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“Cute Goddess is Actually an Aunty”: The Evasive Middle-Aged Woman Streamer and Normative Performances of Femininity in Video Game Streaming
2022
In this paper the focus is on the representations of “middle-aged” or “aging” women streamers in western media. I analyze discussions in Western online media around a case of Chinese DouYu live-streamer. “Qiaobiluo Dianxia,” as her streamer name goes, became a topic in Western media after a glitch in her live stream revealed her to be a middle-aged woman, rather than young woman she was assumed to be. The discussions are analyzed with critical discourse analysis. It is argued that the aging bodies of women, both their presence and absence, should be read and understood through toxic gaming culture and geek masculinity and the hegemonic discourse they constitute.
Multiple Roles of Isocyanides in Palladium-Catalyzed Imidoylative Couplings: A Mechanistic Study
2016
International audience; Kinetic, spectroscopic and computational studies examining a palladium-catalyzed imidoylative coupling highlight the dual role of isocyanides as both substrates and ligands for this class of transformations. The synthesis of secondary amides from aryl halides and water is presented as a case study. The kinetics of the oxidative addition of ArI with RNC-ligated Pd-0 species have been studied and the resulting imidoyl complex [(ArC=NR)Pd(CNR)(2)I] (Ar=4-F-C6H4, R = tBu) has been isolated and characterized by X-ray diffraction. The unprecedented ability of this RNC-ligated imidoyl-Pd complex to undergo reductive elimination at room temperature to give the amide in the p…
Hydro-mechanical behaviour of shallow Opalinus Clay shale
2019
In Switzerland, Opalinus Clay shale has been selected as the host formation for radioactive waste disposal. The minimum required depth of the repository is related to the long-lasting isolation required for the disposal (1 million years). During this period, possible erosion scenarios affecting the repository need to be analysed. Opalinus Clay from shallow depths (< 70 m) was sourced from a borehole in Northern Switzerland, where the formation was affected by a considerable exhumation process. This work aims to investigate the impact of the mentioned phenomenon on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of Opalinus Clay through one-dimensional consolidation and permeability measurements. Laboratory …
Komponentit ja verkkopalvelut elektronisten liiketoimintaprosessien toteuttamisen välineinä
2002
Opals infiltrated with a stimuli-responsive hydrogel for ethanol vapor sensing
2013
We report on a novel class of optical materials for ethanol vapor sensing, based on polystyrene opals infiltrated with an innovative stimuli responsive hydrogel. We describe the fabrication process of the bare polystyrene opals and their subsequent infiltration. The optical characterization of the photonic crystal templates was performed to prove the good quality of the samples. Measurements on the infiltrated opals showed that the transmission spectra in the visible range strongly change at varying concentrations of ethanol vapor. The fabricated structures show a linear optical response in the visible range, for high values of ethanol concentration.
Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC
2016
The MoEDAL experiment is designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy collisions at the LHC. The largely passive MoEDAL detector, deployed at Interaction Point 8 on the LHC ring, relies on two dedicated direct detection techniques. The first technique is based on stacks of nuclear-track detectors with surface area $\sim$18 m$^2$, sensitive to particle ionisation exceeding a high threshold. These detectors are analysed offline by optical scanning microscopes. The second technique is based on the trapping of charged particles in an array of roughly 800 kg of aluminium samples. These samples are monitored offline for the presence of trap…
Nuorten aikuisten verkkoyhteisöpalvelujen mobiilikäyttö
2011
Tutkielmassa pyrittiin kuvaamaan ja ymmärtämään kuinka suomalaiset nuoret aikuiset käyttävät verkkoyhteisöpalveluja mobiilisti, ja millaisia tekijöitä käytön taustalla on. Tutkimuksen lähestymistavaksi valittiin käyttötarkoitustutkimus. Tutkimus suoritettiin määrällisenä tutkimuksena ja siinä käytettiin kyselylomaketta, johon pystyi vastaamaan verkossa. Tutkimuksen otantamenetelmä oli erityisesti tätä tutkimusta varten kehitetty verkko-otanta. Kyselyyn saatiin 265 vastausta, joista analyysiin otettiin rajauksen jälkeen 154. Kyselyn perusteella verkkoyhteisöpalvelujen mobiilin käytön osuus vaikuttaisi olevan noin 14 % verkkoyhteisöpalvelujen kokonaiskäytöstä. Facebook näyttää kyselyn peruste…
Taphonomical peculiarities and formation conditions of Baltic Devonian vertebrate fossil assemblages
2013
Devona mugurkaulnieku atrodņu tafonomiskais raksturojums un veidošanās apstākļi dienvidaustrumu Baltijā Pirmo reizi paleontoloģisko pētījumu vēsturē Baltijā ir veikta detalizēta Živetas, Franas un Famenas mugurkaulnieku atrodņu tafonomisko īpašību analīze, izmantojot mūsdienu metodiku. Savā starpā ir salīdzinātas vidējā un augšējā devona oriktocenozes Latvijas teritorijā, bet Baltijas (Galvenā devona lauka) fosiliju atrodnes ir salīdzinātas ar sakopojumiem Dienvidu Timanā. Ir secināts, ka, neskatoties uz tafonomisko pazīmju atšķirībām, Franas un Famenas klastiskās slāņkopas, kā arī vidus- un augšdevona mugurkaulnieku sakopojumu veidošanās mehānismi Baltijā ir bijuši visai līdzīgi. Ir noteik…
Mitochondrial Dna Variation in Rhopalosiphum padi (Homoptera: Aphididae) Populations from four Spanish Localities
1992
In total, 35 clones of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) established from samples collected in four distant localities of Spain during fall 1989 and spring 1990 were examined for mitochondrial DNA variation using 20 restriction endonucleases. Individual parthenogenetic adults were used to establish clonal lines on wheat (‘Talento’) seedlings. Restriction site polymorphism was detected only with endonuclease Rsa I, but no statistical treatment of data could be done until more polymorphic endonucleases are found. Length variation of the mitochondrial DNA molecule, however, was extensive among R. padi clones. Distribution among populations of this size polymorphism was used to…
Chemostratigraphy of the early Pliocene diatomite interval from MIS AND-1B core (Antarctica): Palaeoenvironment implications
2013
The AND-1B drill core (1285m-long) was recovered, inside the ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) Program, during the austral summer of 2006/07 from beneath the floating McMurdo Ice Shelf. Drilling recovered a stratigraphic succession of alternating diamictites, diatomites and volcaniclastic sediments spanning about the last 14Ma. A core portion between 350 and 480mbsf, including a 80m-thick diatomite interval recording the early Pliocene warming event, was investigated in term of opal biogenic content and element geochemistry. Across the diatomite interval, in spite of the lithological uniformity, a fluctuating biogenic opal profile mirrors the δ18O record, testifying a decrease in prod…