161 research outputs found
Protection of digital assets through digital signature mechanisms and cryptographic validation.
No full textComprender cómo los activos digitales respaldados por blockchain y firma
digital transforman la gestión documental y aumentan la confianza en entornos digitalesUniversidad Libre -- Facultad de ingenieríaUnderstand how digital assets backed by blockchain and digital signatures transform document management and increase trust in digital environments
A fundamentação da desobediência civil em uma teoria da justiça de John Rawls
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Filosofia, Florianópolis, 2009O caminho trilhado pelo autor, inicialmente, é uma reconstrução da concepção ideal de justiça, com breve aporte sobre o objeto e a ideia da justiça, apresentando breves comentários sobre a posição original, véu da ignorância e racionalidade das partes. Na parte que trata do dever e da obrigação analisa os princípios do dever natural, discute o dever de obedecer à lei injusta e conceitua a regra da maioria tão necessária para a justificação da desobediência civil. A desobediência civil é concebida apenas para o caso especial de uma sociedade quase justa, bem ordenada e que tenha o regime democrático. A desobediência civil é um ato político, público, não violento que tem o objetivo de provocar mudanças nas leis ou políticas do governo, que não estão respeitando o senso de justiça. Entende-se que a desobediência civil é o mecanismo de ultimo recurso para que se mantenha a estabilidade de uma Constituição justa. Embora ilegal, é altamente moral. Reconhecendo a aplicação da regra da maioria tem-se que o tribunal de última instância não é o judiciário, nem o executivo, nem o legislativo, mas sim o eleitorado como um todo. A desobediência civil é a via especial para convencer esse tribunal.The path taken by the author, initially, is a reconstruction of the ideal conception of justice, with a brief contribution on the object and the idea of justice, with brief comments on the original position, veil of ignorance and rationality of the parts. The part that treats the duty and obligation examines the principles of natural duty, discusses the duty to obey the unjust law and conceptualizes the majority rule so necessary for the justification of civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is conceived only for the special case of a society almost fair, well-ordained and having a democratic regime. Civil disobedience is a political, public, non-violent act to bring about changes in laws or government policies, which are not respecting the sense of justice. It is understood that civil disobedience is the mechanism of last resort in order to maintain the stability of a just constitution. Although illegal, it is highly moral. Recognizing the application of majority rule is that the court of last resort is not the judiciary or the executive or the legislative, but the electorate as a whole. Civil disobedience is the special way to convince this court
Baron Edmond de Rothschild at Meier Shfeyah near Zichron Jacob
No full textThe Meir Shfeyah Youth Village was founded following World War One as an orphanage for girls. Boys were accepted shortly thereafter. Located in the Jewish colony of Meir Shfeyah, near Zikron Ya’akov, the facility was situated on the site of previous youth facilities. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, funded the orphanage through its Palestine Orphan Committee until 1925 when Junior Hadassah, a division of Hadassah for young, unmarried women, took over the responsibility after several years of supporting individual orphans. Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, alternately known as Meir Shfeyah Children's Village, became Junior Hadassah’s largest fundraising project. Junior Hadassah financed the institution’s expenses for three decades until turning over primary responsibility to the State of Israel’s Department of Agriculture in 1958. Although Junior Hadassah merged with other Hadassah divisions in 1967, Hadassah continued to provide support to the Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, which still exists today as a residential, comprehensive high school with an agricultural focus.Note on verso: From right to left: the Baroness, the Baron, Sir Herbert Samuel. Standing: Mr. Sokoloff giving a discourse.Digital imageDigital finding aid
Cartier and Baron's practical illustrated waltz instructor, ball room guide, and call book. Giving ample directions for dancing every kind of square and round dances, together with cotillons -- including the newest and most popular figures of "the German."
No full textThe author of this manual claims that many books on dance lack simple explanations; this work is advertised as an answer to that criticism. The author has dispensed with "all unnecessary verbiage and figures of speech" in describing round dances and figures for the German (also know as the cotillon). Nearly half the book is devoted to quadrilles and calls for the prompter
Sarah Fielding: Satire and Subversion in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
No full textThis study of Sarah Fielding (1710―68) is an original contribution to Fielding scholarship that has a dual purpose: to support those who are striving to re-introduce her to the modern literary landscape in an effort to restore her eighteenth-century literary standing, and to firmly establish Fielding as an early feminist writer. It is argued here that throughout her oeuvre Fielding challenged prevailing traditions that denied women a choice, particularly in education, employment and marriage. These themes are also considered in the political treatises of Mary Astell (1666―1731) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759―97), who are now widely recognised as feminist writers.
It is further argued that Fielding’s subversion in fiction of the English patriarchal system is underscored by her unorthodox performance in the literary arena. This is fully explored alongside her use of sentimentalism as a literary tool with which she challenges her seemingly inhumane society. Fielding’s interest in ‘the Labyrinths of the Mind’ (in modern terms, human psychology) will also be addressed as will her placement in the history of feminism and her placement in the sentimental novel tradition. Fielding’s performance as a literary critic will be compared with the few female authors who, like her, dared to publish literary criticism during her writing career. Accordingly, extracts from Fielding’s novels and her two critical pamphlets will be thoroughly examined.
An updated biography of Fielding that is also included here will provide evidence for a further claim, that her fiction is autobiographical in part. A comprehensive account of Fielding’s performance as a literary critic forms the final chapter of this work. It is the first full-length examination of her contribution to the genre and includes an appraisal of her recently unearthed critical pamphlet entitled A Comparison Between the Horace of Corneille and The Roman Father of Mr. Whitehead (1750) that is yet to be formerly attributed to her. Ultimately this study of Fielding will go far beyond what has previously been written about this remarkable eighteenth-century author, particularly regarding her feminist activity
Letter from Lord Byron (George Gordon) to Samuel Taylor Coleridge
No full textAutograph letter written from Lord Byron (George Gordon) to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Written from Picadilly. Transcriptions included.Piccadilly March 31st.
1815—
Dear Sir—
It will give me great pleasure to comply with your request—though I hope there is still taste enough left amongst us to render it almost unnecessary—sordid & interested as—it must be admitted—many of “the trade” are where circumstances give them an advantage. I trust you do not permit yourself to be depressed by the temporary partiality of what is called “the public” for the favourites of the moment—all experience is against the permanency of such impressions. [p. 2] You must have lived to see many of these pass away—and will survive many more—I mean personally—for poetically, I would not insult you by a comparison. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- If I may be permitted—I would suggest that there never was such an opening for Tragedy—In Kean there is an actor worthy of expressing the thoughts of the characters which you have every power of embodying—and I cannot but regret that the part of Ordonio was disposed of before his appearance at Drury Lane. We have had nothing to be mentioned in the same breath with “Remorse” for [p. 3] very many years—and I should think that the reception of that play was sufficient to encourage the highest hopes of author and audience. -- -- It is to be hoped that you are proceeding in a career which could not be successful. -- -- -- With my best respects to Mr. Bowles I have the honour to be
Yr. obliged
& very obnt. Svt
Byron
P.S. You mention my “Satire” lampoon or whatever you or others please to call it—I can only say that it was written when I was very young & very angry—and has been a thorn in my side ever [p.4 ] since—more particularly as almost all the persons animadverted upon became subsequently my acquaintances & some of them my friends—which is “heaping fire upon an enemy’s head” & forgiving me too readily to permit me to forgive myself.—The part applied to you—is pert & petulant--& shallow enough—but—although I have long done every thing in my power to suppress the circulation of the whole thing—I shall always regret the wantonness & generality of many of its attempted attacks. [Four dashes fill out the final line.
Sir Herbert Samuel and Baron Edmond de Rothschild at Meier Chefeya [Shfeyah]
No full textThe Meir Shfeyah Youth Village was founded following World War One as an orphanage for girls. Boys were accepted shortly thereafter. Located in the Jewish colony of Meir Shfeyah, near Zikron Ya’akov, the facility was situated on the site of previous youth facilities. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, funded the orphanage through its Palestine Orphan Committee until 1925 when Junior Hadassah, a division of Hadassah for young, unmarried women, took over the responsibility after several years of supporting individual orphans. Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, alternately known as Meir Shfeyah Children's Village, became Junior Hadassah’s largest fundraising project. Junior Hadassah financed the institution’s expenses for three decades until turning over primary responsibility to the State of Israel’s Department of Agriculture in 1958. Although Junior Hadassah merged with other Hadassah divisions in 1967, Hadassah continued to provide support to the Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, which still exists today as a residential, comprehensive high school with an agricultural focus.Digital imageDigital finding aid
British immigration control procedures and Jewish refugees 1933-1942.
No full textPhDThis thesis is an historical account of the British
government's regulation of the immigration to the United
Kingdom of Jewish refugees in flight from Nazi persecution.
The focus of the study is the administration of immigration
controls, with particular emphasis on the groups of refugees
for whom entry was possible and the conditions subject to
which they were admitted. The administrative process is also
examined in the context of policy. The results of the
government's efforts to control the influx are set against
policy goals, in order to assess both the extent to which
the quest for control was successful, and the extent to
which it led to unintended consequences. The relationship
between policy and procedure is thus a key theme of this
study.
The bulk of the thesis is concerned with policy-making and
administration within government, and is based on documents
in the Public Record Office(PRO). Other sources used include
private papers of ministers and officials, records of Jewish
organisations, archives of refugee committees and
interviews, listed in the bibliography. The material largely
concerns the work of Whitehall departments, interdepartmental
relations and activities at Cabinet-level. Home
Office policy and practice are covered in particular detail.
The contributions of other government departments,
particularly the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Labour and
the Treasury, are also discussed. Another important topic is
the policy-making and administrative role of nongovernmental
organisations, especially refugee committees.
The introduction is followed by a chapter outlining the
legal and administrative history of immigration control
since 1905. succeeding chapters deal chronologically with
the British response to the immigration of Jewish refugees
from 1933 to 1942. The conclusion discusses whether British
policy was humanitarian or self-interested. Two appendixes
contain brief biographical notes on persons relevant to the
thesis and a list of Home Secretaries and Home Office
Permanent Under Secretaries
Art, Biography, Sexuality: Patrick Procktor and Keith Vaughan
No full textThis critical review forms a reflection on the research published within the following publications:
Patrick Procktor: Art and Life (Unicorn Press, 2010)
Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils 1946-1977, (Sansom & Co., 2012)
The research is on two artists, Patrick Procktor (1936-2003), and Keith Vaughan (1912-1977). The monograph on Procktor – previously one of the least documented of the generation of artists who came to prominence in London in the Sixties – positions him in a history of art from which he had been notably absent. The research on Vaughan asserts a new reading of his work, one that is both deeper and more nuanced in its analysis of the ways in which personal experience and sexuality are encoded autobiographically within his work. Crucially, in both artists biography and work are symbiotically linked; the research therefore examines the links between life and art.
Revisionary in intent, the work examines trajectories of experience of gay British (or rather, English) artists in the twentieth century, artists who sought to express themselves and forge careers within the constraints of a heteronormative society, albeit one in which attitudes to sexuality were undergoing change. As gay men, both were constrained by the social mores of their times, and each used painting as a means to affirm personal and sexual identities. A key research interest is in the ways in which sexuality and persona are reflected in critical responses to the artist’s work: in Vaughan, Procktor and other gay male artists of the period. The writing on both Procktor and Vaughan examines the relationship between their personal and professional/artistic lives, framed within a broader socio-political and art historical context. It asserts the place of biography as a means to understand and form new readings of the work. The work adds substantially to the literature and wider discourse on post-war British painting and social history
Nanoelectrical characterization of ZnO:Al films prepared by spray pyrolysis
No full textSociedad Mexicana de Ciencia y Tecnología de Superficies y Materiales A.C.
VIII International Conference on Surfaces, Materials and Vacuum
September 21st – 25th, 2015 Puebla, Puebl
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