669 research outputs found
Steve Almond, 32nd Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textSteve Almond is the author of two story collections, My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, the novel Which Brings Me to You (with Julianna Baggott), and the non-fiction book Candyfreak. His new book is a collection of essays, (Not That You Asked). He lives outside Boston with his wife, two children, and mounting debt. His online home is www.stevenalmond.com
Steve Almond, 31st Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textSteve Almond is the author of two story collections, My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, the novel Which Brings Me to You (with Julianna Baggott), and the nonfiction book Candyfreak. His new book is a collection of essays, (Not That You Asked), which includes tributes to Kurt Vonnegut, Barry Hannah and other heroes of the human heart. He lives outside Boston with his wife and daughter, who has recently learned to walk and shows no signs of ever slowing down
Flow dependent water quality impacts of historic coal and oil shale mining in the Almond River catchment, Scotland
No full textThe Almond River catchment in Central Scotland has experienced extensive coal mining during the last 300 years and also provides an example of enduring pollution associated with historic unconventional hydrocarbon exploitation from oil shale. Detailed spatial analysis of the catchment has identified over 300 abandoned mine and mine waste sites, comprising a significant potential source of mine related contamination. River water quality data, collected over a 15 year period from 1994 to 2008, indicates that both the coal and oil shale mining areas detrimentally impact surface water quality long after mine abandonment, due to the continued release of Fe and SO42- associated with pyrite oxidation at abandoned mine sites. Once in the surface water environment Fe and SO42- display significant concentration-flow dependence: Fe increases at high flows due to the re-suspension of river bed Fe precipitates (Fe(OH)3); SO42- concentrations decrease with higher flow as a result of dilution. Further examination of Fe and SO4 loading at low flows indicates a close correlation of Fe and SO42- with mined areas; cumulative low flow load calculations indicate that coal and oil shale mining regions contribute 0.21 and 0.31 g/s of Fe, respectively, to the main Almond tributary. Decreases in Fe loading along some river sections demonstrate the deposition and storage of Fe within the river channel. This river bed Fe is re-suspended with increased flow resulting in significant transport of Fe downstream with load values of up to 50 g/s Fe. Interpretation of major ion chemistry data for 2005–2006 indicates significant increases in Ca2+, Mg2+ and HCO3- in coal mined areas probably as a result of the buffering of proton acidity in mine waters; in the oil shale areas Na− and Cl− become increasing dominant possibly associated with increased urbanisation and saline pore water discharge from unprocessed oil shale waste. The study demonstrates the importance of considering the cumulative impact of point and diffuse contamination sourced from numerous small coal and oil shale mine sites on surface water quality
2017-2018: Distinguished Visiting Author, Steve Almond
No full textStudent Fellows: Zachary Forbes, Kaitlin Garcia, Hannah Little, Anu Rawlingshttps://docs.rwu.edu/bermont-fellowship/1004/thumbnail.jp
2017-2018: Distinguished Visiting Author, Steve Almond
No full textStudent Fellows: Zachary Forbes, Kaitlin Garcia, Hannah Little, Anu Rawlingshttps://docs.rwu.edu/bermont-fellowship/1004/thumbnail.jp
American multinationals in Europe: Managing employment relations across national borders
No full textMajor multi-authored research-based monograph, includes two chapters on which Almond is lead author, and a further chapter on which he is a co-autho
The Tragic Descent of Serious Reaction to Misplaced Sentiment
No full textThe paper examines the way society distorted tragedy into farce. Limiting the investigation to the first half of the nineteenth century it describes how Romantic artists developed an overly tragic sensibility in their work, persona and lifestyles as a reaction to the effects of the industrial revolution. It then examines how the early Victorians sentimentalisd this tragic attitude particularly in the exaggerated etiquette and artifice associated with mourning and death. Tragedy is the quintessential expression in describing excessive sadness or disaster, therefore it is the most dramatic, rendering it virtually impossible to exaggerate. Attempts at exaggeration have bordered on caricature or satire, that have distorted tragedy into travesty. Tragedy has manifested itself through various expressions in art, literature and reality yet only rarely, as in the Romantic Movement have all three mediums merged. This resulted in a histrionic tragicomedy of display that began as a serious reaction to social conditions and ended in sticky sentimentality
Development of sandwich ELISA and lateral flow immunoassay to detect almond in processed food
No full textAlmond (Prunus dulcis) represents a potential allergenic hazard that should be included in Allergen Control Plans. In this study, sandwich ELISA and lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), using amandin (Pru du 6) as the target protein, were developed to detect almond in processed food and validated according to international guides. ELISA could detect 2 ng/mL and LFIA 30 ng/mL of pure amandin. No cross-reactivity was found on a panel of 50 food commodities with the exception of Pecan nut, Brazil nut and chestnut for which the cross-reactivity was lower than 0.02%. Furthermore, ELISA and LFIA were able to detect 0.12 and 0.70 ppm of almond protein in foods spiked with almond extract whereas 0.20 and 2.0 ppm could be detected in baked cookies incurred with almond, respectively. Both techniques could be applied for food manufacturers and control agencies for monitoring the presence of almond traces in food and working surfaces. © 2021 The Author(s
Nesting: short stories
No full textDavid Almond is now known around the world as the author of the novels Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and The Savage. His first two books - Sleepless Nights (1985) and A Kind of Heaven (1997) - were published by Iron Press. A selection of these short stories for adults appear in Nesting alongside two previously unpublished tales. The stories draw deeply from the Tyneside estate of Almond's childhood, exploring the themes that would inform his later work, and displaying all the rhythm, lyricism and drive for which he is acclaimed today
Managed Bumblebees Outperform Honeybees in Increasing Peach Fruit Set in China: Different Limiting Processes with Different Pollinators
No full text© 2015 Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The file attached is the published version of the article.NHM Repositor
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