54 research outputs found
The journey from institution to inclusion: The history of special education for children with differing abilities in the Kamloops-Thompson Region 1800-2021
No full texttextbookFinancial assistance for the hard-copy text provided by the B.C. Retired Teachers' Association (BCRTA) Heritage Committee, B.C. Interior Community Foundation, Thompson Rivers University (Undergraduate Research Education Assistance Program - UREAP), and the Community Driven Research Fund.educational inclusionhistoryBritish ColumbiaKamloops-Thompsonspecial educatio
The -omics era: Proteomics and lipidomics in vascular research
No full textA main limitation of the current approaches to atherosclerosis research is the focus on the investigation of individual factors, which are presumed to be involved in the pathophysiology and whose biological functions are, at least in part, understood. These molecules are investigated extensively while others are not studied at all. In comparison to our detailed knowledge about the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, little is known about extracellular matrix remodelling and the retention of individual lipid species rather than lipid classes in early and advanced atherosclerotic lesions. The recent development of mass spectrometry-based methods and advanced analytical tools are transforming our ability to profile extracellular proteins and lipid species in animal models and clinical specimen with the goal of illuminating pathological processes and discovering new biomarkers. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved
Benefits of GMR sensors for high spatial resolution NDT applications
No full textMagneto resistance sensors like GMR (giant magneto resistance) or TMR (tunnel magneto resistance) are widely used in industrial applications, examples are position measurement and read heads of hard disk drives. However, in case of non-destructive testing (NDT) applications these sensors, although their properties are outstanding like high spatial resolution, high field sensitivity, low cost and low energy consumption, never reached a technical transfer to an application beyond sci-entific scope.
This paper deals with benefits of GMR/TMR sensors in terms of high spatial resolution testing for different NDT applica-tions. The first example demonstrates the preeminent advantages of MR-elements compared with conventional coils used in eddy current testing (ET). The probe comprises one-wire excitation with an array of MR elements. This led to a better spatial resolution in terms of neighboring defects.
The second section concentrates on MFL-testing (magnetic flux leakage) with active field excitation during and before test-ing. The latter illustrated the capability of highly resolved crack detection of a crossed notch. This example is best suited to show the ability of tiny magnetic field sensors for magnetic material characterization of a sample surface. Another example is based on characterization of samples after tensile test. Here, no external field is applied. The magnetization is only changed due to external load and magnetostriction leading to a field signature which GMR sensors can resolve. This gives access to internal changes of the magnetization state of the sample under test
Is the Coeffecient of Cross Elasticity an Appropriate Measure for the Closeness of Substitutes?
No full textAuthors of price theory texts usually state that the coeffecient of (price) cross elasticity of demand is a measure for the "closeness" of substitutes or complement: for the closeness of substitutes when the sign of the cross elasticity between the two commodities is positive, and for the closeness of compliments when the sign is negative. The main point the author wants to discuss is largely symmetrical for compliments and substitutes and it is more relevant for the latter. He will therefore develop his argument in terms of substitutes
Is the Coeffecient of Cross Elasticity an Appropriate Measure for the Closeness of Substitutes?
No full textAuthors of price theory texts usually state that the coeffecient of (price) cross elasticity of demand is a measure for the "closeness" of substitutes or complement: for the closeness of substitutes when the sign of the cross elasticity between the two commodities is positive, and for the closeness of compliments when the sign is negative. The main point the author wants to discuss is largely symmetrical for compliments and substitutes and it is more relevant for the latter. He will therefore develop his argument in terms of substitutes.
Antinomies in Today’s Realistic Theatre: A Critique from an Affective Theory Perspective
No full textSegons el llibre de recent publicació Lob des Realismus (Elogi del realisme) de Bernd Stegemann, el teatre postdramàtic ha caigut en el parany de posicions postestructuralistes i postmodernes i malauradament no ha aconseguit emprendre la tasca del realisme. L’autor sosté que en teatre la restitució de la mimesi constitueix el processament realista d’un material, assolit amb l’ajuda de l’anàlisi dialèctica dels seus continguts i el seu context històric. El present article aborda les posicions fonamentals d’aquesta crítica, paradigmàticament il·lustrada pel muntatge de René Pollesch Kill your Darlings de l’any 2012, oposant-s’hi des de la teoria de l’afectivitat a partir de reflexions d’un altre crític de la postmodernitat, Fredric Jameson. La crítica de Stegemann, entonada en nom del realisme, s’assimila en base a un model de realisme diferent i es tradueix en una valoració diametralment oposada del paradigma Kill your Darlings de Pollesch que davant la teoria de Jameson sembla ser un muntatge teatral notablement realista. El seu èxit entre crítics i espectadors, així com l’enfocament afectiu-teòric que es presenta, xoca amb la posició de Stegemann, i continua essent incert però interessant, ni que sigui per motius epistemològics, si i de quina manera es poden reconciliar ambdues perspectives.According to the recent book Lob des Realismus (“Praise of Realism”) by Bernd Stegemann, postdramatic theatre has fallen into the trap of poststructuralist and postmodern positions and lamentably failed to tackle the task of realism. The author holds that in theatre the re-instatement of mimesis is the realistic processing of a material, achieved through the dialec-tic analysis of its contents and historical context. The present article touches the core positions of this criticism, paradigmatically illustrated by René Pollesch’s production Kill your Darlings from 2012, advancing against them an argument from affect theory based upon considerations by another critic of postmodernity, Fredric Jameson: Stegemann’s criticism, intonated on behalf of realism, is sublated on the basis of a different realism model resulting in a diametrically opposed appreciation of Pollesch’s paradigm Kill your Darlings that in the light of Jameson’s theory appears to be a remarkably realistic theatre production. Its success with critics and the audience, as well as the presented affect-theoretical approach, conflict with Stegemann’s position, and it remains uncertain but interesting, even if only for episte-mological reasons, if and how both perspectives can be reconciled
Christliche Konfessionen und gleichgeschlechtliche Beziehungen
No full textDer erste Teil gibt eine Einteilung und einen Überblick von außen über die möglichen
Positionierungen zum Thema innerhalb des Christentums. Im Anschluss findet sich eine
Einschätzung, welche Positionierungen welchen christlichen Konfessionen zuzuordnen sind.
Darüber hinaus gibt die Arbeit einen Einblick, welche Bibelinterpretationen in diesem
vorgegebenen Rahmen möglich sind. Weil Religionsgeschichte Glaubensgeschichte der
Menschen ist, befindet sich im vierten Abschnitt ein exemplarisches Interview mit einer
betroffenen Christin römisch-katholischen Bekenntnisses. Nicht zuletzt wirft das Interview
eine implizite Kritik auf, woraus zwangsläufig die Frage resultiert, und hoffentlich in
künftigen Forschungsvorhaben mehr Raum finden wird, ob die Kritik an Religionen innerhalb
der Religionswissenschaft eine Berechtigung hat, und wenn ja welche. Deshalb thematisiert
diese Arbeit im letzten Teil die Diskussion rund um diese Fragestellung disziplinär und
interdisziplinär an. Ich komme im Rahmen meiner Recherchen zu dem Schluss, dass die
Frage nach Akzeptanz gleichgeschlechtlicher Beziehungen im Christentum nicht nur ihre
Berechtigung innerhalb der religionswissenschaftlichen Forschung hat, sondern auch der
Kritik unterzogen werden kann. Mit dieser Einsicht gebe ich etwa Ursula Spuler-Stegemann
Recht, die meint, man soll jede Religion möglichst vollständig in den Blick nehmen, wozu
auch zu hinterfragende Sachverhalte gehören. Alles andere wäre für sie unwissenschaftlich.
Diese Überlegungen führen schlussendlich noch zu einer viel grundlegenderen Frage,
nämlich, wie haltbar das Objektivitätsgebot der Religionswissenschaft ist
Highlights from the 2010 BAS/BSCR spring meeting: New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Research
No full textThe sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
No full textContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
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