The Preparation

Gurdjieff ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 271-294
Author(s):  
Joseph Azize
Keyword(s):  
Practical Method ◽  
Supportive Evidence

The Preparation was the chief practical method used by Gurdjieff in his final years, being attested as early as 1946, while all its elements are known from 1941. It is given here in two versions, as later taught by George and Helen Adie. Together with the Preparation, a daily program would be decided on. The use of a daily program including regular appointments to remember oneself during the day, which are attested in 1943, were linked to the Preparation once it had been formulated and instituted. It was to be used at the very start of the day and, as Adie said, to help the progression from sleep to waking to continue through to the fuller waking which is “self-remembering.” Central to the Preparation is to undertake with an intention and aim, with a helpful posture, and by raising the main faculties (thought, feeling and organic instinct) to consciousness and into a harmonious relationship, crowned by the affirmation “I Am.” The testimony of other pupils of Gurdjieff, most notably Henriette Lannes, Jean Vaysse, and Hugh Brockwill Ripman, is referred to. The range of supportive evidence for the Preparation as taught by the Adies shows that it must have been attributable to Gurdjieff, and given some importance by him.

The role of differential phase contrast in electron microscopy

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-177
Author(s):  
E.M. Waddell ◽  
J.N. Chapman ◽  
R.P. Ferrier
Keyword(s):  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Position Vector ◽  
Differential Phase ◽  
Pure Phase ◽  
Differential Phase Contrast ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Image Position ◽  
First Moment

Dekkers and de Lang (1977) have discussed a practical method of realising differential phase contrast in a STEM. The method involves taking the difference signal from two semi-circular detectors placed symmetrically about the optic axis and subtending the same angle (2α) at the specimen as that of the cone of illumination. Such a system, or an obvious generalisation of it, namely a quadrant detector, has the characteristic of responding to the gradient of the phase of the specimen transmittance. In this paper we shall compare the performance of this type of system with that of a first moment detector (Waddell et al.1977).For a first moment detector the response function R(k) is of the form R(k) = ck where c is a constant, k is a position vector in the detector plane and the vector nature of R(k)indicates that two signals are produced. This type of system would produce an image signal given bywhere the specimen transmittance is given by a (r) exp (iϕ (r), r is a position vector in object space, ro the position of the probe, ⊛ represents a convolution integral and it has been assumed that we have a coherent probe, with a complex disturbance of the form b(r-ro) exp (iζ (r-ro)). Thus the image signal for a pure phase object imaged in a STEM using a first moment detector is b2 ⊛ ▽ø. Note that this puts no restrictions on the magnitude of the variation of the phase function, but does assume an infinite detector.

The role of Record of Rights (Khatian) in determining title or possession: An overview

IIUC Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Kalim Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Supportive Evidence ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Religious Systems

Human beings are deeply related to land. Human beings take birth on land, live on land, die on land and mixes with land ultimately. As stated in the holy Quran: ‘We (Allah) created you (human beings) from the soil, we shall make you return to the soil and We shall call you back again from the soil’ (20:55). Human life is surrounded by soil i.e. land. So, land is a highly completed issue of human life involving economic, social, political, cultural and often religious systems. Land administration is thus a critical element and often a pre-condition for peaceful society and sustainable development. In administrating land, Khatian or record of rights plays a vital role to determine the rights and interests of the respective parties as supportive evidence. In this article, discussion is mainly made on the fact that Khatian or record of rights is not a document of title solely but it may be an evidence of title as well as possession. IIUC Studies Vol.15(0) December 2018: 33-46

Practical Method for Transient Stability with Unbalanced Condition based on Symmetric Coordinates

2011 ◽  
Vol 131 (7) ◽  
pp. 550-556
Author(s):  
Shuhei Fujiwara ◽  
Yoshiyuki Kono ◽  
Masashi Kitayama ◽  
Tadahiro Goda
Keyword(s):  
Transient Stability ◽  
Practical Method

Total Synthesis of the Antitumor Depsipeptide FE399 and its S-Benzyl Derivative: A Macrolactamization Approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Tonoi ◽  
Miyuki Ikeda ◽  
Teruyuki Sato ◽  
Ryo Kawahara ◽  
Takatsugu Murata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Natural Product ◽  
Condensation Reaction ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Equilibrium Mixture ◽  
Conformational Isomers ◽  
Single Isomer

<div>An efficient and practical method for the synthesis of (9R,14R,17R)-FE399, a novel antitumor bicyclic depsipeptide, was developed. A 2-methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride (MNBA)-mediated dehydration condensation reaction was effectively employed for the formation of the 16-membered macrocyclic depsipeptide moiety of FE399. FE399 was found to exist as an inseparable equilibrium mixture of conformational isomers; the mixture was quantitatively transformed into the corresponding S-benzyl product and isolated as a single isomer. Thus, we could confirm that the molecular structure of FE399 obtained by this method is identical to that of the natural product.</div>

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