Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
“She’d Make a Splendid Freak”: Female Bodies On The American Stage

ABSTRACT: In this article we intend to analyze theatre as a privileged (yet problematic) site to denounce how women’s bodies have been traditionally dissected and objectified under patriarchal scrutiny. To achieve this purpose we explore the controversial staging of the feminine body within feminist practice and concentrate on a study of three plays by contemporary American female playwrights so as to determine the performative aesthetics allowing for the dismantling of such traditional essentialist gaze. Our analysis of Suzan Lori-Parks’s Venus (1996), Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues (1996), and Lynn Nottage’s Ruined (2007) demonstrates how the feminist discourse aiming to destabilize normative notions of femininity may result in a misleading representation of female corporealities that, paradoxically enough, might accentuate those hegemonic notions that were originally intended to be dismantled. We support our study with the analysis of the strategies these authors resort to in their endeavor to revise traditional meanings associated to women’s anatomies and to defy dominant constructions of femininity. On that account, we identify the risks and difficulties that the (mis)representation of women’s embodied experiences from a feminist perspective may bring about. RESUMEN: En este articulo se trata de analizar el teatro como lugar privilegiado, aunque tambien problematico, desde el que denunciar el modo en que los cuerpos femeninos han sido tradicionalmente diseccionados y reificados por la mirada patriarcal. Con este proposito, exploramos la controvertida representacion del cuerpo femenino dentro de la practica feminista, concentrandonos en el estudio de tres obras de dramaturgas americanas contemporaneas para determinar las estrategias teatrales que permiten el desmantelamiento de la perspectiva esencialista mas convencional. Nuestro analisis de Venus (1996) de Suzan Lori-Parks, The Vagina Monologues (1996) de Eve Ensler, y Ruined (2007) de Lynn Nottage constata que el intento feminista de desestabilizar definiciones normativas de la feminidad puede derivar en una representacion ambivalente de las corporealidades femeninas, acentuando precisamente esas definiciones hegemonicas que originalmente se pretendian desmantelar. Apoyamos nuestro estudio en el analisis de las estrategias que estas autoras emplean en su intento de revisar los significados tradicionales asociados a la anatomia de las mujeres y de cuestionar construcciones dominantes de la feminidad; y a tenor de ello, identificamos los riesgos y dificultades inherentes a la representacion de las experiencias corporales femeninas desde una perspectiva feminista.
Distortion Control in TIG Welding Process with Taguchi Approach

TIGwelding, flow rate and the weld speed as the main parameters. A L8 orthogonal array was selected for the design distortion, of experiments towards the distortion optimization caused Taguchimethod, experiments that Root gap has a major contribution of 43% and Weld current of 36% influence on ANOVA, distortion. Robust design is possible by controlling these parameters and identifying their criticality in parameter optimization process witdo not have appreciable contribution towards distortions. A B S T R A C T Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding is a widely applied manufacturing process. The weld distortion is one of the major constraints which can not be completely avoided irrespective of material type and thickness. The present paper reports the optimization of weld process parameters with Taguchi approach for the transverse distortion control applied to MS structures of 3 mm thickness with TIG weld process. ANOVA is applied for the optimization of weld parameters control. In this study the verse distortion of TIG, welding process was evaluated using weld current, root gap, Argon gas by butt welding. It was found from these h respect to pooled errors in experiments. Pooled errors include effect of parameters which
The Impact of External and Internal Factors on Strategic Management Practices of Agribusiness Firms in Tanzania

All firms need to work out strategic plans to exploit the existing market, but they differ in their capacity to implement and manage strategies. Considering the industrial organization and resource-based views in the strategic management literature, we understand that firm attributes, resources and external environmental factors are critical links to strategic practices. With regard to African agribusiness firms, there is scant research on how these factors determine the successful application of strategic management practices. Therefore, this study uses empirical data from 229 agribusiness firms in Tanzania to obtain insights into the determinants of their choice of strategic management practices. The results show significantly that better strategic actions reside in the capabilities of firm managers, whereas many external factors, such as access to public infrastructure, did not turn out to have a significant influence. The findings have interesting implications for the management of agribusiness firms in African countries and other developing and emerging economies.
University and School Students' Motivation for Effortful Thinking: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity of the German Need for Cognition Scale

Need for cognition (NFC) reflects a relatively stable trait regarding the degree to which one enjoys and engages in cognitive endeavors. We examined whether the previously demonstrated one-dimensional structure of the German NFC Scale could be replicated in three samples of undergraduates and secondary school students. Moreover, we investigated the test-retest reliability of the German NFC Scale, which has not yet been tested. Further, we investigated whether the scale would be valid in a sample of secondary school students. Multigroup confirmatory factor analyses established the one-dimensional factor structure of the long form as well as the short form of the German NFC Scale for undergraduates (N = 559), students of academic track secondary schools (German Gymnasium; N = 555), and students of vocational track secondary schools (German Realschule; N = 486). The scale proved to have a high test-retest reliability in a university student sample (N = 43). For secondary school students, we again found a hig.
The fusion curve of albite revisited and the compressibility of NaAlSi3O8 liquid with pressure

Abstract The 1bar, thermodynamic properties of crystalline and liquid NaAlSi3O8 are used to calculate the fusion curve of albite to 10 kbar. The calculated temperatures (±2σ) of the melting reaction are 1152 (±7) °C at 3 kbar and 1247 (±24) °C at 10 kbar. The location of the calculated fusion curve to 10 kbar is in excellent agreement with phase-equilibrium constraints on the maximum and minimum temperatures of the fusion curve at 3 and 15 kbar, respectively. Calculation of the melting reaction at pressures >10 kbar requires that the pressure dependence of the liquid compressibility (K0' = dKT,0 / dP, where KT,0 = 1/βT,0) be known. On the basis of five half-reversal, crystallization experiments in the literature, which collectively provide minimum temperatures of the fusion curve between 12 and 32 kbar, K0' (derived from the Birch-Murnaghan relation) is constrained to be ≥10 for liquid NaAlSi3O8. A comparison with other silicate liquids shows that there is a strong, positive correlation between the compressibility at one bar (βT,0) and K0'. In addition, data on the water-saturated fusion curve of albite are used to quantify the effect of small amounts of H2O (≤1 wt%) on lowering the melting temperature of albite (≤68 degrees).
Influence of auxin and sulfonylurea herbicides on seeded native communities

Abstract Sulfonylurea herbicides were used extensively for weed control on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) seedings, constituting over 98% of the residual herbicides applied from 1986–1990 in southeastern Colorado. Differences in species establishment were observed in CRP fields treated with sulfonylurea herbicides, suggesting that soils and climatic variation alone did not fully account for this establishment pattern. Impacts of 2 commonly used sulfonylurea herbicides and 2 auxin herbicides on establishment, inter-specific seedling competition and physiological response under CRP field conditions were evaluated. Seeded species were blue grama [Bouteloua gracilis (Willd). Ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths], sideoats grama [Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. ], western wheatgrass [Pascopyrum smith; (Rydb.) A. Love], switchgrass [Panicum virgatum L. ], and sand dropseed [Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray]. Sulfonylurea herbicide application increased sideoats grama cover and live standing crop as much as 43% over auxin herbicide and mowing treatments, whereas switchgrass and western wheatgrass were reduced up to 71% by sulfonylurea treatment. Switchgrass cover was reduced by application of either sulfonylurea or auxin herbicides. Blue grama and sand dropseed were least affected by herbicide treatment. Auxin herbicide treatment resulted in 70% increases in plant diversity for seeded species and total plant community over sulfonylurea treatment, primarily attributable to increased frequency of annual forbs. Seral stage was more advanced under sulfonylurea treatment, however, because of increased frequency, cover and live standing crop of perennial forbs, grasses, and half-shrubs.
Extending the Late Holocene Tephrochronology of the Central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Tephrochronology, the reconstruction of past volcanic ash deposition, provides a valuable method for dating sediments and determining long-term volcanic history. Tephra layers are highly numerous in Alaska, but knowledge of their occurrence and distribution is incomplete. This study expands the regional tephrochronology for the Kenai Peninsula of southcentral Alaska by investigating the tephrostratigraphy of two peatland sites. We located seven visible tephras and seven microtephras and investigated the particle size and geochemistry of the visible tephras. Radiocarbon dates were used to estimate the timescale of each core. Geochemical comparison showed that the visible tephras originated from late Holocene eruptions of Augustine, Crater Peak–Mt. Spurr, and Hayes volcanoes. Some of the tephras had been documented previously, and these new findings expand their known range. Others represent eruptions not previously reported, including a Crater Peak–Mt. Spurr eruption around 430 cal. BP. The results provide new tephra data for the region, illustrate the spatial heterogeneity of tephra deposition, and show the potential of microtephras for expanding the regional tephra record.
The Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance; Evidence from Turkish SMEs

This research aims to find the factors linked to Entrepreneurial orientation and corporate entrepreneurship that effect export and sales growth performance of SMEs. Thereby a model was developed to reveal the relationship between these factors. The questionnaire had parts such as general information about firm and owner/manager, entrepreneurial orientation, corporate entrepreneurship and growth in sales revenue and exportation rate over the most recent 3 year period of the SMEs. The measurements have been gathered together in 72 item in survey and applied to 163 SMEs manufacturing generally in Ankara and Bursa, Turkey. The result showed that entrepreneurial orientation is positively and significantly related with SMEs’ sales growth and exportation performances. SMEs have to be proactive in any circumstances and especially exporter SMEs need to be more risk taking than proactive and least innovative. Also organizational boundaries has greater effect on performance than other dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship.
Right Hemisphere Theory and The Valence Theory: A Closer Look at How Gender Infleunces Emotional Processing

Research suggests that gender can influence the lateralization of emotional processing. Specifically, women exhibit more bilateral activation while men are more strongly lateralized. The current study sought to investigate the influence of gender on emotional processing. The lateralized Emotional Stroop Task (EST) was used to present 50 male and female participants with positive, negative, and neutral words in one of four different colours to the right visual field or the left visual field. Participants had to indicate the colour that each word was printed in. Participants were more accurate at indicating the colour of negative words relative to other words. We did not find any significant main effects for reaction time latencies. The results suggest that there are no laterality differences with respect to how men and women process emotional words. The findings also question the usefulness of the lateralized EST as a measure of automatic emotional processing in normals.
Physical properties of hazelnuts

A b s t r a c t. The postharvest physical and mechanical properties of nuts and kernels of 12 common hazelnut genotypes sampled from a single collection were investigated. Considerable differences in most physical and mechanical properties were evident among the 12 hazelnut cultivars nut and kernel within the species Corylus avellana L. K e y w o r d s: hazelnut, physical properties
Sustainable Tourism Development in Rural Areas: The Role of Stakeholders

This article examines the role of local inhabitants in developing sustainable tourism in rural areas. Recently, when planning the sustainable local spatial, economic and social development, experts have been faced with the problem of integrating stake holders. In the concept of sustainable regional development, the basic democratic premise that everyone should decide on matters that affect them has gained an equal position to that of environmental and social awareness. In compliance with this principle, the development of local communities which are also responsible for tourism development in a certain area should include the widest possible group of representatives of the local population. Lively tourist activities not only affect the economy, but also have impacts on the spatial development of the town, its social structure, social life, and psychological imprint. The analysis of the structured interviews conducted with more than 20 individuals who are employed in the fields of tourism in the wider area of Brežice has shown how the wider local community is responding to the tourist activities in the Municipality of Brežice and its surroundings.
Assessment of the muscle architectural parameters in skill and nonskilled Karate players

The aim of this study was to assess the muscle architectural parameters in skill and non-skilled Karate players. Material and method: For this purpose 30 Karate players were assigned into skill (mean age of 22.03 ± 1.25 years, mean height of 1.76 ± 3.47 m and mean weight of 63.0 ± 1.01 kg) and non-skilled (mean age of 20.08 ± 2.04 years, mean height of 1.73 ± 1.44 m and mean weight of 59.01 ± 3.25 kg) groups. Muscle thickness, pennation angle and fascicle length in 50%, 60% and 70% of biceps and triceps length sites was measured using ultrasonography images. Independent t-test was used for data analysis. Result:The results of independent sample t-test showed there was a significant differences between Muscle thickness of triceps in skill and non-skilled Karate players (p 0.05). There was also a significant differences between pennation angle of triceps in skill and non-skilled Karate players (p 0.05). Other results of this study showed there was a significant differences between fascicle length of triceps and also between muscle thicknesses of biceps in two groups (p 0.05). Conclusion: it seems practicing karate at high levels can cause changes in muscle architecture parameters and with impress some parameters associated with length and muscle tension, provide areas for improving motor function in karate special techniques.
Patriarchy, Gender Violence and Poverty amongst Pakistani Women: A Social Work Inquiry

The concept of patriarchy is prominent when we wish to capture the pervasiveness of gender inequality in south Asia. In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, women encounter patriarchy both in public and private domain of life and continue to have a lower social, economic and political status in comparison to men. Women are fifty three percent of national population and a great majority of them are living below the poverty line (Saeed, 2013). This paper is based on an empirical study of fifty two women living in seven women's shelters of the Punjab, Pakistan. The paper examines how poverty contributes to violent gender-power relations in Pakistani society and how patriarchal structure utilizes violence as a tool to control women and their sexuality, particularly in low income families. It also exposes women's resistance, resilience and coping strategies against poverty and violence. The paper raises concerns that are central to social work, including rights for women, poverty alleviation in faith based societies, while discussing resultant poverty. The analysis utilises select narratives.
Hadron spectroscopy and dynamics from light-front holography and conformal symmetry

To a first semiclassical approximation one can reduce the multi-parton light- front problem in QCD to an effective one-dimensional quantum field theory, which encodes the fundamental conformal symmetry of the classical QCD Lagrangian. This procedure leads to a relativistic light-front wave equation for arbitrary spin which incorporates essential spectroscopic and non-perturbative dynamical features of hadron physics. The mass scale for confinement and higher dimensional holographic mapping to AdS space are also emergent properties of this framework.
Studies on Growth, Organs Weight and Haematological Parameters of Broiler Chicken Fed Graded Level of Sun Dried Cassava Root Meal

Ninety (90) day old broiler chicks were used to investigate the response of broilers fed sun-dried cassava root meal (CRM). Five diets at starter and finisher phases in which CRM replaced maize at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% and designated T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. Diets were allocated to day old broiler chicks in a completely randomized design (CRD). Birds were raised on dip-litter system and the experiment lasted for eight (8) weeks. Feed intake was taken daily, while body weights were recorded weekly. On days 22 and 44 two millilitres (2ml) of blood were collected using sterile syringe and needle from the wing vein into vacutainer tubes containing 2mg ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) as anticoagulant from two birds in each replicate. At eight weeks of age, two birds per replicate were randomly selected and used for carcass analysis. At the starter phase, final weight, daily weight gain and feed intake were significantly (P 0.05) was observed among the treatments for haematological parameters (PCV, Hb, MCHC and Total Protein). Highest mortality at starter and finisher phases were recorded in T4 and T5. Generally, there was decrease in feed intake as the inclusion level of CRM increased. Inclusion of CRM at finisher phase significantly affects the weight of some internal organs in T2, T3 and T4 (P<0.05). It is concluded that cassava root meal could be used to replace maize up to 25% without any adverse effect on the performance of broiler chicken.
Vertical distribution and trophic interactions of zooplankton and fish in Masfjorden, Norway

Abstract The distribution, biomass, and predator-prey relationships of the pelagic assemblage in Masfjorden, western Norway, was studied in January 1989. The pelagic biomass was dominated by particulate organic matter. Biomasses of copepods, macroplankton, and mesopelagic fishes were of the same order of magnitude, while the biomass of larger pelagic fishes were one order less. Predator-prey relationships seemed most important at intermediate and higher trophic levels. Two sound-scattering layers, consisting of adult Maurolicus muelleri (lower layer) and juvenile M. muelleri (upper layer) performed instantaneous lightdependent vertical migration. Vertical distributions are explained in terms of balancing food demands against predation risk.
Increased Efficiency of Hydraulic Systems Through Reliability Theory and Monitoring of System Operating Parameters

In the process of hydraulics systems design various software simulation systems are used. However, the increase of efficiency of the designed hydraulic systems can be achieved in two ways: by making design modifications based on reliability theory, on one hane, or based on monitoring of system operating parameters, on the other. In this paper, a case study of the improvement of a designed and implemented hydraulic system is reviewed, using those two approaches. Based on the data collected by monitoring the system operating parameters, and the system reliability analysis, it was possible to increase the efficiency of the hydraulic system either it the initial design stage, or during system realization. The result of such an approach is the hydraulic system which successfully operates 24 hours a day, without failure, which indicates that the proposed method of system analysis and improvement allows significant enhancement of hydraulic system efficiency.
Calculations of solar shortwave heating rates due to black carbon and ozone absorption using in situ measurements

[1] Results for the solar heating rates in ambient air due to absorption by black-carbon (BC) containing particles and ozone are presented as calculated from airborne observations made in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) in January–February 2006. The method uses airborne in situ observations of BC particles, ozone and actinic flux. Total BC mass is obtained along the flight track by summing the masses of individually detected BC particles in the range 90 to 600-nm volume-equivalent diameter, which includes most of the BC mass. Ozone mixing ratios and upwelling and partial downwelling solar actinic fluxes were measured concurrently with BC mass. Two estimates used for the BC wavelength-dependent absorption cross section yielded similar heating rates. For mean altitudes of 16.5, 17.5, and 18.5 km (±0.5 km) in the tropics, average BC heating rates were near 0.0002 K d−1. Observed BC coatings on individual particles approximately double derived BC heating rates. Ozone heating rates exceeded BC heating rates by approximately a factor of 100 on average and at least a factor of 4, suggesting that BC heating rates in this region are negligible in comparison.