157 research outputs found
Correction to 'Radiation belt electron precipitation into the atmosphere: recovery from a geomagnetic storm'
No full textInternational audienceCorrection to “Radiation belt electron precipitation intothe atmosphere: Recovery from a geomagnetic storm”Craig J. Rodger, Mark A. Clilverd, Neil R. Thomson, Rory J. Gamble, Annika Seppälä,Esa Turunen, Nigel P. Meredith, Michel Parrot, Jean‐André Sauvaud,and Jean‐Jacques BerthelierReceived 17 August 2010; accepted 19 August 2010; published 25 September 2010.Citation: Rodger, C. J., M. A. Clilverd, N. R. Thomson, R. J. Gamble, A. Seppälä, E. Turunen, N. P. Meredith, M. Parrot, J.‐A.Sauvaud, and J.‐J. Berthelier (2010), Correction to “Radiation belt electron precipitation into the atmosphere: Recovery from ageomagnetic storm,” J. Geophys. Res., 115, A09324, doi:10.1029/2010JA016038
Early Shakespeare, 1588-1594
No full textEarly Shakespeare, 1588–1594 draws together leading scholars of text, performance, and theatre history to offer a rigorous re-appraisal of Shakespeare's early career. The contributors offer rich new critical insights into the theatrical and poetic context in which Shakespeare first wrote and his emergence as an author of note, while challenging traditional readings of his beginnings in the burgeoning theatre industry. Shakespeare's earliest works are treated on their own merit and in their own time without looking forward to Shakespeare's later achievements; contributors situate Shakespeare, in his twenties, in a very specific time, place, and cultural moment. The volume features essays about Shakespeare's early style, characterisation, and dramaturgy, together with analysis of his early co-authors, rivals, and influences (including Lyly, Spenser and Marlowe). This collection provides essential entry points to, and original readings of, the poet-dramatist's earliest extant writings and shines new light on his first activities as a professional author
Pinewood Derby Winners
No full textPinewood Derby winners from Pack 775 are from left, Rory Pierce, sceond place; Chris Gamble, first place; and Scott Drollinger, third place
Surface Tension Chem Sci (2015) Paper
No full textExcel 2010 Spreadsheet containing data for seven figures appearing in: Chemical Science (2015) Precise, Contactless Measurements of the Surface Tension of Picolitre Aerosol Droplets Bryan R. Bzdek, Rory M. Power, Stephen H. Simpson, Jonathan P. Reid,* and C. Patrick Royall School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS UK Corresponding author: J. P. Reid ([email protected]
Tolkien’s Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún: Creative Drama or Scholarly Exercise?
No full textJ. R. R. Tolkien’s Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún consists of two long narrative poems on the major events of Völsunga saga, making use, where possible, of eddic sources as well as the saga, and accompanied by notes written by Tolkien himself, but edited and augmented by his son. The poems, written in eddic metres and consisting to a large extent of dialogue, are amenable to analysis in terms of Terry Gunnell’s concept of dialogic eddic poetry as a form of drama; hence the use of the term “drama” in the paper’s title. The first of the two poems partly fills the gap left by the lacuna in the Codex Regius, the manuscript in which the edda poems are mainly preserved, but with a much smaller number of stanzas than the 200–300 stanzas that Tolkien evidently believed the lost leaves contained (221), the reason for this apparently being that the smaller number of stanzas accords better with the overall structure of his poem. The book as a whole thus shows a tension between scholarly and creative impulses. Tolkien’s treatment of his sources is considered in the context of his fondness for “creating depth” (identified by Shippey 272–81).
Tolkien’s exclusion from his poems of the figure of Áslaug, presented in Völsunga saga and its sequel, Ragnars saga, as the ancestress of a line of kings and the daughter of Sigurðr and Brynhildr, who nevertheless claim to have had chaste relations, leads to a discussion of the relations between these two and their equivalents in related narratives: the Faroese ballads of Sjúrður, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, and the German-influenced Old Norse Þiðreks saga. The prominence of Sigurðr’s horse in these various narratives in turn raises the question of whether the presentation of relations between Sigurðr and Brynhildr in Germanic and especially Scandinavian tradition may owe something to a distant memory of the Indo-European ritual associated with the installation of kings, in which, as indicated by M. L. West, the queen lay with the corpse of a stallion while verses were chanted encouraging it to impregnate her (414–19).Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00
Spenser and Shakespeare: Bards of a feather?
No full textThis chapter examines the latticework of links between Shakespeare and Spenser, sifting the available evidence to establish key points of contact within the Irish colonial context. It tells a tale of two writers, one who goes to London to become poet and playwright, the other to Dublin with dreams of a dramatic career, where he finds his theatre of worldlings is a theatre of war. If Spenser’s influence on Shakespeare, especially early Shakespeare, is seldom discussed, Shakespeare’s influence on Spenser remains an even more neglected topic. Shifting from an Anglocentric to an Anglo-Irish focus aids our understanding of the creative context from which Shakespeare took wing. Spenser is crucial here, since that poet’s Irish residence necessitates a broadening of horizons, and he is viewed as part of a recognizable circle. Shakespeare was a lifelong co-author and collaborator influenced by several of Spenser’s Irish contemporaries – Lodowick Bryskett, Geoffrey Fenton, Barnabe Googe, Thomas North, Barnaby Rich, and Petruccio Ubaldini – yet he is more often read in isolation. These writers and translators, part of an expansive English literary circle in Ireland, offer a rich resource for understanding and enhancing the ‘Shakespeare Circle’ that has recently received some critical attention, albeit within a restricted English milieu. From the Spenser-Harvey correspondence and the early histories onwards, this study tracks the collaborative underpinnings of both writers’ work, charting their influences from a shared reliance on Holinshed to a common concern with innovation in form and genre
Suicidal ideation among people with different gambling behaviour profiles: analysis of a longitudinal survey of people who gamble regularly in the UK
No full textBackground:
People who gamble experience elevated rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Longitudinal studies have been scarce, and none has focused on those who regularly gamble in the UK.
Aims:
To examine the relationship between specific products and locations of gambling activity (and their combinations) and risk of subsequent suicidal thoughts.
Method:
We analysed a UK longitudinal survey of 3927 adults (18 years old or over) who regularly bet on sports. Data were collected online between June and November 2020. Latent class analysis was used to identify groups of people with similar gambling profiles on the basis of 13 types of gambling activity. Weighted group characteristics are presented. Regression modelling was used to test associations between gambling groups and suicidal thoughts, adjusting for baseline characteristics.
Results:
Five distinct groups were identified. One group (5.6% of the sample) reported multiple types of both in-person and online gambling. This group was the most likely to use electronic gambling machines. After adjustment for baseline suicidal thoughts, this group had significantly higher odds of subsequent suicidal thoughts (adjusted odds ratio 3.42; 95% CI: 1.18–9.89) than other groups.
Conclusions:
Although many profiles of gambling activity present suicide risk, some types present greater risk. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines recommend enquiry in primary care settings about gambling behaviours. Our findings suggest that clinicians should consider asking questions on mode (online or in-person) and product (especially electronic gambling machines) to identify those at heightened risk of suicidal ideation. Gambling should also be considered routinely in psychosocial assessments across clinical settings and incorporated into suicide prevention campaigns
Re-thinking residential mobility : linking lives through time and space
No full textRory Coulter’s work on this paper was partly supported by an Economic and Social Research Council grant [ES/L009498/1]. Maarten van Ham’s contribution was supported by funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007–2013) / ERC Grant Agreement n. 615159 (ERC Consolidator Grant DEPRIVEDHOODS, Socio-spatial inequality, deprived neighbourhoods, and neighbourhood effects); and from the Marie Curie programme under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007–2013) / Career Integration Grant no. PCIG10-GA-2011-303728 (CIG Grant NBHCHOICE, Neighbourhood choice, neighbourhood sorting, and neighbourhood effects). Allan Findlay’s work was supported by an Economic and Social Research Council grant [ES/K007394/1].While researchers are increasingly re-conceptualizing international migration, far less attention has been devoted to re-thinking short-distance residential mobility and immobility. In this paper we harness the life course approach to propose a new conceptual framework for residential mobility research. We contend that residential mobility and immobility should be re-conceptualized as relational practices that link lives through time and space while connecting people to structural conditions. Re-thinking and re-assessing residential mobility by exploiting new developments in longitudinal analysis will allow geographers to understand, critique and address pressing societal challenges.Peer reviewe
Sizifovska priča: Patologija etničkog nacionalizma i pedagogija kovanja humanih demokratija na Balkanu (A Sisyphean Tale: The Pathology of Ethnic Nationalism and the Pedagogy of Forging Humane Democracies in the Balkans)
No full textThis article uses the seemingly endless difficulties that the international community (IC) faces as it engages in country-building in the post-conflict environment of the Balkans, particularly Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as the starting point for a new theoretical “pragmatism” that reinvigorates our ongoing attempts to transform ourselves and our turbulent world. Although political and economic problems on the institutional level continue to plague BiH, theorists and practitioners alike have paid insufficient attention to explaining the importance of issues that arise on the personal and interpersonal levels. In this article, the author contends that there is a connection between these fundamental levels and democracy-building. The connection is shown by how the personal and group identities of ethnicity and nationalism can lead to the pathology of ethnic nationalism and how this has dire consequences for democratization in BiH. Yet pedagogy for forging humane democracies can be created on the institutional level, as well as on the personal and interpersonal levels. The latter would include the transformation of identities by means of intercultural education and the use of imagination in order to broaden peoples’ understandings of “the other.” It is hoped that such pedagogy would help to “shield” democratization efforts in BiH from the deleterious effects of ethnic nationalism
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