The Promises and Perils of Radio as a Medium of Faith in a Q’eqchi’-Maya Catholic Community

Because their parish is large, dispersed, and overwhelmingly rural, FM radio is one of the few reliable means through which the Q’eqchi’-Maya Catholics of San Felipe in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, can communicate with each other en masse. Yet, because it is a one-way medium, it is also impossible to gauge how its intended audience is responding, or if is even there to receive broadcasted messages. Drawing on ethnographic material collected in 2005 (on the use of radio broadcasting to call together ritual participants) and 2016 (on an ultimately failed attempt to launch a radio station to serve rural parishioners), this paper examines how parish lay leaders attempt to negotiate this dilemma as they work to create a unique sense of Q’eqchi’-Maya Catholic community

Und wenn sie "eine feste Form angenommen haben" - Die Tranz Portraits Del LaGrace Volcanos

And when they “have firmly taken shape” - Del LaGrace Volcano’s Tranz PortraitsDel LaGrace Volcano’s photographic series Tranz Portraits seems to prove the evident masculinities of transsexual/transgendered men. But if they do, can they still be read as queer, or rather, do they reproduce ideas of a heteronormative binary gender system? This article explores the critical impact of Volcano’s portraits. Current debates in queer theory critique the ways in which visual articulations of queerness are imposed on the representation of queer bodies and call for representations of queerness that exceed the body. The text argues that images of the sexed body – and of the male body especially – are nevertheless still extremely naturalized. It is therefore necessary to analyze the technologies and practices through which male bodies are produced. A reading of the Tranz Portraits, when informed by feminist art criticisms, shows how the photographs explore visual norms of sexed and gendered bodies and expose their rootedness in the cultural conventions of representation and modes of looking. By doing so, they contradict ideologies of essentialist masculinity and also shift the meaning of the term Trans, since they represent their protagonists not in the dominant pathologized way (as “trapped in the wrong body”), but rather as positioned precariously, troubled by the surrounding world and its contradictions

Blitze, Frösche, Chaos : Das Glücksversprechen des New Materialism oder wieso Trans*materialisierungen (über-)lebensnotwendig sind

In ihrem Text „Transmaterialities“ entwickelt Karen Barad ein quantenfeldtheoretisches Verständnis von Materie und erforscht ihr Potenzial für Formen des Transempowerments. In der kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit Susan Strykers Text „My Words to Victor Frankenstein“ untersucht der vorliegende Artikel Barads Argumentation in einem experimentellen close reading und formuliert ernsthafte Zweifel an dieser Form der Ermächtigung. Obwohl Barad die alltagsweltliche Vorstellung fester, unveränderlicher Materie, die die Natürlichkeit des Sex garantiert, in Frage stellt, überdehnt sie den Begriff der Natur: Sowohl die kulturelle symbolische Gewalt, der trans* Menschen ausgesetzt sind, als auch die vielfältigen Materialbildungen von trans* Körpern, die zu einem glücklichen Leben führen ohne sich an heteronormative Ideale anzupassen, werden unsichtbar gemacht. Statt technische Utopien zu entwerfen, plädiert der Artikel für konkretere Analysen darüber, wie Kultur und Natur miteinander verschränkt sind, sowie für eine Praxis der Transgender-Studien, die in den konkreten Erfahrungen und Lebenspraktiken von trans* Menschen verwurzelt ist. Insofern das Phänomen trans* die Grenzen der Rationalität westlicher Wissenschaft berührt, können Barads Gedankenexperiment und seine poetische Schreibweise wichtige Denkanstöße für die Untersuchung von trans* Erfahrungen und Praktiken aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive liefern, die trans* Menschen nicht in Laborfrösche verwandeln

Aplicación de la teoría de colas, para la optimización de tiempo y la reducción de costos en los procesos actuales de despacho, en el área de bodega de repuestos automotrices de la empresa Canella S.A.

Aplicar la teoría de colas, para optimizar tiempo y reducir costos en los procesos actuales de despacho, en el área de bodega de repuestos automotrices de la empresa Canella S. A., así aplicar el método FIFO (primero en entrar, primero en ser atendido), para incrementar la eficiencia en el servicio, en el área de ventas y en la bodega de repuestos y mejorar la señalización en el área de ventas para que los clientes puedan ubicarse rápidamente y evitar confusiones con el uso de rótulos

Häufigkeit normangleichender Operationen „uneindeutiger“ Genitalien im Kindesalter. Follow Up‐Studie

Normangleichende Operationen an Genitalien von Kindern in nicht-einwilligungsfähigem Alter sind in den letzten Jahren verstärkt als menschenrechtsverletzend kritisiert worden. Dies hat seit 2005 zu einer Überarbeitung der medizinischen Leitlinien geführt. Eine erste Studie (Klöppel 2016) hat jedoch gezeigt, dass die Häufigkeit der Operationen zwischen 2005 und 2014 nicht wesentlich zurückgegangen ist. In der Follow Up Studie wird in einer Sekundäranalyse der Daten der fallpauschalenbezogenen Krankenhausstatistik des Bundes die quantitative Entwicklung feminisierender und maskulinisierender Genitaloperationen an Kindern unter zehn Jahren mit einer Variation der körperlichen Geschlechtsmerkmale nun für den Zeitraum von 2005 bis 2016 untersucht. Die statistische Auswertung zeigt, dass die Häufigkeit dieser Operationen im Verhältnis zu den Diagnosestellungen im Untersuchungszeitraum nicht abgenommen hat. Sie ist vielmehr relativ konstant geblieben. Durchschnittlich wurden im gesamten Untersuchungszeitraum pro Jahr 1871 feminisierende und maskulinisierende chirurgische Prozeduren durchgeführt. Autor*innen: Dr. Josch Hoenes, [email protected], ist freischaffender Autor und Kulturwissenschaftler mit Schwerpunkt Geschlechterforschung. Dr. Eugen Januschke, [email protected], ist Diplommathematiker. Dr. Ulrike Klöppel, [email protected], ist Psychologin und Geschlechterforscherin

New Legionella Control Options by UV and Violet LEDs for Hospitals and Care Facilities

Legionella infections caused by contaminated water are a widespread problem worldwide. Discharge lamps like mercury vapor lamps are widely known for the disinfection properties of their radiation, but they suffer technical disadvantages, like high voltages and toxic content, and are, therefore, not suitable for some infection control applications. New high-intensity ultraviolet (UV) and violet LEDs offer new approaches for Legionella control, because these bacteria are significantly light sensitive compared to other pathogens. One of the most important infection pathways is the inhalation of Legionella-containing aerosols during showering. This problem could be reduced by a single strong UV LED within the shower head, which irradiates the passing water for some milliseconds. This practice can be especially beneficial in hospitals and care facilities. UV light offers only a limited penetration depth, however, even in pure water. To disinfect larger water volumes, e.g., in water dispensers, visible violet LEDs are more appropriate. Unfortunately, up to now, neither approach has been given much attention by potential users

Radiological Assessment of Steam Generator Removal and Replacement: Update and Revision

A previous analysis of the radiological impact of removing and replacing corroded steam generators has been updated based on experience gained during steam generator repairs at Surry Unit 2. Some estimates of occupational doses involved in the operation have been revised but are not significantly different from the earlier estimates. Estimates of occupational doses and radioactive effluents for new tasks have been added. Health physics concerns that arose at Surry included the number of persons involved in the operation, tne training of workers, the handling of quantitites.of low-level waste, and the application of the ALARA principle. A review of these problem areas may help in the planning of other similar operations. A variety of processes could be used to decontaminate steam generators. Research is needed to assess these techniques and their associated occupational doses and waste volumes. Contaminated steam generators can be stored or disposed of after removal without significant radiological problems. Onsite storage and intact shipment have the least impact. In-placing retubing, an alternative to steam generator removal, results in occupational doses and effluents similar to those from removal, but prior decontamination of the channel head is needed. The retubing option should be assessed further

WRAITH - A Computer Code for Calculating Internal and External Doses Resulting From An Atmospheric Release of Radioactive Material

WRAITH is a FORTRAN computer code which calculates the doses received by a standard man exposed to an accidental release of radioactive material. The movement of the released material through the atmosphere is calculated using a bivariate straight-line Gaussian distribution model, with Pasquill values for standard deviations. The quantity of material in the released cloud is modified during its transit time to account for radioactive decay and daughter production. External doses due to exposure to the cloud can be calculated using a semi-infinite cloud approximation. In situations where the semi-infinite cloud approximation is not a good one, the external dose can be calculated by a "finite plume" three-dimensional point-kernel numerical integration technique. Internal doses due to acute inhalation are cal.culated using the ICRP Task Group Lung Model and a four-segmented gastro-intestinal tract model. Translocation of the material between body compartments and retention in the body compartments are calculated using multiple exponential retention functions. Internal doses to each organ are calculated as sums of cross-organ doses, with each target organ irradiated by radioactive material in a number of source organs. All doses are calculated in rads, with separate values determined for high-LET and low-LET radiation