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Oscar Wilde : a Victorian sage in a modern age
No full textThis paper assesses Oscar Wilde’s reaction to the fin de siècle and argues against his widely-accepted position as a main figure in the English avant-garde movement, a view which major literary critics such as Peter Gay, Sos Eltis and S. I. Salamensky promote today. Based on Foucault’s definition of modernity as ‘a break with tradition' rather than a specific time, I argue that Wilde was not the modernist author he is widely perceived as, but a conventional Victorian sage who cleverly adopted, and tailored, the fashion of his time to deliver his thoroughly traditional teachings. The paper is split into five sections. The first of deals with Wilde’s creation of his dandy self and the influences of Carlyle, Arnold and Christ over him; the second section examines Ruskin’s influence over Wilde’s theory of art, and Wilde’s self-perception; the third section continues to examine the influence of the Victorian sages on Wilde by exploring his criticism of contemporary modernity in some of his works; the fourth and fifth sections deal with Wilde’s views on the roles of the sexes and his homosexuality respectively, and weigh these views, through further close analysis of his works, against the argument of his modernity. The research ends by asserting that Oscar Wilde was thoroughly Victorian in his views and themes, and that he perceived himself as a sage for his modern age.peer-reviewe
Shine, Shine, Ruthenium Caged Drug†
No full textThis is a highlight on the paper by Bonnet et al.: A Lock-and-Kill Anticancer Photoactivated Chemotherapy Agent. which constitutes an important step toward establishing photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) as a widespread tool to treat different health issues, specially tumors. PACT can be a useful technique to deliver already tested drugs, where the effect of the desired molecule is directed only to its target after light irradiation, even in the cases in which it is difficult to achieve a precise delivery in the desired organ or tissue. Ruthenium-polipyridyl caged-compounds are near ideal devices to deliver a drug in that precise fashion, albeit they usually fail in revealing their actual location due to their weak light emission properties. The mentioned work introduces a simple and clever idea: the use of a covalently linked fluorophore to map the caged-compounds in-vivo distribution prior to the eventual irradiation to activate the chemotherapy.Fil: Etchenique, Roberto Argentino. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; ArgentinaFil: Filevich, Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Tecnologías Emergentes y Ciencias Aplicadas. - Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Instituto de Tecnologías Emergentes y Ciencias Aplicadas; Argentin
[Letter to Oscar Bodansky Discussing Authorship]
No full textLetter to Oscar Bodansky from an unknown author, inquiring as to the well-being of Oscar, discussing a book the author is working on and the distribution of the royalties
RuBiGABA-2: a hydrophilic caged GABA with long wavelength sensitivity
No full textWe have devised a new caged GABA based on ruthenium bipyridyl coordination chemistry. This photo-trigger delivers GABA upon irradiation with wavelengths up to 532 nm undergoing heterolytic photo-cleavage, in a clean and very fast (a few nanoseconds) photoreaction. With an absorptivity coefficient epsilon(MAX) = 5300 M-1 cm(-1) at 447 nm and a quantum efficiency phi similar to 0.09, RuBiGABA-2 is among the most active caged-GABAs, especially at long wavelengths. This highly hydrophilic caged GABA can be synthesized in a simple one-pot reaction. The synthesis, chemical characterization and photochemical properties are presented. Finally, the usefulness of this caged compound is demonstrated by photodelivering free GABA on leech motoneurons.Fil: Filevich, Oscar. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Quimica Fisica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; ArgentinaFil: Etchenique, Roberto Argentino. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de Los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Quimica Fisica; Argentin
Estudo sobre a tradução do conto The happy prince, de Oscar Wilde
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos da TraduçãoEste estudo analisa duas traduções do conto de fadas The Happy Prince (1888), de Oscar Wilde, com base nos pressupostos teóricos da análise da tradução, de Antoine Berman. Entre as traduções feitas para o leitor brasileiro, optou-se por analisar o processo tradutório realizado por Bárbara Heliodora (1992), e outro por Luciana Salgado (2004). O critério adotado para a seleção das respectivas traduções leva em conta o fato de a primeira ser elaborada por uma tradutora e crítica de literatura nacionalmente reconhecida, e de a segunda ser a tradução mais recente no Brasil. Buscam-se analisar os textos traduzidos quanto aos traços estilísticos do autor, às características do gênero literário do conto e às possíveis deformações que os textos traduzidos de maneira etnocêntrica podem apresentar. Para isso, divide-se o trabalho em três capítulos: o primeiro apresenta uma breve biografia de Oscar Wilde e um panorama da literatura inglesa no século XIX; o segundo capítulo aborda as características do conto como gênero literário, as características da literatura do fim do século XIX e os traços estilísticos do autor; no terceiro capítulo analisam-se os trabalhos das tradutoras mencionadas, com base nos critérios acima citados. Em seguida, tecem-se as considerações finais. Por fim, nos anexos, encontram-se transcritos os textos do conto original e as duas traduções. This research analyzes two translations about the tale The Happy Prince (1888) written by Oscar Wilde, based on the theoretical postulation of the translation investigation made by Antoine Berman. Among some translations of this tale to Brazilian reader, it was chosen to be analysed the translation process made by Bárbara Heliodora (1992), and another one made by Luciana Salgado (2004). The criterion chosen to select these translation works considers the fact that the first oneis done by a well-known translator and theater critic in Brazil, and the second translation is the most recent one done in Brazil. The study of them is focused on the stylistic peculiarities of the author, the characteristics of the tale as a literarian sort, and the disfigurations that usually occur in translated texts done by as the ethnocentric manner. In order to do the research, the work is divided into three chapters: the first one presents a brief biography of Oscar Wilde, the English literature on XIX century; the second chapter broaches the characteristics of the tale as a literarian sort, the characteristics of the literature in the end of XIX century and Wilde#s stylistic peculiarities; and in the third chapter the translation works made by the above mentioned translators are analysed based on the criterions referred. After that, the final considerations are made about the study. In the appendage, there is the original English text written, as well as the translated ones
Oscar Parkes letter, MSS.1103
No full textAbstract: A letter dated 14 December 1934, from Oscar Parkes, editor of "Janes Fighting Ships" to N. H. Hillier, Jr. of New York City, regarding a new edition of this standard reference work on naval vessels around the world.Scope and Content Note: THe collection contains a A letter dated 14 December 1934, from Oscar Parkes, editor of "Janes Fighting Ships" to N. H. Hillier, Jr. of New York City, regarding a new edition of this standard reference work on naval vessels around the world.Biographical/Historical Note: Parkes (1885-1958), was the long-time editor of Jane's Fighting Ships, an author, and painter of nautical subjects
A ruthenium-rhodamine complex as an activatable fluorescent probe
No full textWe describe the synthesis and characterization of a ruthenium-bipyridyl complex bearing a rhodamine-based fluorescent ligand. The complex is weakly fluorescent due to the quenching of rhodamine. Upon irradiation of the MLCT band it releases rhodamine in a fast and clean heterolytic reaction, increasing its fluorescence nearly 6-fold and making it the first visible-light activatable fluorophore based in transition metal chemistry. These properties and its lack of toxicity make it a good candidate for its use as a biologically friendly caged fluorescent probe. The use of this probe as a neuronal marker, and as a flow profiler in a thin, planar cavity and in a model flow injection analysis (FIA) is demonstrated. © 2010 American Chemical Society.Fil: del Mármol, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; ArgentinaFil: Filevich, Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; ArgentinaFil: Etchenique, Roberto Argentino. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; Argentin
A caged nicotine with nanosecond range kinetics and visible light sensitivity
No full textWe report the synthesis, characterization and applications of a ruthenium-bipyridine based caged nicotine. The complex [Ru(bpy)2(nic)2]2+ (where bpy=2,2' bipyridine and nic=nicotine (3-[(2S)-1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl] pyridine)) releases nicotine with a quantum yield Φ=0.23 upon irradiation with biologically harmless, blue (473nm) or green (532nm) light. The photolysis reaction is clean and very fast, with a time constant of 17ns. The synthesis is simple and the obtained compound is characterized by NMR, UV-Vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltametry. We find that this compound is active in biological systems, being able to elicit action potentials in leech neurons. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.Fil: Filevich, Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; ArgentinaFil: Salierno, Marcelo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; ArgentinaFil: Etchenique, Roberto Argentino. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; Argentin
Energy transfer from a rhodamine antenna to a ruthenium-bipyridine center
No full textThe coordination of a modified rhodamine B (Rhod) to a bis-bipyridine ruthenium (ii) (Ru-bpy) phototrigger complex enables a photodissociation reaction at longer wavelengths through enhanced absorption of green light (532 nm). The very high molar absorptivity of rhodamine (∼105 M -1 cm-1) and the high quantum efficiency of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from rhodamine to the Ru-bpy center (0.84) result in an unusually high photosensitivity and uncaging cross-section of the Ru-bpy-rhodamine complex at longer wavelengths.Fil: Filevich, Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; ArgentinaFil: García Acosta, Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; ArgentinaFil: Etchenique, Roberto Argentino. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Química, Física de los Materiales, Medioambiente y Energía; Argentin
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OSCAR: Your Own Communication Satellite
No full textInternational Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 14-16, 1980 / Bahia Hotel, San Diego, CaliforniaSince the advent of the space age, amateur radio operators and leisure time scientists have been involved in designing and building sophisticated spacecraft to be used for non-profit, educational and scientific communication purposes. The author describes the development of a series of communication satellites known as OSCAR (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), the first of which was launched "piggyback" in 1961.International Foundation for TelemeteringProceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection
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