The Stage Performance Project of B. V. Asafyev’s Orchestral Score for M. P. Mussorgsky’s Opera Khovanshchina

We present the comparative analysis of the impact of centralized and decentralized corruption for private sector. Theory and empirical evidence point out to a “double jeopardy” of decentralized corruption which increases the burden of corruption upon private firms and weakens the incentives of bureaucracy to provide public production inputs, such as infrastructure. These outcomes are produced by simultaneous free-riding and the tragedy of the commons effects. The empirical part of the paper utilizes data of the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance project.

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The Classical Tradition in University Theatre

10.1093/oso/9780198746676.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Nurit Yaari

Keyword(s):

Art Education ◽

Classical Tradition ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Theatre Arts ◽

Tel Aviv ◽

Greek Drama ◽

Mise En Scene ◽

History Of ◽

Stage Performance ◽

And Performance

This chapter surveys the history of classical Greek drama productions at the Department of Theatre Arts of Tel Aviv University as the basis for an exploration of the issue of theatre and art education. By analysing the students’ approach to classical Greek drama, we can see how they deal with the interpretative reading, translation, and performance of such texts on stage. We also see how the ancient works invite the students to delve more deeply into their distinctive content and forms; to draw links between theory and practice, and between text and context; to gain a deeper understanding of the issues of style and styling; and to engage in a richer experimentation with various aspects of stage performance—such as pronunciation, diction, voice, movement, music, and mise-en-scène.

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Methodology on Human-robotics Stage Performance and Creation

IFAC-PapersOnLine ◽

10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.04.089 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (5) ◽

pp. 110-115

Author(s):

Yu Bo ◽

Chen Baoyang ◽

Wang Zhi-ou

Keyword(s):

Stage Performance

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Numerical investigation of non-uniform flow in twin-silo combustors and impact on axial turbine stage performance

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy ◽

10.1177/0957650921993948 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 095765092199394

Author(s):

Hafiz M Hassan ◽

Adeel Javed ◽

Asif H Khoja ◽

Majid Ali ◽

Muhammad B Sajid

Keyword(s):

Gas Turbine ◽

Gas Turbines ◽

Internal Flow ◽

Large Temperature ◽

Clear Understanding ◽

Gas Temperature ◽

Turbine Stage ◽

Flow Angle ◽

Axial Turbine ◽

Stage Performance

A clear understanding of the flow characteristics in the older generation of industrial gas turbines operating with silo combustors is important for potential upgrades. Non-uniformities in the form of circumferential and radial variations in internal flow properties can have a significant impact on the gas turbine stage performance and durability. This paper presents a comprehensive study of the underlying internal flow features involved in the advent of non-uniformities from twin-silo combustors and their propagation through a single axial turbine stage of the Siemens v94.2 industrial gas turbine. Results indicate the formation of strong vortical structures alongside large temperature, pressure, velocity, and flow angle deviations that are mostly located in the top and bottom sections of the turbine stage caused by the excessive flow turning in the upstream tandem silo combustors. A favorable validation of the simulated exhaust gas temperature (EGT) profile is also achieved via comparison with the measured data. A drop in isentropic efficiency and power output equivalent to 2.28% points and 2.1 MW, respectively is observed at baseload compared to an ideal straight hot gas path reference case. Furthermore, the analysis of internal flow topography identifies the underperforming turbine blading due to the upstream non-uniformities. The findings not only have implications for the turbine aerothermodynamic design, but also the combustor layout from a repowering perspective.

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The Goddess on Wheels: Maria R. Palacios

Sexualities ◽

10.1177/1363460716688679 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 334-349

Author(s):

Maricela DeMirjyn

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Mission Statement ◽

Narrative Research ◽

Spoken Word ◽

Future Studies ◽

The Disabled ◽

The Face ◽

Embodied Subjectivity ◽

Performance Project ◽

Sexuality And Disability

This article discusses the performance work by disability activist, Maria R. Palacios who is a Latina feminist writer, poet and spoken word performer. Using narrative inquiry as a method of investigation, performances by Palacios are analyzed within the context of sexuality and disability studies. Specific performances are reviewed under the framework of the nonprofit organization Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility, and include the following pieces by Palacios: Maria Full of Sin (2008), Testimony (2009), Hunger (2009), My Sexy Disability (2010) and Vagina Manifesto (2009). As a performance project, Sins Invalid notes in its mission statement that its ‘performance work explores the themes of sexuality, embodiment and the disabled body’, and the performances are designed to inspire visions of beauty and sexuality that disrupt heteronormative, as well as ableist, paradigms. A portion of this work will be centered on the Sins Invalid website focusing on entries in the form of blog postings dedicated to the performances by Palacios. Additionally, her autobiographic and culturally focused spoken word pieces and poems, such as Making Love to Woman in a Wheelchair (2007), will be thematically analyzed regarding her embodied subjectivity as a sexualized and self-identified disabled Latina. In conclusion, an examination of how performance, in conjunction with narrative research, provides a critical lens regarding visibility and the embodiment of dis/abled women of color for future studies is shared.

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