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Modul guru pembelajar paket keahlian teknik otomasi industri kelompok kompetensi H
No full textPedoman penyusunan modul diklat pengembangan keprofesian berkelanjutan bagi guru dan tenaga kependidikan merupakan petunjuk bagi penyelenggara pelatihan di dalam melaksakan pengembangan modul. Pedoman ini disajikan untuk memberikan informasi tentang penyusunan modul sebagai salah satu bentuk bahan dalam kegiatan pengembangan keprofesian berkelanjutan bagi guru dan tenaga kependidikan
A “Safely Solipsized” Life: Lolita as Autobiography Revisited
No full text“As a book about the spell exerted by the past, Lolita is Nabokov's own parodic answer to his previous book, the first edition of Speak, Memory” (xxiii), notes Alfred Appel, Jr. in his introduction to The Annotated Lolita, after bringing our attention to the “extent to which Nabokov consciously projected his own life in his fiction” (xxi). This statement should not be taken to imply an existence of a correlation between Lolita's characters or plot and Nabokov's biography, but the possibility to approach the novel as another version of the author's autobiography that focuses on Nabokov's experiences of loss and his struggle to recapture and preserve his past, granting himself—as well as the people and places of his past—a sort of immortality, over which he has the final word. Once fictionalized, these themes stop being a part of the random and uncontrollable fate that governs Nabokov, and become a part of his creation, “safely solipsized” (60), like Humbert Humbert's Lolita, and thus, supposedly manageable. However, just as Lolita, once created, gains agency and escapes her creator, questioning his authorship and his power over her, Lolita the novel may suggest that the past can never be tamed and will continue, instead, to hold the author in its grip
Wetlands as varied as our region
No full textby Rosemary Mannix and Janet Morlan.Title from PDF caption (viewed on June 4, 2021).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (page 9).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
A “Safely Solipsized” Life: Lolita as Autobiography Revisited
No full textDans son introduction à l'édition américaine annotée de Lolita, Alfred Appel Jr. remarque : “En tant que roman de l'ensorcellement exercé par le passé, Lolita est la réponse auto-parodique de Nabokov à son précédent ouvrage, la première édition de son autobiographie, Speak, Memory (Autres Rivages)” (xxiii). Cette remarque vient après qu'Appel a attiré notre attention sur la “manière dont Nabokov projetait de manière consciente sa propre existence dans sa fiction” (xxi). Cette affirmation ne saurait être interprétée comme impliquant une corrélation entre les personnages et l'intrigue de Lolita et la biographie de Nabokov, mais plutôt comme la possibilité d'envisager le roman comme une version autre de l'autobiographie de l'auteur, qui se concentre sur les expériences de la perte de Nabokov, et sur ses difficultés à retrouver et préserver son passé, s'accordant ainsi à lui-même—ainsi qu'aux personnes et lieux de son passé—une sorte d'immortalité, sur laquelle il a le dernier mot. Une fois fictionnalisés, ces thèmes cessent d'appartenir au destin hasardeux et incontrôlable qui préside à la vie de Nabokov, pour devenir l'un des éléments de sa création, tout aussi “définitivement solipsisés” (Lolita, trad. M. Couturier 2010, 867) que l'est Lolita par Humbert, et donc, maîtrisables, du moins en principe. Cependant, tout comme Lolita, une fois créée, acquiert son indépendance et échappe à son créateur, remettant en question son autorité d'auteur et son pouvoir, le roman Lolita peut suggérer que le passé ne peut jamais être apprivoisé, et ne cessera au contraire de tenir l'auteur enchaîné.“As a book about the spell exerted by the past, Lolita is Nabokov's own parodic answer to his previous book, the first edition of Speak, Memory” (xxiii), notes Alfred Appel, Jr. in his introduction to The Annotated Lolita, after bringing our attention to the “extent to which Nabokov consciously projected his own life in his fiction” (xxi). This statement should not be taken to imply an existence of a correlation between Lolita's characters or plot and Nabokov's biography, but the possibility to approach the novel as another version of the author's autobiography that focuses on Nabokov's experiences of loss and his struggle to recapture and preserve his past, granting himself—as well as the people and places of his past—a sort of immortality, over which he has the final word. Once fictionalized, these themes stop being a part of the random and uncontrollable fate that governs Nabokov, and become a part of his creation, “safely solipsized” (60), like Humbert Humbert's Lolita, and thus, supposedly manageable. However, just as Lolita, once created, gains agency and escapes her creator, questioning his authorship and his power over her, Lolita the novel may suggest that the past can never be tamed and will continue, instead, to hold the author in its grip
Implementation of the RS232 communication trainer using computers and the ATMEGA microcontroller for interface engineering Courses
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Forecasting Natural Disasters of Tornados Using mHGN
No full textInternational audienceLots of damages, losses, and costs have been the major concern, why handling natural disasters of tornados is very important. Several attempts using different approaches have been carried out, but up to now the results are not yet satisfactory. More promising approaches through a kind of artificial intelligent forecaster have been started for a while, but the results are still not satisfactory either. The capability of mHGN as a pattern recognizer has opened up a new possibility of recognizing a pattern of tornado many hours earlier. Therefore, it can be used to forecast a tornado more efficiently. The results taken from a simulated circumstances of a multidimensional pattern recognition have shown, that the 91% of accuracy can be regarded as satisfactory. Though, several modifications related to the data representation within the mHGN architecture need to be implemented. The deployment of mHGN in several risky areas of tornados can then be expected as a tool for reducing those damages, losses, and costs
Stenus (Nestus) vinnulus Casey 1884
No full textStenus (Nestus) vinnulus Casey, 1884 Stenus vinnulus Casey, 1884: 112. Stenus vinnulus – Fall 1926: 61. — Puthz 1972d: 107. Stenus (Nestus) vinnulus – Puthz 1972b: 171. — Ryvkin 1987: 159. — Silfverberg 1988: 20 . — Ryabukhin 1999: 46. Stenus (s. str.) vinnulus – Campbell & Davies 1991: 112. Stenus (Nestus) confusoides Renkonen, 1935: 27. Stenus confusoides – Strand 1954: 66. — Puthz 1970a: 39. Stenus (Nestus) confusoides – Renkonen 1936: 179. — Palm 1961: 90. — Puthz 1965: 27. — Puthz 1967a: 49. — Tichomirova 1973: 173. Material examined RUSSIA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Karelia, White Sea, Bay of Kandalaksha, N shore of Chupa Inlet, 500 m NE of Nizhnyaya Polunga: Blizhneye Lake, 18–19 Jul. 2005, P. Petrov leg. (AR); 1 ♀, Tuva, Todjenskiy District, Azas Nature Reserve, environs of Azas Lake, Zelyonoye Lake, 980 m a.s.l., mossy swamps with Ledum palustre, Eriophorum sp., Carex spp., Rubus chamaemorus, Rhododendron sp. etc. near banks of rill (rhadon!) – in moss, 3 Jun. 1990, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (AR); 1 ♀, Evenkia, Baykitskiy District, Central Siberian Biosphere Reserve, Stolbovaya River 8 km up-stream of river mouth, 60 m a.s.l., mosses and litter on open swamp with Carex spp., Comarum palustre, sparse Menyanthes trifoliata, true mosses, Sphagnum spp. etc., 20 Sep. 1991, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (AR); 1 ♀, Evenkia, Central Siberian Biosphere Reserve, Stolbovaya River basin: lower flow of Birapchana River near Kruten’kiy Stream, 110 m a.s.l., backwashing of limestone shingles at river bank, 29 Jun. 1993, V.B. Semenov leg. (AR); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Putorana Highland, nr. Ayan Lake, Kapchug River, riverside ‘tundroid’, bog with mosses and Eriophorum sp., 11 Jun. 1983, K.Yu. Eskov leg. (AR); 1 ♂, Yakutia, Vilyui River basin, Kempendyayi River upstream of Kempendyay Village, 5 Aug. 1988, V. Blagoderov & V. Zherikhin leg. (AR); 1 ♂, Magadan Area, 3 km N of Shirokoye, 7 Jul. 1974, B.A. Korotyayev leg. (AR + 1ex: IBPM); 1 ♀, Amur Area, Selemdzhinskiy District, near Fevral’sk, 268th km of Belogorsk–Fevral’sk road, Tikhiy rill, 275 m a.s.l., mosses and plant debris between sedge & gramineous tussocks among Alnus sp., Salix sp., Spiraea sp. with Sphagnum squarrosum, Sph. spp., etc., 8 Oct. 2008, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (AR); 2 ♂♂, Amur Area, near Zeya Town, 4 Jun. 1978, V.V. Belov & S.A. Kurbatov leg. (AR); 1 ♀, Amur Area, near Zeya Town, Gulik, 19 Oct. 1979, S.A. Serbenyuk leg. (AR); 1 ♀, Amur Area, Selemdzhinskiy District, Norskiy Nature Reserve, Nora River basin, 2 km up-stream of Gryashchinskaya Mt., mosses and plant debris on small open swamp on high flood-plain: tussocks of Calamagrostis sp. and Carex spp. with Sphagnum ? girgensohnii, Sph. squarrosum, Sph. centrale, Sph. spp., Rubus arcticus, Convallaria keiskei, Salix sp., etc., 22 Aug. 2004, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (AR); 1 ♀, Amur Area, Selemdzhinskiy District, Norskiy Nature Reserve, Nora River basin near Maltsevskiy cordon, E side of Maltsevskoye Lake, 210 m a.s.l., sweeping on Carex spp., Poaceae gen. spp. & motley grass, 1 Oct. 2008, E.M. Veselova & A.B. Ryvkin leg. (AR); 1 ♂, Khabarovsk Territory, Jewish Autonomous Area, Obluchenskiy District, SE of Radde, Dichun River, about 2 km off river mouth, near water, 7 Aug. 1977, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (AR); 2ex, [Khabarovsk Territory,] Ussuri River basin, Bikinskiy District, Birskoye, 27 Jun. 1958, O.N. Kabakov leg. (ONK); 1 ex, same locality, 1 Jul. 1958, O.N. Kabakov leg. (ONK); 1 ♀, Maritime Province, Spasskiy District, nr. Novoselskoye, rice field, t=27°, pH =5.8, 11 Aug. 1986, A. Shatrovskiy leg. (AR); 1 ♂, Maritime Province, Spasskiy District, Yevseyevka, in stream, 17 Jul. 1976, E. Berlov leg., ‘ Stenus sp. ’, ‘ Stenus vinnulus Cas., det. V. Puthz 2006 ’ (ASh). CANADA: 1 ♀, Yukon Territory, Klokut Archeol. Site, 6 mi. N of Old Crow, 67°54’N 136°36’W, ex. shallow margin of small lake, 19 Jul. 1977, R.E. Morlan, J.V. Matthews, R.E. Roughley leg. (Yukon Refugium Project) (UASM); 1 ♀, ‘N.W.T. - 21 m. e. Tuktoyaktuk. 17–21.vii. [19]71. D.M. Wood’, ‘ Stenus illotulus Puthz det. V. Puthz 1978’, ‘ob abw. vinnulus ?’, ‘ Eigentum CNC!’ (CNC). Remarks Originally described from the USA. When revising Casey’ s heterogeneous type series, Puthz (1972a) designated the specimen from Cambridge, Massachusetts as the lectotype and placed S. confusoides Renkonen, 1935, that had been known until then from Fennoscandia (Renkonen 1936; Strand 1954; Palm 1961; Puthz 1965, 1970) and E Siberia (Puthz 1967a: Chita Area: ‘Dorf Udotschnoje am Ingodazufluss’), in the synonymy of S. vinnulus. The specimens from Isle Royale, Lake Superior and Marquette, Michigan, were also attributed to the latter species, but the paralectotypes from White Fish Point were identified as S. brivioi Puthz, which was described in the same year (Puthz 1972c). The same author cited E Siberian ‘Poppius-Funde von Ytyk-haja, Ust Aldan und Olekminsk’ for S. vinnulus in the same year (Puthz 1972d). Campbell & Davies (1991), without providing material, reported the species for Alaska and most provinces of Canada, excluding British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland (the first records for Alaska and the Yukon Territory had been provided by Fall 1926). Ryabukhin (1999) mentioned a single specimen of this species from the Magadan Area, Russia, based on my identifications from the IBPM collection (see Material examined above).Published as part of Ryvkin, Alexandr B., 2012, New species and records of Stenus (Nestus) of the canaliculatus group, with the erection of a new species group (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae), pp. 1-62 in European Journal of Taxonomy 13 on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.13, http://zenodo.org/record/385777
Polycomb proteins and breast cancer
No full textIn the Western world, breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy in women and still the leading cause of cancer related deaths, therefore, a better understanding of the disease is needed. Adequate therapeutic targets for all breast cancer types have not been identified yet, and patients with the same type of cancer have often different outcomes. Polycomb proteins are emerging as important factors involved in breast cancer formation. Polycomb proteins play a crucial role in embryogenesis, early development, stem cell renewal and establishing and maintaining cell identity. Their alteration leads to mis-regulation of several important cellular factors including tumour suppressors, DNA repair factors, cell cycle regulation factors and cell-cell interaction factors.
In this thesis the importance of several polycomb proteins in breast cancer has been investigated. The effect of EZH2 knockdown has been tested in breast cancer cell lines expressing different level of the protein and with different features. The results obtained are in line with other studies and suggest that the effect of EZH2 down-regulation in breast cancer cells is dependent on cellular context. In vitro experiments, using both established breast cell lines and primary epithelial cells have been used for investigating the importance of CBX8 in breast cancer. The results obtained showed that the polycomb proteins CBX8 does not play a central role in malignant transformation of the mammary epithelial cells tested
A multidimensional developmental neuropsychological model of borderline personality disorder (BPD): examining evidence for impairments in 'executive function'
No full textBorderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric disorder characterised by turbulent interpersonal relationships, impaired self image, impulsivity, and a recurrent pattern of unstable affect which is usually evident by early adulthood. It has a community prevalence rate of two per cent, and approximately nine per cent of people diagnosed with BPD commit suicide. This suggests that BPD has one of the highest lethality rates of all psychiatric disorders. The course of the disorder shows a steady improvement over the course of early adulthood with the majority of cases remitting by middle age. This positive but incomplete long-term recovery is thought to be a naturalistic outcome that is independent of treatment effect.
The reported study sought to test selected components of a multidimensional developmental neuropsychological model of executive functioning in BPD. The model proposed that BPD is characterised by impairments to four neuropsychological executive functions. These include working memory, response inhibition, affective-attentional bias, and problem-solving. The model further proposed that impaired executive functioning in BPD occurs as a result of the failure of 'experience-dependent' maturation of orbitofrontal structures. These structures are closely associated with the development of the 'cognitive executive'.
The study incorporated a cross-sectional design to analyse data from a BPD group, a Depressed Control Group, and a Medical Control Group. The overall findings of the study returned limited support for the original hypotheses. There was no evidence of deficits in working memory, response-inhibition, or problem-solving. In contrast, the BPD group returned some evidence of deficits in affective-attentional bias.
Therefore, the results suggest that executive functioning remains largely intact in BPD. This also suggests that people with BPD have the working memory resources necessary to facilitate abstract cognition, have the capacity to effectively plan and execute future-oriented acts, and are able to perform appropriate problem-solving functions. These problem-solving returns are also particularly significant because a number of the tasks utilised in the study are known to be associated with so-called 'frontal-executive' function. These unremarkable findings challenge the view that people with BPD might experience some form of subtle neurological impairment associated with frontal-lobe compromise.
The Stroop measure of affective-attentional bias provided the only supportive evidence for the proposed model, and these findings can be accounted for by at least two different explanations. The first suggests that BPD might be characterised by a hypervigilant attentional set. The specific cause of hypervigilance in BPD is unknown, but some candidate factors appear to be the often-reported abuse histories of borderlines, insecure attachment histories, and deficits in parental bonding. The second interpretation suggests that the Stroop findings reflect a form of 'response conflict' in which BPD participants experience difficulties overriding tasks that rely on the enunciation of automatic neural routines. As a result of these findings, further research on the role of arousal, priming, hypervigilance, and response-conflict in BPD is required. It is likely that the Stroop findings reflect a basic, 'hard-wired' attentional mechanism that consolidates by early adolescence at the latest. As a result, the Stroop findings have implications for both the prevention and treatment of BPD.
A number of prevention strategies could be developed to address the attentional issues identified in the present study. These include assisting children to more effectively regulate arousal and affect, and assisting parents to communicate affectively with children in order to enhance self-regulation. The treatment implications suggest that interventions directed at affective-attentional processes are required, and further suggest the need for new pharmacotherapies and psychological treatments to modify dysfunctional attentional process. Affective neuroscience will have an increasingly important role to play in the understanding of BPD, and the next quarter century is likely to witness exciting advances in understanding this most problematic of disorders
