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Multiscale Patterning of a Metallic Glass using Sacrificial Imprint Lithography
No full textBulk metallic glasses have been advanced as a means to achieve durable multiscale, nanotextured surfaces with desirable properties dictated by topography for a multitude of applications. One barrier to this achievement is the lack of a bridging technique between macroscale thermoplastic forming and nanoimprint lithography, which arises from the difficulty and cost of generating controlled nanostructures on complex geometries using conventional top-down approaches. This difficulty is compounded by the necessary destruction of any resulting reentrant structures during rigid demolding. We have developed a generalized method to overcome this limitation by sacrificial template imprinting using zinc oxide nanostructures. It is established that such structures can be grown inexpensively and quickly with tunable morphologies on a wide variety of substrates out of solution, which we exploit to generate the nanoscale portion of the multiscale pattern through this bottom-up approach. In this way, we achieve metallic structures that simultaneously demonstrate features from the macroscale down to the nanoscale, requiring only the top-down fabrication of macro/microstructured molds. Upon detachment of the formed part from the multiscale molds, the zinc oxide remains embedded in the surface and can be removed by etching in mild conditions to both regenerate the mold and render the surface of the bulk metallic glass nanoporous. The ability to pattern metallic surfaces in a single step on length scales from centimeters down to nanometers is a critical step toward fabricating devices with complex shapes that rely on multiscale topography for their intended functions, such as for biomedical and electrochemical applications.Peer reviewe
Contemporary Literature. Analysis of Jonathan Bazzi's novels
No full textopenDopo una breve panoramica della letteratura italiana degli ultimi vent’anni si analizzano i due romanzi di Jonathan Bazzi "Febbre" e "Corpi minori" dai punti di vista formale, stilistico e tematico. Si discute inoltre il rapporto tra social media, autofiction e autore; nel capitolo 4 si riporta l'intervista che Bazzi ci ha gentilmente concesso, in cui questi argomenti vengono ripresi.
Si individuano alcune differenze che i testi mostrano rispetto alla letteratura moderna, e gli aspetti che hanno in comune con quella contemporanea; nel fare questo si accennano quindi alcune caratteristiche della società che li ha prodotti.The paper starts off with a brief overview of the contemporary Italian literature; then the reader is guided through an analysis of Jonathan Bazzi's novels, "Febbre" ("Fever") and "Corpi minori" ("Minor bodies"), both translated in English and published by Scribe. The relationship between author, autofiction and social media will also be discussed; in chapter four the reader will find the interview Bazzi kindly granted us
Illuminating Silhouettes
No full textA collection of poems by Wright State University Department of Emergency Medicine faculty member, Jonathan Singer, MD with photos by Jim Olson, PhD, Pam Olson, Phyllis Doerger, MD, and Stephanie Carson. First edition.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/books/1039/thumbnail.jp
Arranging 'Babel': Special Collections, Undergraduate Research, and Librarian Engagement"
No full textUndergraduate research offers academic librarians and archivists an additional motivation to engage students with special collections. Curriculum design, course instruction, and mentoring by librarians and archivists can benefit not only students but the institution as well. I explore an example of such engagement with a collection of New Jersey sheet music. The project gives students experience producing work with real-world implications. In addition, it increases digital holdings, reduces the backlog of under-cataloged materials, demonstrates the archive’s unique value to the institution, and makes new information available to scholars nationally and internationallyPeer reviewe
Satirical boomerangs and author personae : Jonathan Swift and Charlotte Lennox
No full textIn this paper I will investigate the function of personae in satirical texts, with particular attention to texts where this persona bears a relation to the historical author. Jonathan Swift’s “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift,” for instance, reads like a dramatic monologue, but considering the ironic reference to the author, the effect is that of self-irony – most often called self-parody. This effect is made possible, as I argue here, precisely by a mixture of parody and satire. This kind of evasive irony, in Swift’s case termed “the art of disbelief” (Suarez), has sometimes been harnessed by critics with reference to the author’s life. The same is true about a very different author (in terms of canonicity), writing in a different genre: in Charlotte Lennox’ Cervantine novel, The Female Quixote, a Fieldingesque authorial persona parades her skills in chapter headings. Given the range of possibilities for female authorial personae in the mid eighteenth-century, this is taking on airs. In the critical history of this novel, scant historical records of the author’s life can be seen to limit the novel’s satirical potential. I use these two cases to discuss the use of biographical evidence as an interpretive key, and suggest a different persona concept, contextualized through the texts’ own boomerang effects, in an attempt to give full scope to their satirical intent. This paper is part of a larger project that traces changing views of authorships through the eighteenth century, by a hypothetical author concept (Nelles). </p
Jonathan Glover ou le besoin d'une éthique appliquée
No full textNous introduisons ici un numéro spécial consacré au philosophe britannique Jonathan Glover (1941-). Reconnu comme une figure importante de l'éthique appliquée dans le monde anglo-saxon, Glover ne bénéficie pas encore de la même renommée dans le monde francophone. En 2017, quarante ans après la publication originale de Causing Death and Saving Lives (1977), nous avons publié une traduction française de ce même ouvrage, sous le titre Questions de vie ou de mort (trad. B. Basse, Labor et fides, 2017). Dans cet éditorial, nous commençons par rappeler les raisons pour lesquelles Glover jugea nécessaire, dans les années 60, de donner à l'éthique un caractère davantage "appliqué". Puis nous présentons dans ses grandes lignes l'éthique du "faire-mourir" défendue par Glover, résolument pluraliste, et non pas strictement utilitariste comme d'aucuns ont pu le penser. Enfin, nous introduisons les contributions de ce numéro spécial (rédigées par des auteurs francophones), ainsi que les trois entretiens que nous avons menés avec Jonathan Glover, Peter Singer et Jeff McMahan.I introduce here a special issue dedicated to the British philosopher Jonathan Glover (1941-). Recognized as an important figure in applied ethics in the Anglo-Saxon world, Glover does not yet enjoyed the same reputation in the French-speaking world. In 2017, forty years after the original publication of Causing Death and Saving Lives (1977), I published a French translation of the same book, entitled Questions de vie ou de mort (translated by B. Basse, Labor et fides, 2017). In this editorial, I begin by recalling the reasons why Glover considered it necessary in the 1960s to give ethics a more "applied" character. Then I present in broad terms the ethics of "making people die" defended by Glover, resolutely pluralist, and not strictly utilitarian as some may have thought. Finally, I introduce the contributions to this special issue (written by French-speaking authors), as well as the three interviews I conducted with Jonathan Glover, Peter Singer and Jeff McMahan
Long-term Patterns in Australia’s Terms of Trade
No full textWe examine two important aspects of Australia’s terms of trade using 135 years of annual data up to 2003/04. Since Australia predominantly exports commodities and imports manufactures, the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis suggests that there should be a negative trend in the terms of trade. But the trend is no more than –0.1 per cent per annum, less than the trend decline in world commodity prices relative to manufactured goods prices. The weaker trend appears to be the result of Australia exporting, and importantly diversifying toward, commodities with faster price growth. Extending the sample using projections for the terms of trade for the two years to 2005/06 based on commodity price movements to date, the apparent downward trend disappears. Indeed, based on these projections, the terms of trade will have increased by around 50 per cent over the period 1987–2006, unwinding the decline over the preceding 30 years. We also investigate the volatility of the terms of trade and demonstrate that it was significantly higher between 1923 and 1952. This is attributable to substantially higher volatility in the export prices of a few key commodity exports. Volatility declined after 1952 due to smaller shocks to the prices of these goods. The diversification in Australia’s export base since then means that the terms of trade are less susceptible to shocks to prices of individual commodity exports.terms of trade; commodity prices; Prebisch-Singer
Le basi ontologiche e metafisiche della filosofia della mente. Essere e soggetto in Jonathan Lowe
No full textIn recent years analytic philosophy has shown a growing interest in ontology and metaphysics, through a path that has led to a clearer awareness of methods and aims of these disciplines. Today the fact that ontology and metaphysics fulfill the aims of determining what there is and why this is the case is generally accepted, but the meta-theoretical debate about their legitimacy, the way they relate to different scientific disciplines and, especially, their implications in other areas of research (primarily in logic and in philosophy of mind) are more controversial. Jonathan Lowe, metaphysician, ontologist and philosopher of mind, is a very active author in this debate. The purpose of these pages is to analyze and to discuss his main theses in metaphysics and ontology and their impact on philosophy of mind, especially as regards the mind-body relation and the ontological status of the subject
German, Joyce, Ulysses
No full textIn the case of languages, English was James Joyce's native language but he was also an accomplished polyglot understanding Latin, Italian, French, Norwegian, some Irish-Gaelic and German. I intend to examine in greater detail the German used in Ulysses and see what connection it has with Joyce. Joyce was fluent in German but I believe that he utilized these Germanic references to complement his characters and themes as well as his highly allusive narrative style. This paper will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of sections dealing with Joyce's connection to the German language and culture. The second part will consist of a list of all his German allusions in Ulysses.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes summaryby Jonathan A. Parke
Historicizing authorship - the run-away author in Jonathan Swift’s A tale of the tub : The attribution debate reconsidered
No full textThe analysis of the author-function in Jonathan Swift’s A Tale of a Tub in this paper is part of a project that traces the changing notions of authorship through the eighteenth century, primarily in relation to satire, parody, and meta-fiction, which are often interpreted with reference to authorial intention. As I argue here, if we are to historicize authorships in a way that elucidates the literary works, a discussion of intentionality is indeed necessary. A versatile approach to authorial intention serves this purpose, seeking “the best position for receiving the utterance of a … particular, historically embedded author” (Levinson), a position which, in the case of satiric and parodic works, includes the rhetorical situation. Criticism of Jonathan Swift’s Tale of a Tub is often informed by the attribution debate around the first, 1704 edition; the fifth, 1710 edition, inscribes these speculations about authorship through the added Apology and footnotes, presumably unmasking the author’s true intent (though not his identity), and providing a key to ironic allusions. However, as I argue here, rather than arresting the carnivalesque game (through the Hack persona) of the Tale proper, these additions feature a new version of the “run-away author," highlighting the “densely allusive intertextual nature” of the text (Griffith). As part and parcel of the dedications and the preface of the first edition, the new texts of the 1710 edition exhibit the kind of self-reflexive irony that characterizes metafictive novels of a later date, reflecting on the authorial activity, on other writers, and on the audience.</p
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