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Kenneth Simpson, 1943-2013
No full textObituary recording the career of Dr. Kenneth G. Simpson (1943-2013), of the University of Strathclyde, and his contributions to eighteenth-century Scottish studies, especially the study and nuanced appreciation of Robert Burns
G. Ross Roy: A Tribute
No full textRobert Burns & Friends
essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows
presented to G. Ross Roy
edited by Patrick Scott and Kenneth Simpson
This volume of essays about the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) pays tribute to the distinguished Burns scholar G. Ross Roy. Subjects covered include writers who influenced Burns; aspects of the writing of Burns and that of his friends and contemporaries; and Burns\u27s influence on later writers. The volume also includes essays on Ross Roy\u27s own accomplishments and on the Burns collection he built (now at the University of South Carolina), together with a checklist of his published writings.
G. Ross Roy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, founded the journal Studies in Scottish Literature in 1963, and as its editor for nearly fifty years he has had a central role in establishing international academic recognition for the field. His own scholarly work includes the standard Letters of Robert Burns (2 vols., Clarendon Press, 1985). His contributions to Scottish literature have earned him honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh (2002) and Glasgow (2009).
The contributors are all former W. Ormiston Roy Visiting Fellows at the University of South Carolina.
This book is also available in a print edition (ISBN: 978-1439270974) through the usual on-line vendors. It is not available for direct purchase from the editors or the University of South Carolina
“Epistolary Performances”: Burns and the arts of the letter
No full textRobert Burns & Friends
essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows
presented to G. Ross Roy
edited by Patrick Scott and Kenneth Simpson
This volume of essays about the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) pays tribute to the distinguished Burns scholar G. Ross Roy. Subjects covered include writers who influenced Burns; aspects of the writing of Burns and that of his friends and contemporaries; and Burns\u27s influence on later writers. The volume also includes essays on Ross Roy\u27s own accomplishments and on the Burns collection he built (now at the University of South Carolina), together with a checklist of his published writings.
G. Ross Roy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, founded the journal Studies in Scottish Literature in 1963, and as its editor for nearly fifty years he has had a central role in establishing international academic recognition for the field. His own scholarly work includes the standard Letters of Robert Burns (2 vols., Clarendon Press, 1985). His contributions to Scottish literature have earned him honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh (2002) and Glasgow (2009).
The contributors are all former W. Ormiston Roy Visiting Fellows at the University of South Carolina.
This book is also available in a print edition (ISBN: 978-1439270974) through the usual on-line vendors. It is not available for direct purchase from the editors or the University of South Carolina
Front Matter
No full textRobert Burns & Friends
essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows
presented to G. Ross Roy
edited by Patrick Scott and Kenneth Simpson
This volume of essays about the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) pays tribute to the distinguished Burns scholar G. Ross Roy. Subjects covered include writers who influenced Burns; aspects of the writing of Burns and that of his friends and contemporaries; and Burns\u27s influence on later writers. The volume also includes essays on Ross Roy\u27s own accomplishments and on the Burns collection he built (now at the University of South Carolina), together with a checklist of his published writings.
G. Ross Roy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, founded the journal Studies in Scottish Literature in 1963, and as its editor for nearly fifty years he has had a central role in establishing international academic recognition for the field. His own scholarly work includes the standard Letters of Robert Burns (2 vols., Clarendon Press, 1985). His contributions to Scottish literature have earned him honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh (2002) and Glasgow (2009).
The contributors are all former W. Ormiston Roy Visiting Fellows at the University of South Carolina.
This book is also available in a print edition (ISBN: 978-1439270974) through the usual on-line vendors. It is not available for direct purchase from the editors or the University of South Carolina
Interview with Jaroslav Pelikan, theologian
No full textJaroslav Pelikan was professor of religious studies at Yale University at the time of this interview. Author of From Luther to Kierkegaard, Obedient Rebels, The Christian Intellectual and Sprit Versus Structure, Pelikan discusses the problem of Christianity as a viable institution in twentieth-century American society. Interviewed by Kenneth G. Hagen, Ted Guzie, S.J., and Meredith Watts.GrayscaleSoun
Understanding the groundwater system of a heavily drained coastal catchment and the implications for salinity management
No full textThe Thurne catchment in north-east Norfolk, UK, is an extremely important part of the Broads National Park,
an internationally important wetland environment. Extensive engineered land drainage of the marshes of this
low-lying coastal catchment over the past two centuries has led to land subsidence and the need for drainage
pumps to control water levels sufficiently below sea-level to maintain agricultural productivity.
Consequently, seawater from the North Sea has intruded into the underlying Pleistocene Crag (sand) aquifer
and brackish groundwater enters into land drainage channels, thereby raising their salinity. Powerful pumps
discharge these brackish drainage waters into a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and RAMSAR site,
leading to adverse ecological impacts on salt-sensitive species.
Chloride concentrations within drainage channels throughout the network have been found to significantly
vary, with several influential factors affecting channel salinity such as proximity to the sea and connectivity to
the underlying aquifer. A thorough understanding of the surface-water/groundwater system and a subsequent
quantification of the various processes has been necessary for the development for the drain/aquifer
interactions and a numerical groundwater model. These models are used to estimate the long-term
distribution of the salinity within the drainage system under current conditions. The model credibility is
justified by comparable aquifer-drain water balance, a comparable coast water inflow/ total groundwater ratio
and the particle tracking from the coastal reaches trace to previously-measured saline-vulnerable locations.
The numerical groundwater model has demonstrated that the average daily inflow of saline groundwater into
the Crag aquifer of the Thurne catchment is 3,081 m3/day, of which the HempsteadMarshes main drain is one
of the main conduits for saline inflow into the Brograve system, which discharges directly into the SAC.
Various changes to the engineering design or operation of the drainage system have been proposed to
minimise the saline inflow to the SAC, but the implementation of any proposals must be considered in
conjunction with the current dynamics of the system. Three separate management or engineering remedial
measures have been modelled: (i) raising the water levels in the drains of the Hempstead Marshes in the north
east of the catchment (ii) lining the main drain of the HempsteadMarshes with low permeability material, and
(iii) The construction of a new coastal open ditch drain which is intended to ‘intercept’ the saline intrusion
and prevent ingress into inland drains of the Brograve system. The results suggest that raising the water
levels in the Hempstead Marshes will reduce the saline inflow into the Brograve sub-catchment substantially,
and decrease the overall saline inflow into the Thurne catchment from 3081 m3/day to 2822 m3/day). The
lining of the main drain in Hempstead produces a less than 10% decrease in saline inflow into the catchment
from 3,081 m3/day to 2,958 m3/day. The simulated coastal interceptor drain could in theory through
maintaining a low groundwater head near the coast, prevent the inflow of saline groundwater into the
Brograve system. However, such a drain would increase the saline inflow across the coastal boundary by
around six times (from 3,081 m3/day to 19,750 m3/day), remove large quantities of fresh groundwater from
the Pleistocene Crag aquifer and lead to high energy and pumping costs.
The research has shown that there are partial solutions to reducing the saline inflow into the drainage systems
in this lowland coastal catchment. However, any intended alterations must first consider other potential
impacts, such as changes to flood risk, land management restrictions or hydrodynamic effects on the receiving
watercourse through changed discharge volumes
On editing 'The Merry Muses'
No full textRobert Burns & Friends
essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows
presented to G. Ross Roy
edited by Patrick Scott and Kenneth Simpson
This volume of essays about the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) pays tribute to the distinguished Burns scholar G. Ross Roy. Subjects covered include writers who influenced Burns; aspects of the writing of Burns and that of his friends and contemporaries; and Burns\u27s influence on later writers. The volume also includes essays on Ross Roy\u27s own accomplishments and on the Burns collection he built (now at the University of South Carolina), together with a checklist of his published writings.
G. Ross Roy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, founded the journal Studies in Scottish Literature in 1963, and as its editor for nearly fifty years he has had a central role in establishing international academic recognition for the field. His own scholarly work includes the standard Letters of Robert Burns (2 vols., Clarendon Press, 1985). His contributions to Scottish literature have earned him honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh (2002) and Glasgow (2009).
The contributors are all former W. Ormiston Roy Visiting Fellows at the University of South Carolina.
This book is also available in a print edition (ISBN: 978-1439270974) through the usual on-line vendors. It is not available for direct purchase from the editors or the University of South Carolina
“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose”: does Burns’s melody really matter?
No full textRobert Burns & Friends
essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows
presented to G. Ross Roy
edited by Patrick Scott and Kenneth Simpson
This volume of essays about the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) pays tribute to the distinguished Burns scholar G. Ross Roy. Subjects covered include writers who influenced Burns; aspects of the writing of Burns and that of his friends and contemporaries; and Burns\u27s influence on later writers. The volume also includes essays on Ross Roy\u27s own accomplishments and on the Burns collection he built (now at the University of South Carolina), together with a checklist of his published writings.
G. Ross Roy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, founded the journal Studies in Scottish Literature in 1963, and as its editor for nearly fifty years he has had a central role in establishing international academic recognition for the field. His own scholarly work includes the standard Letters of Robert Burns (2 vols., Clarendon Press, 1985). His contributions to Scottish literature have earned him honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh (2002) and Glasgow (2009).
The contributors are all former W. Ormiston Roy Visiting Fellows at the University of South Carolina.
This book is also available in a print edition (ISBN: 978-1439270974) through the usual on-line vendors. It is not available for direct purchase from the editors or the University of South Carolina
ROBERT BURNS AND FRIENDS essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows presented to G. Ross Roy
No full textRobert Burns & Friends
essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows
presented to G. Ross Roy
edited by Patrick Scott and Kenneth Simpson
This volume of essays about the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) pays tribute to the distinguished Burns scholar G. Ross Roy. Subjects covered include writers who influenced Burns; aspects of the writing of Burns and that of his friends and contemporaries; and Burns\u27s influence on later writers. The volume also includes essays on Ross Roy\u27s own accomplishments and on the Burns collection he built (now at the University of South Carolina), together with a checklist of his published writings.
G. Ross Roy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, founded the journal Studies in Scottish Literature in 1963, and as its editor for nearly fifty years he has had a central role in establishing international academic recognition for the field. His own scholarly work includes the standard Letters of Robert Burns (2 vols., Clarendon Press, 1985). His contributions to Scottish literature have earned him honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh (2002) and Glasgow (2009).
The contributors are all former W. Ormiston Roy Visiting Fellows at the University of South Carolina.
This book is also available in a print edition (ISBN: 978-1439270974) through the usual on-line vendors. It is not available for direct purchase from the editors or the University of South Carolina
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SCALE UP OF CERAMIC WASTE FORMS FOR THE EBR-II SPENT FUEL TREATMENT PROCESS
No full textABSTRACT SCALE UP OF CERAMIC WASTE FORMS FOR THE EBR-II SPENT FUEL TREATMENT PROCESS Matthew C. Morrison, Kenneth J. Bateman, Michael F. Simpson Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415 The ceramic waste process is the intended method for disposing of waste salt electrolyte, which contains fission products from the fuel-processing electrorefiners (ER) at the INL. When mixed and processed with other materials, the waste salt can be stored in a durable ceramic waste form (CWF). The development of the CWF has recently progressed from small-scale testing and characterization to full-scale implementation and experimentation using surrogate materials in lieu of the ER electrolyte. Two full-scale (378 kg and 383 kg) CWF test runs have been successfully completed with final densities of 2.2 g/cm3 and 2.1 g/cm3, respectively. The purpose of the first CWF was to establish material preparation parameters. The emphasis of the second pre-qualification test run was to evaluate a preliminary multi-section CWF container design. Other considerations were to finalize material preparation parameters, measure the material height as it consolidates in the furnace, and identify when cracking occurs during the CWF cooldown process
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