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Contemporary Translation: A Re-Authorship
No full textTo begin to discuss translation in the modern era, one must first grasp the idea of what a text is. All literary works were put into the public eye to be seen and reacted upon. They exist for the responses and interpretations elicited from themselves. When an individual sets out to translate a text, he must start with this fact in mind, and because of it the art of translation becomes very complex. To translate a text word-for-word not only won’t be understandable in the culture to which the translation is being done, but does injustice to the original work. Every language and culture places differing connotations upon each word, and often these connotations do not cross cultural borders. In addition, every text has primary ideas being presented alongside secondary ideas. This complex integration of ideas must be deconstructed, analyzed as to identify the most important primary ideas, secondary ideas, and connotations, followed by the translator’s decision of which ideas are absolutely necessary to keep, and which can be changed to better fit the culture and language. This study goes deeper into the art of translation with the explanation of Mentalese, the Sapir-Worf hypotheses, and the complication of what is intended verses what is said or written. The next steps are both controversial, and unseen. As a translator finishes re-writing the text by what he decides to be the most important ideas and senses, he achieves the status of re-authoring the text without intending to. Finally, a translator must disappear. He must produce the illusion of the presence of the primary author so the text may be taken as original, authentic, and reputable
Sleep Disturbances in the Hospital
No full textThis study was conducted by Professor Vincensi and surrounded the production of the Vital Sleep Band. We investigated the factors contributing to sleep loss in a hospital setting, taking input from both patients and the nursing staff. We used the data collected from a series of surveys given to both nurses and patients to perform a two proportion test for alarms and vital sign sleep interruptions. Our tests gave p-values less than .05, so we can conclude that there is a significant difference between the views of patients and nurses on sleep interruptions
Compton Scattering Cross Sections in Strong Magnetic Fields: Advances for Neutron Star Applications
Get PDFTelescopes including RXTE, INTEGRAL, Suzaku, and Fermi have detected steady non-thermal X-ray emission in the 10 - 200 keV band from strongly magnetic neutron stars known as magnetars. Magnetic inverse Compton scattering is believed to be a leading mechanism for the production of this intense X-ray radiation. Generated by electrons possessing ultra-relativistic energies, this leads to attractive simplifications of the magnetic Compton cross section. We recently addressed such a case by developing compact analytic expressions using correct spin-dependent widths acquired through the implementation of Sokolov & Ternov (ST) basis states, focusing specifically on ground state-to-ground state scattering. Such scattering in magnetar magnetospheres can cool electrons down to mildly-relativistic energies. Moreover, soft gamma-ray flaring in magnetars may well involve strong Comptonization in expanding clouds of mildly-relativistic pairs necessitating the development of more general magnetic scattering cross sections, where the incoming photons acquire substantial incident angles relative to the magnetic field of the magnetar in the rest frame of the electron, with the intermediate state being excited to arbitrary Landau levels. Throughout this research, we highlight results from such a generalization using ST formalism. The cross sections treat the plethora of harmonic resonances associated with various cyclotron transitions between Landau states. The Compton cross section is developed for photon polarization dependence and includes the correct spin dependent widths. Comparing correct QED cross section to the traditional nonrelativistic magnetic Thomson cross section, it is apparent that these lead to significantly different results, especially near the resonance peak demonstrating the necessity to develop the correct formulism of the Compton cross section in strong magnetic fields using correct spin-dependent widths of the resonances
Examining the Interactive Effects of Group Status and Perceived Morality on Personality Judgments
Get PDFWe have a tendency to show a preference towards those who are most similar to ourselves. Most commonly, these biases feed into the perceived ideas that those similar to us (the in-group) are good and that those different from ourselves (the out-group) are bad (Rosenbaum & Holtz, 1985). In addition, Ruthland et al. (2010) demonstrated that the morality bias (i.e., preferring those that are good) often is stronger than the group bias (i.e., preferring the in-group); that is, moral preference is given priority over group membership. We sought to understand the interaction between how Christian participants perceive and rate individuals varying in group status (Christianity: in-group vs. Muslim: out-group) and morality (good vs. bad). The 118 participants were assigned to one of four conditions: moral/in-group, immoral/in-group, moral/out-group, and immoral/out-group. They completed a series of religious questionnaires, including quest religiousness, which is the perception of religion as a journey. Those who endorse quest religiousness indicate that they have a high tolerance for religious doubt and uncertainty. The participants were presented with descriptions of a fictitious individual that matched their condition and rated the individual on personality descriptor and interests to interact. A main effect revealed a preference for moral over immoral targets. However, a significant three-way interaction between quest religiousness, target morality, and group status revealed that when rating moral individuals, those high in quest religiousness rated the out-group member more favorably, and those low in quest religiousness rated the in-group member more favorably. This interaction indicates that a potential reverse of in-group bias occurs in those who view religion as a quest: such individuals rate more favorably those who are moral and religiously dissimilar than those who are moral and religiously similar
Comparison Of Network Analysis Methods For Computing Complex Propagation Coefficients Of Dispersive Transmission Lines
No full textTransmission lines of various degrees of dispersion are often designed and fabricated for use in high speed circuits and in metamaterials. The quick generation of dispersion diagrams and attenuation coefficient curves can be made from S-parameter measurements, with S21 alone being sufficient for generating dispersion diagrams. S21 is also sufficient to accurately measure the attenuation coefficient, group velocity, phase velocity, and effective index of refraction of highly dispersive transmission lines. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:758–761, 201
Review of Madame de Murat And The Defense Of Women - A Speech At The Female End Of The Reign Of Louis XIV by Geneviève Clermidy-Patard
No full textRelational Spirituality and Forgiveness: Appraisals That May Hinder Forgiveness
No full textIn three studies, we focused on negative spiritual appraisals theorized to hinder forgiveness: being angry toward God, viewing the transgression as a desecration, or viewing the offender as evil. Because the latter construct did not have an existing measure, the first two studies describe exploratory (Study 1; N = 200) and confirmatory (Study 2; N = 300) factor analyses of the Viewing the Offender as Evil (VOE) scale. Then, in Study 3 (N = 425), we found that (a) all three negative appraisals of relational spirituality were related to greater unforgiveness, (b) viewing the offender as evil uniquely predicted unforgiveness after controlling for covariates, and (c) empathy partially mediated the relationship between viewing the offender as evil and unforgiveness. Although religious and spiritual factors can promote forgiveness, these studies highlight the ways in which they hinder forgiveness
Emerging Perspectives on Syl Cheney-Coker
No full textSyl Cheney-Coker is generally regarded as Sierra Leone’s leading writer. Indeed, he is one of the most accomplished and challenging writers to have emerged from Africa in recent years and his works have deservedly won several literary awards. A versatile artist who excels in both poetry and prose and whose influences range from Africa, to Latin America , to Europe, he is arguably the most prolific, complex, popular and misunderstood poet to have come from Sierra Leone. His poems demonstrate a tendency to use poetry as vehicle to vent his emotions. He is also a literary artist who is as much concerned about the role of the artist in society as with the nature, purpose and function of art
