3 research outputs found
Geometry of Quadrangles in Almqvist’s The Queen’s Tiara
No full textQuadrangles are repeatedly used in construction of scenes in Swedish author C. J. L. Almqvist’s novel The Queen’s
Tiara. They limit and frame views. Repeating these structures creates connections between scenes. They form in
relations between characters. Several quadrangular structures form around one main character called Tintomara,
when she involuntarily attracts characters that fall in love in her. Also, quadrangles inside and beside each other are
visible in scenes. Almqvist presented these forms in the elementary geometry textbook he published a year before
this novel.peerReviewe
Aspects of linguistics and communication in selected works of C.J. Cherryh
No full textThis thesis examines certain aspects of linguistics and communication in selected novels of the American science fiction/fantasy author C. J. Cherryh, focusing upon her approach to communication within or among different species. She bases her languages on the idea that cultural and biological factors control how a species expresses its thoughts and perceives reality.
The first half of the thesis provides necessary background information in the form of a biography of Cherryh, plot outlines of the novels used in the study, a definition of the uses of artificial language, and a short history of linguistics in science fiction. The second half of the thesis is devoted to the study of Cherryh's use of linguistic and communications factors in her works, with special attention to her various invented languages and the alien species which use those languages
Rel: The 'true' relational model for desktop data processing.
No full textDiscovered by noted IBM researcher E. F. “Ted” Codd in 1970, Codd's Relational Model of Data became the inspiration for the SQL database query language. Whilst SQL is the basis for most popular database management systems, they do not faithfully implement the relational model and deviate from it in problematic ways. Rel is a database management system — developed by Dave Voorhis at the University of Derby — that faithfully implements the relational model and is the first and most complete implementation of the innovative Tutorial D database query language designed by database researcher and author C J Date and former IBM developer and SQL Standards Committee member Hugh Darwen. In continuous development since 2004, Rel is used for research and database education at various universities worldwide. With the recent addition of features for integrating external data sources, Rel is evolving into an increasingly viable and effective “desktop database" tool for manipulating and querying data on personal computers. This session provides a background to Rel and demonstrates some of its significant new features
