Jarmusch vs Reagan. A blow to the american dream

El presente artículo trata de analizar la relación tensa entre el cine realizado por Jim Jarmusch en la década de los 80 y el cine hegemónico durante lo que podríamos denominar el “Periodo Reagan”, caracterizado por un cierto infantilismo, un intento de recuperar el espíritu triunfalista estadounidense, ahuyentando el “Síndrome de Vietnam”, y salvar los restos del sueño americano. Frente a este tipo de cine, Jarmusch aboga por un cine del insomnio. Propuesta que comenzaría a verse truncada a partir de 1991 con el estreno de Night on Earth. The present paper analyzes the strained connection between Jim Jarmusch´s Cinema during the 80´s and the hegemonic cinema in what we could call “The Reagan in Offi ce”, characterized by a certain infantilism, a recovery of the triumphalist North American Spirit attempt, frightening the “Vietnam Syndrome” away, and saving the rests of the American Dream. Opposite this kind of cinema, Jarmusch advocates a Cinema of Insomnia. Proposal that would start to be truncated by 1991, with the release of Night on Earth

Capturar es compartir. Filosofía, redes sociales y fotografía 2.0

En el presente artículo, intentaremos dibujar la transición desde un sistema de conocimiento basado en el texto hasta otro que se apoya cada vez más en la imagen. Dicho cambio se ha visto posibilitado por el auge de las nuevas tecnologías y por la mayor participación del receptor. Indudablemente, este cambio de paradigma, además de grandes ventajas, encierra no pocos riesgos.In this article we will draw the transition from a system of knowledge based on the text to one that increasingly relies on the image. This change has been made possible by the rise of new technologies and greater involvement of the receiver. Undoubtedly, this paradigm shift, plus great benefits, contains not a few risks

The Impact of Faith Community Nursing Programs for Chronic Disease Screening and Management in Vulnerable Populations: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Faith Community Nursing (FCN) programs in the United States (U.S.) emerged in the 1980\u27s; however, the intertwining of health promotion in religious institutions has been present for millennia. Today, challenges facing healthcare are prompting health care providers to find creative and cost-effective methods of providing care. Determining whether FCN positively impacts the health of individuals with limited access to healthcare services would encourage healthcare providers to collaborate with the specialty, reinforcing the benefit of their service. An integrative literature review was conducted to identify studies measuring the impact of FCN on the health outcomes of individuals with hypertension (Baig, Mangione, Sorrell-Thompson, & Miranda, 2009; Bangurah, Vardaman, & Cleveland, 2017; Cooper & Zimmerman, 2015; Cooper & Zimmerman, 2017; Whisenant, Cortes, & Hill, 2015), diabetes (Austin, Brennan-Jordan, Frenn, Kelman, Sheehan, & Scotti, 2013), older adults (King & Pappas-Rogich, 2011; Pappas-Rogich & King, 2014; Rydholm, Moone, Thornquist, Alexander, Gustafson, & Speece, 2008; Shillam, Orton, Waring, & Madsen, 2008), weight management (Kelley, 2018) and vulnerable populations (Baig et al., 2010; Bangurah, Vardaman, & Cleveland, 2018; Callaghan, 2016; Cooper & Zimmerman, 2015; Koenig, Nelson, Shaw, Saxena, & Cohen, 2016; Monay et al., 2010; Whisenant, Cortes, & Hill, 2014). The review of the literature supports the positive impact of FCN in the community for certain populations; however, the specialty needs to improve methods of evaluating outcomes and conduct further quantitative studies

The Implementation of an Open Source Electronic Medical Record at a Faith-Based Community Clinic

Faith-based nursing and healthcare is increasingly gaining popularity as the industry looks to minimize costs and improve health outcomes. Historically, qualitative studies have not shown the extent to which individuals and communities are impacted by health initiatives initiated by faith institutions. Healthcare technology can help support the specialty by providing increased quantity and quality data to analyze. Traditional, proprietary EMRs are too costly; however, open source systems offer a low cost, and easily modifiable option to non-profit, or smaller organizations. The data collected by an open source system allows organizations to improve the care that patients receive, and helps guide screening and preventative health efforts, contributing to the quantitative research available to show the impact of faith-based healthcare on patients and communities

Jim Jarmusch: Del "insomnio americano" al "insomnio universal" (1980-1991)

El presente texto aborda el tránsito del análisis del “insomnio americano” al estudio del “insomnio universal” dentro del primer período de la filmografía del director norteamericano Jim Jarmusch. El insomnio americano debe ser entendido como la crítica al sueño americano y al American Way of Life tal y como se representó, sobre todo, en el cine hegemónico de los años 80. Jarmusch lleva a cabo dicha crítica tanto en el plano formal como por lo que respecta a los contenidos y a la temática. El objeto de este trabajo es mostrar cómo el insomnio americano se hace extensivo al resto del mundo de manera progresiva y alcanza su máxima expresión fílmica en Noche en la Tierra (Night on Earth, 1991) y coincidiendo con el final del período Reagan

Vibration of structures with non-linear damping

The work reported here is directed towards the problem of measuring and modeling non-linear damping in steel space frame civil engineering structures. In order to gain a better understanding of the damping mechanism in such structures, tests were performed on a full scale bolted lattice structure and the results of section A show that the joint' damping can be represented approximately in the form: FD =C (1 +e IXIn) where n=1. Other situations. where this form of non-linear damping occurs is in the case of fluid flow past a solid body. In offshore structures the hydro-dynamic force due to drag effects are found to be proportional to velocity squared. For non linear material damping, n, takes a value of 6. In section B. various methods of solution to the non-linear dynamical system under random excitation were studied and it was found that the 'Equivalent Non- Linear Differential Equationl, (ENL) method yields a better measure of the response of the non-linear system to white noise excitation than other approximate methods. Analytical expressions are derived for the mean-square response, probability density function and level crossing rates. With the modified IENLI method (MENL) it is shown how one can extract the non-linear damping and excitation power spectral density. A good correlation is obtained between experimental and theoretical results

‘De droechste waegescotten, die ghij weet te becomen’: De gedifferentieerde houtmarkt voor 1800 en de wisselwerking tussen aanbod, vraag en toepassing

Wainscoting was just one of the many products for sale on the Dutch timber market. A variety of sources would suggest that this was not primarily a case of thin, quartersawn oak planks around one centimetre thick, but much thicker, quarter-split, semi-finished products that were only later sawn into much thinner planks. A major reason for quarter sawing or splitting of logs was to mitigate warping. Finishings in particular required timber with a minimal tendency to split or bow and so wainscoting was often used for such work. There are several views on the etymology of the word ‘wainscot’. Based on the traded rather than the finished product, the suggestion that what we have here is a combination of ‘scot’ in the sense of panel with the prefix ‘wain’ (from ‘wane’), the side of the wood that still contains sapwood, merits further investigation. The wainscot timber exported from the regions of origin was, as far as can be ascertained from the sources, hardly ever ready for use. It generally took the form of split timber some 14 feet in length. The thickness could vary considerably, as is also clear from Dutch sources that talk of wainscoting up to several inches thick. The European trade in wainscoting was already huge by the fourteenth century. The greater part of this was transported to the province of Holland via the North Sea. Considerably smaller was the proportion of wainscoting rafted down the big rivers to the west. This trade doesn’t seem to have appeared until around the middle of the seventeenth century, when the Baltic trade had passed its peak. It is not yet possible to quantify the available data. But when harbours in the Baltic could no longer meet the demand from Holland, the trade in this particular product shifted to Bremen, to the Elbe and Rhine regions. Probably owing to the greater profitability, the export of wainscoting to England remained at a high level into the eighteenth century, while the prices paid at the Zaan timber auctions in the second half of the seventeenth century more than doubled. A possible partial explanation for the decline in the use of wainscoting in Dutch interiors is that the timber traders preferred to export their products to other markets where they could command a higher price. It would be interesting to conduct similar research for knee timber, floorboards, beams and other products. By considering the various timber elements of the past primarily as trading products rather than as finished products attuned to local conditions, it is possible to explain why timbers from different source areas are sometimes encountered within a single historical structural context, and how the use of such timbers was affected not only by changing tastes and fashions, but also by the supply stream from distant forests

Cornelis Ryckwaert (ca. 1635-†1693), bouwmeester in Brandenburg: Export van Nederlandse architectuur in de zeventiende eeuw?

Cornelis Ryckwaert is one of the few master builders who were active in Brandenburg in the seventeenth century and of whom more is known than just a name or a place of residence. This makes him especially suitable for a study of the export of Dutch influences in the architecture of Brandenburg. An analysis of his activities should reveal the nature of any such influence, making for a more nuanced assessment of Ryckwaert’s work and contributing to the debate about what the concept of influence actually entails. This article begins with his origins and his arrival in Brandenburg in the retinue of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, and then moves on to discuss several of his building projects. There are indications that Ryckwaert was born in Leiden. From 1662 he was involved in the reconstruction of the Johannieter castle in Sonnenburg (present-day Słonsk). Once work on the castle was finished, Ryckwaert was appointed master of Electoral fortifications in Küstrin/Kostrzyn, where he lived until his death in 1693. From this base he was involved in other building projects, chiefly for the Electors of Brandenburg and of Sachsen-Anhalt. In Brandenburg his works included the castle in Schwedt, the Junkerhaus in Frankfurt an der Oder and smaller estates owned by minor nobility, such as Groß Rietz and Hohenfinow. In Sachsen-Anhalt he worked on the castle in Coswig, the castle and Lutheran church in Zerbst, and the Oranienbaum castle. He traded in wood and built a shipping bridge in Dessau where he also worked on other projects. In the literature Cornelis Ryckwaert is regarded as an example of a travelling architect who introduced Dutch influences in Brandenburg. However, an analysis of his activities failed to uncover any persuasive evidence that he was in fact active as an architectural designer. Moreover, he was not appointed as ‘architect’, but as ‘master builder’. The conclusion must therefore be that Ryckwaert’s activities were of a civil engineering nature and that he cannot be regarded as an architectural designer. Ryckwaert’s influence on the building industry in Brandenburg should consequently be sought in the specific civil engineering expertise he possessed and that was needed in Brandenburg. His close ties with the Electoral court and with members of the minor nobility who usually held administrative offices, meant that Ryckwaert’s know-how was employed in many different places. Based on the written sources, the nature of Ryckwaert’s influence on construction in Brandenburg in the seventeenth century is more likely to be found in his activities as a fortification engineer. Very little remains of the work of Cornelis Ryckwaert, or of related source material. Only the Junkerhaus in Frankfurt an der Oder, and more especially Oranienbaum castle, are still in a reasonably authentic condition

‘De droechste waegescotten, die ghij weet te becomen’: De gedifferentieerde houtmarkt voor 1800 en de wisselwerking tussen aanbod, vraag en toepassing

Wainscoting was just one of the many products for sale on the Dutch timber market. A variety of sources would suggest that this was not primarily a case of thin, quartersawn oak planks around one centimetre thick, but much thicker, quarter-split, semi-finished products that were only later sawn into much thinner planks. A major reason for quarter sawing or splitting of logs was to mitigate warping. Finishings in particular required timber with a minimal tendency to split or bow and so wainscoting was often used for such work. There are several views on the etymology of the word ‘wainscot’. Based on the traded rather than the finished product, the suggestion that what we have here is a combination of ‘scot’ in the sense of panel with the prefix ‘wain’ (from ‘wane’), the side of the wood that still contains sapwood, merits further investigation. The wainscot timber exported from the regions of origin was, as far as can be ascertained from the sources, hardly ever ready for use. It generally took the form of split timber some 14 feet in length. The thickness could vary considerably, as is also clear from Dutch sources that talk of wainscoting up to several inches thick. The European trade in wainscoting was already huge by the fourteenth century. The greater part of this was transported to the province of Holland via the North Sea. Considerably smaller was the proportion of wainscoting rafted down the big rivers to the west. This trade doesn’t seem to have appeared until around the middle of the seventeenth century, when the Baltic trade had passed its peak. It is not yet possible to quantify the available data. But when harbours in the Baltic could no longer meet the demand from Holland, the trade in this particular product shifted to Bremen, to the Elbe and Rhine regions. Probably owing to the greater profitability, the export of wainscoting to England remained at a high level into the eighteenth century, while the prices paid at the Zaan timber auctions in the second half of the seventeenth century more than doubled. A possible partial explanation for the decline in the use of wainscoting in Dutch interiors is that the timber traders preferred to export their products to other markets where they could command a higher price. It would be interesting to conduct similar research for knee timber, floorboards, beams and other products. By considering the various timber elements of the past primarily as trading products rather than as finished products attuned to local conditions, it is possible to explain why timbers from different source areas are sometimes encountered within a single historical structural context, and how the use of such timbers was affected not only by changing tastes and fashions, but also by the supply stream from distant forests

Wide-Gain Range Bridgeless PFC Modified SEPIC Rectifier

With the increasing demand for power from the ac line and more strict limits for power quality, power factor correction has gained great attention in recent years. AII basic power converter topologies, such as Boost, Buck, Buck-Boost, and their variations, can be used to realize active PFC techniques. In this research, a new bridge less rectifier that operates with high power factor and high efficiency is investigated targeting LED and battery charging applications. The new topology is a high-power-factor rectifier, which is suitable for universal line base on a modified version of the single-ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC) operating in Discontinuous Conduction Mode (DCM). The new configuration also allows the reduction of the losses associated to the diode reverse recovery current. Furthermore, the proposed topology has wider gain than classical full bridge SEPIC converter, higher efficiency and lower current harmonics. Small signal analysis is used to model the variation affecting the rectifier circuit. Current Injected Equivalent Circuit Approach (CIECA) is utilized in modeling the small signal transfer function of the converter. Feedback control is applied to regulate output voltage around the desired reference and to reduce the effect of disturbances. Simulated results of the output voltage as function of input voltage disturbance and load change are presented