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Turning Left: Counter-Hegemonic Exhibition-Making in the Post-Socialist Era (1989-2014)

This research examines how the practice of curating has been used to further counter-hegemonic agendas in public art institutions since 1989. The central aim is to provide a fuller, contextualised, and medium specific understanding of the how the institutional exhibition might be used to challenge the hegemony of neoliberalism and the post-political consensus politics that sustains its dominance. It provides insights, through both historic case studies and reflective practice, that problematise the idea that the institutional art exhibition is a viable medium for counter-hegemonic critique, or represents the ideal space for the development of an agonistic public discourse.This thesis presents collaborative research undertaken with Tate Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. The research presented both extrapolated from, and contributed to, the development of an exhibition, co-curated with Tate Liverpool, entitled Art Turning Left (8 November 2013 – 2 February 2014) and a supplementary publication of the same name. The first section investigates how the idea that curators can counter neoliberal dominance, through institutional exhibition-making, developed. It draws from analyses of previous exhibitions, and the theory of Chantal Mouffe, in order to critically evaluate the curatorial application of counter-hegemonic critique and agonistic practice. It also provides a review of how exhibitions (held in major art institutions since 1989) have articulated politics, in order to determine their relationship to neoliberal dominance, and to identify significant gaps in the dialogue facilitated by these institutions. These analyses provides the theoretical and contextual grounding for the final two chapters, which provide a rationale and critical evaluation of my own attempt to develop an alternative counter-hegemonic curatorial strategy for the exhibition at Tate Liverpool. They document, and analyse, the areas of dissensus, and the ideological and pragmatic limitations that emerged, in trying to realise these theoretical propositions (in practice) in a public art museum. The thesis therefore provides a critical framework for the development of an alternative practice that positions the exhibition as a form of post-political critique and specifically targets the hegemonic role that institutional exhibitions play in reinforcing class distinctions and devaluing nonprofessional creativity.
Interference Test and Pulse Test

The purpose, development history, test design method, data acquisition and interpretation methods, and typical field examples of their application of the interference test between wells or layers and pulse test are introduced in this chapter. Because the interference test can be used to solve many problems about the connectivity between wells or layers and to obtain parameters about the connectivity between wells and the size of the connected area in the reservoir, they are very effective methods in dynamic study. However, there are some special difficulties and special requirements in data acquisition and operation in the field that cause the success rate of the data acquisition of these tests to be low. The author makes some suggestions on effective design and operation procedures for a successful interference test on the bases of his own experience accumulated in the field after many years. Some typical field practice examples are given in this chapter, for example, study results of interference tests between wells in the JB gas field made clear the connectivity of thin zones with low permeability in an area 2 km long in the Ordovician formation, but the heterogeneity there is quite serious; the study of interference tests between wells in the SLG gas field probed into the characteristics of lithological boundaries of the fluvial facies deposited in sandstone in the Permian system formation; and the study of interference tests in the SL gas field provided some results, such as conforming the sealing of some faults and anisotropy of the permeability.
L’effet de la réforme des retraites de 2010 sur l’absence maladie

En 2010, la France a réformé son système de retraite en augmentant de 2 ans l’âge d’ouverture des droits avec une période de transition relativement courte, ne s’étendant qu’entre les générations 1950 et 1955. Si l’objectif affiché est bien l’augmentation de l’offre de travail des seniors et la réduction du déficit des caisses de l’assurance retraite, plusieurs études montrent que ce type de réforme engendre aussi des effets induits en termes de recours à des régimes alternatifs tels que le chômage ou l’invalidité. Dans cet article, nous mobilisons la base administrative Hygie 2005-2015 pour explorer un autre de ces effets indirects : celui sur les absences maladie. Si un tel effet s’avérait important, cela impliquerait que le gain de réduction du déficit des caisses d’assurance retraite, s’accompagne d’un surcoût pour l’assurance maladie, lié à l’augmentation des indemnités journalières à payer. Nous considérons alternativement diverses mesures de l’absence maladie et montrons que la réforme des retraites a bel et bien entraîné une augmentation de la probabilité d’avoir au moins un arrêt maladie (+1,7 point de pourcentage) et du nombre annuel de jours d’arrêts maladie (+1 jour) et ce, pour l’ensemble de la population, mais avec des effets différenciés selon le genre : plus prononcés pour les femmes s’agissant de la probabilité d’arrêt et du nombre d’arrêts, ils le sont moins s’agissant de la durée de ces arrêts (+0,7 jour pour les femmes et +1,3 jour pour les hommes).
Seasonal, Diurnal and Spatial Variations of Environmental Variables in Australian Livestock Buildings

To identify the most practical and representative sampling locations for air quality and environmental variables inside intensive piggery buildings, the variation in the spatial, diurnal and seasonal concentration of major airborne pollutants, and related environmental parameters, were analysed over a 2.5-day period at several locations within different piggery buildings. Major airborne pollutants including, ammonia, carbon dioxide, and airborne particles were monitored along with environmental parameters of airspeed, temperature and humidity. To determine the air quality within each building, cyclone attachments were installed to measure particles of less than 5 .m along with a seven hole sampler attachment to measure inhalable airborne particles. An Osiris optical particle counter also monitored the concentrations of airborne particles. Ammonia and carbon dioxide were monitored using a multi-gas monitoring machine and airspeed was measured using a hot-wired anemometer. Interesting patterns in the concentration of carbon dioxide, dust and ammonia were observed over time and space. Carbon dioxide, airspeed and dust concentration demonstrated an obvious circadian pattern. The difference in the concentrations of ammonia and carbon dioxide was not statistically significant at alternative sampling locations inside each building. However, the gravimetric measurements indicated that the concentrations of inhalable particles were not uniform throughout the buildings and proved to be higher above the walkways. Ammonia and respirable particle concentrations were significantly higher in summer when compared to winter conditions. These results combined, identifi ed the most appropriate sampling times and sampling places for reliable evaluation of air quality in intensive livestock buildings.
Un singular ambiente doméstico del Hierro I en el interior de la península ibérica: la casa 1 del Cerro de San Vicente (Salamanca, España)

Se presentan los resultados de las excavaciones (2006, 2017 y 2021) en un sector de la aldea del Hierro I del Cerro de San Vicente (Salamanca). Se ha exhumado un agregado informal de edificios y estructuras adjetivas de adobe cuyo patrón espacial es afín al esquema transcultural patrilocal. El artículo se centra en la casa 1 y sus cenizales. Tal vivienda fue excepcional por su larga e ininterrumpida biografía, su mobiliario de barro –con dos poyos que pudieron acoger hasta 20 personas y un hogar con forma de piel de toro extendida– y su abandono ritualizado –quemada c. 650-575 a.C. y recrecida con adobes de sus paredes–. La excavación reveló una alta concentración de molinos y vajilla fina local pintada, así como instrumental de labores especializadas y altamente cualificadas –alfarería e hilado–. Sobresale un lote de hallazgos inéditos en el interior de la península ibérica: exóticos abalorios y vajilla de fayenza del Mediterráneo oriental, cerámica de engobe rojo fenicia y objetos litúrgicos y coroplástica con paralelos tartésicos y mediterráneos. Todos estos hallazgos indican que la casa 1 acogió una asidua actividad social –banquetes y transacciones con huéspedes– como cabaña de reuniones de un grupo corporativo extenso, donde acabaron tan destacados objetos.
ANCIENT PHARMACY OF MAGDALENE BY DOTT. Torelli ROBERTO & C. S.N.C.

THE PHARMACY OF MADDALENA IS LOCATED IN GENOA, IN THE DISTRICT OF MADDALENA THAT HAS ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND OFFICES (MUNICIPALITY, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BANKS) AND IN WHICH IT OPERATES SINCE 1700; IT IS IN FACT “HISTORICAL WORKSHOP”, IDENTIFIED IN THE REGISTER UNDER NUMBER 005. THE ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT IS THAT OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICE TO THE POPULATION. THE CATCHMENT AREA IS MAINLY MADE UP OF RESIDENTS, ELDERLY PEOPLE, YOUNG COUPLES, BUT ALSO TOURISTS AND CRUISERS AS THE PHARMACY IS LOCATED IN THE TOURIST ROUTE OF THE HISTORIC GENOESE CENTER, LOCATED AS IT IS IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH OF MADDALENA, PARISH OF CASTELLETTO AND JEWEL — JUST RESTORED — OF THE BAROQUE AND ROCOCO GENOESE. THE PHARMACY CONSTITUTES FIRST LEVEL MEDICAL CARE IN THE AREA: DISPENSE PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES, SELF-MEDICATION DRUGS AND SERVICES SUCH AS BLOOD ANALYSIS, PRESSURE MEASUREMENT, FAT MASS, PLETTOMETRIA, OFFERS CUP RESERVATIONS SERVICE IN AGREEMENT WITH REGI
The first bantu speakers south of the rainforest: a cross-disciplinary approach to human migration,  language spread, climate change and early farming in late holocene central africa

The Bantu Expansion is not only the main linguistic, cultural and demographic process in Late Holocene Africa. It is also one of the most controversial issues in African History that still has political repercussions today. It has sparked debate across the disciplines and far beyond Africanist circles in an attempt to understand how the young Bantu language family (ca. 5000 years) could spread over large parts of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. This massive dispersal is commonly seen as the result of a single migratory macro-event driven by agriculture, but many questions about the movement and subsistence of ancestral Bantu speakers are still open. They can only be answered through real interdisciplinary collaboration. This project will unite researchers with outstanding expertise in African archaeology, archaeobotany and historical linguistics to form a unique cross-disciplinary team that will shed new light on the first Bantu-speaking village communities south of the rainforest. Fieldwork is planned in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo and Angola that are terra incognita for archaeologists to determine the timing, location and archaeological signature of the earliest villagers and to establish how they interacted with autochthonous hunter-gatherers. Special attention will be paid to archaeobotanical and palaeoenvironmental data to get an idea of their subsistence, diet and habitat. Historical linguistics will be pushed beyond the boundaries of vocabulary-based phylogenetics and open new pathways in lexical reconstruction, especially regarding subsistence and land use of early Bantu speakers. Through interuniversity collaboration archaeozoological, palaeoenvironmental and genetic data and phylogenetic modelling will be brought into the cross-disciplinary approach to acquire a new holistic view on the interconnections between human migration, language spread, climate change and early farming in Late Holocene Central Africa.
Two new species of Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae) occurring in the Perth area of Western Australia

Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. Two new species of Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae) occurring in the Perth area of Western Australia. Nuytsia 23: 173–187 (2013). Lepidosperma apricola R.L.Barrett is a new species from the Darling Range in Western Australia. An isolated population also occurs in Kings Park, in the heart of Perth. This species has been confused with L. leptostachyum Nees. in the past. Lepidosperma calcicola R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson is a new species from coastal dune systems on the west coast of Western Australia, which has been previously confused with a number of other taxa. It has been listed on FloraBase as Lepidosperma common species occurring in the Perth region of Western Australia (and more broadly in the South West Botanical Province) that have been unnamed up until now.
New and little-known bryozoans from Monte León Formation (early Miocene, Argentina) and their paleobiogeographic relationships

Abstract The bryozoan fauna from the South American Cenozoic is poorly known. The study of new material collected in the Monte León Formation (early Miocene), gave us the opportunity to describe four new species: Valdemunitella canui n. sp., Foveolaria praecursor n. sp., Neothoa reptans n. sp., and Calyptotheca santacruzana n. sp. Two of them ( V . canui and C . santacruzana ) were first recorded by F. Canu and interpreted as recent species from the Australian bryozoan fauna, but are herein described as new species. The stratigraphic range of Otionella parvula (Canu, 1904) is extended to the early Miocene. The present study emphasizes the close relationships between the South American Neogene bryozoan faunas and those of other Gondwanan sub-continents such as New Zealand and Australia.
Modulation instability in the sub-cycle regime

Summary form only given. Modulation instability (MI) in Xe-filled kagomé-style hollow core photonic crystal fibre (PCF) has recently been demonstrated experimentally using 500 fs laser pulses centred at λ = 800 nm with energies of a few μJ [1]. It is known that MI leads to the formation of fundamental solitons [2] with average amplitude and temporal width given by [3]: τ<;sub>0<;/sub> = √2T<;sub>0<;/sub>(ΠN), where T<;sub>0<;/sub> is the duration of the input pulse, N = √(γP<;sub>0<;/sub>T<;sub>0<;/sub>/|β2|) the soliton order, γ the nonlinear coefficient, P0 the pump peak power and β<;sub>2<;/sub> the group velocity dispersion. This means that τ<;sub>0<;/sub> depends on N. The average temporal width of the solitons emerging from the instability can be arbitrarily set by suitable choice of gas pressure and pump pulse energy and duration. This theory is however only strictly valid within the approximations of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation; for few-cycle pulses a more complete model based on the full field equation must be used [4]. Using a statistical approach we explore numerically the differences between multi-cycle MI with a predicted soliton duration τ<;sub>0<;/sub> > c/ λ ~2.7 fs, and sub-cycle MI τ<;sub>0<;/sub> <; c/ λ ~2.7 fs. After running many simulations (~1000) for both cases we retrieve, at a given fibre position, the temporal location, duration and peak power of certain discrete peaks in the intensity envelope. For a predicted average soliton duration of 7 fs (multi-cycle regime) the simple analysis above works as expected (Fig. 1); N = 1 solitons are predominantly generated (dashed curve), the peak in the distribution of pulse durations being at 7 fs. Even after propagation over 3 dispersion lengths the distribution is maintained, as expected for solitons. The small deviations are likely to be due to higher order effects in these extremely short and broadband pulses.For a predicted average soliton duration of 1 fs, i.e., in the sub-cycle regime, we see that instead of an <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">N</i> = 1 distribution, the majority of pulses condense to a single state with duration 1.5 fs, two small distributions appearing along the <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">N</i> = 1 and <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">N</i> = 2 lines, corresponding respectively to half-cycle and single-cycle solitons (Fig. 2a). Upon propagation this state evolves , eventually converging to that in Fig. 2b. Remarkably, although the NLSE-based MI theory is not valid, MI-like break-up still occurs, leading to an incoherent train of pulses of duration 0.5 to 1.5 fs, with peak powers greater than 50 MW. A very broad supercontinuum is generated (Fig. 2c) and the numerical and experimental spectra agree extremely well, supporting the validity of the numerical model in this extreme case.
Moisture characteristics and their point pedotransfer functions for coarse-textured tropical soils differing in structural degradation status

The effect of soil structure on hydraulic pedotransfer functions (PTFs) in tropical soils with similar mineralogy and texture has not been well documented. Structurally contrasting soils from representative locations in southeastern Nigeria were analyzed for moisture retention at 0, 6, 10, 33, 100, 300 and 1500 kPa among other properties. They were grouped by depth (topsoils or subsoils) and also by their structural degradation status into low- and high-stability soils, corresponding to organic matter (OM):[silt + clay] of 7.5%, respectively. Soil depth and structural stability influenced the soil moisture characteristic curves. The data were fitted to three tropical point PTFs, but none of them proved appropriate for predicting moisture retention in the soils. We therefore derived new ones using multiple linear stepwise regressions before and after the dataset grouping and compared their performances by means of cross-validation. Moisture retention in the soils (sand content, 73.2–93.8%) could not be calibrated from texture and OM concentration alone, until when bulk density, total porosity and microporosity were included among the regressors. Microporosity's role was particularly outstanding at all matric potentials but the 1500 kPa. The ensuing PTFs represent a good fit for the soil moisture retention data. The two grouping strategies resulted in lower SE of the estimates in some cases, but this did not enhance the performances of the concerned PTFs. At the 1500 kPa, however, the PTF incorporating all datasets performed better than separate PTFs for topsoils/subsoils but worse than the one for high-stability soils. Information on soil structure can therefore benefit PTF derivation for kaolinite-dominated, coarse-textured tropical soils at all the matric potentials considered. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
High Plasma Efavirenz Concentration and CYP2B6 Polymorphisms in Thai HIV-1 Infections

Efavirenz is mainly metabolized by cytochrome P450 2B6 (CYP2B6). This study aimed to examine the frequencies of CYP2B6 and the association between CYP2B6 polymorphisms and plasma efavirenz concentrations in an HIV-1 infected Thai population. Mid-dose plasma efavirenz concentration was determined at 12 weeks following the initiation of an antiretroviral therapy (tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz) in 100 Thai adults with HIV-1 infection using high-performance liquid chromatography. Candidate CYP2B6 polymorphisms (c.64C>T, c.499C>G, c.516G>T, c.785A>G, c.1375A>G, c.1459C>T) were conducted by real-time PCR-based allelic discrimination. The most frequent polymorphisms among this cohort were the CYP2B6 c.785A>G and c.516G>T, which had a frequency of 0.36 and 0.32, respectively. From the cases observed, two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (c.516G>T and c.785A>G) were significantly associated with high efavirenz plasma levels (p < 0.05). The most frequent haplotypic combinations were *1/*6, *1/*1, *1/*2 and *6/*6 at a frequency of 42.0%, 32.0%, 8.0% and 7.0%, respectively. Increased plasma concentrations of efavirenz were present in individuals with CYP2B6 *6/*6 [7.210 mg/L; interquartile range (IQR), 5.020-9.260] when compared to those with CYP2B6*1/*1 (1.570 mg/L; IQR, 1.295-2.670), p < 0.001. In our study, the impact of SNPs which are correlated with a high level of efavirenz plasma concentrations was found. The genetic configuration of SNPs which are associated with high plasma efavirenz levels may be useful in optimizing the efavirenz dose that is used in HIV-1 infected patients.
Discriminative Hierarchical Part-Based Models for Human Parsing and Action Recognition

We consider the problem of parsing human poses and recognizing their actions in static images with part-based models. Most previous work in part-based models only considers rigid parts (e.g., torso, head, half limbs) guided by human anatomy. We argue that this representation of parts is not necessarily appropriate. In this paper, we introduce hierarchical poselets--a new representation for modeling the pose configuration of human bodies. Hierarchical poselets can be rigid parts, but they can also be parts that cover large portions of human bodies (e.g., torso + left arm). In the extreme case, they can be the whole bodies. The hierarchical poselets are organized in a hierarchical way via a structured model. Human parsing can be achieved by inferring the optimal labeling of this hierarchical model. The pose information captured by this hierarchical model can also be used as a intermediate representation for other high-level tasks. We demonstrate it in action recognition from static images.
PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR BURNING A LIQUID OR GASEOUS FUEL IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Process and system for burning a liquid or gaseous fuel in the presence of air or another oxidizing agent, involving the use of water in the combustion chamber (12) of an internal combustion engine, in particular a reciprocating or rotary piston engine. To reduce the consumption of fuel and emission of pollutants, and to improve efficiency when using low-octane fuels, in particular regular grade petrol, or acetylene as the fuel, water is directly fed, in a quantity dependent on operation, into the combustion chamber (12) during one or several selected phases, especially throughout the entire operation, in such a way that a continuing "primary combustion" of fuel/air takes place just under the critical "Knocking" temperature (Tc), which at each point of combustion initiates a "secondary combustion" of the admixed water. The "secondary combustion" effects an entirely smooth continuing combustion inside the combustion chamber (12).