Decolonizing Decriminalization Analyses: Did the Ottomans Decriminalize Homosexuality in 1858?

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this recordAssessments of the decriminalization of homosexuality are rarely questioned. It is widely accepted that the Ottomans decriminalized homosexuality in 1858 owing to the absence of penalties assigned to private same-sex intimacy. The reason for this misanalysis rests upon the universalization of the Western formula for the decriminalization of homosexuality. This assumption about the Ottomans has been made without examining how they had criminalized homosexuality in the first place. Two penal cultures that criminalized homosexuality differently cannot decriminalize it by way of the same legal framework. The current method excludes, moreover, the subject country’s history. This elicits neo-orientalist conclusions such as the Ottomans’ decriminalization of homosexuality in 1858 via the introduction of the 1810 French Penal Code, without an accompanying examination of how the Ottomans had criminalized homosexuality before 1858. This assessment method not only facilitates neo-orientalism, but also casts a significant doubt on this method’s validity

Rationale and recommendations on decolonising the pedagogy and curriculum of the Law School at the University of Exeter

This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this recordThis report outlines the rationale behind and recommendations on the steps that need to be taken towards decolonising the Law School's pedagogy and curriculum. It concludes a two-year process of research and discussions involving a joint effort between staff and students. A rationale for a change in approach to both pedagogy and curriculum is presented together with recommendations and practical examples of how this might be achieved in modular teaching in the Law School

Computation of metallic nanofluid natural convection in a two-dimensional solar enclosure with radiative heat transfer, aspect ratio and volume fraction effects

As a model of nanofluid direct absorber solar collectors (nano-DASCs), the present article describes recent numerical simulations of steady-state nanofluid natural convection in a two-dimensional enclosure. Incompressible laminar Newtonian viscous flow is considered with radiative heat transfer. The ANSYS FLUENT finite volume code (version 19.1) is employed. The enclosure has two adiabatic walls, one hot (solar receiving) and one colder wall. The Tiwari-Das volume fraction nanofluid model is used and three different nanoparticles are studied (Copper (Cu), Silver (Ag) and Titanium Oxide (TiO2)) with water as the base fluid. The solar radiative heat transfer is simulated with the P1 flux and Rosseland diffusion models. The influence of geometrical aspect ratio and solid volume fraction for nanofluids is also studied and a wider range is considered than in other studies. Mesh-independence tests are conducted. Validation with published studies from the literature is included for the copperwater nanofluid case. The P1 model is shown to more accurately predict the actual influence of solar radiative flux on thermal fluid behaviour compared with Rosseland radiative model. With increasing Rayleigh number (natural convection i.e. buoyancy effect), significant modification in the thermal flow characteristics is induced with emergence of a dual structure to the circulation. With increasing aspect ratio (wider base relative to height of the solar collector geometry) there is a greater thermal convection pattern around the whole geometry, higher temperatures and the elimination of the cold upper zone associated with lower aspect ratio. Titanium Oxide nano-particles achieve slightly higher Nusselt number at the hot wall compared with Silver nano-particles. Thermal performance can be optimized with careful selection of aspect ratio and nano-particles and this is very beneficial to solar collector designers

Combining RAIT and immune-based therapies to overcome resistance in cancer? Combining RAIT and immune-based therapies to overcome resistance in cancer?

International audienceRadiation therapy has long been considered as immunosuppressive; therefore its impact on the immune system and other aspects which could be involved in raising efficient antitumor immune responses has been neglected. However, the recent demonstration of the immunogenic properties of ionizing radiation is rapidly modifying the radiation oncology field, and it also opens new and promising perspectives for the development and improvement of radioimmunotherapy. In this chapter, we first review the immunogenic properties of irradiation before discussing available evidence of the benefits of radiation therapy and immunotherapy combinations in the context of lymphoma