George Rogers Clark and the Kaskaskia Campaign, 1777-1778 /

Transcripts of documents, correspondence, etc., written by and sent to George Rogers Clark.

Gistorīi︠a︡ o t︠s︡ari︠e︡ Petri︠e︡ Aleksi︠e︡evichi︠e︡ : 1862-1694 /

Photocopy.

Lettres de l'Abbé Galiani a Madame d'Épinay, Voltaire, Diderot, Grimm [etc.]

Mode of access: Internet.

Nachricht von dem ursprung und fortgang und hauptsächlich von der gegenwärtigen verfassung der Brüder-unität oder sogenannten Herrenhuther 1778 aufgesetzt und hrsg. von ungenannten, und herausgenommen aus dem dreyzehnten theil des Büschingischen magazins für die neue historie und geographie.

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The New Haven convention of 1778. The boundary line between Connecticut and New York. The ecclesiastical constitution of Yale college. Three historical papers read before the New Haven colony historical society,

From the advance sheets of vol. III of the Transactions of the society.

Entre Montesquieu et l'encyclopédie. Voltaire face à l'inquisition Espagnole

Nous étudions la progression, au siècle des Lumières en France, de la critique de l'Inquisition espagnole à partir de l'oeuvre de Montesquieu, en montrant comment Voltaire, principal défenseur de la tolérance religieuse du siècle, a approfondi l'analyse de Montesquieu pour faire de l'Inquisition espagnole un modèle exemplaire du fanatisme religieux, et comment finalement Voltaire a pour sa part influencé les articles sur le sujet rédigés par Louis de Jaucourt pour l'Encyclopédie.

Rough sketch of the country from Lake Champlain and the River Sorell extending to the eastward as far as the River St. Francois and the Cohos on the Connecticut, shewing the march of 21 officers & Canadians in October and November 1780 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Carleton, in order to discover the road cut by the rebels under the direction of Colonel Hazen in the year 1778 & 1779.

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Edición y caracterización lingüística del libro sefardí "La güerta de oro" de David M. Atías (Liorna, 1778)

La güerta de oro, compuesta por David M. Atías y publicada en caracteres hebreos en Liorna en 1778, es la obra de tema profano más antigua que conocemos en judeoespañol y por su contenido se diferencia literariamente del resto de la producción sefardí coetánea. Recorde-mos al respecto que la literatura sefardí escrita del siglo XVIII y la producida hasta el segundo tercio del siglo XIX desarrolla casi en exclusiva temas que se han denominado religioso-patri-moniales. Es, por tanto, la primera obra sefardí de transmisión escrita que intenta introducir los géne-ros literarios occidentales modernos en la literatura judeoespañola y supone un precedente de otros libros de entretenimiento con contenido misceláneo que se publicarán hacia el primer tercio del siglo XX. El intento de «occidentalizar» los géneros literarios sefardíes parece natural en su autor, un hombre educado en Occidente (Italia) y habituado, por ello, al gusto literario occidental. El hecho de que tardaran aproximadamente un siglo en aparecer nuevas obras de géneros similares indica que Atías no consiguió el fin que pretendía (al menos de forma inmediata), pues este camino por él emprendido no tuvo continuación, sino que se alcanzó como resultado natural de la evolución de la sociedad sefardí. Sin embargo, sí tuvo cierta repercusión entre los sefardíes orientales, ya que se realizó una reedición parcial en el libro Ḥut hamešuláš (Salónica, 1857). Y no solo resulta muy singular la obra por su contenido, sino también por su lengua, alejada de los registros hebraizantes propios de la literatura religioso-patrimonial...

Melodías para el tigre. Pablo de Rebullida y los indios de la Talamanca, 1694 - 1709

ResumenAnaliza la labor misionera a cabo de Fray Pablo de Rebullida en Talamanca, Costa Rica, donde la Orden de los Franciscanos se encargó de la evangelización de los indios. El artículo se refiere a los métodos de evangelización y a la resistencia tenaz de los indígenas, que culmina con el levantamiento generalizado de 1709.AbstractAn analysis of the missionary work of Fray Pablo de Rebullida in Talamanca, Costa Rica, where entrusted with evangelization of the Indian. Includes a discussion of the methods of evangelization and the firm resistance of the Indian population, which climaxed in the general uprising of 1709.

Effect of selected feed meals and starches on diet digestibility in the mud crab, Scylla serrata

The present study examined the capacity of the mud crab, Scylla serrata to digest experimental diets that contained different animal and plant-based feed meals or different levels or types of starch. The apparent dry matter digestibility (ADMD) coefficients for all feed meals tested in the first part of this study, except meat meal, were similar (78–88%). Crude protein digestibility (ACPD) coefficients for all feed meals were relatively high, with values ranging from 86% to 96%. Cotton seed meal, poultry meal, canola meal, fishmeal, soybean meal and lupin meal had similar gross energy digestibility (AGED) values (P>0.05) ranging from 84% to 89%. In the second part of this study, the impact of selected starches on the digestibility of fishmeal-based formulated diets was assessed. The apparent starch digestibility (ASD) of wheat starch decreased significantly as the inclusion level was increased from 15% to 60%, however, there was no significant effect on ACPD values. At a 30% inclusion level, the ASD of diets containing different starches decreased in the order corn>wheat>potato=rice. Moreover, ACPD values were significantly higher (P<0.05) in the diets containing corn or rice starch than in those containing wheat or potato starches.

Accelerated computation of cyclic steady state for simulated-moving-bed processes

Industrial applications of the simulated-moving-bed (SMB) chromatographic technology have brought an emergent demand to improve the SMB process operation for higher efficiency and better robustness. Improved process modelling and more-efficient model computation will pave a path to meet this demand. However, the SMB unit operation exhibits complex dynamics, leading to challenges in SMB process modelling and model computation. One of the significant problems is how to quickly obtain the steady state of an SMB process model, as process metrics at the steady state are critical for process design and real-time control. The conventional computation method, which solves the process model cycle by cycle and takes the solution only when a cyclic steady state is reached after a certain number of switching, is computationally expensive. Adopting the concept of quasi-envelope (QE), this work treats the SMB operation as a pseudo-oscillatory process because of its large number of continuous switching. Then, an innovative QE computation scheme is developed to quickly obtain the steady state solution of an SMB model for any arbitrary initial condition. The QE computation scheme allows larger steps to be taken for predicting the slow change of the starting state within each switching. Incorporating with the wavelet-based technique, this scheme is demonstrated to be effective and efficient for an SMB sugar separation process. Moreover, investigations are also carried out on when the computation scheme should be activated and how the convergence of the scheme is affected by a variable stepsize.

Age, muscle fatigue, and walking endurance in pre-menopausal women

Aging is associated with loss of endurance; however, aging is also associated with decreased fatigue during maximal isometric contractions. The aims of this study were to examine the relationship between age and walking endurance (WE) and maximal isometric fatigue (MIF) and to determine which metabolic/fitness components explain the expected age effects on WE and MIF. Subjects were 96 pre-menopausal women. Oxygen uptake (walking economy) was assessed during a 3-mph walk; aerobic capacity and WE by progressive treadmill test; knee extension strength by isometric contractions, MIF during a 90-s isometric plantar flexion (muscle metabolism measured by 31P MRS). Age was related to increased walking economy (low VO2, r = −0.19, P < 0.03) and muscle metabolic economy (force/ATP, 0.34, P = 0.01), and reduced MIF (−0.26, P < 0.03). However, age was associated with reduced WE (−0.28, P < 0.01). Multiple regression showed that muscle metabolic economy explained the age-related decrease in MIF (partial r for MIF and age −0.13, P = 0.35) whereas walking economy did not explain the age-related decrease in WE (partial r for WE and age −0.25, P < 0.02). Inclusion of VO2max and knee endurance strength accounted for the age-related decreased WE (partial r for WE and age = 0.03, P > 0.80). In premenopausal women, age is related to WE and MIF. In addition, these results support the hypothesis that age-related increases in metabolic economy may decrease MIF. However, decreased muscle strength and oxidative capacity are related to WE.