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In Defence of "the Lesser Cousin of History": An Interview with Rohan Wilson
Get PDFFew branches of postcolonial literature are as contested \ud
as the historical fiction of settler societies. This interview with the Australian historical novelist Rohan Wilson, author of The Roving Party (2011) and To Name Those Lost (2014), explores the intersections between truth, accuracy, and existential authenticity in his fictional accounts of nineteenth-century Tasmania. Wilson offers \ud
a nuanced yet robust defence of fiction’s role in narrating colonial history. He explains his intentions in writing two linked yet distinctive novels of the frontier—one that focuses on the “Black War” of the 1820s and 1830s, and another that explores how racial violence is refracted by capitalism in subsequent decades
Shape optimization of channels for incompressible flows
Get PDFNázev práce: Optimalizace tvaru kanálu v úlohách nestlačitelného proudění Autor: Zuzana Záhorová Katedra: Katedra numerické matematiky Vedoucí diplomové práce: Doc. Dr. Ing. Eduard Rohan e-mail vedoucího: [email protected] Abstrakt: V předložené práci studujeme problém tvarové optimalizace pro úlohy vnitřního proudění ve 3D. Uvažováno je laminární, nestlačitelné, stacionární proudění popsané Navier- Stokesovými rovnicemi. Jsou popsány stabilizace Navier-Stokesových rovnic potřebné pro řešení úloh s nízkou viskozitou. Předloženy jsou teoretické poznatky týkající se problému tvarové optimalizace včetně důkazu existence řešení. Je popsána adjungovaná metoda pro řešení optimalizační úlohy. Odvozena je analytická analýza citlivosti. Představujeme postupy využité při výpočtech a numerický software pro řešení optimalizačních úloh. Jsou prezentovány výsledky pro stabilizované i nestabilizované řešení Navier-Stokesových rovnic. Představíme výsledky zahrnující lineární omezení geometrie oblasti. Klíčová slova: Nestlačitelné Navier-Stokesovy rovnice, SUPG/PSPG stabilizace, Adjun- govaná metoda, Analýza citlivosti Title: Shape optimization of channels for incompressible flows Author: Zuzana Záhorová Department:..
Data and Code for "Universal Constraints on Protein Evolution in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli"
No full textinput data files are located in the data/ directory.
source code is located in the src/ directory.
code and data for the LTEE 60,000 generation metagenomics dataset are located in the LTEE-metagenomic-repo/ directory.
results from running the source code are located in the results/ directory.
for all inquiries: contact the author at rohan dot maddamsetti at duke dot ed
Supporting information: Local orthorhombic phase in zirconium oxide nanocrystals: insights from X-ray pair distribution function analysis
No full textFigure S 1 | Fitting the local structure of 4 nm ZrO2 with various models. -- Figure S 2 | XRD pattern for average structure. -- Figure S 3 | Simulated PDF of ZrO2 size series. -- Figure S 4 | Rietveld Refinement of the XRD Pattern for 2.5 nm Nanoparticles. -- Figure S 5 | The PDF fit for 2.5 nm nanocrystal with pure monoclinic phase. -- Figure S 6 | PDF analysis after surface treatment. a-b. -- Figure S 7 | AFM images. -- Figure S 8 | XRD after heat treatment. -- Figure S 9 | Hysteresis loop at 500 mHz for ZrO2 nanocrystals based thin films. -- Figure S 10 | Hysteresis loop at 200 mHz for ZrO2 nanocrystals based thin films. -- Table S 1 | Refined parameters after fitting 4 nm ZrO2 in various ranges. -- TablesPeer reviewe
Local orthorhombic phase in zirconium oxide nanocrystals: insights from X-ray pair distribution function analysis
No full textZirconium dioxide (ZrO2) and hafnium dioxide (HfO2) have emerged as promising alternatives to conventional ferroelectric materials. Understanding the crystal phases of these oxides under different conditions is crucial for optimizing their properties. There are several theories for the (anti)ferroelectric properties; however, comprehensive analysis, particularly at the local structure level, is lacking. In this study, we investigate the local structure of ZrO2 nanocrystals using X-ray pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, revealing an unexpected local orthorhombic distortion irrespective of crystallite size. This finding suggests the potential existence of an intermediate orthorhombic phase during the microscopic switching pathway observed in previous studies. Additionally, we explore the influence of crystallite size and surface effects on the PDF. These results contribute to a deeper understanding of the structural dynamics in ZrO2 and offer insights for the design of next-generation ferroelectric materials.RP and JDR thank the University of Basel and the SNF Eccellenza funding scheme (project No. 194172). KCE acknowledges funding by grant No. 964931 (TSAR, https://doi.org/10.3030/964931) from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. SJLB was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DOE-BES), under contract No. DE-SC0024141. This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.Peer reviewe
KŌDA ROHAN\nTsuyu Dandan and Nineteenth Century English Literature
Get PDFpdfKōda Rohan recorded explanatory notes for Tsuyu Dandan (1889) as follows. "One: The ineptitude of the writing aside, to say that my literary devices are quite something and that Edward George Bulwer Lytton and William Makepeace Thackeray are really nothing is a big lie, for in fact I indulge in mere magic tricks. The discerning reader will quickly penetrate them."
Here with the coyness of a neophyte author, a self-assertive attitude which emphasizes the use of as a narrative technique can be seen. This study will deal with four questions.
① What function did Kōda Rohan think that narrative technique had in Edo popular fiction? I will first investigate the topology of , clarifying this technique which overflows the boundaries of , , in connection with Lytton and Thackeray. Naturally, this will result in ③ an investigation as to whether or not Lytton and Thackeray were borrowed from Tsubouchi Shōyō's Shōsetsu shinzui, Tō sei shosei katagi, or translations. If so,④ the question of why it was not George Eliot or Charles Dickens naturally arises. Through questions ② to④ I would like to clarify the relationship between Koda Rohan and nineteenth century English literature and to capture anew the stratifications of Rohan's literature.conference pape
Preparation and temperature cycling reliability of electroless Ni(P) under bump metallization
Get PDFThe reliability of electroless Ni(P) under-bump metallization (UBM) was evaluated via temperature cycling and solder bump shear strength tests. Commercial diodes and dummy dies fabricated in-house were used as substrates for the electroless Ni(P) UBM deposition. Solder bumps were formed after reflowing eutectic 63Sn37Pb solder foils over the Ni(P) UBM. The solder bump shear strength was measured before and after different temperature cycling. The results from this study showed that the UBM thickness and dimension had important effects on the solder bump shear strength and reliability. Both the larger UBM dimension and larger UBM thickness tended to induce higher stress in the UBM, which resulted in the lower solder bump shear strength and lower temperature cycling reliability. A better UBM structure solution for high current electronic packaging application is indicated in this pape
National development banks and sustainable infrastructure in South Asia
Get PDFThis repository item contains a working paper from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. This particular working paper was worked on in collaboration with Pradeep K. Keshari and Rohan Ray. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. It was founded in 2008 to advance policy-relevant knowledge about governance for financial stability, human development, and the environment.National development banks (NDBs) have played an important role in South Asia’s development over the years. In the early period after Independence, the focus of NDBs was generally of supporting industrial development. Infrastructure development was supported by the budgetary financing by the governments. However, over time with the widening gaps in infrastructure requirements and staggering
resources required to close them prompted governments to turn to mobilize private investments.
Hence, NDBs began to be established for facilitating infrastructure development including sustainable
infrastructure through public private partnerships (PPPs). In addition to the sectoral coverage, the sources
of funds and business models have undergone substantial transformation. This paper summarizes this
transformation and reviews the financing of infrastructure and sustainable infrastructure. It also presents
case studies of two key NDBs engaged in infrastructure financing. It concludes with a few policy lessons
from Indian experience. There has been revival of interest in the national development banks all across the
world in the context of the potential role that they can play in closing the infrastructure gaps and building
sustainable infrastructure by supporting the public-private partnerships. Hence, this stock-taking may
have some policy lessons for the new initiatives.
The rest of the paper is structured as follows. Section 2 provides an overview of infrastructure gaps,
financing challenges and NDBs in South Asia before summarizing the evolution of NDBs in India over
the post-Independence period. Section 3 overviews the infrastructure gaps and financing challenges
facing India. Section 4 reviews the issues involved in sustainable infrastructure development. Section
5 summarizes the policy framework for infrastructure NDBs including the sources of finance and
their financing models. Section 6 presents case studies of two premier infrastructure NDBs. Section 7
concludes the paper with a few lessons from Indian experience
'Nicely Boiled and Scraped': Medicine, Radicalism, and the "Useful Body" in a Lloyd Penny Blood
No full textThe publisher Edward Lloyd (1815-1890) helped shape Victorian popular culture in waysthat have left a legacy that lasts right up to today. He was a major pioneer of both popular fiction and journalism but has never received extended scholarly investigation until now. Lloydshaped the modern popular press: Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper became the first paper to sell over a million copies. Along with publishing songs and broadsides, Lloyd dominated the fiction market in the early Victorian period issuing Gothic stories such as Varney the Vampire (1845-7) and other ’penny dreadfuls’, which became bestsellers. Lloyd’s publications introduced the enduring figure of Sweeney Todd whilst his authors penned plagiarisms of Dickens’s novels, such as Oliver Twiss (1838-9). Many readers in the early Victorian period may have been as likely to have encountered the author of Pickwick in a Lloyd-published plagiarism as in the pages of the original author. This book makes us rethink the early reception of Dickens. In this interdisciplinary collection, leading scholars explore the world of Edward Lloyd and his stable of writers, such as Thomas Peckett Prest and James Malcolm Rymer. The Lloyd brand shaped popular taste in the age of Dickens and the Chartists. Edward Lloyd and his World fills a major gap in the histories of popular fiction and journalism, whilst developing links with Victorian politics, theatre and music
Metrics for analytics and visualization of big data with applications to activity recognition
Get PDFActivity recognition systems detect the hidden actions of an agent from sensor measurements made on the agents' actions and the environmental conditions. For such systems, metrics are important for both performance evaluation and visualization purposes. In this thesis, such metrics are developed and illustrated. For human activity recognition datasets, a reporting structure is described to visualize the metrics in a systematic manner. The other contribution of this thesis is to describe a visualization tool for estimating the orientation (attitude) of a rigid body from streaming motion sensor (accelerometer and gyroscope) data. A feedback particle filter (FPF) is implemented algorithmically to solve the estimation problem.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01The student, Rohan Arora, accepted the attached license on 2016-04-25 at 10:47.The student, Rohan Arora, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-04-25 at 10:48.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-04-27 at 15:05.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9459 on 2016-07-07 at 14:17:57Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T21:18:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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