... protects the absolute otherness ofthe alien Whereas Freud’s is the story ofthe externalization ofthe alien as the simply sane, Kant’s is the tale ofthe externalization ofthe alien as the simply ... they can, presumably, be made to stay on the other side ofthe institution’s border Here, the alien is simply the other Internalization and externalization, the same and the other—these are the ... economy of mastery and control: in an anthropology ofscience fiction, the labor ofthe alien always serves the ends of man Although sciencefiction aliens are allowed within the borders of a discourse...
... Sully, via the use ofthe neural queue at the end of its tail, to harness the powers ofthe Pandora forests and turn them against the militant technology ofthe humans The use ofthe avatar also ... (2009) The body in thesciencefiction genre has long been a site of conflict In one ofthe texts often acknowledged as one ofthe earliest forms ofscience fiction, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the ... Furthermore, I argue that the anxiety in these films is not so much about the virtual or the actual, and the privileging ofthe actual over the virtual The anxiety in these films is about authenticity...
... alpha decay The decay of a substance in which the nuclei ofthe atoms emit alpha particles, resulting in a change ofthe atomic number and atomic weight ofthe substance over a period of time alphanumeric ... start ofthe trace on the indicator screen to eliminate the altitude circle in the display ALU Abbreviation of ARITHMETIC AND LOGIC UNIT alumel An alloy used in the construction of one type of THERMOCOUPLE ... determination of current of large dimension, or ofthe size ofthe ampere ampere-hour Abbreviations: Ah, amp-hr The quantity of electricity that passes through a circuit in one hour when the rate of flow...
... energy, on account ofthe motion ofthe source and/or the detecting apparatus A small displacement in the apparent positions ofthe stars from month to month on account ofthe earth’s orbital ... execution of a specific operation absolute magnitude For a complex number quantity, the vector sum ofthe real and imaginary components (i.e., the square root ofthe sum ofthe squares of those ... measurement of current Measurement of a current directly in terms of defining quantities TANGENT GALVANOMETER method: Current is proportional to the tangent ofthe angle of deflection ofthe needle of...
... relationship with a pet The loss ofthe pet often precipitated an episode of severe symptoms ofthe disorder Child psychologist Boris Levinson (1970), who pioneered the use of pets in therapy, observed ... Curious George and Where the Wild Things Are engage children’s imaginations as they help them to process their eager explorations and fears oftheworld around them In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s dog ... tree, taught them about their strengths and weaknesses, and then sent them out into theworld to guide people in their personal and relational growth The Chinese believe that each of us is born...
... gave a molecular mass of 16 309.7 Da, but this matched none ofthe DNA-predicted proteins MS ⁄ MS of these ions gave the C-terminal sequence of Fig These and all other peaks of that spectrum did ... substitution; MS ⁄ MS will then show the substituent positions of different isomers A problem for MS ⁄ MS of either the peptides for the bottom-up approach or ofthe proteins for the top-down approach ... check for covalent modifications ofthe enzyme, the effect ofthe inhibitor on the molecular mass value of HAD was measured; instead of an adduct increase, or no change, the value had unexpectedly...
... (affect theory, “power of images”, theories of presence) there are quite important differences I think the justification of bringing them together is that it is worth noting the confluence of these ... one ofthe most influential interpretations ofthe fate of art in recent decades, Arthur Danto’s Snyder challenges Danto’s analysis ofthe current plurality of artistic styles as the result ofthe ... Western aesthetic tradition of interpreting the arts, that ofthe “counter-modern aesthetics” This is at least what Berta Pérez’s discussion ofthe aesthetic aspect of Žižek’s Lacanian reading of films...
... consequences for the comparison ofthe results of this study with the others Jacobsen et al (2006) acknowledged this in the first paragraph of their paper when referring to the other set of studies: ... none of these studies aimed at identifying the network of aesthetic judgment per se” (Jacobsen et al., 2006, p 276) In sum, while the question ofthe brain correlates of judging the beauty of images ... ofthe emotional response associated with aesthetic preference have been captured by two ofthe reviewed studies: the representation of reward value and the awareness ofthe emotional state The...
... engine The number of hits for positive seeds, negative seeds, positives seeds near the given word, and negative seeds near the given word are used to estimate the association ofthe given word to the ... commercial search engine when the search query is the given word and the disjunction of all positive seed words hitspos is the number of hits when we search for the disjunction of all positive seed words ... English is useful for improving the performance on other languages with limited resources The rest ofthe paper is structured as follows In section 2, we review some ofthe related prior work We define...
... returns true if the morph ofthe descendant of de is the same as the morph ofthe descendant of d s , or if both descendants have canonical mentions with an exact string match; the We remove all ... parse trees The set of nonterminal labels associated with each word is the set of labels ofthe nodes for which that word was the head For example, in the lexicalized tree in Figure 1, the head ... the descendant -of relation ofthe event description e and the sentence s, respectively We use the following, two-tiered strategy Let de , d s be elements of Ee and E s , with d x d denoting the...
... [106], these cases are relatively easy to explain as above But if one considers the evolution of all ofthe enzymes ofthe pathway (Fig 4), it is clear that only about half ofthe enzymes ofthe ... obtain an overview ofthe patterns of similarity for the enzymes of these pathways in plants and the relationships of their differentially compartmentalized isoenzymes Condensing the information ... to the cytosol ofthe host [3,83] For the tricarboxylic acid cycle, a complete transfer ofthe pathway to the cytosol would not work, because some of its enzymes are intergral components of the...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... setting the stage for another swing ofthe pendulum back to the latter as a result of disappointments with the results of diffuse grassroots investments ofthe 1970s In the early 1980s the USAID ... NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences,...
... at the age of 14–but washed out at 17 His career as a sciencefiction writer began with the publication ofthe novel, "The Monster God of Mamurth", which appeared in the August 1926 issue ofthe ... gripped the atom-pistol as they stole through the dark ship and out ofthe space-door Outside, they paused in the darkness The scene was one of magic, unearthly beauty The metal bulk ofthe cruiser ... "The Island of Unreason" (Wonder Stories, May 1933) won the first Jules Verne Prize as the best SF story ofthe year (this was the first SF prize awarded by the votes of fans, a precursor of the...
... substance Development ofthe modern theory of bonding The discovery ofthe electron by J J Thomson in 1897 was, in the long run, the key needed to solve the problem of bonding In the short run, however, ... levelled the city of Carthage and treated the surrounding fields with salt to destroy the agricultural capability ofthe land, thereby preventing the rebuilding ofthe city The attraction of chemicals ... the laws of thermodynamics, all chemical reactions change the energy state ofthe reactants The change in energy results from changes in the in the number and strengths of chemical bonds as the...
... lanes ofthe old city and invitations to play at the houses of some the grand families came in One of these was to the residence of Madam Armengo and another was the residence of Napoleon then ... joining some ofthe other girls in grand romps in the corridors ofthe hotel, nor afraid to join them in the glorious mischief of CHAPTER VII 33 changing all the boots put out at the doors ofthe rooms ... free to them and it seemed as if the daughters ofthe house could not enough to minister to the wants ofthe unhappy party The discovery of whom they entertained only added to the warmth ofthe reception...
... alignments of some ofthe proteins listed in the PFAM database that contain the Vps4 C-terminal oligomerization domain (PF09336) The sequence ofthe SRH of each protein is also shown The sequence ofthe ... not the b domain The distinguishing feature of members ofthe meiotic clade of AAA ATPases is the SRH motif, which differs from that of other AAA ATPases [24] The pair of Arg residues in the ... for the RDF sequence in modulating the function ofthe SRH The C-terminal region of human VPS4B contains the b domain (b strands and 8), the final helix ofthe AAA domain (a helix 10) and the...
... parasites ofthe genus Giardia are one ofthe earliest lineages of eukaryotic cells, and the Giardia protease is the earliest known branch ofthe cathepsin B family [23] Its phylogeny confirms that the ... concentrating the allergen according to the isoelectric point (pI) ofthe molecule A pH gradient from to 11 was established for the characterization of Phl p After completion ofthe run, the individual ... further explore the biochemical function of group I allergens Expression of glycosylated and nonglycosylated rPhl p reveals differing stability of these allergens The expression of rPhl p in the...
... clothed in the solemnity of his function Whether a magistrate or some other grave person, the figure represents the possibility of punishment or domination by the will of an other, neither of ... enables them to exert their wills over against the wills of others who oppose them Social power - another phrase for the attainment of happiness - is predicated on the internalization ofthe juridical ... For others, law is merely an expression ofthe opinions that they hold in common with their fellow members ofthe public sphere.67 And just as the experience ofthe family can be conceived as the...