23,053 research outputs found
The reproductive performance of roe deer in relation to environmental and genetic factors
No full textThis thesis investigates the influences of density-dependent and density independent factors on the reproductive performance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Britain. Studies were based on fifteen wild populations, in Forestry Commission commercial plantations and on Ministry of Defence training areas. Extensive data were available for each site from cull records covering between 5 and 21 years, and included the number of embryos present and eviscerated body weight for each female shot, totalling more than five thousand deer. For the nine Forestry Commission sites, which form the core of the study, the ovaries and the lower jaw bone were also collected from each animal. The age of each of these animals was assessed by tooth sectioning. Reproductive performance was assessed in terms of age at first breeding, percentage ovulation (corpora lutea present in the ovaries), average number of succesfully fertilised ovulations per ovulating doe (as number of corpora lutea), percentage pregnancy (embryos present) and average number of embryos per pregnant doe. Precocious reproductive activity among kids rarely resulted in successful pregnancy, while the majority of yearlings did conceive, but generally produced smaller litter sizes than older does. A uniform level of reproductive performance was observed among all animals over two years old within a single population. Generally, little significant variation in reproductive performance between years within a site was detected. However, at the two sites with the longest span of data available (21 and 12 years) some significant variation between years in potential litter size was observed; this variation was entirely explained by correlated variation in maternal body weight. A sequence of increasing reproductive cost was suggested as one male, one female, two females, two males, according to the average body weight of the mother. Between populations, reproductive performance was highly variable (although adult ovulation always approached 100% ). Percentage pregnancy, average number of corpora lutea, and average number of foetuses were all highly correlated with maternal body weight, but this relationship was insufficient to explain the very highly significant differences between populations in reproductive performance.(DX176326)</p
Land of the Giants
No full textIn June 2012 Hewison was invited to co-choreograph The Land of Giants project (Dir. Mark Murphy) in Belfast. This was a large-scale and multi-disciplinary performance event mixing professional artists and over 500 volunteer performers from across Northern Ireland. Sited on the historic Titanic slipway, the event was supported by Cultural Olympiad and the Arts Councils of Northern Ireland
Preston Passion
No full textIn April 2012 Hewison was invited to co-choreograph The Preston Passion (Dir. Mark Murphy). This was a large-scale participatory performance event commissioned by the Preston Guild and BBC television and was screened live on BBC1 as the Good Friday broadcast in April 2012
The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
No full textContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
'Compassion costs nothing’-the elephant in the room?
No full textCompassion is central to the work of practice nurses. Yvonne Sawbridge and Dr Alistair Hewison explore the emotional labour involved in providing compassionate care
e-dance Project
No full textThe e-dance project’s artistic and practice-based output was realised by ersatz dance company (Hewison: co-researcher, collaborative artist, performer 91999 to 2011; associate Artistic Director from 2006). Artistic Director; Principal Investigator: Professor Helen Bailey (University of Bedfordshire). Funders: JISC; AHRC (£400,000) co-investigators: M. Turner, (University of Manchester) S. Buckingham-Schum (Open University). Additional £13,800 (Arts Council England: East, 2009) to develop a full-length professional touring dance performance from the practice-based outcomes. Research Questioned: how can digital technologies problematise notions of presence and absence through visual (choreographic) representation of co-existing (digital) bodies? Hewison's role as researcher/performer specifically investigated the impact of digitally enhanced performance environments on a performer's traditional sense of 'projection' of performance material. e-dance choreographic practice-led outputs include: Dislocate/Relocate (2008), Trace (2008), Space/Placed (2008), and Composite Bodies (2010). The final practice-based outcome was Here and There (University of Bedfordshire, 2010; Digital Resources in Humanities and Arts (DRHA) conference (Brunel University, 2010). Others in the UK field conducting similar work include Dr Johannes Birringer (Brunel University) dance/technology company Troika Ranch (USA). e-dance develops application of Isadora software (creator: Mark Coniglio, Co-Director, Troika Ranch) by using it in distributed performance contexts. Evidence Portfolio includes: DVDs of practice-based outputs: • Dislocate/Relocate. (Dir. Bailey, 2008; quartet, 10-minutes) Choreographic practice-led research outcome: Live networked performance (performers: Catherine Bennett, Amalia Garcia, River Carmalt, Hewison). • Trace. (Dir.Bailey, 2008; duet, 8-minutes) Choreographic practice-led research outcome: Live networked performance (performers Bennett; Hewison). • Space/Placed. (Dir. Bailey, 2008; duet, 15-minutes) Choreographic practice-led research outcome: Live networked performance (performers Bennett; Hewison). • Composite Bodies. (Dir. Bailey, 2010; quartet, 15-minutes) Choreographic practice-led research outcome: Live networked performance (performers Garcia, Carmalt, Marina Collard and Hewison). • Hard copy of Choreographic Morphologies article, co-authored by Hewison, who focused particularly on exploring the subjective experience of performing ‘inside’ technologically enhanced performance environments
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: How to be a liberal with Ian Dunt
No full textOn this Democracy Sausage Extra, Ian Dunt - host of the Oh God, What Now? podcast and author of How to be a liberal - joins Mark Kenny to discuss the history of liberal thought, how it has shaped present day politics, and the origins of the ‘culture wars’. Have the culture wars emerged out of the failures of liberalism? Why haven’t contemporary political actors done more to protect people from prejudice and the tyranny of the majority? And is liberalism a natural corollary to democracy? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, author, political journalist and broadcaster Ian Dunt joins Professor Mark Kenny to discuss the history of political thought, present day politics, and liberalism’s trajectory
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #3]
No full textPoor quality photocopies of a magazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Full circle with Scott Ludlam
No full textOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Scott Ludlam, former Greens Deputy Leader and author of the new book Full Circle: A search for the world that comes next, joins Mark Kenny to discuss what he learnt from his time in politics and Australian climate policy. What role do corporate and private interests play in shaping Australian policy-making? Will the country make changes to political donation rules to make the system more transparent? And how can Australia make meaningful progress on climate policy? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor Mark Kenny speaks with former Greens Senator Scott Ludlam about Australian politics, his new book, and Section 44 of the Constitution
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Truth is trouble with Malcolm Knox
No full textOn this Democracy Sausage Extra, award-winning journalist and author Malcolm Knox joins Mark Kenny to discuss the saga of Israel Folau - former star rugby union player sacked for sharing anti-LGBTQ views on social media - and how free speech got so complicated. The sacking of former star player Israel Folau by Rugby Australia for his comments on social media once again revealed faultlines which had recently been laid bare during Australia’s marriage equality plebiscite. So what did the saga reveal about freedom of expression in Australia? What is the significance of groups like the Australian Christian Lobby in Australia’s public discourse? And, with ‘free speech’ very much a political battleground, what might the future hold? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Professor Mark Kenny speaks with Australian journalist and author Malcolm Knox about the Israel Folau issue, Australia’s evangelical movement, and the ‘culture wars’. This episode was recorded live as part of the ANU/Canberra Times ‘Meet the Author’ series
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