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Journal articles on the topic "Manx cats"
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Robinson, R. "Expressivity of the Manx Gene in Cats." Journal of Heredity 84, no. 3 (May 1993): 170–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111311.
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Buckingham, Kati J., Margaret J. McMillin, Margaret M. Brassil, Kathryn M. Shively, Kevin M. Magnaye, Alejandro Cortes, Amy S. Weinmann, Leslie A. Lyons, and Michael J. Bamshad. "Multiple mutant T alleles cause haploinsufficiency of Brachyury and short tails in Manx cats." Mammalian Genome 24, no. 9-10 (August 15, 2013): 400–408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00335-013-9471-1.
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Aberdein, D., JS Munday, KG Thompson, and RA Fairley. "A lymphoproliferative disease in Manx cats with similarities to autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) in people." New Zealand Veterinary Journal 59, no. 3 (May 2011): 154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00480169.2011.585126.
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Dean, C. E., C. K. Cebra, and A. A. Frank. "Persistent Cloaca and Caudal Spinal Agenesis in Calves: Three Cases." Veterinary Pathology 33, no. 6 (November 1996): 711–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030098589603300613.
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Three newborn calves were affected by caudal spinal dysgenesis or agenesis (coccygeal vertebra) and persistent cloaca. The cloacas were lined by a mixture of transitional and colonic epithelium. The vertebral column of one calf was internalized into the cloaca. The association of persistent cloaca and caudal spinal anomalies is thought to be related to cell loss in the caudal cell mass, which affects caudal spinal column formation and cleavage of the cloaca by the urorectal septum. This association is well documented in humans and has been reported in Manx cats. By extrapolation, it appears likely to exist also in neonatal calves. Identification of cloacal lesions in neonatal animals should be cause for careful examination of the vertebral column because many of the associated spinal lesions are occult.
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Peñuela, Mauricio, Angie Patiño-Montoya, Andrés Peña-Cruz, and Heiber Cárdenas. "Population genetics in multiple scales: Genetic microstructure of a cat population in Colombia." Genetika 53, no. 1 (2021): 235–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gensr2101235p.
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Considering of multiples research of genetic in cats, the objective of this study was to compare the genetic diversity of the domestic cat population at different spatial and temporal scales. According to the administrative division of the city of Cali, 8 colonies (localities) were chosen, which together form 5 subpopulations within the city for sampling. The phenotype from each individual?s coat was recognized for the subsequent calculation of allele frequencies, Hardy-Weinberg (HW) equilibrium, genetic structure, and correlated genetic diversity and structure with antiquity in each neighborhood. The non-agouti allele obtained the highest frequencies, and the white allele had the lowest frequencies in all colonies and subpopulations; the manx allele was also reported. HW equilibrium was found in the orange locus, except for the Salomia, Sena and Santa Barbara colonies of the NW subpopulation. A significant association was found between the diversity of the tabby locus and antiquity and the differentiation of the colonies (FCT) with antiquity of colonies. In conclusion, domestic cats in the city of Cali behave as a single population, with incipient genetic microstructure phenomena, which are part of the natural dynamics of the population in their interaction with the urban environment.
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OKUNO, KOKO. "HOW MANY CATS?" ENGLISH LINGUISTICS 3 (1986): 226–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.9793/elsj1984.3.226.
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Woinarski, J. C. Z., B. P. Murphy, R. Palmer, S. M. Legge, C. R. Dickman, T. S. Doherty, G. Edwards, A. Nankivell, J. L. Read, and D. Stokeld. "How many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia?" Wildlife Research 45, no. 3 (2018): 247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr17160.
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Context Feral cats (Felis catus) are a threat to biodiversity globally, but their impacts upon continental reptile faunas have been poorly resolved. Aims To estimate the number of reptiles killed annually in Australia by cats and to list Australian reptile species known to be killed by cats. Methods We used (1) data from >80 Australian studies of cat diet (collectively >10 000 samples), and (2) estimates of the feral cat population size, to model and map the number of reptiles killed by feral cats. Key results Feral cats in Australia’s natural environments kill 466 million reptiles yr–1 (95% CI; 271–1006 million). The tally varies substantially among years, depending on changes in the cat population driven by rainfall in inland Australia. The number of reptiles killed by cats is highest in arid regions. On average, feral cats kill 61 reptiles km–2 year–1, and an individual feral cat kills 225 reptiles year–1. The take of reptiles per cat is higher than reported for other continents. Reptiles occur at a higher incidence in cat diet than in the diet of Australia’s other main introduced predator, the European red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Based on a smaller sample size, we estimate 130 million reptiles year–1 are killed by feral cats in highly modified landscapes, and 53 million reptiles year–1 by pet cats, summing to 649 million reptiles year–1 killed by all cats. Predation by cats is reported for 258 Australian reptile species (about one-quarter of described species), including 11 threatened species. Conclusions Cat predation exerts a considerable ongoing toll on Australian reptiles. However, it remains challenging to interpret the impact of this predation in terms of population viability or conservation concern for Australian reptiles, because population size is unknown for most Australian reptile species, mortality rates due to cats will vary across reptile species and because there is likely to be marked variation among reptile species in their capability to sustain any particular predation rate. Implications This study provides a well grounded estimate of the numbers of reptiles killed by cats, but intensive studies of individual reptile species are required to contextualise the conservation consequences of such predation.
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Lawson, Gabrielle T., Fritha M. Langford, and Andrea M. Harvey. "The environmental needs of many Australian pet cats are not being met." Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 22, no. 10 (December 16, 2019): 898–906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1098612x19890189.
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Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate whether Australian cat owners are effectively meeting their cats’ environmental needs and to identify areas of deficiency that may have an impact on the cats’ health and welfare. Methods An online survey investigating lifestyle factors and provision of environmental resources was distributed to Australian cat owners. Results In total, 12,010 respondents, representing cat-owning households, completed the survey. Altogether, 45.5% were single-cat households and 54.5% were multi-cat households, with a mean number of two cats per household. In total, 46.3% of households contained indoor cats, 51.8% contained indoor–outdoor cats and 1.8% had mostly outdoor cats. Dry food was the predominant food type in 59% of households and few respondents fed their cats in a manner that stimulates natural predatory behaviours. Altogether, 17.1% of households reported cats with urinary problems such as haematuria or urethral obstruction, and 19.8% reported inappropriate urination outside of the litter tray. The incidence of urinary problems was found to be significantly increased in multi-cat households, those with a low number of litter trays, less frequent cleaning of the trays of faeces and the use of crystal type litter. The veterinary clinic was the most common place to obtain advice about feeding and toileting management. Conclusions and relevance An increased number of Australian households now contain multiple cats that live restricted or indoor lifestyles. Despite the majority of respondents claiming to have a lot of knowledge about cats and obtaining veterinary advice, deficiencies were identified in toileting facilities and feeding practices, which raises significant welfare concerns. Urinary tract disorders are an important cause of morbidity, mortality and relinquishment and its presence was associated with inadequate toileting facilities. Ongoing education of cat owners and an increased effort by veterinarians to include basic husbandry in preventative care consultations is critical to improving the welfare of pet cats.
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Wah, Wong Yoon, and Jeremy Tiang. "Cast from Paradise." Manoa 26, no. 1 (2014): 119–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/man.2014.0010.
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Stavisky, Jenny. "Too many cats: how owner beliefs contribute to overpopulation." Veterinary Record 174, no. 5 (January 31, 2014): 116–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.g1100.
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Van, De Wiele Tarah. "Cast them out for their many crimes : reading the violent psalmist as part of Ancient Near Eastern legal culture." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37432/.
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The question this study has asked is, How does the psalmist craft the images of his enemies in the terms of law? In the process of answering, I address three major theses. The first thesis revolves around the observation that the lamenting psalmist tends to follow up his descriptions of the enemies’ wrongs with specific punishments. As this study argues, the psalmist’s muse for that wrong/punishment exchange is his own legal culture. The second thesis is that the psalmist’s calls for violent punishments of his enemies reflect legal norms in his external reality. This is proposed in direct response to the persistent scholarly assumption that the punishments invoked in these psalms are internally born of the psalmists’ fantasies, as well as being confined to that realm. I argue that the psalmist not only draws on legal-cultural punishment norms but in fact depends on their normative status in order to convey to his readers the nature of his enemies’ crimes. The third thesis is that the external reality in question is the ancient Near Eastern legal milieu of which biblical law is a part. Chapter Three shows how the psalmist’s use of talionic language with reference to his enemies happens only when their behaviour is consistent with crimes punished in the “like for like” pattern elsewhere throughout ancient Near Eastern legal history. Chapter Four demonstrates that the psalmist’s description of his enemies as slanderers and as “those who reproach” is framed in a legal-cultural understanding of shame as a sanctioned — and necessary — form of punishment for these crimes. After establishing the primacy of orality in contract procedure, Chapter Five shows how the psalmist’s mouth-focussed punishments assume the nature of contract-making and breaking in ancient Near Eastern law. Underlying these three theses is a theoretical critique of approaches to law in the psalms thus far, which have consistently assumed a definition of law that coheres with a contemporary Western understanding of law but diverges from that of the psalmist. I propose (in Chapter Two) that a definition of law guided by functional criteria, technical meaning, and the observation of norms, is the most fitting for an encounter with the psalmist’s own legal understanding. Taking this approach then allows this study to present the lamenting psalmist as a participant in a legal culture that extends far beyond the confines of the Pentateuch.
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Linde, Åsa. "Intersexualism : Att födas som ett mellanting mellan man och kvinna." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Discourse Studies, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-649.
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Williams, Clive Kenneth. "Stealing a car to be a man : the importance of cars and driving in the gender identity of adolescent males." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16422/.
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Nationally vehicle theft is associated with approximately 40 fatalities per year with an estimated annual cost of one billion dollars. During 2000 - 2001 almost 139,000 motor vehicles (cars, motor cycles, campervans, and trucks) were stolen across Australia. Vehicle theft is an overwhelmingly adolescent male crime yet gender has not been considered in either policy or program initiatives.-----
This thesis used Spence's Multifactorial Gender Identity theory to examine the relationships between vehicle theft, offending, and adolescent male gender identity. Four central research questions were posed:-----
1. Is vehicle theft a gendered behaviour, that is, do some adolescent males engage in vehicle theft to create a particular adolescent male gender identity?-----
2. Do vehicle theft offenders engage in other offending behaviours?-----
3. Are these other offences also used to create a particular adolescent male gender identity and-----
4. Will the use of a variety of gender-related scales to measure gender identity support Spence's Multifactorial Gender Identity Theory that gender identity is multifactorial?-----
Study One Parts A and B provided the empirical basis for Studies Two and Three. Part A of Study One examined the "maleness" of vehicle theft and two other problem behaviours: problem drinking and traffic offence involvement. Cross-sectional and longitudinal methodologies were used to investigate a representative sample of 4,529 male high school students in relation to vehicle theft, problem drinking, and traffic offence involvement as a novice driver. Results indicated that "maleness" was significantly related to vehicle theft, problem drinking, and traffic offence involvement. Subsequent analyses, based on Jessor's Problem Behaviour Theory, found a significant relationship between vehicle theft offenders and problem drinking. Study One Part B examined the relationship between masculinity as measured by the Australian Sex Role Scale (ASRS) and problem drinking in a rural sample of 1,248 male high school students. Using a cross sectional methodology, Masculine students were more likely than students in the other gender trait groups to report a range of problem drinking behaviours. Contrary to previous research, both socially desirable and socially undesirable masculine traits were significantly related to most problem drinking behaviours.-----
Having established significant relationships between "maleness" and vehicle theft and masculinity and the adolescent problem behaviour of underage drinking, Study Two qualitatively examined the perceptions of adolescent males with histories of vehicle theft in relation to "doing masculinity". Using semi-structured interviews, 30 adolescent males, clients of the juvenile justice system were asked "what do you have to do to be a man?" Vehicle theft was clearly identified as a masculine defining behaviour as were other offending behaviours. Overall, participants nominated very traditional behaviours such as having a job and providing financially for families as essential behaviours in "doing masculinity". It was suggested that in the absence of legal options for creating a masculine gender identity, some adolescent males adopted more readily accessed illegal options. Study Two also canvassed the driving behaviour of adolescent males in stolen vehicles. Crash involvement was not uncommon. Speed, alcohol, and the presence of other adolescent males were consistent characteristics of their driving behaviour. Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants were similar in their responses.-----
Study Three compared the gender identity of offender and non-offender adolescent males as measured by three gender-related measures: the ASRS, the Toughness Subscale of the Male Role Norm Scale (TSMRNS) and the Doing Masculinity Composite Scale (DMCS). While the ASRS measured gender traits, the TSMRNS measured masculinity ideology. The DMCS was developed from the responses of participants in Study Two and sought to measure how participants "do masculinity". Analyses indicated vehicle theft was endorsed by just over a third of the sample as a masculine defining behaviour. Overall, offenders were again very traditional in the behaviours they endorsed. When compared to non-offenders, offenders were more likely to endorse illegal behaviours in "doing masculinity" while non-offenders were more likely to endorse legal behaviours. Both offenders and non-offenders strongly endorsed having a car and the ability to drive as masculine defining behaviours.-----
In relation to gender traits, non-offenders were more likely than offenders to be classified as Masculine by the ASRS. Surprisingly offenders were more likely to be classified as Androgynous. In relation to masculinity ideology, offenders and non-offenders were similar in their results on the TSMRNS however offenders were more likely to endorse beliefs concerning the need to be tough. Overall Indigenous and non-Indigenous offenders were similar in their responses though Indigenous males were more likely to endorse beliefs concerning the need to be tough. Spence's Multifactorial Gender Identity theory was supported in that the relations between the three gender-related measures were significant but low.-----
Results confirmed that vehicle theft was endorsed by a minority of participants as a gendered behaviour. Other offending behaviours were also endorsed by some adolescent males as means to create masculine gender identity. Importantly though both offenders and non-offenders endorsed very traditional behaviours in relation to "doing masculinity". The implications for policy and program initiatives include the acknowledgement of gender identity as an important component in relation to vehicle theft and offending and the desire of adolescent male offenders to engage in legal, traditional male behaviours. In the absence of legal avenues however, some adolescent males may use illegal behaviours to create gender identity. Cars and driving also feature as important components of gender identity for both offenders and non-offenders and these needs to be considered in relation to road safety initiatives.
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Elías, Bustamante Ana Fiorella, Arias Luigi Pablo Gambarini, Herrera Felix Arturo García, and Silva Jimena Torres. "“Segunda”, propuesta de modelo de negocio de certificación de autos usados." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/626028.
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Segunda es un modelo de negocio innovador que certifica autos usados mediante la revisión completa, rápida y eficiente de un equipo de mecánicos asociados, plasmada en un informe final que garantiza su estado real, actual e integral. Decidimos abordar una problemática nacional detectada: la desconfianza de las personas para realizar transacciones comerciales desde el ámbito de la compra y venta de autos de segunda mano. Antes de iniciar la investigación, realizamos un estudio del entorno en el que interactúan los distintos stakeholders involucrados en esta cadena de valor y ponemos énfasis en aquellas necesidades insatisfechas que brindan oportunidades para el mercado al que apuntamos. Durante esta investigación de mercado validamos la hipótesis de una necesidad insatisfecha previamente detectada.
Utilizaremos un plan de marketing integral para tener una estrategia potente de comunicación que nos ayude a transmitir a nuestro cliente el mensaje correcto a través del canal adecuado en el momento y lugar indicado. Bajo la gestión de un equipo multidisciplinar, definiremos líneas estratégicas que nos permitan cerrar alianzas con talleres, que serán capacitados bajo nuestros estándares de calidad y valores de la empresa con el objetivo de brindar a nuestros clientes el mejor servicio posible.
Nuestro proceso previo a la certificación es sencillo: basta llenar un formulario en nuestra web para ser parte de Segunda y, posteriormente, recibir toda la información referente al estado del auto antes de comprarlo, evitándose así malas experiencias.Segunda is an innovative business model that certifies used cars through the quick and complete review of a team of associated mechanics. Through a report, your real, a current and integral status is guaranteed. We begin by detecting a national problem: the distrust of people to carry their commercial transactions. From personal experiences, we decided to address the used-cars sales industry. Before starting the investigation, we conducted a study of the environmental factors that affect us, and we put emphasis on those that give us our strengths and opportunities from the market we aim for. Thanks to a detailed market research, we discovered that an unmet need was previously identified. We will use a comprehensive marketing plan and a powerful communication strategy that will help us communicate effectively across all relevant channels. With the right talent for the job, we will form strategic alliances with workshops that are governed by our quality standards and we will train them in the values of the company to offer our clients the best possible service. Our process prior to certification is simple: just fill out a form on our website to be part of Segunda, and later, receive all the information regarding the status of the car before buying it, avoiding bad experiences.
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Rhee, Soue-Won. "L'autre visible dans l'oeuvre de Jacques Tourneur de 1942 à 1948." Paris 3, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003PA030043.
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Les films de Tourneur sont mentionnés d'ordinaire en rapport avec le hors-champ. Cette perspective accentue surtout l'invisibilité de l'objet terrifiant. Or, le sentiment de l'invisible dû à l'intérêt du cinéaste au surnaturel persiste aussi dans le champ, nourrissant le potentiel de l'autre visible. L'autre visible chez Tourneur provient de l'ascèse du visuel et du sonore, remarquable dans des moments de terreur du genre fantastique mais aussi plus généralement dès que le fantastique cinématographique devient sensible. Cette étude cherche à saisir, à travers l'analyse détaillée des passages précis, le chant second du réel, miracle propre au cinéma, d'où émane le temps spectral d'une autre visibilité. Cette étude porte sur l'oeuvre de Tourneur de 1942 à 1948, notamment sur la trilogie produite par Lewton. Elle prend en compte l'environnement du tournage de la série B et l'effet engendré par le dispositif même. Un réalisme fondé sur le fantastique pourrait émerger à la fin de ce parcoursTourneur's films are mentionned usually in relation with the off. This view focuses on the invisibility of the terrifying object. Yet the sense of the invisible, due to the director's interest in the supernatural, persists also in the frame, intensifing the potential of the other visible. The other visible in Tourneur's works come from the abstinence of the visual and the auditory, especially notable in moments of terror in the genre of fantastique but also more generally when the cinematographic fantasticality becomes perceptible. A detailed analysis of the extracts strives to catch the second song of the real, a unique miracle of the cinema, from which the spectral time of an athor visibility emerges. This study examines Tourneur's works from 1942 to 1948, especially the fantastique trilogy produced by Lewton. It takes into consideration the filming environment of B movies and the cinema's own effect. This journey leads to the possibility of a realism based on the fantastique
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Abdallah, Laure. "Worst-case delay analysis of core-to-IO flows over many-cores architectures." Phd thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2017. http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/17836/1/abdallah_2.pdf.
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Many-core architectures are more promising hardware to design real-time systems than multi-core systems as they should enable an easier mastered integration of a higher number of applications, potentially of different level of criticalities. In embedded real-time systems, these architectures will be integrated within backbone Ethernet networks, as they mostly provide Ethernet controllers as Input/Output(I/O) interfaces. Thus, a number of applications of different level of criticalities could be allocated on the Network-on-Chip (NoC) and required to communicate with sensors and actuators. However, the worst-case behavior of NoC for both inter-core and core-to-I/O communications must be established. Several NoCs targeting hard real-time systems, made of specific hardware extensions, have been designed. However, none of these extensions are currently available in commercially available NoC-based many-core architectures, that instead rely on wormhole switching with round-robin arbitration. Using this switching strategy, interference patterns can occur between direct and indirect flows on many-cores. Besides, the mapping over the NoC of both critical and non-critical applications has an impact on the network contention these core-to-I/O communications exhibit. These core-to-I/O flows (coming from the Ethernet interface of the NoC) cross two networks of different speeds: NoC and Ethernet. On the NoC, the size of allowed packets is much smaller than the size of Ethernet frames. Thus, once an Ethernet frame is transmitted over the NoC, it will be divided into many packets. When all the data corresponding to this frame are received by the DDR-SDRAM memory on the NoC, the frame is removed from the buffer of the Ethernet interface. In addition, the congestion on the NoC, due to wormhole switching, can delay these flows. Besides, the buffer in the Ethernet interface has a limited capacity. Then, this behavior may lead to a problem of dropping Ethernet frames. The idea is therefore to analyze the worst case transmission delays on the NoC and reduce the delays of the core-to-I/O flows. In this thesis, we show that the pessimism of the existing Worst-Case Traversal Time (WCTT) computing methods and the existing mapping strategies lead to drop Ethernet frames due to an internal congestion in the NoC. Thus, we demonstrate properties of such NoC-based wormhole networks to reduce the pessimism when modeling flows in contentions. Then, we propose a mapping strategy that minimizes the contention of core-to-I/O flows in order to solve this problem. We show that the WCTT values can be reduced up to 50% compared to current state-of-the-art real-time packet schedulability analysis. These results are due to the modeling of the real impact of the flows in contention in our proposed computing method. Besides, experimental results on real avionics applications show significant improvements of core-to-I/O flows transmission delays, up to 94%, without significantly impacting transmission delays of core-to-core flows. These improvements are due to our mapping strategy that allocates the applications in such a way to reduce the impact of non-critical flows on critical flows. These reductions on the WCTT of the core-to-I/O flows avoid the drop of Ethernet frames.
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Minganti, Fabrizio. "Out-of-Equilibrium Phase Transitions in Nonlinear Optical Systems." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCC004/document.
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Dans cette thèse nous étudions théoriquement de systèmes dissipatifs pompés,décrits par une équation maîtresse de Lindblad. En particulier, nous adressons les problématiques liés à l’émergence de phénomènes critiques. Nous présentons une théorie générale reliant les transitions de phase du premier et deuxième ordres aux propriétés spectrales du superopérateur liouvillien. Dans la région critique, nous déterminons la forme générale de l’état stationnaire et de la matrice propre du liouvillien associée à son gap spectral. Nous discutons aussi l’utilisation de trajectoires quantiques individuelles afin de révéler l’apparition des transitions de phase. En ayant dérivé une théorie générale, nous étudions le modèle de Kerr en présence de pompage à un photon (cohérent) et à deux photons (paramétrique) ainsi que de dissipation. Nous explorons les propriétés dynamiques d’une transition de phase du premier ordre dans un modèle de Bose-Hubbard dissipatif et d’une de second ordre dans un modèle XYZ dissipatif d’Heisenberg. Enfin, nous avons considéré la physique des cavités soumises à de la dissipation à un et deux photons ainsi qu’un pompage à deux photons, obtenu par ingénierie de réservoirs. Nous avons démontré que l’état stationnaire unique est un mélange statistique de deux états chats de Schrödinger, malgré de fortes pertes à un photon.Nous proposons et étudions un protocole de rétroaction pour la génération d’états chat pursIn this thesis we theoretically study driven-dissipative nonlinear systems, whosedynamics is capture by a Lindblad master equation. In particular, we investigate theemergence of criticality in out-of-equilibrium dissipative systems. We present a generaland model-independent spectral theory relating first- and second-order dissipative phasetransitions to the spectral properties of the Liouvillian superoperator. In the critical region,we determine the general form of the steady-state density matrix and of the Liouvillianeigenmatrix whose eigenvalue defines the Liouvillian spectral gap. We discuss the relevanceof individual quantum trajectories to unveil phase transitions. After these general results,we analyse the inset of criticality in several models. First, a nonlinear Kerr resonator in thepresence of both coherent (one-photon) and parametric (two-photon) driving and dissipation.We then explore the dynamical properties of the coherently-driven Bose-Hubbard and of thedissipative XYZ Heisenberg model presenting a first-order and a second-order dissipativephase transition, respectively. Finally, we investigate the physics of photonic Schrödingercat states in driven-dissipative resonators subject to engineered two-photon processes andone-photon losses. We propose and study a feedback protocol to generate a pure cat-likesteady state
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Rihani, Hamza. "Analyse temporelle des systèmes temps-réels sur architectures pluri-coeurs." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017GREAM074/document.
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La prédictibilité est un aspect important des systèmes temps-réel critiques. Garantir la fonctionnalité de ces systèmespasse par la prise en compte des contraintes temporelles. Les architectures mono-cœurs traditionnelles ne sont plussuffisantes pour répondre aux besoins croissants en performance de ces systèmes. De nouvelles architectures multi-cœurssont conçues pour offrir plus de performance mais introduisent d'autres défis. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressonsau problème d’accès aux ressources partagées dans un environnement multi-cœur.La première partie de ce travail propose une approche qui considère la modélisation de programme avec des formules desatisfiabilité modulo des théories (SMT). On utilise un solveur SMT pour trouverun chemin d’exécution qui maximise le temps d’exécution. On considère comme ressource partagée un bus utilisant unepolitique d’accès multiple à répartition dans le temps (TDMA). On explique comment la sémantique du programme analyséet le bus partagé peuvent être modélisés en SMT. Les résultats expérimentaux montrent une meilleure précision encomparaison à des approches simples et pessimistes.Dans la deuxième partie, nous proposons une analyse de temps de réponse de programmes à flot de données synchroness'exécutant sur un processeur pluri-cœur. Notre approche calcule l'ensemble des dates de début d'exécution et des tempsde réponse en respectant la contrainte de dépendance entre les tâches. Ce travail est appliqué au processeur pluri-cœurindustriel Kalray MPPA-256. Nous proposons un modèle mathématique de l'arbitre de bus implémenté sur le processeur. Deplus, l'analyse de l'interférence sur le bus est raffinée en prenant en compte : (i) les temps de réponseet les dates de début des tâches concurrentes, (ii) le modèle d'exécution, (iii) les bancsmémoires, (iv) le pipeline des accès à la mémoire. L'évaluation expérimentale est réalisé sur desexemples générés aléatoirement et sur un cas d'étude d'un contrôleur de volPredictability is of paramount importance in real-time and safety-critical systems, where non-functional properties --such as the timing behavior -- have high impact on the system's correctness. As many safety-critical systems have agrowing performance demand, classical architectures, such as single-cores, are not sufficient anymore. One increasinglypopular solution is the use of multi-core systems, even in the real-time domain. Recent many-core architectures, such asthe Kalray MPPA, were designed to take advantage of the performance benefits of a multi-core architecture whileoffering certain predictability. It is still hard, however, to predict the execution time due to interferences on sharedresources (e.g., bus, memory, etc.).To tackle this challenge, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) buses are often advocated. In the first part of thisthesis, we are interested in the timing analysis of accesses to shared resources in such environments. Our approach usesSatisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT) to encode the semantics and the execution time of the analyzed program. To estimatethe delays of shared resource accesses, we propose an SMT model of a shared TDMA bus. An SMT-solver is used to find asolution that corresponds to the execution path with the maximal execution time. Using examples, we show how theworst-case execution time estimation is enhanced by combining the semantics and the shared bus analysis in SMT.In the second part, we introduce a response time analysis technique for Synchronous Data Flow programs. These are mappedto multiple parallel dependent tasks running on a compute cluster of the Kalray MPPA-256 many-core processor. Theanalysis we devise computes a set of response times and release dates that respect the constraints in the taskdependency graph. We derive a mathematical model of the multi-level bus arbitration policy used by the MPPA. Further,we refine the analysis to account for (i) release dates and response times of co-runners, (ii)task execution models, (iii) use of memory banks, (iv) memory accesses pipelining. Furtherimprovements to the precision of the analysis were achieved by considering only accesses that block the emitting core inthe interference analysis. Our experimental evaluation focuses on randomly generated benchmarks and an avionics casestudy
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Kotrlová, Jitka. "Stínová kinematografie - Mytologie australského gotického filmu 70.let." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-342912.
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8 Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Katedra filmových studií Diplomová práce Jitka Kotrlová Stínová kinematografie: mytologie australského gotického filmu 70. let Shadow Cinematography: Mythology of the Australian Gothic Film of the 1970's Praha 2015 Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Petra Hanáková, Ph.D Abstract: The thesis focuses on the mythological aspects of films of the so-called Australia gothic in 1970's. In a detailed form of thematic analysis it discovers three fundamental myths within the gothic cycle which then examines the semiotic method of Roland Barthes. The first part is dedicated to the specific situation of the film industry and describes the principles of film funding. The second part is focused on the concept of national cinematography in relation to Australia. The third part is dedicated to the gothic imagination and definition of Australian gothic within the contemporary discourse. The fourth part focuses on the term "mythology". The main part of the thesis presents the three myths emerging from the cycle of Australian gothic films. The first one is the myth of the feeling of isolation that focuses on the meaning of an isolated man in the inland and on the alternation of this myth in the form of a person isolated in the society. On the examples of the films Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg,...
Books on the topic "Manx cats"
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Stevens, Janet. How the Manx cat lost its tail. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.
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Reed, Christopher. A Manx McCatty adventure: The big scratch. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988.
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Commings, Karen. Manx cats: Everything about purchase, care, nutrition, grooming, and behavior. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 1999.
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Jung, Jin G., and Anne Le. "Targeting Metabolic Cross Talk Between Cancer Cells and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts." In The Heterogeneity of Cancer Metabolism, 205–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65768-0_15.
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AbstractAlthough cancer has classically been regarded as a genetic disease of uncontrolled cell growth, the importance of the tumor microenvironment (TME) [1, 2] is continuously emphasized by the accumulating evidence that cancer growth is not simply dependent on the cancer cells themselves [3, 4] but also dependent on angiogenesis [5–8], inflammation [9, 10], and the supporting roles of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) [11–13]. After the discovery that CAFs are able to remodel the tumor matrix within the TME and provide the nutrients and chemicals to promote cancer cell growth [14], many studies have aimed to uncover the cross talk between cancer cells and CAFs. Moreover, a new paradigm in cancer metabolism shows how cancer cells act like “metabolic parasites” to take up the high-energy metabolites, such as lactate, ketone bodies, free fatty acids, and glutamine from supporting cells, including CAFs and cancer-associated adipocytes (CAAs) [15, 16]. This chapter provides an overview of the metabolic coupling between CAFs and cancer cells to further define the therapeutic options to disrupt the CAF-cancer cell interactions.
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Henderson, Jason, and Natalie Marie Gulsrud. "How many cars in the city?" In Street Fights in Copenhagen, 106–29. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Series: Advances in urban sustainability: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429444135-6.
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Poucet, Bruno, and Georges Scotto. "Memory Properties of Spatial Behaviours in Cats and Hamsters." In Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man, 135–46. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3531-0_11.
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Charlton, C. J., S. L. Wattam, and N. D. Skinner. "Validation and Normal Ranges of Plasma Ceruloplasmin Concentration in Cats and Dogs." In Trace Elements in Man and Animals 10, 779–80. New York, NY: Springer US, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47466-2_249.
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Iwai, Toshihiro. "Geometry of Many-Body Systems." In Geometry, Mechanics, and Control in Action for the Falling Cat, 1–67. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0688-5_1.
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Iwai, Toshihiro. "Mechanics of Many-Body Systems." In Geometry, Mechanics, and Control in Action for the Falling Cat, 69–94. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0688-5_2.
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Tang, Hsiao-Wei, Hendrik Van Brussela, Philippe Koninckx, and Jos Vander Slotenc. "The implementation of an intuitive man-machine interface in robot-aided endoscopic laser surgery." In CARS 2002 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 200–205. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56168-9_33.
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"Manx." In Veterinary Medical Guide to Dog and Cat Breeds, 548–49. Teton NewMedia, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16185-199.
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"How Many Cars?" In The Future of the Automobile. The MIT Press, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/3172.003.0006.
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Stimeling, Travis D. "Musical Labor and the Nashville Studio System." In Nashville Cats, 147–218. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197502815.003.0005.
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Many of the most iconic recordings of the Nashville Sound era gained popularity not simply because of the recording artist whose name appeared on the labels of the singles and albums that contained them, but because of the contributions of Nashville’s session musicians who crafted arrangements and “hook” motifs. Yet, for the most part, these session musicians were never credited and received only a seemingly small one-time fee for their efforts. This chapter considers the creative impact of Nashville’s session musicians through a careful examination of several chart-topping Nashville Sound–era recordings, exploring the ways that the arrangements and “hook” motifs that they created shaped the works. Moreover, this chapter suggests that, although session musicians were seldom credited for their work, many of them presented clear artistic identities that are anonymously visible across a wide spectrum of recordings.
Conference papers on the topic "Manx cats"
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Piddubniak, Olexa, Nadia Piddubniak, Marta Cichowicz, and Anna Szymczak. "Sound Radiation of Many Moving Cars." In 2007 XIIth International Seminar/Workshop on Direct and Inverse Problems of Electromagnetic and Acoustic Wave Theory. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/diped.2007.4373567.
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Benini, Luca. "Designing many-core platforms for silicon-efficient embedded multimedia computing." In 2010 15th CSI International Symposium on Computer Architecture and Digital Systems (CADS). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cads.2010.5623542.
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Sankar, Sriram, Jithu Paulose, and Nirmal Thomas. "3D Printed Quick Healing Cast: The Exoskeletal Immobilizer." In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2017-71252.
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A cast is used to encase a limb or part of the body to stabilize and hold anatomical structures in place to allow healing of broken bones and ligament tears by promoting immobilization. Conventional orthopedic casts have been made out of Plaster of Paris or fiberglass since ages. The traditional plaster casts have a wide range of problems that have been long since evaded due to the lack of a better alternative. Ever since the advent of additive manufacturing, many remarkable things have been made possible by the technology of 3D printing. The Exoskeletal Immobilizer is a custom 3D printed orthopedic cast that is well ventilated, light weighted, aesthetically pleasing and anatomically accurate. Even though printing the immobilizer on spot takes a little longer than the conventional cast, its countless benefits make up for the waiting time. It is extremely logical and useful for the ones suffering from cerebral palsy, who are forced to wear casts for their entire life. This project is not just another profit making business idea but is the cornerstone that is being laid to serve the people better and lead humanity into the next phase of medical advancement. By integrating parts of physiotherapy, eastern medicine, orthopedics and latest technologies, the Immobilizer promises a speedy recovery. The possibility of performing ultrasound therapy, electrical stimulation therapy, chromotherapy, cryotherapy and acupuncture therapy during the immobilization period reduces the healing time at least by about 40% [4] and eases discomfort of the patients. The features imparted to the cast have been specially handpicked and researched to provide a safe overlap of post immobilization treatment and the immobilization period to facilitate faster healing. The Exoskeletal Immobilizer can not only heal the fracture or a tear faster but can also keep the patient comfortable during the treatment.
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Ebrahimi, Masoumeh, Awet Yemane Weldezion, and Masoud Daneshtalab. "NoD: Network-on-Die as a standalone NoC for heterogeneous many-core systems in 2.5D ICs." In 2017 19th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and Digital Systems (CADS). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cads.2017.8310676.
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Abdessalem, Raja Ben, Annibale Panichella, Shiva Nejati, Lionel C. Briand, and Thomas Stifter. "Testing autonomous cars for feature interaction failures using many-objective search." In ASE '18: 33rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3238147.3238192.
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Xue, Yun-can, Zhi-qian Mei, and Qiwen Yang. "Optimum Steelmaking Cast Plan with Unknown Cast Number Based on the Pseudo TSP Model." In 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. IEEE, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsmc.2006.384708.
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Phan-Huy, D. T., M. Sternad, T. Svensson, W. Zirwas, B. Villeforceix, F. Karim, and S. E. El-Ayoubi. "5G on Board: How Many Antennas Do We Need on Connected Cars?" In 2016 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/glocomw.2016.7848799.
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Xu, Yiyi, Pengfei Liu, and Jun Zhao. "A lightweight CaaS private cloud architecture and models for many task computing." In 2019 14th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccse.2019.8845490.
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Tariq, Shahroz, Hyunsoo Choi, C. M. Wasiq, and Heemin Park. "Controlled parking for self-driving cars." In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/smc.2016.7844509.
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Cristoloveanu, Sorin. "How Many Gates do we Need in a Transistor?" In 2007 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/smicnd.2007.4519636.
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Alexander, Serena, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Benjamin Y. Clark. Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility. Mineta Transportation Institute, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2020.1818.
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This report focuses on how cities can use climate action plans (CAPs) to ensure that on-demand mobility and autonomous vehicles (AVs) help reduce, rather than increase, green-house gas (GHG) emissions and inequitable impacts from the transportation system. We employed a three-pronged research strategy involving: (1) an analysis of the current literature on on-demand mobility and AVs; (2) a systematic content analysis of 23 CAPs and general plans developed by municipalities in California; and (3) a comparison of findings from the literature and content analysis of plans to identify opportunities for GHG emissions reduction and mobility equity. Findings indicate that maximizing the environmental and social benefits of AVs and on-demand mobility requires proactive and progressive planning; yet, most cities are lagging behind in this area. Although municipal CAPs and general plans in California have adopted a few strategies and programs relevant to AVs and on-demand mobility, many untapped opportunities exist to harness the GHG emissions reduction and social benefits potential of AVs and on-demand mobility. Policy and planning discussions should consider the synergies between AVs and on-demand mobility as two emerging mobility trends, as well as the key factors (e.g., vehicle electrification, fuel efficiency, use and ownership, access and distribution, etc.) that determine whether deployment of AVs would help reduce GHG emissions from transportation. Additionally, AVs and on-demand mobility can potentially contribute to a more equitable transportation system by improving independence and quality of life for individuals with disabilities and the elderly, enhancing access to transit, and helping alleviate the geographic gap in public transportation services.
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Alexander, Serena, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Benjamin Y. Clark. Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility. Mineta Transportation Institute, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2020.1818.
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This report focuses on how cities can use climate action plans (CAPs) to ensure that on-demand mobility and autonomous vehicles (AVs) help reduce, rather than increase, green-house gas (GHG) emissions and inequitable impacts from the transportation system. We employed a three-pronged research strategy involving: (1) an analysis of the current literature on on-demand mobility and AVs; (2) a systematic content analysis of 23 CAPs and general plans developed by municipalities in California; and (3) a comparison of findings from the literature and content analysis of plans to identify opportunities for GHG emissions reduction and mobility equity. Findings indicate that maximizing the environmental and social benefits of AVs and on-demand mobility requires proactive and progressive planning; yet, most cities are lagging behind in this area. Although municipal CAPs and general plans in California have adopted a few strategies and programs relevant to AVs and on-demand mobility, many untapped opportunities exist to harness the GHG emissions reduction and social benefits potential of AVs and on-demand mobility. Policy and planning discussions should consider the synergies between AVs and on-demand mobility as two emerging mobility trends, as well as the key factors (e.g., vehicle electrification, fuel efficiency, use and ownership, access and distribution, etc.) that determine whether deployment of AVs would help reduce GHG emissions from transportation. Additionally, AVs and on-demand mobility can potentially contribute to a more equitable transportation system by improving independence and quality of life for individuals with disabilities and the elderly, enhancing access to transit, and helping alleviate the geographic gap in public transportation services.
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Hunter, Margaret, Jijo K. Mathew, Ed Cox, Matthew Blackwell, and Darcy M. Bullock. Estimation of Connected Vehicle Penetration Rate on Indiana Roadways. Purdue University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317343.
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Over 400 billion passenger vehicle trajectory waypoints are collected each month in the United States. This data creates many new opportunities for agencies to assess operational characteristics of roadways for more agile management of resources. This study compared traffic counts obtained from 24 Indiana Department of Transportation traffic counts stations with counts derived by the vehicle trajectories during the same periods. These stations were geographically distributed throughout Indiana with 13 locations on interstates and 11 locations on state or US roads. A Wednesday and a Saturday in January, August, and September 2020 are analyzed. The results show that the analyzed interstates had an average penetration of 4.3% with a standard deviation of 1.0. The non-interstate roads had an average penetration of 5.0% with a standard deviation of 1.36. These penetration levels suggest that connected vehicle data can provide a valuable data source for developing scalable roadway performance measures. Since all agencies currently have a highway monitoring system using fixed infrastructure, this paper concludes by recommending agencies integrate a connected vehicle penetration monitoring program into their traditional highway count station program to monitor the growing penetration of connected cars and trucks.
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Li, Howell, Tom Platte, Jijo K. Mathew, W. Benjamin Smith, Enrique Saldivar-Carranza, and Darcy M. Bullock. Using Connected Vehicle Data to Reassess Dilemma Zone Performance of Heavy Vehicles. Purdue University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317321.
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The rate of fatalities at signalized intersections involving heavy vehicles is nearly five times higher than for passenger vehicles in the US. Previous studies in the US have found that heavy vehicles are twice as likely to violate a red light compared with passenger vehicles. Current technologies leverage setback detection to extend green time for a particular phase and are based upon typical deceleration rates for passenger cars. Furthermore, dilemma zone detectors are not effective when the max out time expires and forces the onset of yellow. This study proposes the use of connected vehicle (CV) technology to trigger force gap out (FGO) before a vehicle is expected to arrive within the dilemma zone limit at max out time. The method leverages position data from basic safety messages (BSMs) to map-match virtual waypoints located up to 1,050 ft in advance of the stop bar. For a 55 mph approach, field tests determined that using a 6 ft waypoint radius at 50 ft spacings would be sufficient to match 95% of BSM data within a 5% lag threshold of 0.59 s. The study estimates that FGOs reduce dilemma zone incursions by 34% for one approach and had no impact for the other. For both approaches, the total dilemma zone incursions decreased from 310 to 225. Although virtual waypoints were used for evaluating FGO, the study concludes by recommending that trajectory-based processing logic be incorporated into controllers for more robust support of dilemma zone and other emerging CV applications.
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Cox, Jeremy. The unheard voice and the unseen shadow. Norges Musikkhøgskole, August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.621671.
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The French composer Francis Poulenc had a profound admiration and empathy for the writings of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. That empathy was rooted in shared aspects of the artistic temperament of the two figures but was also undoubtedly reinforced by Poulenc’s fellow-feeling on a human level. As someone who wrestled with his own homosexuality and who kept his orientation and his relationships apart from his public persona, Poulenc would have felt an instinctive affinity for a figure who endured similar internal conflicts but who, especially in his later life and poetry, was more open about his sexuality. Lorca paid a heavy price for this refusal to dissimulate; his arrest in August 1936 and his assassination the following day, probably by Nationalist militia, was accompanied by taunts from his killers about his sexuality. Everything about the Spanish poet’s life, his artistic affinities, his personal predilections and even the relationship between these and his death made him someone to whom Poulenc would be naturally drawn and whose untimely demise he would feel keenly and might wish to commemorate musically. Starting with the death of both his parents while he was still in his teens, reinforced by the sudden loss in 1930 of an especially close friend, confidante and kindred spirit, and continuing throughout the remainder of his life with the periodic loss of close friends, companions and fellow-artists, Poulenc’s life was marked by a succession of bereavements. Significantly, many of the dedications that head up his compositions are ‘to the memory of’ the individual named. As Poulenc grew older, and the list of those whom he had outlived lengthened inexorably, his natural tendency towards the nostalgic and the elegiac fused with a growing sense of what might be termed a ‘survivor’s anguish’, part of which he sublimated into his musical works. It should therefore come as no surprise that, during the 1940s, and in fulfilment of a desire that he had felt since the poet’s death, he should turn to Lorca for inspiration and, in the process, attempt his own act of homage in two separate works: the Violin Sonata and the ‘Trois Chansons de Federico García Lorca’. This exposition attempts to unfold aspects of the two men’s aesthetic pre-occupations and to show how the parallels uncovered cast reciprocal light upon their respective approaches to the creative process. It also examines the network of enfolded associations, musical and autobiographical, which link Poulenc’s two compositions commemorating Lorca, not only to one another but also to a wider circle of the composer’s works, especially his cycle setting poems of Guillaume Apollinaire: ‘Calligrammes’. Composed a year after the ‘Trois Chansons de Federico García Lorca’, this intricately wrought collection of seven mélodies, which Poulenc saw as the culmination of an intensive phase in his activity in this genre, revisits some of ‘unheard voices’ and ‘unseen shadows’ enfolded in its predecessor. It may be viewed, in part, as an attempt to bring to fuller resolution the veiled but keenly-felt anguish invoked by these paradoxical properties.
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The COVID Decade: understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19. The British Academy, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bac19stf/9780856726583.001.
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The British Academy was asked by the Government Office for Science to produce an independent review on the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19. This report outlines the evidence across a range of areas, building upon a series of expert reviews, engagement, synthesis and analysis across the research community in the Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts (SHAPE). It is accompanied by a separate report, Shaping the COVID decade, which considers how policymakers might respond. History shows that pandemics and other crises can be catalysts to rebuild society in new ways, but that this requires vision and interconnectivity between policymakers at local, regional and national levels. With the advent of vaccines and the imminent ending of lockdowns, we might think that the impact of COVID-19 is coming to an end. This would be wrong. We are in a COVID decade: the social, economic and cultural effects of the pandemic will cast a long shadow into the future – perhaps longer than a decade – and the sooner we begin to understand, the better placed we will be to address them. There are of course many impacts which flowed from lockdowns, including not being able to see family and friends, travel or take part in leisure activities. These should ease quickly as lockdown comes to an end. But there are a set of deeper impacts on health and wellbeing, communities and cohesion, and skills, employment and the economy which will have profound effects upon the UK for many years to come. In sum, the pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities and differences and created new ones, as well as exposing critical societal needs and strengths. These can emerge differently across places, and along different time courses, for individuals, communities, regions, nations and the UK as a whole. We organised the evidence into three areas of societal effect. As we gathered evidence in these three areas, we continually assessed it according to five cross-cutting themes – governance, inequalities, cohesion, trust and sustainability – which the reader will find reflected across the chapters. Throughout the process of collating and assessing the evidence, the dimensions of place (physical and social context, locality), scale (individual, community, regional, national) and time (past, present, future; short, medium and longer term) played a significant role in assessing the nature of the societal impacts and how they might play out, altering their long-term effects.