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Menz f'Narnia : (lil hinn mil) l-ansjeta tal-influwenza letterarja fil-qari mill-gdid tad-dramm 'socjali-simboliku' ta' Francis Ebejer
In the relatively short history of Maltese literature and its critique, literary
influence was hardly ever understood as an opportunity for critics to explore the
relationship, at times unconscious and elusive, between Maltese texts and works written
overseas. This study renews the sporadic tradition employed by local critics like Ġuzè
Diacono who drew closer Il-Fidwa tal-Bdiewa by Ninu Cremona, a poetic play of high
historical value in the Maltese theatre context, with I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro
Manzoni. Diacono’s study can serve as an analytical model of how to recognise the
literary influence by a foreign literary work on a Maltese work. This study attempts to
modify Diacono’s metaphor of “debt,” with which he describes the phenomenon of
literary influence, to the more positive metaphor of “inheritance,” as this evokes a sense
of continuity, safeguarding and renewal; it promulgates the idea that the literary wealth is
not meant to be lost in the dust-covered books forgotten on shelves but has a dynamic
nature as it is inherited from one literary work to another. Writers will remain intrinsically
connected, like links in a chain, with what was written before them. Harold Bloom is quite
extremist in interpreting the notion of literary influence. He argues that anyone who came
after Shakespeare was influenced by him. Is this a misfortune or a blessing? Literary
influence, as it has no spatial or temporal limits and is not restricted to one artistic form,
is more of an advantage than a form of inevitable curse. It is, above all, a source of
inspiration. An artwork can inspire the creation of another artwork.
The main basic assumption is that when Ebejer wrote Menz he had already been exposed
to the popular narrative The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Menz was performed at the Manoel Theatre, more than a decade after the publication of the work
of Lewis. As Ebejer lived and studied in England and was a teacher of English, he was
surely au courant of the recent publications within English literature. Hence, it is highly
plausible that the Maltese playwright, has read the fictitious narrative set in Narnia. This
study is based on the fundamental similarities between these two literary works – a
correspondence that in my opinion is a clear manifestation of the literary influence that
stimulated Ebejer to produce an original piece of literature. It will show how for Ebejer,
the narrative of Lewis served only as an inspirational starting point.peer-reviewe
Evidence for BCS Diquark Condensation in the 3+1d Lattice NJL Model
We present results of numerical simulations of the 3+1d Nambu - Jona-Lasinio
model with a non-zero baryon chemical potential mu, with particular emphasis on
the superfluid diquark condensate and associated susceptibilities. The results,
when extrapolated to the zero diquark source limit, are consistent with the
existence of a non-zero BCS condensate at high baryon density. The nature of
the infinite volume and zero temperature limits are discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figure
Assessing the Effectiveness of Phone Call Proactive Naloxone Co-Prescribing Enrollment
Opioid use is increasing at never-before-seen rates. As a result, it is imperative that medical facilities educate and provide resources for those who may be at risk of an opioid overdose. With our study, we aimed to see the demographics of our population here at Rowan Medicine and identify associations of those participating in our naloxone co-prescription program. Majority of enrollees in our program were aged 50 or older and identified as Caucasian. A large proportion also reported being unable to work. Given this information, improvements in our naloxone coprescription program may include spreading more awareness of the benefits of naloxone to minority populations, as well as to the younger population at risk of an opioid overdose
What Motivates Patients to Enroll in a Naloxone Co-Prescribing Program?
Patients were contacted via phone call to establish knowledge of and prescription status regarding naloxone. They were then invited to enroll in a research study consisting of two online surveys.
The patients who had been prescribed naloxone by the time the study had started ranked being persuaded by a medical professional as being the most important reason for accepting the naloxone prescription.
Insufficient data collected during the six-week time frame to draw statistically significant conclusions about what motivates patients to receive naloxone co-prescriptions.
Correlations seen in this study are interesting and warrant further investigation
Measurement of the muon anomaly to high and even higher precision
Our recent series of measurements at Brookhaven National Laboratory
determined the muon anomalous magnetic moment \amu to a precision of 0.5 ppm.
The final result--representing the average of five running periods using both
positive and negative muons--is \amu ^\pm = 11 659 208(6) \times 10^{-10}. It
lies 2.7 standard deviations above the standard model expectation, which is
based on updates given at this Workshop. Importantly, only the
annihilation and new KLOE radiative return data are used for the hadronic
vacuum polarization input. Because the systematic limit has not been reached in
the experiment, a new effort has been proposed and approved with the highest
scientific priority at Brookhaven. The goal is an experimental uncertainty of
0.2 ppm, a 2.5-fold reduction in the overall experimental uncertainty. To do so
will require a suite of upgrades and several qualitative changes in the
philosophy of how the measurement is carried out. I discuss the old and new
experiments with a particular emphasis on the technical matters that require
change for the future.Comment: 10 pages, Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Tau-Lepton
Physic
Feminine Romanticism: a rereading of Dun Karm
In my paper I attempt to break down a barrier that restricted the interpretation of the
most prominent Romantic poet in the Maltese literary context. My rereading of some
of Dun Karm’s poems goes against the conventional perception that always construed
the national poet as the paradigm of the local Romantic era and, as a consequence,
as the anathema of a feminist approach vis-à-vis the female characters he depicts in
his poetry. Often, critics classify authors into rigid categories that hardly leave any
possibility for reinterpretation; however, Thompson, in “Errors and Labors: Feminism
and Early Shakespearean Comedy” inquires how even Shakespeare, considered by
some as a chauvinist playwright, can also be assessed in this new light. The freeing
from the liberal ideology that ironically fosters prejudices towards poets like Dun Karm
could pave the way for considering the innovative idea that a male poet’s expression
may also be “feminine.” Mellor in Gender and Romanticism, introduces the concept of
“feminine Romanticism” and suggests that this does not pertain exclusively to female
writers; she explains how poets like Keats expressed feminine feelings in his verses. As
Shakespeare and Keats are being reread, I propose the same for Dun Karm.peer-reviewe
Why do we need the new BNL muon g-2 experiment now?
New final results from the CMD-2 and SND e+e- annihilation experiments,
together with radiative return measurements from BaBar, lead to recent
improvements in the standard model prediction for the muon anomaly. The
uncertainty at 0.48 ppm--a largely data-driven result--is now slightly below
the experimental uncertainty of 0.54 ppm. The difference, a_mu(expt)- a_mu(SM)
= (27.6 +/- 8.4) x 10^-10, represents a 3.3 standard deviation effect. At this
level, it is one of the most compelling indicators of physics beyond the
standard model and, at the very least, a major constraint for speculative new
theories such as SUSY or extra dimensions. Others at this Workshop detailed
further planned standard model theory improvements to a_mu. Here I outline how
BNL E969 will achieve a factor of 2 or more reduction in the experimental
uncertainty. The new experiment is based on a proven technique and track
record. I argue that this work must be started now to have maximal impact on
the interpretation of the new physics anticipated to be unearthed at the LHC.Comment: Invited Talk, Tau-06 Workshop, 10 pages, 5 figure
Core design for a small HTGR
Originally presented as the first author's thesis (Ph. D.), M.I.T. Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1976Includes bibliographical references (leaves 452-458
Chiral Limit of Strongly Coupled Lattice Gauge Theories
We construct a new and efficient cluster algorithm for updating strongly
coupled U(N) lattice gauge theories with staggered fermions in the chiral
limit. The algorithm uses the constrained monomer-dimer representation of the
theory and should also be of interest to researchers working on other models
with similar constraints. Using the new algorithm we address questions related
to the chiral limit of strongly coupled U(N) gauge theories beyond the mean
field approximation. We show that the infinite volume chiral condensate is
non-zero in three and four dimensions. However, on a square lattice of size
we find for large
where . These results differ from an
earlier conclusion obtained using a different algorithm. Here we argue that the
earlier calculations were misleading due to uncontrolled autocorrelation times
encountered by the previous algorithm.Comment: 36 Pages, 9 figures, aps revtex forma
TeV Astrophysics Constraints on Planck Scale Lorentz Violation
We analyze observational constraints from TeV astrophysics on Lorentz
violating nonlinear dispersion for photons and electrons without assuming any a
priori equality between the photon and electron parameters. The constraints
arise from thresholds for vacuum Cerenkov radiation, photon decay and
photo-production of electron-positron pairs. We show that the parameter plane
for cubic momentum terms in the dispersion relations is constrained to an order
unity region in Planck units. We find that the threshold configuration can
occur with an asymmetric distribution of momentum for pair creation, and with a
hard photon for vacuum Cerenkov radiation.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX4, 1 figure. Some references and a footnote added,
improved discussion on the photon annihilation and GZK cutoff. Minor changes
of wording. Main results unchanged. Version to appear as a Rapid
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