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View article: Genetic Components Associated with R2 and R4 Powdery Mildew Resistance in Hop
Genetic Components Associated with R2 and R4 Powdery Mildew Resistance in Hop Open
View article: Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface
Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface Open
In c .738, St Boniface distributed a circular letter to a broad audience of ecclesiastics in England. One response to that letter survives, written by Torhthelm, bishop of the Middle Angles (737–64). The letter is written in an allusive st…
View article: A Combined Experimental and Turbulence-Resolved Modeling Approach for Aeroengine Turbine Rim Seals
A Combined Experimental and Turbulence-Resolved Modeling Approach for Aeroengine Turbine Rim Seals Open
Ingress is the penetration of hot mainstream gas into the rotor–stator wheel-space formed between adjacent disks; a rim seal is installed at the periphery of the wheel-space. Purge flow is bled from the compressor and re-introduced in the …
View article: The Presentation of Jerome’s First Letter to Paulinus of Nola in the Codex Amiatinus Pentateuch Diagram
The Presentation of Jerome’s First Letter to Paulinus of Nola in the Codex Amiatinus Pentateuch Diagram Open
A diagram in the first quire of the Codex Amiatinus features five textual captions arranged in cruciform formation, one for each book of the Pentateuch. These are taken from Jerome's first letter to Paulinus of Nola (Epistle 53) which was …
View article: Heresy and Authority in Bede’s <i>Letter to Plegwine</i>
Heresy and Authority in Bede’s <i>Letter to Plegwine</i> Open
Scholarly perceptions of the Northumbrian monk and scholar Bede underwent seismic changes at the turn of the twenty-first century as a variety of previously commonplace assumptions concerning the individual and his writings were dismantled…
View article: Apocalypse and reform in Bede’s De die iudicii
Apocalypse and reform in Bede’s De die iudicii Open
This chapter investigates how Venerable Bede's interest in the apocalypse overlaps with his reformist ideals through a detailed study of De die iudicii, a hexameter poem witnessed in more than 40 medieval manuscripts. It discusses the poem…
View article: A Prospective Real-World Study of the Impact of an Antifungal Stewardship Program in a Tertiary Respiratory-Medicine Setting
A Prospective Real-World Study of the Impact of an Antifungal Stewardship Program in a Tertiary Respiratory-Medicine Setting Open
There has been an increase in fungal infections in patients with chronic lung disease over the past decades, which is associated with rapidly increasing costs to health care systems. An antifungal stewardship team was introduced to a terti…
View article: The Codex Amiatinus <i>Maiestas Domini</i> and the Gospel Prefaces of Jerome
The Codex Amiatinus <i>Maiestas Domini</i> and the Gospel Prefaces of Jerome Open
View article: The Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages, by James T. Palmer
The Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages, by James T. Palmer Open
This book, by James T. Palmer, provides a detailed overview of the different ways in which apocalyptic thought interacted with social, theological and political changes across six and a half centuries of early medieval history ( c .380– c.…