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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Wolfson"”.
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Open Secret: Henry Corbin, Elliot Wolfson, and the Mystical Poetics of Deification
… mysticism, namely, Henry Corbin and Elliot Wolfson, respectively. This exploration is done in the service of gaining greater insight into the phenomenological and anthropological significance of the specific mystical category of deification via the “academic esotericism” (to borrow Jeffrey …
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An Escape from Language into Language: The Internal Exile of Louis Wolfson
… and work of American francophone author Louis Wolfson - who suffered from schizophrenia and underwent a self-imposed exile from his own mother tongue - might serve to illuminate European émigré writers' relationships to multilingualism.</p>
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Development of a test protocol for industry to predict and optimise flow behaviour of blended powders utilising particle to bulk scale models
… developed powder flow tester (PFT) by The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich is now available for industry to measure quickly and accurately the flow behaviour of single and blended particulate materials. This new powder flow tester helps to …
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Lord Byron and women's writing
… studies (Anderson, Elfenbein, Bellonby, and Wolfson), this thesis ultimately argues that contrary to perceptions of Byron as the perennially facetious chauvinist there exists substantial evidence of deep intellectual engagement with the work of women writers. In arguing this, the thesis also …
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Predicting storage vessel geometry requirements for discharge of extreme shape materials
… extreme shape materials (ESM) “Class 3” by The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology based on their many years of research into these materials. They are elastic, fibrous, flaky, and stringy in nature and have a tendency to nest or interlace (Bradley and Farnish, 2004; FEM …
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Migratory Ecology and Movement Patterns of Mid-Continent and Eastern Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) are long-lived birds with relatively low recruitment rates, making accurate knowledge of abundance and distribution critical for well-informed harvest management. Minnesota is one of few states containing portions of 2 different breeding populations of greater …
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A solution to the inherent list on Nimitz class aircraft carriers
Nimitz class aircraft carriers possess an inherent list to starboard that their list control systems (LCS) are typically unable to correct while under Combat Load Conditions. As a result, it has become necessary to use fresh water ballast in a number of inner bottom voids and damage control voids …
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Parallel transmit pulse sequence design for ultra-high field (7T) MRI
… has been used for applied fMRI studies at the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre. Finally, pTx is used to improve 7 T diffusion imaging (Chapter 7). Several aspects are explored: pTx pulses to improve image homogeneity; readout-segmented EPI to reduce T*2 decay and blurring; and various lipid …
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Biomechanical analysis of effects of neuromusculoskeletal training for older adults on the likelihood of slip-induced falls
… 1994; Judge, 2003; Lockhart et al., 2003; Wolfson, 2001). Unstable dynamic postural control and poor gait dynamics influence the likelihood of falls among older adults (Guralnik et al.1994; Judge et al.1996; Lockhart et al., 2003; Tinetti et al. 1988). Therefore, in an effort to improve …
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Wordsworth's Decline: Self-editing and Editing the Self
… to autobiography. Drawing on the work of Susan Wolfson, Paul de Man, and Harold Bloom, I argue that Wordsworth’s revisionary practices are motivated by an agonistic process best described as “autobiographical anxiety” or the “‘anxiety of influence’ turned inward.” Ultimately, I conclude that …
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Invitations in American English and Mandarin Chinese
… act. The present study has been motivated by Wolfson's series of studies on American English invitations, and is intended to investigate the similarities and differences in the invitation patterns of speakers of American English and Mandarin Chinese with two research questions in mind: 1) To …
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The effect of pellets physical properties on handling pelleted biomass material in practical use
… rotary impact tester, developed at The Wolfson Centre. In the second part of the study, a medium scale storage facility was constructed and used long with an existing pressurised tanker truck to assess pellets degradation due to change in blowing pressures, convening air and particles …
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Modelling of dosator filling and discharge
… single shot testrig was engineered at The Wolfson Centre to measure forces acting on the dosator during the filling stage, the force required to eject the dose and the dose weight. In addition other important aids, such as a dosator demonstrator and an ultimate bearing application of soil …
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An investigation into the role of contract drug purchasing in hospitals
Whereas health care resources are limited, demands upon them are insatiable. Drug expenditure has received particular attention in attempts to regulate increasing costs. For hospitals, contract purchasing is designed to regulate drug expense. This thesis examines the contract mechanisms. …
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Market Reaction to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) was signed into law on February 18, 2005. Prior to CAFA, plaintiffs found it easier for class action lawsuits to be tried in their preferred venue—state courts. Changes introduced by CAFA practically removed the majority of class action jurisdiction …
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Aristocratic Women of the Household and Court of Queen Henrietta Maria, 1625-1659
My doctoral thesis is not a gender study, but examines instead the political, social and religious roles that the aristocratic women of the court and household of Queen Henrietta Maria played predominantly in the period 1625-1642. It builds upon David Starkey’s and Kevin Sharpe’s emphasis on the …
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Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit: A Study in Real and Illusonary Parenthood
<p>In Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit (1855-1857) the theme of reality and illusion is introduced early in the novel. Dickens writes, "We all know how we | all deceive ourselves—that is to say, how people in general, our profounder J selves excepted, deceive themselves—as to motives of action." …
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The use of near infrared spectroscopy in detecting hemorrhagic shock in swine
A hemorrhagic shock study was performed at the U.S. Army's Institute for Surgical Research in San Antonio, Texas. Surgery was performed on a total of 35 swine averaging between 34-44 kg. The intention of the experimental surgery was to most accurately simulate a human internal uncontrolled …
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A Reexamination of the Wage and Employment Effects of the Minimum Wage Onthe Southern Pine Industry
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