Sleeping with Beauty : Romantic Love, Sex, Power and the Construction of Femininity in Heterosexual Young Adult Relationships

Louise Vincent,Caryn McEwen Research Institute of Asian Women Sookmyung Women' 2005 Asian Women Vol.20 No.-

This article draws on solicited diary entries detailing the lives and loves of eight young undergraduate women at an elite institution of higher education in South Africa. The research participants are occupants of a privileged place in society with access to education, and a middle-class lifestyle, have control over their reproductive functioning, are not wives, mothers or homemakers, and potentially have access to fulfilling, status-rich and materially rewarding occupations which make independence both of their parental families and of male partners a real possibility. Theirs then, is a world of information, choice and opportunity and if of anyone at all in society we would predict the emergence of a critical gender consciousness, it might be of these woman. One way of gauging the extent of the emergence of a critical consciousness among women is to examine the extent to which, in the stories they tell about their intimate relationships, they depart from, or conform to both the content and structure of the traditional romance genre and in particular, to the positioning of themselves in their stories as passive, submissive, dependent subjects while their partners are dominant and active. The present article argues that far from the democratisation of intimacy, the young, seemingly privileged and empowered women in the study remain locked into romantic narratives of love with their concomitant passive construction of femininity. In a social context characterised by putative sexual emancipation, these young women find themselves in the unenviable position of having to play a game of liberated sexual and gender politics while at the same time living a reality of feminine oppression.

Whalers’ Shanties of Barouallie, St. Vincent: Observations on the Nature, Decline and Revival of a Unique Caribbean Maritime Tradition

Daniel Lanier,Vincent Reid 국립민속박물관 2007 International Journal of Intangible Heritage Vol.2 No.-

Barrouallie, a fishing community on the Caribbean islandof St. Vincent, has a unique cultural heritage associatedwith its history as a whaling centre. As a way to alerttownspeople of a successful catch, Barrouallie whalerssang occupational songs known as ‘shanties’ while rowingtheir whaleboats to shore. A product of diverse culturalinfluences, the shanties of Barrouallie may be viewed as asub-genre, distinct from the more general body of seachanteys, the work songs of international 19th centurymerchant seamen. As a mode of expression - not merelya work song -a shanty could function variously asentertainment, satire, and advertisement. While economicand cultural changes in this developing island nation didnot favour the continuance of shanty singing, a revival ofinterest in Barrouallie’s whaling traditions began in 2001,with particular attention to shanties and the generation ofmen who recall the role and significance of these songs inthe local whaling enterprise. This 21st century renaissance of a maritime musictradition among living practitioners represents aremarkable survival that deserves greater recognition. Through the performance and recording of shanties, TheBarrouallie Whalers have been interpreting andpublicising Barrouallie’s whaling heritage for aninternational audience since 2001.

Adaptive threshold for discrete fourier transform-based channel estimation in generalized frequency division multiplexing system

Vincent Vincent,Effrina Yanti Hamid,Al Kautsar Permana Electronics and Telecommunications Research Instit 2024 ETRI Journal Vol.46 No.3

Even though generalized frequency division multiplexing is an alternative waveform method expected to replace the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in the future, its implementation must alleviate channel effects. Least-squares (LS), a low-complexity channel estimation technique, could be improved by using the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) without increasing complexity. Unlike the usage of the LS method, the DFT-based method requires the receiver to know the channel impulse response (CIR) length, which is unknown. This study introduces a simple, yet effective, CIR length estimator by utilizing LS estimation. As the cyclic prefix (CP) length is commonly set to be longer than the CIR length, it is possible to search through the first samples if CP is larger than a threshold set using the remaining samples. An adaptive scale is also designed to lower the error probability of the estimation, and a simple signal-to-interference-noise ratio estimation is also proposed by utilizing a sparse preamble to support the use of the scale. A software simulation is used to show the ability of the proposed system to estimate the CIR length. Due to shorter CIR length of rural area, the performance is slightly poorer compared to urban environment. Nevertheless, satisfactory performance is shown for both environments.

Vincent Taylor : The Names of Jesus

Vincent Taylor 한신대학교 한신신학연구소 1956 신학연구 Vol.2 No.-

Locating and Utilising Inherent Qualities in an Expanded Sound Palette for Solo Flute

Alice Bennett(알리스 베넷),Vincent Giles(빈센트 길레스) 한국전자음악협회 2015 에밀레 Vol.13 No.-

플루트 독주 특유의 즉흥적 음악언어를 추구하면서, 전통적이고 현대적인 연주기법의 범위를 넘어 컴퓨터를 이용한 악기의 확장이라는 영역으로 넘어가야 할 필요성을 종종 느낄 때가 있다. 이러한 이유로 알리스 베넷Alice Bennett의 창작 작품은 실용적인 사운드 팔레트를 확장시키는 새로운 전자음향적 기술을 탐색케 한다. 이 글은 빈센트 길레스Vincent Giles가 실시간으로 분광 영역 마이크로사운드 증폭 소프트웨어SDMAS(Spectral Domain Microsound Amplification Software)를 사용한 플루트 연주에 관하여 기술한다. 분광 영역 마이크로사운드 증폭 소프트웨어SDMAS는 실시간으로 입력된 소리가 특정 음량 기준점 주변 배음들의 음량을 변화시켜, 작은 소리를 상대적으로 큰 음량으로 증폭시킨다. 그 결과 들을 수 없었을 [작은] 배음들이 큰 음량의 배음들과 같이 커져, 기존의 악기 혹은 변형된 악기 음색과도 확연히 다른 음색을 얻게 된다. 이는 연주자/작곡가가 순전히 어쿠스틱 악기에서 얻을 수 있는 것과 다른 음색을 보여줄 뿐 아니라 보다 넓은 영역의 음색을 활용할 수 있게 해준다. 이는 초월적 악기의 확장형태instrument configuration에 기반한, 음향적으로 풍부하고 독특한 즉흥적 음악언어를 이끌어 낼 것이다. In the search for an idiosyncratic improvisatory language of solo flute performance, it is sometimes necessary to move beyond the scope of traditional and extended techniques into the world of instrument-extension through computers. To this end, Alice Bennett’s creative work leads to the exploration of new electroacoustic techniques, searching for ways to expand the available sonic palette. This paper documents an electronically-extended flute performance utilising Vincent Giles’ Spectral Domain Microsound Amplification Software (SDMAS) in real-time. The SDMAS amplifies soft sounds relative to loud, by real-time input, shifting the partials by amplitude around an amplitude-based pivot point. The result is that these otherwise-inaudible partials increased to audibility alongside the higher amplitude partials, drastically altering the perceived timbre of the instrument or instruments being treated. This allows the performer/composer to not only discover, but to exploit a greater range of timbres than are available to a purely acoustic instrument. These explorations lead to a sonically enriched and idiosyncratic improvisatory language based on this hyper-instrument configuration.

Student Perceptions of the Film in an Undergraduate Advanced English Reading Course: A Case Study of the Movie The Matrix

Vincent, Joseph 영상영어교육학회 2018 영상영어교육 (STEM journal) Vol.19 No.3

This paper examines whether students perceived the effectiveness of using the film The Matrix (Wachowski & Wachowski, 1999) to promote understanding of texts in a reading comprehension course designed according to principles of blended learning. Student perception is considered relevant to blended learning course design because it can provide feedback to the teacher about whether learners consider the course material helpful in meeting course objectives. It can also indicate levels of student engagement, which is one of the priorities of a blended learning approach. The research was conducted with student surveys given in a multiple choice format along with some written responses for greater specificity both before and after watching the film. The student responses indicated that using the film in a reading course was perceived by students as helpful for them in improving their understanding of the texts and concepts, communicative fluency in class, and critical thinking about the content. The survey results of pre-viewing with 36 participants and post-viewing with 39 participants are discussed. The validity of the survey instruments is also considered supported by specific examples of both the surveys and student responses as well as examples of course materials and student written answers to examination questions based on the film.

Ultrasonography of benign vulvar lesions

Vincent Y. T. Cheung 대한초음파의학회 2018 ULTRASONOGRAPHY Vol.37 No.4

With the increasing applications of ultrasonography in the field of dermatology, this imagingmodality can be extended to identify and characterize common vulvar lesions, with a particularfocus on their location, size, vascularity, and content. This pictorial essay provides an introductionto vulvar ultrasonography, including technical considerations, ultrasonographic anatomy, and theultrasonographic appearances of some vulvar conditions.

Scheduling in the Transportation Sector, Current Trends and the Road Ahead

Vincent, Gosselin 한국전문가시스템학회 1997 학술대회 Vol.1 No.1

Many large transportation and logistic companies have used state of the art scheduling technologies in the past 5 years. What was considered high risk projects just S years ago in the industry, are now becoming quite common in many places and especially in South East and East Asia where transportation companies have to demonstrate continuous increase in productivity. The author would like to share with audience some of his experience with important success stories in the transportation sector in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. Achieving a successful scheduling based applications is never easy, several parameters and traps will determine success or failure, while at the same time, the transportation industry is increasingly demanding such $quot;intelligent$quot; systems. We call this state the time of the $quot;quickening$quot; where the need for experienced and well trained consultant (whether from Academia or the Industry) will play a vital role.

The “bilio-papillary Z line”: proposal of a future quality indicator of direct cholangioscopy

Vincent Zimmer 대한소화기내시경학회 2018 Clinical Endoscopy Vol.51 No.5

Successful Trastuzumab-Deruxtecan Rechallenge After Interstitial Lung Disease: A Case Report

Vincent A. de Weger,Tim Schutte,Inge R.H.M. Konings,Catharina Willemien Menke-van der Houven van Oordt 한국유방암학회 2023 Journal of breast cancer Vol.26 No.5

Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) is used to treat human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive advanced breast cancer. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe adverse event associated with T-DXd. Current guidelines recommend permanent discontinuation of T-DXd after Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade ≥ 2 ILD. Here, we describe a case of successful rechallenge with T-DXd after CTCAE grade 2 treatment-induced ILD. After discontinuation of T-DXd, ILD was treated with steroids until complete resolution. Given the initial beneficial antitumor response, retreatment was discussed during disease progression. In a shared decision with the patient, T-DXd was restarted at the lowest registered dose, along with low-dose steroids. ILD did not reoccur. Importantly, both clinical and radiological responses to the treatment were observed, with an improvement in the patient’s quality of life. This case demonstrates that retreatment with T-DXd after a grade 2 ILD event is feasible and yields clinical benefit.