Cultural Mobility, Networks, and Theatre

The Budapest premiere of Henrik Ibsen’s Kísértetek (Gengangere) was on 17 October 1908 by the Thália Társaság, a Hungarian independent theatre. Though banned earlier, by 1908, Ibsen’s text had already been played all over Europe. Between 1880 and 1908, the search of IbsenStage indicates 402 records, but probably the actual performance number was higher. The popularity of the text can be seen in the fact that all the independent theatres staged it, and most of the famous and less famous travelling companies and travelling stars also kept it in their repertoires. Though, usually, the high-artistic independent and the commercial international and regional travelling companies are treated separately, here, I argue for their close real and/or virtual interconnections, creating such a theatrical and cultural network, in which the local, the regional, the national, and the transnational interacted with and were influenced by each other. At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such interaction among different forces and agents on different levels was one of the special features of cultural mobility (Greenblatt) which characterized intercultural theatre culture, existing in Europe and America, and extending its influence almost all over the globe.

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Factors Causing Unreliable Accounting of Electricity Consumption on the Electrified Transport “Two Wires-Rail” Longitudinal Power Supply Lines

Elektrichestvo ◽

10.24160/0013-5380-2021-9-67-72 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 67-72

Author(s):

Elena Yu. SEMENOVA ◽

Keyword(s):

Power Supply ◽

Electromagnetic Compatibility ◽

Power Supply System ◽

Electricity Consumption ◽

Contact System ◽

Centralized Control ◽

Power Capacity ◽

Traction Substation ◽

Almost All ◽

Different Levels

As is known, the “two wires–rail” power supply system (TWR line) does not meet the modern electromagnetic compatibility requirements, which is a factor causing increased damageability of alarming, centralized control and interlocking devices, as well as other non-traction electric power consumers. In addition, there often occur unexplained differences (unbalance) in the accounting of electricity received by end users and consumed by the TWR line at a traction substation. The accomplished studies have shown that in almost all sections of the network, the actual electricity consumption is significantly lower than that recorded by the TWR line metering devices. The discrepancy in the readings could be explained by unauthorized taps of electricity. However, such a statement will be superficial. The article considers the real factors causing the unbalance in accounting the electricity consumed on the TWR line, which are explained by the magnetic influence of the contact system. An equivalent circuit of the contact system magnetic influence on the TWR line is presented for any configuration of the section with different placements of self-contained transformer substations at different levels of their power capacity. The magnetic influence of the contact system on the TWR line is illustrated by a phasor diagram.

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Network Simulation Tools for Supporting Teaching in Computer Networks

Simulation in Computer Network Design and Modeling ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0191-8.ch023 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 479-489 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shao Ying Zhu ◽

Gerald Schaefer

Keyword(s):

Student Performance ◽

Computer Networks ◽

Network Simulation ◽

Computer Networking ◽

Actual Performance ◽

Simulation Tools ◽

Virtual Computer ◽

Network Administrators ◽

Interactive Feedback ◽

Different Levels

Computer networks have evolved dramatically in recent years and consequently qualified and experienced network administrators are highly sought after, which in turn has led to the development of specialised computer networking courses at many universities. In this chapter, the authors investigate the use of network simulation tools as an alternative to be employed in computer networking laboratories. Network simulation tools provide students with the opportunity to freely experiment with virtual computer networks and equipment without the expensive costs associated with real networking hardware. The results of their research show that students appreciate the use of network simulators and see them as an effective approach to learning computer networking concepts and gaining the relevant experience. This was also confirmed by the actual performance of students who experienced different levels of exposure to networks simulators during their studies. The authors furthermore investigate the use of interactive, electronically assessed lab sessions, where students get immediate and interactive feedback while they are going through lab exercises. Their research shows that this approach not only releases the lecturer from less demanding students to better support weaker students, but that this will also lead to improved student performance and better student retention.

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Non-Parametrical Canonical Analysis of Quality-Related Characteristics of Eggs of Different Varieties of Native Hens Compared to Laying Lineage

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani9040153 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 153 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Antonio González Ariza ◽

Francisco Navas González ◽

Ander Arando Arbulu ◽

José León Jurado ◽

Cecilio Barba Capote ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Egg Quality ◽

Age Groups ◽

Individual Identification ◽

Internal Quality ◽

Control Group ◽

External Quality ◽

Shell Weight ◽

Almost All ◽

Different Levels

The aim of the present study is to characterize the productive capability of Utrerana and to compare the relationships among parameters determining the internal and external quality of the egg, through canonical correlation analysis. A flock of 68 Utrerana hens and a control group of Leghorn hens (n = 17) were housed individually to allow individual identification of eggs and for the assessment of egg quality characteristics. Almost all variables showed differences when both breeds were compared, except for white height, yolk diameter, yolkL* and yolk pH (p > 0.05). Only minor diameter, white height, yolkL*, yolka*, and shell weight reported significant differences between laying age groups. White height, yolk color, and almost all yolk color coordinates were significantly different (p < 0.05) for period and month. Egg and white weight reached highest significantly different levels for the fourth and fifth time that the hens laid an egg. External quality-related traits are better predictors of internal quality-related traits than vice versa, enabling the implementation of an effective noninvasive method for internal quality determination and egg classification aimed at suiting the needs of consumers.

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Do Children Accurately Estimate Their Performance of Fundamental Movement Skills?

Journal of Motor Learning and Development ◽

10.1123/jmld.2016-0030 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 193-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Gabriela Almeida ◽

Carlos Luz ◽

Rui Martins ◽

Rita Cordovil

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Motor Competence ◽

Balance Beam ◽

Actual Performance ◽

Movement Skills ◽

Fundamental Movement Skills ◽

The Relationship ◽

Different Levels ◽

Walking Backward

An inaccurate perception of motor competence might compromise the engagement of children in physical activities and might be a problem in terms of safety in physical education classes or at playgrounds. The relationship between estimation and actual performance in children with different levels of performance in fundamental movement skills (FMS) was analyzed. Three hundred and three children (aged 6–10 years) were ranked according to their performance in FMS tasks: jumping, kicking, throwing, and walking backward (WB) on a balance beam. Tertiles were created for each task according to children’s performance. Before performing the tasks, children estimated their maximum performance. Absolute percent errors (i.e., deviation percentage from accurate estimations) and error tendency (i.e., frequency of underestimations, right judgments, or overestimations) were calculated. All performance groups tended to overestimate their skills at all tasks, except for the upper tertile group at the WB task (underestimation tendency). After controlling for age, children in the lower tertiles were consistently less accurate than children in the upper tertiles, exhibiting greater absolute percent errors for all the tasks. The overestimation tendency that was found might positively influence children’s engagement in physical activities, but unrealistic estimations might be a problem in terms of safety.

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Control of Enzymatic Activities by Magnetite Nanoparticles

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-0950-d15-19 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 950 ◽

Author(s):

Hui Zhou ◽

Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam ◽

Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli

Keyword(s):

Magnetite Nanoparticles ◽

Reaction Rates ◽

Rnase A ◽

Enzymatic Activities ◽

Covalent Interaction ◽

Comparison Results ◽

Frequency Magnetic Field ◽

Living Organisms ◽

Almost All ◽

Different Levels

ABSTRACTEnzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions, participating in almost all processes in the cell to achieve significant reaction rates and serving a wide variety of functions inside living organisms. Here, we intended to control enzymatic activities by applying external radio frequency magnetic field (RFMF) through nanosized antenna. Ribonuclease A (RNase A), which is a relative small protein that cleave single-stranded RNA, was conjugated to magnetite nanoparticles (NP) by non-covalent interaction. The diameters of Fe3O4 nanoparticles are less than 10nm. External RFMF was applied, and the enzymatic activities of RNase A were tuned at different levels by varying the frequencies and incubation times. Comparison results by using water bath were also presented.

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Meta-Strategic Lobbying: The 1998 Steel Imports Case

Business and Politics ◽

10.2202/1469-3569.1094 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 1-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Douglas A. Brook

Keyword(s):

Steel Industry ◽

The United States ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Policy Choices ◽

Strategic Approach ◽

Almost All ◽

Governmental Response ◽

Comparative Examination ◽

Different Levels ◽

The U.S

In 1998, the domestic steel industry in the United States devised and executed a complex and sophisticated effort to achieve an effective non-market response to a sudden, persistent, and damaging surge of imported steel. This campaign lasted until 2002, when President George W. Bush invoked Section 201 of the U.S. trade laws to impose tariffs on imports of most steel products. This case of the steel industry's trade policy campaign provides an opportunity to examine selected models of protection-seeking industries and lobbying to ask why and how the steel coalition achieved this extraordinary governmental response. These questions are explored though a descriptive case of the steel industry's protection-seeking campaign followed by a comparative examination of previous models of protection-seeking firms, and lobbying to achieve protectionist policies. A comparison with selected models of the determinants of protection-seeking and factors affecting lobbying strategies show that most, almost all, were present in the steel case. In fact, a meta-strategic approach that transcends the customary understanding of lobbying is suggested in a complex policy environment. Such an environment can be characterized by: the need to influence multiple governmental entities – legislative, regulatory, executive; the desire for multiple outcomes with varying levels of specificity – laws or resolutions, administrative rulings, policy choices; interactions between different levels and branches of government; employment of coordinated interrelated lobbying techniques; and simultaneity of these factors.

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The Development of “Lands of Recent Settlement”

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.8 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Cristian A. Harris

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

National Identity ◽

The United States ◽

Factor Endowments ◽

The Social ◽

History Of ◽

Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽

Frontier Development ◽

Different Levels ◽

European Migration

Lands of recent settlement refers to countries settled predominantly by European migration during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as the United States, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia, and New Zealand. Current scholarship on the lands of recent settlement reveals a very active agenda of comparative studies covering a broad range of areas and issues: culture, institutions, gender, ethnicity, labor, national identity, geography, ecology, environment, noneconomic factors of growth, and transnationalization and globalization. In explaining the different levels of development between lands of recent settlement and the rest of the world, traditional explanations pointed to propitious external factors and factor endowments. These explanations include the analysis of the history of the United States based on the notion of “frontier development” and the staple theory of growth. Meanwhile, recent works debate whether institutions, culture, or geography plays a crucial role. These works focus on the social, domestic, geographic, and biological elements of development, the cultural and institutional legacy of colonialism, as well as questions on gender, ethnic, and national identity. Although they do not reject the importance of foreign demand, capital, and labor in explaining the development of the lands of recent settlement, they question the adequacy of interpretations based solely on economic factors. Ultimately, the most important contribution of the study of development of lands of recent settlement is in the area of an analysis of transnational networks and globalization.

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Enrichment of 65Zn in two contrasting rice genotypes under varying methods of zinc application

Plant Soil and Environment ◽

10.17221/824/2013-pse ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 60 (No. 3) ◽

pp. 111-116

Author(s):

B. Mathpal ◽

Srivastava PC ◽

Shukla AK ◽

D. Shankhdhar ◽

Shankhdhar SC

Keyword(s):

Foliar Spray ◽

Rice Varieties ◽

Soil Application ◽

Plant Parts ◽

Zn Content ◽

Translocation Efficiency ◽

Rice Genotypes ◽

Almost All ◽

Zinc Application ◽

Different Levels

Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for growth and development of almost all organisms and its deficiency severely affects the health of plants, animals and humans. In order to investigate the enrichment of Zn in cereals a pot experiment was performed in two contrasting rice varieties viz., PD16 (zinc efficient) and NDR359 (zinc inefficient) under different levels of zinc regimes such as control (0 Zn), soil application (5 mg Zn/kg soil tagged with 3.7 MBq of 65Zn/pot), foliar spray of 0.5% ZnSO4 at 30, 60 and 90 days (925 KBq of 65Zn/pot), soil application (5 mg Zn/kg soil tagged with 3.7 MBq of 65Zn/pot) + foliar spray of 0.5% ZnSO4 at 30, 60 and 90 days (925 KBq of 65Zn/pot). Both varieties markedly differ in 65Zn accumulation and grain Zn content. NDR359 showed poor translocation efficiency and accumulated relatively less 65Zn in all the plant parts. In both rice varieties, highest concentration of Zn in dehusked grains could be obtained with soil application of Zn + foliar spray of zinc sulphate. Though NDR359, a zinc inefficient variety exhibited poor zinc translocation efficiency yet, it contained more Zn content in grains with husk and dehusked grains than PD16.

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Increase the glyde path diameter improves the centering ability of F6 Skytaper

European Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.4103/ejd.ejd_231_17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (01) ◽

pp. 089-093 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Giuseppe Troiano ◽

Mario Dioguardi ◽

Armando Cocco ◽

Khrystyna Zhurakivska ◽

Domenico Ciavarella ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lower Amount ◽

Photographic Images ◽

Root Canals ◽

Glide Path ◽

Before And After ◽

San Rafael ◽

Almost All ◽

The Impact ◽

Shaping Ability ◽

Different Levels

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of glide path preparation, performed with PathGlider 0.15 (Komet Brasseler GmbH & Co., Lemgo, Germany) and PathGlider 0.20 (Komet Brasseler GmbH & Co., Lemgo, Germany), on the centering ability of 25-size F6 Skytaper in J-shape simulated root canals, compared with no glide path executed. Materials and Methods: Sixty J-shaped ISO 15 0.02 taper endo training blocks (Dentsply Maillefer) were assigned to three groups (n = 20 for each group). Photographic images were taken on endoblocks before and after shaping procedures. After superimposition, the software AutoCAD 2013 (Autodesk Inc., San Rafael, USA) was used for record the centering and shaping ability at 9 different levels from the apex. Results: Shaping procedures including the using of PathGlider 0.20 resulted in a lower amount of resin removed and in a clear improvement of centering ability of the Skytaper 0.25 at almost all reference point levels. Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study, it could be concluded that the glide path procedure, performed with the PathGlider 0.20 before the shaping with 25-size F6 Skytaper, might determine a lower amount of resin removed and a better centering ability compared with the groups without glide path procedure and those treated with PathGlider 0.15.

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