A Study of the Setting of Alkaline Silicic Acid Gels

This study of alkaline silicic acid gels was a continuation of the previous work done at Union College on alkaline silicic acid gels. The purpose of this study was to collect data on the time of set of various alkaline gels at different pH values and at different temperatures, and to find if any alkaline gels were thermally reversible

Resilience classification framework: an exploration of child resilience status in relation to school adjustment, parenting practices and family factors

Dr Mutimer investigated resilience in pre-school children using the Resilience Classification Framework (RCF). The research found that the four identified groups (Resilient; Good Expected: Poor Expected; Vulnerable) differed significantly on school adjustment and on a range of parenting factors. These findings add to our understanding of resilience in young children

Reimagining Security: The Metaphors of Proliferation

'Proliferation' appears to have been developed as a central image in the new international security agenda in the time between Krauthammer's article and the recent NATO summit. The spur to the construction of this image was the war in the Gulf. In the first section of this paper, I trace the construction of the image of proliferation in the pronouncements and practices of the Western states following the Gulf War. This image of proliferation as a security problem is, as Krauthammer noted, a perception of the state of the world. That perception is a metaphorical one, as the image of a security problem which is created is grounded in metaphor. In the second section I discuss the nature of image and metaphor as they relate to the constitution of international security. Finally, I examine the particular metaphors of the proliferation image, in order to show how they shape the understanding of a problem, and the policy solutions which are developed in response