Impact of Compositional Grading and Component Lumping on Ultimate Recovery

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The cultural dynamics of the term Hellanodikes in Palaiologan Byzantium

In ancient Greek literature, Hellanodikai (Ἑλλανοδίκαι) were figures of public authority and high esteem, renown for their fair judgment, overseeing control, and morally transparent life. The characteristics we gather regarding their public role come from a number of historical and other sources, such as Cassius Dio, Lucian, and Pausanias. In the Byzantine era, the term was revived either as a historical gloss contextualizing the position of Hellanodikes (Ἑλλανο- δίκης) in ancient times or as a lexical and grammatical entry. As a contrast to the conventional treatments of this term, Palaiologan scholars proceeded to its unique redeployment. In this article, I argue that Hellanodikes became an epithet of social and cultural significance in Palaiologan Byzantium, a notion embedded within the intellectual peculiarities of this age, especially in contexts of imperial patronage and scholarly apprenticeship

Intute Repository Search Service (www.intute.ac.uk/irs): A Collaborative Project to Showcase UK Research Output Through Advanced Discovery and Retrieval Facilities

4th International Conference on Open RepositoriesThis presentation was part of the session : Conference PostersInstitutional repositories are a major element of the Open Access movement and more specifically in research and education. Their main purpose is to make available as much research output of an institution as possible. Technological changes and developments have an impact on search and discovery functionalities. This impact in turn inspires ideas and projects about useful and efficient ways of searching for academic research output. Intute Repository Search is a project that was set up to develop a UK repository search service to support academic activity. It is funded by the JISC and led by MIMAS in partnership with SHERPA and NaCTEM. Intute Repository Search is designed to serve as a showcase for UK research and education. The technological developments in Intute Repository Search operate to reach the project main targets. This paper will discuss these targets and the project & achievements.JIS

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Anonymity In Cyberspace: Judicial and Legislative Regulations

Historically, the scope of constitutional protections for fundamental rights has evolved to keep pace with new social norms and new technology. Internet speech is on the rise. The First Amendment protects an individual’s right to speak anonymously, but to what extent does it protect a right to anonymous online speech? This question is difficult because the government must balance the fundamental nature of speech rights with the potential dangers associated with anonymous online speech, including defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. While lower courts have held that there is a right to anonymous online speech, they have not yet adopted a common standard. Meanwhile, to simplify the confusion and protect the rights of those who are injured by anonymous online speech, state legislatures are seeking to restrict some or all anonymous online-speech rights. This Note explores the history of speech regulation, with a special focus on the history of anonymous online speech, and the justifications for protecting speech rights. It then discusses the judicial standards under which courts require disclosure of anonymous speakers and the current legislative proposals to restrict speech rights. Next, this Note suggests that legislatures should not restrict speech rights, and should instead expand the remedies available to those injured by harmful speech. This Note also suggests that courts should adopt a summary judgment standard that requires plaintiffs to provide evidence demonstrating that the anonymous speaker has committed a tort before requiring the speaker to disclose his or her identity

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Resorting to rare sources of antiquity: Nikephoros Basilakes and the popularity of Plutarch’s <i>Parallel Lives</i> in twelfth-century Byzantium

This article examines the Byzantine adaptation of the anecdote of the Lydian king Pythes within Nikephoros Basilakes’ &lt;i&gt;Progymnasma&lt;/i&gt; 11 in relation to its earliest surviving source, Plutarch’s &lt;i&gt;Mulierum virtutes&lt;/i&gt; 262D–263A. By looking at the ascription accompanying Basilakes’ progymnasma, it additionally argues for the popularity of Plutarch’s &lt;i&gt;Parallel Lives&lt;/i&gt; in Komnenian Byzantium

Physical Principles Governing Colloidal Particle Deposition at Low Reynold’s Number: Applications to Microbial Biofilms

Biofilms formed from the adhesion of microbes to a surface hold great relevance to public health and wastewater management. However, the physical principles underlying the attachment stage of biofilm formation, when individual microbes first come into contact with a substrate, are not well understood. Here I report on a model of colloidal particle attachment to a surface that incorporates the effects of diffusion, advection, gravity, and the hydrodynamic lift and drag forces experienced by polystyrene beads at low Reynold’s number. The simulation predicts attachment rates of 1.04x10^(-8)m/s, 0.73x10^(-8)m/s, and 1.29x10^(-8)m/s for beads of radius 0.25 µm, 0.55 µm, and 0.90 µm, respectively. Comparison to experimental data demonstrates that the calculated attachment rates approximate the observed rates, but that they tend to underestimate the experimental observations. The model could be further improved by the addition of other forces influencing particle deposition in a fluid environment