235 research outputs found
Class conflict in William Deam Howells's the rise of Silas Lapham and a Hazard of new fortunes :: aristocratic nostalgia /
No full textDissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão
A Journey, the Pain of Others, and Historical Experience: Susan Silas
No full textThe author interprets Susan Silas' Helmbrechts walk (1998-2003), a unique series of forty-five photographs and supplementing visual and textual materials collected during the walk along the route of two hundred and twenty-five miles. The walk repeats the route which in 1945 had to undertake women prisoners from the concentration camp in Helmbrechts near Flossenbürg in their death march to Prachatice in Czech Republic. The pictures Silas takes, the people she meets, and finally the trees, the very materiality of the road become the factors of creating her own, individual memory of the event from the past. Silas selects an object from "the margins of the Holocaust" – a forgotten event that she re-presents by reacting to contemporary objects placed along the route of the event. Silas' work offers an opportunity to critically review the concept of memory landscapes (where is memory located in a landscape?) and the phenomenon of dark tourism (is following in the footsteps of the prisoners a kind of pilgrimage, tourism, or therapy?). Silas problematises the question of memory, as well as examines different kinds of non-memory. Her camera is directed at locations that can be termed "the non-sites of memory.
Correspondence between John Lewis and Silas Smith, June 1971
No full textCorrespondence between John Lewis and Silas Smith including a proposal from The Houston County Voters League with a projected budget and a rejection letter in response from John Lewis
Simulations of the Androgynous Society: Shattering Gender Stereotypes in George Eliot’s Silas Marner
No full textThis paper examines George Eliot\u27s novel Silas Marner and the compelling argument it asserts against Victorian gender stereotypes. Through the contradictory successes of characters that fail to conform to their expected niches, Eliot presents her revolutionary vision for an androgynous society. Most notably, Silas’s accidental motherhood redeems his purpose while saving Eppie\u27s life, Priscilla\u27s ability to protect the well-being of her family stems from her avoidance of a husband and assumption of a “masculine” managerial position, and Eppie’s idyllic life with Silas is preserved by her refusal to be treated as a possession by male authority figures. Through the experiences of these figures, infused with elements of Eliot’s personal struggles and observations, the author demands a more efficient and effective world that is free from the cumbersome and arbitrary burdens of gender expectations
Optimising the mechanical properties of additive-manufactured recycled polylactic acid (rPLA) using single and multi-response analyses methods
No full textFunding Information: The first two authors, Silas Gebrehiwot and Leonardo Leonardo Espinosa-Leal received funding from TUF (Fonden för teknisk utbildning och forskning) via the project SUNSHINE (ID 332). The funds were used to cover salaries, material, and experimental costs. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).Taguchi’s design of experiment (DoE) and the grey relational analysis are used to optimise fused filament fabrication (FFF) parameters for the tensile strength and modulus of toughness (MoT) responses of a recycled polylactic acid (Reform-rPLA). The paper investigates the influences of the infill geometry, infill density, infill orientation, nozzle temperature and infill speed on the mechanical properties using the L18 orthogonal array that is based on the 2 1× 4 3 factor levels and 3 experimental repetitions. The output responses are first studied individually and combined as a multi-response optimisation using the grey relational analysis method. In the strength optimisation, the infill orientation and infill density are statistically significant with P-values α less than the 0.05 criterion. Similarly, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the MoT showed that infill orientation and infill geometry are statistically significant. For the multi-response optimisation, only the infill orientation is statistically significant. The mean response analyses identified factor levels that led to optimum strength and MoT responses. The confirmation tests are in good agreement with the response predictions. Using the first three influential factors, multiple variable linear regression models were developed. The predictive models showed average errors of 7.91 % for the tensile strength and 8.6 % for the MoT.Peer reviewe
Data for article "Phylogeny, biogeography, and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae'
No full textThis readme.txt file was generated on 2021-SEPT-3 by Silas BossertGENERAL INFORMATIONThis readme files describes the supplementary files associated with the research articlePhylogeny, biogeography, and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidaeby Silas Bossert, Thomas J. Wood, Sébastien Patiny, Denis Michez, Eduardo A.B. Almeida, Robert L. Minckley, Laurence Packer, John L. Neff, Robert S. Copeland, Jakub Straka, Alain Pauly, Terry Griswold, Seán G. Brady, Bryan N. Danforth, Elizabeth A. MurrayFor questions and/or concerns please contact the lead author of the paper under silas.bossert [at] wsu.eduThis repository consists of 6 files.###1. Supporting_Information.pdf###This Pdf file is a detailed compilation of methods and results, and is instrumental for understanding the deposited files.###2. Assembly_Files.tar.gz###This compressed archive contains all UCE assembly files used in this study. This includes all assembly files generated in the course of this study, as well those from previously published research as described in the Supplementary Material Pdf.###2. Concatenated_Alignment.tar.gz###This archive contains the concatenated DNA sequence matrix used for phylogenetic estimates.###3. Gene_Trees.tar.gz###This archive contains 1,388 UCE gene trees estimates with IQ-Tree 2.###4. Input_Files_Information.tar.gz###This file contains various input and configuration files used in the above mentioned study. Specifically, it contains the input for the following analyses: (1) Method-of-Moments estimates, (2) BioGeoBEARS analyses, (3) BAMM analyses, (4) MrBayes runs, (5) RevBayes runs, (6) Spruceup run. Lastly, it contains the file specifying the numbers used to code species diversity of Andrenidae.###5. Species_Tree_Files.tar.gz###This file contains all species trees generated in the study in Newick format.###6. High_Quality_Figures.zip###This archive contains the main figures of the article in high resolution.</div
KINSHIP DESTRUCTION AS A RESULT OF ENGLAND’S SOCIAL STRATIFICATION REFLECTED ON GEORGE ELIOT’S SILAS MARNER
No full textIndustrialization in England had a great impact on the life of the world. However,
it is undeniable that this phenomenon has led to the occurrence of class differences
which is judged from various aspects of life. The existence of stratification
sometimes leads society to divisions. Since there are differences in the interests of
each class, the conflict is inevitable. Social class demands society to attain a better
status and to maintain dignity even though it must give up to the fracture of true
human relation. This situation is reflected in George Eliot’s Silas Marner which
portrays the social life and paradigm of upper and lower classes in Warwickshire,
England. The aims of this study are to describe kinship destruction as the result of
social stratification in George Eliot’s Silas Marner and to explain the reflection of
world vision of society where the author lived on the novel. The methodology used
in this study was the qualitative method. It analyzed by using Lucien Goldmann’s
theory of genetic structuralism. The method of data analysis is based on the conflicts
of the characters in the novel, upper and lower classes. Silas Marner shows that
kinship destruction that occured is rooted from differentiation in society. The upper
class are described as the one who is always placed in a good position or the one
who always benefits, while the lower class is always in the opposite position.
Eventually, this is evoked social jealousy and conflicts as the factors of kinship
destruction. Then, society’s world vision that described is the bad result of social
stratification in Warwickshire especially between landed gentry and local farmer.
Eliot seemed to convey that social stratification is a trigger to a kinship destruction
since differentiations have a tendency to create a conflict. Conflicts which
unresolved certainly threaten human relation and eventually will lead them to a
destructed relationship
<b>Lessons from assembling UCEs: a comparison of common methods and the case of </b><b><i>Clavinomia </i></b><b>(Halictidae)</b>
No full textThis readme.txt file was generated on 2023-NOV-29 by Silas BossertThis repository contains supplementary files associated with the research article:Lessons from assembling UCEs: a comparison of common methods and the case of Clavinomia (Halictidae)by Silas Bossert, Alain Pauly, Bryan N. Danforth, Michael C. Orr, and Elizabeth A. MurrayFor questions and/or concerns please contact the lead author of the paper under silas.bossert [at] wsu.eduThis repository consists of 15 files.###1. 01_Supplemental_Information.pdf###This Pdf file contains supplementary information to the main article. The file is the same as the one provided on the website of the journal.###2. 02_Assembly_Comparisons.xlsx###This spreadsheet contains raw data on alignment and UCE statistics of the examined and compared UCE data sets.###3. 03_Distances_genetrees_speciestrees.R###This is an R script which was developed to efficiently compute phylogenetic distances between individual gene trees and a given refernce tree, even if the gene tree has incomplete taxon sampling. The R script is annoated; if questions arise, please contact the corresponding author.###4. 04_Beastfile_1.xml###The input file for the Beast analyses.###5. 05_Beast_chronogram.tre###The chronogram, which was estimated with Beast.###6. 06_Gene_trees.tar.gz###An archive which contains all individual gene trees estimated in the study.###7. 07_Species_trees.tar.gz###An archive which contains all species trees estimated in the present study, except for the Beast chronogram, which is provided as a separate file.###8. 08_Alignments_63_taxa.tar.gz###The alignments for the 63 taxon sets derived from assemblies of all five assemblers used in the present study (ABySS, HybPiper, SPAdes, Trinity, Velvet).###9. 09_Alignments_75_taxa.tar.gz###The alignments for the 75 taxon sets derived from assemblies of all five assemblers used in the present study (ABySS, HybPiper, SPAdes, Trinity, Velvet).###10. 10_Assemblies_Abyss.rar###The assembled, contiguous sequences which were generated with the ABySS assembly software.###1. 11_Assemblies_HybPiper.rar###The assembled, contiguous sequences which were generated with the HybPiper pipeline.###12. 12_Assemblies_SPAdes.rar###The assembled, contiguous sequences which were generated with the SPAdes assembly software.###13. 13_Assemblies_Trinity.rar###The assembled, contiguous sequences which were generated with the Trinity assembly software.###14. 14_Assemblies_Velvet.rar###The assembled, contiguous sequences which were generated with the Velvet assembly software.###15. 15_Other_Assemblies.rar###This archive contains 12 additional assembly files which were derived from other studies. See the Supplementary Information or the main article for details on the assemblies.</p
An Analysis of Degree of Comparison in George Eliot’s Novel “Silas Marner : Weaver of Raveloe”
No full textIkrimah Suraya, 2010, An Analysis of Degree of Comparison in George Eliot’s Novel “Silas Marner : Weaver of Raveloe”. Thesis, English Department, Islamic Education Faculty. Advisors : (I) Drs. Saadillah, M.Pd. (II) M. Nur Effendi, S.Ag., SS.,M.Pd.I.
This research is done based on consideration that reading English novel is an extremely important for students who study English language. Novel, as a kind of literary works gives the readers more knowledge about the country where the story taking place, the culture and of course the language it self.
This research is aimed to give an explanation bout the content of novel “Silas Marner : Weaver of Raveloe”, to describe the intrinsic elements of novel, and characters involve in the story. But the problem of this research is the structure or grammar used in the story, especially degree of comparison and its types.
Subject of this research is a classic novel written by a woman author of Victorian era, George Eliot that is “Silas Marner : Weaver of Raveloe”. Object of study is structure or grammar in the novel with the main focus of grammar elements that will be analyzed is degree of comparison.
The research is done by using library research which the steps are : the writer gets observation to library to get and gathered all of written information that relevant with the research problem. Some techniques of data collecting used are reading the novel, comprehend it, and then chooses the data dealing with the problem. Then the writer conducts on survey on the text paragraph and dialogues in the novel. After that the writer takes evidence related to the selected data. The data then be processing with three stages, they are editing, clarifying and listing and finally all the data are analyzed descriptive qualitative and concluded inductively.
The result of this research shows that novel “Silas Marner : Weaver of Ravaloe” tells about a tale of familial love and loyalty, reward and punishment which for whom good gets rewarded and the bad gets punishment, and a humble friendship. There are 36 characters in the novel with only about five characters play dominant in the story, there 226 statement in degree of comparison form. Id divided into three types, they are : 42 statements using positive degree, 147 statements in comparative degree, and 37 statement in superlative degree. And the most used type of degree of comparison in the novel is comparative degree
Silas Marner And Felix Holt: Antitheses and Affinities
No full textAt first sight there seems little to link Silas Mamer with Felix Halt. There are certainly contrasts, but it is harder to find similarities between a short pastoral idyll and a complex political work that looks forward to Middlemarch rather than backward to Silas Mamer. Surely there can be few links between a fairy-tale and social analysis, between a novel rich with \u27Rainbow\u27 humour and transformed \u27gold\u27 and a much darker novel laced with irony but short on both magic and jokes. Only five years separate Silas Mamer (published in April 1861) from Felix Halt (published in June 1866) but the second novel suggests an older author. Yet there are enough likenesses to link the two novels more firmly than we might at first realize. Both novels return to the Midlands, to the heart of England which always aroused some of George Eliot\u27s deepest feelings. It was the landscape of memory, the landscape of the heart. Admittedly, in spite of similar settings the openings of the two novels suggest greater differences. Felix Halt puts an immediate emphasis on public life with its brilliant description of a panoramic landscape, both rural and industrial, that is being crossed by a coach travelling through a vast \u27central plain, watered at one extremity by the Avon, at the other by the Trent\u27.\u27 George Eliot paints a crowded canvas, crowded with people and incidents, preparing the reader for what Jennifer Uglow has called \u27a very public novel with a constant cross-reference between individual and social histories, where the climactic events take place literally before a host of witnesses and are constantly assessed by a commenting audience\u27.2 The climate of comment is already present in the Introduction when the coachman remarks on the violence of the new Railways, the problems and voting preferences of the various landowners, and the rumours that have arisen. Felix Holt is bent on public reform and regards public opinion as \u27the greatest power under heaven\u27 (274). But the solitary figure of Silas Marner, although also the target of rumours, appears in a remote, rural landscape, \u27never reached by the vibrations of the coach-horn, or of public opinion\u27.3 Marner is one of a number of alienated figures who never seem to meet one another and who look \u27like the remnants of a disinherited race\u27:
The shepherd\u27s dog barked fiercely when one of these alien-looking men appeared on the upland, dark against the early winter sunset; for what dog likes a figure bent under a heavy bag? (3)
The lonely figure of a man, seen in anonymous silhouette against the last gleams of a winter sunset, looks even more lonely when George Eliot contrasts him with places where people congregate, farmsteads and great houses. Shut out from the golden windows, the glow of candles and firelight, the cheerful hum of conversation, he stands out in the cold in a dark silence where the only sound is the hostile barking of a dog on its guard against the intruder. Who knows where such an alien figure has come from, who is his father or mother, whence he gets his knowledge and skill if not from the Evil One?
To the peasants of old times, the world outside their own direct experience was a region of vagueness and mystery. (3
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