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The convito musicale of Orazio Vecchi

The Convito Musicale, perhaps more than any other of Orazio Vecchi's works, expresses the fullness of his many-sided musical personality. In historical perspective, it is a summation of cinquecento polyphonic vocal secular forms, and an example of music for entertainment at its best. Until recently, Vecchi's importance in the history of music has depended almost entirely upon his one work available in transcription from the original part-books, the brilliant madrigal-comedy, L'Amfiparnaso. The transcription and detailed analysis of the Convito which comprise this thesis should serve to fill at least part of this void, and further emphasize Vecchi's importance in the culmination of cinquecento secular music.
Orazio Vecchi was born in Modena in 1550, and received his early ecclesiastical and musical training there. By 1579, he had taken the holy orders, developed into an accomplished courtier, and had been accepted into the Venetian circle of A. Gabrieli, and Merulo among others. He left his position in Salo as Maestro di Cappella to accept a similar position in Modena at the Cathedral in 1584. By 1585 he had already established himself with Gardano in Venice, and published three books of canzonette and one of madrigals. Meager finances, and family responsibilities made a more remunerative position in Correggio attractive to him, and so he accepted their offer in 1586. During the next five years he published two books of canzonette, a book of Lamentations, one of motets, another of madrigals, and his Selva di varia ricreatione of 1590, the first of his large secular words. His dedications seem to indicate that he was again searching for a new position. He joined G. Gabrieli and Balbo in 1591 in revising the Graduale Romano, and was raised to the status of Archdeacon in the same year, evidence of his rise in fame and esteem.
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Evangelical seceders from the Church of England, c. 1800-1850

This thesis examines the major themes and personalities which influenced the outbreak of a number of Evangelical clerical secessions from the Church of England during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Chapter one discusses the relationship between the Evangelicals and the Church of England.
Chapter two examines the Evangelicals' objections to certain aspects of the Established Church during the late eighteenth century, especially those things which appeared to inhibit evangelism.
Chapter three examines Irish Evangelical seceders, in particular the secessions of John Walker and Thomas Kelly. These influential clergymen abandoned the Church and established their own 'connexions' based on a return to 'Apostolic' principles, which were propagated with disruptive effects on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Chapter four investigates the outbreak of the Western Schism: a small band of well-connected Evangelical clergy and laymen who seceded from the Church of England in 1815, and formed their own religious 'connexion.' The Schism's antinomian influence was considerable, provoking an alarmed response.
Chapter five enquires into the outbreak of millennial expectation in England, in particular the influence of Henry Drummond and Edward Irving, and the founding of the celebrated Albury Conferences for the study of unfulfilled prophecy.
Chapter six explores the similar outbreak of millennial expectation in Ireland. Lady Powerscourt, the Powerscourt Conferences, the early career of John Nelson Darby, and the formation of the Christian Brethren are all considered.
Chapter seven is set in Oxford, where Darby's teachings were being advanced by Henry Bulteel, the influential Evangelical curate of St. Ebbe's. The propagation of Bulteel 's dogmatic Protestantism produced a theological and doctrinal backlash, which paved the way for the advancement of the Oxford Movement and the publication of the Tracts.
Chapter eight examines the secession of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel, and the Evangelical response to the Gorham affair.
Chapter nine probes into the contentious case of the Rev. James Shore, and the canonical implications of clerical secession from the Church of England.
These Evangelical secessions were often influential out of all proportion to their numbers, provoking consternation within both the Church and Evangelicalism, and highlighting the inherent tensions between the evangelical conversionist imperative and the principles and practice of a national religious establishment.
The phytoalexin response in phaseolus vulgaris l.

This thesis concerns the initial events leading to the induction of the phytoalexin response in the Phaseolus vulgaris L. - Colletotrichum lindemuthianum L. host - pathogen interaction
The phytoalexin response is an expression of the resistance of the host to further pathogen invasion. The visible expression of the phytoalexin response is hypersensitive necrosis.
One of the initial events leading to the induction of the phytoalexin response is thought to be the induction of the first enzyme leading to the synthesis of phenylpropanoid phytoalexins, namely L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL). Standard methods for determination of PAL activities were found to lead to measurements of both phenylalanine amino-transferase (PAT) and PAL activities together. Further, PAT was found to have a higher affinity for L-phenylalanine than PAL. An isotopic assay was devised for the accurate estimation of PAT and PAL activities separately using a specific inhibitor of PAT, L-aspartic acid. These experiments were carried out in a whole (intact) plant system.
A rapidly isolated cell and protoplast system wa.s specially devised for isolation of the pathogen cell wall constituents responsible for the induction of the phytoalexin response. Special care was taken to minimise mechanical damage in these systems by optimising methods of purification, viability and intactness. The pathogen cell wall component responsible for the induction of the phytoalexin response was found to be an asialoglycoprotein.
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Economic production in the monasteries of Egypt and Oriens, ad 320-800

This thesis is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, qualitative and quantitative appraisal of the monastic economy in late Antiquity and the period of early Islam. Based on the textual and archaeological evidence of over 1,000 monasteries in Egypt and Oriens, this thesis combines both an in-depth analysis and an overall appraisal of monastic production. It follows an internal and an external, a microlevel and an integrative approach. It considers literary texts, papyri, inscriptions, colophons and published archaeological remains, especially in Syria and Palestine. The analysis of fieldwork data, personally retrieved in Syria, Jordan and Egypt in 2002 and 2003, rounds off the archaeological point of view. This thesis conders the period until AD 800, as in many regions textual and archaeological documentation break off dramatically after ca. AD 770.
The emergence of monasteries in Egypt and Oriens after ca. AD 320 provoked a change of the socio-economic profile of late Antiquity. From the fifth century, coenobia and laurae played an important role in the late antique economy. Monasteries acquired land, employed labour, became centres of production and trade. Such involvement, however, gave rise to substantial internal controversy.
Having first considered monasteries as architectural units ('a working definition'; chapter I), this thesis seeks to investigate the conditions of monastic production (location, landownership etc.) in chapter II. As labour and work were controversial monastic issues, the attitudes towards labour are also examined here.
Global elites and local people: images of Germanness and cosmopolitanism in the self-presentation of German transnational business people in London

Although many anthropologists have studied transnational groups, few consider the way in which social organisation takes place in globalising environments. An examination of the use of symbols of Germanness and cosmopolitanism in the selfpresentation of German businesspeople in London suggests that, in doing so, they are not defining themselves as a solidary group so much as they are engaging in complex negotiations between global and local social entities.
Combining Anthony Cohen's theory of the symbolic construction of groups (1985) with Erving Goffman's of strategic self-presentation (1956), I begin by examining Sklair' s (2001) hypothesis that transnational businesspeople form a detached, globalised, solidary "transnational capitalist class." I then consider the ways in which symbols are actually used in transnational business, through a case study focusing around the London branches of two German banks, the Head Office of one of them, and German-focused institutions in the UK. My analysis reveals that not only is transnational businesspeople' s use of symbols more complex than the construction of a single social group, they also use the multivalency of symbols to shift their selfpresentations and affiliations in response to the activities of other actors.
I conclude by postulating a new way of looking at transnational social formations, incorporating Sklair's theory, Castells' "Network Society" ( 1996) and Appadurai's "Global Landscapes": the Transnational Capitalist Society model (TCS). This is a theoretical construct comprising all actors engaging in business activity across borders at any given time; it also includes the links between transnational social formations, and local entities inasmuch as they engage in transnational capitalism.
An examination of the symbolic self-presentation of German transnational businesspeople thus suggests that, not only are they not a solidary, detached "class," but the complex, shifting nature of their interactions points to the need for a more diffuse, multiply engaged model for considering transnational social formations.
A theoretical study on manipulation of trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

In this thesis a number of aspects on possible manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensate in trapped atomic gases is investigated. First, a model for atom optical experiments involving Bose condensates is proposed and numerical simulations are presented to illustrate its characteristics. We demonstrate ways of focusing and splitting the condensate by modifying experimentally adjustable parameters. We show that there are at least two ways of implementing atom optical elements: one may modulate the interatomic scattering length in space, or alternatively, use a sinusoidal, externally applied potential.
The temporal evolution of quasiparticle excitations is studied via the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation. Nonlinear mode mixing of quasiparticles is introduced, and is observed using a quasiparticle projection method. This is used as a basis of time-dependent finite temperature simulations, which we argue to be valid under regimes of high occupation number. An illustration via a closely related evaporative cooling simulation is provided.
A phenomenological damping formalism for superfluidity near the λ point is adopted to describe the damping of excitations in a Bose-Einstein condensate. An estimate for the damping parameter is found. The damping formalism as a numerical tool to calculate the ground eigenstate of the condensate is explored.
A novel, experimentally realisable interferometry for Bose-Einstein condensates using near-field diffraction is proposed. The scheme is based on the phenomenon of intermode traces or quantum carpets; we demonstrate the structured spatio-temporal pattern for the dilute, atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. The pattern is found to change with temperature, which allows us to perform interferometric temperature measurements.
Finally, an output coupler for Bose-Einstein Condensates based on stimulated Raman transition is investigated. The spectrum and coherence are calculated for an atomic beam slowly coupled out of a trap containing a partially condensed Bose gas at finite temperatures. A number conserving Hartree-Fock-Bogliubov formalism has been used to incorporate finite temperature effects. Various different processes are found to become dominant for a suitable choice of the coupling parameters.
Prescriptions for manners in English courtesy literature, 1690-1760, and their social implications

The thesis is an examination of the courtesy literature written and/or published in England between 1690 and 1760. Its purpose is to find out about theories of manners in this period and to explore their social implications. Chapter 1 establishes the context and parameters of the study; defines 'courtesy literature', and presents information about its degree of influence in eighteenth-century England. Chapter 2 surveys the distinguished historical tradition of writings on manners which preceded this period, and examines the influence of these earlier works on English theorists. Chapter 3 describes the eighteenth-century English concept of good breeding and reveals its close relationship to contemporary aesthetic ideals. Chapter 4 is a detailed examination of prescriptions of manners for the gentleman. It describes how the gentleman's manners were intended to operate as a major means of reinforcing his social rank. It explores the social implications of this ideal, and argues in particular that it acted to reinforce the cultural and social hegemony of the ruling elite. Chapter 5 outlines the prescriptionsofmanners for ladies in this period in terms of both their rank and their sex, and stresses that, of these two determinants, the latter was at least as important as the former. Chapter 6 looks at prescriptions for servants and apprentices in a continued exploration of these two themes of rank and sex. It discovers a significant extension downwards of the gentlemanly ideal to aspiring tradesmen. Chapter 7 concludes the thesis with an assessment of its major discoveries, and argues that the study of these cultural norms is a valuable means of gaining a better understanding of eighteenth-century people's perceptions of themselves and their society.
The modification of insulin for therapeutic purposes

First this thesis outlines the historical background and current status of diabetes therapeutics. This includes prolonged action preparations, oral hypoglycaemic agents, approaches to peroral insulin therapy and methods of insulin modification, with emphasis on derivatives of clinical interest.
Then the analytical methods are described. These include a novel method, using chromatography on silica-gel loaded paper, for analysing the state of acylation of water-insoluble insulin derivites.
The next two chapters describe the synthesis of the acyl hydroxysuccinimidyl esters and the protected insulin derivites, followed by the coupling, purification and analysis of the products.
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The aetiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus. a prospective study of hla-linked genetic factors, autoimmunity and viral infections

HLA genotypes were determined and prospective investigations performed on members of 166 families, each including a Type 1 diabetic proband. A computer-based system (Genobase) was created for data storage and analysis. Newly-diagnosed cases ascertained in East Berkshire (incidence rate: 17.8 x 10-5/year) and additional data from two other studies contribute to some analyses.
Major findings include non-random assortment of HLA-B8 within families and a tendency for HLA-identical siblings of diabetic probands to be younger than expected. Discrete multivariate analysis and other methods show no major genetic heterogeneity within Type 1 diabetes. However, there is minor heterogeneity affecting the interaction of age and seasonal variation in incidence of the diabetes. Furthermore, the HLA genotype B8,15 is here shown to be significantly more frequent in Type 1 diabetic probands than expected assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. With support from other internal and published data, it is concluded that susceptibility to Type 1 diabetes is genetically multifactorial.
Increased prevalence of organ-specific autoimmunity is confirmed in the families, and differences in distribution of islet-cell antibodies (ICA) and thyroid/gastric antibodies demonstrated. Five subjects, ICA-positive from the first test, developed diabetes after up to 30 months, demonstrating prolonged latency. Quantitative risk of diabetes is estimated (separately) in terms of ICA results and of HLA genotypes. Non-diabetic siblings of affected probands are investigated for evidence that an HLA-linked immune response gene might contribute to susceptibility. Response patterns to previous polio vaccination give some support, but the excess of thyroid/gastric antibodies in the siblings is not due to such a gene. The dissertation concludes with discussion of aetiological hypotheses and indications for further work.
Empirical appraisal and graph-theoretical aspects of simple theories of the "ring-current" effect in conjugated systems

This Thesis reports an empirical and mathematical appraisal of simple theories of the "ring-current" effect in conjugated systems; it is divided into five parts. Part One gives an extensive historical and critical review of the subject. In Part Two, the empirical utility of simple "ring-current" theories is assessed by confronting their predictions with experimental data on the alternant, condensed, benzenoid hydrocarbons. In Part Three, the mathematical techniques of graph theory are used to investigate the topological aspects of simple "ring-current" calculations and these considerations are exploited in order to rationalise the relative magnitudes of the "ring-current" intensities calculated, via the London-McWeeny method, in arbitrary, conjugated hydrocarbons.Part Four considers the success of "ring-current" approaches, of varying degrees of sophistication, when applied to strongly paramagnetic conjugated-systems. Part Five summarises the general conclusions and assesses the present status of "ring-current" calculations and their possible future-use. For calculations of the relative, intramolecular "ring-current" ¹H-NMR chemical-shifts in the specially parametrised case of the condensed, benzenoid hydrocarbons, even the crudest "ring-current" models may be used with considerable confidence, but calculations on strongly paramagnetic systems are likely to be realistic only if they are based on a wave function that is iteratively self-consistent with respect to resonance integrals and calculated bond-orders. It is concluded that there is not much further headway to be made in the domain of π;-electron semi-empirical calculations and that the future probably lies with ab-initio methods, or, at least, with allvalence- electron semi-empirical ones. In the final analysis, therefore, the "ring-current" idea seems destined to remain only a semi-quantitative conceptual-aid in the context in which, by very definition, it belongs namely, that of semi-empirical, π-electron theory.
Robust control system design with application to high performance helicopters

This thesis presents one of the first applications of H∞-optimization to the design of controllers for industrial problems. The system considered was an unstable helicopter model, obtained from a large nonlinear simulation (provided by the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford) configured to represent future high performance helicopters. The problem was to design a full authority flight control system, to stabilize the aircraft and decouple the controlled inputs, thus reducing pilot workload. Robustness was a primary issue because of model uncertainty, particularly due to the omission from the design model of higher order rotor dynamics.
The optimization problem was based on the minimization of sensitivity (for performance) and control output (for robustness) transfer functions. Simple weighting functions were found to be useful for examining the fundamental performance-versus-robustness trade-off, and to be more effective at shaping the closed loop transfer functions than LQG/LTR techniques. A controller designed for a 4-input, 6-output, 8-state linearized plant model was successfully implemented in a non-linear simulation with rotor dynamics. This stabilized the system and enabled good control for small variations about the design operating point. The 'standard problem', consisting of the plant augmented with weights, had 20 states; the controller had 18, which was much smaller than researchers had been predicting, and it is conjectured that all H∞-optimal controllers will have at most the same number of states as the defining 'standard problem'.
An important improvement to the H∞-optimization solution process was the development of a numerically reliable algorithm to perform minimal realization. This algorithm solves for a truncated balanced realization of stable state-space systems that are arbitrarily close to being either uncontrollable and/or unobservable. Depending on the choice of partitioning of the Hankel singular values, it can be used to perform minimal realization, or model reduction, with a guaranteed L∞error bound.
The Acheloos painter

The Preface enumerates the publications in which the Acheloos Painter is discussed by Beazley, from which it is clear that he thought of the painter as a member of the Leagros Group, but nonetheless distinct from them in having a humourous approach to his work which they lack. It is also suggested that from the point of view of the attribution of some of the vases more vaguely associated with the painter, it would be fruitful to pay attention to some of his own second-rate work.
Chapter 1 describes the Acheloos Painter's graphic style, figure work, subsidiary patterns, and interest in foreshortening, and discusses his methods of composition. His use of two distinct head types is related to the contexts in which they appear. Some of the more loosely associated vases are attributed to five separate hands who relate closely to the Acheloos Painter, as does the Painter of Louvre F 314. Some new attributions are made to the Acheloos Painter himself, and his immediate stylistic background within the Leagros Group is discussed. A chronology based on his style is offered.
Chapter 2 establishes a chronology based on the changes in pot shapes over the period of the Acheloos Painter's activity, and relates him to the painters with whom he shared a potter, which shows a clear pattern for his career.
Chapter 3 offers a chronology conflating the charts based on style and potting.
Chapter 4 compares the Acheloos Painter's choice of subjects and pairing of them on vases with more than one picture with the practice of the Leagros Group, the Pioneers, and the Antimenes Painter. The iconography of the Acheloos Painter's vases is discussed in detail subject by subject, and compared with other versions of the same subject by the Leagros Group and in earlier black figure.
Chapter 5, the Conclusion, describes the Acheloos Painter's career and ethos on the basis of the evidence offered in the preceding chapters, and suggests that his interests were in the content of his pictures, and the two head types discussed in Chapter 1 were used for a specific purpose, whether political in intention or not. In any case, used in conjunction with an idiosyncratic iconography, they represent a deliberate dissociation from the practice of his workshop colleagues.
Synthetic studies in the higher terpenes.

The various groups into which the triterpenes are divided are defined and emphasis is placed on the structural relationships which exist between these groups. A brief description is given of the methos used in teh determination of the structures of triterpenes with articular reference to &beta-amyrin; (I), a member of the oleanane (II) group. Recent progress in the problems of biogenesis and the total synthesis of triterpenes is reviewed.
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