This article examines the impact of Bernard Shaw in the twentieth-first century, through looking at the performance of an excerpt from Pygmalion (1913) at Buckingham Palace, London. This performance was part of a Gala...
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This article examines the impact of Bernard Shaw in the twentieth-first century, through looking at the performance of an excerpt from Pygmalion (1913) at Buckingham Palace, London. This performance was part of a Gala held to celebrate the UK's dramatic arts, to mark the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's (RADA) 110th anniversary, and to celebrate sixty years of Queen Elizabeth II's patronage of RADA. It was attended by Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of Cambridge who is now the Princess of Wales, and Prince Michael of Kent, together with 250 guests, including superstars from the theater, radio, TV, and films holding Academy, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, and numerous other awards. The ways these personages encountered Shaw reflected not only the various renditions of Shaw's plays in modern times, but also the high-level possibilities to revive Shaw, which still need championing before they can materialize.
IntroductionThe objective of this study was to evaluate image quality and radiation dose of a CT angiography (CTA) protocol using 80kVp in combination with iterative reconstruction and automated tube current modulatio...
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IntroductionThe objective of this study was to evaluate image quality and radiation dose of a CT angiography (CTA) protocol using 80kVp in combination with iterative reconstruction and automated tube current modulation. MethodsNinety-five aortic CTA examinations were included in this study. A novel 80kVp aortic CTA-protocol with iterative reconstruction was introduced in our department in March 2012 for patients with a body mass index (BMI) below 32kg/m(2). The first 72 consecutive examinations were retrospectively assigned to group A (56 patients, 42 men, 14 women, mean age 69.610.7years, BMI range 19.7-31.1kg/m(2)). For comparison, the last 23 consecutive examinations performed with the old protocol (100kVp) were assigned to group B (21 patients, 13 men, 8 women, mean age 67.411.1years, BMI range 19.7-31.9kg/m(2)). Thoracic and abdominal contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and aortic attenuation were assessed. Subjective image quality was rated on a 5-point scale (1=non diagnostic;5=excellent). Furthermore, dose length product (DLP) and volumetric computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol) were analysed. ResultsAll examinations achieved diagnostic image quality. Attenuation of the aorta was significantly higher in group A compared with B (thoracic: 443.5 +/- 90.5 Hounsfield units (HU) vs. 296.0 +/- 61.0HU;abdominal: 426.3 +/- 94.2HU vs. 283.6 +/- 60.5HU;P<0.05, respectively). CNR, SNR and subjective image quality were comparable between both groups (CNR: 12.8 +/- 3.7 vs. 13.0 +/- 7.4;SNR 14.4 +/- 3.9 vs. 14.9 +/- 8.2;subjective image quality: 4.3 +/- 0.6 vs. 4.5 +/- 0.6;P>0.05, respectively). CTDIvol and DLP were significantly lower in group A (1.9 +/- 0.5mGy;139.2 +/- 41.1mGy x cm) as compared with group B (4.2 +/- 1.4mGy;292.1 +/- 91.5mGy x cm;P<0.001, respectively). ConclusionLow-dose CTA of the aorta using 80kVp with iterative reconstruction enables a significant dose reduction of up to 50% compared with a 100kVp protocol in patients with
Amid unprecedented novelty, complexity, turbulence, and conflict, it is apparent that a new education system is needed. Focused on a new outcome-postsecondary education completion with advanced competence-heretofore s...
When initial distribution of temperature in wall is given arbitrarily, thermal history of fluid and wall is studied analytically under following assumptions;heat conductivity of fluid is apparently high enough to be c...
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When initial distribution of temperature in wall is given arbitrarily, thermal history of fluid and wall is studied analytically under following assumptions;heat conductivity of fluid is apparently high enough to be considered infinitely high;heat transfer between fluid and inner surface of wall in contact with it, agrees with Newton's law;etc;comparatively simple solution obtained by means of Heaviside's operational calculus.
This article explores Witold Gombrowicz within the context of Argentine literature by focusing on a particular tradition, namely travel-writing. Travel-writing is a privileged realm to scrutinize the rhetorical strate...
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This article explores Witold Gombrowicz within the context of Argentine literature by focusing on a particular tradition, namely travel-writing. Travel-writing is a privileged realm to scrutinize the rhetorical strategies whereby Europeans have "othered" foreign cultures, a process raising questions about cultural encounters, otherness and national identity. The article compares Gombrowicz's depictions of Argentina as an "immature" country, with those of another contemporary traveller, the Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset. Whereas Ortega y Gasset is traditionally given the role of cultural referee in a culture which is thought to be inferior or minor, Gombrowicz makes the effort to dissolve that authority, deconstructing the Europe/central cultures, Latin America/secondary cultures opposition.
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