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Nikos Nikolaidis de Chypre
No full textAlthough Nikos Nikolaidis, the Cypriot (1884-1956), was in his time acclaimed as a master short-story writer and a distinguished painter, he often in his older age complained to be neglected, if not forgotten, by critics his peers and the general public. My research proves the contrary. Nikolaidis was admitted to the Pantheon of Modern Greek literature already during his lifetime and his literary work continues to be published, discussed, translated and honoured in many countries.As I hope to have shown in this paper, if Nikolaidis is still remembered it is not only because he was an excellent writer but equally because of his personality, the kindness, integrity and noblesse of his character, all qualities that permeated his writings, his paintings and his attitude towards all human beings.Nikos Nikolaidis de Chypre (1884-1956) fût tôt dans sa carrière salué comme un maître du récit et un excellent peintre. Pourtant il se plaignait souvent d’être négligé, sinon oublié, des critiques, de ses pairs et du public en général. Ma recherche, cependant prouve le contraire. Nikolaidis, fut admis au Panthéon de la littérature néo-hellénique déjà de son vivant et ses ouvrages continuent toujours d’être publiés, traduits, étudiés et honorés dans nombre de pays.Comme j’espère avoir démontré dans mon article, si Nikolaidis a laissé son souvenir ce n’est pas uniquement parce qu’il était un excellent écrivain mais également à cause de sa personnalité, la gentillesse, l’intégrité et la noblesse de son caractère, qualités qui se reflétaient aussi bien dans ses écrits et ses tableaux que dans ses rapports avec tous les hommes
The cinematic work of Nikos Nikolaidis and female representation
No full textThis thesis examines the work of Greek postmodern filmmaker Nikos Nikolaidis with a specific focus on female representation. I examine Nikolaidis as an auteur and I trace elements throughout his oeuvre that contribute to the formation of his authorial signature. Nikolaidis’s work is autobiographical and highly political. Nikolaidis’s cinema does not abide by the traditional theories of ‘Greekness’, and his main influences are American cinema, and specifically for film noir, rock ‘n’ roll culture and his antiauthoritarian ideology. All these elements are combined together within his work through the use of pastiche.
I examine Nikolaidis’s work according to Richard Dyer’s notion of pastiche. Through pastiche he expresses nostalgia for rock ‘n’ roll culture and film noir, but also he expresses his concern for the future. Nikolaidis pastiches a selection of film genres and specific films in order to appropriate the elements that interest him. His pastiche work shows that the filmmaker addresses cineliterate audiences that would ideally understand his dialogue with the different genres and films he pastiches.
With regards to female representation in Nikolaidis’s films, women are given leading roles, exhibit varying degrees of agency, and are presented as stronger and more powerful than men. However, their representations remain paradoxical, complex and misogynistic. While on the one hand, women are portrayed as powerful, independent, and able to subvert patriarchy, on the other hand, they are often used as props, rendering their representation inconsistent and problematic. Nikolaidis differentiates and juxtaposes two types of women throughout his work: the powerful women versus the unimportant women. Those who do not conform to the powerful female characteristics are characterised within the second category. Since Nikolaidis was highly influenced by film noir, his female protagonists pastiche the classic film noir figure of the femme fatale
Human-Robot Interactive Planning using Cross-Training: A Human Team Training Approach
No full textRobots are increasingly introduced to work in concert with people in high-intensity domains, such as manufacturing, space exploration and hazardous environments. Although there are numerous studies on human teamwork and coordination in these settings, very little prior work exists on applying these models to human-robot interaction. In this paper we propose a novel framework for applying prior art in Shared Mental Models (SMMs) to promote effective human-robot teaming. We present a computational teaming model to encode joint action in a human-robot team. We present results from human subject experiments that evaluate human-robot teaming in a virtual environment. We show that cross-training, a common practice used for improving human team shared mental models, yields statistically significant improvements in convergence of the computational teaming model (p=0.02) and in the human participants' perception that the robot performed according to their preferences (p=0.01), as compared to robot training using a standard interactive reinforcement learning approach. © 2012 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved.ABB Inc.ABB Corporate Research Center (Vasteras, Sweden)Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundatio
Reply to Nikolaidis, P.T.; Afonso, J. Comment on “Eschweiler et al. Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Loads of the Wrist Joint. Life 2022, 12, 188”
No full textPantelis Nikolaidis and Jose Afonso published a letter [...
Heybeliada’da köşk mimarisi gelişimi bağlamında Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) köşkü’nün yeniden değerlendirilmesi
No full textTez (Yüksek Lisans) -- İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi -- Kaynakça var.ÖZET Geleneksel Türk konut mimarlığının önemli bölümünü oluşturan ahşap yapılara güzel bir örnek olan Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) Köşkü, İstanbul ili Adalar ilçesi Heybeliada’da bulunmaktadır. Üç katlı olan ahşap köşk 1870 yılında yapılmıştır. T. C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı İstanbul II Numaralı Kültür ve Tabiat Varlıklarını Koruma Kurulu’nun 14. 04. 1973 tarih ve 7087 sayılı kararı ile yapı II. grup korunması gerekli kültür varlığı olarak tescillidir. Yapım tekniği, malzeme ve mimarisi ile dikkat çeken köşkün işlevi konut olup son yıllarda konaklama amaçlı kullanılmaktadır. Son 37 yıldır aynı ailenin kullanımında olan köşkte, geçmiş yıllarda yapılmış olan geçici bakım ve onarımlar ile niteliksiz eklentilerin, yapının bozulmasına neden olsa da ana plan şeması bakımından özgün durumu okunabilmektedir. Bu tez çalışması kapsamında Heybeliada’nın tarihçesi ve konut mimarisi araştırılmış, köşkün Ada’da bulunan diğer köşkler ile karşılaştırılması yapılmıştır. Tez çalışması kapsamında Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) Köşkü’nün mevcut durumunun yerinde yapılan alan çalışmaları esnasında gözlemlenerek belgelenmesi, tarihinin araştırılarak özgün karakterinin tanımlanması ve çağdaş restorasyon ilkelerine göre restorasyon projesinin hazırlanarak yapının yeniden canlandırılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada öncelikli olarak köşkün mevcut durumu yerinde incelenmiş, yapılan araştırmalar çizim ve fotoğraflar ile belgelenmiş, rölöve, restitüsyon ve restorasyon projeleri hazırlanmıştır. Restorasyon projesi kapsamında; yapının özgünlüğünün bozulmadan korunarak onarılması ve yeni işlev önerisi ile yapının sürdürülebilir bir şekilde yaşatılması amaçlanmıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Heybeliada, koruma, köşk mimarisi, Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) Köşkü, restorasyon, yeni işlev. ABSTRACT Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) Mansion, which is a good example of wooden structures that form an important part of traditional Turkish residential architecture, is located in Heybeliada, Adalar district of Istanbul. The wooden mansion with three floors was built in 1870. With the decision of the Istanbul No. II Culture and Natural Heritage Conservation Board of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, dated 14. 04. 1973 and numbered 7087, the building has been registered as second group cultural property to be protected. The mansion, which draws attention with its construction technique, materials and architecture, is a residence and has been used for accommodation in recent years. In the mansion, which has been in the use of the same family for the last 37 years, the eigen state of the main plan scheme can be read even though the temporary maintenance and repairs and unqualified additions made in the past years cause the structure to deteriorate. Within the scope of this thesis, the history and residential architecture of Heybeliada were investigated, and the mansion was compared with the other mansions on the island. Within the scope of the thesis study, the aim was to document the current situation of the Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) Mansion by observing and documenting it during the field studies, to define its original character by researching its history, and to revitalize the building by preparing a restoration project according to contemporary restoration principles. In this study, first of all, the current situation of the mansion was examined on site, the researches were documented with drawings and photographs, and relief, restitution and restoration projects were prepared. Within the scope of the restoration project; the aim is to preserve the originality of the building and to maintain it in a sustainable way with the proposal of a new function. Keywords: Conservation, Heybeliada, mansion architecture, new function, Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) Mansion, restoration. İÇİNDEKİLER İÇİNDEKİLER . i ÖZET. iii ABSTRACT . iv TEŞEKKÜR . v ŞEKİLLER DİZİNİ . vi ÇİZELGELER DİZİNİ . x 1. GİRİŞ . 1 1. 1. Tezin Amacı . 2 1. 2. Yöntem . 3 2. LİTERATÜR ÖZETİ . 5 3. HEYBELİADA . 6 3. 1. Konumu ve Coğrafi Özellikleri . 6 3. 2. Tarihi ve Sosyo-Ekonomik Gelişimi . 7 4. HEYBELİADA’DA KÖŞK MİMARİSİ . 11 4. 1. Heybeliada’da Köşk Mimarisi ve Gelişimi . 11 4. 2. Heybeliada’daki Köşkler ve Karşılaştırılması . 16 4. 2. 1. Adalı Evi . 17 4. 2. 2. Apostolidi Köşkü . 18 4. 2. 3. Bellisoy (Mari) Köşkü . 19 4. 2. 4. Hacopoulo Köşkü . 20 4. 2. 5. Hacı İstefani Köşkü . 21 4. 2. 6. Hrisanti Evi . 22 4. 2. 7. Hüseyin Rahmi Evi . 23 4. 2. 8. İliasko Köşkü . 24 4. 2. 9. İsmail Hakkı Bey Köşkü . 25 4. 2. 10. Koyuncu Evi . 26 4. 2. 11. Limnidis Evi . 27 4. 2. 12. Mavromatis Köşkü. 28 4. 2. 13. Muradoğlu Köşkü . 30 4. 2. 14. Murunakis Evi . 31 4. 2. 15. Selahaddin Bey Köşkü . 32 4. 2. 16. Şeren Evi . 33 4. 2. 17. Tayyibe Hanım Evi . 34 4. 2. 18. Triandafilidis Köşkü . 35 4. 2. 19. Voridis Köşkü . 36 4. 2. 20. Yordanakis Köşkü . 37 5. NİKOLAİDİS (HOROZOĞLU) KÖŞKÜ . 42 5. 1. Köşkün Tarihi, Oluşumu ve Gelişimi . 42 5. 2. Köşkün Mimari Analizi . 44 5. 2. 1. Zemin kat mekânları . 48 5. 2. 2. Birinci kat mekânları . 52 5. 2. 3. İkinci kat mekânları . 55 5. 2. 4. Bodrum kat mekânları . 58 5. 2. 5. Bahçeler . 60 5. 2. 6. Cepheler . 62 5. 2. 7. Müştemilat . 64 5. 2. 8. Bahçe eklentileri (Diğer müştemilatlar) . 65 5. 2. 9. Bazı mimari öğeler . 65 5. 3. Köşkün Güncel Durumu ve Bozulmaları . 72 5. 3. 1. Malzeme bozulmaları . 73 5. 3. 2. Strüktürel bozulmalar . 75 5. 3. 3. İşlev değişikliği nedeniyle oluşan bozulmalar . 76 5. 3. 4. Nitelikli ve niteliksiz ekler. 78 5. 4. Restitüsyon . 96 5. 4. 1. Restitüsyon kararlarının veri kaynakları . 96 5. 4. 2. Köşkün fiziksel ve özgün durumu . 96 5. 4. 3. Köşk ile ilgili yasal kararlar ve belgeler . 102 6. SONUÇ VE ÖNERİLER . 120 6. 1. Nikolaidis (Horozoğlu) Köşkü için Koruma Önerileri . 120 6. 1. 1. Onarım ve müdahale kararları . 120 6. 1. 2. Temizleme, sağlamlaştırma, bütünleme . 121 6. 1. 3. Yeni işleve yönelik öneriler . 127 6. 2. Değerlendirme ve Sonuç . 146 KAYNAKLAR . 148 EKLER . 152 EK A. Resmi Belgeler . 153 ÖZGEÇMİŞ . 16
Human-robot cross-training: Computational formulation, modeling and evaluation of a human team training strategy
No full textWe design and evaluate human-robot cross-training, a strategy widely used and validated for effective human team training. Cross-training is an interactive planning method in which a human and a robot iteratively switch roles to learn a shared plan for a collaborative task. We first present a computational formulation of the robot's interrole knowledge and show that it is quantitatively comparable to the human mental model. Based on this encoding, we formulate human-robot cross-training and evaluate it in human subject experiments (n = 36). We compare human-robot cross-training to standard reinforcement learning techniques, and show that cross-training provides statistically significant improvements in quantitative team performance measures. Additionally, significant differences emerge in the perceived robot performance and human trust. These results support the hypothesis that effective and fluent human-robot teaming may be best achieved by modeling effective practices for human teamwork.ABB Inc.U.S. Commercial Regional CenterAlexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundatio
Developing an Adaptive Robotic Assistant for Close Proximity Human-Robot Collaboration in Space
No full textIn this paper, we present a framework for an adaptive and risk-aware robot motion planning and control, and discuss how such a framework could handle uncertainty in human workers' actions and robot localization. We build on our prior investigation, where we describe how uncertainty in human actions can be modeled using the entropy rate in a Markov Decision Process. We then describe how we can incorporate this model of uncertainty into simulations of a simple collaborative system, involving one human worker and one robotic assistant, to produce risk-aware robot motions. Next, we highlight the diffculties associated with localization uncertainty in a space environment and describe how we can incorporate this uncertainty into an adaptive system as well. Expected advantages of an adaptive system are described, including increases in overall effciency due to reductions in idle time, increases in concurrent motion, faster task execution, as well as subjective improvements in the worker's satisfaction with the assistant and reduced worker stress and fatigue. A pilot experiment designed to evaluate the benefits of introducing risk-aware motion planning is described. It is found that human-robot teams in which the robot utilizes risk-aware motion planning show on average 24% more concurrent motion and execute the task 13% faster, while simultaneously improving safety by having a 19.9% larger mean separation distance between the human and robot workers. Finally, possible future system developments and user studies are discussed
Application of Fundamental Analysis and Computational Intelligence in Dry Cargo Freight Market
No full textParallel narratives: the liberation of Thebes in De Genio Socratis and in Pelopidas
No full textCitation: Pelling, C. B. R. (2008). Parallel narratives: the liberation of Thebes in De Genio Socratis and in Pelopidas. In: Nikolaidis, A. G. (ed.) The Unity of Plutarch's Work: 'Moralia' Themes in the 'Lives', Features of the 'Lives' in the 'Moralia', New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 539-556. N.B. We are not permitted to include the full-text of this book chapter in ORA at this time
sj-docx-1-mdm-10.1177_0272989X231165985 – Supplemental material for Constructing Relative Effect Priors for Research Prioritization and Trial Design: A Meta-epidemiological Analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-mdm-10.1177_0272989X231165985 for Constructing Relative Effect Priors for Research Prioritization and Trial Design: A Meta-epidemiological Analysis by David Glynn, Georgios Nikolaidis, Dina Jankovic and Nicky J. Welton in Medical Decision Making</p
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