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Hautverdächtig
No full textBook Title: Postcolonial Studies; Racial Profiling
Chapter Title: Hautverdächtig
Author(s): Mohamed Wa Baile, Ellen Höhne
Publisher: transcript Verlag
DOI: 10.14361/9783839441459-004
ISBN(s): 978-3-8376-4145-5, 978-3-8394-4145-9
ISSN(s): 2703-1233, 2703-124
The author is dead, long live the author
No full textThe death of the author has been greatly exaggerated. Readers still seek what Virginia Woolf called the shadowy figure of the author in the pages of their books
Integrated photonic devices with silicon oxycarbide
No full textIn this paper, we report on the potential of silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) for integrated photonic applications. SiOC films are developed by reactive radio frequency magnetron sputtering from a silicon carbide (SiC) target in the presence of argon and oxygen gases. The optical properties of the developed SiOC film are characterized with spectroscopic ellispometry over a broad wavelength range 300-1600 nm. The refractive index n of the SiOC film is 2.2 at wavelength lambda = 1550 nm and the extinction coefficient k is estimated to be less than 10(-4) in the near-infrared region above 600 nm. The topography of SiOC films is studied with AFM showing very smooth surface, with rms roughness of 0.24 nm. SiOC film with refractive index n = 2.2 is then patterned by direct laser-writing lithography and etched with reactive ion etching to realize high contrast SiOC core optical waveguides for integrated photonics applications. The waveguide losses are characterized at telecommunication wavelength lambda = 1550 nm. As an example of photonic integrated devices integrating SiOC films, a microring resonator is fabricated where a SiOC layer is used as a coating material for the core of a silicon oxynitride (SiON) waveguide
Book Review: Mabepari wa Bongo
No full textBook Title: Mabepari wa BongoBook Author: Frown. P. NyoniDar es Salaam University Press, 2007. ISBN 9976604718, 9789976604719.
This is My Country: the Kenyan author, Ngugi wa Thiong’o
No full textThis review article explores the life and writing of Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'
'Translated from the Gikuyu by the author' : Ngugi wa Thiong'o's self-translation of Wizard of the Crow
No full textNgugi wa Thiong’o wrote Murogi wa Kagogo in Gikuyu in 2004, and published the English version, Wizard of the Crow, in 2006, announcing on the title page that the novel is ‘A translation from Gikuyu by the author’. The complex interplay of languages in Ngugi’s self-translation is central to understanding the novel for two main reasons. Firstly, Ngugi’s dictator novel depicts the political, economic and social intricacies that have characterised the postcolonial African state and, as stories and realities collapse into one another, the reader realises that the eponymous Wizard of the Crow is the embodiment of the writer in postcolonial society. Consequently, the play of languages in the text raises questions about the role of the writer in the face of dictatorship. Secondly, the reader is invited to question the status of the translated text in light of Ngugi’s advocacy of writing in indigenous languages. The author of a literary work must first make a choice of language and then consider how the language will be used. When that work is, in turn, translated, this raises another set of questions about the status of the text, as well as the status of the translation. My interest here then, is not in the similarities or dissimilarities between Murogi wa Kagogo and the English version, but instead Ngugi’s preoccupation with the question of language in Wizard of the Crow and the text’s critical status as self-translation
WA Newspaper's contempt finding
No full textIn July 2004, Western Australia's largest circulating daily newspaper, The West Australian, identified a nine-year-old ward of the State, thereby breaching a statutory provision. It described him as a "suburban terrorist" and a "menace to society". A year later the Supreme Court of Western Australia reminded the media that such coverage can also be a menace to society and imposed $20,000 in fines for contempt of court. In this article the author surveys contempt law from a media perspective and considers the case in question
Mo Yans "Wa"
No full textIn dieser Arbeit werden die Themen Geburtenkontrolle und bäuerlicher Widerstand behandelt und es wird eine Verbindung der beiden Bereiche hergestellt. Historische und soziopolitische Aspekte werden beleuchtet und die Frage, ob die Durchsetzung der Geburtenkontrolle auf dem Land möglich ist oder nicht, wird beantwortet. Gerüst der Schrift ist Mo Yans „Wa“. Deshalb spielen der Autor und sein Werk eine große Rolle und auch die Beantwortung der Forschungsfrage stützt sich in der Argumentation hauptsächlich auf diesen Roman, der von der Geburtenplanung in China handelt.This thesis is an attempt to establish a connex between birth control and peasant resistance. In the process of finding an answer to the question of whether or not birth control is possible in rural China historical and socio political aspects are considered. Mo Yan`s "Wa" is framework to the thesis. Therfore, the author and his novel play an important role and are crucial to finding an answer to the above mentioned question
Rason, WA, 1998 (P683), elevation line data
No full textMaintenance and Update Frequency: notPlannedStatement: This Rason, WA, 1998 (P683), elevation line data is an airborne-derived elevation data for the Rason, WA, 1998. The survey was acquired under the project No. 683 for the geological survey of WA. A total of 32300 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing of 400m and 60m terrain clearance were acquired during this survey. The elevation data was calculated using the altimeters and Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor used for the benefit airborne of magnetic and radiometric data on the same survey. The elevation is the height relative to the Australian Height Datum GDA94 (AUSGEOID09). Details of the specifications of individual airborne surveys can be found in the Fourteenth Edition of the Index of Airborne Geophysical Surveys (Percival, 2014). This Index is also available online at http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/79134.
Reference:
Percival, P.J., 2014. Index of airborne geophysical surveys (Fourteenth Edition).The Digital Elevation Model represents ground surface topography between points of known elevation. The elevation data was calculated using the altimeters and Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor used for the benefit of airborne magnetic and radiometric data on the same survey. The elevation is the height relative to the Australian Height Datum GDA94 (AUSGEOID09). The processed elevation data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.<br/> These line dataset from the Rason, WA, 1998 survey were acquired in 1998 by the WA Government, and consisted of 32300 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance
Ashburton, WA, 2006 (P1134), elevation line data
No full textMaintenance and Update Frequency: notPlannedStatement: This Ashburton, WA, 2006 (P1134), elevation line data is an airborne-derived elevation data for the Ashburton, WA, 2006. The survey was acquired under the project No. 1134 for the geological survey of WA. A total of 106235 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing of 400m and 60m terrain clearance were acquired during this survey. The elevation data was calculated using the altimeters and Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor used for the benefit airborne of magnetic and radiometric data on the same survey. The elevation is the height relative to the Australian Height Datum GDA94 (AUSGEOID09). Details of the specifications of individual airborne surveys can be found in the Fourteenth Edition of the Index of Airborne Geophysical Surveys (Percival, 2014). This Index is also available online at http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/79134.
Reference:
Percival, P.J., 2014. Index of airborne geophysical surveys (Fourteenth Edition).The Digital Elevation Model represents ground surface topography between points of known elevation. The elevation data was calculated using the altimeters and Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor used for the benefit of airborne magnetic and radiometric data on the same survey. The elevation is the height relative to the Australian Height Datum GDA94 (AUSGEOID09). The processed elevation data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.<br/> These line dataset from the Ashburton, WA, 2006 survey were acquired in 2006 by the WA Government, and consisted of 106235 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance
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