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Whose story is it anyway? The ethics of narration and the narration of ethics in Summertime and Die Sneeuslaper
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.This dissertation analyses and compares the narrative strategies in J.M. Coetzee’s Summertime and Marlene van Niekerk’s Die sneeuslaper and considers the implications of these strategies for the authors’ exploration of the ethics of writing. Much has been written about the literary oeuvres of both Coetzee and Van Niekerk, including studies of the translations of Van Niekerk’s Afrikaans novels into English. There are few “interlingual” comparative studies of contemporary works in Afrikaans and English, however, and certainly none to my knowledge which compares the work of Coetzee and Van Niekerk. My contribution to the conversation about Coetzee’s and Van Niekerk’s work, but also to an increasingly multilingual and interconnected South African literary criticism, will be a comparison of one recent work by each of these two authors, written in English and Afrikaans respectively. I draw on the theories of Bakhtin, Barthes and Levinas to consider the ethical dimension of texts in which “double-voicedness”, a questioning not only of existence, but of the self is fore grounded in the content and narrative structure; where there is a shift in focus from the author to the reader (“the birth of the reader”) and “utterances” are made with the response of “the other” in mind
Bell-cap-sic Plasters
No full textTrade card advertising Bel-cap-sic Plasters, a remedy prepared by J.M. Grosvenor & Co., Boston
SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF HYPONYMY IN "TINKER BELL AND THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE" SCRIPT BY J.M. BARRIE
No full textThis study aims to find out Semantics Analysis of Hyponymy in “Tinker Bell and The Great Fairy Rescue” Script By J.M Barrie. The results of this study indicate that there are 9 categories of hyponyms and the most dominant category is animals, the total number of hyponyms contained in Semantics Analysis of Hyponymy in “Tinker Bell and The Great Fairy Rescue” Script By J.M Barrie is 38 hyponyms. Script is the pouring of ideas or ideas that contain facts and details in the arrangement of words, both in the composition of the narrative or dialogue, details on the type of shot and decoration information for television shows. it uses uses two methods, the first uses a qualitative method. Qualitative Method is a research method based on philosophy, which is used to research in scientific conditions (experiments) where the researcher as an instrument, technique data collection and analysis that is qualitative emphasizes meaning and this research also uses quantitative methods, is a research method based on philosophy, which is used to examine scientific conditions (experiments) where researchers are instruments, techniques for collecting and analyzing data that are qualitative in nature. more emphasis on meaning
A Boon to Women
No full textTrade card advertising Bell-Cap-Sic Plasters, a remedy prepared by J.M. Grosvenor & Co., Boston. This card has an 1899 copyright date. Title on verso: A boon to women
"The day of the great writer is gone for ever": Author surrogacy in Martin Amis’s Money and J.M. Coetzee’s Summertime.
No full textThis study focuses on the use of author surrogacy in the novels Money: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis and Summertime: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee. It addresses the connection between their use of author surrogacy and their comments on what scholars classify as the postmodern cultural condition. Both authors have written themselves into their novels with a different purpose but both used strikingly similar themes to incorporate this purpose, although the stress on these themes varies. Authorial power, the distinction between the real and the imagined, and the fading line between high- and lowbrow culture are examples of the topics discussed in this study with regards to author surrogacy and the postmodern cultural condition. This study concludes that, through their use of author surrogacy, J.M. Coetzee mainly aims to critique, while Martin Amis satirises postmodern culture.
Keywords: Amis, author surrogacy, authorial power, Coetzee, fact-fiction distinction, high- and lowbrow culture, postmodern cultural condition
Single step, solvent-free processes: examples and prospects
No full textAn outline is given of some of the options now available — and likely to be of growing importance — for various of ways in which inorganic catalysts may be developed to effect industrially important chemical reactions in environmentally more acceptable means. One major goal is to devise ways of producing in situ (within the sphere of reaction) aggressive oxidants especially those that are environmentally hazardous. Two specific examples are cited: 1) one involves hydroxylamine, generated in a benign fashion, so as to effect the ammoximation of cyclohexanone to its oxime and -caprolactam; 2) the other involves the Baeyer—Villiger reaction (for converting cyclic ketones to lactones) via perbenzoic acid. The role of supported bimetallic catalysts in solvent-free hydrogenations (especially of polyenes) is also highlighted
Rayleigh scattering of laser and synchrotron radiation from pulsed free jets of Ar-n and (N2O)(n) clusters
No full textRayleigh scattering has been used to determine the average size of clusters formed in pulsed free-jet expansions of Ar and N2O. The scaling behavior of the mean cluster size with backing pressure predicted by Hagena (Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1992, 63, 2374) and Buck and Krohne (J. Chenz. Phys. 1996, 105, 5408) has been shown to be applicable up to at least an average cluster size of 25 000. A similar scaling of the average cluster size with pressure was observed for both Ar and N2O. Competing photochemical and photophysical processes are shown to limit the use of short-wavelength radiation to observe Rayleigh scattering from the N2O clusters
Controlling test specificity for auditory evoked response detection using a frequency domain bootstrap
No full textBackground: Statistical detection methods are routinely used to automate auditory evoked response (AER) detection and assist clinicians with AER measurements. However, many of these methods are built around statistical assumptions that can be violated for AER data, potentially resulting in reduced or unpredictable test performances. This study explores a frequency domain bootstrap (FDB) and some FDB modifications to preserve test performance in serially correlated non-stationary data. Method: The FDB aims to generate many surrogate recordings, all with similar serial correlation as the original recording being analysed. Analysing the surrogates with the detection method then gives a distribution of values that can be used for inference. A potential limitation of the conventional FDB is the assumption of stationary data with a smooth power spectral density (PSD) function, which is addressed through two modifications. Comparisons with existing methods: The FDB was compared to a conventional parametric approach and two modified FDB approaches that aim to account for heteroskedasticity and non-smooth PSD functions. Hotelling's T
2(HT2) test applied to auditory brainstem responses was the test case. Results: When using conventional HT2, false-positive rates deviated significantly from the nominal alpha-levels due to serial correlation. The false-positive rates of the modified FDB were consistently closer to the nominal alpha-levels, especially when data was strongly heteroskedastic or the underlying PSD function was not smooth due to e.g. power lines noise. Conclusion: The FDB and its modifications provide accurate, recording-dependent approximations of null distributions, and an improved control of false-positive rates relative to parametric inference for auditory brainstem response detection.
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A group sequential test strategy for objective auditory brainstem response detection methods
No full textBackground: Objective auditory brainstem response (ABR) detection methods have an advantage over visual inspection, as they do not depend on the expertise of the examiner. A potential disadvantage is that the number of ABRs required for a positive detection can vary between subjects, which makes choosing a suitable sample size prior to the test difficult. A solution is to apply the objective detection method repeatedly over time, i.e. a group sequential test strategy can be adopted. This allows the test protocol to be stopped early when a significant response is detected, and potentially prolonged otherwise. A drawback to the group sequential test, however, is an inflated false positive rate (FPR) due to multiple tests being performed over time. One of the challenges for the group sequential test is therefore to maintain a set FPR by adjusting the critical decision boundaries for rejecting the null hypothesis throughout the test. Group sequential tests furthermore introduce a trade-off between a potential reduction in test time versus a reduction in statistical power, which needs to be explored for ABR detection before a suitable group sequential test protocol can be designed. Objectives: The goal for this study is to evaluate the performance of a group sequential test in terms of specificity, sensitivity, and detection time when detecting ABRs in simulations and in subject recorded data, and to compare its performance of the single shot test (where the statistical method is applied just once to a fixed sample size). In addition, a new method (based on the convolution of null distributions) for calculating the critical decision boundaries for rejecting the null hypothesis is presented. Because this method has, to the author’s knowledge, not yet been used in a group sequential test setting, an extensive assessment of its specificity is provided. The trade-off between a decrease in sensitivity versus a potential decrease in detection time for the group sequential test is also explored. Design: Specificity was assessed using a large number of simulated white noise, simulated coloured noise, and real EEG background noise recordings (obtained from 20 normal hearing adults under different noise conditions). Sensitivity and detection time were then assessed using simulations and subject recorded ABR threshold data. The data for the simulations consisted of simulated coloured noise for representing the EEG background noise, and coherently averaged and scaled ABR waveforms for representing a response. The subject recorded ABR data was furthermore obtained from 12 normal hearing adults using click stimuli of various intensity levels, presented at a rate of 33.33 Hz. The statistical method selected for the analysis was the Hotelling's T2 test, which was applied in the time domain. Results: No significant (p<0.05) deviations from the expected 0.05 FPR were observed for the specificity assessment when using a high-pass cut-off frequency of 100 Hz and a stimulus rate of 33.33 Hz, which suggests that the underlying statistical assumptions were met, or that violations to the assumptions were negligible. However, additional simulations show that the independence assumption (between epochs) is violated when using alternative settings for the high-pass cut-off frequency and stimulus rate. With respect to sensitivity and detection time, the results demonstrate a potentially large reduction in detection time for the group sequential test, with no loss in detection rate relative to the single shot test
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