472 research outputs found
Riverina Sloane 1905
No full textSub-Region RIVERINA Sloane 1905 (Fig. 4) Riverina Sloane 1905: 3. Riverina.—Sloane 1915: 146. Diagnosis. The Murray Darling Basin and the western watershed between the Darling and Barcoo Rivers. Type locality. Hay Plain, New South Wales, Australia, 34 ° 18 ' 28.77 "S 144 ° 54 ' 16.03 "E. Remarks. The Riverina or Murray Darling Basin was defined by Sloane (1905) who used it to regionalise carabid beetle distributions: “The Riverina district is probably merely part of the eastern marches of the Eyrean sub-region. It may be considered to take in the whole of the basin of the River Darling, its western boundary being the watershed between the Darling and Barcoo Rivers. Its chief distinctive character is the prevalence of immigrant forms from the Bassian and Torresian sub-regions” (Sloane, 1915: 146). For the most part it fills in a large region not covered by most zoogeographers including Cracraft (1991).Published as part of Ebach, Malte C., Gill, Anthony C., Kwan, Alan, Ahyong, Shane T., Murphy, Daniel J. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2013, Towards an Australian Bioregionalisation Atlas: A provisional area taxonomy of Australia's biogeographical regions, pp. 315-342 in Zootaxa 3619 (3) on page 332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/21968
‘Synge we now alle and sum’: three Fifteenth-Century collections of communal song: a study of British Library, Sloane MS 2593; Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. e.1; and St John’s College, Cambridge, MS S.54
No full textThe manuscripts British Library, Sloane MS 2593, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. e.1, and St John’s College, Cambridge, MS S.54 are compact collections of song lyrics written during the fifteenth century, largely without notation. My thesis seeks to develop responsive ways of reading these anthologies and uses the manuscripts to illumine the creative processes that produced and circulated their songs. I integrate attention to song lyrics within the material books and exploration of wider textual networks. As many of the anthologies’ texts are in
carol form, a combination of refrain parts and stanzas, the books provide an opportunity to examine the form’s identity and significance within fifteenth-century English songwriting.
The thesis is in three parts and the first introduces critical approaches to the manuscripts and the carol, followed by an examination of the books and their contexts, especially manuscripts with which the anthologies have textual connections. The central section investigates the songs’ production and circulation by examining textual networks, how the anthologies were written, how the songs may have been performed, and the role of memory in shaping the songs and anthologies. The final part explores women’s role in the songs, the range of forms used, and the centrality of the many imagined voices and performances within the texts.
This is the first extended study focused upon these three sources, which as anthologies offer insight into ways songs were shared and organised. I investigate the role of short collections and booklets in the construction of longer
anthologies, and the possibility of an especially productive song culture within fifteenth-century East Anglia. Rather than repeating assertions familiar from
earlier studies of carols that the anthologies’ songs are either popular or clerical productions, I suggest how the anthologies engage with communal performance cultures and participate in varied song traditions, from liturgy to lullaby
'Excerpta ex Sir Hans Sloanes Jamaica'
No full textExtracts in Swedish translation of a few pages in Sloane, H. 1707. "A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers, and Jamaica, with the natural history ... of the last of those islands".
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sj-pdf-2-inv-10.1177_15569845231185311 – Supplemental material for Cost and Clinical Outcomes Evaluation Between the Endoaortic Balloon and External Aortic Clamp in Cardiac Surgery
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-inv-10.1177_15569845231185311 for Cost and Clinical Outcomes Evaluation Between the Endoaortic Balloon and External Aortic Clamp in Cardiac Surgery by Husam H. Balkhy, Eugene A. Grossi, Bob Kiaii, Shannon M.E. Murphy, Hiroto Kitahara, T. Sloane Guy and Clifton Lewis in Innovations</p
sj-pdf-1-inv-10.1177_15569845231185311 – Supplemental material for Cost and Clinical Outcomes Evaluation Between the Endoaortic Balloon and External Aortic Clamp in Cardiac Surgery
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-inv-10.1177_15569845231185311 for Cost and Clinical Outcomes Evaluation Between the Endoaortic Balloon and External Aortic Clamp in Cardiac Surgery by Husam H. Balkhy, Eugene A. Grossi, Bob Kiaii, Shannon M.E. Murphy, Hiroto Kitahara, T. Sloane Guy and Clifton Lewis in Innovations</p
Gold Stripe on a Jackass: The Quest for Moral Efficiency
No full textGold Stripe on a Jackass is a conceptually rich description of one naval officer\u27s career journey. Author Stephen B. Sloane began his career in Annapolis, where the commandment of obedience holds sway, and finished in Berkeley, a place where questioning authority is woven deeply into the cultural fabric. Sloane rejects the conventional role of corporate, government, and military ideals by demonstrating that efficiency can be attained without sacrificing morality. He maintains that the person who dons the gold stripe of authority should reject the role of jackass and strive for moral efficiency by regarding the expenditure of human life as a cost rather than the utilization of a tangible resource. Inspired by Admiral James Bond Stockdale\u27s experience as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam, Sloane asserts that a man\u27s ethical posture and philosophical outlook can enable him and others to survive even the direst conditions with honor. Gold Stripe on a Jackass provides readers with a guide to individual responsibility for leadership decision making that emphasizes the requirement to question authority and the need to speak truth to power. This is an original and enlightening contribution to scholarship and education as well as a moral compass for those who occupy positions of authority in the corporate and governmental sectors of society
Landscapes of Health: Los Angeles Past and Present
No full textModerated by Fernando Guerra, Ph.D. Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles.
David Sloane is professor and director of undergraduate programs in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Dr. Sloane received his BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MA and Ph.D. from Syracuse University. Trained as an historian, Professor Sloane researches both contemporary and historical topics in medicine, community health, urban planning, cultural landscapes, and public safety. He is the author of two books, the second of which is Medicine Moves to the Mall, which explores the evolving history of American hospitals; a subject he also discusses in his work on the origins of children\u27s hospitals. He is editor of the new book, Planning Los Angeles, which includes essays by 37 scholars and professionals examining urban planning and development in contemporary Southern California. Professor Sloane began writing about health related topics during the AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, he conducted health assessments of Long Beach and South Los Angeles, and over the last decade has worked with the Community Health Councils\u27 African American Building a Legacy of Health community project aimed at reducing health disparities around diabetes and cardiovascular disease in South Los Angeles. This last project has resulted in papers published in such journals as the Journal of General Internal Medicine and the American Journal of Public Health
Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805
No full textFor his fifteenth birthday in 1805, Noah Blake received a little leather-bound diary. This reprint of his actual journal offers modern readers a charming glimpse of a vanished era through the eyes of a nineteenth-century farm boy. Eric Sloane—a distinguished historian, author, and artist—has expanded Noah Blake\u27s daily entries with a fascinating explanatory narrative and 72 delightful drawings.
Hailed by Library Journal as informative and nostalgic, this unique book features descriptions and drawings of such common chores as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring, along with the construction of an entire backwoods farm. The result is a remarkable window onto the customs and preoccupations of rural New England two centuries ago.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-american-history/1029/thumbnail.jp
Towards a model of ICT adoption for the ICT Cluster in the West Midlands
No full textA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton or the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThis thesis is concerned with the exploration of a framework for ICT adoption by ICT microsized companies in the West Midlands. The thesis evolved out of the author's sense of dissatisfaction with several cardinal aspects of traditional approaches to facilitating adoption of the latest technologies in small companies to enhance business performance. Four main weaknesses were identified: first, there is often a lack of a theoretical foundation for the approach taken with regard to interventions. Second, there is ample evidence to suggest that the environment of small companies is complex and volatile and fundamental to the economy and yet hitherto success of the support in this area is patchy. Third, the role of those working to support small companies is largely unsupported in terms of their understanding of the problems. Fourth, small companies themselves are often uninformed of the issues and unaware that simple changes will aid their approach to ICT adoption. Inspiration from three sources helped the author to develop the work behind this thesis and attempt to remedy weaknesses: first, the work of many researchers in ICT Evaluation methods and frameworks provided insights into the value placed on ICT within organisations and the subsequent impact of the perception of value. Second, developments in the study of SMEs provided new insights into the unique environment that exists within small companies and the issues that these organisations face on a daily basis. Third, research around the new field of EDI and eBusness adoption provided the basis for the exploration of frameworks and models that were applicable to the SME environment and could be developed to work with any technology adoption. This thesis is therefore the exploration of a new model for micro-companies, supported by a thorough grounding in these three areas, which was achieved by taking an exploratory research approach. The model will indicate to a small company the weaknesses in their environment regarding ICT adoption and what they need to do to increase the success rate of any proposed ICT adoption. The framework has been developed to incorporate the issues regarding the personal factors of the owner-manager, the firm, organisational readiness, external pressures, strategy and perceived value. The author describes the methodology behind the development of the framework and makes recommendations for improved ICT adoption initiatives. Application of the general methodology through exploratory research has resulted in new opportunities to embed the ethos and culture surrounding the issues in the framework into new projects developed as a result of Government intervention. The thesis proposes three main themes: first that an understanding of the issues inherent in small companies is necessary in order to work effectively in supporting them to make ICT adoption more successful in the future. Second, that a greater knowledge of these issues and the impact that adoption of technology has in small companies can assist those involved in intervention projects. Third, that by drawing together existing models this new framework can guide these companies in their own ability to adopt successfully and raise awareness regarding the need to address these factors. Taken together, these areas represent a new approach to ICT adoption. The thesis demonstrates originality in four key areas: 1. It extends and develops an understanding of the micro-company environment and the issues inherent when faced with the adoption of new technology. 2. It introduces a new model for use by micro-companies constructed from acknowledged academically grounded models, to develop and highlight their ability to adopt new technology successfully. 3. The exploration of the issues within the ICT sector gives unique insight to a vertical business sector. 4. Investigation of the sector within a UK sub-region gives new insights for that region giving an opportunity for intervention to be augmented by the findings
An Analysis of the Comic Elements in a Production of Joe Orton\u27s Entertaining Mr. Sloane
No full textThis analysis addresses the classification of a production of Joe Orton\u27s play Entertaining Mr. Sloane as a comedy. Its intent is to question the classification by considering several factors.
The thesis begins with an introduction, contained in Chapter I. Chapter II applies several concepts of comic theory as conceived by Susanne K. Langer, to the play. The third chapter offers the background of the playwright and the play\u27s past reception by theatre critics. Chapter IV deals with the directing of a production of Entertaining Mr. Sloane, presented at the University of North Dakota in November, 1985. It includes a pre-production analysis of the script, the directorial concept, and a capsulation of the rehearsal process. Chapter V focuses on the evaluation of the production in two parts. First, responses from a select panel on several questions concerning the play are considered. The second part includes the author/director\u27s personal evaluation. A conclusion is offered in Chapter VI.
This thesis contains in the appendices: production log, rehearsal schedule, program, photographs, floor plan, and lighting plot, all pertaining to the University\u27s production of the play
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