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THEOLOGIA AND OIKONOMIA: THE SOTERIOLOGICAL GROUND OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS’S TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY.
No full textThis dissertation explores the soteriological ground of the trinitarian theology of
Gregory of Nazianzus and establishes a consistent link in his thought between the
spheres of oikonomia and theologia. His writings are studied against the background of
contemporary theological and philosophical trends thus demonstrating the context
within which he elaborated his main theological concepts as well as their novelty.
Although Gregory drew heavily on the heritage of his intellectual master Origen, he
significantly changed his perspective from cosmological speculations to reflections on
the historical embodiment of Christ’s salvific activity. This shift was to lead Gregory
towards a positive view of the body and of bodily desire which he considered a vital
force in human existence capable of union with God in the process of deification.
Gregory thus fully identified Christ with humanity in its total manifestation, including
the human mind with its fallen and rebellious desire, now assumed and redeemed in the
incarnation. Hence Gregory placed the suffering image of Christ at the heart of his
trinitarian theological construction. As this thesis argues, around this image evolves the
whole dogmatic edifice of Gregory’s theology. Christ’s divine sovereignty is
understood not in separation and independence from the passion on Cross. Rather, its
full manifestation is only possible because of the cross, because of Christ’s free and
willing acceptance of it. The whole set of interrelationships between the suffering
Christ and the Father and the Holy Spirit are depicted according to the logic of
coincidence of sovereignty and humiliation. It is precisely in this combination of
theological themes – expressed with our new concept of “kenotic sovereignty” – that
the focus of the present thesis is located. This innovative spiritual disposition shapes
both Gregory’s theological epistemology and his hermeneutical strategy. Arguing for
the possibility of knowing the divine in and through human bodily existence and
corroborating this view with suitably interpreted Scriptural evidence, he opens the
horizons for the human ascension to the realm of the divine trinitarian life. In this way
Gregory envisages access to the transcendent theology of the Trinity which is
understood by him in purely personal terms, insofar as it implies the intimate
conversation of God with us “as friends” (Or. 38.7). This unique reworking of classical
and Christian themes is possible because of Gregory’s insistence that divine
sovereignty and transcendence become intelligible exclusively in the context of Easter.
Thus the habitually neglected narrative of the cross and resurrection of Christ in the
thought of the Theologian is the only key to unlock his understanding of the luminous
mystery of the Trinity
Language and theology in St Gregory of Nyssa
No full textThis MA thesis focuses on the work of one of the most influential and authoritative theologians of the early Church: St Gregory of Nyssa (†396). My topic of research consists in the relationship between language and theology, as it shaped in Gregory’s polemical works against the radical Arians, in particular against Eunomius of Cyzicus (†395).The first chapter tackles the historical side of the controversy and provides the chronology of the dogmatic disputes on the dogma of Trinity following the Council of Nicaea (325). The second chapters illustrate the conflict being at stake between two theological methodologies: Gregory's grammar of thought is scriptural, whereas Eunomius' theology is much more philosophical and inflexible in its terms. Eunomius claimed that one can know God by his essence in the concept of 'ingenerate'. On the contrary, for Gregory of Nyssa, God 'is above all names'. For him, language and sexuality are realitites of the post-lapsarian world, which made human mind opaque and the exercise of interpretation indispensable. Gregory included also the episode of Babel in the genealogy of our linguistic finitude. The third and the fourth chapters focus on the relationship between language and theological knowledge in St Gregory's third book Contra Eunomium. All words used in human language - including Eunomius' concept of agennetos – have complementary meanings, since no one can describe the essence of an object or of any part of reality. On this basis, Gregory develops his 'theory of relativity' of names, which can never befit God's majesty and glory. In the last chapter, under the heading 'Pragmatics of Language', I investigate the immediate consequences of Gregory's 'theory of relativity'. Speech is treated as a sphere, which resembles the creative power of the hypostatic Word. Therefore, rhetoric becomes the perfect tool for his pastoral concern in doing theology. By choosing rhetoric, Gregory is free to start his theological argument from anywhere, since theology is a discourse about God's redemptive economy. In conclusion, I try to emphasise the actuality of Gregory's theory of names and its importance for the contemporary debates in the Church on thorny issues as Trinitarian theology or gender. I also evaluate Gregory of Nyssa's self-consistency in positive terms
Touching Freud's dog: H.D.'s tactile poetics
No full text"Do not touch me", Frau Emmy warns Freud in 1889. "Do not touch", Freud echoes in 1933. This time, he is referring to his pet chow, Yofi, warning H.D. that "she snaps - she is very difficult with strangers". Examining the prohibition in light of work by Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy, this article charts the withdrawal that always interrupts touch. Despite Freud's taboo, however, H.D.'s writing seeks to make contact in strange and unnerving ways. Developing Julia Kristeva's account of the semiotic, this paper proposes a literature of touch. Reading H.D.'s poems, alongside Tribute to Freud, and her letters, the author demonstrates that H.D.'s poetics are always haunted by the very (im)possibility of contact
Bernard Gilbert
No full textBernard GilbertPoet, novelist, dramatist and essayist, remembered for his documentation of the people in rural Lincolnshire. Gilbert had been inspired by Ulysses to write a set of novels about a single moment in a Lincolnshire village. His 'The Tragedy of James Joyce' (published in G. K.'s Weekly 1, no. 3 [4 April 1925]: 36-38) and The Double Dealer 7, no. 44 [June 1925]: 174-78), a dialog between the author and an interlocutor, proposed putting Joyce to a "painless" death for writing Ulysses. Geert Lernout/William Brockman</p
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The potential for tropical restoration legume and non-legume trees to suppress the invasive C4 grass Saccharum spontaneum in Panama
No full textThe potential for tropical restoration legume and non-legume trees to suppress the invasive C4 grass Saccharum spontaneum in PanamaJustin A. CummingsSaccharum spontaneum L. subsp. spontaneum is a large, exotic C4 grass species that invades abandoned agricultural fields in many tropical countries and can prevent natural forest regeneration. In Panama, studies on restoration of areas dominated by S. spontaneum have focused on identifying trees that establish readily after S. spontaneum removal. Few studies have evaluated how planted trees can suppress subsequent regeneration of S. spontaneum. This dissertation focused on how legume and non-legume trees planted for restoration alter light availability and soil chemistry, and the influence of those effects on S. spontaneum suppression. In addition, I explored the potential use of agricultural legumes to suppress S. spontaneum through nutrient competition. Finally, I examined potential for using allelopahty as a tool for forest restoration and exotic species management both through a review of the literature and green house experiments.I evaluated the response of S. spontaneum along a gradient of understory light conditions in single species plots of trees planted for restoration. S. spontaneum regeneration after planting restoration trees was most limited by light availability. Legume trees produce deeper shade than non-legume trees, and were more efficient at suppressing S. spontaneum. In addition, legume overstory species suppressed S. spontaneum abundance beyond the expected reductions associated with shade. S. spontaneum is nitrogen and phosphorus co-limited in our system in the absence of competition. However, although we find trends towards higher soil nitrogen and lower phosphorus under legume trees, greenhouse and field experiments provided weak evidence for both phosphorus competition and allelopathy to play roles in S. spontaneum suppression. Overall, results emphasize the value of incorporating legume trees into restoration plantings where invasive S. spontaneum suppression is desired. Restoration practitioners should consider establishing mixed species stands dominated by legume tree species when reforesting areas dominated by S. spontaneum to expedite the reforestation process
Seed disinfestation practices to control seed-borne fungi and bacteria in home production of sprouts
No full textData used in a series of experiments on the study of the abundance of fungal and bacterial contaminants on seeds used for home production of sprouts for human consumption, and the comparison of a series of physical and chemical approaches to decontaminating seeds to reduce microbial loads on the sprouts.
Provides raw data files associated with Figures 1-6, and Tables 3 and A1 for the manuscript:
Gregory S. Gilbert, Alyssa Diaz, and Haylee A. Bregoff. Seed disinfestation practices to control seed-borne fungi and bacteria in home production of sprouts. Accepted for publication in Foods 2023, 12, 747 https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12040747# Seed disinfestation practices to control seed-borne fungi and bacteria in home production of sprouts Gregory S. Gilbert, Alyssa Diaz, and Haylee A. Bregoff ---Data used in a series of experiments on the study of the abundance of fungal and bacterial contaminants on seeds used for home production of sprouts for human consumption, and the comparison of a series of physical and chemical approaches to decontaminating seeds to reduce microbial loads on the sprouts. Published in Gilbert, G.S., A. Diaz, and H.A. Bregoff. 2023. Seed disinfestation practices to control seed-borne fungi and bacteria in home production of sprouts. Foods 12:747 www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/4/747Provide raw data files associated with Figures 1-6, and Tables 3 and A1 for manuscript Gregory S. Gilbert, Alyssa Diaz, and Haylee A. Bregoff. Seed disinfestation practices to control seed-borne fungi and bacteria in home production of sprouted seeds. Submitted for publication to the MDPI journal Foods. ## Description of the Data and file structureGilbert_2023_onion_data_chem_heat_Table3 Gilbert_2023_ResponseSurface_Composite_Sterilization_Germ_CFU_Figs2_3_4.csv Gilbert_2023_Sterilants_HeadToHead_Figs5_6.csv Gilbert_2023_TableA1_data_seedgeometry_stacked.csvGilbert_2023_TableA1_volumedata_seedgeometry.csv### Gilbert_2023_onion_data_chem_heat_Table3.csv Data used to prepare Table 3. Experimental treatment using a range of chemical and physical agents to disinfect fungi from onion seeds, each with or without sonication. Three replicates per treatment combination. Agent: Chemical or physical disinfection agent: HCA = Fresh hypochlorous acid (~800 ppm chlorine); sdH2O = sterile deionized water control; Bleach = 0.6% NaOCl; Ethanol 70% = 70% ethyl alcohol; GAA 5% = 5% glacial acetic acid; Hydrogen Peroxide = 3% H2O2; Boiling = 1 min boiling; 55C 5min = held 55°C for 5 min; 55C 10min = held 55°C for 10 min; 55C 30min = held 55°C for 30 min; 70C 5min = held 70°C for 5 min; 70C 10min = held 70°C for 10 min; 70C 30min = held 70°C for 30 min Sonication: Indicates whether treatment was just Agitated or held in water bath Sonication Rep: Replication number, 1 to 3Total_seeds: Total number of seed in the treatment replicateSeeds_with_Fungi_day3: Number of seeds showing fungal growth after 3 daysGermination_day7: Number of seeds germinated after 7 daysFungalGrowth_day3_percent: Percentage of seeds showing fungal growth after 3 daysGermination_day7_percent: Percentage of seeds germinated after 7 days### Gilbert_2023_ResponseSurface_Composite_Sterilization_Germ_CFU_Figs2_3_4.csv Data used to prepare Figure 2, 3, and 4. Data collected for factorial treatments of chemical agent concentration and time of soak of broccoli seeds to evaluate the effectiveness of disinfecting bacteria from the surface of seeds and the effect of treatment on seed germination. There were 4 replicates for each agent/time combination. For Figures 2 and 3, all the factorial combinations were used to created response surface graphs separately for each agent for Germination as a function of agent concentration and soak duration and log10(CFU bacteria + 10) per 200 seeds as a function of agent concentration and soak duration. For Figure 4, selected the most effective concentrations and durations for each agent that did not reduce germination, and used a ANOVA and Tukey's HSD test to compare means. Those best 5 treatments were control_0%_15min, bleach_10%_15min, h2o2_12%_15min, vinegar_1%_15min, and hca_100%_15min. Date: Date on which treatments were appliedTreatment: Chemical agent used in seed treatment: H2O2 = hydrogen peroxide (stock = 30%); Bleach = Clorox bleach (stock = 6% NaOCl); Vinegar = Heinz white vinegar (stock = 5% acetic acid); HCA = freshly prepared hypochlorous acid (stock = 800 ppm chlorine)Percent: Concentration of chemical agent: of H2O2 of hydrogen peroxide; Of Clorox bleach for Bleach; Of acetic acid for vinegar; of stock fresh HCA for hypochlorous acidMinutes: Duration of soak treatment in minutesPlate_dilution: Dilution used in Trypticase Soy Agar for counting bacterial coloniesCFU_plate: Number of bacterial colonies that developed on Trypticase Soy Agar plateGerm_Total: Number of seeds used in each replicateGerm_Seeds: Number of seeds that germinated after 5 days Germ_Perc: Percentage of seeds that germinated after 5 daysCFU_200seeds: back calculation of number of colony forming units of bacteria per 200 seeds### Gilbert_2023_Sterilants_HeadToHead_Figs5_6.csv Data used to produce Figure 5 and 6; head-to-head comparison of effects of six disinfection treatments on fungal and bacterial loads on germinating seeds and on seed germination. Seeds are broccoli, and treatments were applied for 5 and 15 minutes. There were five replicates of each treatment per experiment, and the experiment was conducted two times (treated as blocks) for each time duration. Data are used in Figure 5 and 6. Experiment: Experiments 1 and 3 are for 5-min and 2 and 4 are for 15-min repeated experimentsStart_Date: Date on which treatments were appliedTreatment: Chemical or physical treatment: Control = sterile dionized water; Sonic = bath sonication in sterile deionized water; 55 C = held at 55°C; Bleach = 10% diluted Clorox to 0.6% NaOCl; HCA = fresh full-strength hypochlorous acid (~800 ppm chlorine); vinegar = Heinz white vinegar diluted to 3% acetic acidPerc: The percent concentration of each chemical treatment, as described in TreatmentTime_Min: Duration of treatment in minutesdilution: Serial dilution plate used for counting colonies bacteria on TSA platesTSA_CFU_plate: Number of colonies of bacteria growing on Trypticase Soy Agar plate at dilutionMEA_CFU_plate: Number of colonies of fungi growing on Malt Extract Agar plate at dilution 2Germ_Total: Number of seeds used in each replicateGerm_Seeds: Number of seeds that germinated after 5 days Germ_Perc: Percentage of seeds that germinated after 5 daysCFU_200seeds_bact: back calculation of number of colony forming units of bacteria per 200 seedsCFU_200seeds_fungi: back calculation of number of colony forming units of fungi per 200 seeds### Gilbert_2023_TableA1_data_seedgeometry_stacked.csv Geometric data collection on 100 seeds for each of 14 seed cultivars using ImageJ on 1600 DPI scan of seeds. Data are summarized in Table A1. seed: Seed number identifierArea_mm2: cross-sectional area of seed in square mm from photoLength_mm: major axis length of seed in mmWidth_mm: minor axis length of seed in mmCircularity: circularity measure from ImageJFeretDistance: Feret's Distance from Image Jspecies: seed species. Species include:Onion Allium cepaBroccoli Brassica oleracea var. italicaRadish, China Rose Raphanus sativusLentils Lens culinarisAlfalfa Medicago sativaPeas Pisum sativumClover Trifolium pratenseAdzuki bean Vigna angularisMung bean Vigna radiataBarley Hordeum vulgareMillet Panicum miliaceumWheat, hard red spring Triticum aestivumWheat, hard white Triticum aestivumBuckwheat groats Fagopyrum esculentum### Gilbert_2023_TableA1_volumedata_seedgeometry.csv Geometric data collection on 100 seeds for each of 14 seed cultivars using water displacement in tubes. Data are summarized in Table A1 as well as used in conjunction with data from Table 1 in paper to generate Figure 1. Species: seed species. Same as in Gilbert_2023_TableA1_data_seedgeometry_stacked.csvRep: Replicate measurement of seed volumeTubeType: One of two tube types used: GT = glass tube or MCT = Large centrifuge tubeStartHeight_mm: Starting height of liquid added to tube in mmNum_seeds: Number of seeds added to liquidFinalHeight_mm: Height of liquid after adding the seeds CalcstartVolume: Volume of initial water based on standard curve CalcFinalVolume: Volume of water + seeds based on standard curveSeedvolume: Difference between final volume and start volume = total volume of seedsVolumeperSeed_mm3: average volume per seed in cubic mmStandard curves used for the two tubes GT Volume_µL = 248.542*Height_mm - 1182.536MCT Volume_µL = 50.5455*Height_mm - 176.803Funding provided by: University of California, Santa CruzCrossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006358Award Number: Gift Funds from Wova Lab
Does interpupillary distance (IPD) relate to immediate cybersickness?
No full textWidespread adoption of virtual reality (VR) will likely be limited bythe common occurrence of cybersickness. Cybersickness suscepti-bility varies across individuals, and previous research reported thatinterpupillary distance (IPD) may be a factor. However, that workemphasized cybersickness recovery rather than cybersickness imme-diately after exposure. The current study (N=178) examined if themismatch between the user’s IPD and the VR headset’s IPD settingspredicts immediate cybersickness. Multiple linear regression indi-cated that gender and prior sickness due to screens were significantpredictors of immediate cybersickness. However, no relationshipbetween IPD mismatch and immediate cybersickness was observed.This preprint is published as Kelly, Jonathan, Taylor Doty, Michael Dorneich, and Stephen B. Gilbert. 2023. “Does Interpupillary Distance (IPD) Relate to Immediate Cybersickness?.” PsyArXiv. January 6. doi:10.31234/osf.io/ce4tv.CC-By Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Supplemental material located: osf.io/pswt6/</a
James Hogg and the Authority of Tradition
No full textThe nineteenth-century Scottish writer James Hogg (1770-1835) engaged with traditional forms of expression as part of his mission to represent subaltern Scottish experience rather than to be represented by the literati’s constructions of it. This essay addresses the various forms his mediation took: in his role as informant for Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802–1803), as deliberate re-writer of folk narratives in poetry and fiction, and as plainspoken advocate of Scottish culture. Throughout, Hogg insisted on narrative strategies anchored in community, drawing authority from living tradition rather than acquiescing to the prevalent view of tradition as a collection of fossilised relics. In doing so, he offered an alternative model to the antiquarian grand narrative
Gilbert-Varshamov inspired lower bound on the maximal cardinality of indel and substitution correcting codes
No full textRecent advances in DNA data storage and racetrack memory have attracted renewed attention towards deletion, insertion and substitution correcting codes. Compared to codes aimed at correcting either substitution errors or deletion and insertion (indel) errors, the understanding of codes that correct combinations of substitution and indel errors lags behind. In this paper, we focus on the maximal size of q-ary t-indel s-substitution correcting codes. In particular, our main contribution is a Gilbert-Varshamov inspired lower bound on this size. Moreover, we study the asymptotic behaviour of this bound.Discrete Mathematics and Optimizatio
L'ABC de Bébé (pp. [7-8])
No full textPrinted in color on cloth and sewn at the spine.
These pages depict "P" for "promenade à âne" (riding on a donkey), "Q" for "quilles" (bowling), "R" for "revéil" (clock indicating time to wake up), "S" for "siphon," "T" for "toilette," and "U" for "uniforme" (uniform).The imprint "Imagerie Pellerin, S.A." was used after 1921 and the company begin issuing cloth books for children during the 1920s.
Gilbert Dauphin was a children's book author who wrote under the pseudonym "Gil."Alphabet books
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