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Book 6: Odysseus Meets the Maiden
Get PDFIt is a commonplace among Homeric scholars that Scheria is a gateway between worlds. In what follows I shift focus to the role the Phaeacians play in facilitating Odysseus’s passage home, beyond doing so literally. My basic claim is that Odysseus is reintegrated into a functioning human society on Scheria before reestablishing his domestic relationships on Ithaca. He there establishes xenia, or guest-friendship, with the royal household, an institution that throughout the poem epitomizes civilized values. In this, Nausicaa plays a central role, and she too stands at the threshold of changing identities, from virgin princess to an adult wife and mother
Regulatory innovation and (de)legitimisation: accountability challenges in the healthcare field
Get PDFAccounting research examines accountability in the healthcare field but little attention is paid to how contemporary regulatory innovations (e.g. AI-driven data algorithms) impact accountability objectives. We address this concern through a study of how regulatory innovations may appropriate accountability by (de)legitimising healthcare actions. This is examined in the case of a regulatory innovation enacted in the US healthcare sector. Specifically, we employ a field study of a healthcare provider subject to oversight to highlight how actors (de)legitimise the provision of healthcare services. Our findings show that regulatory innovation generates debates around illegitimate services as determined by healthcare oversight contractors. These contractors are incentivised to appropriate AI-driven data algorithms towards a focus on reducing costs of non-standard healthcare services while healthcare providers legitimate those services as quality healthcare. Additionally, findings suggest that more extensive implementation of AI-driven data algorithms in the healthcare field may serve to limit healthcare options, particularly when combined with private contracting. This study contributes to the literature by showing the (de)legitimising consequences that regulatory innovations combining the use of algorithmic decision-making and private incentive contracts have for accountability and delivery of services in the healthcare field
Remote Controlled Skid-Steer
Get PDFOur devices are a bluetooth remote controller and a remote-controlled omnidirectional loader. The vehicle functions are programmed through two PICs on the vehicle and another two PICs inside the controller. It features a double jointed shoveling arm designed to raise and lower to pick up and drop various loads (ex: sand or a flower). It uses “mecanum” wheels to achieve omni-directional driving. These wheels are controlled using a modified skid-steer system that allows for diagonal and left-right movement while the vehicle stays facing in the same direction. The pair of LED headlights can turn on either by a switch on the controller or by a photoresistor if the room darkens enough. Backup lights and a buzzer turn on when the vehicle has wheels that are moving backwards. The remote and vehicle communicate via bluetooth modules, allowing the user to operate the vehicle wirelessly
Queer Health is the Ultimate Wealth: San Antonio Metro Area’s 2024 LGBTQ+ Health Report
Get PDFSince 2017, the Strengthening Colors of Pride (SCoP) coalition, made up of LGBTQIA+ researchers, activists, and impacted community members, has set out to understand the lived experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ+) people in the San Antonio Metro Area. SCoP’s first major project, the San Antonio LGBTQ+ 2020 Community Survey and State of Our Community Report, provided much-needed insight into the demographics, financial stability, and resiliency of LGBTQ+ people in the area while uncovering glaring disparities in housing & homelessness, employment, education, and health among LGBTQ+ San Antonians compared to their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts
“Nós vamos lutar por eles”: a defesa do povo “isolado” Pirititi pelos Waimiri Atroari, Amazonas e Roraima, Brasil
No full textOs Pirititi são um grupo indígena “isolado” pouco conhecido, que ocupa um território altamente ameaçado na divisa entre os estados do Amazonas e Roraima (Brasil), e tem majoritariamente rejeitado todo tipo de contato e encontro. Os Waimiri Atroari já tiveram conflitos com os Pirititi no passado, mas nas últimas décadas assumiram a responsabilidade de defender os Pirititi e seu território, em processos de reconhecimento oficial, elaborando estratégias, organizando atividades e investindo seu tempo e recursos da associação comunitária. Diante da lentidão das respostas do Estado brasileiro às invasões e outras ameaças aos Pirititi, os Waimiri Atroari tornaram-se os principais protagonistas das estratégias de proteção e fiscalização em sua defesa, mesmo considerando que os Pirititi pertencem a um outro grupo. Dada a sua própria história traumática e violenta de contato forçado intensificada na década de 1970 com a construção da rodovia Manaus-Boa Vista, os Waimiri Atroari agora veem a rejeição dos Pirititi ao contato como um reflexo de sua própria história de resistência e sobrevivência. Este artigo, escrito em colaboração com a Associação Waimiri Atroari, resume o que se sabe sobre os Pirititi, descreve as principais ações e a evolução da relação que os Waimiri Atroari mantêm com eles e destaca a importância da escuta e do respeito, garantindo maior envolvimento das organizações indígenas na defesa dos povos isolados com os quais compartilham território. Apresenta também um panorama legal e geral da situação
Higher Education on the Texas Blackland Prairie: Trinity University\u27s Civil War Era
No full textThe article provides a model for other southern colleges and universities founded during the Civil War era to clarify how they, too, benefited from the slave economy. It describes how Trinity University\u27s founders were able to accomplish their institution\u27s unlikely survival and enrich their own positions by creating a valuable new educational commodity. It also explores the historiography of nineteenth-century higher education
Formula SAE Final Project Report
Get PDFThe Formula SAE team at Trinity University has been working on a race car project since 2015 and has made significant progress in constructing a nearly complete car. This year, the team focused on continuing that progress by working towards implementing a new design, an airfoil, and redesigning suspension components, while also ensuring compliance with various regulations and standards.
This year’s team has faced several constraints along the way, including time and budget limitations, complying with safety, technical, and environmental regulations, and following specific design constraints for the airfoil. To achieve set goals and eventually participate in FSAE competitions, the team must also follow applicable codes and standards, including the General Regulations and Rules of Conduct in the 2023 Formula SAE rules and specific standards related to the subsystems of the car, such as bodywork and aerodynamic devices.
The team identified incomplete subsystems that needed to be addressed, one of which was the engine\u27s ability to idle. The team tested the spark and injector timing relative to the crank position using a 120 frame per second high-speed camera. Then using TunerStudio, a software for tuning an aftermarket MegaSquirt ECU, the team came up with four separate tunes that had varying spark and injector timings to get the car to start and idle. Despite getting combustion to occur and for the car to run for a few power strokes, the team was unsuccessful in achieving a consistent and steady idle. The team had ambitious goals for the project, but unforeseen difficulties prevented many of the design requirements from being met. Requirements such as maximum speed, user control, safety belts and seat, steering system, and airfoil mounting system were not fully tested or implemented.
The team identified components that need to be fabricated by future teams, including a brake failure emergency shut off switch and a brake light. The team developed a CFD wind tunnel model to test the proposed airfoil design and conducted a validation test for the CFD model using literature results as the subsonic wind tunnel facility on campus was not available.
The FSAE team planned to compare the downforce generated by a 3D printed model of an airfoil to the Ansys CFD model by testing the 3D printed model in a subsonic wind tunnel, but access to the wind tunnel was not available. Instead, the team compared the Ansys coefficients to those obtained from an experiment, and the results show promising accuracy of the Ansys model. However, the team suggests focusing on the performance and accuracy at higher angles of attack to improve the model.
Furthermore, the team created a hypothetical racetrack to analyze the performance benefit of the airfoil and made several assumptions to simplify the process. The team calculated the lap times by dividing the distance traveled by the velocity of the car at different points of the racetrack, accounting for the aerodynamic effects of the airfoil, and the effect of downforce on the car.
Overall, the 2022-23 Formula SAE team at Trinity University has faced numerous challenges in their race car project, including adhering to regulations, addressing incomplete subsystems, and conducting validation tests without proper facilities. However, the team made significant progress and will continue to work towards implementing a new design and analyzing the performance benefits of an airfoil
