761 research outputs found
Erin Duran, LGBTQA Advisor and Residential Life Coordinator
Full text linkIn this new Next Page column, Erin Duran, LGBTQA Advisor and Residential Life Coordinator, shares with us the name of the author he appreciates even more now that he knows said author is from his home state of Texas, which title caught his attention as a sixth grader (and the hit song played on repeat while reading!), and which authors he frequently recommends to students for their challenging (in a good way) discussion of LGBTQA topics
Empathy as a predictor of peripersonal space: Evidence from the crossmodal congruency task
Full text linkTo investigate whether individual differences in Empathy predict the characteristics of Peripersonal Space (PPS) representations, we asked participants to complete the IRI questionnaire and a visuo-tactile crossmodal congruency task (CCT) as an index of PPS. In the CCT, they responded to the elevation of a tactile target while ignoring a visual distractor presented at the same (i.e. congruent) or different (i.e. incongruent) elevation. The target-distractor distance was also manipulated in depth, with visual distractors randomly presented at near, middle or far locations (0 cm, 25 cm or 50 cm). The near and middle crossmodal congruency effects (CCE) were inversely related to participants’ scores on the Empathic Concern sub-scale (EC). Furthermore, the slope of participants’ CCE across locations was related to EC scores, with flatter slopes for higher EC individuals. Thus, higher EC individuals showed reduced visuo-tactile integration responses within PPS and a reduced differentiation between PPS and extra-personal space (EPS)
Please please tell me now the Duran Duran story
No full textIn 'Please Please Tell Me Now', bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Featuring exclusive interviews with the band and never-before-published photos from personal archives, this book offers a definitive account of one of the last untold sagas in rock and roll history - a treat for diehard fans, new admirers, and music lovers of any age. From the author of 'Gold Dust Woman
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Book review: women in political theory by Jane Duran
No full textWomen in Political Theory is the first volume to explore the intersections of feminism, politics and philosophy, and to consider the contribution of women philosophers to the field of contemporary political thought, claims its author Jane Duran. With a focus on five central thinkers, Sarah Grimké, Anna Julia Cooper, Jane Addams, Rosa Luxemburg, and Hannah Arendt, Duran hopes to show that each woman was in fact an established political theorist of her time. Katherine Williams recommends this volume to students, scholars and readers with an interest in philosophy, political and social theory, feminism, and gender studies
Paul de Burgos et Profiat Duran déchiffrent 1391
No full textSe fondant sur des textes écrits au moment des pogroms et conversions forcées de 1391, l’auteur se propose de mettre en lumière le sens qu’ont donné à ces événements aussi bien ceux qui se sont convertis, comme Paul de Burgos, que ceux qui ont choisi de rester Juifs, comme Profiat Duran. Cette étude permet également une relecture des persécutions subies par les Juifs à travers l’Europe tout au long du Moyen Âge. En effet, Paul de Burgos comme Profiat Duran cherchent à replacer les événements espagnols de 1391 dans un mouvement historique de longue durée, auquel ils cherchent à donner sens.Basándose en textos escritos en el momento de los pogromos y conversiones forzadas de 1391, el autor se propone evidenciar el sentido que tuvieron dichos acontecimientos tanto para aquellos como Pablo de Burgos que se convirtieron como para aquellos como Profiat Duran que decidieron seguir siendo judíos. Este estudio permite asimismo una relectura de las persecuciones padecidas por los judíos a través de Europa a lo largo de la Edad Media. Efectivamente, Pablo de Burgos, como Profiat Duran, tratan de situar los acontecimientos españoles de 1391 en un movimiento histórico de larga duración al que procuran dar sentido.Based on texts written at the time of the pogroms and forced conversions of 1391, the author intends to shed light on the meaning attributed to these events by both those who chose to convert, such as Paul of Burgos, and those who chose to remain Jews, such as Profiat Duran. This study also enables us to review the persecutions which Jews throughout Europe were subjected to during the Middle Ages. Paul of Burgos and Profiat Duran alike tried to place the Spanish events of 1391 in a long-term historical movement to which they strove to give meaning
Joint scaling analysis of atmospheric velocity and wind power plant production
No full textIn a context of energy transition, wind energy is a source of clean energy with the potential of partially satisfying the growing demand. The main problem of this type of energy, and other types of renewable energy remains the discontinuity of the electric power produced in different scales, inducing large fluctuations also called intermittency. This intermittency of wind energy is inherent to the turbulent nature of wind. Here, we consider the relation between velocity and power output with two wind turbine databases. We focus on joint relations with Fourrier analysis, empirical mode decomposition (EMD), Time-dependent intrinsic correlation (TDIC). We also consider the causality using a new method of analysis of the causality between two time series
Auditoria cultural d'una empresa d'alta tecnologia com a procediment inicial en la implementació d'una estratègia de formació continuada : la gestió del coneixement : tesi doctoral realitzada per Maria del Mar Duran Bell onch
Full text linkConsultable des del TDXTítol obtingut de la portada digitalitzadaLa Tesi que es presenta consta de tres parts. En la primera s'ofereix un Marc Teòric sintètic sobre la Gestió del Coneixement a l'empresa i la Cultura Organitzativa Orientada a Compartir que li és inherent. L'autora proposa un Model per Endegar un Procediment d'Auditoria Cultural a l'Empresa basat en el Canvi Cultural. La segona part comprèn el desenvolupament de la recerca empírica realitzada mitjançant el mètode etnogràfic i els resultats que s'han obtingut. Duran realitza l'Auditoria Cultural d'una empresa d'Alta Tecnologia en relació a la Gestió del Coneixement. En la tercera part s'exposen les conclusions de la recerca i les propostes d'acord amb el tema estudiat. La primera proposta versa sobre el paper que ha de jugar la persona Llicenciada en Ciències de l'Educació en la Gestió del Coneixement a l'Empresa. En segon lloc, l'autora fa una proposta concreta per endegar un Procés Global i Formal de Gestió del Coneixement a l'empresa estudiada, basant-se en l'Auditoria Cultural realitzada.This thesis has three parts. The first of these provides a synthetic Theoretical Framework on Knowledge Management within the company and on the Organisational Culture Directed at Sharing what is inherent to this. The author of the thesis proposes a Model for Initiating a Process of Cultural Auditing within the Company, based on Cultural Change. The second part covers the development of an empirical research project carried out through the ethnographical method, as well as the results obtained through this. Duran undertakes the Cultural Auditing of a High Technology company with respect to Knowledge Management. The third part sets out the conclusions to this research and the related suggestions, in accordance with the question under discussion. The first proposal deals with the role that an Education graduate should play in the ambit of Knowledge Management within the Company. The author then makes a specific proposal for initiating a Global and Formal Process of Knowledge Management within the company studied, basing this upon the Cultural Auditing that has been undertaken
Foveal and Extrafoveal Processing of Facial Features for Emotion Recognition
Full text linkThis thesis focuses on the differential contributions of foveal and extrafoveal processing of facial features to the identification of facially expressed emotions. Each facial expression of the six basic emotions – happy, sad, fearful, surprised, disgusted and angry – has distinctive features that are informative for their recognition. We investigated whether: (1) foveal processing of emotion-informative features enhances emotion recognition, relative to extrafoveal processing of those features; (2) this is due to high spatial frequency (HSF) processing by the fovea; (3) eye movements target emotion-informative features when not initially fixated; (4) gaze patterns while viewing facial expressions are specific to each expression; and (5) preferential visual sampling of emotion-informative features is linked to better emotion recognition.
Across four experiments, expressions of anger, surprise, fear, sadness and disgust were presented briefly, precluding eye movements, at positions which ensured that either eye, central brow, either cheek or the mouth fell on the fovea. Enforced fixation on the mouth improved recognition accuracy for fearful, surprised and disgusted expressions and reduced misclassification of fear as surprise and disgust as anger (Experiments 1 and 2). Enforced fixation on the brow and mouth led to higher anger recognition accuracy compared to the cheeks (Experiment 2). Intensity of expressions did not modulate the effect of initially fixating on emotion-informative features on emotion recognition. There were fewer neutral responses for anger at the brow region (Experiment 3). There were also fewer neutral responses for fear and surprise at the mouth (Experiment 3). While filtering out the HSF from the fixated emotion-informative features did not affect emotion recognition, occluding them impaired it (Experiment 4). Reflexive first saccades were more often directed upwards from lower features than downwards from upper features, yet more detailed analysis showed that they did not target emotion-informative features as suggested by previous research (Experiments 1, 2 and 3). Finally, when allowed to view faces for 5s, gaze patterns reflected the distribution of emotion-informative features and there was a positive correlation between time spent looking at the mouth and disgust recognition (Experiment 2).
Overall, we found that foveal processing of some emotion-informative features improved emotion recognition, however, this was not due to HSF processing at the fovea. Additionally, instead of being guided by emotion-informative facial features, initial saccades might be guided more strongly by the centre-of-gravity effect or a general top-down knowledge of face configuration. The saccade patterns observed also suggest that observers seek to sample as much of the face space as possible in order to classify its expression
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