Contributions of Ernest Wenkert to the Use of Cyclopropanes in Synthesis – Impact,Reflections, and Recollections

This essay describes Ernest Wenkert's contributions to the chemistry of cyclopropanes and their use in synthesis. The impact of his work on the careers of others, especially including the development of cyclopropane-based research in the Hudlicky group, is addressed, along with reflections on his mentorship. Personal recollections from some of his past students are provided at the end of the article.     

The mathematical analysis of style: A correlation-based approach

Mathematical models of style have focused on features which are easily quantifiable and, for computer-aided analysis, easily identifiable by machines. Most such studies are based on frequency of occurrence of word counts, vocabulary items, or grammatical forms.In this paper, we examine not the number of occurrences of a characteristic, but the pattern in which the characteristic occurs. For example, we hypothesize that the lengths of successive sentences are mathematically correlated and that the length of a sentence can be described, quantitatively, in terms of the lengths of previous sentences.Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models are traditionally used to describe correlated time series data. Under the assumption that the number of words in one sentence is correlated with the number of words per sentence in prior sentences, we develop ARIMA models for series in different works by the same author and comparable works by different authors (James Joyce: portions of Ulysses, and Dubliners; and Ernest Hemingway: portions of In Our Time). Problems of sampling from a literary text are discussed and results presented.Although the performance of the models in predicting sentence length is only marginally better than using mean sentence length, the potential value of this technique in characterizing stylistic features, especially changes in style from the beginning of a piece to the end, is demonstrated.Rosa Oppenheim is an associate professor of Quantitative Methods at the Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution are presented by the Association at the Annual Convention. The awards for this year, along with those for the preceding years since the establishment of the custom are presented here. Citations are presented for Solomon Eliot Asch, Ernest Ropiequet Hilgard and James Olds. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Ernest Oberholtzer and the art of boundary crossing: writing,life and the narratives of conservation and planning

Through an analysis of the various roles of narrative in the life and work of famed conservationist Ernest C. Oberholtzer (1884–1977), we explore the relations between life (as evolving autobiographical narrative), place identity, and environmental planning, and the place of literary and artistic discourses in the processes of mutual articulation one can observe there. We investigate the role of writing in his work and life, and the functions of narratives in a broader sense, and argue that Oberholtzer's remarkable identification with a self-created place narrative, and his exceptional narrative fluidity, both in autobiographical sense and in other communicative situations, made him not only an exquisite wilderness advocate but also a rich source of insights into the narrative nature of environmental planning.     

AVATAR and the Politics of Protocell Architecture

The Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research Laboratory (AVATAR) was founded in 2004 at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL). The original remit was to provide a forum for staff and their units to exchange and share their explorations into the digital and visceral terrain. With Neil Spiller's appointment in September 2011 as Dean of the School of Architecture and Construction at the University of Greenwich, the centre of research has shifted south to Greenwich. Here, one of the principle proponents of AVATAR, Nic Clear describes why, given the present economic and political situation, Protocell Architecture has provided the group with such a fecund field of research. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

海明威《永别了，武器》主人公亨利的心路历程解析

海明威《永别了,武器》借主人公弗雷德里克·亨利在战争前后心路历程的发展变化反映了战争给一代人造成的精神创伤。从 亨利不同生活阶段对战争、爱情和人生的不同认识可梳理出亨利完整的心理流变过程,即从参战前的激情与幻想到参战后内心的 迷惘与不介入战争的态度,再到告别战争后表象的平静与内心的觉醒这一过程,并在此基础上用存在主义哲学深入剖析亨利心路 历程的复杂性、多变性。     

欧内斯特·海明威的精神诉求

欧内斯特·海明威在作品中善于通过暴力、死亡等形式表现人生的悲剧性存在状态,倡导面对人生痛苦和悲剧的超越意识,呈现出一种积极向上的人生价值观。在评价海明威时应该重视他叙述文本下面的深层精神诉求。     

欧内斯特·博耶“教学学术”思想评析

欧内斯特.博耶是20世纪美国伟大的教育家,他针对当时大学重科研、轻教学及大学学术功利化倾向,对学术内涵进行了重新界定,并创见性地提出"教学学术"这一概念。"教学学术"思想的核心在于指出教学即学术,大学教学体现了学术活动的基本特点,呈现出研究性、创造性和可交流性特征。该思想为学界看待教学与科研关系提供了一个新视角,为固守大学知识品性提供了一个新思路,为教师学术评价提供了一个新维度,也为建立学术共同体迈出了新的一步。     

Music and Architecture: A Cross between Inspiration and Method

This paper is one of a set of lessons prepared for the course of “Theory of Architecture” (Faculty of Architecture – “La Sapienza” University of Rome). The didactic aim was to present – to students attending the first year of courses – some methods for the beginning stages of design and their applicability to any kind creative work. The brief multimedia hypertext quoted at the end of this paper was carried out in collaboration with the “LaMA” (Laboratorio Multimediale di Architettura) as a test for new educational tools applied to first our “e-learning” experiences.     

Cavendish's crocodile and dark horse: the lives of Rutherford and Aston in parallel

Ernest Rutherford and Francis Aston were born a world apart but both would become two of the most influential physicists of their time. Their separate training, under the direction of J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory, shaped their future and allowed both men to develop and apply their considerable skills in experimental physics. It also catalyzed their careers and ultimately led to each receiving a Nobel Prize. Although they had very different characters, Rutherford and Aston became close colleagues and confidants who spent considerable time together within the confines of the Cavendish Laboratory, at Trinity College, and elsewhere in Cambridge. They also traveled the world in company, usually as part of a group or British delegation of scientists attending conferences and meetings overseas. This article parallels the lives of the two men. It describes how they came to work at the Cavendish, their scientific accomplishments and accolades, and their activities and interactions away from the laboratory.