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Poems of the late Francis S. Key : esq., author of "The Star Spangled Banner" ; with an introductory letter by Chief Justice Taney.
No full textFirst edition. BAL 11093.; Edited by Henry V.D. Johns.; BAL binding C: except red T cloth; stamped in gold all edges gilt; yellow endpapers
Evaluation of current and emerging endoluminal robotic platforms using the IDEAL framework.
No full text� 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.Background: Robotic-assisted endoluminal systems are rapidly evolving within the field of minimally invasive surgery. The IDEAL framework (Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, and Surveillance) can be used to evaluate novel technologies. This review provides a summary of current and emerging endoluminal systems using the IDEAL framework.
Methods: A scoping review was conducted to include all existing and developing robotic-assisted endoluminal systems. Data was collected via virtual interviews, questionnaires, biomedical databases, company websites, and peer-reviewed articles. Key metrics were reported, enabling the assignment of each system to an IDEAL stage.
Results: The review identified 17 distinct systems from 16 companies. Nine systems received regulatory approval in their respective countries. Our evaluation showed that two systems were at the pre-IDEAL Stage 0. Seven systems were in the Idea stage (Stage 1), six systems were in the Development stage (Stage 2) and two systems completed Stage 3. No system underwent long-term study evaluation (Stage 4).
Conclusions: There is a gap in long-term clinical data of robotic-assisted endoluminal systems, indicated by the absence of systems at Stage 4. Collaborative efforts amongst the medical community, regulatory bodies, and industry specialists are vital to ensure the delivery of evidence-based medicine in the discipline of robotics
'Beyond, both the Old World, and the New': Authority and Knowledge in the works of Francis Bacon, with special reference to the New Atlantis
No full textPhDThis study investigates the role of authority in the works of Francis Bacon,
arguing that the issue of authority provides not only an interpretation of New
Atlantis, but an important structural component of his body of works. From
the first manifestation of his philosophical project to his last works of natural
history, authority is an all-pervasive issue - the authority of nature, of
scripture, of the named author, and how authority functions in the
dissemination of natural knowledge. Chapter one argues that the publication
of New Atlantis alongside Sylva sylvarum in 1626/7 was more the result of
William Rawley's need to assert his own authority as the protector and
disseminator of Bacon's textual legacy than an appreciation of the work's own
qualities. Chapter two considers Bacon's views of history and time,
suggesting that Bacon not only conceived of a new, progressive mode of
historical time which would allow for the assertion of a textual authority based
on the records of a civilisation unbroken by the vicissitudes of time, but that
he figured these theories in New Atlantis. Chapter three argues that Bacon
used theology both as defence and imperative to his intellectual programme,
while his attempt to move beyond the deterministic, Calvinist world-view to
allow for multiple possible futures, or `chance': Bacon could then present
experiment as the way of eliminating chance, in order to accelerate the rate of
new discovery. Chapter four investigates Bacon's manipulations of textual
authority, from the early rehearsals of the Instauratio magna to the
performance of reliability in print in Sylva sylvarum. Finally, the afterword
seeks to suggest that the New Atlantis hinges on the issues of authority with
which Bacon engaged throughout his career and writings: in the issue of
authority, Francis Bacon found the beginning and the end of his philosophy
Francis Hare Papers (no. 37): Hare to S. T. Staughton
No full textPaper no.37, 3 August 1880TEXT: Augst 3rd 1880 / Police Depot / East Melbourne / / S J Staughton Esq / Dear Sir / / I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 30th July recd this day. / I am much obliged to you for writing as have done, I naturally felt hurt to think that after nearly 30 years service in the Police Force that a gentleman holding your position shd have formed such an opinion of me as you expressed in the railway carriage between Sunbury and Melbourne. / I readily accept your explanation of the affair & trust that we may soon meet to shake hands with each other.OTHER TEXT: Letter I wrote to Mr Staughton in reply to one from him in re Kelly businessThis is part of the digitized version of the Francis Hare Correspondence held in the University of Melbourne Archives. It consists of 54 letters and documents, of which this is one, from 1859-87 and received by or relating to Superintendent Francis Hare, one of the members of the Victoria police force involved in the pursuit and capture of the Kelly Gang. The collection complements Hare’s published memoir, The Last of the Bushrangers (London, 1892) and includes letters by some of the key figures of the Kelly story including the Police Commissioner Frederick Standish, Superintendents Charles Hope Nicolson and John Sadleir, Detective M Ward and John Sherritt, as well as items by Hare himself
Psychological health and attitude toward Christianity: a study among pupils attending Catholic schools in the Netherlands
No full textThis study examines the wider relevance of recent research conducted in England, Northern Ireland and Hong Kong concerning the association between religion and psychological health among young people, by administering translations of the same measures to a sample of 980 pupils attending Catholic secondary schools in the Netherlands. These pupils completed the short-form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire together with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. The data confirmed the key finding from previous research that a more positive attitude toward Christianity is associated with lower scores recorded on the psychoticism scale. The implications of these findings are discussed for religious educators
E. Fosbery to Frederick Standish
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/229648Suggesting Hare could be appointed Superintendent at Maitland. Inscription: Telegram from Fosbery offering me appointment in Police N S Wales. This is part of the digitized version of the Francis Hare Correspondence held in the University of Melbourne Archives. It consists of 54 letters and documents, of which this is one, from 1859-87 and received by or relating to Superintendent Francis Hare, one of the members of the Victoria police force involved in the pursuit and capture of the Kelly Gang. The collection complements Hare's published memoir, The Last of the Bushrangers (London, 1892) and includes letters by some of the key figures of the Kelly story including the Police Commissioner Frederick Standish, Superintendents Charles Hope Nicolson and John Sadleir, Detective M Ward and John Sherritt, as well as items by Hare himself.159726
Item: [1979.0078.00019] "E. Fosbery to Frederick Standish
What Ever happened to Francis Glisson? Albrecht Haller and the Fate of Eighteenth-Century Irritability
No full textThis article investigates the reasons behind the disappearance of Francis Glisson’s theory of irritability during the eighteenth century. At a time when natural investigations were becoming increasingly polarized between mind and matter in the attempt to save both man’s consciousness and the inert nature of the res extensa, Glisson’s notion of a natural perception embedded in matter did not satisfy the new science’s basic injunction not to superimpose perceptions and appetites on nature. Knowledge of nature could not be based on knowledge within nature, i.e., on the very knowledge that nature has of itself; or – to look at the same question from the point of view of the human mind – man’s consciousness could not be seen as participating in forms of natural selfhood. Albrecht Haller played a key role in this story. Through his experiments, Haller thought he had conclusively demonstrated that the response given by nature when irritated did not betray any natural perceptivity, any inner life, any sentiment interi´eur. In doing so, he provided a less bewildering theory of irritability for the rising communities of experimental physiology
Classification of tree species based on hyperspectral reflectance images of stem bark
No full text| openaire: EC/H2020/771049/EU//FREEDLES Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.Automatization of tree species identification in the field is crucial in improving forest-based bioeconomy, supporting forest management, and facilitating in situ data collection for remote sensing applications. However, tree species recognition has never been addressed with hyperspectral reflectance images of stem bark before. We investigated how stem bark texture differs between tree species using a hyperspectral camera set-up and gray level co-occurrence matrices and assessed the potential of using reflectance spectra and texture features of stem bark to identify tree species. The analyses were based on 200 hyperspectral reflectance data cubes (415–925 nm) representing ten tree species. There were subtle interspecific differences in bark texture. Using average spectral features in linear discriminant analysis classifier resulted in classification accuracy of 92–96.5%. Using spectral and texture features together resulted in accuracy of 93–97.5%. With a convolutional neural network, we obtained an accuracy of 94%. Our study showed that the spectral features of stem bark were robust for classifying tree species, but importantly, bark texture is beneficial when combined with spectral data. Our results suggest that in situ imaging spectroscopy is a promising sensor technology for developing accurate tree species identification applications to support remote sensing.Peer reviewe
Redemption in the work of Francis Stuart
No full textThe idea of redemption is central to an understanding of the work
of Francis Stuart. Through an examination of its development and
expression, it is possible to demonstrate the integrity of his work and
its distinctive qualities. Such a demonstration is necessary because
Stuart's writing has been subjected to comparatively little scholarly
inquiry, although reviews of his work, especially that produced since
1949, suggest that it is impressive and important.
First, a general background to Stuart's work, a discussion of the
special problems associated with reading it, and a summary of his corpus
is provided. This indicates that the idea of redemption is important to
his earliest writing. The state of redemption is shown to be a
necessary apotheosis for Stuart's outcast heroes; it involves spiritual
suffering through which may be found a sense of reintegration and a
higher reality. This is expressed through interrelated themes such as
those of gambler, artist and ordinary man; mystic and criminal; sacred
and profane love; and spirituality and the mundane. The nature of the
redemptive experience is further elaborated by distinctive, complex
motifs, especially the hare, the ark and the woman-Christ. Their
recurrence provides an important element in the unity of Stuart's work.
Because Stuart's idea of the outcast raises important biographical
questions, an examination of the relationship between Stuart's life and
his work is made. Finally, the way in which the idea of redemption
exists in the language structures of Stuart's novels is examined, with
especial reference to his most recent work, The High Consistory. The
thesis shows that the development of the these of redemption
demonstrates the integrity of Stuart's work
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