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Efstathopoulos, Yiannis. "La guitarra universal de Falla: el material del compositor como inspiración para prácticas interpretativas, la estética del Homenaje y de otras obras de la Generación 27'." Música Oral del Sur, no. 21 (December 30, 2024): 287–318. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14794384.
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Este artículo analiza las fuentes guitarrísticas de Manuel de Falla y propone ejemplos de un acercamiento a la interpretación histórica de su obra, el Homenaje escrito en 1920. A través de estas fuentes y experimentos realizados en instrumentos antiguos con cuerdas de tripa y seda, esta investigación se enfoca en los detalles interpretativos del Homenaje y en otras obras de la época como son el Preludio y Danza de Julián Bautista o los arreglos de Miguel Llobet. A través de esta búsqueda se pretende ampliar la estética guitarrística Falliana, interpretar música y formaciones olvidadas y reconsiderar el panorama guitarrístico.
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Arrazola, Juan Miguel, Alain Delgado, Bhaskar Roy Bardhan, and Seth Lloyd. "Quantum-inspired algorithms in practice." Quantum 4 (August 13, 2020): 307. http://dx.doi.org/10.22331/q-2020-08-13-307.
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We study the practical performance of quantum-inspired algorithms for recommendation systems and linear systems of equations. These algorithms were shown to have an exponential asymptotic speedup compared to previously known classical methods for problems involving low-rank matrices, but with complexity bounds that exhibit a hefty polynomial overhead compared to quantum algorithms. This raised the question of whether these methods were actually useful in practice. We conduct a theoretical analysis aimed at identifying their computational bottlenecks, then implement and benchmark the algorithms on a variety of problems, including applications to portfolio optimization and movie recommendations. On the one hand, our analysis reveals that the performance of these algorithms is better than the theoretical complexity bounds would suggest. On the other hand, their performance as seen in our implementation degrades noticeably as the rank and condition number of the input matrix are increased. Overall, our results indicate that quantum-inspired algorithms can perform well in practice provided that stringent conditions are met: low rank, low condition number, and very large dimension of the input matrix. By contrast, practical datasets are often sparse and high-rank, precisely the type that can be handled by quantum algorithms.
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Eeg-Tverbakk, Camilla. "Thinking Matter(s) in Theatre Practice." Nordic Theatre Studies 35, no. 2 (2024): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/nts.v35i2.149660.
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This article discusses a materialist approach to dramaturgy framed as a dramaturgy of assemblage. It is inspired by posthuman thinking and draws on theory from new materialism (Rosi Braidotti, Jane Bennett, Elaine Gan, and Anna Tsing). The dramaturgical approach is developed through artistic research, and the article refers to the performances Childism (2015) and Jeg vill høre havet (2017), which serve as examples of this practice. I articulate the movement from dramaturgy as a collective practice to exploring a collective which includes more-than-human collaborators. Rosi Bradotti’s work on the nomadic subject (drawing on Deleuze and Guattari) has inspired the notion of the nomadic dramaturge. In her book Posthuman Knowledge, Braidotti discusses what “we” are in the posthuman and post-anthropocentric condition, suggesting that the posthuman subject is (part of) a collective. Following Braidotti, I introduce the concept of dramaturgy of assemblages as a place for this collective subjectivity. A dramaturgy of assemblages responds in practice to the question of how a posthuman framework affects theatre and performance-making. What is presented in this article is all about shifting perspectives. When we think differently, we act differently, and different things are formed.
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Wang, Xuezhen, Ruizhi Du, Lingxin Geng, Hanmi Zhou, and Jiangtao Ji. "Performance Evaluation of a Cicada-Inspired Subsoiling Tool Using DEM Simulations." Biomimetics 9, no. 1 (2024): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9010025.
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Subsoiling practice is an essential tillage practice in modern agriculture. Tillage forces and energy consumption during subsoiling are extremely high, which reduces the economic benefits of subsoiling technology. In this paper, a cicada-inspired biomimetic subsoiling tool (CIST) was designed to reduce the draught force during subsoiling. A soil–tool interaction model was developed using EDEM and validated using lab soil bin tests with sandy loam soil. The validated model was used to optimize the CIST and evaluate its performance by comparing it with a conventional chisel subsoiling tool (CCST) at various working depths (250–350 mm) and speeds (0.5–2.5 ms−1). Results showed that both simulated draught force and soil disturbance behaviors agreed well with those from lab soil bin tests, as indicated by relative errors of <6.1%. Compared with the CCST, the draught forces of the CIST can be reduced by 17.7% at various working depths and speeds; the design of the CIST obviously outperforms some previous biomimetic designs with largest draught force reduction of 7.29–12.8%. Soil surface flatness after subsoiling using the CIST was smoother at various depths than using the CCST. Soil loosening efficiencies of the CIST can be raised by 17.37% at various working speeds. Results from this study implied that the developed cicada-inspired subsoiling tool outperforms the conventional chisel subsoiling tool on aspects of soil disturbance behaviors, draught forces, and soil loosening efficiencies. This study can have implications for designing high-performance subsoiling tools with reduced draught forces and energy requirements, especially for the subsoiling tools working under sandy loam soil.
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Philippe, Maxime. "Artaud et l’expérience des langues: les glossolalies comme performance thérapeutique." Nottingham French Studies 63, no. 1 (2024): 111–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2024.0403.
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After taking part in an art therapy experiment in 1943, Antonin Artaud started to include in his writings passages of an invented language that he connected to the tradition of glossolalia. I argue that the polyglottic dimension of this glossolalic practice is essential. After expounding the relationship of glossolalia to linguistic diversity, I will demonstrate how Artaud’s glossolalia conveys the poet’s linguistic experience. More specifically, I will emphasize the importance of the Raramuri rituals, which Artaud witnessed in Mexico in 1936, for the definition of his glossolalic practice. The Raramuri vision of an embodied and performed therapy inspired the poet to reclaim his agency in the process of art therapy. Artaud’s glossolalia corresponds to an art performance thought as such a therapy. This practice attempts to rebuild Babel, to simultaneously refound language and body.
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Abbas, Hosny, and Samir Shaheen. "Noshape." International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence 9, no. 1 (2019): 12–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijoci.2019010102.
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This article presents a bio-inspired paradigm for metaphorically modeling agent organizations as adaptive virtual amoebas for the development of large-scale complex multi-agent systems. The presented model is called Noshape inspired from the amoeba, which is a unicellular micro-organism that does not have a definite shape. This article aims to test the performance of Noshape MAS with applications contain higher numbers of agents up to 8000 agents; this number of agents is very huge compared to the current state of the practice of MAS. The performance evaluation results show that Noshape MAS have better long-term performance in terms of service response time compared to present organizational approaches (i.e., federation). In Noshape MAS, the response times of remote agents' interactions will seem to be as those of local interactions thanks to the transparently provided dynamic adaptation behavior which arises from the dynamic overlapping of agent organizations. Further research is recommended to give the focus to performance, resiliency, security, and agent mobility within Noshape MAS.
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Hastings, David M. "“With grace under pressure”: How critique as signature pedagogy fosters effective music performance." Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 16, no. 3 (2016): 252–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474022216652772.
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Inspired by seminal writings on Critique as Signature Pedagogy in the Arts and performance as Signature Pedagogy in Music, this article unifies these two concepts into a study of how critique as signature pedagogy in music-performance promotes student learning. This essay seeks to first define the notion of different mindsets as musicians perform and as they practice for performances, and then explores the role of critique in guiding students toward these music-performance ways of thinking and habits of mind. The essay defines four different ways of applying critique (teacher-coach critique, self critique, audience critique, and peer critique) as a key teaching practice or signature pedagogy in the music-performance discipline. Finally, the essay ends with a description of a learning experience that effectively illustrates this pedagogy in a studio class setting.
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Jakobsen, Krisztina V., and David B. Daniel. "Evidence-Inspired Choices for Teachers: Team-Based Learning and Interactive Lecture." Teaching of Psychology 46, no. 4 (2019): 284–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0098628319872411.
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Research on team-based learning (TBL) generally supports its effectiveness over “traditional” lecture. In practice, however, lecturing rarely consists of teachers exclusively talking at their students, as many incorporate a variety of strategies to encourage active processing. This study compared an interactive lecture style with TBL on student performance. Generally, the results indicate that there are differences in particular aspects of course performance across conditions depending upon grade point average (GPA). Overall, these results support the findings that either teaching strategy is a viable option for teachers. We argue that there is no one right way to teach, and the scholarship of teaching and learning can best serve high-quality teaching by actively contrasting and evaluating a variety of techniques for the wide variety of teaching needs.
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Rouhiainen, Leena. "Priming the Body: Breath as a Foundation for Exploring Ethical Performance Practice." Nordic Journal of Dance 6, no. 1 (2015): 6–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/njd-2015-0002.
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Abstract This article contemplates how the cultivation of breath through specific body awareness techniques might be understood to support a dialogical and ethical relatedness between collaborators constructing a performance through an open-ended process. The article introduces a teaching experiment based mainly upon exercises drawn from strands of body psychotherapy that took place within a larger experimental and cross-artistic workshop and performance project. This project aimed at enhancing the collaborative, creative, and critical skills of MA students in dance and theatre pedagogy of the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The article discusses the overall artistic project as well as the kind of bodywork the teaching experiment involved, and it makes a phenomenologically oriented reading of the written interview material gathered from the students. The specific theoretical perspective taken on the topic draws from two phenomenologically inspired thinkers, namely, Luce Irigaray’s and Timo Klemola’s views on the influence that cultivation of breathing can have on subjectivity. The article suggests that exploring and cultivating breathing through compassion can support the evolution of ethical collaboration in open-ended performance processes.
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Lexer, Sebastian. "Piano+: An Approach towards a Performance System Used within Free Improvisation." Leonardo Music Journal 20 (December 2010): 41–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/lmj_a_00011.
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This article explores the author's strategy for developing a computer performance system designed for free improvisation with acoustic instruments following a non-idiomatic approach. Philosophical considerations on potentiality and personal and social space and research into the psychology of motivation and behavior have inspired and enabled a different approach to integrating technology with improvisation. The technical realization of a parameter space, in particular utilizing contingent behavior emerging from the convergent mapping of a mixture of controller types, has proven effective for the spontaneous creative decision making required to extend the sonic potential of an acoustic piano while minimizing direct computer operation, as applied regularly in practice by the author.
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Kazikova, Anezka, Michal Pluhacek, and Roman Senkerik. "Why Tuning the Control Parameters of Metaheuristic Algorithms Is So Important for Fair Comparison?" MENDEL 26, no. 2 (2020): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.13164/mendel.2020.2.009.
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Although metaheuristic optimization has become a common practice, new bio-inspired algorithms often suffer from a priori ill reputation. One of the reasons is a common bad practice in metaheuristic proposals. It is essential to pay attention to the quality of conducted experiments, especially when comparing several algorithms among themselves. The comparisons should be fair and unbiased. This paper points to the importance of proper initial parameter configurations of the compared algorithms. We highlight the performance differences with several popular and recommended parameter configurations. Even though the parameter selection was mostly based on comprehensive tuning experiments, the algorithms' performance was surprisingly inconsistent, given various parameter settings. Based on the presented evidence, we conclude that paying attention to the metaheuristic algorithm's parameter tuning should be an integral part of the development and testing processes.
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Larsen, Jonas, Mónica Sylvia Gomes Bastos, Line Isselin Skovslund Hansen, Lieke Maureen Hevink, Katerina Jostova, and Dovilé Smagurauskaité. "Bubble-wrapped sightseeing mobilities: Hop on–hop off bus experiences in Copenhagen." Tourist Studies 21, no. 3 (2021): 387–403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14687976211007383.
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This article explores the staging of the Hop On–Hop Off buses, bus-tour and actual embodied performances enacted by tourists on the move. We draw on a performance-inspired terminology to explore the co-production of mundane tourist experiences. Following calls for not making moral judgements or belittling sightseeing tourists and understanding the mundane dimensions of tourist practice, we conduct empathetic research with and about them. We also draw on performance metaphors to highlight the staged and scripted nature of these tours. However, to disavow assumptions that sightseeing is a uniform, fully choreographed practice, we identify different practices and motives within an otherwise much-scripted practice. We show that Hop On–Hop Off practices potentially undermine distinctions within tourism theory between (1) individual tourism and mass tourism, (2) self-directed active mobility (such as walking) and designed passive mobility (such as the sightseeing bus), (3) bubbles and local neighbourhoods and (4) gazing and glancing.
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Blissett, Sarah. "Algae Sympoiesis in Performance: Rendering-with Nonhuman Ecologies." Performance Philosophy 6, no. 2 (2021): 117–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21476/pp.2021.62326.
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This article explores an ecodramaturgical approach to performance-making and research with algae. The first part considers the notion of ‘algae rendering’ as a methodological tool for theorising algae ecological relations which highlights links between representations of algae and their material effects. The second part considers how my embodied encounters with cyanobacteria algae, in the form of lichen, inspire new modes of working with algae in creative practice that explore how algae agencies ‘render’ bodies and environments. I also draw on an artistic case study by The Harrissons (1971) to illustrate principles of what I consider examples of ‘algae rendering’ in artistic practice. The third part considers my approach to making-with algae in a series performance experiments that develop the concept of ‘rendering-with algae’ in practice. This work attempts to depart from anthropocentric binaries that mark different algae species according to their use-value for humans as either ‘healthy’ or ‘harmful’ and investigates embodied ways of working with algae as co-creators, inspired by material ecological relations. The fourth part considers how these performance encounters, experiments and analysis together compose an ecodramaturgical framework that generates new thinking about algae-human relationships in performance and in wider ecologies. Drawing on Donna Haraway’s (2016) concept of ‘sympoiesis’, I develop the term ‘algae sympoiesis’ to describe my embodied ecodramaturgical approach to rendering-with algae in this research. The concept of algae sympoiesis explores how humans and algae shape matter and meaning together in performance and seeks to invite new ways of thinking about how broader algae-human material ecologies are performative of environmental change.
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Ganesan, Praveena, G. P. Ramesh, C. Puttamdappa, and Yarlagadda Anuradha. "A Modified Bio-Inspired Optimizer with Capsule Network for Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease." Applied Sciences 14, no. 15 (2024): 6798. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app14156798.
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Recently, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the common neurodegenerative disorders, which primarily occurs in old age. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) is an effective imaging technique used in clinical practice for determining the period of AD patients. An efficient deep learning framework is proposed in this paper for AD detection, which is inspired from clinical practice. The proposed deep learning framework significantly enhances the performance of AD classification by requiring less processing time. Initially, in the proposed framework, the sMRI images are acquired from a real-time dataset and two online datasets including Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle flagship work of ageing (AIBL), and Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). Next, a fuzzy-based superpixel-clustering algorithm is introduced to segment the region of interest (RoI) in sMRI images. Then, the informative deep features are extracted in segmented RoI images by integrating the probabilistic local ternary pattern (PLTP), ResNet-50, and Visual Geometry Group (VGG)-16. Furthermore, the dimensionality reduction is accomplished by through the modified gorilla troops optimizer (MGTO). This process not only enhances the classification performance but also diminishes the processing time of the capsule network (CapsNet), which is employed to classify the classes of AD. In the MGTO algorithm, a quasi-reflection-based learning (QRBL) process is introduced for generating silverback’s quasi-refraction position for further improving the optimal position’s quality. The proposed fuzzy based superpixel-clustering algorithm and MGTO-CapsNet model obtained a pixel accuracy of 0.96, 0.94, and 0.98 and a classification accuracy of 99.88%, 96.38%, and 99.94% on the ADNI, real-time, and AIBL datasets, respectively.
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Liu, Mingxiao, Samuel Wilder, Sean Sanford, Soha Saleh, Noam Y. Harel, and Raviraj Nataraj. "Training with Agency-Inspired Feedback from an Instrumented Glove to Improve Functional Grasp Performance." Sensors 21, no. 4 (2021): 1173. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21041173.
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Sensory feedback from wearables can be effective to learn better movement through enhanced information and engagement. Facilitating greater user cognition during movement practice is critical to accelerate gains in motor function during rehabilitation following brain or spinal cord trauma. This preliminary study presents an approach using an instrumented glove to leverage sense of agency, or perception of control, to provide training feedback for functional grasp. Seventeen able-bodied subjects underwent training and testing with a custom-built sensor glove prototype from our laboratory. The glove utilizes onboard force and flex sensors to provide inputs to an artificial neural network that predicts achievement of “secure” grasp. Onboard visual and audio feedback was provided during training with progressively shorter time delay to induce greater agency by intentional binding, or perceived compression in time between an action (grasp) and sensory consequence (feedback). After training, subjects demonstrated a significant reduction (p < 0.05) in movement pathlength and completion time for a functional task involving grasp-move-place of a small object. Future work will include a model-based algorithm to compute secure grasp, virtual reality immersion, and testing with clinical populations.
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Kramer, Lawrence. "Running the Gamut: Music, the Aesthetic, and Wittgenstein's Ladder." Konturen 2, no. 1 (2010): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.5399/uo/konturen.2.1.1351.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein’s thinking about musical aesthetics (a small but persistent strain in his writings) focused primarily on questions of demonstration and proper performance: how should this waltz or march sound? These emphases were part of a modernist-inspired effort to move aesthetics down from the heights of Kantian contemplation onto the plain of quotidian practice. But Wittgenstein does not so much escape Kant’s formulations as he extends them. The result opens the possibility of elaborating ordinary, even banal, comments about music into complex accounts of musical meaning.
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Sun, Junbo, Jiaqing Wang, Zhaoyue Zhu, et al. "Mechanical Performance Prediction for Sustainable High-Strength Concrete Using Bio-Inspired Neural Network." Buildings 12, no. 1 (2022): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12010065.
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High-strength concrete (HSC) is a functional material possessing superior mechanical performance and considerable durability, which has been widely used in long-span bridges and high-rise buildings. Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) is one of the most crucial parameters for evaluating HSC performance. Previously, the mix design of HSC is based on the laboratory test results which is time and money consuming. Nowadays, the UCS can be predicted based on the existing database to guide the mix design with the development of machine learning (ML) such as back-propagation neural network (BPNN). However, the BPNN’s hyperparameters (the number of hidden layers, the number of neurons in each layer), which is commonly adjusted by the traditional trial and error method, usually influence the prediction accuracy. Therefore, in this study, BPNN is utilised to predict the UCS of HSC with the hyperparameters tuned by a bio-inspired beetle antennae search (BAS) algorithm. The database is established based on the results of 324 HSC samples from previous literature. The established BAS-BPNN model possesses excellent prediction reliability and accuracy as shown in the high correlation coefficient (R = 0.9893) and low Root-mean-square error (RMSE = 1.5158 MPa). By introducing the BAS algorithm, the prediction process can be totally automatical since the optimal hyperparameters of BPNN are obtained automatically. The established BPNN model has the benefit of being applied in practice to support the HSC mix design. In addition, sensitivity analysis is conducted to investigate the significance of input variables. Cement content is proved to influence the UCS most significantly while superplasticizer content has the least significance. However, owing to the dataset limitation and limited performance of ML models which affect the UCS prediction accuracy, further data collection and model update must be implemented.
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Setiawan, Mukhammad Andri, and Shazia Sadiq. "A Methodology for Improving Business Process Performance through Positive Deviance." International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design 4, no. 2 (2013): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jismd.2013040101.
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The importance of process improvement and the role that best practice reference models play in the achievement of process improvement are both well recognized. Best practice reference models are generally created by experts who are external to the organisation. However, best practices can be implicitly derived from the work practices of actual workers within the organisation, especially when there is opportunity for variance within the work, i.e. there may be different approaches to achieve the same process goal. In this paper, the authors propose to support improvement of process performance intrinsically by utilizing the experiences and knowledge of business process users to inform and improve the current practices. The proposed methodology is inspired by the theory of positive deviance. By utilizing a multiple criteria decision making approach and Shannon’s entropy method of information theory in determining useful information from uncertain data within execution log of business process, the authors are able to define the “best” and most suitable previous practices as a recommendation that fits with the current competence/experience levels of individuals. The authors demonstrate that the proposed method is capable to generate meaningful recommendations from large data sets and effectively facilitating learning within organisation leading to process performance improvement.
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Hunter, Anton. "Composing for Improvisers: Negotiating the Issue of Individual Voice." Open Cultural Studies 2, no. 1 (2018): 203–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0019.
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Abstract This paper addresses one aspect of my Practice as Research project exploring composing for large groups of improvising musicians. It looks at how my practice evolved as a result of contemplating the nature of solo improvisation, together with Garry L. Hagberg’s writings around “Collective Intention.” I discuss a new work for octet that started with small-group improvisations, initially totally freely and then later using thematic material inspired and informed by the initial sessions. By basing the finished compositions on improvisations this way, I aim to bring the creative voice of the individuals into final performance. Not just by employing the compositional techniques of the likes of Graham Collier, John Zorn, Anthony Braxton and many others who allow room for realtime improvised contributions in performance, but by weaving the unique voices of the musicians into the written material as well. In this way, I am challenging the stereotype of a lone composer working away from the ensemble, which the contemporary big band composer often fits.
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Castillo Téllez, Margarita, Beatriz Castillo-Téllez, Diana Concepción Mex Álvarez, Octavio García-Valladares, Alfredo Domínguez Niño, and Gerardo Alberto Mejía-Pérez. "Solar Distillation as a Sustainable STEM Tool: Bridging Theory and Practice." Sustainability 17, no. 2 (2025): 594. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17020594.
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This study addresses a gap in STEM education by integrating solar distillation as a sustainable, hands-on learning tool to enhance students’ comprehension of heat transfer concepts and increase their awareness of environmental challenges. Guided by Bruner’s constructivist theory, this project-inspired approach aims to bridge theoretical knowledge with real-world applications, particularly sustainability. Students participated actively in the solar still’s design, construction, and analysis phases, allowing them to apply scientific principles in practical contexts. The findings demonstrated that students understood heat and mass transfer concepts more profoundly and developed an appreciation for renewable energy technologies and sustainable practices. Additionally, the project highlighted the impact of external climatic conditions on system performance, promoting an awareness of environmental factors affecting sustainable solutions. This research illustrates the potential of combining constructivist learning with sustainable technology education, preparing students to address pressing global issues such as water scarcity and energy conservation.
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Dhull, Anuradha, Kavita Khanna, Akansha Singh, and Gaurav Gupta. "ACO Inspired Computer-aided Detection/Diagnosis (CADe/CADx) Model for Medical Data Classification." Recent Patents on Computer Science 12, no. 4 (2019): 250–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2213275912666181205155018.
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Background: Computer-Assisted Diagnosis (CAD) has become a common practice of use in the healthcare industry due to its improved accuracy and reliability. The CAD systems are expected to improve the quality of medical care by assisting healthcare professionals with a wide range of clinical decisions. A CAD system is a combination of Computer-Assisted Detection (CADe) and Computer-Assisted Diagnosis (CADx) system. Objective: The objective of this research article is to generate an optimized rule-set for medical diagnosis capable of providing improved accuracy. It is evident from the literature that keeping a balance between these performance parameters is a real challenge. Methods: In order to achieve the desired objective, the following two contributions have been proposed to improve diagnosis accuracy: 1) an unsupervised feature selection approach based on ACO Meta-heuristic is used to design the CADe system, and 2) an ACO assisted decision tree classifier technique is employed to make CADx system. Results: Three popular UCI (Wisconsin Breast Cancer, Pima Indian Diabetes and Liver Disorder) medical domain datasets have been used to evaluate the performance of the proposed model. The exploratory result analysis shows the efficiency of the proposed work as compared to existing work.
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Karafistan, Rachel. "‘The Spirits Wouldn't Let Me Be Anything Else’: Shamanic Dimensions in Theatre Practice Today." New Theatre Quarterly 19, no. 2 (2003): 150–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x0300006x.
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In today's diverse and evolving world of performance there is a place for the reinvestigation of the archaic realm of shamanism, and the extent to which it relates to modern theatre practice. To what extent do the calling, initiation, trance, and performance states of the shaman resemble the experience of today's actors? Is there really a dichotomy between a theatre of greed and a theatre of need? Inspired by her own personal sense of the evolution of the actor from the role of the shaman, Rachel Karafistan here considers the work of contemporary, so-called ‘third theatres’ such as Odin Teatret, Teatr Biuro Podrozy, and Derevo in the light of shamanic precedent. Having initially studied Psychology at university, Rachel Karafistan worked as a freelance director, teacher, and actor in England for seven years while researching her doctoral study: Shamanic Dimensions within Theatre Practice Today: a Theoretical and Experiential Investigation, which she completed in 2001. She is currently working as an actress and teacher in Poland with Teatr Biuro Podrozy and her own company, COSmino.
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Chrpa, Lukas, and Mauro Vallati. "Planning with Critical Section Macros: Theory and Practice." Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research 74 (June 9, 2022): 691–732. http://dx.doi.org/10.1613/jair.1.13269.
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Macro-operators (macros) are a well-known technique for enhancing performance of planning engines by providing “short-cuts” in the state space. Existing macro learning systems usually generate macros by considering most frequent action sequences in training plans. Unfortunately, frequent action sequences might not capture meaningful activities as a whole, leading to a limited beneficial impact for the planning process.
 In this paper, inspired by resource locking in critical sections in parallel computing, we propose a technique that generates macros able to capture whole activities in which limited resources (e.g., a robotic hand, or a truck) are used. Specifically, such a Critical Section macro starts by locking the resource (e.g., grabbing an object), continues by using the resource (e.g., manipulating the object) and finishes by releasing the resource (e.g., dropping the object). Hence, such a macro bridges states in which the resource is locked and cannot be used. We also introduce versions of Critical Section macros dealing with multiple resources and phased locks. Usefulness of macros is evaluated using a range of state-of-the-art planners, and a large number of benchmarks from the deterministic and learning tracks of recent editions of the International Planning Competition.
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Camilleri, Frank. "Seeing it Feelingly: On Affect and Bodyworld in Performance." New Theatre Quarterly 39, no. 1 (2023): 69–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x22000380.
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In this article, the performing body is considered via a three-pronged approach involving affect theory and affective science, a scene from King Lear, and long-distance running. Inspired by the chiaroscuro of painting, this variety and mix of sources act as a methodological device to shed unfamiliar light (and shade) on the elusive topic of affect. While ‘body’ is viewed from the perspective of ‘bodyworld’ to denote constitutive and reciprocally shaping human–nonhuman relationalities, the ‘performance’ that occurs in bodies is analyzed in terms of a ‘drama of affect’ to signal the activity that germinates and circulates at various levels of consciousness in human behaviour, whether aesthetic, athletic, or daily. Frank Camilleri is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Malta and Artistic Director of Icarus Performance Project. He has performed, given workshops, and published various texts on performer training, theatre as a laboratory, and practice as research. He is the author of Performer Training Reconfigured: Post-Psychophysical Perspectives for the Twenty-first Century (Bloomsbury, 2019) and Performer Training for Actors and Athletes (Bloomsbury, forthcoming).
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Maniate, Jerry M., Deepak Dath, Lara Cooke, Karen Leslie, Linda Snell, and Jamiu O. Busari. "Supporting clinician educators to achieve “work-work balance”." Canadian Medical Education Journal 7, no. 2 (2016): e114-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.36834/cmej.36677.
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Clinician Educators (CE) have numerous responsibilities in different professional domains, including clinical, education, research, and administration. Many CEs face tensions trying to manage these often competing professional responsibilities and achieve “work-work balance.” Rich discussions of techniques for work-work balance amongst CEs at a medical education conference inspired the authors to gather, analyze, and summarize these techniques to share with others. In this paper we present the CE’s “Four Ps”; these are practice points that support both the aspiring and established CE to help improve their performance and productivity as CEs, and allow them to approach work-work balance.
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Passarotto, Edoardo, Bruno Kopp, André Lee, and Eckart Altenmüller. "Musical Expertise and Executive Functions in Experienced Musicians." Brain Sciences 13, no. 6 (2023): 908. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060908.
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Extensive music practice has been suggested to enhance the development of cognitive abilities over and above musical expertise. Executive functions (EFs) have been particularly investigated, given their generalizability across different domains and their crucial role in almost all aspects of cognition. However, the relationship between musical expertise and EFs is still not completely understood, as several studies have reported conflicting results. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between musical expertise and EFs, determining which facets—if any—of EFs might be particularly relevant to extensive music practice. Thirty-five student pianists completed a set of neuropsychological tasks which assessed EFs (the Trail Making Task, Design Fluency, Numerical Stroop, and the Tower of London). They also performed a short musical excerpt inspired by the piano literature. Musical expertise was assessed by considering three parameters, namely the highest academic degree in music, the lifetime amount of music practice, and the quality of the sample-based musical performance. The results indicate that postgraduate piano students did not show advantages in EFs compared to undergraduate piano students. More extensive lifetime practice in music was solely associated with faster visual reaction times on the Numerical Stroop task. The Trail Making and Design Fluency scores were significant predictors of the quality of the sample-based musical performance. In conclusion, the present data suggests that EFs and the amount of music practice do not seem to be correlated in student pianists. Nevertheless, some facets of EFs and the quality of musical performance may share substantial amounts of variance.
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Yang, Chao-Han Huck, I.-Te Danny Hung, Yi Ouyang, and Pin-Yu Chen. "Training a Resilient Q-network against Observational Interference." Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 36, no. 8 (2022): 8814–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v36i8.20862.
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Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has demonstrated impressive performance in various gaming simulators and real-world applications. In practice, however, a DRL agent may receive faulty observation by abrupt interferences such as black-out, frozen-screen, and adversarial perturbation. How to design a resilient DRL algorithm against these rare but mission-critical and safety-crucial scenarios is an essential yet challenging task. In this paper, we consider a deep q-network (DQN) framework training with an auxiliary task of observational interferences such as artificial noises. Inspired by causal inference for observational interference, we propose a causal inference based DQN algorithm called causal inference Q-network (CIQ). We evaluate the performance of CIQ in several benchmark DQN environments with different types of interferences as auxiliary labels. Our experimental results show that the proposed CIQ method could achieve higher performance and more resilience against observational interferences.
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Symmonds, Nicole S. "Mas to Mass: Mapping Convergences between Trinidad Carnival Performance and Black Catholic Liturgy." Ecclesial Practices 11, no. 1 (2024): 46–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22144417-bja10057.
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Abstract There are various religious experiences if religion is defined as a cultural set of beliefs and practices that people gather around. If part of this is the gathering of persons inspired to give focused attention, adoration, and commitment to a subject, Trinidad Carnival and its attending practices fit into the category of religious experience. I argue that Carnival shares the dynamism of Black Catholic embodied religiosity, particularly regarding its ability to enflesh freedom incarnationally by making a way for African-Caribbean people to embody their spirituality and make sense of their corporeal reality in an unjust world. I explore how Trinidad Carnival became a religious practice of liberation for me that clarifies the significance of the corporeal body of Black people, the unifying effect of music, the healing impact of ecstatic dance, and the connection to God that divine enjoyment of this nature enables.
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Cooper, Scheherazaad. "The Alchemy of Rasa in the Performer–Spectator Interaction." New Theatre Quarterly 29, no. 4 (2013): 336–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x13000663.
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Born from its usage in the Natyasastra, rasa, as both concept and experience, is notoriously difficult to define. As an experience, rasa is generated within performance but cannot be contrived. However, the conditions for its coming into being can be prepared for by both practitioner and spectator, who generate rasa together within the performance. Rooted in a deeply specific cultural context, rasa is the Indian classical contribution to the particular area of performance studies research that seeks to explore and discuss the ineffable experience of the spectator in performance. However, the concept gains traction in the understanding of and engagement with its cultural specificity, and therefore serves as a poignant example of how cultural specificity is a way through cultural barriers in performance. Scheherazaad Cooper has recently completed her PhD in practice-as-research at Goldsmiths, University of London, focusing on the contemporary Odissi Indian classical dance practitioner's cultivation of access points in performance. This article is developed from the research undertaken for her doctoral thesis, inspired and informed by Maria Shevtsova's work in the sociology of theatre and performance.
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Gao, Weibo, Qi Liu, Linan Yue, et al. "Agent4Edu: Generating Learner Response Data by Generative Agents for Intelligent Education Systems." Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 39, no. 22 (2025): 23923–32. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v39i22.34565.
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Personalized learning represents a promising educational strategy within intelligent educational systems, aiming to enhance learners' practice efficiency. However, the scarcity of offline practice response data (e.g., answer correctness) and potential biases in human online practice create a significant gap between offline metrics and the actual online performance of personalized learning services. To address this challenge, we introduce Agent4Edu, a novel personalized learning simulator leveraging recent advancements in human intelligence through large language models (LLMs). Agent4Edu features LLM-powered generative agents equipped with learner profile, memory, and action modules tailored to personalized learning algorithms. The learner profiles are initialized using real-world response data, capturing practice styles and cognitive factors. Inspired by psychology theory, the memory module records practice facts and high-level summaries, integrating reflection mechanisms. The action module supports various behaviors, including exercise understanding, analysis, and response generation. Each agent can interact with personalized learning algorithms, such as computerized adaptive testing, enabling a multifaceted evaluation and enhancement of customized services. Through a comprehensive assessment, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of Agent4Edu, emphasizing the consistency and discrepancies in responses between agents and human learners.
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Virani, Vivek. "From Satsaṅg to Stage: Negotiating Aesthetic Theologies and Aspirational Subjectivities in a North Indian Bhajan Competition". Ethnomusicology 66, № 1 (2022): 106–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/21567417.66.1.07.
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Abstract Malvi nirguṇ bhajans, songs once used primarily for spiritual contemplation, are now being performed onstage in a variety of new contexts. I argue that these contexts are more than commercial opportunities and provide performers the opportunity to engage in new processes of self-authorship that I term “aspirational subjectivities.” These subjectivities amalgamate spiritual frameworks of aspiration derived from mystical poetry, socioreligious frameworks of aspiration inspired by lower-caste activist movements, and socioeconomic frameworks of aspiration spurred by India's neoliberal zeitgeist. This article demonstrates how musicians negotiate spiritual, social, and economic aspirational subjectivities through performance practice to overcome long-internalized stigmas of caste discrimination.
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Hegde, Dhruv V. "Biomimetic Airfoil Optimization to Supplement Flight Efficiency in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." International Journal of Computing and Engineering 6, no. 4 (2024): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/ijce.2184.
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Purpose: This study aims to enhance the performance of wing-based unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by incorporating avian-inspired features into the airfoil and air profile designs. Traditional UAVs with fixed high-aspect-ratio airfoils face limitations in adaptability and efficiency, particularly in dynamic flight conditions with high Reynolds numbers. These limitations include inefficient lift generation, rapid fuel depletion during transitions, premature stalling during altitude changes, and maneuvering vulnerabilities. Methodology: The study involves an in-depth analysis of avian exoskeletons, features, and supracoracoideus muscles to identify and adapt specific biomimetic features. These features were modeled using computer-aided design (CAD) software, resulting in a design that includes feathered wing modules as vortex dividers and a novel morphing airfoil system with servo and rotary systems. The performance of these biomimetic designs was evaluated through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, wind tunnel testing, and mathematical modeling, focusing on their impact in subsonic, critical environments with Reynolds numbers ranging from 50,000 to 500,000. Findings: Integrating avian-inspired features into UAV airfoils resulted in a synergistic improvement in aerodynamic performance. The study's simulations and tests indicate a 19.4% overall enhancement in flight efficiency, demonstrating the theoretical feasibility of these biomimetic designs in improving UAV performance under dynamic conditions. This research introduces innovative biomimetic design principles to UAV technology, providing several key advantages over traditional designs. The proposed models significantly reduce shearing stress, minimizing material wear and degradation over time. Additionally, these designs can be more automated, offering greater adaptability for the airfoil itself. This adaptability allows for enhanced performance across various flight conditions, reducing maintenance needs and increasing the operational lifespan of UAVs. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The findings offer valuable insights for future UAV designs, potentially influencing policy and regulations related to UAV performance standards and energy efficiency.
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Ramirez, Ramiro, Chien-Yi Huang, Che-An Liao, Po-Ting Lin, Hsin-Wei Lin, and Shu-Hao Liang. "A Practice of BLE RSSI Measurement for Indoor Positioning." Sensors 21, no. 15 (2021): 5181. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21155181.
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Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is one of the RF-based technologies that has been utilizing Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSI) in indoor position location systems (IPS) for decades. Its recent signal stability and propagation distance improvement inspired us to conduct this project. Beacons and scanners used two Bluetooth specifications, BLE 5.0 and 4.2, for experimentations. The measurement paradigm consisted of three segments, RSSI–distance conversion, multi-beacon in-plane, and diverse directional measurement. The analysis methods applied to process the data for precise positioning included the Signal propagation model, Trilateration, Modification coefficient, and Kalman filter. As the experiment results showed, the positioning accuracy could reach 10 cm when the beacons and scanners were at the same horizontal plane in a less-noisy environment. Nevertheless, the positioning accuracy dropped to a meter-scale accuracy when the measurements were executed in a three-dimensional configuration and complex environment. According to the analysis results, the BLE wireless signal strength is susceptible to interference in the manufacturing environment but still workable on certain occasions. In addition, the Bluetooth 5.0 specifications seem more promising in bringing brightness to RTLS applications in the future, due to its higher signal stability and better performance in lower interference environments.
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Tregunno, Deborah. "Know Your Client and Know Your Team: A Complexity Inspired Approach to Understanding Safe Transitions in Care." Nursing Research and Practice 2013 (2013): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/305705.
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Background. Transitions in care are one of the most important and challenging client safety issues in healthcare. This project was undertaken to gain insight into the practice setting realities for nurses and other health care providers as they manage increasingly complex care transitions across multiple settings.Methods. The Appreciative Inquiry approach was used to guide interviews with sixty-six healthcare providers from a variety of practice settings. Data was collected on participants’ experience of exceptional care transitions and opportunities for improving care transitions.Results. Nurses and other healthcare providers need to know three things to ensure safe care transitions: (1) know your client; (2) know your team on both sides of the transfer; and (3) know the resources your client needs and how to get them. Three themes describe successful care transitions, including flexible structures; independence and teamwork; and client and provider focus.Conclusion. Nurses often operate at the margins of acceptable performance, and flexibility with regulation and standards is often required in complex sociotechnical work like care transitions. Priority needs to be given to creating conditions where nurses and other healthcare providers are free to creatively engage and respond in ways that will optimize safe care transitions.
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Friis, Joachim Aagaard. "The Slowness of Sandkind." TURBA 3, no. 1 (2024): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/turba.2024.030105.
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Abstract In this article, I examine the potentials and challenges of curating performance art inside an exhibition space for raising environmental awareness. I begin by offering a short history of environmental performance art. While early works were inspired by social ecology, more recent works are better elucidated by Greg Garrard's notion of “deep ecology” and theories of the Anthropocene. I then move on to my case study: the performance SANDKIND by Danish artist Tora Balslev that I curated at Agder Art Center in Kristiansand, Norway. I combine Jean-Paul Martinon and Irit Rogoff's concept of “the curatorial” with Brad Haseman's performative methodology for practice-led research to develop my method of inquiry. I argue that the caring slowness of SANDKIND was its key feature, and that the meditative state that the slowness induced in the performer and audience created a heightened awareness of the other-than-human material of sand, thereby transforming the exhibition space into a multifaceted zone for more-than-human engagement.
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Sarkar, Kaustavi. "De-centring the choreographer: Historically inspired interruptions/disruptions in an exploration between sculpture and movement1." Choreographic Practices 10, no. 2 (2019): 269–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/chor_00007_1.
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Abstract This article reflects the process of choreographic making where the choreographer actively decentres her choreographic choices by collaborating with participating dancers and historical inspirations. It explores the creative potential of archives ‐ a set of temple-sculptures found in eastern India called the Alasa-Kanyas (meaning indolent maidens) ‐ as past evidence of historically marginalized bodies of the temple-dancers, also known as Maharis, in the field of the eastern Indian classical dance form called Odissi. Alasa-Kanya: Sculpture in Odissi (AK), a Practice as Research (PaR) experiment, imbricates the historical and the theoretical in choreographic practice, re-inscribing the archival traces of the Mahari as found in the sculptural traces of the Alasa-Kanyas by an inculcated deconstruction of Odissi dance vocabulary. According to philosopher Jacques Derrida, deconstruction destabilizes the hierarchy between the centres and margins of a given area of knowledge. This experiment questions the hierarchical construction of Odissi dance as technically elevated than Mahari performance. Theoretical deconstruction is complemented by an embodied investigation via structured studio improvisations using the Creative Articulations Process (CAP). Choreographic process and analysis of AK deconstructs the technicity in Odissi movement via engaging with the Alasa-Kanyas or the sculptural archives of the Maharis in Indian temples. In this way, the once marginalized interrupts the dominant historical narratives and disrupts the patriarchal construction of a male centre, in turn questioning the agency of the choreographer in the choreographic process.
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Wójcikowska, Justyna. "DANCES WITH VOCAL PROTOTYPES IN PIERRE ATTAINGNANTS DANSERIES. ARRANGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE." Notes Muzyczny 1, no. 19 (2023): 9–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.6736.
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Since the dawn of history dance and music have accompanied people in everyday life and during special events and ceremonies. Even though at present dance is usually associated with a non-professional form of entertainment or a field of art practiced professionally, it has not always been so. In the Renaissance it was not only used for entertainment but it was also a significant part of court etiquette. What is important, dance music creators from that time were often inspired by vocal compositions. Particularly good examples of these dependencies can be seen in some of the titled works included by the Parisian printer Pierre Attaingnant in seven books called Danseries, which were published in the period of 1530-1557, as well as in various lute and keyboard tabulatures. We are referring to such dances in which the melody of the main voice (less commonly tenor or the remaining parts) was based on the music material taken from polyphonic chansons popular at that time.This article is aimed at presenting arrangement techniques that were used in French music of the 16th century by adapting vocal compositions for dance. Considering the fact that the number of this type of compositions is enormous, limiting the research material turned out necessary. The choice of the seven books of Danseries was dictated by stylistic coherence of the compositions included therein as they were written over a relatively short period and most of them have a four-voice texture in order to be performed by different kinds of instrumental ensembles. The entire article has been structured into three chapters. The first chapter discusses the content of subsequent by Danseries books Pierre Attaingnant, with an emphasis on works that have titles as they can show a connection to vocal music. Selected compositions whose prototypes were possible to identify are discussed in chapter two. The goal of the analysis was primarily to determine the dependencies between a formal structure of the compositions and the choreography of individual dances and to point to the similarities and differences between vocal and instrumental versions, also in terms of music expression. The last chapter is supplementary, and it is devoted to selected aspects of performance practice referring to that repertoire, especially the topics of orchestration and ornamentation.
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Hildmann, Hanno, Ernö Kovacs, Fabrice Saffre, and A. F. Isakovic. "Nature-Inspired Drone Swarming for Real-Time Aerial Data-Collection Under Dynamic Operational Constraints." Drones 3, no. 3 (2019): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones3030071.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with acceptable performance are becoming commercially available at an affordable cost. Due to this, the use of drones for real-time data collection is becoming common practice by individual practitioners in the areas of e.g., precision agriculture and civil defense such as fire fighting. At the same time, as UAVs become a house-hold item, a plethora of issues—which can no longer be ignored and considered niche problems—are coming of age. These range from legal and ethical questions to technical matters such as how to implement and operate a communication infrastructure to maintain control over deployed devices. With these issues being addressed, approaches that focus on enabling collectives of devices to operate semi-autonomously are also increasing in relevance. In this article we present a nature-inspired algorithm that enables a UAV-swarm to operate as a collective which provides real-time data such as video footage. The collective is able to autonomously adapt to changing resolution requirements for specific locations within the area under surveillance. Our distributed approach significantly reduces the requirements on the communication infrastructure and mitigates the computational cost otherwise incurred. In addition, if the UAVs themselves were to be equipped with even rudimentary data-analysis capabilities, the swarm could react in real-time to the data it generates and self-regulate which locations within its operational area it focuses on. The approach was tested in a swarm of 25 UAVs; we present out preliminary performance evaluation.
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Temoukale, Mabandine Djagri. "Eugenics in Brave New World: A New Historicist Reading." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 7, no. 5 (2022): 228–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.75.36.
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In Brave New World, eugenics translates into a practice that not only enhances the performance of certain social classes but also encourages sterilization, discrimination, and standardization of citizens on the assumption that anti-social behaviors are genetically inherited. However, a new historicist reading of the novel attempts to show that the eugenic practices of the leaders of the World State are inspired by classical eugenic methods. It argues that the social problems such as delinquency, alcoholism, and poverty that leaders in Brave New World seek to control stem from social injustice. The analysis, therefore, reveals that negative eugenics (eliminating the bad genetic stock responsible for anti-social behaviors) using technoscience cannot be a solution to a problem caused by social injustice. Nevertheless, the paper argues that the survival instinct pushes humans to practice eugenics in order to pass on to their descendants a genetic stock that allows them to adapt and survive in an ever-changing world.
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Garcia, Laralein M. "GOLDEN CIRCLE THEORY-INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CLUSTER 7 CALAMBA CITY." Ignatian International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research 3, no. 2 (2025): 903–28. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14956457.
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This research examined the level of implementation of the Golden Circle Theory-inspired leadership of public elementary school heads and identified their relationship through its School Based Management practices within the Cluster 7 Division of Calamba City. Leaning Simon Sinek's Golden Circle theory, the study assessed the implementation level of this leadership style by school heads. Furthermore, the research employed quantitative design where survey questionnaires were distributed among school heads and teachers to gauge perspectives of purpose driven leadership and organizational effectiveness. The findings pointed to the significance of Golden Circle Theory-Inspired Leadership in promoting school effectiveness, and the enhancement of public elementary schools in Calamba City's Cluster 7 Division can emerge from the use of this kind of leadership. Implementing the Golden Circle theory's principles can result in a more mission-driven, engaged, and client-focused cultivating a culture of innovation, difference, and strategic alignment that supports sustainability and long-term success. A leadership action plan “GOLDENS” was proposed to enhance the indicators of the leadership theory implemented by the school heads. The action plan defined the project’s mission in preparation for school leaders to lead with intentionality, vision, and a clear sense of purpose that calls for self-awareness, goal-oriented, integrity, empathy, collaboration, adaptation, empowerment, and an unwavering commitment to making a difference in an organization. This research offered significant implications for theory and practice, providing scholars, practitioners, and stakeholders in organizations with insightful information. Organizations may develop a culture of purpose, resilience, and ethical responsibility by fostering purpose-driven leadership.
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Wang, Jiayao, Olamide Tawose, Linhua Jiang, and Dongfang Zhao. "A New Data Fusion Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks Inspired by Hesitant Fuzzy Entropy." Sensors 19, no. 4 (2019): 784. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19040784.
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The wireless sensor network (WSN) is mainly composed of a large number of sensor nodes that are equipped with limited energy and resources. Therefore, energy consumption in wireless sensor networks is one of the most challenging problems in practice. On the other hand, data fusion can effectively decrease data redundancy, reduce the amount of data transmission and energy consumption in the network, extend the network life cycle, improve the utilization of bandwidth, and thus overcome the bottleneck on energy and bandwidth consumption. This paper proposes a new data fusion algorithm based on Hesitant Fuzzy Entropy (DFHFE). The new algorithm aims to reduce the collection of repeated data on sensor nodes from the source, and strives to utilize the information provided by redundant data to improve the data reliability. Hesitant fuzzy entropy is exploited to fuse the original data from sensor nodes in the cluster at the sink node to obtain higher quality data and make local decisions on the events of interest. The sink nodes periodically send local decisions to the base station that aggregates the local decisions and makes the final judgment, in which process the burden for the base station to process all the data is significantly released. According to our experiments, the proposed data fusion algorithm greatly improves the robustness, accuracy, and real-time performance of the entire network. The simulation results demonstrate that the new algorithm is more efficient than the state-of-the-art in terms of both energy consumption and real-time performance.
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Guia, Riff Raymond, and Carlos Eduardo Legaspi Jr. "Practice of Lasallian values and leadership skills of Lay Administrators in Lasallian Educational Institutions." Technium Social Sciences Journal 43 (May 9, 2023): 189–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v43i1.8838.
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Core values will create an impact on the performance of members. This studyisanchored on values-based leadership and inspired by Lasallian spirituality. Lasalliancorevalues are faith, zeal for service, and communion in mission. On the other hand, the Lasallianleadership skills in this study are derived from the inspiring metaphors of the founder St. JohnBaptist de La Salle, and the ancient writing ideas of Br. Agathon FSC. With these perspectives, the study was conducted among the Lasallian lay administrators in Bacolod City. Thisresearch also determined the relationship between the two variables. A validated questionnairewas created by the author and 16 members of the Lasallian community. The questionnairewas given to the 81 lay administrators from the two Lasallian institutions within BacolodCity, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The results showed that their practices of Lasalliancorevalues and leadership skills are to a very great extent, yet there is a clear discrepancy inthenumber of years serving the institution. The study also presented a clearer viewof the ideathat there is a significant relationship between the two. The output recommended the creationor enhancement of the Lasallian Adult Formation program matrix.
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Hillman, Rebecca. "(Re)constructing Political Theatre: Discursive and Practical Frameworks for Theatre as an Agent for Change." New Theatre Quarterly 31, no. 4 (2015): 380–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x1500069x.
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In 2015 the concept of live performance as having efficacy to instigate political change is contested, yet some politically motivated performance has demonstrably facilitated change, and critical frameworks have been developed that account for performances that hold clear political stances. However, even where arguments exist for the enduring relevance of political performance, certain models of practice tend to be represented as more efficacious and sophisticated than others. In this article, inspired by her recent experiences of making political theatre, Rebecca Hillman asks to what extent prevalent discourses may nurture or repress histories and futures of political theatre. She re-evaluates the contemporary relevance of agitprop theatre made in British contexts in the 1960s and 1970s by comparing academic analyses of the work with less well-documented critiques by the practitioners and audiences. She documents also the fluctuation and transformation, rather than the dissipation, of political activism in the final decades of the twentieth century. Rebecca Hillman is a director and playwright, and is a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter..
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Oduro, Stephen, and Kwamena Minta Nyarku. "Incremental Innovations in Ghanaian SMEs: Propensity, Types, Performance and Management Challenges." Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation 14, no. 1-2 (2018): 10–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2319510x18810034.
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Incremental innovation has been recognised as a key factor to SMEs’ survival and growth in today’s hyper-competitive business world. Notwithstanding this inspired recognition, analytical and empirical studies on SMEs’ incremental innovation practices are still measly in emerging economies. Drawing from the dynamic capabilities theory, the present study sought to examine SMEs’ incremental innovation practices in Accra, Ghana. The study followed a multiple-case qualitative methodology using a semi-structured interview and a simple random sampling method to select 17 SMEs for the study while an inductive approach was used to analyse the transcribed data from the informants. The findings disclosed that the incremental innovation propensity and innovation types in the SMEs differ from small firms to medium firms and from manufacturing firms to service firms. It was further disclosed that the incremental innovation practices have improved the performance of the SMEs in terms of increased customer satisfaction and loyalty, sales growth, competitiveness, and global market reach, while their paramount innovation management challenges were lack of financial resources, infrastructure, specialized personnel, and information on technology. These findings add to SMEs theory and practice and offer novel theoretical insights for researchers and valuable managerial implications for SMEs’ managers in emerging economies.
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Setlhodi, Itumeleng Innocentia. "Collaboration practices between the two tiers of school leadership in eradicating underperformance." South African Journal of Education, no. 40(3) (August 31, 2020): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.15700/saje.v40n3a1796.
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Collaboration between the school governing body (SGB) and the school management team (SMT) in underperforming schools remains the crest for successful action taken to turn around performance as envisaged in the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (Republic of South Africa, 1996). Their interaction is crucial in advancing the course of performance improvement. In the study reported on here a qualitative method and an interpretivist approach was used to explore how shared leadership collaboration practices between the SGB and SMT can improve performance. A case of 3 purposefully sampled underperforming schools in the Gauteng West district was undertaken. Interviews with 3 principals (individually) and 3 focus group interviews with parent SGB members, SMT members and teachers were conducted. Findings show that when developmental needs of SGBs are considered significant and stakeholders are mobilised towards collective effort (letsema), collaboration and interaction enable school performance. It is recommended that SGB development be contextualised to enable swift interaction with stakeholders; the essence of the SGB and SMT collaboration in providing leadership and dealing with issues impacting on performance should be highlighted, so that they can plan activities that bring about improved performance. Employing courageous conversations to achieve institutional goals should be through collaborative endeavours that are inspired by ubuntu leadership practice.
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Song, Shuangbao, Qiang Xu, Jia Qu, Zhenyu Song, and Xingqian Chen. "Training a Logic Dendritic Neuron Model with a Gradient-Based Optimizer for Classification." Electronics 12, no. 1 (2022): 94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics12010094.
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The logic dendritic neuron model (LDNM), which is inspired by natural neurons, has emerged as a novel machine learning model in recent years. However, recent studies have also shown that the classification performance of LDNM is restricted by the backpropagation (BP) algorithm. In this study, we attempt to use a heuristic algorithm called the gradient-based optimizer (GBO) to train LDNM. First, we describe the architecture of LDNM. Then, we propose specific neuronal structure pruning mechanisms for simplifying LDNM after training. Later, we show how to apply GBO to train LDNM. Finally, seven datasets are used to determine experimentally whether GBO is a suitable training method for LDNM. To evaluate the performance of the GBO algorithm, the GBO algorithm is compared with the BP algorithm and four other heuristic algorithms. In addition, LDNM trained by the GBO algorithm is also compared with five classifiers. The experimental results show that LDNM trained by the GBO algorithm has good classification performance in terms of several metrics. The results of this study indicate that employing a suitable training method is a good practice for improving the performance of LDNM.
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Helweg, Kim. "Composing with quantum information: Aspects of quantum music in theory and practice." Muzikologija, no. 24 (2018): 61–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/muz1824061h.
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Quantum Music is the title of a research project that opened up an opportunity to investigate the relationship between art and science - to be precise, between music and quantum physics. The idea was to create a platform for innovative work with musical composition and musical instruments inspired by the theories of quantum mechanics. The further development was carefully put into the hands of the different members of the project with such different competences as sound design, physics, musical live performance, composition, light design and musicology. In this connection, I fulfilled the role and interest of the composer as well as representing the performing arts (dance and acting). The aim of my participation was to show how collaboration between music and science could result in a development of different functional approaches to compositional strategies in general and give a new perspective for the artistic thinking in music as well as in the performing arts in general. This article is written as a part of an artistic research and the ideas, statements and conclusions presented in it are to be understood as being directly linked to creative work. But indeed, I also hope this text will provide inspiration to approach music in a new way, both for listeners, musicologists, musicians and other performing artists.
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Lucas, Alex, Franziska Schroeder, and Miguel Ortiz. "Enabling Communities of Practice Surrounding the Design and Use of Custom Accessible Music Technology." Computer Music Journal 44, no. 2-3 (2020): 9–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/comj_a_00567.
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Abstract In this article, the research group Performance without Barriers reflect on the process of collaboratively designing a custom guitar-inspired instrument with Eoin Fitzpatrick, a physically disabled musician from the Drake Music Project, Northern Ireland. As part of a longitudinal ethnographic case study designed to uncover factors that contribute to the longevity of custom assistive music technology, the authors monitored Fitzpatrick using this instrument over two months. The findings of this study inform a reflection on the social, technical, and environmental factors that the provision of such technology a reality. The authors make suggestions for ways to achieve long-term, sustained use. Custom technologies, seemingly unique on the surface, may well utilize similar underlying hardware and software components. Those involved in its design, fabrication, facilitation, and use could benefit from a concerted effort to share resources, knowledge, and skill as a mobilized community of practitioners. In such a pursuit, the authors recommend that practitioners consider strategies for managing the inherent complexity of digital technology. Fostering shared mental models within open-source communities can result in improved efficiency in the development of accessible music technology.
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Salaque, Syed Abu. "Terracotta in Architecture: Overview on Historical and Contemporary Practice in Bangladesh." MIST INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 11 (December 28, 2023): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.47981/j.mijst.11(02)2023.412(53-60).
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Although Terracotta is one of the oldest in almost all sub-continents and was spread out across the whole world now-a-days it has been a common, traditional, and indigenous object in Bangladesh for everyday life. Inspired by the religion or rituals, terracotta art has evolved in many ways in Bengal over time. From Babylon walls to high-performance rain screens, terracotta claddings have proven repeatedly to be technologically superior and aesthetically rich. Realizing the evolution of terracotta prepares architects to add new, creative chapters to a superior history. Through an extensive inventory of recent examples, project case studies and architectural details, this study provides a foundation for understanding the nature of the material and the opportunities it offers in the urban life. The objective of the paper is to know the evolution of terracotta as a historic, artistic and cultural materials and shapes of objects with aesthetical and technical aspects that plays an important role for place making in both exterior and interior of architectural design and building practice. The paper explores the evolution of terracotta in Bangladesh and prepares architects and builders to make new, creative uses of the timeless material. Validating the examples of expressive possibilities, this precious study can be an inspiration for students and professionals alike who are interested in creating sustainable spaces by using visual and cultural components.
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Yoshida, Shuntaro, Alex Viteri Arturo, Catalina Fernandez, Maharu Maeno, and Jun Yamaguchi. "Living archival practice and the choreographical navigations: Encounters and approaches with other-than-human persons." Open Research Europe 4 (August 7, 2024): 171. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17447.1.
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This article delves into the collaborative work of the interspecies dance collective, Mapped to the Closest Address (MaCA), focusing on our living archival practice and exploration of choreography with other-than-human persons. Through encounters with various species and environments, MaCA seeks to shift anthropocentric perspectives, interrogate their orientation towards modernity and coloniality, and question their understanding/administration/entanglement/devotion of, with, and to nature. The collective’s journey, from a digital residency during the COVID-19 pandemic to site research, installations, and performance at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022, is documented and analyzed. The collective’s collaborative process involves relinquishing control to allow for the emergence of disobedient movements and the exploration of choreography from the perspective of other-than-human persons. This includes encounters with kudzu vines and mountains, weaving their movements and patterns into performances and installations. The article discusses the immersive performance “Turn Off the House Lights,” in which MaCA integrates stories from local communities with gestures inspired by the landscape. Through our living archival practice, MaCA aims to transmit a collective memory of interactions among organisms and environments and highlight the interconnectedness of humans and the other creatures of the Earth. The article reflects on the significance of choreography beyond human-centric notions, emphasizing the emergent forms of ecological performance and the dissolution of boundaries between human and non-human realms. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives including dance, visual art, and theatre, MaCA’s work exemplifies a cross-disciplinary approach to expressing the choreography of other-than-human persons. This approach not only presents audiences with immersive experiences but also responds to the future ecosystem through artistic exploration. Ultimately, MaCA’s living archival practices contribute to awareness of the collective lives of other-than-human persons and offer insights into navigating our enmeshment with the natural world.