196 research outputs found
I remember living at Seabrook, 1945-1953
No full textIn this "I remember" memoir, Ann Mariko Lowe recalls life at Seabrook, which introduced her to many new experiences, including Halloween traditions. She remembers the living conditions in the dorms at Seabrook, where there was little privacy, and poor facilities. Afterwards, her family moved to the apartments, where they were able to form close bonds with other Japanese families. This was especially helpful with expenses. Ann also played basketball at the Community Center, attended Bible study classes, and was a student at Seabrook School. The Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center has been soliciting current and past residents of Seabrook Farms for an "I remember" project. Residents are asked to create narratives regarding their experiences at Seabrook Farms. These memories help preserve the history and multi-cultural heritage of Seabrook Farms
Contemporary Art in Japan and Cuteness in Japanese Popular Culture
No full textThis thesis is an art historical study focussing on contemporary Japan, and in particular the artists Murakami TakashL Mori Mariko, Aida Makoto, and Nara Yoshitomo. These artists represent a generation of artists born in the 1960s who use popular culture to their own ends. From the seminal exhibition 'Tokyo Pop' at Hiratsuka Museum of Art in 1996 which included all four artists, to Murakami's group exhibition 'Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture' which opened in April 2005, central to my research is an exploration of contemporary art's engagement with the pervasiveness of cuteness in Japanese culture.
Including key secondary material, which recognises cuteness as not merely something trivial but involving power play and gender role issues, this thesis undertakes an interdisciplinary analysis of cuteness in contemporary Japanese popular culture, and examines howcontemporary Japanese artists have responded, providing original research through interviews with Aida Makoto, Mori Mariko and Murakami Takashi. Themes examined include the deconstruction of the high and low in contemporary art; sh6jo (girl) culture and cuteness; the relation of cuteness and the erotic; the transformation of cuteness into the grotesque; cuteness and nostalgia; and virtual cuteness in Japanese science fiction animation, and computer games.
Director of Studies: Toshio Watanabe
Supervisors: David Ryan and Omuka Toshihar
I remember Ikebana
No full textIn this "I remember" memoir, Mariko Ono describes her career in Ikebana, Japanese flower arrangement. Mrs. Ono participates in annual flower shows, conducts classes at various places, including museums and schools, and has been in charge of the Ikebana exhibit at the annual Chow Mein dinners of the Seabrook Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. The Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center has been soliciting current and past residents of Seabrook Farms for an "I remember" project. Residents are asked to create narratives regarding their experiences at Seabrook Farms. These memories help preserve the history and multi-cultural heritage of Seabrook Farms
A sparse spin qubit array with integrated control electronics
No full textCurrent implementations of quantum computers suffer from large numbers of control lines per qubit, becoming unmanageable with system scale up. Here, we discuss a sparse spin-qubit architecture featuring integrated control electronics significantly reducing the off-chip wire count. This quantum-classical hardware integration closes the feasibility gap towards a CMOS quantum computer.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.QCD/Vandersypen LabOLD QCD/Charbon LabBUS/GeneralQCD/Veldhorst Lab(OLD)Applied Quantum ArchitecturesQN/Vandersypen La
Evaluation of Upper-Limb Feeding Performance Using the Fugl–Meyer Assessment
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
The Fugl–Meyer Assessment cutoff values to identify “can use spoon” and “can use chopsticks” were 54/53 and 62/61 points, with sensitivity and specificity of 86.7% and 96.4% and 100.0% and 97.1%, respectively. These optimal cutoff scores may be able to identify upper-limb feeding performance.
Primary Author and Speaker: Toshimasa Sone
Contributing Authors: Kazuaki Iokawa, Keiichi Hasegawa, Tetsu Tsukada, Mariko Kaneda</jats:p
SDE WEAK APPROXIMATION LIBRARY (SDE WA) (VERSION 1.0)
No full textIn application of mathematical finance to practical problems, weak approximation of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) is one of the most important themes.In probabilistic approach to this problem, the Euler-Maruyama scheme which is a first-order weak approximation scheme has been used. Kusuoka recently proposed a weak approximation schceme for diffusion processes. Lyons andVictoir extensively developed the idea of this scheme to establish the cubature formula on the Weiner space. These results and the spread of quasi Monte Carlo method showed the efficiency of higher-order weak approximation which is often called Kusuoka approximation or KLV scheme. Ninomiya-Victoir and Ninomiya-Ninomiya successfully constructed algorithms of this scheme. These algorithms have been improved in a number of research. (Fujiwara, Ooshima-Teichman-Veluscek, etc.) The author constructed a universal numerical library written inCfor calculation of weak approximation of any fiven SDEs following the Kusuoka scheme. Two types of algorithms mentioned above (NV and NN) of the Kusuoka scheme are included in this library. The Euler-Maruyama scheme is also available in this library. The source code for this library can be obtained by downloading it from https://sites.google.com/site/marikoninomiya/
Commented Feminist Translation of Two Science Fiction Short Stories: Shôjo and Toki no hanataba, by Mariko Ôhara
No full textO objetivo desta dissertação é traduzir dois contos de Ficção Científica (FC) da autora japonesa Mariko Ôhara. Muito prolífica nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, a obra de Ôhara aborda questões sociais como o papel da mulher na sociedade, gênero e sexualidade, porém quase nada do que escreveu chegou ao Ocidente. Já no Brasil, o panorama é mais agravante, pois nada da literatura de FC japonesa foi traduzida para o português brasileiro, sendo um nicho ainda desconhecido por aqui. Pensando nesses aspectos de silenciamento, a tradução será feita com base nos estudos feministas da tradução, em especial a Tradutologia Feminista Transnacional (TFT), que busca criar alianças transfronteiriças com diferentes vozes e contextos para desafiar os sistemas de opressão. Os contos escolhidos são Shôjo e Toki no hanataba, traduzidos como Garota e Buquê de tempo, respectivamente. Foram originalmente publicados na revista SF Magajin na década de 1980, e compilados em um livro de contos de Ôhara intitulado Mentaru Fimêru, de 1991. Assim, será possível apresentar não só uma autora desconhecida para as pessoas, como também um gênero literário ainda pouco explorado pelo mercado editorial brasileiro.The aim of this dissertation is to translate two Science Fiction (SF) short stories by the Japanese author Mariko Ôhara. Highly prolific in the 1980s and 1990s, Ôhara\'s work addresses social issues such as the role of women in society, gender, and sexuality, yet very little of what she wrote has reached the West. In Brazil, the situation is even more dire, as none of the Japanese SF literature has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese, making it a niche still unknown here. Reflecting on these aspects of silencing, the translation will be grounded in feminist translation studies, particularly Transnational Feminist Translation Studies (TFT), which aims to forge cross-border alliances with different voices and contexts to challenge systems of oppression. The chosen short stories are Shôjo and Toki no hanataba, translated as \"Garota\" and \"Buquê de tempo\", respectively. They were originally published in the SF Magajin in the 1980s and compiled in Ôhara\'s short story collection titled Mentaru Fimêru in 1991. Thus, it will be possible to introduce not only an unknown author to the audience but also a literary genre still relatively unexplored by the Brazilian publishing market
Mindful Pieces: Promoting Self-Regulation in Students with Learning Differences
No full textIn the field of developmental psychology, mindfulness, or the state of present awareness, has shown promising results in enhancing self-regulation abilities in children in classroom settings. Such findings may suggest particular benefits to children with learning differences, who commonly struggle with the ability to control thoughts, emotions, and behaviours due to neurologically- based challenges. Unfortunately, many mindfulness interventions, which include activities such as yoga and martial arts, require specialized training on behalf of the instructors. Furthermore, formal mindfulness practices (such as meditation) do not suit the limited attentional capacities of young children. A similar intervention that requires introspection, art therapy has presented art-making as a familiar, non-verbal, engaging, and enjoyable action that “demands presence in body, mind, feelings and, many would say, soul” (Learmonth & Huckvale, 2008, p.11). Borrowing concepts from art therapy, this thesis project explores art-making as a way for children with learning differences to practice mindfulness in classroom settings. Specifically, this project introduces a tool that implements mindful art-making as a transitional activity in grades 1-3 classrooms. The research takes place at Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School (KGMS), an alternative elementary school in North Vancouver for students with learning differences. Through iterative processes of prototyping, user testing, and feedback, this research devises a mindfulness tool that accommodates both for the gifts and challenges of children with learning differences, and the skillsets of their teachers
Consumption, Control, and Maternal Fascism: A Critical Introduction to and Translation of Mariko Ōhara's Hybrid Child
No full textThis dissertation is a critical introduction to and translation of Mariko Ōhara's novel, Hybrid Child (1990). Hybrid Child was written in Japanese between 1984 and 1990, at the height of Japan's bubble economy. During this period, high-tech consumer capitalism came to be intertwined with new types of social control through the technological "management" of all aspects of life. Hybrid Child is the story of a cyborg weapon called "Sample B #3" who develops an independent will and escapes from the military. Overlapping with the military's ensuing pursuit of its own out-of-control creation are several other story threads, including a rebellious daughter and her mother's relentless desire to contain her, a maternal "city computer" who simultaneously cares for and destroys the population, and a Military Priest who is progressing through his eight-hundred year lifespan in reverse.Hybrid Child presents an exploration from various angles of what its author, Mariko Ōhara, elsewhere calls "maternal fascism." "Fascism" is a loaded term, with connotations of social control in the context of mobilization for total or unending war; it is at odds with the generosity, selflessness, and nurturing care characteristic of idealized visions of the maternal in modern Japan. In Hybrid Child, maternal care is presented as continuous with regimes of social control, militarist mobilization, and techno-scientific domination. In Ōhara's novel, both maternal care and militarist domination imply common strategies of over-management (of individuals and/or populations) and spatial enclosure (of the beloved daughter, of the military threat). In my introduction to the novel, I examine the ways in which Hybrid Child dramatizes the intersections and overlaps between militarist and maternal regimes of control, in particular in the context of the kanri shakai ("managed society") and shōhi shakai ("consumer society") of 1980s Japan. Finally, I consider the ways in which the novel's emphasis on the corporeal invites us to consider gaps and possibilities from which to negotiate within or move beyond such regimes of control, into new conceptions of care.Cette thèse est une introduction critique et une traduction du roman de Mariko Ôhara, Hybrid Child (1990). Hybrid Child a été écrit en japonais entre 1984 et 1990, durant le pic de la bulle économique au Japon. Pendant cette période, le capitalisme de consommation de hautes technologies s'était entrelacé avec de nouveaux types de contrôle social à travers la "gestion" technologique de tous les aspects de la vie. Hybrid Child est l'histoire d'une arme cyborg appellée "Sample B #3" qui développe une volonté indépendante et s'enfuit de l'armée. Dans la poursuite de l'armée après sa création incontrôlable viennent se tisser plusieurs histoires, dont celle d'une fille rebelle et de sa mère qui désire incessamment l'enfermer, un "ordinateur de ville" maternel qui en même temps prend soin et détruit la population, et un "prêtre militaire" qui passe à travers sa durée de vie de huit cents ans à l'envers. Hybrid Child présente une exploration sous plusieurs angles de ce que l'auteure, Mariko Ôhara, nomme ailleurs le "fascisme maternel". "Fascisme" est un terme chargé, avec des connotations de contrôle social dans un contexte de mobilisation pour une guerre totale ou sans fin; en désaccord avec la générosité, l'altruisme et les soins maternels qui caractérisent les visions idéalisées du maternel dans le Japon moderne. Or, dans Hybrid Child, les soins maternels sont présentés en continuité avec les régimes de contrôle social, les mobilisations militaristes et la domination technoscientifique. Dans le roman de Ôhara, les soins maternels et la domination militaire tous deux impliquent des stratégies communes de sur-gestion (de l'individu/ou de la population) et d'enclos spatial (de la fille adorée, du danger militaire). Dans mon introduction au roman, j'examine les façons par lesquelles Hybrid Child dramatise les intersections et chevauchements entre les régimes de contrôle militaires et maternels, en particulier dans le contexte de kanri shakai ("la société gérée") et shōhi shakai ("la société de consommation") du Japon des années 1980. Dernièrement, j'explore comment l'emphase mise sur le corporel dans le roman nous invite à localiser des failles à travers lesquelles nous aurions peut-être la possibilité d'aller au-delà ou de négocier à l'intérieur de ces régimes de contrôle, vers de nouvelles conceptions de la notion de soins
Majorana Qubits
No full textWe present an overview of Majorana qubits based on one-dimensional semiconducting nanowires partially covered with a conventional superconductor. Majorana zero modes emerge at the wire ends when this hybrid system transitions from a conventional superconducting phase to a topological phase, in general occurring on increasing a magnetic field. For sufficiently long wires different Majoranas are fully independent and Majorana-based qubit states become topologically protected, which make them insensitive to local sources of noise. We present qubit designs, materials and device development and ongoing experimental efforts.QRD/Kouwenhoven La
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