343 research outputs found
Stephane Mallarme: A synthesis of romanticism and parnassianism, 1970
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to analyse works of Stephane Mallarme, father of Symbolism, pointing out romantic and parnassian elements. Symbolism, like Romanticism, attempted to express the interior thoughts of man. The symbolist movement then, was not only a revolt against Parnassianism but also a return to Romanticism. On the other hand, one would not be incorrect in saying that Romanticism reached its culmination in the works of the symbolists poets. For this reason, an attempt will be made to show that the works of Mallarme, father of Symbolism, can be considered as a synthesis of Romanticism and Parnassianism. This thesis contains three chapters. The first chapter is devoted to a discussion of Romanticism and of Parnassianism. Special attention is given to the origin, development, characteristics and influences of each school. The relationship of one School with the other is also pointed out. The second chapter consists of a biographical sketch of Stephane Mallarme. Special emphasis is placed on factors and events in his life which may have influenced or determined the elements of Romanticism and Parnassianism in his poetry. The third chapter is devoted to an analysis of some of the poems of Stephane Mallarme", "Les Fenetres," V Apparition," "L'Azur," "Toast Funebre," "Le Vierge," "L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune." In these analyses special attention is given to the romantic and parnassian tendencies of the poems. Since these romantic-parnaassian elements occur frequently throughout his works, it has been concluded that Mallarme's poetry can be considered as a synthesis of the two poetic schools
Obama's visit to Korea : an unwavering US-ROC alliance amidst regional tensions
No full textFor more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Stephane Mot, Independent Author and Blogger living in Seoul, explains that "Obama's visit did not change the opinion of the vast majority of South Koreans who consider the US-ROK alliance to be unequal, but it did further confirm the importance of South Korea for US engagement towards Asia.
Propriétés électriques du ZnO monocristallin
No full textL oxyde de zinc ZnO, est un semiconducteur II-VI très prometteur pour les applications en opto-électronique dans le domaine UV, notamment pour la réalisation de dispositifs électroluminescents (LED). Les potentialités majeures du ZnO pour ces applications résident notamment dans sa forte liaison excitonique (60 meV), sa large bande interdite directe (3.4 eV), la disponibilité de substrats massifs de grand diamètre ainsi que la possibilité de réaliser des croissances épitaxiales de très bonne qualité en couches minces ou nano structurées (nanofils). Néanmoins, le développement de ces applications est entravé par la difficulté de doper le matériau de type p. L'impureté permettant d'obtenir une conductivité électrique associée à des porteurs de charges positifs (trous), et donc la réalisation de jonctions pn à base de ZnO, n'a pas encore été réellement identifiée. C'est pourquoi une des étapes préliminaires et nécessaires à l'obtention d'un dopage de type p fiable et efficace, réside dans la compréhension du dopage résiduel de type n, ainsi que des phénomènes de compensation et de passivation qui sont mis en jeu au sein du matériau. La maîtrise de la nature des contacts (ohmique ou Schottky) sur différentes surfaces d'échantillons de ZnO nous a permis dans ce but de mettre en œuvre à la fois des mesures de transport (résistivité et effet Hall) et des mesures capacitives (capacité-tension C(V), Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) et Spectroscopie d'admittance).Dans un premier temps, nous avons donc cherché à comprendre de manière approfondie les propriétés électriques du ZnO massif. Nous avons ainsi étudié le rôle des défauts profonds et peu profonds sur la conductivité des échantillons, aux travers de différents échantillons massifs obtenus par synthèse hydrothermale ou par croissance chimique en phase vapeur. Nous avons également étudié l'impact de la température de recuits post-croissance, sur les propriétés de transport des échantillons. A la lumière des résultats obtenus sur le dopage résiduel de type n des échantillons de ZnO massifs, nous avons ensuite procédé à différents essais de dopage de type p du ZnO par implantation ionique d'azote et par diffusion en ampoule scellée d arsenic. L'impureté azote a été choisie dans le cadre d'une substitution simple de l'oxygène qui devrait permettre de créer des niveaux accepteurs dans la bande interdite du ZnO. Nous avons également étudié l'impureté arsenic, qui selon un modèle théorique peut former un complexe qui permet d'obtenir un niveau accepteur plus proche de la bande de valence que le niveau. Outres les études réalisées sur les échantillons de ZnO massif et les essais de dopage de type p, nous avons également étudié les propriétés électriques d'échantillons de ZnO monocristallins sous forme de couches minces obtenues par croissance en phase vapeur d organométalliques, dopées intentionnellement ou non. Les corrélations entres les mesures SIMS et C(V) nous ont permis notamment de mettre en évidence une diffusion et un rôle très importante de l'aluminium sur les propriétés électriques des couches minces de ZnO épitaxiées sur substrat saphir.Dans le cadre de cette thèse nous avons réussi à clarifier les mécanismes du dopage de type n, intentionnel ou non intentionnel, dans le ZnO monocristallin. Nous avons également identifié les impuretés et les paramètres de croissance importants permettant d'obtenir un dopage résiduel de type n le plus faible possible dans les couches épitaxiées. Cette maitrise du dopage résiduel de type n est une étape préliminaire indispensable aux études de dopage de type p car elle permet de minimiser la compensation des accepteurs introduits intentionnellement. Cette approche du dopage sur des couches minces de ZnO dont le dopage résiduel de type n est très faible apparait comme une voie très prometteuse pour surmonter les problèmes d'obtention du dopage de type p.Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a II-VI semiconductor which appears as a very promising material for UV opto-electronic applications, in particular for the production of light emitting devices (LED). For these applications, ZnO presents strong advantages as a high exciton binding energy (60 meV ), a wide direct band gap (3.4 eV), the availability of large diameter bulk substrates for homoepitaxial growth of high quality thin films or nanostructures. However, the development of these applications is hampered by the difficulty to dope ZnO p-type. The impurity leading to an electrical conductivity associated with positive charge carriers (holes), and therefore the production of ZnO pn junctions have not yet been really identified.In this thesis we have studied the physical mechanisms that govern the electrical properties of ZnO single crystal and epilayers. The control of contacts (ohmic or Schottky) on different ZnO surfaces allowed us to carry out both transport measurements (resistivity and Hall effect) and capacitance measurements (C(V), Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) and admittance spectroscopy).At first, we have studied the role of deep and shallow defects on the n-type conductivity of bulk ZnO samples obtained by Hydrothermal synthesis (HT) or by Chemical Vapor Transport (CVT). We also investigated the impact of post-growth annealing at high temperature under oxygen atmospheres on the transport properties of samples. Thanks to the previous results on the residual n-type doping, we have reported on several attempts to obtain p-type ZnO. We have discussed the potential of different candidates for the achievement of p-type doping and present our tentative experiments to try and demonstrate the reality, the ability and the stability of p-type doping by nitrogen implantation and arsenic diffusion. The nitrogen impurity has been chosen for oxygen substitution, which should allow the creation of acceptor levels in the ZnO band gap. We also studied arsenic as a potential p-type dopant, according to a model whereby arsenic substitutes for oxygen and, if associated with two zinc vacancies, forms a complex with a shallower ionization energy than in the case of direct oxygen substitution.In addition to the studies on bulk ZnO samples and attempts on p-type doping, we have also studied the electrical properties of thin film ZnO samples obtained by Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy, either intentionally or unintentionally doped. Correlations between SIMS and C(V) measurements allowed us to highlight especially the importance of aluminum as a residual impurity in epitaxial layers grown on sapphire substrates.In this thesis we have clarified intentional or unintentional n-type doping mechanisms in ZnO single crystal samples. We have also identified impurities and growth parameters responsible for the residual n-type doping. This understanding is a crucial and preliminary step for understanding the doping mechanisms at stake in this material and is also necessary to achieve stable p-type conductivity, which is still the main challenge for the realization of optoelectronic devices based on ZnO.SAVOIE-SCD - Bib.électronique (730659901) / SudocGRENOBLE1/INP-Bib.électronique (384210012) / SudocGRENOBLE2/3-Bib.électronique (384219901) / SudocSudocFranceF
The Quest for Citations: Drivers of Article Impact
No full textWhy do some articles become building blocks for future scholars, while many others remain unnoticed? We aim to answer this question by contrasting, synthesizing and simultaneously testing three scientometric perspectives – universalism, social constructivism and presentation – on the influence of article and author characteristics on article citations. To do so, we study all articles published in a sample of five major journals in marketing from 1990 to 2002 that are central to the discipline. We count the number of citations each of these articles has received and regress this count on an extensive set of characteristics of the article (i.e. article quality, article domain, title length, the use of attention grabbers and expositional clarity), and the author (i.e. author visibility and author personal promotion). We find that the number of citations an article in the marketing discipline receives, depends upon “what one says†(quality and domain), on “who says it†(author visibility and personal promotion) and not so much on “how one says it†(title length, the use of attention grabbers, and expositional clarity). Our insights contribute to the marketing literature and are relevant to scientific stakeholders, such as the management of scientific journals and individual academic scholars, as they strive to maximize citations. They are also relevant to marketing practitioners. They inform practitioners on characteristics of the academic journals in marketing and their relevance to decisions they face. On the other hand, they also raise challenges towards making our journals accessible and relevant to marketing practitioners: (1) authors visible to academics are not necessarily visible to practitioners; (2) the readability of an article may hurt academic credibility and impact, while it may be instrumental in influencing practitioners; (3) it remains questionable whether articles that academics assess to be of high quality are also managerially relevant.Impact;Citation Analysis;Referencing;Scientometrics;Cite
Modeling Process of a Third Dimension Universe for Transportation Simulation: Application to Railway System
No full textIn past years, 3D models of virtual worlds have been used in several applications such as urban planning, simulation and design. In the railway field, that we chose as a field of application to illustrate our proposals in this article, simulation makes sense because of the complexity involved and the risk for personnel during upstream phases of validation. To be able to simulation with enough precision, the model of the virtual universe is a key point. Especially For train component simulation, an accurate and detailed model of the train component is mandatory. For training the drivers within a serious game, a high visual quality is required. Obtaining a single model supporting these two constraints at the same time at the lowest cost is still an open issue and involved many actors. Our contribution is a methodology and a process for creating a virtual universe model, based on automatic model generation, in order to allow the creation of large-scale universes while guaranteeing a level of details appropriate to the need, a model of constant quality and including semantic data necessary for simulation, while reducing the modeling costs and the modeling duration. The proposed process is applied to train simulation.Part of this work carried out under the ASTRES project supported by the Alstom Transport Company. The views and conclusions contained within this document are those of the authors, and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Alstom Transport Company.Galland, S (reprint author), Univ Bourgogne Franche Comte, UTBM, LE2I, Multiagent Grp, F-90010 Belfort, France.
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The discovery of SycO reveals a new function for type three secretion effector chaperones
No full textThe Type Three Secretion (T3S) system is a device used by many Gram-negative pathogens that allows bacteria to deliver effector proteins straight into the eukaryotic cell cytosol. These effectors interfere with various signaling pathways to subvert the host cell functions. The secretion machinery of the T3S system consist of a basal body spanning the bacterial inner and outer membrane followed by a stiff hollow needle outside the bacterium. The fully assembled secretion apparatus constitute a continuous hollow conduit that connects the bacteria to the eukaryotic target cell. After cell contact, virulence proteins -called effectors- are injected directly into the cytosol of the host cell via the T3S apparatus. Several effectors of the T3S system require the assistance of specific cytosolic chaperones to be efficiently exported. There are three classes of T3S chaperones. Effector proteins are assisted by Class I chaperones. Although Class I chaperones are well characterized, their main function is still a matter of controversy. In this thesis, we demonstrate that orf155 encodes a specific chaperone for the effector YopO that we called SycO. We showed that SycO enhances YopO secretion in vitro and is required for translocation of YopO into infected cells. By pulldown assay we demonstrated that residues 20 to 77 of YopO are required and sufficient for SycO binding. Using crosslinking experiments and size exclusion chromatography analysis, we determined the stoichiometry of purified SycO and YopO-SycO complexes. SycO alone forms dimers in solution and the YopO-SycO complex has a 1:2 stoichiometry. These results suggested that SycO is a typical chaperone of the Class I. YopO is a serine/theronine kinase that interacts with Rho and Rac and disrupts the cytoskeleton of the target cells. YopO has been shown to localize at the cell plasma-membrane. By transfection of YopO-EGFP hybrid proteins into HEK293T cells, we demonstrated that the chaperone-binding domain (CBD) coincides with the membrane localization domain of YopO. Nevertheless, the CBD was not needed for the kinase activity of YopO. By ultracentrifugation, we also showed that the CBD causes YopO aggregation in the bacteria, when SycO does not cover it. Further, we show that the CBD of YopE and YopT also caused aggregation in the bacteria in the absence of SycE and SycT respectively. YopE, YopT and T3S effectors in other systems also act at the membrane of the eukaryotic host cell. We propose a new hypothesis concerning the role of T3S chaperones. The sub-cellular localization domain of effectors is aggregation-prone and creates the need for a chaperone inside bacteria. We propose that masking such aggregation-prone localization domains may be a general function for type III effector chaperones
Modeling Process of a Third Dimension Universe for Transportation Simulation: Application to Railway System
No full textIn past years, 3D models of virtual worlds have been used in several applications such as urban planning, simulation and design. In the railway field, that we chose as a field of application to illustrate our proposals in this article, simulation makes sense because of the complexity involved and the risk for personnel during upstream phases of validation. To be able to simulation with enough precision, the model of the virtual universe is a key point. Especially For train component simulation, an accurate and detailed model of the train component is mandatory. For training the drivers within a serious game, a high visual quality is required. Obtaining a single model supporting these two constraints at the same time at the lowest cost is still an open issue and involved many actors. Our contribution is a methodology and a process for creating a virtual universe model, based on automatic model generation, in order to allow the creation of large-scale universes while guaranteeing a level of details appropriate to the need, a model of constant quality and including semantic data necessary for simulation, while reducing the modeling costs and the modeling duration. The proposed process is applied to train simulation.Part of this work carried out under the ASTRES project supported by the Alstom Transport Company. The views and conclusions contained within this document are those of the authors, and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Alstom Transport Company.Galland, S (reprint author), Univ Bourgogne Franche Comte, UTBM, LE2I, Multiagent Grp, F-90010 Belfort, France.
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Barnett's resolution of the Minkowski – Abraham dilemma holds, no 4-vector issue
No full text<p><i>There has been a century long controversy about the momentum density of photons in a medium, with two models getting experimental confirmation: the Minkowski model and the Abraham model. The latter being experimentations targeting the particle aspects of light, while the former focuses on its wave aspects. </i></p><p><i>In 2010, Barnett proposed a simple resolution to the dilemma: both approaches are correct models, but one needs to distinguish what the momentum densities represent. The model is elegant and consistent with Maxwell's equations in a medium. </i></p><p><i>Subsequently, Changbiao Wang published two papers arguing that the reasoning is incorrect because the Abraham light momentum in the medium would not be a 4-vector. This paper shows that such a view is incorrect: the author incorrectly sets the kinetic momentum density of the medium to zero. </i></p><p><i>Finally, we point out another paper that explains that the controversy is a relativistic effect between the reference frame in proper time for the wave and external observers.</i></p><p>Cite as: Stephane H Maes, (2023), "Barnett's resolution of the Minkowski – Abraham dilemma holds, no 4-vector issue", <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/10071847">https://zenodo.org/records/10071847</a>, <a href="https://shmaes.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/barnetts-resolution-of-the-minkowski-abraham-dilemma-holds-no-4-vector-issue/">https://shmaes.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/barnetts-resolution-of-the-minkowski-abraham-dilemma-holds-no-4-vector-issue/</a>, August 13, 2023</p>
Perceived onboard passengers' experience: Flight attendants' point of view
No full textBACKGROUND: Cabin research is mostly based on passenger reports. However, it is also important to consider the perceptions of flight attendants as onboard service providers, since they can convey a complementary view shedding light on important aspects related to passenger experience. OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to analyze flight-attendants' perception regarding passengers' inflight activities and experience. METHODS: Twenty-eight flight attendants were interviewed on more than twenty-three inflight activities that were extracted from a brainstorming session. A survey was designed based on these activities and was distributed to flight attendants. RESULTS: Overall, flight attendants perceived the activities 'resting/relaxing', 'sleeping' and 'using the restroom' for comfort as the most important activities to passengers, while activities 'talking to neighbors' and 'thinking and observing' were the least important ones. Interesting was the fact that flight attendants scored satisfaction of some activities higher then passengers. CONCLUSIONS: Flight attendants had a similar idea on importance of activities of passengers, but they valued some activities as more satisfactory.Accepted Author ManuscriptMaterials and Manufacturin
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