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Dreher, Diane, English, interviewed by
No full textDr. Diane Dreher, Ph. D., is an author, researcher, consultant, and positive psychology coach. She has a Ph. D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA and a Master’s degree in Counseling from Santa Clara University. She currently serves as a professor emeritus and associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University. Dr. Dreher is an award-winning university professor and positive psychology researcher whose work focuses on hope and has been recognized internationally. She has written eight non-fiction books which have been translated into ten different languages which combine ancient wisdom with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Her notable publications include her bestselling book Tao of Inner Peace and her newest book Pathways to Inner Peace (2025). Both offer help to finding peace during turbulent times and times of uncertainty
Optimization of carbon ion and proton treatment plans using the raster-scanning technique for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer
No full textBackground: The aim of the thesis is to improve radiation plans of patients with locally advanced, unresectable pancreatic cancer by using carbon ion and proton beams. Patients and methods: Using the treatment planning system Syngo RT Planning (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) a total of 50 treatment plans have been created for five patients with the dose schedule 15 × 3 Gy(RBE). With reference to the anatomy, five field configurations were considered to be relevant. The plans were analyzed with respect to dose distribution and individual anatomy, and compared using a customized index. Results: Within the index the three-field configurations yielded the best results, though with a high variety of score points (field setup 5, carbon ion: median 74 (range 48–101)). The maximum dose in the myelon is low (e.g. case 3, carbon ion: 21.5 Gy(RBE)). A single posterior field generally spares the organs at risk, but the maximum dose in the myelon is high (e.g. case 3, carbon ion: 32.9 Gy(RBE)). Two oblique posterior fields resulted in acceptable maximum doses in the myelon (e.g. case 3, carbon ion: 26.9 Gy(RBE)). The single-field configuration and the two oblique posterior fields had a small score dispersion (carbon ion: median 66 and 58 (range 62–72 and 40–69)). In cases with topographic proximity of the organs at risk to the target volume, the single-field configuration scored as well as the three-field configurations. Conclusion: In summary, the three-field configurations showed the best dose distributions. A single posterior field seems to be robust and beneficial in case of difficult topographical conditions and topographical proximity of organs at risk to the target volume. A setup with two oblique posterior fields is a reasonable compromise between three-field and single-field configurations
Domination And Defiance: Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare
No full textShakespeare was clearly fascinated by the relationship between fathers and daughters, for this primal bond of domination and defiance structures twenty-one of his comedies, tragedies, and romances. In a conflict that is at once social and interpersonal, Shakespeare\u27s fathers demand hierarchical obedience while their daughters affirm the new, more personal values upheld by Renaissance humanists and Puritans.
In her penetrating analysis of this compelling relationship, Diane Dreher examines the underlying psychological tensions as well as the changing concepts of marriage and the family during Shakespeare\u27s time. She points to the pain and conflict caused by sex role polarization. Shakespeare\u27s possessive fathers tyrannize over their daughters, unwilling to relinquish their masculine power and control and leaving these young women with only two alternatives: paternal domination or defiance and loss of love. The logic of Shakespeare\u27s plays repudiates traditional stereotypes, showing how women like Ophelia and Desdemona are destroyed by conforming to the passive Renaissance ideal.
The book concludes with a consideration of Shakespeare\u27s androgynous characters—dynamic women in doublet and hose, and fathers who become sensitive, caring, and empathetic. Shakespeare\u27s balanced characters thus reconcile the polarities within themselves and bring greater harmony to their world.
Domination and Defiance is the first book on this most provocative relationship in Shakespeare. Shedding new light on the complex father-daughter bond, character, and motivation, it makes a major contribution to literary studies.
Diane Elizabeth Dreher is associate professor of English at Santa Clara University and the author of The Fourfold Pilgrimage.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_english_language_and_literature_british_isles/1084/thumbnail.jp
Apples and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa
No full text© The Author(s) (2018). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association. All rights reserved. Chinese "aid" is a lightning rod for criticism. Policy-makers, journalists, and public intellectuals claim that Beijing uses its largesse to cement alliances with political leaders, secure access to natural resources, and create exclusive commercial opportunities for Chinese firms-all at the expense of citizens living in developing countries. We argue that much of the controversy about Chinese "aid" stems from a failure to distinguish between China's Official Development Assistance (ODA) and morecommercially oriented sources and types of state financing. Using a new database on China's official financing commitments to Africa from 2000 to 2013, we find that the allocation of Chinese ODA is driven primarily by foreign policy considerations, while economic interests better explain the distribution of less concessional flows. These results highlight the need for better measures of an increasingly diverse set of non-Western financial activities.link_to_OA_fulltex
Technically sustainable action as an educational task in engineering training – Dissemination of the Leonardian Oath via YouTube
No full textEINLEITUNG
Im Kontext einer entsprechenden Ingenieurausbildung sei der von Dreher (Dreher 2015) als Berufsethos formulierte Leonardische Eid genannt, der seit 2015 lautet:
Eine jede Ingenieurausbildung muss sicherstellen, dass Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieure darin gebildet werden, ihre fachlich basierten Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten einzubringen, um ihrer hohen Gestaltungsverantwortung anhand der Prinzipien
- der ethischen Legitimierbarkeit
- der Nachhaltigkeit und
- der gesellschaftlichen Kontrollierbarkeit
gerecht zu werden.
Es stellt sich die Frage, wird sichergestellt, dass angehende Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieure sich anhand des Leonardischen Eides positionieren?
ZENTRALE FRAGESTELLUNG
Anliegen der vorgelegten Arbeit ist die Beantwortung der Frage, ob die notwendige (Re-) Fokussierung von technischer Bildung auf den Aspekt eines nachhaltigen Handelns durch die Produktion und Verbreitung entsprechender YouTube-Videos gefördert werden kann. Einleitend hierzu wird zur Ermittlung des Status quo in der technischen Hochschullehre eine exemplarisch angelegte Curriculum-Untersuchung anhand von Modulhandbüchern durchgeführt.
METHODISCHES VORGEHEN
Das Problem aufzeigend wird eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse ausgewählter Modulhandbücher von technischen Hochschulen durchgeführt. Ausgehend von den dabei offengelegten Defiziten wird eine sechsteilige Videoreihe produziert und auf YouTube unter dem Link
https://www.youtube.com/@HeinzLeymann-LE publiziert. Diese wird sowohl über die Zugriffszahlen quantitativ ausgewertet (generelles Interesse) als auch über die dabei formulierten Kommentare (Kommentarfunktion YouTube und E-Mails an den Autor) sowie die Inhalte der Interviewten qualitativ inhaltsanalytisch betrachtet.
ZIELSETZUNG
Es soll festgestellt werden, ob die publizierten Videos zu einer Diskussion um die Zukunft der Ingenieurausbildung geführt haben und wenn ja, in welcher Weise. Die Ansätze der Interviewten in den zu erstellenden Videos im Kontext des Leonardischen Eides sowie die Kommentare bei YouTube sind zu werten. Zudem ist die Reichweite der zu erstellenden Videos und Shorts zu messen.
ERGEBNIS
Im Kontext der Befähigung von Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieuren zu einem ethisch vertretbaren Handeln in einer digitalen Arbeitswelt sind die Pflicht- und Wahlpflichtfächer von drei Universitäten und drei Hochschulen auf die Kategorien der Prinzipien der ethischen, der ökonomischen, der ökologischen, der gesellschaftlichen und der nachhaltigen Legitimierbarkeit untersucht worden. Diese sind unterschiedlich ausgeprägt.
Untersuchung der sechs Filme
Im Kontext der Verbreitung des Leonardischen Eides sind sechs Filme erstellt und auf YouTube veröffentlicht worden.
Bei der quantitativen Akzeptanz der sechs Filme ist im Kontext der Anzahl der Aufrufe keine Wirksamkeit der Arbeitshypothese nachweisbar. Dabei ist festzustellen, die Aufrufzahlen gehen von Film 1 bis Film 6 kontinuierlich zurück. Bei der quantitativen Akzeptanz der sechs Filme ist im Kontext der Zuschauerbindung teilweise eine Wirksamkeit der Arbeitshypothese nachweisbar. Bei der qualitativen Akzeptanz ist eine Wirksamkeit der Arbeitshypothese nachweisbar, weil anhand der Interviews und der Kommentare eine Zustimmung zur Implementierung des Leonarischen Eides erkennbar ist.
Untersuchung der fünf Shorts
Jeder der fünf Shorts zeigt im Rahmen der quantitativen Akzeptanzstudie eine höhere Wirksamkeit als die sechs Videofilme. Allerdings ist die Wirkung unklar, weil es in Bezug auf die qualitative Untersuchung der fünf Shorts nur einen Kommentar gibt, der keinen Aufschluss im Kontext der Implementierung des Leonardischen Eides in die Ingenieurstudiengänge zu-lässt. Die Arbeitshypothese kann in Bezug auf die Anzahl der Abrufe (quantitativ) der fünf Shorts und bei der Zuschauerbindung des Shorts 3 bestätigt werden, die über der normalen Zuschauerbindung liegt. Bei den vier anderen Shorts ist nach der YouTube-Analyse eine übliche Zuschauerbindung nicht verfügbar.
Filme und Shorts insgesamt
Bei den sechs Filmen sagt die quantitative Analyse im Kontext der Implementierung des
Leonardischen Eides weniger aus als die qualitative Analyse der Kommentare. Bei den fünf Shorts verhält es sich umgekehrt.INTRODUCTION
High-tech products are becoming increasingly complex and must be subject to more ecological, social and ethical values. For engineers, this means a corresponding technical competence that is also oriented towards the principle of sustainability. In the context of appropriate engineering training, the Leonardian Oath formulated by Dreher (Dreher 2015) as a professional ethos, which has been in force since 2015, should be mentioned:
Any engineering education must ensure that engineers are trained to use their professional design skills to fulfill their high design responsibility based on the principles of
- ethical legitimacy
- sustainability and
- the social controllability.
The question arises as to whether it is ensured that prospective engineers position themselves on the basis of the Leonardian Oath?
CENTRAL QUESTION
The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether the necessary (re)focusing of technical education on the aspect of sustainable action can be promoted through the production and distribution of corresponding YouTube videos. In order to determine the status quo in technical university teaching, an exemplary curriculum study is carried out on the basis of module manuals.
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
A qualitative content analysis of selected module handbooks from technical universities is carried out to highlight the problem. Based on the deficits revealed, a six-part video series is produced and published on YouTube under the link https://www.youtube.com/@HeinzLeymann-LE. This will be evaluated both quantitatively via the number of hits (general interest) and qualitatively via the comments made (YouTube comment function and emails to the author) and the content of the interviewees.
OBJECTIVE
The aim is to determine whether the published videos have led to a discussion about the future of engineering education and, if so, in what way. The approaches of the interviewees in the videos to be produced in the context of the Leonardian Oath and the comments on YouTube are to be evaluated. In addition, the reach of the videos and shorts to be created should be measured.
RESULT
In the context of enabling engineers to act ethically in a digital working environment, the compulsory and elective subjects of three universities and three colleges were examined with regard to the categories of the principles of ethical, economic, ecological, social and sustainable
legitimacy. These are differently pronounced.
Examination of the six films
In the context of the dissemination of the Leonardian Oath, six films were created and published on YouTube.
In the quantitative acceptance of the six films, no effectiveness of the working hypothesis can be proven in the context of the number of views. It should be noted that the number of views decreases continuously from film 1 to film 6. In terms of the quantitative acceptance of the six films, the working hypothesis can be shown to be partially effective in the context of viewer loyalty. In terms of qualitative acceptance, the effectiveness of the working hypothesis is demonstrable, as the interviews and comments indicate approval of the implementa-tion of the Leonardian Oath.
Analysis of the five shorts
Each of the five shorts shows a higher effectiveness than the six video films in the quantitative acceptance study. However, the effect is unclear because there is only one comment in relation to the qualitative study of the five shorts, which does not allow any conclusion to be drawn in the context of the implementation of the Leonardian Oath in the engineering courses. The working hypothesis can be confirmed with regard to the number of views (quantitative) of the five shorts and the audience retention of Short 3, which is higher than normal. According to the YouTube analysis, the four other shorts do not have the usual viewer retention.
Films and shorts overall
For the six films, the quantitative analysis in the context of the implementation of the Leonardian Oath says less than the qualitative analysis of the comments. The reverse is true for the five shorts
Culturally-based adaptive learning and concept analytics to guide educational Website content integration
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Final report on accomplishments of a Task Force on Campus Bridging sponsored workshop: Campus Leadership Engagement in Building a Coherent Campus Cyberinfrastructure
No full textIn 2010, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a grant of $49,840 to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill to organize a workshop on the topic of campus cyberinfrastructure with the title “Campus Bridging Taskforce Sponsored Workshop: Campus Leadership Engagement in Building a Coherent Campus Cyberinfrastructure.” This report discusses the contents of the full workshop report to the NSF as well as the accomplishments and outcomes reported via the NSF’s online reporting system.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 1059812 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Patrick Dreher as principal investigator and Craig Stewart, James Pepin, Guy Almes, and Michael Mundrane as co-principal investigators. Stewart’s involvement was supported by the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute, which is supported in part by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. (a private charitable trust). Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or the Lilly Endowment
Author index of ISGS publications through September 1995
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A study of the chiral phase transition in the nonlinear sigma model
No full textThe finite temperature chiral phase transition is studied using the three dimensional non-linear sigma model. Numerical simulations with the U(N) U(N) and SU(N) SU(N) flavor symmetries for both two and three flavors were examined to determine the order of the phase transition. The data from the simulations in the appropriate limits was verified with calculations from the strong and weak coupling expansions. A variety of numerical techniques, including metastability analysis, reduced cumulant of the energy, and finite sized scaling were employed to determine the transition for both flavors using the U(N) U(N) and SU(N) SU(N) flavor symmetries. The results of these simulations for the finite temperature chiral phase transition and chiral symmetry restoration are summarized, and a discussion of the implications for heavy-ion collider physics and cosmology is presented.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T14:03:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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