"Sex, loyalty, betrayal and unexpected love:" the landscape of Neil Jordan's fiction writing and films

Neil Jordan is widely considered to be one of Ireland's preeminent filmmakers. Interestingly, Jordan's less-recognized career as a writer has been overshadowed by his clout as a filmmaker, despite its high quality. As a result, much of his work has not received the critical assessment and analysis to which it is undoubtedly entitled. This study seeks to understand the many connections and intersections between Jordan's literature and film. It hopes to bridge a gap in the critical reception of Jordan's work which has, so far, looked only fleetingly into the intersections between his published writing and his contributions to cinema. The imagery, themes and plot points from Jordan's fiction writing and film overlap; the woven character of his work is never capricious---he is clearly working within a very specific and personal worldview, one that is informed as much by his personal experiences and visions of the world as by his awareness and interaction with Irish history and nationalism. This paper carefully considers the development of Jordan's fiction writing from the late 1970s, alongside his burgeoning career as a filmmaker, particularly considering how his first two publications--- Night in Tunisia and Other Stories (1976) and The Past (1980)---have influenced his later work. What follows is a loosely chronological exploration of Jordan's fiction writing, as it corresponds to---and is distinguished from---his cinematic work in cinema. I will argue that through a close exploration of Jordan's earlier writing, a better understanding of his later work can be gleane

Endothermic salts integrated in impermeable suits do not reduce heat strain during exercise

Wearing impermeable garments during work inherently leads to heat strain, even in cold environments [1]. Phase change materials (mainly paraffin’s or salt [4]) may be used as a thermal buffer (e.g. [2]) to reduce initial heat stress. Salts can also be used to absorb sweat, which may enhance the cooling power from the skin. Recently, specific encapsulated salts utilising KSCN (potassium thiocyanate) have been developed that consume energy when the KSCN dissolves in water. The heat consumed when the KSCN (present inside 150 g of capsules containing 60% KSCN salt) dissolves in water is 22410 J (249 J/g * 60% * 150 g). When this solving takes place over a period of 30 minutes, the average power transfer is 12 W. One (1) g of KSCN-containing capsules absorbs close to 1 g of moisture. If we assume that 150 g sweat extra can be evaporated from the skin, this yields an extra cooling power of 182 W for 30 minutes. However this evaporated water from the skin is subsequently absorbed by the KSCN in the capsules. During this absorption from the gas phase, the condensation heat is released to the KSCN salt: about 182 W for 30 minutes. However, we hypothesise that this condensation heat will be partly transferred to the body and partly to the environment [3], providing a net benefit to the body. Thus, the total cooling effect due to the salt capsules is composed of two parts: • The cooling effect of about 12 W due to the heat consumption by the dissolving of the salts in water; • The cooling effect of maximal 182 W, which equals the difference between the evaporative heat and the condensation heat. The latter is generated in the salt capsules that transfer part of the heat to the environment. The overall cooling effect should therefore be in between 12 W and 194 W. The purpose of our study was to test the efficacy of a KSCN-based absorbing salt as a PCM for use within impermeable protective clothing. We tested the PCM during 20 min of moderate exercise in a hot (35°C, 40% relative humidity) environment, and hypothesized that thermal strain would be lower in the PCM compared to the non-PCM condition

Endothermic salts integrated in impermeable suits do not reduce heat strain during exercise

Wearing impermeable garments during work inherently leads to heat strain, even in cold environments [1]. Phase change materials (mainly paraffin’s or salt [4]) may be used as a thermal buffer (e.g. [2]) to reduce initial heat stress. Salts can also be used to absorb sweat, which may enhance the cooling power from the skin. Recently, specific encapsulated salts utilising KSCN (potassium thiocyanate) have been developed that consume energy when the KSCN dissolves in water. The heat consumed when the KSCN (present inside 150 g of capsules containing 60% KSCN salt) dissolves in water is 22410 J (249 J/g * 60% * 150 g). When this solving takes place over a period of 30 minutes, the average power transfer is 12 W. One (1) g of KSCN-containing capsules absorbs close to 1 g of moisture. If we assume that 150 g sweat extra can be evaporated from the skin, this yields an extra cooling power of 182 W for 30 minutes. However this evaporated water from the skin is subsequently absorbed by the KSCN in the capsules. During this absorption from the gas phase, the condensation heat is released to the KSCN salt: about 182 W for 30 minutes. However, we hypothesise that this condensation heat will be partly transferred to the body and partly to the environment [3], providing a net benefit to the body. Thus, the total cooling effect due to the salt capsules is composed of two parts: • The cooling effect of about 12 W due to the heat consumption by the dissolving of the salts in water; • The cooling effect of maximal 182 W, which equals the difference between the evaporative heat and the condensation heat. The latter is generated in the salt capsules that transfer part of the heat to the environment. The overall cooling effect should therefore be in between 12 W and 194 W. The purpose of our study was to test the efficacy of a KSCN-based absorbing salt as a PCM for use within impermeable protective clothing. We tested the PCM during 20 min of moderate exercise in a hot (35°C, 40% relative humidity) environment, and hypothesized that thermal strain would be lower in the PCM compared to the non-PCM condition

The selective removal of NOx from gas engine off-gases to utilize their CO2 content for crop growth stimulation

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De produktie van 1,4 butaandiol via oxo-acetoxylatie van 1,3-butadieen

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Anticardiolipin, anti-ß(2)-glycoprotein I and antiprothrombin antibodies in black South African patients with infectious disease

Objectives: To investigate IgG, IgM, and IgA, antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), against cardiolipin (aCL), ß(2)-glycoprotein I (anti-ß(2)GPI), and prothrombin (anti-PT), in black South African patients with infectious disease. Unlike patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), raised levels of aPL in infectious diseases are not usually associated with thrombotic complications. Patients and methods: Serum samples from 272 patients with a variety of infectious diseases (100 HIV positive, 112 leprosy, 25 syphilis, 25 malaria, and 10 HCV patients) were studied and compared with autoantibody levels in 100 normal controls. All three aPL were measured using commercial enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. Results: Raised levels of all thee aPL were found in all patient groups studied: aCL in 7%, anti-ß(2)GPI in 6%, and aPT in 43% of 100 HIV patients, in 29%, 89%, and 21% of 112 patients with leprosy, in 8%, 8%, and 28% of 25 patients with syphilis, in 12%, 8%, and 28% of 25 patients with malaria, and in 20%, 30%, and 30% of 10 HCV patients studied, respectively. Conclusions: The prevalence of aCL and anti-ß(2)GPI in black South African HIV positive patients, or those with syphilis, malaria, or hepatitis C virus is lower than reported for mixed race or white populations. aPT were the most prevalent aPL detected in these patient groups, except in patients with leprosy, for whom anti-ß(2)GPI was the most prevalent, and where the spectrum of aPL was similar to that seen in patients with SLE and APS

The influence of surface DBD plasma treatment on the adhesion of coatings to high-tech textiles

The surface of high-performance poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fibers is difficult to wet and impossible to chemically bond to different matrices. Sizing applied on the fiber surface usually improves fiber wetting, but prevents good adhesion between a matrix and the fiber surface. The present study demonstrates that the plasma treatment performed by Surface dielectric barrier discharge (Surface DBD) can lead to improved adhesion between sized PET fabric and polyurethane (PU) or poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) coatings. Moreover, it points out that this plasma treatment can outperform current state-of-the-art adhesion-promoting treatment. Plasma treatment of sized fabric was carried out in various gaseous atmospheres, namely N2, N2 + H 2O, N2 + AAc (acrylic acid) and CO2. The adhesion was assessed by a peel test, while wettability was evaluated using strike-through time and wicking rate tests. Changes in fiber surface morphology and chemical composition were determined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. Only the CO 2 plasma treatment resulted in improved adhesion. As indicated by the analyses, increased surface roughness and the incorporation of specific oxygen-containing groups were responsible for enhanced adhesion. The results presented were obtained using a plasma reactor suitable only for batch-wise treatment. As continuous treatment is expected to provide higher homogeneity and, therefore, even better adhesion, a scaled-up Surface DBD plasma system allowing continuous treatment is presented as well. © 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden

Towards a compartmental PBM for improved modelling of flocculation in high-rate activated sludge systems

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