Skat på forstanden: Om bogtolden 1768-1771

Man taler om vor tids informationsstrøm. Forskningsresultater, ideer, også litterære og kunstneriske manifestationer, vælter frem i traditionelle bogtrykte, men også i andre informationsmaterialer, støttet og fremmet - og også søgt bragt under kontrol - af elektronisk datateknik. Det er en strøm, der er livsvigtig for vores kultur i højeste og bredeste forstand.Man taler om vor tids informationsstrøm. Forskningsresultater, ideer, også litterære og kunstneriske manifestationer, vælter frem i traditionelle bogtrykte, men også i andre informationsmaterialer, støttet og fremmet - og også søgt bragt under kontrol - af elektronisk datateknik. Det er en strøm, der er livsvigtig for vores kultur i højeste og bredeste forstand

‘Ciencia’ como concepto de tratamiento enciclopédico

El análisis de los artículos enciclopédicos aquí estudiados se centra en el término “ciencia” y las fuentes seleccionadas lo han sido fundamentalmente como muestra del conocimiento general que en la sociedad se tiene de su significado. La elección de las obras se ha realizado teniendo en cuenta su identidad y características, así como el hecho de ser las correspondientes a las culturas de las lenguas en la actualidad más extendidas. Según esto, se estudiará L’Enciclopedie como pionera del género moderno y la Larousse como su heredera de algún modo, por tradición cultural e identidad nacional; mientras que, atendiendo al criterio de extensión del uso de la lengua y, por tanto, de transmisión de contenidos culturales, implícitos en ella y transmitidos a través de ella, se escogió la Enciclopedia Británica, en su versión Macropaedia, y Micropaedia para aquellos que no aparecen en la anterior, y el Espasa. Con las dos primeras se pretende acceder al estado de conocimiento en el área de influencia anglosajona y, mediante el estudio de la tercera se intenta describir el mismo en la zona de cultura hispánica

For Natural Philosophy and Empire: Banks, Cook, and the Construction of Science and Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century

Using part of James Cook’s first voyage of discovery in which he explored the Australian coast, and Joseph Banks’s 1772 voyage to Iceland as case studies, this thesis argues that late eighteenth-century travelers used scientific voyages to present audiences at home with a new understanding and scientific language in which to interpret foreign places and peoples. As a result, scientific travelers were directly influential not only in the creation of new forms of knowledge and intellectual frameworks, but they helped direct the shape and formation of the Empire. The thesis explores the interplay between institutional influence and individual agency in both journeys. As a result, it will argue that the scientific voyages that were most influential in the imperial process were those directed and funded by the state

Current Literature

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Chronologie concernant les têtes tatouées et momifiées māori ou toi moko (aussi connues sous le terme de moko mokai)

1768-1771 : Premières têtes momifiées collectées lors du voyage de James Cook. Joseph Banks, à Queen Charlotte Sound, échange une tête le 20 Janvier 1770 contre une « pair of white linen drawers ». Quelques jours plus tard un Māori revient sur l’Endeavour et propose quatre têtes supplémentaires. 1800-1831 : Les nombreux conflits entre iwi (tribus) māori entraînent des échanges extensifs de têtes contre des armes. Le pic de ces échanges se situerait entre 1820 et 1831. Ils se concentraient dan..

Chronic Stanford type A aortic dissection manifesting as systemic inflammatory disorder

Typical presentation of type A aortic dissection usually encompasses severe acute chest pain, frequently radiating to the upper back, which is seen in more than 80% of the patients, while isolated back or abdominal pain have been repeatedly reported as the first manifestation of the disease as well. Occasionally, dyspnea due to acute aortic regurgitation, syncope, or stroke, secondary to obstruction of major cerebral vessels, have also been described at presentation of type A aortic dissection. Presentation of aortic dissection as a prolonged systemic illness with a number of nonspecific clinical and laboratory findings, such as low-grade fever, fatigue, malaise, weight loss, anemia, elevated acute phase response laboratory parameters, and absence of any of typical clinical features of the dissection syndrome has been only rarely reported. We describe a patient with type A chronic aortic dissection, manifesting as a systemic inflammatory disorder in the absence of acute chest syndrome. The diagnosis was made accidentally by computed tomography, ordered in the course of the regular work up. The patient underwent emergent surgery with resection and grafting of the dissected aorta. Pathological investigation demonstrated intense acute inflammation with neutrophilic infiltration in the vicinity of the intramural hemorrhage and necrosis, as well as granulation tissue with new vessels formation and collagen deposition in the outer media. The possible pathogenic mechanisms of the phenomenon are discussed

MEMS On/off and x2 Optical Switch with Integrated Fiber Alignment Capability

An on/off free space optical switch is described in this paper. The device consists of intersecting cantilevers and is electrostatically actuated. A fiber is put onto the cantilevers and by controlling the position of the flber through actuation, switching operation can be achieved. The device is also suitable for inpackage fiber alignment application, where the cantilevers can be used as passive or active fiber alignment microstructure