181,515 research outputs found
Romantic bard – Zygmunt Krasiński at the palace salon in Rybna
No full textMAŁGORZATA BURZKA-JANIK – adiunkt w Instytucie Polonistyki i Kulturoznawstwa Uniwersytetu Opolskiego (Katedra Historii Literatury, Komparatystyki i Antropologii Literackiej; Pracownia literatury XIX wieku). Zainteresowania naukowe: literatura XIX wieku, w tym głównie epoki romantyzmu (czarny romantyzm, powieść poetycka, epistolografia epoki, problem domu i bezdomności w twórczości A. Mickiewicza, J. Słowackiego, C. K. Norwida; twórczość poetycka i dramatyczna T. A. Olizarowskiego oraz S. Witwickiego), a także wybrane zagadnienia pozytywizmu (czasopiśmiennictwo epoki, w tym szczególnie młodzi pozytywiści warszawscy na łamach „Przeglądu Tygodniowego”) oraz literatury Młodej Polski (twórczość poetycka M. Pawlikowskiej-Jasnorzewskiej, zagadnienie ironii); wybrane aspekty literatury XX wieku (twórczość poetycka W. Szymborskiej, B. Maja), glottodydaktyka, konteksty kulturowe w edukacji, przestrzeń i miejsce w badaniach kulturowych, literatura światowa. Prace zwarte: Tomasz August Olizarowski, Poematy. Z autografów i pierwodruków opracowała, wstępem poprzedziła M. Burzka-Janik, redakcja tomu M. Burzka-Janik, J. Ławski, Białystok 2014, s. 932. M. Burzka-Janik, „Tyle naraz świata…” Szkice o poezji Wisławy Szymborskiej, Opole 2012, s. 120. M. Burzka-Janik, W poszukiwaniu centrum. Dom i bezdomność w życiu i twórczości Adama Mickiewicza, Opole 2009, s. 262. Książki redagowane: Józef Sękowski, Fantastyczne podróże barona Brambeusa. Wstęp: J. Ławski i J. Dziedzic. Red. tomu, opr. M. Burzka-Janik i J. Ławski, Białystok 2016, s. 300. Stefan Witwicki, Edmund, wstęp i opr. tekstu M. Sokołowski, opr. Aneksu i wprowadzenia M. Burzka-Janik, red. tomu i przypisu J. Ławski, H. Krukowska, Białystok 2015, s. 324. Mickiewicz w kontekstach kulturowych dawnych i współczesnych, pod red. I. Jokiel, M. Burzki-Janik, Opole 2012, s. 350. Mieszka w Tarnowskich Górach.Uniwersytet Opolski41151
Geographic and species variation in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops spp.) signature whistle types
No full textGeographic variation in the whistle vocalisations of dolphins has previously been reported. However, most
studies have focused on the whole whistle repertoire, with little attempt to classify sounds into biologically
relevant categories. Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) use individually distinctive signature
whistles which are thought to help maintain contact between conspecifics at sea. These whistles may show a
different kind of variation between populations than non-signature whistles. Here I investigate signature
whistle use and variation in the two recognised species of bottlenose dolphins (T. truncatus and T. aduncus)
from populations inhabiting the coastal waters of the North America, Scotland, South Africa, Tanzania,
Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and one captive colony. I identified likely signature whistles (signature
whistles types, SWTs) from acoustic recordings by combining two novel techniques: automated contour
categorisation in ARTwarp (Deecke and Janik, 2006) and a specific bout analysis based on the timing of
signature whistle production in T. truncatus termed SIGID (Janik et al. in press). Three ways of categorising
the contours were tested and between 87 and 111 SWTs were identified in total. Repeated emissions of
stereotyped contours were apparent in the repertoire of all T. aduncus populations using both automated and
human observer categorisation, providing good evidence for signature whistle use in this species. There was
significant inter-specific variation in the frequency parameters, looping patterns and duration of SWTs.
Inflection points, duration and measures of SWT complexity showed high variation within populations,
suggesting inter- and intra-individual modification of these parameters, perhaps to enhance identity encoding
or convey motivational information. Using 328 bases of the mtDNA control region, I found high levels of
population differentiation (FST and φST) within the genus Tursiops. These data do not support a link between
mtDNA population differentiation and variability in call type. Instead, morphological variations at the
species level, and learned differences at the population level, better explain the variation found
Moisture effects on diffuse reflection infrared spectra of contrasting minerals and soils: a mechanistic interpretation
No full textAbstract not availableLeslie J. Janik, José M. Soriano-Disla, Sean T. Forrester, Michael J. McLaughli
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Chasing consistency: an update of the TCP gene family of Malus × domestica
No full textThe 52 members of the Teosinte-Branched 1/Cycloidea/Proliferating Cell Factors (TCP) Transcription Factor gene family in Malus × domestica (M. × domestica) were identified in 2014 on the first genome assembly, which was released in 2010. In 2017, a higher quality genome assembly for apple was released and is now considered to be the reference genome. Moreover, as in several other species, the identified TCP genes were named based on the relative position of the genes on the chromosomes. The present work consists of an update of the TCP gene family based on the latest genome assembly of M. × domestica. Compared to the previous classification, the number of TCP genes decreased from 52 to 40 as a result of the addition of three sequences and the deduction of 15. An analysis of the intragenic identity led to the identification of 15 pairs of orthologs, shedding light on the forces that shaped the evolution of this gene family. Furthermore, a revised nomenclature system is proposed that is based both on the intragenic identity and the homology with Arabidopsis thaliana (A. thaliana) TCPs in an effort to set a common standard for the TCP classification that will facilitate any future interspecific analysi
Mickiewicz’s Depth of the ‘Place’. A Vertical Character of Soplicowo
No full textThe shape of a circle, with its midpoint or centre, is one of the spatial images lying at the basis of many of the lyrical poems written by Adam Mickiewicz, including The Vision, Defend Me from Myself..., The Akkerman Steppes, Spin Love…, To Flee with My Love onto a Leaf [Leaves]... The motif of a circular shape with a clearly defined centre also appears in Master Thaddeus, and in Forefathers’ Eve. Mickiewicz the poet structures his works around the imagery of a circle and its centre to convey metaphorically what is of value to Mickiewicz the man. His ‘centric’ thinking puts the poet in the centre of an ontological, metaphysical vision of the cosmos, right in the centre, at the very core of the Universe, in its most profound, undiscovered depths. In this essay, we attempt to explicate Mickiewicz’s depiction of a man placed ‘in the centre of the firmament’ in the Crimean sonnets, the ‘Great Improvisation’ soliloquy in Forefathers’ Eve, in chosen lyrical poems, and in the Great Poem [Master Thaddeus] itself. From this perspective, the concepts of ‘space’ and ‘place’ attain exceptional depth.MAŁGORZATA BURZKA-JANIK – dr, adiunkt w Instytucie Nauk o Literaturze Uniwersytetu Opolskiego. Zainteresowania badawcze: literatura XIX wieku, w tym głównie epoki romantyzmu (w tym: czarny romantyzm, powieść poetycka, epistolografia epoki, problem domu i bezdomności w twórczości A. Mickiewicza, J. Słowackiego, C. K. Norwida; twórczość poetycka i dramatyczna T. A. Olizarowskiego oraz S. Witwickiego), a także wybrane zagadnienia pozytywizmu oraz literatury Młodej Polski; wybrane aspekty literatury XX wieku, glottodydaktyka, przestrzeń i miejsce w badaniach kulturowych, literatura światowa. Wydała: Tomasz August Olizarowski, Poematy. Z autografów i pierwodruków opracowała, wstępem poprzedziła Małgorzata Burzka-Janik, red. tomu Małgorzata Burzka-Janik, Jarosław Ławski, Białystok 2014, ss. 932; Małgorzata Burzka-Janik, „Tyle naraz świata…” Szkice o poezji Wisławy Szymborskiej, Opole 2012, ss. 120; tejże, W poszukiwaniu centrum. Dom i bezdomność w życiu i twórczości Adama Mickiewicza, Opole 2009, ss. 262.Uniwersytet OpolskiArchetypy i symbole, wybór i wstęp M. Głowiński, Warszawa 1991.Bachelard G., Wyobraźnia poetycka. Wybór pism, wyboru dokonał H. Chudak, przeł. H. Chudak, A. Tatarkiewicz, przedmowa J. Błoński, Warszawa 1975.Buczyńska-Garewicz H., Miejsca, strony, okolice. Przyczynek do fenomenologii przestrzeni, Kraków 2006.Burzka-Janik M., Biesiada w Soplicowie jako część boskiego ładu istnienia?, „Bibliotekarz Podlaski. Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne” 2019, nr 1.Burzka-Janik M., W poszukiwaniu centrum. Dom i poetycka bezdomność w życiu i twórczości Adama Mickiewicza, Opole 2009.Dopart B., „Pan Tadeusz” Adama Mickiewicza – o wielopłaszczyznowości poematu uniwersalnego, [w:] tegoż, Romantyzm polski: pluralizm prądów i synkretyzm dzieła, Kraków 1999.Eliade E., Sacrum, mit, historia. Wybór esejów, przeł. A. Tatarkiewicz, Warszawa 1974.Eliade E., Traktat o historii religii, przeł. J. Wierusz-Kowalski, wstęp. L. Kołakowski, Łódź 1993.Jokiel I., Lornety i kapota. Studia o Mickiewiczu, Opole 2006.Kowalski P., Leksykon znaki świata. Omen, przesąd, znaczenie, Warszawa–Wrocław 1998.Krukowska H., „Pan Tadeusz” jako poezja czysta. Studia i szkice o Mickiewiczu, Białystok 2016.Lurker M., Przesłanie symboliki koła w mitach, kulturach i religiach, przeł. R. Wojnakowski, Kraków 1994.Ławski J., Marie romantyków. Metafizyczne wizje kobiecości. Mickiewicz – Malczewski – Krasiński, Białystok 2003.Mickiewicz A., Pan Tadeusz czyli ostatni zajazd na Litwie. Historia szlachecka z r. 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu księgach, [w:] tenże, Dzieła, t. IV. Wydanie rocznicowe 1798–1998, Warszawa 1998.„Pan Tadeusz” i jego dziedzictwo. Recepcja, red. B. Dopart, Kraków, 2006.„Pan Tadeusz”. Poemat – Postacie – Recepcja, red. naukowa A. Fabianowski, E. Hoffmann-Piotrowska, Warszawa 2016.Piwińska M., Problemy polskiego romantyzmu, red. M. Żmigrodzka, Z. Lewinówna, Wrocław 1971.Poulet G., Metamorfozy czasu. Szkice krytyczne, wybór J. Błoński, M. Głowiński, Warszawa 1977.Tuan Yi-Fu, Przestrzeń i miejsce, przeł. A. Morawińska, Warszawa 1987.Waśko A., Powrót do centrum polszczyzny. O przestrzeni symbolicznej w „Panu Tadeuszu”, „Pamiętnik Literacki” 1987, z. 1.Wyka K., „Pan Tadeusz”. Studia o poemacie, Warszawa 1963.4420722
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
A review of "New Worlds Reflected. Travel and Utopia in the Early Modern Period" edited by Chlo�� Houston
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A review of "British and Irish Experiences and Impressions of Central Europe, c. 1560-1688" by David Worthington
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