62 research outputs found
Jon Frey, Michigan State University professor of Art and Art History talks about the reuse of building materials in late Roman and Byzantine buildings and into the Medieval period
No full textJon Frey, Michigan State University professor of Art and Art History and author of "Spolia in fortifications and the common builder in late antiquity", talks about the reuse of building materials in late Roman and Byzantine buildings and into the Medieval period, especially those elements with Latin or Greek inscriptions. Frey talks about literacy rates during those periods and asks if the elements were actually meant to be read or if it was sufficient to the builder that they be recognized simply as ancient writing. Frey is introduced by the Head of the Fine Arts Library, Terrie Wilson
Review: Artist as Author: Action and Intent in Late-Modernist American Painting
Get PDFBook review of Artist as Author: Action and Intent in Late-Modernist American Painting by Christa Noel Robbins. University of Chicago Press, June 2021. 256 p. Ill. ISBN 9780226752952 (h/c), $45.00. Reviewed November 2021 by Heather Saunders, Dean of Libraries and Archives, Acadia University, [email protected]
Is There a Role for Narrative Attributes in Scientific Literature?
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06Scientists strive to produce relevant work that is both well-received within their fields and influential on the world around them. Effectively communicating science is an essential step in achieving this. Given the widespread acknowledgment that narratives are powerful tools of communication, I sought to identify a role for narrative attributes in scientific literature. I distilled six measureable indicators of narrativity from the literature, which reflect specific attributes described by narrative theory. I probed the abstracts of scientific peer-reviewed articles for these indicators by crowdsourcing, and measured their effect on article influence, as proxied by citation frequency. My results support the hypothesis that attributes associated with narrativity are positively associated with article citation frequency, with two exceptions: narrative perspective (first-person narrators are negatively associated with citations, p<0.01), and conjunctions (unimodally associated). Furthermore, the regression tree analysis predicts that among articles published in lower-rank journals, abstracts with explicitly related events and that offer an evaluative standpoint are more likely to achieve higher citation outcomes. I speculate that by incorporating narrative attributes into their writing, scientists mirror the way we as humans experience the world, and in turn, captivate their readers and extend their influence. Ultimately, this research helps form a more comprehensive understanding of how scientists can effectively communicate their work
Disclosure during adolescence same sex friendships, 1992
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to explore and examine the degree of adolescent disclosure to other adolescents of the same-sex, and to explore the notion that suggest that females are more disclosing in their same-sex relationship that males. In addition, this study assessed whether self-concept may be associated with self disclosure. The results of this study indicated that there were no significant differences in the degree of male and female disclosure to their same-sex friends. There were no significant difference in the self concept of males and females
Growing up in the city: Creating a safe environment for young families in the center of Amsterdam
No full textThe design of this family friendly building complex in the city center of Amsterdam is the result of the Dutch Housing graduation studio, Stronghold Amsterdam 2017 - 2018. This project focusses on the city living of Amsterdam, where high density and future orientation are very important.There is an increasing amount of young families that leave the big cities. In this Amsterdam has the highest number of all cities in the Netherlands. The main reason for leaving is the extension of the family (or plan to), which results in new requirements for the house and living environment. Most families want to stay in the city but can’t find a house that meets the new requirements. They look for more space, a safe environment for children to play and for an affordable price. This is not possible in the housing market of Amsterdam. To provide a living environment for these young families in Amsterdam the research reviewed the needs of young families and investigated which design solutions could satisfy them on the scale of the neighbourhood, building and dwelling. These design solutions are obtained from literature and six case studies and combined in a scheme. The main aspects that are important for the living environment of young families are: safety, facilities, playing and interaction, supervision, space and identity. All the design solutions are divided into these aspects. A personal choice of some of the design solutions from the six topics provide the focus of the design. The design creates affordable housing and a safe living environment in the city center of Amsterdam, on the Tweede Weteringsplantsoen. To provide this the design expends the living space of the residents towards the collective space of the building. This consists out of a court-like raised square and a new street level on the fourth floor of the complex with a gallery and small squares. These open spaces at the top provide the characteristic form of the building and a strong identity. The dwellings are orientated towards the collective spaces of the building, to allow for supervision of the children playing outside. Children of different ages can slowly expend their range of action from the safety of the shared spaces of the building towards the city. The layout of the dwellings provides flexible use of the rooms and the possibility to create more rooms
Wrestling with Japanese Tribalism Emerging Collaborative Opportunities For India and Japan
Get PDFJapanese firms, with their strong technology base and high domestic factor costs, have the potential of teaming with India, with its more basic infrastructure and eight times the population. Japan's poorly-performing excess capital could fuel India's strongly-developing middle class and robust entrepreneurialism. Especially promising are collaborative information technology projects. What stands in the way of a greatly expanded relationship? Much of the blockage stems from Japan's insularism, an impetus here labeled tribalism. A hopeful dimension is that this tribalism can be clearly defined as archaic, recognized as detrimental, and then toned-down. Further points for development include an active campaign to encourage diversity in Japan, teaming up to provide alternatives to investment in neighboring China, and agitating for representation on the UN Security Council. India can help initiate all these processes, and can in turn benefit from a Japan reaching out for regional economic partnerships.homogeneity; tribalism; UN Security Council; partnership; immigration; trade; e-Japan strategy
You Are Here: Mapping the World System of Mohsin Hamid’s Fiction
Get PDFMohsin Hamid’s novels—Exit West, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Moth Smoke—offer fecund ground for thinking through globalization and the changing world system. Bruce Robbins articulates a working definition of the “worldly” or global novel as one that “encourage[s] us to look at superstructures, or infrastructures, or the structuring force of the world capitalist system. Following on Robbins’s argument, Leerom Medovoi has written that Hamid’s work belongs to a body of literature that “is not so much of or by, but for Americans”—which he terms “world-system literature,” a literary application of Immanuel Wallerstein’s world systems analysis. This paper considers the ways in which Hamid evokes a world system constituted by distinctions between core and periphery, and describes the breakdown of this system as the walls between them become ever more porous. The paper begins with a brief biographical background of the author and the geopolitical context in which the novels were written, followed by a survey of some key theoretical texts that foreground the world systems structure at work in Hamid’s oeuvre. Next, the author traces the triangulation of core/semi-periphery/periphery that Hamid deploys in these four novels; and finally, analyzes the ways in which the reader—particularly the American reader—is positioned and implicated within the world system. Moving from historical to theoretical to literary analyses, this paper explores the ways in which Hamid’s fiction is exemplar of “world-system literature.
La maladie de Günther
No full textThe Günther s disease is an inborn error of haem biosynthesis due to an enzymatic defect of uroporphyrinogen III synthase, fourth enzym of this pathway. The consequence is the accumulation of uroporphyrins I in the red blood cells and the different tissus which leads to the clinical manifestations of the disease. Cutaneous photosensibility, variable hemolysis and erythrodontia are caracteristic features of this disease. Other clinical manifestations exist and the author describe them, proving the multi disciplinary feature of the disease.TOULOUSE3-BU Santé-Centrale (315552105) / SudocPARIS-BIUM (751062103) / SudocSudocFranceF
Moore of Feminine Style: A Rhetorical Examination of Wednesdays with Beth
Get PDFBeth Moore is a best-selling author of books and Bible studies, a speaker to crowds that fill places like the Georgia Super Dome, as well as an international speaker, a radio and television personality, and she is achieving this milestone as a woman, in a world lit with male stars. Through all of these venues it is estimated that Moore speaks to hundreds of thousands of people each year. One of Moore\u27s most recent ventures is speaking on Life Today with James and Betty Robison. Each week features an episode of Wednesdays with Beth. Using Karlyn Kohrs Campbell\u27s theory of feminine rhetoric, five episodes of this show will be studied to see if they contain the five characteristics of feminine rhetoric. The five characteristics of feminine rhetoric are: the speaker relies on personal experience and extended narrative, the speaker speaks to the audience as peers, the speakers invite audience participation, the speaker creates inductive arguments that lead to generalizations, and the speakers creates identification with and empowers their audience. Through this study, it has been determined that Beth Moore is a feminine rhetorician and each of the characteristics appear in each of the five episodes
Nurse author: Who me? Yes, you!
No full textBackground and Purpose Potential nurse authors may find writing a challenge, including managing the publication process from getting started through submission to revision of the work and its acceptance. This special article presents strategies to help inexperienced writers develop and hone skills for journal publication. Potential Publication Strategies Tips discussed here that may lead to manuscript acceptance include selecting a topic of interest, using motivational self-talk approaches and structuring time to write, choosing coauthors, targeting a journal for submission, writing strong sentences in active voice, developing a structured abstract, using correct citation and reference formats, understanding reviews and resubmitting the manuscript, and keeping momentum to produce continued writing results. Practical writing hints are also suggested for inexperienced writers. Relevance and Conclusion These strategies can help guide nurse writers in planning, navigating the system, and finding success as a published author
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