Visions of Power : Contemporary Art by First Nations, Inuit and Japanese Canadians

Essays consider "cultural persistence" in relation to physical, cultural and environmental survival. The history of Inuit art and its reception in southern Canada is outlined. Considering the relation of cultural identity and the reading of art, the effect of the internment of Japanese-Canadians on the community and on individual identity is analyzed. The categories of Native art and artist, as well as the history of the critical reception of this work are examined. Biographical notes. Circa 90 bibl. ref

The ARTEMIS project: Mixed-Signal IC for Edge-AI-based Classification of ECG Signals

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart arrhythmia and is closely associated with causing strokes. Diagnosis is usually performed with Holter monitors over longer periods of time, causing discomfort to the patient. The proposed mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) is designed for small patch electrocardiogram (ECG) devices and combines, an analog front-end (AFE) with tailored recording channel characteristics and 12-bit successive-approximation-register analog digital converter (SAR ADC) as well as an RISC-V based microcontroller (μC) for edge artificial intelligence (AI)-based AF-detection. The digital signal processing is supported with hardware accelerators. Including 160 kB of SRAM, the system on chip (SoC) requires 25.56 mm² in silicon area in a 180 nm technology. The recording channel shows promising simulation results with an input impedance of 230 MΩ, an input referred noise of below 1.6 μVrms and a CMMR of 95 dB. The digital part enables the integration of AI-based classification on the IC. Due to the flexibility of the software-based classification approach, this IC can also be used to detect other arrhythmias

In the Shadow of the Sun : Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art

Following an introduction to the international exhibition that was the occasion for this publication, 20 essays investigate the "fourth world" of overrun indigenous peoples and 19th-century Indian/White relations, and proceed to examine Northwest Coast Native and Inuit art. Northwest Coast art and culture are surveyed from 1880 to the present and are discussed with reference to politics, economy, and society, modernism and postmodernism, and the "renaissance" of the art of the Coast. Inuit culture from 1800 to 1988 is examined in like manner, including discussions of sculpture, textiles, and prints, aesthetics, and interviews with artists. Circa 450 bibl. ref