Theory of fiber optic co- and counter-pumped Raman polarizers

4openopenWabnitz, S.; Kozlov, V.; Nuno, J.; Ania-castanon, J. D.Wabnitz, Stefan; Kozlov, Victor; Nuno, J.; Ania castanon, J. D

Akrasia and the Desire to Become Someone Else: Venturinha on Moral Matters

This paper discusses practical akrasia from the perspective of the sophisticated form of moral subjectivism that can be derived from Nuno Venturinha’s (2018) remarks on moral matters

Nuno Martins Ferreira, Antónia Estrela, Bianor Valente & Rui Covelo (Coord.), O Edifício da Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa: 100 anos a formar professores (1916-2016). Ciclo de Conferências. (Lisboa: CIED -Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudos Educacionais/Escola Superior de Educação/Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2018) [Reseña]

Book review: Nuno Martins Ferreira, Antonia Estrela, Bianor Valente & Rui Covelo (Coord) (2018), O Edifício da Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa: 100 anos a formar professores (1916-2016). Ciclo de Conferências.Reseña del libro: Nuno Martins Ferreira, Antonia Estrela, Bianor Valente & Rui Covelo (Coord) (2018), O Edifício da Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa: 100 anos a formar professores (1916-2016). Ciclo de Conferências.Recensión do libro: Nuno Martins Ferreira, Antonia Estrela, Bianor Valente & Rui Covelo (Coord) (2018), O Edifício da Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa: 100 anos a formar professores (1916-2016). Ciclo de Conferências.Reseña do livro: Nuno Martins Ferreira, Antonia Estrela, Bianor Valente & Rui Covelo (Coord) (2018), O Edifício da Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa: 100 anos a formar professores (1916-2016). Ciclo de Conferências

The Chinese wisteria

The purposes of this design were to: (1) fuse the techniques of Chinese painting and art philosophy with Western garment silhouettes; (2) experiment with nuno felting technique as a dart replacement technique to achieve “zero waste†in the garment, which is tenant of sustainable design; and (3) apply a variety of textile surface design and handcraft techniques to silk fabrics throughout the garment, such as heat/wet felting, silk painting, hand beading, and bead embroidery. The silk chiffon and 8mm silk organza were nuno felted to achieve the goals of “zero waste†and “biodegradableâ€. This design demonstrates that nuno felting can efficiently replaced the darts to fit the garment on the body

Eksplorasi Teknik Nuno Felting Pada Produk Fashion

Perkembangan teknik tekstil dari waktu ke waktu telah banyak mengalami inovasi khususnya terhadap teknik-teknik tradisional. Salah satu tekniktradisional pembuatan tekstil yang masih dilakukan sampai saat ini yaitu teknik felting atau dikenal dengan istilah “kempa”. Teknik tekstil feltingmenghasilkan kain padat dan memiliki ketebalan, berbahan dasar serat protein berupa wol yang memadat diakibatkan pemberian tekanan, kelembapandan panas. Pengembangan dari teknik felting merangkap sebagai teknik desain tekstil yaitu, teknik nuno felting. Secara keseluruhan teknik nunofelting masih sama dengan teknik pengerjaan felting tradisional, hanya berbeda pada penggunaan kain dengan tenunan terbuka sebagai latar.Penggunaan kain latar dengan struktur tenunan terbuka menghasilkan tekstur pada hasil akhir kain. Teknik nuno felting memiliki potensi digunakandalam mengolah tekstil untuk dijadikan produk fashion. Eksplorasi dari teknik nuno felting diharapkan dapat mengangkat pengembangan dari tekniktekstil tradisional kempa menjadi alternatif desain tekstil yang dapat menghasilkan produk fashion dengan kesan modern, eksklusif serta memilikikeunikan tersendiri

How to ask sensitive questions in conservation: A review of specialized questioning techniques

Tools for social research are critical for developing an understanding of conservation problems and assessing the feasibility of conservation actions. Social surveys are an essential tool frequently applied in conservation to assess both people’s behaviour and to understand its drivers. However, little attention has been given to the weaknesses and strengths of different survey tools. When topics of conservation concern are illegal or otherwise sensitive, data collected using direct questions are likely to be affected by non-response and social desirability biases, reducing their validity. These sources of bias associated with using direct questions on sensitive topics have long been recognised in the social sciences but have been poorly considered in conservation and natural resource management. We reviewed specialized questioning techniques developed in a number of disciplines specifically for investigating sensitive topics. These methods ensure respondent anonymity, increase willingness to answer, and critically, make it impossible to directly link incriminating data to an individual. We describe each method and report their main characteristics, such as data requirements, possible data outputs, availability of evidence that they can be adapted for use in illiterate communities, and summarize their main advantages and disadvantages. Recommendations for their application in conservation are given. We suggest that the conservation toolbox should be expanded by incorporating specialized questioning techniques, developed specifically to increase response accuracy. By considering the limitations of each survey technique, we will ultimately contribute to more effective evaluations of conservation interventions and more robust policy decisions

A multiplicative product of distributions and a class of ordinary differential equations with distributional coefficients

We construct a generalization of the multiplicative product of distributions presented by L. H\"ormander in [L. H\"ormander, {\it The analysis of linear partial differential operators I} (Springer-Verlag, 1983)]. The new product is defined in the vector space {\mathcal A}(\bkR) of piecewise smooth functions f: \bkR \to \bkC and all their (distributional) derivatives. It is associative, satisfies the Leibniz rule and reproduces the usual pointwise product of functions for regular distributions in {\mathcal A}(\bkR). Endowed with this product, the space {\mathcal A}(\bkR) becomes a differential associative algebra of generalized functions. By working in the new {\mathcal A}(\bkR)-setting we determine a method for transforming an ordinary linear differential equation with general solution $\psi$ into another, ordinary linear differential equation, with general solution $\chi_{\Omega} \psi$, where $\chi_{\Omega}$ is the characteristic function of some prescribed interval \Omega \subset \bkR.Comment: 23 pages, Latex fil