308 research outputs found
Things that fall over : Women's playwriting, poetics and the (anti-)musical
No full textAbstract: This study explores the contradictions and ambivalences experienced by a working artist at a time when her age, her gender, and broader cultural shifts are all potential obstacles or liabilities to creative flourishing. It is the product of practice-led research into the creative process from the perspective of the female "late bloomer". In this phrase, I have in mind the mature-aged woman who is, in mid-life, suddenly seized with inspiration and fired with creative energy. At its heart is the question: If an Elizabeth Jolley were in our midst today, would we hear from her? The result is a full-length libretto and accompanying exegetical binoculars in the form of a Preface and an Afterword. The creative work, Things That Fall Over (TTFO) is conceived in two parts: a libretto and oratorio for performance. It begins as a play, but over three acts and into a coda, the work becomes something entirely other - an (anti-) musical.\ud
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The work grew from a personal interest in the nexus between women, ageing and creative practice, via investigation into the oeuvre of two Australian artists, Elizabeth Jolley, author, first published at age 53, and Rosalie Gascoigne, sculptor, first exhibited at 58. A second strand of the research grew from a fascination for the stage musical, especially in its more alternative modes as in the hands of Stephen Sondheim, or in more provocative manifestations as witnessed in recent Tony Award winners Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon.\ud
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Contextually, this research is conducted at a time when anecdotal evidence suggests that women’s work in the performing arts and in literature is being pushed to the margins after a late twentieth century Golden Age on page and stage. Using hybrid practice-led methodologies - bricolage, log-keeping - and working within queer and feminist paradigms, this study seeks to counter that push with a new work that is all-female, part-pantomime, part monstrous allegory. In illuminating the creative process of a mature-aged playwright it concludes that hybrid and interstitial forms still offer an inclusive and democratic space in which voices that may otherwise be muted will continue to be heard. \u
Certification of Pork Products
Get PDFThe objective of this paper is to provide insights on the welfare distributional impact on consumer and producer welfare resulting from the development and implementation of a credence certification program in the U.S. pork sector. The certification program can provide various levels of tracking and tracing in the marketing chain. The modeling framework follows that of Nilsson (2005), which encompasses product differentiation and substitution across meat products at the consumer level and across live animal types at the farm level. Processors and retailers have potentially bilateral market power and can supply either or both certified and conventional meat products. One of the key findings is that while as the conventional market contracts and the certified market expands as expected, the magnitude depends on whether suppliers are single-or multiproduct providers. On aggregate, total welfare increases by 15 to 24 percent depending on industry structure.Marketing,
PERBANDINGAN HASIL PETA TOPOGRAFI MENGGUNAKAN SUMBER DATA DEMNAS DAN GOOGLE EART PADA IUP PT.WAHANA PETRA SEJAHTERA
Get PDFABSTRAKPeta topografi merupakan peta yang menyajikan obyek-obyek dipermukaan bumi denganketinggian yang dihitung dari permukaan air laut dan digambarkan dalam bentuk garis-gariskontur, dimana untuk setiap satu garis kontur mewakili satu ketinggian. Penelitian dilakukanpada area PT.Wahana Petra Sejahtera Kecamatan Samalantan Kabupaten BengkayangKalimantan Barat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat perbedaan ratarata ketinggian yang signifikan antara hasil peta topografi yang menggunakan sumber data dariDEMNAS dengan Google Eart, kedua sumberdata tersebut merupakan data yang bersifat opensource. Metodologi penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian komparatif atau perbandingan,objek yang dibandingkan adalah hasil peta topografi dari kedua sumber data dengan mengambilsampling pada koordinat yang sama dan dibandingkan nilai ketinggiannya. Selanjutnya data diolah menggunakan software SPSS untuk dilakukan uji t perbedaan rata-rata ketinggian topografidari data DEMNAS dan Google Eart. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa P-Value=0.709 >α=0.05 Sehingga H0 diterima yaitu pada taraf signifikan 95% rata-rata kedua peta topografitidak terdapat perbedaan ketinggian topografi, dengan kata lain antara data yang bersumber dariDEMNAS dengan Google Eart menghasilkan citra peta topografi yang sama.Kata kunci: DEMNAS, Google Eart, Topograf
Un'«esperienza etimologica»: romanesco antico "peta"
No full textThe author proposes to bring the Old Abruzzese and Old Romanesco word "peta" back to a Longobard base «baida/paita», which survives in the Rhaeto-romance "peda" ‘Zeit, Weile’, a word he encountered by chance in an Engadinian translation dated 1560. The relative «etymological experience» confirms the teaching of G. Contini, according to which good etymologies are found, not sought for
Interest group manipulation & public policy: a case study of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 2007
Get PDFThroughout United States government history, political interest groups had a profound influence on some very important decisions. One interest group that gained great fame and recognition through media coverage is the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It proposes and supports a constitutional right of animals which causes conflict with research scientists, hunters and farming concerns. The methodology used in this research is the case study; allows a researcher to capture the totality of the subject being studied. The methodology allowed the researcher to look at the organization in a systemic way using pluralism as a theoretical framework. Pluralists see public policy as resulting from competing group interactions. This case study of the PETA organization was an investigation of its techniques, tactics and strategies used to affect public policy. The research questions were: 1. What impact does the interest group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have on legislative process and/or public policy? 2. What tactics and strategies are used by the interest group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to make it a very successful interest group? This research study will provide additional information on the tactics, strategies and techniques which will help interest groups respond to legislative changes which result from changing values, norms and beliefs in society
Income support and its impact on durations of homelessness and long-term welfare reliance among newly homeless young Australians
Get PDF© 2015 Peta WinzarWhile there is a substantial body of Australian and international research on pathways into homelessness, less attention has been directed to understanding young people’s pathways out of homelessness. This study explores the link between income support, homeless durations and longer-term welfare reliance among newly homeless young Australians using longitudinal data from the Centrelink administrative systems to follow 7,487 homeless people aged 16 to 22 years, from 2011 to 2014. We find that more young people from non-income support families claimed income support because they were homeless and their claims were more likely to succeed. A series of Cox duration models reveals three central findings. First, we found no evidence to support the hypothesis that access to income support increases homeless durations and delays young people returning home. Second, we find the unexpected result that of the 38.14% initially assessed to be homeless who later did exit homelessness, those granted benefits were more likely to go home than those refused benefits. Finally, we find a “state dependence effect” whereby those granted income support are significantly more likely to be receiving income support payments after three years, regardless of their homeless status. This suggests that the response to a claim of being unable to live at home should involve additional support services, for both those assessed as homeless and those assessed as being able to return to the family home, to avoid longer-term welfare reliance among both groups
What's the Context? Implicit and Explicit Assumptions in Model-Based Goal Recognition
Get PDFEvery model involves assumptions. While some are standard to all models that simulate intelligent decision-making (e.g., discrete/continuous, static/dynamic), goal recognition is well known also to involve choices about the observed agent: is it aware of being observed? cooperative or adversarial? In this paper, we examine not only these but the many other assumptions made in the context of model-based goal recognition. By exploring their meaning, the relationships between them and the confusions that can arise, we demonstrate their importance, shed light on the way trends emerge in AI, and suggest a novel means for researchers to uncover suitable avenues for future work.</p
Pengembangan Peta Interaktif Tiga Dimensi S1 Teknik Mesin B Institut Tekonogi Sepuluh Nompember Menggunakan Unreal Engine
Get PDFPerkembangan teknologi saat ini berdampak pada penyajian informasi salah satunya mengenai penerapan pembuatan bangunan. Pada awalnya penyajian informasi pada beberapa bangunan masih menggunakan peta dua dimensi (2D), akan tetapi penyajian informasi menggunakan peta dua dimensi kurang memberikan gambaran bangunan dan penjelasan mengenai bangunan yang detail. Seiring dengan jalannya waktu dan perkembangan teknologi, penyajian informasi menggunakan peta tiga dimensi (3D) mulai digunakan. Dengan adanya penggunaan peta tiga dimensi ini, tampilan bangunan terlihat lebih detail dan menarik, tak terkecuali pada perguruan tinggi Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS). Pada tugas akhir ini, penulis telah mengembangkan sebuah peta tiga dimensi dengan menggunakan sebuah tools engine yang sudah tidak asing lagi yaitu Unreal Engine, selain itu juga penulis juga menggunakan aplikasi pengukung lain yaitu 3ds Max untuk modeling benda tiga dimensi dan Adobe Flash sebagai user interface untuk informasi dan interaksinya. Aplikasi peta tiga dimensi ini nantinya akan menyajikan tampilan peta dari Teknik Mesin Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) dan diharapkan dapat memudahkan pengguna untuk mengetahu dan mengunjungi gedung tersebut secara virtual seperti halnya pada dunia nyata tanpa harus datang langsung ketempat tersebut.
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The rapidly of the development technology inflict on the Current technological developments have an impact on the presentation of information concerning the application of one such site. At first presentation of information on some of the builtings are still using the map two dimensional (2D), but the presentation of information using two dimensional map gives an overview of the builting and the lack of explanation of the details of the builting. Over the course of time and the development of technology, the presentation of information using a map three dimensional (3D) began to be used. With the use of three dimensional map, the appearance of the builting look more detailed and interesting, not least at the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS). In this thesis, the author has developed a three-dimensional map by using a search tool that is already familiar, namely the Unreal Engine, but it is also the author also uses another application that is pengukung 3ds Max for modeling three-dimensional objects and Adobe Flash as the user interface for information and interaction. Application of this three-dimensional map will be presenting a map of S1 teknik mesin Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS). and is expected to make it easier for the user and determines virtually visit the builting as well as in the real world without having to come directly to the place
Will a Mediterranean diet (BC-Med) affect biomarkers of health in breast cancer survivors?
No full textFull text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only.Background: The number of breast cancer survivors is increasing owing to improved screening, detection and more targeted treatments. In fact, 5-year breast cancer survival rates in New Zealand have significantly improved by 2.9% over the past decade. Despite these encouraging survival rates, women previously diagnosed with breast cancer tend to be at increased risk of recurrence, co-morbidity and mortality. Weight at diagnosis and consequent weight gain are commonly reported findings in breast cancer research. Dietary and lifestyle interventions aimed at attenuating the risk of weight gain and obesity could be appropriate for reducing the subsequent risk of poor prognosis and associated chronic diseases. Following breast cancer diagnosis women are likely to be motivated to make lifestyle and dietary changes and the role of diet in improving breast cancer health biomarkers and prognosis is beginning to be explored, with current recommendations advocating a Low-fat diet. The Mediterranean diet has been shown to generate beneficial effects on human health and chronic disease, even in populations outside of the Mediterranean. Aim: The aim of the research was to investigate whether a Mediterranean diet (BCMed) improved the biomarkers of health in breast cancer survivors through designing and implementing an education package to support the use of the BC-Med. Methods: Data were derived from a randomised control trial of post-menopausal women, previously diagnosed with stage 1 - 3 breast cancer. The trial consisted of three dietary arms: the BC-Med and the Low-fat arms that received intensive dietary and lifestyle education, and the control arm that received no support. Outcome measures for weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, blood lipids, blood glucose, dietary adherence, and quality of life were measured before and after a 6- month nutrition education intervention. A 3-day food diary and questionnaires assessed dietary intakes. Results: Both dietary intervention arms on average lost weight over the course of the intervention, with significant (p < 0.05) decreases seen in BMI and waist circumference measurements, and more marked changes observed in the BC-Med arm (-1.61 ± 4.43kg, -1.02 ± 2.00kg/m2 and -1.40 ± 3.88cm respectively). The control arm gained weight and significantly (p < 0.05) increased BMI and waist circumference measurements overall (1.10 ± 3.03kg, 0.40 ± 1.65kg/m2 and 1.94 ± 2.94cm respectively). Positive trends in blood biomarkers were observed for the intervention arms. Dietary adherence was deemed sufficient also. Conclusion: Nutritional education and group support appears to exert beneficial effects on health biomarkers in breast cancer survivors and of lesser importance is the type of diet that forms the basis of the education
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