68 research outputs found
Society and ideology in Valle-Inclan's Jardin umbrío
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University of TorontoThis thesis is dedicated to analyzing the ideologies of the society depicted in the seventeen short stories collected in Valle-Inclán's ' Jardín umbrío'. All these stories take place in the province of Galicia, an isolated area of Spain. So that we may understand Galicia's social, economic, and political condition, the first chapter offers an analysis of these particular aspects of nineteenth-century Galicia. The thesis will explore the meaning and theory of ideology in light of the theories proposed by writers such as Althusser, Barbéris, and Eagleton. This thesis utilizes Eagleton's methodology set out in his book 'Criticism and Ideology' in which he provides terms for identifying different types of ideology. In Chapters Four and Five I use these terms to classify the ideologies found in these seventeen short stories. Chapter Four focuses on the ideologies of Carlism found, for example, in the short story "Un cabecilla" and feudalism, found in "Mi bisabuelo" and their role in nineteenth-century Galician society. This society is still operating under the Antigno Régimen, even though liberalism had already made inroads in Spanish politics. Because of its isolation Galicia hardly felt the impact of liberalism nor did industrialism leave much impression on Galicia. As we find in "Mi bisabuelo", the middle-class, personified in the clerk Malvido, had no place in Galician rural society. Furthermore, the middle-class was regarded with hostility by the rural peasants. Chapter Five focuses on religion and superstition practised by the Galician people. Although the Catholic Church reigned supreme in Spain, the Galician people were also influenced by the superstitions of their region. We find that both Catholicism and superstition were inextricably bound together. This can be seen particularly in "Beatriz", "Del misterio", and "Mi hermana Antonia". From the analysis of these ideologies encountered in the short stories of 'Jardín umbrío', we gain a sense of nineteenth-century Galicia according to Valle-Inclán who uses these stories to showcase his feelings of frustration, bitterness and resentment of Galicia's political, economic, and religious situation at the end of the nineteenth century.Ph.D
IDENTIFICAZIONE DI BIOMARCATORI MOLECOLARI PER LA DIAGNOSI PRECOCE DELLA FUNZIONALITÀ RITARDATA DELL'ORGANO TRAPIANTATO
No full textINTRODUZIONE. La ritardata ripresa funzionale del rene trapianto
(DGF) è la complicanza più comune nell'immediato post-trapianto.
La genesi di questo evento è multifattoriale e coinvolge un esteso
numero di elementi biologici non ancora completamente conosciuti.
MATERIALI E METODI. Il nostro studio, attraverso un approccio combinato
tra genomica (microarray) e biologia molecolare classica, ha
avuto come obiettivo principale l’identificazione di un pattern trascrittomico/biologico specifico per la DGF. A questo scopo, abbiamo
confrontato, sia al momento del trapianto (T0) che 24 ore post-trapianto
(T1), il profilo genomico dei linfomonociti periferici di 7 pazienti
con DGF con quello di 7 pazienti con una immediata ripresa
funzionale del rene trapiantato (EGF). Applicando una serie di test
statistici (incluso Cross-validazione) e un’analisi funzionale attraverso
il software GSEA, abbiamo studiato le differenze tra i soggetti
con DGF ed EGF nel livello globale di espressione di 825 processi
biologici. I dati degli array sono stati validati mediante saggio funzionale
con microscopia confocale.
RISULTATI E CONCLUSIONI. Dall’analisi bioinformatica sono risultati
significativamente iper-espressi, sia a T0 che al T1, nei soggetti con
DGF, due processi biologici: a) trasporto di substrati nel nucleo (19
geni; p<0.009/FDR<30); b) trasporto di proteine nel nucleo (32 geni;
p<0.004/FDR<35). La validazione funzionale dei risultati è stata condotta
su una coorte indipendente di pazienti (5 DGF vs 5 EGF). A tale
proposito abbiamo analizzato la migrazione di pSTAT3, fattore di
trascrizione veicolato attraverso l’importina alfa, una proteina codificata
da uno dei geni identificati, indotta dall’IL6. Il saggio funzionale
dimostrava un aumento della migrazione dell’importina alfa
e di pSTAT3 nel nucleo già dopo 5 minuti di stimolazione con l’IL6 nei
pazienti con DGF rispetto a quelli con EGF, migrazione che ritornava
a livelli basali dopo 15 minuti.
Il nostro studio, ha permesso di identificare un pattern genico in
grado di individuare i riceventi potenzialmente predisposti allo sviluppo
della DGF, per i quali potrebbero essere avviati dei programmi
terapeutici per ridurre e prevenire la perdita rapida dell'organo trapiantato
Unproductive sexuality and resistance in the song Geni e o zepelim, by Chico Buarque
No full textO texto analisa a letra da canção Geni e o zepelim, de Chico Buarque, a fim de refletir sobre sua potência político-crítica, que atribuímos à forma como seu autor-criador, enquanto posição axiológica recortada pelo autor-pessoa, reordena discursos e experiências históricas conforme certas intencionalidades estéticas. Sobre a representação da personagem Geni, destacamos uma posição de resistência frente à opressão capitalista-colonial por meio da experiência de práticas sexuais não apenas moralmente transgressoras, mas sobretudo economicamente improdutivas.The paper analyzes the lyrics of the song Geni e o zeppelin, by Chico Buarque, seeking to reflect about its political-critical potentially, which we attribute to the way its author-creator, an axiological position refracted by the authorperson, reorders discourses and historical experiences according to certain aesthetic intentions. About the representation of the character Geni, we highlight a position of resistance against the capitalist-colonial oppression through the experience of sexual pract ices not only morally transgressive, but above all economically unproductive
Estetika pada Novel Geni Jora Karya Abidah El Khalieqy
No full textThe main purpose of this study is to explicate the aesthetics portrayed in Geni Jora novel by Abidah El Khalieqy, published by Qanita Bandung in 2009. Regarding the aesthetics approach, the author believes that this novel has presented a salient contribution to producing more creative literary works. Comprehensive dictions are carefully selected and tightened with strong aesthetic sense in representing particular moments from this novel in order to demonstrate the power of language as a strong energy in expressing any incident. Aesthetic conflicts, as a part of postmodern aesthetics, mostly appear in any scene of this novel as Abidah El Khalieqy tried to explore the most common problems women face against restrictions of binary opposition in society. Postmodern aesthetics is definitely characterized by the main character that makes this novel has its power to convey the other sides of a woman’s life.

Key Words: aesthetics; language energy; aesthetics conflict

Abstrak: 
Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungkap dan mendeskripsikan estetika dalam novel Geni Jora karya Abidah El Khalieqy dengan pendekatan estetika. Estetika berperan penting bagi pengarang dalam proses kreatif penciptaan karya sastra. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah novel Geni Jora karya Abidah El Khalieqy yang diterbitkan penerbit Qanita Bandung tahun 2009. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemanfaatan bahasa sebagai energi untuk mengungkapkan peristiwa dalam novel Geni Jora karya Abidah El Khalieqy tampak melalui pilihan kata (diksi) yang mampu mewakili suasana tertentu sehingga menjadikan peristiwa tersebut menyatu dan memberikan pemaknaan estetik yang cukup kuat. Adapun bentuk estetika posmodern yang digunakan dalam novel Geni Jora karya Abidah El Khalieqy berupa estetika pertentangan karena di dalamnya mengungkapkan bagaimana sesungguhnya persoalan-persoalan perempuan dikonstruksi secara sosial, dibentuk dan disimplikasi dalam cerita dengan mematahkan sebagian oposisi biner yang selama ini terjadi dalam masyararakat. Estetika posmodern yang diungkapkan melalui tokoh utama membuat novel ini memiliki kekuatan tersendiri untuk menyampaikan sisi lain kehidupan perempuan.</jats:p
O comprometimento etnográfico afro-descendente das escritoras negras Conceição Evaristo & Geni Guimarães
No full textTese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, Departamento de Teoria Literária e Literaturas, 2009.O objetivo desta tese de doutorado é mostrar até que ponto as escritoras brasileiras Conceição Evaristo e Geni Guimarães, principalmente em Ponciá Vicêncio e em Leite do Peito, respectivamente, são comprometidas com a etnicidade afro-descendente. O estudo, vinculado à linha de pesquisa Representação na Literatura Contemporânea, foi organizado a partir do entrecruzamento das contribuições dos estudos feministas e de gênero, da teoria da narrativa com discursos variados sobre temática negra e é norteado pelas seguintes abordagens: a contribuição da autoria branca e da negra na construção da Literatura Negra ou Afro- Brasileira; estudo dos aspectos biográfico-literários (vida, obras e características estilísticas) de Conceição Evaristo e de Geni Guimarães; a mistura do elemento afro com os ingredientes das narrativas analisadas e, finalmente, os estudos feministas e de gênero pelo acompanhamento das trajetórias das protagonistas negras Ponciá e Geni e da personagem secundária Bilisa, do corpus, nos espaços privados e públicos. Conclui-se que as escritoras estudadas escrevem sob a perspectiva do sujeito autoral negro comprometido etnograficamente, prezando a visibilidade da Diáspora Africana e denunciando o preconceito racial, o qual prejudica a tão sonhada sociedade mais justa e igualitária para todos. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThe goal of this thesis for a PHD degree is to demonstrate the extent of commitment to afrodescendent ethnicity mainly in the books Ponciá Vicêncio, by Conceição Evaristo, and Leite do Peito, by Geni Guimarães. This study, related to the line of research Representation in Contemporary Literature, was based on the comparison of the theories of gender and narrative theory with several contributions of ethnic studies. It is supported by the following approaches: the contribution of white and black authors in the construction of Black or Afro- Brazilian Literature; the study of the biographical and literary aspects (life, books and writing styles) of Conceição Evaristo and Geni Guimarães; the mixture of afro elements with the ingredients of the selected for the present study narratives; and, finally, the feminist and gender theories, by following the trajectories of the black protagonists Ponciá and Geni and the secondary character Bilisa, from the corpus, in the private and public spaces. We concluded that the authors were writing from the perspective of a black author, committed ethnographically, valuing the visibility of the African Diaspora, and denouncing racial prejudice, which impedes the great dream of a more just and equal society for all
Tradisi perkawinan Nyebrang Segoro Geni perspektif Maqasid al-Shari ah Jamal Aldin ‘Athiyyah: Studi di desa Banaran, Kertosono, Nganjuk
No full textمستخلص البحث
تقليد الزواج “nyebrang segoro geni” تقليد قرية بانران كرتاسانا, عانجوك, التي تمنع الزواج مع مجتمع بانران, كرتاسانا, وعنجوك بسبب الحطر إذا كان الخطر معتدى عليه. لم يتم شرح مقاصد الشريعة صراحة من قبل السياثيبي في كتابه ، لكن السياثيبي أوضح على الفور بالتفصيل حول مفتاح مقاصد الشريعة في مسائل الزواج و الأسرة .
هذا البحث له عدة أهداف. الأول, لوصف الزواج “nyebrang segoro geni” عند مجتمع بانران, كرتاسورا, وعانجوك. والثاني, لشرح أسباب تقليد زواج “nyebrang segoro geni” لايزال قائما حتى اليوم. والثالث, وصف تحليل مقاصد شريعة جمال الدين عطية لتقليد حظر زواج “nyebrang segoro geni”يسخدم هذا البحث بالمنهجي الوصفي مع المنهجي الميداني والمنهجي الوعي. وموقع هذا البحث في قرية بانران, كرتاسورا, وعانجوك. وهذا البحث يستخدم بمصادر البيانات الأولية والثانوية. جمع البيانات في شكل مقابلات وتوثيق. تحليل البيانات هو التحرير والتصنيف والتحقق والتحليل.
تستخدم صلاحية البيانات التثليث من مصادر البيانات والروابط مع نظرية المقاصد الشرعية العطية يظهر هذا البحث النتائج. الأول, أن نظرة المجتمع لتقليد زواج “nyebrang segoro geni” لها أسلوب إسلامي تقدمي, يعني الجمع بين تقاليد الزواج الاجتماعي والمجتمعي. الثاني, يمكن الحفاظ على تقليد الزواج “nyebrang segoro geni” في قرية بانران, كرتاسورا, وعانجوك, بسببين ؛ السلامة واحترام الأجداد. الثالث, تقليد الزواج”nyebrang segoro geni” له أساسه في الشريعة الإسلامية progresif لأن جوهر هذا التقليد قد حقق الجوانب المطلوبة في الزواج ، الذي كان لديه سبعة في البداية ، أخذ الكاتب الجوهر إلى أربعة ، وهي حفظ الدين ، وحفظ النسل ،حفظ المال, وخلق الفروق الدقيقة, يعني, السكينة ، المودة ، والرحمة
ABSTRACT
The marriage tradition crossing segoro geni is a tradition in Banaran village , Kertosono, Nganjuk that prohibits the community from marrying into the people of Bangsri village, Kertosono, Nganjuk with distressing consequences if they break it. Maqa>si}d Al-Shari>>’ah is clearly explained by Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah in matters of marriage in order to focus on answering problems of marriage in depth.
This research first aims to describe the views of the people of Banaran village, Kertosono, Nganjuk on the marriage tradition crossing the segoro geni. Second, to describe the reasons for the marriage tradition crossing the segoro geni to be preserved until now. Third, describe the analysis of Maqa>si}d Al-Shari>>’ah Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah on the marriage tradition crossing the segoro geni in Banara Village, Kertosono, Nganjuk.
This research process uses descriptive research with the type of field research and a qualitative approach. The research location is located in Banaran Village, Kertosono, Nganjuk. The data sources are primary and secondary. Data collection in the form of interviews and documentation. Data analysis is editing, classification, verification, and analysis. The validity of the data uses triangulation from the data source and connects with the theory of Maqa>si}d Al-Shari>>’ah Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah.
The results of this study indicate: 1) That the community's view of the tradition of crossing the segoro geni marriage has a progressive Islamic style, which is to accommodate the marriage tradition based on social conditions and benefits. 2) The marriage tradition of crossing segoro geni in the villages of Banaran, Kertosono, Nganjuk can be preserved until now based on two reasons; safety and respect for ancestors. 3) The tradition of marriage across segoro geni is legal in Islamic law in the view of Maqa>si}d Al-Shari>>’ah Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah. It can be said like that because the substance of this tradition has fulfilled the aspects desired by Maqa>si}d Al-Shari>>’ah in a marriage, which initially had seven, then the author takes the essence into four, namely maintaining religion, preserving descent, creating a sakinah, mawaddah warahmah and take care of finances.
ABSTRAK
Tradisi perkawinan nyebrang segoro geni adalah tradisi di Desa Banaran, Kertosono, Nganjuk yang melarang masyarkatnya untuk melangsungnkan perkawinan dengan masyarakat Desa Bangsri, Kertosono, Nganjuk dengan konsekuensi marabahaya yang didapat apabila melanggarnya. Maqa>si}d Al-Shari>>’ah dijelaskan secara jelas oleh Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah dalam masalah perkawinan agar dapat secara fokus menjawab permasalahan perkawinan secara mendalam.
Penelitian ini pertama bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pandangan masyarakat Desa Banaran, Kertosono, Nganjuk terhadap tradisi perkawinan nyebrang segoro geni. Kedua, untuk mendeskripsikan alasan tradisi perkawinan nyebrang segoro geni dapat lestari hingga sekarang. Ketiga, mendeskripsikan analisis maqa>si}d al-shari>>’ah Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah terhadap tradisi perkawinan nyebrang segoro geni di Desa Banara, Kertosono, Nganjuk.
Proses penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian deskriptif dengan jenis penelitian lapangan dan pendekatan kualitatif. Lokasi penelitian bertempat di Desa Banaran, Kertosono, Nganjuk. Sumber datanya yaitu primer dan skunder. Pengumpulan data berupa wawancara dan dokumentasi. Analisis datanya ialah pengeditan, klasifikasi, verifikasi, dan menganalisis. Adapun keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi dari sumber data dan mengaitkan dengan teori maqa>si}d al-shari>>’ah Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan: 1) Bahwasannya pandangan masyarakat terhadap tradisi perkawinan nyebrang segoro geni mempunyai corak Islam Progresif, yakni mengakomodir tradisi perkawinan tersebut berdasarkan kondisi sosial dan kemaslahatan. 2) Tradisi perkawinan nyebrang segoro geni di Desa Banaran, Kertosono, Nganjuk dapat lestari hingga sekarng berdasarkan dua alasan; keselamatan dan penghormatan terhadap leluhur. 3) Tradisi perkawinan nyebrang segoro geni mendapatkan legalits di muka hukum Islam dalam pandangan maqa>si}d al-shari>>’ah Jama>l Al-Di>N ‘Athiyyah. Bisa dikatakan seperti itu dikarenakan substansi tentang tradisi ini telah memenuhi aspek yang diinginkan oleh maqa>s}id al-shari>’ah dalam perkawinan yang mulanya ada tujuh kemudian penulis ambil intisarikan menjadi empat, yakni menjaga agama, menjaga keturunan, menciptakan nuansa yang saki>nah, mawaddah warah}mah dan menjaga keuangan
Molecular and clinical Endo-phenotyping of patients affected by Chronic Kidney Diseases and Podocytopathies
No full textBetween 15–20% of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) do not know the cause of the primary kidney disease and can develop complications after kidney transplantation. We performed a genetic screening in 300 patients with kidney transplantation, or undiagnosed primary renal disease, in order to identify the primary disease cause and discriminate between overlapping phenotypes. We used a custom-made panel for next-generation sequencing (Agilent technology, Santa Clara, CA, USA), including genes associated with Fabry disease, podocytopaties, complementmediated nephropathies and Alport syndrome-related diseases. We detected candidate diagnostic variants in genes associated with nephrotic syndrome, collagen genes and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in 29 out of 300 patients, solving about 10% of the probands. Interestingly we also found one female patient carrying a novel missense variant, c.1259C>A (p.Thr420Lys), in the GLA gene not previously associated with Fabry disease, which is in silico defined as a likely pathogenic and destabilizing, and associated with a mild alteration in GLA enzymatic activity. Thanks to a collaborative international collaboration we also identified anti-NPHS1 antibody in a cohort of patients affected by podocytopathies, clarifying important new insight. The identification of the specific genetic background may provide an opportunity to evaluate the risk of recurrence of the primary disease, especially among patient candidates living with a donor kidney transplant.Tra il 15 e il 20% dei pazienti con malattia renale allo stadio terminale (ESRD) non conosce la causa che ha condotto alla malattia renale cronica e può sviluppare complicanze dopo il trapianto di rene. Abbiamo eseguito uno screening genetico in 300 pazienti sottoposti a trapianto di rene o affetti da malattia renale cronica/ ESRd da causa sconosciuta, al fine di identificare la causa primaria della malattia e discriminare tra potenziali fenotipi sovrapposti. Abbiamo utilizzato un pannello personalizzato per il sequenziamento di DNA attraverso Next Generation Sequencing (tecnologia Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA), che includeva il gene GLA associato alla malattia di Fabry, geni che causano sindrome nefrosica e podocitopatie, geni del complemento e geni associati a collagenopatie e sindrome di Alport. Abbiamo individuato varianti patogeniche nei geni associati alla sindrome nefrosica, sindrome di Alport ed alla glomerulosclerosi focale segmentale (FSGS) in 29 pazienti su 300, risolvendo circa il 10% dei probandi. È interessante notare che abbiamo anche trovato una paziente portatrice di una nuova variante missense, c.1259C>A (p.Thr420Lys), nel gene GLA non precedentemente associato alla malattia di Fabry, che è in silico definita come probabilmente patogena e destabilizzante e associata a una lieve alterazione dell’attività enzimatica del GLA. Grazie ad una collaborazione internazionale abbiamo identificato in una coorte di pazienti affetti da podocitopatie, la presenza di anticorpi anti NPHS1, chiarendo alcuni aspetti non noti della fisiopatologia della sindrome nefrosica. L'identificazione del background genetico specifico può fornire l'opportunità di valutare il rischio di recidiva della malattia primaria, soprattutto tra i pazienti candidati che vivono con un trapianto di rene da donatore
Using GENI for experimental evaluation of Software Defined Networking in smart grids
No full textThe North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) envisions a smart grid that aggressively explores advance communication network solutions to facilitate real-time monitoring and dynamic control of the bulk electric power system. At the distribution level, the smart grid integrates renewable generation and energy storage mechanisms to improve the reliability of the grid. Furthermore, dynamic pricing and demand management provide customers an avenue to interact with the power system to determine the electricity usage that best satisfies their lifestyle. At the transmission level, efficient communication and a highly automated architecture provide visibility in the power system and as a result, faults are mitigated faster than they can propagate. However, such higher levels of reliability and efficiency rest on the supporting communication infrastructure. To date, utility companies are moving towards Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) because it supports traffic engineering and virtual private networks (VPNs). Furthermore, it provides Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees and fail-over mechanisms in addition to meeting the requirement of non-routability as stipulated by NERC. However, these benefits come at a cost for the infrastructure that supports the fullMPLS specification. With this realization and given a two week implementation and deployment window in GENI, we explore the modularity and flexibility provided by the low cost OpenFlow Software Defined Networking (SDN) solution. In particular, we use OpenFlow to provide 1.) automatic fail-over mechanisms, 2.) a load balancing, and 3.) Quality of Service guarantees: all essential mechanisms for smart grid networks
The impact of C.R.E.A.T.E. on urban student success in mathematics
No full textFailure in algebra is the #1 trigger of dropouts in high school according to a former superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) (Helfand, 2007). Too many urban students of color are failing or performing below basic in foundational mathematics. The author, a teacher at West High School, has been able to achieve different results with low income urban students in algebra. The author has used specific strategies that have helped the majority of his once low-performing students to consistently succeed in algebra and outperform their peers throughout the entire Grand District and state of California. The strategies used by the author have been integrated into an instructional model called C.R.E.A.T.E. This project focused on documenting the impact C.R.E.A.T.E. could have on the results other math teachers experienced with their students in foundational math classrooms, specifically, algebra and geometry. Furthermore, the study revolved around the issue of replicating the success the author has had with C.R.E.A.T.E. in other classrooms. The purpose of this study was to examine if the implementation of C.R.E.A.T.E. in other teachers' classrooms at West High School resulted in a majority of low income and underperforming students succeeding on district and statewide math assessments in algebra I and geometry. The documentation of strategies and results from the implementation of C.R.E.A.T.E. may provide evidence for administrators at the district and state level to determine if the C.R.E.A.T.E. model should be implemented as a way to address the pressing crisis of failure in math for diverse urban populations
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