1,013 research outputs found
The human cochlear aqueduct and accessory canals: a micro-CT analysis using a 3D reconstruction paradigm
No full textObjective: We sought to study the anatomic variations of the cochlear aqueduct and its accessory canals in human temporal bones using micro-CT and a 3D reconstruction paradigm. More knowledge about the anatomic variations of these structures, particularly at the basal turn of the cochlea and round window niche, may be important to better preserve residual hearing as well as the neural supply during cochlear implant surgery. Methods: An archival collection of 30 human temporal bones underwent micro-CT and 3D reconstruction. A surface enhancement paradigm was applied. The application displays reconstructed slices as a 3D object with realistic 3D visualization of scanned objects. Virtual sectioning or "cropping" of the petrous bone presented subsequent areas. Thereby, the bony canals could be followed from inside the basal turn of cochlea and middle ear to the jugular foramen. Results: The cochlear aqueduct was always paralleled by an accessory canal containing the inferior cochlear vein. It ran from the basal turn of the cochlea and exited laterally in the jugular foramen. In 70% of the cases, a secondary accessory canal was observed and it derived mostly from a depression or infundibulum located in the floor of the round window niche. This canal also exited in the jugular foramen. The secondary accessory canal occasionally anastomosed with the primary accessory canal suggesting that it contains a vein that drains middle ear blood to the cranial sinus. Conclusion: Micro-CT with 3D surface reconstruction paradigm offers new possibilities to study the topographic anatomy of minor details in the human inner ear. The technique creates simulated transparent "castings" of the labyrinth with a coinciding surface view through enhancement of contrast between boundaries. Accessory canals that drain blood from the cochlea, spiral ganglion, and middle ear could be characterized three-dimensionally
Polish Photographer Jan Malisz about Carl Larsson
No full textIn 1912 the Warsaw newspaper “The Illustrated Weekly” published an article about the Swedish painter Carl Larsson (1853–1919). The author of this text was a Polish Photographer, polyglot and art connoisseur Jan Malisz (1878–1928), who initiated the professional movement of photographers in Galicia. In 1908, he founded a branch of the Austrian Union of Photographers in Cracow, and in 1909, in Lviv. His artistic horizons also encompassed Scandinavian art, one of whose representatives was Carl Larsson. Malisz noticed in his paintings certain features which, after many years, have let Larsson and his wife Karin be recognised in Europe as the precursors of Swedish model manufacture and interior design. The phenomenon of the accuracy of Malisz’s remark results from the fact that he was Larsson’s friend for many years. The spiritual understanding between the Swede and the Pole was neither impeded by a significant age difference nor by their different political views, as Malisz was a socialist, whereas Larsson supported absolutism. The letters from Malisz to Larsson are kept in the University Library in Uppsala.W 1912 roku warszawski „Tygodnik Ilustrowany” zamieścił tekst o szwedzkim malarzu Carlu Larssonie (1853–1919). Autorem był polski fotografik, poliglota i znawca sztuki Jan Malisz, żyjący w latach 1878–1928 inicjator ruchu zawodowego fotografów na terenie Galicji. W roku 1908 założył on filię ogólnoaustriackiego Związku Fotografów w Krakowie, a w 1909 we Lwowie. Jego horyzont artystyczny objął także sztukę skandynawską, której przedstawicielem był malarz Carl Larsson. Malisz dostrzegł w dziełach szwedzkiego malarza cechy, które po latach pozwoliły Europie uznać C. Larssona i jego żonę Karin za prekursorów szwedzkiego wzornictwa i designu wnętrz. Fenomen trafności spostrzeżeń J. Malisza wynikał z bliskiej i długoletniej przyjaźni z Carlem Larssonem. W porozumieniu duchowym Szweda z Polakiem nie przeszkodziła znaczna różnica wieku ani różne poglądy polityczne. Malisz był socjalistą, a Larsson zwolennikiem absolutyzmu. Listy J. Malisza do C. Larssona przechowywane są w Bibliotece Uniwersyteckiej w Uppsali
An analysis of the life, work, and social change created by author Stieg Larsson
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is to examine the life of Swedish author Stieg Larsson and how his career as a journalist and activist lead him to create the global phenomenon, The Millennium Trilogy. Through writing about international political themes, Larsson successfully tells a tale of a female heroine, Lisbeth Salander, who overcomes her tragic destiny. Originally written in Swedish, Larsson creates a cultural assimilation through writing about universal themes, such as computer hacking and crimes against humanity. The three novels, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest are together called the Millennium Trilogy, and after only 6 years of publication, sold more than 65 million copies in more than 44 different languages. The novels are additionally the first major block buster books about social networking. Unfortunately, Larsson never saw the success of his novels, having died before their publication. This thesis will search for the truth behind the fiction by using current events that reflect the issues he proposes. It will also explore the idea of writing as a medium for social change by enlightening readers through journalism and literature. Through discussing the international success of the novels, this thesis aims to show the power of universal themes in transcending cultural barriers to create awareness of global issues. The books have not only become a symbol of pop culture, but also a symbol for social justice. The Millennium Trilogy is a series of crime novels that are a delivery system for social activism in the 21st century that incorporates contemporary technology as well as traditional “who dun it” story lines
Human inner ear blood supply revisited : the Uppsala collection of temporal bone - an international resource of education and collaboration
No full textBackground: The Uppsala collection of human temporal bones and molds is a unique resource for education and international research collaboration. Micro-computerized tomography (micro-CT) and synchrotron imaging are used to investigate the complex anatomy of the inner ear. Impaired microcirculation is etiologically linked to various inner ear disorders, and recent developments in inner ear surgery promote examination of the vascular system. Here, for the first time, we present three-dimensional (3D) data from investigations of the major vascular pathways and corresponding bone channels. Methods: We used the archival Uppsala collection of temporal bones and molds consisting of 324 inner ear casts and 113 macerated temporal bones. Micro-CT was used to investigate vascular bone channels, and 26 fresh human temporal bones underwent synchrotron radiation phase contrast imaging (SR-PCI). Data were processed by volume-rendering software to create 3D reconstructions allowing orthogonal sectioning, cropping, and soft tissue analyses. Results: Micro-CT with 3D rendering was superior in reproducing the anatomy of the vascular bone channels, while SR-PCI replicated soft tissues. Arterial bone channels were traced from scala vestibuli (SV) arterioles to the fundus, cochlea, and vestibular apparatus. Drainage routes along the aqueducts were examined. Conclusion: Human inner ear vessels are difficult to study due to the adjoining hard bone. Micro-CT and SR-PCI with 3D reconstructions revealed large portions of the micro-vascular system in un-decalcified specimens. The results increase our understanding of the organization of the vascular system in humans and how altered microcirculation may relate to inner ear disorders. The findings may also have surgical implications
Med skilda tungors ljud : körsång och gudstjänstspråk
No full textThis volume 88 of the Yearbook for Swedish Liturgical Life is dedicated to choir singing and multi-lingual church services. It includes articles by Sune Fahlgren, Rolf Larsson, Gunnel Fagius, Ralf Thiedemann and Mikael Isacson. All articles are in Swedish with summary in English
Med skilda tungors ljud [Elektronisk resurs] : körsång och gudstjänstspråk
No full textThis volume 88 of the Yearbook for Swedish Liturgical Life is dedicated to choir singing and multi-lingual church services. It includes articles by Sune Fahlgren, Rolf Larsson, Gunnel Fagius, Ralf Thiedemann and Mikael Isacson. All articles are in Swedish with summary in English
Consumer Perception of Bread Quality
No full textBread contains a wide range of important nutritional components which provide a positive effect on human health. However, the consumption of bread in Belgium is declining during the last decades. This is due to factors such as changing eating patterns and a increasing choice of substitutes like breakfast cereals and fast foods. The aim of this study is to investigate consumer’s quality perception of bread towards sensory, health and nutrition attributes. Consumer’s quality perception of bread seams to be determined by sensory and health attributes. Three clusters of consumers are identified based on these attributes. In the first cluster, consumers’ quality perception of bread is not dependent on the health attributes it embraces, but to some extent on sensory attributes. For the second cluster, both health and sensory attributes appear to influence quality perception. In the third cluster only sensory attributes appear to be important in determining quality perception, though in a negative direction. The results of this study will possibly help health professionals and policy makers to systematically inform the consumers about the positive effects of bread and its components. Furthermore, firms can use the result to build up a tailor-made marketing strategy.Consumer, Quality perception, Bread, Demand and Price Analysis, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,
From an Author to a Male Author, Female Author and Back : Kainin tytär (Cain s Daughter) by Pirkko Saisio and the Works of Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein as a Response to Feminist Literary Discourse of the 1980s
No full textThis study explores Pirkko Saisio s novel, Kainin tytär (Cain s Daughter, 1984) published under her own name, and her later novels that were published under different pseudonyms. Kiusaaja (Tornmenter, 1986), Viettelijä (Seducer, 1987) and Kantaja (Bearer, 1991) were published under the male pseudonym Jukka Larsson, and Puolimaailman nainen (A Demimonde, 1990) and Kulkue (Procession, 1992) were published under the female pseudonym, Eva Wein. My research investigates the poetics of gender difference constructed by these works, when considered in particular from the three perspectives of authorship, intertextuality and narrative structure.
The novels are contextualized within Finnish feminist-oriented research and discourse on women s literature of the 1980s. During the spring of 1985, author Pirkko Saisio took part in a seminar on research in women s literature held at the University of Turku. This seminar addressed issues of research from feminist perspectives that were typical of the period, such as the different receptions of work by male and female writers, and the possible differences between literature written by men and women respectively. Pirkko Saisio was aware of feminist literary discourse of the 1980s and, as demonstrated in the present study, she also contributed to the discourse by writing under both male and female pseudonyms.
The theoretical underpinning of the present study is feminist literary research. I interpret Saisio's switching from one pseudonym to another as the author commenting on the gender debates from outside the binary logic of male and female. From her borderline position, she worked not as a female or male author, but as a bit of both, or neither. The author's struggle to create a perspective beyond women's literature is precisely what makes Pirkko Saisio a lesbian feminist writer.
The novels' intertextual references need to be contextualized within the literary discourse at the time of publication, defining the relationship of Saisio s Kainin tytär and her pseudonym novels with the literary tradition. The different relationships of male and female writers to this tradition were among the key issues of feminist literary discussion in the 1980s. Saisio s novels under different pseudonyms share a number of intertexts that are important for interpreting all of them and assemble the six novels into a whole. The main intertexts addressed in this study contain explicit or implicit statements on gender difference or the meaning of gender. Therefore analyzing the intertextual references open up the thematization of the problematic of gender in the novels. The novels of Saisio, Larsson and Wein also shared certain thematically central structural elements repeated from one work to another, such as a cyclical chronological structure, embedded narratives and recurring motifs.
Pirkko Saisio s, Jukka Larsson s and Eva Wein s novels did not respond to the discussion on women s literature of the 1980s in any unequivocal way. Writing as Wein and Larsson, Saisio created a unique literary output that responded polemically to the literary debate of its time of publication, testing the boundaries and definitions of not only authorship and reception but also of literary production and the literary work .
Keywords: author, authorship, gender, poetics, intertextuality, feminist narratology, feminist literary research, lesbian author, lesbianTutkimuksen kohteena ovat Saision omalla nimellään julkaisema romaani Kainin tytär (1984) sekä sitä seuranneet nimellä Jukka Larsson julkaistut romaanit Kiusaaja (1986), Viettelijä (1987) ja Kantaja (1991) ja nimellä Eva Wein julkaistut romaanit Puolimaailman nainen (1990) ja Kulkue (1992). Tutkimuksessa selvitetään millaista sukupuolieron poetiikkaa teokset rakentavat, kun niitä tarkastellaan erityisesti kolmesta näkökulmasta: tekijyyden, intertekstuaalisuuden ja kerronnallisten rakenteiden kautta.
Tutkimuskohteena olevat teokset kontekstoidaan 1980-luvun suomalaiseen naisnäkökulmaiseen tutkimukseen ja kirjallisuuskeskusteluun. Keväällä 1985 Pirkko Saisio osallistui Turun yliopistossa järjestettyyn Naiskirjallisuus tutkimuskohteeksi -seminaariin, jossa pohdittiin ajankohdan naisnäkökulmaiselle tutkimukselle tyypillisiä kysymyksiä kuten nais-ja mieskirjailijoiden erilaista vastaanottoa sekä miesten ja naisten kirjoittaman kirjallisuuden mahdollisia eroja. Pirkko Saisio oli tietoinen 1980-luvun naisnäkökulmaisesta kirjallisuuskeskustelusta ja, kuten tässä tutkimuksessa osoitetaan, osallistui siihen myöhemmin myös kirjailijanimillään.
Tutkimuksen teoreettiset lähtökohdat ovat 1980- ja 1990-lukujen taitteen ja sitä myöhemmässä feministisessä kirjallisuudentutkimuksessa. Kirjailijanimestä toiseen vaihtaminen tulkitaan tässä tutkimuksessa tasapainoiluksi erilaisten positioiden välillä, Saision yritykseksi tutkia ja kommentoida sukupuolesta käytyä keskustelua binaarilogiikan ulkopuolelta tai rajalta: ei naiskirjailijana tai mieskirjailijana, vaan vähän molempina tai ei kumpanakaan. Romaaneja tarkastellaan feministisenä lesbokirjallisuutena lähtien siitä ajatuksesta, että juuri kamppailu (mies- tai) naiskirjailijuuden ylittävän kirjailijaposition luomiseksi tekee Saisiosta lesbokirjailijan.
Intertekstuaaliset suhteet kontekstoivat teokset ilmestymisajankohtansa kirjallisuuskeskusteluun ja määrittelevät niin Pirkko Saision Kainin tyttären kuin hänen pseudonyymeillä julkaisemiensa romaanien suhdetta kirjallisuuden traditioon. Nais- ja mieskirjailijan erilainen suhde kirjallisuuden perinteeseen oli yksi 1980-luvun naisnäkökulmaisen kirjallisuuskeskustelun tärkeistä kysymyksistä. Eri kirjailijanimillä julkaistuilla romaaneilla on joukko yhteisiä, kaikkien tulkinnan kannalta olennaisia intertekstejä, jotka järjestävät tutkimuskohteenani olevat teokset kokonaisuudeksi. Tutkimuksessa käsitellyt keskeiset intertekstit sisältävät eksplisiittisiä tai implisiittiä kannanottoja sukupuolieroon tai sukupuolen merkitykseen, ja siten ohjaavat tai avaavat sukupuolen problematiikan tematisoitumista romaaneissa. Saision, Larssonin ja Weinin romaaneja yhdistävät myös tietyt, teoksesta toiseen toistuvat, temaattisesti keskeiset rakenteelliset elementit kuten syklinen aikarakenne, upotetut kertomukset ja läpi tuotannon toistuvat motiivit.
Pirkko Saision, Jukka Larsson ja Eva Weinin romaanit eivät vastanneet 1980-luvulla naiskirjallisuudesta käytyyn keskusteluun millään yksiselitteisellä tavalla. Weinina ja Larssonina Saisio loi ainutlaatuisen kirjallisen tuotannon, joka vastasi poleemisesti ilmestymisajankohtansa kirjallisuuskeskusteluun sekä koetteli tekijyyden ja teosten vastaanoton lisäksi myös "tuotannon" ja "teoksen" rajoja ja määritelmiä.
Avainsanat: tekijä, tekijyys, sukupuoli, poetiikka, intertekstuaalisuus, feministinen narratologia, feministinen kirjallisuudentutkimus, lesbokirjailija, lesbokirjallisuus.ei saavutettav
Periarticular Fractures Around the Hip and Knee: Fix or Replace?
No full textThe number of periarticular fragility fractures around the hip and knee is increasing. If surgical treatment is indicated, open reduction and internal fixation or replacement can often be viable options. In contrast to secondary replacement, the use of replacement in the acute stage might be advantageous because early rehabilitation and weightbearing can be initiated. This article describes the current literature related to internal fixation or primary replacement in periarticular fractures around the hip and knee.</p
KONSTRUKSI LISBETH SALANDER DALAM NOVEL THE GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO KARYA STIEG LARSSON
No full textABSTRAK
Tulisan ini mendeskripsikan konstruksi yang dibuat pengarang atas tokoh utama perempuan, Lisbeth Salander, dalam novel karya Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keberpihakan pengarang atas tokohnya perempuannya mengingat pengarang novel sendiri adalah seorang lelaki. Untuk meneliti hal di atas, Penulis menggunakan Analisis Wacana Feminis dengan menggunakan metode analisis Sara Mills. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa pengarang memberikan keleluasaan pada Lisbeth Salander untuk menceritakan dirinya sendiri dan ketika dia diceritakan oleh tokoh lain, maka telah dibingkai dengan narasi-narasi positif. Di sisi lain, semua tokoh lelaki memosisikan Lisbeth pun dengan posisi sebagai rekan setara, kecuali satu tokoh yang memosisikannya sebagai subordinat. Hal di atas menunjukkan, meski pengarang seorang lelaki, ia berpihak pada Lisbeth.
ABSTRACT
This paper aim to describe about the author‟s construction of Lisbeth Salander, the main female character of Stieg Larsson,‟ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.‟ This paper made to know about the alignments of the author to her. This study uses Feminist Discourse Analysis with Sara Mills‟s method. The analysis shows that the author gives Lisbeth Salander much discretion to tell about herself and when she is told by any other man character, she is given some positif frame of narations. In the other side, all the man characters puts her as equal partner, except one antagonist man character who puts her as subordinat. The things make this novel, even as it is written by a man, has tended to Lisbeth
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