Investigation of the Relation Between the Adjacency Effects at an Edge Produced by Nitrogen-Burst and Viscous Processing

Adjacency effects in nitrogen-burst and viscous processing of Eastman Fine Grain Release Positive Film, Type 5302, (in well-buffered Phenidone-hydroquinone developers) were measured by edge exposure microdensitometer scans. A well-buffered basic formulation containing 10 grams of hydroquinone and 1 gram of Phenidone at a pH of 10.5 was chosen for study. Sensitivity to pH and concentration level was tested by independently reducing the developing-agent concentrations by 30 percent and 50 percent, and the pH to 10.2. Chemically equivalent formulations for viscous development were produced by thickening the developer solutions with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. No significant adjacency effects were observed for nitrogen-burst processing. For viscous processing, significant adjacency effects occurred for all four formulations and were found within the limits of experimental error to be directly proportional to large-area edge density difference for constant high density at the edge used for this measurement. Adjacency effect magnitudes, expressed as a percentage of large-area edge density difference, were found to be 93 percent, 19.3 percent, and 31 2 percent for relative developing-agent concentrations of 1.0, 0.7, and 0.5, at a pH of 10.5, and 24.2 percent for a pH of 10.2 at a relative developing-agent concentration of 1.0

WILLS-EXECUTION AND REVOCATION OF DUPLICATE WILLS

Testatrix executed three identical copies of her will. Counsel advised her that in the event she should desire to make a new will she must destroy both copies of the will in her possession and he would \u27definitely destroy the copy\u27 which he retained.\u27\u27 Thereafter, testatrix destroyed one of the two copies retained by her and struck out an objectionable devise in the other copy. Testatrix made no attempt to alter or destroy the third copy, although she was in temporary possession of it at a later date. The legatee (plaintiff) was successful in setting aside the decree of final settlement of the decedent\u27s estate according to the laws of intestacy, and he secured an order that the altered copy of the will be probated. The administratrix (defendant) appealed, alleging the court erred in not finding a revocation. Held, affirmed. Roberts v. Fisher, (Ind. App. 1951) 98 N.E. (2d) 215, rehearing denied 98 N.E. (2d) 918

TRACKING THE EVOLUTION OF E-GROCERS: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT

Forecasts of the proportion of food retailing likely to be conducted over the Internet remain small, perhaps only contributing 2 percent of sales. One reason for this low market share is the challenge E-Grocers face in developing strategies which respond to four key areas of interest to consumers: signals of firm quality; signals of product quality; the range of products offered; and service, or customer-relationship management (CRM). Careful attention to these consumer concerns is important in all retail relationships–-online or offline. This paper compares indicators of these factors across U.S. E-Grocers. A quantitative four-period ranking of online food-retailing strategies is presented for the nascent industry. Data from the third and fourth quarters of 2001, the fourth quarter of 2002, and the first quarter of 2004 provide the basis of this discussion. After initial setbacks, data show traditional ("“bricks”") grocery retailers successfully developing online strategies. Firms not primarily focused on groceries exited the E-Grocery sector, while the development of specialty food suppliers blurred the concept of online food retailing. Gaps in current strategies are indicated using content analyses of E-Grocery web sites.Agribusiness,

The Future of Conventional Deterrence

The 1990\u27s will see the emergence of a new and qualitatively different world order that will require United States to recast its traditional approaches to foreign policy and national security. For four decades national security policy in the United States, largely defined by the superpower rivalry, was heavily dependent upon strategic nuclear deterrence. Today, as the era of bipolarity recedes, we may confidently expect new and different challenges to our important interest abroad

The structures and significance of mimesis in Adorno's "Aesthetic Theory"

This thesis starts from the point of departure of asking why Aesthetic Theory is difficult to read. In answering this question it is argued that the difficulty of the work is a function of the unusual claims Adorno makes about the relation between art and philosophy, and that the presentation of these arguments exemplifies these claims. This complimentary relation between form and content has implications for the way Adorno can be understood as engaging the idea of mimesis. Aesthetic Theory should be understood as a theory of mimesis in modern art and as a mimetic work itself. Given this idea, the question of the readability of the work emerges as inseparable from the explicit claims Adorno makes for mimesis. If the work ultimately cannot be understood because Adorno does not define his concepts, or it is unexplainable for any other reason, then mimesis will be shown to be untenable. The issue of the readability of Aesthetic Theory is explored in the Introduction through a discussion of issues arising from the recent history of Adorno's reception. Particular attention is paid to the differences between critics who have emphasised the significance of the particular claims Adorno makes against those who emphasise his method. Chapter I rejects this distinction while it argues that the character of Adorno's writing is uneven, that is to say, Aesthetic Theory cannot usefully be read in a uniform way. Chapter I considers different aspects of this lack of uniformity and argues that the identity of Aesthetic Theory as 'philosophy' is often tenuous as it moves in and out of other modes of argument. Chapters 2 and 3 look at different aspects of the identity of Aesthetic Theory as philosophy. Chapter 2 explains the strategic significance of the work as a continuation of a tradition of philosophy from Hegel onwards. This tradition, it is argued, has explicitly understood the problem of philosophy as recognising itself as experience while it attempts to describe experience. Chapter 3 extends this theme into a consideration of philosophical form. If philosophy is understood as a mode of experience then its form as well as its content is significant. Through a consideration of Heidegger and Derrida, Chapter 3 examines the uniqueness of the philosophical form of Aesthetic Theory. Having made this distinction. Chapter 4 reads Aesthetic Theory as philosophical form, describing aspects of it as mimetic. Chapters 5 and 6 then give detailed readings of parts of Aesthetic Theory which are particularly relevant for an understanding of Adorno's theory of the mimetic potential of modern art. The concluding chapter argues that the internal consistency of Aesthetic Theory in its practice and definition of the crisis of mimesis in modernism has significant implications for the practice of art history and criticism of twentieth-century art

“Old people problems”, uncertainty and legitimacy: Challenges with diagnosing Parkinson\u27s disease in Kenya

Very little is known about the experience of people living with Parkinson\u27s disease (PD) in low- and middle-income countries, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa. The number of specialists in the region is low and awareness is limited among the population and healthcare professionals. Drawing on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork in urban and rural Kenya with 55 people living with PD (PwP), 23 family members and 22 healthcare professionals from public and private clinics, we set out to understand the experience of diagnosis among PwP in Kenya. The diagnostic journeys of our study participants were typically long, convoluted and confusing. Lack of relevant information, combined with comorbidities and expectations about ‘normal’ ageing, often conspired to delay interactions with health services for many. There often followed an extended period of diagnostic uncertainty, misdiagnosis and even ‘undiagnosis’, where a diagnostic decision was reversed. Following diagnosis, patients continued to lack information about their condition and prognosis, making it difficult for friends, family members and others to understand what was happening to them. We suggest that awareness of PD and its symptoms needs to improve among the general population and healthcare professionals. However, diagnosis is only the first step, and needs to be accompanied by better access to information, affordable treatment and support