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Abstract John Paget (c. 1574–1638), head pastor of the English Reformed Church of Amsterdam from 1607–1637, helped to shape the future of Presbyterianism. Exiled from England for nonconformity, Paget embraced the cosmopolitanism and religious toleration of his new city, studying Hebrew and Arabic in a multicultural circle of scholars. When the plague struck Amsterdam, he preached sermons on death and visited members in infected homes. When it came to Protestant English exiles, his own tolerance ran short. His strict interpretation of Presbyterian governance met with challenges from Separatists and Puritans advocating for independent congregations (Thomas Hooker and John Davenport), and some of his own congregants who wished for more democracy in church matters. The controversy in Holland, especially via polemical publications, influenced England and America. His last years of ministry were marred by a group known as “The Complainants,” who attempted to unseat him. He relied on his relationship with the Dutch Reformed Church and the city magistrates to maintain his own position and turn away opponents. While his contentiousness dampened his influence and diminished his reputation, nevertheless, Paget was a key agent in the survival of Presbyterianism when it could not flourish in early 17th-century England.

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The existence of entropy follows inevitably from the first and second laws of thermodynamics. However, our purpose is not to reproduce this deduction, but rather to focus on the concept of entropy, its meaning and its applications. Entropy is a central concept for many reasons, but its chief function in thermodynamics is to quantify the irreversibility of a thermodynamic process. Each term in this phrase deserves elaboration. Here we define thermodynamics and process; in subsequent sections we take up irreversibility. We will also learn how entropy or, more precisely, differences in entropy tell us which processes of an isolated system are possible and which are not.

Two hundred twenty-two individuals of the southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) were captured from 198 excavated middens at 10 discrete collecting sites from a single population in south-central Texas. Field data, mitochondrial D-loop haplotypes, and polymorphic microsatellite loci (5-7) were used to determine genetic patterns in parentage, relatedness, and mating strategy. Microsatellite loci were highly polymorphic (average observed heterozygosity = 0.859) and were used to construct genotypes that were unique for each individual (probability of identical genotypes: 1 in 2,104,567). Results indicated a high frequency of multiple paternity (6 of 9 litters), evidence of repeat mating between the same 2 individuals, and no indication of male dominance at any collection site. Examination of these data suggested a promiscuous mating system. Within a site, average relatedness between adult females was similar to that between adult males. A higher level of cohabitation from that previously documented was recorded and finer-scale analyses revealed high levels of relatedness between most cohabiting individuals. Taken with results from other studies of mating behaviors of N. micropus, our results suggest that mating and social behavior of this species are likely influenced by population density.

March 01 2005 Zipf's Law, Music Classification, and Aesthetics Bill Manaris, Bill Manaris Computer Science Department, College of Charleston 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 USA, manaris@cs.cofc.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Juan Romero, Juan Romero Creative Computer Group, RNASA Lab Faculty of Computer Science, University of A Coruña, Spain, jj@udc.es Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Penousal Machado, Penousal Machado Centre for Informatics and Systems Department of Informatic Engineering Polo II-University of Coimbra 3030 Coimbra, Portugal, machado@dei.uc.pt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Dwight Krehbiel, Dwight Krehbiel Psychology Department, Bethel College North Newton, KS 67117 USA, krehbiel@bethelks.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Timothy Hirzel, Timothy Hirzel Computer Science Department, College of Charleston 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 USA, hirzel@cs.cofc.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Walter Pharr, Walter Pharr Computer Science Department, College of Charleston 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 USA, pharr@cs.cofc.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Robert B. Davis Robert B. Davis Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University, Hamilton, OH 45011, USA, davisrb@muohio.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Bill Manaris Computer Science Department, College of Charleston 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 USA, manaris@cs.cofc.edu Juan Romero Creative Computer Group, RNASA Lab Faculty of Computer Science, University of A Coruña, Spain, jj@udc.es Penousal Machado Centre for Informatics and Systems Department of Informatic Engineering Polo II-University of Coimbra 3030 Coimbra, Portugal, machado@dei.uc.pt Dwight Krehbiel Psychology Department, Bethel College North Newton, KS 67117 USA, krehbiel@bethelks.edu Timothy Hirzel Computer Science Department, College of Charleston 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 USA, hirzel@cs.cofc.edu Walter Pharr Computer Science Department, College of Charleston 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 USA, pharr@cs.cofc.edu Robert B. Davis Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University, Hamilton, OH 45011, USA, davisrb@muohio.edu Online ISSN: 1531-5169 Print ISSN: 0148-9267 © 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2005 Computer Music Journal (2005) 29 (1): 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1162/comj.2005.29.1.55 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Bill Manaris, Juan Romero, Penousal Machado, Dwight Krehbiel, Timothy Hirzel, Walter Pharr, Robert B. Davis; Zipf's Law, Music Classification, and Aesthetics. Computer Music Journal 2005; 29 (1): 55–69. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/comj.2005.29.1.55 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsComputer Music Journal Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2005 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

We present a translation of Paul Langevin’s landmark paper. In it Langevin successfully applied Newtonian dynamics to a Brownian particle and so invented an analytical approach to random processes which has remained useful to this day.

This research illuminates the historical context and cultural significance of ribbon-bordered dress of the Native Americans in the Great Lakes region in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Period manuscripts and print materials were studied to document access to European-produced silk ribbon, to trace the spread of ribbon-bordered dress among Great Lakes tribes, to explore the origins of cut-and-sewn ribbonwork borders on dress, and to interpret the cultural context in which ribbon-bordered dress arose. In summary, ribbon-bordered dress was found to embody a creative and innovative response to an imported material by Great Lakes Indian women. Moreover, through its use and transformation in Native American dress, silk ribbon both established cultural boundaries and bound cultures together.