90 research outputs found
Theological Reflections on the Blessed Virgin\u27s Impeccabilitas
No full textAbout the author: Father Eamon Carroll, O. Carm., of the School of Sacred Theology of the Catholic University of America, is a past President of the Mariological Society of America
SimJEB: Simulated Jet Engine Bracket Dataset (for review only)
No full textThe Simulated Jet Engine Bracket Dataset (SimJEB) is a collection of finite element models of crowdsourced engine bracket designs. The designs originate from the "GE Jet Engine Bracket Challenge" hosted by GrabCAD.com in 2013. Each entry has a corresponding CAD file, tetrahedral mesh, triangular surface mesh, and structural simulation results from four load cases. The SimJEB dataset is open to the public and licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License
project-aero/transient-indicators: Files associated with 2020-01-13 manuscript draft. Author correction.
No full textThe author of the Wolfram Notebook has been corrected to be S. M. O'Regan
Retraction IRAK1-independent pathways required for the interleukin-1-stimulated activation of the Tpl2 catalytic subunit and its dissociation from ABIN2
No full textVolume 424 (2009), pp. 109–118This paper is being retracted at the request of the authors. Three members of the laboratory of the last-named author have tried subsequently to reproduce the result reported in Figure 2B of the paper, but have been unable to do so. Consequently, the authors no longer consider the conclusion that interleukin-1 is able to activate the full-length catalytic subunit of the protein kinase Tpl2 when it is co-transfected into IRAK1-null HEK293 cells that stably express the interleukin-1 receptor to be correct. All of the authors, apart from the first author, have agreed to this retraction.Margaret J. Stafford, Eamon McManus, Dionissios Baltzis, Mark Peggie, Philip Cohen (MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK
Annual yields of multispecies grassland mesocosms outperformed monocultures across a drought gradient due to complementarity effects and rapid recovery
No full textpeer-reviewedDataset contains the dry matter yield from mesocosms across 12 harvests (6 in each of two years), 5 water treatments and 5 grassland communities. Mesocosms were fully randomly distributed in the glasshouse in which the trial took place
What Stand-Up Comedians Teach Us About Library Instruction
No full textIn the article, the author discusses the various lessons that could be learned from a performance of a stand-up comedian which can be used for library instruction. The four lessons include knowing how to read an audience, diversifying one\u27s teaching methods, and relating on a personal level. It features the works of comedian and entertainer Joan Rivers as example
Simulation of the effect of rainfall on farm-level cocoa yield using a delayed differential equation model
No full textCocoa (Theobroma cacao) is an economically important crop grown by approximately six million of smallholder farmers throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. However, farm level yields are often very low, and sustainable intensification is urgently required. Assessing the impact of on-farm interventions of farm productivity and profitability requires an understanding of the contribution of inter-annual climate variability to cocoa yields. A Delayed Differential Equation model (DDE) was used to simulate the effect of rainfall on cocoa yields. A DDE model is an ordinary differential equation model that incorporates time lags, and is therefore able to incorporate the delay in yield response to rainfall due interactions with the cocoa flowering and the pod development processes. The DDE was constructed and based on regional rainfall and farm-level cocoa yield data from 96 farms across the main cocoa growing regions in Ghana. Model outputs indicate that a good likeness of seasonality in crop production was achieved. The potential to conduct a detailed parameterisation and extend this model to include other parameters such as agrochemical inputs and farm management practices are discussed. By further developing this model into a useful tool to predict and understand variability in cocoa yield, the sustainable intensification of small holder cocoa farming is supported.</p
The War Against Public Forgetfulness: Commemorating 1812 in Canada
No full textIn October 2011, the Government of Canada began a two-year, nation-wide celebration of the bicentenary of the War of 1812. The widely-criticized initiative returned the public eye to a traditional 'interpretive tableau' of war heroes, namely Isaac Brock, Tecumseh, Charles de Salaberry and Laura Secord. While the scope and expense of the federal government˙s efforts have been unprecedented, the political battle to maintain certain memories of the War is one that is not new. A struggle against the forgetfulness of Canadians, and particularly young Canadians, has animated commemorations of the War for almost two centuries. Looking at a selection of past commemorative efforts this essay explores how the inertia of a traditional tableau of heroes has tended to overshadow other narratives and newer interpretations. Yet all is not lost. Using the example of the author˙s exhibition, Faces of 1812, it is suggested that publicly-constructed histories can be employed as a useful departure point for the public historian and provide a foundation from which the public can obtain a broader, more critical perspective on both the commemorated events and history writ large
Methadone maintenance treatment in an Irish context.
No full textThe author discusses the use of methadone maintenance treatment as a method for treating opiate dependence in Ireland, and the rise of the opiate epidemic in Ireland in the 1980s. The introduction of a methadone protocol regularised the prescription and dispensing of methadone, and it is estimated that almost 6,500 individuals in Ireland, the majority of whom live in Dublin, are on methadone maintenance
Searching HathiTrust: Old Concepts in a New Context
No full textThis paper examines the use of the HathiTrust Digital Library as a resource for locating primary sources in the course of historical research. It focuses on the incorporation of library metadata into HathiTrust database records and the benefits this has on search strategies. The author outlines a method for locating primary sources that reduces information overload and allows researchers to target specific types of documents commonly used by historians. Historians report turning more and more frequently to open book repositories to find relevant material for their research, but also that searching full text databases often leads to information overload. The case study presented demonstrates that HathiTrust provides not only a rich collection of primary sources, but also that its inclusion of Library of Congress Subject Headings creates a uniquely effective means of searching them with higher recall and precision. Despite their usefulness, the author identifies some limitations to searching LCSH in HathiTrust and makes recommendations for overcoming them. Librarians in academic environments should promote the informed use of HathiTrust among their faculty as a way of providing superior research support and improving collaboration between researchers and librarians
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