235 research outputs found
John Fairfield Thompson Correspondence
No full textEntries include brief biographical information, a typed letter of presentation from New York on personal stationery, and a typed letter of receipt of Thompson and Beasley\u27s book on the nickel industry for the Maine Author collection
Individual Liberty, Public Health, and the Battle for the Nation’s Soul
No full textTemple University. James E. Beasley School of LawLawThis essay in The Regulatory Review examines the legacy of the US Supreme Court case Jacobson v. Massachusetts in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Author Scott Burris contends that the vision set by Jacobson — one of coexistence and cooperation in a democratic commonwealth — is in jeopardy as courts in recent COVID-19 constitutional cases have unveiled a new view based less on the social contract than on a strong form of libertarianism
Major John Richardson's 'The Miser Outwitted' Discovered
No full textThe Miser Outwitted by Major John Richardson was advertised for sale in Upper Canadian newspapers in 1841 but no copy has been found. David Beasley, who wrote Richardson's biography, describes how he discovered the anonymous playscript in the Manuscripts Room of the British Library and determined by the handwriting that Richardson was the author. He surmises how it came to be produced at the Queens Theatre, Dublin on 10 May 1848. The play, a one-act farce, is a good example of the entertainment enjoyed by our colonial ancestors in the last century. The theme of a Miser tricked into losing his Money is of perennial interest and enjoys a long tradition in the theatre.
Des réclames pour The Miser Outwitted du major John Richardson parurent dans les journaux du Haut-Canada en 1841. Pourtant, aucun exemplaire n'en avait été retrouvé. David Beasley, biographe de Richardson, explique comment il a pu découvrir la pièce, manuscrite et anonyme, dans le Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque national à Londres et comment il a déterminé par son écriture que Richardson en était l'auteur. Il déduit qu'elle aurait été représentée au Queens Theatre à Dublin le 10 mai 1848. Cette pièce, une farce en un acte, est un excellent exemple du genre d'amusements auxquels se délectaient nos ancêtres coloniaux au siècle dernier. Le thème de l'avare triché de son argent est d'un intérêt constant et sa rattache à une longue tradition théâtrale
Doryphoribius barbarae Beasley & Miller, 2012, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Doryphoribius barbarae</i> sp. nov. <p>FIGURES 2 A–D, TABLE 1</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype (slide No. 13-303-9) and three paratypes (13-303-18 (simplex), 13-303-21, 13-303- 22), three exuvia with eggs (13-303-14, 13-303-15, 13-340-2); moss sample from Hubei Province, China, Tiansheng Bridge area, Site 5, 1356 m asl, 15 June 2005; collected by C. Beasley.</p> <p> <b>Specific diagnosis.</b> <i>Doryphoribius</i> with two macroplacoids, no microplacoid. Cuticle with irregularly shaped and arranged tubercles. Body with nine rows of gibbosities (IX: 2-4-4-4-4-6-4-4-2).</p> <p> <b>Description of holotype.</b> Body length 221.1 µm. Body colour unknown, no eyes observed. Nine rows of gibbosities (IX: 2-4-4-4-4-6-4-4-2) on dorsal and lateral surfaces of the body (Fig. 2 A) Dorsal gibbosities at the level of the third legs 16.9 µm in diameter. Dorsal and lateral surfaces of body, including gibbosities, with irregularly shaped and arranged tubercles (Fig. 2 C), dimensions mostly ranging from 0.5 to 3.2 µm. Claws of the <i>Isohypsibius</i> type, similar in shape and size (Fig. 2 B, Table 1), primary branches with small accessory points. No lunules or cuticular bars on legs.</p> <p> Anterio-ventral mouth. Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the <i>Doryphoribius</i> type, with peribuccal lamellae and papulae absent, oral cavity armature not seen. Buccal tube slightly curved in anterior half, 28.9 µm long, 2.7 µm (<i>pt = 9.3</i>) external diameter. Ventral lamina 13.6 µm (<i>pt = 47.1</i>) long (Fig. 2 D). Pharyngeal apophyses at the end of the buccal tube of slender, triangular shape. The insertion of the stylet supports on the buccal tube at 19.9 µm (<i>pt = 68.9</i>). Pharynx with two elongated macroplacoids (Fig. 2 D). The first 5.0 µm (<i>pt = 17.3</i>) long, slightly curved, with slight constriction a little anterior of its middle. The second macroplacoid 3.6 µm (<i>pt = 12.5</i>) long, slightly curved, with slight sub-terminal constriction. Macroplacoid row length 9.3 µm (<i>pt = 32.2</i>). As in all described species of <i>Doryphoribius</i>, no microplacoid or septulum.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The two anterior rows of gibbosities were not clearly visible in all specimens. When visible, the gibbosities of the first row were not as proportionally high as in the more posterior rows.</p> <p>Three exuvia contained smooth, oval eggs (3, 3, 1).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named after Barbara, the wife of the first author.</p> <p> <b>Type depositories.</b> The holotype, an exuvium with eggs, and one other adult (slide numbers, respectively, 13- 303-9, 13-303-15, and 13-303-24 (final catalogue numbers not available)) are deposited in the Tardigrada collection at the College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian, China. A paratype and an exuvium with eggs are deposited at each of the following locations: the Binda and Pilato collection (Museum of the Department of Animal Biology “Marcello La Greca”, University of Catania, Italy): slide numbers 5460 (paratype, 13-303-22) and 5461 (exuvium with eggs, 13-340-2) and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: slide numbers ANSP-C000700 (paratype, 13-303-21), ANSP-C000701 (13-303-18), ANSP-C000702 (13- 303-10), ANSP-C000703 (13-391-1), ANSP-C000704 (13-391-9).</p> <p> <b>Differential diagnosis.</b> Michalczyk & Kaczmarek (2010) divided the <i>Doryphoribius</i> species into four groups using the number of macroplacoids and the presence or absence of cuticular gibbosities. Using their criteria, <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> fitted into the <i>evelinae</i> group. Michalczyk & Kaczmarek (2010) named nine species in this group, and since then <i>D. tesselatus</i> Meyer, 2011, has been added (Meyer 2011). Lisi (2011) stated that his new species <i>D. amazzonicus</i> Lisi, 2011 “should belong to the <i>evelinae</i> group” but expressed doubts concerning the value of the groups; he does not describe dorsal gibbosities and compares <i>D. amazzonicus</i> to species without dorsal gibbosities. Although not specifically stated, his new species apparently lacks dorsal gibbosities, but he does describe swellings on the legs.</p> <p> <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> differed from the existing species within the <i>evelinae</i> group in the following ways: <i>D. tessellatus</i> Meyer, 2011, had only three rows of gibbosities, compared to the nine of <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> <i>D. evelinae</i> (Marcus 1928), <i>D. flavus</i> (Iharos 1966), <i>D. amazzonicus</i> Lisi, 2011, and <i>D. dawkinsi</i> Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2010, were described with gibbosities on at least some of the legs, which was lacking in <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> <i>D. picoensis</i> Fontoura <i>et al.</i>, 2008, lacked cuticular tubercles which were present on <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> Some of the <i>evelinae</i> group species exhibit a different arrangement of gibbosities than <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (IX: 2-4-4-4-4-6-4-4-2): <i>D. dupliglobulatus</i> Ito, 1995, seven rows of two each; <i>D. huangguoshuensis</i> Wang <i>et al.</i> 2007, IX: 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2; <i>D. maranguensis</i> Binda & Pilato 1995, only indistinct gibbosities plus approximately 20 transverse undulations; <i>D. quadrituberculatus</i> Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2004, eleven transverse undulations plus two rows of two gibbosities on the caudal end; <i>D. zyxiglobus</i> (Horning <i>et al.</i> 1978), VIII: 6-4-6-4-6-4-4-2.</p> <p> <i>D. maranguensis</i> was described with indistinct gibbosities and irregularly shaped tubercles, so it could be mistaken for <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, but the macroplacoids are very different: in a <i>D. maranguensis</i> specimen of 331 µm, the first macroplacoid is 9.98 µm (<i>pt = 25.3</i>), the second 5.9 µm (<i>pt = 14.9</i>) (Binda & Pilato 1995); in a <i>D. barbarae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> specimen of 294 µm, the first macroplacoid is 4.1 µm (<i>pt = 13.1</i>), the second 3.1 µm (<i>pt = 9.9</i>).</p> <p> <b> <i>Astatumen bartosi</i> (W</b> ę <b>glarska, 1959)</b></p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> One specimen was found in a moss sample from Site 4.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This specimen fitted the description, including quantitative values, given in Ramazzotti and Maucci (1983) and Dastych (1988), except that the salivary glands were not visible. This is a new record for China.</p>Published as part of <i>Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 3170</i> on pages 58-61, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/212706">10.5281/zenodo.212706</a>
The Japanese experience a short history of Japan
No full text"The Japanese Experience is an authoritative, lucid, and concise history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day. It is the history of a society and a culture with a distinct sense of itself, one of the few nations never conquered by a foreign power in historic times (until the twentieth century) and the home of the longest-reigning imperial dynasty that still survives. Regarded as a minor Asian state until the late nineteenth century, Japan transformed itself into a major power in the twentieth century." "Throughout The Japanese Experience W. G. Beasley, a leading authority on Japan and the author of a number of acclaimed works on Japanese history, examines the changing society and culture of Japan and considers what, apart from the land and the people, is specifically Japanese about the history of Japan."--BOOK JACKET
Scheduling aircraft landings - the static case
No full textThis is the publisher version of the article, obtained from the link below.In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling aircraft (plane) landings at an airport. This problem is one of deciding a landing time for each plane such that each plane lands within a predetermined time window and that separation criteria between the landing of a plane and the landing of all successive planes are respected. We present a mixed-integer zero–one formulation of the problem for the single runway case and extend it to the multiple runway case. We strengthen the linear programming relaxations of these formulations by introducing additional constraints. Throughout, we discuss how our formulations can be used to model a number of issues (choice of objective function, precedence restrictions, restricting the number of landings in a given time period, runway workload balancing) commonly encountered in practice. The problem is solved optimally using linear programming-based tree search. We also present an effective heuristic algorithm for the problem. Computational results for both the heuristic and the optimal algorithm are presented for a number of test problems involving up to 50 planes and four runways.J.E.Beasley. would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia
The Novel and the Academic Novel
No full textResearch Background: A raft of publications provides advice to research students and their supervisors about handling the writing factor in the research doctoral submission. These include: The postgraduate research handbook (Wisker 2008); How to write a thesis (Murray 2008); The unwritten rules of PhD research (Rugg and Petre 2009); A handbook for doctoral supervisors (Taylor and Beasley 2005); Helping doctoral students write: Pedagogies for supervision (Kamler and Thomson 2006); and others. In each of the above, writing is treated as a key activity in producing the thesis, seemingly the most fraught for student and supervisor alike, but none of these books considers the writing of a creative component (such as a novel) in the research degree context. Research Contribution: In the Introduction to this UK-published collection of essays, Creative Writing Studies: Practice, Research and Pedagogy, Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll say: 'novelist and PhD supervisor Nigel Krauth [considers] how the creation of a novel for 'new-breed, non-traditional doctorates' affects both the process and the product. On the one hand, writers obtain support and encouragement; on the other, they might feel constrained because these benefits, flowing from a bureaucratic structure, can impact on the novelist's freedom to create' (p. xii). Combining knowledge of the professional novelist's practice and the creation of novels in new academic contexts, this work considers the idea of a new genre in writing - the Academic Novel. Research Significance: This book chapter enters a practice and research territory not previously examined, i.e. the novel-writing process outside academia compared with that inside universities today. The work was commissioned from the UK (alongside other academic pieces from the USA, the UK and Australia) and is published in the New Writing Viewpoints series, Multilingual Matters, Bristol.Arts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social SciencesNo Full Tex
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