Orbital

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Killing Time

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Poetry Objects from the Poetry Beyond Text Project:Text, Form and Texture

Le projet Poetry Beyond Text s’est intéressé à des œuvres poético-visuelles hybrides (y compris des livres d'artistes, des gravures, des sculptures poétiques et des œuvres numériques) en s’appuyant sur des méthodes de recherche théoriques, psychologiques et pratiques. Trois œuvres seront analysées ici : Vivam, une poésie-sculpture en bois créée par le poète Deryn Rees-Jones et le sculpteur Marion Smith; The Wren's Egg, un poème-photographie issue d’une collaboration entre Rees-Jones et l'artiste Alice Maher; et Poempondscroll, un rouleau poétique-photographique sur papier chinois créé par l'artiste Helen Douglas et la poète Valerie Gillies. En nous appuyant sur les formulations théoriques de Martin Seel et W.J.T. Mitchell, nous verrons comment ces œuvres collaboratives expriment, médiatisent ou reconfigurent les potentiels esthétiques, les tensions et les problèmes entourant la présence du texte poétique dans l'œuvre d'art visuelle, et cela afin d’explorer le potentiel du livre en tant qu'objet.The Poetry Beyond Text project combined literary criticism, experimental psychology and practice-based research to study hybrid poetic-visual forms and practices, including artist books, engravings, poetic sculptures and digital works. Three works will be analysed here: Vivam, a wooden poetry-sculpture created by poet Deryn Rees-Jones and sculptor Marion Smith; The Wren's Egg, a poem-photograph created by Rees-Jones in collaboration with artist Alice Maher; and Poempondscroll, a poetic-photographic scroll on Chinese paper created by artist Helen Douglas and poet Valerie Gillies. Using the theories developed by Martin Seel and W.J.T. Mitchell, we will see how these collaborative works express, mediate or reconfigure the aesthetic potentials, tensions and problems surrounding the presence of poetic text in visual artworks, in order to explore the potential of the book as an object

I am an important person

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Love crushed us with its big death truck

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Statistical Models of Reconstructed Phase Spaces for Signal Classification

This paper introduces a novel approach to the analysis and classification of time series signals using statistical models of reconstructed phase spaces. With sufficient dimension, such reconstructed phase spaces are, with probability one, guaranteed to be topologically equivalent to the state dynamics of the generating system, and, therefore, may contain information that is absent in analysis and classification methods rooted in linear assumptions. Parametric and nonparametric distributions are introduced as statistical representations over the multidimensional reconstructed phase space, with classification accomplished through methods such as Bayes maximum likelihood and artificial neural networks (ANNs). The technique is demonstrated on heart arrhythmia classification and speech recognition. This new approach is shown to be a viable and effective alternative to traditional signal classification approaches, particularly for signals with strong nonlinear characteristics

Indexing dialysis dose for gender, body size and physical activity: Impact on survival

Current practice basing dialysis dose on urea distribution volume (V) has been questioned. We explored the impact on survival of scaling dialysis dose (Kt) to parameters reflective of metabolic activity. In a multicentre prospective cohort study of 1500 patients on thrice-weekly haemodialysis, body surface area (BSA) and resting energy expenditure (REE) were estimated using validated equations and physical activity by the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire. Total energy expenditure (TEE) was estimated from REE and physical activity data. Kt was calculated from delivered (single-pool Kt/V)*Watson V. Kt/BSA, Kt/ REE and Kt/TEE were then calculated at baseline and 6 monthly during follow-up for 2 years. In adjusted Cox models Kt/TEE, Kt/BSA, Kt/REE, in that order, had lower hazard ratios for death than single-pool Kt/V. On the basis of adjusted survival differences, putative minimum target doses were estimated for Kt/BSA as 27119 ml/m 2 and Kt/TEE as 25.79 ml/ kcal. We identified spKt/V values equivalent to these estimated targets, ranging from 1.4 to 1.8 in patient groups based on gender, body size and physical activity. For sedentary patients, the minimum target dose was 1.4 for large males, 1.5 for small males and 1.7 for women. For active patients the target was 1.8 irrespective of gender and body-weight. Patients achieving these individualised minimum targets had greater adjusted two-year survival compared to those achieving conventional minimum targets. Metabolic activity related parameters, such as Kt/TEE and Kt/BSA, may have a clinically important role in scaling haemodialysis dose. Using such parameters or their spKt/V equivalents to adjust minimum target doses based on gender, body size and habitual physical activity may have a positive impact on survival.Peer reviewe

Опыт интегрированного содержания обучения в рамках НПО и СПО (сфера декоративно-прикладного искусства)

В статье рассказывается об опыте интегрированного содержания обучения в рамках НПО и СПО (сфера декоративно-прикладного искусства