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R.S. Peters' Comprehensive Theory of Moral Education
No full textThis article presents R.S. Peters’ theory of moral education embedded in his broad conception of morality. The author examines Peters’ views against the background of Kohlberg’s stage theory of moral development; hence, the positions of both thinkers are interwoven throughout the discussion. It addresses some central issues relevant to moral education such as, for example: cognitive and affective aspects of morality, and the acquisition of virtues. In the article the author argues that Peters’ account of moral development and moral education provides supplementation for the somewhat narrow theory developed by Kohlberg, thus establishing a broader framework relevant to moral education.status: Publishe
Combining Fault Analysis Technologies for ISO26262 Functional Safety Verification
No full textThe development of Integrated Circuits for the Automotive sector imposes on complex challenges. ISO26262 Functional Safety requirements entail extensive Fault Injection campaigns and complex analysis for the evaluation of deployed Software Tools. This paper proposes a methodology to improve Fault Analysis Tools Confidence Level (TCL) by detecting errors in the classification of faults. By combining the strengths of Automatic Test Pattern Generators (ATPG), Formal Methods and Fault Injection Simulators we are able to automatically generate a Test Environment that enables the validation of the tools and provides supplementary information about the design behavior. Our results showed fault detection rates above 99% including information to improve ISO26262 metrics calculationAccepted author manuscriptComputer EngineeringQuantum & Computer Engineerin
Transition and wavy walls: an experimental study: An experimental study
No full textA wide body of research exists which explores the effects of surface roughness or patterned wall shapes on instability growth and transition. Building on those works as well as recent experiments demonstrating passive laminar flow control using arrays of discrete roughness [3, 8], a set of spanwise-wavy walls is designed with the goal of suppressing instability growth in two-dimensional boundary layers. In a numerical investigation of Tollmien-Schlichting (TS) wave growth in the presence of streamwise boundary-layer streaks, Cossu and Brandt [1] found that stabilization of TS waves results from spanwise shear in the mean flow, which forms a negative contribution to production in the perturbation kinetic energy equation. Whereas previous efforts have employed streamwise vorticity developing in roughness wakes to provide the requisite mean-flow deformation, in this work stabilization is achieved through modulation of the no-slip surface. Miniature vortex generators (MVGs) have proven an effective means of producing streamwise streaks for transition delay [8], though relatively large streak amplitudes are necessary to counter their eventual decay through viscous dissipation. The notion motivating this work is that spanwise-wavy walls extended in the streamwise direction can produce a similar effect while avoiding bypass transition resulting from large-amplitude streamwise streaks. Toward that end, six wavy walls are used in a modular test model. When TS waves are excited upstream of the wavy walls, substantial delays in the onset of transition are observed for certain spanwise wavelengths compared with the flat-plate reference case
Milczące życie liter. O związku języka i przyrody w poezji R.S. Thomasa
Full text linkJoanna SoćkoSilent Life of Letters. On Interconnections between Language and Nature in the Poetry of R.S. Thomas.The essay sets out to explore R.S. Thomas’ (1913–2000) vision of the problematic relations between the man, the nature and their Creator. In the context of contemporary critique as well as the 20th century, post-husserlian philosophy, the author analyses Thomas’ cosmological poems and represents, on the one hand, the place that both man and God take in the creation and, on the other, the sacramental relationship between the human and the nature. What is important from this perspective is the material existence of both man and nature, which enables mutual infiltration that leads to discovery of imperceptible dimension of materiality, which, in turn, influences both human consciousness and language. This is why the author asks about the role of science in Thomas’ poetry and about the influence that “the machine” has on language and consciousness.Joanna SoćkoSilent Life of Letters. On Interconnections between Language and Nature in the Poetry of R.S. Thomas.The essay sets out to explore R.S. Thomas’ (1913–2000) vision of the problematic relations between the man, the nature and their Creator. In the context of contemporary critique as well as the 20th century, post-husserlian philosophy, the author analyses Thomas’ cosmological poems and represents, on the one hand, the place that both man and God take in the creation and, on the other, the sacramental relationship between the human and the nature. What is important from this perspective is the material existence of both man and nature, which enables mutual infiltration that leads to discovery of imperceptible dimension of materiality, which, in turn, influences both human consciousness and language. This is why the author asks about the role of science in Thomas’ poetry and about the influence that “the machine” has on language and consciousness
Czwarty wymiar. Poezja R.S. Thomasa wobec pytania o (nie)obecność
Full text linkThe Fourth Dimension. R.S. Thomas’s Poetry and the Question of God’s AbsenceThe text deals with the poetry of R.S. Thomas (1913−2000) – a British author and an Anglican priest in the Church of Wales – whose works are full of controversial (given his priesthood) statements concerning the absence of God. As a lot of Thomas’s poems convey thoughts intersecting with post-secular reflection on the death of God, rooted in Derrida’s questioning of the “metaphysics of presence,” the article aims at tracing the inspirations behind Thomas’s quasi-religious poetry. The point of departure for this reflection is the poet’s recollection of being left by his parents alone for the first time. The impression of an empty house turns out to be an experience which shaped the poet’s attitude towards the disenchanted space he lives in. Although most critics claim that the apparent absence of God in Thomas’s poetry results directly from the tradition of theological via negativa, the author of the article pays attention to those characteristics which differentiate Thomas’s spirituality from the theological tradition and the most important difference between the poet’s attitude and the traditional model of Christian contemplation turns out to be time, or, more precisely, the temporal discrepancy between the possible accessibility of the transcendent being and the man’s ability to “catch it at work.
Czwarty wymiar. Poezja R.S. Thomasa wobec pytania o (nie)obecność
No full textThe Fourth Dimension. R.S. Thomas’s Poetry and the Question of God’s AbsenceThe text deals with the poetry of R.S. Thomas (1913−2000) – a British author and an Anglican priest in the Church of Wales – whose works are full of controversial (given his priesthood) statements concerning the absence of God. As a lot of Thomas’s poems convey thoughts intersecting with post-secular reflection on the death of God, rooted in Derrida’s questioning of the “metaphysics of presence,” the article aims at tracing the inspirations behind Thomas’s quasi-religious poetry. The point of departure for this reflection is the poet’s recollection of being left by his parents alone for the first time. The impression of an empty house turns out to be an experience which shaped the poet’s attitude towards the disenchanted space he lives in. Although most critics claim that the apparent absence of God in Thomas’s poetry results directly from the tradition of theological via negativa, the author of the article pays attention to those characteristics which differentiate Thomas’s spirituality from the theological tradition and the most important difference between the poet’s attitude and the traditional model of Christian contemplation turns out to be time, or, more precisely, the temporal discrepancy between the possible accessibility of the transcendent being and the man’s ability to “catch it at work.
MANOVA modelling of a chiropractic longitudinal study using multiple imputation
Full text linkThe purpose of this report is to present the detailed statistical analysis of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial comparing two different treatment modalities to an intervention of no known benefit for people with acute or subacute thoracic spine pain.
The therapy arms consist of Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) and Graston Technique (GT) and the placebo is a non-functional ultrasound. A placebo group was utilised because at present there are no proven treatments for non-specific thoracic pain. This trial is registered with the Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Ethics approval has been granted by Murdoch University Human Research and Ethics Committee, number 2007/274.
The aim of this three arm trial was to test the efficacy of SMT and GT as independent modalities compared to detuned ultrasound for the outcomes of pain and disability. The latter were measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and a modified Oswestry Back Pain Disability Index. The study was conducted at the Murdoch University Chiropractic student clinic in Perth, Australia, and the protocol published in Crothers et al (2008).
In this report, Section 2 provides an initial exploratory analysis of the data, Section 3 outlines the statistical models used in the final analysis, Section 4 defines these models in mathematical terms, Section 5 discusses the management of missing values via multiple imputation and Section 6 presents the results of the statistical modelling and hypothesis tests. The clinical study will be published in full elsewhere
R.S. Thomas and the Problem of Welsh Identity
No full textOne aspect of R.S. Thomas’s work which is perhaps most difficult for Americans to fathom is his relation to Welsh nationalism. This rather arcane issue is complicated even further by the fact that Thomas is an Anglo-Welsh poet, indeed the guiding spirit of what is known as the Anglo-Welsh movement. Tony Bianchi has called Thomas “the dominant voice in the attempt by Anglo-Welsh writers to define an audience.” Throughout his career, Thomas has been faced with the difficult choice of writing poetry in what he considers a foreign language, or committing creative suicide. Having been born in “the capital of a fake nation” (The Echoes Return Slow 4), that is, Cardiff in English speaking southern Wales, Thomas did not learn Welsh until he was thirty, too late for it to be of use for poetry (Selected Prose 182). The resultant tensions in his work are sometimes overlooked by English critics, who would rather welcome Thomas as a distinguished “colonial” contributor to their own literature, and who thus concentrate for the most part on his celebrated movement in later years toward more inward, spiritual, and therefore more international themes. And yet even Thomas’s later religious poetry should be understood in the context of his distinctly national concerns, as indeed many of the pieces in his Selected Prose, as well as passages in his most recent work, The Echoes Return Slow, make clear.A shorter version of this essay was given as a peer reviewed paper at the annual conference of the Modern Language Association (MLA), 1989 (Session on Exile and Language)
Transitional Phenomena in Oscillating Liquid Columns
Full text linkTitle: Transitional Phenomena in Oscillating Liquid Columns, Author: Julian R.S. Park, Location: ThodeThe damping of free oscillations in liquid-filled U-tube manometers was investigated. The laminar damping coefficients determined were in good agreement with those obtained in previous studies; allowances were made for the secondary flow patterns existing. Two Reynolds numbers were used to characterize the onset of turbulence for both fully-developed
and boundary layer type velocity profiles occurring in the system. There is evidence that transition in oscillating liquid columns is influenced by the internal tube surface, and the transition height may well be dependent on the damping exponent for the turbulent flow prior to transition.ThesisMaster of Engineering (ME
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