547 research outputs found
Writing and the rights of reality: usurpation and potentiality in Derrida, Plato, Nietzsche, and Beckett
No full textThe thesis critically evaluates Jacques Derrida's conferral of the rights of reality on writing, focussing on his theory of an arche-text in light of the speculative nature of this theory. The theory is initially considered in the context of Derrida's elucidation of the usurpatory status of writing within the Platonic and Nietzschean texts. This consideration reveals an admission of writing's usurpatory status by both writers while at the same time demonstrating their awareness of the intrinsically speculative nature of this view, the significance of writing lying in its ability to exteriorise the radically indeterminate status of consciousness m relation to reality rather than its ability to displace consciousness or reality The analyses, therefore, not only bring the Derridean hypothesis of a repressive or phonocentric metaphysical episteme into question but also exhibit the historical and philosophical role of potentiality in relation to writing, writing's ultimate significance lying in its capacity to exteriorise our existence as a mode of potentiality. Accordingly, in the second half of the thesis the Derridean theory of writing is countered with a specifically Aristotelian theory of the text as it is exhibited in the prose of Samuel Beckett, an author whose significance lies in his close alignment with Derridean theory within contemporary criticism. It is demonstrated that this identification has obviated an awareness of the significance of potentiality within the Beckettian text, his work consequently being appraised in the previously neglected context of Aristotelian metaphysics
Mongolian rhapsody: a cultural evening with Galsan Tschinag
No full textAn author presentation by Tuvan writer, chieftain, and shaman, Galsan Tschinag, of his book _The Blue Sky_ on October 26, 2006. The novel was translated into English by Malaspina English Professor Katharina Rout, who also acted as interpreter for this event
Turbulent annular pipe flow in subcritical transition regime: Effect of radius ratio on strcutures
No full textDirect numerical simulations are performed for annular Poiseuille flows with various radius ratios η (= rin/rout) ∈ [0.1, 0.8] in subcritical transition regime of Reτ ∈ [48, 150]. Because the flow system of the annular Poiseuille flow can be regarded as the Hagen-Poiseuille flow (when η ≈ 0) and the plane Poiseuille flow (η ≈ 1), the (dis-)similarity and the connection between them are discussed. We found the occurrences of localized structure like the turbulent puff in the Hagen-Poiseuille flow at low η and of helical wave like the turbulent stripe pattern in the plane Poiseuille flow at high η. The switching point between helical wave and localized structure by changing η is caught in the region η ∈ [0.1, 0.3]
The 'true use of reading' : Sarah Fielding and mid eighteenth-century literary strategies.
No full textPhDThe aim of this thesis is to explore, by examining her life and
works, how Sarah Fielding (1710-68) established her identity as an author.
The definition of her role involves her notions of the functions of
writing and reading.
Sarah Fielding attempts to invite readers to form a sense of ties
by tacit understanding of her messages. As she believes that a work
of literature is produced through collaboration between the writer and
the reader, it is an important task in her view to show her attentiveness
toward reading practice. In her consideration of reading, she has two
distinct, even opposite views of her audience: on the one hand a familiar
and limited circle of readers with shared moral and cultural values and
on the other potential readers among the unknown mass of people. The
dual targets direct her to devise various strategies. She tries to
appeal to those who can endorse and appreciate her moral values as well
as her learning. Her writings and letters testify that she is sensitive
to the demands of the literary market, trying to lead the taste of readers
by inventing new forms.
The thesis opens with an overview of Sarah Fielding's career,
followed by a consideration of her critical attention to the roles of
reading. I go on to examine the narrative structures and strategies
she deploys, with a particular emphasis on her use of the epistolary
method. The following chapter deals with her attention to the reading
of the moral message tangibly embodied in her educational writing. It
is followed by an analysis of the activity which earned her a reputation
as a learned woman. Various as the forms of her works are, they invariably
reflect her attempt to balance herself between the two demands of
inventiveness and familiarity
Structured electronic design of high-pass ΣΔ converters and their application to cardiac signal acquisition
No full textAchieving an accurate sub-Hz high-pass (HP) cutoff frequency and simultaneously a high accuracy of the transfer function is a challenge in the implementation of analog-to-digital converters for biomedical ExG signals. A structured electronic design approach based on state-space forms is proposed to develop HPΣΔ modulators targeting high accuracy of the HP cutoff frequency and good linearity. Intermediate transfer functions are mathematically evaluated to compare the proposed HPΣΔ topologies with respect to dynamic range. Finally, to illustrate the design method, an orthonormal HPΣΔ modulator is designed to be implemented in 0.18 μm technology which achieves a linearity of 12-bits.Accepted author manuscriptBio-Electronic
Mitochondrial protein import - Functional analysis of the highly diverged Tom22 orthologue of Trypanosoma brucei
No full textThe β-barrel protein Tom40 and the α-helically anchored membrane protein Tom22 are the only universally conserved subunits of the protein translocase of the mitochondrial outer membrane (TOM). Tom22 has an N-terminal cytosolic and a C-terminal intermembrane space domain. It occurs in two variants: one typified by the yeast protein which has a cytosolic domain containing a cluster of acidic residues, and a shorter variant typified by the plant protein that lacks this domain. Yeast-type Tom22 functions as a secondary protein import receptor and is also required for the stability of the TOM complex. Much less is known about the more widespread short variant of Tom22, which is also found in the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei. Here we show that the intermembrane space domain of trypanosomal Tom22 binds mitochondrial precursor proteins and that it is essential for normal growth and mitochondrial protein import. Moreover, complementation experiments indicate that the intermembrane space domain cannot be replaced by the corresponding regions of the yeast or plant Tom22 orthologues. Lack or replacement of the short cytosolic domain, however, does not interfere with protein function. Finally, we show that only the membrane-spanning domain of trypanosomal Tom22 is essential for assembly of the trypanosomal TOM complex analogue
High-Pass ΣΔ Converter Design Using a State-Space Approach and Its Application to Cardiac Signal Acquisition
No full textCardiac signal acquisition with high linearity and accuracy of the high-pass cut-off frequency imposes a challenge on the implementation of the analog preprocessing and the analog-to-digital converter. This paper describes a state-space-based methodology for designing high-pass sigma-delta (HP Sigma \Delta topologies with high linearity, targeting high accuracy of the high-pass cut-off frequency. Intermediate functions are evaluated mathematically to compare the proposed HP \Sigma \Delta topologies with respect to dynamic range. A sensitivity performance analysis of the noise transfer function with respect to integrator nonidealities and coefficient variations is also described. Finally, to illustrate the design approach, an orthonormal HP \Sigma \Delta modulator is designed to be implemented in 0.18 \mum CMOS technology, is tested with real prerecorded ECG signals.Accepted author manuscriptBio-Electronic
Considerações hidrodinâmicas sobre a derivação liquórica: Parte I: efeitos do cateter peritoneal
No full textResumoEste artigo é um estudo laboratorial das características do fluxo e resistência de modelos de vários tipos de cateteres peritoneais, inclusive os disponíveis comercialmente.Utilizou-se uma bancada de testes que permitiu um controle preciso da pressão de perfusão do sistema. Os resultados demonstram que os cateteres comercialmente disponíveis não possuem resistência (Rout) significativa; o cateter aberto apresentou uma Rout que variou de 1,12 a 1,95 mmHg/ml/min, e o cateter com fendas de 10 mm apresentou uma Rout que variou de 1,22 a 1,26 mmHg/ml/min. Em humanos, os níveis considerados normais do elemento resistivo da dinâmica liquórica (Rout) é de até 3 mmHg/ml/min. Isso significa que os cateteres peritoneais testados reproduzem os valores dos elementos resistivos fisiológicos. Contudo, considerando-se a hipótese de Kajimoto, os cateteres de 8 mm e 9 mm possuem potencial para acrescentar o elemento resistivo adequado ao sistema de derivação. O cateter com fendas de 8 mm teve, em ΔPinicial de 5,15 mmHg, um fluxo de 2,11 ml/min e Rout de 2,45 mmHg/ml/min e, em ΔPsentado (14 mmHg), um fluxo de 9,96 ml/min e Rout de 1,41 mmHg/ml/min, representando um elemento resistivo adicional de 25% quando comparado ao cateter aberto tanto em ΔP inicial quanto em ΔPsentado. O cateter com fendas de 9 mm teve, em ΔPinicial de 4,05 mmHg, um fluxo de 1,93 ml/min e Rout de 2,1 mmHg/ml/min, e em ΔPsentado , um fluxo de 10,32 ml/min e Rout de 1,36 mmHg/ml/min, representando um elemento resistivo adicional de 7% em ΔPinicial e de 21% em ΔPsentado quando comparados com o cateter aberto.Assim, os cateteres de 8 mm e 9 mm mostraram potencial para contribuir como um elemento resistivo adicional para limitar o efeito sifão, e merecerão estudos futuros para se observar os efeitos hidrodinâmicos numa bancada de testes que inclua um sistema valvular.</jats:p
Giardia lamblia: missing evidence for a canonical thioredoxin system
No full textAbstract
The microaerophilic protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia occurs globally and causes dysentery in humans and animals. Since it is very sensitive to oxygen and reactive oxygen species, G. lamblia disposes over several enzymatic pathways to counter oxidative stress. One of the enzymes involved is thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), a central redox regulator that indirectly reduces peroxiredoxins via thioredoxin, an electron shuttle protein. Interestingly, the components of the TrxR-mediated redox system, including functional thioredoxins, have so far not been described despite their surmised importance for parasite survival. We aimed at filling this gap and attempted to identify functional thioredoxins and other interaction partners of TrxR in G. lamblia. To this end, we conducted database searches and expressed three recombinant candidate thioredoxins in Escherichia coli for ensuing enzyme assays. Further, co-immunoprecipitation experiments were conducted in order to identify further components of the thioredoxin redox network. Finally, the cellular localization of TrxR and peroxiredoxin 1 was determined by immunofluorescence microscopy. Surprisingly, our endeavours did not result in the identification of a functional thioredoxin or other credible interaction partners of TrxR. We, therefore, conclude that there is currently no evidence for a canonical thioredoxin redox network in G. lamblia.</jats:p
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