Offline and online detection of damage using autoregressive models and artificial neural networks

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Damage classification and estimation in experimental structures using time series analysis and pattern recognition

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Classification of damage in structural systems using time series analysis and supervised and unsupervised pattern recognition techniques

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Prediction of seismic-induced structural damage using artificial neural networks

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Nearest neighbor and learning vector quantization classification for damage detection using time series analysis

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Som, reprodução, misticismo: Thomas Edison e a mitologia do fonógrafo

This paper examines texts written about the phonograph from the time of its invention in 1877 up to about 1890, a period when its existence was common knowledge but before it became a fixture in public life. During these years of public scarcity, many authors, in particular Thomas Edison speculated on various utopian transformations that the phonograph might effect on society. These texts were often presented as scientific discourse, but at the same time included frequent references to classical mythology and mysticism. I argue that these references to myth and mysticism are more than superficial rhetorical flourishes, and that at a deep level these texts function as mythopoeia, a kind of fabricated mythology with a clear and consistent thematic structure. I describe this structure and show how authors deployed it to support a utopian cultural agenda. Through another body of contemporaneous texts I also identify complimentary patterns of cultural anxiety that, while seemingly written in opposition to the “utopian” texts, rely on the same engagement with myth and mysticism and incorporate many of the same themes.Este artículo examina textos sobre el fonógrafo desde el momento de su invención, en 1877, hasta aproximadamente 1890, período en el que su existencia era ampliamente conocida pero antes de convertirse en un accesorio en la vida pública. Durante estos años de escasez pública, varios autores y en particular Thomas Edison, especularon sobre las diversas transformaciones utópicas que el fonógrafo podría tener sobre la sociedad. Estos textos fueron a menudo presentados como discurso científico, pero al mismo tiempo incluían referencias frecuentes a la mitología clásica y al misticismo. En el caso de las mitocondrias, se trata de un tipo de mitología fabricada con una estructura temática clara y consistente, en un nivel más profundo, que estas referencias al mito y al misticismo son más que florerías retóricas superficiales. Describo esta estructura y demuestro como autores la desarrollaron para apoyar una agenda cultural utópica. Por medio de otro cuerpo de textos contemporáneos también identifica patrones complementarios de ansiedad cultural los cuales, mientras aparentemente escritos en oposición a los textos "utópicos," se apoyan sobre el mismo compromiso con el mito y misticismo e incorporan muchos de los mismos temas.Este artigo examina textos sobre o fonógrafo desde o momento de sua invenção, em 1877, até aproximadamente 1890, período no qual a sua existência era amplamente conhecida mas antes de tornar-se um acessório na vida pública. Durante estes anos de escassez pública, vários autores e em particular Thomas Edison, especularam sobre as várias transformações utópicas que o fonógrafo poderia ter sobre a sociedade. Estes textos foram frequentemente apresentados como discurso científico, mas, ao mesmo tempo, incluíam referências frequentes à mitologia clássica e ao misticismo. Discuto que estas referências ao mito e ao misticismo são mais do que floreios retóricos superficiais, e que, em um nível mais profundo, estes textos funcionam como mitopoeses, um tipo de mitologia fabricada com uma estrutura temática clara e consistente. Descrevo esta estrutura e demonstro como autores a desenvolveram para apoiar uma agenda cultural utópica. Por meio de outro corpo de textos contemporâneos também identifico padrões complementares de ansiedade cultural os quais, enquanto aparentemente escritos em oposição aos textos “utópicos,” se apoiam sobre o mesmo engajamento com o mito e misticismo e incorporam muitos dos mesmos temas

From critical accounting to an account of critique: The case of cultural emancipators

Drawing on the Boltanski’s sociology of critique, this paper examines how critique contributes to debates in accounting research. Our analysis reveals two responses to critique: (1) reality critiques, uncovering how a research programme is diffused and accepted; and (2) truth critiques questioning object justness and legitimacy. Reality critiques occur before truth critiques but after isolated attempts at emancipation from the dominant perspective. Once the reality critique is articulated, emancipation commences. Truth critiques are not changing events but theorize the rise of isolated attempts at doing differently. In fostering and accelerating emancipation, a critique does not need to be explicitly referenced

Histories of the Invisible: Technology Discourses in the Age of Phonography

In this dissertation I identify and examine various discursive strategies in a number of theoretical, aesthetic, and technical writings about music technologies, and assess their impact on related phonographic and musical practices. I examine sources from several polemical and divisive moments in the discursive history of the phonograph, namely: Popular science articles about the phonograph that appeared in various periodicals from the mid-1870s to the early 1890s; Articles concerning sound engineering research from scientific journals of the 1920s to 1930s; Aesthetic writings in audiophile journals of the 1920s-1950s; Popular histories of the phonograph; and a small number of influential writings by media theorists of the mid to late twentieth century. In contrast to many recent studies that frame these discourses in terms of the interaction of phonography as a technology versus music as a culture, my dissertation challenges the view that music technologies, in particular sound recording and reproduction devices, have influenced musical practice and culture in one way or another. Indeed, the dissertation shows that these kinds of approaches have had the unintended effect of creating and sustaining listening practices that are themselves "phonographic." The final chapter examines the influence of these phonographic listening practices on various branches of music scholarship and pedagogy

Cooperatives: governance and accountability systems for a better world?

To date, there are few general studies on cooperatives, with some being empirical, practical or issue-driven (Tchami, 2007 ) whilst others are very specialised (Gouil, 2010 ; Jaumier, 2016 ; Jaumier et al., 2012 ; Joannidès, 2013 ). In most cases, most studies focus on a particular type of organisation, generally farmers\u27 cooperatives (Deroy and Thénot, 2012 ; Thénot, 2011 ; vanPeursem et al., 2016 ). Considering cooperatives as case studies often leads to empirical discussions of particular industries or countries, but rarely leads to a conceptualisation of the issues that affect the cooperative form (Béziaud, 2012 ; Diaz, 2012 ; Filippi, 2012 ; Fortin, 2012 ; Salgado, 2012 ; Zhang and Mu, 2012 ). Apart from a growing number of publications in French, Spanish and Portuguese, only Organization has devoted a special issue to cooperatives

An auscultation of reminiscence

Dedicated to Mark Menzies and accepted for premiere in ISCM World Music Days April 2020; festival deferred till 2022