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Returning culture to peacebuilding : contesting the liberal peace in Sierra Leone
No full textThis thesis investigates the advantages and limitations of applying culture to the analysis of violent conflict and peacebuilding, with a particular focus on liberal peacebuilding in Sierra Leone. While fully aware of the critique of the concept of culture in terms of its uses for the production of difference and ‘otherness,’ it also seeks to respond to the critique of liberal peacebuilding on the account of its low sensitivity towards local culture, which allegedly undermines the peace effort. After a careful examination of the terms of discussion about culture enabled by theoretical approaches to conflict in Chapter 2, the thesis presents a theoretical framework for the analysis of cultural aspects of conflict and peace based on the processes and effects of meaning-generation (Chapter 3), developing the conceptual apparatus and vocabulary for the subsequent empirical study. Instead of bracketing out the recursive nature of cultural theorising, the developed approach embraces the recursive dynamics which arise as a result of cultural ‘embeddedness’ of the analyst and the processes which s/he seeks to elucidate, mirroring similar dynamics in the cultural production of meaning and knowledge. The framework of ‘embedded cultural enquiry’ is then used to analyse the practices of liberal peacebuilding as a particular culture, which shapes the interaction of the liberal peace with its ‘subjects’ and critics as well as framing its reception of the cultural problematic generally (Chapter 4). The application of the analytical framework to the case study investigates the interaction between the liberal peace and ‘local culture,’ offering an alternative reading of the conflict and peace process in Sierra Leone (Chapter 5). The study concludes that a greater attention to cultural meaning-making offers a largely untapped potential for peacebuilding, although any decisions with regard to its deployment will inevitably be made from within an inherently biased cultural perspective
Caratterizzazione di lesioni focali della milza mediante l’utilizzo di un mezzo di contrasto ecografico (Sonovue): 20 casi.
No full textStudio della parete gastrica nel cane mediante Helical Hydro-CT (HHCT): tecnica normale e prime esperienze cliniche
No full textUse of contrast harmonic ultrasound for the characterization of focal lesions of the spleen: 21 cases
No full textUse of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for characterization of focal splenic lesions
No full textContrast-enhanced ultrasound was used to study focal and multifocal lesions of the spleen in 26 dogs and two
cats affected by 11 benign and 18 malignant splenic diseases. A second-generation microbubble contrast medium
(Sonovue) was injected into the cephalic vein and enhancement patterns were subjectively described and time
intensity curves calculated. Final diagnosis was obtained by histopathologic examination after splenectomy
(n1⁄419) or by needle aspiration and sonographic follow-up after 4 and 8 weeks (n1⁄49). Contrast-enhanced
ultrasound parameters, improving the characterization between benign and malignant lesions, were established.
The most useful criterion was the hypoechogenicity of the lesion in the wash-out phase combined with the
presence of tortuous feeding vessels, which was observed in association with malignancy. All malignant lesions
were hypoechoic to the surrounding spleen 30 s after starting the contrast medium injection. Lymphosarcoma
and hemangiosarcoma had characteristic perfusion patterns. Lymphosarcoma had rapid time to peak and early
wash-out phase with a honeycomb pattern during the wash-out. Hemangiosarcomas were large nonperfused
masses in all phases surrounded by hypervascular splenic parenchyma. Benign lesions except one hematoma and
a benign histiocytoma had the same perfusion pattern as the surrounding spleen. Ultrasonographic and contrastenhanced
ultrasound findings of an accessory spleen are reported. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound can improve
the characterization of focal or multifocal lesions of the spleen
Author Visit inside Leone Cole Auditorium 1
No full textAn unidentified author was a special guest at Jacksonville State University in Spring 1968. Shown she stands on stage in Leone Cole Auditorium with unidentified students signing a book.https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib-ac-histimg/20307/thumbnail.jp
Leone Allemandes Corpus
No full textThe corpus we present is comprised of twenty-four allemandes (dance music originating from Germany, usually possessing even meter), written in 1768 by Gabriele Leone (sometimes referred to as Pietro Leone), a mandolin virtuoso from Naples. These pieces were originally included in a method for teaching mandolin to violin players (in particular, the method was dedicated to Louis Philippe II, later known as Philippe Égalité, at the time when he was Duke of Chartres). As such, despite the great technical ability of the author, the pieces are extremely simple and can be played by a novice. All of the allemandes are written for a mandolin duo, ideally having the first part played by the student and the second by the teacher, so all these pieces are polyphonic. In addition, a single instrument often plays chords, so either part may polyphonic on its own. Since the Neapolitan mandolin has only four strings, neither part ever has more than four simultaneous notes.
These pieces are released here in MusicXML format, with added chord annotations. We propose this corpus as a tool for the study of musical structure, as these simple pieces have strong formal regularities. More information can be found on the paper below.
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If you use this corpus for an academic publication, please cite the following paper:
Filippo Carnovalini, Antonio Rodà, Nicholas Harley, Steven T. Homer, and Geraint A. Wiggins. 2021. A New Corpus for Computational Music Research and A Novel Method for Musical Structure Analysis. In Audio Mostly 2021 (AM ’21), September 1–3, 2021, virtual/Trento, Italy. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3478384.3478402The original method is in the public domain and can be found at https://imslp.org/wiki/Méthode_raisonnée_pour_passer_du_Violon_à_la_Mandoline_(Leone%2C_Gabriele)
The additional work done to that corpus to release it in MusicXML format with chord annotations is released here under Creative Commons license
CLINICAL OUTCOME OF DOGS WITH UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA TREATED WITH DOSE-INTENSE CHEMOTHERAPY VERSUS RADIO-CHEMOTHERAPY: A SINGLE-INSTITUTIONAL PROSPECTIVE UNBLINDED STUDY.
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Evaluation of the stomach wall by Helical Hydro-CT (HHCT): normal technique and clinical cases.
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