6 research outputs found
The Relationship of 4-Year-Old Kindergarteners’ Singing and Childcare Activities: With Insights from Transcription and Acoustic Analysis
No full textThis paper analyzes the characteristics of three samples of four-year-old kindergarteners’ singing voices taken from among sixteen samples examined by the researcher. The author taught them two songs: “Tonbo-no-megane” (Eyes of a dragonfly) and “Chikyu-wo-kusugucchao!” (Tickling the Earth), transcribed the voices of the children singing, and conducted sound analysis.
The singing skills of the three children were different, but for the most part, the reproduction of the melody line was stable in “Tonbo-no-megane,” while some unclear parts remained in “Chikyu-wo-kusugucchao!” Regarding the rhythm, although the eighth-note rhythm was reproduced with the correct feeling by all three children, the rhythm of the anticipation, which is the moving beat in "Chikyu-wo-kusugucchao!” turned out to be an equal rhythm pattern which is isochronal. As for the lyrics and pronunciation, in one child, infantile pronunciation could be heard, however, the other subjects’ pronunciation was accurate and clear. Regarding the accuracy of the pitch, in both “Tonbo-no-megane” and “Chikyu-wo-kusugucchao!” it was unstable except for one child. Regarding the loudness of the voice, the voice of one of the children got louder as the child got to know the songs better.
It is important to expand childcare activities in light of the fact that children’s singing has a lot of individual differences. For instructors, it would be beneficial and effective to listen to their students’ individual voices and to learn each child’s characteristics, sometimes changing the method of conducting singing activities between solo singing and group singing. Doing so may reveal ways to help students improve their singing.departmental bulletin pape
Choosing a passenger car using operational research methods
No full textCílem práce bylo nalézt nejvhodnější nový malý hatchback, který by splňoval dvě zásadní kritéria. Vozidlo musí disponovat klimatizací a mít dveře i pro pasažéry sedící v druhé řadě sedadel. Do analýzy zpracovatel vybral 39 vozidel 14 různých značek. Po konzultaci s majitelem firmy zpracovatel vytvořil 20 sledovaných kritérií.Po vytvoření datové základny zpracovatel vybral tři metody VHV, kterými byli metody TOPSIS, AGREPREF a AHP. Metody zpracovatel volil jako zástupce jednotlivých tříd metod, jakými jsou minimalizace vzdálenosti od ideální varianty, vyhodnocování podle preferenčních relací a maximalizace užitku.Vhodný neplacený software zpracovatel nenašel žádný, avšak nalezl doplněk SANNA pro MS Excel. Naneštěstí tento doplněk disponuje řešením pouze v případě metody TOPSIS, a tak bylo nutné si zbylé dvě vytvořit, a to ve stejném prostředí, jako je výše zmíněný doplněk. V případě metody AHP zpracovatel vytvořil heuristiku na plnění Saatyho matic pro párová srovnání.Agregovaným verdiktem po majitele firmy je, že absolutním vítězem je vozidlo Hyundai i10, který byl v pořadí všech metod jednoznačně první. Možnými alternativami by pak byly vozy Fiat Panda, Mazda 2 a Renault Megane. Všechny tyto vozy se v rámci všech metod umístily do páté pozice.The aim of this work was to find the most suitable new small hatchback, which would meet two fundamental criteria. The vehicle must have air conditioning and have doors for passengers sitting in the second row of seats. The author selected 39 vehicles of 14 different brands for the analysis. After consultation with the owner of the company, the author created 20 monitored criteria.After the creation of the data base, the author selected three methods of VHV, which were TOPSIS, AGREPREF and AHP. Methods were chosen as a representative of individual classes of methods, such as minimization of distance from ideal variant, evaluation according to preferential relations and maximization of utility.The free unpaid software the author not found but found SANNA for Excel. Unfortunately, this add-on only has a solution for the TOPSIS method, so it was necessary to create the other two in the same environment as the above-mentioned add-on. In the case of the AHP method, the author created a heuristic to fill the Saaty matrix for paired comparisons.The aggregate verdict for the business owner is that the absolute winner is the Hyundai i10, which was clearly the first in the order of all methods. Possible alternatives would be Fiat Panda, Mazda 2 and Renault Megane. All these cars ranked to fifth position in all methods
Choosing a passenger car using operational research methods
No full textCílem práce bylo nalézt nejvhodnější nový malý hatchback, který by splňoval dvě zásadní kritéria. Vozidlo musí disponovat klimatizací a mít dveře i pro pasažéry sedící v druhé řadě sedadel. Do analýzy zpracovatel vybral 39 vozidel 14 různých značek. Po konzultaci s majitelem firmy zpracovatel vytvořil 20 sledovaných kritérií.Po vytvoření datové základny zpracovatel vybral tři metody VHV, kterými byli metody TOPSIS, AGREPREF a AHP. Metody zpracovatel volil jako zástupce jednotlivých tříd metod, jakými jsou minimalizace vzdálenosti od ideální varianty, vyhodnocování podle preferenčních relací a maximalizace užitku.Vhodný neplacený software zpracovatel nenašel žádný, avšak nalezl doplněk SANNA pro MS Excel. Naneštěstí tento doplněk disponuje řešením pouze v případě metody TOPSIS, a tak bylo nutné si zbylé dvě vytvořit, a to ve stejném prostředí, jako je výše zmíněný doplněk. V případě metody AHP zpracovatel vytvořil heuristiku na plnění Saatyho matic pro párová srovnání.Agregovaným verdiktem po majitele firmy je, že absolutním vítězem je vozidlo Hyundai i10, který byl v pořadí všech metod jednoznačně první. Možnými alternativami by pak byly vozy Fiat Panda, Mazda 2 a Renault Megane. Všechny tyto vozy se v rámci všech metod umístily do páté pozice.The aim of this work was to find the most suitable new small hatchback, which would meet two fundamental criteria. The vehicle must have air conditioning and have doors for passengers sitting in the second row of seats. The author selected 39 vehicles of 14 different brands for the analysis. After consultation with the owner of the company, the author created 20 monitored criteria.After the creation of the data base, the author selected three methods of VHV, which were TOPSIS, AGREPREF and AHP. Methods were chosen as a representative of individual classes of methods, such as minimization of distance from ideal variant, evaluation according to preferential relations and maximization of utility.The free unpaid software the author not found but found SANNA for Excel. Unfortunately, this add-on only has a solution for the TOPSIS method, so it was necessary to create the other two in the same environment as the above-mentioned add-on. In the case of the AHP method, the author created a heuristic to fill the Saaty matrix for paired comparisons.The aggregate verdict for the business owner is that the absolute winner is the Hyundai i10, which was clearly the first in the order of all methods. Possible alternatives would be Fiat Panda, Mazda 2 and Renault Megane. All these cars ranked to fifth position in all methods
Diagnosis and genotyping of melioidosis in a domestic cat in New Caledonia
No full textInternational audienceObjectives: To report a case of melioidosis in a domestic cat in New Caledonia, describing the diagnostic, microbiological and molecular findings. To evaluate the potential of a glanders serological test for assessing exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei.Methods: A domestic cat presenting with respiratory symptoms underwent clinical and radiographic examination. Bacterial culture was performed on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and the strain was characterised using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and whole-genome sequencing. In silico multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and phylogenetic analyses were also conducted. Serology was assessed using a commercial ELISA (GLANDA ELISA, IDVet), which was originally developed for diagnosing glanders.Results: Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated and sequenced, revealing ST2147, which has been previously identified in New Caledonia. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed clustering with strains from the Pacific region. The cat's serum tested strongly positive by ELISA, suggesting the potential of this test for assessing exposure to B. pseudomallei in cats and other animals. Screening of archived feline sera identified only one additional seropositive cat, suggesting low prevalence.Conclusions: This case supports the presence of multiple B. pseudomallei genotypes in New Caledonia and highlights the risk of melioidosis in cats. The commercial GLANDA ELISA shows promise as a tool for demonstrating animal exposure to B. pseudomallei, directing the need for culturing for confirmation of melioidosis. Enhanced awareness among veterinarians is essential for the early diagnosis and management of this disease in companion animals
Methodological and emotional challenges of studying traumatic experiences
No full textOver recent decades, there have been many reported cases of crisis, involving violent crimes, natural disasters, or terrorism. Such extreme events expose salient and self-evident human emotions and make them easier to investigate (Stierand, 2016, Dörfler and Stierand, 2019, Dörfler and Stierand, 2009) for it is people’s lifeworld (Lebenswelt) that ties their consciousness to the objects of experience (Moran, 2000, Ihde, 1986, Husserl, 1970). Hällgren et al. (2018) have conducted a large-scale review of 138 articles in Management and Organization Studies (MOS) on extreme contexts spanning the period from 1980 to 2015. They found that when an organization is undergoing an extreme event, this either happens in an emergency context, if the event results from core activities gone wrong, like BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, or in a disrupted context if the event has nothing to do with the core business of the organization, for example, the shooting in the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris (Hällgren et al., 2018). An important difference between these two types of extreme contexts is the possibility of preparedness; while in emergency contexts, an organization is likely to be prepared for the majority of events, it is improbable in disrupted contexts where the events usually catch the organization off guard (Hällgren et al., 2018). It is clear from the above that emergency and disrupted contexts can lead to trauma when they overwhelm people's coping mechanisms (see Van der Kolk, 1998, Young, 1995). In this paper, we introduce a vignette that describes a disrupted context in which the events caused traumatic experiences. The vignette was composed by the first-named author based on a Doctors without Borders’ (MSF) archival report. This vignette offers an immediate and intuitive understanding of traumatic experiences of MSF employees but also of the phenomenal complexity, both methodologically and emotionally, that MOS researchers are facing when studying traumatic experiences caused by extreme events
Harunobu : an Ukiyo-e artist who experimented with Western- style art
No full textFrom the beginning of serious art historical study of Japanese woodblock prints or Ukiyo-e, the artist Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) has been accorded a prominent position in the development of that art form primarily because of his role in the creation of the first full colour prints. This, and his particular conception of feminine beauty which he chose to illustrate most often as the main subject of his art, made him the dominant artist of his generation. The popularity he achieved during his lifetime was monumental, but he met with a premature and untimely death. Shortly after his death Shiba Kōkan (1747-1818), a young artist just beginning his career, made forgeries of Harunobu's prints and later admitted to doing so in his autobiography. Based on Kōkan's confession, there developed among art historians and connoisseurs, a long running, at times heated and, as yet, unresolved debate focussed upon determining which of Harunobu's prints are in fact forgeries.
Because Kōkan eventually acquired fame as an artist who experimented with styles and techniques newly imported to Japan from Europe, Harunobu's prints that contain linear perspective, one such Western technique, have traditionally and without question been designated as forgeries. To this author, making such an attribution based on this criterion seems somewhat illogical. Why would Kōkan introduce something foreign to Harunobu's style into prints he intended to pass off as Harunobu's originals? The simplest resolution to this quandary is to assume that Harunobu must have also been experimenting with imported European styles.
Based on this premise, this thesis introduces literary and visual evidence linking Harunobu to a number of sources of European-style art. Much of this evidence was uncovered through a re-examination of Harunobu's prints and literary accounts of his life in accordance with the social and artistic context in which he worked. The prints and the documents which this thesis discusses have long been known to art historians. They simply needed to be reworked to support this premise.
This thesis does, however, introduce one print from the collection of the Oregon Art Institute which seems to have been overlooked by other scholars. It provides a clear example of Harunobu's Western-style art and through visual analysis of it, its sources can be identified among the Western-style megane-e of Maruyama ōkyo ( 1733-1795).
The concluding section of this thesis examines the consequences
of this evidence. Two of the so-called forgeries are reattributed to Harunobu and his prints as a whole are recast within the tradition of Western-style art in Japan.Arts, Faculty ofFine Arts, Department of, Department ofGraduat
