458 research outputs found

    Stephen Schofield

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    Tisseron analyses the multiple aspects of Schofield's recent soft-sculptures. The author notes their characteristic relationship with depth, links them to the preverbal experience of maternal touching, and examines the interface function of the materials. Artist's statement. Biographical notes. 11 bibl. ref

    Encountering a surprising response to cyberbullying among an immigrant community

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    Lynn Schofield Clark draws on her ethnographic research at a U.S. high school and reflects on the role of digital media in immigrant groups, online harassment and the opportunities provided by strong communities. Lynn is Professor and Chair in the Department of Media, Film, and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver. She is also the author of “The parent app: Understanding families in a digital age”, a book also recently reviewed on this blog

    Mechanism and materialism: British natural philosophy in the age of reason

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    Robert Schofield explores the rational elements of British experimental natural philosophy in the 18th century by tracing the influence of two opposing concepts of the nature of matter and its action-mechanism and materialism. Both concepts rested on the Newtonian interpretation of their proponents, although each developed more or less independently. By integrating the developments in all the areas of experimental natural philosophy, describing their connections and the influences of Continental science, natural theology, and to a lesser degree social and institutional changes, the author de

    Discontinuous molecular dynamics for semiflexible and rigid bodies

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    A general framework for performing event-driven simulations of systems with semiflexible or rigid bodies interacting under impulsive forces is outlined. The method consists of specifying a means of computing the free evolution of constrained motion, evaluating the times at which interactions occur, and determining the consequences of interactions on subsequent motion. Algorithms for computing the times of interaction events and carrying out efficient event-driven simulations are discussed. The semiflexible case and the rigid case differ qualitatively in that the free motion of a rigid body can be computed analytically and need not be integrated numerically. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.PT: J; CR: ABRAMOWITZ M, 1965, HDB MATH FUNCTIONS F ALDER BJ, 1959, J CHEM PHYS, V31, P459 ALDER BJ, 1960, J CHEM PHYS, V33, P1439 ALLEN MP, 1987, COMPUTER SIMULATION ALLEN MP, 1989, COMPUT PHYS REP, V9, P301 ANDERSEN HC, 1983, J COMPUT PHYS, V52, P24 BARAFF D, 1989, COMPUT GRAPH, V23, P223 BARAFF D, 1992, THESIS CORNELL U BRENT RP, 1973, ALGORITHMS MINIMIZAT CARTER EA, 1989, CHEM PHYS LETT, V156, P472 CHAPELA GA, 1984, MOL PHYS, V53, P139 CHAPELA GA, 1989, CHEM PHYS, V129, P201 CICCOTTI G, 2004, J STAT PHYS, V115, P701 DELAPENA LH, UNPUB DELAPENA LH, 2005, J CHEM PHYS, V126 DEMICHELE C, 2006, J PHYS CHEM B, V110, P8064 DONEV A, 2005, J COMPUT PHYS, V202, P737 DONEV A, 2005, J COMPUT PHYS, V202, P765 ERPENBECK JJ, 1977, STAT MECH B FIXMAN M, 1974, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V71, P3050 FRENKEL D, 2004, UNDERSTANDING MOL DY GALASSI M, 2005, GNU SCI LIB REFERENC GOLDSTEIN H, CLASSICAL MECH JACOBI CGJ, 1849, J CRELLE, V39, P293 KNOPP K, 1947, THEORY FUNCTIONS 2 LANDAU LD, 1976, MECHANICS LUBACHEVSKY BD, 1991, J COMPUT PHYS, V94, P255 MARIN M, 1993, J COMPUT PHYS, V109, P306 MARIN M, 1995, COMPUT PHYS COMMUN, V92, P214 MARSDEN JE, 2002, INTRO MECH SYMMETRY MASUTANI Y, 1994, P IEEE INT C ROB AUT, V2, P1066 MELCHIONNA S, 2000, PHYS REV E A, V61, P6165 MOSHIER SL, 1989, METHODS PROGRAMS MAT PRESS WH, 1992, NUMERICLA RECIPES FO RAMSHAW JD, 1986, PHYS LETT A, V116, P110 RAPAPORT DC, 1980, J COMPUT PHYS, V34, P184 RAPAPORT DC, 2004, ART MOL DYNAMICS SIM RUEB AS, 1834, THESIS UTRECHT NETHE RYCKAERT JP, 1977, J COMPUT PHYS, V23, P327 TUCKERMAN ME, 1999, EUROPHYS LETT, V45, P149 TUCKERMAN ME, 2001, J CHEM PHYS, V115, P1678 VANZON R, IN PRESS J COMPUT PH VANZON R, 2002, PHYS REV E 1, V65 WHITTAKER ET, 1937, TREATISE ANAL DYMANI; NR: 44; TC: 1; J9: J CHEM PHYS; PG: 13; GA: 138VLSource type: Electronic(1

    Discontinuous molecular dynamics for rigid bodies: Applications

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    Event-driven molecular dynamics simulations are carried out on two rigid-body systems which differ in the symmetry of their molecular mass distributions. First, simulations of methane in which the molecules interact via discontinuous potentials are compared with simulations in which the molecules interact through standard continuous Lennard-Jones potentials. It is shown that under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, the rigid discontinuous molecular dynamics method reproduces the essential dynamical and structural features found in continuous-potential simulations at both gas and liquid densities. Moreover, the discontinuous molecular dynamics approach is demonstrated to be between 3 and 100 times more efficient than the standard molecular dynamics method depending on the specific conditions of the simulation. The rigid discontinuous molecular dynamics method is also applied to a discontinuous-potential model of a liquid composed of rigid benzene molecules, and equilibrium and dynamical properties are shown to be in qualitative agreement with more detailed continuous-potential models of benzene. The few qualitative differences in the angular dynamics of the two models are related to the relatively crude treatment of variations in the discontinuous repulsive interactions as one benzene molecule rotates by another. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.PT: J; CR: ALDER BJ, 1959, J CHEM PHYS, V31, P459 BELLEMANS A, 1980, MOL PHYS, V39, P781 CACELLI I, 2004, J AM CHEM SOC, V126, P14278 CHAPELA GA, 1984, MOL PHYS, V53, P139 CHAPELA GA, 1989, CHEM PHYS, V129, P201 DELAPENA LH, 2007, J CHEM PHYS, V126 DEMICHELE C, 2006, J PHYS CHEM B, V110, P8064 DING F, 2003, PROTEINS, V53, P220 DUANE S, 1987, PHYS LETT B, V195, P216 DULLWEBER A, 1997, J CHEM PHYS, V107, P5840 FALCONE DR, 1967, J PHYS CHEM-US, V71, P2754 MACKERELL AD, 1998, J PHYS CHEM B, V102, P3586 NGUYEN HD, 2006, J AM CHEM SOC, V128, P1890 PRESS WH, 1992, NUMERICLA RECIPES FO RAPAPORT DC, 1979, J CHEM PHYS, V71, P3299 RAPAPORT DC, 2004, ART MOL DYNAMICS SIM VANZON R, CONDMAT0612404 VANZON R, IN PRESS J COMPUT PH ZACHAROPOULOS N, 2005, J CHEM PHYS, V122 ZHOU YQ, 1999, J MOL BIOL, V293, P917; NR: 20; TC: 0; J9: J CHEM PHYS; PG: 12; GA: 138VLSource type: Electronic(1

    mcbooki399p304g: Lorin Morrison, Early Store in Milford, Sheep Grazing in Pine Valley

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    Photos of Lorin Morrison, pioneer mining man of western Beaver County; Early store in Milford. Young ladies left to right: Ella Hutchings, Mildred Schofield, Marie Hutchings; Sheep grazing in Pine Valley, western Beaver County

    Ad triangulum. The cathedral of Milan and its dome. From Stornaloco to Bramante, Leonardo and Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

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    The construction of the dome of Milan Cathedral represents one of the most fascinating and complex episodes in the history of Italian architecture of the fifteenth century. This is an exemplary case, for the specificity and exceptionality of the Fabbrica del Duomo and for the involvement of some of the most authoritative protagonists of the time - Bramante, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Luca Fancelli and Leonardo da Vinci - invited by Giangaleazzo and Ludovico Maria Sforza to propose an innovative structural, constructive and formal solution. The desire of the ducal family to assert its image through this enterprise is the backdrop to the succession of builders, workers and ambitious projects committed to giving the building the right crowning glory. The complex story is traced here starting from the recognition of the importance of the intervention of the mathematician from Piacenza Gabriele Stornaloco, creator in 1391 of a geometric scheme to establish the dimensions of the elevation, to be considered the "Ariadne's thread" for the construction of the whole cathedral. Deepening the heated discussion on the adoption of different construction techniques - Lombard, Tuscan and transalpine - the numerous projects proposed to solve the problem of the dome, which pushes the Sforza and the Fabbrica to make use of prestigious consultancy, are then analyzed, also involving Leonardo da Vinci, author of a lost wooden model. Finally we come to the winning project of two Lombards, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo and Giangiacomo Dolcebuono who, between 1490 and 1500, built the dome up to the base of the lantern, using practices rooted in Lombard architectural culture, leaving out only the largest spire that will be built in 1769 as evidence of the complexity of a construction site that lasted over 400 years, making Milan Cathedral one of the most original architecture in Europe

    Modeling Phytoplankton Blooms and Inorganic Carbon Responses to Sea‐Ice Variability in the West Antarctic Peninsula

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    © The Author(s), 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Schultz, C., Doney, S. C., Hauck, J., Kavanaugh, M. T., & Schofield, O. Modeling phytoplankton blooms and inorganic carbon responses to sea-ice variability in the West Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(4), (2021): e2020JG006227, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006227.The ocean coastal-shelf-slope ecosystem west of the Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a biologically productive region that could potentially act as a large sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The duration of the sea-ice season in the WAP shows large interannual variability. However, quantifying the mechanisms by which sea ice impacts biological productivity and surface dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) remains a challenge due to the lack of data early in the phytoplankton growth season. In this study, we implemented a circulation, sea-ice, and biogeochemistry model (MITgcm-REcoM2) to study the effect of sea ice on phytoplankton blooms and surface DIC. Results were compared with satellite sea-ice and ocean color, and research ship surveys from the Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. The simulations suggest that the annual sea-ice cycle has an important role in the seasonal DIC drawdown. In years of early sea-ice retreat, there is a longer growth season leading to larger seasonally integrated net primary production (NPP). Part of the biological uptake of DIC by phytoplankton, however, is counteracted by increased oceanic uptake of atmospheric CO2. Despite lower seasonal NPP, years of late sea-ice retreat show larger DIC drawdown, attributed to lower air-sea CO2 fluxes and increased dilution by sea-ice melt. The role of dissolved iron and iron limitation on WAP phytoplankton also remains a challenge due to the lack of data. The model results suggest sediments and glacial meltwater are the main sources in the coastal and shelf regions, with sediments being more influential in the northern coast.C. Schultz, S. C. Doney, M. T. Kavanaugh, and O. Schofield acknowledge support by the US National Science Foundation (Grant no. PLR-1440435), and C. Schultz and S. C. Doney acknowledge support from the University of Virginia. This research has also received funding from the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Marine Carbon and Ecosystem Feedbacks in the Earth System (MarESys), Grant number VH-NG-1301

    A European union and Canadian review of public health nursing preparation and practice.

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    This study explores the preparation and role of the public health nurse (PHN) across European Union (EU) countries (Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) and Canadian provinces (Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island)
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