Digital data processing of ERTS-1 imagery of Delaware Bay

A user-oriented Earth Resources Data Center is in operation at Bendix Aerospace, which a capable of automatically producing classification imagery and thematic maps from ERTS computer compatible tapes. The ERDC is now being used to process ERTS-1 data under a subcontract from the University of Delaware. ERTS coverage of Delaware Bay has been processed to produce classification imagery of water masses in the bay, and a map of all land-water boundaries along the shoreline including wetlands and inland lakes. Imagery, the user's video monitor color display, the data processing facility, and methodology are described

La creación de un mardo del adentro: Espacios sadianos en los Desengaños amorosos de María de Zayas

Con sus Desengaños Amorosos, María de Zayas nos ofrece una segunda parte oscura de su Sarao, una colección de cuentos elaborados según la tradición italiana del cornice que culmina con Giovanni Boccaccio en su Decameron. La ventaja de esta estructura es que los narradores se aprovechan del contexto cerrado o aislado de un palacio o de una isla para contarse historias íntimas. La separación física del mundo exterior permite mayor una libertad en cuanto a los temas evocados por los participantes del juego. Se ha estudiado extensamente este marco narratológico en la obra de Zayas en relación a textos antecedentes como el canónico Decameron ya mencionado, Le Piacevoli Notti de Straparola o La Diana de Jorge de Montemayor

Smart Devices in Criminal Investigations: How Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Can Better Protect Privacy in the Search of Technology and Seizure of Information

This thesis examines the jurisprudence from the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on informational privacy under section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it relates to searches of technology in the context of criminal investigations. The development and use of technology in criminal investigations will be detailed along with an overview of the current state of the law in this area. Challenges with the interpretation of section 8 demonstrate a prevalent uncertainty. This thesis proposes a new approach for the SCC to apply to cases where technology intersects with section 8 of the Charter. The proposal rests on a clearer and broader understanding of privacy along with measurable categories for more predictable outcomes

Vuelos traumáticos, padres imaginarios y burguesía neurótica

Damián Szifrón’s blockbuster Wild Tales came to the box office as a landmark in Argentinian cinema, not only because it reveals a deep gaze on the aggressive nature of a culture that self-repressed its traumas, but also because every Western culture can contemplate ethically its own scars in this collection of anecdotic tales. Only the fact that Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar would want to produce the work of his young Argentinian counterpart says a lot about the necessity to utilize cinema as a chock therapy where the audience confronts its own wild and primitive nature (The Freudian Id), hidden in its deep interior through centuries of accumulated repression. This article focuses on the figure of the imaginary father, as defined by French analyst Jacques Lacan, in order to explore how the chapters of the film form of chain that presents cultural traumas, historical and individual causes, as well as the neurosis surrounding the Argentinian bourgeoisie, usual ruler of social behavior in the majority of Western societies. In line with the recent work of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, this research will observe how each chapter of Wild Tales decomposes the ethical symptoms of a society that is aware of its neurotic behaviors to the point that it acknowledges that comic explosions of its wild sides is the most efficient therapy that cinema can offer.La película Relatos salvajes de Damián Szifrón ha marcado la historia del cine argentino desde el día de su estreno, y no sólo porque ofrece una mirada íntima hacia un fondo agresivo de una cultura que auto-reprimió sus traumas sino también porque todas las culturas occidentales encuentran en esta colección de relatos anecdóticos un reflejo ético de sus propias heridas. El hecho de que el director español Pedro Almodóvar quisiera producir la obra del joven argentino habla mucho sobre la necesidad de usar el séptimo arte como terapia de choque donde el público se enfrenta con su naturaleza salvaje y primitiva (el Id freudiano), escondida en su profundo interior por siglos de represión acumulada. Este artículo se concentra en la figura del padre imaginario, definida por el psicoanalista francés Jacques Lacan, para explorar cómo se encadenan los capítulos de la película en su afán de presentar los traumas culturales, sus causas históricas e individuales, y la neurosis que se concentra alrededor de la clase burguesa que determina en Argentina – como en la mayoría del Occidente – el comportamiento social. Asimismo, y siguiendo el pensamiento teórico del filósofo esloveno Slavoj Žižek, se observará cómo en cada corto que compone Relatos salvajes se descomponen los síntomas éticos de una sociedad consciente de sus comportamientos neuróticos hasta reconocer que la explosión cómica de sus lados salvajes es la terapia más eficaz que le pueda ofrecer el cine

The hot working characteristics of Al-0.65% Fe, and Al-0.5% Fe-0.5% Co conductor alloys

Recrystallized, rolled rods of the two conductor alloys were deformed in continuous torsion tests between 200 and 500C̕ and 0.02 and 5 s -1 , and in interrupted torsion tests at 400 and 450C̕, and 0.1 and 1.0 s -1 . The flow stresses were found to depend on the strain rate through a hyperbolic sine function with exponents of 3.1 and 3.5, and on temperature through an Arrhenius term with activation energies of about 260 kJ/mol, much greater than Al. Flow stresses were considerably higher than commercial Al at 200C̕ and 300C̕, consistent with their resistance to creep softening in that range. The strengthening depends upon the dispersion of the eutectic rods which were refined by Properzi casting, were fractured and dispersed by rolling, and have very low solubility. The hot ductility increased with temperature but decreased with strain rate and with rising levels of alloy addition. The strain to fracture varied inversely with the strain to steady state and hence the level of dynamic recovery. In interrupted testing, fractional softening increased with rise in temperature or hold time, or decline in strain rate. With repeated passes, the strength of the alloys declined substantially compared to continuous testing

Genomic architecture of human neuroanatomical diversity

Human brain anatomy is strikingly diverse and highly inheritable: genetic factors may explain up to 80% of its variability. Prior studies have tried to detect genetic variants with a large effect on neuroanatomical diversity, but those currently identified account for <5% of the variance. Here, based on our analyses of neuroimaging and whole-genome genotyping data from 1765 subjects, we show that up to 54% of this heritability is captured by large numbers of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of small-effect spread throughout the genome, especially within genes and close regulatory regions. The genetic bases of neuroanatomical diversity appear to be relatively independent of those of body size (height), but shared with those of verbal intelligence scores. The study of this genomic architecture should help us better understand brain evolution and disease

Mechanisms of personality-targeted intervention effects on adolescent alcohol misuse, internalising and externalising symptoms

Objective: This study aims to explore the mechanisms of personality-targeted intervention effects on problematic drinking, internalising and externalising symptoms. Method: As part of a cluster-randomised trial, 1210 high-risk students (mean age 13.7 years) in 19 London high schools (42.6% white, 54% male) were identified using the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale. Intervention school participants were invited to participate in personality-matched interventions by trained school staff. MacKinnon’s products of coefficients method was used to compare three complementary mechanism hypotheses, namely, whether early changes in i) alcohol use, ii) internalising and externalising symptoms or iii) personality during the 6 months post-intervention accounted for intervention effects over 2 years. Results: Early intervention effects on drinking behaviours during the 6 months postintervention partially accounted for longer term intervention effects on the onset of binge drinking (95% CI -.349 to -.062) and drinking problems (95% CI -.206 to -.016) over 2 years. Intervention effects on anxiety symptoms and conduct problems were partially mediated by early reductions in depressive symptoms (95% CI -.013 to -.001; 95% CI - .047 to -.001), and intervention effects on internalising symptoms were also partially mediated by reductions in anxiety sensitivity (95% CI -.003 to 0). Conclusions: 2 year intervention effects on problematic drinking were largely accounted for by early changes in drinking behaviours, and were not mediated by changes in mental health symptoms or personality risk factors. Early improvements in mood and anxiety sensitivity partially mediated longer term reductions in mental health problems

Variation in acceptability of neologistic English pronouns

This acceptability-judgment survey of English neopronouns, including xe, fae, ey, and ze, shows that while neopronouns are not fully ungrammatical for most English speakers, they are rated as less grammatical than canonical third-person singular pronouns like she, he, and they. We found that several social variables correlated with ratings of neopronouns in sentences, including age, gender, and sexual orientation. The neopronouns that bear orthographic resemblance to canonical pronouns were rated highest, and metalinguistic comments from participants identified that analogy was an important factor in whether they found neopronouns grammatical