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On Hadamard Stability in Finite Elasticity
No full textSimpson, H.C.; Spector, S.J.. (1985). On Hadamard Stability in Finite Elasticity. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/3564
Walter E. Oberer Retirement Luncheon
No full textDean Oberer was emeritus of law and former dean of the S.J. Quinney College of Law. He received the Burlington Resources Foundation Faculty Achievement Award in 1991 and was particularly noted for his scholarship in labor law and was co-author of a book, "Cases and Materials on Labor Law: Collective Bargaining in a Free Society.
Arsaces Armeniae rex in scenam dabitvr ab auctoribus & actoribus eloquentiæ studiosis in collegio societatis Iesv Antverpiæ die [ ] ianuarij, M.DC.XXXIX.
No full textProbably printed in AntwerpBacker-Sommervogel [S.J.] VIII, 1667, nr. 30bis; VIII, 9, nr. 1 (mentions Gilles Thybault as the author)Europeana-GoogleBook
Daily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
No full textThe recipients of the Letter to the Hebrews were folks who were flagging in their commitment to faith and the Christian life. The author addresses their lack of faith in the sacrifice and priesthood of Jesus. Hebrews has been the focus of the first readings in Ordinary Time since the ending of the Christmas season.|We all need to hear that message of the author because of our need to grow in faithfulness and love as we encounter the daily-ness of our lives. Let's look at just one of the features expressed in the first reading for today's liturgy.|The reading is from the last chapter of Hebrews, a kind of summary of how to live effectively with the will to follow Jesus and make that following effective in their everyday lives. The people are exhorted to live simply and to trust that "the Lord is my helper and I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?"|The virtues they are called to live out seem to be fundamental for living the Christ-life within them (and, clearly, within us): "do not neglect hospitality;" "be mindful of prisoners;" "let marriage be honored;" "let your life be free from love of money." How do these injunctions relate to us today?|This list seems doable; there's not a grand scheme here that we'd think of as way beyond what we might be called to accomplish. There's a simplicity here that is inviting for our growth as persons of faith and a members of the Body of Christ. We're not asked to convert vast numbers of our contemporaries, but only to be attentive to those around us.|Take "hospitality" for example. Can I be open to offering hospitality to those I meet? This sounds simple enough, but there's a lot more to it in the fast-paced world around us. It is so easy for me to refuse the person in need who approaches me and asks for a hand-out. Do I see Christ in that person? I have to conclude that I do not. With that said, I need to look to continued conversion in faith. |Multiply my little encounter and consider a more pressing issue of hospitality: the thousands who are fleeing from their homelands as refugees. Where is Christ in our response to these people? Can we even see Christ's or God's call to respond in faith, hope and love? What WOULD Jesus do?|Merciful God, help us to reflect your goodness, mercy and forgiveness in our present situations. Keep us faithful to your Word (in the Good News and in the very person of Jesus). Open us to your guidance and be with us as the very source of all life. Thank you for the opportunities to discover you in our daily lives and histories. Help us to know that YOU are the source of our freedom and that you call us to fearlessness in our living and serving with you. Thank you for approaching us and our often faltering commitment in faith. This reflection was was written by Tom Shanahan, S.J., for this date, in 2017
Property A and affine buildings
No full textYu's Property A is a non-equivariant generalisation of amenability introduced in his study of the coarse Baum Connes conjecture. In this paper we show that all affine buildings of type A2, B2 and G2 have Property A. Together with results of Guentner, Higson and Weinberger, this completes a programme to show that all affine building have Property A. In passing we use our technique to obtain a new proof for groups acting on buildings.The author was supported by EPSRC postdoctoral fellowship EP/C53171X/1.<br/
On the edge of an inverse cascade
No full textWe demonstrate that systems with a parameter-controlled inverse cascade can exhibit critical behavior for which at the critical value of the control parameter the inverse cascade stops. In many dynamical systems in nature energy is transferred to small or to large length scales by a forward or inverse cascade, respectively. In three-dimensional hydrodynamic (HD) turbulence energy cascades forward from large to small scales while in two-dimensional HD turbulence energy cascades inversely from small scales to large scales. There are some examples, however, that have a mixed behavior such as fast rotating fluids, conducting fluids in the presence of strong magnetic fields, flows in constrained geometry, and others. In these examples the injected energy cascades both forward and inversely in fractions that depend on the value of a control parameter (rotation rate/magnetic field/aspect ratio ect). In the presented work we demonstrate using the 2D-MHD model that the transition from a forward to an inverse cascade can occur by a critical transition, . In the absence of any external magnetic forcing the system reduces to hydrodynamic fluid turbulence with an inverse energy cascade. In the presence of strong magnetic forcing the system behaves as 2D-MHD turbulence with forward energy cascade. As the amplitude of the magnetic forcing is varied a critical value is met for which the energy flux towards the large scales becomes zero. Close to this point the energy flux scales as a power law with the departure from the critical point and the normalized amplitude of the fluctuations diverges. The generality of this behavior to other systems with variable inverse cascades will be discussed
Why is Africa important for the U.S. at this time? A presentation by Fr. Peter Henriot, S.J.
No full textThe political-economic reasons why Africa’s future will have significance for developments in the United States, and some moral-religious reasons why people in U.S. should consider Africa’s future to be of significance to a faith community in the U.S.|Fr. Peter Henriot, S.J. is an internationally respected Jesuit researcher, speaker and writer on Social Justice, Globalization and Africa, who came to the U.S., from his current home in Zambia, to give the keynote address: "Justice in Africa: On Whose Terms?" at the Africa Faith and Justice Network Conference, in Washington, D.C.|Fr. Peter Henriot, born in Tacoma Washington, is a member of the Zambia-Malawi Province of the Society of Jesus. He has worked in Zambia since 1989, and, since 1990, has been the director of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) in Lusaka, Zambia. The JCTR is a project of the Zambia-Malawi Province of the Society of Jesus, founded in 1987 to assist the local church and other groups in matters of political, economic and social justice concerns, through research, education, advocacy and consultation. Their work includes studies on constitutional reform, good governance, poverty eradication, debt cancellation, education for justice, theological reflection.|From 1971 to 1988, he was part of the Center of Concern in Washington, DC, a project founded by the United States Catholic Conference and the Society of Jesus to promote study and advocacy on social issues. He served as Director from 1978 to 1988. Peter is the author of numerous articles, scholarly and popular, on socio-economic development and on church’s social teaching. He is the co-editor of The Pastoral Circle Revisited: A Critical Quest for Truth and Transformation, Orbis Books, 2005; co-author of Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept Secret, Orbis Books, fourth and expanded edition, 2003. Co-author of Social Analysis: Linking Faith and Justice, Orbis Books, 1983. Author of Opting for the Poor: The Challenge for the Twenty-First Century, Center of Concern, 2004. Peter is a weekly columnist for THE POST, Zambia’s independent newspaper
St. Thomas Manor (22 of 39)
No full textLand and legal records:Indenture (1820) between John H. Lancaster and John B. Carey, S.J.; Plat (1822) of Gills land; Indenture (1822) between John H. Lancaster and John B. Carey, S.J.; Indenture (1834) between John B. Carey, S.J., and William McSherry; Eviction notice for Job Seekright from land of Ignatius Simpson, tenant of Thomas Simpson; Covenant bond (1760) between Ignatius Simpson and John Corry; Note of John Corry to Ignatius Simpson; Indenture (1808) between William Corry and John Chandler; John Corry to Dan Dulaney for registry services (1767); Testament (1766) from Sarah Walthen; Bond (1791) between William Corry and Thomas Lancaster; Receipt for payment (1817) of John B. Carey, S.J., for land purchased from William Corry; Extract from the last Will and Testament of Hudson Walthen; Receipt (1819) for John Cary, S.J., by Mathilda Walthen; Bills and settlement in full of Mathilda Walthen (1835); Agreement (1812) between John Lancaster and Mary Thomas; Bond (1815) between John Lancaster and John B. Cary, S.J.; List provides acreage purchased at Newport and from whom derived; Statement about property lines; Note of Mary H. Ford. On reverse side are Declarations or knowledge of Helen Walthen.**Former finding aid locations: 119_35_8; 107S11-107S29*
Temperature-driven phenological changes within a marine larval fish assemblage
No full textMost marine teleosts have a pelagic phase during their early life history, but few studies have investigated how the timing of events within the planktonic larval fish assemblage is related to environmental variability. We examined this issue using a data series of 534 larval fish samples collected between 1975 and 1987 in the Western English Channel, near Plymouth, UK. Two sets of species were identified: spring spawning (April to July) and summer spawning (July to September). The timing of appearance of the spring-spawning group in the plankton was significantly dependent on sea temperatures the previous November and December, with earlier appearance during cooler years. We suggest that this could be due to colder years triggering earlier winter migration of adults from cool inshore habitat to warmer offshore overwintering grounds, which in turn results in earlier gonad maturation and spawning. In contrast, the timing of appearance of the summer-spawning group was significantly dependent on sea temperatures the preceding March, with earlier spawning during warmer years. This may be due exclusively to more rapid gonad maturation in offshore waters. These data emphasize that marine fish populations do not always respond uniformly to temperature change. Moreover, since appropriate timing of larval fish appearance in the plankton may be critical for the match or mismatch with essential trophic resources, the thermally induced phenological changes identified have potential to influence annual recruitment success
A parallel updating scheme for approximating and optimizing high fidelity computer simulations
No full textApproximation methods are often used to construct surrogate models, which can replace expensive computer simulations for the purposes of optimization. One of the most important aspects of such optimization techniques is the choice of model updating strategy. In this paper we employ parallel updates by searching an expected improvement surface generated from a radial basis function model. We look at optimization based on standard and gradient-enhanced models. Given Np processors, the best Np local maxima of the expected improvement surface are highlighted and further runs are performed on these designs. To test these ideas, simple analytic functions and a finite element model of a simple structure are analysed and various approaches compared
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