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161	Antenna Shape Synthesis Using Characteristic Mode Concepts Ethier, Jonathan L. T. 26 October 2012 (has links) Characteristic modes (CMs) provide deep insight into the electromagnetic behaviour of any arbitrarily shaped conducting structure because the CMs are unique to the geometry of the object. We exploit this very fact by predicting a perhaps surprising number of important antenna metrics such as resonance frequency, radiation efficiency and antenna Q (bandwidth) without needing to specify a feeding location. In doing so, it is possible to define a collection of objective functions that can be used in an optimizer to shape-synthesize antennas without needing to define a feed location a priori. We denote this novel form of optimization “feedless” or “excitation-free” antenna shape synthesis. Fundamentally, we are allowing the electromagnetics to dictate how the antenna synthesis should proceed and are in no way imposing the physical constraints enforced by fixed feeding structures. This optimization technique is broadly applied to three major areas of antenna research: electrically small antennas, multi-band antennas and reflectarrays. Thus, the scope of applicability ranges from small antennas, to intermediate sizes and concludes with electrically large antenna designs, which is a testament to the broad applicability of characteristic mode theory. Another advantage of feedless electromagnetic shape synthesis is the ability to synthesize antennas whose desirable properties approach the fundamental limits imposed by electromagnetics. As an additional benefit, the feedless optimization technique is shown to have greater computational efficiency than traditional antenna optimization techniques. Characteristic Mode Electrically Small Antenna Multi-band Antenna Reflectarray Mosaic Antenna Shape Synthesis Feedless Shape Synthesis Fragmented Antenna Eigenanalysis Bandwidth Radiation Efficiency Resonance Frequency Antenna Geometry Mobile Phone Sub-Structure Characteristic Modes Periodic Structures Transmission Coefficient Reflection Coefficient Single Mode Ultrawideband Antenna Q
162	Pour une histoire et une esthétique de l'écran fragmenté au cinéma Mathieu, Philippe 11 1900 (has links) Bien que son existence soit presque aussi vieille que le cinéma, l‘écran fragmenté (que les académiciens et autres professionnels du cinéma de langue anglaise désignent communément sous l‘appellation « split screen ») n‘a jamais fait l‘objet d‘analyses véritablement approfondies. Quand il est mentionné dans les livres d‘histoire, l‘écran fragmenté est rapidement esquivé. Pourtant, ses apparitions sont nombreuses. Ce mémoire de maîtrise cherche à corriger nombre d‘idées préétablies en exposant l‘histoire de cette manifestation visuelle, en commençant des débuts (le « cinéma des premiers temps ») jusqu‘à l‘arrivée du « cinéma numérique » du nouveau millénaire. / Despite the fact its existence is almost as old as cinema itself, the fragmented screen (commonly known as « split screen » in the academic and professional world of the seventh art) has never been the object of serious and exhaustive analysis. When mentioned in history books, the fragmented screen is quickly eluded. And yet its appearances are numerous. This Master thesis aims at rectifying a number of pre-established ideas by exposing the history behind this visual manifestation, from early cinema to the arrival of digital films. Écran fragmenté Fragmented screen Écran divisé Split screen Écran multiple Multiple screen Cinéma et fragmentation Film and fragmentation Polyvision Polyvision Montage spatial Spatial montage Cadre et cinéma Frame and cinema Histoire du montage au cinéma History of film editing L'Affaire Thomas Crown The Thomas Crown Affair Cinéma numérique Digital cinema
163	The use of a geographic information system to investigate the effect of land-use change on wattled crane Bugeranus carunculatus breeding productivity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Coverdale, Brent Miles. January 2006 (has links) The Wattled Crane, Bugeranus carunculatus Gmelin, is presently classified as being 'Critically Endangered' within South Africa according to the Eskom Red Data book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, with a population of a meagre 235 individuals. Of this, 85% occur within KwaZulu-Natal and live predominantly on privately owned agricultural land. As a result thereof, Wattled Cranes and agriculture compete for the same resources. Up until now, the loss of viable habitat, as a result of agricultural development and afforestation, has been mooted as being the primary reason for the decline in numbers of the species. The advancements in the Geographical Information Systems field have enabled conservationists to acquire data, especially pertaining to habitat requirements, which were previously unattainable. This improved data acquisition is enabling for more informed decision making and better allocation of resources. The study therefore attempts to make use of a Geographical Information System to determine whether or not differences exist within the home ranges of active and historical Wattled Crane nesting sites, utilising the National Land cover database. The updated Land cover data for South Africa, although not completed at the time the present study took place, allowed for the interrogation of the various Land cover classes within an estimated home range. Natural Grassland was the predominant Land cover type within both active and historical home ranges, whilst both active and historical home ranges were subject to some degree of transformation. The potential impact of management practices in and around nesting sites warrants further investigation because this could not be determined through the analysis of land cover. / Thesis (M.Env.Dev.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. Cranes (Birds)--KwaZulu-Natal. Cranes (Birds)--Breeding--KwaZulu-Natal. Land use--KwaZulu-Natal--Management. Cranes (Birds)--Habitat--KwaZulu-Natal. Land cover--KwaZulu-Natal. Cranes (Birds)--Conservation. Agriculture--KwaZulu-Natal. Fragmented landscapes--KwaZulu-Natal. Theses--Environmental science.
164	Antenna Shape Synthesis Using Characteristic Mode Concepts Ethier, Jonathan L. T. January 2012 (has links) Characteristic modes (CMs) provide deep insight into the electromagnetic behaviour of any arbitrarily shaped conducting structure because the CMs are unique to the geometry of the object. We exploit this very fact by predicting a perhaps surprising number of important antenna metrics such as resonance frequency, radiation efficiency and antenna Q (bandwidth) without needing to specify a feeding location. In doing so, it is possible to define a collection of objective functions that can be used in an optimizer to shape-synthesize antennas without needing to define a feed location a priori. We denote this novel form of optimization “feedless” or “excitation-free” antenna shape synthesis. Fundamentally, we are allowing the electromagnetics to dictate how the antenna synthesis should proceed and are in no way imposing the physical constraints enforced by fixed feeding structures. This optimization technique is broadly applied to three major areas of antenna research: electrically small antennas, multi-band antennas and reflectarrays. Thus, the scope of applicability ranges from small antennas, to intermediate sizes and concludes with electrically large antenna designs, which is a testament to the broad applicability of characteristic mode theory. Another advantage of feedless electromagnetic shape synthesis is the ability to synthesize antennas whose desirable properties approach the fundamental limits imposed by electromagnetics. As an additional benefit, the feedless optimization technique is shown to have greater computational efficiency than traditional antenna optimization techniques. Characteristic Mode Electrically Small Antenna Multi-band Antenna Reflectarray Mosaic Antenna Shape Synthesis Feedless Shape Synthesis Fragmented Antenna Eigenanalysis Bandwidth Radiation Efficiency Resonance Frequency Antenna Geometry Mobile Phone Sub-Structure Characteristic Modes Periodic Structures Transmission Coefficient Reflection Coefficient Single Mode Ultrawideband Antenna Q
165	Paul Mpagi Sepuya : en semiotisk och psykoanalytisk tolkning av den fragmenterade kroppen i samtida fotografi Bergvik-Forsander, Annika January 2022 (has links) No description available. Paul Mpagi Sepuya contemporary art photography queer psychoanalytical fragmented body mirror the black gaze the black body studio semiotic analysis Paul Mpagi Sepyua samtidskonst fotografi queer fragmenterad kropp psykoanalytisk bildtolkning semiotisk bildanalys spegel den svarta blicken studio ateljé svart manskropp Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst
166	Mirrors And Vanities Salas, Leslie 01 January 2013 (has links) Mirrors and Vanities is a multi-modal collection which showcases the diversity of working in long and short storytelling forms. Featured in this thesis are fiction, nonfiction, graphic narrative, and screenplay. Using unconventional approaches to storytelling in order to achieve emotional resonance with the audience while maintaining high standards for craft, these stories and essays explore the costs inherent to the subtle nuances of interpersonal relationships. The fiction focuses on the complications of characters keeping secrets. A husband discovers the truth behind his wife’s miscarriage. A girl visits her fiancé in purgatory. A boy crosses a line and loses his best friend. Meanwhile, the nonfiction centers on self-discovery and gender roles associated with power struggles. A schizophrenic threatens to ruin my mother’s wedding. I rediscover my relationship with my father through food writing. Sword-work teaches me to fail and succeed at making martial art. The title work of the thesis is a collaged story highlighting the tribulations of a physicist fixated on recovering his lost love by manipulating the multiverse. The multi-modal format implicates the nebulosity of physics theories and how different aspects of the narrative can be presented in various formats to best suit the nature of the storytelling. Through the interactions of characters in mundane and extraordinary circumstances, the works in this thesis examine the consequences of choice, the contrast between reality and expectation, coming of age, and the Truth of narrative. Abortion aikido bildungsroman collage fiction collection comics experimentalism flash fiction flash nonfiction food writing fragmentation fragmented narrative graphic narrative henna illustration interpersonal relationships loss lyrical magical realism martial arts memoir mental illness mother daughter conflict multi modal multiverse theory non chronological narrative nonfiction parallel universes personal essay physics pregnancy realist reflection relativity repetition screenwriting secret keeping secrets sequential art sexuality sports writing storytelling trust truth unconventional structure unreliable narrator vanity weddings Creative Writing
167	Consumer protection law in the ongoing European internal energy market by the example of the Electricity Directive 2009/72/EC Ziegler, Friedrich January 2014 (has links) The thesis deals with the question about necessary conditions to achieve the objective of a high level of consumer protection in the context of the ongoing internal electricity market taking into account the grid-bound electricity supply, which is characterized by the natural monopoly of regulated networks as well as by competition for the homogeneous product electricity. It evaluates the relationship between effective competition and energy sector-specific consumer protection taking into account the energy-specific regulatory law and examines in detail the regulations of the Directive 2009/72/EC concerning consumer protection under the perspective of enabling the responsible and informed consumer to operate as a self-determined market participant and so shape the market actively towards its completion. After art. 114 TFEU as the existing central norm concerning the alignment of the internal energy market is distinguished from other possible competence rules like the new energy sector-specific competence title of art. 194 TFEU the requirements developed by the ECJ case law concerning art. 114 TFEU from the point of view of the energy sector-specific consumer protection are presented. The thesis clarifies both to what extent in Directive 2009/72/EC codified consumer rights are suitable to achieve...
168	Technik und Bildung in der verwissenschaftlichten Lebenswelt Lumila, Minna 02 June 2023 (has links) Die Studie versucht, Husserls Modell einer nicht-wissenschaftlichen Lebenswelt für pädagogische Untersuchungen zum Verhältnis von Technik und Bildung in der verwissenschaftlichen Welt zu öffnen. Sie diskutiert Entwicklungsprobleme der Spätmoderne unter pluralen Fragestellungen und führt Ansätze und Traditionen zusammen, die unterschiedliche Wege zur Weiterentwicklung der modernen Bildungstheorie beschritten haben. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, wie moderne Technik einerseits als lebensweltliche Entfremdung des Menschen problematisiert und andererseits als Produkt menschlicher Freiheit und Weltgestaltung gewürdigt werden kann. In vier Kapiteln werden die methodischen Ansätze und Antworten vorgestellt, die der Philosoph und Pädagoge Eugen Fink (1905–1975), der Philosoph Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), der Philosoph und Erziehungswissenschaftler Theodor Litt (1880–1962) und der Soziologe Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984) auf die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Bildung und Technik gegeben haben. Im Durchgang durch ihre Positionen wird ein Konzert erarbeitet, dessen Originalität darin liegt, Abstimmungsprobleme von Bildung, Technik und Lebenswelt aus postdualistischer, praxistheoretischer sowie posthumanistischer Perspektive zu thematisieren. / The study attempts to open Husserl's model of a non-scientific lifeworld for pedagogical investigations of the relationship between technology and “Bildung” in the scientific world. It discusses developmental problems of late modernity under plural questions and brings together approaches and traditions that have taken different paths to the further development of modern “Bildungs”-theory. The central question is how modern technology can be problematized on the one hand as the alienation of human beings from the world of life and on the other hand be appreciated as a product of human freedom and the shaping of the world. Four chapters present the methodological approaches and answers that philosopher and educator Eugen Fink (1905–1975), philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), philosopher and educationalist Theodor Litt (1880–1962), and sociologist Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984) have given to the question of the relationship between education and technology. In the course of their positions, a concert will be developed whose originality lies in addressing the coordination problems of “Bildung” (education), “Technik” (technology) and “Lebenswelt” (lifeworld) from a post-dualist, praxis-theoretical as well as post-humanist perspective. Seinsphänomenologie Sprung Sein Subjekt-Objekt-Differenz Überwindung des Subjekt-Objekt-Schemas Rationalität Überforderung des Rationalen Weltoffenheit Weltoffenheit des Menschen unhintergehbare Lebenswelt Metaphysikkritik abendländische Metaphysik neuzeitliche Metaphysik Seinsvergessenheit certitudo veritas aletheia Menschenzentriertheit Gegenstand Gegenständlichkeit Vergegenständlichung des Seienden Nichtigkeit Mensch als in die Welt Geworfener mundane Kreation des Daseins Mensch als weltbildend Ek-sistenz das Sein den Menschen das Ekstatische des Menschen Vernehmen als Wahrnehmen In-der-Welt-Sein Weltlichkeit des Menschen das Anwesen des Anwesenden Erde Posthumanismus Mensch als ein werdendes Wesen vormoderne Technik handwerkliche Technik poiesis orthotes Technikkritik Bestand Welt als Inventar Bild Meister Eckhart das Ereignis Denken Philosophie ontologische Differenz Posthumanismus Natur zu Kultur Verhältnis von Mensch und Natur Primäre und sekundäre Qualitäten ursprüngliche Lebenswelt transzendentale Lebenswelt Phänomenologie Quantifizierung Entqualifizierung Entsinnlichung Bedeutungsentleerung Edmund Husserl Martin Heidegger Eugen Fink Koexistentialien Arbeit Herrschaft Liebe Tod Spiel Erziehung Erziehung als Beratung Technische Bildung kosmologische Lebenswelt Vielfalt der lebensweltlichen Praxis Fraglichwerden humanistischer Werte Dualismuskritik kosmologische Differenz menschliche Selbstverständigung Lebenslehre Nachdualistische Sozialphänomenologie Ende des humanistischen Menschen Marginalisierung der Welt Krise der allgemeingültigen Leitbilder Erziehung als Beratung Fragegesellschaft Erziehungswissenschaft als Praxistheorie das Wissen als menschliche Möglichkeit techne Fügsamkeit Einfügung Daseinsorientierung verwissenschaftlichte Welt Schöpfertum des Ingenieurs Die kreative Tätigkeit des Technikers Schöpfungskraft des Kosmos Schöpferkraft der menschlichen Freiheit Prinzipielle Unbestimmtheit des Menschen Theodor Litt Umgang Trias von Subjekt-Objekt-Methode antinomische Lebenswelt Mensch-Welt-Verhältnis Pädagogik Unverdrängbarkeit des Umgangs Freiheit der Wissenschaften Segen der Reflexion Umgangshermeneutik Hermeneutik Mit- und Füreinandersein Umgang mit der Natur zwischenmenschlicher Umgang neuzeitliche Rationalität Natur Geist Subjekt Objekt neuzeitliche Produktionsordnung Bildungsbedeutung der Naturwissenschaft Versachlichung des Weltverhältnisses Arbeitswelt Sache Vielfalt der Sinndeutungen Segen der Reflexion gegenständliches Denken rechnende Naturwissenschaft Mittel-Zweck-Relation Ursache-Wirkung-Relation Subjekt-Objekt-Verhältnis Entpersönlichung des Subjekts Formalisierung des Objekts Reflexivität Leiblichkeit Marginalisierung des Menschen Versachlichung des Menschen Mensch als Funktionär Trennung von Ich und Welt Trennung von Natur und Geist Sinnlichkeit Begegnung mit seinesgleichen Verkümmerung des Umgangs leiblich-seelische Totalität Individualität Unmenschlichkeit des Menschen Menschlichkeit des Menschen Selbstentfremdung Antinomie moderner Menschenbildung Selbstbeaufsichtigung Kultivierung des Umgangs Genealogie der modernen Technik Maschinenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Kultivierung von Sinnvielfalt Menschenwissenschaft Wissenschaften vom Außermenschlichen Schutz der Menschlichkeit Zwängen der Produktionsordnung Bildung als Sacharbeit Helmut Schelsky metaphysische Dauerreflexion Absterben des Staates technischer Staat metaphysischer Nihilismus wissenschaftliche Zivilisation Reales Weltbürgertum Spezialgelehrtentum Fachgelehrtentum Sachzwang Freiheit Sachgesetzlichkeiten Offenheit menschlicher Sinnentwürfe Selbstentfremdung des Menschen wissenschaftlich-technische Zivilisation Objektivierung des Menschen Naturzwang Produktionszwang Sachlogik der technischen Zivilisation Bildung durch Wissenschaft jene Freiheit einer offenen Zukunft Verwissenschaftlichung aller Praxis Vergesellschaftung der Wissenschaft Vergesellschaftung der Universität Wissenschaftlichkeit der Technik Mensch als Wissenschaft und als Arbeit Erziehung zur Wissenschaftlichkeit Überwindung der Wissenschaft Bildung als Ermöglichung von Freiheit Vielfalt des Daseins Grenzen wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis Synthese der Wissenschaften Fragmentierte Produktion des Menschen Sozialwissenschaften Joachim Ritter Mnemosyne Kompensation von Geschichtslosigkeit Gedächtnis historische Lebenswelt Michel Foucault Genealogische Rekonstruktion Friedrich Nietzsche Aktiver Nihilismus Dietrich Benner Negativität Nicht-Affirmativität Praxeologie Malte Brinkmann fragmentarischer Charakter des Menschen Dualismus-Kritik Egon Schütz Anthropologischer Zirkel C. 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Snow Erziehung und Bildung Technik Lebenswelt Verwissenschaftlichte Lebenswelt Lebenswelt als eine kritische Kategorie phenomenology of being leap being subject-object difference overcoming the subject-object schema rationality openness to the world metaphysical critique occidental metaphysics modern metaphysics Forgetfulness of being certitudo veritas aletheia human-centeredness object objectivity objectification of being nothingness mundane creation of existence human being as world-forming ek-sistence the ecstatic of the human being being-in-the-world worldliness of the human being the presence of the present posthumanism human being as a becoming being pre-modern technology poiesis orthotes critique of technology world as inventory image Meister Eckhart the event thinking philosophy ontological difference posthumanism nature to culture relationship between human and nature Primary and secondary qualities original lifeworld transcendental lifeworld phenomenology quantification de-qualification de-sensualisation coexistentials education education as counselling technical education cosmological lifeworld diversity of lifeworld practice questioning of humanistic values critique of dualism cosmological difference human self-understanding post-dualistic social phenomenology end of humanistic human being marginalisation of the world production of human being by human being education as counselling knowledge as human possibility techne existential orientation scientised world creative activity of the technician creative power of the cosmos creative power of human freedom Umgang triad of subject-object method dual of natural sciences and humanities antinomic lifeworld Umgang as a basis for modern education pedagogy resistance of Umgang to ideologies defense of democracy against fascism phenomenological motifs of Theodor Litt hermeneutics being with and for one another nature spirit subject object modern order of production objectification of world relations diversity of interpretations of meaning cause and effect subject-object relationship depersonalisation of the subject reflexivity marginalisation of the human being objectification of the human being the human being as a functionary separation of the I and the world separation of nature and spirit individuality inhumanity of the human being humanity of the human being self-alienation antinomy of modern education genealogy of the modern technology humanities cultivation of multiplicity of meaning human science advisory function of human science protection of humanity reflection death of the state technical state metaphysical nihilism scientific civilisation real cosmopolitanism specialised scholarship human being in scientific civilisation freedom scientific marginalisation of the world openness of human possibilities loss of function of the humanities self-alienation of the human being scientific-technical civilisation objectification of the human being compulsory production education in scientific civilisation fragmented production of human being Mnemosyne memory historical lifeworld active nihilism genealogical reconstruction negativity non-affirmativity praxeology fragmentary character of the human being critique of dualism anthropological circle education (Bildung) technology technical education lifeworld scientified lifeworld lifeworld as a critical category human being as thrown into the world crisis of universally valid values creatorship of the engineer 370 Bildung und Erziehung DF 3000 ddc:370

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