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Directions for getting lost: or how to change your mind
No full textMark W. West (MEF Author)Architect Mark W West creates work that is incredibly delicately drawn. Here he documents the construction of his drawings, while his friend, whose name is also Mark West, contributes a commentary about the creative process behind them. The two texts reveal how the works defy the damage caused by reductive traditional architectural education and general experience, and open the viewer to a sense of greater wholeness, however disturbing this may be.WOS:000426491500018Arts and Humanities Citation IndexArticleUluslararası işbirliği ile yapılan - EVETMartYÖK - 2017-1
Robert Langer and Mark Tibbitt answer questions about additive manufacturing
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Dr. Mark Ellingsen, ITC, November 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Mark Ellingsen. Dr. Ellingsen talks about his book, "Lectionary Preaching Workbook, Series IX, Cycle B". Brad Ost, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Dr. Mark Ellingsen, ITC, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Mark Ellingsen. Dr. Ellingsen talks about his book, "Sin Bravely: A Joyful Alternative to a Purpose-Driven Life". Brad Ost, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Non‐Fouling Multi‐Azide Polyoxazoline Brush‐co‐Polymers for Sensing Applications
No full textOne of the key parameters of an artificial biosensor is a high signal-to-noise ratio. This is achieved by limiting non-specific interactions while simultaneously maximizing the targeted specific interaction. Here, it is combined non-fouling characteristics of poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMOXA) coatings with an abundance of azide groups to create a multi-azide containing poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline-co-2-(3-azidopropyl)-2-oxazoline) (PMCA) that can participate in bioorthogonal strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) for functionalization. This functional polymer is made surface-active using the PAcrAmTM technology to obtain well-defined spontaneously adsorbed monolayers on gold surfaces. The resistance to non-specific interactions is tested against full human serum (HS), analyzed via variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE), and compared to equivalent coatings based on PMOXA and azido-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-N3). The specific interactions are investigated via VASE and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) by immobilization of dibenzocyclooctyne-PEG4-biotin conjugate (DBCO-biotin) and streptavidin. The new PMCA-based coating shows superior resistance to non-specific protein adhesion than equivalent coatings based on commercially available PEG-N3 and significantly increases capacity for SPAAC. A proof of principle assay (biotin-streptavidin/biotin-BSA/anti-BSA) shows improved binding for the new PMCA polymer compared with single azide PEG
The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
Get PDFContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
Progress in material design for biomedical applications
No full textBiomaterials that interface with biological systems are used to deliver drugs safely and efficiently; to prevent, detect, and treat disease; to assist the body as it heals; and to engineer functional tissues outside of the body for organ replacement. The field has evolved beyond selecting materials that were originally designed for other applications with a primary focus on properties that enabled restoration of function and mitigation of acute pathology. Biomaterials are now designed rationally with controlled structure and dynamic functionality to integrate with biological complexity and perform tailored, high-level functions in the body. The transition has been from permissive to promoting biomaterials that are no longer bioinert but bioactive. This perspective surveys recent developments in the field of polymeric and soft biomaterials with a specific emphasis on advances in nano- to macroscale control, static to dynamic functionality, and biocomplex materials.National Institutes of Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32HL1220090)
Mark Shapley
No full textMark Shapley with research core from Spring Lake. Mark was a graduate student of Dan Engstrom at the University of Minnesota and the senior author of our Waubay paper published in the Holocen
Well-known trade mark protection: confusion in EU and Japan
No full textIn this thesis concerning the protection of well-known trade marks against confusion in the European Community Trade Mark (CTM) and Japanese trademark systems, the author critically considers the difficulties in comprehensively defining ‘well-known trade mark’ in the relevant international trade mark instruments. After critical analysis of various definitions of both ‘trade mark’ and ‘well-known trade mark’, she undertakes a comparison of the definitions of the parallel concepts of ‘trade mark of repute’ and ‘syuchi-syohyo’, and also undertakes an assessment as to the extent to which these trade marks are protected against confusion and kondo in the CTM and Japanese systems, respectively. It is concluded that the protection of well- known trade marks against confusion in the CTM and Japan cannot be said to be completely clear, and the author identifies some areas for legal refor
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Departure in the absence of victory?
No full textOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, political correspondent Karen Middleton, diplomacy and Afghan politics expert William Maley, and gender equity advocate Virginia Haussegger join Mark Kenny to discuss Australia’s nearly two decades in Afghanistan. Two years into the war in Afghanistan, United States President George W Bush said it was “mission accomplished”. But nearly two decades after the September 11 attacks, the Taliban has negotiated a favourable agreement with the United States and Australia has closed its embassy, citing security concerns amidst the withdrawal of Australian and international forces. So what was it all for? And, crucially, what does this mean for the Afghan people? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, journalist and author of An unwinnable war: Australia in Afghanistan Karen Middleton, scholar of Afghan politics Emeritus Professor William Maley, and gender equity advocate Virginia Haussegger join Mark Kenny to look back on Australia’s time in Afghanistan and discuss what the future may hold for the country
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