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Alive and Kicking! J.B. Priestley and the University of Bradford
Full text linkYesThis article explores the connections between Bradford-born author J.B. Priestley and the University of Bradford, using evidence from archives held in Special Collections at the University. The discussion includes the award of an honorary doctorate to Priestley in 1970 and the opening of the J.B. Priestley Library in 1975
Good Words (Magazine) for 1868
No full textAs Abbey writes, the fable articles here precede and are different from their first appearance in book form a year later. For it was then that Ralston published the first edition of Krilof and His Fables. See my comments on the third (1871) and fourth (1883) editions. The book smells of its many years! The three fable articles are on 39-46, including six illustrations on 40-41; 215-221, including six illustrations on 216-17; and 413-20, including six illustrations on 416-17. These are magazine articles. They comment on Krilof's views and particularly on Russian foibles. Thus one prose text after another is integrated into the article. In the book, there will be, after a preface and a memoir, a simple collection of texts. In fact, the selection of Krilof fables within the article here is excellent, and the author puts them into a good cultural and political context. At least some of the illustrations are the same as those in the third edition.. The texts are close to those found in the published books. It makes sense to see the texts in the magazine here as forerunners of those fable texts there. I presume that Ralston had opportunity to edit and amend between his magazine articles and his book's first edition. The publisher of the magazine is of course the publisher of the third edition that I have. The print is minuscule! I needed a magnifying glass for normal reading. The index just after 774 assigns J.B. Zwecker and A.B. Houghton as illustrators for the eighteen illustrations in the three fable articles. Dalziel, Houghton, and Zwecker are the names I can make out on the illustrations. Dalziel is not mentioned on the title page, but there is reference to others.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Norman MacLeod; W.R.S. Ralston for fable
"J.B. Stoner", August 15, 1972
No full textPublic address written by John R. Lewis urging people to renounce the racially-repugnant sentiments of Georgia politician J.B. Stoner and register to vote in order to protect their interests, written August 15, 1972. 3 pages
Can Reynolds stress transport models be used for large eddy simulation?
No full textThis work explores a route to unify Reynolds averaged (RANS) and large eddy simulation (LES). The approach is to use a slightly modified Reynolds stress transport model for any mesh resolution. The model is formulated in terms of both total kinetic energy and modeled kinetic energy in such a way that the RST model correctly reproduces RANS results, LES results, and even DNS results (by turning itself off). The model equations do not contain functions of the mesh size within any of the model terms or constants. It is demonstrated that this approach works at any mesh resolution. In addition, the model naturally transitions between mesh resolutions, either coarse to fine or vice-versa. It is shown that for LES mesh resolutions the model returns a turbulent length scale that is proportional to the mesh size (the classic LES turbulent length scale)
The peripatetic fossils: part 4
No full textThese two articles are the latest round In exchanges over the charge that Professor VJ. Gupta is responsible for corruption of the palaeontological literature on the Himalayas. Gupta (p. 307) responds to the allegations of four co-authors of papers with him. Professor J.B. Waterhouse, another co-author, comments below both on those allegations and on the articles by Dr John Talent in which the issue was raised originally. Talent will reply in next week'sNature
Large deviations of planetary jets
No full textRare or extreme events are of great interest in climate and other systems. Few studies address these statistics from a dynamical perspective. Classical statistical approaches, for instance closures or stochastic averaging usually describe typical states or low order statistics only. Large deviation theory is a very interesting alternative to these classical methods. It can in principle describe both typical fluctuations and extreme fluctuations. This allows us to discuss the long time evolution of the jet. One goal is to predict the dynamics that may lead to change of regimes and change of attractors in atmospheric jet dynamics
Torrente Ballester's novel La saga/fuga de J.B. as a rehabilitation of imaginative prose
No full textWhen the novel La saga/fuga de J.B. (The Saga/Fugue of J.B.) came out in 1972, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910-1999) had a long and extensive literary career behind him, but one which was marked by failures and the indifference of readers and critics. This novel, however, caused a sensation and was highlighted as Spain's answer to the Latin American "boom", as a proof that resourcefulness and unfettered imagination have their place in the Old World too… So although this was the author's magnum opus, which has naturally been the subject of a wide variety of studies and analyses, I think it has not been completely exhausted as a theme. In my work I attempt to perceive it not as a unique work of artistic creation by the author but also as the logical outcome of previous writing - it is this perception that I find lacking in the literature available on the novel and its author. For La Saga/fuga de J.B. contains constants in it which appear in a different form in Torrente Ballester's work from 1943, when he made his debut as a novelist with his book Javier Mario.Historia de una conversión/Javier Mario. The story of a conversion. And it also represents not only the result of many years of practical experience in writing novels but also the product of deep theoretical reflection on the genre. Torrente combines in..
False Idyll
Full text linkA provocative essay awaits those who peruse prize-winning author J.B. MacKinnon\u27s article, False Idyll. MacKinnon posits that many of us romanticize nature as a sacred place ( one of succor and comfort) overlooking that most places visited have been tamed by humans. The absence of real wildness (predators that can kill us) creates an imaginary connection with nature instead of a tangible one. We settle for occasional visits to such sanctuaries and see little purpose in returning to a deeper and more risky engagement:\u27 Thus seeing only nurture in nature reinforces the concept that we are apart and above it
The Diffusion of Innovations Requiring Community Decisions: A Geographical Analysis
No full textTitle: The Diffusion of Innovations Requiring Community Decisions: A Geographical Analysis, Author: Colin J.B. Wood, Location: ThodeUsing the concept of innovation diffusion the author examines the process of change in the central place system of Southern Ontario. The concept is formulated in terms of a decision making situation, and applied to a class of innovations which require community decisions.
The analysis is organized within the framework of a queuing analogue and certain basic hypotheses are tested in relation to the phases of decision making associated with innovation diffusion. The analysis is a response to inadequacies in formulation of the concept, the
lack of knowledge concerning this class of innovations and decision making in urban systems, finally, the need to understand the rate and direction of change in southern Ontario.ThesisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD
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