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Philosophy of voltage-gated proton channels

In this review, voltage-gated proton channels are considered from a mainly teleological perspective. Why do proton channels exist? What good are they? Why did they go to such lengths to develop several unique hallmark properties such as extreme selectivity and ΔpH-dependent gating? Why is their current so minuscule? How do they manage to be so selective? What is the basis for our...

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disbelief in 'emocracy gives us the key to Thomas Carlyle's political philosophy. He looked about him and saw the terrible social and economic conditions that the Industrial Revolution had brought to England ... Past and Present, Charterism, and Hero-Worship. "To Carlyle democracy was equally abhorrent in theory and practice, idiotic in idea, and in fact inexcusable." To Carlyle the democratic philosophy was

Introduction

Headings ascribed to it: Archives -- United States -- Administration. Minorities -- United States -- Archives. Women -- United States -- Archives. Sexual minorities -- Archives. Archives -- Philosophy ... . Information science -- Philosophy. Archives -- Administration. Minorities. Sexual minorities. I propose diversity and inclusion as it applies to the archival profession can far exceed these subjects. It is

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French he had founded his philosophy of life—J'oie de vivre. Until two weeks ago, Mr. Pringle was very satisfied with his life, but upon thinking of what he might be missing, he came to breakfast one ... not come home for three days and three nights, Mary began to suspect the true meaning of her husband's philosophy, but like the long lists of history's faithful wives, she continued to keep the grate

Review of Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age

Preservation Librarian at Brown University, and was a faculty member at the UCLA Library School. She has published over 50 articles, chapters, and books on topics such as preservation ethics and philosophy ... part of this publication because it affords easy-access context. One can easily see the relationships among different preservation events and issues along with the social, economic, political, and

Critical transition between cohesive and population-dividing responses to change

important phenomena, from political polarization to the evolution of distinct ecological traits, may be cast in terms of division of populations, we expect our findings and method to be useful and applicable ... Arab Spring and the European debt crisis in 2011 have paved the way for major restructuring of the political, economic and social systems around the world. Such rapid social changes, punctuated by

Archivist-in-Residence: Advocating and Managing Archival Diversity Residency Opportunities in University Archives and Special Collections

(New York: Haworth Press, 2002 ); Zheng Ye Yang and Brenda White, “The Evaluation of a Diversity Program at an Academic Library,” Library Philosophy and Practice (October 2007 ): 1 - 9 . Adkins ... Brenda White. “ The Evaluation of a Diversity Program at an Academic Library .” Library Philosophy and Practice (October 2007 ): 1 - 9 .

Utah State University’s Cache Valley Latinx Voices Project: Social Justice in the Archives

“Advocacy and Empowerment” section with these apt words: Knowledge and understanding about the past have a profound impact upon contemporary social and political life. Though the use of recorded interviews is ... by the political, social, educational, and economic challenges in their native countries came to the U.S. looking for new opportunities and for an alternate way of life. As of 2017, 57.5 million

Review of Putting Descriptive Standards to Work

concludes with two case studies, one a simple practical solution to what one institution noticed was a lack of findability of their online finding aids, and the other a sophisticated example of a philosophy

The Doorway from Heart to Heart: Diversity's Stubbornly Persistent Illusion

uses the imagery of love to reveal profound spiritual and political truths. I have always loved Rumi’s quote “They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there ... was seen only through patriarchal eyes. Deborah Edel, Sahli Cavallo and Pamela Oline, with histories ranging from lesbian-feminism to political lesbianism, joined in and, thus, a new concept was born—a

Review of Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists

the reigning MPLP philosophy, but his reasoning is convincing. One informative feature of Part One is the use of case studies from archival institutions showing how they have managed aspects of their

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much too disconcerting. The philosophy of manana (always put off until tomorrow what you don't feel like doing today; or if you must do it today, for goodness sake take your time about it) is much more ... was fascinated by the white nape of his secretary's neck. Arlova was human. She came when he called. But later, when she was condemned for treason because of his political ironies, he did not come to

Relevance relations for the concept of reproducibility

science, consciousness studies). It is evident that, according to the authors professional profiles, many areas of human knowledge, such as economics, law, political science, history and others, had to be ... philosophy of science and in communication theory, we propose the concept of a relevance relation as an effective tool to distinguish relevant from irrelevant features of a system at a given level of

Collaboration Made It Happen! The Kansas Archive-It Consortium

bibliographer of the Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements, one of the largest collections of American left13. The Territorial Kansas project website is http://www.territorialkansasonline.org ... ://web.archive.org/web/*/kspace.org/. wing and right-wing organizations in the United States. Because political groups had shifted their information sharing to the Web by the mid-1990s, KU staff began testing and

From the Pacific Northwest to the Global Information Society: The Changing Nature of Archival Education

in archives. Margaret Norton thought that law or political science would be preferable. But SAA did not issue any formal guidelines for educational programs until 1977. By the 1960s, the common ... PUDs played major roles in the political and economic development of states in the Pacific Northwest.36 The public power movement altered the face of the Pacific Northwest. As Paul Kohl observed, “Cheap

Review of A History of Archival Practice

. Delsalle makes clear the connection between political power and recordkeeping. Recognizing the close connection between development of an archival profession and the nationalist movements of the 19th century

Towards synthetic biological approaches to resource utilization on space missions

from scratch that directly manufacture the desired products efficiently. 2.4. Problem solution philosophy Because carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds are the dominant available resources, organisms ... bioproduction designs, selected for its high CO2-fixation efficiency and biomanufacture viability (see 2.5). Our design philosophy involves (figure 3) (1) using acetogens and methanogens to efficiently convert

Fruits of Their Labors Digital Collection: A Case Study

using the free web publishing software, Omeka. While the Providence project chose to include only snippets of their interviews—partly due to storage limitations, and also their philosophy of not ... feature photographs, but also include diaries, newspapers, print materials, and maps on subjects ranging from western American history and Mormonism to 16th century French political pamphlets and World War

Review of Extensible Processing for Archives and Special Collections: Reducing Processing Backlogs

the old-school ‘do it once, do it right’ philosophy, he proposes that archivists consider these fundamental principles when processing archival materials: creating baseline level access to all

Understanding My Home: The Potential for Affective Impact and Cultural Competence in Primary Source Literacy

current social and political structures would increase tolerance, understanding, and acceptance. It was certainly the case for me, and I think it could be true for others. Especially in the current ... political climate where the country is very polarized on issues related to the treatment of minorities, this sort of education could encourage empathy and remind people that different experiences and points