142 research outputs found
Ofer Ben-Amots' solo piano works and song cycles
No full textThis thesis builds upon the author's previous bachelor's thesis and expands the mapping and analysis of the compositional oeuvre of Ofer Ben-Amots. Following a comprehensive examination of his choral and operatic works, the thesis focuses on solo piano compositions and song cycles with piano accompaniment. The author delves into interpretative challenges and explores specific musical techniques employed by the composer in his creative process. Furthermore, the thesis aims to raise awareness of Ofer Ben-Amots' work among the general public. Key words Ofer Ben-Amots, jewish music, contemporary music, piano works, song cycles, interpretation, analysi
Jazz Diasporas: Race, Music, and Migration in Post-World War II ParisJazz Diaspora: Music and Globalisation
No full textThis review examines two recent monographs that explore the concept of "jazz diaspora/s": Rashida Braggs’s Jazz Diasporas: Race, Music, and Migration in Post-World War II Paris and Bruce Johnson’s Jazz Diaspora: Music and Globalisation. While both authors engage with the term, they use it in distinct and sometimes contradictory ways, especially in terms of its theoretical implications for jazz scholarship and its global significance. By highlighting their approaches to power and identity, this review clarifies how each author contributes to understanding jazz as both an African diasporic music and a global phenomeno
Ofer Ben-Amots' solo piano works and song cycles
No full textDiplomová práce navazuje na bakalářskou práci téže autorky a rozvíjí mapování a analýzu skladatelského díla Ofera Ben-Amotse. Po důkladném zpracování jeho sborové a operní tvorby se práce soustředí na sólové klavírní skladby a písňové cykly s klavírním doprovodem. Autorka se zaměřuje na interpretační výzvy a hledá specifické hudební prostředky, které skladatel při své tvorbě využívá. Práce si rovněž klade za cíl dostat dílo Ofera Ben-Amotse do širšího povědomí široké veřejnosti. Klíčová slova Ofer Ben-Amots, židovská hudba, soudobá hudba, sólová klavírní tvorba, písňové cykly, interpretace, analýzaThis thesis builds upon the author's previous bachelor's thesis and expands the mapping and analysis of the compositional oeuvre of Ofer Ben-Amots. Following a comprehensive examination of his choral and operatic works, the thesis focuses on solo piano compositions and song cycles with piano accompaniment. The author delves into interpretative challenges and explores specific musical techniques employed by the composer in his creative process. Furthermore, the thesis aims to raise awareness of Ofer Ben-Amots' work among the general public. Key words Ofer Ben-Amots, jewish music, contemporary music, piano works, song cycles, interpretation, analysisKatedra hudební výchovyPedagogická fakultaFaculty of Educatio
Some results on the problem of exit from a domain
No full textCaption title. "September 1988."Includes bibliographical references.The work of the second author was partially supported by a Weizmann postdoctoral fellowship and an AFSOR grant 85-0227BBen-Zion Bobrovsky and Ofer Zeitouni
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No full textThe synaptonemal complex (SC) is a polymer that spans ~100 nm between paired homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Its striated, periodic appearance in electron micrographs led to the idea that transverse filaments within this structure 'crosslink' the axes of homologous chromosomes, stabilizing their pairing. SC proteins can also form polycomplexes, three-dimensional lattices that recapitulate the periodic structure of SCs but do not associate with chromosomes. Here we provide evidence that SCs and polycomplexes contain mobile subunits and that their assembly is promoted by weak hydrophobic interactions, indicative of a liquid crystalline phase. We further show that in the absence of recombination intermediates, polycomplexes recapitulate the dynamic localization of pro-crossover factors during meiotic progression, revealing how the SC might act as a conduit to regulate chromosome-wide crossover distribution. Properties unique to liquid crystals likely enable long-range signal transduction along meiotic chromosomes and underlie the rapid evolution of SC proteins
Ofer Grosbard, Babel: A Guide to the East–West Encounter
No full textIn the scientific community, the constructs of Individualism and Collectivism arouse particular interest, so that the amount of literature produced is large and diverse. Many authors contributed to the development of the construct both in terms of theoretical validity and on measurement techniques and tools. Ofer Grosbard's book Babel-A Guide to the East-West Encounter is an example of this trend. Starting from the proposal of new principles characterizing the two different paradigms of thought (Eastern-Collectivist, Western-Individualist), the author coined the term Thinking Vector which can be oriented externally or internally depending on the individual's mode of thinking. The author also proposes a questionnaire for measuring the Thinking Vector and suggestions for an optimal encounter between individuals with different paradigms of the mind. The book offers the opportunity to reflect on the explanatory significance of the constructs of Individualism and Collectivism on both a theoretical and methodological level
Surface effects in simulations of scanning electron microscopy images
No full textWe have investigated the contributions of surface effects to Monte Carlo simulations of top-down scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. The elastic and inelastic scattering mechanisms in typical simulations assume that the electron is deep in the bulk of the material. In this work, we correct the inelastic model for surface effects. We use a model for infinite flat surfaces, and apply it to non-flat, but smooth, geometries. Though this is a simplification, it captures most qualitative differences to the bulk model, including coupling to surface plasmons. We find that this correction leads to an increased SE signal near a feature's sidewall in low-voltage critical dimension SEM (CD-SEM). The effect is strongest for low beam energies. Due to some of the assumptions in our model, we are unable to quantitatively predict the extent by which the signal from the sidewall is enhanced. The enhancement of signal from the sidewall may be large enough to cause the measured edge position to shift significantly.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.ImPhys/Charged Particle Optic
La migration numérique d’une oeuvre pionnière avec live electronics. Mesa (1966) de Gordon Mumma
No full textCet article résume les retombées d’un projet de reconstruction d’une oeuvre
pionnière de live electronics, à savoir Mesa (1966) du compositeur
étatsunien Gordon Mumma (né en 1935). Une reconstruction de cette oeuvre a été présentée
dans le cadre du festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques le 27 février 2017 par l’auteur et les
collaborateurs de cet article : Jonathan Goldman au bandonéon, Francis Lecavalier à la
conception informatique, et Ofer Pelz à l’interprétation de la partie électronique. Au cours
de cette « migration », l’oeuvre, fondamentalement analogique, a été reconçue pour un
équipement numérique contemporain avec le consentement du compositeur. S’inscrivant
nettement dans la lignée de l’École de New York cageienne, Mesa revêt un statut
ontologique curieux : elle est le produit d’une indétermination passablement radicale. Comme
c’est le cas pour l’oeuvre de Cage, Mesa et sa reconstruction numérique nous force
à repenser l’ontologie et l’épistémologie de l’oeuvre musicale.This paper reports on a project to produce a reconstruction of a pioneering work of
live electronics, Mesa (1966) by the U.S. composer Gordon Mumma (b. 1935). A
digital recreation of the work was presented at the Montreal/New Music Festival on
27 February 2017 by the author of this article and his collaborators: Jonathan Goldman
(bandoneon), Francis Lecavalier (programming) and Ofer Pelz (electronic performance). This
migration entailed a digital recreation of the fundamentally analog processes of the
original work, undertaken with the composer’s explicit consent. Emerging from Cagean
aesthetics, Mesa has a curious ontological status, since it is a product of a
fairly radical indetermination. As such, Mesa and its digital reconstruction
require an ontological and epistemological reconsideration of the musical work
Building the synaptonemal complex: Molecular interactions between the axis and the central region.
No full textThe successful delivery of genetic material to gametes requires tightly regulated interactions between the parental chromosomes. Central to this regulation is a conserved chromosomal interface called the synaptonemal complex (SC), which brings the parental chromosomes in close proximity along their length. While many of its components are known, the interfaces that mediate the assembly of the SC remain a mystery. Here, we survey findings from different model systems while focusing on insight gained in the nematode C. elegans. We synthesize our current understanding of the structure, dynamics, and biophysical properties of the SC and propose mechanisms for SC assembly
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