Emplotment as Epic in Archaeological Writing: The Site Monograph as Narrative

To emplot a narrative as epic is to present a story of vast scope and multiple plots as a legitimate member of a tradition of other such stories. This article argues that emplotment as epic is the broadest of three levels of plot in archaeological writings. At that level, the site monograph emerges as a characteristically archaeological form of narrative, fundamental to archaeology as a discipline and a source of chronic anxiety for archaeologists. The ‘stories’ told in site monographs are epic in length, diversity of materials covered and multiplicity of themes, plots and authors. Indeed, the more complexities of that sort the better, since those are features that help to emplot the work as good archaeology

La Peri, poeme danse (1911-12): a problematic creative-collaborative journey

This exploration of the creation of the poème dansé, La Péri (1911–12) for which the score was composed by Paul Dukas (1865–1935) establishes the role played in its development by the première danseuse, Natalia (Natasha) Trouhanova (1885–1956) and other artists. It charts the troubled collaboration on the initial project, which Serge Diaghilev (1872–1929) abandoned in 1911 and follows the process of its presentation the following year under the guidance of Jacques Rouché (1862–1957)

Optimal Design Of A High Pressure Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor

INTRODUCTION The use of computer simulations as an optimal design tool which lessens the costs in time and effort in experimental and physical testing has become prevalent in aerospace design (e.g., the design of the Boeing 777) and development of automotive mass production items. It is also commonly found in the design of production and assembly lines where repetitive motion related to parts assembly is critical. In this presentation we discuss a non-aerospace, non-automotive design use of computer simulations. A team at N.C. State University composed of material scientists, physicists, and applied mathematicians, have used computer simulations as a fundamental design tool in developing a new prototype high pressure organometallic chemical vapor deposition (HPOMCVD) reactor for use in thin film crystal growth. The advantages of such a reactor lie in improved advanced technology products involving exotic materials with high thermal decomposition pressures and i

Correction to: In vitro prediction of stop-codon suppression by intravenous gentamicin in patients with cystic fibrosis: a pilot study

The original article [1] contains errors in Table 1 affecting some of the presented oligonucleotide sequences and readthrough values in Table 1