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R.M. Simmons presentation, Rena Smart book review
No full textR.M. Simmons of the Gospel Music Workshop of America gives a presentation on the African influence in the African American religious experience. He explains how African slaves brought to America their concept of music (utilitarian concept of music). Simmons further discusses the fusion between the utilitarian concept and the Western concept of religion resulting in spirituals. He also describes hymn categories in early forms of formal African American worship experiences. Simmons takes questions from the audience among which is Dr. Riggins Earl Jr. Video concludes with a book review on Christian Theology and Ethics by Rena Smart.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Run the World. Het vermeende spanningsveld tussen feminisme en hedendaagse popmuziek
No full textRecently more and more female pop stars started to declare to be feminists. Singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is one of them. During her VMA performance in 2014 she made a significant feminist statement while performing her song ***Flawless, standing in front of a giant luminous FEMINIST sign. A lot of critique on this statement followed. Although Beyoncé is claiming to be a feminist, she has been putting a lot of emphasis on her body, looks and sexuality, in both her music and her videos. Therefore, the current study examines how Beyoncés feminist claim can be interpreted through theories about (modern) feminism and sexualization in pop culture, and thereby how these subjects intertwine and contradict. It analyses how core values in pop culture like authenticity, image, sexuality, tone of voice, context, commerciality, and personal autonomy are used in creating a personal message like Beyoncé does. The research focuses! on Beyon cé as an artist, her career, and her newest self-titled album including the song ***Flawless. Statements made by Beyoncé in her music and in the media are being examined to discover how they can be seen in the light of feminism. She claims a certain integrity, authenticity and sincerity in her message by focusing on a personal feel, independence and autonomy in her music and working life (by using documentaries and videos). These aspects make Beyoncé’s message supposedly valuable. Alongside other artists like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande, Beyoncé popularizes a controversial subject within modern culture. The study reveals that Beyoncé’s feminism fits well within modern, third-wave feminism, even though her message is sometimes very contradicting. Focusing on subjects like personal experience, body image, self-acceptance, sexual freedom and approachability, Beyoncé brings feminism to the masses and re-evaluates common (sexual) standards
Enjoy Right Now. Het spanningsveld tussen nieuwe media en de kernwaarden van clubcultuur
No full textDe clubscene is tegenwoordig verdeeld in twee kampen: de ene groep zet volop feestfotografie, aftermovies en social media in als marketingmiddel, terwijl anderen juist alle draagbare technologie op feesten wil verbannen. Er worden binnen clubcultuur online en offline debatten gevoerd over hoe nieuwe media afbreuk doen aan de ideologie van clubcultuur. Dit onderzoek is erop gericht om in kaart te brengen hoe nieuwe media zorgen voor een spanningsveld tussen de kernwaarden van clubcultuur en de nachtelijke praktijk op de dansvloer. Er wordt onderzocht hoe waarden als vrijheid, escapisme, collectiviteit en hedonisme passen in een mediarijke clubomgeving en hoe nieuwe media het functioneren van clubcultuur beïnvloeden. De nadruk ligt op clubs en festivals in de Benelux en Duitsland (Berlijn) in de periode 2010 tot 2014
Velocity-Gradient Probability Distribution Functions in a Lagrangian Model of Turbulence
No full textThe Recent Fluid Deformation Closure (RFDC) model of lagrangian turbulence is recast in path-integral language within the framework of the Martin-Siggia-Rose functional formalism. In order to derive analytical expressions for the velocity-gradient probability distribution functions (vgPDFs), we carry out noise renormalization in the low-frequency regime and find approximate extrema for the Martin-Siggia-Rose effective action. We verify, with the help of Monte Carlo simulations, that the vgPDFs so obtained yield a close description of the single-point statistical features implied by the original RFDC stochastic differential equations
Author Correction: Global geochemical fingerprinting of plume intensity suggests coupling with the supercontinent cycle
Full text linkThe original version of this Article omitted from the author list the 4th and 5th authors, Grant Cox and Ross Mitchell, who were both at Curtin University. Consequently, the corrected version of the Acknowledgements removes the following from the original version: ‘and Ross Mitchell’. In addition, the following was added to the Author Contributions: ‘G.M.C. and R.M. were involved in an early attempt of this study.’. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article
Colonising "The Coral Island": A Postcolonial Reading of R.M. Ballantyne's Children's "Classic"
No full textstudent essayBeing written during the rise of the British Empire in the 1850sm R.M. Ballantyne's boys' adventure story "The Coral Island" is in many ways a product of its time, conveying imperial ideas and Victorian values to the young reader. Through his portrayal of the native inhabitants in relation to his descriptions of the three British protagonists, the author creates a stereotyped image of the natives as primitive savages. Due to the further use of a first person narrator and realist pretensions, the dated racist ideas become influential upon the reader. In spite of the fact that the novel has been considered as an entertaining children's classic by generations since its first publication, "The Coral Island" should not be classified as good children's literature today but should rather be historicised as a result of its controversial contents. By adopting a postcolonial approach and applying postcolonial theory in my analysis of R.M. Ballantyne's "The Coral Island", I have in this essay endeavoured to demonstrate in what ways the novel would prove problematic as a children's book today. In my first chapter I present the imperial ideas and Victorian values that are conveyed, whereas in my second chapter I discuss Ballantyne's stereotyping of the natives. As a result of my study of this novel, I have exemplified how the author portrays the three British boys as representative of the Victorian ideals of the time. I have also illustrated their assumed superiority over nature and their roles as colonisers. Furthermore, my analysis of "The Coral Island" has revealed how Ballantyne communicates both white superiority as well as the Western "oblibation" to civilise primitive people throug Christian conversion. Consequently, the novel promotes the ideology of its time. As a result of my findings, I would like to argue that "The Coral Island" should today be viewed as a text conveying historical ideas and values rather than as an exciting children's classic
Acoustic emmission gedrag van verschillende grondsoorten
No full textDit rapport vat de resultaten samen van de meetrapporten "Acoustic Emission" (A.E.) gedrag van verschillende grondsoorten door ing. F.M. Schenkeveld, LGM en "Acoustic emission laboratory testing of sand, clay and peat soils" door Prof. R.M. Koerner, Drexel University, U.S.A. Het onderzoek werd verricht in opdracht van het Centrum voor Onderzoek Waterkeringen (COW), in samenwerking met het Laboratorium voor Grondmechanica (LGM). Projectleider voor het COW was ir. A. Penning. Het doel van het onderzoek is de evaluatie van de "acoustic emission"-methode met betrekking tot stabiliteitsproblemen bij Nederlandse dijken. Tijdens het vooronderzoek is kontakt gelegd met Prof. R.M. Koerner (R.M.K.), Drexel University, U.S.A. Om een goede basis te geven aan het onderzoek werd met Prof. Koerner een gezamenlijk project uitgevoerd. "Acoustic Emissions" zijn spanningsgolven die gegenereerd worden in een materiaal onder spanning tijdens deformatie. Soms zijn deze spanningsgolven hoorbaar (kraken van hout), maar vaak niet vanwege de lage amplitude en hoge frequentie. Een piezoelectrische sensor wordt gebruikt om de "acoustic emissions" te detecteren. De opnemer produceert een electrisch signaal evenredig met de amplitude van de waargenomen trilling. Het signaal wordt dan versterkt, gefilterd en geteld of op een andere wijze gekwantificeerd. Achtergrondruis en andere ongewenste verstoringen worden gefilterd of apart gekwantificeerd en afgetrokken van de resultaten. De tellingen of andere bewerkte resultaten van de emissies worden dan gecorreleerd met het materiaal gedrag om empirisch de veiligheid van de onderzochte situatie te bepalen. Indien er geen acoustic emissions zijn is het materiaal in het algemeen in rust en stabiel. Evenwel als er emissies worden waargenomen is het materiaal in beweging, hetgeen uiteindelijk kan leiden tot bezwijken. De komponenten van het huidige "acoustic emission" systeem bestaan uit: een stalen staaf (om het signaal vanuit de grond naar een geschikt waarnemingspunt te brenger.) , een sensor (geofoon, versnellingsopnemer,hydrofoon of een andere opnemer die een mechanische trilling in een electrisch signaal omzet), een voorversterker (om het signaal te versterken indien een lange kabel wordt gebruikt), filters (om ongewenste gedeelten van het signaal te elimineren), een versterker (om het signaal verder te versterken voor signaalbewerking) en een signaalbewerkingssysteem. Het signaalbewerkingssysteem is over het algemeen een teller die telt als een bepaalde drempelwaarde wordt overschreden.TAW/EN
Value of Information Based Design of Control Software
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Algorithms for non-parametric Bayesian belief nets
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High dimensional dependence: Copulae, sensitivity, sampling
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