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War And Peace. The Film Iconeme Of The Urban Square As Image Of Europe In Transition (1944-1948), Paolo Villa

Artl@s Bulletin

A central feature of European urban landscapes, the square represents the public space par excellence. At the end of WW2 and in the immediate postwar time, the role of cinema in representing and reimagining urban squares was crucial. Through film images, they became the stage and the mirror of a Europe in transition. This contribution, examining Italian, French, German, and Czechoslovak cases, posits the square as an essential iconeme in postwar nonfiction cinema and visual culture, acting as a fil rouge to visually retrace the path of Europe from war to peace, and into new forms of political tension.

Europe As A Celebrated Community Of Culture. The Council Of Europe’S Art Exhibitions In The 1950s, Lefteris Spyrou

Artl@s Bulletin

Born as part of a Europe-building process in the aftermath of WWII, the Council of Europe emerged, during the 1950s, as the leading intergovernmental organisation for cultural cooperation in Europe. This paper examines the Art Exhibitions held under its auspices in different western-European cities between 1954 and 1961. Presenting in chronological order the major artistic movements in Europe from the Renaissance to 1914, the exhibitions were quite successful in terms of public attendance, and became the most important institutional initiative in visualising the idea of European unity based on a shared cultural heritage.

Le Musée Des Écoles Étrangères Et Le Spectre De La Guerre En Europe Dans L’Entre-Deux- Guerres, Elena Maria Rita Rizzi

Artl@s Bulletin

Cet article examine si et comment la politique artistique du Musée des Écoles étrangères à Paris dans les années 1920 et 1930 put contribuer à définir l’ « art européen » ainsi que l’espace européen. Il étudie ensuite la seule toile exposée par le musée – Europe, réalisée par l’artiste Ismaël Gonzalez de La Serna vers 1935 – qui prêta une attention particulière au sujet. Tout en mettant cette oeuvre en rapport avec les oeuvres portant sur le même sujet réalisées à l’époque par d’autres artistes, il s’agit, enfin, de comprendre la faible circulation de cette image de l’Europe, qui …

Perspectives On Changing Cultural Spaces In 19th Century Europe, Christophe Charle

Artl@s Bulletin

To define the limits of European cultural spaces requires a pragmatic and empirical approach, founded on a comparative overview of the circulations of symbolic goods, of the agents involved in the processes of diffusion and mediatization of these goods, and of their modes of transmission or valorization. In this essay, I illustrate the effects of changing conditions on the specific field of 19th-century opera, one of the first international forms of cultural practice in Europe. I then consider the origins and causes of unequal cultural circulations in other fields, notably the presence or absence of mediators in these processes of …

A Light On Europe. The International And Intermedial Trajectory Of A Medieval Chandelier At The Turn Of The Nineteenth Century, Eveline Deneer

Artl@s Bulletin

This article investigates the shaping of European visual culture by tracing the international and intermedial trajectory of the visual motive of a chandelier from a 15th-century Burgundian manuscript in the decades around 1800. Passing from Brussels, Paris, Lyon, Mannheim, and Vienna to Coburg, and moving from illumination to drawing, archaeological illustration, painting, engraving to the applied arts, its trajectory exemplifies the historical conditions and cultural phenomena that animated the formation of a European visual culture, at a time when historical and national consciousness were developing on the continent.

The New World Debate And The 18th-Century Images Of America That Brought Europe Together, Catherine Dossin

Artl@s Bulletin

The New World Debate offers a privileged site to reconstruct and study Europe’s self-image in the 18th century. Taking on Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle, Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes, Voltaire’s Alzire et les Americains, and De Pauw’s Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains, this paper traces the process through which Europe elaborated a Eurocentric view of the world organization through a paternalistic, usually benevolent but always contemptuous, relation to America that would come to define Europe’s colonial expansion of the 19th century and make colonialism an essential, yet uncomfortable, dimension of Europe’s modern identity.

Fashioning Europe: Identity And Dress In Early Modern Costume Books, Emilia Olechnowicz

Artl@s Bulletin

This article aims to demonstrate how early modern costume books attempted to define the identities of Europeans. They presented a system of social stratifications, describing the presumed differences between people of various origins, age, gender, and, above all, social position. The existence of these differences was presented as part of an order not only social and political but also moral and religious. On closer inspection, however, it becomes apparent that these differences had as much to do with actual cultural disparities between people as with the different perspectives and attitudes of the authors of the individual books.

The Column And The Pediment: The Persistence Of Values?, Areti Adamopoulou

Artl@s Bulletin

There is one icon dispersed worldwide and historically associated with higher values: the façade of a columnated building capped by a pediment. This simple vertical, horizontal, and triangular formation runs through the ages and is firmly associated with values and ideas stemming from Europe. It survived centuries of use and abuse, and served revolutions, nation-states, democracies, colonialism, totalitarian regimes, and commercial culture. It even reached the world of computer graphic symbols and still inspires artists. In this paper, I discuss this icon in terms of its diffusion and persistency and comment upon its link to Europe.

Thinking Europe Visually. A Schizophrenic Certitude, Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel

Artl@s Bulletin

This article questions the existence of a shared European visual culture by examining how images circulated across the continent from the late nineteenth to the mid‑twentieth century. It revisits the post‑war concepts of Weltliteratur and Malraux’s Musée imaginaire, showing how they sought to ground European unity in culture despite their Western‑centric biases. Through the categories of witness images, constructed images, and circulating images, the text argues that visuals both reflect and shape European identities. Large‑scale analysis of illustrated press images (1880–1960) reveals that art images—especially religious motifs and reproductions—were the only visual content consistently circulating across Europe. The article …

Orca Annual Report 2022-23, Msu Orca

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

Quick Facts about ORCA, AY 22-23

• 12 of 12 slots filled for Posters-at-the-Capitol with projects from the College of Business, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, the School of Agriculture, and the College of Science, Engineering & Technology
• 350 students presented in both Scholars Weeks with support from 88 individual faculty members
• 20 grants awarded totaling over $15,000
• 17 items published in Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

Wiener Index In Graphs Given Girth, Minimum, And Maximum Degrees, Fadekemi J. Osaye, Liliek Susilowati, Alex S. Alochukwu, Cadavious Jones

Theory & Applications of Graphs

Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$. The Wiener index $W(G)$ of $G$ is the sum of the distances between all unordered pairs of vertices of $G$. The well-known upper bound $\big( \frac{n}{\delta+1}+2\big) {n \choose 2}$ on the Wiener index of a graph of order $n$ and minimum degree $\delta$ by Kouider and Winkler \cite{Kouider} was improved significantly by Alochukwu and Dankelmann \cite{Alex} for graphs containing a vertex of large degree $\Delta$ to $W(G) \leq {n-\Delta+\delta \choose 2} \big( \frac{n+2\Delta}{\delta+1}+4 \big)$. In this paper, we give upper bounds on the Wiener index of $G$ in terms of order …

Strengthening Of Mechanical Properties And Electrical Conductivity Study On 6061 Al Alloy After Ecap Process, Nour Eldeen Megahed, A.M. El-Kassas, Maher Rashad

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The investigation centered around the analysis of enhanced mechanical properties and electrical conductivity in an industrial aluminum alloy that underwent a transformation into an ultra-fine-grained (UFG) state. The aforementioned transformation was successfully accomplished by utilizing a singular iteration of the Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) method. The study involved conducting evaluations through hardness and compression tests, measuring electrical conductivity, and analyzing microstructures using OM and SEM. After annealing for three hours at a temperature of 4150C, it is experimentally explored how the electrical conductivity and material properties of AA-6061 The mechanical properties of the material are influenced by the level …

Classification Of Kidney Masses Using Convolution Neural Network, Nada M. Yakout, Eman Abdelhalim, Abdalla Abdelhalim, Hossam El-Din Moustafa

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Classification of tumors among kidney masses (KM) through deep neural networks is one of the most important applications for detecting the disease at an early stage. It can increase patient survival rates, prevent mass growth, and prevent complications. Preoperative multi-phase abdominal Contrast Enhancement Computed Tomography (CE-CT) is widely used to detect lesions of kidney masses in order to avoid unneeded biopsy or surgery. However, decisions about treatment are difficult because of inter-observer variability caused by minute variations in the imaging characteristics of mass sub-types. In this study, we offer a comprehensive deep learning model using a Convolutional Neural Networks(CNN) for …

An Image Processing Technique For Studying The Flame Structure Using Single Shots Of Oh-Plif Diagnostics, Hazem M. Al-Bulqini, El-Shafie B. Zeidan, Farouk M. Okasha, Mohy S. Mansour

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Laser diagnostic techniques have played a crucial role in enhancing our understanding of combustion processes. Among these techniques, Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) utilizing OH radicals has proven to be a powerful tool for investigating reaction zones, flame curvature, and flame surface density in diverse flame modes including premixed, non-premixed, and partially premixed flames. However, to fully harness the potential of experimental measurements and laser diagnostics in studying combustion processes, a comprehensive grasp of image processing techniques and tools is essential for effectively analyzing captured images and extracting valuable information. In this study, we present a detailed algorithm that facilitates the …

Students’ Motivation To Attend Synchronous Online Lectures, Kefah Barham, Abedulkarim Ayyoub, Zuheir Khlaif, Abdelrahim Barham

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study aims to sightsee students' perceptions of how online lectures should be through exploring factors that increase students' motivation to attend live zoom classes. A quantitative approach was used to achieve the purpose of the study. The data was collected through an electronic questionnaire using Google forms to explore students' attitudes and perspectives on influencing their attendance to online learning sessions. Five hundred eighty-five participants (154 males and 431 females) in the study made the decision to answer the questionnaire electronically via Google Drive. The study participants were undergraduate students from two universities located north of the West Bank-Palestine. …

Constructing And Validating Of The Covid-19 Fear Scale: Psychometric Evidence And Optimal Cut-Off Score From Palestine, Fakher Khalili

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Background: Various corona-phobia scales have been constructed to measure the levels of fear related to COVID-19. However, probably these scales were established based on the individualistic perspective, without pay attention to fear for others’ destiny. Objective: The current study is addressing the fear of COVID-19 in light of collectivistic values. Method: The present study constructed and validated a new scale measuring fear of COVID-19 among Palestinians (C-19FSP) based on a sample size of (885) respondents. Further, this study was designed to provide an optimal cut-off score for diagnosing corona-phobia. The study was carried out through two phases using a convenient …

A Critical And Enrichment Study Of The New Palestinian Science Curricula In Light Of Media Education For The 21st Century: Grade Nine Curriculum As A Model, Ala' Awad, Mousa Khaldi

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study aims to examine how far media education for the 21^st century skills are included in the new Palestinian science curriculum, to investigate the extent to which these curricula are able to create inhabitants who are skilled to live in this new knowledge era, information explosion, and handle with various media content. The study, also, offers appropriate mechanisms that contribute to enriching the curriculum in light of these skills, including restructuring and formulation of some units and activities of the curriculum in light of the media education for the 21^st century. A qualitative approach with an analytical …

The Role Of The Islamic Culture In Facing The Pandemic Crises In The Jordanian Society, Atallah Almaiaytah

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study explored the effects of the epidemiological crisis (Covid-19) on societies in general, and on the Jordanian society in particular from the psychological perspective. It pinpointed the preventive and curative psychological roles for the Islamic culture to reach solutions for the problems resulting from the epidemiological crisis. The study also explained the relationship of culture and the psychological aspect of the individual and society, and showed the importance of such aspect during the pandemic since it is the basis upon which all facets of human life are constructed. One of the most significant results of the study was highlighting …

The Methods Of Demand Construction In The Poetry Of Ibn Mujbar Al Andalusi's: Semantic Rhetoric Study, Omar Al-Kafawain

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study discusses the methods of demand construction in Ibn Mujber AL-Andalusi's poetry, and aimed to monitor what he used from it, to highlight its rhetorical connotations, to link it to the semantics and meanings of the texts, and to show the extent of its consistency with them, and to show their role in the building of texts objectively and artistically,Through an applied procedural study, it is based on analyzing and linking each method and its context, and not just monitoring it, using descriptive method integrated with the artistic curriculum; For their role in highlighting the functions of …

The Cognitive And Applied Implications Of The Digital Environment On Media Education Curricula In Jordanian Universities - A Field Study, Kamel Murad

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The article aims to reveal the repercussions of the digital environment on the systematic construction of media and communication courses in Jordanian universities, and to monitor the expected gap between the current reality of the curricula and the hoped reality in light of the developments in digital communication. The article focuses on a set of core topics in the media; and compares the theoretical aspect that the media courses offer with the required skill aspect and what the digital environment can add on both sides in terms of editing, directing, photography, speech, presentation, design, montage, and preparation in various media …

Factors Affecting Growth Of The Construction Sector: Case Of Jordan, Mohammad Alrawabdeh, Nahil Saqfalhait

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This paper aims to study the performance of the construction sector in Jordan and to investigate the most important factors affecting the growth of the sector, during the period from 1985 to 2018. The study overviews the development of the sector by dividing the study period into three sub-periods that reflect the extent to which the sector is affected by the volatile political, economic, and demographic conditions. Moreover, the study applies Auto Regressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) to estimate the impact of some economic variables on the growth of the construction sector in the long run and short run. The …

Adaptive Leadership During Times Of Great Change And Opportunity, Danielle Daubin

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this exploratory phenomenological study was to identify and describe the strategies used by middle school principals to build an adaptive capacity based on the five key characteristics of adaptive leadership identified by Heifetz et al. (2009).

Methodology: Three counties in northern California were selected to conduct a phenomenological study on middle school principals. Of this population, purposeful sampling was applied to identify participants who met specific criteria. Ten participants were selected: four from Contra Costa County, three from San Joaquin County, and three from Stanislaus County. The researcher conducted one-on-one interviews to gather data, which was …

Steps For Starting A Professional Learning Community (Plc): A Literature Review, John T. Sutton

PROSPECT S-STEM

There are a number of steps that can influence and inform the creation, development, and growth of a professional learning community (PLC). It isn’t necessary to use a lock-step approach, rather it is cyclical and evolving. The steps take into consideration and accommodates the context of the institution and the need to improve for a variety of reasons. The steps allow for quick wins and changes that require significant time, research, and resolution. Always with a plan that reflects member and institutional priorities. It is hoped that by identifying what has been consistently identified as important steps to the success …

Digital Nucleic Acid Memory, Chloe Day, Kiara Goodwin, Jeremy Naftzger, Alayne Rice, Audrey Thompson, Ben Balzer, George Dickinson, William Clay, Luca Piantanida, Golam Mortuza, Tim Andersen, Wan Kuang, Eric Hayden

VIP 2023

Advancing digital Nucleic Acid Memory (dNAM) as an innovative data storage method, our research harnesses DNA's high information density, stability, and energy efficiency for non-volatile memory applications . dNAM offers a sustainable alternative that improves upon the limitations of current memory materials .

Social Media And Virtual Sisterhood: The Instagram Account @Perempuanberkisah As A Space For Women’S Solidarity, Tri Kurnia Revul Andina, Estavita Chantik Pembayun, Prasakti Ramadhana Fahadi

Informasi

The practical and interactive nature of social media has played a pivotal role in fostering unity among women. Social media has evolved into platforms for women to express their worries, share their fears, discuss their problems, and be more emphatetic towards each other. In this virtual realm, a distinct form of solidarity has emerged, allowing women to amplify their voices beyond the confines of the non-virtual world. An exemplary illustration of this phenomenon is the Instagram account @perempuanberkisah, which actively advocates for women’s issues, particularly focusing on cases of violence. @perempuanberkisah curates diverse content, frequently featuring themes related to violence, …

Uc Minutes 2023-12-06, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

A Call For Change: Minnesota Environmental Justice Heroes In Action, Volume 2, Christie Manning, Minori Kishi, Rachel Campbell

Books

Access Online: https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/environmentaljusticevol2/

This second volume of “A Call for Change: Minnesota Environmental Justice Heroes in Action” is a collection of the stories and efforts of environmental justice activists at the forefront of the Minnesota environmental justice movement. It is a compilation of interviews, conducted by students at Macalester College in 2023, to understand the layers of environmental injustice in Minnesota and bring attention to the resilience and determination of activists and communities. See volume one at https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/environmentaljustice/

Data-Supported Policy Recommendations For Usda Food Insecurity-Related Programs, Kara Woods, Anne M. Cafer, Meagen Rosenthal, Jillian Morrison, Natalie Minton, Brian K. Phillips, Si-Arah Mccray, Iris Crosby, Henry English, Kandi Williams

Food Systems

This report summarizes the findings obtained from a collaborative research project between the University of Mississippi Community First Research Center for Wellbeing and Creative Achievement (CREW), Southern University Agriculture Center, and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The purpose of this research initiative was to examine the demand for nutrition incentive and produce prescription programs by farmers in rural areas across Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and to examine to what degree, if any, local farmers are currently incorporated into existing USDA Farm Bill funded produce prescription and nutrition incentive initiatives based on the 2018 Farm Bill changes.

Uc Transcript 2023-12-06, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Examining Disparities In Ninth-Grade Advanced Courses, Sarah Mckenzie, Josh Mcgee, Sarah R. Morris

Policy Briefs

In this brief, we examine the racial and socioeconomic disparities in ninth-grade advanced course placement. We utilized a statistical analysis of course placement patterns and interviewed Arkansas counselors. We suggest districts implement local norm-based placement systems that automatically enroll students in ninth-grade advanced courses to enhance equity in course placement.