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Theology in suspense : how the detective fiction of P.D. James provokes theological thought
No full textElectronic redacted version excludes material for which permission has not been granted by the rights holderThe following dissertation argues that the detective fiction of P.D. James
provokes her readers to think theologically. I present evidence from the body of
James’s work, including her detective fiction that features the Detective Adam
Dalgliesh, as well as her other novels, autobiography, and non-fiction work. I also
present a brief history of detective fiction. This history provides the reader with a
better understanding of how P.D James is influenced by the detective genre as well as
how she stands apart from the genre’s traditions.
This dissertation relies on an interview that I conducted with P.D. James in
November, 2008. During the interview, I asked James how Christianity has
influenced her detective fiction and her responses greatly contribute to this
dissertation. However, James’s novels should be interpreted and explored in the
manner that they are received by the reader. How the reader receives and responds to
the novels, not only how James writes the novels, is what causes her stories to
provoke theological thinking.
By examining Christian symbolism that is present in setting, character, the
Detective Adam Dalgliesh, and plot, this dissertation seeks to assert that James
contributes to a theological conversation through her popular detective fiction
Erratum: Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Purtiwi, P.D. (2017): Author Purtiwi, P.D. is spelled Pertiwi, P.D.
No full textAllen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Purtiwi, P.D. (2017) Descriptions of four new species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) in the Pomacentrus philippinus complex from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 25, 47–76.
corrected spelling of third author’s name to:
Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Pertiwi, P.D. (2017) Descriptions of four new species of damselfishes
(Pomacentridae) in the Pomacentrus philippinus complex from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 25, 47–76
Density and Lithospheric Structure at Tyrrhena Patera from Gravity and Topography Data
No full textThe Tyrrhena Patera highland volcano, Mars, is associated with a relatively well localized gravity anomaly and we have carried out a localized admittance analysis in the region to constrain the density of the volcanic load, the load thickness, and the elastic thickness at the time of load emplacement. The employed admittance model considers loading of an initially spherical surface, and surface as well as subsurface loading is taken into account. Our results indicate that the gravity and topography data available at Tyrrhena Patera is consistent with the absence of subsurface loading, but the presence of a small subsurface load cannot be ruled out. We obtain minimum load densities of 2960 kg m−3, minimum load thicknesses of 5 km, and minimum load volumes of 0.6 × 106 km3. Photogeological evidence suggests that pyroclastic deposits make up at most 30% of this volume, such that the bulk of Tyrrhena Patera is likely composed of competent basalt. Best fitting model parameters are a load density of 3343 kg m−3, a load thickness of 10.8 km, and a load volume of 1.7 × 106 km3. These relatively large load densities indicate that lava compositions are comparable to those at other martian volcanoes, and densities are comparable to those of the martian meteorites. The elastic thickness in the region is constrained to be smaller than 27.5 km at the time of loading, indicating surface heat flows in excess of 24 mW m−2
Thermo-chemical evolution of asteroid 21 Lutetia
No full textIn the present study, we model the thermo-chemical evolution of Asteroid 21 Lutetia using new data obtained by the Rosetta flyby in July 2010. We investigate the dependence of the evolution on the accretion onset time and duration for both instantaneous accretion and continuous accretion scenarios, assuming late runaway material accumulation. The thermo-chemical evolution model considers accretion, sintering (hot pressing), melting and differentiation by porous flow. The evolution scenarios arising from assumptions on the macroporosity φm are examined to derive implications on the compaction of an initially highly porous material, (partial) differentiation and the internal structure. The calculated final structures are compared with the observational data to derive bounds on the present-day macroporosity of Lutetia. Varying the macroporosity φm, we calculate the initial material properties such as intrinsic density, composition, and radiogenic heat source abundance, assuming an enstatitic origin of Lutetia’s primordial material. We obtain a number of possible compaction and differentiation scenarios consistent with the properties of the present-day Lutetia. The most probable macroporosity for a Lutetia-like body with the observed bulk density of 3400 kg m−3 is φm ⩾ 0.04. Small changes can be expected if an error of ±300 kg m−3 in the bulk density is considered. Depending on the adopted value of φm, Lutetia may have formed contemporaneously with the calcium–aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs) (φm = 0.04) or up to 8 Ma later (φm = 0.25). We find a differentiated interior, i.e., an iron-rich core and silicate mantle, only for a rather narrow interval between 0.04 ⩽ φm < 0.06 with the formation times between 0 Ma and 1.8 Ma after the CAIs. Regardless of melting and partial differentiation, no melt extrusion through the porous layer is likely, which is consistent with the lack of basalt at the surface of Lutetia. For φm ⩾ 0.6, an iron–silicate differentiation is not possible, but the interior is compacted due to sintering below a porous outer layer
Re: Nickel chromium and iron levels in the saliva of patients with simulated fixed orthodontic appliances
No full textThe tectonic mode of rocky planets, Part 1: driving factors, models & parameters
No full textA recent debate as to whether plate tectonics should occur on super-Earths raises two questions: (1) how can this disagreement between previous models be disentangled, and (2) what controls the propensity of plate tectonics on Earth and other planets?
To tackle these questions, we use a 1D thermal evolution model to study the ratio of driving to resistive forces of plate tectonics for a variety of initial conditions, two intrinsically different plate tectonics models, and for a large range of model parameters. This wide approach allows us to crystallize some fundamental factors driving plate tectonics.
We find that the way plate tectonics reacts to changes of interior temperature is key for understanding how plate tectonics depends on a planet’s mass (and composition) and derive a new approach to better constrain appropriate scaling parameters for 1D models (i.e., for heat flux (β), convective velocity (γ), and aspect ratio (ε)). This allows us to track back the discrepancy between various groups to different 1D scaling parameters (β, γ, ε), or to different yield stress scalings, interior temperatures, or initial conditions in 2D models. Our results also show that planet structure, composition, and initial conditions significantly affect plate tectonics.
By re-analyzing previous 2D plate tectonics models and setting them in relation to our results, we suggest that: (1) increasing interior temperatures and planet mass make plate tectonics less likely; (2) plate tectonics is more likely with increasing mantle viscosity (if vigorously convecting) and not generally with increasing Rayleigh number Ra.
Moreover, our results demonstrate that trying to understand distant worlds teaches us how some present assumptions used to describe the dynamics of the Earth (e.g., β = 1/3, γ = 2/3, ε = 0, or plate tectonics more likely with increasing Ra) might not be appropriate – implying that we have to partially revise our current understanding of the Earth’s evolution and rock cycle
Tradução de dois contos de P.D. James : os desafios da tradução do policial na contemporaneidade
No full textO presente projeto pretende apresentar uma proposta de tradução de dois contos integrados na obra de P.D. James Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales, publicada em 2017, e procura desenvolver uma reflexão acerca dos desafios da tradução de ficção policial nos dias de hoje. No seu início, este tipo de ficção foi desvalorizado, visto como literatura inferior. Porém, uma evolução positiva tem vindo a ocorrer nas últimas décadas, encaminhando o subgénero para uma posição cada vez mais respeitada. Assim, partindo da própria prática da tradução de ficção policial, o interesse pela análise deste fenómeno surgiu com a obra da autora britânica P.D. James, e com o recurso às abordagens e estratégias de tradução de diversos investigadores dos Estudos de Tradução. O projeto pretende dar ênfase ao contributo de P.D. James para uma visão crescentemente positiva do policial. A reflexão incide nos desafios emergentes desta nova visão, e analisam-se as dificuldades concretas que se levantaram à tradução, assim como as estratégias utilizadas e soluções encontradas. Considera-se que este projeto é pertinente para os Estudos de Tradução, na medida em que o policial é um dos subgéneros literários mais consumidos e, consequentemente, traduzidos no mundo. Por essa razão, é essencial que haja mais reflexão e investigação no campo da tradução acerca deste tipo de literatura, sendo que é pela tradução que estas obras literárias se disseminam, algo que traz uma grande responsabilidade ao tradutor.This project aims to present a proposal for the translation of two short stories by P.D. James from the work Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales, published in 2017, and seeks to reflect on the challenges of translating crime fiction today. At its beginning, this type of fiction was devalued, seen as inferior literature. However, an interesting and positive evolution has been taking place in the last couple of decades, leading the genre to an increasingly respected position. An interest in analysing this phenomenon arose, starting from the actual practice of translating crime fiction, with the British author P.D. James, and using the approaches and translation strategies of various researchers in the field of Translation Studies. The project aims to emphasize P.D. James' contribution to the increasingly positive view of the crime fiction genre. It will reflect on the challenges emerging from this new vision, and analyse the difficulties that have arisen in translation, as well as the strategies used, and solutions found. I believe that this project is relevant to the field of Translation Studies, as crime fiction is one of the most widely consumed and, consequently, translated literary genres in the world. For this reason, it is essential that there is more reflection and research in the field of translation about this type of literature, since it is through translation that these literary works are disseminated, something that imposes a great responsibility on the translator
PAST AND PRESENT LAND TENURE SYSTEMS IN ALBANIA: PATRILINEAL, PATRIARCHAL, FAMILY-CENTERED
No full textThis paper attempts to evaluate whether Albanian rural social structure has changed to the extent that individual rights and protection of those rights have become important policy questions. If the evaluation suggests that rural Albanians retain the set of family-oriented norms and beliefs that are based primarily on patriarchalism and patrilineal inheritance, we must address the following questions: How appropriate is the mixture of western law that emulates individualistic notions of property rights with the customary family-tenure system of rural Albania? What are the likely problems that could emerge during the transition given a potential conflict between family notions of ownership and individual notions of ownership? This paper discusses five broad issues: the contemporary importance of family ownership, the role of the patriarch, the contemporary inheritance procedures, the vulnerability of specific groups of women, and the structure of the Albanian family. Keywords: Land tenure -- Albania Right of property -- Albania Inheritance and succession -- Albania Albania -- Social conditionsLand tenure -- Albania, Right of property -- Albania, Inheritance and succession -- Albania, Albania -- Social conditions, Land Economics/Use,
Deciphering The Embedded Wave In Saturn\u27S Maxwell Ringlet
No full textThe eccentric Maxwell ringlet in Saturn\u27s C ring is home to a prominent wavelike structure that varies strongly and systematically with true anomaly, as revealed by nearly a decade of high-SNR Cassini occultation observations. Using a simple linear “accordion” model to compensate for the compression and expansion of the ringlet and the wave, we derive a mean optical depth profile for the ringlet and a set of rescaled, background-subtracted radial wave profiles. We use wavelet analysis to identify the wave as a 2-armed trailing spiral, consistent with a density wave driven by an m=2 outer Lindblad resonance (OLR), with a pattern speed Ωp=1769.17° d−1 and a corresponding resonance radius ares=87530.0 km. Estimates of the surface mass density of the Maxwell ringlet range from a mean value of 110.25em0exg0.25em0excm−2 derived from the self-gravity model to 5−12gcm−2, as inferred from the wave\u27s phase profile and a theoretical dispersion relation. The corresponding opacity is about 0.120.25em0excm20.25em0exg−1, comparable to several plateaus in the outer C ring (Hedman, M.N., Nicholson, P.D. [2014]. Mont. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 444, 1369–1388). A linear density wave model using the derived wave phase profile nicely matches the wave\u27s amplitude, wavelength, and phase in most of our observations, confirming the accuracy of the pattern speed and demonstrating the wave\u27s coherence over a period of 8 years. However, the linear model fails to reproduce the narrow, spike-like structures that are prominent in the observed optical depth profiles. Using a symplectic N-body streamline-based dynamical code (Hahn, J.M., Spitale, J.N. [2013]. Astrophys. J. 772, 122), we simulate analogs of the Maxwell ringlet, modeled as an eccentric ringlet with an embedded wave driven by a fictitious satellite with an OLR located within the ring. The simulations reproduce many of the features of the actual observations, including strongly asymmetric peaks and troughs in the inward-propagating density wave. We argue that the Maxwell ringlet wave is generated by a sectoral normal-mode oscillation inside Saturn with ℓ=m=2, similar to other planetary internal modes that have been inferred from density waves observed in Saturn\u27s C ring (Hedman, M.N., Nicholson, P.D. [2013]. Astron. J. 146, 12; Hedman, M.N., Nicholson, P.D. [2014]. Mont. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 444, 1369–1388). Our identification of a third m=2 mode associated with saturnian internal oscillations supports the suggestions of mode splitting by Fuller et al. (Fuller, J., Lai, D., Storch, N.I. [2014]. Icarus 231, 34–50) and Fuller (Fuller, J. [2014]. Icarus 242, 283–296). The fitted amplitude of the wave, if it is interpreted as driven by the ℓ=m=2 f-mode, implies a radial amplitude at the 1 bar level of ∼ 50 cm, according to the models of Marley and Porco (Marley, M.S., Porco, C.C. [1993]. Icarus 106, 508)
Author Correction: Common variants in Alzheimer’s disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores (Nature Communications, (2021), 12, 1, (3417), 10.1038/s41467-021-22491-8)
No full textThe original version of this Article omitted from the author list the 212th author Patrizia Mecocci, who is from the Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. Consequently, the “Sample Contribution” section of Author Contributions was updated to add “P.M” between “P.D.” and “R.C.”. Additionally, the original version of this Article contained the incorrect affiliation for author Patrick Gavin Kehoe, which incorrectly read “German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany”. The correct version replaces this affiliation with “Bristol Medical School (THS), University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK”. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article
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