Whatever Happened to Chamber Music?

Tempo ◽  
1977 ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
Susan Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Chamber Music ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Set Up

Taking part in a hastily-prepared performance of a contemporary piece for five players, I found myself wondering yet again: whatever happened to chambermusic? While the piece we played is by now ‘old’ enough to be considered part of the standard 20th-century repertoire, the ad hoc nature of this performance necessarily involved the aid of a conductor—not only because the time at our disposal was inadequate, but also because four of the players didn't know the piece at all, not to mention the fact that two of them had never even met previously, let alone played together. Now while this particular set-up was admittedly an extreme instance, it was unusual only in degree; for it's by no means unique as an example of the sort of circumstances that have come to be accepted by players and audiences alike over the last 50 years or so.

Advancing the Agenda of the Confederation of Trade Unions on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in the World of Work in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Atnike Nova Sigiro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Set Up

<p>This article was formulated based on interviews with 5 (five) trade union confederations from a number of confederations in Indonesia, namely: Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Nasional (KSPN), Konfederasi Sarikat Buruh Muslimin Indonesia (KSarbumusi), Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (KSBSI), Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia (KSPI), and Konfederasi Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia (KKASBI). This article seeks to explore the efforts made by the trade union confederation in promoting gender equality - specifically in advancing the agenda for the prevention and elimination of sexual violence in the world of work. This article was compiled based on research with a qualitative approach, with data collection methods through interviews and literature studies. The results of this study found that the confederations interviewed had already set up internal structures that have specific functions on issues related to gender equality, gender-based violence, and women’s empowerment; although still limited and on ad-hoc basis. This research also finds that the role of the trade union confederation is particularly prominent in advocating policies related to sexual violence and gender-based violence in the world of work, such as advocating the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence, and the ratification of the ILO Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment.</p>

scholarly journals Fictive Deixis, Direct Discourse, and Viewpoint Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Dancygier
Keyword(s):  
Composite Structure ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Direct Discourse ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Mental Spaces ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Tight Correlation ◽  
Speech Situation

This paper proposes a renewed and more textured understanding of the relation between deixis and direct discourse, grounded in a broader range of genres and reflecting contemporary multimodal usage. I re-consider the phenomena covered by the concept of deixis in connection to the speech situation, and, by extension, to the category of Direct Discourse, in its various functions. I propose an understanding of Direct Discourse as a construction which is a correlate of Deictic Ground. Relying on Mental Spaces Theory and the apparatus it makes available for a close analysis of viewpoint networks, I analyze examples from a range of discourse genres - textual, visual and multimodal, such as literature, political campaigns, internet memes and storefront signs. These discourse contexts use Direct Discourse Constructions but usually lack a fully profiled Deictic Ground. I propose that in such cases the Deictic Ground is not a pre-existing conceptual structure, but rather is set up ad hoc to construe non-standard uses of Direct Discourse–I refer to such construals as Fictive Deictic Grounds. In that context, I propose a re-consideration of the concept of Direct Discourse, to explain its tight correlation with the concept of deixis. I also argue for a treatment of Deictic Ground as a composite structure, which may not be fully profiled in each case, while participating in the construction of viewpoint configurations.

scholarly journals Transient climate simulations of the deglaciation 21–9 thousand years before present; PMIP4 Core experiment design and boundary conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 9045-9102 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Ivanovic ◽  
L. J. Gregoire ◽  
M. Kageyama ◽  
D. M. Roche ◽  
P. J. Valdes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Before Present ◽  
Last Deglaciation ◽  
Transient Simulations ◽  
The Last Deglaciation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Core Simulation

Abstract. The last deglaciation, which marked the transition between the last glacial and present interglacial periods, was punctuated by a series of rapid (centennial and decadal) climate changes. Numerical climate models are useful for investigating mechanisms that underpin the events, especially now that some of the complex models can be run for multiple millennia. We have set up a Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) working group to coordinate efforts to run transient simulations of the last deglaciation, and to facilitate the dissemination of expertise between modellers and those engaged with reconstructing the climate of the last 21 thousand years. Here, we present the design of a coordinated Core simulation over the period 21–9 thousand years before present (ka) with time varying orbital forcing, greenhouse gases, ice sheets, and other geographical changes. A choice of two ice sheet reconstructions is given, but no ice sheet or iceberg meltwater should be prescribed in the Core simulation. Additional focussed simulations will also be coordinated on an ad-hoc basis by the working group, for example to investigate the effect of ice sheet and iceberg meltwater, and the uncertainty in other forcings. Some of these focussed simulations will focus on shorter durations around specific events to allow the more computationally expensive models to take part.

scholarly journals Torsion-shear behaviour at the interfaces of rigid interlocking blocks in masonry assemblages: experimental investigation and analytical approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Casapulla ◽  
Elham Mousavian ◽  
Luca Argiento ◽  
Carla Ceraldi ◽  
Katalin Bagi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Pure Shear ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Shear Behaviour ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Shear Failures ◽  
Set Up ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Analytical Approaches

AbstractIncreasing interest has recently been devoted to interlocking blocks/interfaces capable to enhance the sliding resistance of masonry joints to external forces. In this framework, this paper deals with the assessment of the torsion-shear capacity of the contact interface between the lock and the main body of an interlocking block, assumed to have a cohesive behaviour. The interlocking block is a rigid unit which, on its faces, have square cuboidal locks keeping the adjacent/overlapped blocks together and preventing blocks from sliding. Two numerical approaches and a novel ad hoc experimental investigation are proposed to simulate the torsion-shear behaviour by applying eccentrical shear forces to the lock. First, concave, convex and corrected concave formulations provided by the literature for assemblages of rigid blocks with conventional planar joints are extended to model the interlocking block behaviour. Then, according to a second approach based on the discrete element method, the concave-shaped interlocking block is modelled by convex polyhedrons representing the lock and the main body of the block, considered as individual rigid units stacked over each other with a cohesive contact in between. A novel experimental investigation on the limiting pure shear and torsion-shear combinations at the lock interface made of cohesive material is also presented. Two different mortars were chosen to make the specimens, which were casted using 3D printed moulds, and different test configurations were set up to simulate shear and torsion-shear failures. The analytical and numerical results are compared with each other and against the experimental ones, with interesting remarks on the application of the different approaches.

scholarly journals Kryzys filozofii polityki

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Barbara Markowska
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Theoretical Consideration ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Decisive Factor ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Leo Strauss ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Scholarly Pursuit

The purport of the article is a reflection on the operating conditions of the philosophy of politics, beginning with its crisis, as described by Leo Strauss in the early 20th century and continuing up to the latest proposals, which emerged at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. First, the author poses a question regarding the essence of this crisis; was it related to the scientific paradigm of the philosophy of politics applied hitherto or, rather, to the very subject matter of this scholarly pursuit, which is to say, to politics itself. A scientific discipline must be able to delineate its subject matter and if the latter undergoes an unexpected modification, the former suffers a crisis. Was this what happened to politics itself? What was the decisive factor which caused it to escape a theoretical consideration that ceased to be a systematic reflection, in short, ceased to be science, only to become philosophy again, whereby the author understands ‘philosophy’ as a level of reflection such as to allow itself to posit subliminal questions purely in order to set up the determinants for further thinking as to what science is, what politics is and what makes politics different from non-politics.

scholarly journals Le tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda - La justice trahie (Note)

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-840
Author(s):  
John Philpot
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Military Intervention ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Real Issue ◽  
Set Up

On November 8,1994, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted Resolution 955 creating an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to judge individuals responsible for violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1994. In its form and structure, the Tribunal does not respect basic legal requirements required of a tribunal set up in international law. Us mandate - limited in time, in scope of potential indictment, and in jurisdiction to violations of international humanitarian law - mil prevent any light from being shed on the real issue raised by the Rwandan conflict, namely that of armed military intervention in Rwanda from Uganda. It will likely lead to the reinforcement of a one-sided view of the crisis in Rwanda and legitimate further unilateral interventionist policies in Africa and elsewhere. The Tribunal will institutionalize the de facto impunity for the members and supporters of the present government of Rwanda who undoubtedly committed many serious crimes between October 1, 1990 and the present.

scholarly journals Multifunctional Interactive Furniture for Smart Cities

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (19) ◽  
pp. 1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oihane Gómez-Carmona ◽  
Diego Casado-Mansilla ◽  
Diego López-de-Ipiña
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Multimodal Interaction ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right

The adaptation of cities to a future in which connectivity is at the service of the citizens will be a reality by creating interaction spaces and augmented urban areas. The research on this field falls within the scope of Smart Cities (SC) with the advantages that the common public spaces provide as new points for information exchange between the city, the urban furniture and their citizens. Kiosk systems have been recognized as an appropriate mean for providing event-aware and localized information to the right audience at the right time. Hence, in this article, we provide a vision of an eco-system of multifunctional urban furniture, where kiosks are part of them, designed not only for digital interaction but for sustainable use and symbolic integration into the urban environment as well. The proposed approach is conceived to drive services through digital urban nodes that facilitate tailored citizen-city communication and interaction. The central element of the designed platform consists on an intelligent digital kiosk which features a series of hardware and software components for sensing different environmental conditions, multimodal interaction with users and for conveying the captured data to the Cloud. The custom-based contents visualized to the users are controlled remotely through a management tool that allows to set-up and configure the digital kiosk. This system is not presented as an ad-hoc solution for one specific purpose but instead, it becomes a platform that can accommodate and solve the needs of every kind of user that populates urban shared-use spaces.

scholarly journals Set Up and Testing of a Software Package for the Geodetic Analysis of VLBI Data +

1984 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 375-376
Author(s):  
A. Caporali ◽  
G. Sylos Labini
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Computational Effort ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Batch Mode ◽  
Time Interaction ◽  
Intrinsic Complexity ◽  
Vlbi Data ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Graphic Program

The need for centimetric accuracies set by the application of the VLBI technique to geodesy implies a considerable computational effort, because of the intrinsic complexity of the model and because there is an increasingly large number of calibrations and corrections which can be accounted for only via software. The program VLBI 3 (Robertson, 1975) has been developed for the geodetic and astrometric analysis of VLBI data. It includes an accurate theoretical model of the observables and is supported by a number of routines for parameter fitting and input/output operations with data and results. The original VAX version of VLBI 3, due to N. Bartel and M.I. Ratner, runs in batch mode and requires routines which are in general unavailable in standard VAX systems. We have prepared (Caporali and Sylos Labini, 1982) a modified VAX version of VLBI 3. This version runs on our standard VAX/VMS computers and contains a number of changes in the FORTRAN source which allow to the user a real time interaction with the program. In addition, having a Tektronix graphic station at our disposal, we decided to replace the existing plot package - which used the line printer - with a “ad hoc” graphic program which permits interactive display of the results of each run of VLBI 3. Our work was mostly concerned with the input/output sections of VLBI 3. The theorical model of the VLBI observables has, for the moment, been left unchanged. We have, however, noticed that the theorical model could be updated and made more precise, e.g. in the computation of the nutation terms and of the aberration. This updating and a more extensive geodetic and astrometric analysis of VLBI data are planned to be done next.

scholarly journals A Novel Framework to Control and Optimize the Traffic Congestion Issue in VANET

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.31) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Tanuja Kayarga ◽  
H M. Navyashree
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Vehicular Traffic ◽  
Vehicular Communication ◽  
Hoc Networks ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Inference Systems

In the recent times due to the increase of vehicular nodes in a vehicular communication network, there is a need of developing efficient systems in order to optimize the vehicular traffic congestion issues in urban areas. The current research trends shows that most of the conventional studies focused on developing fuzzy inference systems based vehicular traffic congestion model which has gained lots of attention on detecting and minimizing the congestion levels.We have proposed a new approach towards detection and controlling of traffic congestion in VANET. The proposed system utilizes the communication channels very efficiently and irrespective of any kind of overload. This proposed system aims to introduce a novel framework for identifying traffic jam on Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks. In order to detect and minimize the level of congestion our approach will use a fuzzy logic based approach to notify the drivers about available routes during the traffic congestion. An experimental prototype will be set up to enable the graphical simulation.

Protestant Confucianism: Kang Youwei’s Influence in Korea

Numen ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-372
Author(s):  
Uri Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The impact of Kang Youwei’s Confucius-church movement has not been limited to China proper. Korean intellectuals in the early 20th century had been in contact with Kang and his students, set up affiliated institutions in their homeland, and authored creative manifestos on the reformation of Confucianism. This article surveys the reform proposals of four representative Korean Confucians and analyzes their support of, and negotiations with, Kang’s Confucius religion. It illustrates how some Korean reformers chose to adopt only Kang’s “state-protecting Confucianism” or join the movement in form but not in content, while others embraced his vision more fully, depicting their own perennial versions of the Great Unity, and developing original formats of Confucian religious practice. These proposals highlight the remarkable ways in which Protestantism served as a central model for the Confucian religious reforms of the early 20th century.

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