Un Quevedo poco conocido

Las obras dramáticas de Quevedo han sido injustamente relegadas a un plano secundario. Tanto es así que hay historiadores de la literatura española que en su apreciación de la obra polifacética del genial poeta las han pasado por alto; otros simplemente hacen una ligera alusión aduciendo que tienen escasa importancia dentro de la producción total del autor

Oculto : reflexões de um processo criativo entre teatro e audiovisual

O seguinte trabalho propõe a análise do processo criativo da autora, a partir da execução de um projeto audiovisual autoral, realizado para concluir a graduação de Interpretação Teatral na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). O objeto de pesquisa em questão é o curta-metragem Oculto (trabalho de estágio em Interpretação Teatral da autora), realizado em conjunto com o artista Túlio Fernandes, na cidade de Tubarão/SC, durante as aulas remotas na pandemia. Ao longo dos capítulos, a autora discorre sobre as principais referências que embasaram os ensaios e improvisações, fundamentaram a criação dramaturgia e auxiliaram para a constituição de uma atuação num registro que abarcasse a atmosfera da obra. O filme amalgama aspectos realistas na interpretação e absurdos na dramaturgia, mesclando a linguagem teatral e audiovisual, ambos os campos de ofício da atriz, que discursa sobre as dificuldades e progressos durante o processo.The following work proposes the analysis of the author's creative process, from the execution of an authorial audiovisual project, consummated to complete the graduation of Theater Interpretation at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The research object in question is the short film Oculto (internship work in Theatrical Interpretation of the author), fulfilled together with the artist Túlio Fernandes, in the city of Tubarão/SC, during remote classes in the pandemic. Throughout the chapters, the author discusses the main references that supported the rehearsals and improvisations, founded the creation of dramaturgy and helped to accomplish a performance in a register that encompassed the atmosphere of the work. The film amalgamates realistic aspects in the interpretation and absurdities in the dramaturgy, mixing the theatrical and audiovisual language, both fields of work of the actress, who talks about the difficulties and progresses during the process

Reinforcement Learning for Joint Design and Control of Battery-PV Systems

The decentralisation and unpredictability of new renewable energy sources require rethinking our energy system. Data-driven approaches, such as reinforcement learning (RL), have emerged as new control strategies for operating these systems, but they have not yet been applied to system design. This paper aims to bridge this gap by studying the use of an RL-based method for joint design and control of a real-world PV and battery system. The design problem is first formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming problem (MILP). The optimal MILP solution is then used to evaluate the performance of an RL agent trained in a surrogate environment designed for applying an existing data-driven algorithm. The main difference between the two models lies in their optimization approaches: while MILP finds a solution that minimizes the total costs for a one-year operation given the deterministic historical data, RL is a stochastic method that searches for an optimal strategy over one week of data on expectation over all weeks in the historical dataset. Both methods were applied on a toy example using one-week data and on a case study using one-year data. In both cases, models were found to converge to similar control solutions, but their investment decisions differed. Overall, these outcomes are an initial step illustrating benefits and challenges of using RL for the joint design and control of energy systems

Los curiosos impertinentes

Guillén de Castro tomó para su obra El curioso irnpertinente un tema que, para la novela que intercala en el Quijote, ya había tomado Cervantes bien de Crotalón de Villalón o del Orlando furioso de Ariosto

Test of candidate light distributors for the muon (g−-2) laser calibration system

The new muon (g-2) experiment E989 at Fermilab will be equipped with a laser calibration system for all the 1296 channels of the calorimeters. An integrating sphere and an alternative system based on an engineered diffuser have been considered as possible light distributors for the experiment. We present here a detailed comparison of the two based on temporal response, spatial uniformity, transmittance and time stability.Comment: accepted to Nucl.Instrum.Meth.

Design and construction of new central and forward muon counters for CDF II

New scintillation counters have been designed and constructed for the CDF upgrade in order to complete the muon coverage of the central CDF detector, and to extend this coverage to larger pseudorapidity. A novel light collection technique using wavelength shifting fibers, together with high quality polystyrene-based scintillator resulted in compact counters with good and stable light collection efficiency over lengths extending up to 320 cm. Their design and construction is described and results of their initial performance are reported.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figure

Produção De Biomassa E Conteúdo De Fenóis E Flavonoides De Schinus Terebinthifolius Cultivada Em Fileira Simples E Dupla Com Cama De Frango

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the addition of poultry litter on growth, biomass yield, flavonoid and phenol content, and antioxidant activity in leaves of pink pepper. The experiment was carried out at the Federal University of Grande Dourados, in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul state, from October 2009 to May 2010. Pink pepper was grown in single or double row in soil with incorporated poultry litter at doses of 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 t ha-1. Treatments were arranged as 2 x 5 factorial in a randomized block design with four replications. There was a significant interaction between the doses of poultry litter and evaluation times for plant height and chlorophyll content. A linear increase in leaf area, fresh and dry weight of leaves and diameter of main stems with increasing doses of poultry litter was observed. Plants grown in single row showed higher fresh weight of stem with increasing doses of poultry litter. Poultry litter at 15 and 20 t ha-1 promoted an increase in flavonoid and phenolic contents in the leaves. No significant effect on the antioxidant activity was observed by the chemical method using DPPH. Therefore, it is recommended the cultivation of pink pepper plants with double row and 20 t ha-1 of poultry litter to higher growth, biomass yield, and flavonoid and phenol content. © 2016, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. All rights reserved.26378779

IRST SiPM characterizations and application studies

This paper reports on work undertaken, in collaboration with ITC-IRST at Trento, to characterize and test the silicon photomultiplers produced by them, with a view to their future application in high energy and astrophysics experiments. Results of static and dynamic measurents with various IRST devices under controlled climatic conditions, together with measurements with SiPMs from other distributors are reported and discussed with emphasis on progress in the understanding of operational principles and the reduction of noise. Results from the test beam application of the SiPMs are also reported and future plans are discusse

Determination of the Jet Energy Scale at the Collider Detector at Fermilab

A precise determination of the energy scale of jets at the Collider Detector at Fermilab at the Tevatron $p\bar{p}$ collider is described. Jets are used in many analyses to estimate the energies of partons resulting from the underlying physics process. Several correction factors are developed to estimate the original parton energy from the observed jet energy in the calorimeter. The jet energy response is compared between data and Monte Carlo simulation for various physics processes, and systematic uncertainties on the jet energy scale are determined. For jets with transverse momenta above 50 GeV the jet energy scale is determined with a 3% systematic uncertainty