Equity cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, from June term, 1828 [i.e. December term, 1826], to [June term, 1834],

Issued in pamphlet parts. cf. Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.

Tracts and miscellaneous criticisms of the late Richard Porson, esq. ...

Mode of access: Internet.

A sermon preached in King's chapel, November 22, 1835, the Sunday after the funeral of the Rev. James Freeman, D. D.,

Mode of access: Internet.

The official character of Rev. Nathanael Emmons, D.D. : taught and shown, in a sermon on his life and death /

Another edition published in same year by same publisher with name of Nathanael Emmons spelled incorrectly.

Die "Utopia" des Thomas Morus und die soziale Frage /

Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexanders Universität Erlangen, 1904.

Left ventricular mass in patients with type 2 diabetes is independently associated with central but not peripheral pulse pressure

An increase in left ventricular mass (LVM) occurs in the presence of type 2 diabetes, apparently independent of hypertension (1), but the determinants of this process are unknown. Brachial blood pressure is not representative of that at the ascending aorta (2) because the pressure wave is amplified from central to peripheral arteries. Central blood pressure is probably more clinically important since local pulsatile pressure determines adverse arterial and myocardial remodeling (3,4). Thus, an inaccurate assessment of the contribution of arterial blood pressure to LVM may occur if only brachial blood pressure is taken into consideration. In this study we sought the contribution of central blood pressure (and other interactive factors known to affect wave reflection, e.g., glycemic control and total arterial compliance) to LVM in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Local geometric changes in left ventricular remodeling post-infarction can lead to apparent reduction in scar thickness

Serial reduction in scar thickness has been shown in animal models. We sought whether this reduction in scar thickness may be a result of dilatation of the left ventricle (LV) with stretching and thinning of the wall. Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) was performed to delineate radial scar thickness in 25 patients (age 63±10, 21 men) after myocardial infarction. The LV was divided into 16 segts and the absolute radial scar thickness (ST) and percentage scar to total wall thickness (%ST) were measured. Regional end diastolic (EDV) and end systolic volumes (ESV) of corresponding segments were measured on CMRI. All patients underwent revascularization and serial changes in ST, %ST, and regional volumes were assessed with a mean follow up of 15±5 months. CMRI identified a total of 93 scar segments. An increase in EDV or ESV was associated with a serial reduction inST(versusEDV, r =−0.3, p = 0.01; versusESV, r =−0.3, p = 0.005) and%ST(versusEDV, r =−0.2, p = 0.04; versus ESV, r =−0.3, p = 0.001). For segts associated with a positive increase in EDV (group I) or ESV (group II) there was a significant decrease in ST and %ST, but in those segts with stable EDV (group III) or ESV (group IV) there were no significant changes in ST and %ST (Table).

A novel role for retromer in the control of epithelial cell polarity

The establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity is essential throughout the development and adult life of all multicellular organisms. A key player in maintaining epithelial polarity is Crumbs (Crb), an evolutionarily conserved type-I transmembrane protein initially identified in Drosophila. Correct Crb levels and apical localization are imperative for its function. However, as is the case for many polarized proteins, the mechanisms of its trafficking and strict apical localization are poorly understood. To address these questions, we developed a liposome-based assay to identify trafficking coats and interaction partners of Crb in a native-like environment. Thereby, we demonstrated that Crb is a cargo for Retromer, a trafficking complex required for transport from endosomes to the trans-Golgi-network. The functional importance of this interaction was revealed by studies in Drosophila epithelia, which established Retromer as a novel regulator of epithelial cell polarity and verified the vast potential of this technique.

Gender and subject in higher education

This thesis is concerned with the issue of gender inequality in higher education. It examines the relationship between gender and subject specialisation, looking in particular at the reasons for the predominance, at undergraduate level, of men in the physical sciences, and of women in the humanities. It investigates ideas of `masculinity' and `femininity' and how these relate to constructions of `science' and `arts'. The thesis argues that students choose which subject to study on the basis of certain qualities these subjects are seen to hold, and that these qualities have close connections with beliefs about `masculinity' and `femininity'. It examines this through an interview study of male and female students on six higher education courses: two university courses of physics, two university courses of English, a polytechnic course in communications and a polytechnic course in physical science. The interview study demonstrates that the science subjects are perceived by science students as more certain, more useful and more important than the humanities, and emphasise the value of their degree in gaining a well-paid and important job. Female science students, however, experience conflict between being `a good scientist' and being `feminine'. English and communications students emphasise the breadth, uncertainty and individuality of their subjects, and find science restrictive and narrow. They make little link between their degree and their future career. Men, however, feel no conflict between their identity as men and their chosen subject. It is argued that there is a close link between the construction of masculinity and the construction of physical science, but that English and communications are more ambivalent: in some senses `masculine', in some `feminine'. Men are advantaged in these subjects because of their greater visibility and assertiveness. The thesis concludes that the division between `science' and `arts' reinforces ideas of masculinity and femininity, and argues that female `failure' in education is in part the result of higher education's inability to transcend that division.

Risk and structural instability in US house prices

This paper employs a Component GARCH in Mean model to show that house prices across a number of major US cities between 1987 and 2009 have displayed asset market properties in terms of both risk-return relationships and asymmetric adjustment to shocks. In addition, tests for structural breaks in the mean and variance indicate structural instability across the data range. Multiple breaks are identified across all cities, particularly for the early 1990s and during the post-2007 financial crisis as housing has become an increasingly risky asset. Estimating the models over the individual sub-samples suggests that over the last 20 years the financial sector has increasingly failed to account for the levels of risk associated with real estate markets. This result has possible implications for the way in which financial institutions should be regulated in the future.

Utopien, Epiphanien und Melancholie:Der Norden als Erfahrungs- und Imaginationsraum in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur

Die lange zu bemerkende „markante Absenz der nordischen Hemisphäre als literarischer Raum“ (Uwe Schütte) in der deutschsprachigen Nachkriegsliteratur hat in den letzten Jahren ein Ende gefunden. In Texten so unterschiedlicher Autoren wie Sybille Berg, Klaus Böldl, Melitta Breznik, Judith Hermann, Peter Stamm und Antje Ravic Strubel wird vermehrt der (skandinavische) Norden als literarischer Schauplatz in Form eines schriftstellerischen Imaginationsraums utopischer Qualität gestaltet. Allen Texten ist dabei gemein, dass der Norden als bewusst aufgesuchte Peripherie aufgefasst wird, die im Gegensatz zum mitteleuropäischen Zentrum steht. In der postmodernen Welt der Globalisierung, die sich mit Baudrillard als eine die Wirklichkeit usurpierende Simulation begreifen lässt, bietet der Norden den typischerweise mit melancholischen Zügen gezeichneten, an Entfremdung von ihrer Umwelt leidenden Figuren als Ort räumlicher Extremität die zugleich reale und befremdende Erfahrung einer Natur der Extreme, die trotz der zunehmenden Homogenisierung der vernetzten Welt Fortbestand hat und die den auch im Norden anzutreffenden bedeutungsleeren „Nicht-Orten“ (Marc Augé) der modernen Transitgesellschaft ein Erlebnis von Sinnhaftigkeit und Ursprünglichkeit gegenüber stellt. Obwohl (besonders bei Judith Hermann) Zweifel geübt werden an der Zugänglichkeit und emotionalen Wirksamkeit dieser Naturphänomene, besitzen sie dennoch das Potenzial bei den auf der Suche nach ihrer Identität und nach Selbsterfahrung befindlichen Figuren Erlebnisse von Epiphanien auszulösen. Lässt sich in einigen der Texte (besonders bei Peter Stamm) eine Auflösung der geographischen Umgebung ins Unbestimmte bzw. (bei Judith Hermann) eine bewusste Verfremdung skandinavischer Topographie verzeichnen, so werden bei Antje Ravic Strubel gar die Zuschreibungen von Geschlecht und gender vor nördlicher Kulisse aufgebrochen und es entsteht im Norden sowohl ein Freiraum geschlechtlicher Performanz (Judith Butler) als auch ein allgemeiner Projektionsraum für mögliche Lebensentwürfe – und für eine Aufarbeitung der deutschen Geschichte in Skandinavien, die noch deutlicher bei Melitta Breznik anklingt und den Norden auch als Chronotopos und postkolonialen Raum identifiziert. Ausgehend von diesen grundlegenden Merkmalen der Texte geht dieser Beitrag der Frage nach, wie vor dem Hintergrund des viel beschworenen spatial turn neue Perspektiven auf die aktuelle intensive literarische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Norden als konkreter Ort geographischer Realität und als räumliche Metapher mit epistemologischer Aufladung zu gewinnen sind.

Lithostratigraphy determined from downhole logs in the AND-2A borehole

During the 2007-2008 austral spring season, the ANDRILL (Antarctic Drilling project) Southern McMurdo Sound Project recovered an 1138-m-long core, representing the last 20 m.y. of glacial history. An extensive downhole logging program was successfully carried out. Due to drill hole conditions, logs were collected in several passes from the total depth at 1138.54 m below seafloor (mbsf) to 230 mbsf. After data correction, several statistical methods, such as factor analysis, cluster analysis, box-and-whisker diagrams, and cross-plots, were applied. The aim of these analyses was to use detailed interpretation of the downhole logs to obtain a description of the lithologies and their specific physical properties that is independent of the core descriptions. The sediments were grouped into the three main facies, diamictite, mudstone and/or siltstone, and sandstone, and the physical properties of each were determined. Notable findings include the high natural radioactivity values in sandstone and the high and low magnetic susceptibility values in mudstone and/or siltstone and in sandstone. A modified lithology cluster column was produced on the basis of the downhole logs and statistical analyses. It was possible to use the uranium content in the downhole logs to determine hiatuses and thus more accurately place the estimated hiatuses. Using analyses from current literature (geochemistry, clasts, and clay minerals) in combination with the downhole logs (cluster analysis), the depths 225 mbsf, 650 mbsf, 775 mbsf, and 900 mbsf were identified as boundaries of change in sediment composition, provenance, and/or environmental conditions. The main use of log interpretation is the exact definition of lithological boundaries and the modification of the paleoenvironmental interpretation.