nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Queering Cult Cinema: Performances of Gendered Reception

“Gender” has been a commonly explored topic in the study of cult cinema, in particular with Joanne Hallows exploring “The masculinity of cult,”  and Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton discussing gender and sexuality in their analysis of cult cinema.  However, there exists an unexplored gap between gender and queer studies in relation to cult cinema audiences, namely concerning performativity and audience participation. This presentation will explore how queer film audiences have developed performances of gender by “queering” films that are not originally or purposefully constituted as “queer.” This “queering” involves 1.) seeking performances of non-normative sexuality and 2.) recognising elements that might represent (or relate to) queer identities, subcultures, and aesthetics, such as camp and gender fluidity, even against the original intentions of the filmmakers. These films are queered to the point where a film’s reception might be altered and develop a cult status. Through this cult status comes performance and representation of gender or “performances of gendered reception” in the space/venue of the cinematic screening. In the reception of these queered films, the audience might respond and engage either through genuine reactions or performed reactions. These reactions and performances will be analysed in this presentation through textual readings of several “queered” cult film texts, juxtaposed with films initially intended as queer (or containing intentional queer elements). Some examples of these films where “queering” has occurred include The Wizard of Oz (1939), Calamity Jane (1953), Grey Gardens (1976), Mommie Dearest (1981), and Top Gun (1986). Intentionally queer films include The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Pink Flamingos (1972), Paris is Burning (1990), and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). By analysing several of these texts, a clearer understanding will be developed between what constitutes performances of gender in cult cinema audiences, particularly in terms of what is genuine and what is intentionally performed. The Masculinity of Cult." In Defining Cult Movies: The Cultural Politics of Oppositional Taste , edited by Mark Jancovich, Antonio Lazaro Reboll, Julian Stringer, and Andy Willis, 35-53.  Manchester University Press, 2003.  Mathijs, Ernest, and Jamie Sexton.  Chichester,  2011.
Current legal problems 2006: volume 59

* In keeping with the established reputation of this annual publication, it features contributions from leading academic figures including David Ormerod, Trevor Allan, Rob Reiner, Neil Walker and Cheryl Saunders * Topics covered include Analytical Jurisprudence, Medical and Family Ethics, Private Law, Human Rights, and EU Law * Features a major new article on the UK Human Rights Act from Trevor Allen, at a time when the Act is being reviewed for its impact on public security The Current Legal Problems lecture series and annual volume was established over fifty five years ago at the Faculty of Laws, University College London and has long been recognised as a major reference point for legal scholarship. The continuing strength of Current Legal Problems is its representation of a broad range of legal scholarship opinion, theory, methodology, and subject matter, with an emphasis upon contemporary developments of law. Contributions to the 59th volume in the series include a major re-evaluation of the Human Rights Act from Trevor Allan; a survey of recent trends in British crime and control from Robert Reiner; an analysis of the EU's impact on cultural diversity from Bruno de Witte; an examination of tax avoidance from Judith Freedman and a critique of EU constitutionalism from Neil Walker.
Evolution of Building Materials and Philosophy in Construction: A Process of Digitalization and Visualization of the Accumulated Knowledge

The long-term research on the constructional materials and techniques of monuments and historic buildings, allowed the accumulation of significant knowledge which could be further disseminated. The masons of antiquity followed principles in designing and building, established by their intuition and experience. The selection of raw materials, the way they upgraded them in constructing foundations, walls, domes, is still remarkable. In the paper, a process of using digital technology tools for making knowledge acquisition attractive is presented. By developing a specific platform, all relevant scientific knowledge can be sorted, while with a series of digital applications, the diachronic principles of construction, the ancient technology and the achievements of the past can be exploited in a friendly and interactive environment. By this way it is expected that the values of building philosophy in the context of safety, sustainability and economy will be forwarded to new generations.
Spotting out emerging artists using geo-aware analysis of P2P query strings

Record label companies would like to identify potential artists as early as possible in their careers, before other companies approach the artists with competing contracts. The vast number of candidates makes the process of identifying the ones with high success potential time consuming and laborious. This paper demonstrates how datamining of P2P query strings can be used in order to mechanize most of this detection process. Using a unique intercepting system over the Gnutella network, we were able to capture an unprecedented amount of geographically identified (geo-aware) queries, allowing us to investigate the diffusion of music related queries in time and space. Our solution is based on the observation that emerging artists, especially rappers, have a discernible stronghold of fans in their hometown area, where they are able to perform and market their music. In a file sharing network, this is reflected as a delta function spatial distribution of content queries. Using this observation, we devised a detection algorithm for emerging artists, that looks for performers with sharp increase in popularity in a small geographic region though still unnoticable nation wide. The algorithm can suggest a short list of artists with breakthrough potential, from which we showed that about 30% translate the potential to national success.
Decoherence versus the idealization of microsystems as correlation carriers between macrosystems

It is argued that the appropriate framework to describe a microsystem as a correlation carrier between a source and a detector is non-equilibrium statistical mechanics for the compound source-detector system. An attempt is given to elucidate how this idealized notion of microsystem might arise inside a field theoretical description of isolated macrosystems: then decoherence appears as the natural limit of this idealization.
Two-Party Fine-Grained Assured Deletion of Outsourced Data in Cloud Systems

With clients losing direct control of their data, this paper investigates an important problem of cloud systems: When clients delete data, how can they be sure that the deleted data will never resurface in the future if the clients do not perform the actual data removal themselves? How to guarantee inaccessibility of deleted data when the data is not in their possession? Using a novel key modulation function, we design a solution for two-party fine-grained assured deletion. The solution does not rely on any third-party server. Each client only keeps one or a small number of keys, regardless of how big its file system is. The client is able to delete any individual data item in any file without causing significant overhead, and the deletion is permanent - no one can recover already-deleted data, not even after gaining control of both the client device and the cloud server. We validate our design through experimental evaluation.
Infinitary rewriting: meta-theory and convergence

When infinitary rewriting was introduced by Kaplan et al.  at the beginning of the 1990s, its term universe was explained as the metric completion of a metric on finite terms. The motivation for this connection to topology was that it allowed to import other well-studied notions from metric spaces, in particular the notion of convergence as a replacement for normalisation. This paper generalises the approach by parameterising it with a term metric, and applying the process of metric completion not only to terms but also to operations on and relations between terms. The resulting meta-theory is studied, leading to a revised notion of infinitary rewrite system. For these systems a method is devised to prove their convergence.
Quantitative Measurement of Some Marxist Categories

In this paper the theoretical and methodological requirements for the measurement of Marxist categories are examined. After a brief introduction to the Marxist theory of value, it is claimed that labour must be the standard of commodities; the meaning of social necessity is explained, the methods of treating skilled and heterogeneous labour illustrated, and productive labour defined. It is then shown how value is measured, when there is joint production, fixed capital, and choice of technique; the methods explicitly treat the time structure of production and emphasise that only expected values can be measured. Measures of the performance of the capitalist system are derived; and the relationship of value measures to price measures is stated. Last, the data requirements of these proposals are considered in the conclusion.
Eve Drewelowe: feminist identity in American art

Eve Drewelowe (1899–1988) was an American artist who attended the University of Iowa, where she received a BA in Graphic and Plastic Arts in 1923. During these early years when university art programs were being established, Drewelowe became the first person to receive an MA in art from the University of Iowa; one of the first people to receive such a degree in the United States. Drewelowe reinvented herself throughout her life and her artwork reflects a current knowledge of modern styles that emerged in the twentieth century. Drewelowe exhibited under the name Eve Drewelowe Van Ek shortly after her marriage in 1924 until the early 1950s, when she chose to resume using only her own surname. During the three intervening decades, her signature varies from one artwork to the next. In some instances, the artist later rubbed out or painted over the ‘Van Ek’ with little attempt to conceal the change, leaving a visual indicator of the artist's identity struggles. Her personal papers also reflect the challenges s...
Synthesis and properties of mechanically alloyed and nanocrystalline materials : ISMANAM-96 : proceedings of the International Symposium on Metastable, Mechanically Alloyed and Nanocrystalline Materials, Rome, Italy, May 20-24, 1996

The present publication provides a view of the ongoing research in the field of metastable and nanocrystalline materials. The latest developments are discussed in order to advance the reader's understanding of the fundamental properties of these classes of materials, with a view to new technological applications.
The effect of annealing on the structural and magnetic properties of zinc substitutes Ni-ferrite nanocrystals

Nanosized Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 was prepared by chemical co-precipitation technique using the chlorides of Ni, Zn and Fe (III) and oleic acid. The precursors were annealed at different temperature 500, 700, and 900 °C. The XRD of samples show the presence of single phase cubic spinel structure. Grain size of the sample has been determined using Scherrer formula and SEM technique. The particle size, Lattice parameter and X-ray density were estimated from X-ray diffraction data. The particles size is found to vary from 13nm to 31 nm and largely depends on the annealing temperature. Magnetization measurements have been carried on the nano-size Ni-Zn ferrite and it was found that saturation magnetization (Ms), Remanance (Mr) and coercivity were lower compared to bulk materials.
pH-dependent production of molecular chlorine, bromine, and iodine from frozen saline surfaces

The mechanisms of molecular halogen production from frozen saline surfaces
remain incompletely understood, limiting our ability to predict atmospheric
oxidation and composition in polar regions. In this laboratory study,
condensed-phase hydroxyl radicals (OH) were photochemically generated in
frozen saltwater solutions that mimicked the ionic composition of ocean
water. These hydroxyl radicals were found to oxidize Cl − , Br − , and
 I − , leading to the release of Cl 2 , Br 2 , I 2 , and IBr. At
moderately acidic pH (buffered between 4.5 and 4.8), irradiation of ice
containing OH precursors (either of hydrogen peroxide or nitrite ion)
produced elevated amounts of I 2 . Subsequent addition of O 3 
produced additional I 2 , as well as small amounts of Br 2 . At lower
pH (1.7–2.2) and in the presence of an OH precursor, rapid dark conversion
of I − to I 2 occurred from reactions with hydrogen peroxide or
nitrite, followed by substantial photochemical production of Br 2 upon
irradiation. Exposure to O 3 under these low pH conditions also
increased production of Br 2 and I 2 ; this likely results from
direct O 3 reactions with halides, as well as the production of
gas-phase HOBr and HOI that subsequently diffuse to frozen solution to react
with Br − and I − . Photochemical production of Cl 2 was only
observed when the irradiated sample was composed of high-purity NaCl and
hydrogen peroxide (acting as the OH precursor) at pH  =  1.8. Though
condensed-phase OH was shown to produce Cl 2 in this study, kinetics
calculations suggest that heterogeneous recycling chemistry may be equally
or more important for Cl 2 production in the Arctic atmosphere. The
condensed-phase OH-mediated halogen production mechanisms demonstrated here
are consistent with those proposed from recent Arctic field observations of
molecular halogen production from snowpacks. These reactions, even if slow,
may be important for providing seed halogens to the Arctic atmosphere. Our
results suggest the observed molecular halogen products are dependent on the
relative concentrations of halides at the ice surface, as we only observe
what diffuses to the air–surface interface.
Penetration of Mutual Funds in India - Opportunities and Challenges

We carry out a preliminary enquiry into the nature of geographical penetration and distribution of mutual 
funds in India as well as their likely determinants. Using a questionnaire survey we collect qualitative and 
quantitative evidence from fund managers on the nature and determinants of their geographical presence 
throughout the country. Distribution channels seem to play a major role in fund penetration and facilitating 
these rather than trying to boost demand through financial literacy may be a more effective way of achieving 
better fund penetration. 
The Indian mutual fund industry is one of the fastest growing and most competitive segments of the financial 
sector. As of August 2013, the total AUM stood at Rs. 7.66 trillion. However, growth rates of AMCs have 
come down from the peak levels seen in the early 2000s. One of the biggest reasons behind this is the lack 
of healthy participation from a large part of the country. This lack of penetration can be due to two reasons: 
a) Low demand of mutual funds from the public outside the major (T-15) cities. This low demand in turn could 
be caused by low levels of financial literacy, cultural attitudes towards savings and investments etc., and 
b) Low supply of mutual funds from AMCs outside the major cities. The low supply could be due to perceived 
lack of demand from the general retail investor or due to lack of available manpower in these areas. 
The study first documents how Assets under Management (AUM) are unevenly distributed across the country 
and then proceed to scrutinize the reasons behind this uneven penetration. It focuses on the AMCs distribution 
networks using proxies such as the distribution of independent financial agents (IFAs) across the country, sales 
made by IFAs, distributional efficiency of AMCs etc., A survey of fund houses was carried out to gain a better 
understanding of the causes holding them back from expanding beyond top 15 cities. 
The study found that low number of agents (per capita) in sub-urban and rural areas and the slow growth 
rates in mutual fund sales in the corresponding areas are closely associated with each other.
Henry Sidgwick's Moral Epistemology

In this essay I defend the view that Henry Sidgwick’s moral epistemology is a form of intuitionist foundationalism that grants common-sense morality no evidentiary role. In §1, I outline both the problematic of The Methods of Ethics and the main elements of its argument for utilitarianism. In §§2-4 I provide my interpretation of Sidgwick’s moral epistemology. In §§5-8 I refute rival interpretations, including the Rawlsian view that Sidgwick endorses some version of reflective equilibrium and the view that he is committed to some kind of pluralistic epistemology. In§9 I contend with some remaining objections to my view.
God in the Stadium: Sports and Religion in America

From the worship of Michael Jordan to the downfall of O.J. Simpson, it has become clear that sports and sports heroes have assumed a role in American society far out of proportion to their traditional value. In this powerful critique of present-day American popular culture, Robert J. Higgs examines the complex and increasingly pervasive control that sports wield in shaping the national self-image. He provides a thoughtful history and analysis of how sports and religion have become intertwined and offers a stinging indictment of the sports-religion-media-education complex.Beginning with the place of sports in Puritan life, Higgs traces the contributions of various individuals and institutions to the present circumstances in which sports and religion are joined. He discusses the transfer of the Puritan ideal to the New World and then moves to the revolutionary period of the national hero and manifest destiny, through the classic period of education for a sound mind in a sound body, to the imperial phase of American supremacy.In the process of tracing this history Higgs makes clear the growing influence of "muscular" Christianity, from circuit-riding evangelists to pulpit-pounding televangelists, from Billy Sunday to Billy Graham, from the YMCA to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Finally he arrives at our present Low Roman or "bread and circuses" period in which sports simultaneously serve the purposes of entertainment, religious proselytism, distraction of the masses, and political propaganda, all under the colorful banner of Christian knighthood as seen in the stadium revivals of Billy Graham and the sporting enthusiasm of Jerry Falwell.In brief, sports and Christianity have followed similar paths. In the beginning they were nationalized, then Hellenized, then Romanized, and, in our own time, televised. The result is that spectator sports have become the reigning American religion, one sharply at odds with a traditional shepherd ethos.This well-written and innovative book makes clear the dangerous power wielded by the sports-religion-media-education complex over the minds and energies of the American people. It is a call for recognition and reevaluation of our present situation that will concern anyone interested in the future of American culture.
Pell's Equation

In this article we formalize several basic theorems that correspond to Pell’s equation. We focus on two aspects: that the Pell’s equation x2 − Dy2 = 1 has infinitely many solutions in positive integers for a given D not being a perfect square, and that based on the least fundamental solution of the equation when we can simply calculate algebraically each remaining solution. “Solutions to Pell’s Equation” are listed as item #39 from the “Formalizing 100 Theorems” list maintained by Freek Wiedijk at
Rhetoric and composition as intellectual work

Jasper Neel, "Reclaiming Our Theoretical Heritage" C. Jan Swearingen, "Rhetoric and Composition as a Coherent Intellectual Discipline" Gary A. Olson, "The Death of Composition as an Intellectual Discipline" Charles Bazerman, "The Case for Writing Studies as a Major Discipline" Susan Miller, "Writing Studies as a Mode of Inquiry" Susan Wells, "Claiming the Archive for Rhetoric and Composition" Susan C. Jarratt, "New Dispositions for Historical Studies in Rhetoric" Gary A. Olson, "Ideological Critique in Rhetoric and Composition" Tom Fox, "Working Against the State" Lynn Worsham, "Coming to Terms" Keith Gilyard, "Holdin' It Down" Steven Mailloux, "From Segregated Schools to Dimpled Chads" Thomas Kent, "Paralogic Rhetoric" Barbara Couture, "Writing and Truth" Victor J. Vitanza, "Seeing in Third Sophistic Ways" Sharon Crowley, "Body Studies in Rhetoric and Composition" John Trimbur, "Delivering the Message" Cynthia L. Selfe and Richard J. Selfe, "The Intelligent Work of Computers and Composition Studies" William A. Covino, "The Eternal Return of Magic-Rhetoric"
My Country and My People and Sydney Opera House: The missing link

It is known that Jorn Utzon (1918–2008), the principal architect for the Sydney Opera House project (1957–66), had a lifetime obsession for Chinese art and architecture. However, previous studies did not explore the relationship between Utzon and his venerated Chinese writer Lin Yutang (1895–1976). How Utzon represented the ideas and ideals he received from Lin Yutang׳s conceptualization of Chinese art and architecture in My Country and My People (1935) has not been systematically documented. To this end, this article examines the role of Lin Yutang׳s work in Utzon׳s architectural career generally and the architect׳s Sydney Opera House design in particular. It argues that My Country and My People nurtured young Utzon׳s own architectural philosophy, as reflected in his early manifestoes and design projects. Eventually, Lin Yutang׳s Chinese aesthetics encapsulated in calligraphy, painting and architecture helped Utzon to initiate, articulate and further communicate the design principles of his Sydney Opera House, as well as several other important architectural works before and after. Although Utzon never fully realized his Opera House due to forced resignation in 1966, the inspiration from Lin Yutang vividly remains in Utzon׳s yet to be finished masterpiece.
Business Collaboration for Improved Value Net Performance

This thesis defines business collaboration and places it in a context of four stages of value net integration: I) Traditional Company Structure, II) Functional Integration, III) Internal Integration, IV) External Integration. The causes of value net inefficiencies are examined and then categorized into three classes: 1) Design changes to eliminate points of amplification, 2) Changes in management policies to minimize oscillation, 3) Improved execution to reduce time. This thesis then relates the three classes of value net inefficiencies to the four stages of integration. Using this combined framework, collaboration is shown to have the most impact on reducing value net inefficiency as a strategy to achieve STAGE IV external integration by redesigning the value net to eliminate points of amplification. With this framework, two initiatives, CPFR and DAMA, are evaluated to asses their use of business collaboration.