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Behind and beyond a theorem on groups related to trivalent graphs
(2008-12) - Journal articleIn 2006 we completed the proof of a five-part conjecture that was made in 1977 about a family of groups related to trivalent graphs. This family covers all 2-generator, 2-relator groups where one relator specifies that a ... -
Being : a dialetheic interpretation of the late Heidegger
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisIn my thesis, I present a novel interpretation of the so-called second Heidegger. In the first chapter I discuss the paradox of being, according to which talking and thinking about being leads to a contradiction. I also ... -
Being a postgraduate student of James K. Cameron
(St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, 2012-06-01) - Journal articleBruce Gordon recounts how his time spent as a student of James Cameron effectively shaped him as a scholar. Central to this was the need for breadth – to strive to understand the whole of the temporal and spatial sphere ... -
Being and thinking in the social world : phenomenological illuminations of social cognition and human selfhood
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - ThesisAt least since the time of Aristotle, it has been widely accepted that “man is by nature a social animal”. We eat, sleep, talk, laugh, cry, love, fight and create in ways that integrally depend on others and the social ... -
Being art - a study in ontology
(University of St Andrews, 2007-06) - ThesisI present and defend a two-category ontology of art. The basic idea of it is that singular artworks are physical objects, whereas multiple artworks are types of which there can be tokens in the form of performances, ... -
Being ecumenical in Scotland today
(St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, 2006-12-01) - Journal articleSheilagh Kesting identifies four areas which affect the ecumenical landscape of Scotland: the legacy of centuries of bitter religious division; continuing sectarianism; the dominance of the Church of Scotland (and more ... -
Being German and being Paraguayan in Nueva Germania : arguing for “contextual epistemic permissibility” and “methodological complementarity”
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-20) - ThesisThis thesis involves a collaborative study of emic articulations and quotidian ways of ‘being German’ and ‘being Paraguayan’ in Nueva Germania, a rural municipality in Paraguay. An argument is made that the social categories ... -
Being in encounter : toward a post-critical theology of knowledge of God for persons with intellectual disabilities : with special reference to Karl Barth's 'Church dogmatics' III:2
(University of St Andrews, 2009) - ThesisThis study is an exercise in understanding both doctrinally and pastorally the nature of knowledge of God for persons with intellectual disabilities. Its central question is: “How might one know the Word of God without ... -
Being poorer than the rest of the neighborhood : relative deprivation and problem behavior of youth
(2017-09) - Journal articleAccording to the neighborhood effects hypothesis, there is a negative relation between neighborhood wealth and youth’s problem behavior. It is often assumed that there are more problems in deprived neighborhoods, but there ... -
Being undisciplined : doing justice to the immensity of human experience
(2017-03-27) - Journal articleThis monograph has been an appraisal of the anthropology of Britain as a project. In this final piece, the volume is reviewed and an argument is made along Kierkegaardian lines. Human life is an inward, personal adventure, ... -
Being, becoming, and God : toward a relational theology : a study in the doctrine of God, with special reference to the thought of John Macquarrie and Charles Hartshorne
(University of St Andrews, 1984) - ThesisThis study in the doctrine of God, with special reference to the thought of John Macquarrie and Charles Hartshorne, addresses the issue of the relational problematic and suggests a potential resolution. The 'Relational ... -
Belief and unbelief: two sides of a coin
(St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, 2014-06-01) - Journal articleGrace Davie writes regarding the nature of religion in modern Europe, and addresses factors of key significance. She identifies five significant factors affecting contemporary religion in Europe: the cultural heritage, the ... -
Beliefs and actions in the trust game : creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect
(2014-11) - Journal articleIn many economic contexts, an elusive variable of interest is the agent's belief about relevant events, e.g. about other agents' behavior. A growing number of surveys and experiments ask participants to state beliefs ... -
Beliefs and actions in the trust game : Creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect
(Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH, 2012-08-01) - Working or discussion paperIn many economic contexts, an elusive variable of interest is the agent’s belief about relevant events, e.g. about other agents’ behavior. A growing number of surveys and experiments ask participants to state beliefs ... -
Bell's Palsy in Children (BellPIC) : protocol for a multicentre, placebo-controlled randomized trial
(2017-02-13) - Journal articleBackground : Bell's palsy or acute idiopathic lower motor neurone facial paralysis is characterized by sudden onset paralysis or weakness of the muscles to one side of the face controlled by the facial nerve. While there ... -
Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) vocalizations and call classification from the eastern Beaufort Sea population
(2015-06) - Journal articleBeluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, have a graded call system; call types exist on a continuum making classification challenging. A description of vocalizations from the eastern Beaufort Sea beluga population during its ... -
Ben Jonson and character
(University of St Andrews, 2015-03) - ThesisThis thesis discusses Ben Jonson’s innovative concept of character as an effect of interactions in dramatic, political and literary spheres. The Introduction observes how the early modern understanding of ‘character’ was ... -
Bending and twisting instabilities of columnar elliptical vortices in a rotating strongly stratified fluid
(2006-08-25) - Journal articleIn this paper, we investigate the three-dimensional stability of the Moore-Saffman elliptical vortex in a rotating stratified fluid. By means of an asymptotic analysis for long vertical wavelength perturbations and small ... -
Beneath the beard : do facial morphometrics influence the strength of judgments of men's beardedness?
(2017-03) - Journal articleConverging evidence suggests men's beards, like many androgen-dependent masculine secondary sexual traits, communicate masculinity and dominance intra-sexually while effects of men's beardedness on attractiveness ratings ... -
Bent-core liquid crystalline cyanostilbenes : fluorescence switching and thermochromism
(2015-05-07) - Journal articleFluorescent bent-core molecules, bearing one or two cyanostilbene units in the lateral structure and different positions of the cyano group (α- or β-isomers), are described with the aim of modulating the molecular packing ...