40 research outputs found
Longing and fears in dramatic works of Nejc Gazvoda
No full textDiplomsko delo obravnava dramska dela Nejca Gazvode, zlasti motiva hrepenenja in strahov. V prvem delu diplomske naloge sta predstavljena avtor in njegovo delo, sledi pregled njegovega opusa. V drugem delu je na vrsti podrobnejša analiza štirih dramskih del: Divjad, Menjava straže, Tih vdih in Jazz. V ospredju izbranih dramskih del sta posameznik, njegova intima ter notranje doživljanje. Analiza se osredotoča na kraj in čas dogajanja, dramske osebe in odnose med njimi ter izpostavi glavne motive posameznih dram. Pripelje do ugotovitev o pomenu dogajalnega prostora za dramske osebe in o linearnosti časa ter časovnih preskokih. Izpostavi vzporednice med dramskimi osebami, zlasti skozi dvojnost optimističnega in ciničnega pogleda na svet. Prav tako poudari, kakšno vlogo imajo pri dramskih osebah hrepenenje in strahovi.This bachelor\u27s thesis focuses on dramatic works of Nejc Gazvoda, specifically the motifs of longing and fears. Presented in the first part of the thesis are the author and his work, followed by an overview of his dramatic works. In the second part, there is an elaborate analysis of the following dramatic works: Divjad (en. Game), Menjava straže (en. Changing of the guard), Tih vdih (en. Silent breath) and Jazz. Central of the chosen dramatic works is an individual with his feelings and experiences. The analysis focuses on the setting, the characters, and the main motifs of the plays. It reaches findings of the importance of the setting for the characters, the linearity of time and the time jumps. It focuses on the parallels between characters, especially through the duality of an optimistic verses a cynical view of the world. It also stresses the role of longing and fears in the characters
Seasonal activities of the phyllosphere microbiome of perennial crops
No full textUnderstanding the interactions between plants and microorganisms can inform microbiome management to enhance crop productivity and resilience to stress. Here, we apply a genome-centric approach to identify ecologically important leaf microbiome members on replicated plots of field-grown switchgrass and miscanthus, and to quantify their activities over two growing seasons for switchgrass. We use metagenome and metatranscriptome sequencing and curate 40 medium- and high-quality metagenome-assembled-genomes (MAGs). We find that classes represented by these MAGs (Actinomycetia, Alpha- and Gamma- Proteobacteria, and Bacteroidota) are active in the late season, and upregulate transcripts for short-chain dehydrogenase, molybdopterin oxidoreductase, and polyketide cyclase. Stress-associated pathways are expressed for most MAGs, suggesting engagement with the host environment. We also detect seasonally activated biosynthetic pathways for terpenes and various non-ribosomal peptide pathways that are poorly annotated. Our findings support that leaf-associated bacterial populations are seasonally dynamic and responsive to host cues.This article is published as Howe, Adina, Nejc Stopnisek, Shane K. Dooley, Fan Yang, Keara L. Grady, and Ashley Shade. "Seasonal activities of the phyllosphere microbiome of perennial crops." Nature Communications 14, no. 1 (2023): 1039.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36515-y.
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Project-financed Infrastructure: a Systematic Approach to Evaluating Project Complexity From a Lenders’ Perspective
No full textThe planning, implementation and operation of large infrastructure projects brings together a range of stakeholders with variously aligned interests and risk perceptions. In project-financed infrastructure, lenders are a specific stakeholder whose risk analyses need to understand a project’s technical substance as a basis for appraising the quality of borrower’s plans and making their decisions on financing conditions. This need makes an interesting interface of disciplines, where engineering and finance worlds must meet and work together in the specific domain of lenders’ technical due diligence. In this context, the lenders’ perspective of project complexity was explored, and a lack of mutual understanding was identified between engineers and finance experts as regards project complexity. To address this, the thesis conceptualised a systematic approach to project complexity evaluation to explore whether and how project complexity evaluation could improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and communication in the realm of technical due diligence performed by engineers supporting lenders’ risk analyses. Through case studies and interviews, the study confirmed that an absence of a systematic project complexity evaluation can give rise to conflicting perceptions about a project’s technical riskiness. It was shown that a systematic approach to complexity evaluation can act as a needed nexus between engineering and finance expertise. If applied at a preliminary phase of technical due diligence, systematic complexity evaluation can facilitate communication and collaboration, complementing the existing risk analysis practices and methods by establishing a common understanding of a project’s substance. Through critically considering different experts’ views enabled by a BWM-based analysis applied in this study, an enriched understanding of project complexity can be gained, helping streamline the identification, evaluation and management of risks and eventually contributing to more informed decisions.Civil Engineering | Construction Management and Engineerin
Real-Time Relighting of Human Faces with a Low-Cost Setup
No full textVideo-streaming services usually feature post-processing effects to replace the background. However, these often yield inconsistent lighting. Machine-learning-based relighting methods can address this problem, but, at real-time rates, are restricted to a low resolution and can result in an unrealistic skin appearance. Physically-based rendering requires suitable skin models, which require specialised equipment. Our method is lightweight and uses only a standard smartphone. By correcting imperfections during capture, we extract a convincing physically-based skin model. In combination with suitable acceleration techniques, we achieve real-time rates on commodity hardware.Computer Scienc
Combining data gathering efficiency with behaviourally realistic modelling: A case of park-and-ride facility choice data gathered with a Sequential Best Worst Discrete Choice Experiment and estimated with a Random Regret Minimisation model
No full textThis research combines two relatively new additions to the field of discrete choice modelling: sequential best worst discrete choice experiments (SBWDCE) and random regret minimisation (RRM) modelling, with the hope of developing a more behaviourally realistic choice model. SBWDCEs are able to gather a larger number of stated choice observations from fewer respondents, while RRM models challenge the notion of fully compensatory behaviour implied by the traditional RUM model and suggest that consumers choose to minimise regret. According to image theory, best and worst choices are not made with the same kind of decision rule, so accounting for that variability using a RRM model would produce a more realistic model with better model fit. Estimating the combined model proves that people do in fact use a compensatory decision rule when selecting the best alternatives and a semi- to non-compensatory decision rule when selecting the worst. The results also show that the way choice set size variation is accounted for can greatly impact the scale parameters, as these and the choice set size constants are inversely related. Although a better model fit was achieved, using best-worst tasks is contested and researchers also warn against the lower reliability of additional choices in the same choice set. Nevertheless, SBWDCEs provide great benefits in fields with small population sizes and can potentially help in obtaining higher quality prior parameter values for use in efficient experimental design generation.Transport, Infrastructure and Logistic
Zgodovina slovanske mitologije v XX. stoletju
No full textThis book by the renowned Russian linguist and semiotician Nikolai Mikhailov [Николай Александрович Михайлов] (1967–2010) is now published posthumously, more than ten years after his death. Presented is analytic overview of numerous past studies on Slavic and Balto-Slavic mythology. Included are works written by scholars of Slavic mythology based on written sources as well as on findings from folklore, linguistics, and archaeology. The first analysed is the work of the Lusatian-Serbian author Michael Frenzl on Slavic idols, which was written as early as 1691 but not published until 1719. It is followed by treatises and monographs that span across three centuries. The so-called original sources (reports of chroniclers, archaeological sources) may be incomplete and obscure, yet they are in this book again critically analysed. The author reconstructed the mythology of various Slavic nations partly also through the remnants of paganism that have survived to this day in various and often highly modified forms.Knjiga priznanega ruskega jezikoslovca in semiotika Nikolaja Aleksandroviča Mihajlova [Николай Александрович Михайлов] (1967–2010) je izšla posthumno kar deset let po njegovi smrti. V njej je podan dober pregled številnih raziskav slovanske in baltoslovanske mitologije. Predstavljena so dela, ki so jih pisali proučevalci slovanske mitologije tako na podlagi pisnih kot tudi folklornih, jezikoslovnih in arheoloških virov. Njihovo vrsto začenja delo lužiškosrbskega avtorja Michaela Frenzla o slovanskih malikih, ki je bilo napisano že leta 1691, objavljeno pa šele leta 1719. Sledijo razprave in monografije, ki se vrstijo skozi tri stoletja. Prvotni viri (poročila kronistov in letopiscev) so sicer nepopolni in nejasni, vendar so v tej knjigi ponovno kritično analizirani. Poleg tega je skozi prežitke poganstva rekonstruirana tudi mitologija različnih slovanskih narodov in predstavljena njihova mitsko-ritualistična dediščina
Floristika na raziskovalnih taborih študentov biologije
No full textThe article is a review of floristic results of the first 10 Student Biology Research Camps organized in the territory of Slovenia (1988-1998). The author\u27s view on the botanical and pedagogic objectives of floristic activities carried out within the Research Camps is presented. Methodological development of floristic work is also briefly sketched, while the most important results are presented in a table with the most outstanding records as well as with numerical scores of the mapping of vascular plants. Plans for the floristic work in the future are based on the critical evaluation and discussion of the results presented herewith.Članek predstavlja sumarni pregled rezultatov delovanja florističnih skupin na prvih 10 raziskovalnih taborih študentov biologije, organiziranih v Sloveniji (1988-1998). V uvodnem delu avtor razpravlja o pedagoških in strokovnih ciljih tovrstnega delovanja, nato je na kratko predstavljen razvoj delovnih metod na taborih, najpomembnejši rezultati pa so prikazani tabelarno s seznami pomembnih najdb in z numeričnimi rezultati kartiranja flore. Na podlagi ugotovitev so podane smernice za delo v prihodnje
Repressive approach to spreading of the infectious diseases in Slovenia and abroad
No full textJavno zdravje je predpogoj za delovanje in preživetje katerekoli človeške družbe. Nalezljive bolezni še vedno predstavljajo pomemben javno zdravstveni problem. Predmet magistrskega dela je predstavitev kazenskopravne ureditve v zvezi s širjenjem nalezljive bolezni v Sloveniji in nekaterih evropskih državah, na podlagi česar lahko opravimo medsebojno primerjavo in dobimo morebitne predloge za nadgraditev obstoječe slovenske ureditve.
Slovenski kazenski zakonik (KZ-1) v 177. členu vsebuje inkriminacijo z naslovom Prenašanje nalezljivih bolezni. Kljub izjemni pomembnosti dobrine, ki je zavarovana z omenjeno inkriminacijo, sta v slovenski pravni teoriji in sodni praksi njeno pojavljanje oziroma raziskanost presenetljivo redka. Možnih razlogov za to je več. Od odsotnosti zares nevarnih epidemij nalezljivih bolezni na tem območju v zadnjih letih do same strukture kaznivega dejanja.
Avtor v predmetni magistrski nalogi predstavi relevantne pravne vire, ki predstavljajo podlago za ukrepanje države glede nalezljivih bolezni. V nadaljevanju pregleda in predstavi posamezne inkriminacije, ki si jih lahko, seveda ob izpolnjenosti elementov splošnega pojma kaznivega dejanja, zamislimo v primeru prenosa nalezljive bolezni. Največ pozornosti posveti zgoraj omenjeni inkriminaciji, vsebovani v 177. členu KZ-1.Public health is a prerequisite for the functioning and survival of any human society. Infectious diseases continue to represent a significant public health problem. The subject of this master thesis is the presentation of the criminal law framework in relation to the spread of infectious diseases in Slovenia and some European countries, on the basis of which we can make a comparison with each other and possible proposals for improvement of the existing Slovenian regulation.
Article 177 of the Slovenian Criminal Code (KZ-1) contains the following criminal offence, entitled "Transmission of infectious diseases". Despite its exceptional importance of the legal good protected by this criminalisation, it is surprisingly poorly researched and used in the Slovenian legal theory and jurisprudence. There are several possible reasons that contribute to this. From the absence of very serious epidemics of infectious diseases in this area in the recent years, to the very structure of the criminal offence.
The author presents the relevant legal sources, which constitute the basis for a state action on infectious diseases. The author then reviews and presents the individual criminal offences that can be used in the case of the transmission of an infectious disease. Author\u27s main focuse is on the above-mentioned criminalisation, contained in Article 177. of the KZ-1
