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Motion and mobility in the realist novels of Philip K Dick
No full textThis essay explores the ways that ideas of motion and mobility support readings of Philip K Dick's early novels that take full account of the changing geographical context. They are set during a period of rapid suburban expansion, the building of the interstate and the spread of automobility through car ownership, and their characters frequently exist in a state between continuity through conformity and the potential for change. The open ended forms of the novels reflect a world around Dick that was still under construction, and where alternative realities can be glimpsed between incomplete materialities
"What does a scanner see?": Philip K. Dick's and Richard Linllater's take on identity and identity crisis
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2012.Abstract : This research presents a comparative analysis between Philip K. Dick s 1977 novel A Scanner Darkly and Richard Linklater s 2006 homonymous film adaptation of it. The focus of this analysis is the theme of postmodern identity, having as a theoretical framework the issues about identity and postmodernism problematized by theorists such a Fredric Jameson and Stuart Hall. This analysis shows how the issue of postmodern identity is ubiquitous both in Dick s novel and in Linklater s film. In order to analyze the issue of adaptation, the ideas of scholars such as Dudley Andrew and Robert Stam, as well as film theorist André Bazin were used. The differences between a novel and a film that narrate the same story are unavoidable. However, what is possible to see in the case of A Scanner Darkly is that the treatment and the emphasis given to the issue of postmodern identity in both works is equivalent. In order to do so, the film takes advantage of the specificities of its medium to represent elements that, due to each medium s nature, cannot be transposed into a film.Esta pesquisa apresenta uma análise comparativa entre o romance de Philip K. Dick A Scanner Darkly (O Homem Duplo  1977) e a adaptação cinematográfica homônima feita por Richard Liklater em 2006. O foco desta análise é o tema da identidade pós-moderna, usando como base teórica as questões sobre identidade e pós-modernidade problematizadas por teóricos como Fredric Jameson e Stuart Hall. A partir desta análise, é possivel observar como o tema da identidade pósmoderna é ubíquo e ambas as obras. Para analisar as questões relacionadas a adaptação, foram utilizadas as ideias de acadêmicos como Dudley Andrew e Robert Stam, assim como do teórico André Bazin. As diferenças entre um romance e um filme que narram a mesma história são inevitáveis. Porém, o que é possível ver no caso de A Scanner Darkly é que o tratamento e a ênfase dados ao tema da identidade pós-moderna em ambas as obras é equivalente. Para tanto, o filme utiliza as especificidades do seu meio para representar possíveis elementos que, por conta da natureza de cada meio, não podem ser transpostos para o cinema
Serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels in the IVAN trial; relationships with drug, dosing and systemic serious adverse events:Serum VEGF associations with drug, dosing and systemic SAEs
No full textPurpose: To describe serum vascular endothelial growth factor (sVEGF) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) receiving anti-VEGF agents and associations between sVEGF and systemic seriousadverse events (SSAEs). Design: Exploratory analyses of a randomized controlled trial which enrolled 610 participants with nAMD and compared two anti-VEGF antibodies, ranibizumab and bevacizumab and two treatment regimens,monthly versus discontinuous with two years' follow-up. Participants: Adults aged 50+ years with treatment-naive nAMD and a visual acuity of >=25 letters (Snellen equivalent 20/320) in the affected eye. Exposure: Intravitrealinjection of anti-VEGF antibodies. Main outcomes: sVEGF and occurrence of SSAE, with particular interest in arteriothromboembolic events (ATE) and immunologically-mediated events (IME). Results: On average, sVEGF (measuredat months 0, 1, 11, 12, 23 and 24) decreased from a geometric mean of 168pg/ml at baseline to 64pg/ml at month 24. The decrease was greater with bevacizumab than ranibizumab and dependent on time since last treatment; at month 24 sVEGF was 11% lower with bevacizumab if treated ≥3 months previously, 51% lower if treated 2 months previously, and 76% lower if treated the previous month compared to ranibizumab. The hazard of experiencing an ATE increased with age (hazard ratio (HR) 2.01, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.32 to 3.05, p=0.001) and higher sVEGF (HR 1.16, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.30, per 100 unit rise in sVEGF, p=0.013). There was no association between sVEGF andthe hazard of an IME (HR 1.01, 95% CI 0.76 to 1.33, p=0.942); however, the hazard of an IME was significantly increased by treatment with bevacizumab compared to ranibizumab (HR 3.53, 95% CI 1.35 to 9.22, p=0.010). Thehazard of an ‘other SSAE’ increased with age (HR 1.51, 95% CI 1.14 to 2.01, p=0.005) and decreased if an injection had been administered within the previous month (HR 0.68, 95% CI 0.45 to 1.03, p=0.069). Conclusion: The decrease in sVEGF is greater with bevacizumab than ranibizumab but this difference is eliminated when treatment is withheld for 3 months. Higher sVEGF increased the hazard of an ATE and bevacizumab increases the hazard of an IME compared to ranibizumab
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Manufacture and Deployment of the Array for VLF Imaging of the D-Region (AVID)
No full textEarth’s ionosphere is a time-varying system influenced by changing levels of ionization from a variety of sources. Very Low Frequency (VLF) waves are one way of remotely sensing the D-region ionosphere, and significant advances have been made in VLF radio receiver design over the years. This thesis presents the steps taken to revamp the AWESOME receiver developed by Stanford in the early 2000’s. The construction of 15 VLF receivers and deployment of 11 of them for the Array for VLF Imaging of the D-region (AVID) enabled analysis of frequency responses of four unique signal processing cards present in each receiver. Finally, this thesis presents the results of two case studies, one focusing on VLF transmitter output power, the other focusing on tracking the spatiotemporal evolution of the D-region ionosphere’s response to the onset of the October 10-11 G4 geomagnetic storm.</p
Manufacture and Deployment of the Array for VLF Imaging of the D-Region (AVID)
No full textEarth’s ionosphere is a time-varying system influenced by changing levels of ionization from a variety of sources. Very Low Frequency (VLF) waves are one way of remotely sensing the D-region ionosphere, and significant advances have been made in VLF radio receiver design over the years. This thesis presents the steps taken to revamp the AWESOME receiver developed by Stanford in the early 2000’s. The construction of 15 VLF receivers and deployment of 11 of them for the Array for VLF Imaging of the D-region (AVID) enabled analysis of frequency responses of four unique signal processing cards present in each receiver. Finally, this thesis presents the results of two case studies, one focusing on VLF transmitter output power, the other focusing on tracking the spatiotemporal evolution of the D-region ionosphere’s response to the onset of the October 10-11 G4 geomagnetic storm.</p
FIGURE 9. Juxtacribrilina pushkini n in The "Cribrilina annulata" problem and new species of Juxtacribrilina (Bryozoa Cheilostomata: Cribrilinidae) from the North Pacific
No full textFIGURE 9. Juxtacribrilina pushkini n. sp., Ketchikan, Alaska; A, D, holotype, YPM-IZ-100361; B, C, paratype, YPM-IZ- 100481. A. Non-ovicellate zooids in basal layer; every zooid bearing one or two frontal pore chambers on proximal gymnocyst. B. Non-ovicellate and three ovicellate zooids in basal layer; large arrowheads, zooids with non-budding distal pore chamber; small arrowheads, "folds" seen in modified latero-oral spines contributing to ooecial complex; arrow, zooid with distal pore chamber contributing to next zooid. C. Reduced ovicellate zooid (center) at colony margin. D. Part of colony, showing densely packed dwarf zooids in colony center. Scale bars: A–C, 250 µm; D, 500 µm.Published as part of Dick, Matthew H., Grischenko, Andrei V., Gordon, Dennis P. & Ostrovsky, Andrew N., 2021, The "Cribrilina annulata" problem and new species of Juxtacribrilina (Bryozoa Cheilostomata: Cribrilinidae) from the North Pacific, pp. 333-364 in Zootaxa 5016 (3) on page 350, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/522221
FIGURE 10. Juxtacribrilina pushkini n in The "Cribrilina annulata" problem and new species of Juxtacribrilina (Bryozoa Cheilostomata: Cribrilinidae) from the North Pacific
No full textFIGURE 10. Juxtacribrilina pushkini n. sp., Ketchikan, Alaska; A–C, holotype, YPM-IZ-100361; D, paratype, YPM-IZ- 100481. A. Dwarf zooids overlying non-ovicellate basal zooids. B. Dwarf zooid; arrowheads indicate thickened proximal margin of ooecium bearing pair of small, additional pseudopores. C. Dwarf zooid budded from basal pore chamber at colony margin. D. Ancestrula and periancestrular zooids. Scale bars: A, C, 500 µm; B, 100 µm; D, 250 µm.Published as part of Dick, Matthew H., Grischenko, Andrei V., Gordon, Dennis P. & Ostrovsky, Andrew N., 2021, The "Cribrilina annulata" problem and new species of Juxtacribrilina (Bryozoa Cheilostomata: Cribrilinidae) from the North Pacific, pp. 333-364 in Zootaxa 5016 (3) on page 351, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/522221
FIGURE 8. Juxtacribrilina ezoensis n in The "Cribrilina annulata" problem and new species of Juxtacribrilina (Bryozoa Cheilostomata: Cribrilinidae) from the North Pacific
No full textFIGURE 8. Juxtacribrilina ezoensis n. sp., YPM-IZ-106556, Ketchikan, Alaska; intertidal. A. Colony, with frontally budded dwarf zooids toward center and basally budded dwarfs at margin (arrows). B. Non-ovicellate zooids in basal layer and reduced marginal ovicellate zooid. C. Frontal dwarfs, with three (arrow) or four (arrowheads) costae. D. Marginal reduced and dwarf ovicellate zooids. E. Dwarf zooid, showing developing ooecium; note lateral pore chambers. F. Dwarf zooid, showing ooecium; note proximo-lateral pore chamber. Scale bars: A, 500 µm; B, D, 250 µm; C, 150 µm; E, F, 100 µm.Published as part of Dick, Matthew H., Grischenko, Andrei V., Gordon, Dennis P. & Ostrovsky, Andrew N., 2021, The "Cribrilina annulata" problem and new species of Juxtacribrilina (Bryozoa Cheilostomata: Cribrilinidae) from the North Pacific, pp. 333-364 in Zootaxa 5016 (3) on page 347, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/522221
British fiction 1900-1930
No full textThis chapter has eight sections: 1. General; 2. Pre-1945 Fiction; 3. British Fiction, 1945–2000; 4. Pre-1950 Drama; 5. Post-1950 Drama; 6. Poetry; 7. British Poetry Post-1950; 8. Modern Irish Poetry. Section 1 is by Matthew Levay; section 2(a) is by Andrew Radford; section 2(b) is by Sophie Vlacos; Section 2(c) is by Maria-Daniella Dick; section 2(d) is by Andrew Keese; section 2(e) is by Clara Jones; section 3 is by Hannah Tweed; section 4 is by Rebecca D'Monte; section 5 is by Graham Saunders; 6(a) is by Neil Miles; section 6(b) is by Matthew Creasy; section 7 is by Matthew Sperling; section 8 is by Adam Hann
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