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A Glossary of the Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex.
No full textGlosario. -- Sussex. -- Pertenece a la Colección Varia 1800-1950 de The Salamanca Corpus. -- William Durrant Cooper, 1812-1875. -- A Glossary of Provincial Words in Use in the County of Sussex. -- 2da edición. -- 1853.[ES]Glosario del dialecto de Sussex. Segunda edición corregida y aumentada por su autor.
[EN]Glossary of the Sussex dialect. Second edition, revised and enlarged by the author
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Invertebrate Justice ::Extending The Boundaries of Non-Speciesist Green Criminology /
No full textInvertebrates are the neglected majority of the animal world. Even though they make up over 95% of animal life, they rarely feature in discussions of speciesism, animal ethics or species justice. This book aims to extend the work of non-speciesist criminologists to argue for the idea of 'invertebrate justice'. Utilizing green criminologist Rob White's (2013) eco-justice perspective, the book demonstrates how our interactions with invertebrate species (insects, crustaceans, molluscs and so forth) cause a significant amount of harm to those animals themselves (species justice), the ecosystems in which they are embedded (ecological justice), and ultimately to humans (environmental justice). Across three sections, it provides an overview of the ways in which humans and invertebrates interact across a diverse range of contexts and reviews the literature on both invertebrate biodiversity and invertebrate sentience; builds a theoretical framework that can help us understand what invertebrate justice might mean; and tackles the difficult question of how best we can promote invertebrate justice in the future. It appeals to academics, environmental scientists, activists and policymakers. Russil Durrant is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa. His research interests range over a number of different subject areas including green criminology, species justice, the global food system, criminal and forensic psychology, and evolutionary behavioural science. He is the author or co-author of four previous books
From pelvic radiation to social isolation: a qualitative study of survivors' experiences of chronic bowel symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy.
No full textOpen Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attri bution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adapta tion, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Purpose: We explored survivors' experiences of chronic bowel symptoms following pelvic radiotherapy, strategies employed in living with these symptoms, effects on daily activities, and roles at home and in the workplace.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 individuals (10 gynaecological, 14 prostate, four anal/rectal cancer survivors) who had completed pelvic radiotherapy at least six months prior to data collection and who had experience of bowel symptoms during this post-treatment period. Reflexive thematic analysis was undertaken.
Results: We propose four themes describing a process leading from experience of symptoms to withdrawal from activities and roles. These are (1) losing control (the experience of unintended anal leakage or discharge); (2) experiencing embarrassment and fear (the experience of embarrassment or fear of embarrassment as a result of discharge becoming public); (3) managing and reacting (acting to reduce the likelihood of discharge or to prevent this becoming public); and (4) restriction and withdrawal (avoiding specific activities or situations so as to reduce or remove the risk of embarrassment). Returning to the workplace presented additional challenges across these themes.
Conclusions: Impacts of chronic bowel symptoms can be severe. Survivors employ a variety of methods and strategies in living with their symptoms. Some of these support continued role fulfilment but some constitute a withdrawal from pre-treatment roles. Current healthcare provision and statutory protections fail to fully meet needs following pelvic radiotherapy.
Implications for cancer survivors: There is a need to develop and implement evidence-based services and supported self-management programmes for survivors experiencing chronic bowel problems post-radiotherapy
Castanea sativa in Europe: distribution, habitat, usage and threats
No full textThe sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) is the only native species of the genus in Europe. The broad diffusion and active management by man resulted in the establishment of the species at the limits of its potential ecological range, which makes it difficult to trace its original natural area. The present distribution ranges from North-Western Africa (e.g. Morocco) to North-Western Europe (southern England, Belgium) and from south-western Asia (e.g. Turkey) to Eastern Europe (e.g. Romania), the Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia) and the Caspian Sea. In Europe the main chestnut forests are concentrated in a few countries such as Italy, France and the Iberian Peninsula. The sweet chestnut has a remarkable multipurpose character, and may be managed for timber production (coppice and high forest) as well as for fruit production (traditional orchards), including a broad range of secondary products and ecosystem services
A more comprehensive and commanding delineation: Mary Shelley's narrative strategy in Frankenstein
No full textThis thesis argues that the first edition of Frankenstein challenges conventional reading by employing what Simpson in Irony and Authority in Romantic Poetry calls Romantic irony, where the absence of a stable 'metacomment' precludes an authoritative reading. The novel hints at such readings but prevents them. The insights offered by Tropp's Mary Shelley's Monster, Baldick's In Frankenstein's Shadow, Poovey's The Proper Lady and the woman writer and Swingle's, 'Frankenstein's Monster and its Relatives: Problems of Knowledge in English Romanticism' are considered, but none recognises the full implications of the instability deriving from multiple first- person narratives. Clemit's The Godwinian Navel acknowledges the novel's indeterminacy, but reads a specific ideological purpose in it. Paradise Last provides a language to describe the relationship between the monster and Frankenstein, but proves too unstable to fix identity or establish moral value. Similarly, Necessity ultimately fails to provide a stable explanation in terms of cause and effect. The status of nature shifts between foreground and background, never allowing final definition. These uncertainties destabilise knowledge which is compromised by its provisional nature: no authoritative reading is possible, yet the novel has narrative coherence. The reader is encouraged to try to develop a reading the structure prevents. The radical nature of the first edition is highlighted by comparison with the 1831 edition, which removes much of the ambivalence and gives the novel a clearer morality. The novel challenges conventional methods of deriving authority by disturbing the reader's orthodox orientation in the world around him' (Simpson) in order to afford 'a point of view to the imagination for the delineation of human passions more comprehensive and commanding than any which the ordinary relations of existing events can yield' (Mary Shelley)
Adventure :: Expedition to Pragmatism and Inventivism in the design situation
No full textIn this Conversation session we explored the two contrasting philosophical perspectives of Pragmatism and Inventivism. Pragmatism tends to focus on technical objects as fulfilling a purpose for mankind in a concrete situational context. In contrast, the French philosopher Gilbert Simondon introduces an Inventivist philosophical position in which technical objects a) have their own mode of being called technicity, b) are becoming more open, and c) should not be reduced to a purpose, as that hinders their co-emergence with mankind - a problematic position with regards to design. The Conversation took the form of exploring an imaginary design case revolving around using the technology of a wildlife camera to design for a dinner table setting. Two imaginary design teams were formed, each operating in a philosophical 'clearing' representing one of the perspectives. Moderators supported each team. Each team had a wildlife camera at their disposal to work with, which at the same time captured each session at selected points. Four participants joined the Conversation session, two per clearing. Halfway through the session the participants reflected intermediately and then one each swapped clearings. The last 10 minutes were spent on a joint reflection. This exploration indicates how the differences in philosophical positions play out when entering concrete design consideration.Methodologie en Organisatie van DesignApplied Ergonomics and Desig
Formulaic language in English for Academic Purposes
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Routledge via the link in this recordFormulaic language has been a central concern in recent work on English for Academic
Purposes. This chapter reviews the main motivations for EAP research in this area before
critically discussing four issues which have been prominent in the literature: how analysis of
formulaic language can help us understand the nature of academic language; how formulaic
language relates to originality and criticality in academic work; how use of formulaic
language influences the grades students receive; and how appropriate formulas for teaching
can be identified
High-Level Command Mapping for Multi-Robot Aerial Cinematography
No full textAerial cinematography has seen an increased use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) due to technological advancements and commercialisation in recent years. The operation of such a robot can be complex and requires a dedicated person to control it. Automation of the cinematography allows for the use of multiple robots, which further increases the complexity of performing cinematography. High-level command interpretation is required to allow for an intuitive interface suited for an inexperienced user to control such a system.Natural Language (NL) is an intuitive interface method which allows a user to specify a extensive range of commands. A Cinematographic Description Clause (CDC) is defined to extract information from a processed NL command. A minimum input approach is considered such that a user has to merely specify the number of robots and the people to record, whereby the specification of a behaviour is optional. An environment is considered in which up to three robots have to frame two people. Taking into account their orientation, relative global location and the user command, a set of behaviours can be determined based on cinematographic practices. Camera views and image parameters are determined through behaviour specific non-linear optimisations and assigned to the robots using a Linear-Bottleneck Algorithm (LBA). A collision-free global path is computed for each robot with an A* search algorithm. Finally, a Model Predictive Control (MPC) determines low-level inputs such that the user command can be achieved.Three situations are considered to validate the performance of the system given the minimal user input. First, tracking of the dynamic orientations of the people is evaluated for up to three robots, whereby camera positions are determined autonomously. Next, dynamic motions of the two people through an environment highlight the limitations of the system due to collision mitigation, mutual visibility and robot dynamics. An extension to multiple simultaneous commands increases the quantity of robots and people that can be tracked. This allows for an assessment of the flexibility and scalability of the proposed high-level command interpretation methodology.Mechanical Engineering | Systems and Contro
THE ROLE OF EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS IN CRIMINOLOGY Corresponding Author
No full textABSTRACT Criminology is widely accepted to be an interdisciplinary subject. However, evolutionary approaches are conspicuous by their absence in mainstream criminological contexts. Although the reasons for this theoretical lacuna are no doubt varied, we argue that the time is apposite for a measured consideration of the role of evolutionary explanations in criminology. By drawing on the idea of vertical integration and through recognition of how different theories are typically pitched at different levels of analysis we describe how evolutionary approaches might be integrated with mainstream criminological theories. The integration of evolutionary approaches with strain, control, and developmental approaches are given specific consideration. We illustrate how this integrated perspective can inform our understanding of one substantive area in criminology, the nature of punishment. We conclude that the growing literature in evolutionary forensic psychology and recent developments in the application of evolutionary theory to human behavior provide a valuable opportunity for criminologists to broaden their theoretical horizons and more fully consider how evolutionary approaches may contribute to their discipline
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