Enkinaesthetic polyphony: the underpinning for first-order languaging

We contest two claims: (1) that language, understood as the processing of abstract symbolic forms, is an instrument of cognition and rational thought, and (2) that conventional notions of turn-taking, exchange structure, and move analysis, are satisfactory as a basis for theorizing communication between living, feeling agents. We offer an enkinaesthetic theory describing the reciprocal affective neuro-muscular dynamical flows and tensions of co- agential dialogical sense-making relations. This “enkinaesthetic dialogue” is characterised by a preconceptual experientially recursive temporal dynamics forming the deep extended melodies of relationships in time. An understanding of how those relationships work, when we understand and are ourselves understood, when communication falters and conflict arises, will depend on a grasp of our enkinaesthetic intersubjectivity

A study of growth, recruitment and distribution of Protothaca staminea in Galena Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1973Specimens of Protothaca staninea (Conrad), the littleneck clam, were collected by transecting three beaches in Galena Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska, during the summer months of 1971 for a study of recruitment, growth and distribution. The average size of Protothaca in Galena Bay at the end of the first growing season is approximately 2 mm in length. At any age, Galena Bay littlenecks are smaller than those from British Columbia. In Galena Bay, eight years are needed for P. staminea to reach a length of 30 mm as compared to three years for individuals from British Columbia. In Galena Bay, the intertidal distribution of P. staminea generally follows a bell-shaped curve with upper and lower extremes occurring between the tidal heights of +0.73 and -0.76 meters. Young-of-the-year are essentially epifaunal, and the majority of the specimens of all age classes are found within 4 cm of the sediment surface. The number of individuals surviving annual recruitment into the populations studied was variable

Scattering of non-uniform incident fields by long cylinders

Copyright University of BremenWe investigate experimentally far-field scattering from cylinders with illumination non-uniform along the axis of the cylinder. Scattered intensity as a function of angle in two orthogonal directions is examined. Variation along the scattering angle is found to be little affected by the illumination profile. However, variation in the transverse direction follows closely the Fourier transform of the illumination pattern and reproduces the angular distribution of the incident wave. These finding apply to circular as well as hexagonal cross-section cylinders

Lessons Learned from Designing the Montium - a Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Processing Tile

In this paper we describe in retrospective the main results of a four year project, called Chameleon. As part of this project we developed a coarse-grained reconfigurable core for DSP algorithms in wirelessdevices denoted MONTIUM. After presenting the main achievements within this project we present the lessons learned from this project

Polymerized LB films imaged with a combined atomic force microscope-fluorescence microscope

The first results obtained with a new stand-alone atomic force microscope (AFM) integrated with a standard Zeiss optical fluorescence microscope are presented. The optical microscope allows location and selection of objects to be imaged with the high-resolution AFM. Furthermore, the combined microscope enables a direct comparison between features observed in the fluorescence microscope and those observed in the images obtained with the AFM, in air or under liquid. The cracks in polymerized Langmuir-Blodgett films of lO,l2-pentacosadiynoic acid as observed in the fluorescence microscope run parallel to one of the lattice directions of the crystal as revealed by molecular resolution images obtained with the AFM. The orientation of these cracks also coincides with the polarization direction of the fluorescent light, indicating that the cracks run along the polymer backbone. Ripple-like corrugations on a submicrometer scale have been observed, which may be due to mechanical stress created during the polymerization process

Analysis of some bacterial load on waste scavengers in selected locations within Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria

Throughout cities of Africa, Asia and Latin America, varying number of poor individuals survive by scavenging materials from the waste stream. These people recover the materials to sell for reuse or recycling as well as diverse items for their own consumption. This work was aimed to determine the presence of bacterial load on waste scavengers from four dumpsites in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. A total 20 samples (10 each) from waste scavengers were collected from two (2) different dumpsites and transported to the Microbiology Laboratory. Nine different types of bacteria were isolated and identified from the study sites. Staphylococcus. aureus, Escherichia. coli, Klebsiella sp, Salmonella sp, Shigella, Enterobacter sp, Proteus sp, and Staphylococcus epidermidis and other species of Staphylococcus were isolated. The Mean Bacterial Load on Waste Scavengers at Selected Dumpsites was 2.659x1010 CFU/mL and 2.228x1010 CFU/mL. for Kwanar Mutuwa Dumpsite and State Low-cost Dumpsite respectively. The highest number of bacterial colony per plate (300) was found in Kwanar Mutuwa Dumpsite as compared with the lowest colony per plate (40) from State Low-cost Dumpsite. Other bacteria species isolated from samples Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp and Shigella sp, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Klebsiella sp. This study has determined the presence of bacteria on waste scavengers and as such recommended that hygienic measure should be strictly observed by waste scavengers after retiring from their work before interacting with the members of the community. Provision of protective clothing, face masks and hand gloves while handling waste should be encouraged by waste managers and ensure they use the materials effectively