2,176 research outputs found
Mehr Leben als Tod in Rom. Josef Winklers römische Novelle «Natura morta»
No full textThe essay’s introduction examines the importance of Italy for Josef Winkler and puts the novella «Natura morta» in context with his oeuvre. The subsequent analysis of the text highlights the technique used by the author, which shows similarities with the process of film shooting. The narrator’s eye follows the main character like a movie camera and is focused on numerous details as if it were zooming on them. In this process, while advancing the novella’s plot, the author paints a colorful portrait of Rome, bringing the city to
life like a baroque still life
A Translation Study of Silentium! by Wolf Haas
No full textabstract: Wolfgang Haas is an award-winning Austrian author known primarily for his entertaining and quirky detective novels which follow the misadventures of Simon Brenner, an Austrian private investigator. These novels are notable for their subtle and not-so-subtle critiques of contemporary Austrian society and culture, their sometimes grisly content, and their unique and colloquial use of the Austrian variety of the German language. Haas has received numerous literary awards in the German-speaking world and attributes his success to the unique way he tells his stories, rather than the stories themselves. Of the seven Brenner novels that have been published thus far, only one is available in English translation, and he remains virtually unknown in the English-speaking world. This thesis includes a brief biography of Haas and an overview of his career, an analysis of his unique writing style and the problems they pose for a translator, and an English translation of the first two chapters of the novel Silentium! (1999).Dissertation/ThesisM.A. German 201
Hollywood Film as Therapy: Hugo Haas, Trauma, and Survivor Guilt
No full textThe article discusses the exile cinema of Czechoslovakia-born producer, director, and actor Hugo Haas (1901–1968). As a prominent Jewish artist with strong anti-Nazi convictions, Haas was forced to escape his homeland when Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939. Deeply traumatized by losing his close relatives in the Holocaust, Haas used his independent productions made in Hollywood after World War II to cope with his feelings of loss, pain, loneliness, and dispossession. The author reads selected films, disguised as run-of-the-mill genre pieces, against the filmmaker’s personal history and identifies patterns and motives suggesting that Haas’s body of work was strongly informed by his survivor guilt and trauma
Evaluating tire/pavement noise utilizing the on-board sound intensity method
No full textMitigating transportation noise is a major concern for Departments of Transportation (DOT) nationwide. From a responsibility standpoint, once a noise source leaves the boundary of the property, the noise control falls under the jurisdiction of the DOT. In the past, mitigation by the DOT was typically accomplished by erecting a sound barrier. If there was more noise or louder noise, a larger wall was used. As construction of these walls is prohibitively expensive, DOTs are increasingly interested in mitigating noise from the source. In order to investigate noise being produced at the source, the on-board sound intensity method was utilized to investigate quiet pavements. The method revealed the acoustical properties of both conventional pavements and quiet pavements. This research also led to the investigation of the effects of vehicle speed, effects of temperature and effects of different consumer tires and the role each plays in the generation of noise at the tire pavement interface.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Edwin H Haas II
Haas-Molnar Continued Fractions and Metric Diophantine Approximation.
No full textHaas–Molnar maps are a family of maps of the unit interval introduced by A. Haas and D. Molnar. They include the regular continued fraction map and A. Renyi’s backward continued fraction map as important special cases. As shown by Haas and Molnar, it is possible to extend the theory of metric diophantine approximation, already well developed for the Gauss continued fraction map, to the class of Haas–Molnar maps. In particular, for a real number x, if (p n /q n )n≥1 denotes its sequence of regular continued fraction convergents, set θ n (x) = q 2n|x − p n /q n |, n = 1, 2.... The metric behaviour of the Cesàro averages of the sequence (θ n (x))n≥1 has been studied by a number of authors. Haas and Molnar have extended this study to the analogues of the sequence (θ n (x))n≥1 for the Haas–Molnar family of continued fraction expansions. In this paper we extend the study of n≥1 for certain sequences (k n )n≥1, initiated by the second named author, to Haas–Molnar maps
Observations of the de Haas-van Alpen Effect in Arsenic
No full textTitle: Observations of the de Haas-van Alpen Effect in Arsenic, Author: John Vanderkooy, Location: ThodeSemimetallic arsenic has been studied by magneto-resistance
methods and measurement of the de Haas-van Alphen effect using torque and magneto-thermal measurements. Several modifications have been made in the conventional torque techniques. An important cause of nonlinear effects in the torque experiments is presented and compared to other mechanisms for nonlinearities. The Fermi surface of arsenic as determined experimentally is shown to be in good agreement with recent
theoretical calculations which were partially guided by the experiments.ThesisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD
Shubnikov–de Haas Effect in the Metallic State of Na0.3CoO2
No full textShubnikov–de Haas oscillations for two well-defined frequencies, corresponding, respectively, to areas of 0.8 and 1.36% of the first Brillouin zone, were observed in single crystals of Na0.3CoO2. The existence of Na superstructures in Na0.3CoO2, coupled with this observation, suggests the possibility that the periods are due to the reconstruction of the large Fermi surface around the ? point. An alternative interpretation in terms of the long sought-after ?g? pockets is also considered but found to be incompatible with existing specific heat data.Kavli Institute of NanoscienceApplied Science
Small-angle Shubnikov-de Haas measurements in a 2D electron system: The effect of a strong in-plane magnetic field
No full textMeasurements in magnetic fields applied at small angles relative to the electron plane in silicon MOSFETs indicate a factor of two increase of the frequency of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations at H>H_{sat}. This signals the onset of full spin polarization above H_{sat}, the parallel field above which the resistivity saturates to a constant value.Applied Science
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The joy of knowing pete: much was said, yet no words were spoken, by Hazel Morgan. YouCaxton publications. 2022
No full textHazel Morgan wrote her first book, Through Pete's Eyes, about her son's early childhood. In this second book she makes no attempt to be his voice but tells us her own stories, as she remembers her son with love. He was born in 1977 and lived for 18 years. The family had the benefit of living in a tied bungalow in the grounds of a school where his father, Andy, was deputy head. Pete was communicative but did not use words; he could not write his own story in text. This is a book is written through a mother's eyes about how her family learnt to live alongside Down syndrome, and profound and multiple learning disabilities. It eloquently describes this experience, and how this experience helps the author to see the world differently. Through her we learn wisdom from Pete. His adventures became the fondly remembered adventures of the whole family, of his parents and of his brother, Philip
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