53 research outputs found
Cultural differences stand to universalities as practice stands to theory: Comments on Rober and De Haene.
No full textComments on the original article by Peter Rober & Lucia De Haene (see record 2014-13242-002). Rober and De Haene note the limits, even regressive effects, of using the framework of cultural competence and the importance of recognising universalities in human nature. In their article, Rober and De Haene propose a view of intercultural family therapy in which the unresolvable dialectical tension between differences and universalities is central. Rober and De Haene remind us of the complexity of the issues. But, note the current author, with complexity also comes a requirement to be clear about how we talk about it. Rober and De Haene use the terms ‘shared humanity’, ‘human being’, ‘universality’ and ‘the universal’. The present author thinks that this calls for clarification
Raymond Gervais et Rober Racine : Le regard acoustique = Raymond Gervais and Rober Racine : The Acoustic Gaze
No full textPérinet presents an exhibition that reflexively plays on seeing and hearing. Thériault introduces the collaborative work of the man of writing that is Racine and the man of music that is Gervais, tracing their marked interest in Debussy and Satie through a performance by the first and installations by the latter. Gervais and Racine offer personal readings of a fetish photograph taken by Stravinsky around 1910, which depicts the two French composers together. Biographical notes on artists and author. 16 bibl. ref
Mobile phone systems to alert citizens as first responders and to locate automated external defibrillators: A European survey
No full textIndustrial ecology and quantum computing: Potential applications in the field and case study
No full textThe activities of humans are increasingly influencing the Earth's systems. The climate is changing and the ecosystems are being affected by our actions. If we stay in the same path, the consequences could be catastrophic. For this reason, there is a growing focus on how to minimise our negative impacts on the planets and develop in a more sustainable manner. To aid in this objective, computers are a useful tool. Computational techniques can offer solutions to complex problems in sustainability, which often involve uncertainty, optimisation and decision making. However, the potential of classical computers is expected to reach a barrier, since the size of computer chips is reaching its physical limit. This requires new solutions that can provide better computational results in the future. A promising paradigm that is emerging is quantum computing, which works with quantum bits (or qubits) to make calculations and produce new solutions.Given the potential of quantum computers, it is interesting to consider how they could help industrial ecology. Up to date, there have been no studies that focus on these two scientific disciplines together. For this reason, the first aim of this work is to identify what industrial ecology problems can benefit from quantum computing. The second aim is to provide a practical case study to illustrate how to work with quantum computers. In particular, the case study focuses on how to optimise vehicle routings in order to minimise emissions. Although routing problems have been extensively studied from the sustainability point of view, there are no such studies done on quantum computing yet. Overall, the main research question is "how can quantum computing benefit industrial ecology and how can it be applied to a relevant problem?'".Regarding the methodology, it is separated into different parts. Firstly, a literature review is conducted to identify possible applications for industrial ecology. This is done by considering relevant industrial ecology problems and investigating if any gains can be obtained by using quantum computers. The second part of the methodology focuses on the more practical side of quantum computing. It starts by benchmarking two state-of-the-art variational quantum algorithms (Rosalin and LCB CMA-ES) to test the performance and evaluate the produced results. Following the benchmarking, a green routing problem will be encoded and optimised using the mentioned algorithms. All the coding is done in Python with the help of Cirq and Openfermion, which are two packages for quantum computing developed by Google.After following the methodology, several results were obtained. The literature review highlighted a series of problems that can benefit from quantum computing. Examples are the optimisation of flows in an industrial park and the management of data centres to reduce energy needs. Moreover, the review illustrated different techniques to tackle these problems, such as quantum machine learning and quantum information. Secondly, as for the benchmarking, both algorithms perform well in the test cases and there is no clear advantage of one over the other. One is slightly better for some test cases and the other slightly better in the other cases. In the logistics problem, the problem is encoded into a hamiltonian that is more complex than the test cases. To minimise the expectation of the hamiltonian, the previously mentioned algorithms are tested with different quantum circuits and the results are compared. LCB CMA-ES with circuit of depth 1 gives the best results, while the other LCB CMA-ES experiments do not do as well. This is unexpected because all the LCB CMA-ES experiments are able to optimise successfully the expectation of the hamiltonian. This indicates that it is possible that the encoding of the routing problem is not optimal. Regarding the Rosalin experiments, they are not able to achieve a desirable result due to the adaptive nature of this algorithm, which does not allow a sufficient number of iterations of the optimisation process. Concluding, although there is potential for using quantum computing in industrial ecology problems, it is clear that for the moment, classical computers produce the best results. However, quantum computing is evolving rapidly, and there may be a point where the tables are turned and quantum computers become the norm. As for now, the obtained results are far from ideal, but these could improve in the coming years.Industrial Ecolog
Multilateral Economic Ties of Mongolia with its Asian Trading Partners in period of 2011-2021
No full textThis article gives insight of main aspects of Mongolian’s economy related to its Asian Trading Partners namely China, India, South Korea and Japan in period of 2011-2021. To give more clarity about the main trading partners of Mongolia there are two countries: China and Russia, but the author focuses only on the Asian trading partners. The main goal is to popularise still not well known economy of Mongolia and to see how it was developed in analysed period of 2011-2022. As the methodology of the research the author used empirical analysis based mainly on Macrobond data which also has access to Mongolian Statistics Office data and also to available world reports such OECD, UNCTAD. Besides that, the article was consulted with Mongolian Ambassador in Poland and it was enriched this way with his best knowledge regarding economy and Mongolia international trade and investment policy. The interesting aspect which was raised by the author in this article was the future state of economy of Mongolia after pandemic of SARSCoV-2 and impact of the restrictions imposed on Russia due to the war on Ukrain
Cage/Satie, le silence vertigineux : Quelques rencontres avec John Cage sans jamais l’avoir regardé dans les yeux
No full textL’auteur raconte comment, sans avoir eu l’occasion de rencontrer Cage, il a été mis en contact avec lui par l’intermédiaire de Satie dont il a joué les Vexations à quatre reprises. Il évoque également son oeuvre visuelle, La musique d’une Cage.Meetings with John Cage without ever having looked him in the eye The author recounts how, without ever having met Cage, he was brought into contact with him through a link with Satie whose Vexations he performed on four occasions. He also talks about his own visual work The music of a Cage
Jüri Okas’ ‘specific objects’: diverging discourses in Estonian Art in the 1970s.
No full textPreviously in the University eprints HAIRST pilot service at http://eprints.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/00000367/Article 3 of 6 in issue devoted to the visual culture of the Scandinavian and Baltic region.This article will look at the early works of Estonian architect and artist Jüri Okas and will try to work between diverging languages and interpretations, reading works by Okas against the background of Anglo-american conceptualism and minimalism of the same period. The first part of the paper will analyse a print by Jüri Okas that paraphrases works by the American artist Donald Judd and will try to show how Okas’ concept of minimalism differed from the Western one and the reasons behind it. The second part of the paper will focus on a conceptual book by Jüri Okas, consisting of a series of photographs of everyday and banal architectural objects, and compare it to Rober Venturi’s book on Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. Finally, a comparison will be made with works of Robert Smithson in the context of concepts of waste, excess and the remainders of industrial civilisationPostprin
Industry visit beneficial for student’s learning in Process Instrumentation and Control unit
No full textThe objective of this plant visit is to help students gain first-hand information regarding application of instrumentation and control in process industry. In this paper the author presents the effectiveness of an industry visit incorporated into Process Instrumentation and Control, a third year undergraduate Chemical Engineering core unit at Curtin University, Western Australia. This also demonstrated that the industrial visit is an integral part of this unit to achieve the learning outcomes. The unit is divided into lecture class, laboratory, mini-project and a site visit. Due to the large enrolment in this unit and also due to limitation of plant's capacity, the two different plant visits were conducted by three afternoon sessions. The plants were (1) Alcoa Kwinana Refinery and (2) Coogee Chlor-Alkali Pty Ltd, Kwinana, WA. These plants were chosen because both the plants are dealing with large processes with various automatic control system and also location wise they are closer to Curtin University. Three guides from each plant explained the various process sections of plant including the control room. In a week after the visit, an anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted where they were asked to put their level of agreement with statement about (i) motivation, (ii) role of process control engineer, (iii) effective unit learning through plant visit, (iv), coordination of the site visit, (v) resources and (vi) overall satisfaction. The survey results indicated that the percentage of agreement on overall learning unit outcomes through integral plant visit was 87%. The average agreement for all the items was found as 74%. The percentage agreement on all items varied from 62% to 89% which indicate overall student's positive learning experience at the end of plant visit and this activity should be retained with the unit learning outcomes
Grace and the Secular: Reading Charles Taylor through Henri de Lubac
No full textCharles Taylor indicates in A Secular Age his admiration for Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar, and other Catholic theologians associated with la nouvelle théologie. This essay reads de Lubac and Taylor on the secular, analyzing convergences as well as key differences. In particular, it argues that both underestimate the possibilities of political and liberation theologies. The concluding section puts de Lubac and Taylor in dialogue with forms of political theology that have been in dialogue with their work. The author argues that a stronger political theology can be drawn out of the approach of de Lubac and Taylor despite the trepidations of each toward such a project
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