Poetry Chapbook: Red Light Laughter

"Red Light Laughter" is a poetry chapbook containing 20 poems written and edited extensively by Marcus Lloyd Rummell. The poetry included ranges from as recent as April 2010 to as late as January 2009. The book also contains notes, for reference when necessary, and was professionally designed by Lindsey Voskowsky, who is currently employed at the Yale Center of Design.

Behavioral and cellular analysis of classical conditioning of feeding behavior in Aplysia

In classical conditioning, an associative form of learning, animals learn to associate two stimuli. Cellular and molecular mechanisms for the induction and consolidation of associative learning and memory at the level of single cells and synaptic connections have been studied in both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. The majority of studies, however, relied on aversive stimuli to induce learning. This bias may limit the extent to which identified mechanisms generalize to other forms of associative learning and memory, such as appetitive forms. The goal of the present study was to develop a classical conditioning procedure for the marine mollusk Aplysia californica using appetitive reinforcement, and to analyze associative learning using behavioral and electrophysiological techniques. ^ Using tactile stimulation of the lips as the conditional stimulus (CS) and food as the unconditional stimulus (US) a training protocol was developed that reliably induced classical conditioning of feeding behavior. Memory persisted for at least 24 hours. The gross organization of reinforcement-mediating pathways was analyzed in additional behavioral experiments. Moreover, neurophysiological correlates of classical conditioning were identified and characterized in an in vitro preparation containing the circuitry for feeding behavior. In vitro stimulation of a nerve (AT4) that may mediate the CS during training, resulted in a greater number of buccal motor patterns (BMPs) in brains from conditioned animals, as compared to control animals. The majority of these BMPs were ingestion-like, consistent with the increased number of bites in response to the CS after classical conditioning. Moreover, classical conditioning correlated with increased excitatory synaptic input to BMP-initiating neuron B31/32, in response to stimulation of AT 4, as compared to controls. The expression of the correlates of classical conditioning identified in this study was specific to stimulation of AT 4, which is consistent the stimulus specificity that is characteristic for classical conditioning. ^ The identification of cellular correlates of classical conditioning documented here provides the basis for future, more detailed analyses of an appetitive form of associative learning and memory, that may extend the working knowledge of the cellular and molecular mechanisms for associative plasticity in general. ^

The Harmonic Oscillator, a Review of Classical and Elementary Quantum Mechanics

The classical harmonic oscillator and an elementary discussion of the quantum mechanical solutions for the harmonic oscillator are discussed.

Popular poetry of the Russian Jews

by Leo Wiener

A classical tour through Italy : an 1802

by John Chetwode Eustace

The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith : with an account of the life and writings of the author : to which is added a prefatory essay, containing a critical dissertation on his poetry

by J. Aikin, M.D, Oliver Goldsmith

Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind) : together with some few of later date

[edited by Thomas Percy]

Cellular mechanisms of operant and classical conditioning

The ability to associate a predictive stimulus with a subsequent salient event (i.e., classical conditioning) and the ability to associate an expressed behavior with the consequences (i.e., operant conditioning) allow for a predictive understanding of a changing environment. Although they are operationally distinct, there has been considerable debate whether at some fundamental level classical and operant conditioning are mechanistically distinct or similar. Feeding behavior of Aplysia (i.e., biting) was chosen as the model system and was successfully conditioned with appetitive forms of both operant and classical conditioning. The neuronal circuitry responsible for feeding is well understood and is suitable for cellular analyses, thus providing for a mechanistic comparison between these two forms of associative learning. ^ Neuron B51 is part of the feeding circuitry of Aplysia and is critical for the expression of ingestive behaviors. B51 also is a locus of plasticity following both operant and classical conditioning. Both in vivo and in vitro operant conditioning increased the input resistance and the excitability of B51. No pairing-specific changes in the input resistance were observed following both in vivo and in vitro classical conditioning. However, classical conditioning decreased the excitability of B51. Thus, both operant and classical conditioning modified the threshold level for activation of neuron B51, but in opposite directions, revealing key differences in the cellular mechanisms underlying these two forms of associative learning. ^ Next, the cellular mechanisms underlying operant conditioning were investigated in more detail using a single-cell analogue. The single-cell analogue successfully recapitulated the previous in vivo and in vitro operant conditioning results by increasing the input resistance and the excitability of B51. Both PKA and PKC were necessary for operant conditioning. Dopamine appears to be the transmitter mediating the reinforcement signal in this form of conditioning. A D1 dopamine receptor antibody revealed that the D1receptor localizes to the axon hillock, which is also the region that gives the strongest response when iontophoresing dopamine. ^ The studies presented herein, thus, provide for a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying both of these forms of associative learning and demonstrate that they likely operate through distinct cellular mechanisms. ^

Las dos caras de la Fedra dannunziana

Desde Eurípides y Séneca, sin olvidar a Racine y Garnier, el mito de Fedra ejerció una especial atracción sobre el arte, y su vigencia se ha visto renovada periódicamente. La poética de grandes sectores artísticos de finales del siglo XIX, articulada por la remisión al código clasicista y por el apartamiento de toda forma de arte vulgar o burgués, produjo una de las últimas versiones de la tragedia: la Fedra (1909) de Gabriele d’Annunzio. En este trabajo, voy a detenerme en algunas claves culturales del texto del dramaturgo italiano. En ellas se refleja una lectura del mito antiguo en clave nietzscheana, en virtud de la inclusión de dos personajes agregados por D’Annunzio al repertorio clásico.

Lecturas “dirigidas" de la poesía estadounidense : The new american poetry (1960) y Legitimate dangers (2006)

Este artículo estudia dos antologías de poesía estadounidense publicadas en su país de origen en 1960 y en 2006, respectivamente: The New American Poetry, compilada por Donald Allen, y Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century, por Michael Dumanis y Cate Marvin. A cincuenta años de la aparición de la primera, la crítica reconoce la función rupturista, renovadora y, a la vez, seminal de la selección de Allen, quien presentaba su texto como una colección de poetas y poemas opuestos al “verso académico". Del mismo modo, Dumanis y Marvin presentan una antología que busca difundir autores jóvenes cuya poesía propone el riesgo como valor fundamental. Nuestro enfoque compara y contrasta ambas antologías, para señalar los aspectos comunes, las declaraciones de principios y las poéticas subyacentes a ambas, y los procesos de canonización que llevan a cabo.

Poetry for export : Contemporary Argentine Poetry (1969), de William Shand, una antología poética argentina en inglés

La traducción se planta como el medio para que un público ajeno a la lengua de origen de un texto pueda acceder a él. En el caso de la poesía, debido a su difícil traducción y a su escasa publicación, la problemática de la traducción se torna doble. A partir de entonces, la presentación de una antología poética argentina en inglés como carta de presentación de la literatura nacional en el mundo resulta una obra interesante en cuanto a sus contenidos y repercusiones en el canon internacional

La palabra y su sombra : Modos de lo histórico en dos libros de Aldo Oliva

La tesina intenta abordar la poética de Aldo Oliva, autor ampliamente reconocido pero poco estudiado por la crítica. Para ello rastrea los modos en que lo político, lo histórico y lo coyuntural ingresan en una obra cuyo refinamiento, su juego libre con la tradición grecolatina y su autorreferencialidad han llevado a un encasillamiento prematuro en el campo de la "poesía pura".

Construcción textual de los dioses griegos en el siglo I

Los problemas y soluciones de las cuestiones homéricas generaron disquisiciones filológicas y gramaticales en los primeros siglos del imperio romano, pero fundamentalmente se buscó siempre el sentido profundo y la razón filosófica de cada figura de los poemas épicos. Heráclito, el alegorista, pretende alcanzar esa verdad que subyace en los relatos mitológicos siguiendo los pasos de un discurso epidíctico en el estilo de la oratoria clásica. Sus Alegorías de Homero son, en esta oportunidad, la fuente principal para acercarnos a la construcción textual de Apolo, Atenea, Hera y Zeus en el primer siglo de nuestra era, así como la Theologia de Cornutus y Sobre la vida y poesía de Homero atribuida a Plutarco

XIº Congress of the International Federation of the societies of classical studies (FIEC), Kavala (Grecia), 24 al 30 de agosto de 1999

Fil: Galán, Lía Margarita. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.