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Report and recommendations on multimedia materials for teaching and learning quantum physics
Full text linkAn international collaboration of physicists, affiliated with Multimedia Physics for Teaching and Learning (MPTL) and MERLOT, performed a survey and review of multimedia-based learning materials for quantum physics and quantum mechanics. The review process was based on more than a decade of experience with similar topical learning material reviews. A total of approximately 250 items were considered for review and eight were recommended by the reviewers. These are described in this report. Observations about quantum learning resources and multimedia tools are included
Comportamento viti-enológico das variedades merlot e cabernet sauvignon (Vitis vinifera L.) em diferentes altitudes no sul do Brasil
Full text linkDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Florianópolis, 2014.A vitivinicultura brasileira destaca-se devido ao aumento de plantios de variedades de videira (Vitis vinifera L.), principalmente em regiões de elevada altitude (acima de 900 metros) situadas no Estado de Santa Catarina. Estas regiões possuem características próprias e distintas das tradicionais regiões produtoras brasileiras devido a suas condições climáticas, produzindo uvas e vinhos com características diferenciadas, tais como altos teores de compostos fenólicos e alta atividade antioxidante. Diante desta situação, o presente trabalho objetivou caracterizar o clima e o comportamento vitícola e enológico das variedades Merlot e Cabernet Sauvignon, durante o ciclo vegetativo e reprodutivo 2012/2013, em dois vinhedos localizados em diferentes faixas de altitude, nas regiões de Campo Belo do Sul (950 m) e São Joaquim (1400 m), Santa Catarina. Durante todo o ciclo foram monitoradas as variáveis climáticas: temperatura máxima, média e mínima (°C), amplitude térmica (°C), radiação solar global (W m-2), radiação fotossinteticamente ativa (µmolfotons.m-2.s-1), precipitação pluviométrica (mm), umidade relativa do ar (%) e foram calculados os índices bioclimáticos, soma térmica de Winkler e índice de Huglin. Os principais estádios fenológicos foram determinados ao longo do ciclo vegetativo, brotação, floração, início da maturação e maturidade. A curva de maturação dos frutos foi realizada quinzenalmente para determinar a evolução dos sólidos solúveis totais, acidez total titulável, pH, polifenóis totais e antocianinas. As uvas foram microvinificadas na Estação Experimental de São Joaquim - EPAGRI e na vinícola Abreu e Garcia. Os vinhos foram caracterizados quanto à atividade antioxidante in vitro, antocianinas monoméricas totais, polifenóis totais, perfil fenólico, estilbenos, compostos fenólicos flavonóides e não flavonóides. Durante o período de realização das pesquisas, foi possível observar que as regiões de altitude do Estado de Santa Catarina, Campo Belo do Sul a 950 metros e São Joaquim a 1400 metros apresentam características climáticas favoráveis para o cultivo das variedades Merlot e Cabernet Sauvignon (Vitis vinifera L.), resultando em um adequado comportamento viti-enológico das variedades. As temperaturas mais elevadas e a maior intensidade de radiação solar de Campo Belo do Sul resultaram em plantas com ciclo mais curto e maior acúmulo térmico. Tais fatores climáticos ainda resultaram no maior potencial fotossintético e maiores teores de clorofila no período de maturação da uva, como consequência, as plantas apresentaram maior potencial produtivo. As temperaturas, em média 5°C inferiores de São Joaquim, causaram prolongamento do ciclo vegetativo, a maturação mais lenta das uvas e maiores teores de acidez total titulável no momento da colheita. A elevada altitude, aliada as baixas temperaturas de São Joaquim, influenciou de maneira positiva no acúmulo de antocianinas e polifenóis totais da uva. Os resultados comprovam que as regiões de altitude elevada estudadas apresentam um elevado potencial para a produção de vinhos finos aptos para o envelhecimento. Os vinhos produzidos em Campo Belo do Sul destacaram-se pela elevada concentração de antocianinas monoméricas totais, enquanto que os vinhos produzidos em São Joaquim destacaram-se pelos elevados teores de trans-resveratrol e elevada atividade antioxidante. Baseado no perfil fenólico dos vinhos produzidos na safra 2013 é possível afirmar que Campo Belo do Sul (950 m) possui maior aptidão para a produção de vinhos da variedade Merlot, enquanto São Joaquim possui maior aptidão para a produção de vinhos da variedade Cabernet Sauvignon
Equilíbrio vegetativo e produtivo na qualidade da uva das variedades Merlot e Syrah em São Joaquim - SC
Full text linkDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Florianópolis, 2012Uma questão central no manejo do vinhedo é a relação produtividade x qualidade. Em geral ela é uma função da produção de uvas (kg) pela área foliar (m2) e fornece uma medida da capacidade da planta de completar a maturação das uvas. O objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar diferentes relações área foliar x produtividade na qualidade das uvas produzidas pelas cultivares Syrah e Merlot em São Joaquim - SC. O trabalho foi realizado na cidade de São Joaquim, nos vinhedos da Estação Experimental de São Joaquim - EPAGRI (28°16'30,08"S, 49°56'09,34"O, altitude 1.400m) e as avaliações ocorreram no ciclo 2010/2011. A cultivar Syrah foi submetida a quatro diferentes níveis de carga, 0,5; 1,0; 1,5; e 2,0 kg de uva por m2 de área foliar. A cultivar Merlot foi submetida a três diferentes níveis de carga, 0,5; 1,0 e 1,5 kg de uva por m2 de área foliar. No momento da colheita foram determinados os componentes da maturação tecnológica (sólidos solúveis totais, pH e acidez total titulável) e os componentes da maturação fenólica (polifenóis totais e antocianinas). Os resultados demonstraram que as diferentes relações área foliar x produtividade não interferiram na maturação tecnológica das cultivares Merlot e Syrah. As menores produtividades obtidas com a relação de 0,5 kg de uva por m2 de área foliar proporcionaram os maiores teores de antocianinas na cultivar Syrah. Na cultivar Merlot as plantas que não foram submetidas a redução na carga, que mantiveram uma relação de 1,5 kg de uva por m2 de área foliar produziram uvas com os teores de antocianinas e polifenóis totais mais elevados.Abstract : Central to all vine management is the yield x quality ratio. This is largely a function of the fruit mass (kg) to photosynthetic surface area (m2) borne by the vine. It provides a measure of the vine's capacity to ripen a crop. The objective of this study was to evaluate different leaf area x yield ratios in the quality of Merlot and Syrah grapevines produced in São Joaquim - Santa Catarina State. The study was conducted at São Joaquim Experimental Station - EPAGRI vineyards (28°16'30,08"S, 49°56'09,34"O, altitude 1,400m) and the evaluations took place in 2010/2011 vintage. Syrah was submitted to four different crop loads, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 and 2.0 kg of crop per m2 of leaf area. Merlot was submitted to three different crop loads, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 kg of crop per m2 of leaf area. At harvest were determined the components of technological maturity (total soluble solids, pH and total acidity) and the components of phenolic maturity (total polyphenols and anthocyanins). The results showed that different leaf area x yield ratios did not affect the technological maturity of Merlot and Syrah grapevines. The lowest yield obtained with 0.5 kg of crop per m2 of leaf area ratio resulted in the highest anthocyanin content for Syrah. In Merlot, plants that were not subjected to reduction in crop load, which maintained a 1.5 kg of crop per m2 of leaf area ratio, produced grapes with higher contents of total polyphenols and anthocyanins
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
I Think I Am Philip K. Dick
No full textFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Intro -- Contents -- Introjection -- Part I -- Endopsychic Allegories -- Schreber Guardian -- Belief System Surveillance -- Part II -- Deeper Problems -- Veil of Tears -- Go West -- Dick Manfred -- Timing -- Glimmung -- Part III -- Spiritualism Analogy -- Imitating the Dead -- Indexical Layer -- Ilse -- Hammers and Things -- Crucifictions -- Over There -- Martyrology -- Can't Live, Can't Live -- Lola -- Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt -- Outer Race -- The German Introject -- Part IV -- Materialism, Idealism, and Cybernetics -- Startling Stories -- A Couple of Years -- Android Empathy -- Homunculus and Robot -- ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD. I AM ALIVE. -- Go with the Flow -- Part V -- Room for Thought -- Caduceus -- Jump -- Still -- A Wake -- Spätwerk -- Let the Dead Be -- Play Bally -- Das Hund -- Notes -- BibliographyFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Liftings for noncomplete probability spaces
No full textThe current state of knowledge concerning liftings for noncomplete probability spaces is discussed. This is a somewhat expanded version of the author's talk given at the 1991 Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications in Honor of Mary Ellen Rudin and Her Work.PT: S; CR: BURKE MR, IN PRESS P AM MATH S BURKE MR, 1991, ISRAEL J MATH, V73, P33 BURKE MR, 1992, ISRAEL J MATH, V79, P289 CARLSON T, THEOREM LIFTING CHRISTENSEN JPR, 1974, TOPOLOGY BOREL STRUC FREMLIN DH, 1989, HDB BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS, P877 INOESCUTULCEA A, 1966, 5TH P BERK S MATH ST, V2 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1967, CONTRIBUTIONS PROB 1, P63 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1969, TOPICS THEORY LIFTIN JECH TJ, 1978, SET THEORY JOHNSON RA, 1980, P AM MATH SOC, V80, P234 JUST W, IN PRESS T AM MATH S KUPKA J, 1983, INDIANA U MATH J, V32, P717 LOSERT V, 1983, LNM, V1080, P95 MAHARAM D, 1958, P AM MATH SOC, V9, P987 SHELAH S, 1983, ISRAEL J MATH, V45, P90 TALAGRAND M, 1982, P AM MATH SOC, V84, P379 VONNEUMANN J, 1931, CRELLES J MATH, V165, P109; NR: 18; TC: 0; J9: ANN N Y ACAD SCI; PG: 4; GA: BZ86BSource type: Electronic(1
The AM Canum Venaticorum binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5
Full text linkThe AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries are a rare group of hydrogen-deficient, ultrashort period, mass-transferring white dwarf binaries and are possible progenitors of Type Ia supernovae. We present time-resolved spectroscopy of the recently discovered AM CVn binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5. The average spectrum shows strong double-peaked helium emission lines, as well as a variety of metal lines, including neon; this is the second detection of neon in an AM CVn binary, after the much brighter system GP Com. We detect no calcium in the accretion disc, a puzzling feature that has been noted in many of the longer period AM CVn binaries. We measure an orbital period, from the radial velocities of the emission lines, of 35.2 ± 0.2 min, confirming the ultracompact binary nature of the system. The emission lines seen in SDSS J1730 are very narrow, although double-peaked, implying a low-inclination, face-on accretion disc; using the measured velocities of the line peaks, we estimate i ≤ 11°. This low inclination makes SDSS J1730 an excellent system for the identification of emission lines
Murder & Merlot: An Interactive Mystery Experience
Full text linkAs a maximalist specializing in illustration, I use common elements to visually connect my work and make the narrative and aesthetic more cohesive. Bold colors and patterns enhance detailed imagery, character design, and environmental design, along with monochromatic and complementary palettes. These elements are often paired with similar typography. All font choices are deliberately representative of the personality of each individual piece and its voice. Each suspect has their own signature font to help the viewer visually connect to the character, but the entirety of Murder & Merlot is branded in such a way that it has a specific heading font, Theories, a subheading font, Haarlem Deco, and a body font, Avenir Next Condensed.
Work flow begins with visual research and references. Flat, crisp, vector illustrations with many vibrant colors are some of my favorite things about graphic design. The way that small organic shapes come together to produce a larger interesting image is something I am always working to achieve. Masking patterns over flat areas or blocks of color is a fun way to strategically add texture and dimension. I draw inspiration from Neethi, an illustrator who uses shape, perspective, and loud patterns and colors to grab viewers’ attention and their eyes around the piece. Lulu Debreuil is another illustrator from whom I take heavy inspiration. She uses all of the aforementioned elements, especially flat shapes with patterns, to create gorgeous, captivating imagery. To avoid visually overwhelming an audience with too many conflicting elements, I take breaks during my workflow to view my progress from afar. Working with software where layers can be hidden is essential when deciding how much is too much. Balancing white space and intricate detail is a crucial step in my process because it is important to give the viewer’s eyes a place to rest among so much visual stimulation. This is something I use to my advantage in Murder & Merlot. Manipulating where a viewer will go for rest after high amounts of visual intake allows room for hidden clues and messages that may not be otherwise interpreted.
Growing up, I watched old mysteries with my family. Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, Clue, and other icons of the genre brought us together and gave us a common interest. In an attempt to share that bond with others, I have completely brought to life an interactive murder mystery exhibit where viewers can observe all of my designs which will help them solve the mystery. I have incorporated a variety of different skill sets such as layout, composition, typography, color, character design, and illustration. The aesthetic is vibrant, but mysterious, and immerses the viewer into the world of the characters making them feel as if they are involved. Each character has colors, patterns, and display fonts, as well as a poster detailing their role within the mystery. Clues are displayed throughout the exhibit, along with additional posters and artifacts from the story to aid the viewer in their investigation and the final solution.
The ultimate goal is for the audience to come together and have a memorable connection, similar to what Agatha Christie did for my grandmother and me. Using illustration and graphics to make others feel excited and included is part of why design is important, and an interactive exhibit where the viewer becomes a fundamental part of the piece achieves this goal by providing an opportunity to unite an audience. Murder & Merlot is saturated with imagination and creativity in the hope that it will allow others to feel the same sense of excitement that I feel when designing.https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/art498/1126/thumbnail.jp
Freedom of choice or force of circumstance? : Eastern European sex-workers in the Republic of Cyprus ; paper for the conference 'Alltag der Globalisierung. Perspektiven einer transnationalen Anthropologie', January 16-18, 2003, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
No full textThis paper focuses on Eastern European migrants who, since the beginning of the 1990s, are entering the Republic Cyprus as “artistes”. This is a visa permit status as well as an euphemism for short-term work permits in the local sex industry. In addition to exploring the migrational experiences of these women and their living and working conditions in the Republic of Cyprus, the paper reconstructs, empirically and analyt ically, the connection between immigration and the local sex industry. Here, several categories of social actors and institutions in Cyprus are actively involved. The rhetoric of government representatives, entrepreneurs and clients in the sex business on the one hand is contrasted with the discourse of local NGO representatives concerned with immigrants’ rights on the other hand. The paper comes to the conclusion that all of these discursive positions ultimately do not do justice to the complex process of decisionmaking that women undergo who migrate into the sex industry. Either, freedom of choice is emphasized – such as by entrepreneurs and the government – or the domination of women – as in the public statements of the NGO. In order to analyze the ambivalent tension between freedom of choice and submission to force by which the women’s decision is characterized, the author employs Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality, which describes forms of political regulation that use the individual’s freedom of action as an instrument to exercise power
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget
Full text linkANLEITUNG ZU DER FRANTZÖSISCHEN SPRACH/ BEGREIFFEND WAS ANFÄNGLICH/ DIESE SPRACH ZUERLERNEN/ AM ALLERNÖHTIGSTEN SEY: DER JUGEND TEUTSCHER NATION: ZU BESTEN VERFERTIGET
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget (Theil 2) ([1]r)
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget (Forts.) ([1]r
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