1,062 research outputs found
\u3ci\u3eC.S. Lewis and Christian Postmodernism: Word, Image, and Beyond\u3c/i\u3e. Kyoko Yuasa
In C. S. Lewis and Christian Postmodernism, Kyoko Yuasa has managed to advance the cause of careful reading and discussion of Lewisâs novels as contemporary cultural artifacts, rather than mere ciphers for apologetics or mere fluff for children, for both Japanese and American audiences. This is no mean feat, not only in terms of translation but also in terms of trans-Pacific discourse, and Yuasa deserves great credit for the accomplishment. Her close reading of several of Lewisâs major fiction works in a comparative frame she derives from works by Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark, Doris Lessing, and John Fowles yields insights into the experimental character of much of Lewisâs fiction. Yuasa convincingly suggests that Lewis not only creatively employed a wide variety of very modern forms to resist both literary and theological Modernism but also wrestled with and strove to include in his fiction the voices of the powerful women who are so present in his biography and so conspicuously absent from many discussions of his apologetics. If her claim that the texts Lewis left us evince a âChristian postmodernismâ of which he is a major philosopher ultimately falls flat, it does so in the grand tradition of English letters, leaving behind like so many arched windows and paving-stones a set of claims that future readers of Lewis will want to contemplate
The Impact of School Desegregation on the Self-Evaluation and Achievement Orientation of Minority Children
Early Career Academic Productivity Among Emergency Physicians With R01 Grant Funding
Objectives:â The objective was to describe the early academic career activities of emergency physician (EP) scientists with recent Research Project Grant Program (R01) grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Methods:â The curricula vitae of all EP scientists in the United States currently funded by the NIH were analyzed for evidence of advanced research training and frequency and type of publication and grant writing. Each investigator was surveyed for demographic features and estimation of protected time during their early career development. Results:â Eighteen investigators were identified. The median length of time from completion of residency to receipt of their first R01 grant was 11âyears (interquartile rangeâ[IQR]â= 11 to 15âyears), and the median age of investigators at the time of this award was 43âyears (IQRâ= 39 to 47âyears). At the time of their award, researchers were publishing five peerâreviewed manuscripts a year (IQRâ= 1 to 8 manuscripts) and had already received considerable external funding. Ninetyâfour percent of those studied had pursued a research fellowship, an advanced degree, or an NIH Kâaward following residency. Conclusions:â For EPs, receipt of an R01 from the NIH requires more than a decade of work following the completion of training. This period is characterized by pursuit of advanced research training, active and accelerating publication and collaboration, and acquisition of smaller extramural grants.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86816/1/j.1553-2712.2011.01118.x.pd
Articulating the Value of Our Daily Work: An Initial Discussion of the Assessment Challenges of Engineering Librarians
Engineering librarians need to assess the effectiveness of our library instruction and outreach for many reasons, including communicating library value to institutional stakeholders and making impactful contributions to the scholarly literature. However, as practitioners, most librarians have not been formally educated in research design, data collection, and data analysis. To increase our skills and knowledge and to better align with various publication expectations and guidelines (e.g., ELD Author Guidelines), this panel will lead a discussion on library assessment needs with regard to research design, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination and discovery. The goal of the panel is to facilitate a conversation regarding librarian assessment challenges and needs to design a future ASEE workshop.
Panelists: Amy Buhler, Margaret Phillips, Amy Van Epps
This presentation was delivered as part of a modified panel session at the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida
A New Solution for the Dispersive Element in Astronomical Spectrographs
We present a new solution for the dispersive element in astronomical spectrographs that, in many cases, can provide an upgrade path to enhance the spectral resolution of existing moderate-resolution reflection-grating spectrographs. We demonstrate that in the case of LRIS-R at the Keck 1 Telescope, a spectral resolution of 18,000 can be achieved with reasonable throughput under good seeing conditions
Investigation into the Determinants of Cross-Sectional Variation in the CDS-Bond Basis
This paper examines the CDS-Bond basis on S&P 100 reference entities in the period 2009-14. Specifically, this paper seeks to explain the cross-sectional variation in basis levels displayed by these entities. With few exceptions, prior work focuses on the aggregated basis level and what might cause this to deviate from the theoretical zero level. I choose to extend the literature by focusing on disaggregated data, on the individual basis levels of specific reference entities, and investigate why there is such significant disparity around the mean basis level. This paper finds that a vast proportion of cross-sectional variation in basis levels can be attributed to differentials in bond specific liquidity measures and disparity in funding related limits to arbitrage
Science and Technology Libraries Partnering with Knovel
The engineering library plays a critical role in initiating and maintaining the conduit between vendors of engineering information and the users of that informationâfaculty, students, and researchers. Likewise, vendors play a key role in supporting library and faculty efforts to promote engineering information resources, beyond just supplying content and interface. Engineering libraries and vendors can effectively work together to get the most from electronic engineering resources for both large and small institutions. The case studies here show how Knovel Corporation, a sci-tech e-book vendor, has worked with engineering librarians at large and small institutions and with faculty members to promote awareness and usage of Knovelâs interactive library of electronic books for engineering education
NICMOS Imaging of the Nuclei of Arp 220
We report high resolution imaging of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp
220 at 1.1, 1.6, and 2.22 microns with NICMOS on the HST. The
diffraction-limited images at 0.1--0.2 arcsecond resolution clearly resolve
both nuclei of the merging galaxy system and reveal for the first time a number
of luminous star clusters in the circumnuclear envelope. The morphologies of
both nuclei are strongly affected by dust obscuration, even at 2.2 microns :
the primary nucleus (west) presents a crescent shape, concave to the south and
the secondary (eastern) nucleus is bifurcated by a dust lane with the southern
component being very reddened. In the western nucleus, the morphology of the
2.2 micron emission is most likely the result of obscuration by an opaque disk
embedded within the nuclear star cluster. The morphology of the central
starburst-cluster in the western nucleus is consistent with either a
circumnuclear ring of star formation or a spherical cluster with the bottom
half obscured by the embedded dust disk. Comparison of cm-wave radio continuum
maps with the near-infrared images suggests that the radio nuclei lie in the
dust disk on the west and near the highly reddened southern component of the
eastern complex. The radio nuclei are separated by 0.98 arcseconds
(corresponding to 364 pc at 77 Mpc) and the half-widths of the infrared nuclei
are approximately 0.2-0.5 arcseconds. At least 8, unresolved infrared sources
-- probably globular clusters -- are also seen in the circumnuclear envelope at
radii 2-7 arcseconds . Their near-infrared colors do not significantly
constrain their ages.Comment: LaTex, 15 pages with 1 gif figure and 5 postscript figures. ApJL
accepte
The Cryogenic Refractive Indices of S-FTM16, a Unique Optical Glass for Near-Infrared Instruments
The Ohara glass S-FTM16 is of considerable interest for near-infrared optical
designs because it transmits well through the K band and because negative
S-FTM16 elements can be used to accurately achromatize positive calcium
fluoride elements in refractive collimators and cameras. Glass manufacturers
have sophisticated equipment to measure the refractive index at room
temperature, but cannot typically measure the refractive index at cryogenic
temperatures. Near-infrared optics, however, are operated at cryogenic
temperatures to reduce thermal background. Thus we need to know the temperature
dependence of S-FTM16's refractive index. We report here our measurements of
the thermal dependence of S-FTM16's refractive index between room temperature
and ~77 K. Within our measurement errors we find no evidence for a wavelength
dependence or a nonlinear temperature term so our series of measurements can be
reduced to a single number. We find that Delta n_{abs} / Delta T = -2.4x10^{-6}
K^{-1} between 298 K and ~77 K and in the wavelength range 0.6 micron to 2.6
micron. We estimate that the systematic error (which dominates the measurement
error) in our measurement is 10%, sufficiently low for most purposes. We also
find the integrated linear thermal expansion of S-FTM16 between 298 K and 77 K
is -0.00167 m m^{-1}.Comment: 8 pages, including 9 figures. Uses emulateapj.cls. Accepted for
publication in PAS
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