HAMPARAN JACQUES DERRIDA: TEORI POSTMODERNISME DALAM WACANA DALAM WACANA SENI PERTUNJUKAN

Kanizar1 Abstract: Deconstruction is a strike of postmodernism to the modern thought that is always subjectively functional, structural, and paradigmatic. Postmodernism deconstructs functional thought that maintain stability, deconstructs structuralism over the conventional meaning, and try to find a new meaning so that the postmodernism is also poststructuralist. Postmodernism deconstructs the existing paradigm questioning to the ability of conventional paradigm in solving a new problem so that the postmodernism is also called post-paradigm. Deconstruction in performing arts that becomes the label “difference” is Tabuik ceremony in Pariaman, West Sumatra. Phenomena from the perspective of postmodernism are to refuse the central authority in the meaning of cultural “label”. Cultural meaning-whatsoever form of performing arst-should not be single, but open to other meanings, so that the researcher-other people-may liberally assume the readable discourse. Meaning may exist in anything; in small thing that is less noticeable, less mentioned that might have signi ficant meaning. Thus, Postmodernism approach refuses all assumption that prevents meanings. It does not mean that postmodernism wants to be selfish, disappointed with the previous research paradigm, and or only trapped on the euphoria, but has a congent reason in producing meanings

A Short Survey on Data Clustering Algorithms

With rapidly increasing data, clustering algorithms are important tools for data analytics in modern research. They have been successfully applied to a wide range of domains; for instance, bioinformatics, speech recognition, and financial analysis. Formally speaking, given a set of data instances, a clustering algorithm is expected to divide the set of data instances into the subsets which maximize the intra-subset similarity and inter-subset dissimilarity, where a similarity measure is defined beforehand. In this work, the state-of-the-arts clustering algorithms are reviewed from design concept to methodology; Different clustering paradigms are discussed. Advanced clustering algorithms are also discussed. After that, the existing clustering evaluation metrics are reviewed. A summary with future insights is provided at the end

Planetary Loves: Spivak, Postcoloniality, and Theology

Title: Planetary loves : Spivak, postcoloniality, and theology Author: Stephen D Moore; Mayra Rivera. Publisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978082324048

Behaviour of composite floor slabs under fire conditions

This paper is concerned with the ultimate behaviour of composite floor slabs during fire scenarios. Steel/concrete composite structures are increasingly common in the UK and worldwide, particularly for multi-storey construction. The popularity of this construction form is mainly due to the excellent efficiency offered in terms of structural behaviour, construction time and material usage all of which are attractive given the ever-increasing demands for improved sustainability in construction. In this context, the engineering research community has focused considerable effort in recent years towards understanding the response of composite structures during fires. In particular, the contribution made by the floor slab system is of crucial importance as its ability to undergo secondary load-carrying mechanisms (e.g. membrane action) once conventional strength limits have been reached may be the key to preventing disproportionate collapse of the overall structure. Researchers have focused on developing the fundamental understanding of the complex behaviour of floor slabs and also improving the methods of analysis. Building on this work, the current paper describes the development and validation of a finite element model which can simulate the response of floor slab systems until failure, both at ambient and elevated temperature. The model can represent the complexities of the behaviour including the temperature-dependent material and geometric nonlinearities. It is first developed at ambient temperature and validated using a series of experiments on isolated slab elements. The most salient parameters are identified and studied. Thereafter, the model is extended to include the effects of elevated temperature and is employed to investigate the behaviour under these conditions. Comparisons with current design procedures are assessed and discussed