Traditional Korean Wig: Ga-Chae(가체) - The Queen Style: Eoyeo hair(어여머리)

Whether it was thousands of years ago or now, despite the gender, people\u27s obsession and interest in beauty and wealth were the same, and beauty was a symbol of wealth and family power during the Joseon Dynasty (1392 – 1897) as well. Influenced by the Ming Dynasty from China, women in Joseon started to wear wigs called Ga-Chae, which were loops of thick and rich black hair braided together. Among all the different kinds of Ga-Chae, I chose to do a deeper research in the Queen style of Ga-Chae, called the Eoyeo Hair. This wig style was only allowed for the Queens of Joseon to wear and it looks like a crown but in a hairstyle upon their head, since only the Kings were allowed to wear a crown. The wig was made by actual human hair, which made it really expensive. During this time period, Confucianism (an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality) was the ruling ideology, therefore it was prohibited to cut your hair since birth or else people will take it as a huge disrespect to your parents and your ancestors. However, the demand of Ga-Chae from women was insane so some kidnapped people and cut their hair off, or people who needed money desperately would secretly sell their hair in a huge price. Natural hair would be the best but for the Queens, they wanted thicker and even more rich black color for their Ga-Chae, so people would use various ingredients to dye the hair, from importing Tang Scarlet from China which is about $5000 per pound, to squashing little bugs called Cochineals into juice and spread over the hair. For me I chose to use tomato powder mixed with boiled water since it contains Lycopene that helps with dyeing the hair for building my own Ga-Chae throughout this research and used Cassia oil along with hair smoothing cream to smoothen out the hair. The wig itself is quite heavy so if it were to be used for theatrical purposes then I highly recommend the wearer to avoid having drastic head movements, but it would perfectly do its job as representing the Queen of Joseon in a show.https://commons.und.edu/ta-pp/1000/thumbnail.jp

The Dynamics of Real-Time Online Information and Disease Progression: Understanding Spatial Heterogeneity in the Relationship

The re-emergence of infectious diseases such as measles and polio is creating logistics challenges for the state authorities to curb their spread and contain them. (CL, 2015) Real-time surveillance of infectious diseases is important to detect possible epidemics in advance to prevent shortages of medications (FDA, 2018). The outbreak of an infectious disease creates panic in the community and is accompanied by a sudden increase in the online interest in knowing more about the disease and its symptoms. Prior studies have found a strong relationship between web-based information and disease outbreak but the influence of dynamics of web-based information in real-time is often not considered (Zhang, 2017). The dynamics or rate of change of the online interest in a disease can inform or misinform about perspective cases of the disease in a region. Oftentimes, especially in this connected world individuals overreact to the situation which may send spurious online signals regarding the disease progression. Hence, we study the relationship between the dynamics of online information and the infectious disease outbreak. We also investigate if this relationship could be influenced by regional demographic factors. We analyze weekly online interest dynamics for five infectious diseases over a period of three years across 50 states of the United States. We control for several factors (including weather, demographics, and travelers) and utilize hierarchical functional data models to incorporate real-time dynamics and clustering at the regional level. Preliminary findings suggest that online interest dynamics have a significant relationship with disease outbreak and the effect is segregated at the regional level. These findings are important to develop a system for real-time surveillance and account for the influence of heterogonous online interest during an endemic outbreak

Hyphenated Americans’ Experiences in Multicultural Interactions Portrayed in American Fictions

American society cannot be detached from the society’s multiculturalism. The various ethnic groups inevitably may lead into cooperations, frictions, or conflicts in their interaction. Fiction, as one of literary works, is one of the ways in picturing its reality. Most of hyphenated-American writers wrote both their experiences and imagination through fictions which mostly are about those of racial-based. Some fictions such as Sui Sin Far’s In the Land of the Free, Bienvenido Santos’ Immigration Blues, Anzia Yezierska’s Soap and Water depict the unfavorable experiences in their first interaction in America. While, Monfoon Leong’s New Year for Fong Wing and Gish Jen’s In the American Society elaborate the inter-race interaction and their confusion in blending their identity in the new land. It is found that though they can stand living in a multicultural society, most hyphenated Americans still face situation where sometimes they are still regarded as the subordinated class and it leads into fear and uncomfortable life. Racism is still big issue in American life even though it has long been declared that all men are created equal. In the interaction process some of them still had a tight tie to their origins, while others could easily conform to the American culture. Key words : hyphenated-American, ethnic group, multiculturalism, racism

Experiencias de Innovación Educativa y Colaboración: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y Universidades Latinoamericanas

La utilización de las nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) como estrategia para la innovación y mejora del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior representa uno de los componentes fundamentales para el logro de un sistema de calidad universitario. En este contexto la ETSI en Topografía, Geodesia y Cartografía de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) está realizando distintas acciones para contribuir a la calidad universitaria. La combinación de nuevas metodologías docentes y de evaluación, el uso habitual de la TIC y la transición de un modelo centrado en la enseñanza hacia un modelo centrado en el aprendizaje del alumno, tanto a nivel del propio proceso de enseñanzaaprendizaje como en los sistemas de evaluación y en la orientación tutorial han significado importantes contribuciones a la enseñanza presencial que se complementan con la puesta en marcha de propuestas basadas en las modalidades de enseñanza b-learning y e-learning. Por otra parte, estas acciones están promoviendo el desarrollo de Proyectos de Investigación Educativa en colaboración con Universidades Latinoamericanas, aprovechando las ventajas que ofrecen la TIC que determinan la progresiva desaparición de las restricciones espaciales y temporales

An Adaptive Algorithm to Optimize the Dynamics of IEEE 802.15.4 Networks

Presentado en ICST 2013IEEE 802.15.4 standard is becoming one of the most popular technologies for the deployment of low rate Wireless Personal Area Networks with strong power constraints. In order to reduce the energy consumption, beacon-enabled networks with long network inactive periods can be employed. However, the duration of these inactivity periods, as some other configuration parameters, are conventionally set to default values and remain fixed during the whole network operation. This implies that if they are misconfigured the network will not adapt to changes in the conditions of the environment, particularly to the most determining one, i.e. the traffic load. This paper proposes a simple procedure for the dynamic adaptation of several key parameters of IEEE 802.15.4 networks. Under this procedure, the 802.15.4 parameters are modified as a function of the existing traffic conditions.Spanish National Project No.TEC2009-13763-C02-01

La representación literaria del intelectual colonizado en «Ready-made Insaeng». Una lectura en paralelo

This paper analyzes the literary representation of the intellectuals in Ready-made Insaeng by Chae Mansik (1902-1950), a key figure to understand modern Korean literature. Together with an interpretative analysis of the intellectual the essay uses a comparative approach to establish links and parallelisms between hidalgos, yangban and the new intellectuals that emerge from the later in literature. This serves the purpose of emphasizing the relevance of these literary works out of the socio-historical context in which they emerge and the universality of literary expression as a vehicle to explore the human character.El siguiente trabajo realiza un análisis de la representación del intelectual en Ready-made Insaeng de Chae Mansik (1902-1950), una de las figuras clave para la comprensión de la literatura moderna de Corea. Junto al análisis interpretativo en torno a la figura del intelectual se hace uso de un enfoque comparativo para establecer vínculos entre los hidalgos, los yangban y los nuevos intelectuales que surgen de estos en la literatura con el fin de poner de relieve la vigencia de estas obras fuera del contexto histórico-social en el que surgen y enfatizar la universalidad de la expresión literaria como medio de exploración del carácter humano. &nbsp

Magda Y. Silva, soprano

George Frideric HandelKendra M. D'ErcoleClifford CrawleyHeiter Villa-Lobo

Effect of Tilt Sensor versus Heel Loading on Neuroprosthesis Stimulation Reliability and Timing for Individuals Post-Stroke during Level and Non- Level Treadmill Walking

Study background: Non-level walking may adversely affect stimulation of neuroprostheses as initial programming is performed during level walking. The objectives of this study were to assess stimulation reliability of tilt and heel sensor-based neuroprosthesis stimulation during level and non-level walking, examine stimulation initiation and termination timing during level and non-level walking, and determine whether heel or tilt sensor-based stimulation control is more robust for non-level ambulation. Methods: Eight post-stroke individuals with drop foot who were able to actively ambulate within the community were selected for participation. Each subject acclimated to the neuroprosthesis and walked on a treadmill randomly positioned in inclined, level and declined orientations. The primary measures of interest were stimulation reliability and timing. Results: Statistically significant differences in tilt, but not heel, sensor-based stimulation reliability were observed between level and non-level walking trials. Tilt sensor-based stimulation initiation occurred significantly closer to swing as the treadmill processed from declined to inclined orientations. No statistically significant differences in stimulation reliability or timing were observed between theoretical heel versus clinical tilt sensor-based stimulation control. Discussion and conclusions: Tilt sensor-based stimulation reliability may be adversely affected by non-level walking. Differences in stimulation initiation timing with tilt sensor-based control during non-level walking may be advantageous as stimulation initiation closer to swing during inclined ambulation may allow for greater ankle plantar flexion to assist with forward progression. Despite a lack of significant differences in stimulation reliability or timing between sensors, theoretical heel sensor-based stimulation control exhibited more consistent stimulation timing with less variability than for tilt sensor-based stimulation during non-level ambulation