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Samuel Beckett and the Writers of Port-Royal
No full textIt has been observed that ‘the literary influences on Beckett have been far more important than has been acknowledged, and more important indeed, than the philosophical influences’ (Smith 2002: 3). The truth of this statement is evidenced by the description that scholars have given of Samuel Beckett’s relationship to seventeenth century French classicism. To date, critical interest has been limited for the most part to the figure of the philosopher René Descartes on the (fragile) grounds that Beckett was exclusively concerned with the Cartesian imperative of clarity and order, the fundamental dualism between body and mind, and Nominalism.
Together with the assumption that Beckett’s vision was essentially Cartesian, his literary filiation with Pascal was suggested by critics, but only in terms of Beckett’s formal approach to the theatre. In his short article on En attendant Godot in 1953, the playwright Jean Anouilh was among the first reviewers to suggest that Beckett’s drama synthesizes the encounter between ‘classicism’ and a ‘modern’ form of art. It is well known that Beckett retained a lifelong admiration for Pascal – indeed, Pascal was one of his ‘old chestnuts’ (Knowlson 1997: 653). Little attention has been paid, however, to the originality of Pascal’s thought, the specific nature of his prose, and the impact these might have had upon Beckett’s mature work, especially the trilogy and the subsequent short prose. Yet, in the literary and philosophical context of post-war France, Beckett’s filiation with Pascal, their corresponding preoccupations, were evident to his contemporaries, who identified Pascal as an underlying presence in his works
Vertical profiles of Doppler spectra of hydrometeors from a Micro Rain Radar recorded during the austral summer of 2016/2017 in the Southern Ocean on the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
No full text<p>***** Dataset abstract *****</p>
<p>This dataset includes vertical profiles of the Doppler spectra and derived quantities of hydrometeors using a Micro Rain Radar (MRR-2) during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition in 2016/2017. The MRR is a frequency-modulated-continuous-wave (FMCW) Doppler radar working at 24 GHz (K band). It measures the Doppler spectrum at vertical incidence with 31 range gates of 100 m. The data is processed to calculate rainfall and snowfall rates. For rainfall, the drop size distribution and the rainfall rate are derived using the method by Peters et al. (2005). For snowfall, the particle size distribution is estimated from the Doppler spectrum to compute the snowfall rate as described in Maahn & Kollias (2012).</p>
<p>**** Dataset contents *****</p>
<p>- RawSpectra/{month}/MRR_ACE_{month}{day}_RAW.nc: raw data of Doppler spectra for rainfall events. Null values are denoted as -99900.<br>
- ProcessedData/{year}{month}/MRR_ACE_{year}{day}_PRO.nc: 10-second averages (highest resolution) for specific precipitation events, using the standard products from Metek (MRR physical basics, 2009).<br>
- AveData/{month}/MRR_ACE_{month}{day}_AVE.nc: one-minute averages for specific precipitation events, using the standard products from Metek (MRR physical basics, 2009).<br>
- Processed_IMProToo/{year}{month}/mrr_improtoo_0.101_ACE_{year}{day}.nc: processed data for snowfall events using IMProToo (Maahn & Kollias 2012) in one-minute averages.<br>
- RR_timeline/{month}/RR_MRR_ACE_{month}{day}.csv: 10-minute running mean with one-minute resolution of rain rate for [100-200]m and [200-300]m range gate. Null values are denoted as ‘nan’.<br>
- RR_timeline/{year}{month}/RR_MRR_ACE_{year}{day}.png: daily plots of rain rates.<br>
- PrecipitationEvents.txt: text file classifying the precipitation events according to hydrometeors (rain, snow or hail).<br>
- Graphs_Metek/{month}/moments_MRR_ACE_{month}{day}_AVEnc.png: daily plots of Radar reflectivity and Doppler velocity for rainfall events.<br>
- Graphs_IMProToo/{year}{month}/moments_mrr_improtoo_0101_ACE_{year}{day}.png: daily plots of Radar reflectivity and Doppler velocity for snowfall events.<br>
- RawSpectra_data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format<br>
- Metek_ProcessedData_data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format<br>
- IMProToo_ProcessedData_data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format<br>
- AveData_data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format<br>
- README.txt, metadata, text format</p>
<p>***** Dataset license *****</p>
<p>This vertical Doppler spectra profile dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition was made possible by funding from the Swiss Polar Institute and Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Sabil and Wikala of Dhul Fiqar Oda Bashi
No full textinterior, courtyard, "Vue de l'Okel Zoulfiqar," color plate XLIV of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826", 1818-182
First person - Aude Pascal
No full textInternational audienceFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Aude Pascal is first author on `Annexin A2 and Ahnak control cortical NuMA-dynein localization and mitotic spindle orientation', published in JCS. Aude is a research assistant in the lab of Re ' gis Giet at University of Rennes, France, who is particularly interested in developmental biology. She has always been struck by the fact that a whole organism displaying multiple functions arises from a single cell. For this reason, she has oriented her research on mitosis and meiosis to study the different steps, components and structures involved in these processes
Pascal Tutorial, 1987
No full textThere exists a limited number of tutorials for the Pascal programming language using the Apple Computer. The demand for these tutorials exceeds the supply. In this thesis an attempt was made to rectify this shortage by designing a Pascal tutorial for the Apple computer. This Pascal tutorial is designed to assist with instructing an introductory computer programming course in Pascal, incorporating Apple Superpilot as the authoring language. Emphasis is placed on making the program "user friendly." A person with no previous programming experience should be able to easily execute this tutorial. The information presented as the subject matter of the tutorial will follow the guidelines recommended by the Association for Computing Machinery
Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826
No full textgeneral view, "Vue des Tombeaux au Nord-Est de la Ville," color plate LXIII of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826", 1818-182
Gamia el-Muaiyad
No full textinterior, qibla wall, "Vue de la Niche du Sanctuaire et de la Chaire de la Mosquee el Moyed"," color plate XXVIII of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826", 1818-182
Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826
No full textsection, section of the prayer hall, and details of inscription and chandelier, Plate XXIII of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826
Tomb of the Family of Muhammad 'Ali
No full textinterior, "Vue des Tombeaux de la Famille de Mohamed-Aly-Pacha, dans le Cimetiere de l'Imam," color plate LXIV of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826", 1818-182
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