4,075 research outputs found
Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Reactivity of a Planar Four‐Coordinate, Cobalt–Imido Complex
No full textA four-coordinate cobalt-imido complex, ((tBu)mPNP)Co=NMes ((tBu)mPNP=modified PNP pincer ligand) has been synthesized from addition of 2,4,6-trimethylphenylazide (Mes-N-3) to the corresponding dinitrogen complex. The solid-state structure determined by X-ray diffraction established a rare, idealized planar geometry with a Co=N bond distance of 1.716(2) angstrom. Magnetic measurements revealed an S=1 ground state with CAS-SCF calculations supporting radical character on the imide nitrogen. Thermolysis of the cobalt-imido compound induced selective insertion of the imido group into a Co-P bond and yielded a three-coordinate cobalt complex with a distorted T-shaped geometry. Transition state analysis conducted with DFT calculations established the thermodynamic stability of the P-N coupled product and provided insight into the exclusive selectivity.
Belonging and not belonging : understanding India in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and V.S. Naipaul.
No full textPhDThis thesis is essentially about the "how" and "why" of the Indian
experience as documented in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
and V S Naipaul. The study points to the difficulty of arriving at any
conclusive definition of the country and its people. I show that
differences in attitudes, responses or behaviour are both overt and
subtle, and depend upon whether the writer or the character identifies
with the situation or community with which he or she interacts. It is
the individual's sense of belonging or not belonging to his or her own
group - be this along racial, cultural or gender lines - that accounts
for the differing perspectives evident in these novels. The points-of-
view of the outsider and the insider can therefore be seen as
mutual comments upon the other.
Since the struggle between belonging and not belonging becomes acute
when the old meets the new, focus is centred on communities
experiencing change. These include the British in India, West-Indian
Indians and westernised Indians. Despite their differences, all three
communities share similar reasons for either an acceptance or
rejection of the 'Other'. The thesis argues that the need for
emotional stability compels allegiance to the traditional group, while
the desire for individuality encourages surrender to the new. The
former nurtures a sense of belonging while, it is argued, that the
latter is perceived as the hallmark of those who do not belong.
Tensions arise when both these needs demand to be met. What I show to
be ironic in this struggle between belonging and not belonging is that
those things which individuals overtly reject are often unexpressed
parts of their personal pysche. The barrier between "them" and "us" is
therefore very fragile
The safety and effectiveness of different methods of ear wax removal: a systematic review and economic evaluation
No full textEar wax (cerumen) is a natural secretion produced to protect the inner ear from dirt and other fragments by moving these particles towards the outer ear. If this process does not happen properly, wax may build up causing blockage in the ear canal and the possibility of impaction. People with a build up of ear wax may suffer from hearing loss, discomfort and, on occasions, infection. It may present problems in assessing hearing, blocking the view of the ear drum during medical examination and interfering with the fitting or function of hearing aids. Although it is thought to affect between 2% and 6% of the population in the England and Wales, some groups may be at a higher risk, such as those using hearing aids or with small ear canals and/or skin conditions. Recurrence is thought to be high among some of these groups. The consequences of the build up of ear wax in the ear canal are thought to be a common reason for consultation and cost in general practice with over 2 million consultations per year in the NHS.Methods of removal of ear wax include drops, flushing with water in general practice, and removal with suction or probes in specialist clinics. The relative safety and benefits of these different methods of removal remains uncertain. This research will systematically review published and unpublished evidence on the clinical and cost effectiveness of different methods for the removal of ear wax. Where appropriate, it will develop an economic model using data from this systematic review and other relevant sources to estimate the relative costs and benefits of different methods. In addition, the project will provide recommendations for future research to try to help answer any remaining areas of uncertainty
England Calling: A Narratological Exploration of Martin Amis’s 'London Fields'
No full textThis paper will explore connections between fictional narrative methodology and contemporary conceptions of Englishness by applying aspects of Gerald Prince’s (2005) conceptions of a ‘postcolonial narratology’ to Martin Amis’s “London Fields” (1989). Amis has commented that ‘it’s almost an act of will on my part trying not to be an English writer’. However, this paper will suggest that the novel under consideration here exhibits methodological tendencies which have their roots in a protracted engagement with problematic notions of English identity (principally, instability and disengagement) and that postcolonial approaches to narrative technique can lead to very interesting results, even when applied to the work of writers not typically identified with such constituencies. The central point of investigation will be the novel’s exhibition of metafictional tendencies. In “London Fields”, Amis narrates via an authorial surrogate, Samson Young, who purports to be the author of the text, yet becomes implicated in the events of the novel to the point where his actions, rather than his imagination, determine its outcome. It is interesting also in this connection that the novel is voiced by an ‘outsider’ to England, an American.
Prince is intrigued by the possibility that a postcolonial narrative discourse might emerge ‘free of any narratorial introduction, mediation, or patronage.’ He also points to the significance of narratological features such as hybridity, migrancy, otherness, fragmentation, diversity and power relations. Amis’s novel exhibits all of these features, and takes the ambition of authorial invisibility to a paradoxical extreme. Voices, characters, reliability and even actantial events are brusquely ‘disowned’ by the author, resulting in a textual instability and uncertainty which, it will be demonstrated through close textual analysis, is intimately linked to England’s postcolonial condition
BBC Radio 3 - Free Thinking - Running
No full textWe've been running for two million years give or take. Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore contemporary running as solitary inspiration and communal activity with the Geographer and 1999 Scottish Hill Running Champion, Hayden Lorimer, the artists Kai Syng Tan and Angus Farquhar, and the literary scholar and bare-foot artiste, Vybarr Cregan-Reid. Conversation ranges from feeling empowered on city streets to teaming up with the wind to the horrid history of the treadmill and explore whether Running deserves better representation in the arts.
Guests: Vybarr Cregan-Reid - author of Footnotes How Running Makes Us Human
Angus Farquhar, Creative Director of NVA Public Art, author of a blog 'The Grim Runner'
Hayden Lorimer Running Geographer
Kai Syng Tan, Artist and curator of a biennial festival Run Run Run
Producer: Jacqueline Smith
Let's Call a Star a Star: Task Performance, External Status, and Exceptional Contributors in Organizations
No full textWe develop a new typology of star employees, wherein we identify three types of stars – universal stars, performance stars, and status stars – on the basis of stars’ unique combinations of task performance and external status. By classifying stars in this way and disentangling task performance and external status as unique and simultaneously important qualities underlying the distinct contributions of different types of stars, we provide a basis for more accurately identifying the full range of individuals who create exceptional value, and offer novel insights into stars’ various influences in organizations. With this foundation, we explore how different types of stars’ distinct qualities and bases of value creation affect both the security of their star standing and their relative abilities to appropriate value. We then expand our focus to consider stars in the broader organizational contexts in which they exist, discussing the implications of stars’ distinct attributes for patterns of value creation, value capture, and value preservation associated with stars’ complementarities and redundancies with other organizational resources. Finally, we propose several lines of inquiry through which future research may leverage the proposed typology to address issues related to the management of different types of stars in the broader organizational contexts in which they are embedded
The Brauer Indecomposability of Scott Modules for the Quadratic Group Qd(p)
No full textLet k be an algebraically closed field of prime characteristic p and P a finite p-group. We compute the Scott kG-module with vertex P when F is a constrained fusion system on P and G is Park's group for F. In the case that F is a fusion system of the quadratic group Qd(p) = (Z/p x Z/p) (sic) SL(2, p) on a Sylow p-subgroup P of Qd(p) and G is Park's group for F, we prove that the Scott kG-module with vertex P is Brauer indecomposable.Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) [15K04776]; Center for Frontier Science, Chiba University; Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Scientific Research Project Unit [2017/22]; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K04776] Funding Source: KAKENThe first author was supported in part by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)15K04776, 2015-2018. The second author was partially supported by the Center for Frontier Science, Chiba University and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Scientific Research Project Unit with project number 2017/22
Blanco White and Walter Scott Blanco white y Walter Scott
No full textThe first edition of Ivanhoe; a romance. By the author of Waverley was published in Edinburgh in 1820. From the beginning of year 1823, José María Blanco White translated several excerpts from Ivanhoe in the numbers 1-3 of the magazine Variedades, owned by the publisher Rudolph Ackermann. in these articles and other later writings, the translator praised Scott as a model for a new way of painting history in a narrative. This paper studies his ideas on Scott’s historical novel, as well as his translation technique, compared with that of José Joaquín de Mora. En 1820 se publicó en Edimburgo la primera edición de Ivanhoe; a romance. By the author of Waverley. Desde comienzos de 1823, en los tres primeros números de su revista Variedades, promovida por el editor Rudolph Ackermann, José María Blanco White tradujo varios fragmentos de Ivanhoe entre grandes elogios. Asimismo, Blanco White tomó a Scott como modelo de referencia de una nueva manera de pintar la historia por medio de la novela en otros varios escritos críticos de años posteriores. El artículo estudia las ideas de Blanco White acerca de la novela histórica de Scott y su técnica como traductor, comparada con la de José Joaquín Mora. </p
Identification of Phyciodes diminutor, P. cocyta, and P. tharos in northeastern U.S. (Nymphalidae)
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (page 25).This issue of Papilio (New Series) consists of three studies on the identification of the closely-related species Phyciodes diminutor diminutor Scott, P. cocyta selenis (W. Kirby)and P. tharos tharos (Drury), from Vermont, Ohio, and Michigan (studies labeled A, B, and C below). Identification problems have hindered the study of these butterflies in the northeastern U.S., and misidentifications have even occurred in recent DNA studies. Difficulties in distinguishing diminutor & selenis, and their status, are discussed. Vermont contains all three taxa in this group. P. tharos has two generations and occurs in southern and central Vermont, north to Woodsville on the Connecticut River on the E edge of Vermont, and occurs also on North and South Hero Islands in Lake Champlain in extreme NW Vermont. P. cocyta has one generation and evidently occurs in the cooler areas throughout Vermont except in the two southern counties Bennington and Windham. P. diminutor has two generations and evidently occurs throughout Vermont if it belongs to a separate species P. diminutor as studies elsewhere suggest. Michigan has all three species, while northern Ohio (including Lucas Co.) has P. tharos and P. diminutor. Few of the specimens of P. cocyta, P. tharos, and P. batesii used in the mtDNA study of Proshek & Houghton (2006) were misidentified (among all specimens examined, a few "tharos" and "cocyta" are P. diminutor, some "batesii" females from one site are P. cocyta, and all "cocyta" from S Mich. are P. diminutor). mtDNA is not usable to identify any of these species. The proper future research plan is described, which includes rearing numerous families found on wild identified hostplants from localities with multiple taxa
Scott Lyall : OK!lahoma
No full textAdler’s experiential description of the installation focuses on the aesthetics, ethics and politics of Lyall’s espousal of symbolic “inefficiency.” The author argues that Lyall’s use of reference material maps its variable connections and provides new parameters for the sculptural object, thereby fleshing out the transparency of media culture. Lyall describes the origin of the installation, a research project on the life of Lynn Riggs, author of the story upon which the musical “Oklahoma!” was based. List of works. Bio-bibliography 2 p. 10 bibl. ref
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