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The Trope of Silence in the Work of Herta Müller
P Shopin
Aug 09, 2017
With reference to Herta Müller’s fiction and non-fiction, my essay explores how the trope of silence is engaged to make sense of more abstract concepts. Drawing on conceptual metaphor theory, I argue that Müller uses silence as...
Language as a force for good in the work of Herta Müller
P Shopin
Oct 02, 2017
Herta Müller creates sophisticated metaphors to convey her vision of language and its relationship to suffering and subjugation. With reference to both her fiction and non‐fiction, this essay explores how she uses the idea of...
Three Faculty Awards To Be Given at May Graduation Ceremonies
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
On May 5, President Dan Mahony will present the Jane LaRoche Graduate Faculty Award to Melissa Carsten, an associate professor of management. During the May 7 undergraduate Commencement ceremonies, the president will bestow the...
Published by: Winthrop University
Commencement on Dec. 15 Will Honor Graduates and Kinard Award Winner
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
HIGHLIGHTS President Dan Mahony will present Carsten with the 2018 James Pinckney Kinard and Lee Wicker Kinard Award for Excellence in Teaching during the 11 a.m. ceremony at the Winthrop Coliseum. More than 285 undergraduates...
Published by: Winthrop University
Post-Cartel Tacit Collusion
We experimentally investigate the determinants of post-cartel tacit collusion (PCTC), the effects of PCTC on market outcomes, and potential policy measures aimed at its prevention. PCTC occurs robustly with or without fines or...
Infinite-dimensional bilinear and stochastic balanced truncation with explicit error bounds
Abstract: Along the ideas of Curtain and Glover (in: Bart, Gohberg, Kaashoek (eds) Operator theory and systems, Birkhäuser, Boston, 1986), we extend the balanced truncation method for (infinite-dimensional) linear systems to...
Published by: Springer London
Whether Social Schema Violations Help or Hurt Creativity Depends on Need for Structure

Although people and events that disconfirm observers' expectancies can increase their creativity, sometimes such social schema violations increase observers' rigidity of thought and undermine creative cognition. Here we...

Aqueous ozonation of furans

Despite the widespread occurrence of furan moieties in synthetic and natural compounds, their fate in aqueous ozonation has not been investigated in detail. Reaction rate constants of seven commonly used furans with ozone...

Whether Social Schema Violations Help or Hurt Creativity Depends on Need for Structure

Although people and events that disconfirm observers' expectancies can increase their creativity, sometimes such social schema violations increase observers' rigidity of thought and undermine creative cognition. Here we...

Aqueous ozonation of furans

Despite the widespread occurrence of furan moieties in synthetic and natural compounds, their fate in aqueous ozonation has not been investigated in detail. Reaction rate constants of seven commonly used furans with ozone...

Improved EEG source localization with Bayesian uncertainty modelling of unknown skull conductivity

Electroencephalography (EEG) source imaging is an ill-posed inverse problem that requires accurate conductivity modelling of the head tissues, especially the skull. Unfortunately, the conductivity values are difficult to...

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