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    LIPIcs, Volume 251, ITCS 2023, Complete Volume

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    LIPIcs, Volume 251, ITCS 2023, Complete Volum

    Tracing the Creative Influence of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Psychology Notes’: The ‘Three Novels’ and Krapp’s Last Tape

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    Sammendrag Avhandlingens hovedargument er at notatkorpuset om psykologiske og spesielt psykoanalytiske emner som Samuel Beckett utarbeidet i 1934-1935 mens han var i terapi hos Wilfred Bion representerer en sentral og vedvarende innflytelse pĂ„ hans litterĂŠre verk. Den umiddelbare anvendelsen av disse psykologinotatene i arbeidet med romanen Murphy er velkjent, men avhandlingen gjennomgĂ„r denne opprinnelige kreative bruken pĂ„ nytt for Ă„ vise hvordan Beckett etablerer en form for parodisk overdrevet bruk av det lĂŠrebokaktige sprĂ„ket i mange av kildene som han hentet sine notater fra. Dette indikerer en kritisk avstandstagen fra psykoanalysen som disiplin, som ogsĂ„ fĂžrte til en plutselig avslutning av det terapeutiske forholdet til Bion in 1935. De to fĂžrste kapitlene i avhandlingen diskuterer konteksten for komposisjonen av psykologinotatene og diskuterer en rekke kreativt sentrale tematikker for Beckett. En ledetrĂ„d for diskusjonen er at Becketts tilnĂŠrming til det psykoanalytiske lĂŠreboksprĂ„ket fungerte bĂ„de tiltrekkende og motstandsgivende for ham som forfatter. PĂ„ den ene siden finner vi bĂ„de i Becketts tekster og i psykoanalysen en fascinasjon for det avskyvekkende, mens pĂ„ den annen side kan vi spore hos Beckett en bevisst motstand mot psykoanalysens forpliktelse til Ă„ sĂžke mot helbredelse, kontroll og meningsfullhet. Becketts tekster iscenesetter en avvisning av det psykoanalytiske sprĂ„ket som et feilslĂ„tt medium for Ă„ skrive om selvet, gjennom sin ironiske undergraving av psykoanalysens kognitive, autoritetsbaserte og terapeutiske utgangspunkt. Implikasjonene av dette utvikles i avhandlingen gjennom en nĂŠrlesing av romanene Molloy, Malone meurt/Malone Dies and L’Innommable/The Unnamable, og det korte teaterstykket Krapp’s Last Tape. I denne lesningen behandles Becketts psykologinotater som genetisk kildemateriale som fortsatt ble anvendt kreativt lenge etter de opprinnelig ble komponert. Avhandlingen tar utgangspunkt i en mest mulig empirisk etterprĂžvbar og manuskriptgenetisk tilnĂŠrming til kildene, med utstrakt bruk av Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project og andre arkivressurser som stĂžtte for sin argumentasjon. Men et pragmatisk forhold til behandlingen av tekstlig innflytelse som gĂ„r utover det som kan fĂžres sikre bevis for er ogsĂ„ nĂždvendig, for en viss grad av usikkerhet er umulig Ă„ unngĂ„. Likevel fastslĂ„r avhandlingen at en nylesning av disse verkene av Beckett med utgangspunkt i hans egne psykologinotater kan bĂ„de utvide og korrigere fokuset i den eksisterende faglitteraturen. Videre har det kritiske fokuset og opptreningen som denne avhandlingen presenterer ogsĂ„ et potensiale til Ă„ kunne generere en ny litteraturkritisk tilnĂŠrming til alle verkene i Becketts karriere som ble skrevet etter psykologinotatene.Abstract This study argues that the corpus of notes on psychological and especially psychoanalytic topics composed by Samuel Beckett in 1934-1935 during his therapy with Wilfred Bion represents a crucial and continuous creative influence on his literary work. While the immediate use of the ‘Psychology Notes’ in the writing of Murphy is well established, it is revisited here to suggest that this initial creative deployment is characterized by a parodic over-indulgence in the ‘textbook’ language of the sources Beckett was drawing on. This indicates a critical distancing from the discipline of psychoanalysis that also manifested itself in a sudden disruption of his therapy with Wilfred Bion in 1935. Drawing on the original context of the composition of the Notes, and developing a taxonomy of creatively important themes for Beckett, the first two chapters of the thesis trace a formative attraction-repulsion ambivalence in Beckett’s approach to the use of psychoanalytic textbook language in his writing. On the one hand, there is a shared obsession with ‘abjection’ between Beckett’s texts and the discipline of psychoanalysis, whereas on the other, the commitment to cure, control and meaning in psychoanalysis is being resisted in Beckett’s texts. Beckett’s later texts stage the rejection and failure of the psychoanalytic language as medium of writing the ‘self’ by ironically subverting its cognitive, authoritative and therapeutic purposes. This argument is developed through detailed close readings of the ‘Three Novels’ (Molloy, Malone meurt/Malone Dies and L’Innommable/The Unnamable) and the short play Krapp’s Last Tape, treating the ‘Psychology Notes’ as genetic source material that continued to be actively deployed long after its initial composition and creative impact. While the thesis is based on an empirical, genetic approach, making extensive use of the Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project and other archival sources, its approach is also pragmatic in its approach to influence, recognizing that conclusive evidence of intertextual relationships is not always possible to establish. Nonetheless, re-reading these Beckett works with the Notes to hand can both expand upon and correct the emphases of previous scholarship on these texts. Ultimately, the critical focus and training provided by this thesis is therefore intended to provide a scholarly tool for re-engaging all of Beckett’s post-Notes work.Doktorgradsavhandlin

    Chatbot-Based Natural Language Interfaces for Data Visualisation: A Scoping Review

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    Rapid growth in the generation of data from various sources has made data visualisation a valuable tool for analysing data. However, visual analysis can be a challenging task, not only due to intricate dashboards but also when dealing with complex and multidimensional data. In this context, advances in Natural Language Processing technologies have led to the development of Visualisation-oriented Natural Language Interfaces (V-NLIs). In this paper, we carry out a scoping review that analyses synergies between the fields of Data Visualisation and Natural Language Interaction. Specifically, we focus on chatbot-based V-NLI approaches and explore and discuss three research questions. The first two research questions focus on studying how chatbot-based V-NLIs contribute to interactions with the Data and Visual Spaces of the visualisation pipeline, while the third seeks to know how chatbot-based V-NLIs enhance users' interaction with visualisations. Our findings show that the works in the literature put a strong focus on exploring tabular data with basic visualisations, with visual mapping primarily reliant on fixed layouts. Moreover, V-NLIs provide users with restricted guidance strategies, and few of them support high-level and follow-up queries. We identify challenges and possible research opportunities for the V-NLI community such as supporting high-level queries with complex data, integrating V-NLIs with more advanced systems such as Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR), particularly for advanced visualisations, expanding guidance strategies beyond current limitations, adopting intelligent visual mapping techniques, and incorporating more sophisticated interaction methods

    ACARORUM CATALOGUS IX. Acariformes, Acaridida, Schizoglyphoidea (Schizoglyphidae), Histiostomatoidea (Histiostomatidae, Guanolichidae), Canestrinioidea (Canestriniidae, Chetochelacaridae, Lophonotacaridae, Heterocoptidae), Hemisarcoptoidea (Chaetodactylidae, Hyadesiidae, Algophagidae, Hemisarcoptidae, Carpoglyphidae, Winterschmidtiidae)

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    The 9th volume of the series Acarorum Catalogus contains lists of mites of 13 families, 225 genera and 1268 species of the superfamilies Schizoglyphoidea, Histiostomatoidea, Canestrinioidea and Hemisarcoptoidea. Most of these mites live on insects or other animals (as parasites, phoretic or commensals), some inhabit rotten plant material, dung or fungi. Mites of the families Chetochelacaridae and Lophonotacaridae are specialised to live with Myriapods (Diplopoda). The peculiar aquatic or intertidal mites of the families Hyadesidae and Algophagidae are also included.Publishe

    Rethinking the Country House Garden: creation and consumption, 1750-1850

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    This thesis re-evaluates the field of garden history and demonstrates that there is great potential to apply a different kind of analysis to gardens to produce new conclusions about historic landscapes. Existing literature on gardens traditionally focuses on masters of design and aesthetics and often concentrates on the most famous properties, landowners, and designers. Rarely have garden historians explored the practicalities of building and owning a country house garden, where the labour and materials were sourced from, or the experiences of those who worked there. Further, the experiences of garden visitors and the ways gardens were consumed by them are widely under-represented. Drawing on the historiographies of country houses and of consumption, this thesis reframes designed landscapes as sites of consumption and spaces of human experience. It changes the way we look at gardens by re-integrating them within social and economic networks from the local to the international and viewing them as spaces to be enjoyed and used by the people that entered them. The analysis of this thesis utilises two case study properties: Audley End, Essex and Belsay Hall, Northumberland between 1750 and 1850. It draws on a large and varied body of archival material, including account books and receipted bills, diaries, travel journals, and letters to create new conclusions about how gardens functioned day-to-day, across the seasons, and over many years. The project highlights the economic and material inputs to gardens, the contributions of working people from members of the garden and outdoor staff of country houses as well as their commercial counterparts in nursery and designing firms. Further, it illuminates how gardens functioned and were continuously maintained after the designs were implemented. Gardens were expensive to own and maintain but what were they then used for? This thesis examines the culture of garden visiting and the actvities available to different garden users. It also explores how being in a garden was an embodied experience and unique to each person and each experience. Gardens stimulated all the senses, and this perspective breathes new life and movement into historic gardens that are traditionally championed for their visual qualities. This project is a Collaborative Doctoral Award with English Heritage

    LIPIcs, Volume 261, ICALP 2023, Complete Volume

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    LIPIcs, Volume 261, ICALP 2023, Complete Volum

    Animals in Religion, Economy and Daily Life of Ancient Egypt and beyond

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    [Italiano]: L’International Symposium on Animals in Ancient Egypt, the Middle Nile and their hinterlands (ISAAE) Ăš nato con l’obiettivo di riprendere il proficuo dialogo tra studiosi impegnati in questo vastissimo ambito di ricerca, instauratosi giĂ  nel 2016 in occasione della prima edizione organizzata e svoltasi al MusĂ©e de Confluences di Lione, e consolidatosi con la seconda edizione tenutasi al Cairo presso l'American University nel 2019. Il terzo Simposio Ăš stato organizzato dal Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo (DAAM) dell'UniversitĂ  di Napoli “L'Orientale” (UniOr), in collaborazione con l'American University del Cairo, e si Ăš svolto presso l’UniOr dal 15 al 17 giugno 2022. I tre intensi giorni di incontri e discussioni hanno rappresentato un importante e proficuo momento di condivisione e di aggiornamento sia sui temi della ricerca teorica e sul campo, sia su quelli piĂč tecnici, connessi alle moderne tecnologie di indagine. Studiosi provenienti da tutto il mondo (Europa, Stati Uniti, Egitto, Giappone, Australia) hanno affrontato una pletora di argomenti legati agli animali: archeozoologia, macellazione, mummificazione e relative tecniche moderne di conservazione-restauro, pratiche funerarie, religione, terminologia e scrittura, arti e mestieri, alimentazione, ruolo nella vita quotidiana e nell'economia. Il presente volume ne raccoglie i risultati che gli editori sono lieti di condividere con i colleghi, ma anche con un pubblico di appassionati, a poco piĂč di un anno dal Simposio./[English]: The International Symposium on Animals in Ancient Egypt, the Middle Nile and their hinterland (ISAAE) was established with the aim of resuming the fruitful dialogue between scholars working in this vast field of research. This initiative was first launched in 2016 during the inaugural edition held at the MusĂ©e de Confluences in Lyon and further consolidated at the second edition hosted by the American University in Cairo in 2019. The Third Symposium, organised by the Department Asia, Africa e Mediterrano (DAAM) of the University of Naples "L'Orientale" (UniOr), in collaboration with the American University in Cairo, was hosted at UniOr from 15 to 17 June 2022. The three intensive days of meetings and discussions provided a valuable opportunity to exchange and update theoretical and field research topics, as well as technical issues related to modern research technologies. Scholars from all over the world (Europe, United States, Egypt, Japan, Australia) have addressed a plethora of animal-related topics: archaeozoology, slaughter, mummification and related modern preservation-restoration techniques, funerary practices, religion, terminology and writing, arts and crafts, nutrition, role in daily life and the economy. The present volume contains the results that editors are pleased to share with colleagues as well as enthusiasts, just over a year after the symposium

    Sustainability and environmental impact of the Italian ceramic tile industry

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    The increasing consumption rates among citizens and the uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources have made environmental pollution and management of waste the main problems facing humanity in its upcoming future. Together with generation of energy and transport, industrial production certainly plays a key role in the genesis of these problems. It is for this reason that the concepts of environmental, social and economic sustainability have emerged over the years as the cornerstones for future development. In light of this, the most forward-looking industries have begun to study their impact on environment and society in order to improve their performances and, at the same time, to anticipate the increasingly rigorous environmental regulations. In this work, various performance indicators related to the Italian ceramic tile sector will be presented and discussed. In particular, the emission factor of characteristic pollutants will be reported on a period of up to fifteen years while data regarding waste management, concentration of pollutants and emission legal limits for the last decade will be here disclosed as a result of a vast analysis on recorded data. The collected information describes the present level of performance of the ceramic tile manufacturing industries in Italy and shows how recycling is now a consolidated reality and how some pollutants, such as particulate matter, fluorine and lead are actually disappearing from production processes and how others, such as volatile organic compounds, are increasing instead. Moreover, the adoption of alternative raw materials for the production of ceramic tiles is discussed and the implementation of the recycling of various waste is addressed at experimental or industrial scale. Finally, the development of a new ceramic engobe with high content of waste glass (20%) is presented as an experimental example of reutilization of resources in the ceramic tile industry

    Emergent quality issues in the supply of Chinese medicinal plants: A mixed methods investigation of their contemporary occurrence and historical persistence

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    Quality issues that emerged centuries ago in Chinese medicinal plants (CMP) were investigated to explore why they still persist in an era of advanced analytical testing and extensive legislation so that a solution to improve CMP quality could be proposed. This is important for 85% of the world’s population who rely on medicinal plants (MP) for primary healthcare considering the adverse events, including fatalities that arise from such quality issues. CMP are the most prevalent medicinal plants globally. This investigation used mixed-methods, including 15 interviews with CMP expert key informants (KI), together with thematic analysis that identified the main CMP quality issues, why they persisted, and informed solutions. An unexplained case example, Eleutherococcus nodiflorus (EN), was analysed by collection of 106 samples of EN, its known toxic adulterant Periploca sepium (PS), and a related substitute, Eleutherococcus senticosus (ES), across mainland China, Taiwan and the UK. Authenticity of the samples was determined using High-performance thinlayer chromatography. Misidentification, adulteration, substitution and toxicity were the main CMP quality issues identified. Adulteration was found widespread globally with 57.4% EN found authentic, and 24.6% adulterated with cardiotoxic PS, mostly at markets and traditional pharmacies. The EN study further highlighted that the reason CMP quality issues persisted was due to the laboratory-bound nature of analytical methods and testing currently used that leave gaps in detection throughout much of the supply chain. CMP quality could be more effectively tested with patented analytical technology (PAT) and simpler field-based testing including indicator strip tests. Education highlighting the long-term economic value and communal benefit of delivering better quality CMP to consumers was recommended in favour of the financial motivation for actions that lead to the persistence of well-known and recurrent CMP quality issues

    Hitting Subgraphs in Sparse Graphs and Geometric Intersection Graphs

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    We investigate a fundamental vertex-deletion problem called (Induced) Subgraph Hitting: given a graph GG and a set F\mathcal{F} of forbidden graphs, the goal is to compute a minimum-sized set SS of vertices of GG such that G−SG-S does not contain any graph in F\mathcal{F} as an (induced) subgraph. This is a generic problem that encompasses many well-known problems that were extensively studied on their own, particularly (but not only) from the perspectives of both approximation and parameterization. We focus on the design of efficient approximation schemes, i.e., with running time f(Δ,F)⋅nO(1)f(\varepsilon,\mathcal{F}) \cdot n^{O(1)}, which are also of significant interest to both communities. Technically, our main contribution is a linear-time approximation-preserving reduction from (Induced) Subgraph Hitting on any graph class G\mathcal{G} of bounded expansion to the same problem on bounded degree graphs within G\mathcal{G}. This yields a novel algorithmic technique to design (efficient) approximation schemes for the problem on very broad graph classes, well beyond the state-of-the-art. Specifically, applying this reduction, we derive approximation schemes with (almost) linear running time for the problem on any graph classes that have strongly sublinear separators and many important classes of geometric intersection graphs (such as fat-object graphs, pseudo-disk graphs, etc.). Our proofs introduce novel concepts and combinatorial observations that may be of independent interest (and, which we believe, will find other uses) for studies of approximation algorithms, parameterized complexity, sparse graph classes, and geometric intersection graphs. As a byproduct, we also obtain the first robust algorithm for kk-Subgraph Isomorphism on intersection graphs of fat objects and pseudo-disks, with running time f(k)⋅nlog⁥n+O(m)f(k) \cdot n \log n + O(m).Comment: 60 pages, abstract shortened to fulfill the length limi
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