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No full textWhat are the characteristic features of avatar-based singleplayer videogames, from Super Mario Bros. to Grand Theft Auto? Rune Klevjer examines this question with a particular focus on issues of fictionality and realism, and their relation to cinema and Virtual Reality. Through close-up analysis and philosophical discussion, Klevjer argues that avatar-based gaming is a distinctive and dominant form of virtual self-embodiment in digital culture. This book is a revised edition of Rune Klevjer's pioneering work from 2007, featuring a new introduction by the author and afterword by Stephan Günzel, Jörg Sternagel, and Dieter Mersch
Stata syntax of pre-planned analyses in the project "Effectiveness of black bars and related methods for de-identification of facial images"
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Description: This do-file shows the pre-planned analyses in the project "Effectiveness of black bars and related methods for de-identification of facial images"
Language: Stata (version 15)
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Author: Martin Rune Hassan Hansen, Aarhus University ([email protected])
Date of last edit: 2021-08-1
Bureaucracy and Hierarchy – What Else!?
No full textHierarchy and bureaucracy have been more or less welcomed companions of human civilisation from the very beginning. In almost every culture and epoch, ruling elites and followers, superiors and subordinates can be identified. Hierarchy and bureaucracy are quite flexible, adaptable and they are fairly persistent – but why could, or even should we see this as a problem?
This introduction will first provide a brief history of no change, followed by the second section where the advantages and disadvantages and the contested terrain of hierarchy are elaborated in some length. The discussion focuses on three areas: the functional, social and ethical qualities of hierarchy. In the final section, the chapters of this volume will be briefly introduced. The chapters are grouped into three sections: (I) Fundamentals and historical accounts of bureaucracy, (II) Organisational, cultural and socio-psychological aspects of hierarchy and (III) Alternative views on, and alternatives to hierarchy.
Title: Bureaucracy and Hierarchy – what Else!?
Author(s): Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By
Volume: 35 Editor(s): Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By
ISBN: 978-1-78052-782-6 eISBN: 978-1-78052-783-3
Citation:
Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By (2012), Bureaucracy and Hierarchy – what Else!?, in Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By (ed.) Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy – from the Bureau to Network Organizations (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 35), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.1-2
The Rune Stones of Spirit Pond, Maine
No full textThe author reports on his official investigation of the inscription on three rune stones discovered in 1971 by Walter J. Elliott near Spirit Pond, Maine (USA). In determining the authenticity of the stones as Viking Age artifacts, three steps were involved: 1) transcription of the runes, 2) transliteration into the Latin alphabet, and 3) interpretation of the meaning of the inscriptions. The relationship of runes (as alphabetic symbols) to the history of Scandinavian languages is outlined; special problems of these inscriptions are discussed: 1) the runes are not those used in the eleventh or later centuries, 2) spelling and the use of "runic" numerals are inconsistent with runic and scribal practice, 3) the grammatical form is unrecognizable as Old Norse, 4) peculiarities relate directly to the Kensington Stone inscription in Minnesota. Conclusion: the inscriptions could not have been carved by Scandinavian Vikings in the Middle Ages, and probably date since 1932
Positive predictive values of the International Classification of Disease, 10th edition diagnoses codes for diverticular disease in the Danish National Registry of Patients
No full textRune Erichsen1, Lisa Strate2, Henrik Toft Sørensen1, John A Baron31Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; 2Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 3Departments of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, NH, USAObjective: To investigate the accuracy of diagnostic coding for diverticular disease in the Danish National Registry of Patients (NRP).Study design and setting: At Aalborg Hospital, Denmark, with a catchment area of 640,000 inhabitants, we identified 100 patients recorded in the NRP with a diagnosis of diverticular disease (International Classification of Disease codes, 10th revision [ICD-10] K572–K579) during the 1999–2008 period. We assessed the positive predictive value (PPV) as a measure of the accuracy of discharge codes for diverticular disease using information from discharge abstracts and outpatient notes as the reference standard.Results: Of the 100 patients coded with diverticular disease, 49 had complicated diverticular disease, whereas 51 had uncomplicated diverticulosis. For the overall diagnosis of diverticular disease (K57), the PPV was 0.98 (95% confidence intervals [CIs]: 0.93, 0.99). For the more detailed subgroups of diagnosis indicating the presence or absence of complications (K573–K579) the PPVs ranged from 0.67 (95% CI: 0.09, 0.99) to 0.92 (95% CI: 0.52, 1.00). The diagnosis codes did not allow accurate identification of uncomplicated disease or any specific complication. However, the combined ICD-10 codes K572, K574, and K578 had a PPV of 0.91 (95% CI: 0.71, 0.99) for any complication.Conclusion: The diagnosis codes in the NRP can be used to identify patients with diverticular disease in general; however, they do not accurately discern patients with uncomplicated diverticulosis or with specific diverticular complications.Keywords: diverticulum, colon, diverticulitis, validation studie
Hauntings – A nodalist study
No full textSince Deleuze and Guattari first described the concept of the rhizome as a model of cultural transmission in A Thousand Plateaus (1980), a new way of processing information in the Arts and Social Sciences has emerged – ‘Nodalism’. Philip Gochenour has convincingly argued that units of culture can now be thought of as ‘nodes’ existing in a nonhierarchical, web-like network. Information transfer between nodes in the network is horizontal, omni-directional and not necessarily teleological, a way of viewing the world which has been paralleled and actualized in the last twenty years by the emergence, growth and ubiquity of the internet and the World Wide Web.
The author – a developing audiovisual artist – here offers four videomusic pieces and one virtual sound-synthesis tool. At first glance, the pieces may appear to have little in common. However, the commentary will attempt to show that they are subtly linked together, immersed in a cocoon of rhizomatic, pluralistic, thread-like connections.
The strongest ‘thread’ holding them together appears to be the trope of being ‘haunted’ in some way – either by influence, genre, or overarching concept. However, this thesis will attempt to show how a detailed consideration of each piece results in a highly complex final picture in which the pieces can be thought of as individual cultural nodes suspended in a dense rhizomatic mass of lateral cultural threads. For the sake of completion, however, the project has received the name Hauntings in reference to one of the strongest shared tropes running throughout all five works
Identification of Civil Engineering Structures using Vector ARMA Models
No full textThis paper describes the work which have been carried out in the project B.1: Damage Detection in Structures under Random Loading. The project is a part of the research programme Dynamics of Structures founded by the Danish Technical Research Council. The planned contents of and the requirements to the project prior to its start is described together with the results obtained during the project. The project was mainly carried out as a Ph.D. project by the first author from September 1993 to May 1997 under supervision of Professor Rune Brincker and Associate Professor Poul Henning Kirkegaard both from Dept. of Building Technology and Structural Engineering, Aalborg University.</p
Developing nationwide avalanche terrain maps for Norway
No full textSnow avalanches are a significant natural hazard in Norway. One method to manage the backcountry avalanche hazard is through detailed mapping of avalanche terrain. Avalanche terrain can be mapped using a variety of methods, including using the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES); however, manual classification of terrain using ATES is time consuming. This study has developed and compared a fully automated algorithm to provide ATES mapping for all of Norway. Our new algorithm is based on the technical model for ATES mapping. This model has specific terrain-based thresholds that can be applied for automated terrain-based modeling. Our algorithm expands on prior work by including the potential release area (PRA) model to identify and calculate the likelihood of an avalanche releasing from a start zone. We also use the raster-based TauDEM-model to determine the avalanche runout length. The final product is a 10-m resolution ATES map. We compared this nationwide ATES map with areas that have been manually mapped by avalanche experts, and find that the automated approach yields similar and reliable results. In addition to comparing mapped areas, we also examine manually mapped linear routes and compare these with the automated mapped ATES areas. Our results suggest that for open terrain, the vast majority of the manually classified tracks are predominantly in the same ATES class as our algorithm. For forested areas, we get mixed results, which can be attributed to a lack of suitable vegetation data at an appropriate scale. Despite this limitation, the current ATES algorithm and resulting spatial data are already valuable as a large portion (~ 70%) of the Norwegian backcountry terrain is above tree line. The automated algorithm is also useful to ensure consistent manual classification across different regions in Norway, or globally, and will permit greater reproducibility and easier updating of mapping for the future
Kin, Church, and Church of the Kin : Rune stones and early Christian grave monuments bricked into churches in Western Östergötland
No full textIn this thesis the author - based on case studies on the now demolished old Högby church in Högby parish outside of Mjölby, and the crypt church ruin of Sverkersgården in Västra Tollstad parish at the slopes of mount Omberg – proposes that rune stones and early Christian grave monuments were bricked into Romanesque church buildings during the 12th and 13th century in western Östergötland as a way for the landed elite families to include the churches into their odal right of land ownership, as well as a way to manifest the patron of the church in the sacral space equivalent to portraits of church patrons
Modal Analysis Based on the Random Decrement Technique:application to civil engineering structures
No full textThis article describes the work carried out within the project: Modal Analysis Based on the Random Decrement Technique - Application to Civil Engineering Structures. The project is part of the research programme: Dynamics of Structures sponsored by the Danish Technical Research Counsil. The planned contents and the requirement for the project prior to its start are described together with thee results obtained during the 3 year period of the project. The project was mainly carried out as a Ph.D project by the first author from September 1994 to August 1997 in cooperation with associate professor Rune Brincker from the above department. During the project there has been intensive cooperation with professor Sam Ibrahim, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA. The article is finished with a reference list of the papers and reports prepared during the project
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