686 research outputs found
Mixing the Immiscible: Improvisation within Fixed-Media Composition
No full textThis paper will explore ways in which mastered improvisation practice, with the studio as an instrument, is a proposed avenue to bridge the historical dichotomy between what Ted Gioia describe as ‘the aesthetics of perfection’ and ‘the aesthetics of imperfection’. It is proposed as a way to re-embody fixed music, as experimented by the author through the composition of his last fixed-media work. This will be put in the context of a wider trend observed amongst the current emerging generation of composers interested in the aesthesics of the work, by opposition to the previous generations that placed the value of the work in its poietics. The vital and primal importance of practice outcome as practice-based research’s main document will also be advocated for, as these trends are happening in the laboratory of live music
A necessary fiction: The ritualisation of stakeholder practices in New Zealand cinema
No full textThis thesis argues that stability of the concept ‘national cinema’ is located in the discursive positioning of individual films in such a way that they are connected to a national ‘common ground’, one which is ritually accessed via engagement with media such as cinema. This positioning, however, is not quantifiable and may not be identified as arising from any particular production practice, dimension of popularity, theme, style, characteristic of production personnel, and so on. By synthesising the work of several theorists and applying this synthesis to a selection of films, a framework of ideas (around the ritualised ‘flagging’ of the national via the expression of stakeholder interests) is applied to cinema in New Zealand. In particular, an ideoscape is ultimately mapped as a result of applying this framework of ideas. The normative assumptions of national cinema are examined in this way and found to be lacking despite the weight that the term ‘national cinema’ continues to have
Hong Kong cinema 1982-2002 : the quest for identity during transition
No full textElectronic redacted version excludes material for which permission has not been granted by the rights holderThis thesis seeks to interpret the cinematic representations of Hong Kongers’ identity quest during a transitional state/stage related to the sovereignty transfer. The Handover transition considered is an ideological one, rather than the overnight polity change on the Handover day. This research approaches contemporary Hong Kong cinema on two fronts and the thesis is structured accordingly: Upon an initial review of the existing Hong Kong film scholarship in the Introduction, and its 1997-related allegorical readings, Part I sees new angles (previously undeveloped or underdeveloped) for researching Hong Kong films made during 1982-2002. Arguments are built along the ideas of Hong Kongers’ situational, diasporic consciousness, and transformed ‘Chineseness’ because Hong Kong has lacked a cultural/national centrality. This part of research is informed by the ideas of Jacques Derrida, Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall, and the diasporic experiences of Ien Ang, Rey Chow and Ackbar Abbas. With these new research angles and references to the circumstances, Part II reads critically the text of eight Hong Kong films made during the Handover transition. In chronological order, they are Boat People (Hui, 1982), Song of the Exile (Hui, 1990), Days of Being Wild (Wong, 1990), Happy Together (Wong, 1997), Made in Hong Kong (Chan, 1997), Ordinary Heroes (Hui, 1999), Durian Durian (Chan, 2000), and Hollywood Hong Kong (Chan, 2002). They meet several criteria related to the undeveloped / underdeveloped areas in the existing Hong Kong film scholarship. Hamid Naficy’s ‘accented cinema’ paradigm gives the guidelines to the film analysis in Part II. This part shows that Hong Kongers’ self-transformation during transition is alterable, indeterminate, and interminable, due to the people’s situational, diasporic consciousness, and transformed ‘Chineseness’. This thesis thus contributes to Hong Kong cinema scholarship in interpreting films with new research angles, and generating new insights into this cinematic tradition and its wider context
Análisis Bibliométrico sobre la Innovación Empresarial en Web of Science
No full textThe general objective of the research is to analyze a bibliometric study on Business Innovation in Web of Science (WoS). It was based on an exhaustive study of the documents using the keywords ("innovation" and “enterprise"), between the years 2012-2023, original open access articles and in English. A total of 38 articles were located in WoS in the 2024. The VOSviewer v1.6.20 software was used, under the categories that included co-authorships, co-occurrences and citations. The most relevant results are: 16 authors (Aboklaish, Ali F; Bottger, Erik C.; Cao, Sha; Crich, David; Ercan, Onur; Hobbie, Sven N.; Hughes, Diarmaid; Huseby, Douglas L.; Juhas, Mario; Petersson, Anna; Polikanov, Yury S.; Rominski, Anna; Teo, Jeanette; Tyrrell, Jonathan M.; Walsh, Timothy R. and Widlake, Emma) each have a single publication, 65 citations and 15 direct connections between each other; The Scottish University Environmental Research Center and the University of Edinburgh have 3 publications and 50 citations each; United States (USA ) leads with 16 publications, accumulating 1201 citations and a total link strength of 87, among others. It is concluded that the quality of the peer review process and editorial rigor may have guaranteed the excellence and relevance of the published articles, which in turn generates greater interest and citations from other researchers.El objetivo general de la investigación es analizar un estudio bibliométrico sobre la Innovación empresarial en Web of Science (WoS). Se basó en un estudio exhaustivo de los documentos empleando las palabras clave ("innovation" y “enterprise"), entre los años 2012-2023, artículos originales de acceso abierto y en inglés. Un total de 38 artículos fue localizado en WoS en el 2024. Se empleó el software VOSviewer v1.6.20, bajo las categorías que incluyeron coautorías, coocurrencias y citas. Los resultados más relevantes son: 16 autores (Aboklaish, Ali F; Bottger, Erik C.; Cao, Sha; Crich, David; Ercan, Onur; Hobbie, Sven N.; Hughes, Diarmaid; Huseby, Douglas L.; Juhas, Mario; Petersson, Anna; Polikanov, Yury S.; Rominski, Anna; Teo, Jeanette; Tyrrell, Jonathan M.; Walsh, Timothy R. y Widlake, Emma) poseen cada uno con una sola publicación, 65 citaciones y 15 conexiones directas entre sí; La Scottish University Environmental Research Centre y la University of Edinburgh poseen tienen 3 publicaciones y 50 citaciones cada una; Estados Unidos (USA) encabeza con 16 publicaciones, acumulando 1201 citaciones y una fuerza total de enlace de 87, entre otros. Se concluye que la calidad del proceso de revisión por pares y la rigurosidad editorial pueden haber garantizado la excelencia y relevancia de los artículos publicados, lo que a su vez genera un mayor interés y citaciones por parte de otros investigadores
Nixon's “full-speech”: imaginary and symbolic registers of communication
No full textCommunicative interchanges play a foundational role in establishing the social. This being said, communicative behaviour can also lead to stalemates and conflict in which demands of recognition outweigh the prospect of hearing or saying anything beyond what is thought to be known. This paper foregrounds a dimension of communication often neglected by approaches prioritizing mass communications and new media technologies, namely the psychical and inter-subjective aspects of communicative exchange. More directly, this paper introduces and develops a Lacanian psychoanalytic theory of two interlinked registers of communicative behaviour. The first of these is the imaginary: the domain of one-to-one inter-subjectivity and behaviour that serves the ego and functions to consolidate the images subjects use to substantiate themselves. The second - far more disturbing and unpredictable - is the symbolic. It links the subject to a trans-subjective order of truth, it provides them with a set of socio-symbolic co-ordinates, and it ties them into a variety of roles and social contracts. In an elaboration of these two registers, illustrated by brief reference to Nixon’s admission of guilt in his interviews with David Frost, I pay particular attention to both the potentially transformative symbolic aspect of communicative behaviours and the ever-present prospect that such relations will ossify into imaginary impasses of mis-knowing (méconnaissance) and aggressive rivalry
System Building Blocks for Mathematical Operators Using Stochastic Resonance: Application in an Action Potential Detection System
No full textStochastic resonance (SR) is a phenomenon where the performance of a nonlinear system subjected to noise is better than it is without noise. This phenomenon can be found both in natural and artificial systems, especially in threshold-based systems such as comparators or a population of neurons. As noise always exists and interacts with the system, it is advantageous to design a system that purposefully uses SR to boost its performance. One possible use of SR is in the signal reconstruction. In this application, noise is added to the input signal and is processed by a comparator to produce a 1-bit output signal. This output can be averaged to recover the amplified input signal. In this thesis, three challenges regarding the use of SR in signal reconstruction are addressed. Firstly, to use SR not only to reconstruct the original signal, but also to implement mathematical operators, specifically a multiplier and an adder, that take two or more input signals. Secondly, to define the relevant metric(s) that can be used to measure the performance of the operators. Lastly, to build a system out of the proposed SR-based operators. The SR-based mathematical operators are implemented on the system level with a comparator as its fundamental building block. To analyze the behavior of the operators, formulas for noise and distortion power are derived. MATLAB simulation is then used to verify the theoretical analysis. Finally, these SR-based mathematical operators are used to build a Teager Energy Operator (TEO) for action potentials (APs) detection. An SR-based multiplier and adder can be implemented with the use of an XNOR logic gate and a binary half adder, respectively. The theoretical formulas are successful in predicting the noise and distortion behavior of the operators. In conclusion, it is possible to implement mathematical operators, specifically multipliers and adders, which use noise to boost their performance. The noise and distortion behavior of these operators can be predicted mathematically. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) are used to measure the performance of the operators. Systems, specifically a TEO, can be built using the SR-based operators
The Pragmatist’s Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research
No full textAll developed countries have been struggling with a trend toward health care absorbing an ever-larger fraction of government and private budgets. Adopting any treatment that improves health outcomes, no matter what the cost, can worsen allocative inefficiency by paying dearly for small health gains. One potential solution is to rely more heavily on studies of the costs and effectiveness of new technologies in an effort to ensure that new spending is justified by a commensurate gain in consumer benefits. But not everyone is a fan of such studies and we discuss the merits of comparative effectiveness studies and its cousin, cost-effectiveness analysis. We argue that effectiveness research can generate some moderating effects on cost growth in healthcare if such research can be used to nudge patients away from less-effective therapies, whether through improved decision making or by encouraging beefed-up copayments for cost-ineffective procedures. More promising still for reducing growth is the use of a cost-effectiveness framework to better understand where the real savings lie—and the real savings may well lie in figuring out the complex interaction and fragmentation of healthcare systems.
Genetic relatedness of the family Rhodospirillaceae: Genome plasticity, chromosome heterogeneity, and chalcogenic oxyanion reductase activity in Rhodobacter sphaeroides
No full text"Intrinsic high-level resistance (HLR) to tellurite (TeO\sb3\sp{2-}), selenite (SeO\sb3\sp{2-}), and at least fifteen other chalcogenic oxides and oxyanions has been demonstrated in the facultative photoheterotrophic bacterium, Rhodobacter (Rba.) sphaeroides. Detailed analyses have shown that HLR to at least one class of these oxyanions, the ""tellurite class"" (e.g., \rm TeO\sb4\sp{2-},\ TeO\sb3\sp{2-},\ SeO\sb4\sp{2-},\ SeO\sb3\sp{2-}, and \rm Rh\sb2O\sb3), occurred via a metalloid oxyanion reductase (MORase), and resulted in elemental deposition in the cytoplasmic membrane, and concomitant H\sb2 evolution during photoheterotrophic growth in the presence of these oxyanions. Based on the analysis of TnphoA-derived mutants, the periplasmic-localized dimethyl sulfoxide/trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase (which has been isolated and purified to homogeneity) is not involved in the reduction of these oxyanions. Examination of other Rba. sphaeroides mutants, however, has determined the obligate requirement for an intact CO\sb2 fixation pathway and the presence of a functional photosynthetic electron transport chain to effect HLR to TeO\sb3\sp{2-}-class oxyanions under photosynthetic growth, and functional cytochromes b,\ c\sb1 and c\sb2 to facilitate HLR under aerobic growth conditions."Other members of the Rhodospirillaceae, including members of the -2 and -3 subgroups, were also shown to effect the reduction of many of these compounds, although genera from the -1, -1, and -3 subgroups did not. Fifty strains representing six species of purple non-sulfur bacteria were examined for intrinsic HLR to TeO\sb3\sp{2-}. These species were further characterized by total genomic DNA restriction pattern analysis using low-frequency cleavage restriction endonucleases and transverse alternating-field gel electro-phoresis. Genomic schizotypes were obtained for wild-type strains of Rba. sphaeroides and related Proteobacteria. Analysis of these macrorestriction pattern polymorphisms enabled a rapid differentiation of closely-related strains and permitted an estimation of the minimum genome size of each strain. The genetic relationship of these bacteria has been established using maximum parsimony analyses. Evidence is presented for the existence of considerable genetic diversity and genome plasticity among seemingly similar wild-type strains. It has been demonstrated using readily-identifiable DNA macrorestriction fragments that not all strains currently identified as Rba. sphaeroides contain two chromosomes. Genetic schizotyping of strains contained in international culture depositories revealed that not all Rba. sphaeroides strains currently bearing the type strain designation are identical. Based on these results, a major rearrangement of the genus Rhodobacter is proposed.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T11:52:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Rhinosinusitis
No full textIsam Alobid, MD, PhD(1) , Nithin D. Adappa, MD(2) , Henry P. Barham, MD(3) , Thiago Bezerra, MD(4) , Nadieska Caballero, MD(5) , Eugene G. Chang, MD(6) , Gaurav Chawdhary, MD(7) , Philip Chen, MD(8) , John P. Dahl, MD, PhD(9) , Anthony Del Signore, MD(10) , Carrie Flanagan, MD(11) , Daniel N. Frank, PhD(12) , Kai Fruth, MD, PhD(13) , Anne Getz, MD(14) , Samuel Greig, MD(15) , Elisa A. Illing, MD(16) , David W. Jang, MD(17) , Yong Gi Jung, MD(18) , Sammy Khalili, MD, MSc(19) , Cristobal Langdon, MD(20) , Kent Lam, MD(21) , Stella Lee, MD(22) , Seth Lieberman, MD(23) , Patricia Loftus, MD(24) , Luis Macias-Valle, MD(25) , R. Peter Manes, MD(26) , Jill Mazza, MD(27) , Leandra Mfuna, MD(28) , David Morrissey, MD(29) , Sue Jean Mun, MD(30) , Jonathan B. Overdevest, MD, PhD(31) , Jayant M. Pinto, MD(32) , Jain Ravi, MD(33) , Douglas Reh, MD(34) , Peta L. Sacks, MD(35) , Michael H. Saste, MD(36) , John Schneider, MD, MA(37) , Ahmad R. Sedaghat, MD, PhD(38) , Zachary M. Soler, MD(39) , Neville Teo, MD(40) , Kota Wada, MD(41) , Kevin Welch, MD(42) , Troy D. Woodard, MD(43) , Alan Workman(44) , Yi Chen Zhao, MD(45) , David Zopf, MD(46) CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS: (1) Universidad de Barcelona; (2) University of Pennsylvania; (3) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; (4) Universidade de São Paulo; (5) ENT Specialists of Illinois; (6) University of Arizona; (7) University of Oxford; (8) University of Texas; (9) University of Indiana; (10) Mount Sinai Beth Israel; (11) Emory University; (12) University of Colorado; (13) Wiesbaden, Germany; (14) University of Colorado; (15) University of Alberta; (16) University of Alabama at Birmingham; (17) Duke University; (18) Sungkyunkwan University; (19) University of Pennsylvania; (20) Universidad de Barcelona; (21) Northwestern University; (22) University of Pittsburgh; (23) New York University; (24) Emory University; (25) University of British Columbia; (26) Yale University School of Medicine; (27) Private Practice; (28) Department of Otolaryngology, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal; (29) University of Adelaide; (30) Pusan National University; (31) University of California, San Francisco; (32) University of Chicago; (33) University of Auckland; (34) Johns Hopkins University; (35) University of New South Wales, Australia; (36) Stanford University; (37) Washington University; (38) Harvard Medical School; (39) Medical University of South Carolina; (40) Singapore General Hospital; (41) Taho University; (42) Northwestern University; (43) Cleveland Clinic Foundation; (44) University of Pennsylvania; (45) University of Adelaide; (46) University of Michigan.status: Publishe
Additional file 1 of Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes
No full text<b>External Organisations</b><br/>The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania; Imperial College London; McMaster University; Harvard University; University of Bristol; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Southern California; National University of Singapore; Barcelona Institute for Global Health; University of Oulu; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; University of Valencia; National Institute on Aging; University of Helsinki; Tampere University Hospital; University of Oxford; Turku University Hospital; University of Copenhagen; University of London; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Erasmus MC; University of Newcastle; Hunter Medical Research Institute; University College London; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social; Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Haverford College; University of Surrey; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; University of Georgia; Singapore National Eye Center; Creighton University; University of San Carlos - Philippines; Tampere University; University of Turku; Pompeu Fabra University; Université de Lorraine; Columbia University; John Hunter Hospital; University of Cambridge; University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health; Fundació Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears; Center for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health; South Australian Health And Medical Research Institute; University of Exeter<b>Associated Persons</b><br/>Carol A. Wang (Creator); Craig E. Pennell (Creator)Jonathan P. Bradfield (Creator); Rachel L. Kember (Creator); Anna Ulrich (Creator); Zhanna Balkiyarova (Creator); Akram Alyass (Creator); Izzuddin M. Aris (Creator); Joshua A. Bell (Creator); K. Alaine Broadaway (Creator); Zhanghua Chen (Creator); Jin-Fang Chai (Creator); Neil M. Davies (Creator); Dietmar Fernandez-Orth (Creator); Mariona Bustamante (Creator); Ruby Fore (Creator); Amitavo Ganguli (Creator); Anni Heiskala (Creator); Jouke-Jan Hottenga (Creator); Carmen Íñiguez (Creator); Sayuko Kobes (Creator); Jaakko Leinonen (Creator); Estelle Lowry (Creator); Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen (Creator); Anubha Mahajan (Creator); Niina Pitkänen (Creator); Theresia M. Schnurr (Creator); Christian Theil Have (Creator); David P. Strachan (Creator); Elisabeth Thiering (Creator); Suzanne Vogelezang (Creator); Kaitlin H. Wade (Creator); Andrew Wong (Creator); Louise Aas Holm (Creator); Alessandra Chesi (Creator); Miguel Cruz (Creator); Paul Elliott (Creator); Steve Franks (Creator); Christine Frithioff-Bøjsøe (Creator); W. James Gauderman (Creator); Joseph T. Glessner (Creator); Vicente Gilsanz (Creator); Kendra Griesman (Creator); Robert L. Hanson (Creator); Marika Kaakinen (Creator); Heidi Kalkwarf (Creator); Andrea Kelly (Creator); Joseph Kindler (Creator); Mika Kähönen (Creator); Carla Lanca (Creator); Joan Lappe (Creator); Nanette R. Lee (Creator); Shana McCormack (Creator); Frank D. Mentch (Creator); Jonathan A. Mitchell (Creator); Nina Mononen (Creator); Harri Niinikoski (Creator); Emily Oken (Creator); Katja Pahkala (Creator); Xueling Sim (Creator); Yik-Ying Teo (Creator); Leslie J. Baier (Creator); Toos van Beijsterveldt (Creator); Linda S. Adair (Creator); Dorret I. Boomsma (Creator); Eco de Geus (Creator); Mònica Guxens (Creator); Johan G. Eriksson (Creator); Janine F. Felix (Creator); Frank D. Gilliland (Creator); Penn Medicine Biobank (Creator); Torben Hansen (Creator); Rebecca Hardy (Creator); Marie-France Hivert (Creator); Jens-Christian Holm (Creator); Vincent W. V. Jaddoe (Creator); Marjo-Riitta Järvelin (Creator); Terho Lehtimäki (Creator); David Meyre (Creator); Karen L. Mohlke (Creator); Juha Mykkänen (Creator); Sharon Oberfield (Creator); John R. B. Perry (Creator); Olli Raitakari (Creator); Fernando Rivadeneira (Creator); Seang-Mei Saw (Creator); Sylvain Sebert (Creator); John A. Shepherd (Creator); Marie Standl (Creator); Thorkild I. A. Sørensen (Creator); Nicholas J. Timpson (Creator); Maties Torrent (Creator); Gonneke Willemsen (Creator); Elina Hypponen (Creator); Chris Power (Creator); Mark I. McCarthy (Creator); Rachel M. Freathy (Creator); Elisabeth Widén (Creator); Hakon Hakonarson (Creator); Inga Prokopenko (Creator); Benjamin F. Voight (Creator); Babette S. Zemel (Creator); Struan F. A. Grant (Creator); Diana L. Cousminer (Creator)Additional file 1: Table 1 and tables S1-S11
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