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This work is a setting of two poems by E.E. Cummings for chamber orchestra and mezzo-soprano soloist. The approximate durations of the first and second movements are respectively seven and one half, and six minutes. The music was inspired by the poetry and attempts to highlight the cyclic syntax which hallmarks Cummings' style. The first poem ("pity this busy monster, manunkind,") presents a sarcastic analysis of the progress of society. The compositional techniques used in the first movement involve elements of ostinato and fragmented motivic development to punctuate the penetrating message of the poem. The second movement ("these children singing in stone a") offers a marked contrast in texture and is a peaceful resolution to the agitated frustration of the first poem. Chromaticism is an essential element in defining the melodic and harmonic style. The vocal writing is largely declamatory and presents the vocalist with challenges of tessitura, intervallic complexity and extended technique.

Nesta dissertação traduzimos e comentamos os quatro primeiros registros de diário (10- 14 de maio de 1932, 50 páginas) da obra EIMI de Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962). EIMI é um diário/romance experimental que relata a viagem de trinta e seis dias que Cummings realizou na Rússia soviética entre maio e junho de 1931. Justificamos a escolha de EIMI porque, além de entendermos que é um livro importante e pertinente no contexto do Modernismo literário do século XX, ele nunca foi traduzido. Com o intuito de respaldar nossa pioneira tradução realizamos uma pesquisa que pode ser dividida em duas esferas: estudos sobre a vida e a obra de Cummings; e estudos sobre o ato de traduzir, focados especificamente na exploração do livro Poétique du traduire de Henri Meschonnic. As investigações dentro da primeira esfera fundamentaram o Capítulo 1 do trabalho, onde apresentamos e problematizamos EIMI. As investigações da segunda esfera fundamentaram o Capítulo 2. Aqui, partimos do pressuposto que o sujeito e a língua são elementos necessários para que se faça literatura; mas que o fazer literário, por seu turno, é fundamental no processo de formação e compreensão do que é (ou se torna) a língua e o sujeito. Argumentamos, com Meschonnic, que mais importante do que traduzir a língua de uma obra é traduzir o modo como a obra negocia, através do uso específico da língua por um sujeito, uma nova língua e um novo sujeito. Posto de outro modo, argumentamos que não é a língua no sentido estrito que se traduz, mas o discursotal qual articulado em uma obra específica e implicado na subjetividade de um ser histórico. Testaremos as diretrizes de Meschonnic em nossa própria tradução e comentários, expostos no Capítulo 3. / In this dissertation I translate and comment upon the first four diary entries (May 10-14, 1932, 50 pages) of the work EIMI by Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962). EIMI is an experimental diary/novel that recounts the thirty-six-day trip that Cummings made to Soviet Russia between May and June of 1931. I justify choosing EIMI because it is, as I seek to demonstrate, an important and pertinent work within 20th Century literary Modernism, which, furthermore, has never been translated. As a means of supporting the translation itself, the dissertation also includes a theoretical study that can be divided into two spheres: research on the life and work of Cummings; and research on the act of translating, focused specifically on the exploration of the book Poétique du traduire by Henri Meschonnic. The investigations within the first sphere make up Chapter 1 of the dissertation, where I introduce and examine EIMI. The investigations within the second sphere make up Chapter 2. Here, I start with the assumption that subject and language are necessary elements for the making of literature; but that the literary act is, in its turn, fundamental to the process of shaping and understanding what is (or becomes of) the language and the subject. I argue, with Meschonnic, that more important than to translate the language of a work is to translate the way in which the work negotiates, through the specific use of language by a subject, a new language and a new subject. In other words, I argue that it is not the language of a text that is translated, but a subjects discourse such as articulated in a specific text and implied within the subjectivity of the historic beings who conceive it and read it. I put Meschonnics guidelines to test on my own translation and commentary in Chapter 3.

Submitted by Luis Guilherme Macena (guilhermelg2004@gmail.com) on 2013-04-05T17:45:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mestrado ariane.pdf: 1246073 bytes, checksum: 482400364f3b0adc9375e588e856007c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-04-05T17:45:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mestrado ariane.pdf: 1246073 bytes, checksum: 482400364f3b0adc9375e588e856007c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Ensino. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e da Mulher. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / O objetivo do estudo foi comparar a presença e gravidade de dor nas costas entre as mulheres na pós-menopausa com e sem hipovitaminose D. Os dados utilizados foram multicêntricos, colhidos em mulheres na pós-menopausa, e rigorosamente analisados quanto a dados demográficos, determinações 25OHD e o questionário Newwit / Cummings de dor nas costas. No estudo, 9354 pacientes foram examinados, mas apenas 9305 realizaram todas as avaliações. A mediana da idade foi de 67 (60 - 85 anos) e idade na menopausa foi de 49 (18 - 72 anos). A hipovitaminose D estava presente em 22,5% dos indivíduos, 67,5% têm dores nas costas e 14,8% limitaram suas atividades diárias nos últimos 6 meses. Indivíduos com hipovitaminose D, em comparação com aqueles sem hipovitaminose D, têm mais dores nas costas (69,5 v 66,9%, p: 0,022), maior frequência de dores nas costas (8,5% v 6,8%, p: 0,004), mais limitações de suas atividades diárias (17,2 v 14,0%, p: 0,001), e mais fraturas (17,4 v 14,6%, p: 0,002); elas tiveram também mais dificuldade em realizar todas as atividades diárias abordados no questionário Newwit / Cummings. Em conclusão, a hipovitaminose D foi relacionada a dores nas costas, a sua gravidade, e à dificuldade em realizar atividades diárias. De acordo com a literatura, o tratamento de hipovitaminose D é eficaz na melhoria funcionalidade muscular, mas é necessário avaliar sua utilidade no tratamento de dores nas costas. / The aim was to compare the presence and severity of back pain between postmenopausal women with and without hypovitaminosis D. Baseline data of multi-center trial in postmenopausal women with low bone mass was reviewed regarding demographic data, 25OHD determinations, Newwit/Cummings questionnaire of back pain, and presence of vertebral fracture thought X-ray evaluation. In the trial, 9354 subjects were screened, but only 9305 performed all the evaluations. The median of age was 67 (60 - 85 years) and age at menopause was 49 (18 - 72 years). Hypovitaminosis D was present in 22.5% of subjects; 15.3% have vertebral fractures; 67.5% have back pain and 14.8% have limit her daily activities in the previous 6 months. Subjects with hypovitaminosis D, compared to those without hypovitaminosis D, have more back pain (69.5 v 66.9%, p: 0.022), more cases of severe back pain (8.5% v 6.8%, p: 0,004), more limitations of their daily activities (17.2 v 14.0%, p: 0.001), and more fractures (17.4 v 14.6%, p: 0,002); also, they have more difficulty in perform all the daily activities addressed in Newwit/Cummings questionnaire. In conclusion, hypovitaminosis D was related to back pain, to its severity, and to difficulty in perform daily activities. According to literature, treatment of hypovitaminosis D is effective in muscular functionality improvement, but it is necessary to evaluated if it will be helpful in the treatment of back pain.

Orientador: Antonio Vidiella Barranco / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-31T02:56:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Decordi_GustavoLazero_D.pdf: 2456755 bytes, checksum: 42a17eacb2e1a86e81888e48272ed08e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Resumo: Estudamos nesta tese, sistemas quânticos compostos sob a influência de ambientes externos. Na primeira parte do trabalho, investigamos um sistema de dois qubits interagentes, estando um deles isolado e o outro acoplado a um banho térmico. Analisamos os efeitos da temperatura do banho sobre a dinâmica do sistema de dois qubits. Com essa finalidade, empregamos dois modelos distintos da interação sistema-ambiente: i) um modelo microscópico, no qual a equação mestra é obtida levando-se em conta o acoplamento entre os qubits na dedução do termo dissipativo, ii) um modelo fenomenológico, no qual o termo dissipativo é simplesmente adicionado ao termo unitário da equação de evolução do operador densidade. Obtemos soluções analíticas para os modelos, o que permitiu estudá-los em um intervalo considerável do acoplamento entre os qubits. Dedicamos a segunda parte do trabalho ao estudo de um sistema quântico em particular acoplado a um pequeno ambiente. Neste contexto, resolvemos exatamente o modelo da interação radiação-matéria conhecido como modelo de Tavis-Cummings a dois átomos. De posse das soluções, obtidas em circunstâncias bastante gerais e até então não encontradas na literatura, investigamos os efeitos oriundos da interação de um pequeno ambiente (átomo em estado de mistura estatística) sobre a dinâmica do subsistema composto pelo outro átomo acoplado ao modo do campo eletromagnético. Nós mostramos que propriedades não-clássicas associadas ao sistema principal podem ser significativamente degradadas pela ação do ambiente quando o átomo 2 está acoplado de maneira resonante ao campo. Encontramos que o comportamento não-clássico do sistema pode ser restaurado a medida que dessintonizamos o campo da frequência de transição do átomo 2, o ambiente / Abstract: We study in this thesis composite quantum systems under the influence of external environments. In the first part of this work, we investigate a two qubit interacting system having one of them isolated and the other coupled to a thermal bath. We analyze the effect of the temperature of the bath on the dynamics of the two qubit system. In order to do that, we consider two different models of system-reservoir interaction: i) a "microscopic" model, in which the master equation is derived taking into account the interaction between the two subsystems (qubits), ii) a "phenomenological" approach, in which the master equation consists of a dissipative term added to the unitary evolution term. We show that in the strong coupling regime between the subsystems (qubits), the expected thermal equilibrium steady state for the two-qubit system naturally arises in the framework of the microscopic model, while in the phenomenological approach it is obtained a steady state density operator which is not correct. Furthermore, the differences are even more profound in the weak coupling regime, when the models give rise to opposite behaviors with regard to the linear entropy of qubit 1. At the context of quantum systems coupled to environments with few degrees of freedom, we solve analytically the matter-radiation interaction model known as two atom Tavis-Cummings Model. With the solutions at hand, achieved in general circumstances until the present not found in literature, in which the constituent atoms may be coupled with different strengths to the field and also have different frequency detunings, we study the effects that arise from the interaction of a small environment (atom in a statistical mixture state) with the other atom coupled to an oscillator (cavity mode). We show that nonclassical features associated to the main system may be significantly degraded by the action of the small environment, if atom 2 is resonantly coupled to the field. We also demonstrate that the nonclassical behaviour of the system may be restored if we detune the field from the transition frequency of atom 2, the environment / Doutorado / Física / Doutor em Ciências / 899872/2011 / CAPES

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:07:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_Alexandre Divino.pdf: 736654 bytes, checksum: 2b8069070ebe78eef1b634051df5d432 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-20 / In this work we have studied the two photon Jaynes-Cummings model to describe the interaction of a three-level atom in the configuration with a single-mode of a cativy-field. We have used the effetive and full microscopic Jamiltonian approach to compare the results obtained in these tow descriptions. We employed the two-photon Jaynes-Cummings model int the full microscopic Hamiltonian context to implement schemes to quantuam entanglement swapping, for approximate and conditional quantuam teleportation for an unknown atomic state, for a superposition of zero- and two photon states. Both schemes were implemented using no measurement in the Bell base states. / Neste trabalho estudamos o modelo Jaynes-Cummings de dois fótons para descrever a interação de um átomo de Rydberg na configuração (ladeira) de três níveis com único modo do campo eletromagnético. A descrição deste sistema foi obtida usando o hamiltoniano efetivo e também o hamiltoniano microscópico completo, com o objetivo de compararmos resultados obtidos nas suas descrições. No modelo de Jaynes-Cummings de dois fótons descrito pleo hamiltoniano microscópico completo propusemos esquemas para realização de troca de emaranhamento quântico e teletransporte quântico aproximado e condicional de estados atômicos desconhecidos bem como estados de superposição de zeros e dois fótons do campo. Esses dois esquemas foram realizados sem uso de medida na base dos estados de Bell.

Now All the Fingers of This Tree is a work in two movements based upon a poem of the same name by E. E. Cummings. It is divided into two movements: The first movement is scored for nine part solo soprano, where one performer records each of the nine vocal lines. The second movement is an electro-acoustic work derived from four phrases of the original recording of the first movement. Total duration of the work is approximately 19 minutes. The paper provides a detailed analysis of both movements as well as a discussion on usage of text, problems addressed with traditional notation techniques, and technology utilized in the production of the work.

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On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt submitted to Congress “The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1937,” often simply called the Court-packing bill. The president hoped to circumvent the Court, which for years had been overturning New Deal programs, by appointing six new justices. However, the bill disguised its true intentions behind a veil of improving judicial efficiency. This misdirection backfired; the bill failed and Roosevelt’s popularity plummeted just months after a landslide reelection. This thesis examines the origins of the infamous Court-packing bill. It argues that Roosevelt was largely a background figure in the development of the plan, as he charged Attorney General Homer Cummings with finding a solution to the Court’s obstinacy. Cummings was the driving force behind the bill, particularly with regards to keeping it secret from other advisers and hiding its true intentions. Roosevelt’s most crucial mistake was in relying almost exclusively on his cunning attorney general.

Quantum entanglement is widely renounced as one of the most fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics. Such phenomenon exhibit non-local interaction properties which cannot be explained classically. In this thesis, we address a number of problems associated with creating, transferring and engineering of entanglement between two separate parties. The work is motivated by a desire to better understand the dynamics of entanglement between systems. In particular, the research is mainly focused on the study of the dynamics of the well known maximally entangled Bell state under different influences such as decoherence and inter-qubit coupling. We show the connection between coherence and entanglement using the system sub jected to decoherence. We also confirm the transfer of entanglement between completely isolated partite using the double Jaynes-Cummings model. Based on this result, we propose a new conservation criterion proven to be general for single excitation systems. Such conservation criterion are then compared and extended to a general N qubit systems. In addition, an attempt is made to evaluate entanglement conservation rules for the EPR- like multipartite entanglement. We also describe a new technique for solving entanglement in the top-down way ignoring physical setup.