Stylistic analysis of the poem "Ambulance" by Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin is known as a movement poet, because there are many poems which were published in the book of poetic movement, New Lines. This movement was started in 1950, against the unreasonable, inflated and extortionate romanticism of 1930's and 1940's. The common features of movement poetry are; the use of irony and wit, an element of satire, the loneliness of modern man, pessimistic outlook on life, realism, use of ordinary diction, use of symbols, and loss of religious faith. Robert Conquest is known as the representative poet of this movement. The poets of this movement believed that the language of poetry should be simple, lucid and intelligible. The poem Ambulance deals with the important features of movement poetry. Through the stylistics study of this poem the researchers will show the loneliness and concept of death in modern man. 

An Empirical Investigation into the Matching Problems among Game Theoretically Coordinating Parties in a Virtual Organization

Virtual organization emerged as a highly flexible structure in response to the rapidly changing environment of 20th century. This organization consists of independently working parties that combine their best possible resources to exploit the emerging market opportunities. There are no formal control and coordination mechanisms employed by the classical hierarchical structures. Parties, therefore, manage their dependencies on each other through mutual understanding and trust. Mathematician John Nash, having significant contributions in Game Theory suggests that in every non-cooperative game there is at least one equilibrium point. At this point, according to him, every strategy of the player represents a response to the others’ strategies. Such equilibria could exist in a virtual organization, at which parties coordinate which each other to optimize their performance. Coordination/Matching problems are likely to arise among game theoretically coordinating parties in a virtual organization, mainly due to lack of binding agreements. By identifying and resolving these matching problems, virtual organizations could achieve efficiency and better coordination among parties.Virtual organization, Game theory, Matching problems, Coordination

Data Cache-Energy and Throughput Models: Design Exploration for Embedded Processors

Most modern 16-bit and 32-bit embedded processors contain cache memories to further increase instruction throughput of the device. Embedded processors that contain cache memories open an opportunity for the low-power research community to model the impact of cache energy consumption and throughput gains. For optimal cache memory configuration mathematical models have been proposed in the past. Most of these models are complex enough to be adapted for modern applications like run-time cache reconfiguration. This paper improves and validates previously proposed energy and throughput models for a data cache, which could be used for overhead analysis for various cache types with relatively small amount of inputs. These models analyze the energy and throughput of a data cache on an application basis, thus providing the hardware and software designer with the feedback vital to tune the cache or application for a given energy budget. The models are suitable for use at design time in the cache optimization process for embedded processors considering time and energy overhead or could be employed at runtime for reconfigurable architectures

Dynamic MDS Matrices for Substantial Cryptographic Strength

Ciphers get their strength from the mathematical functions of confusion and diffusion, also known as substitution and permutation. These were the basics of classical cryptography and they are still the basic part of modern ciphers. In block ciphers diffusion is achieved by the use of Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) matrices. In this paper we present some methods for constructing dynamic (and random) MDS matrices.Comment: Short paper at WISA'10, 201

ANALISIS FRAMING PEMBERITAAN POLEMIK VIDEOTRON YANG DIWACANAKAN OLEH DINAS PENDIDIKAN ACEH DALAM MEDIA HARIAN SERAMBI INDONESIA

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini berjudul (Analisis framing pemberitaan polemik videotron yang diwacanakan oleh Dinas Pendidikan Aceh dalam media Harian Serambi Indonesia). Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimanakah bentuk pemberitaan polemic videotron yang diwacanakan oleh Dinas Penddikan Aceh dalam media Harian Serambi Indonesia edisi bulan Juli 2016. Dalam teknik pengumpulan data, peneliti menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan membuat beberapa kriteria terhadap sampel yang dipilih. Terdapat 13 berita Headline yang di analisis dalam penelitian ini. Dari ketiga belas berita Headline yang di analisis, rata-rata diambil pernyataan dari kalangan Eksekutif, Legislatif. Aktivis dan Mahasiswa. Peneliti menganalisis berita menggunakan analisis framing model Zhongdang Pan dan Gerald Kosicki dengan menggunakan teori Agenda Setting. Dari penelitian ini diketahui bahwa Harian Serambi Indonesia cenderung berpihak kepada kalangan yang kontra akan proyek tersebut.. Secara keseluruhan, Serambi Indonesia membingkai pemberitaan polemik videotron ini dari bagaimana tanggapan dan saran yang diberikan untuk menanggapi rencana proyek tersebut. Saran untuk penelitian ialah bagaimana pihak media atau wartawan lebih memberi porsi yang adil dalam membuat berita dari pihak pro dan kontra. Kata kunci: Analisis Framing, Zhongdang Pan dan Gerald Kosicki, Agenda Setting, Harian Serambi Indonesia, Polemik Videotron

Atomic scale engineering and understanding of novel interfaces between oxide films and semiconductor crystals

Surface properties of semiconductor crystals play a significant role in the operation of different devices like transistors, LEDs, and solar cells. For better performance of the devices, it is essential to minimize the amount of harmful surface and interface defects. For example, control over the oxygen induced defects is difficult during deposition of any film (e.g., metal oxide films) on a semiconductor crystal. On the other hand, tailoring and characterization of the semiconductor interfaces is not an easy task due to the buried nature of these structures. In this thesis, we have studied the effect of different adsorbates (Sr, Ba, Si, and Sb) and metal oxides (BaO, SiO2, Al2O3 and Sb2O3) on different semiconductor surfaces: Si(100), Ge(100) and GaAs(100). In this experimental work, several complementary characterization methods were used including low energy electron diffraction (LEED), synchrotron-radiation photoemission spectroscopy (SR- PES) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). These results were interconnected to capacitance-voltage (CV) and photoluminescence (PL) measurements via collaboration with other research groups. The results can be summarized as follows: It is demonstrated the reduction in the defects amount at Al2O3/GaAs interface when an intermediate thin layer of BaO was deposited before atomic layer deposition of Al2O3. In the case of epitaxial BaO/SiO2 system, the crystallinity of the interface even after the incorporation of significant amount of oxygen atoms into Si is an interesting finding. It is also evident in this research that metal interaction with semiconductor substrate can also induce degradation in the interface. This degradation can be avoided with the modification of starting surface and by adopting a specific procedure for oxide film growth. Furthermore, a growth of crystalline Sb2O3 film has been also presented by careful consideration of deposition temperature and time.Kiteisten puolijohdepintojen ominaisuudet vaikuttavat merkittävästi erilaisten laitteiden kuten transistoreiden, LED:ien ja aurinkokennojen toimintaan. Olennainen osa näiden laitteiden tehokkuuden parantamista on erilaisten haitallisten pinta- ja rajapintavirheiden minimointi. Esimerkiksi hapen aiheuttamia virheitä on vaikea kontrolloida kasvatettaessa mitätahansa ohutkalvoa (esim. metallioksidikalvot) kiteisen puolijohteen päälle. Toisaalta puolijohderajapinnat ovat luonteensa takia hankalia mallintaa ja karakterisoida, koska ne pinnan alla (hautautuneita). Tässä väitöskirjassa olemme tutkineet miten eri absorbaatit (Sr, Ba, Si ja Sb) ja metallioksidit (BaO, SiO2, Al2O3 ja Sb2O3) reagoivat erilaisilla puolijohdepinnoilla: Si(100), Ge(100) ja GaAs(100). Tässä kokeellisessa teoksessa yhdistettiin useita karakterisointimenetelmiä mukaanlukien matalaenergisten elektronien diffraktio (LEED), synkrotronifotoelektronispektroskopia (SR- PES) ja tunnelointimikroskopia (STM). Näistä mittausmenetelmistä saadut tulokset yhdistettiin kapasitanssi-jännite (CV) ja fotoluminesenssi (PL) mittauksiin, jotka suoritettiin yhteistyössä muiden tutkimusryhmien kanssa. Tutkimuksemme tulokset voidaan tiivistää seuraavasti: Haitallisten virheiden määrää voidaan vähentää Al2O3/GaAs rajapinnalla lisäämällä ohut kalvo bariumoksidia (BaO) substraatin päälle ennen alumiinioksidin atomikerroskasvatuksta. Järjestäytyneen BaO/SiO2 -systeemin tapauksessa on mielenkiintoista huomata, että rajapinta on kiteinen, vaikka pii sisälsi huomattavan määrän happiatomeja. Tässä tutkimuksessa on myös osoitettu, että metallin ja puolijohteisen substraatin vuorovaikutuksen seurauksena tapahtuu rajapinnan laadullista heikkenemistä. Tätä rappeutumista voidaan välttää muokkaamalla substraatin pintaa ja ottamalla käyttöön tietynlainen menetelmä oksidikalvon kasvatuksessa. Tämän lisäksi kiteisen Sb2O3 kalvon kasvatustapa on myös esitelty kiinnittämällä suurta huomiota kasvatuslämpötilaan ja -aikaan.Siirretty Doriast