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2. The Papers of Independent Authors, ISSN 2225-6717, volume 43
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Khmelnik Solomon
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description - Abstract
"The Papers of Independent Authors" is a multidisciplinary scientific and technical printed journal in Russian and English. The journal accepts articles for publication from all countries. The following rules are observed: articles are not reviewed and the publisher is not responsible for the content and style of publications, the author pays for the publication, the journal is registered in the iInternational classifications of books (ISBN) and journals (ISSN), identified by the DOI code, transmitted and registered in the national libraries of Russia, Israel, the United States. This ensures the priority and copyrights of the author of the article. the commercial rights of the author of the article are reserved for the author, the journal is published in the USA, printed journal is sold, and in electronic form is distributed free of charge. This journal is for those authors who are self-confident and do not need approval of the reviewer. We are often reproached for not reviewing the articles. But the review institute is not an ideal filter - misses the failed articles and delays original works. Without analyzing the numerous reasons for this, we only note that if readers can filter out bad articles, then outstanding ideas may remain unknown. Therefore, we - for the fact that scientists and engineers had the right (like writers and artists) to publish without reviewing and not spend years on "punching" their ideas.
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- 2018
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3. A Survey of Techniques for Discovering, Using, and Paying for Third-Party IoT Sensors.
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Dawod, Anas, Georgakopoulos, Dimitrios, Jayaraman, Prem Prakash, and Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai
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INTERNET of things ,CITATION networks ,EVIDENCE gaps ,THIRD-party software ,CITATION analysis - Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) includes billions of sensors and actuators (which we refer to as IoT devices) that harvest data from the physical world and send it via the Internet to IoT applications to provide smart IoT services and products. Deploying, managing, and maintaining IoT devices for the exclusive use of an individual IoT application is inefficient and involves significant costs and effort that often outweigh the benefits. On the other hand, enabling large numbers of IoT applications to share available third-party IoT devices, which are deployed and maintained independently by a variety of IoT device providers, reduces IoT application development costs, time, and effort. To achieve a positive cost/benefit ratio, there is a need to support the sharing of third-party IoT devices globally by providing effective IoT device discovery, use, and pay between IoT applications and third-party IoT devices. A solution for global IoT device sharing must be the following: (1) scalable to support a vast number of third-party IoT devices, (2) interoperable to deal with the heterogeneity of IoT devices and their data, and (3) IoT-owned, i.e., not owned by a specific individual or organization. This paper surveys existing techniques that support discovering, using, and paying for third-party IoT devices. To ensure that this survey is comprehensive, this paper presents our methodology, which is inspired by Systematic Literature Network Analysis (SLNA), combining the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) methodology with Citation Network Analysis (CNA). Finally, this paper outlines the research gaps and directions for novel research to realize global IoT device sharing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Description as a Fiction-Writing Mode Between Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield and Naguib Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley: A Comparative Study.
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Al-Ghammaz, Saif Al-Deen, Al-Ghalith, Asad, Alzghoul, Musa, Alassaf, Hamzeh, AbuJreiban, Tahani, and AbuRass, Fatima
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COMPARATIVE literature ,CULTURAL awareness ,IMAGE representation ,ENGLISH literature ,AUTHORSHIP in literature - Abstract
Comparative literature expounds on the areas of convergence in literature and reproduces the cultural similarities between East and West, demonstrating its results in guiding literary and intellectual renewal movements. Arabic literature takes advantage of the works of literature of other nations and is always keen to develop and enrich its awareness and culture. As the novel is a celebrated genre used in the comparative literature area, the Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, well-known as the Dickens of Egypt, is one of the key poles of the international Arab novel. Mahfouz's novels and short stories convey Cairo, the capital of Egypt, its neighborhoods, inhabitants, and groceries to the home of every reader. The images and representations of Cairo drawn by Mahfouz are compared to the masters of English literature, namely Charles Dickens who significantly impacted Mahfouz's writings, especially his great love for describing and depicting everything his eyes see. With appropriating a comparative study of Dickens’s and Mahfouz’s selected works, this paper examines the concept of “description as a fiction-writing mode” as reflected in two literary works—Dickens’s David Copperfield (1850) and Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley (1947) following the School of Comparative Literature based on the principle of similarity in its study and analysis of literary works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. موقع الراوي وتمظهر الأهواء في وصف الشخصيات في الروايات النسائية العراقية دراسة سيميائية.
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ايمان حسين محي and صلاح كاظم هادي
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NARRATION ,UNIVERSITY research ,SEMIOTICS ,NARRATORS ,FICTION - Abstract
Copyright of Al-Adab / Al-ādāb is the property of Republic of Iraq Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (MOHESR) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2024
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6. Comunicare gli archivi. Riflessioni a margine di alcune scelte di rappresentazione.
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Damiani, Concetta
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Copyright of Bibliothecae.it is the property of University of Bologna and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2024
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7. Bassanianabirudis sp. nov., a new crab spider (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South Korea
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Sue Yeon Lee, Seung Tae Kim, and Jae Seong Im
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Asia ,Arthropoda ,QH301-705.5 ,Zoology ,Distribution (economics) ,Bassaniana ,descri ,Type (biology) ,Genus ,South Korea ,Arachnida ,Animalia ,Thomisidae ,Biology (General) ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,new species ,Spider ,Ecology ,biology ,business.industry ,biology.organism_classification ,Biota ,Geography ,Araneae ,description ,Taxonomic Paper ,business ,Far East - Abstract
The crab spider genus Bassaniana Strand, 1928 consists of six species mainly distributed in North America and Far East Asia. Two species of them, Bassaniana decorata (Karsch, 1879) and Bassaniana ora Seo, 1992, are known in Korea so far. A new crab spider, Bassaniana birudis sp. nov. is described, based on a male collected from Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. Distribution records are provided, as well as photos of habitus and illustrations of the male copulatory organ. The type specimens of this study are deposited in the collection of the Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR) and Konkuk University (KKU), South Korea.
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- 2021
8. Descriptive understanding and prediction in COVID-19 modelling
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Johannes Findl and Javier Suárez
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History ,Philosophy of science ,Original Paper ,Modalities ,Modality (human–computer interaction) ,Models, Statistical ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Epidemiological modelling ,Description ,Spell ,COVID-19 ,Statistical model ,Scientific explanation ,Epistemology ,Comprehension ,Philosophy of biology ,History and Philosophy of Science ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Humans ,Statistical modelling ,Psychology - Abstract
COVID-19 has substantially affected our lives during 2020. Since its beginning, several epidemiological models have been developed to investigate the specific dynamics of the disease. Early COVID-19 epidemiological models were purely statistical, based on a curve-fitting approach, and did not include causal knowledge about the disease. Yet, these models had predictive capacity; thus they were used to ground important political decisions, in virtue of the understanding of the dynamics of the pandemic that they offered. This raises a philosophical question about how purely statistical models can yield understanding, and if so, what the relationship between prediction and understanding in these models is. Drawing on the model that was developed by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, we argue that early epidemiological models yielded a modality of understanding that we call descriptive understanding, which contrasts with the so-called explanatory understanding which is assumed to be the main form of scientific understanding. We spell out the exact details of how descriptive understanding works, and efficiently yields understanding of the phenomena. Finally, we vindicate the necessity of studying other modalities of understanding that go beyond the conventionally assumed explanatory understanding.
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- 2021
9. Deus sine nomine : Dialectic as a Tool for the Christian Interpretation of Boethius's Consolatio III, m. 9, by Adalbold of Utrecht.
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Otisk, Marek
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MIDDLE Ages ,DIALECTIC ,CONSOLATION ,GOD - Abstract
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius was not only widely read during the Middle Ages, but it was also frequently glossed, commented on, and discussed. The ninth poem of the third book, which offers a Platonic image of the creation of the cosmos and the governance over it, had a specific place in the reception of this Boethius's work. Today we know of numerous debates about the possible interpretations of this poem and its Christian understanding, dating back at least to the 9th century. This paper deals with the commentary on this poem written by Adalbold of Utrecht († 1026). Attention is focused in particular on the role of dialectic in selected passages of this Adalbold's text and on the inspirational sources of his dialectical knowledge. Specifically, the paper deals with the possibility of definition or description of God (Deus sine nomine), and arguments explaining the appropriateness or inappropriateness of conceptualizing God as the form of the highest good (forma summi boni). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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10. Cryptaphelenchus varicaudatus n. sp. (Rhabditida: Ektaphelenchinae) from Tehran Province, Iran
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Majid Pedram
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0106 biological sciences ,LSU ,Bark beetle ,Phylogenetic tree ,Aphelenchoidinae ,010607 zoology ,Rostrum ,rDNA ,SSU ,Anatomy ,Biology ,phylogeny ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Contributed Paper ,Stylet ,Sponge spicule ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Spermatheca ,Phylogenetics ,description ,Taxonomy (biology) ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Cryptaphelenchus varicaudatus n. sp. is described and illustrated. It was isolated from bark samples of dead or dying pine (Pinus spp.) trees with bark beetle frass and galleries, in Tehran province. The new species has 275- to 367-mm-long females (a medium-sized species) with distinctly annulated cuticle having three bands in lateral fields, lip region continuous with body contour, delicate knobbed stylet, monodelphic–prodelphic reproductive system with distinct spermatheca, short postvulval uterine sac (PUS), transverse vulval slit with raised posterior lip and body narrowing behind it, sclerotized vagina, simple intestine ending in a blind sac, having no rectum but vestigial anus in some specimens, and distal body end tip (tail tip) with variation in morphology (shape), from sharply or slightly pointed to bluntly rounded. Males of the new species are common, but less frequent than females, characterized by shorter body (235–278 mm long) compared to females, their posterior body end more ventrally bent, arcuate separate spicules with well-developed wide condyles, distinct rostrum having sharp, attenuated tip. The precloacal single supplement (P1) and the distally located pair of caudal papillae close to tail tip were only observed. The new species is morphologically compared with the species of the genus having short PUS and similar body end morphology. In molecular phylogenetic analyses using 1520- and 698-nt-long sequences of small subunit (SSU) and large subunit (LSU) rDNA D2/D3 fragments, the new species formed a clade with two currently available GenBank-derived, unspecified isolates/sequences in SSU and three other isolates/sequences in LSU trees, respectively.
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- 2017
11. Digital and analogue Phenomenology.
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Lanfredini, Roberta
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PHENOMENOLOGY - Abstract
Phenomenology presents itself not as an explanation or interpretation of phenomena but as a description of them. Describing experience means making its internal structure explicit, which, in phenomenology, is an eidetic structure. The method of phenomenological explication or clarification is, however, by no means univocal. This paper aims to isolate the two fundamental ways in which phenomenological description is achieved. The first refers to a phenomenology of manifestation, based on the concept of determination or datum, which is realized in the phenomenological-static approach and, in particular, on the concept of extensive quality. The second refers to a phenomenology of disposition, based on the concept of tension or force – which is realized in the genetic approach as well as in Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception – and, in particular on the concept of intensive or forceful quality. The analysis of the difference between the two approaches allows us to introduce the crucial distinction between digital and analogue dimensions within phenomenology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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12. Second-Stage Sampling for Conflict Areas : Methods and Implications
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Himelein, Kristen, Eckman, Stephanie, Murray, Siobhan, and Bauer, Johannes
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MEASURES ,INFORMATION ,IMAGE ,SAMPLES ,CASE ,SOFTWARE ,DESCRIPTION ,MEASUREMENT ,VERIFICATION ,MODELING ,TESTING ,SPACE ,BEST PRACTICE ,MONITORING ,IMPLEMENTATIONS ,SCENARIOS ,STATISTICS ,BUSINESS ,WEIGHTING ,NAVIGATION ,SIMULATION ,METHODS ,PILOT TESTING ,STANDARDS ,COMPUTER ,IMAGES ,CASES ,CONFIDENCE INTERVALS ,BACK-OFFICE ,CLASSIFICATION ,AGE ,CALCULATION ,SEARCH ,DOCUMENT ,METHODOLOGIES ,PROBABILITY SAMPLES ,SUPERVISION ,SAMPLING ,BACK OFFICE ,THEORY ,PERFORMANCE ,TECHNICAL TRAINING ,PRECISION ,PHONES ,METHODOLOGY ,SURVEYS ,PROBABILITIES ,PROTOCOL ,PREDICTION ,RESEARCH ,CLUSTERING ,HUMAN ERROR ,VARIABLES ,STANDARD ,COUNTING ,SURVEY DATA ,INTERVIEWS ,ENUMERATION ,NETWORK ,OPEN ACCESS ,SATELLITE ,RESULT ,SECURITY ,RISK ,ESTIMATES ,MISSING VALUES ,ALGORITHMS ,STANDARD DEVIATION ,SMART PHONES ,WEB ,PROBABILITY ,TARGET ,EQUIPMENT ,EFFECTS ,CELL PHONES ,RANDOM SAMPLING ,SAMPLE SIZE ,RESEARCHERS ,RANDOM WALK ,PROTOCOLS ,ROUTING ,ERRORS ,ESTIMATING ,SURVEY METHODOLOGY ,TECHNIQUES ,TECHNOLOGY ,SAMPLE DESIGN ,OBJECT ,RESULTS ,SAMPLING DESIGNS ,WWW ,SIMULATIONS ,IMPLEMENTATION PLANS ,SIZE ,RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS ,WEIGHT ,ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ,DATA COLLECTION - Abstract
The collection of survey data from war zones or other unstable security situations is vulnerable to error because conflict often limits the implementation options. Although there are elevated risks throughout the process, this paper focuses specifically on challenges to frame construction and sample selection. The paper uses simulations based on data from the Mogadishu High Frequency Survey Pilot to examine the implications of the choice of second-stage selection methodology on bias and variance. Among the other findings, the simulations show the bias introduced by a random walk design leads to the underestimation of the poverty headcount by more than 10 percent. The paper also discusses the experience of the authors in the time required and technical complexity of the associated back-office preparation work and weight calculations for each method. Finally, as the simulations assume perfect implementation of the design, the paper also discusses practicality, including the ease of implementation and options for remote verification, and outlines areas for future research and pilot testing.
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- 2016
13. Another new ring nematode, Xenocriconemella andreae sp. nov. (Nematoda, Criconematidae), from the Iberian Peninsula.
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Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, Carolina, Clavero-Camacho, Ilenia, Criado-Navarro, Inmaculada, Salazar-García, Rosana, García-Velázquez, Ana, Palomares-Rius, Juan E., Castillo, Pablo, and Archidona-Yuste, Antonio
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BIOLOGICAL classification , *GENITALIA , *SEQUENCE analysis , *ANUS , *NEMATODES - Abstract
Nematode surveys in natural environments in the Iberian Peninsula detected three unidentified Xenocriconemella populations that closely resembled the X. macrodora-species complex, but utilization of integrative taxonomy confirmed that they comprised a new taxon described in this paper as X. andreae sp. nov. Only females were detected in the new species (considered parthenogenetic) and delineated with a bare body (274–353 µm); lip region with two annuli, continuous with body delineation; second lip annulus enclosed by the first one. Flexible and thin stylet (88.0–99.0 µm), representing 30.4–47.8% of total body length. The excretory pore is positioned 2–3 annuli posterior to the level of stylet knobs, at 101.5 (87–107) µm from the lip region. Female genital tract: monodelphic, prodelphic, large, and representing 34.4–52.4% of the body length; vagina slightly ventrally curved. The anus is located at (6–9) annuli from the rear end. Tail short, conoid, and blunt round terminus. Ribosomal and mitochondrial markers (D2-D3 expansion domains of 28S, ITS , partial 18S rRNA, and COI), as well as molecular phylogenetic analyses of sequences, confirmed this new taxon, and it was clearly delineated from X. macrodora and species within the species complex (X. costaricense, X. iberica, X. paraiberica, and X. pradense). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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14. Sectonema caobangense sp. n. from Vietnam (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae)
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Thi Anh Duong Nguyen, Joaquín Abolafia, Sergio Álvarez-Ortega, Reyes Peña-Santiago, and Michael Bonkowski
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0106 biological sciences ,Morphometrics ,morphometrics ,biology ,Aporcelaimidae ,Bayesian inference ,010607 zoology ,Dorylaimida ,Anatomy ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Contributed Paper ,LSU ribosomal DNA ,Sponge spicule ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,morphology ,description ,Taxonomy (biology) ,maximum likelihood ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Sectonema caobangense ,Ribosomal DNA ,Phylogenetic relationship - Abstract
Sectonema caobangense sp. n. from evergreen forest soil in Vietnam is described, including scanning electron micrograph (SEM) observations and D2-D3 LSU rDNA analysis. The new species is characterized by its 3.12 to 5.80 mm long body, lip region offset by deep constriction and 21 to 23 μm broad, mural tooth 13 to 14 μm long at its ventral side, 940 to 1,112 μm long neck, pharyngeal expansion occupying 61% to 69% of total neck length, uterus a long simple tube-like structure 292 to 363 μm long or 2.7 to 2.9 times the corresponding body diameter, pars refringens vaginae well developed, V = 48 to 56, short (36-51 μm, c = 77-132, c’ = 0.5-0.8) and rounded tail, 87 to 99 μm long spicules, and four or five irregularly spaced ventromedian supplements bearing hiatus. Sectonema caobangense sp. n. differs from the typical pattern of Sectonema in the nature of the stomatal protrusible structure, bearing a mural tooth attached to the ventral side of the stoma. Molecular data obtained and the derived evolutionary trees support a close phylogenetic relationship with other Sectonema species.
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- 2016
15. Doing the Survey Two-Step : The Effects of Reticence on Estimates of Corruption in Two-Stage Survey Questions
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Karalashvili, Nona, Kraay, Aart, and Murrell, Peter
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RESEARCHER ,MEASURES ,INDICATORS ,INFORMATION ,SAMPLES ,CASE ,DESCRIPTION ,MODELING ,COMPUTERS ,BRIBE ,RULE OF LAW ,SCIENCE ,GOVERNMENTS ,CRIME ,ACT OF CORRUPTION ,ORDERING ,BANK ,CRIME VICTIMIZATION ,TESTS ,RELIABILITY ,SIMULATION ,LIBRARY ,DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ,METHODS ,SMOKING ,BRIBES ,CORRUPT ACT ,TRANSPARENCY ,ORGANIZATIONS ,STRATEGIES ,COMPUTER ,CASES ,CORRUPT ,CLASSIFICATION ,CONCEPT ,SMOKING PREVALENCE ,EVALUATION ,VALIDITY ,ANTICORRUPTION MEASURES ,CHEATING ,BRIBERY ,SAMPLING ,FICTIONS ,SERVICES ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,PROSECUTION ,CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS ,PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION ,MALFEASANCE ,METHODOLOGY ,SURVEYS ,PROBABILITIES ,INVESTIGATION ,DATA ,ENTRIES ,RESEARCH ,SERVICE ,CORRUPTION SURVEYS ,STANDARD ,CRIMINALS ,SURVEY DATA ,INTERVIEWS ,GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ,ACCOUNTING ,ESTIMATES ,ARRANGEMENT ,ORDERINGS ,GOVERNANCE ,POLICY ,TIME ,WEB ,PROBABILITY ,TRIALS ,JUSTICE ,EFFECTS ,RESEARCHERS ,CRIMINAL ,GOVERNMENT ,CONFIDENCE ,CONCEPTS ,ADMINISTRATION ,ORGANIZATION ,ESTIMATING ,AGREEMENTS ,TECHNIQUES ,KNOWLEDGE ,ANTI-CORRUPTION ,NOTATION ,ANTICORRUPTION ,POLITICIANS ,CORRUPTION ,PUBLISHING ,OFFENSE ,SIMULATIONS ,FINANCIAL SUPPORT ,SIZE ,MARIJUANA ,OBSERVATION ,RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS ,GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ,DATA COLLECTION ,LAW ,ETHICS - Abstract
This paper develops a structural approach for modeling how respondents answer survey questions and uses it to estimate the proportion of respondents who are reticent in answering corruption questions, as well as the extent to which reticent behavior biases down conventional estimates of corruption. The context is a common two-step survey question, first inquiring whether a government official visited a business, and then asking about bribery if a visit was acknowledged. Reticence is a concern for both steps, since denying a visit sidesteps the bribe question. This paper considers two alternative models of how reticence affects responses to two-step questions, with differing assumptions on how reticence affects the first question about visits. Maximum-likelihood estimates are obtained for seven countries using data on interactions with tax officials. Different models work best in different countries, but cross-country comparisons are still valid because both models use the same structural parameters. On average, 40 percent of corruption questions are answered reticently, with much variation across countries. A statistic reflecting how much standard measures underestimate the proportion of all respondents who had a bribe interaction is developed. The downward bias in standard measures is highly statistically significant in all countries, varying from 12 percent in Nigeria to 90 percent in Turkey. The source of bias varies widely across countries, between denying a visit and denying a bribe after admitting a visit.
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- 2015
16. Interviewer Effects in Subjective Survey Questions : Evidence from Timor-Leste
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Himelein, Kristen
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family ,interviews ,corruption ,design ,head of the family ,regression analysis ,survey data ,information ,project ,sanction ,gender ,quantitative data ,participation ,survey methodology ,samples ,service ,law ,districts ,science ,time ,youth ,evaluation ,training ,estimates ,measures ,households ,health ,projects ,methodology ,living standards ,communities ,income ,female ,pornography ,woman ,court ,standards ,tests ,community ,feminist ,women ,weighting ,politics ,gender characteristics ,services ,sampling ,data collection ,incentives ,size ,methods ,residence ,research working papers ,surveys ,statistical analysis ,social science ,sex ,data quality ,effects ,muslim women ,theory ,improvement ,marriage ,organizations ,research ,access to justice ,genders ,market ,modeling ,economics ,women’s rights ,justice ,indicators ,household ,market research ,age ,rights ,description ,techniques ,development economics - Abstract
There is an inherent tension between traditional norms and survey protocols for quantitative data collected in the developing world. Unexpected interactions between the interviewer and respondent can lead to interviewer effects in the data, particularly in the case of subjective or sensitive questions. This paper makes use of a unique data set available from Timor-Leste containing subjective and objective questions to study these effects. In addition to their age and gender, data were collected from the interviewers regarding their opinions on the subjective questions prior to fieldwork. Fixed effects and mixed effects logit models are used to examine the main effects and interactions between interviewer and respondent characteristics. More objective measures serve as a pseudo control group. The paper finds interviewer effects in the both subjective and objective data, but the magnitude is considerably stronger for subjective questions. The paper also finds that female respondents are more susceptible to influence based on the interviewer's beliefs. Despite methodological shortcomings, the study highlights the need to consider more fully the impact of traditional cultural norms when conducting quantitative surveys in the developing world on topics that are outside the standard objective questions.
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- 2015
17. Plant biometrics of malay, rose and water apple
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Renata Aparecida de Andrade, Guilherme Nacata, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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food.ingredient ,Syzygium ,Plant Science ,Syzygium jambos ,lcsh:Plant culture ,Biology ,engineering.material ,Petiole (botany) ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,food ,morphological characterization ,lcsh:SB1-1110 ,Rose-apple ,Malay-apple ,Malay ,variability ,Pulp (paper) ,Description ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,040401 food science ,language.human_language ,Horticulture ,language ,Tukey's range test ,engineering ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Food Science - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-04T12:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2021-07-15T14:34:56Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S0100-29452018000600601.pdf: 320657 bytes, checksum: 08a7f23d49cb6f9beaf65455086eb55a (MD5) Due to the lack of studies comparing Syzygium malaccensis(L) Meer & Perry, Syzygium aqueum Burm.f. and Syzygium jambos (L) Alston Syzygium in relation to the botanical genus Sygygium regarding the physical characteristics, the present research was conducted, aiming at biometrically characterizing each of the three species, as well as comparing them. The fruits were collected from the Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, Jaboticabal. Syzygium plants were used for the evaluation of: fruit and seed masses (g); width and length of leaves (cm) and of seeds (cm); percentage of fruit pulp; length of leaf petiole (cm); and leaf area (cm(2)). Fifty fruits, leaves and seeds of each species were used, with 5 replicates of 10 samples each and the data were submitted to descriptive statistical analysis and organized into frequency tables. For comparative purposes among the species, a blocks randomized design was adopted, being analyzed by the Tukcy Test at 5% of probability. The malay and water apple present fruits with high yield of pulp. The fruit of the malay apple arc light, with narrow diameter, medium length, broad seeds, narrow and small leaves, with small leaf area. The rose apple fruit present medium mass, width and length, with broad seeds, narrow leaves, medium length and small leaf area. The water apple fruit are light, broad, long, without seeds, with broad leaves, long and having medium leaf area. Comparing the three species of Syzygium studied, it can be concluded that the fruit of malay apple are the largest, but the highest percentage of pulp is found in the fruit of the water apple, due to the absence of seeds. Univ Sao Paulo, Escola Super Agr Luis de Queiroz, Agron Fitotecnia, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Prod Vegetal, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Prod Vegetal, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- 2018
18. Evaluation of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's Wi-Fi Kiosk Program
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Gelvanovska, Natalija, Viatchaninova, Ievgeniia, and Saliu, Artan
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RESEARCHER ,RURAL CONNECTIVITY ,INFORMATION REQUESTS ,END USERS ,BANDWIDTH ,GENERAL PUBLIC ,DESCRIPTION ,INTERNET TRAFFIC ,TECHNICAL ISSUES ,TELECOMMUNICATION ,OPINION SURVEY ,ROUTER ,TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ,WEBSITES ,ANTENNA ,INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ,PENETRATION RATE ,NEXT GENERATION ,GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES ,SITE ,COMPETITIVENESS ,END-USERS ,LICENSES ,PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ,PROJECT MANAGEMENT ,BROADBAND ACCESS ,ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ,ADMINISTRATIONS ,TELEPHONES ,PROCUREMENT ,PC ,BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ,IMPACT ASSESSMENT ,E-MAIL ,USER GROUP ,HARDWARE ,WAN ,PERSONAL COMPUTERS ,DOMAINS ,SERVICE DELIVERY ,BASIC ,PDF ,CLASSIFICATION ,DIGITAL DIVIDE ,MOBILE SERVICE ,NUMBER OF USERS ,MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ,MOBILE PHONES ,TECHNOLOGY ACCESS ,ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS ,INTERNET ACCESS ,DIGITAL ,INSTITUTION ,IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ,INFORMATION SYSTEM ,LITERACY ,SUPERVISION ,ACCESS POINTS ,ONLINE AUCTION ,COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ,ENCRYPTION ,E-GOVERNMENT ,PHONE NUMBER ,INTERNET CONNECTIVITY ,BUSINESS CLIMATE ,ACCESS POINT ,BACKBONE ,MARKETING ,WEB SERVICES ,ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ,TIME FRAME ,TELEPHONE ,ISPS ,BROADBAND NETWORKS ,INNOVATION ,DEVELOPMENT OF BROADBAND ,ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ,UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION ,ACCESSIBILITY ,DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT ,ELECTRICITY ,INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION ,NATIONAL STRATEGY ,ACTION PLAN ,HARMONIZATION ,CONNECTIVITY ,FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS ,INFORMATICS ,LINUX ,TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ,BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY ,ACCESS TO INTERNET ,DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES ,NETWORKING ,BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ,RESULT ,SATELLITE ,PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ,BROADBAND ,CONNECTION SPEED ,BENCHMARK ,SMART PHONES ,ATLAS ,BROADBAND PENETRATION ,USES ,USER ,IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS ,NETWORKS ,WEB ,DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ,INTERFACE ,GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS ,ADSL ,TELEPHONY ,ENTRY ,EQUIPMENT ,INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ,LICENSE ,TELECOMMUNICATIONS ,WIRELESS SERVICE ,3G ,SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ,GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ,PRIVATE SECTOR ,RESEARCHERS ,VIDEO ,AUTHENTICATION ,MAINTENANCE COSTS ,WHITE PAPER ,WIRELESS ACCESS ,PORNOGRAPHY ,MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ,TRANSMISSION ,MOBILE PHONE ,KIOSKS ,ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ,ANTENNAS ,POLICY FRAMEWORK ,FINANCIAL RESOURCES ,MARKET SHARE ,TARGETS ,UNIVERSAL SERVICE ,EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS ,TELEGEOGRAPHY ,GOVERNMENT SERVICES ,INFORMATION SOCIETY ,ISP ,ARTICLE ,WIRELESS ,INSTALLATION ,TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ,ACCESSION ,INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ,COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS ,INTERNET SERVICES ,RESULTS ,TELECOM ,E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES ,INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ,INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE ,CAPACITY BUILDING ,ENTERTAINMENT ,ICT ,USER EXPECTATIONS ,COMMUNITIES ,FUNCTIONALITY - Abstract
This white paper has been prepared by World Bank s Transport and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Global Practice at the request of the MIOA . Delivery of the White Paper is part of a wider package of technical assistance by the World Bank to the Government of FYR Macedonia. The paper starts off by giving an overview of the state of telecom development in rural FYR Macedonia from the standpoint of affordability and availability of the commercial broadband Internet access services for the less advantaged groups of the population. The next section describes the Wi-Fi Kiosk Project outlining its scope, aim, and implementation process while bringing forward publics experiences with respect to the Wi-Fi kiosk use. This section also examines technical parameters related to the Internet usage and demonstrates the problematic of the kiosk maintenance in the remote and rural areas. Section five references specific policy and regulatory measures designed by different government stakeholders with a goal to analyse the approach which has been chosen to ensure availability of the fixed and (or) mobile broadband Internet in the rural areas of the country. The white paper concludes with a set of observations and recommendations aiming to address the sustainability of the results achieved by the Wi-Fi Kiosk Project and to offer next steps to increase rural connectivity in FYR Macedonia.
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- 2014
19. Scan to BIM Mapping Process Description for Building Representation in 3D GIS.
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Kang, Taewook
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GEOGRAPHIC information systems ,BUILDING information modeling ,AIRBORNE lasers ,ARCHITECTURAL design ,URBAN planning ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,FACADES ,BUILDING-integrated photovoltaic systems - Abstract
This paper introduces a novel approach for mapping process description with Scan data to Building Information Modeling (BIM) in a 3D Geographic Information System (GIS). The methodology focuses on automatically generating building mass and facade information on the GIS platform using Point Cloud Data (PCD) of Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS). Advanced scanning techniques capture detailed geometry from the physical site and generate high-resolution point clouds, which are processed to create 3D models for GIS integration. The critical contribution of this research lies in a scalable Scan to BIM mapping process, which can be used for generating building footprints and masses, including attributes, on 3D GIS. The resulting integrated BIM–GIS dataset provides an accurate building mass, facade information, facility asset management, and architectural design and facilitates improved decision-making in urban planning based on enhanced visualization, analysis, and simulation. This study suggests a flexible Scan to BIM mapping process description based on use cases, including algorisms. Through prototype development, a case study demonstrates the effectiveness of the process approach, the automatic generation of BIM on a 3D GIS platform, and reducing the manual efforts. The proposed method automatically creates DEM, SHP, GeoJSON, IFC, and coordinate system information from scan data and can effectively map building objects in 3D GIS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Paradoxical Aspects of the Russellian Conception of Existence.
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Usó-Doménech, J. L., Nescolarde-Selva, J. A., and Gash, H.
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HYPOTHESIS ,AUTHORS - Abstract
In this paper, the authors try to clarify the relations between Meinong's and Russell's thoughts on the ontological ideas of existence. The Meinongian theory on non-existent objects does not in itself violate the principle of non-contradiction, since the problem that this hypothesis offers to the theory of definite descriptions is not so much a logical problem as an ontological problem. To demonstrate this we will establish what we believe are the two main theses basic to the theory of descriptions: the epistemological thesis and logical thesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Out of School and Out of Work : A Diagnostic of Ninis in Latin America
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de Hoyos, Rafael, Popova, Anna, and Rogers, Halsey
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CITIES ,SELF-ESTEEM ,DROPOUTS ,SOCIAL PROBLEM ,CHILDREN ,DESCRIPTION ,EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION ,POLICY MAKERS ,POPULATION GROWTH ,YOUNG MALES ,SOCIAL VALUES ,POPULATION ,SCHOOL AGE ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,VALUES ,BOTH SEXES ,RULE OF LAW ,WOMEN ,EDUCATION ,URBANIZATION ,CRIME ,FEMALE ,HIGH POPULATION GROWTH ,CARE FOR CHILDREN ,GROUPS ,POPULATIONS ,HEALTH ,VIOLENCE ,INTERVENTIONS ,PRIMARY EDUCATION ,POLICY DISCUSSIONS ,DROPOUT ,DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION ,AGE ,URBAN YOUTH ,RURAL AREAS ,SECONDARY EDUCATION ,YOUNG MEN ,AGE GROUPS ,PROGRESS ,FORMAL SCHOOLING ,VULNERABILITY ,LABOR MARKET ,GENDER DISPARITY ,PERSONAL CHOICE ,HOUSEHOLD ,SOCIAL COHESION ,SERVICES ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ,MARKET ,YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ,MOBILITY ,LEVEL OF EDUCATION ,TEENAGE PREGNANCY ,HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ,PREGNANCY PREVENTION ,ECONOMIC PROGRESS ,YOUNG WOMEN ,MAPS ,MARRIAGE ,WOMAN ,SOCIAL MOBILITY ,POLICIES ,POLICY ,NATIONAL LEVELS ,COMMUNITY ,PARTICIPATION RATES ,PREGNANCY ,FORMAL EDUCATION ,YOUTH ,SKILLS ,HOUSEHOLDS ,AGE RANGES ,PROJECT ,SECONDARY SCHOOL ,PARTICIPATION ,HOUSEHOLD INCOME ,POLICY RESPONSE ,ILLNESS ,POLICY RESEARCH ,CHILD CARE ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,MEDIA ATTENTION ,SCHOOL YOUTH ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER ,WORKFORCE ,YOUTH POPULATION ,WORKSHOPS ,YOUNG MALE ,COMPULSORY SCHOOLING ,HEALTH SERVICES ,SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ,URBAN AREAS ,MIDDLE SCHOOL ,GENDER ,SCHOOLING - Abstract
Using all the household survey data available in Latin America during the period 1992 to 2013, this paper estimates that in 2015, 20 million youth ages 15 to 24 years in the region were out of school and not working (making them ninis, for "ni estudian ni trabajan"). The share of out-of–school, out-of-work youth in Latin America, at about 19 percent, is roughly equal to the global average of 22 percent. Although women make up over two-thirds of the ninis in the region, the number of male ninis grew by 46 percent between 1992 and 2010. As a result, the absolute number of ninis rose over the two-decade period, even as women's education and employment rates were improving. Global comparisons show that Latin America is the region of the world with the largest concentration of ninis among households in the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution. Coupled with the long-lasting harm it causes to the youth's future labor-market outcomes, the high incidence of ninis among the poorest households tends to lock in income disparities from one generation to the next, obstructing social mobility and poverty reduction in the region.
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22. Artists' archives.
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Brunetti, Dimitri
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ARCHIVES ,ARTISTS ,TWENTIETH century ,ARCHIVISTS - Abstract
Copyright of JLIS.it: Italian Journal of Library, Archives & Information Science is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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23. The question of meaning—a momentous issue for qualitative research
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Karin Dahlberg and Helena Dahlberg
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content analysis ,Nursing Methodology Research ,Empirical Research ,Safeguarding ,Phenomenology (philosophy) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Empirical research ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Sociology ,interpretation ,Confusion ,lcsh:R5-920 ,030504 nursing ,Health Policy ,meaning ,Frequent use ,Epistemology ,Philosophy ,Issues, ethics and legal aspects ,Research Design ,Content analysis ,Philosophical Papers ,method ,phenomenology ,description ,Fundamentals and skills ,medicine.symptom ,Comprehension ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,0305 other medical science ,Gerontology ,qualitative research ,Qualitative research - Abstract
In this article, we identify some worrying problems in the contemporary practice of qualitative research, such as the confusion regarding content and meaning in content analysis, the frequent use of standardized methods that avoids philosophy, as well as the description/interpretation dichotomy in empirical research. Since they all arise from a failure to understand the concept of meaning, we return to the question of meaning as the axis that qualitative research pivots around. We examine the meaning of meaning, and how meaning differs from content, and we then ask what consequences this has for research. Even though our analysis is rooted in phenomenological philosophy, we argue that that the ideas that we present are valid for any qualitative research approach. The question of understanding and relating to meaning, we argue, is a momentous issue for qualitative research, where we either continue safeguarding the very essence of qualitative research as dealing with human phenomena, or give it up in favor of more pragmatic and clear-cut methods that seemingly does away with the question of meaning.
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- 2019
24. Do Poor Countries Really Need More IT? : The Role of Relative Prices and Industrial Composition
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Eden, Maya and Gaggl, Paul
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COMMUNICATIONS ,SOCIAL SCIENCE ,REAL INCOME ,INFORMATION ,INVESTMENT ,MARGINAL PRODUCT ,INVENTORY ,CASE ,VALUE ADDED ,SOFTWARE ,COMMUNICATION ,DATABASES ,DESCRIPTION ,ASSET ,MEASUREMENT ,ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ,TELECOMMUNICATION ,MANUSCRIPT ,SUBSCRIPTIONS ,INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ,COMPUTERS ,INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ,LAGS ,INCOME ,MACROECONOMICS ,NEXT GENERATION ,PRODUCTIVITY ,CONTENT ,DATA LIMITATIONS ,STOCK ,LICENSES ,BUSINESS ,PCS ,SHARES ,GOODS ,TECHNOLOGIES ,USERS ,HARDWARE ,COMPUTER ,INDEXES ,CAPITAL INVESTMENT ,DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ,MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS ,DEVELOPMENT ,COMMUNICATION SERVICES ,PHONE ,PRICES ,DOCUMENT ,OPTIMIZATION ,ACCUMULATION ,PRODUCTION ,REPAIR ,ID ,AFFILIATED ,ELASTICITY ,STRUCTURAL CHANGE ,GDP PER CAPITA ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ,TRENDS ,TRADE ,PAYMENTS ,FINANCIAL SERVICES ,RD ,PRICE INDEXES ,ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ,INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON ,DATA ,AGRICULTURE ,DIVIDENDS ,PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH ,RESEARCH ,INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ,GDP ,VARIABLES ,INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION ,PAPER DOCUMENTS ,STANDARD ,MANUFACTURING ,CAPITAL ,COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ,NETWORK ,OPEN ACCESS ,INDEX ,RESULT ,VALUE ,BROADBAND ,SOFTWARE INVESTMENT ,MISSING VALUES ,BENCHMARK ,USES ,WEB ,ComputingMilieux_GENERAL ,MARGINAL PRODUCTS ,EQUIPMENT ,RETAIL TRADE ,TELECOMMUNICATIONS ,MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ,CUSTOM ,PRICE ,URL ,DATABASE ,WEBSITE ,MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES ,WEB HOSTING ,NEW TECHNOLOGY ,OUTPUT PER CAPITA ,INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS ,GROWTH RATE ,REAL GDP ,KNOWLEDGE ,VENDOR ,TECHNOLOGY ,AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS ,INTERNET ,SUBSCRIPTION ,RESULTS ,TELECOM ,SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ,DOCUMENTS ,COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ,INPUTS ,NATURAL RESOURCES ,PRODUCTION FUNCTION ,COMPUTER HARDWARE ,ICT ,NEW TECHNOLOGIES ,SHARE ,DATA COMMUNICATION ,ECONOMIC RESEARCH ,INTEREST RATE ,INVESTMENT SPENDING ,INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ,TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT ,BENCHMARKING - Abstract
Conventional wisdom suggests too little information and communication technologies (ICT) in poor countries. Indeed, within 70 countries at various levels of development, there is a positive relationship between income per capita and the capital share of ICT. While this regularity is consistent with explanations based on technology adoption lags and ICT-labor substitutability, there is little empirical support for these hypotheses. Instead, the paper establishes that this regularity can be fully accounted for by (a) relatively higher ICT prices in low-income countries and (b) industrial composition.
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- 2015
25. Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? : Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea
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Carneiro, Pedro, Armand, Alex, Locatelli, Andrea, Mihreteab, Selam, and Keating, Joseph
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PUBLIC INFORMATION ,SYMPTOMS ,LEVELS OF EDUCATION ,GLOBAL POVERTY ,MALARIA MALARIA ,CHILDREN ,HEALTH INSURANCE ,DESCRIPTION ,FATIGUE ,MALARIA CONTROL ,DISEASE ,VILLAGE LEVEL ,FAMILIES ,MEASUREMENT ,DESIGN ,MALARIA INFECTIONS ,YOUNG PEOPLE ,IMPLEMENTATION ,HABITAT ,POPULATION ,SCHOOL AGE ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,MALARIA TRANSMISSION ,RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS ,EMERGENCY RESPONSE ,WOMEN ,DWELLING ,WORKERS ,HOUSES ,TEENAGERS ,PREVENTION OF MALARIA ,FEMALE ,CONTAMINATION ,MOSQUITO NETS ,DISEASES ,INHABITANTS ,HIV/AIDS ,POPULATIONS ,HEALTH ,INTERVENTION ,AGED ,INTERVENTIONS ,ADOPTION ,MOSQUITO NET ,LABOR SUPPLY ,HEALTH POLICIES ,SOCIAL WORKERS ,FAMILY SIZE ,POLICY DISCUSSIONS ,EBOLA ,IMPACT ON CHILDREN ,IFS ,RISKY BEHAVIOR ,PATIENT ,MALARIA ,SHOPS ,MALARIA CASES ,PATIENTS ,INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS ,PROGRESS ,ANAEMIA ,PROVISION OF INFORMATION ,DECISION MAKING ,MEDICINE ,SOCIAL RESEARCH ,MALARIA INFECTION ,DRINKING WATER ,HOUSEHOLD ,HEALTH AUTHORITIES ,MALARIA INCIDENCE ,SERVICES ,MALARIA SYMPTOMS ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,PREVENTION ,INTERVIEW ,MARKET ,YOUNG CHILDREN ,ALLERGIC REACTIONS ,TEENAGE PREGNANCY ,MARKETING ,PREGNANT WOMEN ,FEMALES ,VECTOR CONTROL ,HIV TESTING ,PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ,ENDEMIC AREAS ,INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS ,WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ,MALARIA PREVENTION ,DWELLINGS ,SERVICE ,RISK OF MALARIA ,INFECTION ,SPOUSE ,MINISTRY OF HEALTH ,IMPACT OF MALARIA ,HEALTH POLICY ,REST ,TROPICAL MEDICINE ,FACILITIES ,MALARIA-ENDEMIC REGIONS ,POLICIES ,TREATMENT ,VILLAGES ,GENDER DIFFERENCES ,POLICY ,NUMBER OF ADULTS ,PREVALENCE ,COMMUNITY ,PREGNANCY ,YOUTH ,INFECTIONS ,EFFECTS ,VECTORS ,HOUSEHOLDS ,MALARIA BURDEN ,PUBLIC HEALTH ,HYGIENE ,PROJECT ,BACK MALARIA ,PARTICIPATION ,HEALTH BEHAVIOR ,PUBLIC POLICY ,POLICY RESEARCH ,DIET ,PSYCHOLOGY ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,HOUSEHOLD SIZE ,RISK OF INFECTION ,PEOPLE ,parasitic diseases ,KNOWLEDGE ,STRATEGY ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER ,HOUSEHOLD LEVEL ,RADIO ,HIV ,GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ,SLEEP ,VENTILATION ,HIV INFECTION ,HEALTH SERVICES ,DANGERS ,OBSERVATION ,ROOMS ,GENDER ,COMMUNITIES ,ALL ,HEALTH INTERVENTIONS - Abstract
It is often argued that engaging in indoor residual spraying in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use. This is just a case of a public program having perverse incentives. This paper analyzes new data from a randomized control trial conducted in Eritrea, which surprisingly shows the opposite: indoor residual spraying encouraged net acquisition and use. The evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of indoor residual spraying may have made the problem of malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments.
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- 2015
26. Communicating archives. Reflections on the margins of some representation choices
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Concetta Damiani
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archive ,description ,digital ,narrative ,storytelling ,Bibliography. Library science. Information resources - Abstract
Promoting and presenting archives in a way that makes them a reassuring and easily accessible context is a primary concern for archivists, who are used to working in a field driven by communication. This paper offers a reflection on models and methods of transmitting and promoting documentary collections, while drawing inspiration from recent works that propose new perspectives on the question and its forms of presentation. Does a clear distinction between the established descriptive tradition and the so-called alternative approaches still make sense? Perhaps the two approaches are much more interconnected and stable than previously thought. Are research tools “healthy carriers” of narrative? It seems so. Alongside descriptive practices, the paper will compare some effective museum practices aimed at presenting archives and highlighting the specific cultural value that archives actively preserve. From a broader perspective, after a period of great success, narratives are now in crisis. To quote Byung-Chul Han, «At the core of this noisy storytelling lies a narrative void, manifesting itself as a lack of meaning and a loss of direction». Maybe archives can offer a different interpretative and descriptive key.
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- 2024
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27. A newly recorded genus with description of a new cave-dwelling species of Flagelliphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from northeastern China.
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Lan Yang, Zhiyuan Yao, Irfan, Muhammad, and Qiaoqiao He
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SPIDERS ,LINYPHIIDAE ,SPECIES distribution ,SPECIES diversity ,WILDLIFE conservation ,BIODIVERSITY - Abstract
Background The genus Flagelliphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 was proposed by Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 to accommodate three ex-Lepthyphantes species distributed in northern Eurasia. Male Flagelliphantes are easlily recognised by having a hood-shaped thumb on the embolus. The females have a long, S-shaped scape and the posterior median plate of the epigyne is grossly enlarged ("hypertrophied"). New information While examining Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 specimens from Yunxia Cave in China's Jilin Province, we discovered a new cave-dwelling species of the genus Flagelliphantes, F. yunxia sp. n. In this paper, we provide detailed description and photos of its diagnostic somatic and genitalic features. It is the first record of the genus from China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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28. New data on the rare Afrotropical scarab beetles Orphnus drumonti Frolov and Delopleurus naviauxi Frolov et Cambefort (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Orphninae and Scarabaeinae)
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Andrey V. Frolov and Lilia A. Akhmetova
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Insecta ,Arthropoda ,Orphnus ,Scarabaeidae ,orphnines ,Tanzania ,Afrotropical Region ,Type (biology) ,Animalia ,Scarabaeinae ,Scarabaeoidea ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Orphnus drumonti ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,new locality record ,Orphnidae ,Ecology ,biology ,Delopleurus ,Scarab beetles ,biology.organism_classification ,Democratic Republic of Congo ,Coleoptera ,Delopleurus naviauxi ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Africa ,description ,Taxonomic Paper ,scarabaeines - Abstract
The scarab beetle genera Orphnus Macleay and Delopleurus Boheman are most speciose in the Afrotropical region. However, a number of species are only known from type specimens, sometimes only from one sex. New locality records of Orphnus drumonti Frolov (Orphninae) and Delopleurus naviauxi Frolov et Cambefort (Scarabaeinae) are given. The previously unknown female of the former and male of the latter species are described.
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- 2015
29. Description of a new species of Acrostichus Rahm 1928 (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from India with a note on its position and relationship with the congeners
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Mohammad Asif, Qudsia Tahseen, Shikha Ahlawat, and Malka Mustaqim
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0106 biological sciences ,Acrostichus medius n. sp ,Asia ,Nematoda ,Diplogastrellus ,Diplogastridae ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,taxonomy ,Acrostichus ,Sponge spicule ,Feeding behavior ,Genus ,Systematics ,Animalia ,Clade ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Ecology ,biology ,Cenozoic ,biology.organism_classification ,Medius ,cladistic relationship ,description ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Taxonomic Paper - Abstract
The clade Diplogastridae Micoletzky 1922 largely represents the bacterivorous or predatory nematodes that very often demonstrate phoretic, necromenic or parasitic associations with insects (Sudhaus and Fürst von Lieven 2003). That is the reason, much of the diversity of the family remains undocumented because of their absence from routine soil samples. Due to their variable habitats and niches, these nematodes show ample variation in their stomal armature, feeding behavior and life cycle patterns. The paper describes and illustrates a new diplogastrid species of genus Acrostichus Rahm 1928 that appears to be the link between the genera Diplogastrellus Paramonov et al. 1952a and Acrostichus. Acrostichus medius n. sp. is characterised by hermaphroditic females and males having faintly striated longitudinal ridges, demarcated lateral fields, amalgamated lips, six adradial cheilostomal plates, moderately-built dorsal tooth, relatively smaller posterior genital branch; large oval uterine pouch and males with robust, heavily cuticularised spicules, each with hood-like capitulum, deeply forked distal end with fine extensions and a ventral attenuated arm; gubernaculum 2/3 of spicule length and rudiments of bursa confined to posterior four pairs of genital papillae. The biogeographical distribution of Acrostichus has been mapped and the relationship between congeners has been analysed cladistically and discussed.
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- 2016
30. Zobrazování nákazy v českých uměleckých textech s tematikou války v prvních dekádách dvacátého a jednadvacátého století.
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HALAMOVÁ, MARTINA
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- 2023
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31. Framework for Descriptive Epidemiology.
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Lesko, Catherine R, Fox, Matthew P, and Edwards, Jessie K
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EXPERIMENTAL design ,RESEARCH methodology ,DISEASE prevalence ,DATA analysis ,RESEARCH bias ,EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research ,MEASUREMENT errors - Abstract
In this paper, we propose a framework for thinking through the design and conduct of descriptive epidemiologic studies. A well-defined descriptive question aims to quantify and characterize some feature of the health of a population and must clearly state: 1) the target population, characterized by person and place, and anchored in time; 2) the outcome, event, or health state or characteristic; and 3) the measure of occurrence that will be used to summarize the outcome (e.g. incidence, prevalence, average time to event, etc.). Additionally, 4) any auxiliary variables will be prespecified and their roles as stratification factors (to characterize the outcome distribution) or nuisance variables (to be standardized over) will be stated. We illustrate application of this framework to describe the prevalence of viral suppression on December 31, 2019, among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had been linked to HIV care in the United States. Application of this framework highlights biases that may arise from missing data, especially 1) differences between the target population and the analytical sample; 2) measurement error; 3) competing events, late entries, loss to follow-up, and inappropriate interpretation of the chosen measure of outcome occurrence; and 4) inappropriate adjustment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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32. Hypolipidemic effect of atorvastatin and phytotherapy on rat prostate - A histological study.
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A. E., Mohamed, E., Dumitrescu, F., Muselin, A. O., Doma, and R. T., Cristina
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PROSTATE ,MALE reproductive organs ,ATORVASTATIN ,SEA buckthorn ,PHYTOTHERAPY ,RATS ,GRAPES - Abstract
Copyright of Veterinary Drug / Medicamentul Veterinar is the property of Romanian National Association of the Veterinary Products Manufacturers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2022
33. Taxonomy of Homoeusa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the East Palearctic: I. Homoeusa rufescens (Sharp, 1874) and a new allied species.
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Nozaki, Tsubasa and Maruyama, Munetoshi
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STAPHYLINIDAE ,PALEARCTIC ,BEETLES ,TAXONOMY ,SPECIES - Abstract
There is insufficient information to identify most species of the myrmecophilous rove beetle genus Homoeusa. In this paper, after examining the type material, Homoeusa rufescens (Sharp, 1874) is redescribed in detail and its new allied species Homoeusa ovata sp. nov. is described. We also observed the behavior of these two species in the field; the behavior was similar to that reported for H. acuminata (Märkel, 1842). A checklist of Homoeusa from the Palearctic and Nearctic is also provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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34. TWÓRCZE UŻYCIE JĘZYKA W TEKŚCIE LITERACKIM (ANALIZA WIERSZA URSZULI KOZIOŁ JEST MI MIAŁKO... W RAMACH ZAŁOŻEŃ POETYKI LINGWISTYCZNEJ).
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Dobrzyńska, Teresa
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LITERARY criticism ,WIT & humor ,POETICS ,POETRY (Literary form) ,LINGUISTICS ,LANGUAGE & languages - Abstract
This paper presents the assumptions of linguistic poetics, a direction that combines - in a curricular manner-the research on poetry and interpretation of poetic works with an analysis of language uses in a statement. It presents the role played by M.R. Mayenowa in shaping this stream in the Polish literary studies seeking support in linguistics and enumerates the most significant curricular studies and linguistic concepts employed in analyses of the represented world of poetry as "the world behind words". The enclosed analysis of the lyric by Urszula Kozioł Jest mi miałko... (I'm feeling bland...) is an illustration of the methodology presented here. It shows the sense-creative capabilities of language activated in a description of an unusual state of the lyrical I of the poem-confession, who is experiencing elusive feelings that are hard to express. The whole complex organisation of the poetic statement serves the purpose of outlining these unique experiences and the evoked senses can be reached only through an in-depth analysis of the language uses in the text. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. In Between Description and Prescription: Analysing Metalanguage in Normative Works on Dutch 1550–1650.
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de Vos, Machteld
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METALANGUAGE ,DUTCH language ,ENGLISH grammar ,GREEK language ,IDEOLOGY - Abstract
This paper is the first to perform a systematic quantitative analysis of the arguments used to motivate selections in grammatical entries from normative works on Standard Dutch written between ca. 1550 and 1650. Thus, it aims to obtain insight into what language ideologies were characteristic of this early modern period, what these reveal about how Standard Dutch took shape in its initiating phase, and what the differences are between the codification of Dutch in the early modern period (16th/17th century) and the (post)modern period (20th/21st century; analysed in earlier studies). Although certain issues within the annotation method need to be addressed in future research, the results indicate that the following principles were particularly characteristic of the early modern period: for Dutch to be a good language in terms of its grammar, it ought to differentiate, display consistency, mirror Latin and Greek, and reflect the use of certain authorities. These linguistic principles form the roots of the part of the Dutch standard language ideology (SLI; which, as previous research has shown, came into existence in the decades around 1800) that connects 'language' with 'norm' and that bestows value on the language's regularity. However, the additional connection to social identity, that forms a second and crucial part of the SLI, played no major part in the arguments used in this time period yet. Moreover, two important differences between the early modern period and the (post)modern period were found: (1) the latter period showed a higher degree of consensus and therefore of canonisation of the normative discourse than the former period; (2) the nature of the metalanguage used in normative publications was explicitly prescriptive in the later period but mostly ostensibly descriptive/implicitly prescriptive in the earlier period. This indicates that, in terms of the metalanguage used, the normative discourse in the formative period of Standard Dutch was in between description and prescription. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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36. A new species and a newly recorded subgenus of Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 1858 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae, Nomiinae) from China.
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Dan Zhang, Ze-Qing Niu, Alain Pauly, Wa Da, and Chao-Dong Zhu
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HALICTIDAE ,BEES ,NUMBERS of species ,SPECIES ,BRACONIDAE ,HYMENOPTERA - Abstract
Two Chinese species of the genus Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 1858 are treated in this paper. Lipotriches (Lipotriches) guihongi Zhang & Niu, sp. nov. is recognized as a new species and Lipotriches (Maynenomia) nanensis (Cockerell, 1929) is a new species and subgenus record for China. The number of Chinese species of the subfamily Nomiinae and genus Lipotriches are updated to 47 and 15, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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37. Description Degree Zero and the Un-Reality Effect: Roland Barthes on Description.
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Varga, Zoltán Z.
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NARRATIVES ,AUTONOMY (Philosophy) ,EKPHRASIS - Abstract
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- 2019
38. DESCRIPTION OF NEW TERATOLOGICAL CASES INCLUDING CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS IN MUTILLIDAE (HYMENOPTERA VESPOIDEA).
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TURRISI, GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO, PALMERINI, MAURIZIO MATTEINI, DEMETRIOU, JAKOVOS, PALMERINI, MARGHERITA MATTEINI, and FORBICIONI, LEONARDO
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MUTILLIDAE ,TERATOLOGY ,ACHROMATISM ,GYNANDROMORPHISM ,ZOOLOGICAL specimens ,ENTOMOLOGY - Abstract
New teratological cases including one gynandromorph and chromatic aberrations of Mutillidae are described based on the examination of 27 specimens belonging to Myrmilla (Pseudomutilla) capitata (Lucas, 1848), Myrmilla (Myrmilla) erythrocephala (Latreille, 1792), Myrmilla (Pseudomutilla) glabrata (Fabricius, 1775), Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, 1758, Mutilla quinquemaculata Cyrillo, 1787, Ronisia barbara barbara (Linnaeus, 1758), Ronisia brutia brutia (Petagna, 1787), Tropidotilla litoralis (Petagna, 1787), Nemka viduata viduata (Pallas, 1773), Physetopoda cf. pusilla (Klug, 1835), Smicromyrme giarabubensis Invrea, 1932, Smicromyrme partitus partitus (Klug, 1835), Smicromyrme perisii (Sichel & Radoszkoswski, 1870), Smicromyrme ruficollis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1793), and Smicromyrme ruficollis ceresae Invrea, 1952. A brief account of data from scientific literature, as well a discussion on the ascertained cases are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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39. Transmettre aux aveugles le comique d'une production multimédia. Étude d'un cas.
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Tomaszkiewicz, Teresa
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In this paper the author demonstrates the limits of audio description in the transfer of the humorous effects of a film comedy which constitute the "semantic dominant" of this kind of production. The analysis is illustrated by examples from Philippe de Chauveron's film, À bras ouverts (2017). In this form of intersemiotic translation, the lack of certain visual data can block the possibility of understanding the comic by blind or visually impaired people. The author tries to propose some solutions to this problem in the form of creative audio description. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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40. A Survey of Techniques for Discovering, Using, and Paying for Third-Party IoT Sensors
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Anas Dawod, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Prem Prakash Jayaraman, and Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas
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cost-sharing ,description ,discovery ,Internet of Things (IoT) ,integration ,IoT device ,Chemical technology ,TP1-1185 - Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) includes billions of sensors and actuators (which we refer to as IoT devices) that harvest data from the physical world and send it via the Internet to IoT applications to provide smart IoT services and products. Deploying, managing, and maintaining IoT devices for the exclusive use of an individual IoT application is inefficient and involves significant costs and effort that often outweigh the benefits. On the other hand, enabling large numbers of IoT applications to share available third-party IoT devices, which are deployed and maintained independently by a variety of IoT device providers, reduces IoT application development costs, time, and effort. To achieve a positive cost/benefit ratio, there is a need to support the sharing of third-party IoT devices globally by providing effective IoT device discovery, use, and pay between IoT applications and third-party IoT devices. A solution for global IoT device sharing must be the following: (1) scalable to support a vast number of third-party IoT devices, (2) interoperable to deal with the heterogeneity of IoT devices and their data, and (3) IoT-owned, i.e., not owned by a specific individual or organization. This paper surveys existing techniques that support discovering, using, and paying for third-party IoT devices. To ensure that this survey is comprehensive, this paper presents our methodology, which is inspired by Systematic Literature Network Analysis (SLNA), combining the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) methodology with Citation Network Analysis (CNA). Finally, this paper outlines the research gaps and directions for novel research to realize global IoT device sharing.
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- 2024
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41. Pseudobaeospora albidula (Agaricales) found in the Czech Republic.
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KŘÍŽ, MARTIN
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AGARICALES ,MICROSCOPY ,TRICHOLOMATACEAE - Abstract
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- 2018
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42. PreScribed (A Life Written for Me): A Theatrical Qualitative Research-Based Performance Script Informed by General Practitioners' Experiences of Emotional Distress.
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Riley, Ruth, Spiers, Johanna, and Gordon, Viv
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THEATER ,PSYCHOLOGICAL distress ,GENERAL practitioners ,LIFE writing ,EMOTIONAL experience ,ARTISTIC collaboration - Abstract
This paper includes the script from a research-informed, theater-based production titled PreScribed (A Life Written for Me), which depicts the life of a distressed General Practitioner (GP) who is on the verge of breaking down and burning out. The authors provide context for the collaboration between artist and researchers and report on the creative methodological process involved in the co-production of the script, where research findings were imaginatively transformed into live theater. The researchers provide their reflections on the process and value of artistic collaboration and use of theater to disseminate research findings about emotions to wider audiences. It is concluded that qualitative researchers and artists can collaborate to co-create resonant and powerful pieces of work which communicate the emotions and experiences of research participants in ways that traditional academic dissemination methods cannot. The authors hope that sharing their experiences and this script as well as their reflections on the benefits of this approach may encourage researchers and artists to engage in this type of methodological collaboration in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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43. Five new genera of the subfamily Cylapinae (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae) from Australia.
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Namyatova, Anna A. and Cassis, Gerasimos
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MIRIDAE ,INSECTS ,HEMIPTERA ,FEMALE reproductive organs ,MALE reproductive organs ,SPECIES - Abstract
Cylapinae is one of the poorly studied groups within the megadiverse family Miridae (Insecta: Heteroptera). In this paper, five monotypic genera from Australia are described as new to science. Two of those taxa, Dariella rubrocuneata gen. nov. and sp. nov., and Labriella fusca gen. nov. and sp. nov. are assigned to the tribe Cylapini. Three taxa, Callitropisca florentine gen. nov. and sp. nov., Laetifulvius morganensis gen. nov. and sp. nov. and Micanitropis seisia gen. nov. and sp. nov. are placed into the tribe Fulviini. Habitus images, SEMs of external characters, illustrations of male and female genitalia, and distribution maps are provided for each species where possible. The systematic position and possible relationships of the newly described taxa are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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44. La reconstrucción del método funcional en las teorías de Talcott Parsons y Niklas Luhmann.
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Martín Giordano, Pedro
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SOCIAL theory ,OBSOLESCENCE ,AUTHORS ,CRITICISM ,DIAGNOSIS ,SOCIAL sciences - Abstract
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- 2023
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45. Five new species of trap-door spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from India.
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Siliwal, Manju, Hippargi, Rajshekhar, Yadav, Archana, and Kumar, Dolly
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SPIDERS ,JUMPING spiders - Abstract
The family Idiopidae is dominated by the subfamily Idiopinae with 106 species recorded from the world; 20 species (five species of Helgimomerus, 12 species of Idiops, and three species of Scalidognathus) are reported from India. In this paper, we describe a new species of Heligmomerus wii from Dehradun, Uttarakhand and four new species of Idiops: Idiops bonny, Idiops reshma, & Idiops sally from Dangs, Gujarat and Idiops vankhede from Maharashtra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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46. A New Species of Leptologia Prout, 1901 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from South-west Iran.
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Esfandiari, Mehdi, Gyulai, Peter, Shahreyari-Nejad, Saideh, and Rabieh, Mohammad Mahdi
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A new species of the genus Leptologia Prout, 1901, L. malaqai sp. n., is described from a female holotype, which was collected from Malaqa Village in Khuzestan Province, south-west Iran. The new taxon and the closely related species are illustrated with imagines in colour. A description of the female genitalia is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
47. 16. ASIR ŞAİRLERİNDEN ÛDÎ'NİN MÂCERÂ-YI MÂH MESNEVİSİNDE MANİSA TASVİRLERİ.
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ÇALKA, Mehmet Sait
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- 2022
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48. An Criticism On description of Nafsat Al Masdoor(2)
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Seyedali Sohrabnejhad
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criticism ,argument ,description ,nafsat al-masdour ,zaydary nasavy ,Language and Literature - Abstract
In this paper, the comments of Professor Amir Hassan Yazdgerdi on the Nafsat Al Masdoor has critiqued and analyzed: Despite the scholarly careful consideration of Professor Yazdgerdi, some points ,although limited, remained unclear in this book, which checked in this paper. Some times, Persian and Arabic vocabularies of text has criticized and analyzed; In some cases, Arabic poems translation and some times quranic verses translation have analyzed; Correction ofsome vocabularise or phrasses has also discussed in this paper. After notice any above points from book Nafsat Al Masdoor, comments of the deceased proffesor is mentioned; then is addressed to enlightenment about ambiguities as the main purpose of this article by description and analysis method and by citing the valid sources and necessary arguments. The necessity of conducting this research is the imortanceof Nafsat Al-Masdoor as a important literary work for the friends literature and researchers. This book especially is one of lesson sourses for PhD students inthe field of Persian literature.
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- 2022
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49. A Checklist of the Olethreutini Obraztsov, 1946 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Taiwan, with the Distribution in Mainland China.
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Sun, Yinghui and Li, Houhun
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INSECT collection & preservation ,NATURAL history museums ,SPECIES distribution ,TORTRICIDAE ,NATIONAL museums - Abstract
Simple Summary: This study examined specimens of the tribe Olethreutini collected from more than 60 sites in Taiwan between the years 1921 and 2005, listing 102 species in 35 genera. The specimens are deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), and the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (FSCA). At the same time, the distribution of these species in mainland China was examined, and the research specimens are deposited in the Insect Collection, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (NKU). This study makes up for the shortcomings of the previous research on the Chinese tortricids, which is conducive to the comprehensive completion of the systematic research of Chinese fauna and also provides basic data for the systematic research of the world's leaf-roller moth. Thirty-five genera and one hundred and two species of the tortricid tribe Olethreutini documented from Taiwan are listed, two genera and six species of which are newly recorded for China and two genera and eighteen species of which are newly recorded for Taiwan. Nine species are recorded in the mainland of China for the first time, which were endemic to Taiwan before this study. The local monographs of China and references are summarized with the examined specimens. The synonymies and geographic distribution in China are provided for each species, and a list of examined specimens is provided when applicable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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50. An intermedial perspective for ekphrasis: How photographs contribute to writing about artists
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Tetyana Lunyova
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verbal text ,essay ,visual arts ,photograph ,portrait ,ekphrasis ,metaekphrasis ,biography ,description ,interpretation ,Philology. Linguistics ,P1-1091 - Abstract
This paper examines the relationships that emerge in the process of meaning-making in the anthology Writers on artists (Minton, 2001) between photographic portraits of the artists and other images and verbal textual components. The findings demonstrate that as indexes, the photographs of the artists testify to the artists’ real existence; as icons, these photographs contribute to the representation of the artists’ uniqueness. Through these two roles, the artists’ photographic portraits ensure the status of the ekphrasis in the essays as “actual ekphrasis” (in Hollander’s terms). In interaction with the biographical notes, the photographs of the artists highlight their uniqueness. As elements in the multimodal complexes “artist’s photo & artist’s bio”, the artists’ photographs enter into the relationships of similarity and contrast with the writers’ photographs in the multimodal complexes “writer’s photo & writer’s bio”, which are instrumental in creating symbolic dialogic space for the discussion of the works of the visual arts in the essays. Those photographs that are photographs of the artists’ painted or drawn portraits rather than people themselves establish strong semantic links with descriptive ekphrasis. Some of the objects captured in the artists’ photographs can contribute to descriptive ekphrasis. Those photographic portraits that offer psychological characterization of the artists work in synchrony with interpretative ekphrasis. The photographs that can symbolically evoke schemata of knowledge which have high relevance for ekphrastic interpretations and metaekphrastic discussions strongly support meanings generated in the essays. The photographs that are likely to be interpreted symbolically contribute most significantly to the meaning-making in the essays.
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- 2024
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