N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, And The American Imagination: Medieval Myth In 19th- And 20th- Century Children’s Literature

This thesis attempts to elucidate how the illustrated images and text of the medieval myths of King Arthur and Robin Hood were translated from an English national epic to an American classic and used, I argue, to construct a new American identity. My analysis looks at both the written word and illustrated images in Howard Pyle’s The Story of King Arthur and His Knights and The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, as well as The Boy’s King Arthur written by Sidney Lanier and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, and Robin Hood written by Paul Creswick and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Work in this field expresses an instinctive bias towards the written text rather than basing interpretation on the premise that language and pictures have equal power to create meaning. For that reason, my interpretations of Robin Hood and King Arthur will be established through intersemiotic translation with added support from gender and Marxist theory. Ultimately, I demonstrate how children’s literature and illustration were redeployed as useful and timely instruments in the creation and propagation of American identity in the late 19th and early 20th century. As children’s literature was considered a source of moral education at the time, illustrated children’s classics were much more than stories. They were tools to shape the future generation and, in doing so, shape the future of a nation

Об анализе некоторых виброграмм

Laser materials processing is widely used in industry today. The quality of the produced parts is vital for the manufacturer and it is even more important to discover early in the manufacturing process if the required result can be met. ISO 9000 and other by law enforced regulations have led to the understanding that quality control is an essential tool in modern manufacturing and necessary in order to keep production results in deterministic boundaries. Even in the most modern laser based manufacturing systems in operation, few of the key process input parameters are monitored or recorded in any way. The acquisition of such data is usually limited to measuring the laser beam with respect to focal position and power. The online assessment of weld seam quality, both in applications with high penetration depths, as well as those used for the joining of flexible sheets (both metal and non-metals), is a key aspect of maintaining quality. In deep penetration welding of highl y stressed components, the consistency of producing defined or full penetration welds is highly desired. Current work in this area is based on the approach of using advanced monitoring strategies. This includes multiple sensing concepts where several independent parameters or features are observed simultaneously in one setup. Besides collecting information directly from the process also geometrical data like shape or size can be used to evaluate the produced quality. Moreover, spatially resolved measurement of temperature radiation yields to additional information. This contribution shows up the current state-of-research and will draw up the route how these lab based results can be used in industrial application in the near future

Resonant octupole strength at 13 MeVin (58)Ni and (60)Ni and the character of the 53A(-1/3) state in heavy nuclei

Inelastic electron scattering reveals a concentration of resonant E3 strength at (13.3 ± 0.2) MeV in 51Ni and (12.8 ± 0.2) MeV in 60Ni. The energy agrees closely with the 52 A- 1/ ' MeV predicted by Hamamoto for the isovector (1 hwl E3 mode on the basis of the Bohr-Mottelson self-consistent shell model, but the strength, (13 ± 1)% and (8 ± 2)% of the energy weighted sum rule, respectively, is a factor of 5 too large. This result weakens recent arguments in favor of a monopole assignment for the 53 A-i/ 3 MeV resonance found by (e,e'l in heavy nuclei.National Science FoundationNaval Postgraduate School Foundatio

Multiphysics Simulation of the Material Removal in Jet Electrochemical Machining

AbstractJet Electrochemical Machining (Jet-ECM) is a technology for quickly and flexibly generating micro structures and micro geometries in metallic parts independently from the material's hardness and without any thermal or mechanical impact [1]. In the process no tool wear occurs and the machined surface is very smooth [2]. The Jet-ECM process strongly depends on the shape of the electrolyte jet. In a previous study Hackert [3] built a numerical model with COMSOL Multiphysics based on a predefined jet shape. The simulated dissolution results of this model progressively differ from experimental results with increasing processing time. Hence, a multiphysics model which integrated fluid dynamics using the level set method for two-phase flow was created. Furthermore, in the present study the electric boundary resistance at the interface of workpiece and electrolyte is considered. According to the real Jet-ECM process the simulation is divided into two steps. In the first simulation step the jet is formed, and in the second simulation step the anodic dissolution is simulated by deforming the geometry. The dynamic behavior of the electrolyte jet could be simulated during the material removal process. So effects became visible which affect the machining results

The Necessity for a Time Local Dimension in Systems with Time Varying Attractors

We show that a simple non-linear system of ordinary differential equations may possess a time varying attractor dimension. This indicates that it is infeasible to characterize EEG and MEG time series with a single time global dimension. We suggest another measure for the description of non-stationary attractors.Comment: 13 Postscript pages, 12 Postscript figures (figures 3b and 4 by request from Y. Ashkenazy: [email protected]

Fatal exit: the automotive black box debate

"Fatal Exit: The Automotive Black Box Debate cuts through thirty years of political wrangling and institutional biases to provide an argument for the Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder (MVEDR). This automotive equivalent of an airplane's flight recorder or black box is intended to solve the mysteries of car crashes and improve the safety of our roads. The reader is taken inside the automotive industry and the government highway safety establishment to foster an understanding of the politics and the positions on all sides of this safety debate. The author takes an unbiased approach, chronologically presenting each argument and uncovering the agendas and mandates of each of the stakeholders." "This publication is essential reading for all consumers who need to have their voices heard on this critical issue, as well as for attorneys, public safety advocates, public policy administrators, engineers, automotive professionals, journalists, and insurance executives."--Jacket

Conversion of an existing gas turbine to an intercooled exhaust-heated coal burning engine.

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Opportunities abound abroad: optimising our criminal intelligence system overseas

Criminal intelligence (CrimInt) is so useful in serious criminal investigations that it’s difficult to envisage a situation where it shouldn’t be sought and used if it’s available. This special report argues that Australia’s current arrangements for gathering and disseminating CrimInt overseas are suboptimal. While additional resources are needed to address this condition, there’s also a need to streamline priority setting and associated collection requirements, provide ways to evaluate and better coordinate the collection of information and intelligence product, and expand opportunities to improve training in CrimInt. The paper provides recommendations to improve the quality and utility of our overseas CrimInt effort for law enforcement, policy and regulatory agencies

Interview with Ian Kowalick

Don Dunstan Oral History Project interview transcripts. No conditions are imposed on the reuse of this transcript by the interviewee.Interview with Ian Kowalick by George Lewkowicz. Ian worked in the Premier's Department during most of the Dunstan era. The interview was held on the 18th July 2007