George Herbert: his place in English church history

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityProblem. The purpose of the dissertation is to discuss the place of George Herbert (1593-1633) in the history of the Christian Church in England. With the revival of interest in and appreciation of the metaphysical poets, the name of George Herbert has taken a recognized place in the list of English authors, and his contribution to English literature is acknowledged increasingly. On the other hand, his role in Church history has never adequately been assessed. His theological and ecclesiological position often has been misrepresented gravely, and as a result his English poems, all of which deal with religious subjects, have been misunderstood to some extent by many. The dissertation is not a study of George Herbert considered primarily as a literary artist. It does not attempt to make a literary analysis of his poems, nor does it look for evidences of purely literary influence, except where data of this kind contribute directly to understanding his religion or his place in the Church. George Herbert's religious devotion is for us totally bound up in his poetry, and his attitude toward his poetic gift is at its root religious. Therefore a study of this kind cannot avoid all literary questions, and it refers constantly to his poetry. But what is attempted is an historical view of Herbert's place in English religious life and not a criticism of his poetry and prose. [truncated

George Herbert: his place in English church history

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityProblem. The purpose of the dissertation is to discuss the place of George Herbert (1593-1633) in the history of the Christian Church in England. With the revival of interest in and appreciation of the metaphysical poets, the name of George Herbert has taken a recognized place in the list of English authors, and his contribution to English literature is acknowledged increasingly. On the other hand, his role in Church history has never adequately been assessed. His theological and ecclesiological position often has been misrepresented gravely, and as a result his English poems, all of which deal with religious subjects, have been misunderstood to some extent by many. The dissertation is not a study of George Herbert considered primarily as a literary artist. It does not attempt to make a literary analysis of his poems, nor does it look for evidences of purely literary influence, except where data of this kind contribute directly to understanding his religion or his place in the Church. George Herbert's religious devotion is for us totally bound up in his poetry, and his attitude toward his poetic gift is at its root religious. Therefore a study of this kind cannot avoid all literary questions, and it refers constantly to his poetry. But what is attempted is an historical view of Herbert's place in English religious life and not a criticism of his poetry and prose. [truncated

Çevresel tarih nedir?

Sadece insanların değil insanların da içinde yer aldığı doğal çevredeki canlı cansız tüm varlıkların ve bu varlıklar arasındaki etkileşimin yazılması gereken bir tarihi olduğu düşüncesini savunan çevresel tarih, insan ve sosyal bilim araştırmalarına getirilmiş en yenilikçi ve en kapsayıcı yorum izah tarzlarından biridir. İnsanın çevre, çevrenin de insan üzerindeki etkisine özel bir vurgu yapan bu alan siyasi, askeri, sosyal, iktisadi ve kültürel tarih gibi geleneksel tarihyazım şekillerine ilave edilecek ve bunlar üzerinde yeniden düşünmemizi sağlayacak devrimci bir niteliğe sahiptir. Antik döneme kadar uzanan öncüleri olmakla birlikte 1960’lardan bu yana kapsamı ve hedefleri belirli bir disiplin olarak ABD’den Rusya’ya, Brezilya’dan Hindistan’a dünyanın farklı coğrafyalarında icra edilen bu yeni tarihçilik biçemi ülkemizde de bilinir ve uygulanır hale gelmiştir. Elinizdeki kitap çevresel tarihe meraklı öğrenci ve araştırmacılar için rehber eser niteliğindeki What is Environmental History? 2 nd edition (Cambridge: Polity, 2016) başlıklı çalışmanın çevirisidir. Alanın öncü ve üretken isimlerinden J. Donald Hughes tarafından kaleme alınan bu eser gerek sağladığı kapsamlı bakış açısı gerekse konuları ele alış biçimiyle kısa sürede başucu kitabı olma niteliği kazanmıştır. Hughes tarihsel incelemeler yapmak için hangi kavramları kullanmamız gerektiği konusunda yol gösterici olmakla birlikte hangi çevresel tarih kaynaklarına bakmamız gerektiğini de elimizdeki kısa giriş kitabında yetkinlikle gösteriyor. Ben kendi hesabıma bu kitabı eline alan ve şöyle bir karıştıran herkesin kendi özel kütüphanesi için bir tane edinmek isteyeceğinden eminim. Bu kitap tüm lisans ve lisansüstü tarih öğrencileri yanı sıra tarihle amatör ya da profesyonel uğraşan herkese faydalı olacaktır

Mapping ground instability in areas of geotechnical infrastructure using satellite InSAR and Small UAV Surveying: a case study in Northern Ireland

Satellite Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), geological data and Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SUAV) surveying was used to enhance our understanding of ground movement at five areas of interest in Northern Ireland. In total 68 ERS-1/2 images 1992–2000 were processed with the Small Baseline Subset (SBAS) InSAR technique to derive the baseline ground instability scenario of key areas of interest for five stakeholders: TransportNI, Northern Ireland Railways, Department for the Economy, Arup, and Belfast City Council. These stakeholders require monitoring of ground deformation across either their geotechnical infrastructure (i.e., embankments, cuttings, engineered fills and earth retaining structures) or assessment of subsidence risk as a result of abandoned mine workings, using the most efficient, cost-effective methods, with a view to minimising and managing risk to their businesses. The InSAR results provided an overview of the extent and magnitude of ground deformation for a 3000 km2 region, including the key sites of the disused salt mines in Carrickfergus, the Belfast–Bangor railway line, Throne Bend and Ligoniel Park in Belfast, Straidkilly and Garron Point along the Antrim Coast Road, plus other urbanised areas in and around Belfast. Tailored SUAV campaigns with a X8 airframe and generation of very high resolution ortho-photographs and a 3D surface model via the Structure from Motion (SfM) approach at Maiden Mount salt mine collapse in Carrickfergus in 2016 and 2017 also demonstrate the benefits of very high resolution surveying technologies to detect localised deformation and indicators of ground instabilit

Hyponatremia in a Cold Weather Ultraendurance Race

We assessed the incidence and etiology of hyponatremia in the 100-mile (161 km) Iditasport ultramarathon. Subjects (8 cyclists, 8 runners) were weighed and serum sodium was measured pre- and post-race. Race diets were analyzed to determine fluid and sodium consumption. Subjects were split by post-race serum sodium concentration into hyponatremic and normonatremic groups for statistical analyses. Seven of 16 subjects (44%) were hyponatremic. The hyponatremic group exhibited a significant decrease in serum sodium concentration (137.0 to 132.9 mmol/L, and the normonatremic group experienced a significant decrease in weight (82.1 to 80.2 kg) pre- to post-race. The hypornatremic group drank more friud per hour (0.5 versus 0.4 L/h) and consumed less sodium per hour (235 versus 298 mg/h) compared to the normonatremic group. In conclusion, hyponatremia is common in an ultraendurance race held in the extreme cold, and may be caused by excessive fluid consumption and/or inadequate sodium intake

Early development of structural networks and the impact of prematurity on brain connectivity

Preterm infants are at high risk of neurodevelopmental impairment, which may be due to altered development of brain connectivity. We aimed to (i) assess structural brain development from 25 to 45 weeks gestational age (GA) using graph theoretical approaches and (ii) test the hypothesis that preterm birth results in altered white matter network topology. Sixty-five infants underwent MRI between 25(+3) and 45(+6) weeks GA. Structural networks were constructed using constrained spherical deconvolution tractography and were weighted by measures of white matter microstructure (fractional anisotropy, neurite density and orientation dispersion index). We observed regional differences in brain maturation, with connections to and from deep grey matter showing most rapid developmental changes during this period. Intra-frontal, frontal to cingulate, frontal to caudate and inter-hemispheric connections matured more slowly. We demonstrated a core of key connections that was not affected by GA at birth. However, local connectivity involving thalamus, cerebellum, superior frontal lobe, cingulate gyrus and short range cortico-cortical connections was related to the degree of prematurity and contributed to altered global topology of the structural brain network. The relative preservation of core connections at the expense of local connections may support more effective use of impaired white matter reserve following preterm birth