2,571 research outputs found
Service-oriented models for audiovisual content storage
No full textWhat are the important topics to understand if involved with storage services to hold digital audiovisual content? This report takes a look at how content is created and moves into and out of storage; the storage service value networks and architectures found now and expected in the future; what sort of data transfer is expected to and from an audiovisual archive; what transfer protocols to use; and a summary of security and interface issues
Transfiguration:The Religion of Art in Nineteenth-Century Literature
No full textTransfiguration explores the work of John Ruskin, Robert Browning, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Walter Pater, treating in particular the ways in which they engaged with the Christian content of their subject, and, in Pater's case, how the art of Christianity was contrasted with classical sculpture. Stephen Cheeke examines two related phenomena: idolatry (a false substitution, a sexual betrayal), and the poetics of transfiguration (to elevate or glorify subject matter not thought of as conventionally poetic, to praise). Central to the book is the question of the 'translation' of religion into art and aesthetics, a process which supposedly undergirds the advent of the museum age and makes possible the idea of a 'religion of art' as a phenomenon of late century Aestheticism. Such a phenomenon is prepared for, however, through the engagement with Christian painting and classical sculpture in the work of these four writers. All four thought carefully about the ways in which a particular mimetic impulse of 'making-live' in artworks could be connected to religious experience. This meant exploring the nature of the link between seeing and believing—visualising in order to conceive, to verify, but also in the sense of being acted upon by the visible. All four wrote about the great power of artworks to transfigure the objects of their attention. In each case, there emerges the possibility of a secret sexual knowledge hiding within, or lying on the other side of the sensuous knowledge of aesthesis. All four wondered whether this was inherently hostile to Christianity, or whether it may, finally, be an accommodation within it
State mandated versus market-based locations of affordable housing: the impact of state housing programs on the production of affordable housing in the United States
No full textThis dissertation argues that despite massive public interventions at the federal and state levels, the private delivery of affordable housing in amounts sufficient to satisfy local demand is impossible to achieve. That the vast socio-economic differences within and between states has never been taken into account or incorporated into national housing policies. Instead, the distribution of finite housing resources has been skewed to a median statistic for nearly half a century, providing a majority of benefits to a narrow band of households earning between 50 and 80 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI). That the national affordability standard fails to accommodate the great variation in both income and housing costs has left individual states to devise statutory schemes aimed at addressing challenges unique to their individual jurisdictions. The most celebrated is found in New Jersey, where the landmark Mount Laurel decisions were codified into legislation that in 1985 established the most progressive affordable housing process in the nation. Over the past quarter century, Mount Laurel has taught many lessons. Perhaps most important is that the adequate provision of affordable housing will never be accomplished where there is strong demand and high delivery costs. Similarly, attempts to overreach are met with considerable resistance, impeding the delivery of even modest amounts of affordable housing. These lessons have helped to form the foundation of this research, where an assessment of the affordable housing produced in all fifty states is examined within the context of state mandated programs like Mount Laurel. To accomplish this objective required the use of both the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, where the output generated identifies both the least and most productive affordable housing states in the nation. These results are used to substantiate the conclusions drawn, which advocate for a new national housing affordability standard and more cogent public policies to ensure the equitable distribution of scarce housing resources.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Stephen H. O'Conno
The literary horror in Stephen King
No full textEl presente estado del arte fue un trabajo de recolección, organización y análisis alrededor de la obra de Stephen King. El elemento a abordar es cómo King redefine y re-contextualiza el concepto tradicional del horror literario,
esto, por medio de documentos desde la crítica literaria, la obra del autor y los ensayos del
mismo. Entre los resultados obtenidos, una serie de tópicos reiterados por los críticos fueron
organizados y crearon una distinción de la obra de King, los cuales fueron lo gótico literario, la
cultura mainstream, lo cotidiano y la infancia. En este sentido, la definición de King es la de un
horror constantemente transformado, no limitado a una sola emoción de terror, sino de variadas
sensaciones en lugares o situaciones inesperadas. También se indicó que una investigación como
la anterior es una oportunidad para examinar a un autor, su estilo y tendencias, de tal manera que
habrá una indagación más profunda de un género y un consecuente enriquecimiento de la
experiencia lectora.Licenciado en Español y Lenguas ExtranjerasPregradoThe present state of the art was a made through a documentary investigation, from the
collection, organization and analysis surrounding the work of Stephen King. The element to be
tackled is how King redefines and re-contextualizes the traditional concept of literary horror via
documents from literary criticism, the author's work and his essays. Among obtained results, a
series of topics reiterated by critics were organized and helped create a distinction of King's
work, which were: literary gothic, mainstream culture, everyday life and childhood. In this sense,
King's definition is that of a constantly transformed horror, not limited to a single emotion of
terror, but instead, of varied sensations in unexpected places or situations. It was also indicated
that an investigation like this one, is an opportunity to examine an author, his style and
tendencies, in such a way that there might be a deeper investigation of a genre and a consequent
enrichment of the reading experience
"Greensboro, City of Racial Paradoxes", by Stephen J. Goldfarb, circa 1993
No full textAn article written by Stephen J. Goldfrab. This article discusses the civil rights movement in Greensboro, N.C. during the 1960s. The city had a paradoxical nature, being both racially moderate and having segregated public facilities and employment. The author of the article, Stephen J. Goldfrab, uses interviews to tell the story of the sit-ins and demonstrations that led to desegregation in Greensboro, but neglects to discuss the role of voting in the civil rights movement. The author refers to Historian William H. Chafes to give context about Greensboro, N.C. 1 page
The optical properties of automatically darkening welding filters based on liquid crystal technology
No full textThis thesis addresses the problem of the poor optical angular properties displayed by the majority of automatically darkening welding filters currently on the market that are based on liquid crystal technology. It is shown that by reducing the twist-angle present in the liquid crystal cell to below that of 90 together with employment of a novel polariser arrangement, an optical shutter design based on a double-cell construction is obtained that boasts a reduced angular transmittance variation when in the activated phase. This gives an optical filter possessing a wide central viewing cone whilst maintaining the remaining optical parameters at a high level. The only point of compromise comes from the voltage increase requirement upon reduction of the twist- angle in order to maintain cell contrast. Although this inflates the power consumption of the system, beneficial effects upon the total light scattering provoked by the device are also observed. The final sections deal with a new mode of operation for a twisted-nematic liquid crystal cell when placed between crossed polarisers together with an interference filter possessing a high optical transmittance over the central part of the visible spectrum. This mode of operation means that the cell is in a dark state when inactivated. Application of a small stimulating voltage transmutes the unit into the light state, where upon further increment of the driving electronics beyond this point reverts the system back into a low transmittance phase. Such a mode of operation for a twisted-nematic cell offers several advantages over that of the normally white mode when considering the optical lens of an automatically darkening welding filter. In particular, a dark, fail-safe state is provided should the controlling electronics malfunction preventing the unit from holding in a potentially hazardous light phase, a property usually associated with the normally black mode of operation, whilst the fast switching speed from the light to the dark state associated with the normally white mode of operation is maintained. It is shown that there are only two cell types that display this phenomenon and the optical properties of these two systems are analysed in some detail with the view of developing an automatically darkening welding filter based on this technology. This thesis is submitted to the University of Durham for the degree of Master of Science. All work contained within this thesis was carried out by the author at Hornell Innovation AB in Sweden. No material contained within has been submitted for a previous degree and the copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without his prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged
Episode 11: Reconsidering the Reconstruction Era
No full textThe Department of History’s Holly Baker recently talked with Dr. K. Stephen Prince, Associate Professor of History at the University of South Florida and author of the book Stories of the South: Race and the Reconstruction of Southern Identity, 1865-1915. Dr. Prince was one of the presenters at the Sixth Annual Jerrell H. Shofner Lecture Series on Florida Culture and History. The topic was “Reconsidering Reconstruction: Regional, National, and Global Perspectives”.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/knightshistorycast/1010/thumbnail.jp
Historical experiences, collective memory and willingness to fight for one’s country: Comments on Paez et al. (2008)
No full textThis paper considers Paez et al.’s (2008) article ‘“Remembering” World War II and willingness to fight: Sociocultural factors in the social representation of historical warfare across 22 societies.’ Despite the importance of their focus on social representations of history and willingness to fight for one’s country, it is argued that Paez et al.’s paper features a number of methodological flaws. Specifically, the way in which key variables (historical experience, collective memory and willingness to fight for one’s country) are operationalized is especially problematic. The implications of these weaknesses for their conceptual conclusions are discussed briefly, as are the more general limitations of statistical analyses of survey data for addressing these issues
- …
