369 research outputs found
Australia-South coast [cartographic material] : East Mount Barren, near Doubtful Island Bay, to Cape Pasley, including the Archipelago of the Recherche /
No full textHydrographic chart of the south coast of Australia from East Mount Barren to Cape Pasley showing Flinder's route. Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings.; Coastal profile : Cape Arid-Douglas Is.; Chart "1059".; Map 11 from Johnston Special Collection.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-jsc11.[Johnston, British Admiralty charts special collection
Exploring possibilities for gender to become otherwise: what do child-snail relations make possible?
No full textThrough a series of tentacular provocations this chapter contemplates how gender might be reimagined from child-snail relationalities. Further, it invites attunement to how else gender coalesces through a young child’s non-verbal, not-quite-literate, bodily encounters with the everyday. Whilst dominant ideas about how children are and become in the world tend to be framed by linear, anthropocentric logic characterised by certainty and knowability, how might odd-kin relationalities (Haraway, 2016) complicate such logic and open possibilities for gender to e/merge in surprising ways? Tracing the slime trails of a four-year-old child’s encounters with snails, this chapter wonders whether making-odd-kin might hold the potential to dwell upon often unnoticed and unappreciated capacities for deep immersion in now-time, and with that a persistent refusal to be contained and bound by normative ideas about what it is to be(come) gendered. Making odd-kin refuses the limits, codifications and meanings about gender and childhood that are imposed by adults on the developing child bodymind. Ultimately, with the help of Haraway’s SF praxis, this chapter explores the capacious possibilities inherent in being open to un/re-learning how to be in the world – always in relation
Franz Kafka's relation to Judaism
No full textExcerpt from introduction: This thesis aims to examine Kafka's life and work in relation to what is arguably the crucial factor in his complex historical, cultural, literary and religious background. The particular relevance of his Jewishness is a subject that has occasionally been discussed in the study of Kafka; attention has been drawn to it especially by his Jewish contemporaries and friends, but the issues involved in it have not yet received exhaustive investigation.The main part of my thesis is devoted to the subject of Kafka's interest in Jewish mysticism, notably in its Hasidic form, in the later years of his life. It shows how his search to regain a sense of participation in Jewish tradition, combined with religious impulses deeply inclined towards an esoteric spirituality, led him to practise his art in the light of this interest as a religious pursuit with unmistakably mystical intent.What I hope becomes clear from my work is the course of individual development by which growing concern for his relation to Jewish tradition led Kafka to deeper appreciation of his historical situation, and guided his increasing sense of moral and spiritual commitment to his time, despite (or because of?) the deficiencies he perceived in it, in a 'task' undertaken through the medium of his art.In selecting nine stories from the Landarzt collection for commentary in the final chapter, I have chosen to concentrate on a crucial period in Kafka's literary development that began in 1916/17, when his continuing, earnest assessment of his position as a Jew had an evidence influence upon his choice of narrative subject and technique. The stories have been considered not in the published sequence of the Landarzt collection, but in an order that seems appropriate to discussion of various aspects of their Jewish context. Where possible, my commentaries upon these stories are related to themes previously identified in discussion of the Oktavhefte, which were begun soon after the collection was completed and contain the chief evidence of Kafka's growing mystical pre-occupation
Outstanding Seniors [02]
No full textPresident Donald R. Theophilus congratulates a group of outstanding seniors. Individuals identified as listed. Pictured: Margaret Tatko (May Queen), Karen Stedtfeld, Connie Block Allen, Elizabeth Misner, Beverly Paul, Lloyd Taylor, Everett Baily, Garth Sasser, Bill Pasley, Gordon Chester, Sherman Snow, Bob Moe, J Fitzgerald, B. McCowan, N. Leitner, G. Randal
Ignition studies in support of the European High Power Laser Energy Research Facility project
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SARS-CoV-2 Decreases Neuronal Activity in Brainstem Respiratory Centers in C57BI6/J Mice
No full textSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also called COVID-19, targets the respiratory system, leading to symptoms such as cough, fever, and difficulty breathing1 . As the mechanisms behind SARS-CoV-2 infections continues to be studied, understanding of how this virus targets specific tissues becomes more apparent. Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2), the target of SARS-CoV infections and a functional receptor for SARS-CoV-2 invasions1 , is highly expressed in many tissues throughout the body, including the lungs, kidneys, and brain. Notably, our group previously reported that neurons are the main cells within the brain expressing ACE2. Accordingly, we hypothesized that neuronal infection of brainstem respiratory centers by SARS-CoV-2 could contribute to respiratory symptoms associated with COVID-19, specifically respiratory failure.
C57BI6/J mice were mock infected or received SARS-CoV-2 (7.5x103 or 1.5x104 ) intranasally in a BSL-3 facility (University of Texas in Galveston) and were euthanized by CO2 hypoxia after 5 days post infection. The heads were harvested and immersed in formalin for 3 days before being transferred to LSU Health-NO for processing. Brains were carefully dissected out and preserved in optimal cutting temperature (OCT) before sectioning on a cryostat. Sections (30 µm) containing the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) were selected as its neurons are part of the pontomedullary regions that generate the respiratory rhythm and pattern2 .
Immunohistochemistry for c-Fos, a marker of neuronal activity3 , was used to access neuronal activity in the RTN. Sections were incubated overnight with a primary monoclonal antibody (rabbit anti c-Fos, 1:1000) followed with a secondary goat antirabbit fluorescent IgG (GFP, 1:200, 1h) antibody. Sections were then mounted to slides in the dark to preserve the fluorescence and observed under the microscope. Images of neurons present in the RTN were captured and neurons were then hand counted and averaged.
Neuronal activity in the RTN was decreased with the amount of SARS-CoV-2 that has infected cells in the brain. The greater the infection of SARS-CoV-2, the least number of neurons tagged with c-Fos was indicated. Mock brains had the greatest average of neurons and brains infected with 1.5x104 SARS-CoV-2 had the least average of neurons in the RTN. This was demonstrated by counting neurons at 3 different intervals and taking the average. We conclude that SARSCoV-2 targets neurons in respiratory centers, possibly contributing to impaired respiratory function in infected patients
Modelling the hydrodynamics induced by the interaction of high-power short-pulse lasers with dense targets
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