1,222 research outputs found
Core Journal Lists: Classic Tool, New Relevance
No full textReviews the historical context of core journal lists, current uses in collection assessment, and existing methodologies for creating lists. Outlines two next generation core list projects developing new methodologies and integrating novel information/data sources to improve precision: a national-level core psychology list and the other a local institutional core list for the interdisciplinary field of urban studies and planning. The paper is based on the authors’ panel presentation at the 2009 ACRL National Conference (Seattle, Washington) titled “Core Journal Lists Re-viewed and Re-imagined.”This is an electronic version of an article published in Robin A. Paynter, Rose M. Jackson & Laura Bowering Mullen (2010): Core Journal Lists: Classic Tool, New Relevance, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 29:1, 15-31. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639260903571096Peer reviewe
Enigmas
No full textArising from the 2020 Darwin College Lectures, this book presents eight essays from prominent public intellectuals on the theme of Enigmas. Each author examines this theme through the lens of their own particular area of expertise, together constituting an illuminating and diverse interdisciplinary volume. Enigmas features contributions by professor of physics Sean M. Carroll, author Jo Marchant, writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford, professor of earth sciences Tamsin A. Mather, professor of the history of the book Erik Kwakkel, reader in cultural history Tiffany Watt Smith, mathematician and public speaker James Grime, assistant professor of positive AI J. Derek Lomas, and explorer Albert Y.- M. Lin. This volume will appeal to anyone fascinated by puzzles and mysteries, solved and unsolved
ORDINARY REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL OF STOCK CORPORATION AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
No full textV magistrski nalogi obravnavam postopek rednega zmanjšanja osnovnega kapitala v delniški družbi (d. d.) in družbi z omejeno odgovornostjo (d. o. o.). Gre za enega najzahtevnejših postopkov v d. d. ali d. o. o., ker lahko prinaša velike posledice za delničarje oziroma družbenike, predvsem pa za upnike družbe. Ključni del zakonske ureditve zmanjšanja osnovnega kapitala je varstvo upnikov. Varstvo upnikov se zagotavlja s pravico zahtevati zavarovanje za nezapadle terjatve in prepovedjo izplačil delničarjem na podlagi zmanjšanja osnovnega kapitala, preden so upniki poplačani ali zavarovani. Upnikom je dana tudi možnost ugovora proti vpisu sklepa o zmanjšanju osnovnega kapitala v sodni register, če družba krši zakonska določila o varstvu upnikov. V nalogi izpostavljam določene dileme glede uveljavljanja pravic upnikov v praksi.
V magistrski nalogi najprej predstavljam pojem osnovnega kapitala s poudarkom na načelu ohranitve osnovnega kapitala in pomenu osnovnega kapitala kot jamstvene mase upnikom družbe. V nadaljevanju obravnavam postopek rednega zmanjšanja osnovnega kapitala po postopkovnih korakih, posebno poglavje pa namenjam varstvu upnikov. Vključujem tudi primerjavo z nemško ureditvijo, ki je zelo podobna slovenski.This thesis deals with ordinary reduction of share capital in stock corporation and limited liability company. Resolution for the reduction of share capital is amongst the most complex resolutions, adopted by general meeting of shareholders, which can bear great risks for shareholders and especially for creditors. Therefore, the protection of creditors is the essential part of the regulation on capital reduction. Creditors are protected by the right to demand securities for their claims and prohibition of repaying the shareholders the shared capital before the creditors have been given securities or their claims have been paid. Creditors can also contest the registration of the resolution for the reduction of share capital, if the company violates the provisions for their protection. In regard to these creditors’ rights the author points out some uncertainties that exist in Slovenian law when it comes to practical application.
The thesis begins by introducing the term of share capital with focus on its preservation and meaning of share capital as a fond for creditors. Further on the author deals with procedure for the reduction of share capital and protection of creditors in respective chapters. The thesis also includes a brief comparative view to German legal system in regard to the matter of the thesis
Dynamics and folding of single two-stranded coiled-coil peptides studied by fluorescent energy transfer confocal microscopy
No full textWe report single-molecule measurements on the folding and unfolding conformational equilibrium distributions and dynamics of a disulfide crosslinked version of the two-stranded coiled coil from GCN4. The peptide has a fluorescent donor and acceptor at the N termini of its two chains and a Cys disulfide near its C terminus. Thus, folding brings the two N termini of the two chains close together, resulting in an enhancement of fluorescent resonant energy transfer. End-to-end distance distributions have thus been characterized under conditions where the peptide is nearly fully folded (0 M urea), unfolded (7.4 M urea), and in dynamic exchange between folded and unfolded states (3.0 M urea). The distributions have been compared for the peptide freely diffusing in solution and deposited onto aminopropyl silanized glass. As the urea concentration is increased, the mean end-to-end distance shifts to longer distances both in free solution and on the modified surface. The widths of these distributions indicate that the molecules are undergoing millisecond conformational fluctuations. Under all three conditions, these fluctuations gave nonexponential correlations on 1- to 100-ms time scale. A component of the correlation decay that was sensitive to the concentration of urea corresponded to that measured by bulk relaxation kinetics. Thetrajectories provided effective intramolecular diffusion coefficients as a function of the end-to-end distances for the folded and unfolded states. Single-molecule folding studies provide information concerning the distributions of conformational states in the folded, unfolded, and dynamically interconverting states.Author manuscript. Published in final edited form as: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 November 21; 97(24): 13021-13026.The final published version of this article is located at: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/97/24/13021NIH GM54616; to William F. DeGradoNIH GM12592; to Robin M. HochstrasserNIH GM48130; to William F. Degrado and Robin M. HochstrasserThis work was supported by GM54616 (to W.F.D.), GM12592 (to R.M.H.) and GM48130 (to W.F.D. and R.M.H.) with instrumentation developed under RR01348. D.S.T. was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant NRSA F32-GM18589.Also available in PubMed Central. PMCID:PMC2717
Round-robin tests of porous disc models
No full textNine research teams organized a round-robin measurement campaign of the wake of two porous discs in a homogeneous and "low-turbulent' flow. Mean streamwise velocity and turbulence intensity profiles at four diameters downstream of the discs were measured and compared through such metrics as the maximum of velocity deficit, the maximum of turbulence intensity, the wake width and the thrust coefficient. The dependence of these metrics on the inflow conditions (freestream turbulence intensity and Reynolds number based on the disc diameter) is discussed.Team Jan-Willem van WingerdenDesign Conceptualization and CommunicationWind Energ
Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy
No full textChurchmen in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries tried to regulate the costume of Italian women. These efforts failed, and regulation was largely left thereafter to civic authorities.The published version was published as Chapter 3 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5Izbicki, Thomas M. (2009), "Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5 (Boydell Press), 37-53ISBN: 9781843834519 (published book)Peer reviewe
The human factor: results of a small-angle scattering data analysis round robin
No full textA round-robin study has been carried out to estimate the impact of the human element in small-angle scattering data analysis. Four corrected datasets were provided to participants ready for analysis. All datasets were measured on samples containing spherical scatterers, with two datasets in dilute dispersions and two from powders. Most of the 46 participants correctly identified the number of populations in the dilute dispersions, with half of the population mean entries within 1.5% and half of the population width entries within 40%. Due to the added complexity of the structure factor, far fewer people submitted answers on the powder datasets. For those that did, half of the entries for the means and widths were within 44 and 86%, respectively. This round-robin experiment highlights several causes for the discrepancies, for which solutions are proposed.RST/Neutron and Positron Methods in Material
Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)
No full textMedieval canon law attempted to distinguish clergy from the laity by restricting their dress choices. The article focuses on prohibition of wearing red or green on the street. Both colors were identified with the nobility.The published version was published as Chapter 7 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1Izbicki, Thomas M. (2005), "Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1 (Boydell Press),105-114ISBN: 9781843831235 (published book
Straight Quantum Waveguide with Robin Boundary Conditions
No full textWe investigate spectral properties of a quantum particle confined to an infinite straight planar strip by imposing Robin boundary conditions with variable coupling. Assuming that the coupling function tends to a constant at infinity, we localize the essential spectrum and derive a sufficient condition which guarantees the existence of bound states. Further properties of the associated eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are studied numerically by the mode-matching technique.This paper is a contribution to the Proceedings of the 3-rd Microconference “Analytic and Algebraic Methods III”. The author thanks the referees for helpful suggestions
Straight Quantum Waveguide with Robin Boundary Conditions
No full textWe investigate spectral properties of a quantum particle confined to an infinite straight planar strip by imposing Robin boundary conditions with variable coupling. Assuming that the coupling function tends to a constant at infinity, we localize the essential spectrum and derive a sufficient condition which guarantees the existence of bound states. Further properties of the associated eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are studied numerically by the mode-matching technique.This paper is a contribution to the Proceedings of the 3-rd Microconference “Analytic and Algebraic Methods III”. The author thanks the referees for helpful suggestions
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