Big Wheel Research Articles

Objective form: the brief story of a critical struggle

Amidst debates in the sixties regarding late modernisation in peripheral countries, Roberto Schwarz came to define objective form (1991) as a construct that provides the rhythmic and invisible links between the social-historical domain and the aesthetic. It consists, said Schwarz, of a form comprising ‘a practical and historical substance’ acting also as the ‘social core of the art form’ (1997). By connecting the preexistent social experience to the aesthetically built form, the objective form works as a social contract legitimating the aesthetic form. Socially and historically ordered by a collective and impersonal subject, such construct distinguishes itself from postmodern eclecticism disconnected from the historical process. The objective form offers critical intelligibility before the historical-social matter, but only if taken as a form that is intrinsic to the aesthetic sphere. Thus, the problem of the aesthetic condensation of the social rhythms is therefore concretely and ceaselessly reoccurring—in production and reception—whenever necessary to retrace the reciprocal links between social-historical and artistic forms. Accordingly, the exercise of aesthetic intuition and the critical act in the infighting with the art materials are required to synthesise the structures of the social-historical matter—otherwise inapprehensible in the intrinsic connections to the perception and reflexion about the historical objectivity and dynamics. There are things that only in art emerge and make it an indispensable tool for dialectical historical reflexion. In this sense, this paper will revisit some critical responses that Brazilian art (Antonio Dias, Amilcar de Castro, Mendes da Rocha) gave to the civil-military coup of 1964 and to the late accelerated economic modernisation that ensued. And finally, it will also revisit the contemporary installation Big Wheel (2019, Carmela Gross)—a negative architectural construct that totalised Brazil’s tragic moment with rare clarity and epic poignancy.

Representasi Maskulinitas Iklan Joe Taslim X Fadil Jaidi Versi “Siapakah BA Head and Shoulders Selanjutnya?”

The purpose of this research is to analyze the representation of masculinity and the meaning of myths contained in Joe Taslim X Fadil Jaidi advertisement for the version “Siapakah BA Head & Shoulders Selanjutnya”. This research method uses interpretive qualitative methods with Roland Barthes' Semiotics analysis technique. The focus of this research is the characteristics of masculinity proposed by Beynon. The object of this research is the scenes in the advertisement for Joe Taslim X Fadil Jaidi's version of "Who is the Next BA Head and Shoulders?" representing masculinity. The results obtained in this study can be concluded that Joe Taslim X Fadil Jaidi advertisement version "Siapakah BA Head & Shoulders Selanjutnya" has a relationship with masculinity traits, no sissy stuff, be a big wheel, be a sturdy oak, give em hell, new man as narcissist, male nature that is macho and hooliganism, and metrosexual man who glorifies fashion but in terms of masculinity, the new man as nurturer Joe Taslim and Fadil Jaidi do not show their fatherly side and are involved in the domestic arena.

Exploring the CaseScaling Up Sustainability: The Case of Big Wheel Burger

Introduction The fast-food industry is notorious for negatively impacting the environment with single-use packaging, high energy use, food waste, water contamination, and emissions. This case illustrates how one company is scaling up sustainability by turning profit upside down to ensure its community is benefiting from its growth. Students will get insights into the challenges, solutions, and benefits of operating and scaling a fast-food chain with sustainability at its core. Big Wheel Burger is trailblazing scaling sustainable fast-food restaurants. This case will outline how a business model can be shifted to positively impact the community while maintaining profiles, keeping staff on a decent wage, and engaging customers on the journey.

Scaling Up Sustainability: The Case of Big Wheel Burger

Summary After waking up from a 5-day coma after a sports injury, Calen McNeil did not want to waste his second chance at life and knew his purpose was to do something good and valuable. Big Wheel Burger has been adding locations at a steady pace since opening its doors in 2011 and was also Canada’s first carbon-neutral fast-food restaurant. With five locations currently open and another due to open later in 2023, Calen knew that his business model was a good one, but he also knew profits were not the only thing in question. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, he realized he wanted to play a bigger role in helping his community. The question was, how could he change his business model to have an even greater positive impact? Information © The Authors 2023

Analyzation of the Application Scenarios of Ackerman Geometry based on Vehicle Steering Model

A complete set of models about vehicle steering are established to testify the feasibility of Ackerman geometry applied in various scenarios. The relationship between different parameters from cars and how they affect the steering ability is studied by Python. Linear model and nonlinear model are built to adapt to small and big slip angle. The mechanism section is tested with data from two types of cars: BMW M3 and Chevrolet Cavalier. We find that M3 has a better steering capability since it can generate more lateral force with less sideslip. The relationship between slip angle and lateral force illuminates our research about Ackerman geometry. The result indicates that regular Ackerman principle is beneficial in the big wheel steering angle with low-speed conditions, because it can reduce the slip angle and tire-road interaction, making cornering smoother and reducing tire wear. However, in small wheel steering angle with high-speed conditions, the Ackerman principle has some limitations and should be amended, which adds to the slip angle and thus increase the lateral force to get better steering. That is basically the reason why Reverse Ackerman is widely applied in Formula 1.

A Novel Transformable Leg-Wheel Mechanism

Abstract In this paper, a novel transformable leg-wheel mechanism is proposed. It has three active joints, among which the hip roll joint is directly driven, the hip pitch joint is driven by gear transmission, and the knee joint is driven by synchronous belt transmission. All the actuators are mounted on the body to reduce the weight of the leg-wheel mechanism as possible, so that the motion of the leg-wheel mechanism will be slightly affected by the inertia. The proposed mechanism has two characteristics, the big wheel radius and the reduced actuator. The design and kinematics modeling methods of the leg-wheel mechanism are described. A half-a-heart shape trajectory is proposed to plan the foot motion of the leg-wheel mechanism in the legged locomotion. To make the locomotion mode transition smooth, the transition strategy is designed. Simulation and experimental results verify the feasibility of the proposed leg-wheel mechanism.

Analisis Framing Representasi Maskulinitas dalam Film Guru Bangsa Tjokroaminoto

A biographical film is a film that tells the life story of the character. There are many messages and values contained in biographical films, because they are taken from true stories. One of them is the film Guru Bangsa Tjokroaminoto. This film tells the journey of a fighter and pioneer of Indonesian independence, Haji Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto. The focus of this study is to find out the representation of masculinity from HOS Tjokroaminoto and how the impact of this masculine trait on film audiences, masculinity is the social role, behavior and meaning assigned to men. The masculinity indicators are taken from Deborah David & Robert Brannon's theory of masculinity, namely No Sissy Stuff, Be a Big Wheel, Be a Sturdy Oak, Give em Hell. This study uses a qualitative research method, while to examine the film using theAnalysis approach Framing from Zong dang Pan & Gerald M. Kosicki. The results showed that HOS Tjokroaminoto represented the masculinity of Be a Big Wheel, Be a Sturdy Oak, Give em Hell. However, the researcher did not find that HOS Tjokroaminoto represents the masculinity of No Sissy Stuff, because in his daily life he uses jarit cloth, while the jarit itself is identical to the cloth worn by women. The impact of HOS Tjokroaminoto's masculinity on film audiences is that some of the characteristics of HOS Tjokroaminoto's masculinity should be imitated by the current generation.

Motel Builders of the Modern West

Motel Builders of the Modern West

MASCULINITY IN JAVANESE PEOPLE: HOW DOES ARJUNA MASCULINITY DESCRIBE IN JAVANESE VERSION OF MAHABHARATA

Masculinity in Javanese People: How does Arjuna Masculinity Describe in Javanese version of Mahabharata. Masculinity is a form of maleness construction toward man. Man is not just born with his masculinity naturally, instead it is formed by culture. In a puppetry figure, Arjuna figure is a description of man for Javanese people. Arjuna has a Javanese knight figure. This research, therefore, aims to find out and describe the masculinity of Arjuna’s character in Javanese Mahabharata story by Nano Riantiarno. Data used in the research is lingual units, which are sentences in discourses. The research data source uses a book entitled “Mahabarata Jawa (Javanese Mahabharata)” by Nano Riantiarno. The analysis technique is document analysis with interactive model as its data analysis technique. The research result indicates that there is a figure of Arjuna in the Javanese Mahabharata story that has masculinity characters. There are three masculinity characters of Arjuna, namely: Be a Big Wheel, Be a Sturdy, Give em Hell.

TRAITS OF MASCULINITY AS DEPICTED IN AVENGERS: ENDGAME MOVIE

The concept of masculinity has broadened as a result of gender equality. Masculinity refers to a culture in which men's and women's social roles are clearly defined. This research objective was to find out traits of masculinity of male characters in Avengers: Endgame movie based on the theory proposed by David & Brannon, Beynon (2007). The research method used a descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research are dialogues and scenes in Avengers: Endgame movie. The results represent that there were seven traits of masculinity found in the male characters of Avengers: Endgame movie were be a big wheel, be a sturdy oak, give 'em hell, new man as nurturer, new man as narcissist, new lad, and metrosexual men. The researcher also found out the dominant traits of masculinity namely new man as nurturer. Keywords: gender, masculinity, traits of masculinity, movie.

Top tips regarding EUS-guided liver biopsy

Top tips regarding EUS-guided liver biopsy

Big wheel keep on turnin': Linking grower attitudes, farm management, and delivery of avian ecosystem services

Growers may be more likely to adopt wildlife-friendly practices if they perceive that beneficial species are present and conservation actions are successful. At the same time, a farm's landscape and regional context may influence whether biodiversity, including wild birds, are likely to provide ecosystem services or disservices. Here, across two Bird Conservation Regions in the western USA, we assessed a feedback loop that links growers' attitudes towards birds, farming practices, and bird assemblages' hypothesized impacts. To do so, we paired a grower questionnaire survey, bird point count surveys, and farm management and landscape classifications. We found that growers generally exhibited more positive attitudes towards raptors than songbirds and allies (e.g., flycatchers, woodpeckers, hummingbirds). Attitudes towards raptors were more positive when farms were embedded in more natural landscapes and had greater proportions of nonnative birds. Growers held more positive attitudes towards songbirds and allies related to production (yields, crop quality, insect control) when their farms were in the Northern Pacific Rainforest region and were embedded in more natural landscapes. Growers' attitudes towards songbirds and allies related to disease/infrastructure (food safety, animal disease, building/machinery damage, vertebrate control) were more positive in the Northern Pacific Rainforest region as landscapes became more natural, but these relationships did not hold for Coastal California. However, growers' attitudes towards birds were mostly unrelated to the practices used on the farm. Understanding these feedback loops is crucial to increasing uptake of and retention in conservation programs for rapidly declining farmland bird communities.

Representasi Maskulinitas Pria dalam Iklan Televisi Men’s Biore Cool Oil Clear

The purpose of this research is to analyze the meaning contained in Men’s Biore Cool Oil Clear advertisement in three different versions namely version #BeMagnetic 2019, #RefreshSangatLo! 2018, and Long Riding 2017, and discuss the myths and male masculinity representation by using Roland Barthes's semiotic theory. The results showed that the three ads represent men into 8 myths, namely Men as free creatures, Men as good-looking creatures, Men as charismatic creatures, Men as leaders, Men as optimistic beings, Men as rulers, and Men as narcissist beings. The masculine traits contained are Give em Hell, Metrosexual, Be a Big Wheel, Be a Sturdy Oak, and New man as narcissist. The message of masculinity formed is an easy way to wash face to be able to become a masculine, namely men who pay attention to cleanliness and appearance of themselves, which opens new perspectives in the wider community over the stereotypes of masculine images that have been circulating.

ATLAS Level-1 Endcap Muon Trigger for Run 3

The Large Hadron Collider is expected to operate with a centre-ofmass energy of 14 TeV and an instantaneous luminosity of 2.0 1034 cm−2s−1 for Run 3 scheduled from 2021 to 2024. In order to cope with the high event rate, an upgrade of the ATLAS trigger system is required. The level-1 endcap muon trigger system identifies muons with high transverse momentum by combining data from fast muon trigger detectors, called Thin Gap Chambers on the Big Wheel. Inner muon detectors (the Small Wheel and the Tile Calorimeter) coincidence was introduced to reduce fake muon contamination. In the ongoing Phase-1 upgrade the present Small Wheel is replaced with the New Small Wheel and additional Resistive Plate Chambers are installed in the inner region of the ATLAS muon spectrometer for the endcap muon trigger. Precision track information from the new detectors can be used as part of the muon trigger logic to enhance the performance significantly. The trigger processor board, Sector Logic, has been upgraded to handle the additional data from the new detectors. The new Sector Logic board has a modern FPGA to make use of Multi-Gigabit transceiver technology, which is used to receive data from the new detectors. The readout system for trigger data has also been re-designed to minimize the use of custom electronics and instead use commercial computers and network switches, by using TCP/IP for the data transfer. The new readout system uses a software-based data-handling. This paper describes the development of the level-1 endcap muon trigger and its readout system for Run 3.

Safety assessment of personal mobility devices with different wheel size based on their dynamic stability performance

There has been a rapidly growing trend in the use of small-wheeled personal mobility devices (PMDs) such as small-wheeled electric scooters and bicycles for urban mobility in many cities worldwide. However, it is a well-known fact that most of them do not ride as well as conventional big wheel bicycles, and the ride is often described as 'twitchy', 'wobbly' and 'less stable'. A considerable number of casualties involve single-vehicle accidents which can be correlated to their dynamic stability performance. This paper relates the vehicle frame design with safety performance. By using a well-defined mathematical model, the dynamic stability of different personal mobility devices was compared. The research confirms the lesser stability in existing small wheel electric scooters and bicycles. However, the investigation has also found that the reason is not so much the size of the wheel, but the inadequacy of current design practice to properly account for the complex influence of wheel size on stability. Finally, a case study has been presented to illustrate that current designs of small wheel PMDs can be improved for better stability and safety.

Safety assessment of personal mobility devices with different wheel size based on their dynamic stability performance

There has been a rapidly growing trend in the use of small-wheeled personal mobility devices (PMDs) such as small-wheeled electric scooters and bicycles for urban mobility in many cities worldwide. However, it is a well-known fact that most of them do not ride as well as conventional big wheel bicycles, and the ride is often described as 'twitchy', 'wobbly' and 'less stable'. A considerable number of casualties involve single-vehicle accidents which can be correlated to their dynamic stability performance. This paper relates the vehicle frame design with safety performance. By using a well-defined mathematical model, the dynamic stability of different personal mobility devices was compared. The research confirms the lesser stability in existing small wheel electric scooters and bicycles. However, the investigation has also found that the reason is not so much the size of the wheel, but the inadequacy of current design practice to properly account for the complex influence of wheel size on stability. Finally, a case study has been presented to illustrate that current designs of small wheel PMDs can be improved for better stability and safety.

Nature inspired artificial photosynthesis technologies for hydrogen production: Barriers and challenges

Hydrogen drives the big wheel of nature. Hydrogen nuclear fusion in the sun produces light and heat. Solar flux reaching the earth's surface in an hour is far more than global annual energy demand. Photosynthesis traps 100-TW solar energy annually into biomass on land at 0.1% efficiency that is about six times more than global yearly energy demand. All photosynthetic organisms (photoautotroph) annually convert 100-billion tons of carbon in the atmosphere into biomass. The rampant rise in energy demand requires to replicate natural photosynthesis process artificially to convert solar energy and Carbon dioxide (CO2) in liquid and burnable gaseous fuels. Chemists, physicists and biologists are collaborating to develop suitable catalysts for artificial photosynthesis. There is a consensus the sun can fuel transport sector by hydrogen and power grid by photo-electricity. It is well in time to develop a full spectrum of solar technologies instead of keeping ourselves plugged to hydrocarbon honey. Photocathodes and catalysts can mediate water splitting using nature-inspired artificial photosynthesis. Economic hydrogen production can accomplish the grand energy transition from fossil fuels to sustainable and renewable energy sources. This paper reviews the recent advances in artificial photosynthesis technologies and presents our work on the microbial fuel cell for hydrogen production and points out technical barriers and operational challenges.

Not the Last Word: Viscosupplementation, Opioid Overuse, and the Excesses of Empathy.

Not the Last Word: Viscosupplementation, Opioid Overuse, and the Excesses of Empathy.

Competence-Based Pharmacy Education in the University of Helsinki.

In order to meet the expectations to act as an expert in the health care profession, it is of utmost importance that pharmacy education creates knowledge and skills needed in today’s working life. Thus, the planning of the curriculum should be based on relevant and up-to-date learning outcomes. In the University of Helsinki, a university wide curriculum reform called ‘the Big Wheel’ was launched in 2015. After the reform, the basic degrees of the university are two-cycle (Bachelor–Master) and competence-based, where the learning outcomes form a solid basis for the curriculum goals and implementation. In the Faculty of Pharmacy, this curriculum reform was conducted in two phases during 2012–2016. The construction of the curriculum was based on the most relevant learning outcomes concerning working life via high quality first (Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy) and second (Master of Science in Pharmacy) cycle degree programs. The reform was kicked off by interviewing all the relevant stakeholders: students, teachers, and pharmacists/experts in all the working life sectors of pharmacy. Based on these interviews, the intended learning outcomes of the Pharmacy degree programs were defined including both subject/contents-related and generic skills. The curriculum design was based on the principles of constructive alignment and new structures and methods were applied in order to foster the implementation of the learning outcomes. During the process, it became evident that a competence-based curriculum can be created only in close co-operation with the stakeholders, including teachers and students. Well-structured and facilitated co-operation amongst the teachers enabled the development of many new and innovative teaching practices. The European Union funded PHAR-QA project provided, at the same time, a highly relevant framework to compare the curriculum development in Helsinki against Europe-wide definitions of competences and learning outcomes in pharmacy education.

Being a haematopoietic stem cell donor for a sick sibling: Adult donors' experiences prior to donation

BackgroundThere is a lack of knowledge about sibling stem cell donors' experiences pre-donation and the waiting period before the donation might have been long. The donors and their corresponding sibling recipients were simultaneously included in two different interview studies. The results from the recipient study have been presented in a separate paper. PurposeThe aim was to explore the experiences of being a stem cell donor for a sibling, prior to donation. MethodTen adult sibling donors were interviewed prior to stem cell donation. The interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim and subjected to qualitative content analysis. ResultsThe main theme Being a cog in a big wheel describes the complex process of being a sibling donor prior to donation, covering a mixture of emotions and thoughts. The four subthemes Being available, Being anxious, Being concerned and Being obliged cover the various experiences. The sibling donors' experiences are influenced by the quality of the relationship with the sick sibling. ConclusionsSibling stem cell donors go through a complex process once they have accidentally got involved in. They have been asked to become a donor; it was not a voluntary choice. In caring for sibling stem cell donors the nurses should be aware of the complexity of the process they experience and take into consideration their personal situation and needs. Providing optimal care for both sibling donors and their corresponding recipients is a challenge, and further improvement and exploration are needed.