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Owenia venosa F. Muell., family Meliaceae [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from inscription.; Part of the: R.D. FitzGerald collection, 1850-1880.; Inscriptions: "Owenia venosa, v. 1 p. 386"--In pencil below image.; Condition: Spotting.; Plant also known as the Rose almond, Rose apple, Crow's apple or Tulipwood.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6235094
Michelson, FitzGerald and Lorentz: the origins of relativity revisited
No full textIt is argued that an unheralded moment marking the beginnings of relativity theory occurred in 1889, when G. F. FitzGerald, no doubt with the puzzling 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment fresh in mind, wrote to Heaviside about the possible effects of motion on inter-molecular forces in bodies. Emphasis is placed on the difference between FitzGerald's and Lorentz's independent justifications of the shape distortion effect involved. Finally, the importance of the their `constructive' approach to kinematics---stripped of any commitment to the physicality of the ether--- will be defended, in the spirit of Pauli, Swann and Bell
Free software as a democratic principle
No full textSoftware forms an important part of the interface between citizens and their government. An increasing amount of government functions are being performed, controlled, or delivered electronically. This software, like all language, is never value-neutral, but must, to some extent, reflect the values of the coder and proprietor. The move that many governments are making towards e-governance, and the increasing reliance that is being placed upon software in government, necessitates a rethinking of the relationships of power and control that are embodied in software
F. Scott Fitzgerald e The Great Gatsby : um encontro com o moderno
No full textThe author views the representativity of F. Scott Fitzgerald and of his work - particularly The Great Gatsby - as resulting from an encounter with modern times such they were viewed in the first decades of the 20th Century, and not simply as a projection of typically American values and myths
F. Scott et Zelda Fitzgerald, Éclats du paradis
No full textCollin Françoise. F. Scott et Zelda Fitzgerald, Éclats du paradis. In: Les Cahiers du GRIF, n°16, 1977. Leur crise nos luttes. p. 109
“The Three Kings: Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald”
No full textIn this chapter, the author reflects on how he came to read William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald—whom he describes as the three kings. The author begins by recalling a few years ago reading in Exile's Return, Malcolm Cowley's book on the 1920s, the teenage correspondence between Cowley and Kenneth Burke. He admits that reading was his very problem in Mississippi. He also remembers the first time he read Fitzgerald's story “Absolution” and how he came to know who Faulkner was. According to the author, 1962 was the year he would first read Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway. He read The Sun Also Rises, Absalom, Absalom!, and The Great Gatsby. He argues that Faulkner was the best of all three, and the very best of any American writing fiction this century. He concludes by discussing what he and his generation might have learned from the three writers.</p
Creating a Legal Framework for Copyright Management of Open Access within the Australian Academic and Research Sector
No full textThere is an increasing recognition, in Australia and internationally, that access to knowledge is a key driver of social, cultural and economic development. The argument for greater access to, and reuse of, research outputs is reinforced by the fact that much research in Australia is funded by public money and, consequently, that there is a public benefit to be served by allowing citizens to access the outputs they have funded.2 This recognition poses both legal and policy challenges, in terms of existing legal frameworks such as copyright law and traditional business models. With the rise of networked digital technologies our knowledge landscape and innovation system is becoming more and more reliant on best practice copyright management strategies and there is a need to accommodate both the demands for open sharing of knowledge and traditional commercialisation models. As a result, new business models that support and promote open innovation are rapidly emerging. This chapter analyses the copyright law framework needed to ensure open access to outputs of the Australian academic and research sector such as journal articles and theses. It overviews the new knowledge landscape, the principles of copyright law, the concept of open access to knowledge, the recently developed open content models of copyright licensing and the challenges faced in providing greater access to knowledge and research outputs
Matthew J. Bruccoli. — Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
No full textJohnson Christiane. Matthew J. Bruccoli. — Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald. In: Revue Française d'Etudes Américaines, N°18, novembre 1983. L'anglais américain. Aspects de la traduction littéraire. p. 544
Vasomotor effects and pathophysiologic relevance of F-2-isoprostane formation in vascular diseases
No full textOBJECTIVES Isoprostanes, stable end-products of oxygen free radical mediated–lipid peroxidation, were
measured in the coronary vessels during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
(PTCA) to provide direct evidence for enhanced oxidative stress in a local milieu in vivo.
BACKGROUND Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is associated with complications such as
myocardial stunning and accelerated restenosis, which at least in part are mediated by oxygen
free radicals. Because isoprostanes are markers of oxidant stress and potent vasoactive
compounds, the formation of which is not inhibited by aspirin treatment in vivo, it is possible
that these mediators are increased locally during PTCA.
METHODS In 12 coronary artery disease patients who were given aspirin and ticlopidine, blood samples
from coronary sinus were taken immediately before and immediately upon balloon deflation
during PTCA. Isoprostane F2a-III, isoprostane F2a-VI, and TxB2 were quantified after
extraction and chromatography using a stable dilution isotope gas chromatography/mass
spectrometry assay.
RESULTS Coronary sinus and left main coronary artery levels of iPF2a-III and iPF2a-VI at baseline
were (mean 6 SEM) 40 6 9 pg/ml and 115 6 10 pg/ml, respectively. The TxB2 levels were
undetectable. Following PTCA, isoprostane levels markedly increased (mean 6 SEM):
iPF2a-III, 125 6 12 pg/ml (p , 0.001); iPF2a-VI, 295 6 20 pg/ml (p , 0.001), whereas
TxB2 levels remained undetectable.
CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that PTCA induces coronary sinus increase in F2-isoprostane
formation, and they also provide direct evidence for enhanced oxidative stress in a local milieu
in vivo. Thus, an increased F2-isoprostane formation could play a role in the pathogenesis of
some PTCA-associated untoward events. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37:76–80) © 2001 by
the American College of Cardiolog
A Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young or Very Old Innovator: Creativity at the Extremes of the Life Cycle
No full textOrson Wells made Citizen Kane, his greatest movie, when he was 25 years old; Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater, his most famous house, when he was 70. Contrasts as great as this raise the question of whether there is a general explanation of when in their lives great innovators are most creative. For each of seven artistic disciplines, this paper examines a major innovation made by a very young artist, and another made by an old one, with the goal of understanding the role of the artist's age and experience in the accomplishment. The analysis shows why youth was necessary for the innovations of such conceptual artists as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arthur Rimbaud, Maya Lin, and Orson Welles, all of whom produced their masterpieces before the age of 30, and why extensive experience was necessary for the innovations of such experimental artists as Piet Mondrian, Elizabeth Bishop, Henrik Ibsen, and Frank Lloyd Wright, all of whom made major contributions after the age of 60. This paper demonstrates the generality of the distinction between conceptual and experimental innovators in artistic disciplines, and the value of the analysis in explaining the very different relationships between age and creativity for the two types of artist.
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