43 research outputs found
Lars Amund Vaage's sorrowsong read with Lacan
No full textMasteroppgåve i nordisk litteratur Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studium Universitetet i Bergen Våren 2018 Student: Sondre Johan Chesney Kvamme Rettleiar: Christine Hamm Tittel: Lars Amund Vaage sin sorgsong lesen med Lacan Undertittel: Ei psykoanalytisk lesing av Den framande byen (1999), Syngja(2012), og Sorg og song (2016) I denne masteroppgåva analyserer eg Lars Amund Vaage sin sorgsong i dei tre bøkene Den framande byen (1999), Syngja (2012) og Sorg og song (2016). Eg tolkar og analyserer forteljarteknikken og strukturen i bøkene i dialog med Lacan sin psykoanalyse, med eit særleg fokus på repetisjonar og erindringar. I oppgåva argumenterer eg for at det Vaage kallar for «sorgsong», er ein metode for å omarbeida og behandla eit traume. Gjentakingar av minne er ein sentral funksjon til sorgsongen for at subjektet skal kunne handtera traumet. I Den framande byen fylgjer me psykoanalytikaren Wilhelm Reich på reisa hans til Noreg. Romanpersonen er basert på den verkelege Wilhelm Reich. I Syngja fylgjer lesaren ein eg-forteljar, som også er forfattar, som har eit autistisk barn, mykje basert på forfattaren Lars Amund Vaage sitt eige liv. Sorg og song er eit essay skrive i etterkant av Syngja, der forfattaren Lars Amund Vaage skriv om skriveprosessen knytt til Syngja. Eg analyserer dei tre tekstane strukturelt og narratologisk, og deretter tolkar eg dei i ljos av Lacan sine psykoanalytiske skrifter. Eg har funne ut at det er ein stor likskap mellom dei tre romanpersonane Reich, eg-forteljaren i Syngja og Vaage. Alle tre har falt tilbake til det som Lacan kallar Det imaginære stadiet. Som eit resultat av dette har dei blitt handlingslamma. Dei tre personane lir av ei form for nevrose lik den som Lacan diagnostiserer Hamlet med i si tolking av Hamlet (Lacan 1977). Eg har funne ut at tekstane kan bli forstått som ein type sorgsong, og at utfordringa ved å akseptera tav av ulik art har satt sitt preg på Vaage sine romanar og romanpersonar. Eg har også konkludert med at Wilhelm Reich sin psykoanalyse truleg har påverka Vaage sin litterære stil meir enn han sjølv trur. Strukturen på romanane er eit direkte resultat av denne påverknaden.MA thesis in Nordic Literature Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen, May 2018 Student: Sondre Johan Chesney Kvamme Tutor: Christine Hamm Title: Lars Amund Vaage sin sorgsong lesen med Lacan [lit. Lars Amund Vaage’s sorrowsong read with Lacan] Subtitle: Ei psykoanalytisk lesing av Den framande byen (1999), Syngja(2012), og Sorg og song (2016) [lit. A psychoanalytical reading of Den framande byen (1999, Syngja (2012) and Sorg og song (2016)] This MA thesis analyses Lars Amund Vaage’s «sorgsong» and its development in his three books Den framande byen (1999), Syngja (2012) and Sorg og song (2016). I interpret and analyse the narrative techniques and structures found in the books in dialog with Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalysis, with a focus on repetitions and recollections, or memories. In the thesis, I argue that the «sorgsong» is a method for treating and overcoming a trauma. Repetitions of memories is a central function in the “sorgsong”, as it attempts to overcome the trauma. Den framande byen is a novel about the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, following him on his journey and stay in Norway. The fictional person is based on the real Wilhelm Reich. Syngja is a book about an author and his autistic daughter. The book is inspired by Vaage’s own life, as he also has a child with autism. Sorg og song is a book that reflects upon the writing processes that Vaage underwent whilst writing Syngja. In the thesis, I have found a striking similarity between the three persons Reich, the father in Syngja, and Vaage. They have all fallen back to Lacan’s Imaginary state and have thus lost parts of their language and ability to act. They all suffer from a form of neurosis similar to the one Lacan diagnoses Hamlet with in his analysis of Hamlet. (Lacan 1977) I have found that the three texts can be understood as a type of “sorgsong”. The challenges of accepting a loss, often a traumatic loss, has had a great impact on Vaage’s books and fictional persons. I have also concluded that Wilhelm Reich’s psychoanalysis possibly has affected Vaage’s literary style more than he is aware of himself. The way the books are structured is a direct result of this.Mastergradsoppgåve i nordiskNOLISP35
Live Enrolment for Identity Documents in Europe
No full textPart 1: General E-Government and Open GovernmentInternational audienceDigital image alterations (morphing) of identity document photos is a major concern and may potentially allow citizens with malicious intent to enrol for identity document(s) later to be used also by another individual. Taking the photo in the application office – live enrolment – can address this issue. However, this is a break with tradition and entails a sizeable overhaul in the public sector, which can be reluctant to change and often lacks the necessary formal methods that ensure a smooth transition. The objective of this paper is to map the main barriers and drivers related to live enrolment based on theoretical research and interviews conducted with high-ranking officers at passport authorities in Estonia, Kosovo, Norway and Sweden. These countries have successfully switched to live enrolment. The main driver for live enrolment has been increased security; for Estonia, user convenience was important and was behind the decision of keeping alternative application processes for the citizens around. The absence of legacy systems makes it easier to implement public sector innovations, such as live enrolment. Behind the successful implementation is proper risk management, covering technological, political and organisational risks. Finally, the research results indicate varying experiences, obstacles, cultural differences and trade-offs, emphasizing the need to understand barriers and drivers in a contextualised way
Neuropsychological and Symptom Predictors of Diagnostic Persistence, Symptom Severity, and Executive Dysfunction in ADHD: A 23-Year Follow-up Study
No full textAUTHOR: Tor Amund Voll Storaas. MAIN SUPERVISOR: Professor Merete Glenne Øie. CO-SUPERVISOR: Professor Jens Egeland. BACKGROUND: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is currently understood as a neurodevelopmental disorder known to persist into adulthood in a significant subset of cases, but recent large community-based studies have revealed that the rate of persistence may be lower than previously assumed. There is a lack of studies predicting persistence that include both comprehensive neuropsychological test batteries and longer follow-up intervals. This study extends long-term predictive research on ADHD by including both a broad neuropsychological test battery and symptom measures at baseline in adolescence as predictors of diagnostic persistence, symptom severity, and ecologically measured executive dysfunction in ADHD 23 years later. METHODS: Forty-five individuals, 19 with ADHD (M/F=19/0) and 26 healthy controls (HC; M/F=13/13), were assessed in adolescence and 23 years later. Measurements at baseline included a comprehensive test battery measuring eight neuropsychological domains, an IQ estimate, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Global Assessment Scale of Symptoms (GAS). Outcome measures included diagnostic status, the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS), the Attention and ADHD subscales of the Adult Self-Report (ASR) from the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). Group differences between ADHD persisters, ADHD remitters, and HC was calculated by use of ANOVAs in SPSS, and potential predictions of differences in the ADHD group by linear regression analyses. RESULTS: Eleven (58%) participants retained their ADHD diagnoses at follow-up. The remitters did not significantly differ from healthy controls on measures of symptom severity or executive dysfunction at follow-up. Motor Coordination and Visual perception at baseline predicted diagnostic status at follow-up, but not symptom severity or executive dysfunction. The CBCL Attention problems subscale at baseline in the ADHD group predicted variance in diagnostic status, attention symptoms in the ASR and the ASRS, and the BRIEF Global Executive Composite and Working Memory subdomain. CONCLUSION: The persistence rate found in the present study was higher than other long-term estimates, and the predictive value of baseline attention symptom severity was confirmed. The predictions of lower-order neuropsychological functions related to motor function and perception on diagnostic persistence are an important new finding of consequence, suggesting the continued relevance of the early theoretical concept of DAMP. These findings carry implications for future research on interventions, theoretical models, and the lifespan of ADHD
Autonomous Bicycle: The First Self Balanced Ride
No full textThe idea of an autonomous bicycle originates from Jens G. Balchen who wanted to make an unmanned autonomous bicycle. The idea was picked up by Amund Skavhaug who extended the idea with the concept of using an inverted pendulum to simulate a leaning rider. The previous attempts to develop a bicycle capable of performing an autonomous ride has so far all ended in failure. The main reason for the Department of Engineering Cybernetics is to develop such a bicycle is for use in recruitment and motivation of students. The main goal of this thesis is to develop a bicycle that after the implementation of a suitable control is capable of performing an autonomous ride.The goal of this thesis is to create a controller making the bicycle capable of performing the first self balanced ride. The focus is not on implementing the most advanced controller but creating a system actually capable of performing this first ride. An equally important focus is that the framework delivered at the end of this thesis is capable of handling the further development towards a fully autonomous bicycle.The author has during this thesis performed the additions needed in order to be able to implement a self balancing controller. The parameters of the real bicycle were measured and used to create a simulation environment of the bicycle in Simulink. Several controllers were simulated in Simulink, before a controller were implemented on the physical bicycle.The physical bicycle delivered as a part of this thesis consists of a fully functional framework both capable and ready for the further development. A self balancing controller is implemented on the bicycle and the bicycle has performed it's first self balance ride
Språk i møte med det språklause Ein narrativ og tematisk analyse av Lars Amund Vaages Syngja
No full textIn this master thesis I have analyzed Lars Amund Vaage's novel Syngja. It was published in 2012 and received good reviews. The main character in the novel is the father of an autistic girl called G, and he is also a nation-renowned author. He writes about and to his autistic daughter, who can neither speak nor understand language. Some parts of the story is consistent with Vaage's own life, and the book is thus on the borderline between a novel and an autobiography. In this thesis, Syngja will be read and analyzed as a novel. Any autobiographical fact cannot, in my view, be analyzed in isolation from the literary narrative. In this, I am inspired by Arne Melberg who believes one can see the relationship between fiction and fact, form and content, as a dynamic relationship. My main task has been to take a closer look at how the narrator in Syngja expresses the language issue. On the one hand, there is a communicative language issue: What consequences do the speechless entail for the relationship between the father and the daughter? How is it possible to communicate and understand each other when these elements must be wordless? On the other hand, there is a literary language issue: How should the author-father express the non-language? Is it really possible to communicate something you can neither remember nor fully understand? Perhaps it is what we don’t understand completely which at the same time is the most important to tell about? On this basis, the main issue for my thesis is: What is language in the meeting of non-language? I have chosen to use narrative theory, with Gérard Genette and Petter Aaslestad as my main references. A main point in this theory is that any analysis must take a closer look at how the narrative affects the content and vice versa. I have supplemented this theory with psychoanalytic theory to discuss how the novel expresses the subject's position and existential questions. Here, my main reference is Slavoj Žižek. Žižek's theory about how the subject is divided, and how this fact is fundamental to our existence, has been relevant in connection with the way the narrator in Syngja writes about a subject in an existential crisis. Is it possible that a loss also can be the basis for creating something new and finding a new way forward? The main target in this thesis has been to show that Syngja is not only a novel about a personal life history, but also a text that deals with universal issues
Autonomous Bicycle: The First Self Balanced Ride
No full textThe idea of an autonomous bicycle originates from Jens G. Balchen who wanted to make an unmanned autonomous bicycle. The idea was picked up by Amund Skavhaug who extended the idea with the concept of using an inverted pendulum to simulate a leaning rider. The previous attempts to develop a bicycle capable of performing an autonomous ride has so far all ended in failure. The main reason for the Department of Engineering Cybernetics is to develop such a bicycle is for use in recruitment and motivation of students. The main goal of this thesis is to develop a bicycle that after the implementation of a suitable control is capable of performing an autonomous ride.The goal of this thesis is to create a controller making the bicycle capable of performing the first self balanced ride. The focus is not on implementing the most advanced controller but creating a system actually capable of performing this first ride. An equally important focus is that the framework delivered at the end of this thesis is capable of handling the further development towards a fully autonomous bicycle.The author has during this thesis performed the additions needed in order to be able to implement a self balancing controller. The parameters of the real bicycle were measured and used to create a simulation environment of the bicycle in Simulink. Several controllers were simulated in Simulink, before a controller were implemented on the physical bicycle.The physical bicycle delivered as a part of this thesis consists of a fully functional framework both capable and ready for the further development. A self balancing controller is implemented on the bicycle and the bicycle has performed it's first self balance ride
Språk i møte med det språklause Ein narrativ og tematisk analyse av Lars Amund Vaages Syngja
No full textIn this master thesis I have analyzed Lars Amund Vaage's novel Syngja. It was published in 2012 and received good reviews. The main character in the novel is the father of an autistic girl called G, and he is also a nation-renowned author. He writes about and to his autistic daughter, who can neither speak nor understand language. Some parts of the story is consistent with Vaage's own life, and the book is thus on the borderline between a novel and an autobiography. In this thesis, Syngja will be read and analyzed as a novel. Any autobiographical fact cannot, in my view, be analyzed in isolation from the literary narrative. In this, I am inspired by Arne Melberg who believes one can see the relationship between fiction and fact, form and content, as a dynamic relationship. My main task has been to take a closer look at how the narrator in Syngja expresses the language issue. On the one hand, there is a communicative language issue: What consequences do the speechless entail for the relationship between the father and the daughter? How is it possible to communicate and understand each other when these elements must be wordless? On the other hand, there is a literary language issue: How should the author-father express the non-language? Is it really possible to communicate something you can neither remember nor fully understand? Perhaps it is what we don’t understand completely which at the same time is the most important to tell about? On this basis, the main issue for my thesis is: What is language in the meeting of non-language? I have chosen to use narrative theory, with Gérard Genette and Petter Aaslestad as my main references. A main point in this theory is that any analysis must take a closer look at how the narrative affects the content and vice versa. I have supplemented this theory with psychoanalytic theory to discuss how the novel expresses the subject's position and existential questions. Here, my main reference is Slavoj Žižek. Žižek's theory about how the subject is divided, and how this fact is fundamental to our existence, has been relevant in connection with the way the narrator in Syngja writes about a subject in an existential crisis. Is it possible that a loss also can be the basis for creating something new and finding a new way forward? The main target in this thesis has been to show that Syngja is not only a novel about a personal life history, but also a text that deals with universal issues
Learning Reduced Order Mappings of Navier-Stokes: An Investigation of Generalization on the Viscosity Parameter
No full textSolving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) in engineering such as Navier-Stokes is incredibly computationally expensive and complex. Without analytical solutions, numerical solutions can take ages to simulate at great expense. In order to reduce this cost, neural networks may be used to compute approximations of the solution for use during engineering processes. PCA-net is a neural network approach that reduces the dimensionality of the input and output data for PDEs in order to allow mapping from a high-dimensional input and output function with a fully connected neural network through the use of Principal Component Analysis (PCA). In this paper, PCA-net is applied to Navier-Stokes with varying viscosities to test the generalization of PCA-net on viscosity parameters. Training is done on four discrete viscosities, while testing is done on continuous viscosities, extrapolating and interpolating around the training set. Results shows good performance on low viscosities, both with interpolation and extrapolation. Mid-to-high viscosity interpolation shows lesser performance, with high viscosity extrapolation diverging to great error. Omitting high viscosities, performance over varying viscosities is close to that shown by previous research.CSE3000 Research ProjectComputer Science and Engineerin
Future Schemes for Stronger Verification of the Access Rights of Border Control Inspection Systems
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