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Probability based approaches to process data modeling and rectifictaion
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-216).by Lloyd Patrick Murphy Johnston.Ph.D
Transversal Ecocritical Praxis Theoretical Arguments, Literary Analysis, and Cultural Critique
No full textIn Transversal Ecocritical Praxis: Theoretical Arguments, Literary Analysis, and Cultural Critique, Patrick D. Murphy, Ph.D, utilizes ecocriticism and ecofeminism to develop his concept of transversal practice: an interdisciplinary combination of theory and applied criticism. Traversing a wide range of examples, literary, cultural and economic, this work fleshes out the benefits of an ethically grounded interdisciplinary ecocriticism.Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dialoguing with Bakhtin on Our Ethical Responsibility to Anothers -- Furnishing the Study for Performing the Household by Resolving Static Cling -- Subjects, Identities, Bodies, and Selves -- An Ecological Feminist Revisioning of the Masculinist Sublime -- Consumption as Addiction, Sustainability as Recovery -- Community Resilience and the Cosmopolitan Role in the Environmental Challenge-Response Novels of Ghosh, Grace, and Sinha -- The Poetic Politics of Ecological Inhabitation in Neruda's Canto General and Cardenal's Cosmic Canticle -- The Dilemma of Terraforming in Three Parts -- Damning Damming Modernity -- Preparing on the Plateau of Peak Oil for a Post-Carbon Economy in Okinawa -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the AuthorIn Transversal Ecocritical Praxis: Theoretical Arguments, Literary Analysis, and Cultural Critique, Patrick D. Murphy, Ph.D, utilizes ecocriticism and ecofeminism to develop his concept of transversal practice: an interdisciplinary combination of theory and applied criticism. Traversing a wide range of examples, literary, cultural and economic, this work fleshes out the benefits of an ethically grounded interdisciplinary ecocriticism.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Papers of Leonard J T Murphy
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/65026Leonard J.T. Murphy, "Sir Douglas Shields (1876-1952); a Forgotten Surgeon". Based on a paper read at a Meeting of the Medical History Society, Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch) on 2 September 1983. 46 pp., with photograph of Shields and site of his hospital in Seymour. Photocopy of typescript, bound. Copy of Shields' autobiography and other sources, notes and photographs. Also, items collected for a paper on Dr. Patrick Moloney in Occasional Papers on Medical History Australia 1984, including photographs. Photocopy of Professor R.J. Berry's MS. autobiography, "Chance and Circumstance", with photocopies of letters from Berry to D. Murray Morton, 13 January and 28 October 1954, mentioning the MS and his inability to have it published. A copy was sent to Morton, who passed it to Dr. John Horan, who in turn lent it to Murphy. It covers Berry's life from school days, 1877-1883, to his service as Director of Medical Research in Bristol, and including his period as first Professor of Anatomy at the University of Melbourne, 1906-1929. The last date mentioned is April 1951.111202
Acquisition: [1991.0114] "Papers of Leonard J T Murphy
The Media Commons
No full textToday's global media sustains a potent new environmental consciousness. Paradoxically, it also serves as a far-reaching platform that promotes the unsustainable consumption ravaging our planet. Patrick Murphy musters theory, institutional analysis, fieldwork, and empirical research to map how the media communicates today's many distinct, competing, and even antagonistic environmental discourses, demonstrating how the media pushes us to save the whales even as we are encouraged to devour all the fish. By examining this paradox through case studies of the “greening” of cable TV, online corporate branding campaigns, indigenous media, and the globalization of commercial media, he shows how today's complex, integrated media networks draws the cultural boundaries of our environmental imagination—and influences just who benefits. Analysis emphasizes social context, institutional alignments, and commercial media's ways of rendering discussion. Murphy identifies and examines key terms, phrases, and metaphors as well as the ways consumers are presented with ideas like agency and the place of nature. What emerges is the link between pervasive messaging and an "environment" conjured by our media-saturated social imagination. As the author shows, today's complex, integrated media networks shape, frame, and deliver many of our underlying ideas about the environment. Increasingly—and ominously—individuals and communities experience these ideas not only in the developed world but in the increasingly consumption-oriented Global South.</p
Patrick K. Murphy
No full textThere is extensive literature about the role of the principal in creating a school culture that fosters a positive school climate. How the principal addresses staff culture is among the many issues that affect lasting change. The purpose of this investigation is to examine the activities and behaviors of four suburban high school principals and how they influence change. Cross-case site analysis utilizing ethnographic method of investigation was conducted in four suburban high schools to examine how principals influence change. The culture of each school site was examined from the perspective of principals and department chairpersons concerning elements of change. Data were collected through interviews with principals and department chairpersons. The Developmental Research Sequence (D.R.S.) model was used to identify a set of specific dimensions for more in-depth investigation. This process of analysis provided a method for focusing the study to discover cultural themes and patterns about how principals influence change in high schools. Triangulation of data was addressed by using multiple data sources and multiple method data analysis. The major findings of this study were that principals who influenced change demonstrated a high degree of interest and care for school community members on a professional and personal level. Principals who valued what and how people thought were recognized as being connected to the school culture. It was through this awareness that principals could then channel ideas and provide opportunities to involve people in the change process. Principals recognized for using this type of approach cultivated and nourished a culture that was open to examining and entertaining change for both personal and professional growth and improvement. These res..
Mode-II fracture behaviour of aerospace-grade carbon fibre/epoxy composites interleaved with thermoplastic veils
No full textThermoplastic veils based on Polyethylene-terephthalate (PET), Polyphenylene-sulfide (PPS) and Polyamide-12 (PA) fibres (∼10μm in diameter) were used to interlay unidirectional (UD), non-crimp fabric (NCF) and 5-Harness satin weave (5H) carbon fibre laminates. The PET and PPS veils remained in a fibrous form and the PA veils melted during the laminate curing process. The results of an end-loaded split test demonstrated significant improvements in the mode-II fracture performance in all cases. In general, interlaying thermoplastic veils was most efficient for toughening the UD laminates, with reduced improvements observed for the 5H and NCF laminates, respectively. The main toughening mechanism of the intact PET and PPS veils was thermoplastic fibre bridging. The melted PA veils mainly improved the fracture toughness of the epoxy at the mid-plane. The different toughening mechanisms of the veils, combined with different fracture mechanisms between the UD, NCF and 5H laminates, resulted in significantly different toughening levels
Lovich et al. Phil Trans B 2023 dataset
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Conserved features of eye movement related eardrum oscillations (EMREOs) across humans and monkeys
Stephanie N (Schlebusch) Lovich, Cynthia D King, David L.K. Murphy, Hossein Abbasi, Patrick Bruns, Christopher A Shera, Jennifer Groh
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
In press, June 2023</p
Courage to execute : what elite U.S. military units can teach business about leadership and team performance
No full textHow to build a culture of high performance within your organization The U.S. military in general, and its many elite organizations in particular, possesses a culture of high performance. Courage to Execute outlines the six basic principles that operate at the foundation of high performance, which include leadership, organization, communication, knowledge, experience, and discipline, known together as LOCKED. When all are practiced effectively, teamwork emerges. But the most elusive quality that exists at the heart of all elite military teams, the element that organizations and businesses deeply desire to perform more efficiently and effectively, is trust. Trust is easily spent, but hard won. Author James Murphy, an employer of approximately fifty senior military officers that have served in elite units such as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, U.S. Navy SEALS, and U.S. Army Rangers, shares a multitude of personal leadership stories that illustrates the principles of LOCKED. * Shares compelling anecdotes from leaders in elite units of the U.S. Military * Written by James D. Murphy, founder and CEO of Afterburner, Inc., which has trained over 1.5 million executives, sales professionals, and business people from every industry in Afterburner s Flawless Execution Model, and its unique, high-energy programs Courage to Execute will help you develop effective leadership skills and build high-performance teams that out-compete your rivals every time
Peripartum Administration of Synthetic Oxytocin (Pitocin) and Postpartum Mood Disorders: A Scoping Review
No full textIn the United States, maternal mortality and morbidity rates are of great concern, despite advancements in medical technologies and healthcare resources. The frequency of maternal morbidities and severe birthing complications have also increased significantly in recent years. This scoping review examines risk factors, health impacts, outcomes, symptoms, and screening tools associated with administering peripartum synthetic oxytocin (pitocin) and postpartum mood disorders. The health sciences librarian searched three databases to find original research articles that addressed the peripartum administration of synthetic oxytocin (pitocin), looked at pitocin administration and postpartum mood disorders, and were written in English. A total of 364 titles and abstracts were analyzed (after removing 259 duplicates), which left seven remaining articles. Of all the full text articles reviewed, four publications met all inclusion criteria and were included in this scoping review. The author of this review conducted the data extraction, which revealed findings that the existing literature, mainly was quantitative, conducted in upper-middle to high-income countries and focused on the association of synthetic oxytocin administration and postpartum depression. Findings indicate that pregnant women who received a peripartum administration of pitocin had a range of postnatal outcomes ranging from postpartum anxiety, PPD, somatization disorders, and postpartum blues. Articles that were reviewed identified various risk factors that increase the risk of developing PPD, such as a maternal history of depression, prenatal depression and anxiety, PTSD, and a negative childbirth experience; also, one study reported no protective factors against postpartum mood disorders or any direct association of pitocin administration with PPD.
The public health significance of the use of Pitocin during the peripartum period and its impact on maternal mood and behavior is a subject that has not received sufficient attention from the medical community and researchers, given its frequent use as a birth intervention in the United States. Therefore, future research studies should be longitudinal and conducted with more samples from the United States population. Current birthing interventions and practices should be reevaluated for their benefits, risks, and potential contribution to PPD in birthing women
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