Zionists and ‘Polish Jews’. Palestinian Reception of ‘We, Polish Jews’

The article discusses the reception of Tuwim’s manifesto in Israel, focusing in particular on the 1940s. The author analyses various critical reponses to the poem expressed by Jewish critics in Palestine. Tuwim’s reception in Israel is presented from a new perspective which has not been explore so far.Zadanie „Stworzenie anglojęzycznych wersji wydawanych publikacji” finansowane w ramach umowy nr 948/P-DUN/2016 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę

Influence of the Third-Term Issue: The Roosevelt and Willkie Presidential Campaigns of 1940

Every four years for the past 218 years, the United States of America has elected a president. In the history of the United States, only the thirty-second president was elected for more than two terms. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran a unique reelection campaign against Wendell Willkie in 1940 to win an unprecedented third term. The campaign was waged in the midst of spreading war across Europe and growing fear of American entrance into international hostilities. Due to the intensity of the political issues that were debated, the campaign season was particularly compelling. However, the campaign was not unique because it was run during a time of uncertainty; it was unique because it was posing a question to the American people that had never been posed before: is the two-term tradition bigger than the presidential candidates? Despite facing an opponent who attempted to liken a third term for Roosevelt to an American adoption of dictatorship, as referenced in the campaign collateral above, Roosevelt was able to overcome the third-term issue and win reelection. The longstanding tradition that no president would be elected for more than two terms was shattered by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in November of 1940. Most historians attribute the ability of Roosevelt to win an unprecedented third term to the success of the New Deal and the fear of changing leadership in the context of prospective imminent war. The debate over foreign and domestic policy in the 1940 presidential campaign season most likely decided the election for voters. However, the campaigns themselves were not guided by these policy positions. This paper will argue that the third-term issue pervaded all political debate and was the single biggest factor shaping the strategy and rhetoric of both the Roosevelt and Willkie campaigns. A misunderstanding of the importance of the third-term issue in the Roosevelt and Willkie campaigns of 1940 has led to an analytical gap between Roosevelt’s reelection to a third term and the ratification of the Twenty-Second Amendment just 11 years later

Broadening the scope: female authors are for more than the 'F-word'

Though contemporary fiction has evolved significantly alongside the social and political revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there remains the tendency to return to the stigmatized classifications of literature in the past, especially in regards to contemporary female authors. Is a story feminist simply because it has been written by a woman, about a woman, and for a female audience? This used to be the definition of feminist literature, but in the twenty-first century, this broad definition becomes a scarlet letter that can trivialize the work of female authors. Evolution is therefore necessary to a full understanding of these works. I will examine the work and words of my contemporaries to address the stigmas associated with the work of a female author. Through an analysis of my own collection, I hope to prove that there must be more involved in a critique of an author's work than her gender

The Hotline: an application of achievement motivation and attribution theory/

Hotlines are a telephone service through which people who feel themselves to be in a state of crisis can receive immediate contact with interested and helpful volunteer listeners. Hotlines are a relatively new phenomenon in the field of mental health services. They are representative of a new type of response to the growing realization of the need for innovative approaches to expanding the reach of preventive mental health care services. Hotlines represent one of the ways in which persons without formal training in mental health are being utilized in roles which previously did not exist at all in the mental health field

Medical Student Patient Navigators: Connecting Hospitalized Homeless Patients to Outpatient Care

Background: Washington D.C. has extensive resources to serve the homeless population; however, connecting these patients with resources upon discharge from GW hospital remains a challenge. After key informant interviews with local physicians who care for the homeless community, we decided to explore the use of medical students to bridge the gap between patient discharge and follow-up with local resources. Objectives: This project aimed to identify community-wide resources to connect patients with comprehensive follow-up care, train internal medicine residents to identify and use specific ICD-10 codes for homelessness, measure the effectiveness of homeless patient identification upon admission, assess the feasibility of using medical students as resource navigators, and determine the use of resources by patients 30 days post discharge. Methods: A literature review and resource mapping exercise were completed to identify the most accurate screening questions for homelessness in a busy clinical setting and to develop a community-wide resource guide for patients. Academic presentation was completed for GW internal medicine residents to introduce the topic, describe protocol, and answer any questions. Data collection comprised of daily patient interviews and retrospective chart analysis, including review of admission dates, clinician coding practices and screening of housing status, discharge dates, and resource guide usage. Results: Charts analyzed for a total of 8 weeks showed an increase in the proper documentation of homelessness but there is still room for improvement as housing status was often documented in other areas of the chart. It became apparent that identification would be one of the biggest barriers to seeing these patients. This project also provided insight into the barriers a medical student may face when trying to provide resources, including chart review time, presence of housing status documentation, knowledge of DC resources, etc. Furthermore, while many patients could be identified on chart review, it was difficult to speak with each patient to have the opportunity to provide resources. Conclusion: While a medical student could be used as a resource navigator, there appear to be more efficient methods. GW Hospital needs to continue improving housing status documentation so resources can be automatically provided upon discharge. Also, while interviewing patients, it was apparent that simply handing out the resource guide was not sufficient. Discussing options and learning about each patient was the most valuable. There is significant potential for integrating medical students into the discharge process and I look forward to continuing work towards that goal

Scaled Quantization for the Vision Transformer

Quantization using a small number of bits shows promise for reducing latency and memory usage in deep neural networks. However, most quantization methods cannot readily handle complicated functions such as exponential and square root, and prior approaches involve complex training processes that must interact with floating-point values. This paper proposes a robust method for the full integer quantization of vision transformer networks without requiring any intermediate floating-point computations. The quantization techniques can be applied in various hardware or software implementations, including processor/memory architectures and FPGAs.Comment: 9 pages, 0 figur

Photoionization Rates of Cs Rydberg Atoms in a 1064 nm Far Off-Resonance Trap

Experimental measurements of photoionization rates of $nD_{5/2}$ Rydberg states of Cs ($50 \leq n \leq 75$) in a 1064 nm far off-resonance dipole trap are presented. The photoionization rates are obtained by measuring the lifetimes of Rydberg atoms produced inside of a 1064 nm far off-resonance trap and comparing the lifetimes to corresponding control experiments in a magneto-optical trap. Experimental results for the control experiments agree with recent theoretical predictions for Rydberg state lifetimes and measured photoionization rates are in agreement with transition rates calculated from a model potential.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure

Bus energy consumption for multilevel signals

A comprehensive analysis of energy consumption for voltage-mode multilevel signals on a nanometer-technology bus is presented. A transition-dependent model is used which allows simplified calculation of the energy consumption. The accuracy of the approach is demonstrated using circuit simulations of three different electrical models of the bus, namely, lumped-C, distributed-RC, and distributed-RLC networks. We also verify that bus energy consumption is independent of driver resistance, as predicted by the model. Finally, we present a comparative analysis of power consumption for multilevel and binary buses