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[pt] Esta dissertação investiga modos discursivos não figurativos de apresentação da dor para, a partir disso, dar a ver possíveis modalidades enunciativas de auto-expressão que, mesmo reagindo a uma crise da representação, põem em questão uma acepção de real enquanto irrepresentável. O estudo se debruça sobre escritos de três autores que no século XX responderam com diferentes ênfases à questão aqui abordada: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Antonin Artaud e Henry Miller. A problemática que se desenha nesse trabalho é provocada pela predileção de Wittgenstein pelo tema da dor em suas Investigações Filosóficas no tratamento do argumento da linguagem privada. Wittgenstein, nesse ponto, incita a uma reflexão que se dirija às manifestações de linguagem relativas à dor, que não sendo a representação de um mundo interior do indivíduo, constituem comportamentos exercitados em determinados jogos de linguagem que lhes dão pertinência. ―Como posso, pois, querer colocar a linguagem entre a dor e a manifestação da dor? (IF, 245). Em um primeiro momento, empreende-se uma reflexão que, a partir das advertências de Wittgenstein, dirigida a questionar uma defesa do irrepresentável, busca uma leitura dos modos discursivos do próprio Wittgenstein para a apresentação de ocasiões em que a expressão da dor pela linguagem não sendo sua representação é um comportamento perante a dor. E, num segundo momento, uma leitura de obras de Antonin Artaud e Henry Miller cujo tratamento da dor, em perspectiva dessa leitura de Wittgenstein, apresenta modalidades discursivas empenhadas numa expressão não figurativa e avessas a uma acepção do real como irrepresentável. / [en] This dissertation investigates non-figurative discursive ways of presentation of pain to see, go on from there, the possible modalities of enunciation of self-expression that, even reacting to a crisis of representation, call into question a sense of real as unrepresentable. The study focuses on the writings of three authors in the twentieth century responded with different emphasis to the issue addressed here: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Antonin Artaud and Henry Miller. The issue that is shaping this work is caused by the predilection of Wittgenstein for the theme of pain in his Philosophical Investigations in the treatment of private language argument. Wittgenstein at this point calls for a reflection that addresses the manifestations of language related to pain, not being the representation of individual s inner world, constitutes behaviors exercised in specific language games that give them relevance. ―How I can even attempt to interpose language between the expression of pain and the pain? (PI, 245). First of all, it proposes a reflection that, from Wittgenstein s warnings, addressed to question a defense of the unrepresentable, looking for a reading of discursive modes of Wittgenstein s own for the presentation of occasions in which the expression of pain by language not being a representation is a behavior before the pain. And, secondly, a reading of works by Antonin Artaud and Henry Miller whose pain treatment, in view of this reading of Wittgenstein, presents discursive modalities engaged in a non-figurative expression and averse to a real sense as unrepresentable.

<p>The purpose of this paper is to find out how visually impaired people get information on Internet. Visually impaired people has got the right to be able to use the Internet like everyone else. We are also going to revise which aids visually impaired people use today, and how they work in practise. What problems can you run into when you use these aids? We are also going to revise how the webpages design affect the use of the Internet for the visually impaired people. The sites of today tends to contain more and more graphics without alternative texts. The aids a visually impaired person use have problems to interpret the graphics, which leads to that many sites are inaccessible for this group of people . We have interviewed nine visually impaired and blind people to get insight in how they use the Internet and which aids are the most common and how they work in practise. We have come to the conclusion that a lot of visually impaired people today are very dependent of the Internet. These people use sites that they from their own experience knows works. The persons we have talked to told us that they feel that many sites are not adjusted to visually impaired people. At the same time we discovered that the technology to interpret graphics on the Internet actually exists. But this technology is not available since the eye clinics does not realise the importance of updating the aids more often. </p> / <p>Syftet med uppsatsen är att ta reda på hur de synskadade kan ta till sig information på Internet. Även de synskadade ska ha rätt till att kunna använda sig av Internet som alla andra. Vi ska också undersöka vilka webbhjälpmedel som finns till hands för de synskadade idag och hur dessa webbhjälpmedel fungerar i praktiken. Vilka problem som man kan stöta på när man använder sig av dessa webbhjälpmedel? Vi ska även undersöka hur mycket webbplatsernas utformning påverkar de synskadades Internetanvändning. Dagens webbplatser tenderar att använda mer och mer grafik utan alternativa texter. De hjälpmedel som en synskadad person använder har svårt att tolka detta, vilket leder till att många webbplatser är otillgängliga för denna grupp av människor. Vi har intervjuat nio synskadade och helt blinda personer för att få en inblick i hur de använder sig av Internet, vilka hjälpmedel som är vanliga och hur dessa hjälpmedel fungerar i praktiken. Vi kom fram till att synskadade idag är relativt beroende av Internet och att de använder sig av webbplatser på Internet som de känner till sedan tidigare. De personer som vi har talat med upplever att det är väldigt många webbplatser som inte är anpassade för synskadade personer. Samtidigt upptäckte vi att tekniken faktiskt finns som kan tolka grafiken på Internet, men att denna teknik inte är tillgänglig mycket beroende på att syncentralerna som delar ut dessa hjälpmedel inte inser vikten av att uppdatera dessa hjälpmedel oftare. </p>

The purpose of this paper is to find out how visually impaired people get information on Internet. Visually impaired people has got the right to be able to use the Internet like everyone else. We are also going to revise which aids visually impaired people use today, and how they work in practise. What problems can you run into when you use these aids? We are also going to revise how the webpages design affect the use of the Internet for the visually impaired people. The sites of today tends to contain more and more graphics without alternative texts. The aids a visually impaired person use have problems to interpret the graphics, which leads to that many sites are inaccessible for this group of people . We have interviewed nine visually impaired and blind people to get insight in how they use the Internet and which aids are the most common and how they work in practise. We have come to the conclusion that a lot of visually impaired people today are very dependent of the Internet. These people use sites that they from their own experience knows works. The persons we have talked to told us that they feel that many sites are not adjusted to visually impaired people. At the same time we discovered that the technology to interpret graphics on the Internet actually exists. But this technology is not available since the eye clinics does not realise the importance of updating the aids more often. / Syftet med uppsatsen är att ta reda på hur de synskadade kan ta till sig information på Internet. Även de synskadade ska ha rätt till att kunna använda sig av Internet som alla andra. Vi ska också undersöka vilka webbhjälpmedel som finns till hands för de synskadade idag och hur dessa webbhjälpmedel fungerar i praktiken. Vilka problem som man kan stöta på när man använder sig av dessa webbhjälpmedel? Vi ska även undersöka hur mycket webbplatsernas utformning påverkar de synskadades Internetanvändning. Dagens webbplatser tenderar att använda mer och mer grafik utan alternativa texter. De hjälpmedel som en synskadad person använder har svårt att tolka detta, vilket leder till att många webbplatser är otillgängliga för denna grupp av människor. Vi har intervjuat nio synskadade och helt blinda personer för att få en inblick i hur de använder sig av Internet, vilka hjälpmedel som är vanliga och hur dessa hjälpmedel fungerar i praktiken. Vi kom fram till att synskadade idag är relativt beroende av Internet och att de använder sig av webbplatser på Internet som de känner till sedan tidigare. De personer som vi har talat med upplever att det är väldigt många webbplatser som inte är anpassade för synskadade personer. Samtidigt upptäckte vi att tekniken faktiskt finns som kan tolka grafiken på Internet, men att denna teknik inte är tillgänglig mycket beroende på att syncentralerna som delar ut dessa hjälpmedel inte inser vikten av att uppdatera dessa hjälpmedel oftare.

This investigation into the rapid expansion of prison construction and mass incarceration in Eastern Kentucky under the leadership of Congressman and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers aims to determine why this policy has continued to be a viable political strategy for Rogers despite its apparent failure to advance social and economic development in the region. This analysis suggests that the Rogers Case can be used as a case study to greater understand the proliferation of political power available to elected officials in ANY district where the democratic incentive structure encourages politicians to represent the interests of private corporations and industries instead of constituents as long as they can count on their campaign contributions and the protection of their incumbencies.

L’objectif de cette étude est de caractériser des altérations de qualité de la viande du porc et de la dinde. Chez porc, la qualité de la viande est handicapée par une lésion de type de myopathie exsudative appelée PSE ou viandes déstructurées dans sa forme localisée. La transformation de ces viandes conduit à de faible rendements suite à une perte d’eau importante et un grave défaut de présentation du produit fini et donc à des pertes économiques importantes. Parmi les facteurs conditionnant l’apparition de la lésion, la génétique des animaux aux loci HAL et RN occupe un premier plan. Au second plan, l’environnement pre-mortem a une influence tout aussi importante et en particulier les conditions d’abattage. L’histologie comparative des muscles montre que la structure du réseau vasculaire et la typologie des fibres musculaires chez le porc des différents génotypes HAL et RN sont responsables de leur vulnérabilité. Chez la dinde, les expressions du problème PSE dans le muscle sont vraisemblablement similaires à celles observées chez le porc. Les caractéristiques de qualité de 3 souches de dinde (Hybride, Nicholas et BUT9) ont été étudiées : la chute du pH post mortem et la couleur de la viande évaluée dans le système L*a*b* nous confortent dans cette position / The objective of this study is to characterize the alteration of meat quality of the pork and the turkey. In pork, the quality of the meat is handicapped by a lesion exsudative myopathy called PSE (Pale Soft Exsudative) or localized destructured meats. The transformation of these meats leads to a reduced performance following an important water loss and a serious defect of presentation of the end product will cause massive losses in economy. Among the factors influencing the appearance of the lesion, HAL and RN genotypes occupy the first plan to limit these effects in pork. In the second plan, the pre-mortem environment has an all-important influence also and in particular the slaughter conditions. Comparative histology of muscles shows that the structure of the vascular network and the typology of muscle fibers of various genotypes HAL and RN in pork are responsible for their vulnerability. In turkey, the expressions of PSE muscle problem are probably similar to those observed in pork. Quality characteristics of 3 lines of turkey (Hybride, Nicholas and BUT9) were studied. The rate of pH fall post-mortem and the colour of the meat (which were evaluated in the L*a*b* system) have reinforced us in this position.

<p>This study examinates technology's traumatic impact on the male subject in The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard. In my analysis I show how the protagonist uses a fetischistic strategy in order to make sense of the trauma that technology embeds. Paradoxically it proves to be the agent of his trauma, but also functions as his shield. The machine is thus in a position of the hinge, the point in a structural system that both enables and deconstruct the system. In the same position we find the woman. She is the very epicentre of the novel and the violence directed towards her is part of a complex problem that I adress. The woman is divided into pieces and fetischized by the male gaze to serve as a solution for his trauma.</p><p>Hal Foster's notion ”the double logic of prosthesis” constitutes a theoretical base. The model shows how a fetischistic strategy is applied by avant-garde artists to solve the technological trauma that they experience. Both content and composition of The Atrocity Exhibition are inspired by avant-garde practices, I have therefore compared the text with Foster's theory on how the avant-garde problematized the interaction between man and machine. Marshall McLuhan's belief that the human body and technology are inseparable in the era of electronics further helps me to study technology's effect on perception.</p>

With continuous advancement in silicon technology and high feature demands on consumer electronics, the complexity of embedded software has led the software development effort to dominate System-On-Chip (SoC) design. Virtual Prototype (VP) addresses the problem by enabling early software development before hardware arrival. However, VP still poses challenges: 1) Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) degrades simulation time, 2) Development is restricted to embedded processor specific tools and 3) Applications and drivers are dependent on system software completion. In this work, we propose an abstraction framework which: 1) Removes ISS from VP, achieving native host software execution time, 2) Activates rich suites of desktop development tools in host by compiling embedded software in host binary and 3) Allows system software independent application and driver development. With this framework, we successfully demonstrated up to 2000% speed-up in VP run-time over conventional VP and improved software development productivity significantly.

With continuous advancement in silicon technology and high feature demands on consumer electronics, the complexity of embedded software has led the software development effort to dominate System-On-Chip (SoC) design. Virtual Prototype (VP) addresses the problem by enabling early software development before hardware arrival. However, VP still poses challenges: 1) Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) degrades simulation time, 2) Development is restricted to embedded processor specific tools and 3) Applications and drivers are dependent on system software completion. In this work, we propose an abstraction framework which: 1) Removes ISS from VP, achieving native host software execution time, 2) Activates rich suites of desktop development tools in host by compiling embedded software in host binary and 3) Allows system software independent application and driver development. With this framework, we successfully demonstrated up to 2000% speed-up in VP run-time over conventional VP and improved software development productivity significantly.

This dissertation explores the question of hope in the nuclear age by examining a movement within the North American Christian tradition known as dispensationalism. It concentrates specifically on one author, Hal Lindsey, whose books on the "end-times" are the basis for much of the current Christian apocalyptic thinking on this continent. There are two fundamental questions: (1) What does Lindsey's dispensational interpretation of God and Divine providence do to his understanding of hope?; (2) Does Lindsey's interpretation of the hope contribute anything to an articulation of hope in the nuclear age? In response to the first question, it is determined that Lindsey's Theology is governed by a providentialism which controls both his doctrine of God and his understanding of hope. History is controlled by a providential plan to which everything, even God, is bound. This plan ends with the destruction of the planet. Thus, hope, in Lindsey's terms, can only emerge after the destruction of the present order. In answer to the second question, it is explained that while Lindsey's apocalypticism gives faith a strong motivation and the sense of a limit to human pride, it undermines human responsibility for the planet and diminishes the ethical dimension of the gospel's call to discipleship.