The Future of Biblical Thomism: Reflections on the French translation of Thomas Aquinas’s commentaries on Paul’s Letters to the Philippians and the Colossians

Przyszłość tomizmu biblijnego: refleksje nad francuskim przekładem komentarzy św. Tomasza z Akwinu do Listów św. Pawła do Filipian i Kolosa

Biblical Thomism: What is Next?

Book review: Michael O’Connor, Cajetan’s Biblical Commentaries. Motive and Method, Brill, Leiden, 2017, xvi + 302 p. ISBN: 978-04-32506-7Tomizm biblijny. Co dalej?Recenzja książki: Michael O’Connor, Cajetan’s Biblical Commentaries. Motive and Method, Brill, Leiden, 2017, xvi + 302 ss. ISBN: 978-04-32506-

Experimental and numerical analyses of laminar boundary-layer flow stability over an aircraft fuselage forebody

Fuelled by a need to reduce viscous drag of airframes, significant advances have been made in the last decade to design lifting surface geometries with considerable amounts of laminar flow. In contrast to the present understanding of practical limits for natural laminar flow over lifting surfaces, limited experimental results are available examining applicability of natural laminar flow over axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric fuselage shapes at relevantly high length Reynolds numbers. The drag benefits attainable by realizing laminar flow over nonlifting aircraft components such as fuselages and nacelles are shown. A flight experiment to investigate transition location and transition mode over the forward fuselage of a light twin engine propeller driven airplane is examined

Design of fuselage shapes for natural laminar flow

Recent technological advances in airplane construction techniques and materials allow for the production of aerodynamic surfaces without significant waviness and roughness, permitting long runs of natural laminar flow (NLF). The present research effort seeks to refine and validate computational design tools for use in the design of axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric natural-laminar-flow bodies. The principal task of the investigation involves fuselage body shaping using a computational design procedure. Analytical methods were refined and exploratory calculations conducted to predict laminar boundary-layer on selected body shapes. Using a low-order surface-singularity aerodynamic analysis program, pressure distribution, boundary-layer development, transition location and drag coefficient have been obtained for a number of body shapes including a representative business-aircraft fuselage. Extensive runs of laminar flow were predicted in regions of favorable pressure gradient on smooth body surfaces. A computational design procedure was developed to obtain a body shape with minimum drag having large extent of NLF

Serrated trailing edges for improving lift and drag characteristics of lifting surfaces

An improvement in the lift and drag characteristics of a lifting surface is achieved by attaching a serrated panel to the trailing edge of the lifting surface. The serrations may have a saw-tooth configuration, with a 60 degree included angle between adjacent serrations. The serrations may vary in shape and size over the span-wise length of the lifting surface, and may be positioned at fixed or adjustable deflections relative to the chord of the lifting surface

Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation

Objective Induction of labour at 39 weeks for nulliparous women aged 35 years and over may prevent stillbirths and does not increase caesarean births, so it may be popular. But the overall costs and benefits of such a policy have not been compared. Design A cost–utility analysis alongside a randomised controlled trial (the 35/39 trial). Setting Obstetric departments of 38 UK National Health Service hospitals and one UK primary-care trust. Population Nulliparous women aged 35 years or over on their expected due date, with a singleton live fetus in a cephalic presentation. Methods Costs were estimated from the National Health Service and Personal Social Services perspective and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) were calculated based on patient responses to the EQ-5D at baseline and 4 weeks. Main outcome measures Data on antenatal care, mode of delivery, analgesia in labour, method of induction, EQ-5D (baseline and 4 weeks postnatal) and participant-administered postnatal health resource use data were collected. Results The intervention was associated with a mean cost saving of £263 and a small additional gain in QALYs (though this was not statistically significant), even without considering any possible QALY gains from stillbirth prevention. Conclusion A policy of induction of labour at 39 weeks for women of advanced maternal age would save money

Green marketing as an environmental practice:The impact on green satisfaction and green loyalty in a business‐to‐business context

Many companies have developed a green marketing strategy, aimed at promoting and selling green environmental products. While the majority of articles on this topic report on studies in a business-to-consumer setting, this research focusses on the impact of green marketing strategies on the satisfaction and loyalty of professional buyers in a business-to-business setting. Hypotheses were tested with survey data from 148 Dutch professional purchasers in the cleaning industry. The results emphasize the impact and importance of product quality, product price and corporate image. The most notable and strong impact on satisfaction and loyalty was found for the salesperson expertise