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Heritability and Linkage Analysis of Appendicitis Utilizing Age at Onset
No full textAppendicitis usually afflicts the young, but there is a large tail in the distribution of onset age. The genetics of this disease are still not well understood. A heritability analysis and genome wide linkage analysis of a large twin dataset was undertaken. Treating age of onset of appendicitis as a censored survival trait revealed a heritability of 0.21, and found evidence of linkage to Chromosome 1p37.3. Author(s): Christopher Oldmeadow 1 * | Kerrie Mengersen 2 | Nicholas Martin 3 | David L. Duffy
The structure and functions of the English magistrates' court : a study in historical sociology
No full textThis thesis starts with a critique of existing sociological
and criminological studies. The major argument here is that,
although interactionist studies are an improvement upon their
positivist counterparts, they suffer from the inherent weaknesses
contained in their astructural bias. Thus, although
observational studies have been able to describe the effects
of the process of interaction within the courtroom, they have
been unable to explain why magistrates' justice is characterised
by a relative lack of due process. In the main body of
the thesis, we offer a structural analysis of the functions of
magistrates' courts through an examination of the historical
development of the magistracy culminating in its transformation
in the middle of the nineteenth century. We show that
the magistracy was created in its modern form as a lower court
of summary justice specifically to act as an efficient method
of punishing petty offenders with a conscious disregard for
rights of due process. This did not simply reflect the
interests of the industrial bourgeoisie but rather it was a
product of the class struggle resulting from the particular
formation of British capitalism, in which the gentry retained
a powerful position. The central argument is that the
particular form of justice that is administered in the lower
courts of England and Wales reflects the compromise that was
reached between these two sections of the ruling class in the
period in which the modern magistracy was forged
Web 2.0: Hypertext by Any Other Name?
No full textWeb 2.0 is the popular name of a new generation of Web applications, sites and companies that emphasis openness, community and interaction. Examples include technologies such as Blogs and Wikis, and sites such as Flickr. In this paper we compare these next generation tools to the aspirations of the early Hypertext pioneers to see if their aims have finally been realized
Adapting musicology's use of affect theories to contemporary theatre making: Directing Martin Crimp's attempts on her life
No full textCopyright @ Intellect 2011Adopting and adapting musicology's use of affect theories, specifically Jeremy Gilbert's idea of an 'affective analysis' and David Epstein's idea of 'shaping affect', this article looks at Martin Crimp's Attempts on Her Life from a practitioner's perspective. It investigates the challenges and benefits of adopting an 'affective approach' to directing recent theatre texts that stress the musicality and corporeality of language along with, and at times above, its signifying roles. Rather than locating Aristotelian dramatic climaxes based on narratological or characterological progression, an affective approach seeks to identify moments of affective intensity, which produce a different sort of impact by working on a 'body-first' methodology, rather than the directly cerebral. That this embodied impact is not ultimately meaningless is one of affect theory's most vital assertions. This approach has resonance in terms of how directors, performers and critics/theorists approach work of this type
An exploration of four songs for soprano, horn, and piano (1990) by David Irving
No full textThe purpose of this study is to bring attention to the life and music of David Gerow Irving, in particular, his Four Songs for Soprano, Horn, and Piano, composed in 1990. As no previous academic writing has been committed to this subject matter, the study includes an introduction to the life and career of David Irving as well as an overview of his compositional techniques. Chapter 2 includes biographical information about his life in general, his career as a horn player, and his journey to composition. Chapter 3 gives a detailed description of his progression from student to composer. Chapter 4 provides an overview of some of his characteristic compositional tendencies found in a number of his compositions with examples. Chapter 5 focuses on the history and process in composition of the Four Songs for Soprano, Horn, and Piano, including a detailed analysis of each of the songs with comments from the composer. The appendices include a full score of the Four Songs for Soprano, Horn, and Piano, full list of works by David Irving, a written interview with the author, and permissions granted for the use of his correspondence with the author as well as the inclusion of his self-published work
Cult: A Composite Novel
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The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
Forrest Clingerman, Brian Treanor, Martin Drenthen, and David Utsler (eds.), Interpreting Nature: The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Equinox Publishing via the DOI in this recordThis is a book review of: Forrest Clingerman, Brian Treanor, Martin Drenthen, and David Utsler (eds.), Interpreting Nature: The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics (New York: Fordham University Press, 2013), ix + 384pp., $110.00 (cloth), ISBN: 978-0 8232-5425-5
A study of applying copulas in data mining
No full textTitle: A study of applying copulas in data mining Author: Martin Ščavnický Department: Department of Theoretical Computer Science and Mathe- matical Logic Supervisor: RNDr. Ing. Martin Holeňa CSc., Department of Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematical Logic Abstract: Copulas are functions that describe the relationship between a multivariate distribution function and its marginals. They provide a way to model multivariate distribution functions, and are extensively used in finance and studied in data mining. In practice, there are many different copula families and no standard way for choosing the right one. In our work, we compare suitability of different copula families in data mining. We fit classification data using 8 copula families and compare them using 3 mea- sures of fit. We also use a classification algorithm based on copulas and compare its accuracy for different copula families. The results indicate that elliptical copulas fit our data better, but hierarchical Archimedean copulas give comparable accuracy in the classification. We also propose and test a modified method for modelling data using hierarchical Archimedean copu- las, which fits some datasets with negative dependence between attributes better. Based on this modified method, we propose a visualization of depen- dence in data and observe..
Henry David Thoreau and His View of Slavery
No full textThis BA thesis is concerned with Henry David Thoreau's opinions on slavery. The first part of the thesis focuses on the development of the abolitionist movement in the first half of the nineteenth century and of antislavery tendencies and organizations. The most important figures of the abolitionist movement, such as Benjamin Lundy, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Dwight Weld, David Walker or Frederick Douglass, as well as the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1865 adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, are paid attention to. Thoreau's essays Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts and A Plea for Captain John Brown are analyzed in the thesis. In his Civil Disobedience, the author criticizes the government for abusing, rather than protecting, American citizens, who have elected it and enabled its functioning. Thoreau scorns the government for supporting slavery and for waging the Mexican-American War. He believes that every man has an inalienable right to be free and since the government takes this right away from people, he responds to it with civil disobedience. One comes across Thoreau's critique of his fellow citizens and of their lack of interest in enslaved people in his Slavery in Massachusetts. The writer is disappointed with the fact that law,..
Dobývání znalostí z dat pomocí kopulí
No full textNázev práce: Dobývání znalostí z dat pomocí kopulí Autor: Martin Ščavnický Katedra: Katedra teoretické informatiky a matematické logiky Vedoucí diplomové práce: RNDr. Ing. Martin Holeňa CSc., Katedra teoretické informatiky a matematické logiky Abstrakt: Kopule jsou funkce, které popisují vztah mezi sdruženým roz- dělením náhodného vektoru a jeho marginály. Kopule umožňují modelo- vat vícerozměrná rozdělení a jsou hojně využívány ve finančnictví a zk- oumány v dobývání znalostí. V praxi existuje mnoho různých rodin kopulí, ale žádný standardní spůsob, jak vybrat tu správnou. V naší práci se zabýváme porovnáním vhodnosti různych rodin kopulí k dobývaní znalostí. Prokládáme klasifikační data pomoci osmi rodin kopulí a porovnáváme je pomocí tří metrik kvality proložení. Také používáme klasifikační algorit- mus založený na kopulích a porovnáváme jeho přesnost pro různé rodiny kopulí. Výsledky naznačují, že eliptické kopule popisují naše data nejlépe, ale v přesnosti klasifikace jsou s nimi porovnatelné hierarchické Archime- dovské kopule. V práci také navrhujeme a testujeme modifikovanou metodu pro modelování dat pomocí hierarchických Archimedovských kopulí, která je schopna lépe popsat některá data...Title: A study of applying copulas in data mining Author: Martin Ščavnický Department: Department of Theoretical Computer Science and Mathe- matical Logic Supervisor: RNDr. Ing. Martin Holeňa CSc., Department of Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematical Logic Abstract: Copulas are functions that describe the relationship between a multivariate distribution function and its marginals. They provide a way to model multivariate distribution functions, and are extensively used in finance and studied in data mining. In practice, there are many different copula families and no standard way for choosing the right one. In our work, we compare suitability of different copula families in data mining. We fit classification data using 8 copula families and compare them using 3 mea- sures of fit. We also use a classification algorithm based on copulas and compare its accuracy for different copula families. The results indicate that elliptical copulas fit our data better, but hierarchical Archimedean copulas give comparable accuracy in the classification. We also propose and test a modified method for modelling data using hierarchical Archimedean copu- las, which fits some datasets with negative dependence between attributes better. Based on this modified method, we propose a visualization of depen- dence in data and observe...Department of Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematical LogicKatedra teoretické informatiky a matematické logikyFaculty of Mathematics and PhysicsMatematicko-fyzikální fakult
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