Dr Brian Augustine O'Connell

CATSAT Structural Design Dr . Carl Wood ! Dr . Dave Forresi Brian McKinnon

CATSAT(Cooperative Astrophysical and Technology SATellite) is based upon an inexpensive, light, stiff and easily assembled structure. This paper details the overall design philosophy, manufacturing processes, and initial test results. The design utilizes flat aluminum panels that are screwed and bonded together, resulting in a stiff structure that costs less than $3000 and requires less than 40...

St. Augustine (354-430)

St. Augustine [5] began his life in Algeria, an apt student devoted early to the Church and seeking the Truth. His professors recognized his great skill at philosophizing and writing. As Augustine devoured writings both ancient and of his contemporaries, he fell away from the Church and toward a religious dualism sect known as the Manicheans. His mother, a very devoted Christian (later St. Moni...

Public Involvement in Environmental Decision-Making in Ireland by DR. BRIAN MOTHERWAY

Augustine and the Philosophers

Because of the immensity of Augustine’s corpus and the complex intellectual patrimony that informs it, attempts to place him within the history of philosophical traditions are often partial and in need of supplementation. In treating below of Augustine’s engagement with Aristotelianism, Middle Platonism, Neoplatonism, and Stoicism, I shall be drawing attention to particular topics, lexical poin...

Dr Brian Gibberd (1931-2006): a pioneering clinician in Refsum's disease.

Branched-chain fatty acids are common components of the human diet (phytanic acid) or are produced endogenously (bile acids), and are also used as medicines (ibuprofen). Owing to their branched-chain structure, they are metabolized in peroxisomes. In the case of phytanic acid, the presence of a 3-methyl group prevents beta-oxidation, and instead it undergoes one round of alpha-oxidation to allo...