271 research outputs found
Coleridge’s laws: a study of Coleridge in Malta
No full textSamuel Taylor Coleridge is best known as a great poet and literary theorist, but for one, quite short, period of his life he held real political power — acting as Public Secretary to the British Civil Commissioner in Malta in 1805. This was a formative experience for Coleridge which he later identified as being one of the most instructive in his entire life. In this book, Barry Hough and Howard Davis show how Coleridge's actions whilst in a position of power differ markedly from the idealism he had advocated before taking office — shedding new light on Coleridge's sense of political and legal morality. Meticulously researched and including newly discovered archival materials, Coleridge's Laws provides detailed analysis of the laws and public notices drafted by Coleridge, together with the first published translations of them. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, Hough and Davis identify the political challenges facing Coleridge and reveal that, in attempting to win over the Maltese public to support Britain's strategic interests, Coleridge was complicit in acts of government which were both inconsistent with the rule of law and contrary to his professed beliefs. Coleridge's willingness to overlook accepted legal processes and personal misgivings for political expediency is disturbing and, as explained by Michael John Kooy in his extensive introduction, necessarily alters our understanding of the author and his writing. Coleridge's Laws contributes in new ways to the current debates about Coleridge's achievements, British colonialism and its engagement with the rule of law, nationhood and the effectiveness of the British administration of Malta. It provides essential reading for anybody interested in Coleridge specifically and the Romantics more generally, for political and legal historians and for students of colonial government
The Pine Branch, Spring 1967
No full textThe Pine Branch. Periodical magazine. Created and published by the Creative Writing Club, English and Art Department, Valdosta State College. Valdosta, Georgia. Includes: editorials, photographs, poems, short stories, and other writings.Cover Gloria Thompson | Editorial Comment, poem Scott Cohen | Self Realization Gerald Boyd | Sketch Tim Teasley | Photograph Robert Winter | Wild Horses, poem Tim Teasley | Poem Terrence Carter | Sketch Mike Nelson | The Face E H Lightsey | Sketch Sandra Hester | Whispers Elinor Davis | Poems Susanne Evans | Photograph Robert Winter | The Copper Bowl E H Lightsey | Photograph Robert Winter | I See A Misery Larry Long | Sketch Pat Taylor | Modern Concept of the Theatre Stan DeHart | Photograph Billy Orr | Why the Bird, or Why the Bird Tim Teasley | Sketch I Tim Teasley | Inflexibility of an Afternoon Scott Cohen | Sketch Pat Taylor | Sky Tear David Talton | I Sent A Candle by Messenger E H Lightsey | James, James Dana Scouten | The Lover Durrett Bradford | The Raining Sound of Wheels Turning Lynn Smith | Terrible Fear Lynn Smith | Peachtree Creek Ralph Crawford | Photograph Robert Winter | Photograph Robert Winter | Fleeting Friends Tim Teasley | Dear Michael Mike Nelson | Car-Death Relationship,Sketch Tim Teasley | Photograph Robert Winter | Winter E H Lightsey | Sketch Elgin Freeman | Two Photographs Robert Winter | A Need Put Aside Larry Long | Untitled Scott Cohen | Sketch Pat Taylor | Sunday Night Diary E H Lightsey | Sketch Ronald Healan | Sketch Tim Teasley
Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Hyperextension Deformity: Its Treatment and its Infuence on the Outcome of Trapeziectomy
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The Role of Repression in the Incidence of Ironic Errors
No full textThe role of repression in the incidence of ironic errors was investigated on a golf task. Coping styles of novice golfers were determined using measures of cognitive anxiety and physiological arousal. Following baseline putts, participants (n = 58) performed a competition putt with the opportunity to win UK£50 (approx. US$100). Before completing the competition putt participants were instructed to “land the ball on the target, but be particularly careful not to over-shoot the target.” The distance the ball traveled past the hole formed the measure of ironic effects. Probing of the coping style × condition interaction, F(2, 41) = 6.53, p < .005, revealed that only the repressors incurred a significant increase in ironic error for the competition putt. This suggests that the act of repressing anxiety has a detrimental performance effect
Synthesis of furanosesquiterpenoid natural products
No full textThe effect of addition of a catalytic quantity of a crown ether in the reaction of a phosphonate anion with a carbonyl compound (Wadsworth-Emmons reaction) has been studied and found to greatly facilitate this reaction. This modification of the Wadsworth-Emmons reaction, using a catalytic amount of 15-crown-5, has been employed in the synthesis of the naturally occurring furanosesquiterpene Pallescensin-E. The structure of this compound has been confirmed by comparison of its spectral data with that of the synthesised isomer, 4,l0-dihydro-7,8-dimethyl 10H-benzof4,5Jcycloheptafl,2-bJ furan.Homosesquirosefuran, an analogue of the naturally occurring furanosesquiterpene Sesquirosefuran, has been synthesised via the dianion of methylacetoacetate.An approach to the synthesis of Pinguisone (a component of the essential oil of the liverwort Aneura pinguis)has been attempted employing two Diels-Alder reactions to generate the four cis-methyl groups found in the natural product.In a study of the reaction of n-(2-methylallyl)nickel bromide complex with a range of epoxides, this complex was found not only to react with reactive epoxides (e.g. styrene epoxide) but also with less reactive propylene epoxide.Substrates for possible intramolecular n-allylnickel cyclisation to generate an a-methylene-6-valerolactone ring system have been prepared
From star‐forming spirals to passive spheroids: integral field spectroscopy of E+A galaxies
No full textWe present three‐dimensional spectroscopy of 11 E+A galaxies at z = 0.06–0.12. These galaxies were selected for their strong Hδ absorption but weak (or non‐existent) [O ii ] λ3727 and Hα emission. This selection suggests that a recent burst of star formation was triggered but subsequently abruptly ended. We probe the spatial and spectral properties of both the young (≲1 Gyr) and old (≳few Gyr) stellar populations. Using the Hδ equivalent widths we estimate that the burst masses must have been at least 10 per cent by mass ( M burst ≳ 10 10 M ⊙ ), which is also consistent with the star formation history inferred from the broad‐band spectral energy distributions. On average the A stars cover ∼33 per cent of the galaxy image, extending over 2–15 kpc 2 , indicating that the characteristic E+A signature is a property of the galaxy as a whole and not due to a heterogeneous mixture of populations. In approximately half of the sample, we find that the A stars, nebular emission and continuum emission are not co‐located, suggesting that the newest stars are forming in a different place than those that formed ≲1 Gyr ago, and that recent star formation has occurred in regions distinct from the oldest stellar populations. At least 10 of the galaxies (91 per cent) have dynamics that class them as ‘fast rotators’ with magnitudes, v /σ, λ R and bulge‐to‐total (B/T) ratio comparable to local, representative ellipticals and S0s. We also find a correlation between the spatial extent of the A stars and the dynamical state of the galaxy such that the fastest rotators tend to have the most compact A star populations, providing new constraints on models that aim to explain the transformation of later type galaxies into early types. Finally, we show that there are no obvious differences between the line extents and kinematics of E+A galaxies detected in the radio (active galactic nucleus, AGN) compared to non‐radio sources, suggesting that AGN feedback does not play a dramatic role in defining their properties, and/or that its effects are short.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90164/1/j.1365-2966.2011.20082.x.pd
EXPORT SUPPLY AND IMPORT DEMAND ELASTICITIES IN THE JAPANESE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: A PRODUCTION THEORY APPROACH
No full textAgricultural goods are often treated as final goods in applied agricultural trade models. However, many agricultural traded goods are intermediate in nature. In this paper a production theory approach is applied in deriving export supply and import demand functions for the Japanese textile industry. The production theory approach derives import demand and export supply functions from the assumption of profit maximizing (cost minimizing) behavior. The behavioral implications of the profit maximization framework are used to specify producer supply and demand functions which are consistent with economic theory. Flexible functional forms are estimated in the econometric model and the concavity restrictions implied by economic theory are checked and imposed. Elasticities derived from the production theory approach are also compared with results based on a single equation specification of the aggregate import demand equation. A major shortcoming of the single equation approach is the lack of theoretical guidance for choosing the appropriate specification.International Relations/Trade,
Development of national extent terrain attributes (tanz), soil water balance surfaces (swatbal), and environmental surfaces, and their application for spatial modelling of pinus radiata productivity across new zealand
No full textThe most widely distributed and commercially important forestry crop in New Zealand is Pinus radiata D. Don. Until recently foresters have focussed on maintaining plantation management systems that are highly productive, while remaining sustainable. However, the new era of reduced carbon emissions and carbon trading means forestry systems are now viewed as potential sinks for the sequestration of carbon. Never before has the need to quantify the productive capacity of New Zealand's plantation forests at the national extent been so great. Furthermore, regions of relatively low productivity may become increasingly desirable because these sites require lower capital outlay.
In this research, a series of spatial surfaces potentially useful in the modelling and mapping of forest productivity across the national extent of New Zealand have been developed. Modelled surfaces include 15 primary and four secondary terrain attributes; 13 shortwave radiation surfaces, topographically adjusted (one annual and 12 monthly surfaces); and 39 soil water balance model surfaces (one annual and 12 monthly surfaces for fraction of available root zone water storage, available root zone water storage, and drainage).
Terrain attributes were developed using a 25-m floating point DEM and are unique and currently the best comprehensive surfaces for the following reasons.
(1) Terrain attributes comprehensively encompass the entire country compared with previous piecemeal and site-specific surfaces.
(2) Terrain attributes were modelled using a macro-catchment concept that divides the New Zealand landscape into large, naturally draining catchments to avoid the modelling problems associated with edge effects at catchment boundaries.
(3) Upslope contributing areas were calculated by switching between an FD8 algorithm that modelled flow divergence in upland regions above defined stream channels and a D8 algorithm used in low-lying areas where modelling of flow convergence is appropriate.
(4) Where appropriate, terrain attributes were corrected for undesirable spurious sinks inherent in the 25-m floating point DEM, while retaining naturally occurring sinks in karst environments, depressional lakes and wetlands. This correction provided a continuous surface that modelled flow either to a sink or continuously across the surface until reaching the sea.
The soil water balance model, SWatBal, is a dynamic spatial model that can be updated over time as new and improved data become available. SWatbal calculates the fraction of available root-zone water content, available root-zone water content, and drainage for the P. radiata species at a 100-m resolution throughout New Zealand. SWatBal was applied in this study to derive monthly mean soil water balance values, but the model can easily be adjusted to calculate any spatial extent or period. A further advance of SWatBal is the development of reasoned and allocated virtual (RAV) rainfall data. RAV consist of 365 rainfall surfaces representing the normal rainfall distribution on a monthly basis. The advantage RAV data have over monthly mean rainfall is that rainfall distribution of an actual month is used, making the data realistic, rather than assuming constant rainfall across each day for a month.
A shortwave-radiation model was developed for New Zealand at a 25-m cell-size resolution utilising a national extent DEM and a latitude surface. This shortwave radiation model encompassed slope and aspect adequately while simultaneously accounting for the influence of terrain shading. As a model it has simplicity, flexibility, and minimal computation time and storage requirements.
A partial least squares (PLS) regression technique was used to develop the surfaces of (i) stem volume mean annual increment at age thirty years for a defined reference regime of 300 stems ha-1 (300 Index), and (ii) mean top height at age twenty (Site Index) using TANZ, SWatBal and other developed and existing New Zealand spatial datasets. Together, (i) and (ii) provided the basis for a spatial model of P. radiata productivity. Initially, the 300 Index and Site Index values were calculated for 1698 permanent sampling plot (PSP) locations. For cross validation purposes, 552 PSP sites were withheld from all modelling procedures. PLS regression was used to model and predict 300 Index and Site Index values using previously developed and some existing datasets including climate, landuse, terrain, and their environmental surfaces. Best models explained 58% and 67 % of the variance for 300 Index and Site Index, respectively. The PLS models were also used to develop quantitative productivity maps across the national extent of New Zealand. In addition, a regression kriging (RK) technique was used, where ordinary kriging (OK) of the PLS model residuals was undertaken to improve model outcomes by summing the PLS and OK surfaces. Cross validation showed that prediction precision increased for both the 300 Index and Site Index RK models. However, only Site Index predictions were considered less biased using the RK technique. Findings from the commonly used and relatively straight forward spatial interpolation technique, inverse distance weighting (IDW), were compared with those derived using the more complex RK, OK, and PLS techniques. Cross validation showed that all techniques performed better than their respective data means. OK, RK, and IDW techniques were similar in prediction precision with the IDW prediction precision best for the 300 Index, and RK best for the Site Index. However, OK predictions showed reduced prediction bias. Having stated that RK, OK, and IDW interpolation techniques provided overall better predictions than PLS, it is emphasised that cross validation locations only occur within currently forested landscapes. Beyond these forested regions PLS regression has an inordinate advantage over OK and IDW prediction techniques by utilising local environmental and landform information. Additionally, there is the potential of prediction improvement through the coupling of the PLS model with its kriged regression residuals. Indeed, the main purpose of producing the 300 Index and Site Index maps was to provide empirically based predictions of regions currently without forests as much as regions with forests through spatial interpolation of existing national extent observed PSP data. Possible drivers of P. radiata productivity across 14 broad LENZ-derived environmental regimes were also assessed. It was found that generally air temperature and water balance variables were the predominate drivers
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