The mystical element in the religious poetry of the seventeenth century (1600-1660)

The thesis consists of two parts; the first part deals with "The Mystical Element in the religious poetry of the 17th century (160Q- 1660) ;" and the second part consists of "An anthology of Donne's Serm6ns illustrative of his Theology and Mysticisms.

An evaluation of subjective experiences, effects and overall satisfaction with clozapine treatment in a UK forensic service

Objectives: Patients prescribed clozapine were surveyed to assess (a) the effects, both positive and adverse, and overall satisfaction with clozapine in comparison to previously prescribed antipsychotics and (b) the relative significance of effects experienced, both positive and adverse, in terms of impact on subjective well-being. Methods: A total of 56 male patients prescribed clozapine at a forensic psychiatric hospital were surveyed using a 27-item questionnaire. All patients had been prescribed clozapine for a minimum of 3 months. Respondents were asked to rate effects and satisfaction with clozapine treatment in comparison with previously prescribed antipsychotic medication on a five-point scale. Respondents were also asked to rate effects experienced with clozapine treatment in terms of impact on subjective well-being on a five-point scale. Results: A total of 89% of respondents reported greater satisfaction with clozapine than with previously prescribed antipsychotic medication. A majority of patients reported positive effects in terms of an improvement in their quality of life (68%) and social abilities (52%) with clozapine in comparison with previously prescribed antipsychotics. Nocturnal hypersalivation (84%) and weight gain (57%) were the most common adverse effects. Hedonic responses were assessed for each effect in order to determine the associated subjective experiences. The most positive hedonic responses were for quality of life, mood and alertness. In terms of adverse impact on subjective well-being, nocturnal hypersalivation ranked highest. Conclusions: Patients in a UK forensic sample are largely satisfied with clozapine treatment. The subjective effects of clozapine treatment should be taken into account by clinicians when assessing response. This may provide an opportunity to highlight the positive changes and prioritize management of the most undesirable adverse effects, which is likely to promote compliance and improve longer term treatment outcomes

Einstein's equations and the chiral model

The vacuum Einstein equations for spacetimes with two commuting spacelike Killing field symmetries are studied using the Ashtekar variables. The case of compact spacelike hypersurfaces which are three-tori is considered, and the determinant of the Killing two-torus metric is chosen as the time gauge. The Hamiltonian evolution equations in this gauge may be rewritten as those of a modified SL(2) principal chiral model with a time dependent `coupling constant', or equivalently, with time dependent SL(2) structure constants. The evolution equations have a generalized zero-curvature formulation. Using this form, the explicit time dependence of an infinite number of spatial-diffeomorphism invariant phase space functionals is extracted, and it is shown that these are observables in the sense that they Poisson commute with the reduced Hamiltonian. An infinite set of observables that have SL(2) indices are also found. This determination of the explicit time dependence of an infinite set of spatial-diffeomorphism invariant observables amounts to the solutions of the Hamiltonian Einstein equations for these observables.Comment: 22 pages, RevTeX, to appear in Phys. Rev.

Dynamic range of nanotube- and nanowire-based electromechanical systems

Nanomechanical resonators with high aspect ratio, such as nanotubes and nanowires are of interest due to their expected high sensitivity. However, a strongly nonlinear response combined with a high thermomechanical noise level limits the useful linear dynamic range of this type of device. We derive the equations governing this behavior and find a strong dependence [[proportional]dsqrt((d/L)[sup 5])] of the dynamic range on aspect ratio

Generalized Second-Order Duality for a Continuous Programming Problem with Support Functions

A generalized second-order dual is formulated for a continuous programming problem in which support functions appear in both objective and constraint functions, hence it is nondifferentiable. Under second-order pseudoinvexity and second-order quasi-invexity, various duality theorems are proved for this pair of dual continuous programming problems. Special cases are deduced and a pair of dual continuous programming problems with natural boundary values is constructed and it is pointed out that the duality results for the pair can be validated analogously to those of the dual models with fixed end points. Finally, a close relationship between duality results of our problems and those of the corresponding (static) nonlinear programming problem with support functions is briefly mentioned

A Class of Nondifferentiable Multiobjective Control Problems

Optimality conditions are derived for a class of nondifferentiable multiobjective control problems having a nondifferentiable term in each component of vector-valued integrand of objective functional. Using Karush-Kuhn-Tucker type optimality conditions, we formulate Mond-Weir type dual to the nondifferentiable control problem and derive duality results extensively under generalized invexity. Finally, it is indicated that our duality results can be considered as dynamic generalizations of those of nondifferentiable nonlinear programming problems recently obtained