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Keynote Author Presentation
No full textKeynote Author Presentation: Mia K. Wright, author of newly released, Unthinkable... Do the Ordinary to experience the Extraordinary will share excerpts & inspirational tips for pursuing your passion
MIA: The Pacific War Years
No full textVideo footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "MIA: The Pacific War Years (A Mini Symposium)". This video contains part one of the symposium which includes presentations: "Waiting for Location and Return of His Uncle" by Don Haake, "Successful Return of Father and Father-In-Law" by Patricia Gaffney Kindig, "Responsible for the Return of 18 MIA'S" by Fred Hagen, and "Waiting for Father- 64 Years" by Douglas P. Walker. This video also includes the Round Table Discussion with Tom McLeod (1st Marine Division Historian), Ken Breaux (author of "Courtesies of the Heart"), and Bruce Petty (author of numerous Pacific War books). Closing remarks are delivered by Joe Cavanaugh (NMPW Director)
An example of cultural mediation: the representation of moçambicanidade through Mia Couto's brincriações.
No full textopenLa tesi si propone di presentare la figura di un autore mozambicano, Mia Couto, che ha l'obbiettivo di costruire un'identità mozambicana unitaria, in quanto questo paese è stato diviso da conflitti che hanno impedito alle popolazioni locali di sviluppare una cultura unitaria. L'autore utilizza il suo mezzo migliore: la scrittura. Attraverso l'uso di parole inventate, le brincriaçoes, riesce a conciliare la particolarità della cultura africana con la lingua ufficiale del paese, la lingua portoghese. Questa è una lingua standard che non riesce a rappresentare l'essenza degli africani. L'alterazione da parte dell'autore nelle sue opere porta a una consapevolezza sull'importanza dell'uso della parola come simbolo di un'identità. L'elaborato presenta un esempio concreto, il racconto Vozes Anoitecidas, di come l'autore attraverso i racconti e l'uso singolare della lingua portoghese riesca ad addentrarsi nel mondo africano, diventando mediatore tra quella che lui chiama moçambicanidade e la cultura occidentale. L'elaborato tenta anche di rispondere alle perplessità che riguardano l'ambito della traduzione di queste opere, che presentano molte difficoltà nel passaggio dei messaggi di Couto da un sistema linguistico ad un altro.This thesis aims to present the figure of a Mozambican author, Mia Couto, who aims to build a unified Mozambican identity, as this country has been divided by conflicts that have prevented the local populations from developing a unified culture. The author uses his best medium: writing. Through the use of invented words, brincriaçoes, he manages to reconcile the particularity of African culture with the country's official language, Portuguese. This is a standard language that fails to represent the essence of Africans. The author's alteration in his works leads to an awareness of the importance of the use of words as a symbol of identity. The paper presents a concrete example, the short story Vozes Anoitecidas, of how the author through stories and the singular use of the Portuguese language manages to enter the African world, becoming a mediator between what he calls moçambicanidade and Western culture. The paper also attempts to respond to the perplexities surrounding the translation of these works, which present many difficulties in passing Couto's messages from one linguistic system to another
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT OF FRICTION IN THE EQUILIBRIUM DIRECTION OF LEARNING USING VISUAL MEDIA IN CLASS XI MIA-I SMA NEGERI 4 PALANGKA RAYA ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018
No full textThe purpose of this study was to describe the understanding of the concept of shifting the equilibrium direction of the results of learning using visual media in class XI MIA-I SMA Negeri 4 Palangka Raya 2017/2018 Academic Year. This study involved 22 students of class XI MIA-I Palangka Raya who had not received the subject matter of the factors that influence the shift in the direction of bequilibrium. The instrument used was a form of learning and student learningf activities, student response questionnaires, and concept comprehension tests (Pretest and Posttest). The data obtained were then analyzed descriptively to see the understanding of the concepts from the media used. The results of research and data analysis have been done that the average percentage of learning outcomes using visual media is carried out with very good categories, the implementation of learning using visual media is in a very good category, learning activities of group of students with excellent categories and understanding of students concepts after using visual media on indicator 1 is 100%, on indicator 2 is 95,45%, on indicator 3 is 74,24% and on indicator 4 is 72,72%. Based on these results it was concluded that using visual media was able to improve students conceptual understanding of the sub topics of the factors that influence the direction of equilibrium
Cosmic ray composition studies with CASA-MIA.
No full textThe energy spectrum and composition of cosmic rays with primary energies between 10\sp{14} eV and 10\sp{16} eV have been studied with the CASA-MIA detector in order to provide experimental evidence to compare with competing models of cosmic ray acceleration. New measurements in this energy region are needed to understand previous contradictory experimental results. The CASA-MIA detector is a ground based air shower array, with 1089 surface detectors spaced 15 meters apart and 1024 buried muon detectors in 16 patches, used to measure the lateral distributions of the electromagnetic and muonic portions of air showers. The CASA-MIA measured differential energy spectrum is a power law with spectral indices of below approximately 10\sp{15} eV and above. A new method for measuring primary energy is derived from ground based data in a compositionally insensitive way. The knee is shown to be a feature of this energy spectrum, not merely one of the size spectrum. In contrast with some previous reports, the knee does not appear sharp, but rather a smooth transition over the energies from 10\sp{15} eV to 3.0\times10\sp{15} eV. The composition of cosmic rays is roughly half light elements (e.g. protons and Helium) and half heavier at 10\sp{14} eV, and becomes increasingly heavy beginning near 5.0\times10\sp{14} eV and extending to 10\sp{16} eV. At 10\sp{16} eV, the average composition is roughly 90% heavier than Helium. This result supports the model of cosmic ray acceleration by supernovae, possibly multiple classes of them, and the model of cosmic rays escaping from the galaxy in a charge dependent way.PhDAstronomyHigh energy physicsPure SciencesUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/130965/2/9825225.pd
Ray Azcuy: A Place of Pleasure and Play
No full textEssay on Cuban-American Ray Azcuy's installation at the Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, published in Pattern/Abstraction/Identity: Ray Azcuy, edited by Yolanda Sanchez (Miami: Mia galleries, Miami International Airport, December 2016), n.p
The representation of myth and the conflicts between tradition and modernity in the work A Confissão da Leoa, by Mia Couto
No full textIn his writing, Mia Couto presents a characteristic that is always linked to
national representation. The author seeks to represent tradition, and thus brings with him a
This is a narrative that makes it possible to make audible a speech that is often denied. Another
found in the author's poetics, which certainly comes from the oral tradition, are the
of existence: life and death. From this perspective, the aim of this
to present the representation of myth and the conflicts between tradition and modernity in the
in the novel The Confession of the Lioness, by Mia Couto. Therefore, the work highlights an amalgam of
story, culture, myth and society.
Keywords: Mia Couto; myth; tradition; modernity.Mia Couto apresenta em sua escrita uma característica sempre veiculada à
representação nacional. O autor busca representar a tradição, e dessa forma, traz consigo uma
narrativa que possibilita fazer audível uma fala que muitas vezes é negada. Outra
característica encontrada na poética do autor, que provém certamente da tradição oral, são os
temas ligados às margens da existência: a vida e a morte. Nesse prisma, o objetivo deste
trabalho é apresentar a representação do mito e os conflitos entre a tradição e a modernidade
no romance A Confissão da leoa, de Mia Couto. Portanto, a obra salienta uma amálgama de
estória, cultura, mito e sociedade.
Palavras-chave: Mia Couto; mito; tradição; modernidade
Mia Couto : essayist
No full textOrientadores: Alfredo Cesar Barbosa de Melo, Elena BrugioniDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da LinguagemResumo: Esta dissertação é dedicada ao estudo da produção ensaística de Mia Couto, nas obras Cronicando (1989), O país do queixa-andar (2003), Pensatempos (2005) e E se Obama fosse africano? (2009), assim como o estudo da atuação do autor moçambicano enquanto intelectual público. O texto parte da delimitação do escopo teórico da pesquisa, articulando as noções de intelectual, viagem, exílio e ensaio, para em seguida analisar a trajetória do autor, a sua constituição enquanto intelectual e figura pública. Discute a relevância do gênero ensaístico para o autor e para sua atividade intelectual; a natureza dos ensaios coutianos; e a intenção do autor com relação à recepção da obra pelo públicoAbstract: This dissertation analyzes the essays of Mia Couto, with a focus on the works Cronicando (1989), O país do queixa-andar (2003), Pensatempos (2005) and E se Obama fosse africano? (2009), as well as the Mozambican author¿s participation as a public intellectual. The text begins by delimiting the theoretical scope of the study and articulating the concepts of intellectual, travel, exile, and essay, and then proceeds to trace the author¿s trajectory as an intellectual and public figure. The text evaluates the relevance of the essay genre to Mia Couto and his creative activity, explores the nature of Couto¿s essays, and discusses the author¿s intentions for the public reception of his workMestradoTeoria e Critica LiterariaMestre em Teoria e História Literári
Um ajuste necessário com a fluidez da vida: Considerações lentas sobre: “O Embondeiro que sonhava pássaros” de Mia Couto
No full textThis study focuses on the short story: "O embondeiro que sonhava pássaros" [The Bird Dreaming Baobab] by Mia Couto published in the book: Cada homem é uma raça [Each man is a race] in 1990, focusing particularly on the reflection around the resistance that this narrative brings in its different layers. Reflection that is also made in the way the text is conceived, in its form, structure and language. The study starts from a comparative analysis with the author\u27s essayistic and poetic production, especially with the book "O universo num grão de areia” [The Universe in a grain of sand] (2019). The aim is to analyze how Mia Couto\u27s literature reconfigures a vision of the human that is, also by a new dignification, an act of resistance and an imperative of a new language.Este estude incide sobre o conto “O embondeiro que sonhava pássaros” de Mia Couto publicado em 1990 na sua obra Cada homem é uma raça (1990) focando-se particularmente na reflexão em torno da resistência que o conto traz nas suas diferentes camadas. Reflexão que se faz também na forma como o texto é concebido, na sua forma, estrutura e linguagem. O estudo parte de uma análise comparativa com a produção ensaística e poética do próprio autor, sobretudo com o livro “O universo num grão de areia” (2019). Procura-se analisar como a literatura de Mia Couto reconfigura uma visão do humano que é, também por uma nova dignificação, um ato de resistência e um imperativo de uma nova linguagem
Applications of X-Ray-Based Characterization in MXene Research
No full textApplications of X-Ray-Based Characterization in MXene Researc
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