132 research outputs found
Masqueray Exhibit Panel and Reception
No full textBest known as the architect of the Cathedral of St. Paul, E.L. Masqueray designed three buildings on the St. Thomas campus, including its iconic chapel. The University\u27s Department of Art History explores these works in the context of the architect\u27s writing, draftsmanship and other commissions, in the centennial anniversary of his death.
Panelists:
Alan LathropLathrop was curator of the Manuscripts Division at the University of Minnesota Libraries from 1970 to 2008. He is the author of Churches of Minnesota and Minnesota Architects.Larry MillettMillett is a writer and former reporter and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, where in 1985 he became the newspaper\u27s first architecture critic, a post he held until his retirement in 2002. His many works include Minnesota\u27s Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes, Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities, and Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury.Celeste RaspantiRaspanti is the archivist for Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, as well as a playwright and a retired university professor.
Johan van ParysVan Parys is the director of liturgy and the sacred arts of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, and the author of Symbols that Surround Us.
Moderated by Maria Wiering Pedersen, who holds an M.A. in Art History from the University of St. Thomas and curated the exhibition. Pedersen is also the editor of The Catholic Spirit newspaper
Att födas från vatten till vatten - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om kvinnors upplevelser av vattenförlossning
No full textSyftet med detta examensarbete är att med hjälp av en kvalitativ intervjustudie beskriva kvinnors upplevelser av vattenförlossning samt hur stödpersonens och barnmorskans agerande upplevdes under förlossningen. Examensarbetet görs för att öka barnmorskans insikt om kvinnors upplevelser vid en vattenförlossning.
Studien genomfördes som en kvalitativ intervjustudie med ett induktivt förhållningssätt, genom semistrukturerade personliga intervjuer som datainsamlingsmetod. Tio informanter deltog i studien, både förstföderskor och omföderskor. Vattenförlossningarna har ägt rum hemma eller på förlossningsenheter runt om i Finland. Datainsamlingsmaterialet har analyserats med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt användes Berg, Ólafsdóttir och Lundgrens teoretiska modell ”A midwifery model of woman-centred childbirth care – In Swedish and Icelandic settings”.
Resultatet visar att kvinnorna hade många positiva upplevelser och erfarenheter av vattenförlossning. De kände sig självständiga och stärkta samt vågade lita på sin egen förmåga att föda. Vattnet gav upphov till avslappning, smärtlindring och en känsla av trygghet. Mammorna är eniga om att den starkaste upplevelsen var att ta emot samt lyfta upp sitt eget barn ur vattnet. Flera av informanterna beskrev förlossningen som en drömförlossning. Stödpersonens och barnmorskans viktigaste uppgifter under förlossningen var tillgänglighet och närvaro. Kvinnorna upplevde vattenförlossning som mer hemlik och mindre klinisk, ett naturligt alternativ som de rekommenderar till andra.Tämän opinnäytetyön tavoitteena on kvalitatiivisen haastattelututkimuksen avulla kuvailla naisten kokemuksia vesisynnytyksestä sekä miten tukihenkilön ja kätilön toiminta koettiin synnytyksen aikana. Opinnäytetyön tavoitteena on lisätä kätilön tietoisuutta naisten kokemuksista vesisynnytyksessä.
Tutkimus toteutettiin kvalitatiivisena haastattelututkimuksena soveltaen induktiivista lähestymistapaa jossa tiedonkeruumenetelmänä käytettiin puolistrukturoituja henkilökohtaisia haastatteluja. Tutkimukseen osallistui kymmenen informanttia, sekä ensisynnyttäjiä että uudelleensynnyttäjiä. Vesisynnytykset ovat tapahtuneet kotona tai synnytysyksiköissä ympäri Suomea. Tiedonkeruuaineistoa on analysoitu laadullisen sisältöanalyysin avulla. Teoreettisena lähtökohtana on toiminut Berg, Ólafsdóttir ja Lundgrenin teorettinen malli ”A midwifery model of woman-centred childbirth care – In Swedish and Icelandic settings”.
Tulos osoittaa, että naisilla oli paljon myönteisiä elämyksiä ja kokemuksia vesisynnytyksestä. He tunsivat itsensä itsenäisiksi ja voimaantuneiksi sekä he uskalsivat luottaa omaan kykyynsä synnyttää. Vesi rentoutti, sai aikaan kivunlievitystä ja turvallisuuden tunnetta. Äidit olivat yhtä mieltä siitä, että oman lapsen vastaanottaminen ja nostaminen vedestä oli vahvin kokemus. Moni informantti kuvaili synnytystä unelmasynnytykseksi. Tukihenkilön ja kätilön tärkeimmät tehtävät synnytyksen aikana olivat olla käytettävissä ja läsnä. Naiset kokivat vesisynnytyksen enemmän kodinomaiseksi ja vähemmän kliiniseksi, muille suositeltavaksi luonnolliseksi vaihtoehdoksi.The aim of this thesis is to describe women’s experiences of waterbirth and how the support person and midwife’s acting was experienced during childbirth. The study is done to increase the midwife’s understanding of women’s experiences during a waterbirth.
The study was conducted as a qualitative interview study with an inductive approach, through semi-structed personal interviews as a data collection method. Ten informants participated in the study, both primipara and multipara. The waterbirths have taken place at home or delivery units around Finland. The data collection material has been analyzed using a qualitative content analysis. The theoretical starting point was Berg, Ólafsdóttir and Lundgren’s teoretical model ”A midwifery model of woman-centred childbirth care – In Swedish and Icelandic settings”.
The results show that the women had many positive experiences of waterbirth. They felt independent, strengthened and dared to trust their own ability to give birth. The water gave relaxation, pain relief and a sense of security. The mothers agree that the strongest experience was receiving and raising their own child out of the water. Several of the informants described the birth as a dream birth. The most important tasks of the support person and the midwife during childbirth were accessibility and presence. The women experienced waterbirth as more homelike and less clinical, a natural alternative that they recommend to others
Application of Particle Swarm Optimization to Formative E-Assessment in Project Management
No full textThe current paper describes the application of Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm to the formative e-assessment problem in project management. The proposed approach resolves the issue of personalization, by taking into account, when selecting the item tests in an e-assessment, the following elements: the ability level of the user, the targeted difficulty of the test and the learning objectives, represented by project management concepts which have to be checked. The e-assessment tool in which the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm is integrated is also presented. Experimental results and comparison with other algorithms used in item tests selection prove the suitability of the proposed approach to the formative e-assessment domain. The study is presented in the framework of other evolutionary and genetic algorithms applied in e-education.Particle Swarm Optimization, Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Algorithms, Formative E-assessment, E-education
Transmedial Reading
No full textThis chapter explores the category of transmedial reading, referring to reading experiences that go beyond a single text and are related to bigger fictional universes. Through an empirical reading case of a comic book, it argues that reading in transmedial environments is always multiple. Readers interpret the text in relation to a whole ecology of related media products set in the same fictional world. How does the new text fit the worldness that readers have built up through years of engagement? What kinds of relations are established, and how is the reader’s own affect activated in relation to a set of personal memories? The chapter proposes a transmedial reading interview method based on the author´s own theoretical framework.This chapter explores the category of transmedial reading, referring to reading experiences that go beyond a single text and are related to bigger fictional universes. Through an empirical reading case of a comic book, it argues that reading in transmedial environments is always multiple. Readers interpret the text in relation to a whole ecology of related media products set in the same fictional world. How does the new text fit the worldness that readers have built up through years of engagement? What kinds of relations are established, and how is the reader’s own affect activated in relation to a set of personal memories? The chapter proposes a transmedial reading interview method based on the author´s own theoretical framework
PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe
No full textThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The attached file is the published version of the article.NHM Repositor
I must pause here for cheering: Transtextuality and Possible Worlds Theory Applied to The Death Gate Cycle
No full textIn this thesis, I examine how authors Weis and Hickman approach transtextuality and possible worlds narrative in order to comment on the genre of fantasy and on 1990s American social anxieties in their fantasy dystopian series The Death Gate Cycle. It is a close reading genre study of all seven novels in the aforementioned series which I analyze using Gérard Genette’s theory of transtextuality and Marie-Laure Ryan’s theory of possible worlds. I analyze how hypertextuality and intertextuality are present in the series and how these support the series’ narrative, genre commentary, and social commentary. Then I analyze how the social commentary is woven into the intertextuality and the dystopian storytelling, as well as how it connects to the context of 1990s America. I also go into the epitext surrounding the authors, such as author interviews, to solidify my analysis on these points. Finally, I briefly comment on the reception that the series has had on its readers to close up the examination of the reader effects of said use of intertextuality and dystopian elements.The Death Gate Cycle did some extraordinary things with intertextuality and with a fantastical dystopian possible worlds narrative. It uses these to comment on religion, racism, slavery, industrialism, unionizing, science, war, and climate change from a 1990s American point of view. The series also uses these as a genre commentary by subverting the typical expectations for a Tolkienesque fantasy epic and turning it dystopian. But The Death Gate Cycle is more a product of its culture, rather than having had any great influence or impact upon it. It was not the next The Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, in that it did not change public perception of fantasy literature in any way. It is considered by fans to be an underrated fantasy series—an obscure 1990s gem in an oversaturated market that pumps out fantasy series after fantasy series
Taxation of financial assets in developing countries
No full textIn developing countries, most financial assets in formal markets are deposits at financial institutions. This potentially important tax base could be taxed at a low administrative cost. When revenues of financial taxes are significant, implicit taxes dwarf explicit taxes. The author focuses on the implicit taxation of financial assets through seigniorage, reserve requirements, lending targets, and interest ceilings combined with inflation. The last instrument has often been overlooked, but it has generated more than a third of implicit revenues in some cases by lowering the cost of government borrowing. Tax revenues are difficult to measure because of regulations that prevent the use of market prices for computation and distort the meaning of some definitions. For some countries, the standard method of seigniorage grossly underestimates the revenue from financial taxation. The author discusses various sources of distortion but ignores potential impacts on the level of saving and the growth rate. Although taxes on financial assets have a low administrative cost, the excess burden that stems from the misallocation of resources is probably a much higher fraction of revenues than that of other taxes.Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Public Sector Economics&Finance,Municipal Financial Management
Author Correction: The Src family kinase inhibitor dasatinib delays pain-related behaviour and conserves bone in a rat model of cancer-induced bone pain.
No full textThe Acknowledgements section in this Article is incomplete. “The authors thank Camilla Skånstrøm Dall and Tina Maria Estrup Axen for technical assistance. This project was supported by Advokat Bent Thorbergs Fond.” should read: “The authors thank Camilla Skånstrøm Dall and Tina Maria Estrup Axen for technical assistance. This project was supported by Advokat Bent Thorbergs Fond. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 642720.”</p
The 'true use of reading' : Sarah Fielding and mid eighteenth-century literary strategies.
No full textPhDThe aim of this thesis is to explore, by examining her life and
works, how Sarah Fielding (1710-68) established her identity as an author.
The definition of her role involves her notions of the functions of
writing and reading.
Sarah Fielding attempts to invite readers to form a sense of ties
by tacit understanding of her messages. As she believes that a work
of literature is produced through collaboration between the writer and
the reader, it is an important task in her view to show her attentiveness
toward reading practice. In her consideration of reading, she has two
distinct, even opposite views of her audience: on the one hand a familiar
and limited circle of readers with shared moral and cultural values and
on the other potential readers among the unknown mass of people. The
dual targets direct her to devise various strategies. She tries to
appeal to those who can endorse and appreciate her moral values as well
as her learning. Her writings and letters testify that she is sensitive
to the demands of the literary market, trying to lead the taste of readers
by inventing new forms.
The thesis opens with an overview of Sarah Fielding's career,
followed by a consideration of her critical attention to the roles of
reading. I go on to examine the narrative structures and strategies
she deploys, with a particular emphasis on her use of the epistolary
method. The following chapter deals with her attention to the reading
of the moral message tangibly embodied in her educational writing. It
is followed by an analysis of the activity which earned her a reputation
as a learned woman. Various as the forms of her works are, they invariably
reflect her attempt to balance herself between the two demands of
inventiveness and familiarity
Which algorithm to select in sports timetabling?
No full textAny sports competition needs a timetable, specifying when and where teams meet each other. The recent International Timetabling Competition (ITC2021) on sports timetabling showed that, although it is possible to develop general algorithms, the performance of each algorithm varies considerably over the problem instances. This paper provides an instance space analysis for sports timetabling, resulting in powerful insights into the strengths and weaknesses of eight state-of-the-art algorithms. Based on machine learning techniques, we propose an algorithm selection system that predicts which algorithm is likely to perform best when given the characteristics of a sports timetabling problem instance. Furthermore, we identify which characteristics are important in making that prediction, providing insights in the performance of the algorithms, and suggestions to further improve them. Finally, we assess the empirical hardness of the instances. Our results are based on large computational experiments involving about 50 years of CPU time on more than 500 newly generated problem instances.This is the peer-reviewed author-version of https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.06.005, published in the European Journal of Operational Research. Copyright 2024. This manuscript version is made available under the LCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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