2,259 research outputs found
Portia in Primetime: Women Lawyers, Television, and L.A. Law
No full textThe following paper was written in March 1989, when L.A. Law was still in its third season and the author was in her last year at Harvard Law School. The analysis is based on events and characters prior to April 1, 1989. An unedited version of the paper is on file at Harvard Law School. The Epilogue included here updates the author\u27s review of L.A. Law through March 15, 1990
Eenige beschouwingen over de toekomst van ons technisch hoger onderwijs
No full textRede, uitgesproken op den Gedenkdag der Technische Hoogeschool, 8 Januari 1923, door den rector-magnificus Prof. L.A. van Royen.Delft University of Technolog
L.A. Tabulae ad Astra
No full textL.A.: Tabulae ad Astra (Los Angeles: Maps to the Stars) is a series of prints integrating portions of street maps of Los Angeles with gestural lines, impromptu marks from testing pen nibs, and cutting lines on boards—all unwittingly produced in the artist’s studio while working on other projects. The combined layers of intersecting and overlapping marks take on a surprising cartographic character that is reinforced by additional ancient map-like elements such as measurement grids, Latin phrases, beastiary, and scale markers. The resultant prints are also physically connected to the Los Angeles landscape, being printed on paper that was first soaked and stained in the waters of the L.A. River. Together Tabulae ad Astra plays on the constant tensions of control vs. freedom, order vs. complexity, safety vs. adventure, and city vs. wilderness.
Cover images: Design by Rebecca McKinney featuring Tab.10 and ephmera, by Dirk Hagner, courtesy of the artist. Artwork images by Dirk Hagner, courtesy of the artist. All other documentation photographs by Jeff Rau and Melanie Kim, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. L.A. Tabulae ad Astra (exhibition catalog), by Dirk Hagner Editor: Jeff Rau Contributing author: Karin Lanzoni Copyright © 2015 Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. Book design by Rebecca McKinney.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/exhibit-catalogs/1012/thumbnail.jp
Portia in Primetime: Women Lawyers, Television, and L.A. Law
No full textThe following paper was written in March 1989, when L.A. Law was still in its third season and the author was in her last year at Harvard Law School. The analysis is based on events and characters prior to April 1, 1989. An unedited version of the paper is on file at Harvard Law School. The Epilogue included here updates the author's review of L.A. Law through March 15, 1990
A Look Back on the L.A. Riots: Black-Korean Relations
No full textWhat is the future of Black-Korean communities, post-L.A. riots? According to the author, there is an absence of Asian American issues in books devoted to race relations between ethnic minorities in the U.S. This thesis examines the Los Angeles riots, the histories of each group, and data from qualitative interviews. The author gives an objective and honest analysis of black-Korean relations despite racial, economic, and political biases. Methodology includes qualitative interviews of black respondents and Korean-American respondents
Inter institutional workshop on breakwaters
No full text(1) Functional requirements for Breakwaters - Prof. K.d' Angremond (2) Development of fishery harbors in India - Mr. K. Omprakash (3) Non-rubble Breakwaters and optimisation - Prof. K.d' Angremond (4) Wave energy caisson Breakwaters - Dr. S. Neelamani (5) Partially suspended porous wall Breakwaters - Dr. J.S. Mani (6) Case studies on stability of Breakwaters - Prof. V. Sundar (7) Introduction on Ennore coal port project - Mr. L.A. Mayboom (8) Design of Breakwaters for Ennore port - Mr. R. Haggie (9) Construction of Breakwaters for Ennore port - Mr. S. PearsonHydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Skeletal muscle mass in head and neck cancer patients: Radiological assessment and association with clinical outcome
No full textIn recent years, it has been shown that routinely performed imaging, such as computed tomography (CT) scans, can be used to extract additional information on patient’s functional and biological status, which may be used to identify patients at increased risk of adverse outcomes during and after treatment. Low skeletal muscle mass is the most known example of this application; research has shown that modern imaging such as CT or MRI can be used to accurately assess skeletal muscle quantity. Our research shows that the quantity of skeletal muscle mass can easily and reliably be assessed on CT imaging of the head and neck area. Low skeletal muscle mass, as identified on routinely performed CT and MRI of the head and neck area, is associated with increased chemotherapy dose-limiting toxicity, increased pharyngocutaneous fistula formation after total laryngectomy and decreased overall survival in several head and neck patient categories. These results are in concurrence with results in other types of cancer. Routinely performed imaging can also be used to assess the presence of arterial calcification, as a proxy for cardiovascular disease.
Concluding, routinely performed imaging does not only provide easily accessible and clinically relevant information on disease status, but also holds valuable information on body composition of a patient, which may be used in individualized risk stratification, treatment adaptation and patient optimization strategies to ultimately decrease short-term adverse outcomes and increase survival
Sarcopenia in head and neck cancer: Towards personalized medicine
No full textThis thesis showed that low skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) is a prevalent problem which occurs in approximately 55% of patients. Skeletal muscle mass can be easily assessed on a single slice at the level of C3 (or L3) on routinely performed CT or MRI scans which are performed for head and neck cancer diagnosis and treatment evaluation. Skeletal muscle mass is a promising imaging biomarker which predicts negative treatment outcomes in various treatment strategies applied in head and neck cancer management. Besides negative treatment outcomes, low skeletal muscle mass has also shown to be prognostic for decreased survival.
We hypothesize that multimodal pre-habilitation will improve skeletal muscle mass status of the patient before treatment which will lead to an enhanced recovery trajectory with reduced operative complications and postoperative adverse effects in surgically treated patients and to reduced treatment-related toxicities in patients treated with (chemo- or bio) radiotherapy. We also hypothesize that multimodal pre-habilitation leads to a reduced duration of hospital stay, reduced health care costs and improved quality of life. In addition, pre-habilitation is an opportunity to foster patient empowerment which increases patient’s autonomy and self-management. This may facilitate an improved quality of life before treatment and may positively affect long-term health. Therefore, the aims of a future randomized controlled trial should be to compare the effect of a multimodal pre-habilitation program including exercise, nutritional support and psychological support with usual care on treatment outcomes and prognosis for patients with head and neck cancer, particularly those with low skeletal muscle mass.
Further research is needed to validate these hypotheses. This thesis provides information that can contribute to the development of these studies
The Interchangeable Roles of Music and Technology in Computer-Supported Education
No full textScientific literature has frequently focused on the contribution offered by technology to support music education at various levels. A less investigated subject is the possibility of using multimedia and musical languages to encourage the acquisition of digital competences. In this vision, the roles of mediator and disciplinary goal– which in the context of computer-supported education are traditionally assigned to technology and music, respectively – are reversed. These concepts will be exemplified through applications which explore the relationship between music and technology from a new point of view, merging the two fields and making traditional roles more nuanced, thus encouraging the development of higher-order thinking skills. This paper summarizes the keynote lecture held by the author at the 4th International Conference on New Music Concepts – ICNMC 2017
Haunted narratives: politics, fiction and ghostwriting in Robert Harris’s "The Ghost"
No full textTaking as case study Robert Harris’s The Ghost, and focusing on the ‘poetics’ of ghostwriting and multiple, disseminated authorship, this article aims to highlight the crucial intersections between truth and fiction, authenticity and self-deception and the disembodying of public accountability from both the political subject and the literary author, made possible by the emergence of professional speechwriters and celebrity politicians. Suggestively embedded in this subtly intertextual novel are a number of ‘Gothic’ narrative structures and generic conventions, which range from the thematization of ghostwriting as a spectral activity, to the pervasive use of terms and images pertaining to the semantic areas of “haunting” and “the ghostly”, to neo-Gothic rewritings of landscapes and social milieus
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