The Institutional Margins of Aesthetics: A Study Proposal

A considerable number of classical texts in aesthetics and cultural philosophy were originally published outside of the framework of institutionalized academic scholarship. One can begin the modern story with two loners, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, then continue with the Frankfurt School and end the short list with the French “wave” (Blanchot, Bataille). Contemporary aesthetics benefits also from the work of thinkers like Susan Sontag and Nicolas Bourriaud, who have a huge scholarly impact but who built their careers outside academia. We intend to 1) sketch out a short historical overview of the scholars within aesthetics who could be considered to have worked in the institutional margins, 2) ask if there may be a particular advantage to working that way, and 3) defend and develop a more conscious relationship toward academic margins: could we benefit from a more active relationship with this phenomenon? In arts this is commonplace, and concepts like outsider art, outlaw art, and alternative art are words that point to different spheres of work in a respectable manner. We may find value In using them to give the margins more institutional justification, which would, in the end, profit the whole institution. This is something we hope to see happen in aesthetics

The Art Scenes

The art scene in Berlin is political. The Atlanta hip hop scene is red hot! These are remarks we have heard lately about scenes. Scenes are a commonplace in art talk. But what are scenes, and what is their role in arts? Aestheticians, art theorists, and art historians often pay attention to different scenes. Although many classics in the field are based on comments regarding only one scene, which is, for example, the case with Arthur C. Danto\u27s The Artworld (1964) and Susan Sontag\u27s Notes on Camp (1964), which both focus on New York, there is still no discussion about scenes themselves. Starting from some contemporary classics of aesthetic theory written on art and culture, and then continuing to discuss what scenes really are, we intend to work out a sketchy understanding about not just what scenes are but how we should take them into account when we write about art and aesthetics

Factors Influencing Individual Variation in Farm Animal Cognition and How to Account for These Statistically

For farmed species, good health and welfare is a win-win situation: both the animals and producers can benefit. In recent years, animal welfare scientists have embraced cognitive sciences to rise to the challenge of determining an animal's internal state in order to better understand its welfare needs and by extension, the needs of larger groups of animals. A wide range of cognitive tests have been developed that can be applied in farmed species to assess a range of cognitive traits. However, this has also presented challenges. Whilst it may be expected to see cognitive variation at the species level, differences in cognitive ability between and within individuals of the same species have frequently been noted but left largely unexplained. Not accounting for individual variation may result in misleading conclusions when the results are applied both at an individual level and at higher levels of scale. This has implications both for our fundamental understanding of an individual's welfare needs, but also more broadly for experimental design and the justification for sample sizes in studies using animals. We urgently need to address this issue. In this review, we will consider the latest developments on the causes of individual variation in cognitive outcomes, such as the choice of cognitive test, sex, breed, age, early life environment, rearing conditions, personality, diet, and the animal's microbiome. We discuss the impact of each of these factors specifically in relation to recent work in farmed species, and explore the future directions for cognitive research in this field, particularly in relation to experimental design and analytical techniques that allow individual variation to be accounted for appropriately

Visual programming for data preprocessing

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Optimization of a nonconventional engine evaporator

The papers deal with the optimization of the evaporator of a nonconventional combustion engine. Lithium bromide liquid (LiBr - an alternative cooling medium) flows in a cooling circuit of a nonconventional energetic unit. The solved energetic system is defined in the area of trigeneration systems. The mentioned system is a source of electric energy, cold and heat too. The space geometrical model corresponding to the geometry of the original evaporator is created in the CAD (Computer Aided Design) software CATIA. Only one half of the evaporator is created because of the decrease in the demand on the computational means. This CAD model is then imported into the preprocessor Gambit. The imported model is repaired and a suitable mesh is then created. The last step is the definition of the types of boundary conditions. The completed computational mesh is then exported from Gambit and imported into the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software Fluent. Fluent is used for the numerical simulation of the cooling medium flow in an evaporator. The simulation shows the filling of the evaporator cone, the time when the cooling medium starts to pour through the edge of the evaporator cone, the filling of the evaporator ring and finally also the fact that the off-take is able to take away the needed amount of cooling liquid from the evaporator

Commercial banking activity concentration

The study shows that the commercial banking market is highly concentrated. Two of the country's commercial banks such as joint–stock companies SEB and DnB owns almost 45 per cent. The three remaining almost 55 percent market. It should be noted that after the merger, joint–stock Siauliai Bank ranks fourth. If joint stock company Siauliai Bank would like to achieve leading position and achieve a successful operation in bank needs addition ~7 billion Lt value asset. It should be noted that the joint–stock company Siauliai Bank is still not met the full integration of the portfolio taken over, and the future market position may be weakened, but it seems to have held the position on

Commercial banking prudential requirements analysis (example of joint–stock company Siauliai Bank)

Straipsnyje nagrinėjami komercinių bankų veiklos riziką ribojantys normatyvai. Išsamiai atlikta AB Šiaulių banko veiklos riziką ribojančių normatyvų analizė, remiantis retrospektyvine dinamine ir struktūrine analize, testavimu nepalankiomis sąlygomis. Be pagrindinių normatyvų, tokių likvidumo, kapitalo pakankamumo ir kitų normatyvų vykdymo dinaminės analizės, tyrimo eigoje atlikta ir privalomųjų atsargų normos vertės priklausomybės nuo indėlių ir bazinės palūkanų normos regresinė analizė, taip pat atlikta AB Šiaulių banko veiklos riziką ribojančių normatyvų analizė, remiantis Bazelio III direktyvomis.Literature analysis showed that the commercial banking prudential requirements analyzed little in both theory and practice, especially after the commercial bank restructuring process. Major commercial banks normative indicators of liquidity and capital adequacy. These normatives are basic not accidental. Primary losses are absorbed from liquid asset, the remaining losses of capital. Thus, the commercial capital of the bank is like a last resort, through which absorbed the remainder risk of liquidity. The above indicators discrepancy normative may result in restriction of activity, as a last resort activities moratorium on the commercial bank is considered de facto insolvent. As shown by some of the authors’ research beginnings, the maximum loan currency and precious metals are not essential, but an important and necessary to consider only such standards as possible to get the help of an objective of a commercial bank operating efficiency profile. The maximum loan per borrower normative is like a ceiling to manage their credit risk. Although the normative is limits smaller commercial banks activity to issue large-scale loans, solution can be syndicated loans and strengthening the capital base. Minimum reserves standards is not commercial banks axis, which influences the commercial banking business and its continuity, however, this standard does not only systematic, but also affects the whole country's economic well-being. The main reasons given for the decline in the reserve Bank of Lithuania has a desire to strengthen the capacity of the banks to lend money to individuals and businesses as well as to minimize the gap between Lithuania and the EU mainstream compulsory reserve ratios in order to support the financial system of the country's convergence with the other member states. In addition, it should be noted that in that financial repression and the reserve ratio reduction signals to the public about the financial system by managing bodies desire for more money pumped into the economy. In this way, both the Bank before the merger with joint–stock company Ukio Bank, and after the merger and after the Basel III directives supported the inclusion of excess liquidity. Assessing the capital adequacy of the Bank's capital adequacy normative after the merger with joint – stock company Ukio Bank decreased, while after the Basel III directives integration grew, however, as demonstrated by testing under unfavorable conditions, there is a possibility the least likely scenario to fulfill the capital adequacy normative. The maximum loan per borrower ratio after the merger with joint – stock company Ukio Bank is growing, but the normative limit is not violated. Maximum total open position in foreign exchange and precious metals after the merger with joint – stock company Ukio Bank grew and it adversely affected the performance of the Bank's normative, although the threshold has been violated. As shown on the reserve deposits and the base rate regression analysis, the reserve ratio value depends mainly on the base rate, while the deposit portfolio growth adversely affects the reserve requirement ratio