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    Meaning and mnemonic in archaeological studies of death

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    This paper highlights key characteristics of memorialisation processeslinked to dying and death. The study demonstrates that, inall periods, the mnemonic triggers engendered by multi-sensoryexperiences surrounding the treatment of the dead serve as fundamentalelements of the memorialisation processes which generatelasting impacts on the living through people’s engagement‘in a collective social act’. Roles attributed to the dead are ‘activeand powerful’, and the links between the living and the dead areimbued with myriad meanings, articulated through a variety ofactivities. These resonate across time and exist in many aspects ofcontemporary practice. We could argue that dying itself is notsimply a social process, and in reality, it is an inherently, and onoccasion an aggressively, anti-social act that is negotiated and‘normalised’ by the social conventions that society has developedto cope with dying and death. With a focus on the British context,this study explores the ways in which society has dealt with thetroublesome and anti-social aspect of death, and dying, througha consideration of past social praxis. It considers the ways in whicha broadening of contemporary societies understanding of thevariety of approaches to death, burial, bereavement and mourningin a deep time perspective can offer legitimate and authorisedoptions for future practice at a time when there a crisis in availableburial space is occurring in England (e.g).</p

    The Story of "Me" Contemporary American Autofiction

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    Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Masculinity, Whiteness, and Postmodern Self-Consciousness -- 2. Rage against the Dying of the Author -- 3. The New Journalism as the New Fiction -- 4. Trauma Autofiction, Dissociation, and the Authenticity of "Real" Experience -- 5. Memoir vs. Autofiction as the Story of Me vs. the Story of "Me" -- Coda -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- IndexDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

    Remember Me A Novella about Finding Our Way to the Cross

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    Shades of Light.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- 1 The Word Became Flesh -- 2 The Gift of Myrrh -- 3 Taking the Cup -- 4 With a Kiss -- 5 Awakened -- 6 Accused -- 7 Bearing the Cross -- 8 Lament -- 9 Stripped -- 10 Pierced -- 11 It Is Finished -- 12 Into Your Hands -- 13 Buried -- 14 Risen -- Epilogue -- Journey to the Cross -- Acknowledgments -- Also Available -- Praise for Remember Me -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity PressShades of Light.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

    "Test me and treat me" - attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study

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    © 2015 BMJ Open, "Test me and treat me"-attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study. This manuscript version is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Licens

    Calving rates at tidewater glaciers vary strongly with ocean temperature

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    TerraSAR-X data were provided by DLR (project OCE1503), and funded by the Conoco Phillips-Lundin Northern Area Program through the CRIOS project (Calving Rates and Impact on Sea level). A.L. and S.B. are affiliated to the Climate Change Consortium of Wales (C3W). Mooring work is supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (Oceans 2025 and Northern Sea Program) and the Research Council of Norway (projects Cleopatra: 178766, Cleopatra II: 216537, and Circa: 214271/F20). Contribution by F.C. was undertaken through the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience Environment and Society (SAGES).Rates of ice mass loss at the calving margins of tidewater glaciers (frontal ablation rates) are a key uncertainty in sea level rise projections. Measurements are difficult because mass lost is replaced by ice flow at variable rates, and frontal ablation incorporates sub-aerial calving, and submarine melt and calving. Here we derive frontal ablation rates for three dynamically contrasting glaciers in Svalbard from an unusually dense series of satellite images. We combine ocean data, ice-front position and terminus velocity to investigate controls on frontal ablation. We find that frontal ablation is not dependent on ice dynamics, nor reduced by glacier surface freeze-up, but varies strongly with sub-surface water temperature. We conclude that calving proceeds by melt undercutting and ice-front collapse, a process that may dominate frontal ablation where submarine melt can outpace ice flow. Our findings illustrate the potential for deriving simple models of tidewater glacier response to oceanographic forcing.Peer reviewe

    Book of the month: Kennetta Hammond Perry's London is the Place for Me

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    Author: Desmond L. Kemp Indiana University Purdue University Our book recommendation of the month is London is the Place for me whereby activism in London and America has been an ongoing challenge for Black people. Perry delivers a solid account of how post-war Afro-Caribbean migrants resisted British racism to establish their citizenship in England. The introduction begins with a calypso music tribute in "Windrush Politics", sets the tone of social history for migrants with a tale of the arr..

    Remind Me to Investigate

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    Political cartoon depicting United States Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi dictating to his secretary, Remind Me to Investigate the Ole Miss Affair, My Findings Will Be as Follows; Source: unknown; Unknown datehttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/jws_clip/1054/thumbnail.jp

    Dynamics of Network Formation Processes in the Co-Author Model

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    This article studies the dynamics in the formation processes of a mutual consent network in game theory setting: the Co-Author Model. In this article, a limited observation is applied and analytical results are derived. Then, 2 parameters are varied: the number of individuals in the network and the initial probability of the links in the network in its initial state. A simulation result shows a finding that is consistent with an analytical result for a state of equilibrium while it also shows different possible equilibria.Dynamics, Network, Game Theory, Model,Simulation, Equilibrium, Complexity

    Ask Me Anything - Student Resource Pack : Guide

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    The Ask Me Anything student resource pack offers insight into The Paper Birds' production, exploring the background, devising process, key themes and motifs.The Ask Me Anything student resource pack offers insight into The Paper Birds' production, exploring the background, devising process, key themes and motifs.Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Digital Theatre+, viewed May 12, 2022
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