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2. Displays: A turning point for electronic paper?
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Graham-Rowe, Duncan
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ELECTRONIC circuits , *ELECTRONIC industries - Abstract
The article reports on Plastic Logic's plan to open a manufacturing facility for organic electronic circuits. The Cambridge, England-based start-up company has received $100 million in venture capital funding to build the facility. The facility will create thin and flexible plastic electronic circuits using organic semiconductors and printing techniques more commonly fund in graphic houses.
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- 2007
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3. Newton's Alma Mater Bids for His Papers.
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LETTERS , *COLLECTORS & collecting - Abstract
Reveals that the University of Cambridge is attempting to buy a collection of letters which were written by scientist Isaac Newton. How the collection ended as a private collection; Importance of the letters; Other collections of the University.
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- 2000
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4. Cambridge seeks 1.6 million pounds sterling to buy Newton's paper.
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Loder, Natasha
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AUCTIONS , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
Focuses on the University of Cambridge's plans to purchase scientific writings of Sir Isaac Newton from the Earl of Macclesfield at an auction in England. Intention of the university to unite the papers with their existing collection of Newton's works; Contribution from the United Kingdom Heritage Lottery Fund toward the purchase.
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- 2000
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5. Announcement of the Fulker Award for a Paper Appearing in Volume 30 of Behavior Genetics.
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BEHAVIOR genetics , *AWARDS - Abstract
Highlights the recipients of the Fulker Award for the year 2000 presented at the Behavior Genetics Association Meeting in Cambridge, England. Lon R. Cardon; Goncalo R. Abecasis; Annual Prize.
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- 2001
6. On the sociospatial dynamics of personal knowledge networks: formation, maintenance, and knowledge interactions.
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Huber, Franz
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SOCIAL dynamics , *ECONOMIC development , *EMPIRICAL research , *INFORMATION technology , *EPISTEMICS - Abstract
Whilst personal knowledge networks between organisations have been argued to be important for regional economic development, their functioning and, within this context, the exact role of spatial proximity has been empirically underexplored. This paper addresses these issues by, first, examining the dynamic mechanisms of the formation, maintenance, and knowledge interaction of important knowledge relationships of R&D workers in the Cambridge information technology cluster in the UK. It is demonstrated that personal relations tended to transform from an initially professional context into privately governed relationships. Furthermore, it is argued that a sophisticated understanding of the role of spatial proximity requires an investigation of the spatiality of several stages of the network mechanisms. The results show that permanent spatial proximity and face-to-face interaction are more important for the formation of relationships than for the maintenance stage and, in particular, for work-related knowledge interactions. Finally, it is argued that, in contrast to the emphasis in much of the literature on communities of practice and epistemic communities, the knowledge relationships do not tend to be anchored in collective groups. Instead, the paper highlights the usefulness of the concept of individualised networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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7. A Green Belt under Pressure: The Case of Cambridge, England.
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Morrison, Nicky
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DEBATE , *GREENBELTS , *REGIONAL planning , *URBAN extension - Abstract
Debates around the purpose of green belts arise regularly in England. The aim of this paper is to contribute to this debate by examining the way in which pressures to review green belt policy have mounted at the local level. The paper evaluates the way that planning policy in the Cambridge sub-region has shifted in emphasis to reflect changing national directives and in response to localized growth pressures. Focusing upon the University of Cambridge's proposed urban extension, the paper demonstrates the way that this key stakeholder's needs have taken precedence, outweighing green belt designation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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8. 'On the outside': constructing cycling citizenship.
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Aldred, Rachel
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CYCLING , *SOCIAL context , *SOCIAL problems , *CITIZENSHIP , *BICYCLES , *AEROBIC exercises , *SOCIAL history - Abstract
This paper uses in-depth interview data from Cambridge, England, to discuss the concept of the 'cycling citizen', exploring how, within heavily-motorised countries, the practice of cycling might affect perceptions of the self in relation to natural and social environments. Participants portrayed cycling as a practice traversing independence and interdependence, its mix of benefits for the individual and the collective making it an appropriate response to contemporary social problems. In this paper I describe how this can be interpreted as based on a specific notion of cycling citizenship rooted in the embodied practice of cycling in Cambridge (a relatively high cycling enclave within the low-cycling UK). This notion of cycling citizenship does not dictate political persuasion, but carries a distinctive perspective on the proper relation of the individual to their environment, privileging views 'from outside' the motor-car. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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9. Cambridge's experience of road user charging: lessons learned.
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Ison, Stephen, Hughes, Graham, and Tuckwell, Robert
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USER charges , *PRICING , *ROADS , *COUNTY councils , *COUNTY government , *LEGISLATIVE bodies - Abstract
In the early 1990s Cambridgeshire County Council considered the implementation of a road user charging scheme for the city of Cambridge, UK. This involved the trial of a congestion metering scheme, a form of road user charging. Cambridge presented an ideal opportunity for the implementation of a road user charging scheme not least in terms of its congestion problem, the free-standing nature of the city and the fact that at the time, the local authority in the form of the council was sympathetic to the objectives of road user charging. The scheme did not, however, proceed and many reasons have been put forward as to why this was the case—issues such as not all the alternatives having been exhausted, the level of sophistication of the proposed scheme and the lack of a similar scheme to consider elsewhere. Fifteen years later, Cambridgeshire is once again considering the whole issue of road user charging. As such, the aim of this paper is to assess how the authority is proceeding this time round: what type of technology is being considered; how the politicians are presenting the concept to the local population and what are they doing differently from the first time round, in terms of consultation; and most importantly, what provision for alternative means of transport will be made and how this relates to the potential success of any road user charging scheme? The paper aims to conclude on what lessons can be learnt in terms of other cities considering the implementation of a road user charging scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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10. Implementing Road User Charging: The Lessons Learnt from Hong Kong, Cambridge and Central London.
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Ison, Stephen and Rye, Tom
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ROADS , *TRAFFIC congestion - Abstract
Road user charging has long been advocated as a means of dealing with congestion in urban areas. Numerous schemes have been proposed but have advanced little beyond the drawing board. This paper draws on the experiences of two such road user charging schemes, namely Electronic Road Pricing in Hong Kong, China, and Congestion Metering in the city of Cambridge, UK, and it seeks to make comparisons with the way implementation of congestion charging in Central London, UK, has been undertaken. What lessons can be learnt from the three examples that would aid authorities considering such a course of action? Certain issues have contributed to the two schemes not being implemented, such as the level of congestion not being severe enough, the clarity of objectives, invasion of road user’s privacy, and timing and presentation. The paper seeks to compare and contrast the issues resulting in the schemes not being implemented with those of the successfully implemented scheme. The conclusion is that it is not possible to attribute the successful implementation of congestion charging to one issue alone. The role of a policy champion, public support given the severity of congestion, a single implementing agency, an understanding of the scheme’s objectives, and timing and clear presentation have all been important factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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11. Society for the Study of Human Biology.
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Steckel, R., Lewis, S., De Moura, A. C., Lee, P. C., Underdown, S., Casiday, R., Lomas, H., Panter-Brick, C., Clarke, S., Lindsay, S., Pinder, M., Walraven, G., Priston, N., De La Mora, A. Nunez, Chatterton, R. T., Choudhury, O., Napolitano, D., Hochman, J., Bentley, G. R., and Lunn, P. G.
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HUMAN biology , *LIFE sciences - Abstract
This article presents abstracts of proffered papers of meeting held by Society for the Study of Human Biology which was held at the University of Cambridge on May 8, 2003. Some of the papers discussed here are: "What the "Body-Beautiful" Might Be Telling Us About the "Body-Healthy"" by S. Lewis of Chester College from Chester, England. "The Cognitive Abilities of Cebus Apella Libidinosus: Tool Use and Survival in a Harsh Environment" by A.C. De Moura and P.C. Lee from University of Cambridge, located in England. "A Review of Neanderthal and Selk'nam Long Bone Trauma Frequency" by S. UnderDown, University of Cambridge, located in England.
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- 2004
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12. Managing Complex Historic Cities: The Cambridge Historic Core Appraisal.
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BURGESS, JON
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PRESERVATION of historic sites , *HISTORIC preservation , *CITIES & towns - Abstract
The way we use and think about our historic cities is changing. Their importance has been illustrated in the recent Urban White Paper. They are places of great opportunity, yet issues such as traffic and other congestion can threaten to undermine the very things that attract people in the first place. The pressures manifest on central Cambridge are in some ways typical of other historic cities, yet in other respects the city is unique. This paper outlines the current and prospective development scenarios around the city. It then looks briefly at different structures for analysing historic areas and describes the methodology currently being used to manage the historic core of Cambridge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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13. Knowledge Management Creativity: Cause and Solution to the Financial Crisis.
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Suciu, Marta-Christina, Imbrişcă, Cosmin, and Picioruş, Luciana
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KNOWLEDGE management , *FINANCIAL crises , *EMPIRICAL research , *RESEARCH & development - Abstract
The development of the capitalist society brought into light new challenges, as the system behind showed flaws among which crisis have a major impact. However, crisies are a normal phenomenon as history proves and, as assumed by some scientists, they have a statistical component. Having as a start point the Kondratiev theory of economic cycles, this paper aims to identify the elements that play a key-role in an economic crisis, namely in a financial crisis, and especially to quantify the knowledge management contribution. It is in our intention to underline the close link between knowledge management and financial markets. Without an efficient framework in which to operate the consequences are dramatic therefore a presentation of the neoclasic view of growth is done, focusing mostly on the Cambridge Controversies, in order to show the weaknesses to the current mainstream model. A thorough literature is carried on. The concept of knowledge is presented from the modern perspective in order to understand its real meaning. Also, knowledge management is evaluated as a resourceful factor in the re-launching economies process. The empirical study uses the recent data and information available with regard to the most recent financial crisis that still affects several parts of the world, among which Europe. The main indicator chosen is the evolution of the R&D and human resources expenditures as they are reflected in the overall knowledge strategy for the business sector. The results of our work, the influence of knowledge management over the financial crisis, must be interpreted in the more general background of the European economy, as it is hoped that it represents a brick for a long term action plan against negative economic impact of a crisis [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
14. Work-Life 'Balance', Recession and the Gendered Limits to Learning and Innovation (Or, Why It Pays Employers To Care).
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James, Al
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WORK-life balance , *EMPLOYERS , *REGIONAL economics , *ECONOMIC history ,INFORMATION technology personnel ,IRISH economy - Abstract
The everyday challenges faced by workers 'struggling to juggle' competing commitments of paid work, home and family remain stubbornly persistent and highly gendered. Reinforcing these problems, many employers regard work-life balance ( WLB) provision as too costly. In response, this paper explores the learning and innovation advantages that can result from WLB provision in knowledge-intensive firms, as part of a WLB 'mutual gains' research agenda. These synergies are explored through a case study of IT workers and firms in two high-tech regional economies - Dublin, Ireland and Cambridge, UK - prior to (2006-8) and subsequent to (2010) the economic downturn. The results suggest that by making available the kinds of WLB arrangements identified by workers as offering meaningful reductions in gendered work-life conflicts, employers can also enhance the learning and innovation processes within and between firms, which are widely recognized as fundamental for firms' long-term sustainable competitive advantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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15. In Papers of Newton, a Portrait Of the Physicist as a Young Sage.
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Chang, Kenneth
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- ENGLAND, CAMBRIDGE (England), NEWTON, Isaac, 1642-1727, UNIVERSITY of Cambridge
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Reports on the plans of the Earl of Macclesfield to sell its family's collection of Isaac Newton writings to the University of Cambridge in England. Concern of academics in the sale of the writings; Benefit of the acquisition for the university; Content of the Macclesfield papers.
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- 2000
16. A Sixteenth-Century Library in Eighteenth-Century Cambridge.
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Austin, Liam and Feather, John
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PERSONAL libraries , *CHARITABLE bequests , *LIBRARY circulation analysis , *LIBRARY contributions , *HISTORY of libraries , *HISTORY , *EIGHTEENTH century ,UNIVERSITY of Cambridge. Corpus Christi College. Library - Abstract
The Library of Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-75) was bequeathed to Corpus Christi College Cambridge, where it still remains. Parker imposed strict conditions on the use of the books, and it has often been assumed as a consequence the collection was not well used. In this paper, the authors explore the evidence from eighteenth-century borrowing registers and show that the Parker Library did continue to be used and made a significant contribution to scholarly endeavours in Cambridge and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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17. Upward-fusion urban DTM generating method using airborne Lidar data
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Chen, Ziyue, Devereux, Bernard, Gao, Bingbo, and Amable, Gabriel
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DIGITAL elevation models , *METROPOLITAN areas , *OPTICAL radar , *CASE studies , *COMPARATIVE studies , *COMPUTER software , *ALGORITHMS - Abstract
Abstract: Airborne Lidar (Light detection and ranging) is an efficient tool for the generation of Digital Terrain Models (DTMs). Although many studies have been conducted in generating DTMs using Lidar data, it is still a challenging research area. The difficulty in filtering large buildings as well as a diversity of urban features makes the design of urban DTM generating methods an ongoing priority. This research adopted an upward-fusion methodology to generate urban DTMs using airborne Lidar data. Firstly, several preliminary DTMs of different resolutions were obtained using a local minimum method. Next, upward fusion was conducted between these DTMs. This process began with the DTM of the largest grid size, which was treated as a trend surface. A finer DTM was compared with this large scale DTM. By setting appropriate thresholds, a new DTM was achieved by selecting qualified elevation values from the finer DTM and retaining the value of the trend surface when the value from the finer DTM was beyond the threshold. This process continued iteratively until all preliminary DTMs had been included in the upward fusion and a refined DTM of high resolution was achieved. To further reduce possible errors in the resulting DTM, an extended local minimum method was proposed for filtering outliers and generating preliminary DTMs. A case study was carried out in the city of Cambridge, which represents an urban landscape with a variety of building forms, street patterns and vegetation structures. The time efficiency, results of the accuracy assessments and comparison with leading software proved the success of the case study and indicated that upward-fusion was an effective method for the generation of urban DTMs with airborne Lidar data and could improve the accuracy of other DTM generating algorithms. This paper also proposed possible approaches for further improvements on this methodology. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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18. PULSARS:: GIGANTIC NUCLEI.
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XU, RENXIN
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PULSARS , *NEUTRON stars , *RADIATION sources , *QUARKS , *YANG-Mills theory , *QUANTUM field theory - Abstract
What is the real nature of pulsars? This is essentially a question of the fundamental strong interaction between quarks at low-energy scale and hence of the non-perturbative quantum chromo-dynamics, the solution of which would certainly be meaningful for us to understand one of the seven millennium prize problems (i.e., "Yang-Mills Theory") named by the Clay Mathematical Institute. After a historical note, it is argued here that a pulsar is very similar to an extremely big nucleus, but is a little bit different from the gigantic nucleus speculated 80 years ago by L. Landau. The paper demonstrates the similarity between pulsars and gigantic nuclei from both points of view: the different manifestations of compact stars and the general behavior of the strong interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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19. The Dolphin Inn Hoard: Re-examining the Early Nineteenth-Century Discovery of a Mid-Thirteenth-Century Hoard from Cambridge.
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Cessford, Craig, Newman, Richard, Allen, Martin, and Hinton, David
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COIN hoards , *HISTORY of archaeology , *MEDIEVAL archaeology , *MIDDLE Ages , *JEWISH history , *NINETEENTH century , *ANTIQUITIES - Abstract
This paper discusses the evidence relating to a mid-thirteenth-century hoard of coins and jewellery discovered beneath a cellar in Cambridge in 1817. Five gold rings with gemstone settings survive from this group and are now in the possession of Trinity College library; these rings are examined, and their date and significance explored. The history of the material — from its initial discovery up until the mid-nineteenth century when the rings were donated to the college — is also investigated. Finally, the original context of the hoard is discussed, including its possible association with the medieval Jewry of Cambridge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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20. Public-Private Collaboration for New Life Sciences Innovation and Regional Development: The Cases of Cambridge and Scotland.
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Papaioannou, Theo
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LIFE sciences research , *BIOTECHNOLOGY , *GENOMICS , *ACADEMIC-industrial collaboration , *POLICY sciences - Abstract
Today, bioscientific research and commercialization are considered to be critical for improving a number of areas of social and economic life. Especially in the sector of human healthcare, the recent developments in new life sciences and biotechnology appear to constitute the main driving force of change. The most important characteristic of the new paradigm of technological change and innovation in life sciences is the close collaboration between all actors involved, including companies and research institutes, public policy initiatives and regional impacts. This paper examines in depth the complex collaborative relationships between public policy, public research and private firms in genomics and biotechnology, focusing on the cases of Cambridge and Scotland. On the basis of empirical evidence, it is argued that although these relationships are uneven and contradictory in both regions, they play significant roles in building firm-based and policy-making capabilities. Therefore, public-private collaborations in genomics and biotechnology are inevitable for regional innovation and development within the contemporary capitalist knowledge-based economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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21. Thinking outside the box: the re-conservation of a ceramic Clazomenian sarcophagus in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Rozeik, Christina
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SARCOPHAGI , *POLYVINYL acetate , *ACRYLIC paint - Abstract
This article describes the investigation and re-conservation of an ancient Greek ceramic sarcophagus (GR.7.1902) in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The sarcophagus is made from coarse orange ceramic decorated using the black-figure technique on a white ground. It had been restored twice since acquisition in 1902 and, by 2008, these repairs were weak, failing and unsightly. Using techniques adapted from organics conservation, twists of acrylic-coated Japanese tissue were inserted into gaps then reactivated with acetone. The paper is strong, flexible and easily removable and even narrow, deep cavities can be supported. Fills were surfaced with Fine Surface Polyfilla. Fills on the decorated upper surface were covered with Japanese tissue and painted using adapted 'visible retouching' techniques. The fills can be distinguished easily but give an overall effect of total visual reintegration. The sarcophagus was mounted on a moveable showcase base that facilitated safe handling, moving and installation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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22. Travelling careers: overseas migration patterns in the professional lives of women attending Girton and Newnham before 1939.
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Goodman, Joyce, Jacobs, Andrea, Kisby, Fiona, and Loader, Helen
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HIGHER education , *HIGHER education of women , *WOMEN'S education , *INTERNATIONALISM , *HISTORY ,NEWNHAM College (Cambridge, England) - Abstract
This paper explores the migration patterns of women who studied at Girton and Newnham prior to 1939 through whom dissemination of knowledge and values flowed from Cambridge overseas. It also considers organisations that fostered women's mobility in empire, particularly the Colonial Intelligence League for Educated Women and the International Federation of University Women. The former exemplified links with empire and Europe and dissemination of imperial values and practices, while the latter fostered women's international mobility around interwar notions of the 'international mind' and links with the League of Nations. It ends by looking at the work of Cambridge-educated women in League of Nations structures. The article addresses cultural transmission through a prosopographical approach to mobility to illustrate the larger patterns constituted by the myriad individual lives that formed themselves in networks, relationships, institutions and careers across a global canvas. For some Cambridge-educated women the notion of career included shifting combinations of paid employment, voluntary activity and domestic and familial responsibilities. While teaching formed their main occupation and the most direct medium for dissemination of knowledge and values, it must be seen alongside a more diverse range of occupations in which academic values might also be embedded. It is argued that values and practices of empire and commonwealth became inflected in internationalism in new ways, and the authors point to the need for further research into the role that Cambridge-educated women played in the tensions of empire, commonwealth and internationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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23. Apostolic Minds and the Spinning House: Jane Ellen Harrison and Virginia Woolf's Discourse of Alterity.
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Park, Sowon S.
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FEMINISTS - Abstract
Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) and Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) are two of the most iconic figures in British feminist history whose enduring influence have helped create and sustain a multitude of feminist discourses. Interestingly, both produced their landmark feminist studies in Cambridge when it was, arguably, the most aggressively anti-feminist institution in Britain at that time. Evidence of the kind of institutionalized disciplinary control Cambridge historically exercised on women can be found in the three Committals books (1823-1894) of the Spinning House (1631-1894) in the University archives. So called because the inmates were given wool to spin, the Spinning House was a penitentiary for young girls who were judged to be compromising the morals of the undergraduates. The Spinning House had its basis in the legal authority of the University which declared 'That the University by virtue of their Charter sanctioned by Act of Parliament, have an undoubted right to cause the Public Street to be inspected, and loose and disorderly women to be taken up and sent to the Spinning House or the house of correction'. Against the background of the culture encapsulated by the Spinning House, women academics, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, were making tremendous efforts to bring about intellectual equality. And though the two-the spinner and the woman student-occupied mutually exclusive spaces, they were nevertheless held on the margins of the power structure that produced both. This paper examines the socio-historical context and the puritan intellectual politics of Cambridge against which feminist theories of Harrison and Woolf were produced to identify some of the methods with which they negotiated masculine orthodoxy and structured their feminist discourse of alterity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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24. Batch-processed GdBCO–Ag bulk superconductors fabricated using generic seeds with high trapped fields
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Shi, Y., Hari Babu, N., Iida, K., Yeoh, W.K., Dennis, A.R., Pathak, S.K., and Cardwell, D.A.
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COPPER oxide superconductors , *SILVER , *MICROFABRICATION , *CRYSTAL growth , *RARE earth metals , *HIGH temperature superconductors - Abstract
Abstract: Large, single grains of Y–Ba–Cu–O (YBCO) have been batch-processed to date by the top seeded melt growth (TSMG) process using NdBCO or SmBCO seed crystals. It has proved difficult, however, to economically batch-process light rare earth (LRE) LRE–Ba–Cu–O bulk high temperature superconductors, which have higher critical current densities and irreversibility fields than YBCO, and therefore greater potential for high field engineering applications. In this paper, we report a novel batch-process based on a cheap, readily available generic seed crystal, developed recently at Cambridge, and a TSMG melt processing technique based on cold seeding in air for the batch fabrication of Gd–Ba–Cu–O–Ag single grains. The superconducting properties of the (LRE)BCO single grains fabricated by this process are, in all respects, equivalent to those processed more conventionally in a reduced oxygen atmosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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25. NoiseSPY: A Real-Time Mobile Phone Platform for Urban Noise Monitoring and Mapping.
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Kanjo, Eiman
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SOUNDS (Geomorphology) , *GLOBAL Positioning System , *WIRELESS sensor networks , *SOUND analyzers , *CELL phone software - Abstract
In this paper we present the design, implementation, evaluation, and user experiences of the NoiseSpy application, our sound sensing system that turns the mobile phone into a low-cost data logger for monitoring environmental noise. It allows users to explore a city area while collaboratively visualizing noise levels in real-time. The software combines the sound levels with GPS data in order to generate a map of sound levels that were encountered during a journey. We report early findings from the trials which have been carried out by cycling couriers who were given Nokia mobile phones equipped with the NoiseSpy software to collect noise data around Cambridge city. Indications are that, not only is the functionality of this personal environmental sensing tool engaging for users, but aspects such as personalization of data, contextual information, and reflection upon both the data and its collection, are important factors in obtaining and retaining their interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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26. Night-time naturally ventilated offices: Statistical simulations of window-use patterns from field monitoring
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Yun, Geun Young and Steemers, Koen
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NATURAL ventilation , *ALGORITHMS , *STATISTICS , *TEMPERATURE effect , *SIMULATION methods & models - Abstract
Abstract: This paper investigates occupant behaviour of window-use in night-time naturally ventilated offices on the basis of a pilot field study, conducted during the summers of 2006 and 2007 in Cambridge, UK, and then demonstrates the effects of employing night-time ventilation on indoor thermal conditions using predictive models of occupant window-use. A longitudinal field study shows that occupants make good use of night-time natural ventilation strategies when provided with openings that allow secure ventilation, and that there is a noticeable time of day effect in window-use patterns (i.e. increased probability of action on arrival and departure). We develop logistic models of window-use for night-time naturally ventilated offices, which are subsequently applied to a behaviour algorithm, including Markov chains and Monte Carlo methods. The simulations using the behaviour algorithm demonstrate a good agreement with the observational data of window-use, and reveal how building design and occupant behaviour collectively affect the thermal performance of offices. They illustrate that the provision of secure ventilation leads to more frequent use of the window, and thus contributes significantly to the achievement of a comfortable indoor environment during the daytime occupied period. For example, the maximum temperature for a night-time ventilated office is found to be 3°C below the predicted value for a daytime-only ventilated office. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2010
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27. Malthus's idea of a moral and political science.
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Cremaschi, Sergio
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MALTHUSIANISM , *ETHICS , *ARTIFICIAL languages , *ALGEBRA - Abstract
This paper discusses, first, the kind of Newtonian methodology Malthus had been exposed to at Cambridge; secondly, the views on algebra and the doctrine of proportions he inherited from MacLaurin and the contribution of his colleague Bewick Bewin in devising a special role for this doctrine in the moral sciences; thirdly, Malthus's ideas on language and the reasons for rejection of an artificial language for political economy. Then it discusses his idea of political economy as a moral science and his claims to be Adam Smith's true heir. The conclusion is that Hollander is right when he contends that Malthus's and Ricardo's methods, as contrasted with their methodologies, were just two opposite poles within one spectrum, but also that the Cantabrigian and Scottish tradition provided staple for a design of a moral and political science alternative to the Unitarian and the Benthamite programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
28. A review of transmission electron microscopes with in situ ion irradiation
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Hinks, J.A.
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TRANSMISSION electron microscopes , *ION bombardment , *MICROSTRUCTURE , *PARTICLES (Nuclear physics) , *CRYSTAL growth , *MATHEMATICAL models , *PHYSICS laboratories - Abstract
Abstract: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with in situ ion irradiation is unique amongst experimental techniques in allowing the direct observation of the internal microstructure of materials on the nanoscale whilst they are being subjected to bombardment with energetic particles. Invaluable insights into the underlying atomistic processes at work can be gained through direct investigation of radiation induced and enhanced effects such as: phase changes and segregation; mechanical and structural changes; atomic/layer mixing and chemical disorder; compositional changes; chemical reactions; grain growth and shrinkage; precipitation and dissolution; defect/bubble formation, growth, motion, coalescence, removal and destruction; ionisation; diffusion; and collision cascades. The experimental results obtained can be used to validate the predictions of computational models which in turn can elucidate the mechanisms behind the phenomena seen in the microscope. It is 50years since the first TEM observations of in situ ion irradiation were made by D.W. Pashley, A.E.B. Presland and J.W. Menter at the Tube Investment Laboratories in Cambridge, United Kingdom and 40years since the first interfacing of an ion beam system with a TEM by P.A. Thackery, R.S. Nelson and H.C. Sansom at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, United Kingdom. In that time the field has grown with references in the literature to around thirty examples of such facilities. This paper gives an overview of the importance of the technique, especially with regard to the current challenges faced in understanding radiation damage in nuclear environments; a description of some of the important construction elements and design considerations of TEMs with in situ ion irradiation; a brief history of the development of this type of instrument; a summary of the facilities built around the world over the last half century; and finally a focus on the instruments in operation today. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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29. An adaptive multi-scale computational modelling of Clare College Bridge
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Mihai, L.A. and Ainsworth, Mark
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BRIDGE failures , *MASONRY bridges , *ELASTICITY , *COULOMB friction , *COMPUTER simulation , *MATHEMATICAL physics - Abstract
Abstract: Masonry structures may be modelled as an assembly of linearly elastic bodies (individual bricks or stone-blocks) in unilateral frictional contact. Such models generally constitute a formidable computational challenge owing to the need to resolve interactions between individual bodies, such as detection of crack and openings and the resolution of non-linear equations governing the contact. Even for medium size structures, the large number of blocks from which they are assembled renders a full direct simulation of such structures practically impossible. In this paper, an adaptive multi-scale technique for the modelling of large-scale dynamic structures is implemented and applied to the computer simulation of Clare College Bridge, in Cambridge, UK. The adaptive multi-scale approach enables us to carry out simulations at a complexity normally associated with the cost of modelling the entire structure by a simple continuum model whilst incorporating small scale effects, such as openings of gaps and slippage between individual masonry units, using a systematic and locally optimal criterion. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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30. The Society of Academic and Research Surgery.
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ANNUAL meetings , *SURGERY , *GENE therapy - Abstract
The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic and Research Surgery was held at Robinson College, Cambridge, UK 10-12th January 2007. The Patey Prize was won by B Modarai et al. (King's College and Imperial College, London, UK) for a paper entitled 'Adenvirus-mediated VEGF gene therapy enhances venous thrombus recanalisation and resolution'. All Patey Prize abstracts are reproduced in the British Journal of Surgery ( Br J Surg 2007; 94: 1048-1052). To view all other abstracts from this meeting, please click the pdf link on this page. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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31. Critical realism in economics and open-systems ontology: A critique.
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Mearman, Andrew
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REALISM , *EMPIRICISM , *PHILOSOPHY , *CRITICAL realism , *ONTOLOGY , *ECONOMICS , *SOCIAL sciences , *SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
This paper examines the treatment of ontology offered by critical realism. It addresses much of the material elaborated upon in two editions of this journal. Three main groups of criticisms are made here of the critical realist treatment of open systems. It is argued that critical realism, particularly in the project in economics emanating from Cambridge, UK, tends to define systems in terms of events. This definition is shown to be problematic. The exemplar of a closed system provided by critical realism of the solar system is shown to be flawed in that it is not closed according to the closure conditions identified by critical realism. Second, the negativity of the definitions adopted is problematic for heterodox traditions attempting to build positive programmes. Furthermore, the dualism of the definitions is also inconsistent with Dow's approach, which has ramifications for the coherence of post Keynesianism. Third, the definitions tend to polarize open and closed systems and ignore the degrees of openness evident in reality. The polarization of systems leads to polarized methodology and unsustainable arguments to reject so-called “closed-systems methods.” [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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32. Anatomy and embryology in medical education at Cambridge University, 1866–1900.
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Blackman, Helen J
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HUMAN anatomy , *MEDICAL students , *EMBRYOLOGY , *MEDICAL schools - Abstract
Introduction The teaching of anatomy remains controversial to the present day. This paper explores the arguments over its merits in medical and scientific education at one of the ancient universities. History Medical professors at Cambridge University relied upon the science departments to provide basic scientific instruction, whilst science professors relied upon medical students to make up numbers for their courses. Discussion Human anatomy became a source of contention: did it really educate the mind, or was it simply a dry subject that medical students had to learn by rote? Could the university even cater for professional education? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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33. University Choice: What Influences the Decisions of Academically Successful Post-16 Students?
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Whitehead, Joan M., Raffan, John, and Deaney, Rosemary
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EDUCATIONAL surveys , *HIGHER education , *FEAR of failure , *UNIVERSITY & college admission , *COLLEGE applications , *EDUCATION research - Abstract
The questionnaire survey reported in this paper is part of an ongoing evaluation of the effect of a bursary scheme on recruitment to Cambridge University. It sought to identify factors that encouraged or discouraged highly successful A Level students from applying to Cambridge. Findings reveal three main dimensions associated with the decision to apply to Cambridge, the nature of the courses, the prestige of the university and anxiety about the application process combined with fear of failure. Further analyses showed that there were complex interactions between these three dimensions which governed the decision to apply to Cambridge. These findings are relevant to other prestigious universities. The availability of a bursary did appear to influence the decisions of those who were eligible, but its influence was not as great as some of the other factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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34. Advances in corrosion protection by organic coatings (ACPOC).
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Mills, D. J.
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CORROSION & anti-corrosives , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *ELECTROCHEMICAL analysis , *MILD steel , *DIFFUSION , *CHLORIDES , *PHOSPHATES , *EPOXY coatings - Abstract
Provides information on several research papers discussed at the 4th conference on Advances in Corrosion Protection by Organic Coatings, held at Christ's College in Cambridge, England on September 20 to 24, 2004. Comparison of electrochemical techniques for assessing anti-corrosive organic coatings; Aspects regarding the protective function of polyaniline towards mild steel; Direct measurement of diffusion of phosphate and chloride in epoxy coatings.
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- 2005
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35. Unblocking the city? Growth pressures, collective provision, and the search for new spaces of governance in Greater Cambridge, England.
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While, Aidan, Jonas, Andrew E.G., and Gibbs, David C.
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ECONOMIC geography , *ECONOMIC development , *LOCAL government , *INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics) - Abstract
A somewhat overlooked aspect of the geography of 'after-Fordist' regulation concerns the precise role of different branches of the state in managing tensions between local economic development and the collective provision of social and physical infrastructure. In the United Kingdom, the state's reluctance to manage or spatially redistribute growth in the South East has resulted in localised pressures on housing markets, the land-use planning system, infrastructure, and the environment, intensifying struggles between progrowth and antigrowth factions in certain places. In this paper the authors examine conflicts arising from the rapid growth of new economic spaces in and around the Cambridge subregion and explore various attempts by different branches of the state and locally dependent factions of capital to overcome barriers to further growth within existing and proposed frameworks for territorial management. A key arena of conflict in this instance centres upon land-use planning and provision of infrastructure. The Cambridge 'growth crisis' raises a series of issues about the ability of interests claiming to represent nationally important city-regions to detach such places from their formative local and national modes of regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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36. Conference Reports.
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Nakanishi, Y., Soderland, H., Carman, J., Garden, M.C., and Sørensen, M.L.S.
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CULTURAL studies , *SEMINARS , *METHODOLOGY - Abstract
Reports on the discussion-seminar 'Making the Means Transparent: exploring research methodologies in heritage studies' held November 16, 2002 at the Cambridge University, England. Discussion on methods used within heritage studies; Papers delivered; Account of sessions.
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- 2003
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37. The Patchwork Text in Teaching Greek Tragedy.
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Parker, Jan
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TEACHING , *HIGHER education ,WRITING - Abstract
This chapter describes the challenges and rewards of using Patchwork Texts to teach Greek Tragedy to Cambridge University English final-year students. Experienced writers as these students are, patchworking nevertheless demands that they engage in a different way with both the texts they have been reading and with their processes of writing and reflection. As one major objective of this compulsory paper is that students re-assess their established modes of critical thinking, the use of the Patchwork Text format proved to be not only a valuable but a peculiarly appropriate approach. Patchworking was also appropriately challenging in demanding varying types of critical reading (analytic, contextual, responsive, reflective) to be harnessed to the multi-voiced and multi-genre Patchwork Text. The article itself uses close reading of the students' texts, analysis and reflection to discuss both the products and the process of Patchwork writing. The teaching intervention led to rethinking many cognate issues. Particularly interesting, and worthy of further research, were the implications for the synthesis of reflective and 'academic' writing. Students found such a synthesis difficult — perhaps because the nature of the engagements (with the text, self and peers on the one hand and with 'academic' discourse and scholarship on the other) is fundamentally different. The Patchwork Text, unlike essays and portfolios, demands this double engagement; which although difficult and problematic forms a paradigm for writing at the heart of Literary studies and, surely, any other discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. Risk Management at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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GREEVES, MARGARET
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MUSEUMS , *RISK management in business , *PRESERVATION of architecture - Abstract
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is a Grade I listed building housing an internationally important art collection of half a million objects. The building and the collections belong to the University of Cambridge, of which the museum forms a department. Maintenance of the fabric and equipment is the responsibility of the university's Estate Management and Building Service, with whom museum staff work closely to ensure appropriate conditions for the collections and the reduction of risks to objects and staff. Following the drafting of a conservation plan and an examination of risks and their management, this case study reviews the museum's risks. It proposes the development of a building 'bible' and attention to staff communication as essential elements of the risk management strategy it outlines. A second paper will examine the effectiveness of the conservation plan in relation to maintenance works and an extension of 3,000 m², which will be built in 2002-03. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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39. Newton's Alma Mater Is Passing the Hat to Purchase His Papers.
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Cowell, Alan
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FUNDRAISING - Abstract
Highlights the fund raising efforts of Cambridge University in England to purchase the Macclesfield Newton Collection, a collection of works of physicist Sir Isaac Newton. Selling price of the collection; Significance of the collection; Why the Macclesfield family is selling the collection.
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- 2000
40. A Report on the Ernest Bloch Conference: The Man and His Music 50 Years Later.
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Miller, Malcolm
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COMPOSERS , *CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article offers information on the conference titled "The Man and His Music 50 Years Later," held at Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, England, in the memory of composer Ernest Bloch . It is stated that the event marked an important stage in the preparations for a 2009 International Festival to mark 50 years since the composer's death. It is stated that several keynote papers were presented during the conference.
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- 2009
41. Fatigue crack propagation of multiple coplanar cracks with the coupled extended finite element/fast marching method
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Chopp, D.L. and Sukumar, N.
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FINITE element method , *SURFACE chemistry - Abstract
A numerical technique for modeling fatigue crack propagation of multiple coplanar cracks is presented. The proposed method couples the extended finite element method (X-FEM) [Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng. 48 (11) (2000) 1549] to the fast marching method (FMM) [Level Set Methods & Fast Marching Methods: Evolving Interfaces in Computational Geometry, Fluid Mechanics, Computer Vision, and Materials Science, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1999]. The entire crack geometry, including one or more cracks, is represented by a single signed distance (level set) function. Merging of distinct cracks is handled naturally by the FMM with no collision detection or mesh reconstruction required. The FMM in conjunction with the Paris crack growth law is used to advance the crack front. In the X-FEM, a discontinuous function and the two-dimensional asymptotic crack-tip displacement fields are added to the finite element approximation to account for the crack using the notion of partition of unity [Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engng. 139 (1996) 289]. This enables the domain to be modeled by a single fixed finite element mesh with no explicit meshing of the crack surfaces. In an earlier study [Engng. Fract. Mech. 70 (1) (2003) 29], the methodology, algorithm, and implementation for three-dimensional crack propagation of single cracks was introduced. In this paper, simulations for multiple planar cracks are presented, with crack merging and fatigue growth carried out without any user-intervention or remeshing. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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42. Visions of the Anglican Communion, Past, Present and Future: A Symposium in Honour of G.A. Selwyn.
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Morris, Jeremy
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *ANGLICAN Communion , *CHURCH & the world - Abstract
Information on several papers discussed at a symposium held at the Faculty of Divinity in Cambridge, England in April 9, 2011 on the life and work of missionary bishop George Augustus Selwyn is presented. Topics include the work of Selwyn in New Zealand, his contribution towards the Anglican Communion, and its history and ecclesiology. It also celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Selwyn. Several notable person attended the event including Warren Limbrick, Colin Podmore, and Bill Jacob.
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- 2011
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43. EDITORIAL: THE SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION STUDIES.
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REFORMATION , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *EDUCATION - Abstract
Editorial. Presents information on the 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Reformation Studies at the Westminster College in Cambridge, England on March 27-31, 2000. Objectives of the conference; Papers presented by young scholars; Membership of the Society.
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- 1999
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44. Guest Editor's Note.
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Eskandari-Qajar, ManoutchehrM.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *PHOTOGRAPHY conferences , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
Information about several papers discussed at a symposium "War and Peace in the Qajar Era" at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, England in 2005 is presented. The International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA) conducted the symposium focusing on the themes of photography. There are 17 papers that discuss during the conference with keynote speeches of Dr. Rudi Matthee and Dr. Homa Katouzian.
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- 2007
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45. Editorial.
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Ashley, R.
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BUILT environment , *CLIMATE change , *URBANIZATION , *CITIES & towns - Abstract
The article presents information about the December 2005 issue of the journal "Engineering Sustainability." There are four papers in this issue. Helen Bartlett and Peter Guthrie of the University of Cambridge, England, are concerned with the way sustainability is defined and interpreted in relation to the built environment. A paper by researcher Peter Guthrie and Jay Golden focuses on the implications of rapid urbanization and consequent summertime local climate change, as a result of the differential heating of hard urban surfaces.
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- 2005
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46. Diary.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *ENGINEERING , *LECTURES & lecturing , *MEETINGS , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
The article presents a list of events related to the developments in the field of engineering. IMechE has organized an international conference on fatigue and durability to be held from March 26-28, 2007, in Cambridge, England, Papers for the competition titled "Western Aerospace Centre," can be submitted by January 31. The details related to a lecture by Russell Varney, a Programme Engineer will be held on Thrusday January 26, 2006, in the University of Bath in Swindon. A lecture related to city transport systems by Peter Hendry, Managing Director, Surface Transport for London, will be organized on Febrauary 23, 2006.
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- 2005
47. Conference: 'The Islamic Manuscript II: A Conference to Establish the Islamic Manuscript Association.' Cambridge University, 7-9 August 2006.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *ISLAMIC archives , *PRESERVATION of manuscripts - Abstract
The article discusses the highlights of the Islamic Manuscript II: A Conference to Establish the Islamic Manuscript Association" at Emmanuel College in Cambridge University in England from August 7 to 9, 2006. The topics discussed include manuscript preservation and the semantic web, proposals for a conservation training curriculum, and collaborative systems for paper expertise and history. The speakers featured include Sara Sharaf and Ayman Fuad Sayyid of the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation.
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- 2006
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48. A Student- and Staff-developed Anti-bullying Initiative.
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Knights, Laura and Lang, Peter
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BULLYING , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,IMPINGTON Village College (Cambridge, England) - Abstract
This paper on a successful anti-bullying initiative in a Cambridgeshire village college has the added interest that it is written by one of the pupils involved in its development. We learn not only about the scheme but how involvement in it felt from a pupil's point of view. The fact that the pupils directly involved saw the initiative as successful gives an added indication of its value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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49. Scanning the horizon for emerging issues.
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Margerison, Ceri
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ECOLOGY periodicals , *CONSERVATIONISTS , *ENVIRONMENTALISM , *CONSERVATION biology - Abstract
The article offers information on horizon scanning of emerging issues to be selected for a paper titled "Trends in Ecology and Evolution: A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2010" by University of Cambridge, England professor Bill Sutherland. Sutherland cites that the emerging issues should be unknown to the majority of senior conservationists, like the greater volcanism in the Antarctic. Sutherland aims to highlight the use of horizon scanning to the conservation community.
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- 2010
50. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
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Travis, John
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DNA , *SCIENCE publishing , *MOLECULAR biology , *HUMAN genetics , *NUCLEIC acids , *LABORATORIES - Abstract
Fifty years after Watson and Crick's insight, scientists continue to take a close look at DNA's double helix. On April 25, 1953, a brief research paper appeared in the British scientific journal "Nature." Fifty years later, it's one of the most famous publications of all time and often considered the start of the molecular biology and genetics revolution that continues today. In that report, two young scientists at Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England, proposed what they called a "radically different" structure for DNA, the material that scientists of the time had recently concluded stored an organism's genetic information. The pair argued that the DNA molecule resembles a spiral staircase. In the proposed arrangement, two strands are twisted together and connected at each step by a pair of so-called chemical bases, one jutting off each strand. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the double helix's grand debut, "Science News" presents a gallery of images depicting the DNA molecule and, in one case, the genetic information it encodes.
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- 2003
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