286 research outputs found
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
Great African American lawyers raising the bar of freedom
No full textTen biographies of African American lawyers, including Charles Hamilton Houston, William Henry Hastie, Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, Benjamin Lawson Hooks, L. Douglas Wilder, Barbara Jordan, Johnnie Cochran, Marian Wright Edelman, and Carol Moseley-Braun
A Preliminary Assessment: 2001 Court Restructuring Plan Impacts on Three Iowa Counties
No full textA preliminary study is one that is conducted to develop an initial framework of analysis and/or to gain an initial assessment to provide enough understanding of the research issue so as to inform the direction of a more complete and comprehensive data collection, study analysis, and policymaking deliberation. On November 8, 2001, the Iowa General Assembly and Governor approved a 4.3 percent across-the-board state budget reduction. This reduced the Judicial Branch budget by $5.5 million. In anticipation of and in response to fiscal concerns, the Judicial Branch announced plans for restructuring the Iowa court system. Iowa citizens and community and interest group leaders are interested in having the impacts of the proposals identified and assessed to assist in informing state and local discussions and future decisions. It is the result of this interest for which the Department of Economics and Iowa Vitality Center at Iowa State University have undertaken this study. The Iowa State Bar Association contributed funding for the project. The author has developed a significant track record and expertise in conducting numerous studies on related public finance and government structure issues for Iowa policymakers, leaders and citizens during the past 15 years. He is solely responsible for directing this study, the study findings and the conclusions. The purpose of study is to provide an objective assessment of the impacts and to gather local observations and perspectives that may be useful in public discussions and planning next steps toward future public decisions.
Le origini di Homo e le origini dell'esperienza estetica
No full textThis article explores the possibility of conceiving of the origins of aesthetic experience as a major evolutionary discontinuity directly correlated with anthropogenesis.
After a brief examination of some traces of primitive art, and taking into account some relevant ideas by Aristotle, Alberti, Hegel, Merleau-Ponty, Plessner, and Gerald Edelman, the author discusses the conditions under which “sensation” (aisthetis) could become a complex “experience”, byevoking the image of, or referring to, absent objects
Een technische bereiding van L-ascorbinezuur
No full textDocument(en) uit de collectie Chemische ProcestechnologieDelftChemTechApplied Science
Notes on the description of join-distributive lattices by permutations
No full textLet L be a join-distributive lattice with length n and width (Ji L) k.
There are two ways to describe L by k − 1 permutations acting on an n-element set:
a combinatorial way given by P.H. Edelman and R. E. Jamison in 1985 and a recent
lattice theoretical way of the second author. We prove that these two approaches are
equivalent. Also, we characterize join-distributive lattices by trajectorie
Regulation of heparanase expression in coronary artery disease in diabetic, hyperlipidemic swine
No full textObjective
Enzymatic degradation of the extracellular matrix is known to be powerful regulator of atherosclerosis. However, little is known about the enzymatic regulation of heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) during the formation and progression of atherosclerotic plaques.
Methods and results
Swine were rendered diabetic through streptozotocin injection and hyperlipidemic through a high fat diet. Arterial remodeling and local endothelial shear stress (ESS) were assessed using intravascular ultrasound, coronary angiography and computational fluid dynamics at weeks 23 and 30. Coronary arteries were harvested and 142 arterial subsegments were analyzed using histomorphologic staining, immunostaining and real time PCR. Heparanase staining and activity was increased in arterial segments with low ESS, in lesions with thin cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) morphology and in lesions with severely degraded internal elastic laminae. In addition, heparanase staining co-localized with staining for CD45 and MMP-2 within atherosclerotic plaques. Dual staining with gelatinase zymography and heparanase immunohistochemical staining demonstrated co-localization of matrix metalloprotease activity with heparanase staining. A heparanase enzymatic activity assay demonstrated increased activity in TCFA lesions, subsegments with low ESS and in macrophages treated with oxidized LDL or angiotensin II.
Conclusions
Taken together, our results support a critical role for heparanase in the development of vulnerable plaques and suggest a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of atherosclerosis.Novartis (Firm)Boston Scientific CorporationNational Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant R01 GM49039
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Matrix Rigidity and the Croot-Lev-Pach Lemma
No full textMatrix rigidity is a notion put forth by Valiant (1977) as a means for proving arithmetic circuit lower bounds. A matrix is rigid if it is far, in Hamming distance, from any low-rank matrix. Despite decades of effort, no explicit matrix rigid enough to carry out Valiant's plan has been found. Recently, Alman and Williams (STOC'17) showed that, contrary to common belief, the Walsh--Hadamard matrices cannot be used for Valiant's program as they are not sufficiently rigid.
Our main result is a similar non-rigidity theorem for any qn×qn matrix M of the form M(x,y)=f(x+y), where f:nq→q is any function and q is a fixed finite field of q elements (n goes to infinity). The theorem follows almost immediately from a recent lemma of Croot, Lev and Pach (2017) which is also the main ingredient in the recent solution of the famous cap-set problem by Ellenberg and Gijswijt (2017)
O'Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Association: Why the Ninth Circuit Should Not Block the Floodgates of Change in College Athletics
No full textIn O’Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, then-Chief Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a groundbreaking decision, potentially opening the floodgates for challenges to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) amateurism rules. The NCAA was finally put to a full evidentiary demonstration of its amateurism defense, and its proof was found emphatically wanting. We agree with Professor Edelman that O’Bannon could bring about significant changes, but only if the Ninth Circuit affirms. We write mainly to address the NCAA’s vigorous pending appeal and the views of certain amici, and to explain our strong support for the result at trial. Reversal of Judge Wilken’s comprehensive and thoughtful decision would thwart needed changes just as colleges are beginning to embrace them and would be mistaken as a matter of law. O’Bannon is a correct, justifiable, garden-variety rule-of-reason opinion and should be affirmed by the Ninth Circuit
Cardozo Law News Brief: February 7, 2020
No full textFeatured Faculty: Stanley Fish Jessica Roth Peter L. Markowitz Michael Herz Kate Shaw David Rudenstine Michael Pollack Stewart Sterk Ngozi Okidegbe
Campus News: preLaw magazine ranks Cardozo #19 for Public Defenders Heyman and Burns Centers Present Ethical Considerations for Lawyers in 2020 Floersheimer Faculty Analyze the Impeachment Trial
Events: A Fireside Chat with CEO Uri Minkoff If Multidistrict Litigation is the New Normal, Do Lawyers Need New Rules? Cardozo/Columbia Colloquium Series with Professor Manuel Cepeda Portrait of a Designer: An Evening with Sam Edelman Women\u27s Law Initiative Spring Receptio
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