151 research outputs found
Moral in der Sackgasse oder Mitarbeit mit den Tätern als die einzige Möglichkeit des Widerstandes. Zum Opfer-Täter-Motiv in den Werken von Doron Rabinovici
No full textMorality in a Dead End or Collaboration with Perpetrators
as the Only Possibility of Resistance. On Victim-Perpetrator Motif
in Doron Rabinovici’s Texts
This paper shows how the Jews were forced to cooperate with the Nazi regime during the World War II. The aim of this publication is to analyze the motives of victims and perpetrators, and the difficult relations between them in the works written by Austrian-Jewish author Doron Rabinovici
La “memoria attiva” come gioco delle identità nel romanzo «Suche nach M.» di Doron Rabinovici
No full textThe following essay explores the theme of remembrance as a question of identity in Doron Rabinovici’s novel Suche nach M. The Austria Jewish author concentrates on the quest for self-determination through various means, which are determined by generational differences. While the generation of survivors sees remembrance of the Holocaust as a moment of silence, their children commemorate it through masquerades or carnivals. Rabinovici’s novel, with its emphasis on a collective search for identity, is an exemplary contribution
to Holocaust literature as a re-elaboration of Jewish cultural biblical tradition
Prvky metody helen Doron Early English ve výuce angličtiny na 1.stupni ZŠ
No full textThis work theoretically introduces Helen Doron Early English method for English language teaching, and summarizes its basic principles in relation to the age of the target group of this work. Some of the principles and elements of the method, for instance repeated hearing, brain jog activities, reading cards, work with pictures and so on, will be introduced in the practical part and their applicability for primary school teaching will be discussed. The author will create three lesson plans using these principles and these lessons will be taught and assessed in this work
On Hitting-Set Generators for Polynomials That Vanish Rarely
No full textThe problem of constructing hitting-set generators for polynomials of low degree is fundamental in complexity theory and has numerous well-known applications. We study the following question, which is a relaxation of this problem: Is it easier to construct a hitting-set generator for polynomials p: ⁿ → of degree d if we are guaranteed that the polynomial vanishes on at most an ε > 0 fraction of its inputs? We will specifically be interested in tiny values of ε≪ d/||. This question was first considered by Goldreich and Wigderson (STOC 2014), who studied a specific setting geared for a particular application, and another specific setting was later studied by the third author (CCC 2017).
In this work our main interest is a systematic study of the relaxed problem, in its general form, and we prove results that significantly improve and extend the two previously-known results. Our contributions are of two types:
- Over fields of size 2 ≤ || ≤ poly(n), we show that the seed length of any hitting-set generator for polynomials of degree d ≤ n^{.49} that vanish on at most ε = ||^{-t} of their inputs is at least Ω((d/t)⋅log(n)).
- Over ₂, we show that there exists a (non-explicit) hitting-set generator for polynomials of degree d ≤ n^{.99} that vanish on at most ε = ||^{-t} of their inputs with seed length O((d-t)⋅log(n)). We also show a polynomial-time computable hitting-set generator with seed length O((d-t)⋅(2^{d-t}+log(n))).
In addition, we prove that the problem we study is closely related to the following question: "Does there exist a small set S ⊆ ⁿ whose degree-d closure is very large?", where the degree-d closure of S is the variety induced by the set of degree-d polynomials that vanish on S
Translations Facing Inwards: James VI/I’s Basilikon Doron
No full textFirst published in 1599, and thereafter subjected to very careful revision on the part of its author, and destined to become the protagonist of a most adventurous editorial history, the Basilikon Doron has always presented a serious puzzle to editors and textual critics. James VI of Scotland, a king with no little experience of writing, attempted with this treatise the impossible task of exerting total control on his published work, and this, coupled with the extraordinary political circumstances surrounding the appearance of this text, triggered its fascinating textual history. This results in a text with many variants and translations, and the first is the work of its author, who transposes the original, heavily Scottish text into a wholly Anglicized version, ready for a publication that would be associated with the new King of England. The text immediately became the subject of discussion in Europe, and unauthorised new editions and translations began to appear, much to James’s annoyance.
The present chapter analyses two translations that are deeply embedded in James’s own preoccupation with the circulation of his political work: one is the King’s own transposition of the text from Middle Scots to English; the other is the Italian translation undertaken by John Florio, and surviving in manuscript. Obsessively faithful to the 1603 printed version, Florio’s translation does not look outward, at a possible Italian readership of the treatise; it rather attempts to reflect further glory on James’s text, closely imitating all its characteristics and explicitly proposing itself as a homage to a king that subsumes in himself all political thought: the centre towards which all advice writing converges, and from which it will spring again in different idioms
Can self-esteem be improved using short daily training on mobile applications?: Examining real world data of GG Self-esteem users
No full textObjective
Using real world data, we examined the associations between self‐esteem ratings and the short, daily use of a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)‐based mobile application targeting self‐esteem related beliefs. The effects of using this application on mood ratings were also assessed.
Method
Real world data of GG Self‐esteem users were collected from January 2019 until August 2019. Participants’ self‐esteem and mood scores were evaluated at three‐time points corresponding to Levels 1, 20 and 46 of the mobile application.
Results
Significant increases in self‐esteem ratings were found across all three‐time points. Increased mood ratings were only found at Level 20, compared to baseline. Dropout rates across assessment points were associated with younger age, and males showed significantly higher self‐esteem scores than women at baseline and the second assessment point.
Conclusions
Our findings are consistent with previous controlled trials indicating that using CBT‐based mHealth applications targeting maladaptive beliefs may be useful for increasing user's wellness and reducing distress
BNT162b2 Vaccine Effectiveness against Omicron in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age
No full textBACKGROUND: Limited evidence is available on the real-world effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and specifically against infection with the omicron variant among children 5 to 11 years of age. METHODS: Using data from the largest health care organization in Israel, we identified a cohort of children 5 to 11 years of age who were vaccinated on or after November 23, 2021, and matched them with unvaccinated controls to estimate the vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 among newly vaccinated children during the omicron wave. Vaccine effectiveness against documented severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and symptomatic Covid-19 was estimated after the first and second vaccine doses. The cumulative incidence of each outcome in the two study groups through January 7, 2022, was estimated with the use of the Kaplan–Meier estimator, and vaccine effectiveness was calculated as 1 minus the risk ratio. Vaccine effectiveness was also estimated in age subgroups. RESULTS: Among 136,127 eligible children who had been vaccinated during the study period, 94,728 were matched with unvaccinated controls. The estimated vaccine effectiveness against documented infection was 17% (95% confidence interval [CI], 7 to 25) at 14 to 27 days after the first dose and 51% (95% CI, 39 to 61) at 7 to 21 days after the second dose. The absolute risk difference between the study groups at days 7 to 21 after the second dose was 1905 events per 100,000 persons (95% CI, 1294 to 2440) for documented infection and 599 events per 100,000 persons (95% CI, 296 to 897) for symptomatic Covid-19. The estimated vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic Covid-19 was 18% (95% CI, −2 to 34) at 14 to 27 days after the first dose and 48% (95% CI, 29 to 63) at 7 to 21 days after the second dose. We observed a trend toward higher vaccine effectiveness in the youngest age group (5 or 6 years of age) than in the oldest age group (10 or 11 years of age). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that as omicron was becoming the dominant variant, two doses of the BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccine provided moderate protection against documented SARS-CoV-2 infection and symptomatic Covid-19 in children 5 to 11 years of age. (Funded by the European Union through the VERDI project and others.
Re-Enacting Pasts, Presents, and Futures in the Middle East in Yochai Avrahami and Doron Tavori’s “Land of the Gilead”
No full textThis article focuses on a performance titled In the Land of the Gilead, performed in 2012 by Doron Tavori and Yochai Avrahami at the Centre for Digital Art in Israel. The work was performed as a part of the exhibition Le’an (Where To?). Its title is derived from a plan suggested by Laurence Oliphant (a British colonialist bureaucrat, author, and Member of Parliament) in 1881 to settle Jews in the Gilead region east of the Jordan River. The article examines the ways in which Tavori and Avrahami re-enact Oliphant’s plan, which was never realised, as well as numerous other historical moments of Oliphant’s colonialist endeavours and those of his contemporaries, tying them to the present-day situation in the Middle East and elsewhere. The article also examines the wider contexts and curatorial strategies of the exhibition Le’an, which focused on alternative Zionist histories that challenged Zionism’s exclusive focus on the land of Israel. The article suggests that by juxtaposing nuanced and complex re-enactments of numerous and conflicting histories, the work prompts audiences to reconsider their political and national understanding of such colonial and Zionist histories, allowing these complex pasts (which are often celebrated or silenced) to be articulated as integral to contemporary national narratives
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