84 research outputs found
A 50/50 Ball: The East versus the EU in the Refugee Relocation Game
No full textOp-EdAvailable from http://verfassungsblog.de/author/raluca-bejan/
First person – Viorica Raluca Contu
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First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Viorica Raluca Contu is co-first author on ‘Lysosomal targeting of SIDT2 via multiple YxxΦ motifs is required for SIDT2 function in the process of RNautophagy’, published in Journal of Cell Science. Viorica is a PhD student at the National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Japan, investigating intracellular RNA degradation by the lysosomes and its possible involvements in disease pathogenesis and treatment.</jats:p
What makes a medical translator?
No full textAdvancements in healthcare and the rise of patient-centredness have increased workloads for professional medical translators. In parallel, new and emerging technologies are impacting translators’ output and workflows, though investigations into the medical translation domain remain scarce. This article presents the results of an international survey on 165 professional medical translators to identify trends concerning their socio-demographic and professional profiles, the textual- and process-related challenges of translating medical texts aimed at patients as laypersons, and their use of technology, specifically Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). Results show that the medical translators surveyed have decades-long experience in translation and come primarily from a linguistic background. They find specialised terminology and delivery deadlines as most challenging when translating patient-facing medical texts. Finally, most medical translators in our survey use CAT tools when translating or post-editing, although a small minority also integrate ASR tools into their workflows
The Return of the Author
Full text linkThis article will discuss Întoarcerea Autorului (The Return of the Author), published for the first time in Communist Romania in 1981, and, after 1990, in France and the United States, republished in post-Communist Romania in 1993, 2005, and 2013, the fourth edition. The article will try to follow the historical and cultural background for the volume and its subsequent editions to answer the question who is the author of the “return of the author”? I will point to the implicit and explicit dialogue of the 1981 book with other books dealing with the same topic and perceive their coincidences – with reference to Sean Burke, Dominique Maingueneau, Antoine Compagnon and Valentine Cunningham. I will focus on one of the most important and daring ideas of this book (which can be retraced afterwards, in Reading after Theory by Cunningham): those critics who proclaim the death of the author have proved to be the most authorial and authoritarian of all. Within the broader context of author studies, I will outline the characteristic features of the 1981 book and the actuality of Simion’s critical position
Pandemicfridge: Collaboration at a Distance
Full text linkThe Covid-19 pandemic affected all aspects of contemporary life, from how we work to how we shop, travel, and eat. Previously banal activities such as going to the grocery store became challenging and anxiety-inducing, with a new level of danger associated with leaving one’s home. To document and respond to this global experience, Jennifer Scheuer, assistant professor in printmaking at Purdue University, and I began collaborating on a series of collages titled #PandemicFridge. The project investigates the idea of care, nourishment and sustainability through the motif of the fridge, both literal and metaphorical. Our practice emerged from the pandemic and is indelibly marked by it: the new ways of working we have developed are informed by this experience as we were forced to find workarounds and new avenues to pursue our workThis article is published as Iancu, R., #PandemicFridge: Collaboration at a Distance and the title of the journal is IMPACT Printmaking Journal.; https://impact-journal-cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/index.php/impact/article/view/110/117. Copyright @ 2024 Raluca Iancu Presented at IMPACT 12 Conference, Bristol, UK, The Printmakers’ Voice, 21-25 September 2022. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms
A New Old Community: Development of 'local community' centers with new culinary-related functions to address current needs of the Belgrade's population
No full textAs a result of urbanization and modernization processes, a significant component of Balkan culture relating to culinary habits and traditions is slowly being lost in urban areas, despite being highly valued by city dwellers. In the specific context of Belgrade, this graduation project investigates how the existing typology of 'local community' centers can be re-imagined with new food-related functions that would not only revitalize the existing modernist structures of these buildings (currently in disrepair), but also introduce new cultural value to their surrounding neighborhoods.The principal method used in the design process is a two-step typological transference. The first step showcases the revitalization of an existing 'local community' center in the area of New Belgrade. The second step uses the lessons learned in the previous phase for the design of a new community center in the area of Old Belgrade, which is currently lacking such facilities. Both these steps are meant to act as examples and guidelines for the revitalization of the existing centers and the design of new ones, respectively. The potential end result would be a new re-imagined network of 'local community' centers for the city of Belgrade, focused on culinary-related and social activities, which would create a new image for the cultural and architectural character of the city's neighborhoods.Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Building Technolog
Agent-based Safety Modelling and Simulation of Controlling Two Airports from One Remote Tower
No full textRemote tower allows the provision of air traffic control to one or more aerodromes from a location that is different than the local tower. As such, the air traffic controller or flight information officer is not required to be in the physical aerodrome tower anymore. There are three types of remote tower operations. First, single remote tower is providing remote tower service to one aerodrome. Second, contingency remote tower is providing only continency air traffic control. Third, multiple remote tower is providing remote tower service to two or more aerodromes. Single remote tower and contingency remote tower have been validated and are currently operational. Multiple remote tower is not operational, therefore a topic of research regarding its feasibility. Currently, there is no available model looking into multiple remote tower operations. Developing an agent-based model can provide additional insight into the feasibility of this new concept of air traffic operations. It can be also be utilised in safety cases to assess the safety level of multiple remote tower operations. The focus of the MSc. Thesis is to develop an agent-based model for the evaluation of multiple remote tower.Aerospace Engineerin
Decision tree application to satellite measurement and analysis of exospheric neutral densities
Full text linkThere are generally two types of models to simulate space science parameters: physics-based models and statistics-based models. The first type of model makes predictions based on physical assumptions and mathematical expressions. The second type does so based on past data, applying linear regression algorithms along with polynomial and wavelet functions.
The project investigates the mechanism of small-scale changes in near- Earth space, and the interaction between the charged particles of the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere. We have developed a decision tree-based machine learning model that has the capability to make predictions about various physical parameters of the Earth’s magnetosphere. The training data set is provided by the Cluster II mission from ESA, courtesy of Dr. Elena Kornberg. The Cluster II is a space mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) with NASA collaboration, comprising four satellites flying in a tetrahedral formation while collecting the most detailed data yet on small- scale changes in near-Earth space, and on the interaction between the charged particles of the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere for a continuous period of two solar cycles (22 years).
We also investigate the role of neutral dynamics in the evolution of ring current and the terrestrial magnetosphere as a whole. We study the role of the geocoronal density distribution in the ring current loss by incorporating different geocoronal models with the Hot Electron and Ion Drift Integrator (HEIDI) model coupled with the Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF). This approach provides insight into the role of neutral constituents of Earth’s exosphere in the overall magnetosphere dynamics.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2021-08-01The student, Yu Huang, accepted the attached license on 2019-07-16 at 11:38.The student, Yu Huang, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-07-16 at 11:44.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2019-07-16 at 14:18.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #14344 on 2019-11-26 at 13:06:05Made available in DSpace on 2019-11-26T20:49:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Interactive visualization framework for space plasma data sets
Full text linkThe capability of visualizing numerical data sets to graphs is imperative to our understanding of space physics. However, traditional visualization tools used in the space science community are either proprietary, lack portability or require paid license subscriptions. Therefore we are attempting to resolve these shortcomings by developing cross-platform, free-to-use, easily set up interactive visualization tools that is accessible to any web browsers.
This project will showcase five different applications based on a Python framework called Dash developed by plotly. These applications are proved to be capable of visualizing 3D space physics data sets including satellite measurements, ground measurements, or numerical model simulation results. The first two applications use the Cluster II satellite measurement data set provided by ESA, courtesy of Dr.~Elena Kornberg from the Max Plank Institute. The third and the fourth applications use the simulated magnetic field data generated by the Tsyganenko magnetic field model. The fifth application visualizes ion density from an empirical model based on geo-tail data while the final application can plot calculation results from the Polar Wind Outflow Model.
By demonstrating the advantages of our visualization tool, we hope to show the significance of a generalized framework, which could benefit the entire space science community. Due to the time constraint of this project, we did not explore all the options provided by Dash. However, we firmly believe this tool has great potential and will be more powerful with additional features such as parallel computing, cloud computing, and the ability to record animations.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2023-05-01The student, Huizi Hu, accepted the attached license on 2021-04-16 at 23:30.The student, Huizi Hu, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2021-04-16 at 23:36.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2021-04-23 at 09:37.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #16382 on 2021-09-16 at 17:03:36Made available in DSpace on 2021-09-17T02:34:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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