639 research outputs found
Sunny Fratto interview, February 26, 1976 (audio - 2 of 2)
No full textCarbon County Project - Sunny Fratto interviewed by Ralph Sanich, February 26, 1976 (audio - 2 of 2
A Remote Area Power Supply (RAPS) Training Facility utilising SMA Sunny Island Inverter technology and National Instruments measurement package
Full text linkRAPS systems can sometimes be a cheaper alternative for supplying power than connection to a distant utility. Most assuredly it is a cleaner method of producing electricity than coal or gas constituents, provided the diesel generator is used minimally. A modern RAPS system will generally have several sources of generation, typically they might be; solar, wind and a diesel/petrol generator coupled with a battery to store excess power. The RAPS 2 system at Murdoch University was selected for an overhaul early in 2010. The system was redesigned to include new inverter technology from SMA. The new system relies on 3 separate inverters to convert the sources directly into grid quality electricity, as opposed to some traditional RAPS systems that would have most of its elements feed a DC bus that connected to a single inverter. This novel way of setting up a mini grid finds its niche in situations when the terrain or meteorological conditions make it impractical to have generation equipment all localised and a DC bus would have higher associated cable losses.
For such a system to be of educational benefit to tertiary students, the variables within the system must be able to be monitored. To this end an advanced measurement system has been designed and procured so that every measurable point in the upgraded system is available for display.
The measurement system was designed using National Instruments compact DAQ (data acquisition) hardware, one of the first of its type to be introduced to the university. The compact DAQ unit has been coupled with isolation equipment supplied by Dataforth, which already has an existing prevalence throughout the engineering department. The subsequent measurement program monitors 31 system variables at a high sampling rate to provide real time information on the state of the system. The measurement program also monitors relevant meteorological aspects such as the solar irradiance and local wind speed.
This report documents and details the steps taken to set up a new and novel RAPS system. Discussed are the approaches taken throughout the semester to project manage and facilitate progress. A detailed description is also given of the measurement and protection system that has been designed to allow students and the general public to get a good grasp on the performance of the system
Q&A on Sunny Singh’s short story A Cup Full of Jasmine Oil
No full textWith its rich semantic texture and evocative imagery Sunny Singh’s short story A Cup Full of Jasmine Oil invites various readings. The story tells how a young girl is both attracted and confused when her grandmother’s neighbor, who lives in a lesbian relationship, massages her skull and oils her curly hair. When the grandmother at one point forbids the oiling sessions, the girl suddenly becomes aware of hidden meanings and intuitions associated with this practice. The essay juxtaposes a reading of the story from a more conventional western perspective with an interpretation from the point of the Indian system of aesthetics based on rasa. From this double perspective, it discusses various stylistic and thematic aspects of the story. Diverging interpretations are presented of the role of the characters, the functionality of their characterization, and the use of description and suggestion to evoke the semantic framework of the story. The juxtaposition of two readings was prompted by a discussion with the author during a conference panel on rebellion in modern Indian literature and film. To prevent the impression of imposing a “scholarly” reading on a more “intuitive” reading, the essay continues the dialogue with the author and invites her to react to the reading and discuss the notion of an “Indian” aesthetic model, its relevance for her writing, and current critical approaches to modern Indian fiction. In her response, Sunny Singh explains how the theme of the story was prompted by her perception of the sharing of knowledge of sexuality and intimacy in a tightly-knit Indian social context. The discussion with the author extends beyond the specific story, and she presents her views on how her scholarly knowledge of modern Indian culture stimulates her in her creative work. Thereby, it aptly frames the exploration of a reading of A Cup Full of Jasmine Oil from the perspective of Indian literary aesthetics
Sunny: Arizona State University's Chatbot for Students
No full textabstract: Next year, Arizona State University is launching a chatbot that will place their knowledge and services right into the palms of their students’ hands. Currently named Sunny, this virtual assistant will be able to answer questions regarding all aspects of college life, from orientation to housing, financial aid, schedules, intramurals, and more. Over the last semester, I have met with members of the Sunny development team to discuss their design and implementation plans. With their information plus a bit of outside research, I was able to combine several frameworks and technologies to build a prototype for Sunny. Prototypes allow developers to evaluate their designs early on, giving them ample time to make any necessary adjustments. I am confident that the Sunny development team will be able to learn from my basic implementation, from its triumphs and failures, to create the best possible chatbot for the students attending Arizona State University
Payroll accounting at "Sunny terrace" Ltd
No full textDiplomdarba tēma ir “Darba samaksas aprēķināšanas un uzskaites kārtība SIA “Sunny terrace””.
Darba mērķis ir izpētīt darba samaksas teorētisko pusi un tās organizāciju SIA “Sunny terrace”, lai izstrādātu ieteikumus darba samaksas sistēmas pilnveidošanai uzņēmumā.
Diplomdarbs sastāv no trīs nodaļām, no kurām pirmajā tiek sniegts tēmas teorētiskās puses apskats, otrajā – uzņēmuma un tā organizatoriskās struktūras apraksts, bet trešajā nodaļā aprakstīta darba samaksas organizācija uzņēmumā.
Darba nobeigumā iekļauti autores secinājumi un priekšlikumi.
Diplomdarbs izstrādāts, pamatojoties uz LR likumdošanu, LR MK noteikumiem, ekonomisko literatūru un autores novērojumiem.
Darba apjoms ir 66 lapas, tajā iekļauti 3 attēli, 14 tabulas. Darbam ir 5 pielikumi. Izstrādē izmantoti 36 literatūras avoti.
Atslēgvārdi: darba samaksa, uzskaite, alga.The main theme of the diploma thesis is Payroll accounting at Sunny terrace Ltd.
The aim of diploma paper is to explore theoretical aspects of payroll accounting and its organization at Sunny terrace Ltd to explore recommendations for improving the system of salaries, wages in the company.
The diploma paper consists of three chapters, in the first chapter there’s given themes theoretical overview, the second one – description of the company and its organizational structure, in the third chapter author describes payroll accounting at the company.
At the summary of the paper there are conclusions and recommendations included.
Diploma thesis is based on the Republic of Latvia law, the Cabinet regulations, the economic literature and the author's observations.
The amount of the paper is 66 pages; there are 3 figures and 14 tables. The diploma thesis has 5 attachments. In the diploma paper development author used 36 literature sources.
Key words: payroll, records, salary, wages
Love Grows
Full text linkAuthor: Sunny Harris | Illustrator: Sarah Crutchfield | Designer: Areana Rodriguez | Editor: Annete LoeraA caterpillar going through changes asks her mother a series of questions about life, love, and growing up. Her mother answers with bedtime stories like anecdotes that deal with race, gender, and sexuality both as personal identity and within the scope of relationships. The anecdotal responses feature a cast of flora and fauna, including cats, owls, and flowers, depicted through watercolor-like digital illustrations
Promoting Wellbeing with Sunny, a Chatbot that Facilitates Positive Messages within Social Groups
No full text© 2020 Owner/Author. A Facebook Messenger chatbot, Sunny, was designed and deployed to promote positive social connections and enhance psychological wellbeing. A 10-day study was conducted with three pre-existing social groups of four members each in control (n=12) and experimental groups (n=12). Both groups completed initial assessments and daily reports, and the experimental groups interacted with Sunny. Exit interviews indicated three key themes: 1) Sunny prompted self-reflection, boosting participants' senses of self-worth and the depth of their relationships, 2) using Sunny encouraged participants to send heartfelt messages they would not have shared otherwise, 3) participants enjoyed accessing positive messages "on-demand". Experimental groups showed an average increase in psychological wellbeing of 1.73 (std = 6.08), compared to 0.5 (std = 5.94) in control. Our results suggest that an AI-based chatbot like Sunny could provide preventative care, promoting strong social connections and psychological wellbeing
Underground subjects: public transportation and perception in New York modernist literature
No full textThis dissertation investigates the relationship between public transportation and New York modernist literature. It argues that the experience of riding the subway and elevated train shapes the forms and themes of modernist writing, while textual representations of these spaces of transit in turn shape the modern understanding of urban subjectivity. Exploring the tension between the embodied, habitual ride and the abstract transportation system, New York modernist writers represent the sense of being in thrall to forces of modernity, interrogate the connection between space and psychology, and envision new pathways between the past and the present. I begin with an analysis of the intertwined discourses necessary to a consideration of modernism and public transportation, including visuality and spatial theory, the history of technology, and urban studies. Through readings of American Expressionist plays by Elmer Rice and Osip Dymov, I locate a modernist theatricality in the subway car, one centered on ideas of claustrophobia and fantasy. I then turn to Harlem Renaissance writers Rudolph Fisher and Walter White, whose migration narratives embrace the transitional potential of the mechanized journey North even as they warn against the illusory vision of Harlem seen from the subway steps. Next, I suggest that the affective poetic fusion of Hart Crane's long poem The Bridge finds its equal in the complex network of subway tunnels between Manhattan and Brooklyn, in which Crane locates a new genealogy of American poetry. I conclude by moving aboveground, considering surrealist artist Joseph Cornell's experimental film Gnir Rednow as it participates in and offers alternatives to postwar New York artists' nostalgia for the soon-to-be-razed Third Avenue El. In each of these versions of modernism, public transportation lies at the intersection of material culture and metaphor. Cutting across genres and movements, I hope to remap the boundaries of early twentieth-century American literature as well as underscore the role of technology in the construction of the urban imaginary.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-234)
Ambient bioaerosol particle dynamics observed during haze and sunny days in Beijing
No full textThe chemical characteristics of airborne particulate matter (PM) have been extensively studied; however, little information exists for its biological components (bioaerosol) especially during a haze event in mega cities. Herein, we studied the bioaerosol (fluorescent particle) dynamics on both haze and sunny days in Beijing from Dec. 2013 to March 2014 by employing a widely used real-time bioaerosol sensor -ultraviolet aerodynamic particle spectrometer (UV-APS). Firstly, we studied the fluorescent particle (BioPM) concentration and size distributions during three independent haze and three independent sunny days. Secondly, we investigated BioPM dynamics over a two-week long monitoring period which included consecutive haze days and alternated sunny clays. In addition, we analyzed bacterial community structures and endotoxin levels in the air samples using pyrosequencing and Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) method, respectively. More than 6-fold higher fluorescent particle concentrations up to 5 x 10(5)/m(3) with peaks at night or early dawn were detected at the time of haze occurrences than those observed on sunny clays. When the haze episode progressed for 3-5 days, the BioPM concentrations were observed to decrease to the levels that were typically observed on sunny clays. In general, ozone levels were found to be elevated at noon, while BioPM. NO and relative humidity were reduced. Gene sequence analysis revealed no significant difference in abundances and community structures for top 13 bacterial genera between haze and sunny days, yet about twice higher endotoxin levels (12.4 EU/m(3)) were detected on haze days than on sunny days.The results here facilitate a better understanding of atmospheric fluorescent particle dynamics including those under haze events. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.National Natural Science Foundation of China [91543126, 21277007, 21477003, 41121004]; Ministry of Science and Technology [2015CB553401, 2015DFG92040]; Ministry of Education [20130001110044]SCI(E)[email protected]
The Ethnic Author Represents the Body Count
No full textReviews of viet thanh nguyen's the sympathizer (2015) regularly cite the vietnamese-french-american protagonist's self-characterization: “I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces” (1). A less-cited version of the same characterization appears later in the novel: “I am a lie, a keeper, a book. No! I am a fly, a creeper, a gook. No! I am—I am—I am—” (325). Nguyen's unnamed narrator, a Northern Vietnamese spy with Southern sympathies, has exploited, betrayed, and even murdered his own. If the above statements are any indication, this Cold War history of slippery allegiances takes an existential toll. But the second statement adds a layer of intrigue. With rhyme, anaphora, and considerable theatrical aplomb, it transmutes ethnic duplicity into literary figuration and casts the narrator as another murderer with a fancy prose style. Murder and style, though, are not Nguyen's only connection to Vladimir Nabokov, whom Mark McGurl takes as iconic of the “codification and intensification of modernist reflexivity in the form of … ‘metafiction’” (9). Like Lolita and much of Nabokov's other fiction, The Sympathizer and many of Nguyen's writings hold up that special mirror of “modernist reflexivity.” For Nguyen, however, the chance to wield this mirror comes with the added responsibility of being a Vietnamese American author writing about Vietnamese America. Hence, if Nabokov's iction delivered “an elaborately performative ‘I am’” that enabled his “programmatic self-establishment” (10), Nguyen's equally performative “I am” instantiates not only an authorial program but also a political program of ethnic representation.</jats:p
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