188,953 research outputs found
Simon Frith : Crossover Critic
No full textLooking back at Simon Frith’s 40 years in the business of making sense of popular music one can’t avoid being struck by the man’s versatility. He has become respected both as a professor of popular music and as a critic. Frith the academic has combined sociology, cultural studies and media studies into an art of writing that easily shifts from micro to macro reflections, from close readings to analyses of the material foundations of music-making. Frith the critic has been a transatlantic messenger explaining things British to North Americans with a keen eye to the relationship between artist and audience. Appearing in an impressive number of publications, he has often gone against the grain, critical of the alleged authenticity of the rock tradition, attentive to the qualities of disparaged music, always curious about what’s new. On a close look, less than one might think distinguishes the scholar from the critic. Frith is simply an extremely mobile thinker.</p
Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain
No full textAutism is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication as well as repetitive behaviours and restricted interests. The consequences of this disorder for everyday life adaptation are extremely variable. The general public is now more aware of the high prevalence of this lifelong disorder, with ca. 0.6% of the population being affected. However, the signs and symptoms of autism are still puzzling. Since a biological basis of autism was accepted, approaches from developmental cognitive neuroscience have been applied to further our understanding of the autism spectrum. The study of the behavioural and underlying cognitive deficits in autism has advanced ahead of the study of the underlying brain abnormalities and of the putative genetic mechanisms. However, advances in these fields are expected as methodological difficulties are overcome. In this paper, recent developments in the field of autism are outlined. In particular, we review the findings of the three main neuro-cognitive theories of autism: theory-of-mind deficit, weak central coherence and executive dysfunction
Philip Frith
No full text30Frith stayed at a guesthouse on Cavenagh Street owned by a Mr. Pearse. In a letter which appeared in the Northern Territory Times and Gazette Mr. Pearse commented that Frith was one of about 40 men who vacated the guesthouse, over time, to go to war.Frith embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A10 'Karroo' on 18 September 1916. He returned to Australia on 13 July 1919 on 'Persic'.MinerAustralian Imperial Force3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement
[Paitrikes places] [electronic resource].
No full textElectronic reproduction.First p. contains "Johan Frith vnto the Christen Reader".Translated by John Frith from the Latin.Publication information from STC (2nd ed.).Signatures: unmarked.Imperfect: title page lacking.Reproduction of original in: Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland).STC (2nd ed.
PAVEMENT, GUTTER, CARRIAGEWAY: SOCIAL ORDER AND URBAN SPACES IN THE WORK OF W. P. FRITH
No full textIn 1881 William Powell Frith(1819–1909) exhibited a painting at the Royal Academy in London titledFor Better For Worse(1881; oil on canvas; Private Collection). It depicts a well-to-do wedding Frith had witnessed in Bayswater (Figure 3). The newly married couple are represented crossing the pavement on a red carpet, just about to step into a waiting carriage pulled close to the kerb. The audience for their departure comprises a broad mix of classes and types. In his own description of this work, Frith identified the bride and groom, the bride's family and friends arranged on the steps of the house, plus a crowd standing behind the red carpet that included street boys, a Jewish second-hand clothes seller, and a policeman. In the foreground, on the left, a family of beggars approach from the street, while on the right-hand side, with his back to the viewer, stands a figure identified by Frith as an Italian boy with a monkey (2: 209–10).</jats:p
Pre-budget talks, graziers, industry, commerce [1963] [picture] /
No full textInscription: "16/7/63"--In blue ink on reverse.; Hey ... what about us?--Title caption in newspaper.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3259611; Published in: Herald and weekly times (Melbourne, Vic.), 16 July 1963, p. 4. Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies sits at head of table.Hey ... what about us
Power scalable and efficient 790-nm pumped Tm3+-doped fibre lasers
No full textThis paper presents a discussion of the engineering issues and results of high power 2μm Tm3+-doped fibre lasers pumped at 790nm. To date we have achieved up to 85W from such devices with 54% slope efficiency relative to launched pump.1 More recently, through using Tm3+ concentrations of approximately 4(wt.)% to enhance the cross-relaxation process (3H4,3H6→3F 4,3F4) we have demonstrated slope efficiencies of up to 67% relative to launched power. This represented ∼170% quantum slope efficiency for the 790nm pumped 2μm laser.Gavin P. Frith and David G. Lancaste
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Comment on "Wandering minds: The default network and stimulus-independent thought"
No full textMason et al. (Reports, 19 January 2007, p. 393) attributed activity in certain regions of the "resting" brain to the occurrence of mind-wandering. However, previous research has demonstrated the difficulty of distinguishing this type of stimulus-independent thought from stimulus-oriented thought (e.g., watchfulness). Consideration of both possibilities is required to resolve this ambiguity
- …
