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Reframing Jewish Forms of Speaking to God: The Use of Apostrophe in David Rosenmann-Taubâs Cortejo y epinicio
In his first published collection of poetry, Cortejo y epinicio (âCortege and Epinicion,â 1949), Chilean author David Rosenmann-Taub (1927) depicts speakers experiencing crises of faith. They question what God is and what it means to believe, as they seek out pagan, earthly, Christian, and Jewish forms of relating to the divine. My analysis foregrounds the distinct presence of Jewishness in Cortejo y epinicio to analyze how Rosenmann-Taub represents cross-cultural spaces, heterogeneity, and heterodoxy as part of Chilean poetry and culture. One of the central means in which Rosenmann-Taub explores Jewish forms of relating to God is through the use of apostrophe. First, I offer a theoretical framework for discussing apostrophe in poetry and prayer. Then, I use this framework to analyze three poemsââElegĂa y Kadischâ (\u27Elegy and Kaddish\u27), âGĂłlgotaâ (\u27Golgotha\u27) and âSchabatâ (\u27Shabbat\u27)âthat depict speakers talking to or about God. Considering the poems alongside the prayers and conventions to which they refer, I read the poems as rewritten prayers to God. This comparison not only highlights the notable presence of cross-cultural forms in Rosenmann-Taubâs poetry, but also points to how he challenges and reframes them. The poemâs speakers work toward collapsing the boundaries between belief and disbelief, earthly and divine, secular and religious, as they construct faith as a dynamic, earthly, and heterodoxical mode of being
A Framework of Analysis for the Law of Agency
A Framework of Analysis for the Law of Agenc
Biocompatibility of a lab-on-a-pill sensor in artificial gastrointestinal environments
n this paper, we present a radiotelemetry sensor, designed as a lab-in-a-pill, which incorporates a two-channel microfabricated sensor platform for real-time measurements of temperature and pH. These two parameters have potential application for use in remote biological sensing (for example they may be used as markers that reflect the physiological environment or as indicators for disease, within the gastrointestinal tract). We have investigated the effects of biofouling on these sensors, by exploring their response time and sensitivity in a model in vitro gastrointestinal system. The artificial gastric and intestinal solutions used represent a model both for fasting, as well as for the ingestion of food and subsequent digestion to gastrointestinal chyme. The results showed a decrease in pH sensitivity after exposure of the sensors for 3 h. The response time also increased from an initial measurement time of 10 s in pure GI juice, to ca. 25 s following the ingestion of food and 80 s in simulated chyme. These in vitro results indicate that changes in viscosity in our model gastrointestinal system had a pronounced effect on the unmodified sensor
Assessment and forecasting of lightning potential and its effect on launch operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and John F. Kennedy Space Center
Lightning plays a pivotal role in the operation decision process for space and ballistic launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center. Lightning forecasts are the responsibility of Detachment 11, 4th Weather Wing's Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility. These forecasts are important to daily ground processing as well as launch countdown decisions. The methodology and equipment used to forecast lightning are discussed. Impact on a recent mission is summarized
Effects of photoperiod extension on clock gene and neuropeptide RNA expression in the SCN of the Soay sheep
In mammals, changing daylength (photoperiod) is the main synchronizer of seasonal functions. The photoperiodic information is transmitted through the retino-hypothalamic tract to the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), site of the master circadian clock. To investigate effects of day length change on the sheep SCN, we used in-situ hybridization to assess the daily temporal organization of expression of circadian clock genes (Per1, Per2, Bmal1 and Fbxl21) and neuropeptides (Vip, Grp and Avp) in animals acclimated to a short photoperiod (SP; 8h of light) and at 3 or 15 days following transfer to a long photoperiod (LP3, LP15, respectively; 16h of light), achieved by an acute 8-h delay of lights off. We found that waveforms of SCN gene expression conformed to those previously seen in LP acclimated animals within 3 days of transfer to LP. Mean levels of expression for Per1-2 and Fbxl21 were nearly 2-fold higher in the LP15 than in the SP group. The expression of Vip was arrhythmic and unaffected by photoperiod, while, in contrast to rodents, Grp expression was not detectable within the sheep SCN. Expression of the circadian output gene Avp cycled robustly in all photoperiod groups with no detectable change in phasing. Overall these data suggest that synchronizing effects of light on SCN circadian organisation proceed similarly in ungulates and in rodents, despite differences in neuropeptide gene expression
The Asymmetric Thick Disk: A Star Count and Kinematic Analysis. II The Kinematics
We report a kinematic signature associated with the observed asymmetry in the
distribution of thick disk/inner halo stars interior to the Solar circle
described in Paper I. In that paper we found a statistically significant excess
(20% to 25 %) of stars in quadrant I (l ~ 20 deg to 55 deg) both above and
below the plane (b ~ +/- 25 deg to +/- 45 deg) compared to the complementary
region in quadrant IV. We have measured Doppler velocities for 741 stars,
selected according to the same magnitude and color criteria, in the direction
of the asymmetry and in the corresponding fields in quadrant IV. We have also
determined spectral types and metallicities measured from the same spectra. We
not only find an asymmetric distribution in the V_LSR velocities for the stars
in the two regions, but the angular rate of rotation, w, for the stars in
quadrant I reveals a slower effective rotation rate compared to the
corresponding quadrant IV stars. We use our [Fe/H] measurements to separate the
stars into the three primary population groups, halo, thick disk, and disk, and
conclude that it is primarily the thick disk stars that show the slower
rotation in quadrant I. A solution for the radial, tangential and vertical
components of the V_LSR velocities, reveals a significant lag of ~ 80 to 90
km/s in the direction of Galactic rotation for the thick disk stars in quadrant
I, while in quadrant IV, the same population has only a ~ 20 km/s lag. The
results reported here support a rotational lag among the thick disk stars due
to a gravitational interaction with the bar as the most likely explanation for
the asymmetry in both the star counts and the kinematics. The affected thick
disk stars, however, may be associated with the recently discovered Canis Major
debris stream or a similar merger event (abridged).Comment: Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journa
On the Nature of Andromeda IV
Lying at a projected distance of 40' or 9 kpc from the centre of M31,
Andromeda IV is an enigmatic object first discovered during van den Bergh's
search for dwarf spheroidal companions to M31. Being bluer, more compact and
higher surface brightness than other known dwarf spheroidals, it has been
suggested that And IV is either a relatively old `star cloud' in the outer disk
of M31 or a background dwarf galaxy. We present deep HST WFPC2 observations of
And IV and the surrounding field which, along with ground-based long-slit
spectroscopy and Halpha imagery, are used to decipher the true nature of this
puzzling object. We find compelling evidence that And IV is a background galaxy
seen through the disk of M31. The moderate surface brightness (SB(V)~24), very
blue colour (V-I<~0.6), low current star formation rate (~0.001 solar mass/yr)
and low metallicity (~10% solar) reported here are consistent with And IV being
a small dwarf irregular galaxy, perhaps similar to Local Group dwarfs such as
IC 1613 and Sextans A. Although the distance to And IV is not tightly
constrained with the current dataset, various arguments suggest it lies in the
range 5<~D<~8 Mpc, placing it well outside the confines of the Local Group. It
may be associated with a loose group of galaxies, containing major members UGC
64, IC 1727 and NGC 784. We report an updated position and radial velocity for
And IV.Comment: 26 pages, LaTex with 9 figures (including 6 jpg plates). Accepted for
publication in A
A constant dark matter halo surface density in galaxies
We confirm and extend the recent finding that the central surface density
r_0*rho_0 galaxy dark matter halos, where r_0 and rho_0 are the halo core
radius and central density, is nearly constant and independent of galaxy
luminosity. Based on the co-added rotation curves of about 1000 spiral
galaxies, mass models of individual dwarf irregular and spiral galaxies of late
and early types with high-quality rotation curves and, galaxy-galaxy weak
lensing signals from a sample of spiral and elliptical galaxies, we find that
log(r_0*rho_0) = 2.15 +- 0.2, in units of log(Msol/pc^2). We also show that the
observed kinematics of Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies are consistent
with this value. Our results are obtained for galactic systems spanning over 14
magnitudes, belonging to different Hubble Types, and whose mass profiles have
been determined by several independent methods. In the same objects, the
approximate constancy of rho_0*r_0 is in sharp contrast to the systematical
variations, by several orders of magnitude, of galaxy properties, including
rho_0 and central stellar surface density.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 9 pages, 4 figure
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