A theoretical perspective of the Telepinu Myth : archetypes and initiation rites in historical contexts

Abstract: Research on the Telepinu Myth (CTH 324) has shown that it is an inexhaustibly rich document and that therefore the different, and sometimes conflicting, lines of analysis need to be pursued further. In the light of the symbolic evidence presented by this mythological tradition, we propose to focus on the privileged position granted to spatial symbols and to hypothesize the function this Myth served in specific contexts of the Hittite history, characterized by the increase and reduction of lands under Hittite jurisdiction. In this regard, we propose to evaluate the symbolic function that the Telepinu Myth displayed in order to rebuild the sacred space of the territories governed by the Hittites, when they were undergoing changes brought about by increased political and military contact with neighboring societies.

Símbolos helenísticos del poder en la concepción imperial de Calígula

Abstract: The way of exercising power of the Roman Princeps Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known by his agnomen Caligula, was largely driven by a different pattern of behavior of that promoted by his predecessors Augustus and Tiberius. Through a kind of ritualized acts, these princeps sought to show respect for the traditional social order and appear only as a primus inter pares among Roman aristocrats. As we can see, in this matter the young Gaius caused a radical change on imperial politics. From the valuation of a series of symbols and actions with strong symbolic connotations, in this work we will attempt to show that such a change was, in part, consequence of a new conception of the imperial power displayed by Caligula. The essence of such conception we must search it in the complex corpus of ideas that came to Rome from the pars orientis of the Roman Empire and based important aspects of the power of the Hellenistic Monarchies

Fast Computing For Lurr Of Earthquake Prediction

The LURR theory is a new approach for earthquake prediction, which achieves good results in earthquake prediction within the China mainland and regions in America, Japan and Australia. However, the expansion of the prediction region leads to the refinement of its longitude and latitude, and the increase of the time period. This requires increasingly more computations, and the volume of data reaches the order of GB, which will be very difficult for a single CPU. In this paper, a new method was introduced to solve this problem. Adopting the technology of domain decomposition and parallelizing using MPI, we developed a new parallel tempo-spatial scanning program.

A Note On The Numerical Simulations Of Flow Past A Wavy Square-Section Cylinder

The flow past a square-section cylinder with a geometric disturbance is investigated by numerical simulations. The extra terms, due to the introduction of mapping transformation simulating the effect of disturbance into the transformed Navier-Stokes equations, are correctly derived, and the incorrect ones in the previous literature are pointed out and analyzed. Furthermore, the relationship between the vorticity, especially on the cylinder surface, and the disturbance is derived and explained theoretically. The computations are performed at two Reynolds numbers of 100 and 180 and three amplitudes of waviness of 0.006, 0.025 and 0.167 with another aim to explore the effects of different Reynolds numbers and disturbance on the vortex dynamics in the wake and forces on the body. Numerical results have shown that, at the mild waviness of 0.025, the Karman vortex shedding is suppressed completely for Re = 100, while the forced vortex dislocation is appeared in the near wake at the Reynolds number of 180. The drag reduction is up to 21.6% at Re = 100 and 25.7% at Re = 180 for the high waviness of 0.167 compared with the non-wavy cylinder. The lift and the Strouhal number varied with different Reynolds numbers and the wave steepness are also obtained.

Los sistemas de cognición distribuida en la enseñanza universitaria en función del tipo de ciencia

Desde el enfoque psicológico denominado “Cognición Distribuida” es posible postular tres formas de distribución de la cognición en el interior de los sistemas de actividad: física, sociocomunicacional y simbólico-instrumental. Esta comunicación aborda la configuración de dichos sistemas, en función de las prácticas institucionales prevalecientes en la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Argentina. Se postula que dichas prácticas institucionales varían según el tipo de conocimiento que se vehiculiza en la acción enseñante: social y no social. La investigación consistió en la observación naturalista de 28 clases universitarias pertenecientes a tres carreras sociales y tres carreras exactas-naturales (14 clases por tipo epistémico de carrera). La observación estuvo focalizada en los tres sistemas de distribución de la cognición. Los resultados obtenidos sugieren una relación de sentido entre los mencionados tipos epistémico-institucionales y la configuración de los sistemas físico y simbólico.

Escala de Creencias Post-Críticas : análisis psicométrico para su aplicación al estudio de la religiosidad en Argentina

Resumen: Se analizan las propiedades psicométricas de la escala de creencias post-críticas (PCBS) en una muestra de 410 ciudadanos de 18 a 55 años de Córdoba/Argentina, seleccionados a partir de un muestreo no aleatorio. La escala fue traducida para el contexto local. A partir del uso complementario de Escalamiento Multidimensional y Análisis Factorial de componentes principales, se replican las dos dimensiones constitutivas de la PCBS (inclusión-exclusión en la trascendencia e interpretación literal-simbólica de los contenidos religiosos) y las cuatro sub-escalas propuestas: Crítica Externa, Segunda Ingenuidad, Ortodoxia, y Relativismo. El estudio reporta los índices de fiabilidad y la validez externa para cada una de éstas, y se discuten cuestiones operativas y conceptuales de su adecuación en Argentina.

Metric representation of DNA sequences

A metric representation of DNA sequences is borrowed from symbolic dynamics. In view of this method, the pattern seen in the chaos game representation of DNA sequences is explained as the suppression of certain nucleotide strings in the DNA sequences. Frequencies of short nucleotide strings and suppression of the shortest ones in the DNA sequences can be determined by using the metric representation.

A method to find unstable periodic orbits for the diamagnetic Kepler problem

A method to determine the admissibility of symbolic sequences and to find the unstable periodic orbits corresponding to allowed symbolic sequences for the diamagnetic Kepler problem is proposed by using the ordering of stable and unstable manifolds. By investigating the unstable periodic orbits up to length 6, a one to one correspondence between the unstable periodic orbits and their corresponding symbolic sequences is shown under the system symmetry decomposition.

Aspectos simbólicos prehispánicos en la Quebrada de la Cueva : una mirada arqueológica

Resumen: El trabajo presenta una aproximación al estudio de algunos aspectos simbólicos arqueológicos en la quebrada de La Cueva, Humahuaca, Jujuy. En primer término se estudian y discuten los contextos funerarios recuperados en el pasado y presente en el Pukara de La Cueva, en el marco de la denominada Arqueología de la Muerte. En segunda instancia, se analiza el hallazgo de un molusco fósil dentro de un contexto habitacional del mismo sitio, para el cual se postulan y discuten posibles connotaciones simbólicas. Con esta investigación buscamos trascender la presentación de datos puramente materiales, para penetrar en la esfera de la ideología, el simbolismo y las relaciones sociales de los grupos prehispánicos que habitaron la quebrada de La Cueva.

An investigation of electromagnetic wave propagation in plasma by shock tube

This paper presents the electromagnetic wave propagation characteristics in plasma and the attenuation coefficients of the microwave in terms of the parameters n(e), v, w, L, w(b). The phi800 mm high temperature shock tube has been used to produce a uniform plasma. In order to get the attenuation of the electromagnetic wave through the plasma behind a shock wave, the microwave transmission has been used to measure the relative change of the wave power. The working frequency is f = (2 similar to 35) GHz (w = 2pif, wave length lambda = 15 cm similar to 8 mm). The electron density in the plasma is n(e) = (3 x 10(10) similar to 1 x 10(14)) cm(-3). The collision frequency v = (1 x 10(8) similar to 6 x 10(10)) Hz. The thickness of the plasma layer L = (2 similar to 80) cm. The electron circular frequency w(b) = eB(0)/m(e), magnetic flux density B-0 = (0 similar to 0.84) T. The experimental results show that when the plasma layer is thick (such as L/lambda greater than or equal to 10), the correlation between the attenuation coefficients of the electromagnetic waves and the parameters n(e), v, w, L determined from the measurements are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions of electromagnetic wave propagations in the uniform infinite plasma. When the plasma layer is thin (such as when both L and lambda are of the same order), the theoretical results are only in a qualitative agreement with the experimental observations in the present parameter range, but the formula of the electromagnetic wave propagation theory in an uniform infinite plasma can not be used for quantitative computations of the correlation between the attenuation coefficients and the parameters n(e), v, w, L. In fact, if w < w(p), v(2) much less than w(2), the power attenuations K of the electromagnetic waves obtained from the measurements in the thin-layer plasma are much smaller than those of the theoretical predictions. On the other hand, if w > w(p), v(2) much less than w(2) (just v approximate to f), the measurements are much larger than the theoretical results. Also, we have measured the electromagnetic wave power attenuation value under the magnetic field and without a magnetic field. The result indicates that the value measured under the magnetic field shows a distinct improvement.

El sacramento del matrimonio : donde el amor divino y humano se encuentran...

“Amor de Dios en el amor humano”. Con estas palabras, Dionisio Borobio expresa la presencia divina en el amor conyugal. De esto justamente, se tratarán estas páginas, al desplegar, con la ayuda del teólogo español, la pregnancia divina del amor humano y la mutua implicación de un amor que busca lo absoluto, y la condescendencia trinitaria de manifestarse allí, en ese amor que anhela un sentido último, más allá de sí, para santificarlo. Para ello, en primer lugar, se describirá la riqueza antropológica del matrimonio. En un segundo momento se delineará su riqueza simbólica y sacramental. Finalmente, se abordarán las consecuencias del encuentro del amor divino y del amor humano en la vida esponsal.

La fiesta, socialización y prevención del conflicto : Castilla, siglos XIV y XV

Integran este número de la revista ponencias presentadas en Studia Hispanica Medievalia VIII: Actas de las IX Jornadas Internacionales de Literatura Española Medieval, 2008, y de Homenaje al Quinto Centenario de Amadis de Gaula.

Internet e educação : a compressão espaço-temporal e o civismo

Discute a relação entre a Internet e a educação para o civismo. Parte-se de uma análise do processo de compressão espaço-temporal, que se acirra com o advento das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC). A imaterialidade das relações e o individualismo são consequências de um mesmo processo que afasta os homens do mundo e os vincula a simulacros, e a presença da técnica tende a dar força a esse processo. Dessa forma, a velocidade das trocas simbólicas realizadas através das infovias acaba por exercer diversos impactos nos processos educacionais, destacando-se a falta de cultura política. Trata-se de uma situação difícil de ser modificada, no entanto, ao debater a relação entre a Internet e a educação, o texto também procura apontar caminhos para a constituição de um civismo a partir da presença das TIC no cotidiano.

An improvement on the theoretical model for the large-scale coherent structures in the outer region of a turbulent boundary layer

According to the experimental results, there exist large-scale coherent structures in the outer region of a turbulent boundary layer, which have been studied by many authors.As experimental results, Antonia (1990) showed the phase- aver aged streamlines and isovorticity lines of the large-scale coherent structures in a turbulent boundary layer for different Reynolds numbers. Based on the hydrodynamic stability theory, the 2-D theoretical model for the large-scale structures was proposed by Luo and Zhou, in which the eddy viscosity was defined as a complex function of the position in the normal direction. The theoretical results showed in ref. were in agreement with those in ref. However, there were two problems in the results. One is that in the experimental results, there were divergent focuses between two saddle points in the streamlines, but in the theoretical results, there were centers. The other is that the stretched parts of the isovorticity lines appear at the location of centers in the theoretical results, while in the experimental results they located somewhere between the focuses and saddle points. The reason is that the computations were based on a 2-D model.

Plastic stress-strain fields and blunting effects during large deformations

Plastic stress-strain fields of two types of steel specimens loaded to large deformations are studied. Computational results demonstrate that, owing to the fact that the hardening exponent of the material varies as strain enlarges and the blunting of the crack tip, the well known HRR stress field in the plane strain model can only hold for the stage of a small plastic strain. Plastic dilatancy is shown to have substantial effects on strain distributions and blunting. To justify the constitutive equations used for analysis and to check the precision of computations, the load-deflection of a three-point bend beam and the load-elongation of an axisymmetric bar notched by a V-shaped cut were tested and recorded. The computed curves are in good accordance with experimental data.