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“Why did she love her mother’s so?”: L.E.L. Forging Corinne
No full text在十九世紀上半葉歐洲社會對於童話、民間故事的蒐集益加熱烈，民間傳說甚至被視為國族文化的基礎，特別是有關美人魚的傳說逐漸成為跨文化的神話典型之一。此類傳說由政治寓言的縮影，如法國中古傳奇《梅律欣》，轉型為浪漫個人主體追求的代言，如安徒生的《小美人魚》與斯黛夫人的《蔻琳，義大利》。英國女詩人蘭登將梅律欣半人半魚的混雜身體嫁接在蔻琳的聲音上，企求在文學商品化的時代脈動中，鑄煉自身文學的威信，能與當代女詩人的另一典範，有著?虔敬母親?之稱的賀曼絲並駕齊驅。蘭登的自我定義分為三個階段：第一、在〈即興女詩人〉一詩中，蘭登將女詩人蔻琳的即興表演發揮地淋漓盡致，更利用詩人聲音稍縱即逝的特性，她得以擊破流行文學雜誌與年鑑以視覺為賣點的策略。第二、在〈噴泉仙女〉一詩中，蘭登將市場對女性詩人兜售身體的要求，透過梅律欣身體的三重展演，轉化為對她們文字的珍視。第三、〈蔻琳在米賽納角〉一詩則具體而微地體現蘭登如何巧用視覺機制突顯文字的優勢，為斯黛夫人筆下失去義大利詩歌本真的蔻琳賦予聲音。本論文探討蘭登如何與斯黛夫人與賀曼絲這兩位?文學母親?的詩學遺產較勁，以梅律欣的?混合嫁妝?譬喻自己在十九世紀文學商業化潮流下的掙扎。The early decades of the nineteenth century witnessed a renewed interest in the folklore of the mermaid. This period of intensified nation-building and pursuit of individual spirit gradually shifted the political concerns of the medieval romance, such as in the French legend of M?lusine, to the struggle of Romantic author, such as in Corinne, or Italy (1807) by Germaine de Sta?l. Corinne, an improvisatrice of hybrid origin becomes a model for women writers in the nineteenth century. Their responses can be summed up in the polarized paradigm of the poetess represented by Felicia Dorothea Hemans, “the pious mother,” and Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the pretty verse maker.
Landon’s self-definition as a poetess against the model of Corinne develops in three phases in which she adjusts her alignment with her foremothers and finally finds a way out of the impasse bequeathed by them, namely the overwhelming emphasis on the body. First, in “The Improvisatrice,” Landon exploits Corinne’s performative art to exude the visual confines demanded by the popular periodicals and gift annuals. Second, in “The Fairy of the Fountains,” she adapts the matrilineal legend of M?lusine by crafting the word rather than the body of the Fairy into the crux of transgression. Third, in “Corinne at the Cape of Misena,” Landon uses her translation of Corinne’s last song to reinstate her virtuosity. This paper seeks to delineate the ways in which Landon forges her own authority as a new Corinne by capitalizing on the “mingled dower” of M?lusine
Jacob Burckhardt and the Studies of the Medieval Urban History— Conrad von Hochstaden, Erzbischof von K?lln as a Case Study
No full text歐洲中古城市研究作為歷史學獨立的研究主題，起源於啟蒙時代。伏爾泰（Voltaire, 1694-1778）認為，「城市」是抵抗中古封建勢力之主力，因此也是中古人民重新獲得「自由」的場域。在這個學術思想傳統裡，瑞士史家布克哈特（Jacob Burckhardt, 1818-1897）於1843年出版了個人第一本歷史學專書《科隆大主教孔拉德》（Conrad von Hochstaden, Erzbischof von K?lln, 1238-1261）。整體而言，孔拉德一書過去主要在兩個脈絡下被闡釋：第一，布氏早年史學研究思想與其師蘭克（Leopold von Ranke）的關係；第二，學生時代受浪漫主義影響的布氏。然而，上述兩種討論方向都忽略了布氏想透過「中古城市史」研究，來思考瑞士史如何書寫，以及德意志長期以來缺乏國家最高統治實體的歷史問題。本文指出，布氏對中古城市史的高度興趣，一方面源於他認為，在政教之爭夾擊下，城市是新興的第三種政權力量，而其本質卻與傳統封建勢力、教會勢力截然不同，因此可以提供中古文化多元發展的另一種可能，避免「基督教的西歐」走上定於一尊的道路。另一方面，布氏也認為，十三世紀中葉德意志興起的「城市同盟」，可以提供十九世紀的瑞士與德意志許多歷史借鏡。在對中古科隆（K?ln）城市史的闡述上，布氏透過對大主教與科隆市政自治執行體之間的權力爭鬥，剖析中古「城市自由」的真實情況，並以此跳脫伏爾泰以降，對中古城市史研究比較關注市民如何爭取政治與經濟「自由」的詮釋觀點。布氏轉而探討的問題是：城市追求各階層、各社群和平共處的「人文思考」基礎如何建立？透過《科隆大主教孔拉德》一書的寫作，布氏開始嘗試將文化史研究與人文思考關懷結合在一起。在這個層次上，他也超越了自己對「文化史」原本的認知。布氏亦藉由對城市文化史不斷地進行思考與論述，終而對歐洲文化史書寫產生深具里程碑意義的啟發。This paper investigates the reasons why Burckhardt turned from the political notion of Ranke’s Prussian School of Historicism to his Swiss perspective, and how Burckhardt broke through the late eighteenth century thinking about cultural history as study of the encompassing “background” of history by opening his own way of dealing with cultural history with more emphasis on humanistic reflections.In 1843, Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) published his historical monograph Conrad von Hochstaden, Erzbischof von K?lln, 1238-1261, in which he examined the conflicts between the Cologne archbishop Konrad of Hochstaden and the ruling patrician burghers—the so-called “die Richerzeche” —of the city. By revealing the fact that the archbishop Konrad’s incontinent desire to manipulate German politics in the mid-thirteenth century was engendered, on the one hand, by the exacerbating power struggle between the Holy Roman emperor and the Pope and, on the other hand, by the long-term absence of Frederick II from Germany, Burckhardt argued that the lack of the actual sovereignty in Germany at that time gave the city of Cologne a wonderful opportunity to create its own cultural golden age with diversity and abundance. Burckhardt’s notion of the autonomous development of urban culture against the political strife between emperors and Popes is strengthened by his highlighting of the impartial role Albertus Magnus (c. 1208-1280) played in mediating the power struggles between archbishop Konrad and burghers in the city of Cologne. Thus, he opened the way to establish the basic discourse pattern of his later cultural-historical writing to discuss the very significance of autonomy of culture in the politically troubled time
URI Disambiguation in the Context of Linked Data
No full textThe Linked Data initiative has given rise to an increasing number of RDF datasets, many of which are freely accessible online. These resources often arise as a result of database exports; however sufficient consideration may not be given to the unseen implications caused when they are used in the wider context of the Semantic Web. This paper investigates two popular resources, DBLP and DBpedia, and discusses whether the issues regarding identity management and co-reference resolution have been suitably addressed. We find that a large percentage of authors in DBLP have been conflated, and that disambiguation pages have been incorrectly linked using owl:sameAs within DBpedia. Systems for dealing with these issues are presented, and directions are given for future research
Effect of ATP and Alkaline Phosphate on Erythrocyte Deformability
No full textTitle: Effect of ATP and Alkaline Phosphate on Erythrocyte Deformability, Author: Marianne Vanderwel, Location: ThodeThe effect of altered spectrin phosphorylation on the
deformability properties of human erythrocyte membranes was studied
using the nucleopore filter method. The shear modulus of elasticity
was found to decrease and increase as a result of the incorporation
of ATP or alkaline phosphatase, respectively. Purified spectrin was
used to immunize rabbits, in order to obtain anti-spectrin antibodies
for future experiments.ThesisMaster of Engineering (ME
Document Management System design architecture for interdepartmental organization
No full textOur daily life is governed by rules, standards and policies, trying to guide our life as untainted as possible. This is also applicable to organizations. Often unity within organizations is achieved through management systems. Alongside management system are documentations, which form a vital aspect of the veins of the organization. Having a Document Management System(DMS) prevents congestions. Designing such a DMS will enable the organizations to achieve more efficiency, more simplification, more overview and creating a contemporary environment for its employees. Through usage of a framework such a DMS can be designed. The DMS provides valuable components such as wiki, knowledge base, work flow managements, document libraries, visualizations, templates and excellent collaboration tool. Projects need collaboration to be more effective and successful. However this collaboration must not be at the expense of security. Security is vital to survival of an organization, hence choosing the right DMS can be the success or the downfall. In this case SharePoint has proven itself as a formidable choice within the DMS domain.Information ArchitectureElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
New Distribution Record of Begonia grandis (Begoniaceae, section Diploclinium) from southern Taiwan, with subspecies assignment based on morphology and molecular phylogeny
No full textBegonia grandis Dry. (Begoniaceae), previously recognized as endemic to continental China, was recently discovered from southern Taiwan. Close morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic analysis elucidated that the species in Taiwan belongs to subspecies grandis. Begonia grandis has a long history in cultivation especially in China and Japan but not in Taiwan. The collection locality in Taiwan had no trace of human activity. Therefore, B. grandis is considered to be native to Taiwan. The new finding in Taiwan marks the southernmost distribution record of the species. Unfortunately, the discovered population was destroyed by a landslide due to a typhoon in 2009. Further field survey in neighboring areas is needed to elucidate the current status of B. grandis in Taiwan
Mean multiplication gain and excess noise factor in In0.53Ga0.47As avalanche photodiodes
No full textThe best-fitted electron and hole impact ionisation coefficients are obtained and it is found that the electron impact ionisation coefficient is higher than the hole impact ionisation coefficient. In this work, the impact ionisation coefficients at low electric fields are extrapolated to a high electric field region of 800 kV/cm. Two proposed models are produced by using the best-fitted electron and hole impact ionization coefficients over the wide range of electric fields. The impact ionisation coefficients for Model A converge at the high electric field region while for Model B the impact ionisation coefficients diverge. It is found that Model A is more suitable and therefore, this model is used to determine the mean multiplication gain and excess noise factor in the short and long devices. A random ionisation path length model is used for the electron- and hole-initiated multiplication in the multiplication region of 0.1?m and 0.2?m for short devices, and also 1.3?m, 2.0?m, 3.6?m and 4.6?m for long devices. The simulation is based on the dead space effect as well as by excluding the dead space effect in our work. It is found that the dead space effect becomes significant in short devices. The inclusion of dead space effect caused the reduction of excess noise factor in In0.53Ga0.47As avalanche photodiode
Short- and long-term impact of remarkable economic events on the growth causes of China-Germany trade in agri-food products
No full textThis paper focuses on a systematic quantitative discussion of the short- and long-term impact of remarkable economic events on international trade in a two-stage framework. Firstly, procedures based on dummy variables are proposed to detect structural breaks, types and sizes of jumps caused by such events. Then we propose to apply a hierarchical CMS (Constant Market Share) model to all sub-periods defined by the detected change points to study the short- and long-term impact of those events on growth causes. Application to China-Germany trade in agri-food products shows that China’s accession to WTO had a negative short-term impact on corresponding series. But its long-term impact on China’s export competitiveness was definitely positive. The short-term impact of the EU’s CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) reform on Germany’s exports to China was also negative. Its long-term impact on export competitiveness was sometimes positive and sometimes negative. The financial crisis of 2008 caused a significant reduction of China’s agri-food exports to Germany. But Germany’s exports to China in 2009 were not affected by the financial crisis as much.Growth causes of agri-food trade; the CMS model; the EU’s CAP reform; China’s accession to WTO; financial crisis
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