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You Shall Speak My Language : In Defense of Linguistic Specificity and Rigorous Comparativism
No full textIn this article, the author proposes approaching the concept of untranslatability in a dialectical framework, recognizing both its theoretical and methodological benefits and constraints, particularly in the cultural and political contexts. After introducing the idea of rhetorical irony in translation in Kilito’s text, the author provides a critique of academic practice that inadvertently reproduces cultural hierarchies. The author then argues for the need to revisit the pitfalls of the idea of untranslatability in its critique of universal frameworks, which are essential to political struggles, particularly in non-Western context. Conversely, in the last part, the author demonstrates that the need to preserve cultural and linguistic specificity is a fundamental principle of comparative practice in order to avoid being frozen in a historical presentism without the immediate intellectual and historical context. This article makes the case for rigorous comparativism with linguistic expertise, deep cultural knowledge, and a keen sense of historical context. Adopting Kilito’s subject position as non-Western critic, and reverting his postulation, the author proposes: you want to say something about my literature, you shall (and can) speak my language
Beyond World Literature: Reading Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Today [Special Issue]
No full textIn view of A.H. Tanpınar as the next Turkish author of world literature, and of his work as a national cultural product of exportation, the articles in this issue contextualize and critically examine such local and global appropriations. They do not make claims to authentic “local” literary categories or hold his work up to the global standards of readability; instead, in their variety and originality, they aspire to create an attentive and continuing dialogue that suggests a healthy future for Tanpınar studies. The article finally argues that in light of Tanpınar’s multiple and contradictory identities, a dialectical approach is necessary to understand his work
Luminescence of Y(3)AL(5)O(12) nano-particles doped with praseodymium ions
No full textWe have investigated the spectroscopic properties of the praseodymium ion in a Y3Al5O12 (YAG) nanopowder with an average particle size of 58 nm as function of temperature between 29K and 300 K. The luminescence spectra were obtained by exciting selectively the sample at 460 and 609 nm, resulting in the excitation of the P-3(0) and D-1(2) levels, respectively. With excitation in the P-3(0) level, emissions from this level and from the 102 level were observed. Time resolved spectra and decay pattern inspection were used to assign spectral lines to specific radiative transitions. With excitation of the D-1(2) level, luminescence emitted by the same level and up-converted emission from the P-3(0) level were observed
Performance of Different Diagnostic Criteria for Familial Mediterranean Fever in Children with Periodic Fevers: Results from a Multicenter International Registry
No full textOBJECTIVE: Our aims were to validate the pediatric diagnostic criteria in a large international registry and to compare them with the performance of previous criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). METHODS: Pediatric patients with FMF from the Eurofever registry were used for the validation of the existing criteria. The other periodic fevers served as controls: mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis syndrome (PFAPA), and undefined periodic fever from the same registry. The performances of Tel Hashomer, Livneh, and the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria were assessed. RESULTS: The FMF group included 339 patients. The control group consisted of 377 patients (53 TRAPS, 45 MKD, 32 CAPS, 160 PFAPA, 87 undefined periodic fevers). Patients with FMF were correctly diagnosed using the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria with a sensitivity rate of 87.4% and a specificity rate of 40.7%. On the other hand, Tel Hashomer and Livneh criteria displayed a sensitivity of 45.0 and 77.3%, respectively. Both of the latter criteria displayed a better specificity than the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria: 97.2 and 41.1% for the Tel Hashomer and Livneh criteria, respectively. The overall accuracy for the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria was 65 and 69.6% (using 2 and 3 criteria), respectively. Ethnicity and residence had no effect on the performance of the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria. CONCLUSION: The Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria yielded a better sensitivity than the other criteria in this international cohort of patients and thus can be used as a tool for FMF diagnosis in pediatric patients from either the European or eastern Mediterranean region. However, the specificity was lower than the previously suggested adult criteria
Performance of different diagnostic criteria for familial Mediterranean fever in children with periodic fevers: results from a multicenter international registry
No full textOBJECTIVE:
Our aims were to validate the pediatric diagnostic criteria in a large international registry and to compare them with the performance of previous criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).
METHODS:
Pediatric patients with FMF from the Eurofever registry were used for the validation of the existing criteria. The other periodic fevers served as controls: mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis syndrome (PFAPA), and undefined periodic fever from the same registry. The performances of Tel Hashomer, Livneh, and the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria were assessed.
RESULTS:
The FMF group included 339 patients. The control group consisted of 377 patients (53 TRAPS, 45 MKD, 32 CAPS, 160 PFAPA, 87 undefined periodic fevers). Patients with FMF were correctly diagnosed using the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria with a sensitivity rate of 87.4% and a specificity rate of 40.7%. On the other hand, Tel Hashomer and Livneh criteria displayed a sensitivity of 45.0 and 77.3%, respectively. Both of the latter criteria displayed a better specificity than the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria: 97.2 and 41.1% for the Tel Hashomer and Livneh criteria, respectively. The overall accuracy for the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria was 65 and 69.6% (using 2 and 3 criteria), respectively. Ethnicity and residence had no effect on the performance of the Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria.
CONCLUSION:
The Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria yielded a better sensitivity than the other criteria in this international cohort of patients and thus can be used as a tool for FMF diagnosis in pediatric patients from either the European or eastern Mediterranean region. However, the specificity was lower than the previously suggested adult criteria
A General Framework for Cooperation under Uncertainty
No full textIn this paper, we introduce a general framework for situations with decision making under uncertainty and cooperation possibilities. This framework is based upon a two stage stochastic programming approach. We show that under relatively mild assumptions the cooperative games associated with these situations are totally balanced and, hence, have non-empty cores. Finally, we consider several example situations, which can be studied using this general framework.Two-stage stochastic programming;cooperative game theory;core
Broadband Visible Light Emission From Nominally Undoped and Cr3+ Doped Garnet Nanopowders
No full textSynthetic garnet nanopowders of Y3Al5O12 (YAG) and Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) were produced, and the occurrence of a broadband bright visible emission by nominally undoped YAG and GGG and Cr3+ doped GGG, depending on the environment pressure, as well as exciting on the pumping power, was demonstrated. The results indicate that high-intensity infrared laser irradiation in samples not only leads to heating (melting effects) but also produces visible broadband emission. Low pressure of the powders' environment favors the white light emission by lowering the threshold pumping power. A hypothesis on the nature of the emission is presented
Feedforward model based arm weight compensation with the rehabilitation robot ARMin
No full textHighly impaired stroke patients at early stages of recovery are unable to generate enough muscle force to lift the weight of their own arm. Accordingly, task-related training is strongly limited or even impossible. However, as soon as partial or full arm weight support is provided, patients are enabled to perform arm rehabilitation training again throughout an increased workspace. In the literature, the current solutions for providing arm weight support are mostly mechanical. These systems have components that restrict the freedom of movement or entail additional disturbances. A scalable weight compensation for upper and lower arm that is online adjustable as well as generalizable to any robotic system is necessary. In this paper, a model-based feedforward weight compensation of upper and lower arm fulfilling these requirements is introduced. The proposed method is tested with the upper extremity rehabilitation robot ARMin V, but can be applied in any other actuated exoskeleton system. Experimental results were verified using EMG measurements. These results revealed that the proposed weight compensation reduces the effort of the subjects to 26% on average and more importantly throughout the entire workspace of the robot
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