Neill Alfred Downey James McCarthy John McCarthy William Hamilton Tommy Hunter John McNamee Joseph McAtamney John Kearney Patrick McCann John Cooper John O'Loan' plaque: '1930′s/40′s Brian Burns Peter Burns Anthony Lavey John Joe McKee William Mooney Bobby Dempsey P.J.Grace John Maguire John Monaghan Peter Fanning Michael Canavan Jack Gracey Pat McCotter Pearce Corry Jimmy Perry pat Simpson Dixie Cordner Ta Marley Billy Meenan Billy Downey Jim McFadden Gerry Watson Tommy O'Malley Hugh Ramsey Leo McGuigan Fra Gillen Tony Cranney Dinny Toner Eddie Collins Frank McKearney Seamus McKearney Joe McKearney Nora McAleer Rosaleen Twomey Jackie Blong P.J.Collins Joe McManus Sean Corry Jim Tennyson P. Morrison Seamus McCallum Tom Delaney Bary Donnelly Paddy Joe Doyle Barney Morgan Charles Carroll W.Watson Angelo Forte Michael McNamara Alex Mullan Alex Millar John McLoughlin Ben McKenna Patsy hughes Alfie Hannaway James Moylan Charlie McWilliams John Tierney Willie McAreavey Michael Ferris Sean Fox Gerry Boyle Dan O'Toole Michael Hall Herbie Smith Paddy Cairns Frank Malone Peter McCollough Johnny O'Rawe Harry O'Rawe Seamie O'Rawe Albie O'Rawe Frank Fitzsimmons Paddy Connolly Bily Rooney'; plaque: '1921-22 Henry McKee Charles McKee John McKee James Tanney Edward Murphy Rose Black Alfred Downey James McCarthy John McCarthy John Kirk Jospeh Magee Sean O'Neill Henry McGarry Joseph Walker Charlie McKee'; plaque: 'Joe Lunney John McGlone Edward McCatney Gerard Higgins John McDonnell Patsy Lavery Mickey Hughes Jimmy Byrne Sean Hughes Eddie Keenan 1956-1962 Sean McParland Liam McParland Bridie O'Neill Bob McMillen Tom Heenan 1970's Dermy Reynolds Dessie Reynolds Gerry Cunningham Sandy Molloy Jimmy Roe Dan Turley Alex Robinson John Bracken Alex Comerford Mary McCartney Larry Peland Brian Kelly Joh Dougan Ann Smith J.Savage Seamus Sullivan Paddy McGivern Con McHugh Séamus McMahon Barry Morgan Tony O'Kane Jimmy Largey Jimmy Monagah Eamon Meehan Billy Davidson Marie Moore Terry Rooney Bobby (Moke) McMahon Frankie "Tex" Dougan Tony Lennon Tony Duffy Brendan Duffy 1980s Mary McCann (nee McClenaghan) Madeline Rosbotham Charlie McCann Patrick (Scobie) McParland Pat McCotter 1970s'.Republican
The German Occupation in recent French fiction : an analysis of the literary “mode retro”
No full textThis thesis attempts to analyse and characterise the mode rétro, the remarkable renewal of interest in the German Occupation of France, which is coloured by an extensive re-evaluation of the period's significance. An introduction places this fashion in its literary, social and historical context, revealing how, from 1940 to 1969, a collective and predominantly Gaullist 'myth' of the Resistance became established, with the result that the national response to invasion was accepted to be one of wide-spread heroism and revolt. Part I studies the reaction to such résistancialisme, showing how this orthodox interpretation of events was undermined and, for many, discredited, and offering explanations of the timing and direction of the new view. Part II focuses on the fiction, memoirs, autobiographies and biographies of the younger authors, those who have no direct adult experience of the années noires. It is suggested that their obvious obsession with absent parent-figures reflects their awareness that the past has been misrepresented and their heritage rendered problematic. Their sole means of escape from this predicament, their only source of emotional relief is seen to lie in the creation of a personal account of the early 1940s running contrary to the prevalent orthodoxy, the fabrication of a 'counter-myth'. It is thus the notion of myth which links the various sections of the survey, and so gives the thesis its overall unity
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