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Sociology in post-normal times/ Charles Thorpe.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."The author contends that sociology, the science of social reform, is tied to the modern project of creating normalcy. This project is not viable in post-normal times brought on by Covid-19 and climate change. Thorpe argues that sociology must be left behind in order to create a new global humanity"--Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Hypernormalization in Post-Normal Times -- The Decline of American Imperialism and the End of Normal -- The Spectacle of Normalcy -- Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Disposability -- The Post-Normal Condition -- Normal and Post-Normal Sociology -- The University Caught in the Contradiction between Nation-State and Global Economy -- Notes -- Chapter 2: From the Pathology of Normalcy to the Normalcy of Pathology -- Risk and DreadWilding in Post-Normal and Post-National Capitalism -- The Normalcy of Pathology -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Reason of State in a Global Age -- Science, Market, State -- "Science as a Vocation" and the Paradoxes of Capitalist Rationalization -- The Self-Negation of Autonomous Science -- War Is a Force That Gives Sociologists Meaning -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Sociological Moment -- Normalcy and Normal Sociology -- "Society" as Commodity Fetishism and Nationalism -- Sociology as Technocratic Utopianism -- The Manufacture of Normalcy and Its Material Foundations -- The End of Sociology's "Society"MEDIATION AND ITS CRISIS -- Mediation through Fragmentation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author1 online resourc
ADA President 1909-1910: Burton Lee Thorpe
No full textDoctor Thorpe, of St. Louis, was elected forty-seventh president of the Association at the 1909 meeting at Birmingham, Alabama. He had served as corresponding secretary of the Association from 1906 to 1908. Doctor Thorpe was the first dean of Barnes Dental College of St. Louis, which he and two other dentists organized in 1903. He was assistant secretary of the Federation Dentaire Internationale for five years, and originated the Fourth International Dental Congress, held in St. Louis in 1904. Doctor Thorpe was active in dental society history committees and was the author of Biographies of Pioneer American Dentists and Their Successors. He was born in Iowa in 1871 and died in 1923
Biases in thorpe-scale estimates of turbulence dissipation. Part II: Energetics arguments and turbulence simulations
No full textThis paper uses the energetics framework developed by Scotti and White to provide a critical assessment of the widely used Thorpe-scale method, which is used to estimate dissipation and mixing rates in stratified turbulent flows from densitymeasurements along vertical profiles. This study shows that the relevant displacement scale in general is not the rms value of the Thorpe displacement. Rather, the displacement field must be Reynolds decomposed to separate the mean from the turbulent component, and it is the turbulent component that ought to be used to diagnose mixing and dissipation. In general, the energetics ofmixing in an overall stably stratified flow involves potentially complex exchanges among the available potential energy and kinetic energy associated with themean and turbulent components of the flow. The author considers two limiting cases: shear-driven mixing, where mixing comes at the expense of the mean kinetic energy of the flow, and convective-driven mixing, which taps the available potential energy of the mean flow to drive mixing. In shear-driven flows, the rms of the Thorpe displacement, known as the Thorpe scale is shown to be equivalent to the turbulent component of the displacement. In this case, the Thorpe scale approximates the Ozmidov scale, or, which is the same, the Thorpe scale is the appropriate scale to diagnosemixing and dissipation. However,whenmixing is driven by the available potential energy of the mean flow (convective-driven mixing), this study shows that the Thorpe scale is (much) larger than theOzmidov scale.Using the rms of the Thorpe displacement overestimates dissipation and mixing, since the amount of turbulent available potential energy (measured by the turbulent displacement) is only a fraction of the total available potential energy (measured by the Thorpe scale). Corrective measures are discussed that can be used to diagnosemixing from knowledge of the Thorpe displacement. In a companion paper,Mater et al. analyze field data and show that the Thorpe scale can indeed be much larger than the Ozmidov scale
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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/59170Joyce Nicholson was born in Melbourne in 1919, the daughter of publisher D.W. Thorpe. She was educated at Methodist Ladies College and the University of Melbourne, where she graduated B.A. and was vice-president of the S.R.C. She has been active in the women's movement, including early involve- ments with W.E.L. and Sisters Publishing Ltd. She was Managing Director, and later sole owner, of D.W. Thorpe Pty Ltd from 1968 until 1987 when the firm was sold. She is also the author of over 25 books, many of them written for children; others deal with women's issues
Introduction: Cultural Sociology of Cultural Representations of Italy
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from RoutledgeThis chapter introduces the study. It begins by identifying the general and specific aims of the study; the scholarly audiences for whom the study is intended; and the strengths and limitations of existing scholarly work on cultural representations of Italy. The discussion then turns to reflect critically on the ‘Saidian Paradigm’, the dominant intellectual framework organising humanities-based and social scientific approaches to thinking and theorising cultural representation to date. The latter stages of the chapter identify and sketch out the form the study will take; the analytical and theoretical division of labour deployed throughout and the rationale underpinning it. The chapter draws to a close by identifying both the specific and wider cultural sociological significance of the contents of the chapters comprising the study
CAVITY-ENHANCED OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB SPECTROSCOPY
No full textAuthor Institution: JILA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AND UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER, CO 80309-0440Cavity-enhanced optical frequency comb spectroscopy is a new technique that realizes simultaneously broad spectral coverage and high spectral resolution provided by an optical frequency comb as well as ultrahigh detection sensitivities enabled with a high-finesse optical cavity [1]. These powerful capabilities have been demonstrated in a series of experiments where real-time detection and identification of many different molecular states or species are achieved in a massively parallel fashion [2,3]. We will discuss the principle, technical requirements, and various implementations for this spectroscopic approach, as well as applications that include trace gas detections, human breath analysis, and characterization of cold and ultracold molecules [4,5,6]. \textbf{References:} [1] M. J. Thorpe, K. D. Moll, B. Safdi, and J. Ye, Science \textbf{311}, 1595 (2006). [2] M. J. Thorpe, D. D. Hudson, K. D. Moll, J. Lasri, and J. Ye, Opt. Lett. \textbf{32}, 307 (2007). [3] C. Gohle, B. Stein, A. Schliesser, T. Udem, and T. W. Hansch, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{99}, 263902 (2007). [4] M. J. Thorpe, D. Balslev-Clausen, M. Kirchner, and J. Ye, Opt. Express. \textbf{16}, 2387 (2008). [5] M. J. Thorpe and J. Ye, Appl. Phys. B \textbf{91}, 397 (2008). [6] M. J. Thorpe, F. Adler, K. C. Cossel, M. H. G. de Miranda, and J. Ye, Chem. Phys. Lett. \textbf{468}, 1 (2009)
Children's Rights and the Impact of Two International Conventions : The UNCRC and the ECHR
No full text"Through the windows of a Baptist Meeting House": Religion, politics and the Nonconformist Conscience in the life of Sir George White, M.P.
No full textWith the compilation of the New Dictionary of National Biography, under the
general editorship of Colin Matthew, the contributions of many more of the Free
Church men and women who helped shape nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain
will be acknowledged. Among the debutants in the revised canon of great Britons
will be Sir George White MP, 1 the man described by the British Weekly as the
'foremost lay leader of English Nonconformity in our generation' ,2 yet a politician
largely ignored by historians of Edwardian Britain.3 This is a significant oversight,
for White featured prominently in Free-Church politics in the early twentieth
century, chairing the Nonconformist Committee in the House of Commons and
acting as a bridge between old-style dissenting Radicalism and the new(er)
Liberalism of practical politicians like Lloyd George.4 Although 'plain and modest'
with 'no pretentions to brilliance', White reached the top in business, politics and
the Baptist denomination through the classic Victorian virtues of hard work,
dedication and devotion,S his success resting, in part, on his power as a speaker
with 'the enviable faculty granted to the best speakers of saying, and thinking clearly
and strongly while he is on his feet,.6 This paper, which is based primarily on
press reports of his life and death, will outline White's achievements in religion,
business and politics, illustrating the way these elements interacted, and looking, in
particular, at the three areas in which religion most obviously influenced his political
views: class relations, education and temperance
The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change: Diagnosis and Cure, edited by Jenny Griffiths, Mala Rao, Fiona Adshead and Alliston Thorpe
No full textJudd, JA ORCiD: 0000-0001-8441-5008Book review. The author reviews "The health practitioner's guide to climate change: diagnosis and cure", edited by Jenny Griffiths, Mala Rao, Biona Adshead and Allison Thorpe. Published by Earthscan London and Sterling VA 2009. Paperback. 380 pages with index. ISBN: 978184407729
To Act and Learn: A Bakhtinian Exploration of Action Learning
No full textThis paper considers the work of the Russian social philosopher and cultural theorist, Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin as a source of understanding for those involved in action learning. Drawing upon data gathered over two years during the evaluation of 20 action learning sets in the north of England, we will seek to work with the ideas of Bakhtin to consider their value for those involved in action learning. We consider key Bakhtin features such as Making Meaning, Participative Thinking, Theoreticism and Presence, Others and Outsideness, Voices and Carnival to highlight how Bakhtin's can enhance our understanding of the nature of action and learning
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