Reading, Voice, and Performance

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Van Hyning
Keyword(s):  
Anne Sexton ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Public Persona ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Goucher College

Anne Sexton delivered her last public reading at Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, on October 1, 1974, three days before she took her own life. The high quality, eighty-minute long performance was recorded, but remained unknown until 2005. “Reading, Voice, and Performance” brings the last reading into conversation with some of the better known biographical aspects of Sexton’s last months and days—already familiar to readers of her obituaries and Diane Wood Middlebrook’s biography—as well as with other recordings (Caedmon (1974); Voice of the Poet (2000), etc.) and the work of scholars Derek Furr, Jo Gill, Christopher Grobe and J. D. McClatchy who have written on the nature of Sexton’s self-presentation and public persona(e).

scholarly journals Emotion Recognition on Edge Devices: Training and Deployment

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4496
Author(s):  
Vlad Pandelea ◽  
Edoardo Ragusa ◽  
Tommaso Apicella ◽  
Paolo Gastaldo ◽  
Erik Cambria
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Sequential Learning ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Fast Training ◽  
Online Sequential Learning ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Resource Constrained Devices ◽  
Constrained Devices

Emotion recognition, among other natural language processing tasks, has greatly benefited from the use of large transformer models. Deploying these models on resource-constrained devices, however, is a major challenge due to their computational cost. In this paper, we show that the combination of large transformers, as high-quality feature extractors, and simple hardware-friendly classifiers based on linear separators can achieve competitive performance while allowing real-time inference and fast training. Various solutions including batch and Online Sequential Learning are analyzed. Additionally, our experiments show that latency and performance can be further improved via dimensionality reduction and pre-training, respectively. The resulting system is implemented on two types of edge device, namely an edge accelerator and two smartphones.

William Faulkner: Self-Presentation and Performance

2002 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 947
Author(s):  
Pamela Knights ◽  
James G. Watson
Keyword(s):  
William Faulkner ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
And Performance

A New Approach Using Artificial Substrates for Growth of High-Quality Precipitate-Free HTS Thin Films, Toward Electronic Device Applications

2005 ◽  
Vol 868 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Endo ◽  
P. Badica ◽  
H. Sato ◽  
H. Akoh
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Electronic Device ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Device Fabrication ◽  
Artificial Substrates ◽  
High Quality ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Mesa Structure ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
And Performance

AbstractHigh quality thin films of HTS have been grown by MOCVD on substrates with artificial steps of predefined height and width. The surface of the films grown on the steps having width equal to the ‘double of the migration length' of the atomic species depositing on the substrate is totally free of precipitates: precipitates are gathered at the step edges where the free energy is lowest. The method has several advantages: it is simple, universal (it is independent of the materials, substrates, deposition technique or application) and allows control of precipitates segregates so that the quality and growth conditions of the films are the same as for the films grown on conventional substrates. The method is expected to result in new opportunities for the device fabrication, design and performance. As an example we present successful fabrication of a mesa structure showing intrinsic Josephson effect. We have used thin films of Bi-2212/Bi-2223 superstructure grown on (001) SrTiO3 single crystal substrates with artificial steps of 20 μm.

Hot Isostatic Processing

2004 ◽  
pp. 55-60
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Hot Isostatic Pressing ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Radiographic Inspection ◽  
Hot Isostatic Processing ◽  
Alloy Castings ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Hip Process ◽  
Very High

Abstract Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) is a process refinement available to address internal porosity in castings. The HIP process may be used, in particular, for applications requiring very high quality and performance. This chapter discusses the principles, advantages, and disadvantages of HIP. It describes the effect of HIP on tensile properties and on the fatigue performance of aluminum alloy castings. In addition, the chapter discusses the processes involved in radiographic inspection of HIP-processed castings.

Evaluation of the Relationship Between Leadership Characteristics and Motivation and Satisfaction in Health Institutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-68
Author(s):  
Zafer Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Leadership Characteristics ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Taking Care

This article describes how due to the globalization activities, where competition is very intense and economic, technological and international environmental elements are also very active and uncertain. In the 21st century, the concept “management” stands out so that all institutions, including health institutions, can see their present and future locations, anticipate opportunities and threats, adapt to all the changes that have taken place, make their services more effective and sustain their success. Organizations need leaders who are open to teamwork, encouraging, creative, sociable, energetic, attaching importance to their subordinates' feelings, thoughts, needs and expectations, taking care to develop high quality relations with their subordinates and respecting their subordinates. Within the scope of the study, the understanding of leadership in health institutions and the importance of leadership are emphasized; the effects of leadership on the motivation, satisfaction and performance of the employees

Effects of varying silage quality for dry cows on feed intake, weight change and performance in the subsequent lactation

2000 ◽  
Vol 2000 ◽  
pp. 142-142
Author(s):  
R. J. Dewhurst ◽  
D. W. R. Davies ◽  
W. J. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Metabolic Activity ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Nutrient Supply ◽  
Current Experiment ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Grass Silage ◽  
Silage Quality ◽  
Voluntary Intake ◽  
And Performance

Earlier studies (e.g. Dewhurst et al., 1996, 1999) have shown marked declines in forage voluntary intake as calving approaches. The resultant reduction in nutrient supply may compromise performance in the next lactation, because it coincides with a period of intense metabolic activity in preparation for the next lactation. Feeding concentrates to dry cows did not overcome this problem (Dewhurst et al., 1999). The objective of the current experiment was to investigate alternative dry cow strategies, using only high-quality grass silage, to minimise the severity and consequences for subsequent milk production of the reduction in nutrient supply in this period.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KECERAHAN PADA PROSES SINTESIS SURFAKTAN NONIONIK ALKIL POLIGLIKOSIDA (APG) BERBASIS TAPIOKA DAN DODEKANOL

REAKTOR ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Februadi Bastian ◽  
Ani Suryani ◽  
Titi Candra Sunarti
Keyword(s):  
Foam Height ◽  
Purification Process ◽  
Purification Step ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Hydrophobic Group ◽  
Bleaching Process ◽  
Interfacial Tensions ◽  
Hydrophilic Group ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Stability Of Emulsion

Alkylpolyglycosides (APG) is a nonionic surfactant that has been getting some green labels such asEcocert, EU Eco-flower and Green Seal as an environmentally friendly surfactant. Sugar is the mainraw material which is supplied the hydrophilic group, and fatty alcohol as hydrophobic group. Someundesirable compounds formed during the APG production and caused low quality. The aim of thisresearch to increase the quality and performance of APG, by controlling its process. Addition 0-10%of activated carbon and 0-0.3% of NaBH4 in APG pre-purification process; 2% (w/w) of H2O2, 35%and 500 ppm of MgO in the bleaching process were examined to process high quality and highperformance of APG. The best APG was obtained from purification step by addition 0% of activatedcarbon and 0.2% of NaBH4, with the characteristics of clarity of 59.02(%T); the ability to reducesurface and interfacial tensions at 1% concentration were 61.94% and 95.6% respectively; 81.71%of stability of emulsion, 62.5% of foam height and stable up to 315 minutes. Alkil Poliglikosida (APG) merupakan surfaktan nonionic yang telah mendapatkan beberapa greenlabel seperti Ecocert, EU Eco-flower Green Seal dan sebagainya sebagai surfaktan yang ramahlingkungan. Bahan dasar APG yaitu gula untuk membentuk gugus hidrofiliknya dan fatty alcoholuntuk membentuk gugus hidrofobiknya. Permasalahan dalam produksi APG adalah timbulnya warnagelap yang tidak dikehendaki yang menyebabkan penurunan mutu APG. Tujuan dari penelitian iniyaitu untuk meningkatkan mutu dan kinerja dari APG. Untuk meningkatkan kecerahan APG, makasebelum dilakukan proses destilasi dilakukan penambahan arang aktif 0-10% serta NaBH4 0-0,3%.Pada proses pemucatan ditambahkan 2% (b/b) H2O2 35% dan MgO 500 ppm. Hasil terbaik yaitupenambahan arang aktif 0% dan NaBH4 0,2% dengan karakteristik kecerahan 59,02(%T);kemampuan menurunkan tegangan permukaan dan antar muka pada konsentrasi 1% sebesar 61,94%dan 95,6%; kestabilan emulsi 81,71%, tinggi busa 62,5% dan umur busa 315 menit.

The effect of grass and maize silage quality on diet digestibility and performance of beef cattle

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 ◽  
pp. 10-10
Author(s):  
R.M. Kirkland ◽  
D.C. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Animal Performance ◽  
Maize Silage ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Grass Silage ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Silage Quality ◽  
And Performance

A preliminary study at this Institute indicated that inclusion of high quality maize silage in a grass silage-based diet could promote higher forage intakes in beef cattle, but the response to inclusion of maize silage was affected by the quality of grass silage. The objective of this study was to further examine the effects of grass (GS) and maize (MS) silage qualities on intake characteristics, and to evaluate the influence of forage offered on animal performance.

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