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Jonathan Leach
No full textInterview with Jonathan Leach, retired lecturer in mental health, recorded 7.12.22</p
More than meets the eye
No full textNew camera technologies are pushing the boundaries of imaging far beyond what the eye can perceive. Matthew Edgar, Miles Padgett, Daniele Faccio and Jonathan Leach explain how three of these novel cameras work and outline some future applications
Jonathan Ned Katz Author Event: The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adam
No full text“The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams,” interview with author, Jonathan Ned Katz, moderated by Emily Weiner (WWU) and organized by Congregation Beth Israel
Contemporary Literature. Analysis of Jonathan Bazzi's novels
No full textopenDopo una breve panoramica della letteratura italiana degli ultimi vent’anni si analizzano i due romanzi di Jonathan Bazzi "Febbre" e "Corpi minori" dai punti di vista formale, stilistico e tematico. Si discute inoltre il rapporto tra social media, autofiction e autore; nel capitolo 4 si riporta l'intervista che Bazzi ci ha gentilmente concesso, in cui questi argomenti vengono ripresi.
Si individuano alcune differenze che i testi mostrano rispetto alla letteratura moderna, e gli aspetti che hanno in comune con quella contemporanea; nel fare questo si accennano quindi alcune caratteristiche della società che li ha prodotti.The paper starts off with a brief overview of the contemporary Italian literature; then the reader is guided through an analysis of Jonathan Bazzi's novels, "Febbre" ("Fever") and "Corpi minori" ("Minor bodies"), both translated in English and published by Scribe. The relationship between author, autofiction and social media will also be discussed; in chapter four the reader will find the interview Bazzi kindly granted us
Administration and Curricula of the Introductory Graduate Music Research Course
No full textThe introductory research course is an integral part of many graduate music programs, yet there have been few studies that discuss its curricula across institutions. A questionnaire was sent to instructors of the course to identify shared pedagogical approaches among North American schools of music. The survey was divided into sections that prompted respondents to identify issues discussed in the course, including the types and titles of resources, research methodologies, and library use topics. With a response rate of over 40 percent, the survey also contains valuable data concerning the professional identifications of instructors, assignments used for grading, common textbooks, perception of the course’s efficacy, and more. Shared features of the course included the importance of electronic resources; the minimal use of Internet-mediated instruction formats; a strong preference for English-language materials; and a focus on resources such as databases, style guides, collected works, monuments of music, and thematic catalogs over and above others such as repertoire guides, discographies, directories, and iconographies.Peer reviewedThis publication first appeared in Notes Volume 71, Number 3, March 2015, pp. 448-478. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. Copyright 2015, Jonathan Sauceda
Citizen participation in news
Full text linkThe process of producing news has changed significantly due to the advent of the Web, which has enabled the increasing involvement of citizens in news production. This trend has been given many names, including participatory journalism, produsage, and crowd-sourced journalism, but these terms are ambiguous and have been applied inconsistently, making comparison of news systems difficult. In particular, it is problematic to distinguish the levels of citizen involvement, and therefore the extent to which news production has genuinely been opened up. In this paper we perform an analysis of 32 online news systems, comparing them in terms of how much power they give to citizens at each stage of the news production process. Our analysis reveals a diverse landscape of news systems and shows that they defy simplistic categorisation, but it also provides the means to compare different approaches in a systematic and meaningful way. We combine this with four case studies of individual stories to explore the ways that news stories can move and evolve across this landscape. Our conclusions are that online news systems are complex and interdependent, and that most do not involve citizens to the extent that the terms used to describe them imply
To what extent is Lemuel Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift a reflection of the writer with regard to political and religious views, and attitudes toward women and the concept of family?
Full text linkThis extended essay is an examination of the extent to which the protagonist Lemuel Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels is a reflection of Jonathan Swift. It involves the exploration of this research question in terms of politics, religion, attitude to women and family; with references to this piece of literature and some secondary resources when necessary. The quotations from published literary criticism are either refuted by examples from the novel or supported in the light of evidence from the novel. Other secondary resources include Swift’s two other prose works, The Modest Proposal and A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage, which are referred to briefly for clarification of the evidence. The purpose of this study is to analyse in what ways and to what extent the protagonist is an author-surrogate in the abovementioned ways.
This essay is comprised of two sections, namely “politics and religion” and “women and family”, each focusing on a particular aspect of the investigation. In the first section, Swift’s political and religious standpoint is discussed extensively in order to correctly evaluate Gulliver’s paradigm. By making connections between the beliefs of the author and those of Gulliver, the relation between the two is established to support the claim of this essay. In the second section, the female figures in the novel and Gulliver’s perception of them are inspected. The plot is also taken into consideration in this part of the inquiry although the central focus is on the persona.
In the conclusion, it is validated that Gulliver is a reflection of Jonathan Swift with regard to political and religious vision, and attitude towards women and family, by juxtaposing and assembling the main elements of personification of Gulliver and Jonathan Swift’s personal ideas and experiences
Deep learning-enhanced 3D direct time-of-flight imaging
No full textNeural networks have revolutionised the field of computer vision thanks to their ability to learn
and extract complex representations from high volumes of data. They have surpassed human-level
performance in multiple fields, such as object detection or medical imaging analysis, and have
opened up new applications in robotics or autonomous driving.
Similarly, the use of single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) 3D depth sensors based on time-of-flight
(ToF) has become widespread in recent years. These sensors are found in smartphones, AR/VR
technology, and even home appliances. SPADs have also become a key technology in LIDAR for
autonomous systems. By integrating SPAD arrays with processing logic, solid-state, all-digital
receivers can be implemented that provide accurate depth maps even in high ambient conditions.
However, array sizes in direct time-of-flight SPADs tend to be limited, resulting in relatively
low angular resolution when imaging in a flash modality. There is therefore an interest in using
post-processing with neural networks to improve the lateral resolution of depth maps, as well
as to provide scene interpretation, especially for targets at longer distances subject to significant
pixelation.
An algorithm trading frame rate for increased lateral resolution (×4) from a SPAD direct ToF
(dToF) sensor (64×32 pixels) is explored. This algorithm combines multiple frames subject to
camera motion and proves to be effective especially in scenes with low signal-to-background ratio
conditions. However, its performance can deteriorate for global scene motion. Thus, a more robust
and general approach is developed using 3D convolutional neural networks (CNN) trained on purely
synthetic data to denoise and upscale (×4) depth information. Experimental results demonstrate an
improvement in the quality of depth maps, with frames processed at >30 frames per second, making
the approach suitable for low-latency imaging, as required for obstacle avoidance.
Limitations in object detection caused by the low lateral resolution of depth sensors can be overcome
using CNNs. Results obtained at short range with exposure times as low as 2 ms (equivalent to
500 FPS), signal-to-background ratios as low as 0.05, and processing times under 1 ms per frame
provide evidence of high-accuracy detection, particularly when using full temporal histogram data
rather than depth or intensity information alone. High-level vision tasks studied by performing
human activity recognition based on depth information using long short-term memory (LSTM)
neural networks. This network demonstrates high accuracy (89%) and processing latency of 150
ms, even when people are represented by only a few pixels at distances exceeding 30 metres
Senior Recital: Jared Hutson Leach, jazz guitar
Full text linkThis recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Mr. Leach studies jazz guitar with Trey Wright.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1261/thumbnail.jp
GSU Sponsors Noted Activist, Author Jonathan Kozol
Full text linkActivist, educator, and author, Jonathan Kozol, has never been one to mince words or soften his stance. He has spent his life denouncing inequities in education and working tirelessly to elicit conversation and excite change.
On June 23, at 7 p.m., Governors State University’s Metropolitan Institute for Leadership in Education (MILE) will sponsor an appearance by Kozol to discuss the problems and possibilities of public school education
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