The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach

Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval northern English geopolitics.

Mutated bodies: stage performances of Beckett's late prose texts by Mabou Mines (1984) and Gare St. Lazare Players, Ireland (2005)

An exploration of the stage adaptations of Beckett's fictional texts by the New York based Mabou Mines theatre company.

Children of the golden minster: St. Oswald's Priory and the impact of industrialisation on child health.

This study explores the disease experience of children buried within the cemetery of St. Oswald’s Priory, Gloucester from AD1153 to 1857. Evidence for ages-at-death, infant mortality, and the prevalence of stress indicators, trauma, and pathology were compared between the early and postmedieval periods. The skeletal remains of these children provide evidence for child health spanning the economic expansion of Gloucester at St. Oswald’s, from a mostly rural parish to a graveyard catering for families from the poorer northern part of the town and the workhouse. Results showed that the children from the postmedieval period in Gloucester suffered higher rates of dental caries (38%) and congenital conditions (17.3%) than their counterparts from the early and later medieval period. This paper serves to highlight the value of nonadult skeletal material in the interpretation of past human health in transitional societies and illustrates the wide variety of pathological conditions that can be observed in nonadult skeletons.

Chemical Composition, Seasonal Variation and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils of Talauma ovata A. St. Hil. (Magnoliaceae)

The essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from trunk bark and leaves of Talauma ovata A. St. Hil. (Magnoliaceae), collected in four seasons, were analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. Altogether 52 components were identified, The oils were characterized by predominance of cyclic sesquiterpenes. The main components were linalool, trans-beta-guaiene, germaerene D, germacrene B, spathulenol, caryophyllene oxide, viridiflorol and alpha-endesmol. The content of individual components was variable during the year. All oils were screened against several strains of bacteria and yeasts, using the agar well-diffusion technique. The antimicrobial activity of oils showed strong dependence with the season. Significant activity was found for oils obtained in the spring and summer.

Constituents of Leaves Essential Oil of Talauma ovata A. St.-Hil. (Magnoliaceae)

Tire volatile constituents of the fresh leaves of Talauma ovata (Magnoliaceae) were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-seven compounds were identified representing 98.8% of the total oil. The oil from this species showed to be constituted by monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes in the same ratio. Among the monoterpenes, limonene (34.8%) and alpha-pinene (11.3%) were the main constituents, and beta-bisabolene (10.7%) was the major substance for the sesquiterpene fraction.

St�� stilla, gå bakåt eller framåt : En analys av lärares utvecklingsdiskurs hos elever

Syftet med vårt examensarbete är att undersöka den rådande diskursen om elevers utveckling hos ett antal lärare på en skola samt undersöka i vilka sammanhang begreppet används. Tillika ville vi ta reda på vilka grunder elevers utveckling mäts och bedöms. Den forskningsmetod vi har använt oss av är kvalitativ intervju. Det vi fann var en diskurs där begreppet används ”automatiskt” och i förlängningen med positiva förtecken. Å andra sidan uttryckte lärarna att utveckling hos elever på kort sikt kan gå bakåt. Utvecklingssamtalet beskrivs som ett forum där föräldrar och elever delges information om elevens utveckling via ett dataprogram. Inför samtalet görs en bedömning och värdering av elevens utveckling i ett jämförandeperspektiv. I undersökningen framkommer att lärarna betonar den sociala utvecklingen framför den kunskapsmässiga.

Induktiv provning av ferritiskt rostfritt st��

The report examines the factors which may be a contributing cause to the problems that are present when ferritic stainless steel are eddy current tested in a warm condition. The work is carried out at Fagersta Stainless AB in Fagersta which manufactures stainless steel wire. In the rolling mill there is an eddy current equipment for detection of surface defects on the wire. The ferritic stainless steels cause a noise when testing and this noise complicates the detection of defects.Because of this, a study was made of how the noise related to factors such as steel grade, temperature, size and velocity. By observing the signal and with the possibilities to change the equipment settings the capability to let a signal filter reduce the noise level were evaluated. Theories about the material's physical properties have also been included, mainly the magnetic properties, electrical conductivity and the material's tendency to oxidize.Results from the tests show that a number of factors do not affect the inductive test significantly and to use a filter to reduce the noise level does not seem to be a viable option. The level of noise does not relate to the presence of superficial particles in form of oxides.The ferritic stainless steels showed some difference in noise level. Which noise level there was did match well with the steels probability for a precipitation of a second phase, and precipitation of austenite may in this case contribute to noise when using an eddy current instrument.The noise is probably due to some physical material property that varies within the thread.

”Agaparagrafen skall orubbat st�� kvar” : Sveriges Folkskollärarförbund och dess medlemskretsars remissvar ochsynpunkter rörande 1946 års skolkommissions förslag om avskaffande avaga och inrättande av s.k. samarbetsnämnder

Syftet med detta arbete har varit att undersöka Sveriges Folkskollärarförbund och dess lokalorganisationers remissvar på 1946 års skolkommissions förslag angående avskaffande av agan i folkskolan samt införandet av samarbetsnämnder. I Sverige höjdes röster från olika så kallade lärarkretsar. Medlemmarna ifrågasatte detta förslag och uppfattade förslaget som onödigt. De blev i sin tur ifrågasatta och det var enligt dem upprörande. Att ha kvar agan som sista utväg var en bärande del av fostran enligt folkskollärarna i Sverige och ett införande av samarbetsnämnder var detsamma som att försvåra det disciplinära arbetet i skolan. Skolagan var en snabb och effektiv metod, vilket folkskollärarna därtill menade att de sällan använde. Folkskollärarna i Sverige menade att de hade elevens bästa för sina ögon och förslaget angående avskaffandet av agan var samma sak som att kritisera dem. Folkskollärarna kände sig utsatta, deras mest värdefulla pedagogiska hjälpmedel skulle komma att tas ifrån dem.