Noted: Frontline humour takes on generals

This is is a new political cartoon collection by Burmese artist and cartoonist Harn Lay. It is a revealing insight into Burma—where political resistance and traditional art and performance meet. The book demonstrates and is part of the ongoing resistance to an unjust abuse of power. Lay portrays key issues such as political prisoners, extended house arrest of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the military’s response to sanctions, Burma-ASEAN relations and business deals with neighbouring countries.

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An insight into the effect of calcination conditions on catalytic cracking of toluene over 3Fe8Ni/palygorskite: Catalysts characterization and performance

Fuel ◽

10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.038 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 190 ◽

pp. 47-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Xuehua Zou ◽

Tianhu Chen ◽

Haibo Liu ◽

Ping Zhang ◽

Zhiyuan Ma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Catalytic Cracking ◽

And Performance ◽

Insight Into

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Ästhetische Staaten

10.5771/9783845277813 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Immanuel Kant ◽

French Revolution ◽

Friedrich Schiller ◽

The Political ◽

Political Resistance ◽

Abuse Of Power ◽

Law And Politics ◽

Historical Writings ◽

Political Thinker ◽

Ethics Law

Friedrich Schiller, the grand master of the classical aesthetic of autonomy, was also a political thinker. In the 1790s, reading Immanuel Kant upset him, as did the French Revolution: abuse of power, political resistance, conspiracy and tyrannicide are just a few of the genuinely political themes that he repeatedly varies in literary terms. The articles in this volume consider the connection between the political, legal and ethical dimensions of Schiller's work. In addition to his 'big' dramas as well as his philosophical and historical writings, they examine the nexus of ethics, law and politics at the 'margins' of his work, in both his short works and his literary fragments. With contributions by Oliver Bach, Antonino Falduto, Maria Carolina Foi, Markus Hien, Matthias Löwe, Vincenz Pieper, Jens Ole Schneider, Michael Schwingenschlögl, Sebastian Speth, Gideon Stiening and Ludwig Stockinger.

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Prosperity Gospel Latinos and Their American Dream

10.5149/northcarolina/9781469658957.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Tony Tian-Ren Lin

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

American Dream ◽

The United States ◽

Political Resistance ◽

Religious Experiences ◽

Prosperity Gospel ◽

White American ◽

Material Goods ◽

Latin American Immigrants ◽

Insight Into

In this immersive ethnography, Tony Tian-Ren Lin explores the reasons that Latin American immigrants across the United States are increasingly drawn to Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism, a strand of Protestantism gaining popularity around the world. Lin contends that Latinos embrace Prosperity Gospel, which teaches that believers may achieve both divine salvation and worldly success, because it helps them account for the contradictions of their lives as immigrants. Weaving together his informants’ firsthand accounts of their religious experiences and everyday lives, Lin offers poignant insight into how they see their faith transforming them both as individuals and as communities. The theology fuses salvation with material goods so that as these immigrants pursue spiritual rewards they are also, perhaps paradoxically, striving for the American dream. But after all, Lin observes, prosperity is the gospel of the American dream. In this way, while becoming better Prosperity Gospel Pentecostals they are also adopting traditional white American norms. Yet this is not a story of smooth assimilation as most of these immigrants must deal with the immensity of the broader cultural and political resistance to their actually becoming Americans. Rather, Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism gives Latinos the logic and understanding of themselves as those who belong in this country yet remain perpetual outsiders.

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Elucidation and refinement of synthetic receptor mechanisms

10.1101/2020.04.16.045039 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Hailey I. Edelstein ◽

Patrick S. Donahue ◽

Joseph J. Muldoon ◽

Anthony K. Kang ◽

Taylor B. Dolberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Transmembrane Domain ◽

Functional Performance ◽

Resonance Energy Transfer ◽

Resonance Energy ◽

Performance Characteristics ◽

Therapeutic Gene ◽

High Performing ◽

Synthetic Receptor ◽

And Performance ◽

Insight Into

ABSTRACTSynthetic receptors are powerful tools for engineering mammalian cell-based devices. These biosensors enable cell-based therapies to perform complex tasks such as regulating therapeutic gene expression in response to sensing physiological cues. Although multiple synthetic receptor systems now exist, many aspects of receptor performance are poorly understood. In general, it would be useful to understand how receptor design choices influence performance characteristics. In this study, we examined the modular extracellular sensor architecture (MESA) and systematically evaluated previously unexamined design choices, yielding substantially improved receptors. A key finding that might extend to other receptor systems is that the choice of transmembrane domain (TMD) is important for generating high-performing receptors. To provide mechanistic insights, we adopted and employed a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based assay to elucidate how TMDs affect receptor complex formation and connected these observations to functional performance. To build further insight into these phenomena, we developed a library of new MESA receptors that sense an expanded set of ligands. Based upon these explorations, we conclude that TMDs affect signaling primarily by modulating intracellular domain geometry. Finally, to guide the design of future receptors, we propose general principles for linking design choices to biophysical mechanisms and performance characteristics.

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The Oxford Handbook of Time in Music

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190947279.001.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Cultural Studies ◽

Music Theory ◽

Musical Work ◽

Musical Practice ◽

Musical Time ◽

Music Making ◽

Nature Of Time ◽

And Performance ◽

Insight Into ◽

Profound Insight

As the art that calls most attention to temporality, music provides us with profound insight into the nature of time, and time equally offers us one of the richest lenses through which to interrogate musical practice and thought. In this volume, musical time, arrayed across a spectrum of genres and performance/compositional contexts is explored from a multiplicity of perspectives. The contributions to the volume all register the centrality of time to our understanding of music and music-making and offer perspectives on time in music, particularly though not exclusively attending to contemporary forms of musical work. In sharing insights drawn from philosophy, music theory, ethnomusicology, psychology of performance and cultural studies, the book articulates a range of understandings on the metrics, politics and socialities woven into musical time.

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The End of Suburbia?

Suburb ◽

10.7591/cornell/9781501705250.003.0006 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Royce Hanson

Keyword(s):

Political Resistance ◽

New Approach ◽

Mixed Use ◽

Property Owners ◽

Key Issues ◽

Major Property ◽

Oriented Activity ◽

New Generation ◽

Financing Infrastructure ◽

Commercial Strip

This chapter focuses on White Flint, a 400-acre obsolete commercial strip on Montgomery County's most congested roadway, and some of the important lessons it offers with respect to successful planning politics. The most recent of Montgomery's efforts in planning for mixed-use, transit-oriented activity centers, White Flint was envisioned as the best place to create a model for a new generation of land use policy. The chapter discusses the plan for White Flint, the key issues that needed to be resolved before it could move forward, and the project planners' new approach to zoning. White Flint illustrates the value of careful economic analysis; engagement of major property owners and community groups in making plans; and willingness to abandon old ideas in favor of new ones that fit the circumstances at hand. The case of White Flint also highlights the problems of bureaucratic and political resistance to new ways of financing infrastructure.

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Market Structure and Performance - The Key Issues

Market Structure and Performance ◽

10.4324/9781315014647-15 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 68-73

Keyword(s):

Market Structure ◽

Key Issues ◽

And Performance

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Technology-Enhanced Learning Standard through Integration of Modeling and Simulation into Engineering Study Programs

Developments in Engineering Education Standards ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0951-8.ch009 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 157-177

Author(s):

Dietmar P. F. Moeller ◽

Hamid Vakilzadian

Keyword(s):

Modeling And Simulation ◽

Electrical Engineering ◽

Technology Enhanced Learning ◽

Engineering System ◽

Engineering Study ◽

Study Programs ◽

And Performance ◽

University Of Nebraska Lincoln ◽

Enhanced Learning ◽

Insight Into

Introducing a technology-enhanced learning standard in engineering study programs requires a deeper insight into and understanding of the complexity and dynamics of today’s engineering systems. This can be achieved by embedding Modeling and Simulation (M&S) within engineering study programs to stimulate educational innovations in undergraduate engineering curricula, such as electrical engineering. An example of this is in the process of being implemented in the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL). The need for such programs is evident by recent recommendations from the White House, the U.S. Congress, and the National Science Foundation, all of which stress that M&S is one of the key enabling technologies of the 21st century and is critical to U.S. competitiveness. Various models of a dynamic engineering system can be developed at different levels of detail in accordance with the recommended technical specifications to gain better insight into the behavior, stability, and performance of a system. The functionality of a real engineering system can be tested virtually by changing the structure, parameters, and inputs and outputs of the model to accurately predict the response of the system under various operating conditions. In order to educate a skilled workforce capable of meeting the country’s critical needs, the educational requirements for undergraduates in an M&S-based EE program have to be developed. Such a program needs to meet the accreditation requirements set by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Inc. (ABET).

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Micro and Nanotechnology Maturity and Performance Assessment

Nanotechnology and Microelectronics ◽

10.4018/978-1-61692-006-7.ch011 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 174-192

Author(s):

Nazrul Islam

Keyword(s):

Assessment Tool ◽

Study Approach ◽

Specific Assessment ◽

Key Issues ◽

Assessment Matrix ◽

Technology Managers ◽

And Performance ◽

Manufacturing Technologies ◽

Manufacturing Readiness

This chapter aims to provide a new readiness matrix called ‘innovative manufacturing readiness levels (IMRLs)’ to evaluate and assess the areas of micro and nanotechnology maturity including their performance. The study employs a case study approach through which the practicability and applicability of the IMRLs conceptual matrix were verified and confirmed. A case study with laser-based manufacturing technologies explores the stages of micro and nano technologies (MNTs)’ maturity, including the key issues and performances that contributed to the development of a new assessment tool. Concerning intense global R&D competition in MNTs, this study exhibits a forward-looking approach in assessing MNTs maturity and performance. A generic conclusion is reached by which product designers and technology managers position themselves and take into account risk reduction exercises related to MNTs. The novelty of the research could be that organizations, which develop and use MNTs, have an opportunity in applying such a specific assessment matrix to quantify the technology readiness of unreleased MNTs.

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