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    Myosin VI Lever Arm Rotation: Fixed or Variable?

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    Two recent articles addressed the power-stroke of myosin VI molecules during stepping. Although both groups measured the angles of fluorescent probes attached on the myosin VI molecule lever arm using polarized fluorescence techniques, they differ about whether the myosin VI lever arm rotation is fixed1 or variable2. Here we discuss the causes of the discrepancy between the two studies and the implications for myosin VI processive motility

    Life on the land : the interrelationship between identity and community in the Irish fiction of Maria Edgeworth, William Carleton and Charles Lever

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    This thesis examines and evaluates the response made by three nineteenth century Irish writers of fiction to the most pressing social problem of their time, namely: How might life on the land be firmly established and maintained? The three writers concerned — Maria Edgeworth, William Carleton and Charles Lever — are shown to possess a common artistic vision, which is preserited as an answer to the question posed. The answer consists of a demonstration of how the resources of an enabling individual must blend with the requirements of life on the land as it is. By way of introduction, the significance of the theme for both the literary and socio—political contexts of the period (1800-1872) is described, and the problems of dealing with-nineteenth century Irish fiction — problems concerned with its status in the national cultural heritage, its variety and its artistic characteristics — are outlined. The four Irish novels of Maria Edgeworth are given a special status in her overall output, and her handling of the theme in them is considered as the prototype of her successors' manner of dealing with it. Carleton and Lever are taken as portraying the Edgeworth model under stress. Carleton's work is represented by a selection of pieces from his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry; Lever's by three novels from the 1850's and '60's. All three writers are located in their contemporary cultural milieux, and their individual treatments of the theme are described and compared. In conclusion, a general characterisation of the type of fiction produced by the trio is offered, and a basis for its artistic relationship to Irish fiction of more recent times is rehearsed. The thesis facilitates a new periodisation of the history of nineteenth century Irish fiction. It also offers a revised conception of a tradition, of Irish fiction. These are the contributions it makes to knowledge of the subject treated

    The postliberal politics of halal: new directions in the civilizing process?

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    This paper examines the emergence of postliberal halal politics in European societies. Building on research undertaken during the EU funded Dialrel project, it examines how the Malaysian state is inserting hegemonic claims into transnational space in order to dominate the international halal market. Moving beyond the idea of horizontally aligned networks of transnational power as the dominant framework for understanding social and economic change, the paper explores the complex interweaving of the large-scale macro processes and everyday micro practices underpinning the rise of Malaysia’s postliberal halal strategy. It is argued that the processes of social and economic differentiation emerging as a result of these processes have the potential to be an important step in the global civilizing process. In conclusion, the paper discusses the implication of these developments for figurational sociology

    Sarah Scott and Fran Lever

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    Inscribed on back: \u27Sarah Scott, Director, LWVMS; Fran Lever, Publicity; LWVMS Convention, 5-31-97; BYC Bioxi\u27https://egrove.olemiss.edu/lwv_photo/1002/thumbnail.jp

    Plow Bar and Regulating Lever

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    Patent for a plow bar and regulating lever. This invention is to improve regulating depth of plow

    The Income Lever and the Allocation of Aid

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    Abstract: The article develops a concept and a measure of the monetary capacity of a country to reduce its own poverty and shows how these tools can be used to guide budget allocations or the allocation of aid. The authors call this concept the income lever. Making use of tax and distributive theory, the article shows how different redistributive criteria correspond to the different normative criteria of the income lever. It then constructs various income lever indexes based on these criteria and uses such indexes to rank countries according to their own capacity to reduce poverty

    Lever.

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    Patent for a lever that attaches to moveable cultivator gangs

    Why Lever Press?

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    My next book, tentatively titled Star Trek: Voyager: Critical and Historical Approaches to Ethics, Politics, and the End of the 1990s is now under contract at Lever Press (title definitely needs some work). This, for me, is very exciting. An open-access press with an innovative funding model – so there are no author-facing charges – I am really pleased to be working with Lever

    Multi-Agent Fuzzy Logic Controller applied to One Lever Variable Pitch Turboprop Aircraft

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    Modern aircraft turboprop engines are generally managed by pilots by using the well-established two-levers approach which allows the pilot to control independently the engine thrust (power lever) and the propeller rotational speed (condition lever). On the other hand, the twolevers governing system presents several disadvantages in terms of pilot training, fuel consumption and aircraft maintenance. The one-lever approach tries to solve such drawbacks regulating at the same time the engine power and the propeller pitch. In the present work a Multi-Agent Fuzzy Logic control algorithm has been proposed to implement the one-lever approach for the control of the variable pitch turboprop aircraft propulsion system. The whole aircraft ecosystem has been developed in Simulink® framework to verify the feasibility and performance of the proposed one-lever approach

    Throttle Lever.

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    Patent for a new and improved throttle lever, including instructions and illustrations
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