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Field simulation studies for a high temperature superconducting synchronous generator with a coreless rotor
No full textJ.K. Rowling: Her Life and Works
No full textBiographical information on author J.K. Rowling, a bibliography of her works, and a selection of her tweets
J.K. Rowling: Her Life and Works
No full textBiographical information on author J.K. Rowling, a bibliography of her works, and a selection of her tweets
Designing bidding strategies in sequential auctions for risk averse agents
No full textDesigning efficient bidding strategies for sequential auctions represents an important, open problem area in agent-mediated electronic markets. In existing literature, a variety of bidding strategies have been proposed and have been shown to perform with varying degrees of efficiency. However, most of strategies proposed so far do not explicitly model bidders attitudes towards risk which, in mainstream economic literature, is considered an essential attribute in modeling agent preferences and decision making under uncertainty. This paper studies the effect that risk profiles (modeled through the standard Arrow-Pratt risk aversion measure), have on the bidders strategies in sequential auctions. First, the sequential decision process involved in bidding is modeled as a Markov Decision Process. Then, the effect that a bidders risk aversion has on her decision theoretic optimal bidding policy is analyzed, for a category of expectations of future price distributions. This analysis is performed separately for the case of first price and second-price sequential auctions. Next, the bidding strategies developed above are simulated, in order to study the effect that an agents risk aversion has on the chances of winning a set of complementary-valued items. The paper concludes with an experimental study of how the presence of risk-averse bidders affects both bidder profits and auctioneer revenue, for different market scenarios of increasing complexity
Quidditch: J.K. Rowling's Leveler
No full textInterviewed regarding the first of the hugely successful series of magic and science fiction novels and screen adaptations about a rather unusual schoolboy named Harry Potter studying to be a wizard, author J.K. Rowling says she was intrigued by the possibility of “ … a sport for wizards, and I’d always wanted to see a game where there was more than one ball in play at the same time. The idea just amused me. The author continued to explain that she imagined Quidditch as being most like her favorite spectator sport, basketball (Amazon.co.uk interview, 2001). Except, of course, the players in Quidditch ride flying broomsticks and play with four bewitched balls. Apart from explaining in detail the bizarre rules and techniques of this supernatural game, this article examines some of the more significant sociological aspects of the sport that are far rarer (and, one might add, more ideologically desirable) in everyday human (or "Muggles") sports. Quidditch is a true leveler; matches are entirely non-segregated. They can have players of either gender and player’s ages in the same match can range from pre-teen to adult. As such, the game serves as a most ideal literary innovation in establishing early in the series of Harry Potter novels the eponymous hero as an ‘Every-adolescent’ who any young reader, male or female, can identify with. The game's popularity as such has seen it play an important role in each of the novel’s sequels and screen adaptation's inter-personal conflicts and has also spawned a successful - if short-lived - fan-base in the medium of the computer game
Helicobacter pylori-derived extracellular vesicles increased in the gastric juices of gastric adenocarcinoma patients and induced inflammation mainly via specific targeting of gastric epithelial cells
No full textEvidence indicates that Helicobacter pylori is the causative agent of chronic gastritis and perhaps gastric malignancy. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play an important role in the evolutional process of malignancy due to their genetic material cargo. We aimed to evaluate the clinical significance and biological mechanism of H. pylori EVs on the pathogenesis of gastric malignancy. We performed 16S rDNA-based metagenomic analysis of gastric juices either from endoscopic or surgical patients. From each sample of gastric juices, the bacteria and EVs were isolated. We evaluated the role of H. pylori EVs on the development of gastric inflammation in vitro and in vivo. IVIS spectrum and confocal microscopy were used to examine the distribution of EVs. The metagenomic analyses of the bacteria and EVs showed that Helicobacter and Streptococcus are the two major bacterial genera, and they were significantly increased in abundance in gastric cancer (GC) patients. H. pylori EVs are spherical and contain CagA and VacA. They can induce the production of tumor necrosis factor-��, interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1�� by macrophages, and IL-8 by gastric epithelial cells. Also, EVs induce the expression of interferon gamma, IL-17 and EV-specific immunoglobulin Gs in vivo in mice. EVs were shown to infiltrate and remain in the mouse stomach for an extended time. H. pylori EVs, which are abundant in the gastric juices of GC patients, can induce inflammation and possibly cancer in the stomach, mainly via the production of inflammatory mediators from gastric epithelial cells after selective uptake by the cells. ? 2017 KSBMB. All rights reserved.115Ysciescopuskc
Generalized Continuum Sensitivity Formula for Optimum Design of Electrode and Dielectric Contours
No full textPreSPI: design and implementation of protein-protein interaction prediction service system.
No full textMagic in British society reflected in J.K Rowling's Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
No full textABSTRACT
The substance of principal discussion in this research is projected to investigate ” Magic in British Society reflected in J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” Through this research, the researcher analyze about the relation between magic in the real condition of British culture which portrayed in Harry Potter novel.
This study is conducted to reach an understanding and detailed explanation describe “Magic” as a culture and belief in British culture 18th century which portrayed in Harry Potter novel by J.K Rowling. Magic in British have aim since at the ancient era, but most popular during 18th century. Some anthropologist have some proofs to make strong about the concept, such as E.B Tylor. E.B Tylor, the Anthropologist in the last 19th century was founded some tool mediator of magic, such as wand, fly broom in Wales, write of spell, card divination, voodoo doll in Ireland, etc. from the Biographical of the author, J.K Rowling used the concept of the anthropologist theory above. J.K Rowling was inspired into her novel. J.K Rowling used magic in the Harry Potter novel to portrayed the social life in British society during 18th century.
This study is conducted by applying the literary criticism which analyze and interpret the reflection of magic in Harry Potter novel from magic as a culture in social life in British society during 18th century. The data are in the form of the text of novel, Harry Potter itself that authored by J.K Rowling. The data are analyzed firstly by analyzing the magic as a culture in British society during 18th century which was portrayed in the novel based on the E.B Tylor’s theory about social culture anthropology. Then, analyzing and interpreting the data concerning the biography of J.K Rowling as the author of the novel based on E.B Tylors’s theory about social culture anthropology. Finally, relating two analyses before and interpreting their relation.
Data analysis revealed some findings covering the formulated research problems. This study found that magic in British society have aim since at the ancient era until 18th century, but most popular during 18th century. Magic in the novel is reflection from the real condition in British social life during 18th century. The author of the Harry Potter novel J.K Rowling was adapted that condition into her novel. So, there is a relationship between magic in British society as portrayed in the Novel Harry Potter and that in the social life of British society in 18th
"J.K. Rowling Spent Her Saturday Pissing Off The Internet" : - En diskursanalys om cancelkultur i mediaartiklar kring J.K. Rowling.
No full textThis study examines the phenomena of cancel culture, and the cancellation of author J.K Rowling during June 2020. Cancel culture is a world spread phenomenon which is widely discussed and has been heavily criticized for limiting the freedom of speech as well as embraced for creating a way for marginalized groups to influence the public debate. The aim is to analyze the cancellation process of Rowling through articles and discourse, and answering the question; How is cancel culture expressed in articles regarding the case of J.K Rowling? The study’s theoretical framework is based on Michel Foucault’s theories on discourse, power and knowledge and is closely connected with the methodological approach, a Foucauldian discourse analysis. The analyzed units consist of a selection of nine articles regarding the specific case. The analysis resulted in three main themes; Actors and power relations, Presentation of norms, and Presentations of J.K Rowling, through which the cancellation process is analyzed. The conclusions can be summarized as follows: cancel culture takes its form in the articles by presenting Rowling mainly negatively, expressing why her standpoints are problematic, as well as challenging existing power structures. At the same time the results reveal that a cancellation is complex and can take form in different ways. Our contribution to the research field is to provide further understanding for the specific case. Hopefully our results, in combination with other studies, can contribute to deeper understanding of the phenomena of cancel culture.
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