Dryden\u27s Adaptations of Shakespeare

It is the purpose of this study to discuss Dryden\u27s adaptations of Shakespeare\u27s The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, and Troilus and Cressida. As a background for this study, Restoration drama will be discussed from the standpoint of the following criteria: relationship to Elizabethan drama; Restoration audiences, theaters, and fashion; adaptations, primarily of Shakespeare; D’Avenant, Dryden, and heroic drama; and finally, English opera in the Restoration period. The first of the five chapters in this discussion will be concerned with the items listed above. Succeeding chapters in order will discuss Dryden\u27s adaptations of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, and in a summary chapter some critical conclusions will be given. In chapters two, three, and four dealing with the plays of Shakespeare which Dryden adapted, the discussion will be concerned with the theme of the plays, the structure, the plot, major and important minor characters, and imagery, and it will close with a critical summary

Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis

Since the late 1970s when the potential of the immunoreactive trypsinogen assay for early identification of infants with cystic fibrosis was first recognised, the performance of newborn blood spot screening (NBS) has been continually assessed and its use has gradually expanded. NBS for cystic fibrosis is a cost-effective strategy and, if standards of care are fully implemented and robust management pathways are in place, has a positive effect on clinical outcomes. In the past decade, NBS has undergone rapid expansion and an unprecedented number of infants with cystic fibrosis have access to early diagnosis and care. Cystic fibrosis NBS has now moved on from the development phase and is entering an era of consolidation. In the future, research should focus on the rationalisation and optimisation of existing programmes, with particular attention to bioethical implications such as unwanted detection of carriers and inconclusive diagnoses

Thermal emission spectroscopy of the middle atmosphere

The general objective of this research is to obtain, via remote sensing, simultaneous measurements of the vertical distributions of stratospheric temperature, ozone, and trace constituents that participate in the catalytic destruction of ozone (NO(sub y): NO, NO2, NO3, HNO3, ClONO2, N2O5, HNO4; Cl(sub x): HOCl), and the source gases for the catalytic cycles (H2O, CH4, N2O, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CCl4, CH3Cl, CHF2Cl, etc.). Data are collected during a complete diurnal cycle in order to test our present understanding of ozone chemistry and its associate catalytic cycles. The instrumentation employed is an emission-mode, balloon-borne, liquid-nitrogen-cooled Michelson interferometer-spectrometer (SIRIS), covering the mid-infrared range with a spectral resolution of 0.020 cm(exp -1). Cryogenic cooling combined with the use of extrinsic silicon photoconductor detectors allows the detection of weak emission features of stratospheric gaseous species. Vertical distributions of these species are inferred from scans of the thermal emission of the limb in a sequence of elevation angles. The fourth SIRIS balloon flight was carried out from Palestine, Texas on September 15-16, 1986 with 9 hours of nighttime data (40 km). High quality data with spectral resolution 0.022 cm(exp -1), were obtained for numerous limb sequences. Fifteen stratospheric species have been identified to date from this flight: five species from the NO(sub y) family (HNO3, NO2, NO, ClONO2, N2O5), plus CO2, O3, H2O, N2O, CH4, CCl3F, CCl2F2, CHF2Cl, CF4, and CCl4. The nighttime values of N2O5, ClONO2, and total odd nitrogen have been measured for the first time, and compared to model results. Analysis of the diurnal variation of N2O5 within the 1984 and 1986 data sets, and of the 1984 ClONO2 measurements, were presented in the literature. The demonstrated ability of SIRIS to measure all the major NO(sub y) species, and therefore to determine the partitioning of the nitrogen family over a continuous diurnal cycle, is a powerful tool in the verification and improvement of photochemical modeling

Information Requirements for MCM and ISR Missions : PUMA Phase II

This document contains display requirements for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) control station displays to be used by unmanned vehicle units in support of heterogeneous unmanned vehicle missions (such as Special Operations Force (SOF) insertion). The method used for generating the requirements was that of a Hybrid Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA)1 which entails describing a scenario overview of a representative mission, generating event flow diagrams, and depicting decision ladders for the key decisions identified in the event flow diagrams. These steps are then used together to generate an informational requirements summary which includes the situational awareness requirements that are derived from the event flow and display requirements of the decision ladders. This method was developed in Phase I of the PUMA (Plan Understanding for Mixed-initiative control of Autonomous systems) project2. In PUMA I, the mission scenario primarily consisted of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) tasks. For PUMA II, the scenario has been expanded to include Mine Counter Measures (MCM), Harbor Bottom Image-Mapping (HBI), and Anti- Terrorism / Force Protection (AT/FP) mission types. There is a specific emphasis on the MCM and ISR missions to highlight the informational requirement differences between the two task types. This document incorporates the expanded vehicle and mission type heterogeneities that are present in PUMA II in order to develop a cohesive set of informational requirements necessary for such a complex mission.Prepared for Charles River Analytic

Prevalence, Knowledge, and Influence of Whey Protein and Other Supplements on Athletes

In volume 4, Issue 1 of the JSMAHS you will find Professional Research Abstracts, as well as Bachelor Student Research Abstracts and Case Reports. Thank you for viewing this 4th Annual OATA Special Editio

Studi Evaluasi Pelatihan Penatalaksanaan Pms dengan Pendekatan Sindrom di Beberapa Kabupaten di Jawa Timur

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD continue to become major public health problems. Most of STD patients present with urethral or vaginal discharge, even though the causes may be of different micro-organisms. The Syndromic Approach (SA) is an algorithm for STD management currently recommended by the WHO. Diagnosis are made based on clinical signs and symptoms using a certain flowchard-without laboratory confirmation, and all possible causes will be treated. IEC are also given and the patients' partners are notified. The East Java Provincial health office has trained Puskesmas' and hospitals' doctors and paramedics on this new STD management approach.The objecttive of this study is to evaluate the implementation of SA in some Puskesmas and private clinics which personnels have been trained before. Using direct observation, document research, interviews and focus group discussions, data and information on the benefit of SA, the obstacles in implementing SA, and recommendations to improve the health providers' performance in STD management are collected. Results are hopefully used as inpc;ts in improving the STD control program, provincially as well as nationally

Marketing Hardwoods From Alaska's Susitna Valley

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Analisis Berbagai Atribut Kepentingan Nasabah terhadap Kinerja Produk Bni Taplus PT. Bni (Persero) Tbk. Kantor Cabang UTAMA Manado

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kepentingan dari berbagai atribut yang melekat pada produk BNI Taplus dan bagaimana kinerja yang telah dilaksanakan oleh pihak bank sehingga dapat menghasilkan rekomendasi untuk peningkatan kinerja bank. Alat analisis yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) untuk mengukur tingkat kepuasan berdasarkan persepsi nasabah. Hasil dari penelitian ini diperoleh bahwa, dari ketujuh atribut BNI Taplus yang diteliti terdapat empat atribut yakni Fasilitas gedung kantor, ATM, Layanan Teller, Customer Service dan Manajemen, dan atribut Manajemen, Karyawan, dan Pelayanan yang dalam pelaksanaannya telah memberikan kinerja yang memuaskan dan disaat yang sama tingkat kepentingan atau harapan nasabah sangat tinggi. Atribut Kartu Debit BNI Taplus dianggap penting bagi nasabah namun kinerjanya belum memuaskan. Sebaliknya, terdapat atribut Suku Bunga yang bagi nasabah tidak terlalu penting namun kinerjanya sangat memuaskan. Pada penelitian ini juga ditemukan bahwa, atribut Buku Tabungan terletak pada kuadran prioritas rendah dimana atribut ini tidak begitu penting bagi nasabah dan disaat yang sama kinerjanya juga belum memuaskan. Kata kunci: atribut produk, service quality, performanc

The price of white pine stumpage and lumber during the movement of New Hampshire sawmills into and out of production, Station Bulletin, no.480

The Bulletin is a publication of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire