Through an Ale Glass, Palely: Mermen, Neptune/Poseidon and Tritons as motifs in beer brands and product labels

While the merman has been a minor figure in modern popular culture — in marked contrast to his gender counterpart, the mermaid — the figure has begun to enjoy a resurgence in several cultural niches in recent decades. One of the most notable of these has occurred with regard to the branding and marketing of types of beer and, in particularly, with the burgeoning ‘craft beer’ movement that has taken off in North America, Europe and Australasia (in particular) since the early 2000s. After an introduction to the merman in popular culture, this article analyses the use of mermen and related fish-tailed mythological males in brewery names and symbols, on beer bottle labels and in related marketing material. The article considers the product image created by such symbolism and the manner in which it might be modifying the role and perception of the merman and related figures in contemporary popular culture. It furthermore aims to illustrate ways that contemporary abstract, naïve, camp and kitsch depictions of mermen are embraced by breweries to situate themselves as culturally engaged, environmentally oriented, or anti-establishment agitators

Layout of a metal working plant

Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Business and Engineering Administration, 1927.Appendix contains numerous pamphlets.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 151).by George C. Houston and Francis A. Mesker.B.S

De impact van een buitenlandstage op de persoon en het beroepsbeeld van de leraar-in-opleiding

Overzichtsuitgave bij het 10-jarig bestaan van de gecombineerde onderzoeksgroep LEVO/NP, bestaande uit de leerstoelgroep Levensbeschouwelijke Vorming aan de Universiteit Utrecht (UU) en het lectoraat Normatieve Professionalisering aan de Hogeschool Utrecht (HU). Met bijdragen van: Cok Bakker, Bram de Muynck, Inge Versteegt, Bas van den Berg, Elsbeth Vogel, Anne-Marije de Bruin-Wassinkmaat, George Lengkeek, Gertie Blaauwendraad, Peter Mesker, Dian Fluijt, Edwin van der Zande, Anouk Zuurmond, Jeannette den Ouden, Pim Klamer, Koen Wessels, Saro Lozano Parra, Robert Mentink, Anita Emans, Eline Belgraver, Marije Verkerk, Mathilde Tempelman-Lam, Nicolina Montessori, Ina ter Avest, Remco Coppoolse en Margreeth Kloppenburg

Microscopical evaluation of prognostic factors in colorectal cancer

Aims and outline of the thesis. Since Fearon and Vogelstein in 1990 presented the genetic model for the adeno-carcinoma sequence of colorectal cancer, many prognostic studies varying from early stage markers to markers involved in late progression and liver metastases have followed. As has become evident from this introduction there is an ongoing need for prognostic markers that can be used for individualized prediction of clinical outcome. Chapter 2. Many systems are available for the detection of occult tumor cells in the bone marrow, blood and lymph nodes of cancer patients. In this chapter an overview is given of the various commercially available automated microscopy systems, and their capabilities. Furthermore the current status of the application of these instruments for bone marrow, blood and lymph nodes is presented. Chapter 3. Spread to locoregional lymph nodes is one of the most important prognostic indicators of the TNM classification. Detection of micrometastases in node-negative patients might upstage patients in need for additional chemotherapy. In this chapter an approach is described by which immunohistochemical staining and multiple sectioning is combined and is subjected to novel high-throughput automated imaging. Chapter 4. The presence of tumor cells in the bone marrow (BM) of cancer patients has shown to be related to a worse prognosis. This paper describes the use of array-CGH to detect genome alterations (gains and losses) in primary tumor tissue from BM-positive patients compared to matched (on stage and site) BM-negative patients. A higher number of differential aberrations and a distinct chromosome pattern, confirmed by interphase FISH, were found in the BM-positive group as compared to the BM-negative group. Chapter 5. While analyzing primary tumor tissue for a pilot study for array-CGH it was noticed that the set of patients with bad prognosis could not be analyzed, due to the fact that the amount of tumor material was less than 50%. This lower threshold is important for array-CGH to obtain reliable DNA profiles of the tumor cells and to avoid contamination with normal cells. Morphological evaluation of H&E stained sections showed that these tumors with bad prognosis had a high proportion of stroma and few tumor cells. The tumors with good prognosis showed the opposite, abundant tumor and less stroma. This phenomenon has led to the prognostic evaluation of this parameter in a larger patient study of which the results are shown in this chapter. Chapter 6. In this chapter the work presented in chapter 4 was continued but now focused on stage I-II colon patients. This subgroup of patients is in need for additional markers to select specific __high risk____ patients. Immunohistochemical staining of three molecular markers known to be involved in stroma production was performed. SMAD4 expression status was found to further improve the prognostic value of the presence of stroma in the primary tumor. Chapter 7. The conclusions of the studies presented in this thesis and the future perspectives of the presented parameters are discussed in this chapter.Financial support for publication of this thesis was kindly provided by: Leica Microsystems B.V, Covidien Nederland B.V., Merck Serono. With special thanks for their generous support to Applied Imaging a Genetix CompanyUBL - phd migration 201

Offshore education : offshore education in the wider context of internationalisation and ICT: experiences and examples from Dutch higher education

This report presents a study on offshore education conducted by a consortium of Dutch higher education researchers and commissioned by the Digital University (DU). The study explored the extent to which Dutch higher education institutions are involved in offering their educational services abroad (offshore education). After thoroughly embedding offshore education in the wider contexts of internationalisation and ICT policies, the study particularly explores the practical experiences with a number of real-life offshore activities of Dutch higher education. As a warm-up to this report, a few interesting cases are briefly touched upon below

A Civil Engineering Student\u27s Crash Course in Concrete Canoe Hull Design

Every year, seniors in the WKU civil engineering department form a team and design, build, and compete with a concrete canoe. For the first time in several years, the 2013 seniors have used our own design for the canoe hull shape. I will be discussing our canoe design process: why we wanted a new shape for our hull, how we made design decisions and the actual design and analysis process, in hopes of leaving a “how to” guide for future seniors. Along with the designing process will be a discussion of the success of our final product and what we would change about our design process

Petrologi - geokimia batuan Gunung Api Tampomas dan sekitarnya

http://dx.doi.org/10.17014/ijog.vol3no1.20083Volcanic rocks of Mount Tampomas and its surroundings belong to low–K, calc–alkaline, and high–K series of basalt, basaltic andesite, and andesite suites containing 48.59 – 60.49 wt% of SiO and 0.31-1.67 wt% of K O. The rocks are typically formed in an island arc environment characterized by the high content of Al O (16.47 – 21.76 wt%), low to moderate content of MgO (2.37 – 8.84 wt%), low content of both titanium TiO (&lt; 1 wt%) and high field strength elements (HFSEs), negative anomaly of Nb relative to K and La. The light rare earth elements (LREEs) enrichment but low abundances of heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) indicate fractionation process. The parent magma was an extensive removal of olivine and clino-pyroxene, plagioclase, apatite, and titanoferrousmagnetite from a basalt olivine magma of N-MORB character that was firstly enriched by LILEs such as Ba, Rb, Th, K, and LREE (La). The differentiation lasted, and the magma became water undersaturated at the crystallization phase of hornblende. The high content of incompatible elements such as Ba, Th, La, Ce, may indicate contamination by liquid derived from the subducted slab.   </p

In reply to Hynes et al.: "Back to the future: routine morphological assessment of the tumour microenvironment is prognostic in stages II/III colon cancer in a large population-based study'

Surgical oncolog