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The attitude of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) toward Christianity and the churches
The purpose of this thesis is to bring to light
the attitude of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) toward
Christianity and the churches. Burke's impact on
eighteenth century politics, and his rank as a philosopher, have been the subjects of many specialized
studies, as well as being essential to any comprehensive view of the century in which he was such a power.
However, there exists no adequate treatment of his
religious thought, and it is the centrality of that
theme which justifies this investigation of his life
and works.In the first chapter I have attempted to set forth
a brief sketch of Burke's life. Some twelve or more
biographies have already appeared, and it is obviously
impossible to box the compass of his many-sided life in
so short a space. However, I have been guided in this
first chapter by the central purpose of the study, that
is, I have attempted to call attention to the religious
aspect of his speeches and writings within the larger
framework of the chief events of his lifetime. The
examination of the Wentworth Woodhouse Manuscripts at
Sheffield and the Milton Manuscripts at Lamport Hall
yielded some most interesting biographical data not
hitherto published, and I have Incorporated some of
that material in this introductory chapter.The second chapter will carry the reader into the
heart of the thesis. Here I set down Burke's attitude
toward the major religious problems toward which he
turned his prolific mind, together with an appraisal
of his personal religion and integrity. The original
work in this chapter has a two-fold aspect. First, I
have endeavoured to bring together for the first time,
from all Burke's published works and correspondence,
the essential material on these themes. Secondly,
the investigation of hundreds of Burke's hitherto unpublished letters, and his private notebooks, has made
possible a fresh and comprehensive assise of his
religious thought.The third chapter deals with Burke's political
thought. Here I am of course indebted to all those
who have so carefully and adequately set forth his political philosophy. Any claim to originality in this
chapter is derived from the delineation of the religious
presuppositions which Burke brought to the affairs of
state. That Burke held such presuppositions has long
been common knowledge; I simply document the proposi¬
tion and endeavour to show how integral was his
religious thought to his political philosophy.The fourth, fifth, and sixth chapters are concerned
with Burke's attitude toward The Established Church,
The Dissenting Churches, and The Roman Catholic Church,
respectively. There was little to be said of his
attitude toward the establishment that had not already
been recorded; hence chapter four is the shortest in
the study. In the chapter on Dissent, however, I attempt
to trace Burke's transition from a position of champion
to that of cool detachment and then vigorous opposition.
In the study of the Roman Catholic Church there is some
hitherto unpublished material which sets into sharper
focus his concern and lifelong sympathy, not only for
Catholic Snancipation, but for the Roman Catholic Church
as such
Characterization of Mechanically Cooled High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detectors at Elevated Temperatures
High resolution gamma spectroscopy is a tool used in nuclear security applications due to its achievable energy resolution and associated ability to identify special nuclear material. This identification ability is achieved by identifying the characteristic gamma-rays of a material. The challenges that have confronted industry concerning the use of hand-held high purity germanium (HPGe) in homeland security applications have centered on weight, geometry, and cool-down time. Typical liquid nitrogen cooled detectors ranging in size from 10% to 150% detectors will cool down sufficiently within 2-6 hours of filling. The cool-down time achieved in this research ranges from 45 min on the smallest detector to six hours on the largest 180 cm3 detector; which is consistent with typical hand held HPGe devices. The weight and package geometry for HPGe-based designs is driven by the need to cool the HPGe detector to cryogenic temperatures. This is due to small bandgap (~0.7 eV) of HPGe. Liquid nitrogen or mechanical cooling is required to achieve such temperatures.
This dissertation presents work performed to characterize energy resolution performance as a function of temperature in a new mechanically cooled HPGe detector design based upon a split-Stirling cryocooler. This research also quantifies the microphonic noise contribution from this cryocooler. Measurements have been taken on detector sizes ranging from 6.75 cubic centimeters to 180 cubic centimeters. Focus has been placed on determining volume dependence on energy resolution at elevated temperatures. Microphonic noise contribution from the cooler has also been studied over the same temperature range. This energy resolution degradation was most pronounced at low temperatures (\u3c110ºKelvin) and has been shown to be a function of cooler drive voltage. This research shows that in some cases the energy resolution degradation observed can be as much as 1.5 kiloelectronvolts.
This differs from previous studies where detectors were liquid nitrogen cooled. This research is also an expansion of previous research in that the size of the detectors studied is larger than previous. Previously identified research is limited to 75 cubic centimeter volume detectors whereas detectors up to 180 cubic centimeters will be reviewed
A study of trust and commitment amongst nursing staff within NHS organisations
Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/812 on 28.02.2017 by CS (TIS)Much academic research supposes that there is a relationship between the level of
trust amongst employees and their managers and the extent to which employees are
committed, in terms of their attitudes and their behaviour towards the aims and
objectives of the organisation and their daily tasks and duties (Kanter, 1972;
Eisenstadt and Roniger, 1984; Geller 1988, Guest, 1991; Morgan and Hunt, 1994;
Fine and Holyfield, 1996; Brocker, et al, 1997). This study has sought to explore and
assess the level and nature of trust and the sources and the conditions which create
trust between nursing staff and their managers within two NHS organisations (an
acute and a community Trust) and to examine the level of attitudinal and behavioural
commitment amongst nursing staff towards the organisation. The purpose of this
study was to investigate the relationship between the level of trust amongst nursing
staff and their managers with their level of attitudinal and behavioural commitment.
Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. The research involved a
comparative analysis of the findings of the research on trust and commitment amongst
nursing staff within the two organisations. The results from this study informed the
construction of models depicting and illustrating the nature of trust and commitment
amongst nursing staff within the two NHS organisations. These models confirm much
of the previous research carried out on employee trust and commitment and they also
highlight the significance of organisational context and the professional commitments
of nursing staff and the influence they have upon the level of trust and commitment
amongst nursing staff within the two organisations
Quilting Topological Phases of Matter with Quantum Thread: A Luttinger Liquid Love Letter
Kicked off by the discovery of the quantum Hall effect in the early 1980s, the study of topological phases of matter has captured the attention of the condensed matter physics community for over four decades. With topologically ordered phases, symmetry-protected topological phases and, most recently, fracton phases, examples of states of matter beyond the Landau-Ginzburg symmetry breaking paradigm abound. One approach for constructing these novel states of matter is to employ a layered approach; 2-dimensional phases can be built by coupling together 1-dimensional wires , 3-dimensional phases can be built by coupling together 2-dimensional layers and/or 1-dimensional wires and so on. Two major advantages of this approach are its analytical tractability and its ability to describe chiral phases. In this dissertation we will make use of these constructions to study several new and exotic strongly coupled quantum phases of matter. These include necessarily interacting fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases, chiral fracton phases and stable compressible phases which lack any local order parameter
Patterns of stent purchasing in a collaborative procurement organisation
Leveraging purchasing power through collaborative purchasing arrangements is
widely used to deliver efficiency savings in public procurement. The success of such
arrangements requires the purchasing behaviours of individual members of the
collaborative organisation to change in order to realise the benefits of lower prices.
However the actual purchasing behaviours of organisations within a collaborative
purchasing arrangement have not been widely researched.
The research uses a stationary stochastic model of buyer behaviour, the NBDDirichlet,
to describe and predict the purchasing behaviours of buyers of coronary and
ureteral stents in a collaborative purchasing organisation in the English National
Health Service. The three year analysis period is a period of major change for each
category, the result of supplier promotional activity in the ureteral stent case and
purchasing management activity in the case of the coronary stents.
Deviations between the observed patterns of behaviour and the model predictions
point to violations of the basic Dirichlet requirements of stationary markets and lack
of partitioning. In both the ureteral and coronary stent cases the research identifies a
segment of frequent purchasers whose behaviour differs from the rest of the
population. The impact of framework agreements in restricting the purchasing
repertoire of buyers is also identified as a deviation from typical purchasing patterns.
Both interventions result in changes to established loyalty patterns, whereby the initial
high observed levels of loyalty towards particular suppliers are replaced by a greater
willingness to purchase from alternative suppliers. The data analysis also provides
preliminary evidence for purchase deceleration as buyers defer purchases during a
negotiation period in anticipation of improved pricing
Automated Image Analysis of Offshore Infrastructure Marine Biofouling
Supplementary Materials: The following are available online at www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/6/1/2/s1 Acknowledgments: This project was funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) project No.: NE/N019865/1. The authors would like to thank Melanie Netherway and Don Orr, from our project partner (company requested to remain anonymous) for the provision of survey footage and for supporting the project. In addition, many thanks to Oscar Beijbom, University California Berkley for providing guidance and support to the project. Additional thanks to Calum Reay, Bibby Offshore; George Gair, Subsea 7; and Alan Buchan, Wood Group Kenny for help with footage collection and for allowing us to host workshops with them and their teams, their feedback and insights were very much appreciated.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
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