Myth, moment and the challenge of identities: Stories from Australians of Indigenous and Chinese ancestry

There has been a long history of contact between Indigenous and Chinese people in north-eastern Australia. This is evidenced in contemporary communities by the significant presence of mixed-heritage individuals of Indigenous and Chinese ancestry. This paper employs the stories of 10 such individuals to examine their incorporation of 'otherculture' ancestries into identity constructs. In doing so, the paper sheds light on how identities are narrated at the intersection of 'myth' and 'moment', and how challenge evokes transformation and discontinuity. Three broad identity responses emerge from the data: affirmation of singular constructs; questioning and contemplation; and pluralist embracing of both cultures. Historical and contemporary discourses feature prominently, covertly and overtly restricting potential identifications. Mutuality and hegemonic rivalry are found to underpin the narration of relations between the two marginalised and racialised groups.

Load-unload response ratio and accelerating moment/energy release critical region scaling and earthquake prediction

The main idea of the Load-Unload Response Ratio (LURR) is that when a system is stable, its response to loading corresponds to its response to unloading, whereas when the system is approaching an unstable state, the response to loading and unloading becomes quite different. High LURR values and observations of Accelerating Moment/Energy Release (AMR/AER) prior to large earthquakes have led different research groups to suggest intermediate-term earthquake prediction is possible and imply that the LURR and AMR/AER observations may have a similar physical origin. To study this possibility, we conducted a retrospective examination of several Australian and Chinese earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 5.0 to 7.9, including Australia's deadly Newcastle earthquake and the devastating Tangshan earthquake. Both LURR values and best-fit power-law time-to-failure functions were computed using data within a range of distances from the epicenter. Like the best-fit power-law fits in AMR/AER, the LURR value was optimal using data within a certain epicentral distance implying a critical region for LURR. Furthermore, LURR critical region size scales with mainshock magnitude and is similar to the AMR/AER critical region size. These results suggest a common physical origin for both the AMR/AER and LURR observations. Further research may provide clues that yield an understanding of this mechanism and help lead to a solid foundation for intermediate-term earthquake prediction.

Le moment venu ou l’eveil dês editoriaux. Mutations de la littérature des années quatre-vingt vues par les revues littéraires

Les années quatre-vingt signalent un point de bascule dans et une mutation majeure dans les caractéristiques narratives de la littérature française. D’une certaine façon, elles entament la contemporanéité littéraire telle que nous la connaissons du point de vue critique. Nous insisterons sur le rôle des revues et des éditoriaux dans ce processus. Ils manifestent quelques hésitations de la critique par rapport à la littérature naissante.

L’hospitalié est un moment d’interaction culturelle

Espacio y hospitalidad, KHÔRA II-3, 2004, Junho, org. Danielle Provansal, (19-26)

Le moment venu ou l’eveil dês editoriaux. Mutations de la littérature frainçaise des années quatre-vingt vues par les revues littéraires

Les années quatre-vingt signalent un point de bascule dans et une mutation majeure dans les caractéristiques narratives de la littérature française. D’une certaine façon, elles entament la contemporanéité littéraire telle que nous la connaissons du point de vue critique. Nous insisterons sur le rôle des revues et des éditoriaux dans ce processus. Ils manifestent quelques hésitations de la critique par rapport à la littérature naissante.

Join The Moment Transitários, S.A: relatório de estágio no departamento de operações

Apresentado ao Instituto de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Empreendedorismo e Internacionalização, sob orientação da Doutora Maria Clara Pinto Ribeiro

An application of reliability-based robustness assessment of steel moment resisting frame structures under post-mainshock cascading events

The paper presented herein proposes a reliability-based framework for quantifying the structural robustness considering the occurrence of a major earthquake (mainshock) and subsequent cascading hazard events, such as aftershocks that are triggered by the mainshock. These events can significantly increase the probability of failure of buildings, especially for structures that are damaged during the mainshock. The application of the proposed framework is exemplified through three numerical case studies. The case studies correspond to three SAC steel moment frame buildings of 3-, 9-, and 20- stories, which were designed to pre-Northridge codes and standards. Twodimensional nonlinear finite element models of the buildings are developed using the Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation framework (OpenSees), using a finite-length plastic hinge beam model and a bilinear constitutive law with deterioration, and are subjected to multiple mainshock-aftershock seismic sequences. For the three buildings analyzed herein, it is shown that the structural reliability under a single seismic event can be significantly different from that under a sequence of seismic events. The reliability-based robustness indicator used shows that the structural robustness is influenced by the extent by which a structure can distribute damage.

A model to simulate the moment-rotation and crack width of FRC members reinforced with longitudinal bars

The present work describes a model for the determination of the moment–rotation relationship of a cross section of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) elements that also include longitudinal bars for the flexural reinforcement (R/FRC). Since a stress–crack width relationship (σ–w)(σ–w) is used to model the post-cracking behavior of a FRC, the σ–w directly obtained from tensile tests, or derived from inverse analysis applied to the results obtained in three-point notched beam bending tests, can be adopted in this approach. For a more realistic assessment of the crack opening, a bond stress versus slip relationship is assumed to simulate the bond between longitudinal bars and surrounding FRC. To simulate the compression behavior of the FRC, a shear friction model is adopted based on the physical interpretation of the post-peak compression softening behavior registered in experimental tests. By allowing the formation of a compressive FRC wedge delimited by shear band zones, the concept of concrete crushing failure mode in beams failing in bending is reinterpreted. By using the moment–rotation relationship, an algorithm was developed to determine the force–deflection response of statically determinate R/FRC elements. The model is described in detail and its good predictive performance is demonstrated by using available experimental data. Parametric studies were executed to evidence the influence of relevant parameters of the model on the serviceability and ultimate design conditions of R/FRC elements failing in bending.

Compatibilidad jurídica de la celebración de Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLCs) extra bloque por parte de Estados miembros de acuerdos de integración regional latinoamericanos con la normativa regional: Especial referencia al Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) y a la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN)

El objetivo focal del proyecto consiste en efectuar un estudio sobre la compatibilidad y factibilidad jurídica de la celebración y concreción de Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLCs) por parte de Estados miembros de acuerdos de integración regionales con terceros Estados, sobre la base de lo establecido en la normativa propia de los procesos de integración del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) y de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN); También se examinará la conformidad de lo planteado con lo dispuesto por la normativa de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), organización multilateral de la cual son miembros los países miembros del MERCOSUR y de la CAN. Dicho estudio se plasmará en una publicación especializada. En el supuesto de determinarse mediante la investigación la compatibilidad y factibilidad jurídica para la celebración y concreción de los tratados descriptos (en uno o en ambos casos), el proyecto prevé precisar los respectivos requisitos pertinentes, tanto en lo vinculado a la normativa regional como en lo relacionado con la normativa de la OMC. La celebración y/o la manifiesta intención de concretar TLCs por parte de algunos Estados miembros del MERCOSUR y de la CAN, así como la enérgica oposición política de otros Estados miembros de dichos procesos de integración regional, hacen que la investigación jurídica además de resultar pertinente por actualidad, derive de indudable necesidad. El proyecto pretende efectuar un riguroso análisis jurídico de la temática, a fin de contribuir de esta forma a intentar resolver, sobre bases sólidas, las actuales discrepancias interestatales en el seno de cada uno de los procesos de integración a los que pertenecen las universidades involucradas en el proyecto de investigación (Universidad Católica de Córdoba -UCC- y Pontificia Universidad Javeriana -PUJ-). Se aspira a que los resultados del proyecto de investigación constituyan una respuesta de calidad de la comunidad universitaria

Memoires de la Société Libre d'Emulation de Liege.

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Numerical schemes of diffusion asymptotics and moment closures for kinetic equations

We investigate different models that are intended to describe the small mean free path regime of a kinetic equation, a particular attention being paid to the moment closure by entropy minimization. We introduce a specific asymptotic-induced numerical strategy which is able to treat the stiff terms of the asymptotic diffusive regime. We evaluate on numerics the performances of the method and the abilities of the reduced models to capture the main features of the full kinetic equation.