\u3ci\u3eThe Fabulous Journeys of Alice and Pinocchio: Exploring Their Parallel Worlds\u3c/i\u3e by Laura Tosi with Peter Hunt

Tosi is frank concerning the challenges presented to “say something new” about the tales of Alice and Pinocchio, yet while there has been much separate study and criticism on the subjects of these iconic children’s characters, there has been no scholarly study of each text through the lens of the other (Tosi 1). Tosi discusses the impact of the Alice books and Pinocchio on a broader, global audience by introducing an idea put forth by Italian novelist Italo Calvino, namely that “classics are those books which come to us bearing the aura of previous interpretation and trailing behind them the traces they have left in the culture or cultures (or just in the languages and customs) through which they have passed” (qtd. in Tosi, 1). Calvino’s words sum up the aims of Tosi’s The Fabulous Journeys of Alice and Pinocchio, and challenge her to present compelling proof that these tales are indeed classics, fashioned by the language, culture and history of their native soils

\u3ci\u3eThe Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of The Little Mermaid \u3c/i\u3e by Lucy Fraser

Lucy Fraser employs her vast knowledge of Japanese and English literature and pop culture to present an intertextural and cross-cultural analysis in her book The Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of “The Little Mermaid.” Fraser accomplishes this daunting task by approaching the various English and Japanese interpretations that adapt and subvert Andersen’s fairy tale not only through transcultural parallel readings, but through the framework of pleasure, which Fraser argues can “bring together texts that might otherwise be separated by differences in language, background, time period, genre, and medium and by the borders of ‘high’ and ‘low’ cultural forms” (1). In reading pleasure as a framework, the audience is invited to consider not only the author’s depictions of pleasure as experienced by the characters, but also the “metatextual messages about the pleasures of fairy tales and fairy tale transformations,” thus creating an avenue for questioning how these pleasures were originally intended and how they are consumed by readers (2). By analyzing Japan’s many iterations of “The Little Mermaid,” ranging from literature, art, and film, through the lens of pleasure and shōjo, Japanese girl culture, Fraser examines “the journey of Andersen’s Danish fairy tale into English and Japanese, believing that such a cross-cultural approach contributes a more global outlook to the field of Anglophone fairy tale studies” (184)

Plasmons and Magnons in Antiferromagnetic FeSn: A Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study

Not applicableThis study is an exploration, via time-dependent density functional theory, of collective excitations in FeSn, a layered antiferromagnetic metal with a kagome structure. At present, interest in FeSn is spurred by novel properties promised by the predicted flat and linearly dispersive electronic bands of ideal kagome lattices. This work focuses on plasmons, which are quanta of longitudinal charge density oscillations, in bulk and monolayer FeSn. Having been initially conceived as an exploration of the possibility of plasmon-magnon coupling, this thesis also includes a description of magnons, the quanta of spin-waves, in the bulk and monolayer forms of the material. While magnons have been discussed in existing literature on FeSn, plasmon behaviour in the material has yet to be described. The monolayer form of FeSn has not been explored in published papers, although efforts to synthesise FeSn thin films are ongoing. From analysis of the dielectric function and loss function of FeSn for different wave vectors along the path $\overline{\Gamma M}$ of the first Brillouin zone, plasmons in bulk FeSn are found to be long-lived at the Brillouin zone boundary and the bulk plasmon dispersion is quadratic for larger wave vectors. In contrast, monolayer plasmons are short-lived and heavily influenced by the continuum of single-particle excitations that cause Landau damping and eventual plasmon decay. From the calculations, several points of departure from the expected plasmon dispersion curve for three-dimensional and two-dimensional systems have been observed for the bulk and monolayer, respectively. Most prominent is the gapped and nearly flat dispersion of monolayer plasmons. In relation to magnons, the dispersion for bulk FeSn along $\overline{\Gamma M}$ is found to agree with published reports, while calculations for the monolayer magnon dispersion produced unexpected features. In bringing out deviations from analytical predictions, the findings open up avenues for further investigation into the collective excitations of FeSn. The results also highlight the value of examining real materials using ab-initio computational techniques that can, in principle, provide a more realistic description of material properties

Determination of carotenoid contents in three vegetables Kolitis (Amaranthus spinosus), Lupo (Alternanthera sessilis), and Tugabang (Corchorus olitorius)

Abstract onlyThis study aimed to determine the presence of carotenoids in three vegetable samples Kolitis (Amaranthus spinosus), Lupo (Alternanthera sessilis), and Tugabang (Corchorus olitorius). The carotenoids were extracted using absolute ethanol and determined using UV/Vis spectroscophotometer. The absorption of B-carotene, Astaxanthin, Lycopene and Zeaxanthin were read at wavelength of 450, 466, 471, and 478 nm respectively. From the results, it was found that kolitis had 23.3 pg/g of B-carotene, 76.7 pg/g Astaxanthin, 46.6 pg/g Lycopene, and 83.3 pg/g Zeaxanthin. Tugabang had 21.0 pg/g B-carotene, 76.1 pg/g Astaxanthin, 46.7 pg/g Lycopene, and 71.4 pg/g Zeaxanthin. Lupo had 23.1 pg/g B-carotene, 76.7 pg/g Astaxanthin. 48.1 pg/g Lycopene, and 72.2 pg/g Zeaxanthin. Many antioxidant products are being sold in the market. However, it is uncertain if all of them are effective and safe. Based on the result of this study, it is recommended to include kolitis, tugabang, and lupo in the diet to obtain carotenoids which is a source of vitamin A.Includes bibliographical referencesBachelor of Science in Chemistr

Plan de mejora en el proceso de reclutamiento y selección para una sub área de una empresa de servicios de auditoría y consultoría

En la actualidad, el proceso de reclutamiento y selección es una de las piezas claves de la dirección del talento, la cual debe tener visión estratégica en el negocio y estar acorde a las exigencias del mundo globalizado, buscando los perfiles que se adecúen a las nuevas necesidades de las organizaciones en un entorno de constantes cambios. Según Salgado y Moscoso (2008) “la selección de personal es un proceso crítico debido a que se toma decisiones sobre el ajuste de los candidatos a los puestos ofrecido, por lo que si se realiza de forma correcta permitirá la incorporación de efectivos de alto rendimiento que influirán en el éxito de la organización” (p. 17)

Influence of fluid dynamic conditions on 1,3-propanediol production from glycerol by Shimwellia blattae: Carbon flux and cell response

The fluid dynamic conditions play a key role in the development and scaling up of bioprocesses. In aerobic cultures, oxygen is an essential substrate for microbial growth, production and culture maintenance; an effective gas-liquid transfer must be achieved. Changes in fluid dynamics due to stirrer speed can affect negatively to the culture, causing hydrodynamic stress (increasing shear stress) or oxidative stress (by an increase of available oxygen in the liquid phase)

Nine Tolkien Scholars Respond to Charles W. Mills’s “The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto”

In spite of being written over three decades ago, Mills’s posthumously published “Manifesto” not only anticipates but transcends the majority, if not the totality, of the scholarship on Tolkien, race, and racisms which has been published since 2003. Scholars in philosophy and related fields familiar with Mills’s work will recognize that the essay was a “critical exploration of [how] a fictional racial hierarchy strikingly illuminates the ongoing influence of certain old racist ideas on our present day [sic] social realities.” Reid has invited a wide-ranging Tolkienists who have read the essay to respond, briefly, on the significance of the essay to their wor