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The Rhetoric of Landscape in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Song of Songs
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Brill via the ISBN in this recordAnalytical and Supporting Studies. Proceedings of the 13th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Rome, 17-20 September 2014)Series:
Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, Volume: 150In this paper I want to take you on a walk through a garden. It is, to be sure, an imaginary garden; nevertheless, it bears a significance which extends beyond itself. Some of this significance concerns words and texts: for as we shall see, the garden is, amongst other things, a ‘garden of rhetoric’. The garden in question appears in the Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Song of Songs.[...
The ‘insider/outsider’ dilemma of ethnography: Working with young children and their families in cross-cultural contexts
No full textIn this article we unravel the difficulty of being researchers in the homes and classrooms of children and
their families whose origins are, for one of us, very different and, for the other, very similar to our own.
We first situate our work within theories of early socialization and literacy teaching which underpin our
understanding of how young children in cross-cultural contexts learn. We then turn to the question of
working with the families and teachers of these children which poses dilemmas not explained by the theories
presented. We illustrate these through a series of vignettes typifying both the ‘Outsider’ and the ‘Insider’ role.
The stories highlight paradigmatic moments of complexity, clashes or collusion which we unpick in terms of
their generalizability for others working in the field. Finally, we extend theories of dialogue in our search for
a methodology for collaborative work in future cross-cultural ethnographic studies
Field Studies in Environmental Science
No full textA dissertation by M. Gregory on teaching and studying environmental science.This thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed, please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission
management toolkit for the exploration of manpower project staffing decisions in the context of a multi-project enterprise
No full textThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2001.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-298).by Gregory M. Herweg [and] Karl E. Pilon.S.M
Correction to Virus Bioresistor (VBR) for the Detection of the Bladder Cancer Marker DJ-1 in Urine at 10 pM in One Minute
No full textThe author list contained an error: Gregory A. Weiss was not identified as a corresponding author. Both of the corresponding authors, Gregory A. Weiss and Reginald M. Penner, are indicated in this Addition and Correction
The Unity and Equality of the Divine Relations in Gregory of Nazianzus' Trinitarian Theology
No full textIn this thesis, the author examines how Gregory of Nazianzus distinguishes between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, while maintaining their equality and unity. In the first chapter, he examines the way theological discourse shapes Gregory's understanding of how words are predicated of God. In chapter 2, the author explores Gregory's understanding of the divine persons whom he distinguishes only on account of their subsistent relations of origin. In the final chapter, the author indicates problems with the modern scholarly interpretation of Gregory that identifies the unity and equality of the divine persons exclusively with the person of the Father. It is concluded that Gregory relied upon the notion of the homoousios in order to establish and guarantee the divine equality and unity among the persons.ThesisMaster of Arts (MA
Villain, victim or prophet?: William Gregory and the Great Famine
No full textThe name of Sir William Gregory features in most modern accounts of Ireland in the nineteenth century. It is fair to say, however, that usually he is regarded as a ‘villain’. Gregory is very widely known as the author of a piece of legislation introduced as part of relief measures during the Famine which sought to limit aid to those with a quarter acre or under of land and which became known as the Gregory clause or the quarter acre clause. An article in the New York Times on 16 July 2002 about the dedication of an Irish famine memorial in New York described the 5 million-dollar monument as follows: ‘The quarter-acre size of the monument adheres to the infamous Gregory clause passed by the British parliament in 1847, which decreed that cottiers whose plots exceeded that size would not be eligible for relief. The cottage is roofless because many farmers tore the thatches off their homes to prove destitution and qualify for relief.’ Most modern academic accounts of the Famine have been very critical of Gregory. It is widely accepted that the purpose of the Gregory clause was to assist landlords to clear their estates of pauperised smallholders who were paying little or no rent. This measure has been seen by some as leading to mass evictions and causing the clearance of many small farmers and labourers throughout Ireland.</jats:p
Carbon nanotube composite scaffolds for differentiation of human neural stem cells
No full textCarbon nanotubes have been utilized in a variety of fields due to their unique and extraordinary properties. Here, a process to incorporate single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) into electrospun polymer mats is investigated in order to create novel composite scaffolds to enhance the differentiation of human neural stem cells (hNSCs) into fully developed neurons. An electrowetting method is first explored using a potential difference as a driving force. Although successful wetting was achieved, a vacuum impregnation method was used to further improve the uniformity of the SWNT distribution in the scaffold. This process produced homogenously wetted scaffolds that are electrically conductive, mechanically robust, and highly biocompatible with hNSC cultures in vitro. These scaffolds showed an increased expression of two major neuronal markers, Neurofilament M (NFM) and microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP2) compared to plain electrospun polymer scaffolds. During differentiation tests, an additional electrical stimulation was applied and showed even further enhancement. This is the first demonstration of electrical stimulation enhancing neuronal differentiation of human neural stem cells on CNT-based composite scaffolds.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Gregory Hede
Assessing the impact of sudden oak death on crown fire potential in Tanoak forests of California
No full textThe introduction of non-native pathogens can have profound effects on forest ecosystems resulting in tree mortality, changes in species composition, and altered fuel structure. The 1990's introduction of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen recognized as causing the tree and plant disease known as sudden oak death, has caused rapid decline and mortality of tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) in forests of coastal California, USA. To understand the potential effect that mortality could have on fuel structure and fire behavior, foliar moisture content of uninfected tanoaks, sudden oak death-infected tanoaks, sudden oak death-killed (dead) tanoaks, and surface litter was tracked for 12 months. Foliar moisture content of uninfected tanoaks averaged 82.3% for the year whereas foliar moisture content of infected tanoaks had a lower average of 77.8%. Dead tanoaks had significantly lower foliar moisture content than uninfected and infected trees, averaging 12.3% for the year. During fire season (June through September), dead tanoak foliar moisture content reached a low of 5.8%, with no significant difference between dead canopy fuels and surface litter. Remote automated weather station (RAWS) 10-hour timelag fuel moisture data corresponded to foliar moisture content of dead leaves, holding promise as a predictor of seasonal crown fire hazard. Decision support tools, based on Van Wagner's (1977) crown ignition equation, can predict canopy base height values to escape crown ignition, however the Van Wagner equation was developed for conifers, not broadleaf trees (such as tanoak). No empirical data exist to corroborate ignition thresholds for extremely low foliar moistures found in dead foliage. To quantify crown base height ignition thresholds, a laboratory experiment was employed to measure foliar ignition and consumption at crown base heights from 0.5 m to 1.5 m across the range of foliar moistures found in healthy, sudden oak death-infected, and sudden oak death-killed tanoaks. Results from laboratory burning showed all foliage was consumed at the lowest simulated crown base heights in the laboratory, however consumption of live foliage dropped off quickly with increasing crown base height, with minimal consumption occurring at 1 m and above. Consumption of dead foliage declined with increasing simulated crown base heights, with some consumption still occurring at the highest crown base height tested (1.5 m). Using logistic regression, variables of crown base height, temperature, and duration of temperatures above 320 ºC or 410 ºC were used to predict crown ignition probabilities for all foliar moisture treatments tested (80%, 70%, 9%, and 5% foliar moisture content). Crown base height performed well as a predictor of crown ignition with correct predictions 87% to 91% of the time. Minimizing the probability of live tanoak foliage ignition results in a crown base ignition threshold lower than the Van Wagner model, while the dead tanoak foliage ignition threshold is considerably lower than an extrapolated Van Wagner equation. This suggests that tanoak will resist crown ignition at a lower threshold than conifers across the crown base heights tested. Results from this study will help refine the decision support tools for fire managers in sudden oak death-affected areas as well as serve as a model for other forests where diseases and insect epidemics have altered forest crown fuels.Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, Natural Resources: Forestry, 201
Distribution, growth rates, and diagenesis of coralline algal structures on the Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico
No full textTypescript (photocopy).The East and West Flower Garden Banks are located in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, approximately 190 km SSE of Galveston, Texas. These bathymetric highs are surface expressions of salt domes, and are two of the many offshore banks that have been extensively examined by Texas A&M University oceanographers during the past ten years. Although the crests of the East and West Flower Gardens are capped by living coral reefs with 18 species of hermatypic corals (20-50 m depths), crustose coralline algae are the primary framework builders and sediment contributors below 50 m. A depth zonation spanning 20-90 meters has been established on the banks and slopes using eleven genera of corallines (Lithothamnium, Mesophyllum, Melobesia, Archaeolithothamnium, Lithophyllum, Tenarea, Hydrolithon, Porolithon, Paragoniolithon, Lithoporella, and Fosliella), one squamariacean (Peyssonnelia spp.), and an encrusting foraminifer (Gypsina plana). On the upper coral reefs, the most common coralline algae genera are Hydrolithon, Lithoporella, Lithophyllum, Paragoniolithon, and Porolithon. On the flanks of the East Flower Gardens, coralline algae have stabilized ridges of coral debris at 30-35 m depths. These Madracis-algal ridges also support a lush growth of leafy brown algae owing to the absence of intensive grazing, which is typical of the main coral reefs. Between depths of 50-75 m, vast fields of coralline algal nodules, ranging in size from 1-20 cm, cover 60-90% of the bottom. There is a general increase in nodule size with depth. The algal nodule zone can be roughly divided into upper and lower units on the basis of coralline taxonomic composition and the internal structural morphology of the nodules. Nodules decrease in abundance below 75-80 m, and laterally extensive coralline algal pavements and rigid, 1-2 m high algal reefs become the dominant structures. Lithothamnium, Tenarea, and Peyssonnelia are the primary framework builders between 75-90 m. Although constructional void space in the algal reefs is high, most of these cavities have been occluded by micritic high-Mg calcite, the most common cement in algal reefs and nodules. Aragonite cement is also common, especially as spherulites and botryoidal aggregates in coral-line conceptacle voids. The internal morphology and taxonomic composition distinguishes these deep water algal reefs from shallow water algal ridges and cup reefs described by previous authors. . . . (Author's abstract exceeds stipulated maximum length. Discontinued here with permission of author.) UM
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