61 research outputs found
Intertextuality and modernist complexity in Henriette Grové's Linda Joubert novels
Henriette Grové debuted in 1947 as an author of popular stories in women's magazines under the pseudonym Linda Joubert. Meulenhof se mense and Die laat lente appeared in the nineteen-fifties in Sarie Marais and were published in book form in the early nineteen-sixties. Although the author expressed her opposition to an evaluation of these popular romantic tales as part of her literary oeuvre, the two novels reveal a surprising complexity and density as regards both content and narrative structure which strongly link them in theme and technique to her recognized literary oeuvre, so that the two novels emerge as worthy literary texts in their own right after all, while they clearly function within the conventions of the genre of the romance novel. The novels also reveal an impressive range of sophisticated literary allusions which further characterize them as modernist.http://www.letterkunde.up.ac.za
Cultural polarities in Frances Hodgson Burnett's childrens books
Frances Hodgson Burnett was the product of two cultures, British and American.
An interest in the relations between these two cultures pervades her work and
forms a significant thematic thread. This article investigates the articulation of
such tensions in Burnett’s three most famous children’s books. The cultural
polarities at issue in Little Lord Fauntleroy ([1886] 1899), the earliest of the three
novels under consideration, are closest to the tensions in Burnett’s own life as
a British American. In this novel, Burnett manages to reconcile the American
egalitarianism of the protagonist’s early childhood values with an almost feudal
concept of noblesse oblige, and it is suggested that this conceptualisation
remains imperative also in her later works. In A little princess ([1905] 2008)
and The secret garden ([1911] 1968), imperial India is set against England as
the primary polarity. Burnett’s exposition is shown to conform to Edward Said’s
notions of Orientalism, showing India to constitute an almost archetypal image
of the Other, yet the novels are critical of imperialism as causing the distortion of the imperialist as would later be defined by Orwell in Shooting an elephant and
other essays (1950). It is suggested that in spite of an ostensible classlessness,
the novels express a profoundly conservative and hierarchical vision.http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=2008http://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/mousaionam2017Englis
Resonant Absorption as Mode Conversion?
Resonant absorption and mode conversion are both extensively studied
mechanisms for wave "absorption" in solar magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). But are
they really distinct? We re-examine a well-known simple resonant absorption
model in a cold MHD plasma that places the resonance inside an evanescent
region. The normal mode solutions display the standard singular resonant
features. However, these same normal modes may be used to construct a ray
bundle which very clearly undergoes mode conversion to an Alfv\'en wave with no
singularities. We therefore conclude that resonant absorption and mode
conversion are in fact the same thing, at least for this model problem. The
prime distinguishing characteristic that determines which of the two
descriptions is most natural in a given circumstance is whether the converted
wave can provide a net escape of energy from the conversion/absorption region
of physical space. If it cannot, it is forced to run away in wavenumber space
instead, thereby generating the arbitrarily small scales in situ that we
recognize as fundamental to resonant absorption and phase mixing. On the other
hand, if the converted wave takes net energy way, singularities do not develop,
though phase mixing may still develop with distance as the wave recedes.Comment: 23 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables; accepted by Solar Phys (July 9 2010
Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of fluorescently labeled bedaquiline analogues
Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of fluorescently labeled bedaquiline analogues
Transverse oscillations of coronal loops
On 14 July 1998 TRACE observed transverse oscillations of a coronal loop generated by an external disturbance most probably caused by a solar flare. These oscillations were interpreted as standing fast kink waves in a magnetic flux tube. Firstly, in this review we embark on the discussion of the theory of waves and oscillations in a homogeneous straight magnetic cylinder with the particular emphasis on fast kink waves. Next, we consider the effects of stratification, loop expansion, loop curvature, non-circular cross-section, loop shape and magnetic twist.
An important property of observed transverse coronal loop oscillations is their fast damping. We briefly review the different mechanisms suggested for explaining the rapid damping phenomenon. After that we concentrate on damping due to resonant absorption. We describe the latest analytical results obtained with the use of thin transition layer approximation, and then compare these results with numerical findings obtained for arbitrary density variation inside the flux tube.
Very often collective oscillations of an array of coronal magnetic loops are observed. It is natural to start studying this phenomenon from the system of two coronal loops. We describe very recent analytical and numerical results of studying collective oscillations of two parallel homogeneous coronal loops.
The implication of the theoretical results for coronal seismology is briefly discussed. We describe the estimates of magnetic field magnitude obtained from the observed fundamental frequency of oscillations, and the estimates of the coronal scale height obtained using the simultaneous observations of the fundamental frequency and the frequency of the first overtone of kink oscillations.
In the last part of the review we summarise the most outstanding and acute problems in the theory of the coronal loop transverse oscillations
The effect of twisted magnetic field on the resonant absorption of MHD waves in coronal loops
The standing quasi modes in a cylindrical incompressible flux tube with
magnetic twist that undergoes a radial density structuring is considered in
ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The radial structuring is assumed to be a
linearly varying density profile. Using the relevant connection formulae, the
dispersion relation for the MHD waves is derived and solved numerically to
obtain both the frequencies and damping rates of the fundamental and
first-overtone modes of both the kink (m=1) and fluting (m=2,3) waves. It was
found that a magnetic twist will increase the frequencies, damping rates and
the ratio of the oscillation frequency to the damping rate of these modes. The
period ratio P_1/P_2 of the fundamental and its first-overtone surface waves
for kink (m=1) and fluting (m=2,3) modes is lower than 2 (the value for an
untwisted loop) in the presence of twisted magnetic field. For the kink modes,
particularly, the magnetic twists B_{\phi}/B_z=0.0065 and 0.0255 can achieve
deviations from 2 of the same order of magnitude as in the observations.
Furthermore, for the fundamental kink body waves, the frequency bandwidth
increases with increasing the magnetic twist.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figure
Excitation of standing kink oscillations in coronal loops
In this work we review the efforts that have been done to study the
excitation of the standing fast kink body mode in coronal loops. We mainly
focus on the time-dependent problem, which is appropriate to describe flare or
CME induced kink oscillations. The analytical and numerical studies in slab and
cylindrical loop geometries are reviewed. We discuss the results from very
simple one-dimensional models to more realistic (but still simple) loop
configurations. We emphasise how the results of the initial value problem
complement the eigenmode calculations. The possible damping mechanisms of the
kink oscillations are also discussed
Nonlinear effects in resonant layers in solar and space plasmas
The present paper reviews recent advances in the theory of nonlinear driven
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in slow and Alfven resonant layers. Simple
estimations show that in the vicinity of resonant positions the amplitude of
variables can grow over the threshold where linear descriptions are valid.
Using the method of matched asymptotic expansions, governing equations of
dynamics inside the dissipative layer and jump conditions across the
dissipative layers are derived. These relations are essential when studying the
efficiency of resonant absorption. Nonlinearity in dissipative layers can
generate new effects, such as mean flows, which can have serious implications
on the stability and efficiency of the resonance
Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas
This publication is a Reference Report by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.The MSFD Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter was tasked to deliver guidance so that European Member States could
initiate programmes for monitoring of Descriptor 10 of the MSFD. The present document provides the recommendations
and information needed to commence the monitoring required for marine litter, including methodological protocols and
categories of items to be used for the assessment of litter on the Beach, Water Column, Seafloor and Biota, including a
special section on Microparticles
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