Hollywood’un içinde bulunduğu Batı kültürünün temel taşlarından birisi olan güzellik
mitinin, 1930’lu yıllarda başlayan yıldız sistemi ile doruğa ulaşması ve takip eden yıllarda
bilhassa kadınların ...fiziksel görünüşlerini belirleyen kuralları çerçevelediği bilinmektedir.
Ne var ki teknolojik gelişmeler ışığında gençliğin ve güzelliğin övülmesi, daha uzun yıllar
yaşlanmaktan kaçınılmasının telkin edilmesi, yaşlılığın insanı bir hiçe çevirmesi fikri
sosyal medyanın da yardımı ile her geçen gün toplumda kabul gören bir düşünce haline
gelmektedir. Ari Folman’ın yönettiği, fütürist bir distopya filmi olan The Congress (Son
Şans), Stanislaw Lem’in The Futurological Congress (1971) adlı kitabından esinlenerek
gerçek ve anime edilmiş görüntünün bir arada kullanılarak çekildiği bir filmdir. Yönetmen,
Hollywood’un güzellik mitinden yola çıkarak, ana akım kültürün bitmeyen metalaşmasına
ait göndermeler ile filmi şekillendirmiştir. Bu çalışma, güzellik algısının yanılsama ve
gerçeklik teorileri ile harmanlanarak sunulduğu filmde bu algının insanın var oluşunun
hiçe sayılması pahasına değerli kılınması üzerinde durmaktadır. Analiz sonucunda ise bir
aktrisin kimliğinin dijital imgeyle belirlenmiş yeni film endüstrisinin hizmetinde nasıl
yok olduğu ve sanat eserlerinin biricikliklerinin kaybolması gibi, insanların da biricik ve
eşsiz olma özelliklerinin geride bırakılarak insan yığınları şeklinde sistemin ilahlaştırdığı
kişilere benzemelerinin desteklendiği görüşünün irdelendiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Elena Aga Rossi is one of the most important historians of contemporary Italy and a noted scholar of the international relations of the early cold war. In this interview with Mark Gilbert, Aga Rossi ...gives an overview of her career, and of her most famous books, notably Una nazione allo sbando and Togliatti e Stalin. The interview also discusses some of the most important historiographical controversies in recent Italian history.
The humans of the Göbekli Tepe Neolithic culture of the Upper Euphrates Basin left behind long-term settlements with surprising monumental structures and a rich set of symbolism. This study puts the ...various symbolic themes of this culture to its center, and attempts to offer a reasonable interpretation of how the people of this culture and period constructed a “reality” about themselves. When the themes of human head and phallus are positioned at the center of the interpretations of this period’s symbolism, it is possible to claim that the Neolithic people conceptualized/explained themselves through an complex mythological narrative. This paper also hopes to contribute to the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, sociology and history of religions by asserting that the T-shaped pillars of the Göbekli Tepe Culture are the phalli of the ancestors representing these ancestors’ remaining fragment/aspect on “the world,” and thus, are the material representations of the “now” and “this world,” rather than mythological ancestors, supernatural beings or gods. In this context, it is possible to relate the T-shaped pillars with ancestor cult, and also an important part of the anthropomorphic statues and reliefs with the initiation rites in which a person gains status in society. One of the biggest goals of this study is to begin a discussion about what can be the main mythological narrative of this culture.
REACH (Registration Evaluation Authorization and restriction of Chemicals) legislation is a new European law which aims to raise the human protection level and environmental health. Under REACH all ...chemicals manufactured or imported for more than one ton per year must be evaluated for their ready biodegradability. Ready biodegradability is also used as a screening test for persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) substances. REACH encourages the use of non-testing methods such as QSAR (quantitative structure–activity relationship) models in order to save money and time and to reduce the number of animals used for scientific purposes. Some QSAR models are available for predicting ready biodegradability. We used a dataset of 722 compounds to test four models: VEGA, TOPKAT, BIOWIN 5 and 6 and START and compared their performance on the basis of the following parameters: accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and Matthew's correlation coefficient (MCC). Performance was analyzed from different points of view. The first calculation was done on the whole dataset and VEGA and TOPKAT gave the best accuracy (88% and 87% respectively). Then we considered the compounds inside and outside the training set: BIOWIN 6 and 5 gave the best results for accuracy (81%) outside training set. Another analysis examined the applicability domain (AD). VEGA had the highest value for compounds inside the AD for all the parameters taken into account. Finally, compounds outside the training set and in the AD of the models were considered to assess predictive ability. VEGA gave the best accuracy results (99%) for this group of chemicals. Generally, START model gave poor results. Since BIOWIN, TOPKAT and VEGA models performed well, they may be used to predict ready biodegradability.
•We tested and compared four in silico models for predicting ready biodegradability.•For each model we evaluated accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and MCC.•BIOWIN, VEGA and TOPKAT gave good results in all categories.•BIOWIN, VEGA and TOPKAT could be used for regulatory purposes within REACH.
Biochar (BC) application to agricultural soil has been proposed as an effective countermeasure to mitigate climate change. A laboratory incubation experiment was carried out to gain insight into the ...effectiveness of BC on methane (CH₄) consumption in a tropical clayey vertisol. Except for the control treatment, BC of two different sizes (<0.25 or 0.25–2.00 mm) was mixed with vermicompost (VC), poultry manure (PM) or farmyard manure (FYM). BC and organic amendment were added to soil at 10% w/w and 80 kg N/ha, respectively. BC increased CH₄consumption rate, k, in soil, irrespective of organic amendment type. The CH₄consumption potential of soil was greater with the smaller size BC (<0.25 mm). Of the three organic amendments, VC exhibited the highest k (0.105) followed by FYM (0.093) and PM (0.072). BC (<0.25 mm) + PM was the most effective of the organic amendments in enhancing CH₄consumption (k = 0.242). The lag phase varied between 7.3 day (control) and 1.0 day (soil + VC). Results revealed that there was a significant (P < 0.0001) effect of organic amendment and BC on CH₄consumption, CO₂production and microbial abundance. Cumulative CO₂production (mg/g soil) varied between 2.15 (control) and 8.77 (soil + PM + BC < 0.25 mm). Pearson's correlation analysis showed significant correlation between CH₄consumption and methanotrophs abundance (P < 0.001). The study shows that BC enhanced CH₄consumption potential in agricultural land on a tropical vertisol, particularly using the smaller size (<0.25 mm), and could be an effective strategy to mitigate atmospheric CH₄.
Highlights • Core changes to consultation style result from a 15 hour training course in MI in this novice cohort. • Subjects ask more open questions, make more reflections, affirmations and ...summaries at follow up. • Behaviour change skills in undergraduate nutritionist programmes are often absent.
In this study, I analyzed the circumstances behind hosting the Okinawa International Ocean Exposition from the perspectives of postwar Okinawa's energy policy, the Ministry of International Trade and ...Industry's philosophy on the Expo, and the basic concept of venue planning. We clarified how the Ministry of International Trade and Industry conceived the Aquapolis. We also compared and contrasted the 1) layout plan for the central facilities, 2) technical proposal for the central facilities, 3) pavilion layout method, 4) producer system, and 5) nuclear power generation of this Expo against the Osaka Expo.
The most effective and accurate deep convolutional neural network (faster region-based convolutional neural network (Faster R-CNN) Inception V2 model, single shot detector (SSD) Inception V2 model) ...based architectures for real-time hand gesture recognition is proposed. The proposed models are tested on standard data sets (NUS hand posture data set-II, Senz-3D) and custom-developed (MITI hand data set (MITI-HD)) data set. The performance metrics are analysed for intersection over union (IoU) ranges between 0.5 and 0.95. IoU value of 0.5 resulted in higher precision compared to other IoU values considered (0.5:0.95, 0.75). It is observed that the Faster R-CNN Inception V2 model resulted in higher precision (0.990 for APall, IoU = 0.5) compared to SSD Inception V2 model (0.984 for all) for MITI-HD 160. The computation time of Faster R-CNN Inception V2 is higher compared to SSD Inception V2 model and also resulted in less number of mispredictions. Increasing the size of samples (MITI-HD 300) resulted in improvement of APall = 0.991. Improvement in large (APlarge) and medium (APmedium) size detections are not significant when compared to small (APsmall) detections. It is concluded that the Faster R-CNN Inception V2 model is highly suitable for real-time hand gesture recognition system under unconstrained environments.
Purpose:
This randomized controlled study examines the efficacy of two innovative methods to teach beginning motivational interviewing (MI) skills: live supervision (LS), a small group experiential ...learning interaction with standardized client actors and in-the-moment guidance from a supervisor, and a coding learning (CL) method, where students in a classroom setting are introduced to MI skill development via learning to code MI practice behaviors.
Methods:
Seventeen social work students in a child welfare training program were randomized to receive either LS or CL training method. Changes in MI knowledge, attitudes, and MI skill were assessed through self-report and observational measures pretraining, posttraining, and at 5 months follow-up, after a semester of learning-as-usual.
Results:
Both training groups demonstrated an improvement in MI knowledge and attitudes from pretest to follow-up. MI skill gain within groups varied for specific MI skills.
Discussion:
Implications for maximally efficient MI training are advanced.
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