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Yu. M. Lotman and Contemporary Narratology
No full textThe paper reconstructs the influence of the semiotic studies of Yu. Lotman on the formation of the problems and the research apparatus of modern (“post-classical”) multimedia narratology, associated with the names of J. Genette, P. Ricoeur, W. Schmid and others. In particular, the author discusses the emergence of scientific interest in the film narrative, which has also had a significant impact on literary narratology, enriching it with the constructive concept of the “narrative image”. The article focuses on Lotman’s storytelling research, especially the concept of “plot-driven texts” of culture in their opposition to “plotless texts”. Particular importance is attached to the distinction between plot and myth, which continued O. M. Freidenberg’s investigations into the origin of narration. Lotman’s pioneering role in mastering the scientific categories of “narrative worldview” and “narrative event” is described. The author reveals the place of Lotman's research heritage in the comprehension of narrative practices as a tool for mental appropriation of life, accumulation and retranslation of event experience, as well as in the birth and development of the modern project of historical narratology
On the Pre-Anniversary Biographies of M. Yu. Lermontov
No full textСтатья поступила в редакцию 03.10.2014 г.В статье дан обзор жизнеописаний М. Ю. Лермонтова, изданных накануне юбилея поэта. В центре внимания — своеобразие интерпретаций ключевых событий творческого и жизненного пути классика. Охарактеризована манера письма и индивидуальный стиль биографов. Обозначена проблема отсутствия научной биографии М. Ю. Лермонтова.The article reviews a number of M. Yu. Lermontov’s biographies published on the eve of the poet’s upcoming birthday anniversary. The author focuses on the interpretations of the key events of the classic’s artistic journey and life. The author characterizes the biographers’ individual manner and style emphasizing the absence of a scholarly biography of M. Yu. Lermontov
Yu. M. Lotman Forever Turned the Idea of the Text
No full textAn interview with O. A. Kling is presented, revealing the significance of Yu. M. Lotman’s works for literary criticism of the XX–XXI centuries. Oleg Alekseevich Kling is a Russian literary critic, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Literary Theory of the Faculty of Philology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, winner of the magazine award “Questions of Literature”. The areas of scientific interests are Russian literature, the history of Russian literary studies, symbolism and post-symbolism, the Silver Age. He is the author of many works in these fields, including books: “Alexander Blok: The Structure of the Novel in Verse”, “Russian Poetry: The poem ‘Twelve’” (2004), “The Poetic World of Marina Tsvetaeva” (2004), “The Influence of Symbolism on Post-Symbolist Poetry in Russia of the 1910s: Problems of Poetics” (2010), “‘The Platinum Age’ in Russian Literature” (2017), editor-in-chief of the encyclopedia “Russian Literary Critics of the twentieth Century: BioBibliographic Dictionary. Vol. I: A–L” (2017)
Supporting data for Polymeric medical sutures: An exploration of polymers and green chemistry
No full textFull description in Readme file.These files contain data along with associated output from instrumentation supporting all results reported in Knutson, C. M.; Schneiderman, D. K.; Yu, M.; Javner, C. H.; Distefano, M. D.; Wissinger, J. E. Polymeric medical sutures: An exploration of polymers and green chemistry. J. Chem. Educ. 2017, 94, 1761–1765. In Knutson, et. al. it was found that with new K–12 national science standards emerging, there is an increased need for experiments that integrate engineering into the context of society. Here we describe a chemistry experiment that combines science and engineering principles while introducing basic polymer and green chemistry concepts. Using medical sutures as a platform for investigating polymers, students explore the physical and mechanical properties of threads drawn from poly(ε-caprolactone) samples of different molecular masses and actual purchased absorbable and nonabsorbable medical sutures. An inquiry-based part of the experiment tasks students with designing their own experiment to probe the potential of melt blending poly(ε-caprolactone) with commercially available polylactide products in order to modify the properties of the “sutures” drawn. Through these lessons students gain an appreciation for the importance of plastics in our society and how scientists are working to develop more sustainable alternatives. Overall, this laboratory experiment provides a feasible, versatile, sophisticated laboratory experience that engages students in a relatable topic and meets many of the Next Generation Science Standards.Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (Swift 52526)NSF CHE-1413862NSF RET DMR-1559833Knutson, Cassandra M; Schneiderman, Deborah K; Yu, Ming; Javner, Cassidy H; Distefano, Mark D; Wissinger, Jane E. (2018). Supporting data for Polymeric medical sutures: An exploration of polymers and green chemistry. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/D6F115
Yu. M. Lotman and the Problems of Theoretical Literary Criticism
No full textIn the article, the author tries to assess the contribution of Yu. M. Lotman to the development of basic concepts of literary theory, which, along with the study of the problems of culture studies and the history of Russian literature, played an extremely important role in philological science. Among the large number of monographs and articles written by the scholar from Tartu, “Lectures on Structural Poetics” (1964) and “Culture and Explosion” (1992) stand out. According to the author of this article, it was in these works that the main break through took place, which put up an end to the rule of dogmatic literary criticism and opened up new opportunities in the field of philology. In particular, in the first book, the concept of structure as an epistemological category was postulated for the first time, in contrast to composition, which represents the material embodiment of the structure in text. In the last study, Lotman largely develops a number of new ideas, in which the text is understood as a field of relationships between systemic and non-systemic elements and suggests the possibility of various options for its development. In “Culture and Explosion”, the scholar presented a set of ideas that largely coincide with the thoughts of European poststructuralists, but differ in the interpretation of the main features of the literary process
Reliability characterization and prediction of high k dielectric thin film
No full textAs technologies continue advancing, semiconductor devices with dimensions in nanometers have entered all spheres of human life. This research deals with both the statistical aspect of reliability and some electrical aspect of reliability characterization. As an example of nano devices, TaOx-based high k dielectric thin films are studied on the failure mode identification, accelerated life testing, lifetime projection, and failure rate estimation.
Experiment and analysis on dielectric relaxation and transient current show that the relaxation current of high k dielectrics is distinctive to the trapping/detrapping current of SiO2; high k films have a lower leakage current but a higher relaxation current than SiO2. Based on the connection between polarization-relaxation and film integrity demonstrated in ramped voltage stress tests, a new method of breakdown detection is proposed. It monitors relaxation during the test, and uses the disappearing of relaxation current as the signal of a breakdown event.
This research develops a Bayesian approach which is suitable to reliability estimation and prediction of current and future generations of nano devices. It combines the Weibull lifetime distribution with the empirical acceleration relationship, and put the model parameters into a hierarchical Bayesian structure. The value of the Bayesian approach lies in that it can fully utilize available information in modeling uncertainty and provide cogent prediction with limited resources in a reasonable period of time. Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation is used for posterior inference of the reliability projection and for sensitivity analysis over a variety of vague priors.
Time-to-breakdown data collected in the accelerated life tests also are modeled with a bathtub failure rate curve. The decreasing failure rate is estimated with a non-parametric Bayesian approach, and the constant failure rate is estimated with a regular parametric Bayesian approach. This method can provide a fast and reliable estimation of failure rate for burn-in optimization when only a small sample of data is available
Berberis pengii C. C. Yu & K. F. Chung. A. Fruiting 2014, sp. nov.
No full text8. Berberis pengii C.C.Yu & K.F.Chung, sp. nov. (Figs. 7E–H, 13). Type:— TAIWAN. Pingtung: Taiwu, Kuaiku Lodge, 22°36’48”N, 120°44’39”E, 2150 m, 18 April 2011, Chih-Chieh Yu 683 (holotype TAI -284283!). Diagnosis: Berberis pengii is similar to B. aristatoserrulata, B. chingshuiensis, and B. mingetsensis in its leaf shape, differing from the latters by its narrow-triangular or triangular-oblong outer sepals and from the former by its globose berries. Evergreen shrub or small tree-like shrub, 1.5–4 m tall. Mature stems yellowish-brown, not verruculose. Spines 3-fid, concolorous, 0.8–1.8 cm. Leaves subsessile or sometimes with short petioles ca. 2–5 mm; leaf blade elliptic or narrowlyelliptic, abaxially pale green sometimes pruinose, adaxially shiny green; 4.4–8.9 × 1.4–2.6 cm, leathery; midvein abaxially raised and adaxially impressed, lateral veins slightly raised, the secondary veins pinnate, jointly looped and multi-festooned, the tertiary veins weakly reticulated; base cuniform, margins densely spinose with spinules of 13–27 with 1.5–3.5 mm apart on each side, apex acute or attenuate. Inflorescence a fascicle, 4–7-flowered. Bracts absent. Pedicel pale green, 0.4–1.6 cm. Bracteoles absent. Flowers yellow. Sepals in 3 whorls, outer sepals with midveins slightly raised yellow or reddish tinge narrowly-triangular or triangularly-oblong 5 × 1 mm, middle sepals yellow or reddish tinge ovate 7.5 × 2.5 mm, inner sepal yellow obovate 8 × 4 mm. Petals elliptic, 7 × 4 mm, base clawed with a pair of narrowly-ovoid nectaries very close to each other, apex acutely emarginated with margins slightly ragged. Stamens bright yellow ca. 5 mm, anther connective of stamen distinct, apex truncate. Pistil 5.5 mm long, usually red. Ovules 6 or 8. Berries black, globose or sub-globose ca. 10 × 10 mm, more or less pruinose, estylose. Phenology: — Flowering April–May; Fruiting April–June, October, November. Distribution & habitat: — Berberis pengii is large understory shrubs of 1–2 m tall commonly found in the coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests in the southern Central Mountain Range at 2100 to 2500 m (Fig. 6B). Etymology:—The specific epithet is named in honor of Dr. Ching-I Peng, mentor and collaborator of the senior author, for his continuous guidance, supports, and friendship, and for his great contribution to the studies of Asian Flora. Chinese name: NJfi灣小ª Proposed IUCN conservation status: —Nearly Threatened. Berberis pengii is endemic to south Taiwan and its natural range is mostly within the range of national preservation areas. Therefore we propose a provisional IUCN category of NT for the species (IUCN 2012). Additional specimen examined: — TAIWAN. Kaohsiung: Dagueii Lake, 2150 m, 11 February 2009, Yu 338 (TAI), near the Blue Ghost Lake, 2400 m, 10 February 2009, Yu 339 (TAI), Juniper Camping Site, 2250 m, 12 February 2009, Yu 378 (TAI), the “Big Field” near Dagueii Lake, 2250 m, 10 February 2009, Yu 379 (TAI); near Camp Yukuting, 2400 m, 12 February 2009, Yu 355, 358 (TAI); Dona Logging Trail, 2100 m, 12 February 2009, Yu 347 (TAI). Pingtung: Peitawushan, 3000 m, 6 June 1988, Huang 13670 (TAI), 2400–2600 m, 30 November 1997, Liu 146 (TNM), 2500– 2900 m, 24 April 2008, Wu 165 (TNM); en route from the first Lodge to Chih-pen-chu-shan, 1900 m, 10 March 1990, Lin 408 (HAST); Pa-yu lake to Lakalakashan, 14 February 1993, Yang 30239 (HAST, PE); Kuaiku Lodge, 2250–2900 m, 2 April 1994, Chen 595 (HAST, TNM), 1600–2150 m, 9 October 2006, Wang 9342 (TNM), 2150 m, 18 April 2011, Yu 683 (TAI); Tamaru Camping Site, near Damumushan, 2200 m, 21 May 2009, Yu 325 (TAI); behind Nantawushan, 2500 m, 2 May 2009, Yu 330 (TAI); Linpalapalashan, 2300 m, 22 May 2009, Yu 377 (TAI). Taitong: near Shishuitoushan, 2300 m, 11 February 2009, Yu 341 (TAI).Published as part of Yu, Chih-Chieh & Chung, Kuo-Fang, 2014, Systematics of Berberis sect. Wallichianae (Berberidaceae) of Taiwan and Luzon with description of three new species, B. schaaliae, B. ravenii, and B. pengii, pp. 61-99 in Phytotaxa 184 (2) on pages 85-88, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.184.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/514650
Berberis ravenii C. C. Yu & K. F. Chung. A. Flowering 2014, sp. nov.
No full text9. Berberis ravenii C.C.Yu & K.F.Chung, sp. nov. (Figs. 14, 15). Type:— TAIWAN. Kaohsiung: Maolin, Shuangguie Lake Major Wild Life Habitat, Lake Upunuhu (Wan-shan-shen Lake), 22°54’53”N, 120°49’41”E, 2150 m, 7 February 2009, Chih-Chieh Yu 267 (holotype TAI-284282!). Diagnosis: Berberis ravenii differs from all Taiwanese species of sect. Wallichianae in having purplish or red mature shoots of the first year, and lanceolate to narrowly-lanceolate leaves. It is similar to B. mingetsensis, differing from the latter by its sparsely spinose margin of leaves with 17–28 spinules, and between each is 2–3 mm apart (v.s. leaf margins remotely spinose, with 6–16 spinules of 3–9 mm apart). Small evergreen shrub, more or less decumbent, 0.5–1 m tall. Mature stems purplish red, terete, not verruculose. Spines 3-fid, concolorous, 0.8–2.3 cm. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade elliptic to lanceolate, abaxially green or dark green not pruinose, adaxially green or dark-greenish; 5.5–9.5 × 1.2–2.0 cm, slightly leathery; midvein abaxially raised and adaxially impressed, lateral veins slightly raised, the secondary veins pinnate, jointly looped and muliti-festooned, the tertiary veins reticulate; base cuneate, margins sometimes slightly revolute and remotely spinose with spinules of 16–28 with 2–3 mm apart on each side, apex acuminate or mucronate. Inflorescence a fascicle, 4–7-flowered. Bracts absent. Pedicel pale green, 1.3–1.5 cm. Bracteoles absent or 2, pale yellow or greenish-yellow triangular 1 × 1 mm. Flowers pale yellow, greenish-yellow. Sepals in 3 whorls, outer sepals yellow or reddish tinge or pale green ovate 2.5 × 2 mm, middle sepals yellow ovate 4 × 2.5 mm, inner sepals yellow obovate 5 × 4.5 mm. Petals obovate, 4.5 × 3 mm, base clawed with a pair of ovoid nectaries close to each other, apex incised. Stamens pale yellow ca. 3 mm, anther connective of stamen distinct, apex truncate. Pistil 4 mm long. Ovules 2 or 3. Berries black, ellipsoid ca. 7 × 4 mm, not pruinose, estylose. Phenology: — Flowering April; Fruiting February. Distribution & habitat: — Berberis ravenii occurs in the coniferous and broadleaved mixed forests of Shuanggui Lake Major Wildlife Habitat of southern Central Mountain Range at 1400 to 2300 m (Fig. 6A & 6D). Etymology:—The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Peter H. Raven, mentor of the senior author, for his enduring support, guidance, and encouragement, and for his tremendous contribution to botanical research and the conservation of global biodiversity. Chinese name: ⁂武小ª Proposed IUCN conservation status: —Data Deficient (DD). Berberis ravenii is currently known only from the mid-elevation cloud forests in Shuanggui Lake Major Wildlife Habitat and its precise distributional range remains to be explored (IUCN 2012). Additional specimen examined:— TAIWAN. Kaohsiung: Chunyunshan, 700 m, 7 March 1996, Liou 5 ( TAIF); mountains near Lake Dalubaling, 2150 m, 8 February 2009, Yu 265, 277, 279 (TAI); Peak 2080 near Lake Upunuhu, 2080 m, 6 February 2009, Yu 271 (TAI); Shihsueitoushan Front Peak, 2200 m, 7 February 2009, Yu 282 (TAI); Lake Upunuhu, 2150 m, 7 February 2009, Yu 287, 293 (TAI); Damumushan, 2400 m, 21 May 2009, Yu 322, 323 (TAI). Pingtong: Chutunshan Japanese Subpolice Office, 12 August 1937, Ito 516 (TAI); Kuaiku, 23 January 1988, Kuoh 13554 (TNM); en route to Tawushan, 2100-3090 m, 16-17 July 1988, Huang et al. 13678 (TAI); Linpalapalashan, 2300 m, Apr. 2008, Yu 127, 130, 132, 134, 327 (TAI); Wantoulanshan, 1900 m, 6 February 2009, Yu 289 (TAI); Paiwanese historical trail (south line), 1400 m, 27 December 2009, Yu 269, 270, 272, 276, 362 (TAI); Southern flank Wutoushan, 2000 m, 28 December 2009, Yu 380 (TAI); trail to North peak of Tawushan, 2305 m, 29 December 2009, Yu 278, 294, 299 (TAI); near South peak of Tawushan, 2200 m, 2 May 2009, Yu 329 (TAI).Published as part of Yu, Chih-Chieh & Chung, Kuo-Fang, 2014, Systematics of Berberis sect. Wallichianae (Berberidaceae) of Taiwan and Luzon with description of three new species, B. schaaliae, B. ravenii, and B. pengii, pp. 61-99 in Phytotaxa 184 (2) on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.184.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/514650
Vitebsk in the Lives and Creative Work of Yu. Penn, M. Chagall, K. Malevich
No full textВ статье рассматриваются некоторые аспекты педагогической и творческой деятельности художников Юделя Пэна, Марка Шагала, Казимира Малевича в Витебске, а также специфические особенности формирования и становления Витебской художественной школы в первой трети XX века. = The article deals with some aspects of pedagogical and creative activities of the painters Yu. Penn, M. Chagall, K. Malevich in Vitebsk as well as the peculiarities of shaping and development of Vitebsk art school in the early 20-th century
The creative contacts of P. Tychyna with Yu. Mychayliv and K. Bilokur through prism of synthesis of arts
No full text(uk) У статті крізь призму синтезу мистецтв досліджено творчі контакти П. Тичини, поета, що майстерно поєднав слово, музику та живопис, з художниками Ю. Михайлівом та К. Білокуром, картини яких сугестують музичність.(en) The paper deals with the investigation of the arts contacts between P. Tychyna, Yu. Mykhayliv, and K. Bilokur through the prism of the synthesis of the arts. P. Tychyna is recognized as an artist who masterfully combined word, music, and painting in his poetry. One of the ways of the elucidation is the research of the artists’ direct and indirect influence on P. Tychyna’s poetic style. I n this paper the attention is concentrated on Yu. Mykhayliv’s and K. Bilokur’s impact.
Yu. Mykhayliv is a prominent representative of musical painting. I n particular, music is provoked through the titles of his works («Music of Stars», «Music of Waterfalls», «Sonata of the Moon», etc.), through his painting technics (dynamics and rhythm of images, lines and colours), and through the using specific music methods and laws in the pictorial art. And arts contacts with Yu. Mykhailiv denotes P. Tychyna’s style. For example, Yu. Mykhayliv’s «Music of Stars» intercrosses with P. Tychyna’s space motives. And this aspect is analyzed in detail in the paper.
K. Bilokur is an outstanding painter excelling in drawing flowers («Flowers in the Fog», «Wild Flowers», «Flowers in the Evening», «Decorative Flowers», etc.). Her pictures produce music effects on the associative level. And the close relationships in art between a painter and a poet observe through their works on the associative level. For example, K. Bilokur’s «Exuberant» suggests an obvious analogy with P. Tychyna’s cyclus «In the Space Orchestra». The author of the paper examines the arts contacts between K. Bilokur and P. Tychyna
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