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⚘ Becoming-Minority: Subjectivity and Suprasubjectivity ☀ Mahmoud Reza Moghaddam Shad
No full textFollow the leads... and you will turn back in awe at the semiotic itinerary involved in the process of becoming.
This event, commented on by Susannah Ticciati (King’s College London) and chaired by Yulia Nikitenko (Institute for Philosophical Studies), is part of the activities of the 2022 International Open Seminar on Semiotics: a Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing, cooperatively organized by the Institute for Philosophical Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, the Lyceum Institute, the Deely Project, Saint Vincent College, the Iranian Society for Phenomenology at the Iranian Political Science Association, the International Association for Semiotics of Space and Time, the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Semiotic Society of America, the American Maritain Association, the International Association for Semiotic Studies, the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies, the International Center for Semiotics and Intercultural Dialogue, Moscow State Academic University for the Humanities and the Mansarda Acesa with the support of the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Government of Portugal under the UID/FIL/00010/2020 project.
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Mahmoud Reza Moghaddam Shad (PhD in Political Theory, the University of Tehran) is the Co-founder and a member of the Executive Board of the ISP - Iranian Society for Phenomenology, the Specialized Secretary of the IYP - Iranian Yearbook of Phenomenology, and a former member of the Intellectual Trends Group of the Center of Middle East Strategic Studies. His research interests are phenomenology of everyday life and politics, ressentiment, identity politics, minority politics, democracy theory, sociology of knowledge, and sociology of novel. His recent publishing are "Becoming Minority as a Revolutionary Act: An Introduction to the Idea of Minoritarian Democracy" (Quarterly Journal of Politics, 48 (3), 753-770, 2018), "The Image of Government in Iranian Fiction" (Quarterly Journal of Politics, Forthcoming), "Empathy and Deviation in Value-Perception: The Phenomenology of the Man of Ressentiment," (IYP, 1st volume, forthcoming), “Phenomenology of Everyday Life and Redefinition of The Political” (IYP, 2nd volume, forthcoming), "Ressentiment and the Promise of ISIL's Revenge: A Case Study of European Warriors," (in Modern Barbarism, ed. by Mahdokht Zakeri Qalam Research Institute, pp. 29-34, 2016).
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Susannah Ticciati is Professor of Christian Theology at King’s College London. She is author of Reading Augustine: On Signs, Christ, Truth and the Interpretation of Scripture (London and New York: T&T Clark, 2022), A New Apophaticism: Augustine and the Redemption of Signs (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2013), and Job and the Disruption of Identity: Reading Beyond Barth (London and New York: T&T Clark, 2005).
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Precast Concrete Elements for Accelerated Bridge Construction Final Report, Volume 1-1. Laboratory Testing of Precast Substructure Components: Boone County Bridge: TR-561, January 2009
No full textIn July 2006, construction began on an accelerated bridge project in Boone County, Iowa that was composed of precast substructure elements and an innovative, precast deck panel system. The superstructure system consisted of full-depth deck panels that were
prestressed in the transverse direction, and after installation on the prestressed concrete girders, post-tensioned in the longitudinal direction. Prior to construction, laboratory tests were completed on the precast abutment and pier cap elements. The substructure testing was to determine the punching shear strength of the elements. Post-tensioning testing and verification of the precast deck system was performed in the field. The forces in the tendons provided by the contractor were verified and losses due to the post-tensioning operation were measured. The stress (strain) distribution in the deck panels due to the post-tensioning was also measured and analyzed. The entire construction process for this bridge system was documented. Representatives from the Boone County Engineers Office, the prime contractor, precast fabricator, and researchers from Iowa State University provided feedback and suggestions for improving the constructability of this design
Rasgos de caracterización en las novelas Ahmad Mahmood y Ahlem Mosteghanem
No full textThe aim of this article was to evaluate to element of character and characterization in two stories: "Neighbors"
by Iranian author Ahmad Mahmoud and "Memories of Body" by Algerian writer Ahlem Mosteghanemi.
Research methodology was historical and content analysis. Results showed that the most important difference
between the two novels is the fictional form and the language of characters.El objetivo de este artículo fue evaluar el elemento de carácter y caracterización en dos historias: "Vecinos"
del autor iraní Ahmad Mahmoud y "Memorias del cuerpo" del escritor argelino Ahlem Mosteghanemi. La
metodología de investigación fue el análisis histórico y de contenido. Los resultados mostraron que la
diferencia más importante entre las dos novelas es la forma ficticia y el lenguaje de los personajes
Hypomorphic Recessive Variants in SUFU Impair the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway and Cause Joubert Syndrome with Cranio-facial and Skeletal Defects
No full textThe Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) pathway is a key signaling pathway orchestrating embryonic development, mainly of the CNS and limbs. In vertebrates, SHH signaling is mediated by the primary cilium, and genetic defects affecting either SHH pathway members or ciliary proteins cause a spectrum of developmental disorders. SUFU is the main negative regulator of the SHH pathway and is essential during development. Indeed, Sufu knock-out is lethal in mice, and recessive pathogenic variants of this gene have never been reported in humans. Through whole-exome sequencing in subjects with Joubert syndrome, we identified four children from two unrelated families carrying homozygous missense variants in SUFU. The children presented congenital ataxia and cerebellar vermis hypoplasia with elongated superior cerebellar peduncles (mild "molar tooth sign"), typical cranio-facial dysmorphisms (hypertelorism, depressed nasal bridge, frontal bossing), and postaxial polydactyly. Two siblings also showed polymicrogyria. Molecular dynamics simulation predicted random movements of the mutated residues, with loss of the native enveloping movement of the binding site around its ligand GLI3. Functional studies on cellular models and fibroblasts showed that both variants significantly reduced SUFU stability and its capacity to bind GLI3 and promote its cleavage into the repressor form GLI3R. In turn, this impaired SUFU-mediated repression of the SHH pathway, as shown by altered expression levels of several target genes. We demonstrate that germline hypomorphic variants of SUFU cause deregulation of SHH signaling, resulting in recessive developmental defects of the CNS and limbs which share features with both SHH-related disorders and ciliopathies
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Elias Canetti e Toni Maraini a Marrakech: un viaggio nella memoria
No full textLa ciudad de Marrakech, famosa por su compleja historia y su encanto oriental "exótica", es una de las ciudades marroquíes que más ha inspirado a artistas y escritores occidentales: desde Delacroix a Matisse hasta la narrativa de Juan Goytisolo. Este artículo examina dos autores europeos que han escrito sobre esta ciudad: Elias Canetti y Toni Maraini. Teniendo en cuenta la diversidad de enfoques de los dos escritores, el artículo se centra en el análisis pre-linguistc del autor búlgaro y las características interdisciplinarias (feminismo, historia social y política) en la narrativa de Maraini. Lejos de la visión orientalista legendaria que considera el Oriente como un mito, ambos autores ilustran Marrakech como un lugar en el que la tradición y la modernidad definen los límites de la memoria.The city of Marrakech, famous for its complex history and its oriental "exotic" charm, is one of the Moroccan cities that has most inspired Occidental artists and writers: from Delacroix to Matisse up to the narrative of Juan Goytisolo. This article examines two European authors who have written about this city: Elias Canetti and Toni Maraini. Taking into consideration the diversity of approach by the two writers, the article focuses on the pre-linguistc analysis of the Bulgarian author and the interdisciplinary features (feminism, social and political history) in Maraini's narrative. Far from the legendary orientalist vision which sees East as a myth, both authors illustrate Marrakech as a place in which tradition and modernity define the boundaries of memory
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Effects of dexamethasone on foetal Doppler flow velocimetry
No full textWe, the Editor and Publisher of Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, have retracted the following article: Ahmed M. Nofal, Tarek M. Sayyed, Hesham S. Mahmoud & Tamer Y. Atia (2021). Effects of dexamethasone on foetal Doppler flow velocimetry. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 41 (3), 390–394. DOI: 10.1080/01443615.2020.1742677. Since publication, significant concerns have been raised about the statistical analysis in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors fully cooperated and provided their data, but they have not sufficiently addressed the concerns raised, and concerns remain about the statistical methods in the article. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed. The authors do not agree with the retraction. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’
Comparative Analysis of the Efficiency of Air Source Heat Pumps in Different Climatic Areas of Iran
No full textAbstractTo address the problems caused by fossil energy usage it is important to make a transition to renewable sources of energy, in particular in the residential area. Heating systems such as air source heat pumps that gather heat energy from the ambient air are useful alternatives. However, whether or not such technical solutions are actually used depends on individual decisions. In the current paper the economic aspect for heating is analysed for different regions of Iran and for different pricing strategies for electricity and gas. This is done based on numerical simulations over a year based on temperature data, for domestic heating based on a heat pump in comparison to gas-based heating
Comics Illustration Synthesizer using the Stable Diffusion Model: Fine-tuning for text-to-image Dilbert Comics Generation
No full textSynthetic art is the end result of artificial intelligence models that have been trained to generate images from text prompts. "Comic synthesis" is one such use case, where comic illustrations are produced from textual descriptions. Previous attempts at comic synthesis have utilized conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGANs), but this approach has encountered challenges in generating consistent and visually appealing comic panels. Strict data requirements and quality limitations have left room for improvement. We propose a novel approach to comic synthesis using Stable Diffusion, a powerful generative modelling technique. The study investigates the fine-tuning of the stable diffusion model specifically for the generation of Dilbert Comics from textual prompts. We explore different techniques to fine-tune the stable diffusion model for comic synthesis including Dreambooth and LoRA. Through extensive experimentation and analysis, with an FID score of 123, results produced using the Lora technique outperformed Dreambooth, excelling in understanding the Dilbert style, while Dreambooth struggled with multiple-subject training. Results are also compared with previous approaches based on conditional GANs. While the quality and detail greatly improved, the transition from conditionals to text descriptions meant the results were less accurate. The results show the potential of stable diffusion in generating appealing Dilbert Comic panels while highlighting the need for further exploration to enhance the alignment between textual descriptions and the generated images.CSE3000 Research ProjectComputer Science and Engineerin
Does everybody with mildly elevated HsTnT without ECG changes have a high risk of cardiovascular events and mortality?
No full textWith interest we read the study by Mahmoud et al. about
‘‘Comparative outcome analysis of stable mildly elevated high sensitivity
troponin T in patients presenting with chest pain”. The author reported
higher frequency of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality up to 1 year in
patients with low level hsTnT elevation.</p
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