504 research outputs found
Three Urban Parishes: A Study of Sacred Space
Different but related streams of parish life are reflected in the material culture surrounding three Ukrainian Catholic congregations in Edmonton, Alberta. Variations in architecture, interior space and iconography show the impact of history and shifts in cultural symbolism, human imagination and tradition.
Résumé
La culture matérielle propre à trois congrégations catholiques ukrainiennes d'Edmonton, en Alberta, reflète des courants de vie paroissiale distincts mais apparentés. L'architecture, l'aménagement intérieur et l'iconographie ont subi des variantes qui soulignent l'importance de l'histoire et de l'évolution du symbolisme culturel, de l'imagination humaine et des traditions
Dying and Rising in the Kingdom of God: The Ritual Incarnation of the "Ultimate" in Eastern Christian Culture
This paper maps the rituals through ivhich devotees in Eastern Christian communities are initiated into the Kingdom of God. Its primary focus is the intimate relationship between the rituals surrounding dying, death, burial, and the memory of the dead, with the festive cycle of Holy Week and pascha (Easter), in which Christ's dying and death are contemplated. The paper argues that the mythic pattern of Holy Week and pascha structures and informs the meaning of dying and death for the devotees, the mourners, and the community. The mythopoetic character of both ritual cycles (Holy Week and pascha. and, the rites for the devotee) uses sacred word, object, and gesture to identify the devotee with the cosmic Christ. In this manner, the experience of death is wrested from chaos, and the devotee is initiated into a cosmos laden with sacred meaning.
Résumé
Cet article trace le tableau des différents rituels religieux destinés à révéler le royaume de Dieu aux adeptes des communautés chrétiennes orientales. L'auteur s'intéresse particulièrement au rapport étroit qui existe entre les rituels entourant la mort, l'inhumation, le culte des morts, et le cycle de fêtes de la semaine sainte et de la pascha (Pâques) qui commémorent la mort du Christ. D'après l'auteur, la semaine sainte et la pascha constituent un modèle mythique qui structure et traduit le sens de la mort pour les fidèles, pour ceux qui portent le deuil et pour la collectivité. Le caractère mythico-poétique des deux cycles rituels (semaine sainte et pascha ainsi que les rites observés par les fidèles) fait appel à la parole, à l'objet et au geste sacrés pour identifier l'adepte au Christ cosmique. C 'est ainsi que l'expérience de la mort échappe au chaos et que le fidèle est initié à un cosmos chargé d'une signification sacrée
Static and Dynamic Phases for Vortex Matter with Attractive Interactions
Exotic vortex states with long range attraction and short range repulsion
have recently been proposed to arise in superconducting hybrid structures and
multi-band superconductors. Using large scale simulations we examine the static
and dynamic properties of such vortex states interacting with random and
periodic pinning. In the absence of pinning this system does not form patterns
but instead completely phase separates. When pinning is present there is a
transition from inhomogeneous to homogeneous vortex configurations similar to a
wetting phenomenon. Under an applied drive, a dynamical dewetting process can
occur from a strongly pinned homogeneous state into pattern forming states. We
show that a signature of the exotic vortex interactions under transport
measurements is a robust double peak feature in the differential conductivity
curves.Comment: 5 pages, 4 postscript figure
Probing Disordered Substrates by Imaging the Adsorbate in its Fluid Phase
Several recent imaging experiments access the equilibrium density profiles of
interacting particles confined to a two-dimensional substrate. When these
particles are in a fluid phase, we show that such data yields precise
information regarding substrate disorder as reflected in one-point functions
and two-point correlations of the fluid. Using Monte Carlo simulations and
replica generalizations of liquid state theories, we extract unusual two-point
correlations of time-averaged density inhomogeneities induced by disorder.
Distribution functions such as these have not hitherto been measured but should
be experimentally accessible.Comment: 10 pages revtex 4 figure
The prevalence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica among diarrhea patients in Jos, Nigeria
One hundred and fifty (150) stool samples from diarrhoeic children and adults seeking for medical attention (including hospitalized patients) in Vom Christain Hospital (VCH), Mandela Clinic (MC) Vom and Dagott Family Health Clinic (DFHC) Vom were screened for Yersinia enterocolitica infection between August 2005 and August 2006. The isolation methods adopted were direct plating on MacConkey Agar (MCA), Deoxycholate Citrate Agar (DCA) and cold enrichment method using phosphate buffered saline prior to subculture onto selective solid culture media (Cefsulodin Irgasan Novobiocin [CIN] agar). Out of the 150 samples screened, 6 (15%) were positive. The incidence of the infection was highest among those aged 1 - 10 years 3 (7.5%), followed by 21 - 31 years 2 (5%) and 11 - 20 years 1 (2.5%). Serotyped and biotyped, pathogenic Y. enterocolitica (2/O: 9. 4/O: 9) were susceptible to ciprofloxin, floxavid, streptomycin and tetracycline
STM Imaging of Flux Line Arrangements in the Peak Effect Regime
We present the results of a study of vortex arrangements in the peak-effect
regime of 2H-NbSe_2 by scanning tunneling microscopy. By slowly increasing the
temperature in a constant magnetic field, we observed a sharp transition from
collective vortex motion to positional fluctuations of individual vortices at
the temperature which coincides with the onset of the peak effect in
ac-susceptibility. We conclude that the peak effect is a disorder driven
transition, with the pinning energy winning from the elastic energy.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures included Manuscript has been submitte
Interaction between superconducting vortices and Bloch wall in ferrite garnet film
Interaction between a Bloch wall in a ferrite-garnet film and a vortex in a
superconductor is analyzed in the London approximation. Equilibrium
distribution of vortices formed around the Bloch wall is calculated. The
results agree quantitatively with magneto-optical experiment where an in-plane
magnetized ferrite-garnet film placed on top of NbSe2 superconductor allows
observation of individual vortices. In particular, our model can reproduce a
counter-intuitive attraction observed between vortices and a Bloch wall having
the opposite polarity. It is explained by magnetic charges appearing due to
discontinuity of the in-plane magnetization across the wall.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Dendritic flux patterns in MgB2 films
Magneto-opitcal studies of a c-oriented epitaxial MgB2 film with critical
current density 10^7 A/cm^2 demonstrate a breakdown of the critical state at
temperatures below 10 K [cond-mat/0104113]. Instead of conventional uniform and
gradual flux penetration in an applied magnetic field, we observe an abrupt
invasion of complex dendritic structures. When the applied field subsequently
decreases, similar dendritic structures of the return flux penetrate the film.
The static and dynamic properties of the dendrites are discussed.Comment: Accepted to Supercond. Sci. Techno
Low field vortex matter in YBCO: an atomic beam magnetic resonance study
We report measurements of the low field structure of the magnetic vortex
lattice in an untwinned YBCO single-crystal platelet. Measurements were carried
out using a novel atomic beam magnetic resonance (ABMR) technique. For a 10.7 G
field applied parallel to the c-axis of the sample, we find a triangular
lattice with orientational order extending across the entire sample. We find
the triangular lattice to be weakly distorted by the a-b anisotropy of the
material and measure a distortion factor, f = 1.16. Model-experiment
comparisons determine a penetration depth, lambda_ab = 140 (+-20) nm. The paper
includes the first detailed description of the ABMR technique. We discuss both
technical details of the experiment and the modeling used to interpret the
measurements.Comment: 44 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B Revision includes
Postscript wrapped figures + minor typo
Local threshold field for dendritic instability in superconducting MgB2 films
Using magneto-optical imaging the phenomenon of dendritic flux penetration in
superconducting films was studied. Flux dendrites were abruptly formed in a 300
nm thick film of MgB2 by applying a perpendicular magnetic field. Detailed
measurements of flux density distributions show that there exists a local
threshold field controlling the nucleation and termination of the dendritic
growth. At 4 K the local threshold field is close to 12 mT in this sample,
where the critical current density is 10^7 A/cm^2. The dendritic instability in
thin films is believed to be of thermo-magnetic origin, but the existence of a
local threshold field, and its small value are features that distinctly
contrast the thermo-magnetic instability (flux jumps) in bulk superconductors.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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