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The cult of St Nicholas in medieval Italy
No full textSt Nicholas was one of the most popular saints in medieval Italy. His cult attracted the attention
of popes, kings and emperors, and his shrine at Bari became an important international pilgrimage
destination. This thesis asks how the cult of St Nicholas came to be so widespread and popular in
Italy, and why the saint attracted the attention of diverse groups and individuals.
This thesis is structured around four chapters. The first demonstrates that through a
process of Latinisation the cult of St Nicholas became integrated within Italian literary traditions
and within a new spiritual era. Chapter Two reveals that this Latinisation also occurred within the
saint’s iconography. Chapters Three and Four are case studies of the cult in Puglia and Venice,
locations which claimed possession of the saint’s relics. These case studies show that the general
developments that the cult of St Nicholas underwent in Italy, identified in Chapters One and Two,
did not apply universally. Instead, the presence of the saint’s relics resulted in a different profile
of the saint in Bari and Venice. Through the process of Latinisation, the cult of St Nicholas
became updated and remained relevant for its new Italian audience; Chapters Three and Four
show alternative ways that the cult of St Nicholas gained widespread popularity.
This thesis presents for the first time an iconographical study of St Nicholas in Italian art,
which develops existing research of the saint’s Byzantine iconography. Chapter Four presents a
profile of the cult of St Nicholas in Venice in the Middle Ages, which is a significant oversight in
the literature. The thesis uses a variety of visual and textual sources, in particular fresco and
altarpiece representations, archival documents from Venice and Rome (including the Apostolic
Visitations), and under-exploited contemporary and antiquarian Venetian sources
Genre and identity in the work of David Grossman.
No full textDavid Grossman is a central figure in Israeli literature. Widely translated, his work has achieved international acclaim for its bold and innovative engagement in the events and mood of the day. In this study, the first monograph on his work in English, I focus on his process of constructing identity through storytelling. Key themes of identity---adolescence and parent-child relationships, sexuality and the body-soul dichotomy---are interwoven into diverse literary genres. My method is to examine the paradigms and significance of Grossman's literary genres, placing them in the context of Israeli and Western literature. I analyse his technique of manipulating traditional structural features of these genres to reveal the ambiguities and changing nature of identity. I show how he acknowledges his literary forefathers by his use of intertext to develop identity. I contend that Grossman's focus on the adolescent protagonist pinpoints a young person's confrontation with his inherited identity. I discuss The Book of Intimate Grammar as zntx-Bildungsroman, illustrating the instability experienced en route to a cogent sense of self and an accommodation with the adult world. Grossman breaks new ground in his seminal work of Holocaust fiction, See under: Love. Moving beyond the sphere of witness accounts and their consequent fiction, he uses a fragmented plot and complex narratives, revealing the impossibility of viewing the Holocaust as a single synchronic story, exposing the damaged identities that remain. In Be My Knife, his more recent epistolary novel, I find a shift in his construction of identity. Rhythms of internal and external languages combine in this exploration of sexuality and parenthood. I suggest that his narrative techniques of multiple voices and indeterminate endings enhance reader involvement. They are a call to share Grossman's enduring commitment to a "wide-hearted humanism". This credo involves creating an ethical identity of self-examination, facilitating the recognition of difference in self and others, as evidenced in his socio-political novel and essays. I highlight Grossman's artistry: his sensitivity to registers of language, expressing sociological aspects of Israeli life in the past decades. Ultimately, for Grossman, both the world and the "I" are but a narrative
Partial purification and characterisation of a wheat leaf N-acetyl-℗-D-hexosaminidase and its role in defensive lignin deposition
No full textA wheat leaf N-acetyl-β-D-hexosaminidase (N-HEX) (EC. 3. 2. 1. 52), possessing considerable chitobiase activity, has been partially purified and characterised. This enzyme, termed N-HEX B, readily hydrolyses lignification-eliciting chitin oligosaccharides to their inactive forms. The evidence presented in this thesis supports the view that this enzyme is distinct from a previously purified wheat leaf enzyme, N-HEX A, which was found to possess virtually no activity to these substrates. Some basic properties of N-HEX B have been established. Maximum yields of N-HEX B were extracted in McIlvaine's buffer at pH 7.0, although the highest specific activity was extracted at pH 4.0. The enzyme exhibited optimum activity at pH 4.0 with 50% of maximal activity between pH 3.0 and 5.8. The enzyme activity of crude extracts showed greatest stability when stored at pH 5.0 and 4^oC. N-HEX B was present in wheat seeds and mature leaves, with maximum specific activity observed in 15 day old leaves. Similar levels of N-HEX B activity were extracted from 5 different cultivars of wheat. The enzyme was located predominantly in the cytosol. Initial purification steps resulted in relatively stable preparations of N-HEX B. A 2497-fold purification of the enzyme was achieved following ammonium sulphate cutting, ultrafiltration and affinity chromatography on Concanavalin A-Sepharose, giving rise to a maximum specific activity of 1023 pkats mg^-1. The native molecular weights of both enzymes, estimated by gel filtration, were between 145 and 190 kDa. Separation of the N-HEX-A and B activities was achieved by anion exchange chromatography and preparatory isoelectric focusing (IEF) (approximate pI's of 4.74 and 5.25 respectively). Gel filtration, anion exchange chromatography and preparatory IEF gave rise to initial increases in specific activity but resulted in rapid inactivation of the enzyme. Addition of Triton X-100 partially stabilised enzyme activity following IEF. The evidence from anion exchange and IEF is consistent with the N-HEX A and B activities residing on separate molecules. However, both enzymes cross reacted with polyclonal antibody raised to N-HEX A, suggesting that the two activities are serologically related.</p
External interventions and the duration of civil wars
No full textThe authors combine an empirical model of external intervention, with a theoretical model of civil war duration. Their empirical model of intervention allows them to analyze civil war duration, using"expected"rather than"actual"external intervention as an explanatory variable in the duration model. Unlike previous studies, they find that external intervention is positively associated with the duration of civil war. They distinguish partial third-party interventions that extend the length of war, from multilateral"peace"operations, which have a mandate to restore peace without taking sides - and which typically take place at war's end, or at least when both sides have agreed to a cease-fire. In a future paper, the authors will examine whether partial third-party interventions - whatever their effect on a war's duration - increase the risk of war's recurrence. If that proves true, then even if interventions reduce the length of civil war, they may do so at the cost of further destabilizing the political system, and sowing the seeds of future rebellion.Children and Youth,Peace&Peacekeeping,Post Conflict Reconstruction,Post Conflict Reconstruction,International Affairs,Post Conflict Reconstruction,Social Conflict and Violence,Peace&Peacekeeping,Post Conflict Reconstruction,International Affairs
sj-pdf-1-ijq-10.1177_16094069211055575 – Supplemental Material for Integrating Community Participation With Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Reflections on Engaging the Autism Community
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ijq-10.1177_16094069211055575 for Integrating Community Participation With Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Reflections on Engaging the Autism Community by Gabrielle A. Heselton, Gwen R. Rempel and David B. Nicholas in International Journal of Qualitative Methods</p
Supplemental Material, PPQ795196_Supplemental - When the team’s jersey is what matters: Network analysis of party cohesion and structure in the Canadian House of Commons
No full textSupplemental Material, PPQ795196_Supplemental for When the team’s jersey is what matters: Network analysis of party cohesion and structure in the Canadian House of Commons by David Chartash, Nicholas J Caruana, Markus Dickinson, and Laura B Stephenson in Party Politics</p
An Interview with Tony David Sampson: Author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks
No full textTony D. Sampson is Reader in Digital Culture and Communication in the School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) at the University of East London, where he directs the EmotionUX lab, supervising research on the cognitive, emotional, and affective aspects of user experience. In 2013, he co-founded Club Critical Theory, an organization dedicated to the application of critical theory in everyday life in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Tony is the author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks and The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Neuroculture, both from the University of Minnesota Press. He blogs at viralcontagion.wordpress.com.
The editors of this special NANO issue are delighted to have the opportunity to talk with Tony about how his work touches on issues of imitation and contagion—a loaded term unpacked within his 2012 book
Data and code in support of: Release of live baitfish by recreational anglers drives fish pathogen introduction risk
No full textThis repository contains supplementary information, simulation data, and R computer code to accompany the manuscript titled "Release of live baitfish by recreaional anglers drives fish pathogen introduction risk." The purpose of this project was to quantify the risk of fish pathogen introduction, conceptualized as the number of fish infected with a priority pathogen released in a given year of fishing, under a range of conditions.Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust FundMinnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research CenterMcEachran, Margaret C.; Phelps, Nicholas B. D.; Drake, D. Andrew R.; Mladonicky, Janice M.; Picasso, Catalina. (2022). Data and code in support of: Release of live baitfish by recreational anglers drives fish pathogen introduction risk. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://doi.org/10.13020/g22a-ty37
David Gregory
No full textPhotograph - David Gregory, member of the Book Sub-Committee, part of the Town of Athabasca 75th Anniversary Committee, Athabasca, Alberta. The Book Sub Committee produced the book "Athabasca Landing: An Illustrated History
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