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Data associated with publication "Detectability of biosignatures in a low-biomass simulation of martian sediments"
No full textData associated with Stevens et al. "Detectability of biosignatures in a low-biomass simulation of martian sediments" (In submission).See "MarsMudrockData ReadMe.txt
ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
Y-Mars Analogue Characterisation
No full textThis dataset contains a range of analytical characterisations of the Y-Mars analogue, which is intended to simulate a mudstone found in Gale Crater, Mars.1 Grain size calculations
2 Commercial GCMS data
3 Quantitative XRD calculations
4 Collection of Raman spectra (in .txt format) and detected peaks
5 Collection of VIS-NIR spectra (in .txt format) and background calculations
6 XRD comparison of analogue material to MSL data
7 XRF Major Element Concentration
A Program of Works by William Stevens
No full textNonsensicles (Stevens, William); Four Love Songs and One Hate Song (Stevens, William); Nine duets for singer and solfègeur for the purpose of building the vocabulary, based on particularly salient passages from the 1961 edition of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (Stevens, William); Six Animalistic Songs (Stevens, William); ADAM & EDE in the Garden of Even (Stevens, William). Instrumentation: piano; teno
The reduction of metaphysics and the play of violence in the poetry of Wallace Stevens
No full textPhDThe thesis demonstrates how Wallace Stevens' poetry utilises pre-Socratic philosophy in overcoming post-Kantian dislocation from the 'thing-in-itself'. I initially consider Stevens’ poetry in terms of Hans-Georg Gadamer's ontological conception of the 'play' of art, an interactive existence overlooked by Kant. Through the ‘play’ of Stevens’ poems the reading audience are implicated in their reduction to being. The origin of this conception leads Gadamer back to Parmenides who Stevens had read. I argue that Stevens’ poetry ‘plays’ its audience into an ontological ground in an effort to show that his ‘reduction of metaphysics’ is not dry philosophical imposition, but is enacted by our encounter with the poems themselves. Through an analysis of how the language and form of Stevens’ poems attempt to reduce mind and world to concepts that parallel Parmenides’ poetic sense of being, and Heraclitus’ notion of becoming, the thesis uncovers the ground in which Stevens attempts a reconnection with the ‘thing-in-itself’. It is through the experience of reconnecting to an ontological centre, which his poetry presents as the human project, that Stevens’ poetry also presents itself as a means of replacing religion.From here we turn to Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida for an exposition of how such a reduction reduces the ‘Other’ to ‘otherness’ and their worry that this reduction legitimates violence within the thought of Martin Heidegger and Parmenides. From this I make a case for how such reductions are connected to what I refer to as 'the play of violence' in Stevens' poetry, and to refer this violence back to the mythology Stevens' poetry shares with certain pre-Socratics and with Greek tragedy. This shows how such mythic rhythms are apparent within the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Heidegger and Gadamer, and how these rhythms release a poetic understanding of the violence of a ‘reduction of metaphysics’
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
Inescapable choice: Wallace Stevens's new Romanticism and English romantic poetry
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to investigate how Stevens creates a new Romanticism. It argues that Stevens demonstrates a double view of Romanticism as having positive and negative aspects and it relates discussion of this double view to the development of his poetry and theories of poetry. Stevens shares with the Romantics the belief that through the power of imagination the problem of dualism - especially the split between art and existential reality - can be solved. Prom Stevens's perspective, thinking about what should be respected and what should be corrected in Romanticism provides grounds for the creation of his own new Romanticism. In chapters one and two, by examining the conflict between imagination and reality in the works of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats, I explore the intertextual relations between Stevens and the Romantics from a perspective informed by the implications of Stevens's work and thought. In chapters three and four, focusing on Stevens's treatment of the relation between imagination and reality, I examine the nuanced differences between his work and that of the Romantics. Chapter five provides a prologue to 'Notes toward a Supreme Fiction', the culmination of Stevens's concern with imagination and reality. In the final chapter I examine how Stevens's new Romanticism, especially its emphasis on the imagination's activity, is concretised in 'Notes toward a Supreme Fiction'. I also explore how the later development of his sense of reality affects his poetic creativity. By examining the influence of the Romantics on Stevens and his response to them, the nature of his poetry can be more accurately understood. Throughout the thesis, I engage, as appropriate, with the work of many critics who have written on Stevens. It is my hope that my own approach gives a folly considered and detailed account of a topic often addressed more briefly by other commentators
Development, Testing and Calibration of Oxford Brookes V-Twin Engine
No full textThe powertrain is one of the most distinguishable and, arguably, most important aspects of a high performance or competition vehicle. For over a decade, the V-Twin project aimed to provide a superior powertrain package for the Formula Student entry of the Oxford Brookes team, as a flagship for the capabilities and commitment of the students involved. This research built on the thousands of hours already invested into the programme by students until 2013, to complete the mechanical and electronic development of the engine to run, test and calibrate the engine for the first time. This research investigated the mechanical development and calibration requirements of an otherwise blank sheet package, to derive a suitable base calibration for test cell operation.
A bespoke control system was designed and manufactured, with particular attention to reliability, redundancy and robustness. Calibration of sensors and actuators was conducted in accord with theoretical understanding to create a safe base configuration for start-up attempts. A comprehensive analysis of the drivetrain was conducted to ascertain safe operating ranges to minimise risk of integrity loss and component failure. Datasets from each run were analysed to iteratively update the engine ancillaries, hardware and software, towards the objective of achieving acceptable idle quality at 3000 rev/min. Wide open throttle torque output at 3000 rev/min and 3500 rev/min was within 14% and 19% of one-dimension simulation results respectively. Encouraging BSFC (371g/kWh) and thermal efficiency figures (21%) were noted within this operating range, outside of the intended operating speed of such a high valve overlap configuration. The conducted research and development represent a key milestone in the decade long development of the V-Twin package, as a basis and encouragement for future development towards a target of vehicle installation. Recommendations have been made with regards to test cell and rigging upgrades to safely expand the engine speed and load sites that can be tested beyond those recorded in this research
Adam Harrington - Bachelor of Music - Junior Recital
No full textEpisodes / James Naigus (b. 1987) -- Im tiefsten walde, Op. 34, No. 4 / Heinrich Schmid (1874-1953) -- Cathedral / Adam Harrington (b. 2000) -- Clairieres dans le ciel / Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) -- Sonata for Horn and Piano / Halsey Stevens (1908-1989)Music, Moores School o
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