Bacterial Colonization in Computer Keyboards Posses Health Hazard

Computer keyboards of a teaching laboratory were examined and bacteria were isolated from computer keyboards. The subsequent tests were done for the bacterial isolates: methyl red, vogus proskaur, citrate utilization, urease and TSI. This study paves the way to look at an inanimate object like computer keyboard as potential reservoir of bacteria.

PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS OF FICTION REFLECTED IN FILM: A CASE OF DECRYPTION

The article deals with religious, materialistic, and mixed interpretations of the thing and the personality as generic entities in the story «Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad» by M. R. James and its screen versions. The differences found in the versions concern petty and significant deviations from the original story, which influence the initial message. The method used to achieve the results represented in the article combines the ideas of Philosophical Hermeneutics and those of the medieval exegetical method of allegorese applied to deal with obscure passages in sacred texts. The original story treated within the Protestant ideological paradigm gives way to materialistic views that are subject to refutation, reconsideration, and combination with philosophical issues in the screen versions – transponents. The thing as an inanimate object is endowed with personal qualities of a living being; on the contrary, an individual is viewed as a thing with no mind.

Politeness as normative, evaluative and discriminatory: the case of verbal hygiene discourses on correct honorifics use in South Korea

This paper uses the concept of “verbal hygiene” (Cameron, Deborah. 1995. Verbal hygiene. Abingdon, UK: Routledge) to analyze metadiscourses in South Korea regarding a recent innovation in the use of subject honorific markers in the service industry. This innovation, commonly referred to as samwul contay ‘inanimate object respect’ involves using honorifics when the grammatical subject of the sentence is an inanimate object, typically the products or services being offered to the customer. Critical discourse analysis was conducted of materials produced by language authorities and mainstream media, as well as layperson-produced blogs and reader comments. The analysis shows that the materials mobilized discourses of ungrammaticality and immorality to delegitimize samwul contay, and stigmatize the sales personnel who used it. By applying the concept of “verbal hygiene” to politeness-related metadiscourses, the current paper advances the perspective that politeness is occasioned through the recursive evaluation of linguistic behavior. Rather than being idiosyncratic, these evaluations appeal to established language norms and moral orders. The way that verbal hygiene discourses promote the language usage of the powerful while stigmatizing the powerless demonstrates that politeness relies inherently on socio-historically imbedded discriminatory practices of placing value on the language usage of certain groups, while delegitimizing that of others.

Respuesta a Noé Expósito Ropero

Este artículo es una respuesta a la crítica de Noé Expósito Ropero —que se basa en gran medida en la visión de Javier San Martín— a mi interpretación de la filosofía de José Ortega y Gasset. El resultado del argumento de Expósito Ropero es que Ortega es más fenomenólogo de lo que yo considero, que me equivoco al pen-sar que existen los “objetos reales” más allá de los objetos intencionales de Edmund Husserl, y que ningún objeto inanimado puede ser tratado como un “yo”. Como réplica, respondo a cada una de estas acusaciones.This article is a response to Noé Expósito Ropero’s critique—which draws heavily on the views of Javier San Martín—of my interpretation of the philosophy of José Ortega y Gasset. The upshot of Expósito Ropero’s argument is that Ortega is more of a phenomenologist than I realize, that I am wrong to think there is any such thing as “real objects” beyond Edmund Husserl’s intentional objects, and that no inanimate object can be treated as an “I.” In response, I answer each of these charges

Analisis Perbandingan Pengaruh Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Terhadap Tingkat Kesejahteraan Masyarakat Pada Desa Suralaga Dengan Menggunakan Algoritma Naive Bayes Dan Support Vector Machine (Svm)

Data is an inanimate object that is meaningless and useless for anything. This statement is a statement that is not based on existing facts and realities. In principle, data is an inanimate object whose collection can be very influential in all aspects of human life. Data can shock the world if processed and published. Because data is so influential, humans can speak freely which is unlikely to be debated. Data is able to influence the development and progress of a nation in all respects such as: economy, health, policy, security and so on. Therefore, data obtained by means of surveys and so on, must be treated carefully in order to be able to provide maximum contribution in decision making. The search for stable economic growth and environmentally sustainable quality is fast becoming a topical issue among governments, international agencies and other stakeholders interested in sustainable development. The highest accuracy value is shown by experiments using K-Vold Validation 8 and K-Vold Validation 10. While the tolerance given to K-Vold Validation 8 (0.49%) is smaller than K = Vold Validation 10 of (0.58%). This means that K-Vold Validation 8 is tighter than K-Vold Validation 10. So that the best used in decision making is K-Vold Validation 8 at 99.62% with a tolerance of 0.49%. The results of data processing using the Naive Bayes algorithm and the Support Vector Machine both illustrate that the economic influence on the level of welfare of the Suralaga Village community is very large and it can be concluded that the average Suralaga Village community is included in the category of not prosperous. This is indicated by the fact that there are still many people who depend on their livelihoods from working as laborers and foreign workers

Deteksi Objek Menggunakan Metode Single Shot Multibox Detector Pada Alat Bantu Tongkat Tunanetra Berbasis Kamera

Blind people have difficulty in navigating due to the limited sensing they are capable of. In this research, we design a stick tool that can distinguish objects in the form of humans, animals and inanimate object based on camera. Processing is carried out with the Raspberry Pi with a webcam camera as input and indicators in the form of a buzzer and vibrator. The feature extraction process is carried out by deep learning using the tensorflow library and image processing using the Single Shot MultiBox Detector (SSD) method. Tests were carried out on human objects, animals (cats), and inanimate objects (chairs and tables) for indoor and outdoor conditions and obtained an accuracy of 92%, a sensitivity of 83%, and a specificity of 100%.

KAJIAN UNSUR BAHASA MAJAS PERSONIFIKASI DI DALAM PUISI “AKULAH SI TELAGA” KARYA SAPARDI DJOKO DAMONO

This article discusses the study of the personification language elements found in the poem "Akulah Si Telaga" by Sapardi Djoko Damono. The purpose of this study is to describe the figure of speechr used by Sapardi Djoko Damono to the poem "Akulah Si Telaga." The study uses a descriptive form of qualitative research as a descriptive method of interpreting by describing a form of using the personification. The result of this study is that the use of personification lies in the word "telaga" represented in the figure "Aku.". “Telaga” is an inanimate object capable of being a parable of human nature. As the personification figure of poetry presents deeper imaginary and meaningful meaning to the reader.

Subjective-evaluative adjectives of general assessment of yakhshy ‘good’ / yaramay ‘evil’

The goal of this research consists in the description of subjective-evaluative adjectives of general assessment of yakhshy ‘good’ / yaramay ‘evil’ on the material of Crimean Tatar language. The relevance of this research is defined by the need existing in Crimean Tatar Language for studying the evaluative function of an adjective. Theoretical framework of this research is comprised of the works of such scholars as O. Jespersen, A. A. Potebnja, V. V. Vinogradov, A. M. Shcherbak, E. M. Volf, N. D. Arutyunov, etc. The research employs the methods of analysis, generalization, and classification. The acquired materials can be used in the practice of teaching Crimean Tatar language. The novelty lies in the fact that this article is first to examine the semantics of adjectives yakhshy ‘good’ / yaramay ‘evil’ with evaluative meaning. It is established that these adjectives can move from one lexical-semantic group to another, due to the fact that semantics of the word initially carries its figurative meaning. The adjectives yakhshy ‘good’ / yaramay ‘evil’ in Crimean Tatar language can be on the periphery of multiple lexical-semantic groups, which can be divided into two main groups: sensory perceived by a human characteristics of the inanimate object, and properties that describe the appearance, age, and socio-communicative traits of a human.

The Red Machine: The Dehumanization of the Communist Enemy in American Cold War Cinema

This article deals with the US Cold War cinematographic construction of the Soviet enemy. The researcher focuses on the means of dehumanising the communist enemy, external and internal, by equating it to a machine. The author applies Nick Haslam’s dual model of dehumanization (2006), according to which dehumanization is visible in two main forms: animalistic, by associating members of the out-group with animals, and mechanistic, by associating them with a soulless machine. The materials used consist of US films from the “Long Fifties”, in which Hollywood, equating the enemy to machines, developed three plots: the robotic existence of individuals in a totalitarian society; the transformation of Americans into zombies by communists by means of Soviet science; and the body snatching of Americans by an alien mind, an allegory of a future communist occupation of the USA. The article demonstrates that dehumanization was implemented by directly labeling the representatives of the communist world as robots and by attributing to them a lack of emotions, consciousness, will, individuality, initiative, warmth, love, friendship, creative abilities, and even the ability to smile. Such an image of the enemy implied a moral exclusion, treating them as an inanimate object unworthy of empathy, including in the event of their destruction. The author points out that the use of mechanistic dehumanization was very effective. Essentialization of the differences between “us” and “them” occurred: the symbolic border between them is presented as a boundary between living and nonliving. The image of mortal danger was created: the “Red Machine” is strong and merciless, it cannot be moved to pity, and so it is permissible to destroy it. This image contributed to the legitimation of power: the political opponents of the authorities are represented as internal enemies who are anxious to turn Americans into obedient executors of someone else’s will and to deprive them of humanity. At the same time, the machine also has weaknesses, and it is possible to defeat it: since it is devoid of human creativity, it is clearly inferior to the free human spirit embodied in America.

The effect of animacy on object pronoun distinctions in L2 Spanish

When acquiring Spanish object pronouns (OP), English-speaking second language (L2) learners must learn the variety of forms available, word order, and case distinctions. The acquisition of case distinctions in particular is an aspect that has not been thoroughly investigated. Zyzik (2006) showed, through production tasks, that English-speaking L2 Spanish learners overgeneralize the dative form to accusative contexts when the referent is animate. This study investigates how L2 learners use animacy (human, animal, and inanimate object) instead of case marking as cues to interpret and produce L2 Spanish object pronouns. Data from an interpretation task and a fill-in-the-blank production task were collected from 121 intermediate to advanced levels of Spanish learners. Results from linear mixed effects models reveal that learners show effects of the influence of animacy on object pronoun distinction in comprehension as well as production. A key new finding is that learners use the dative form with human referents, reserving accusative forms for animals and inanimate referents. These results provide evidence that animacy cues strongly influence L2 Spanish learners in the formation of their OP paradigm, especially at lower-proficiency levels. As proficiency increases, L2 learners begin to rely on case cues to distinguish Spanish OPs.