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Revenge is a Dish Best Served Sapphic: The Lesbian Vampire Film as Revenge Fantasy
Creators: name: Thompson, Jay Daniel
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: The lesbian vampire is one of the most controversial celluloid monsters. Scholars have tended to regard her as either an embodiment of anxieties about female sexual empowerment; or as a kind of feminist icon. Puzzlingy, few critics have noted the recurring theme of revenge in lesbian vampire films. The article will focus specifically on three such films: The Blood Spattered Bride (1972), Daughters of Darkness (1971), and Vampyres (1974). All three films feature female protagonists who are intent on avenging their abysmal treatment at the hands of men, and who do so with the aid of lesbian vampires.In particular, I suggest that it is helpful to theorise these films as being revenge fantasies. The realm of fantasy has been characterised by shifting and unpredictable points of identification. With this in mind, I ask: Who exactly is the viewer asked to identify with in lesbian vampire films—the vampire, her lover, and/or the vampire’s male opponents? To what extent does identifying with the lesbian vampire mean identifying with a woman who is retaliating against patriarchy (and identifying with her male opponents mean identifying with —or at least not challenging—patriarchy)? Teasing out these questions will enable us to understand just how complex the sexual politics of these films are.
Crustal‐scale sheath folding at HP conditions in an exhumed alpine subduction zone (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps)
Creators: name: Groß, Philip
name: Handy, Mark R.
name: John, Timm
name: Pestal, Gerhard
name: Pleuger, Jan
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: sheath fold
subject: exhumation
subject: high‐pressure metamorphism
subject: Alps
subject: channel extrusion
subject: orogenic wedge
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologie

description: We investigate a well‐preserved paleo subduction channel that preserves a coherent part of the European continental margin exposed in the central Tauern Window (Eastern Alps), with the aim of testing models of sheath fold nappe formation and exhumation. The subduction zone was active during Paleogene convergence of the European and Adriatic plates, after closure of the Alpine Tethyan ocean. New cross sections and structural data together with new petrological data document a recumbent, tens of kilometers‐scale sheath fold in the center of the Tauern Window that formed during pervasive top‐foreland shear while subducted at high‐pressure (HP) conditions (~2.0 GPa, 500 °C) close to maximum burial depth. The fold comprises an isoclinally folded thrust that transported relicts of the former Alpine Tethys onto a distal part of the former European continental margin. The passive margin stratigraphy is still well preserved in the fold and highlights the special character of this segment of the European continental margin. We argue that this segment formed a promontory to the margin, which was inherited from Mesozoic rifting. In accordance with classical sheath fold theory, this promontory may have acted as an initial structural perturbation to nucleate a fold that was passively amplified to a sheath fold during top‐foreland shear in the subduction zone. The fold was at least partly exhumed and juxtaposed with the surrounding lower pressure units by opposing top‐hinterland and top‐foreland shear zones above and below, respectively, that is, in the sense of a nappe fold formed during channel‐extrusion exhumation.
Development and application of a portable volatile organic compound analyser
Creators: name: Nuber, Frank
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2003

description: The subject of this PhD is the development and testing of a portable membrane inlet mass spectrometer (MIMS), for the in-situ measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air. There are several types of VOC monitor available, but few are able to monitor in-situ with near real-time measurements at concentrations around or lower than ppm levels. This PhD focuses on the development of the MS-200 and demonstrates its performance in laboratory and field conditions to analysis a range of VOCs. The first chapters of this thesis describe the design considerations that led to the development of the MS-200. It also discusses the working principles of the instrument and the laboratory based performance tests that compare the performance of the MS-200 with the industry standard VOC monitor. As the MS-200 has sensitivity and detection limits down to ppb levels, it overcame the limitations of many other instruments, and enabled its use for many new applications. For example, aromatic and chlorinated hydrocarbons report detection limits of between 600ppt to 20ppb, other VOCs investigated, reported detection limits between 20 to 300ppb, low molecular weight alcohols report detection limits of 0.4 to 6ppm. However, some applications require even lower detection limits, so an alternative inlet system was developed to increase the sensitivity but at the expense of the near real-time measurement capability. Typically the alternative inlet system reduces detection limits by two orders of magnitudes compared with the standard MS-200. Subsequent sections of this thesis describe and discuss a range of real world applications for the MS-200. Most of these investigations were successful, although a number would need some further work before the MS-200 would be capable to perform such applications routinely in a commercial environment. The applications discussed include: Investigations into arson where the instrument can be used to detect remnants of accelerants used without needing to return samples to the lab, giving the potential to save both time and money; Monitoring personal exposure to benzene when refuelling a petrol car, where the MS-200 demonstrated the advantage of portable real-time monitoring. It was found that during refuelling the operator could be exposed to benzene concentrations of a few hundred ppb to 4ppm for a duration of about 3 minutes; Measuring VOC markers in human breath as a diagnostic tool for cancer and other illnesses; The use of the MS-200 as an "artificial nose" in the food quality and flavour analysis. The thesis discusses the advantages and limitations of this technology as well as providing a series of recommendations for its future development.
PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED DEVELOPED ECONOMIES AROUND THE WORLD.
Creators: name: Seun, Adebanjo
name: Emmanuel, Banchani
name: Solberg, Horve Mishiwo
name: Benjamin, Adejumo
Publisher: name: SADI journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Taxation, Economic performance, Panel VAR, Hausman test, FMOLS

description: Taxation, the primary component of fiscal policy, definitely influences economic production because, in industrialized nations, the government uses the money from taxpayers to build fundamental infrastructure like reliable electricity, well-maintained roads, and water supplies. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the developmental effect of taxes on the economic performance of developed economies around the world. Panel VAR application revealed a short-term correlation between taxation and the economic performance of industrialized countries. While the fitted FMOLS reveals a significant positive impact of taxation and foreign direct investment (FDI) on the long-term economic performance of developed nations, suggesting that higher levels of taxation and FDI return contribute to greater economic performance in the world’s developed economies, the Hausman test specifies a random-effect regression model that confirms the significant positive impact of taxation and GNI on economic performance. As a result, the governments of industrialized nations should keep putting in place a sustainable tax system that is alluring enough to raise tax payments and promote the continuation of FDI and GNI growth, which would improve economic performance both now and in the future.
Interrater Reliability of the Home Assessment of Person-Environment Interaction (HoPE) – Cognitive Version
Creators: name: Louis-Delsoin, Cindy
name: Duval, Geneviève
name: Yip, Julie
name: St-Arnaud, Alain
name: Rousseau, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Most older people living with a neurocognitive disorder wish to age at home, and the person-environment interaction is a key factor in helping in-home functioning. The Home Assessment of Person-Environment Interaction (HoPE) – Cognitive Version is one of the few assessment tools targeting this interaction. This study tested its interrater reliability. Based on Classical Test Theory, two independent trained occupational therapists simultaneously administered the HoPE-Cognitive Version to 30 dyads (older person and their caregiver), at home. Kappa coefficients, percentages of agreement and standard errors were calculated. Kappa coefficients ranged from −0.053 to 1.000 (kappamean=0.415; percentage of agreementrange=50%-100%); the majority (80%) ranged from Fair to Almost Perfect. For each of the three sections of the HoPE-Cognitive Version, the kappa coefficients for the global scores ranged as follows: Section 1: from 0.143 to 0.310 (mean = 0.235); Section 2: from 0.086 to 0.842 (mean = 0.413); Section 3: from −0.053 to 1.000 (mean = 0.532). This study documents the interrater reliability of a promising instrument for understanding the person-environment interaction of community-dwelling seniors living with neurocognitive disorders. Several low coefficients demonstrate a high percentage of agreement, according to Feinstein and Cicchetti’s paradoxes. Continuing validation of the HoPE-Cognitive Version should further support its use.
Understanding children's thinking about alcohol advertisements on television : a cognitive developmental approach
Creators: name: Nash, Avril Susan
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2005

description: A theoretical understanding of the nature of knowledge and its development in children was applied to an under-researched area: children's thinking about television alcohol advertisements. Methodologies were developed which recognise that children have multiple ways of thinking about things, that learning is a dynamic process and that knowledge is not always available for verbal report. Research took two complementary routes. Firstly, cross-sectional studies with children aged 7 to 10 tapped into children's implicit, pre-explicit and explicit knowledge, by means of a categorisation study, a story style paradigm and interviews. Children of all ages found television alcohol advertisements attractive and particular styles of advertising, e. g. humour, cartoon format or the inclusion of an animal, increased the popularity of an advertisement. Children's pre-explicit and explicit responses appeared to be biased by the development of alcohol knowledge. Secondly, a longitudinal study followed a group of over 100 children aged 9 for three years, collecting data every six months and investigating the potential influence of a number of factors on positive alcohol expectancies, a predictor of alcohol behaviour. New measures provided data on children's alcohol expectancies (Alcohol Beliefs and Expectancies in Childhood questionnaire), family and peer influences (The Children's Alcohol Inventory), self-esteem (IAM questionnaire), television viewing habits (TV Viewing Habits Questionnaire), and exposure to television alcohol advertisements (Television Advertising Awareness Questionnaire). The findings suggest a possible long term influence of alcohol advertising around the age of II on later alcohol expectancies, but that this influence is less than that of peer behaviour and parental attitudes. It is also suggested that children as young as seven be included in future research,t hat the style of alcohol advertisements is monitored closely to minimise their appeal to children and, finally, that applied research should include methodologies which reflect the state and complexity of children's developing knowledge.
Evaluating the impact of an integrated supply chain on the process of marketing European feature films
Creators: name: Kerrigan, Finola
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2005

description: The film industry in Europe is characterised by a fragmented supply chain. The film market is historically dominated by films from the United States, leaving little room for other national cinemas. In this context, film marketing suffers from the same illness as the rest of the industry in that US companies enjoy dominance over the market. This thesis provides an historical analysis of the film industry and inherent marketing practices in order to explore the interplay between supply chain management and the film marketing mix. In particular, the thesis draws upon relational concepts of trust and exchange relationships,b ringing marketing approaches in the field from macro and micro levels to a multi level analysis involving micro, macro and meso level considerations. Drawing on an empirical case study, documentary analysis, policy analysis and participant observation,t he thesis reveals that supply chain management is necessary in order to create an environment conducive to the formulation of an appropriate film marketing mix. It shows that there is interdependency between the market structure and the individual choices which marketers can make in formulating the mix. In response to the constraints of the current market structure, supply chain management offers independent film marketers a method of improving the chances of success for their films in the market. Integrated supply chains can facilitate a development of relationships leading to enhanced trust. The existence of such trust has been shown to increase understanding and the flow of information between the members of the supply chain which in turn ensures consistency in the marketing offering. This thesis contributes to the current film marketing literature by bridging the gap between the overtly contextual explanations of the domination of the film industry by Hollywood with individualistic explanations of marketing strategies which fail to recognise contextual elements. This research has policy implications at regional, national and supra national levels. Namely, it would seem beneficial for policy makers to concentrate on building relationships between film industry professionals in order to develop levels of trust and mutual understanding. In this way, virtual rather than vertical supply chains can be created within the film industry.
Countering Communist and Nasserite Propaganda: the Foreign Office Information Research Department in the Middle East and Africa, 1954-1963
Creators: name: Collier, Simon M W
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2014
Subjects: Information Research Department
IRD
Propaganda
Egypt
Middle East
Africa
Suez Crisis
Nasser
Arab Nationalism
Communism
Transmission X
BBC Monitoring
Colonialism
Decolonisation

description: This thesis considers the role of the Information Research Department (IRD) in countering Arab nationalist and Communist propaganda directed at British interests in the Middle East and Africa between 1954 and 1963. It argues that the 1956 Suez Crisis and its fallout was the catalyst that drove a significant expansion of IRD's remit and responsibility. From 1956 the department – which up to this point had had a purely anti-Communist function – was given the responsibility of countering the increasing flow of Arab nationalist propaganda emerging from Egypt. The same year, the Communist powers mounted a renewed and concerted effort to culturally and ideologically penetrate Africa. IRD, who to this point had been excluded from directly operating in Africa, began counter-Communist work in the face of stiff Colonial Office resistance. Analysis of IRD in the Middle East has rarely considered events beyond the immediate aftermath of Suez. IRD's work in Africa is almost wholly unexplored. It is a central contention of this thesis that the two regions cannot be viewed in isolation post-Suez. Egypt's standing was buoyed by the propaganda capital of victory over Suez, and Nasser's position as the figurehead of Arab nationalism was assured. In seeking the removal of colonial influence from the Middle East and Africa, Arab propaganda – particularly the Voice of the Arabs programme of Cairo Radio – ties the regions together. Communist and African nationalist propagandists were drawn to Cairo in the wake of the Suez Crisis. The former, building relationships through aid, sought to leverage Cairo's expanding influence to their own advantage. The latter sought facilities and support for their own propaganda efforts. After Suez, IRD sought to manage Egyptian propaganda whilst avoiding direct confrontation, seeking to normalise relations. In Africa, the department sought to build an infrastructure for information work aimed at influencing future leaders, their efforts constrained by the timetable of British decolonisation. In both regions, through developing relationships with local agencies and the BBC, and from initiatives such as the Transmission 'X' news commentary service, IRD continued to address Arab nationalist and Communist propaganda with a flexibility and responsiveness not recognised in the current literature on IRD.
Assessing walking ability in broilers on farm
Creators: name: EURCAW-Poultry-SFA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: broiler
gait score
lameness
latency-to-lie
walking ability

description: Gait scoring remains the most widely used method for assessing walking ability in broilers due to its ease of being implemented on-farm. However, its subjectivity can make comparison between farms scored by different observers difficult. This has led to the development of the more objective latency-to-lie test that is highly linked with gait scores. This factsheet provides a description of how to assess walking ability in broilers using either the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol for gait scoring or the latency-to-lie test.
Gestão de Recursos Humanos Tecnológico: Como Potencializar sua Carreira na Era Digital
Creators: name: SOUZA, Marcos Alexandre de
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: gestão de rh
gestão de recursos humanos
rh
faculdade
fasouza
ead
distância

description: Na era digital, a gestão de recursos humanos se destaca como uma ferramenta essencial para alavancar sua carreira. Com a transformação digital em curso, profissionais que dominam ferramentas e estratégias modernas estão em posição privilegiada no mercado de trabalho. Mas como você pode aproveitar essa mudança para potencializar seu desenvolvimento profissional? Neste artigo, exploraremos as principais competências e softwares que estão moldando o futuro da gestão de pessoas. Vamos discutir também como integrar a tecnologia de forma efetiva nas práticas de RH, aprimorando tanto o desempenho organizacional quanto o seu próprio crescimento. Prepare-se para descobrir as tendências que irão não apenas otimizar sua rotina, mas também abrir novas oportunidades e horizontes na sua trajetória profissional. Afinal, na interseção entre tecnologia e gestão de recursos humanos, reside o caminho para o sucesso na carreira na era digital.
title: Spoken Language Development and the Challenge of Skill Integration
Creators: name: Noiray, Aude
name: Popescu, Anisia
name: Killmer, Helene
name: Robertus, Elina
name: Krüger, Stella
name: Hintermeier, Lisa
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: The development of phonological awareness, the knowledge of the structural combinatoriality of a language, has been widely investigated in relation to reading (dis)ability across languages. However, the extent to which knowledge of phonemic units may interact with spoken language organization in (transparent) alphabetical languages has hardly been investigated. The present study examined whether phonemic awareness correlates with coarticulation degree, commonly used as a metric for estimating the size of children’s production units. A speech production task was designed to test for developmental differences in intra-syllabic coarticulation degree in 41 German children from 4 to 7 years of age. The technique of ultrasound imaging allowed for comparing the articulatory foundations of children’s coarticulatory patterns. Four behavioral tasks assessing various levels of phonological awareness from large to small units and expressive vocabulary were also administered. Generalized additive modeling revealed strong interactions between children’s vocabulary and phonological awareness with coarticulatory patterns. Greater knowledge of sub-lexical units was associated with lower intra-syllabic coarticulation degree and greater differentiation of articulatory gestures for individual segments. This interaction was mostly nonlinear: an increase in children’s phonological proficiency was not systematically associated with an equivalent change in coarticulation degree. Similar findings were drawn between vocabulary and coarticulatory patterns. Overall, results suggest that the process of developing spoken language fluency involves dynamical interactions between cognitive and speech motor domains. Arguments for an integrated-interactive approach to skill development are discussed.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe, 598
Algebraic hierarchical decomposition of finite state automata : a computational approach
Creators: name: Egri-Nagy, Attila
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2005

description: The theory of algebraic hierarchical decomposition of finite state automata is an important and well developed branch of theoretical computer science (Krohn-Rhodes Theory). Beyond this it gives a general model for some important aspects of our cognitive capabilities and also provides possible means for constructing artificial cognitive systems: a Krohn-Rhodes decomposition may serve as a formal model of understanding since we comprehend the world around us in terms of hierarchical representations. In order to investigate formal models of understanding using this approach, we need efficient tools but despite the significance of the theory there has been no computational implementation until this work. Here the main aim was to open up the vast space of these decompositions by developing a computational toolkit and to make the initial steps of the exploration. Two different decomposition methods were implemented: the VuT and the holonomy decomposition. Since the holonomy method, unlike the VUT method, gives decompositions of reasonable lengths, it was chosen for a more detailed study. In studying the holonomy decomposition our main focus is to develop techniques which enable us to calculate the decompositions efficiently, since eventually we would like to apply the decompositions for real-world problems. As the most crucial part is finding the the group components we present several different ways for solving this problem. Then we investigate actual decompositions generated by the holonomy method: automata with some spatial structure illustrating the core structure of the holonomy decomposition, cases for showing interesting properties of the decomposition (length of the decomposition, number of states of a component), and the decomposition of finite residue class rings of integers modulo n. Finally we analyse the applicability of the holonomy decompositions as formal theories of understanding, and delineate the directions for further research.
Effects of trigonelline, diosgenin, and Cistanche deserticola polysaccharide on the culture of female germline stem cells in vitro
Creators: name: Yu, Xiaoli
name: Qiu, Yikai
name: Li, Jinhua
name: Zhang, Yanping
name: Wang, Qian
name: Jin, Zehua
name: Liu, Xinrui
name: Pei, Xiuying
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Female germline stem cells (FGSCs) are renewable sources of oocytes that play an indispensable role in re-establishing mammal fertility. Here, we have established FGSCs from neonatal mice, which exhibit characteristics of germline stem cells. We show that compared with monomeric trigonelline and diosgenin, macromolecular compounds Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides (CDPs) in Chinese herbal medicine can enhance the ability of FGSCs to differentiate into oocytes at appropriate concentrations while maintaining self-renewal in vitro. In contrast, trigonelline and diosgenin inhibited the expression of germ cell-specific genes while reducing cell proliferation activity. In summary, CDPs could induce the differentiation and self-renewal of FGSCs in vitro. The comparison of the effects of the active components of different types of Chinese medicine will provide a reference for the development of clinical drugs in the future, and help to elucidate the development process of FGSCs.
Identifying Misconnection Hotspots Using Coliforms and Biofilm Communities
Creators: name: Chiejina, Chidinma
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: Misconnections
River Lee
Urban runoff
Sewage discharges
Sewage
Indicators
Biofilms
Urban diffuse pollution
Combined sewer overflows
CSOs
Misconnection hotspots
Surface water pipes
Wastewater
Water quality

description: Sewage misconnections currently pose severe threats to water quality especially in urban areas in the UK. These misconnections lead to the discharge of untreated wastewater into receiving watercourses via surface water outfalls. Regular discharges from this source could lead to these watercourses failing to meet standards set by the Water Framework Directives. Despite the impacts resulting from this urban diffuse pollutant source, research into this area is limited. The study area is the River Lee, which is known to experience issues with water quality especially within the heavily urbanized lower Lee section. Misconnections are one of the major contributors to the poor water quality status of the River. In this study, the Lee was investigated using several parameters. The approach involved the monitoring of coliform bacteria to detect outfalls where misconnections were likely, then biofilm samples below selected outfalls were used for both clean and polluted sites to look for community types. Results showed severe pollution within some sections of the River particularly within the lower Lee. Pymmes Brook was used as a case study, both coliform bacteria and biofilm communities below outfalls were further investigated for clean and polluted sites. Results from the Pymmes Brook study also showed that this watercourse was experiencing severe issues with water quality, with elevated levels of coliform bacteria identified below polluted outfalls. Biofilm community data obtained during the pilot and experimental phases of study were analyzed using a range of multivariate techniques. Results of the analysis showed consistent x patterns in community structure within sites with similar water quality, with indicator species identified. Communities below polluted outfalls were composed mainly of species tolerant of organic pollution thus indicating a response of communities to misconnection discharges. Currently, the identification of misconnections are carried out through trackbacks, a process which is expensive and time consuming. During this study an inexpensive and rapid approach is proposed for assessing misconnections within a catchment. Using this method, misconnection hotspots are mapped out using coliform bacteria and biofilm communities. Using catchment data and predicted coliform bacteria from enumerated counts, misconnections within these hotspots are assessed. Having tested this approach on Pymmes Brook, a tributary of the River Lee, the results obtained were promising. Pending further verification, this system provides an economical and rapid tool for the assessment of misconnections within a catchment.
Aerodynamic Analysis of a Novel Wind Turbine for an Omni-flow Wind Energy System
Creators: name: Ying, Pei
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: wind turbine
wind energy
computational fluid dynamics
wind tunnel test

description: The purpose of this research is to propose a novel wind turbine for an omni-flow wind energy system and investigate its aerodynamic performance. The geometry of the novel wind turbine is based upon the impulse turbine technology which has been successful in wave energy. In this study, both numerical and experimental studies were conducted to evaluate the aerodynamic features of this wind turbine. The numerical method was validated by a comparison between numerical and experimental results over a range of tip speed ratios. Results obtained from experiments and simulations indicate that the proposed wind turbine can be employed. Additionally, on the basis of the analyses performed, this new wind turbine has the potential for having a good startup feature, which means that this wind turbine can be suitable for applications in an urban environment. As an important component, the stator of this wind turbine can increase the passing flow velocity by 20%. Meanwhile, the passing flow direction also can be optimised by the stator. Aerodynamics of the wind turbine was analysed under the non-uniform flow condition, because the flow is non-uniform inside the omni-flow wind energy system. It was found that the maximum power coefficient of such a turbine under the non-uniform flow condition is lower than that under the uniform flow condition. Due to the non-uniform flow, the blades experience different flow velocities, and as a consequence, undergo different aerodynamic loads during one operation cycle. Thus the generated torque and thrust on a blade are subjected to frequent and periodical changes. Influences of the geometrical parameters on the aerodynamic characteristics of this wind turbine were investigated. From the initial study, it was found that changes of hub-to-tip ratios, numbers of blades, aerofoils and numbers of guide vanes, can significantly affect the II power performance. Additionally, the wind turbine obtained high values of maximum torque coefficients with changing geometrical parameters.
Rising Continents: An Ecocritical Reading of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The New Atlantis”
Creators: name: J. R. Burgmann
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: “The New Atlantis” is an interesting artefact in the oeuvre of Ursula K. Le Guin. To start with, it constitutes one of her few forays into the novella form; along with Always Coming Home (1985), the narrative takes place not only on Earth, but in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. “The New Atlantis” has received little scholarly interest since its publication in 1975, which is rather perplexing given that it so saliently envisages contemporary eco-social issues, including anthropogenic climate change (potentially making it a very early example of cli-fi). It thus seems reasonable to approach the text from an ecocritical angle. Within ecocriticism there are various positions germane to “The New Atlantis,” namely: deep ecology, ecofeminism, and social ecology. Specifically, I intend to evaluate Le Guin’s text through the rubrics of ecocriticism—Wilderness; Animals; Dwelling; Apocalypse; Pastoral; Future of the Earth, as defined by Gred Garrard in Ecocriticism.
A Retrospective Study of Young Carers' Experiences of Supporting a Parent With Psychosis
Creators: name: Turner, Katie
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: Young Carers
Psychosis
Retrospective
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Parental Mental Health
Qualitative

description: There are a considerable number of children who fulfil a young carer role for a parent, sibling or relative. Research into the experiences of young carers is growing, and has explored the areas of supporting parents and siblings with physical and mental health difficulties. Although research into the experience of adult carers of individuals with psychosis-related difficulties is well established, the experience of young carers supporting a parent with a psychosis-related difficulty are yet to be studied. The aim of this study was to gain a richer understanding of the lived experience of young carers supporting a parent with a psychosis-related difficulty from a retrospective position. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven adults who were young carers for a parent with a psychosis-related difficulty. The interview transcripts were split into two parts and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Part one explored the experience of caring at the time, with two themes emerging from participant’s accounts: ‘Feeling isolated and alone’ and ‘Caring was taking the parent role’. Part two explored the integration of the experience into the current self, with two themes emerging: ‘Understanding the experience is an ongoing struggle’ and ‘Making sense of the person I have become’. The findings are discussed in light of the current research literature and show both areas of agreement and unique insights into the experiences of this particular group. Clinical implications in light of the findings and future research suggestions are also considered.
Singing-driven interfaces for sound synthesizers
Creators: name: Janer, Jordi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: singing voice
signal processing
voice analysis
real-time
user interfaces

description: Digital musical instruments are usually decomposed in two main constituent parts: a user interface and a sound synthesis engine. The user interface is popularly referred as a musical controller, and its design is the primary objective of this dissertation. Under the title of singing-driven interfaces, we aim to design systems that allow controlling the synthesis of musical instruments sounds with the singing voice. This dissertation searches for the relationships between the voice and the sound of musical instruments by addressing both, the voice signal description, as well as the mapping strategies for a meaningful control of the synthesized sound. We propose two different approaches, one for controlling a singing voice synthesizer, and another for controlling the synthesis of instrumental sounds. For the latter, we suggest to represent voice signal as vocal gestures, contributing with several voice analysis methods. To demonstrate the obtained results, we developed two real-time prototypes.
In Search of a Schema: Derrida and the Rhythm of Hospitality
Creators: name: Shaul, Dylan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: For Derrida, hospitality is constituted by an aporia: unconditional hospitality and conditional hospitality are simultaneously contradictory and mutually necessary, heterogeneous and indissociable. Though not paralysing action, this aporia qua aporia should nevertheless be impassable. Yet Derrida enigmatically proposes that the distinction between unconditional and conditional hospitality “requires us to determine what would be called, in Kantian language (in an approximate and analogical way, since in the strict sense they are in fact excluded in this case, and this exclusion needs to be thought about), intermediate schemas,” ultimately allowing us to “interven[e] in the condition of hospitality in the name of the unconditional.” The purpose of this article will be to explore what Derrida could have meant by his invocation of the Kantian schema: its relationship to Kant’s thought, its possible function with respect to hospitality, and what in particular might be able to occupy the schematic role. In so doing, a step is taken not to re-solve or transcend but to fulfil the aporia of hospitality and thereby move toward a truly Derridean politics.
Graphene as dispersive solidphase extraction materials for pesticides LC-MS/MS multi-residue analysis in leek, onion and garlic
Creators: name: Guan, Wenbi
name: Li, Changsheng
name: Liu, Xue
name: Zhou, Shujing
name: Ma, Yongqiang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A multi-residue analytical method was validated for 24 representative pesticides residues in onion, garlic and leek. The method is based on modified QuEChERS sample preparation with a mixture of graphene, primary secondary amine (PSA), and graphitised carbon black (GCB) as reversed-dispersive solid-phase extraction (r-DSPE) material and LC-MS/MS. Graphene was first used as an r-DSPE clean-up sorbent in onion, garlic and leek. The results first show that the mixed sorbent of graphene, PSA and GCB has a remarkable ability to clean-up interfering substances in the r-DSPE procedure when compared with the mixture of PSA and GCB. Use of matrix-matched standards provided acceptable results for tested pesticides with overall average recoveries between 70.1% and 109.7% and consistent RSDs <15.6%. In any case, this method still meets the 1–10 μg kg–1 detection limit needed for pesticide testing and may be used for qualitative screening applications in which any identified pesticides can be quantified and confirmed by a more intensive method that achieves >70% recovery.
Graphene as dispersive solid phase extraction materials for pesticide LC-MS/MS multi-residue analysis in leek, onion, and garlic
Creators: name: Guan, Wenbi
name: Li, Changsheng
name: Liu, Xue
name: Zhou, Shujing
name: Ma, Yongqiang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A multi-residue analytical method was validated for 24 representative pesticide residues in onion, garlic, and leek. The method is based on modified QuEChERS sample preparation with a mixture of graphene, primary secondary amine (PSA), and graphitized carbon black (GCB) as reversed-dispersive solid phase extraction (r-DSPE) material and LC-MS/MS. Graphene was firstly used as r-DSPE clean-up sorbent in onion, garlic, and leek. Our results firstly show that the mixed sorbent of graphene, PSA, and GCB has remarkable ability to clean-up interfering substances in the r-DSPE procedure when comparing with the mixture of PSA and GCB. Use of matrix-matched standards provided acceptable results for most pesticides with overall average recoveries between 70.1% and 109.7% and consistent RSDs < 15.6%. In any case, this method still meets the 1–10 μg/kg detection limit needed for pesticide testing and may be used for qualitative screening applications, in which any identified pesticides can be quantified and confirmed by a more intensive method that achieves > 70% recovery.
Additional file 5: of Age at menarche and prevention of hypertension through lifestyle in young Chinese adult women: result from project ELEFANT
Creators: name: Guo, Liqiong
name: Peng, Cheng
name: Xu, Hui
name: Wilson, Ander
name: Li, Peng-hui
name: Wang, Hao
name: Liu, Hongbin
name: Shen, Lilin
name: Chen, Xi
name: Qi, Xiuying
name: Tang, Nai-jun
name: Barrow, Timothy
name: Byun, Hyang-Min
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Odds ratios (95% CIs) for hypertension related to age at menarche by imbalanced diet. (DOCX 27 kb)
Interactions Between Radio-Loud Active Galaxies and Their Environments
Creators: name: Goodger, Joanna Louise
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2010
Subjects: astrophysics
extragalactic
radio astronomy
x-ray astronomy
radio galaxies
galaxy group environments
non-thermal emission

description: In this dissertation, I present my work on the behaviour of different features of radio-loud active galaxies to investigate how energy is transferred from their jets to the environment. To this end, I have studied the knots in the jet in Centaurus A, the radio and X-ray emission from the lobes of the FRII radio galaxies 3C 353 and Pictor A, and the gas properties of a sample of galaxy groups some of which host radio-loud AGN. Using new and archival multi-frequency radio and X-ray data for Centaurus A obtained over almost 20 years with the Very Large Array and with Chandra, I have measured the X-ray and radio spectral indices, flux density variations, polarisation variations and proper motions of the jet knots. I used these measurements to constrain the likely knot formation mechanisms and particle acceleration processes within this jet and compared my results with the variations detected in the properties of the knots in M87. I found that none of the knots are a result of impulsive particle acceleration and that those knots that are detected in both X-ray and radio are likely due to collisions between the jet and an obstacle, while the radio only knots, the majority of which are moving, are likely due to compressions of the fluid flow. Using six frequencies of new and archival radio data and new XMM-Newton observations of 3C 353, I show that inverse-Compton emission is detected in the lobes of this source. By combining this X-ray emission with the radio synchrotron emission, I have constrained the electron population and the magnetic field energy density in the lobes of this radio galaxy. I have argued that the variations in the X-ray/radio ratio in the brighter lobe requires a changing magnetic field strength. I have extended this work using a statistical analysis of the X-ray and radio emission to show that the observed small-scale variation in surface brightness cannot be reproduced by simple combinations of the electron energy distribution and the magnetic field strength. I therefore suggest that the changes in surface brightness that give rise to the filamentary structures seen in the lobes are probably due to strong spatial variations of the magnetic field strength. Finally, I present a study of galaxy groups observed with XMM-Newton in which I measure temperature and surface brightness profiles to examine whether radio-source heating makes radioloud groups hotter and more luminous than radio-quiet groups. I compare my measurements with previous luminosity-temperature relationships and conclude that there is a significant difference in the gas properties of radio-loud and radio-quiet groups.
The Experiences of People whose Partners have taken their own Lives: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Creators: name: Melanie Jane, Hodgkinson
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2011
Subjects: grief
partners
meaning making
suicide

description: Rationale and Aims: Grief research has highlighted the difficult reactions experienced by people bereaved by suicide, with studies also looking at the importance of sense and meaning making. There is limited research looking at experiences of individual kinships, for example partners of people who have taken their own lives. The current study therefore aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences of people who have lost a partner to suicide, using a qualitative approach. The research sought to explore the following:What are the experiences of people whose partners have taken their own lives and how do people experience trying to make sense and meaning of their partner’s death? Method: Semi-structured interviews were carried out with seven participants (two men) who had lost their partner to suicide more than two years previously. Verbatim transcripts of the interviews were then analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Results: The analysis produced four master themes, including: “Pervasive impact of loss – “oh god, its such a disaster”; “The search for understanding – “There are so many questions that are unanswerable, like ‘why’?”; Challenges and ways of coping – “All the challenges they just come daily, hourly, minute by minute”; and, “Looking to the future – Its been a turning point for me, and a catalyst for change”. A description of these master themes and the related subordinate themes is presented. Conclusion: The results of the analysis are considered in light of existing theory and their clinical implications.
title: Gazette SHCC, cycle 7, Cultures cinématographiques, séance du 7 juin 2012
Creators: name: Schmidt, Nicolas
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021

description: Relation: http://purl.org/poi/crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr/cocoon-6262e838-7559-4c79-a2e8-3875596c798d
John D. Lantos and Diane S. Lauderdale. Preterm Babies, Fetal Patients, and Childbearing Choices. Cambridge, USA: MIT Press, 2015. [Book Review]
Creators: name: Kendal, Evie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: In Preterm Babies, Fetal Patients, and Childbearing Choices, John D. Lantos and Diane S. Lauderdale describe two conflicting narratives about pregnancy and premature birth in the twentieth century. The first focuses on the history of women’s reproductive liberty, beginning with the establishment of laws protecting women’s rights to contraceptives and the legalisation of abortion in the U.S.A., and following through to patient-centred birth plans and the suite of assisted reproductive technologies now available to women.
Bromate removal from aqueous solutions by ordered mesoporous carbon
Creators: name: Xu, Chunhua
name: Wang, Xiaohong
name: Shi, Xiaolei
name: Lin, Sheng
name: Zhu, Liujia
name: Chen, Yaming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Environmental Science

description: We investigated the feasibility of using ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) for bromate removal from water. Batch experiments were performed to study the influence of various experimental parameters such as the effect of contact time, adsorbent dosage, initial bromate concentration, temperature, pH and effect of competing anions on bromate removal by OMC. The adsorption kinetics indicates that the uptake rate of bromate was rapid at the beginning: 85% adsorption was completed in 1 h and equilibrium was achieved within 3 h. The sorption process was well described with pseudo-second-order kinetics. The maximum adsorption capacity of OMC for bromate removal was 17.6 mg g−1 at 298 K. The adsorption data fit the Freundlich model well. The amount of bromate removed was found to be proportional to the influent bromate concentration. The effects of competing anions and solution pH (3–11) were negligible. These limited data suggest that OMC can be effectively utilized for bromate removal from drinking water.
Simon Critchley. ABC of Impossibility. Minneapolis: Univocal Publishing, 2015. [Book Review]
Creators: name: Hodge, Siobhan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: It is difficult to begin an assessment of a text like ABC of Impossibility. Billed as a “para-philosophy” that deals with a series of concepts, physical locations, moods, and people to name only a few topics, the text is as disparate as it is confronting. Central to this undertaking is a focus on fragmentary writing and thinking, which may account for some of the complexity involved in assessing this project. Simon Critchley’s numerous philosophical publications prior to the ABC of Impossibility offer some guidance, yet the text’s predominant parting effect is a sense of something being withheld, not offered.