Roberto Bolaño : una poética para si mismo

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Saer and the Seasons. On beginnings and endings in the novels of Juan José Saer

En la obra narrativa del escritor argentino Juan José Saer se puede identificar un trabajo particular de la descripción que se funde en la narración como uno de sus elementos constitutivos. En este sentido, el presente artículo plantea que el despliegue de las condiciones espacio-temporales de la llamada “zona” saeriana, trasunto literario de la provincia argentina de Santa Fe, es un elemento fundamental de la narración hasta el punto de posibilitar el comienzo del relato. El trabajo sobre las estaciones y las condiciones del tiempo es de este modo un dispositivo de individuación desde la nada que antecede a la obra y su escritura, y hasta el final de la narración, marcando el intervalo que permitiría en estas obras la posibilidad misma del arte de narrar. In the narrative works of the argentine writer, Juan José Saer, there is special attention paid to description in the narration which is based on the story as one of its constituent elements. In that sense, this article proposes that the unfolding of the space-time conditions of the socalled Saerian “zone,” a faithful literary representation of the Argentine province of Santa Fe, is a fundamental element of the narration to the point that makes possible the beginning of the story. Saer’s work with seasons and weather conditions is, in this way, a device for individuation from nothingness that precedes the work and the writing of it, and until the end of the narrative, marking the range allowed in these works the very possibility of storytelling.Fil: Vergara Correa, Pablo Rafael. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Literatura Hispanoamericana; Argentin

Towards the automated analysis of simple polyphonic music : a knowledge-based approach

PhDMusic understanding is a process closely related to the knowledge and experience of the listener. The amount of knowledge required is relative to the complexity of the task in hand. This dissertation is concerned with the problem of automatically decomposing musical signals into a score-like representation. It proposes that, as with humans, an automatic system requires knowledge about the signal and its expected behaviour to correctly analyse music. The proposed system uses the blackboard architecture to combine the use of knowledge with data provided by the bottom-up processing of the signal's information. Methods are proposed for the estimation of pitches, onset times and durations of notes in simple polyphonic music. A method for onset detection is presented. It provides an alternative to conventional energy-based algorithms by using phase information. Statistical analysis is used to create a detection function that evaluates the expected behaviour of the signal regarding onsets. Two methods for multi-pitch estimation are introduced. The first concentrates on the grouping of harmonic information in the frequency-domain. Its performance and limitations emphasise the case for the use of high-level knowledge. This knowledge, in the form of the individual waveforms of a single instrument, is used in the second proposed approach. The method is based on a time-domain linear additive model and it presents an alternative to common frequency-domain approaches. Results are presented and discussed for all methods, showing that, if reliably generated, the use of knowledge can significantly improve the quality of the analysis.Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the UK National Science Foundation (N.S.F.) in the United states. Fundacion Gran Mariscal Ayacucho in Venezuela

Scaling Milton Keynes power requirements for electrical transportation

Milton Keynes is home to the UK’s first installation of a wirelessly charged passenger bus route. This Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) system enables a fleet of 8 electric buses to service a demanding 15-mile urban route. Opportunistic wireless charging of the batteries during the layover time at the routes allows reducing the size of the batteries, consequently improving cost and performance characteristics of the bus. This paper aims to analyze the effects of electric buses on the electricity distribution grid. In particular, the paper analyses scalability of the IPT solution to all urban routes in Milton Keynes and compares peak power requirements generated at different points in the network with typical industrial and commercial (I&C) loads

Remarks on a nonlinear nonlocal operator in Orlicz spaces

We study integral operators Lu(x)=∫RNpsi(u(x)−u(y))J(x−y)dy of the type of the fractional p-Laplacian operator, and the properties of the corresponding Orlicz and Sobolev-Orlicz spaces. In particular we show a Poincaré inequality and a Sobolev inequality, depending on the singularity at the origin of the kernel J considered, which may be very weak. Both inequalities lead to compact inclusions. We then use those properties to study the associated elliptic problem Lu=f in a bounded domain Omega, and boundary condition u≡0 on Omegac; both cases f=f(x) and f=f(u) are considred, including the generalized eigenvalue problem f(u)=lambdapsi(u).Work supported by the Spanish project MTM2014-53037-P