title: Capacitor-Loaded Spoof Surface Plasmon for Flexible Dispersion Control and High-Selectivity Filtering

authors: Tang, Xiao-Lan

abstract: This letter proposes a new spoof surface plasmon transmission line (SSP-TL) using capacitor loading technique. This new SSP-TL features flexible and reconfigurable dispersion control and highly selective filtering performance without resorting to configuration change. Moreover, it requires much smaller linewidth than the conventional SSP-TL for achieving an extremely slow wave (or a highly confined field), which is quite useful for a compact system. To illustrate the design principle, several examples are designed within the frequency range of 2-8 GHz. Both numerical and experimental results are given in comparison with the conventional SSP-TL. It is demonstrated that the proposed technique provides a better performance in size reduction and dispersion reconfigurability.

text: Capacitor-Loaded Spoof Surface Plasmon for Flexible Dispersion Control and High-Selectivity Filtering This letter proposes a new spoof surface plasmon transmission line (SSP-TL) using capacitor loading technique. This new SSP-TL features flexible and reconfigurable dispersion control and highly selective filtering performance without resorting to configuration change. Moreover, it requires much smaller linewidth than the conventional SSP-TL for achieving an extremely slow wave (or a highly confined field), which is quite useful for a compact system. To illustrate the design principle, several examples are designed within the frequency range of 2-8 GHz. Both numerical and experimental results are given in comparison with the conventional SSP-TL. It is demonstrated that the proposed technique provides a better performance in size reduction and dispersion reconfigurability.

year: 2017

title: Geografias do Corpo, Amor e Desejo: Uma Entrevista com Lynda Johnston (Geographies of the Body, Love and Desire: An Interview with Lynda Johnston)

authors: Maria Silva, Joseli

abstract: Lynda  Johnston’s  scientific  trajectory  has  impacted  the  global human geography, Brazil included. For some time, this geographer has  influenced  the  research  developed  by  the  Group  of  territorial studies at the State University of Ponta Grossa. Therefore,interviewing this important, geographer, feminist and queer rsearcher  is  a  great  honor  for  our  group. We  are  honored  to  haveher with us at the Revista Latino­-americana de Geografia e Gênero (Geography  and  Gender  Latin American  Journal),  not  only  for  her capability  and  contribution  to  the  development  of  geography,  but also for admiring her being and way of acting for the dismantling of social inequalities and hierarchies. The combination of her intellectual  competence  and sensitive  and humanitarian character makes Lynda Johnston one of the brightest minds in the contemporary human geography.

text: Geografias do Corpo, Amor e Desejo: Uma Entrevista com Lynda Johnston (Geographies of the Body, Love and Desire: An Interview with Lynda Johnston) Lynda  Johnston’s  scientific  trajectory  has  impacted  the  global human geography, Brazil included. For some time, this geographer has  influenced  the  research  developed  by  the  Group  of  territorial studies at the State University of Ponta Grossa. Therefore,interviewing this important, geographer, feminist and queer rsearcher  is  a  great  honor  for  our  group. We  are  honored  to  haveher with us at the Revista Latino­-americana de Geografia e Gênero (Geography  and  Gender  Latin American  Journal),  not  only  for  her capability  and  contribution  to  the  development  of  geography,  but also for admiring her being and way of acting for the dismantling of social inequalities and hierarchies. The combination of her intellectual  competence  and sensitive  and humanitarian character makes Lynda Johnston one of the brightest minds in the contemporary human geography.

year: 2021-10-15

title: Unorthodox assistance: Novalis, Māori, scientism, and an uncertain approach to 'Whakapapa'

authors: Mika, Carl Te Hira

abstract: The reductionism of Western science is well noted among several Maori academics, who describe in various ways its methodical tendency to dissemble an organism and isolate its parts. The reductionist nature of the method of science then informs the practice, so that the manifestations of science - its latest innovations, evidenced in biotechnology, cloning, stem cell therapy and so on - become an overriding concern for these academics. Rightly, the effects of those innovations on Maori spiritual and phYSical realms are addressed, to the extent that they may constitute extensive submissions to governmental bodies. How effective these submissions are is open to considerable speculation, particularly when it is acknowledged by many of these same writers that those ministerial and judicial bodies are incapable of understanding the dilemmas posed by the effects of reductionist scientific practice on the Maori world. The Maori world, in the main, is left to wait until it is confronted with yet another scientific advancement or technology, and the rush to counter its modus operandi begins again.

text: Unorthodox assistance: Novalis, Māori, scientism, and an uncertain approach to 'Whakapapa' The reductionism of Western science is well noted among several Maori academics, who describe in various ways its methodical tendency to dissemble an organism and isolate its parts. The reductionist nature of the method of science then informs the practice, so that the manifestations of science - its latest innovations, evidenced in biotechnology, cloning, stem cell therapy and so on - become an overriding concern for these academics. Rightly, the effects of those innovations on Maori spiritual and phYSical realms are addressed, to the extent that they may constitute extensive submissions to governmental bodies. How effective these submissions are is open to considerable speculation, particularly when it is acknowledged by many of these same writers that those ministerial and judicial bodies are incapable of understanding the dilemmas posed by the effects of reductionist scientific practice on the Maori world. The Maori world, in the main, is left to wait until it is confronted with yet another scientific advancement or technology, and the rush to counter its modus operandi begins again.

year: 2011