183 research outputs found
Center for Regional Studies and the Center for Southwest Research fellows presentations 2006: Frank Alvarez, Alicia Romero, Aaron Blecha and Ramona Caplan
No full textFrank Alvarez, Alicia Romero, Aaron Blecha and Ramona Caplan, Center for Southwest Research Graduate Fellows, present on their work at the Center for Southwest Research. Fellow presentatio
Letter from Ced [Cedrick Shimo] and Milli to Michi Weglyn, November 3, 1991
No full textA letter from Cedrick and Milli Shimo to Michi Weglyn in which they talk about the the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. They also describe a reunion of survivors of the German concentration camp Dachau, and refer to a speaker at the event that talked about the treatment of African American soldiers during Word War II.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Leadership Keynote
No full textIntroduction: Maj Gen Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director
Speaker: Gen. Frank McKenzie, USMC (ret), Executive Director of the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute (former Commander, USCENTCOM; author, The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century (2024)
Non-destructive approaches to complex archaeological sites in Europe : a round-up /
No full textEC FP7 Programme "People" - Marie Curie Actions IAPP - Project RADIO-PAST*.Local scientific committee (UGent): Frank Vermeulen, Jean Bourgeois, Roald Docter, Philippe De Maeyer, Morgan De Dapper, Rudi Goossens, Jan Nyssen.Introduction -- Programme -- Speaker abstracts -- Poster abstracts -- Author index
Internet technologies relevant to private investigators’ working practices
Get PDFMuch has been written and discussed especially in the various US media and in legislative organs, about how the Internet is used illegally (hacking, stalking for instance), but hardly if any research has been done as to how the investigative industry employs the new medium to its benefit. The author described in this thesis how private investigators (PIs) execute their profession these days using the facilities the Internet avail them in contrast to the time before the dawn of the Internet. This contrast is also investigated in an international context, an important part of the thesis, drawn from the author's 32 years of international business experience and that of PIs worldwide. The availability of the various online facilities in different countries are compared. To better understand the new medium, and its facilities a short outline of the Internet’s history, it’s set up in general and for the use of PIs in particular is supplied. PIs also face limitations in their daily work, limitations originating from online, legal, educational, financial and international causes. The new medium not only helps PIs in their investigative, but also in their office work. Finally PIs' wishes for new tools to facilitate their daily investigative work and their outlook as to where the new medium will head are also discussed
Predictions of helical twisting powers and molecular chirality
Get PDFWhen chiral molecules are added to an achiral nematic liquid crystalline solvent, they can transmit their molecular chirality to the whole system over distances many times their molecular length. The helical twisting power, βm, is a measure of the degree of twist a chiral molecule can induce in a nematic liquid crystal. The work in this thesis is primarily concerned with calculating helical twisting powers for a variety of chiral molecules using computational and theoretical methods. The first technique used to calculate βm employed Monte Carlo simulations of an atomistic chiral dopant molecule in a chiral liquid crystal phase composed of generic liquid crystalline molecules. The method was found to be computationally expensive, but provided reasonable predictions of when compared with experimental results. Prior to these calculations, a liquid crystal solvent for use in this method was studied. Computer simulations of L/D = 4 soft repulsive spherocylinder (SRS) molecules were performed and two liquid crystalline phases were found in the SRS phase diagram. The scaled chiral index and the chirality order parameter are quantitative measures of molecular chirality. Both of these methods have been found to show a good correlation with experimentally determined helical twisting powers of relatively rigidchiral molecules. The chiral measures have also been incorporated in Monte Carlo simulations of flexible chiral molecules. This method has been successful in predicting βm for flexible chiral dopants, in predicting the temperature dependence of βm, has demonstrated a temperature induced helical twist inversion, and has been used in a predictive study to aid in future synthetic strategies. The final part of the thesis uses Monte Carlo simulations of a chiral molecule in an achiral liquid crystal phase. These simulations have shown that it is possible to relate the torque the chiral molecule induces in the solvent to βm
I\u27m Going to Dinner with Frank : Admissibility of Nontestimonial Statements of Intent to Prove the Actions of Someone other than the Speaker—and the Role of the Due Process Clause
Get PDFA woman tells her roommate that she is going out to dinner with Frank that evening. The next morning her battered body is found along a country road outside of town. In Frank’s trial for her murder, is her statement to her roommate admissible to place Frank with her that night? Since the Court’s 2004 Crawford decision, the confrontation clause is inapplicable to nontestimonial hearsay such as this.
American jurisdictions are widely divided on the question of admissibility under their rules of evidence, however. Many say absolutely not. A sizeable number unequivocally say yes. A small number say yes, but condition admissibility on the proof of corroborating evidence that Frank met her. Although this third compromise approach has much to recommend it, the author argues that, as presently framed, it violates the rule adopted in the Supreme Court’s 1990 decision in Idaho v. Wright applying the confrontation clause.
The author makes several other novel arguments. First, she argues that Wright continues to apply to nontestimonial hearsay, but via the due process clause. Next she suggests that jurisdictions may constitutionally achieve the same result, however, in one of two ways: (1) they could codify the corroboration requirement in their definition of the applicable evidence rule, the state of mind hearsay exception; or (2) through their case law, they could admit the hearsay statement without requiring corroborating evidence, but invoke a corroboration requirement when evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence, for due process reasons, at the close of the case
Gestures, texts and rite. Anthropological approach of mukudji among the Bapunu of Gabon
No full textCette thèse porte sur le masque mukudji des Bapunu, peuple du sud du Gabon. C’est un masque anthropomorphe au visage blanc, dont le porteur est juché sur des échasses. Il a une apparence féminine et appartient à une société de danse masculine, observant habituellement une consigne de secret. Dans ce rite appelé mukudji, on procède à une initiation exclusive des hommes porteurs de masque. Ce terme "mukudji" est polysémique, il renvoie à la fois au masque dans son entièreté, au rite, à la danse dans laquelle ce dernier intervient et au génie à l’origine de cette danse. Cet objet d’étude qu’est le masque, nous a permis d’aborder cette thèse en cherchant à décrypter les rapports qui pourraient s’établir entre les gestes, les textes et ce rite dans lequel ils s’appliquent lors d’une production du masque. Le mukudji accompagne la danse et se définit dans cet univers donné. Le système de masques et le système chorégraphique et musical forment un tout indissociable parce que les danseurs semblent établir une relation homogène avec les instrumentistes et que parfois, les gestes traduisent les textes prononcés par un certain locuteur ou un chanteur. Il s’agit alors, de lire dans les formes, les couleurs, les chiffres, les animaux, les plantes, les gestes, les textes et la production de ce rite, l’organisation de la société émettrice qui est celle des Bapunu. C’est ce à quoi renvoie notre question principale: quel rapport peut-on établir entre le rite, les textes et les gestes dans le mukudji ?This thesis focuses on the mask named mukudji of the Bapunu, people of the south of Gabon. It is an anthropomorphic mask with a white face and the carrier is standing on the stilts. The mask has a feminine appearance and belongs to a culture of masculine dance; its existence has a number of hidden secrets. The rite called mukudji proceeds with an exclusive initiation of men carriers of the masks. Mukudji is a polysemic term, its meaning is not limited only to the mask and its rites and dance, and it intervenes as well as the genius or spirit which makes this dance happen. The mask which is the object of our study, allowed us to discover first the link existing between gestures, texts and this rite which is applied during the production of the mask. The mukudji goes with the dance and defines itself in this given universe. The mask’s system, choreography and music create something not dissociable because the dancers seem to establish a logical relation with the instrumentalist and sometimes the gestures define the pronounced texts either by the speaker or the singers. It is all about reading shapes, colours, numbers, animals, plants, gestures, texts and the production of this rite, the organisation of the society by Bapunu people. As a result of this main question is adopted to guide this study: what the relation can we establish between the rite, the texts and the gestures in the mukudji
A longitudinal study of computer voice recognition performance and vocabulary size
Get PDFThis research examined voice recognition performance as a function of time and showed no decrement in performance after 21 weeks. In addition, vocabulary sizes up to 240 utterances showed stable performance. Two people also combined their voice reference patterns and were then able to achieve an error rate of less than 2% when either person spoke to the speaker-dependent voice recognition unit. (Author)N0003981WROX008NAsponsored by Mr. Frank Deckelman, NAVELEX, Code 330, The work was performed by the author at the Naval Postgraduate Schoolhttp://archive.org/details/longitudinalstud00poo
L’impossible populisme de Frank Capra. Rhétorique et politique dans la « Trilogie de la Grande Dépression »
No full textCet article aborde les trois films de Frank Capra sur l’Amérique de la Grande Dépression (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Meet John Doe), sous l’angle de leur intérêt pour la situation rhétorique (l’acte de prise de parole, la relation entre l’orateur et son auditoire, le rituel démocratique). À rebours des analyses existantes, souvent thématiques ou narratologiques, l’auteur propose une lecture esthétique de la parole populaire, de sa mise en corps et en espace. Il interroge ainsi le présupposé de « populisme » que l’on trouve régulièrement accolé au nom de Capra, en mettant en balance ses implications idéologiques et culturelles d’un côté, sensibles et formelles de l’autre. À partir de là, l’analyse révèle le caractère paradoxal du cinéma de Capra, très différent selon qu’il touche aux formes ritualisées du discours politique ou aux manifestations spontanées de la présence populaire.This article examines Frank Capra’s three films on the United States during the Great Depression (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Meet Jon Doe) from the perspective of their interest in the rhetorical situation (the act of speaking, the relationship between the speaker and his or her audience, the democratic ritual). In a way running counter to existing analyses, which are often thematic or narratological, the author offers an aesthetic reading of popular speech and the way it is embodied and situated in space. In this way, he interrogates the supposed “populism” regularly associated with Capra’s name by weighing its ideological and cultural implications on the one hand against its perceptible and formal implications on the other. On this basis, the author’s analysis reveals the paradoxical nature of Capra’s films, which vary greatly depending on whether they touch on the ritualized forms of political discourse or the spontaneous manifestations of the presence of ordinary people
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