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UNINA9910798664903321 |
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Escobar Matthew |
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The persistence of the human : consciousness, meta-body and survival in contemporary film and literature / / by Matthew Escobar |
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Leiden, [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (228 p.) |
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Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, , 1573-2193 ; ; ; Volume 48 |
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Identity (Psychology) in literature |
Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures |
Human body in literature |
Self-perception in motion pictures |
Self-perception in literature |
Human body in motion pictures |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Human, Consciousness and Its Temporality -- Testing the Human: Trauma, Memory and Consciousness -- The Phantom Limb: Specters, Trauma, and Meta-body -- Survival: Human and Posthuman -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Recent narrative fiction and film increasingly exploit, explore and thematize the embodied mind, revealing the tenacity of a certain brand of humanism. The presence of narratively based concepts of personal identity even in texts which explore posthuman possibilities is strong proof that our basic understanding of what it means to be human has, despite appearances, remained mostly unchanged. This is so even though our perception of time has been greatly modified by the same technology which both interrupts and allows for the rearrangement of our experience of time at a rate and a level of ease which, until recently, had never been possible. Basing his views on a long line of philosophers and literary theorists such as Paul Ricoeur, Daniel Dennett and Francisco Varela, Escobar maintains in The Persistence of the |
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Human that narrative plays an essential role in the process of constituting and maintaining a sense of self. It is narrative’s effect on the embodied mind which gives it such force. Narrative projects us into possible spaces, shaping a temporary corporeality termed the “meta-body,” a hybrid shared by the lived body and an imagined corporeal sense. The meta-body is a secondary embodiment that we inhabit for however long our narrative immersion lasts – something which, in today’s world, may be a question of milliseconds or hours. The more agreeable the meta-body is, the less happy we are upon being abruptly removed from it, though the return is essential. We want to be able to slip back and forth between this secondary embodiment and that of our lived body; each move entails both forgetting and remembering different subject positions (loss and recuperation being salient themes in the works which highlight this process). The negotiation of the transfer between these states is shaped by culture and technology and this is something which is precisely in flux now as multiple, ephemeral narrative immersion experiences are created by the different screens we come into contact with. |
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UNINA9910812166303321 |
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Large-scale distributed systems and energy efficiency : a holistic view / / edited by Jean-Marc Pierson |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing |
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Data processing service centers - Energy conservation |
Electronic data processing - Distributed processing - Energy conservation |
Computer networks - Energy conservation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1 Introduction to Energy Efficiency in Large-Scale Distributed Systems; 1.1 Energy Consumption Status; 1.2 Target of the Book; 1.3 The Cost Action IC0804; 1.3.1 Birth of the Action; 1.3.2 Development of the Action; 1.3.3 End and Future of the Action; 1.4 Chapters Preview; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 2 Hardware Leverages for Energy Reduction in Large-Scale Distributed Systems; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Motivation for Energy-Aware Distributed Computing; 2.2 Processor; 2.2.1 Context; 2.2.2 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) |
2.2.3 Vendors 2.2.4 General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU); 2.2.5 ARM Architecture; 2.3 Memory (DRAM); 2.3.1 Context; 2.3.2 Power Consumption; 2.3.3 Energy Efficiency Techniques; 2.3.4 Vendors; 2.4 Disk/Flash; 2.4.1 Spindle Speed; 2.4.2 Seek Speed; 2.4.3 Power Modes; 2.4.4 Power Consumption; 2.4.5 Solid-State Drive (SDD); 2.5 Fan; 2.6 Power Supply Unit; 2.7 Network Infrastructure; 2.7.1 Current Scenario; 2.7.2 New Energy-Oriented Model; 2.7.3 Current Advances in Networking; 2.7.4 Adaptive Link Rate (ALR); 2.7.5 Low Power Idle (LPI); 2.7.6 Energy-Aware Dynamic RWA Framework |
2.7.7 Energy-Aware Network Attacks References; Chapter 3 Green Wired Networks; 3.1 Economic Incentives and Green Tariffing; 3.1.1 Regulatory, Economic, and Microeconomic Measures; 3.1.2 Pricing Theory in Relation to Green Policies; 3.1.3 COST Action Results; 3.2 Network Components; 3.2.1 Router; 3.2.2 Network Interface Card; 3.2.3 Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer; 3.2.4 Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer; 3.3 Architectures; 3.3.1 Access Networks; 3.3.2 Carrier Networks; 3.3.3 Grid Overlay Networks; 3.4 Traffic Considerations; 3.5 Energy-Saving Mechanisms |
3.5.1 Static Mechanisms 3.5.2 Dynamic Mechanisms; 3.6 Challenges; 3.7 Summary; References; Chapter 4 Green Wireless-Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Metrics and Trade-Offs in Wireless Networks; 4.2.1 Metrics; 4.2.2 Energy Optimization Trade-Offs; 4.2.3 Summary; 4.3 Measurement Methodology; 4.3.1 Energy Measurement Testbeds; 4.3.2 Energy Estimation Techniques; 4.3.3 Energy Measurements versus Estimation; 4.3.4 Summary; 4.4 Energy Efficiency and QoE in Wireless Access Networks; 4.4.1 Energy Issues in Cellular Networks |
4.4.2 Energy Efficiency and QoE in Wireless Mesh Networks 4.4.3 Reducing Energy Consumption of the End User Device; 4.4.4 Energy Measurements Revealing Video QoE Issues; 4.4.5 Energy Issues in Environmental WMNs; 4.4.6 Summary; 4.5 Energy-Efficient Medium Access in Wireless Sensor Networks; 4.5.1 MaxMAC -- An Energy-Efficient MAC Protocol; 4.5.2 Real-World Testbed Experiments with MaxMAC; 4.5.3 Summary; 4.6 Energy-Efficient Connectivity in Ad-Hoc and Opportunistic Networks; 4.6.1 Ad-Hoc Networking; 4.6.2 Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networking; 4.6.3 Summary; 4.7 Summary and Conclusions |
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Addresses innovations in technology relating to the energy efficiency of a wide variety of contemporary computer systems and networks With concerns about global energy consumption at an all-time high, improving computer networks energy efficiency is becoming an increasingly important topic. Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Energy Efficiency: A Holistic View addresses innovations in technology relating to the energy efficiency of a wide variety of contemporary computer systems and networks. After an introductory overview of the energy demands of current Information and Communications Tech |
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