A Flourynge Aege: Tracing the Sacred and Secular in the Book of St. Albans

With the introduction of the printing press to England around the mid-fifteenth century, English authors were not only writing under the lingering influence of Chaucer and the conventions of established medieval genres, but now had to confront the implications for reading and readership that printing brought with it along with the already turbulent political climate of the fifteenth century. Though this cultural shift was arguably a gradual one, with the earliest printers taking special care to remain faithful to the manuscripts they were copying, and conventional scribes likewise being commissioned to make copies of printed works, there were nevertheless radical innovations in text production and formatting being experimented with well before 1500 (Eisenstein 51-52). It was into this literary scene that The Book of St. Albans was published, a collection of treatises on hawking, hunting, and “other dyuers playsaunt materes belongynge unto noblesse” traditionally attributed to the Prioress Julyans Barnes (Barnes, rev. d viij). In spite of the book’s contemporary popularity, scholarship on the text has conventionally been limited to exploring the authenticity of the book’s authorship or relaying what the text reveals about the practicalities of late medieval sport. There has been a noticeable lack of analyses which read the collection as a cohesive literary text, which will be my endeavor throughout this project. Through this literary analysis, I hope to break free of the common trappings of previous scholarship and to showcase that The Book of St. Albans is a fascinating piece of secular literature in its own right which exemplifies the shifting consciousness of fifteenth century English society

The eschatology of the compiler of the Gospel according to Saint Matthew

Thesis--Boston University.Purpose.-What eschatological doctrine is discernible among the presuppositions of the Compiler of the Gospel According to Matthew? The enigma of this Gospel, seen in the emergence of strongly universal overtones from the most Jewish, the most anti-Gentile, and the most apocalyptic of the gospels, leads to the primary question of this dissertation. The dissertation is a study of the editorial methods.--additions, deletions, emendations, and arrangements of materials--employed by the Compiler, as well as of the materials which are peculiar to this Gospel. The purpose of the study is to determine if the Compiler's work was conditioned by a particular eschatological perspective. [TRUNCATED

Healing through reading : bibliotherapy

For some children the joy and innocence of childhood is cut short when they face, or are overwhelmed by traumatic events. Bibliotherapy seeks to begin and encourage the healing process in children as they relate and connect to characters within a book. Connecting children to appopriate books is one of the most crucial aspects of bibiliotherapy, however, because libraries, books stores and book lists do not organize books by subject, an online resource which provides a list of good, quality books arranged by subject was needed in order for children to be able to explore and connect for themselves. The design of the website and the resources provided have turned out to be successful, and as the website grows to become more inclusive, its impact of connecting people to books will likewise grow

Optimizing the feeding time for low crude protein, amino acid-supplemented diets for broilers

The objectives of this research were to determine whether delaying the feeding of a diet with reduced crude protein, supplemented with L-Lysine, for several days post-hatching, would result in improved growth performance of broiler chicks and determine an optimal time to feed such a diet to the chick. All experiments were conducted in brooder batteries from 0- to 14- or 18- days (d) post-hatching. Treatments contained a minimum of 6 replicate pens with at least 6 broilers per pen. Two experiments were conducted to determine whether delaying the feeding of a corn-soybean meal (SBM) diet with reduced CP for either the first 5 or 10 days post-hatching would result in improved growth performance of broilers. The results of these experiments show that even when the diets are not deficient in amino acids (AA), feed efficiency is negatively affected by switching birds to a low CP diet several days after post-hatching; effects on daily gain are minimal until the diet becomes deficient in AA. Two experiments were conducted to determine the optimal time to feed a diet with reduced CP, supplemented with L-Lysine, to the chick. The results of these experiments indicate that as long as the diets are not deficient in AA, overall growth performance during the starter phase is not negatively affected for broilers switched from diets with reduced CP to one with an adequate level, at day 5 or day 10 post-hatching, or those fed the reduced CP diets continuously

Selectivity of probe molecules in liquid phase adsorption to activated carbons

Die Adsorption hat als Feinreinigungsverfahren große industrielle Bedeutung. Im Vergleich zu anderen thermischen Trennverfahren, wie Rektifikation, Extraktion oder Absorption, sind die physikalischen Vorgänge jedoch zumeist weniger gut verstanden. Auch sind industrielle Adsorptionsverfahren technologisch vielfach weniger reif als andere thermische Trennverfahren. Für eine effiziente Auslegung von Adsorptionsapparaten fehlt es oft sowohl an der Stoffdatenbasis, als auch an geeigneten Simulationsmodellen. Speziell die Adsorption aus der flüssigen Phase an Aktivkohlen ist bisher ein in vielerlei Hinsicht unverstandenes Phänomen. Komplexe Wechselwirkungen an einer chemisch stark heterogenen Oberfläche sowie eine breite Porenradienverteilung tragen dazu bei. Vielfältige Anwendungen, insbesondere im Bereich der Trinkwasseraufbereitung, der Lösemittelrückgewinnung und der Goldindustrie, machen die Aktivkohle jedoch zu einem der bedeutendsten industriellen Adsorbentien. Gerade hier besteht daher ein Bedarf an Beiträgen zur Grundlagen- und Anwendungsforschung. Bekanntermaßen beeinflusst die heterogene Oberflächenchemie der Aktivkohle das Ergebnis des Adsorptionsprozesses stark. Eine eindeutige Vorhersage, wie sich die Oberflächenchemie auf das Adsorptionsgleichgewicht auswirkt, kann jedoch meist nicht getroffen werden. Zwar existieren diverse physikalische und chemische Messverfahren, mit denen die Oberflächeneigenschaften der Aktivkohle charakterisiert werden können, jedoch liefert keine der bekannten Methoden ein umfassendes Bild der Oberflächenchemie. Oftmals sind nur qualitative Aussagen über die Oberflächeneigenschaften möglich. Eine Übertragung der Charakterisierungsergebnisse auf Simulationsmodelle wurde bisher nur selten versucht. Zumeist sind Simulationen auf die Interpolation von Messdaten mittels Isothermenmodellen beschränkt. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, Beiträge zum Verständnis der Flüssigphasenadsorption an Aktivkohlen zu liefern. Dabei soll ein Charakterisierungsverfahren der Aktivkohleoberfläche entwickelt werden, das eine quantitative Beschreibung der Oberflächenchemie erlaubt. Die Ergebnisse sollen dann in ein thermodynamisches Gleichgewichtsmodell zur Berechnung des Adsorptionsexzesses integriert werden

Nutrient Release from Disturbance of Infiltration System Soils during Construction

Subsurface infiltration and surface bioretention systems composed of engineered and/or native soils are preferred tools for stormwater management. However, the disturbance of native soils, especially during the process of adding amendments to improve infiltration rates and pollutant removal, may result in releases of nutrients in the early life of these systems. This project investigated the nutrient release from two soils, one disturbed and one undisturbed. The disturbed soil was collected intact, but had to be air-dried, and the columns repacked when soil shrinkage caused bypassing of water along the walls of the column. The undisturbed soil was collected and used intact, with no repacking. The disturbed soil showed elevated releases of nitrogen and phosphorus compared to the undisturbed soil for approximately 0.4 and 0.8 m of runoff loading, respectively. For the undisturbed soil, the nitrogen release was delayed, indicating that the soil disturbance accelerated the release of nitrogen into a very short time period. Leaving the soil undisturbed resulted in lower but still elevated effluent nitrogen concentrations over a longer period of time. For phosphorus, these results confirm prior research which demonstrated that the soil, if shown to be phosphorus-deficient during fertility testing, can remove phosphorus from runoff even when disturbed

Prognostic impact of Claudin 18.2 in gastric and esophageal adenocarcinomas

Introduction: The tight junction molecule Claudin 18.2 is selectively expressed in healthy and malignant gastric epithelial tissue and is a promising therapy target for high Claudin 18.2 expressing adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction and stomach (AEG/S). Methods: This study analyzed the prevalence, characteristics and prognostic impact of Claudin 18.2 expression in primary tumor, lymph node and distant metastasis in a large Caucasian AGE/S cohort with 414 patients. Results: Claudin 18.2 was highly expressed in 17.1% of primary tumors, 26.7% of lymph node metastasis and 16.7% of distant metastasis. High Claudin 18.2 expression in lymph node metastasis and primary tumors correlated significantly (p < 0.001). High expression of Claudin 18.2 was neither associated with histomorphogical subtype, or tumor state, nor with overall survival. Conclusion: In Caucasian AEG/S patients, 17.1% appeared to be eligible for an anti-Claudin 18.2 therapy. Claudin 18.2 expression itself has no impact on prognosis and is not related to any tumor subtype