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Conversations with Paul Auster
No full textInterviews with the author of The New York Trilogy, In the Country of Last Things, and The Brooklyn Follies.Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Translation -- Interview with Paul Auster -- An Interview with Paul Auster -- Memory's Escape-Inventing the Music of Chance: A Conversation with Paul Auster -- The Making of Smoke -- The Manuscript in the Book: A Conversation -- An Interview with Paul Auster -- The Futurist Radio Hour: An Interview with Paul Auster -- Paul Auster: Writer and Director -- Off the Page: Paul Auster -- Paul Auster: The Art of Fiction -- Jonathan Lethem Talks with Paul Auster -- A Conversation with Paul Auster -- The Making of The Inner Life of Martin Frost -- Interview: Paul Auster -- A Connoisseur of Clouds, a Meteorologist of Whims: The Rumpus Interview with Paul Auster -- Interview: Paul Auster on His New Novel, Invisible -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ZInterviews with the author of The New York Trilogy, In the Country of Last Things, and The Brooklyn Follies.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Negotiating the real: Culture and fantastical fiction 1843-1973
No full textThis dissertation examines the growth and practice of two distinct reading techniques, with reference to fantastical fiction from і 843 to 1973. While acknowledging that specific reading practices are not exclusive to particular groups or individuals, it is proposed, broadly, that readers fall into two categories: those who tend to be distanced from the text and approach it analytically; those who tend to embrace the text and immerse themselves in its narrative. These two groups, critical readers and experience readers, have their reading habits determined by basic philosophical assumptions. One aim of the dissertation is to explore the link between this division and divisions within the literary hierarchy, articulating a methodology/typology of reading. Criticism of texts in this dissertation involves discussion of the above hypothesis, assessing the value assigned to literary works by each group of reader and considering how the texts themselves investigate the hypothesis. Various theories and critical concepts are engaged with, including those of Marxist aesthetics, psychoanalysis, liberal humanism, cultural studies, and postmodernism. The aim is to demonstrate the practice of both reading techniques and to draw conclusions concerning their respective psychological and social significance. The dissertation argues that fantastical fiction is often a site of interaction between such binary opposites as realism/fantasy, high/popular, ideas/escape, and polemic/amusing. The struggle between these opposites may provide a dialectic of ''critical'" and ''experience" reading
Paul Goma: (r)evoluţia modelului
No full textThis paragraph examines the impact of Creangă’ narrative modelon Paul Goma’s prose. The relationship between the character and the author, the narrative figures, the stylistic dominants of the story „Amintiri din copilărie” by Ion Creangă and the novel „Din calidor”by Paul Goma are analysed. It examines the dialogical poetics of the novel, the dialectical relations of the bivoc word, the hybrid construction, plurilingvism, the instinctive genius sense of the language, the intrinsec elements of the narrative model in the line of the Creangă-Sadoveanu tradition.Costin, Iraida. Paul Goma: (r)evoluţia modelului / I. Costin // Tradiţie şi inovare în cercetarea ştiinţifică, Ediţia a 8-a: Materialele Colloquia Professorum din 12 oct. 2018. – Bălţi : US "Alecu Russo", 2019. – P. 36-43. – ISBN 978-9975-50-235
Paul R. Heyl
No full textPAUL R. HEYL
Inducted: 1988
Citation:
For his work on gravitation, including a re-determination of the gravitational constant and the evaluation of gravity in Washington DC, as well as his contribution to the development of an earth-induction compass for aerial navigation.
Tenure: 1920 ‑ 1942
Birth: 1872, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death: 1961, Bethesda, Maryland
Education:
University of Pennsylvania: BS, 1894; PhD (Physics), 1899
Positions held:
Chief, Sound Section
Honors:
American Philosophical Society Magellan Award, 1922
Franklin Institute: Boyden Premium, 1907; Potts Medal, 1943
Elected to Sigma Xi
Memberships:
American Physical Society (Fellow)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Washington Academy of Sciences
Publications:
Author of technical papers centering on three major discoveries: re‑determination of the constant of gravitation, absolute determination of gravity at Washington, and gravitational anisotropy of crystals; author of several books on the fundamental concepts of physics; inventor (with Lyman Briggs) of the earth induction compass which made aerial navigation possible
Bullough, Robert V., Jr., Paul R. Klohr, a Hermenuetic Portrait, JCT, 17(Spring, 2001), 85-92.
No full textDescribes in personal terms the author\u27s mentor, Paul R. Klohr, and his contributions to the field of curriculum studies
Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration Building Dedication Ceremony
No full textThe expansion of the Mabee Business building created spaces conducive for classroom instruction, group meetings, and student and faculty interaction, along with state-of-the-art technology to aid in the learning process.
Paul R. Carter began his service on the Harding board of trustees in 1985, continuing for 25 years until his death in October 2009. Whenever he had the opportunity to speak, he would often quote his favorite poem, and we believe it is representative of the way he lived his life. Build a Better World God said build a better world, and I said how? The world is such a cold dark place and so complicated now. And I, so young and useless, there\u27s nothing I can do. And, God in all his wisdom said, just build a better you. -- Author unknown
Dr. David Burks, University President presided over the dedication ceremony for the naming of the Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration and it\u27s new addition.
Sam Carter and Ross Carter, son and grandson of Paul R. Carter, led prayers, Dr. Bryan Burks, Dean of the College of Business, Daniela Misas, current COBA student, and Stephen Carter, son of Paul R. Carter, spoke at the ceremony
The assessment of motivation in the Saint Paul Hotel employees
No full textPlan BKey words: hospitality and tourism, employees’ motivation, turnover, absenteeism, human resource. The collective hotel industry is a significant parrot of the world tourism industry. The industry is by design delivers services to be registered and non registered guests. Key in the process of delivering service in any hotel situation is the hotel staff. The ultimate quality of service provided will depend on the collective ability of staff, training and individual motivation to produce the services demanded by the guest. Hotels are physical structures supported by human resources that enable the delivery of service. Key in the process of delivering quality service is the individual motivation of all employees whether professional, skilled or unskilled. With the growth of the service industry the hotel industry now competes for quality service employees. Research finds that it is a challenge for hotel management today to motivate employees to provide quality services as high turnover and absenteeism is widespread in the United States hotel industry. This study evaluated the motivation factors of employees in a four star hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. The study centered on why people choose to work for this specific hotel while modeling motivational factors that enable their overall performance. The study also sought to learn if there is a gender based difference in motivational factors. The results of the study revealed that the main reasons people choose to work at the hotel was based on the “quality” class of the hotel, interesting jobs, salary and job security. When considering the gender construct, gender did have a role influencing employees’ perception of motivational factors. Males preferred salary, job security and loyalty to employees, while females preferred interesting jobs, working environment and camaraderie with co-workers
Wyclif and Paul of Venice on the liar paradox: a comparison
No full textThat there is some sort of baffling logical short circuit to be found within sentences like `I am lying' or `this sentence is false' has been noted frequently and discussed abundantly throughout the history of human thought, notably by the Megarian school of philosophy.
Late medieval authors were the first to consider the liar paradox as a veritable antinomy (in which the contradiction is deduced from reasoning which does not violate any logical principle and must therefore be judged valid) and to treat it accordingly.
In this paper, the author considers two different medieval solutions to the paradox: (1) the one proposed by English Catholic priest and scholastic philosopher John Wyclif (ca. 1330–1384) in Chapter Eight of the third treatise of his Logicae Continuatio; and (2) the one developed by Italian Augustinian philosopher and theologian Paul of Venice (1369–1429) in the fifteenth treatise of the second part of his Logica Magna
The Political Economy of Textbook Writing: Paul Samuelson and the making of the first ten Editions of Economics (1945-1976)
No full textOver the past two decades, numerous contributions to the history of economics have tried to assess Paul Samuelson’s political positioning by tracing it in the subsequent editions of his famous textbook Economics. This literature, however, has provided no consensus about the location of Samuelson’s political ideas. While some authors believe that Samuelson has always had inclinations toward interventionism, others conclude that he more often acted as a pro-business advocate. The purpose of this paper is not to argue for one of these two interpretations but to depict the making of Economics itself as a political process. By ‘political’ it is not meant the conduct of party politics but the many political elements that a textbook author has to take into account if he wants to be published and favorably received. I argue that the “middle of the road” stance that Samuelson adopted in the book was consciously constructed by the MIT economist, with the help of his home institution and his publishing company, McGraw-Hill, to ensure both academic freedom and the success of the book. The reason for which the stance developed is related to pre-McCarthyist right-wing criticisms of the textbook and how Samuelson and the MIT department had to endure the pressures from members of the Corporation (MIT’s Board of Trustees), who tried to prevent the publication of the textbook and threatened Samuelson’s tenure at MIT as soon as 1947 – when early manuscripts were circulated. As a result, it was decided in accordance with both the Corporation and McGraw-Hill that the Readings volume would be published to balance conflicting ideas about state intervention. Following these early criticisms, the making of the subsequent editions relied on a network of instructors and referees all over the US in order to make it as successful and consensual as possible. This seemed to work quite well in the 1950s and for a good portion of the 1960s, until Economics became victim of its own success and was seen, in an ironical twist of fate, as a right wing text by younger, radical economists. From now on, Samuelson will try to have his book sent as often as possible to the radicals for referring process, with mixed results. Eventually, the book became criticized from both its left and its right.Paul Samuelson, Economics, Textbook, Politics, Economic Education
Population analysis of bacterial pathogens on distinct temporal and spatial scales
No full textBacteria have been the causative agents of major infectious disease pandemics
throughout human history. Over the past 4 decades, a combination of changing
medical practices, industrialization, and globalisation have led to a number of
emergences and re-emergences of bacterial pathogens. The design of rational control
programs and bespoke therapies will require an enhanced understanding of the
dynamics underpinning the emergence and transmission of pathogenic clones. The
recent development of new technologies for sequencing bacterial genomes rapidly
and economically has led to a greatly enhanced understanding of the diversity of
bacterial populations.
This thesis describes the application of whole genome sequencing of 2 bacterial
pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus and Legionella pneumophila, in order to
understand the dynamics of bacterial infections on different temporal and spatial
scales. The first study involves the examination of S. aureus evolution during a
chronic infection of a single patient over a period of 26 months revealing differences
in antibiotic resistance profiles and virulence factor expression over time. The
genetic variation identified correlated with differences in growth rate, haemolytic
activity, and antibiotic sensitivity, implying a profound effect on the ecology of S.
aureus. Importantly, polymorphisms were identified in global regulators of
virulence, with a high frequency of polymorphisms within the SigB locus identified,
suggesting this region may be under selection in this patient. The identification of
genes under diversifying selection during long-term infection may inform the design
of novel therapeutics for the control of refractory chronic infections.
Secondly, the emergence and transmission of 3 pandemic lineages derived from S.
aureus clonal complex 30 (CC30) were investigated. Independent origins for each
pandemic lineage were identified, with striking molecular correlates of hospital- or
community-associated pandemics represented by mobile genetic elements, such as
bacteriophage and Staphylococcal pathogenicity islands, and non-synonymous
mutations affecting antibiotic resistance and virulence. Hospitals in large cities were
identified as hubs for the transmission of MRSA to regional health care centres. In
addition, comparison of whole genome sequences revealed that at least 3
independent acquisitions of TSST-1 have occurred in CC30, but a single distinct
clade of diverse community-associated CC30 strains was responsible for the TSS
epidemic of the late 1970s, and for subsequent cases of TSS in the UK and USA.
Finally, whole genome sequencing was used as a tool for investigating a recent
outbreak of legionellosis in Edinburgh. An unexpectedly high level of genomic
diversity was identified among the outbreak strains, with respect to core genome
polymorphisms, and accessory genome content. The data indicate that affected
individuals may be infected with heterogeneous strains. The findings highlight the
complexities in identifying environmental sources and suggest possible differences
in pathogenic potential among isolates from a single outbreak.
Taken together, the findings demonstrate applications of bacterial genome
sequencing leading to enhanced understanding of bacterial pathogen evolution,
emergence, and transmission, which may ultimately inform appropriate infection
control measures
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