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At War with Zola
Nicholas White
Jul 24, 2015
This lecture was presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes by Nicholas White (University of Cambridge). © 2015 Nicholas White.
Sociodemographic and Built Environment Associates of Travel to School by Car among New Zealand Adolescents
Travelling to school by car diminishes opportunities for physical activity and contributes to traffic congestion and associated noise and air pollution. This meta-analysis examined sociodemographic characteristics and built...
Non-invasive technical investigation of english portrait miniatures attributed to Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver
This study presents the results of the technical investigation carried out on several English portrait miniatures painted in the 16th and 17th century by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, two of the most famous limners...
On Intellectual Conversion
Garrett Barden
Jun 30, 2010
This essay focusses on two questions: What is intellectual conversion? Why is naive realism attractive?
Pay for performance at a crossroads

Purpose: The use of pay for performance (P4P) as an instrument to incentivise quality improvements in health care is at a crossroads in high-income countries but has remained a commonly used tool in low- and middle-income...

Composing a National Picture from Local Scenes
Eilidh Garrett, AM Reid
Nov 01, 2018
This contribution examines the relationship between local population studies and the national picture by considering the example of the Victorian fertility transition in England and Wales. It begins by summarising the history of...
The Belt and Road Initiative: China's Rise, America's Balance, and Latin America's Struggle
Garrett Bullock
Jan 01, 0001
This research attempts to understand the evolving relationship between China, the United States, and Latin America. Specifically, it explores China's rapid rise as a formidable geopolitical power, the United States' mixed...
Published by: Ursinus College
Pay for performance at a crossroads

Purpose: The use of pay for performance (P4P) as an instrument to incentivise quality improvements in health care is at a crossroads in high-income countries but has remained a commonly used tool in low- and middle-income...

To Carl Schmitt, Letters and Reflections, by Jacob Taubes, translated by Keith Tribe, with an Introduction by Mike Grimshaw, New York: Columbia University Press, 120 pp., Hardcover, $26.00/£22.00, ISBN: 9780231154123, Publication Date
Samuel Garrett Zeitlin
Jun 28, 2021
As a young boy in the 1930s, Jacob Taubes (1923-1987) and his family left Austria for Switzerland to escape Nazism. In Switzerland, Taubes received both ordination as a rabbi and a classical education in philosophy (culminating...
Becoming a Superpower: China's Rise and the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America
Garrett Bullock
Jan 01, 0001
Is China a Superpower? Will it become one? After half a century of establishing a strong international military presence, thriving economic growth, domestic/international political authority, and considerable cultural "soft...
Published by: Ursinus College
Development of a CRISPR System to Mutate Lpar4 in Chick Retinal Ganglion Cells
Garrett Driscoll
Jan 01, 0001
Growth cones direct axon pathfinding during neural development by detecting environmental stimuli, known as axon guidance molecules. In vitro studies have shown inhibitory axon guidance molecules to cause growth cones to change...
Published by: Winthrop University
The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature
This translation was originally published as: “The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature: The Best Seller.” New Spain New Literatures, by Maarten Steenmeijer. Eds. Luis Martín Estudillo and Nicholas Spadaccini. Vanderbilt...
On Intellectual Conversion
Garrett Barden
Jun 30, 2010
This essay focusses on two questions: What is intellectual conversion? Why is naive realism attractive?
The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature
This translation was originally published as: “The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature: The Best Seller.” New Spain New Literatures, by Maarten Steenmeijer. Eds. Luis Martín Estudillo and Nicholas Spadaccini. Vanderbilt...
The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature
This translation was originally published as: “The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature: The Best Seller.” New Spain New Literatures, by Maarten Steenmeijer. Eds. Luis Martín Estudillo and Nicholas Spadaccini. Vanderbilt...
Mindful Eating and Perceived Stress in College Students
Emily G. Garrett
Jan 01, 0001
Background: Evidence suggests that in college student populations, stress levels often manifest as maladaptive eating and/or functional gastrointestinal disorders. These conditions can degrade wellbeing and academic performance...
Published by: Winthrop University
Quantum corrections to generic branes
Abstract: We study quantum corrections to hypersurfaces of dimension d + 1 > 2 embedded in generic higher-dimensional spacetimes. Manifest covariance is maintained throughout the analysis and our methods are valid for arbitrary...
Shapes of gravity
Abstract If the graviton is the only high spin particle present during inflation, then the form of the observable tensor three-point function is fixed by...
Influenza virus-infected dendritic cells stimulate strong proliferative and cytolytic responses from human CD8+ T cells
Bhardwaj, N., Bender, A., Gonzalez, N., Bui, L.K., Garrett, M.C., and Steinman, R.M. Influenza virus-infected dendritic cells stimulate strong proliferative and cytolytic responses from human CD8+ T cells. J. Clin. Invest. 94...
Review of the Book "Understanding Liberal Democracy: Essays in Political Philosophy"
Kelly Sorensen
Jan 01, 0001
[Excerpt] Nicholas Wolterstorff argues that public reason liberalism is a dead end, and defends instead what he takes to be a more defensible form of liberalism ("equal political voice liberalism"). His book is fresh and...
Published by: Ursinus College

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