87 research outputs found
PRINTMAKING AND COLLAGE
No full textDiplomska naloga je osredotočena na kolažiranje različnih medijev v grafiki. Del vsebine zajema predstavitev grafičnih tehnik globokega tiska, ki jih je avtorica osvojila v grafičnem studiu Edinburgh Printmakers. Predstavljeni so tudi različni mediji, kot so kolaž, fotografija, risba in grafika, v medsebojnem odnosu.
V drugem delu je izvedena primerjava posameznih del slovenske grafičarke Zore Stančič z deli avtorice tega diplomskega dela. Vsako izmed del je razloženo z vidika izpričanih kolažnih lastnosti, uporabe posameznega medija in likovnega problema. Avtorica se je odločila za primerjavo svojih del in del Zore Stančič z vidika kolažne tehnike, in to zaradi njunega neprestanega raziskovanja in kombiniranja drugih medijev v grafiko. Preučila je tipične značilnosti kolaža in možnosti, ki nam jih ta tehnika ponuja. Raziskovala je odnos med kolažem in grafiko ter drugimi mediji in grafiko v Zorinih in svojih delih ter predstavila, v katerih njunih delih se prepozna princip kolaža, in ga razložila. Na osnovi obravnavanih grafik je skušala odkriti tako tendence te tehnike kot načine izvedbe. Preko tega je razvidno, da so tendence kolaža prisotne v vseh predstavljenih delih in da je kolažiranje različnih medijev mogoče in lahko tudi zelo kvalitetno. Pridobivanje informacij o temi je potekalo z deskriptivno, zgodovinsko in komparativno metodo. Uporabljeni so bili primarni in sekundarni viri ter viri s spletnih strani avtorjev in projektov. Namen diplomskega dela je preučiti možnosti kolažiranja različnih medijev v grafiki in raziskati vzrok za tovrstno kolažiranje. Hkrati pa medsebojno primerjati njune grafike in njihov nastanek.The bachelor’s degree thesis focuses on combining different media in the field of printmaking. The first part consists of a presentation of intaglio graphic techniques, which the author learned at the Edinburgh Printmakers graphics studio. Different media are presented, such as collage, photography, drawing, and prints, as well as the relationship between them. In the second part, the author carries out a comparison of individual works by the Slovene graphic artist Zora Stančič with works created by the author of the thesis. Each work is explained from the perspective of its evident collage properties, use of individual media, and artistic problem. The author decided to compare her own works with those of Zora Stančič from the perspective of the employment of the collage technique since both artists are devoted to constantly researching and combining printmaking with other media. She analyzed typical characteristics of the collage technique and the possibilities this technique offers. She analyzed both Zora Stančič’s and her own works from the perspective of the relationship between collage and printmaking, and between printmaking and other media. She pointed out the works in which the collage principle can be identified, which then she further explained. By examining individual works the author attempted to uncover the tendencies of printmaking, as well as different means of its employment. In doing so it became evident that some collage tendencies are present in all the presented works and that combining different media is not only possible, but can also lead to high quality results. The information on the topic presented was obtained by means of descriptive, historical, and comparative methods. The author used primary and secondary sources, as well as the web sites of artists, and projects. The purpose of the thesis was to analyze the possibilities of employing a collage of different media in the printmaking, to research the reasons for doing such, and to compare the graphic works of the two artists and their origins
The importance of reading for the integrated development of adolescents
No full textDiplomsko delo se ukvarja z branjem učencev v osnovni šoli. Avtorica želi pokazati, na kakšen način lahko spodbujamo otroke, da bodo lažje in z večjim veseljem brali. V prvem delu naloge predstavi pojme, ki so pri analizi tega problema potrebni (vrste branja, vrste besedil, bralne stopnje, bralne sposobnosti) in predstavi učni načrt. Pomembno je tudi četrto poglavje, v katerem podrobneje predstavi pouk književnosti, predstavi potrebne kompetence učitelja in vlogo staršev. V drugem delu je izvedena analiza vprašanj, ki so zapisana ob besedilih v berilih. Ugotavlja, na kakšen način spodbujajo mladega bralca in ali so vprašanja primerna za določeno starost učencev. Na podlagi analize potrdi, da je učni načrt primeren in da so izbrana berila primerno zastavljena, da je mladi bralec dobro usmerjen h kvalitetnemu branju.This thesis deals with pupils’ reading abilities in primary schools. The author wants to present the way in which we can motivate children to read more easily and with more enthusiasm. In the first part of the paper she presents several key notions (different ways of reading, types of texts, reading levels, reading ability), which are vital for the analysis of the problem and also describes the curriculum at schools. The fourth chapter is important as well, because it shows us what literature classes at schools look like and it talks about required skills of the teachers and the role of the parents. The second part of the thesis presents an analysis of the questions, which we can find next to the texts in reading-books. The author tries to determine how these questions motivate and stimulate a young reader and whether they are suitable for their age. The results of the analysis confirm that the questions and the curriculum are appropriate for the young reader and that they direct the children towards quality reading
Architecture and Ideology: Hitler Youth Organisations in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the Sudeten Reichsgau
No full textThis article examines the architecture of the Nazi regime in two occupied cities of Czechoslovakia, Praha/Prag and Jihlava/Iglau (the latter being one of the traditionally German-speaking island in the bohemia country), and focuses specifically on the process by which Hitler youth organisations (Hitlerjugend) in case of ‘education’ and indoctrination of youth were or were not successfully established in these cities. As comparison, he takes the political-administrative centres of the Sudeten Reichsgau, Ústí/Aussig, Opava/Troppau, Karlovy Vary/Karlsbad and Liberec/Reichenberg. Drawing on Czech and German archive materials, the extensive body of modern analytical literature, and propagandist literature from the period studied, the author examines the extent to which architecture served as a projection screen for Fascist propaganda in the Occupied Eastern territories. He describes the role played by the Reichsstelle für Raumordnung and shows how the Reich’s propagandist objectives came to be reflected in a high specific typology and stylistic lexicon/configuration for the architecture of Hitler youth hostels and homes He examines the process by which these organisations were powerful implanted into the space of occupied Czechoslovakia (and Sudeten) too, a topic that has not yet been addressed in (art) history too. The building projects developed for the Protectorate (published here for the first time) and managed by the Reich’s Hitler Youth Leadership in Berlin (Kulturamt, Reichsjugendführung, RJF, Abteilung HJ) reveal the ties that existed between the construction authorities in the Reich and the Protectorate, including the Planning Committee for the City of Prague. The author asks how many German and Czech architects participated for their own profit in the Nazi system, and for future research raises the hitherto taboo question of guilt and collaboration with the Nazis and the perception of this phenomenon in art history, i.e. the measure of active cooperation of not just German but also Czech architects who contributed to the planning and implementation of projects and thereby unequivocally had a hand in consolidating the totalitarian regime and de facto in the forced „Germanification” of their own people under occupation
The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson: From College to Nation
No full textMark R. Nemec is a contributing author, The Unappreciated Legacy: Wilson, Princeton & the Ideal of the American State, p.185-206.
Book description:
In The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson, James Axtell brings together essays by eight leading historians and one historically minded political scientist to examine the long, formative academic phase of Wilson’s career and its connection to his relatively brief tenure in politics. Together, the essays provide a greatly revised picture of Wilson’s whole career and a deeply nuanced understanding of the evolution of his educational, political, and social philosophy and policies, the ordering of his values and priorities, and the seamless link between his academic and political lives. The contributors shed light on Wilson’s unexpected rise to the governorship of New Jersey and the presidency, and how he prepared for elective office through his long study of government and the practice of academic politics, which he deemed no less fierce than that of Washington. In both spheres he was enormously successful, propelling a string of progressive reforms through faculty and legislative forums. Only after he was beset by health problems and events beyond his control did he fail to push his academic and postwar agendas to their logical, idealistic conclusions.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/politics-books/1041/thumbnail.jp
Quantum transport in carbon-based nanostructures
No full textThe electronic structure and the quantum transport properties of graphene,
carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons are studied using analytical and
numerical tools. Special care is taken in considering fundamental questions
of high experimental relevance and in relating the results to experiments.
The main focus of the work is on numerical calculations based on the
tight-binding description of electrons, also integrating the results of
microscopic ab initio calculations and including several minimal models at
various degrees of detail.
Transport calculations are done based on the Landauer formalism of linear
conductance, using Green function decimation algorithms for the efficient
handling of large systems of up to thousands of atoms.
Following three detailed theoretical introductory chapters, the work is
organized in four parts: One chapter on the effects of realistically modelled
metallic contacts on the transport properties of nanotubes and -ribbons,
including a section dealing with ballistic magnetoresistance effects. Another
chapter about the mesoscopic length scales in disordered and defective carbon
systems. A chapter on multilayer carbon systems that deals with issues of
approximate momentum conservation in incommensurate systems. Finally, a
chapter on the effects of external magnetic fields on the electronic
structure of carbon systems.
The appendices give a precise derivation of the theoretical tools used in the
work and include fully documented source code implementations of the relevant
algorithms used throughout the project
Structural Bootstrapping - A Novel, Generative Mechanism for Faster and More Efficient Acquisition of Action-Knowledge
No full textHumans, but also robots, learn to improve their behavior. Without existing knowledge, learning either needs to be explorative and, thus, slow or–to be more efficient–it needs to rely on supervision, which may not always be available. However, once some knowledge base exists an agent can make use of it to improve learning efficiency and speed. This happens for our children at theage of around three when they very quickly begin to assimilate new information by making guided guesses how this fits to their prior knowledge. This is a very efficient generative learning mechanism in the sense that the existing knowledge is generalized into as-yet unexplored, novel domains. So far generative learning has not been employed for robots and robot learning remains to be a slow and tedious process. The goal of the current study is to devise for the first time a general framework for a generative process that will improve learning and which can be applied at all different levels of the robot’s cognitive architecture. To this end, we introduce the concept of structural bootstrapping–borrowed andmodified from child language acquisition–to define a probabilistic process that uses existing knowledge together with new observations to supplement our robot’s data-base with missing information about planning-, object-, as well as, action-relevant entities. In a kitchen scenario, we use the example of making batter by pouring and mixing two components and show that the agent can efficiently acquire new knowledge about planning operators, objects as wellas required motor pattern for stirring by structural bootstrapping
Retrieving the susceptibility from time-resolved terahertz experiments
No full textCopyright © 2007 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Journal of Chemical Physics 127 (2007) and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?JCPSA6/127/094308/1We present an analytical expression for the observed signal in time- and phase-resolved pump-probe studies, with particular emphasis on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Maxwell's equations are solved for the response of damped, harmonic oscillators to a driving probe field in the perturbative regime. Our analytical expressions agree with the one previously reported in the literature [Nemec et al., J. Chem. Phys. 122, 104503 (2005)] in the Drude limit; however, they differ in the case of a vibrational resonanc
Hofstadter butterflies of carbon nanotubes: Pseudofractality of the magnetoelectronic spectrum
No full textThe electronic spectrum of a two-dimensional square lattice in a perpendicular magnetic field has become known as the Hofstadter butterfly [Hofstadter, Phys. Rev. B 14, 2239 (1976).]. We have calculated quasi-one-dimensional analogs of the Hofstadter butterfly for carbon nanotubes (CNTs). For the case of single-wall CNTs, it is straightforward to implement magnetic fields parallel to the tube axis by means of zone folding in the graphene reciprocal lattice. We have also studied perpendicular magnetic fields which, in contrast to the parallel case, lead to a much richer, pseudofractal spectrum. Moreover, we have investigated magnetic fields piercing double-wall CNTs and found strong signatures of interwall interaction in the resulting Hofstadter butterfly spectrum, which can be understood with the help of a minimal model. Ubiquitous to all perpendicular magnetic field spectra is the presence of cusp catastrophes at specific values of energy and magnetic field. Resolving the density of states along the tube circumference allows recognition of the snake states already predicted for nonuniform magnetic fields in the two-dimensional electron gas. An analytic model of the magnetic spectrum of electrons on a cylindrical surface is used to explain some of the results
Hofstadter butterflies of bilayer graphene
No full textWe calculate the electronic spectrum of bilayer graphene in perpendicular magnetic fields nonperturbatively. To accommodate arbitrary displacements between the two layers, we apply a periodic gauge based on singular flux vortices of phase 2 pi. The resulting Hofstadter-like butterfly plots show a reduced symmetry, depending on the relative position of the two layers against each other. The split of the zero-energy relativistic Landau level differs by one order of magnitude between Bernal and non-Bernal stacking
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