Artistic Awakening in Ankara (1953)

Artistic Imagery in Fadak Sermon

Today, imagery has a special place in the analysis and criticism of literary texts. This artistic tool which is one of the most important forms of expression in theology transmits ideas intuitively using fantasy and the figurative applications of the language. This transmission makes the meaning more tangible and helps to consolidate it in the audience's mind. In the present study, using the de...

Mental Health in 1953

In our last issue we noted the Fortieth Annual Report made by the Board of Control to the Lord Chancellor, giving data about mental patients in 1953. Now follows, in quick succession, the Report of the Ministry of Health (Part I) and that of its Chief Medical Officer (Part II) reviewing the whole Health Service. By extracting the relevant information on Cental health we are able to indicate som...

Listen (Awakening)

For the ICAD conference 2004 in Sydney a sonification of ECG and other data was carried out to merge the boundaries between artistic sonification and scientific auditory display. Listen (Awakening) attempts to create in sound the activity of the brain becoming aware of a piece of music and gradually building in its subconscious reaction and appreciation. Certain constraints were put on the soni...

Awakening heterochromatin

Awakening heterochromatin ites in the human genome once thought to be inert structural material are brought to life in response to stress, according to results from Jolly et al. (page 25). These inactive DNA stretches are binding sites for HSF1, a transcription factor that activates individual heat shock genes and accumulates in nuclear granules after heat shock. These granules were, like HSF1,...

Informal Settlements Upgrading: The Gecekondus in Ankara