Fleurs recyclées : Sur les traces de relations souterraines dans l’Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky opus 28 pour quatuor à cordes de György Kurtág1

Cet article explore une face cachée de l’oeuvre publiée de György Kurtág. Le « motif de la fleur », d’abord apparu dans Bornemisza Péter mondásai [Dits de Péter Bornemisza], opus 7 (1963-68), a proliféré dans une part significative des composition de Kurtág. L’impact de ce type de relation motivique est mis en lumière à travers l’ Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, opus 28 (1988-89), pour quatuor à cordes. La recherche présentée ici est le fruit de la connaissance profonde qu’a l’auteur des documents de travail du compositeur, conservés dans la Collection György Kurtág de la Fondation Paul Sacher.This article explores the vast underside of György Kurtág’s published work. The so-called flower motif that first appeared in the Bornemisza Péter mondásai [The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza] Op. 7 (1963-68) has proliferated and permeated a significant part of Kurtág’s compositions. The impact of this type of motivic relationship is discussed in the context of Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky Op. 28 (1988-89) for string quartet. The information presented here is based on the author’s detailed knowledge of the composer’s working documents conserved in the György Kurtág Collection of the Paul Sacher Foundation

Report—Centre and periphery, roots and exile: Interpreting the music of István Anhalt and György Kurtág. Centre et périphérie, racines et exil : L’interprétation de la musique d’István Anhalt et de György Kurtág. Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary January 22–25 janvier, 2008

Au mois de janvier 2008, le département de musique de l’Université de Calgary a consacré trois jours à un colloque bilingue portant sur la musique et les idées d’István Anhalt et de György Kurtág, examinées sous les angles musicologiques, ethnomusicologiques, pédagogiques et analytiques. Des participants du Canada, d’Europe et des États-Unis ont présenté des communications et participé à des discussions entourant la musique, ainsi que l’identité et l’appartenance à un lieu des deux compositeurs, par le biais d’une large sélection d’oeuvres. La conférence d’ouverture d’Anhalt a abordé des considérations biographiques en rapport avec l’émigration de sa Hongrie natale et l’impact de cet événement sur sa musique, tandis que celle de Beckles Willson s’est concentrée sur le rapport intime qui lie la musique de Kurtág à Budapest. Les présentations subséquentes ont dévoilé de nouveaux aperçus sur la musique vocale des deux compositeurs et sur les oeuvres pour orchestre d’Anhalt et la musique de chambre de Kurtág. Le colloque s’est terminé avec des discussions parallèles concernant d’autres compositeurs, tels que B. Bartók, H. Lachenmann, J. Rea, W. Rihm, R. Schumann, M. Seiber et S. Veress. Six concerts ont aussi accompagné les débats avec des prestations d’oeuvres d’Anhalt, de Kurtág et d’autres compositeurs du Festival de la Nouvelle Musique 2008 du département de musique

Wonders in the Deep: Faith and Religious Practice in the Shipboard Writings of American Sailors, 1810-1859

While stereotypes of sailors as immoral, godless ne’er-do-wells flourish in mainland historical accounts, little attention has been paid to the records left by sailors that document their own faith and religious practices. This thesis examines the logbooks, journals, and diaries written by American sailors while at sea, sounding the depth of sailors’ religious beliefs through their own words. While American seamen certainly drank, swore, and caroused, sailors also frequently captured in their writing a much more religious nature than the mainland expected of them. Sailors’ position as highly mobile laborers on the ultimate borderlands—the sea itself—impacted their religious practice and beliefs. The American sailing ship was a site of intersection of—and frequently conflict over—race, class, and gender norms. The religious environment on ships formed in response to these physical and cultural constraints and often functioned as both an extension and exaggeration of American life at large in the early nineteenth century. The progress of the Second Great Awakening and the hardening of racial and gender identities on the American mainland impacted sailors’ perceptions and practice of religion and faith at sea, far more than previous historians have articulated. While the Second Great Awakening empowered lay believers to interpret scripture on their own and emphasized independence from spiritual hierarchies on the mainland, sailors extended the reach of such doctrines to their furthest physical and interpretive extent at sea. Even lower-class sailors did not reject faith wholesale but often practiced religion in tandem with their less spiritual behavior. Their middle-class deck mates often attempted to maintain both the moral and religious mores of the mainland, including the role of women as spiritual leaders within the family, despite their physical separation from their homes and the women in their lives. The bulk of sailors, even the least religious, still reflected the worldview of evangelical Protestantism found on the mainland when considering their shipmates of other races or faiths. White sailors used class, race, and religion to craft an American identity for themselves that coupled Protestantism with a stoic, masculine, and nationalistic culture on board American vessels, while non-white and non-Protestant sailors crafted spaces of religious leadership and practice for themselves, despite persecution from the disapproving Protestant majority

Looking to death for what life cannot give : the Waste Land and F. H. Bradley

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, 199

Stating Appointment Costs in SMS Reminders Reduces Missed Hospital Appointments: Findings from Two Randomised Controlled Trials

BACKGROUND: Missed hospital appointments are a major cause of inefficiency worldwide. Healthcare providers are increasingly using Short Message Service reminders to reduce 'Did Not Attend' (DNA) rates. Systematic reviews show that sending such reminders is effective, but there is no evidence on whether their impact is affected by their content. Accordingly, we undertook two randomised controlled trials that tested the impact of rephrasing appointment reminders on DNA rates in the United Kingdom. TRIAL METHODS: Participants were outpatients with a valid mobile telephone number and an outpatient appointment between November 2013 and January 2014 (Trial One, 10,111 participants) or March and May 2014 (Trial Two, 9,848 participants). Appointments were randomly allocated to one of four reminder messages, which were issued five days in advance. Message assignment was then compared against appointment outcomes (appointment attendance, DNA, cancellation by patient). RESULTS: In Trial One, a message including the cost of a missed appointment to the health system produced a DNA rate of 8.4%, compared to 11.1% for the existing message (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.61-0.89, P<0.01). Trial Two replicated this effect (DNA rate 8.2%), but also found that expressing the same concept in general terms was significantly less effective (DNA rate 9.9%, OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.00-1.48, P<0.05). Moving from the existing reminder to the more effective costs message would result in 5,800 fewer missed appointments per year in the National Health Service Trust in question, at no additional cost. The study's main limitations are that it took place in a single location in England, and that it required accurate phone records, which were only obtained for 20% of eligible patients. We conclude that missed appointments can be reduced, for no additional cost, by introducing persuasive messages to appointment reminders. Future studies could examine the impact of varying reminder messages in other health systems. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Controlled-Trials.com 49432571

Unraveling the Cationic and Anionic Redox Reactions in a Conventional Layered Oxide Cathode

Increasing interest in high-energy lithium-ion batteries has triggered the demand to clarify the reaction mechanism in battery cathodes during high-potential operation. However, the reaction mechanism often involves both transition-metal and oxygen activities that remain elusive. Here we report a comprehensive study of both cationic and anionic redox mechanisms of LiNiO2 nearly full delithiation. Selection of pure LiNiO2 removes the complication of multiple transition metals. Using combined X-ray absorption spectroscopy, resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, and operando differential electrochemical mass spectrometry, we are able to clarify the redox reactions of transition metals in the bulk and at the surface, reversible lattice oxygen redox, and irreversible oxygen release associated with surface reactions. Many findings presented here bring attention to different types of oxygen activities and metal-oxygen interactions in layered oxides, which are of crucial importance to the advancement of a Ni-rich layered oxide cathode for high capacity and long cycling performance

Air pollution and fog detection through vehicular sensors

We describe a method for the automatic recognition of air pollution and fog from a vehicle. Our system consists of sensors to acquire main data from cameras as well as from Light Detection and Recognition (LIDAR) instruments. We discuss how this data can be collected, analyzed and merged to determine the degree of air pollution or fog. Such data is essential for control systems of moving vehicles in making autonomous decisions for avoidance. Backend systems need such data for forecasting and strategic traffic planning and control. Laboratory based experimental results are presented for weather conditions like air pollution and fog, showing that the recognition scenario works with better than adequate results. This paper demonstrates that LIDAR technology, already onboard for the purpose of autonomous driving, can be used to improve weather condition recognition when compared with a camera only system. We conclude that the combination of a front camera and a LIDAR laser scanner is well suited as a sensor instrument set for air pollution and fog recognition that can contribute accurate data to driving assistance and weather alerting-systems

Ensemble interpolation methods for spatio-temporal data modelling

Real time weather forecasting is a highly influential tool in decision making for agriculture. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be built to provide information about topographic data such as elevation and distance to oceans or water reservoirs. This data has begun to have increased availability, providing easier access for developing new applications. By using geographic information together with terrestrial measurements from weather stations, the spatial and temporal scales of the climatic variables can be analyzed by interpolation and forecasting. Most of the interpolation methods provided in common GIS tools are only related to the spatial domain, limiting its use in numerical modelling and prediction of climatic states. However, by adopting a Bayesian approach, it appears possible to estimate the dynamic behaviour of the unobserved climate pattern using a state-space representation. Using this framework, the ensemble Kalman filter or a more general sequential Monte Carlo method could be used for the estimation procedure. A wireless sensor network providing continuous data to populate such a model is described here for potential application of this approach