Instrumental Works Research Articles

Lab Automation Based on IOT

Abstract: The concept of laboratory automation has existed for years; such automation has been used primarily in nonclinical and industrial settings. Specimen movement and result reporting are based on the identification of specimens using bar coded specimens and bar coded specimen carriers. The implementation of a laboratory automation system is dependent on the presence of a laboratory information system. An interface between the laboratory information system and the laboratory automation system provides the information required to move the specimen through the laboratory. The reporting of results is dependent on the laboratory information system or manual input, depending on the type of work cell in which the results are produced. The greatest hurdle to overcome in developing and implementing a laboratory automation system is the integration of systems, including commercial laboratory instrumentation and user-defined work cells. The barriers to implementation primarily are proprietary in nature: instrument software and instrument hardware. When the instrument manufacturers realize the necessity for development of electronic and physical integration, the proliferation of laboratory automation systems will occur. This article describes the author's concepts of laboratory automation.

Double Bass in the Twentieth-Century Chamber Instrumental Music: Development of Double Bass Solo Performance

The rapid evolution of double bass solo and chamber performance during the twentieth century is explored on the examples of chamber instrumental works written specifically for double bass or with its participation. Analysis of these works allows to form an idea of broadening the expressive range of double bass due to emergence of new performing techniques and improving the traditional ones. The diverse spectrum of musical expression of these works allows evaluating authors’ philosophical and imagery concepts that are realized in modern double bass as a rightful participant of ensemble and solo music. The main provisions of double bass functioning in the chamber ensemble are outlined. Artistic and stylistic specifics of modern double bass performance are based on the acknowledgment that technical and thinking-based motivated actions that allow achieving the highest creative result in interpreting chamber instrumental music, are inseparable

Too much of a good thing? Curvilinear effect of instrumental social support on task performance via work engagement

AbstractBased on the Threat‐to‐Self‐Esteem (TSE) model integrated with the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, we proposed an inverted U‐shaped curvilinear relationship between receiving instrumental social support and task performance, mediated by work engagement. Further, grounded on the TSE model, we proposed the provision of instrumental social support neutralises the curvilinear association between receiving instrumental social support and work engagement. We examined these hypotheses using two samples of South Korean employees. In Study 1, we collected three‐wave data (N = 302) from employees in a manufacturing company and found curvilinear associations between receiving instrumental social support and work outcomes (i.e. work engagement and task performance), supporting the Too‐Much‐of‐a‐Good‐Thing (TMGT) effects. However, we did not find support for the moderating (neutralising) effects. In Study 2, we replicated the model that was supported in Study 1 (curvilinear model), using a different sample and two‐wave daily diary method (N = 530, construction employees). Overall, based on the TSE model, the COR theory, and TMGT principles, in two settings and with different methods, we found support for curvilinear associations between receiving instrumental social support and work outcomes and an indirect curvilinear effect of receiving instrumental social support on task performance via work engagement.

A New Orbiting Deployable System for Small Satellite Observations for Ecology and Earth Observation

In this paper, we present several study cases focused on marine, oceanographic, and atmospheric environments, which would greatly benefit from the use of a deployable system for small satellite observations. As opposed to the large standard ones, small satellites have become an effective and affordable alternative access to space, owing to their lower costs, innovative design and technology, and higher revisiting times, when launched in a constellation configuration. One of the biggest challenges is created by the small satellite instrumentation working in the visible (VIS), infrared (IR), and microwave (MW) spectral ranges, for which the resolution of the acquired data depends on the physical dimension of the telescope and the antenna collecting the signal. In this respect, a deployable payload, fitting the limited size and mass imposed by the small satellite architecture, once unfolded in space, can reach performances similar to those of larger satellites. In this study, we show how ecology and Earth Observations can benefit from data acquired by small satellites, and how they can be further improved thanks to deployable payloads. We focus on DORA—Deployable Optics for Remote sensing Applications—in the VIS to TIR spectral range, and on a planned application in the MW spectral range, and we carry out a radiometric analysis to verify its performances for Earth Observation studies.

Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples: Politics, Patronage and Artistic Culture, by Anthony R. DelDonna

<i>Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples: Politics, Patronage and Artistic Culture</i>, by Anthony R. DelDonna

A Brief History of Oxygen: 250 Years on

Although there has been some controversy surrounding exactly when oxygen was first discovered, it is likely that that accolade should go to Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who isolated oxygen in 1772, or even a year earlier. Others since then have been given the credit for the instrumental work leading to the discovery including Joseph Priestley in 1774 and Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier. Oxygen, a paramagnetic, diradical gaseous (at room temperature) molecule, is instrumental to life as we know it. It is also crucial to some medical therapies, used in multiple industries and has even been found on other planets. The importance of oxygen cannot be overplayed. Now, 250 years since oxygen was discovered, it is timely to revisit some of the history, the controversies and look at how oxygen has evolved during that time. Here, a few of the highlights in oxygen research are discussed.

Role Value, Occupational Balance, and Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study on Exploring the Urban Older People Perspective in South Korea.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role value, occupational balance, and quality of life among urban older adults in South Korea. We recruited 90 urban older adults in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheong-do. Assessments used (1) Role Checklist, (2) Life Balance Inventory (LBI), and (3) WHO Quality of Life Scale abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF). Our results showed that the roles that were perceived as very valuable were as family members, housekeepers, and guardians (in descending order). The roles that were perceived as less valuable were students, volunteers, and organizational members (in descending order). The activities that individuals were actively pursuing were hygiene management, rest, and healthy eating (in descending order). By contrast, the activities that were not being actively pursued were composing (music, poetry), preparing for event planning, dancing, yoga, and taekwondo. The total score of the Role Checklist and WHOQOL-BREF total (r = 0.343, p < 0.01), K-LBI total and WHOQOL-BREF total (r = 0.386, p < 0.01), and role value total and K-LBI (r = 323, p < 0.01) showed a statistically significant correlation. As a result of the regression analysis, the sub-item of work balance that affected the quality of life was managing appearance (R2 = 51.7, p < 0.001). These data showed that the role of urban older adults in Korea was mainly played within the family. The level of participation was low in the areas of instrumental daily life activities, work, leisure, and social participation. We propose that this population needs to be provided with opportunities for active aging through broader professional participation.

Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez (1959–2021)

Navarro-Gonzalez was a Mexican NASA astrobiologist who worked with the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars. His laboratory, field and instrumentation work bridged the fields of biology, chemistry and physics.

The EU Small Claims Procedures in the Netherlands - Some Good and Some Bad News

he EU Small Claims Procedure (henceforth: ESCP) has been implemented in the Netherlands by a separate statute, that entered into force on 10 June 2009. This Dutch Small Claims Act (henceforth: SCA) has been amended in 2017 as a result of the changes in the ESCP of 2017. About the initial implementation of the SCA has been reported in 2013. This contribution will focus on the situation since the amendments of 2017, obviously taking into account earlier developments that still determine the workings of the ESCP. First, the framework of civil litigation in the Netherlands will be described. Second, the implementation of the ESCP will be discussed and explained. The main part will be devoted to the workings of the ESCP in practice, including an analysis of the way the ESCP is used (and maybe abused). The conclusion will be that in less than 3 % of the cases the ESCP is used in conformity with its objectives, but that legal practice profits from its aspects that help to avoid the workings of other European instruments, especially the EU Service Regulation.

Studi Literatur Pengaruh Musik Instrumentalterhadap Kondisi Burnout Syndrome Pada Dosen Perguruan Tinggi

Based on education level, several studies have found that the higher the level of education, the higher the burnout rate. This is possible because someone with a higher level of education, works with greater responsibility and a high level of stress. This study aims to obtain an overview of the influence of instrumental music and work stress on the Burnout Syndrome condition of university lecturers, both public and private. This research uses literature study methods on electronic databases, such as: Educational Administration Quarterly Journal, Research in Education, Active Learning in Higher Education SAGE Journals, Indonesian Psychology Journal, Undip Psychology Journal, Theoretical and Applied Psychology Journal, Psychology Science Journal, Psychology Journal Scientific, Interventional Psychology Journal, Psychological Research and Thought Journal, Mulawarman University Psychostudia Journal, UMA Psychology Masters Journal, Psychopoly Tan from 2003-2019. Several studies discuss burnout in terms of other factors, social support, self-efficacy, self-concept, self-regulation, gratitude, professional identity, life pressure, consciousness personality dimensions, role ambiguity, and workload.

The Politics of Aesthetic Preference in Participatory Music

Bringing together an array of interdisciplinary subjects, this article seeks to proffer a theory of political aesthetic preference emergent within participatory musical works. Beginning with an overview of imitation in music and then recapping the critical work advanced by Kofi Agawu and Jean-Jacques Nattiez on musical semiology, this article first delves into how musical signs are interpreted and propagated within participatory settings. Subsequently, using Jürgen Habermas’s influential theory on the public sphere as well as the critical revisions to said theory proposed by Nancy Fraser and Michael Warner, participatory musics are conceptualised as constituting the formal space of a public in which the aesthetic direction of a participatory music work is negotiated among participants. Based on an analysis of Luke Dahl, Jorge Herrera and Carr Wilkerson’s multi-user instrument and participatory work TweetDreams, this article discusses the ways in which participant inputs and choices impact the poietic process of the work due to the clear rules that are set up within its interactive and algorithmic protocols for sonification. It concludes by pointing towards other recent research on participatory works, where the framing of participatory musics as a political–aesthetic space leads to broader questions about audience power and how the latter is negotiated and shared, then poses questions for future research on the audience’s choice in refusal and dissensus.

МЕТОДЫ РАЗВИТИЯ КОММУНИКАТИВНЫХ НАВЫКОВ СРЕДСТВАМИ МУЗЫКАЛЬНОЙ ТЕАТРАЛИЗАЦИИ

The article discusses the possibilities of using theatrical methods in music lessons. Based on a review of the repertoire of children's musical theatres in Russia, an interview with S. Malyukova, artistic director of the "Kamerton" Theatre, as well as an analysis of the research literature devoted to the problem of drama pedagogy, a hypothesis of its significant potential in music lessons is put forward. Among the possible forms of drama pedagogics are theatrical performances of children operas and musical plays, dramatization of chamber-vocal and instrumental works, methods of plastic intonation. The description of each method is supported by examples from pedagogical practice; recommendations for teachers and ways for further cooperation between teacher and students are outlined. Examples of creative work reveal the potential for the development of children's communicative skills in the process of comprehending music.

First Even Composer Panteleimon Starostin as a Repeater of Spiritual Culture of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North

The article is devoted to the life and work of the first Even composer Panteleimon Starostin (1944–2013). His role as a repeater of the spiritual culture of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North is considered by the example of the traditional culture of the Evens. With the general tendency towards extinction of the musical tradition of the small peoples of the North, its figurative content, themes, main motives were comprehended and embodied in the work of the professional Even composer P.M. Starostin. The author of the article believes that the distinctive features of the composer’s style were shaped under the influence of the ethnocultural conditions where the composer’s personality was being formed. At present, his works are producing the spiritual values of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, and above all the Evens, into the world culture space. The article examines the works of the composer, written by him in various genres: opera, chamber instrumental, chamber vocal and piano works, songs, etc. The main findings are supported by specific examples.

ФОРМУВАННЯ ПРАКТИЧНОГО ДОСВІДУ МАЙБУТНЬОГО ФАХІВЦЯ МУЗИЧНОГО МИСТЕЦТВА В ОСВІТНЬОМУ ПРОЦЕСІ ЗАКЛАДІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the formation of the practical experience of a future music specialist. There are examples of individual lessons on a special musical instrument, in particular, the piano, where folklore and classical works are offered to expand the auditory and instrumentalperformance experience

Elements of Programme Music in the Instrumental Works of the Late Period by Oleg Meremkulov (the Case of the Symphony Concerto for Cello, Piano and Orchestra)

This article reveals some aspects of the creative identity and later works of the greatest Krasnoyarsk composer O. Meremkulov. To understand the artistic aspirations and originality of O. Meremkulov’s works, his Symphony Concerto for Cello, Piano, String Orchestra, Percussion and Wind Ensemble (2015) is an illustrative piece of art. The concerto genre was conceived by the composer as a composition showing the essential problems of human existence, preserving the modus of a personal statement «in the first person». This has led to the introduction of epigraphs and programme titles of parts that not only tune the listener in a certain way, but are elements of concept and means of realising the author’s intentions. The musical analysis regarding the main intonational characteristics of all parts of the concerto, their relations, aspects and orientation of the development of musical thematism are correlated with possible interpretations of titles and epigraphs. This made it possible to come to the conclusion about the original programme music of the concerto. It is revealed by a combination of means functioning at various levels, addressing the sensations of different modalities, individual experience, cultural memory, as well as activating associative thinking and figurative representations. Not only part titles and epigraphs work in this respect, but also the author’s remarks introduced into the musical score and audio records with natural sounds during the performance. Programme music is also recognised in the process of thematic transformations that reflect the orientation of the Hero’s emotional experiences clarifying the essence of a certain image or reproducing a chain of events related to a certain plot. It has been suggested that this plot bizarrely refracts in the composer’s mind the real events experienced by him during different periods of life, sprouted into the subjective perception and understanding of artistic images of world culture. In his dialogue with the authors of past centuries, the composer reached a new level of generalisation, thereby capturing his ideas and feelings in an intonational form. This has led to the originality and unique harmony of the Symphony Concerto

СЦЕНИЧЕСКАЯ СУДЬБА СКРИПИЧНОГО И КАМЕРНО-ИНСТРУМЕНТАЛЬНОГО НАСЛЕДИЯ Л. ВАН БЕТХОВЕНА В РОССИИ XIX ВЕКА

The article discusses the history of Beethoven's violin and chamber instrumental works — his Concerto, violin sonatas, bowed quartets and pieces — on the Russian concert scene of the XIXth century. The purpose of this paper is to trace the most important stages in strengthening the position of the composer's violin and chamber-instrument works in Russia and to outline the main factors influencing this process. The paper provides a chronology of Beethoven's compositions appearing on the Russian stage, and also analyzes reasons for the popularity of certain works, such as the "Russian Quartets" op. 59, as well as the ambivalent attitude towards other works — the late quartets and the Violin Concerto. Another aspect of the article focuses on the contribution of Russian (A. Amatov, N. Golitsyn, A. Bogdanov, V. Bezekirsky) and foreign performers who worked and toured in Russia (L.-W. Maurer, A. Viethan, F. Laub, H. Wieniawski, and L. Auer) to the popularization of Beethoven's violin heritage. Particular emphasis is placed on the virtuoso-romantic context of performing art, in which the Beethoven tradition in Russia was born.

Optical glass selection for color corrected broadband instrumentation: an overview.

The aim of this paper is to provide a complete and helpful review of all existing techniques for the selection of optical glasses that are applied during the design of color corrected lens-based systems. The paper fills a gap in the related literature, where there was no contribution bringing all approaches together under a common notation. This allows to identify commonalities and discrepancies, as well as to compare their fundamentals. Special attention has been paid to its application to optical instrumentation working in a wide spectral range (visible and short-wave infrared). All glass selection strategies have been implemented to the design of a broadband lens-based camera case study, which allows establishing a comparison among all methods and their results. A new, to the best of our knowledge, approach is suggested to adapt the focal shift curve over a continuous working spectral range at convenience.

Multicenter comparative study of three "non-destructive" methods of detecting the cleanliness of the da Vinci surgical robotic instrument.

The robotic instrument of the da Vinci surgical system determines the accuracy of robotic-assisted surgery, However, the most effective cleaning method of robotic equipment is a challenge for healthcare professionals. This study compared three da Vinci robot-assisted surgery manipulators to detect the effect of "non-destructive" testing of the cleaning effect by two different methods. The post-surgical cleaning of the da Vinci robotic instruments in the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University and the Shenzhen Second People's Hospital was performed using two different processes from January 2019 to January 2020: manual joint automatic ultrasonic cleaning and automatic mechanical cleaning. The efficacy of visual estimation, the residual protein assay (quantitative) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) biological biofluorescence detection of the cleanliness of the mechanical instrument's work (distal working end) surface and the shaft's inner chamber was compared. If the cleaning effect of any position on the surface or inner cavity of the manipulator did not qualify, the entire robotic instrument was judged as disqualified. A total of 198 cases of da Vinci robotic instrument postoperative cleanliness data were collected. The qualifying rates of automatic ultrasonic cleaning were 96.97% by visual estimation, 93.94% by residual protein assay and 60.61% by ATP biological fluorescence detection. The respective rates for automatic mechanical cleaning were 100% by visual estimation, 90.91% by residual protein assay and 66.67% by ATP biological fluorescence detection. The cleaning of the da Vinci robotic instrument detected by "non-destructive" residual protein assay or ATP biological fluorescence detection is more accurate than visual estimation.

‘Ordre et beauté’

The British composer Jonathan Harvey is generally associated with Eastern sacred texts rather than the secular Western literary canon. However, evidence from works composed over several decades suggests that Charles Baudelaire was a significant if subterranean influence upon his music. This article considers these works in detail. ‘L’Horloge’ [‘The Clock’] (1963) is a remarkable interpretation of Baudelaire’s text which reveals in it parallels with Harvey’s own contemporary preoccupations with the nature of musical time. Correspondances (1975) is a sequence of settings from Les Fleurs du mal and interludes and ‘fragments’ for piano which may be arranged in numerous orders at the discretion of the performers. Finally, the instrumental works Hidden Voice (1996) and Hidden Voice II (1999) demonstrate that the poet’s ideas remained an inspiration to Harvey well into his compositional maturity. Particularly striking is the variety and originality of these musical responses. Baudelaire’s real significance for Harvey was perhaps as an exemplar of aesthetic ideals - of ‘order and beauty’ - rather than merely as a source of musically suggestive images and phrases.

Obras para tecla de João José Baldi

No ano em que se assinalam 250 anos do nascimento de João José Baldi, o presente estudo revela a vertente pedagógica deste compositor português. Com o objetivo de identificar a presença de elementos didáticos nas suas obras para instrumentos de tecla, foi realizada uma pesquisa biográfica, um levantamento das respetivas obras e um estudo e comparação das fontes, bem como uma análise musical com base numa grelha elaborada a partir da Teoria da Sonata de Hepokoski &amp; Darcy. O estudo permitiu descobrir informações biográficas inéditas e identificar a presença de elementos didáticos e de elementos musicais e extra-musicais que indiciam um propósito pedagógico na composição destas obras.