Wisdom and Silence: Essays on Philippine Nakem Philosophy, Danilo Alterado

Wisdom and Silence: Essays on Philippine Nakem Philosophy, Danilo Alterad

Exhibitions Development Internship at the Field Museum

Academic engagement in an online internship at the Field Museum taken for ANTH 396 course credit. Associated with LUC Center for Experiential Learning Mellon Award for Unpaid Academic Internships

Locating the Ilokano Baglan in the Gender and Sexuality Continuum

The article is an attempt to recover the baglan tradition of ritual healing among the Ilokano people. Currently, only pejorative comments exist about this baglan tradition whose practices represent the continuum of sex, sexuality, and gender among these groups of people in the Northern Philippines. The argument presented leads to a critique of knowledge formation in colonial Ilocos and unmasks the problem of reproduced versions of the truth about the baglan and their role in the definition of the healthy human being and the healthy community. The ungendered baglan, is, in fact, the person that is all-gender, all-sex, and all-sexuality, the person that refuses to be pigeonholed by the birthed biological sex of the male and female. Field and archival data all point to this baglan as no different from the ritual healer all around the country and perhaps in many parts of the world

Interesting magnetic properties of Fe1−x_{1-x}Cox_xSi alloys

Solid solution between nonmagnetic narrow gap semiconductor FeSi and diamagnetic semi-metal CoSi gives rise to interesting metallic alloys with long-range helical magnetic ordering, for a wide range of intermediate concentration. We report various interesting magnetic properties of these alloys, including low temperature re-entrant spin-glass like behaviour and a novel inverted magnetic hysteresis loop. Role of Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction in the magnetic response of these non-centrosymmetric alloys is discussed.Comment: 11 pages and 3 figure

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Fiber Reinforced Laminated Composites Subject to Low-Velocity Impact

Foreign object impact on composite materials continues to be an active field due to its importance in the design of load bearing composite aerostructures. The problem has been studied by many through the decades. Extensive experimental studies have been performed to characterize the impact damage and failure mechanisms. Leaders in aerospace industry are pushing for reliable, robust and efficient computational methods for predicting impact response of composite structures. Experimental and numerical investigations on the impact response of fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite (FRPC) laminates are presented. A detailed face-on and edge-on impact experimental study is presented. A novel method for conducting coupon-level edge-on impact experiments is introduced. The research is focused on impact energy levels that are in the vicinity of the barely visible impact damage (BVID) limit of the material system. A detailed post-impact damage study is presented where non-destructive inspection (NDI) methods such as ultrasound scanning and computed tomography (CT) are used. Detailed fractography studies are presented for further investigation of the through-the-thickness damage due to the impact event. Following the impact study, specimens are subjected to compression after impact (CAI) to establish the effect of BVID on the compressive strength after impact (CSAI). A modified combined loading compression (CLC) test method is proposed for compression testing following an edge-on impact. Experimental work on the rate sensitivity of the mode I and mode II inter-laminar fracture toughness is also investigated. An improved wedge-insert fracture (WIF) method for conducting mode I inter-laminar fracture at elevated loading rates is introduced. Based on the experimental results, a computational modeling approach for capturing face-on impact and CAI is developed. The model is then extended to edge-on impact and CAI. Enhanced Schapery Theory (EST) is utilized for modeling the full field damage and failure present in a unidirectional (UD) lamina within a laminate. Schapery Theory (ST) is a thermodynamically based work potential material model which captures the pre-peak softening due to matrix micro-cracking such as hackling, micro fissures, etc. The Crack Band (CB) method is utilized to capture macroscopic matrix and fiber failure modes such as ply splitting and fiber rupture. Discrete Cohesive Zone Method (DCZM) elements are implemented for capturing inter-laminar delaminations, using discrete nodal traction-separation governed interactions. The model is verified against the impact experimental results and the associated CAI procedures. The model results are in good agreement with experimental findings. The model proved capable of predicting the representative experimental failure modes.PHDAerospace EngineeringUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/137118/1/solitor_1.pd

Mi barrio es el paraíso, el infierno son los otros. Interacción y fragmentación socio-espacial en Victoria, San Fernando, R.M.B.A. 2014

Se ha elegido la zona de Victoria, San Fernando, Provincia de Buenos Aires, como un ejemplo de fragmentación urbana y segregación social. En un recorrido muy corto, de Oeste a Este, encontramos todas las clases sociales sucesivamente, coincidiendo la distancia geográfica y la social, desde la marginación en el Oeste (Reconquista) hasta la clase alta en la costa del Luján en el Este. En algún lugar de este recorrido observamos, muros y paredones sin comercios ni edificios comunes, solo depósitos, cementerios y barrios cerrados. Aunque las causas son variadas y algunas tienen su origen en la política urbana de los años noventa, en este artículo damos cuenta del problema urbanístico y social y estudiamos las diversas formas que ha tomado y toma la estrategia tanto de pobladores como de gestiones de gobierno para resistirse al cambio, que estaría representado por la interacción entre clases sociales, base de la vida ciudadana, casi ausente o muy débil en este caso. Parte del problema es geográfico, las barreras urbanas (Tren Mitre, Avenida Libertador, Tren de la Costa, Tren a Capilla del Señor, Autopista Acceso Norte) proliferaron desde el siglo XIX en adelante. Sin embargo en una comparación con el corredor Norte, solo San Fernando ha privatizado su costa. San Fernando (y Victoria) está fragmentado en tres grandes zonas a causa de estas barreras geográficas. Los conflictos se darán sólo en las fronteras (muro entre partidos) y en los bordes sociales, pero siempre tratando de evitar los grandes cambios. El corte temporal del estudio corresponde al período 2004-2014. A través de este estudio se verifica la importancia del aislamiento espacial producido por las barreras urbanas, que en su fragmentación van consolidando la segregación, la segmentación social y la exclusión como resultado último.The area of Victoria, San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province has been selected as an example of urban fragmentation and social segregation. On a very short tour we found all the social classes successively, matching the geographical and social distance, from the marginalization in the West (Renconquista) to the upper class on the shore of the Lujan river in the East. Somewhere along this tour, we observed thick walls without shops or ordinary buildings but only with stores, cemeteries and gated communities. Even though the causes are varied and some of them have their origin from urban politics in the 90’s. In this article we explain the urban and social problem and study the various forms of the strategy of both citizens and government management has taken and still takes to resist change, which would be represented by interaction of social classes, basis of the citizen life, which is almost absent or very weak in this case. Part of the problem is geographical, the urban barriers (Mitre train, Libertador, Tren de la Costa, train to Capilla del Señor, Acceso Norte) proliferated from the nineteenth century onwards. However, in a comparison with the Northern corridor, only San Fernando has privatized its shore. San Fernando (and Victoria) is fragmented into three big areas because of these geographical barriers. Conflicts will occur only in the borderlines (a wall between towns) and in social borders, but always trying to avoid big changes. The temporary cut of the study covers the period between 2004-2014.Fil: Guevara, Celia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigación Estéticas "Mario Buschiazzo"; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Areco, Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Barneche, Javier. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Brandone, Sofía I.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Camardon, Lucía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Castañeda, María Lucía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Castro, Leticia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Croce, Federico. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Cuberos, Alfonso Javier. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Donadío, Laura E.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Fuentes, Ariel Rodolfo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Gómez Salmerón, Fabián A.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Pierro, Sabrina M.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Plate, Lisandro. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Porta, Yanina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Quiroga, Ayelén Rocio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Raap, Johanna. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Solver, Juan Manuel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Souza, Kelly. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Szencis Ferriolo, Jonathan Lucas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; ArgentinaFil: Torrez, Jeannette. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; Argentin

Reliability in performance-based regulation

In reregulated and restructured electricity markets the production and retail of electricity is conducted on competitive markets, the transmission and distribution on the other hand can be considered as natural monopolies. The financial regulation of Distribution System Operators (DSOs) has in many countries, partly as a consequence of the restructuring in ownership, gone through a major switch in regulatory policy. From applying regulatory regimes were the DSOs were allowed to charge their customers according to their actual cost plus some profit, i.e. cost-based regulation, to regulatory models in which the DSOs performance are valued in order to set the allowable revenue, i.e. Performance-Based Regulation (PBR). In regulatory regimes that value performance, the direct link between cost and income is weakened or sometimes removed. This give the regulated DSOs strong cost cutting incentives and there is consequently a risk of system reliability deterioration due to postponed maintenance and investments in order to save costs. To balance this risk the PBR-framework is normally complemented with some kind of quality regulation (QR). How both the PBR and QR frameworks are constructed determines the incentive that the DSO will act on and will therefore influence the system reliability development. This thesis links the areas of distribution system reliability and performancebased regulation. First, the key incentive features within PBR, that includes the quality of supply, are identified using qualitative measures that involve analyses of applied regulatory regimes, and general regulatory policies. This results in a qualitative comparison of applied PBR models. Further, the qualitative results are quantified and analysed further using time sequential Monte Carlo simulations (MCS). The MCS enables detailed analysis of regulatory features, parameter settings and financial risk assessments. In addition, the applied PBRframeworks can be quantitatively compared. Finally, some focus have been put on the Swedish regulation and the tool developed for DSO regulation, the Network Performance Assessment Model (NPAM), what obstacles there might be and what consequences it might bring when in affect.QC 2010122

Spirally Progressive and Contextualized Research Curriculum Competency Checklists for the Philippine Special Science Program

This pioneering study aimed to develop, validate and propose four (4) 22-page Curriculum Competency Checklists for the research subjects 1 to 4 of the Special Science Program of the Philippines, and measure its level of spiral progression, contextualization, practicality, and acceptability. The proposed Curriculum Competency Checklist were first drafted in 2014 by the researcher and went on with several revisions in 2015 to 2017. They were subjected to validity test by five (5) experts from various universities in the Philippines along the four (4) areas: spiral progression, contextualization, practicality, and acceptability. Findings revealed that the four proposed Curriculum Competency Checklists were found to be very high in spiral progression, very highly contextualized, very highlypractical, and very highly acceptable. With this, the researcher recommends that the proposed curriculum competency checklist be adopted by education program supervisors in Science as reference and/or guide in their respective jurisdictions in the teaching of Research subjects in the Special ScienceProgram; and that a periodic evaluation and/or further validation of the proposed curriculum competency checklists may be instituted to further provide strengths on the spiral progression and contextualization of the competencies