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Tagliasacchi, Andrea, Matthias Schröder, Anastasia Tkach, Sofien Bouaziz, Mario Botsch, and Mark Pauly. "Robust Articulated-ICP for Real-Time Hand Tracking." Computer Graphics Forum 34, no. 5 (August 2015): 101–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12700.
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Corazza, Stefano, Lars Mündermann, Emiliano Gambaretto, Giancarlo Ferrigno, and Thomas P. Andriacchi. "Markerless Motion Capture through Visual Hull, Articulated ICP and Subject Specific Model Generation." International Journal of Computer Vision 87, no. 1-2 (September 2, 2009): 156–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11263-009-0284-3.
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White, Matt A., and Nicolás E. Campione. "A three-dimensional approach to visualize pairwise morphological variation and its application to fragmentary palaeontological specimens." PeerJ 9 (January 19, 2021): e10545. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10545.
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Classifying isolated vertebrate bones to a high level of taxonomic precision can be difficult. Many of Australia’s Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrate fossil-bearing deposits, for example, produce large numbers of isolated bones and very few associated or articulated skeletons. Identifying these often fragmentary remains beyond high-level taxonomic ranks, such as Ornithopoda or Theropoda, is difficult and those classified to lower taxonomic levels are often debated. The ever-increasing accessibility to 3D-based comparative techniques has allowed palaeontologists to undertake a variety of shape analyses, such as geometric morphometrics, that although powerful and often ideal, require the recognition of diagnostic landmarks and the generation of sufficiently large data sets to detect clusters and accurately describe major components of morphological variation. As a result, such approaches are often outside the scope of basic palaeontological research that aims to simply identify fragmentary specimens. Herein we present a workflow in which pairwise comparisons between fragmentary fossils and better known exemplars are digitally achieved through three-dimensional mapping of their surface profiles and the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm. To showcase this methodology, we compared a fragmentary theropod ungual (NMV P186153) from Victoria, Australia, identified as a neovenatorid, with the manual unguals of the megaraptoran Australovenator wintonensis (AODF604). We discovered that NMV P186153 was a near identical match to AODF604 manual ungual II-3, differing only in size, which, given their 10–15Ma age difference, suggests stasis in megaraptoran ungual morphology throughout this interval. Although useful, our approach is not free of subjectivity; care must be taken to eliminate the effects of broken and incomplete surfaces and identify the human errors incurred during scaling, such as through replication. Nevertheless, this approach will help to evaluate and identify fragmentary remains, adding a quantitative perspective to an otherwise qualitative endeavour.
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Leidersdorf, Craig B., Peter E. Gadd, and William G. McDougal. "ARTICULATED CONCRETE MAT SLOPE PROTECTION." Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1, no. 21 (January 29, 1988): 177. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.177.
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This paper provides guidance for the design, fabrication, and installation of articulated concrete mat slope protection. Although articulated mat armor has been utilized for many years in low-energy wave environments, it has been extended recently to accommodate intermediate wave energies and severe ice loads. The development of the concept is discussed, after which hydraulic design considerations, material design considerations, and fabrication and installation techniques are presented. Prototype performance is reviewed. It is concluded that articulated concrete mat armor is capable of providing effective slope protection in intermediate-energy wave environments, and that additional research is required relating to hydraulic stability and failure modes under wave and ice loading.
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Agrawal, Rajeev, Koushik Kabiraj, and Ravi Singh. "Modeling a Controller for an Articulated Robotic Arm." Intelligent Control and Automation 03, no. 03 (2012): 207–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ica.2012.33023.
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Bruening, Dustin A., and James G. Richards. "The Effects of Articulated Figure Skates on Jump Landing Forces." Journal of Applied Biomechanics 22, no. 4 (November 2006): 285–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jab.22.4.285.
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Lower extremity injuries in figure skating have long been linked to skating boot stiffness, and recent increases in jump practice time may be influencing the frequency and seriousness of these injuries. It is hypothesized that stiff boots compromise skaters' abilities to attenuate jump landing forces. Decreasing boot stiffness by adding an articulation at the ankle may reduce the rate and magnitude of landing forces. Prototype articulated figure skating boots were tested in this study to determine their effectiveness in enabling skaters to land with lower peak impact forces. Nine competitive figure skaters, who trained in standard boots and subsequently in articulated boots, performed off-ice jump simulations and on-ice axels, double toe loops, and double axels. Analysis of the off-ice simulations showed decreases in peak heel force and loading rate with use of the articulated boot, although the exact kinematic mechanisms responsible for these decreases are still unclear. Analysis of the on-ice jumps revealed few kinematic differences between boot types, implying that the skaters did not use the articulation. Greater adaptation and training time is likely needed for the results seen off-ice to transfer to difficult on-ice jumps.
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WALLS, A. W. G., R. W. WASSELL, and J. G. STEELE. "A comparison of two methods for locating the intercuspal position (ICP) whilst mounting casts on an articulator." Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 18, no. 1 (January 1991): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2842.1991.tb00028.x.
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Parlett, Kate, and Amy Sander. "Into the Void: A Counsel Perspective on the Need to Articulate Rules Concerning Disclosure Before the ICJ." Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 113 (2019): 219–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/amp.2019.180.
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Individuals appearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) are not subject under international law to any compulsory code of conduct which would guide them in navigating issues of professional ethics. Neither the ICJ Statute nor its Rules impose any qualification requirements on counsel. In practice, legal teams appearing before the Court are comprised of individuals from different legal backgrounds, who tend to be either qualified legal practitioners or academics. Qualified practitioners may be subject to professional codes of conduct from their home jurisdiction, but these can vary considerably across different jurisdictions. Counsel who are academics or are not admitted in any jurisdiction may not be subject to any conduct rules.
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Parlett, Kate, and Amy Sander. "Into the Void: A Counsel Perspective on the Need to Articulate Rules Concerning Disclosure Before the ICJ." AJIL Unbound 113 (2019): 302–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aju.2019.37.
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Individuals appearing before the ICJ on behalf of states are not subject under international law to any compulsory code of conduct to guide them in navigating issues of professional ethics. Article 42(2) of the ICJ Statute merely provides that parties “may have the assistance of counsel or advocates before the Court” and does not impose qualification requirements on those a state elects to appear on its behalf. In practice, legal teams appearing before the Court are comprised of individuals from different legal backgrounds who are either qualified legal practitioners or academics (referred to below as “counsel”). Qualified practitioners will likely be subject to professional codes of conduct applicable to them in their home jurisdiction, and those codes of conduct may bind them in relation to proceedings before the ICJ. But the professional obligations applying to practitioners from different jurisdictions can vary considerably. Some may consider that their domestic code of conduct does not (and/or should not) bind counsel before an international court. Those who are academics or are not admitted in any jurisdiction may not be subject to any conduct rules when acting as counsel. The absence of a common set of professional obligations means that the obligations bearing upon the conduct of particular counsel are unclear and certainly not uniform. This may have an impact on the presentation of a case before the Court, and in turn on the Court's understanding of the dispute. Ultimately, it could materially impact the outcome of a case.
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Corrêa, Ianca Zany Nunes, Erika Akiko Moura Shiota, Ely Moacyr De Souza Portela, Gabriel Garcia Bardales, Francisco Pantoja Braga, and Cristiane Maria Brasil Leal. "Tratamento reabilitador com prótese total imediata maxilar e prótese parcial removível mandibular." Prosthesis and Esthetics in Science 9, no. 35 (2020): 32–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24077/2020;935:3239.
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Immediate complete denture (ICD) is a mucosa-supported prosthesis manufactured before the removal of natural teeth and installed soon after their extraction. This paper aims to describe a clinical case of oral rehabilitation with upper ICD and lower removable partial denture (RPD). A 57-year-old female patient sought treatment with dissatisfaction with her aesthetics and mobility of the upper teeth. After anamnesis, intra and extra-oral examinations, radiographic examination and analysis of study models mounted on a semi-adjustable articulator, periodontal pockets were found in the upper teeth and extensive bone loss. So, upper tooth extraction, superior ICD and lower RPD were indicated as treatment. For ICD preparation, anatomical and functional moldings were made, made up of orientation and intermaxillary relationship plans for the assembly of the semi-djustable articulator models. The remaining upper teeth were removed from the model for assembly of the artificial teeth and the ICD was polymerized and polished. The lower RPD was made following the standard steps. After dentures manufacturing, the surgery for upper tooth extraction was performed and prostheses installed immediately after surgery. The results demonstrated that the performed treatment provided aesthetic, phonetic, and functional restoration to the patient avoiding her to undergo a period of edentulism. It was concluded that ICD is a good indication for prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with advanced periodontitis, whose planning is the exodontia of all the teeth of an arch.
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Keough, Willeen. "(Re-)telling Newfoundland Sealing Masculinity: Narrative and Counter-narrative." Montreal 2010 21, no. 1 (May 9, 2011): 131–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1003046ar.
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Throughout the controversy over Newfoundland sealing in the latter twentieth century, anti-sealing protest and counter-protest movements, government policy, the media, and the broader arena of international opinion all became sites for the creation of knowledge about Newfoundland sealing masculinity. Sealers engaged with these various discourses as they negotiated their own masculine identities. Recent interviews with sealers of the period reveal the complexity of this process. Not surprisingly, they challenged negative portrayals by their environmentalist critics. More intriguingly, they often positioned themselves outside a Newfoundland cultural narrative of “jolly ice-hunters” and undaunted heroes of the ice- floes. This article explores the disconnect between a romanticized, static cultural understanding of sealing masculinity and the more grounded, nuanced masculinity articulated by sealers and their local communities.
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Arasaratnam-Smith, Lily A. "Developing global graduates: essentials and possibilities." Research in Comparative and International Education 15, no. 1 (January 28, 2020): 20–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745499920901945.
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Developing intercultural communication competence (ICC) is a pursuit that has captured the interest of researchers in several disciplines for a number of decades. The urgency and interest to produce graduates who are ready for the global marketplace has never been more prevalent amongst educators as it is today. This article outlines strategies for developing ICC based on prior research, and articulates a new framework for global graduates based on four understandings: understanding of self, understanding of others, understanding of self’s responsibility to others, and understanding of others’ contributions to self. Curriculum development and institutional investment considerations are discussed in relation to the proposed framework.
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Gyorfi, Tamas, and Eva Boda-Balogh. "Judicial Individualism and Judicial Disagreement in Constitutional Reasoning." ICL Journal 14, no. 3 (November 25, 2020): 231–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/icl-2019-0045.
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AbstractAlthough it is common knowledge that judges in different legal systems have different conventions as to how they justify their decisions and some judges are more while others are less willing to articulate their positions, we did not have exact data about these differences in constitutional reasoning. Our research proposed a simple index (JI) to measure the level of judicial individualism. Drawing on the research design of the Conreason project, we used this index to compare the practice of 14 constitutional courts in landmark constitutional cases. In addition, we also measured the level of disagreement (JD) within these 14 courts and by introducing the concept of disagreement factor (DF) we analysed to what extent substantive disagreements contribute to the rise of the number of separate opinions and, hence, to the rise of judicial individualism.
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Frisso, Giovanna M. "The Genocide Convention as a Human Rights Treaty: The Possible Contribution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice." Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 14, no. 3 (December 9, 2015): 438–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718034-12341303.
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This article reflects upon the potential contribution of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (iachr) to international law. This is done through an analysis of the debates related to two aspects of the 2007 judgment of the International Court of Justice (icj) on the application of the Genocide Convention, judgment which has received a great amount of criticism, in part because the approaches adopted by the icj differ from those adopted by human rights courts. The jurisprudence of the iachr has been used to illustrate these differences and to articulate the challenges that they pose to an understanding of the international legal system as a unified system. This article argues that due consideration of the jurisprudence of the iachr could have strengthened the persuasive force of the icj judgment, because it would have required the icj to clearly indicate the arguments relied on for choosing one of the different, and sometimes contradictory, approaches.
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Herman, A. W., D. F. Knox, J. Conrad, and M. R. Mitchell. "Instruments for Measuring Subice Algal Profiles and Productivity in situ." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50, no. 2 (February 1, 1993): 359–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f93-041.
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Instruments have been developed for the in situ measurement of concentration and productivity of bottom ice algal layers in Resolute Passage, eastern Canadian Arctic. Measurements are accomplished by deploying an instrument on an arm articulated remotely through a hole in the ice, sampling the subice surface, and finally recovering the instrument and sample. The first instrument is an incubation system that is used to measure in situ productivity of a subice core. Results show the extent and range of productivity in bottom ice, with low and high biomass at the commencement of the algal bloom and near the end of the bloom period, respectively. The second instrument is a reflectance meter that can be used to measure chlorophyll profiles at the subice surface. The meter was calibrated against measured chlorophyll concentrations of extracted cores. After calibration the instrument can be used to measure integrated chlorophyll (milligrams per square metre) and profiles (milligrams per cubic metre) rapidly and synoptically. Deployment of the arm coupled with a plankton pump sampler is also briefly described.
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Peterson, Ashley N., Alberto P. Soto, and Matthew J. McHenry. "Pursuit and Evasion Strategies in the Predator–Prey Interactions of Fishes." Integrative and Comparative Biology 61, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 668–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab116.
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Synopsis Predator–prey interactions are critical to the biology of a diversity of animals. Although prey capture is determined by the direction, velocity, and timing of motion by both animals, it is generally unclear what strategies are employed by predators and prey to guide locomotion. Here we review our research on fishes that tests the pursuit strategy of predators and the evasion strategy of prey through kinematic measurements and agent-based models. This work demonstrates that fish predators track prey with variations on a deviated-pursuit strategy that is guided by visual cues. Fish prey employ a mixed strategy that varies with factors such as the direction of a predator’s approach. Our models consider the stochastic nature of interactions by incorporating measured probability distributions to accurately predict measurements of survivorship. A sensitivity analysis of these models shows the importance of the response distance of prey to their survival. Collectively, this work demonstrates how strategy affects the outcome of predator–prey interactions and articulates the roles of sensing, control, and propulsion. The research program that we have developed has the potential to offer a framework for the study of strategy in the predator–prey interactions of a variety of animals.
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Moran, Monica, Jane Bickford, Sarah Barradell, and Ingrid Scholten. "Embedding the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in Health Professions Curricula to Enable Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice." Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development 7 (January 2020): 238212052093385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2382120520933855.
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The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO-ICF) is a comprehensive and highly adaptable framework that provides a universal language and shared health concepts to articulate human functioning across the lifespan and from individual to population health settings. It provides a global, biopsychosocial, and holistic structure for conceptualising the human experience of health and health service provision. Consequently, the ICF framework offers hope for a universal map for health service providers that bridges professional, cultural, economic, and geographical variations. While the use of the ICF is typically mandated by health professions accreditation bodies, integration of the ICF in medical and health professional education programmes has been slow. In addition, its potential for scaffolding interprofessional education for collaborative practice has not been maximised. In this Perspective paper, we draw on our extensive experience in developing curricula and teaching within a range of health professions programmes (medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology) to provide advice on conceptual, theoretical, and practical dimensions of embedding the ICF framework within curricula to support interprofessional education and collaborative practice.
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GOODSTEIN, LYNNE, and HENRY SONTHEIMER. "The Implementation of an Intensive Aftercare Program for Serious Juvenile Offenders." Criminal Justice and Behavior 24, no. 3 (September 1997): 332–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854897024003002.
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This article presents the results of a study of the implementation of an intensive aftercare probation (IAP) program developed in Philadelphia. In addition to presenting program design and standards, the article discusses issues involved in effecting a successful innovation. These include (a) the transition from the old to the new model of supervision, (b) evolution of the IAP's mission and philosophy, (c) applications of the evolved model, (d) unanticipated conditions affecting program operations, and (e) client responses to the IAP program. The program experienced difficulties in several areas. A critical period occurred in which there was a breakdown in service delivery, officers apparently had difficulty understanding and adjusting to the new organizational norms implicit in the program's mission, and program goals and philosophy were not articulated clearly by program planners. Nevertheless, over the course of the implementation period, a successful model incorporating social control and rehabilitative elements was developed and stabilized.
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Jackson, Steven J. "Gretzky, Crisis, and Canadian Identity in 1988: Rearticulating the Americanization of Culture Debate." Sociology of Sport Journal 11, no. 4 (December 1994): 428–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.11.4.428.
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This paper contributes to the recent debates concerning sport and the “Americanization” of culture with specific reference to Canada. The analysis focuses on the media’s role in articulating specific political, economic, and cultural events in order to construct a crisis of Canadian identity. In particular, this study examines how the 1988 marriage and trade of ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky were articulated within a discourse of crisis and specifically linked to an alleged threat of “Americanization.” It is asserted that a comprehensive understanding of Americanization must address its complexity beyond a simple case of cultural imperialism and should consider such issues as appropriation and strategic use to serve particular political interests.
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Jiao, Chenjing, and Lorenz Hurni. "A survey on the evolution of the Chinese cadastral system." Proceedings of the ICA 4 (December 3, 2021): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-4-47-2021.
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Abstract. Cadastral system plays a pivotal role in land administration, which has attracted notable attention from researchers and policy-makers worldwide. Despite China being the most populous country throughout the world, its cadastral system is rarely studied. This paper conducts a comprehensive survey on the evolution of the Chinese cadastral system by elaborating the historical and contemporary Chinese cadastre. Specifically, contemporary Chinese cadastre is articulated from the aspects including content and purpose, legal basis, organization, and technical approaches, and compared with Swiss and Hong Kong cadastre. It is concluded that the Chinese cadastre evolved in a different way from that of the western countries due to China’s unique historical and economic background. This study sheds light on systematically understanding the development of the Chinese cadastre and further refining contemporary Chinese cadastral system.
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GROSS, AEYAL M. "The Construction of a Wall between The Hague and Jerusalem: The Enforcement and Limits of Humanitarian Law and the Structure of Occupation." Leiden Journal of International Law 19, no. 2 (June 2006): 393–440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0922156506003360.
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The ICJ considered the Wall in terms of the structure of the Israeli occupation and the settlements, which is one of de facto annexation. By contrast, the Israeli HCJ uses proportionality to regulate within the occupation. This approach may be inherent in humanitarian law, but involves a misplaced transplantation of the proportionality doctrine and an imbalanced rights/security equation. Contrary to the HCJ's determination, which attributes the different conclusions of the two courts to the different factual backgrounds available to them, this article argues that they reflect the courts' variant attitudes towards the barrier and its place within the broader context of the occupation and its structure. The looming shadow of the ICJ affected the HCJ's decision. On critical questions of international law, however, a wall separates international law as articulated in The Hague and the decisions issued in Jerusalem, pointing to the need for a new articulation of existing theories on transnational legal processes.
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Irving, Emma. "The other side of the Article 21(3) coin: Human rights in the Rome Statute and the limits of Article 21(3)." Leiden Journal of International Law 32, no. 4 (September 10, 2019): 837–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0922156519000426.
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AbstractThe drafters of the Rome Statute sought to accord human rights a central place within the legal framework of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This was done not only through numerous provisions on the rights of the accused, victims, and witnesses, but also through the inclusion of the overarching Article 21(3) of the Rome Statute. Article 21(3) Rome Statute requires that the interpretation and application of all ICC law be consistent with internationally recognized human rights. While this provision has been employed on numerous occasions to bolster human rights protection in the ICC legal framework, it is not without its limits. In a series of decisions over the past few years, ICC judges have placed limits on the protections that can be read into the ICC legal framework on the basis of Article 21(3). Beyond stating that the ICC ‘is not a human rights court’, the decisions in question articulate no clear justification for the limitations imposed on Article 21(3). The present article analyses these decisions and identifies the underlying rationale for the Court’s approach: the principle of speciality. However, the picture is further complicated by the judges’ willingness to overlook the principle of speciality when particularly serious violations of human rights are involved. This leaves the precise contours of human rights protection in the ICC legal framework undefined.
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Hebda, Richard J., James A. Burns, Marten Geertsema, and A. J. Timothy Jull. "AMS-dated late Pleistocene taiga vole (Rodentia: Microtus xanthognathus) from northeast British Columbia, Canada: a cautionary lesson in chronologyThis article is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme Geology of northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta: diamonds, shallow gas, gravel, and glaciers." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45, no. 5 (May 2008): 611–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e07-064.
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Dissected colluvial sediments on a Peace River terrace at Bear Flat, northeast British Columbia enclosed a late Pleistocene micromammalian faunule. The fossil remains, including a few loosely articulated skulls and mandibles, were dominated by taiga voles ( Microtus xanthognathus ). The Bear Flat site constitutes the second fossil occurrence in the region of this elusive species, which is unknown in British Columbia in historic times. The late Pleistocene age, determined by accelerator mass spectrometry directly on taiga vole bone collagen, is consistent with the ages of widespread taiga vole records peripheral to the Laurentide ice sheet in western, mid-western, and eastern North America. The presence of allo-chronous remains within a comprehensively dated sedimentary sequence provides a cautionary note about straightforward acceptance of relative stratigraphic dating.
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Hùng, Nguyễn Trần Thế, and Lê Đức Hậu. "Development and Implementation of Polygenic Risk Score in Vietnamese Population." Journal of Research and Development on Information and Communication Technology 2019, no. 2 (December 31, 2019): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.32913/mic-ict-research.v2019.n2.893.
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Recent technological advancements and availability of genetic databases have facilitated the integration of genetic factors into risk prediction models. A Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) combines the effect of many Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) into a single score. This score has lately been shown to have a clinically predictive value in various common diseases. Some clinical interpretations of PRS are summarized in this review for coronary artery disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus, and Alzheimer’s disease. While these findings gave support to the implementation of PRS in clinical settings, the populations of interest were derived mainly from European ancestry. Therefore, applying these findings to non-European ancestry (Vietnamese in this context) requires many efforts and cautions. This review aims to articulate the evidence supporting the clinical use of PRS, the concepts behind the validity of PRS, approach to implement PRS in Vietnamese population, and cautions in selecting methods and thresholds to develop an appropriate PRS.
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Gómez-Rodríguez, Luis Fernando. "Implementing Critical Thinking Tasks to Fostering English Learners’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in a Genre-based Learning Environment." English Language Teaching 11, no. 12 (November 20, 2018): 154. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v11n12p154.
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The development of intercultural communicative competence in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) education in many countries is still a difficult goal to achieve. EFL teachers and learners require more tangible and concrete methodological approaches to foster this important competence in the classroom. Therefore, this reflection article aims at proposing the use of genre-based learning as a significant communicative language approach to foster English learners’ intercultural communicative competence (ICC) through a Sequence of Critical Thinking Tasks. Through two samples of genres, the article explains how the skills of discovery, of interpreting, and of relating, contained in the concept of ICC, can be articulated, complemented, and enhanced gradually through a set of more specific Critical Thinking Tasks. These mental skills can be useful to help learners understand, discover, interpret, and evaluate critically elements of deep culture that appear in different documents, genres, or texts produced by English-spoken cultures, other language communities, and learners’ own culture. Doing critical thinking tasks through genre-based approach can constitute a preliminary but significant step to enhance English learners’ critical intercultural awareness in EFL learning environments.
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Aster, Richard C., Bradley P. Lipovsky, Hank M. Cole, Peter D. Bromirski, Peter Gerstoft, Andrew Nyblade, Douglas A. Wiens, and Ralph Stephen. "Swell-Triggered Seismicity at the Near-Front Damage Zone of the Ross Ice Shelf." Seismological Research Letters 92, no. 5 (April 21, 2021): 2768–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220200478.
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Abstract Ocean swell interacting with Antarctic ice shelves produces sustained (approximately, 2×106 cycles per year) gravity-elastic perturbations with deformation amplitudes near the ice front as large as tens to hundreds of nanostrain. This process is the most energetically excited during the austral summer, when sea ice-induced swell attenuation is at a minimum. A 2014–2017 deployment of broadband seismographs on the Ross Ice shelf, which included three stations sited, approximately, 2 km from the ice front, reveals prolific swell-associated triggering of discrete near-ice-front (magnitude≲0) seismic subevents, for which we identify three generic types. During some strong swell episodes, subevent timing becomes sufficiently phase-locked with swell excitation, to create prominent harmonic features in spectra calculated across sufficiently lengthy time windows via a Dirac comb effect, for which we articulate a theoretical development for randomized interevent times. These events are observable at near-front stations, have dominant frequency content between 0.5 and 20 Hz, and, in many cases, show highly repetitive waveforms. Matched filtering detection and analysis shows that events occur at a low-background rate during all swell states, but become particularly strongly excited during large amplitude swell at rates of up to many thousands per day. The superimposed elastic energy from swell-triggered sources illuminates the shelf interior as extensional (elastic plate) Lamb waves that are observable more than 100 km from the ice edge. Seismic swarms show threshold excitation and hysteresis with respect to rising and falling swell excitation. This behavior is consistent with repeated seismogenic fracture excitation and growth within a near-ice-front damage zone, encompassing fracture features seen in satellite imagery. A much smaller population of distinctly larger near-front seismic events, previously noted to be weakly associated with extended periods of swell perturbation, likely indicate calving or other larger-scale ice failures near the shelf front.
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du Plessis, Max, Charles C. Jalloh, and Dapo Akande. "Assessing the African Union Concerns about Article 16 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court." African Journal of Legal Studies 4, no. 1 (2011): 5–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/170873811x563947.
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AbstractThis article assesses the African Union’s (AU) concerns about Article 16 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It seeks to articulate a clearer picture of the law and politics of deferrals within the context of the AU’s repeated calls to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC, or the Council) to invoke Article 16 to suspend the processes initiated by the ICC against President Omar Al Bashir of Sudan. The Council’s failure to accede to the AU request led African States to formally withhold cooperation from the ICC in respect to the arrest and surrender of the Sudanese leader. Given the AU’s continued concerns, and the current impasse, fundamental questions have arisen about the Council’s authority to exercise, or not exercise, its deferral power. This culminated into a November 2009 African proposal for an amendment to the Rome Statute to empower the UN General Assembly to act should the UNSC fail to act on a deferral request after six months. Although ICC States Parties have so far shown limited public support for the AU’s proposed amendment to the deferral provision, this article examines its merits because a failure to engage the “Article 16 problem” could impact international accountability efforts in the Sudan, and further damage the ICC’s credibility in Africa. This unresolved issue also has wider significance given that the matters underlying the tension ‐ how ICC prosecutions may be reconciled with peacemaking initiatives and the role and power of the Council in ICC business ‐ will likely arise in future situations from around the world.
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Borum, Randy, John Felker, Sean Kern, Kristen Dennesen, and Tonya Feyes. "Strategic cyber intelligence." Information & Computer Security 23, no. 3 (July 13, 2015): 317–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ics-09-2014-0064.
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Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the importance and role of strategic cyber intelligence to support risk-informed decision-making, ultimately leading to improved objectives, policies, architectures and investments to advance a nation or organization’s interests in the cyber domain. Design/methodology/approach – Integration of professional research literature from the fields of intelligence studies, strategy and information/computer security. Findings – Investing in technology, firewalls and intrusion detection systems is appropriate but, by itself, insufficient. Intelligence is a key component. Cyber intelligence emphasizes prevention and anticipation, to focus cybersecurity efforts before an attack occurs (“left of the hack”). Strategic cyber intelligence can substantially reduce risk to the organization’s mission and valued assets and support its due diligence. Originality/value – This paper describes how strategic cyber intelligence can be implemented and used within an enterprise to enhance its cyber defense, and create a more proactive and adaptive security posture. It not only describes strategic cyber intelligence as a distinct discipline, but also demonstrates how the key intelligence functions articulate with existing cybersecurity risk management standards.
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Coppock, Elizabeth. "Nielsen v. Preap / 5th grade grammar v. linguistics / Mass imprisonment v. human rights." Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 6, no. 1 (March 20, 2021): 797. http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v6i1.5015.
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In the Supreme Court case Nielsen v. Preap, ignorance about syntax and semantics led to tragic consequences. The ACLU lawyer defending thousands of non-citizens from being rounded up and put into prison indefinitely by ICE let it come across that her argument rested on the false premise that adverbs can modify nouns. The textualists claimed victory, even though the humane reading of the text was the literal one in this case. The final decision rested crucially on this error on her part, and was buffered by a misunderstanding about how definite descriptions work. The dissent failed to articulate a convincing rebuttal, making spurious reference to passive voice. This case clearly shows how staggeringly consequential linguistic knowledge can be.
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ZHU, Dan. "China, the Crime of Aggression, and the International Criminal Court." Asian Journal of International Law 5, no. 1 (April 11, 2014): 94–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2044251314000046.
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At the Kampala Review Conference in 2010, the adoption of the amendments to the Rome Statute laid the groundwork for the eventual prosecution of the crime of aggression. China, a non-State Party to the International Criminal Court, has articulated its concerns regarding the Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression in legal terms. This paper examines the Chinese concerns regarding the role of the Security Council in the determination of an act of aggression and the definition of aggression primarily from a legal perspective. It argues that China has hovered back and forth between two conflicting legal positions on these issues during different periods in history according to its policy preference. This paper also considers the concerns of China from a policy perspective before concluding that the crime of aggression should not be regarded as an insurmountable barrier preventing China's accession to the ICC in years to come.
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Palazzo, Nausica. "ʻJudicial Activismʼ in Europe: Not a Neat and Clean Fit." ICL Journal 14, no. 4 (December 20, 2020): 399–422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/icl-2020-0019.
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Abstract Achieving a proper balance between enforcing the constitution and avoiding that the courts exercise a policy-making function that that is better left to legislatures is not without its difficulties. In the United States, this issue has gained substantially higher traction giving rise to intense activism talk. The relevant American literature has exerted a deep fascination abroad, also in the light of the current globalization of constitutional discourse. Yet, the article intends to advance two claims: first, it warns against an uncritical import of US-style notions of judicial activism to continental Europe; second, it argues that contemporary research on comparative judicial activism currently has low explanatory utility. The first section takes a glimpse of the relevant US literature ‒ both legal and empirical ‒ to shed light on the multidimensional essence of the concept. Section 2 proceeds to articulate three sets of tentative reasons why activism talk should be ʻhandled with careʼ. These reasons pivot on considerations around structure, culture, and type of decisions in continental Europe. After parsing out each aspect, an argument is made that US-style judicial activism is too dependent on the US form of government; too divisive and as such unsuitable to the different European legal professional culture; and misleading, as the way European constitutional courts display activism in their decisions is distinctive. Ultimately, the article argues for the avoidance of US-style notions of judicial activism in European constitutional discourse.
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Paparinskis, Martins. "Long Live Monetary Gold *Terms and Conditions Apply." AJIL Unbound 115 (2021): 154–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aju.2021.14.
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Zachary Mollengarden and Noam Zamir want to take back to basics the principle associated with the Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 (Monetary Gold) judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Their “categorical” and mostly doctrinal claim, underpinned by policy concern about “the tensions between the bilateral presuppositions of the Statute and the increasingly multilateral nature of international affairs and international disputes” is “that the Monetary Gold principle is irreconcilable with the ICJ Statute's jurisdictional architecture.” The tension between bilateralism and community interests often provides an attractive analytical perspective, and points raised by the authors might be relevant in calibrating certain aspects of the principle. But its wholesale critique, while skillfully put, is ultimately unpersuasive. Careful consideration of basic instruments and issues is commendable but an exclusive focus that does not engage with the broader international legal process will miss its unmistakable and widespread endorsement of the Monetary Gold principle. Even the concern about the multilateral context ultimately counts against rather than in favor of their argument. Multilateral sensitivities can already be articulated within the four corners of Monetary Gold, and Mauritius/Maldives, delivered just as the ink was drying on the first draft of this essay, is a perfectly timed example for that.
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Ray, Richik. "Series-Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle Parameter Analysis using MATLAB." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. 10 (October 31, 2021): 421–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.38433.
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Abstract: In this paper, a MATLAB based Simulink model of a Series-Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle is presented. With the advent of Industry 4.0, the usage of Big Data, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and similar groundbreaking domains of technology have usurped manual supervision in industrial as well as personal scenarios. This is aided by the drastic shift from orthodox and conventional Internal Combustion Engine based vehicles fuelled by fossil fuels in the order of petrol, diesel, etc., to fully functional electric vehicles developed by renowned companies, for example Tesla. Alongside 100% electric vehicles are hybrid vehicles that function on a system based on the integration of the conventional ICE and the modern Electric Propulsion System, which is referred to as the Hybrid Vehicle Drivetrain. Designs for modern HEVs and EVs are developed on computer software where simulations are run and all the essential parameters for the vehicle’s performance and sustainability are run and observed. This paper is articulated to discuss the parameters of a series-parallel HEV through an indepth MATLAB Simulink design, and further the observations are presented. Keywords: ICE (Internal Combustion Engine), HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicle), Drivetrain, MATLAB, Simulink, PSD (Power Split Device), Vehicle Dynamics, SOC (State-of-Charge)
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Gomes, Luiz Sérgio Marcelino. "Diagnóstico precoce da infecção articular periprotética do quadril – situação atual, avanços e perspectivas." Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia 54, no. 04 (July 2019): 368–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1693138.
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ResumoA infecção articular periprotética (IAP) tem consequências devastadoras sobre a função articular e sobre a taxa de morbimortalidade dos pacientes vitimados por esta grave complicação. Ainda que o diagnóstico precoce seja um dos consensos com importância bem estabelecida, as rotinas de investigação são ainda conduzidas de forma empírica, inconsistente e pouco objetiva em muitos centros de todo o mundo. O presente artigo busca contextualizar a situação atual dos conhecimentos sobre o diagnóstico precoce das infecções articulares periprotéticas, assim como discutir os avanços e perspectivas, dentro de um cenário de sua aplicabilidade rotineira pela equipe médica responsável pelo manejo desta temida complicação.
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Ali, Gulzar, Azhar Habib, and Muhammad Yousaf. "THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A CULTURAL DIFFERENTIALIST CRITIQUE OF PAKISTANI LITERARY DISCOURSE." Pakistan Journal of Social Research 04, no. 02 (June 30, 2022): 916–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i2.543.
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This paper explores the implications of cultural differentialism in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man (1988). It will try to highlight physical, emotional, psychological, and socio-cultural ordeals of major characters: Ayah Shanta, Lenny, Ice-Candy Man, and other minor characters owing to their cultural differences in multicultural India. This study uses interpretative research methodology for the interpretation of data; furthermore, George Ritzer (2011) and Samuel Huntington’s (1993) views of cultural differentialism are employed as a tool for analysis. This paper will identify the repercussions of cultural differences of different cultural communities, Parsees, Hindus and Sikhs, Muslims, and Christians, during the Indian partition. The peaceful coexistence of multicultural India is altered into personal vendetta, communal riots, and arch rivalry between the major cultural entities. This study articulates a new dimension of the text, which probably guides and stimulates researchers to undertake research in economic, sociological, emotional, and psychological facets of the novel. This reading of the novel will unearth the atrocious ramifications of cultural differences in multicultural societies in the globalised world, where cultural tolerance of multicultural entities is indispensable for a peaceful world. Keywords: Cultural differentialism, multicultural societies, multicultural entities, cultural tolerance, Indian partition.
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Svensson, J., A. Virkkula, O. Meinander, N. Kivekäs, H. R. Hannula, O. Järvinen, J. I. Peltoniemi, et al. "Soot on snow experiments: light-absorbing impurities effect on the natural snowpack." Cryosphere Discussions 9, no. 1 (February 26, 2015): 1227–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tcd-9-1227-2015.
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Abstract. Light-absorbing impurities affect snow and ice via a decrease in albedo and a consequent disturbance to the radiative energy balance. Experimentally, these matters have only been examined in a few studies. Here we present results from a series of experiments in which we deposited different soot concentrations onto natural snow in different regions of Finland, and thereafter monitored the changes of the snowpack through the melting season. Measurements of the particulates in the snow indicated concentrations in the range of thousands of ppb to have clear effects on the snow properties, including the albedo, the physical snow characteristics, and an increased melt rate. For soot concentrations in the hundreds of ppb range, the effects were not as clearly visible, and it was more difficult to attribute the effects solely to the soot on the snow. Comparisons between our experimental data and the widely used Snow, Ice and Aerosol Radiation (SNICAR) model showed a general agreement when the model was specifically tuned to our measurements. This study highlights the importance of additional experimental studies, to further articulate and quantify the effects of light-absorbing impurities on snow.
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Urquhart, David A., Gordon A. Bloom, and Todd M. Loughead. "The Development, Articulation, and Implementation of a Coaching Vision of Multiple Championship–Winning University Ice Hockey Coaches." International Sport Coaching Journal 7, no. 3 (September 1, 2020): 335–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2019-0096.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the development, articulation, and implementation of a coaching vision and how this created and sustained a culture of excellence. Six multiple championship–winning men’s university ice hockey head coaches were interviewed. Their combined experience consisted of 20 national titles and over 4,100 wins at the university level. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results indicated that these coaches established a vision that could be separated into three phases: development, articulation, and implementation. Notably, development included the life experiences, personal characteristics, and habits that assisted the development of the coaches’ vision, including apprenticing as an assistant coach. Articulation and implementation involved clearly communicating their vision to athletes, coaches, and personnel who then enacted the vision. Overall, these findings contribute to a better understanding of how championship-winning coaches organize, teach, and articulate their goals through their coaching vision.
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Gatti, Ignacio Agustin, Federico Ariel Robledo, Sol Hurtado, Julieta Canneva, Diego Moreira, Mariano Re, Elodie Briche, Magdalena Falco, Leandro David Kazimierski, and Ana Paula Micou. "Anticipating the Flood. Community-based cartography for disaster flood events in Argentina." Proceedings of the ICA 2 (July 10, 2019): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-2-36-2019.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> “Anticipando la Crecida” Project (Anticipating the Flood) is an interdisciplinary project which deals with flood risk management strategies associated with intense rain events and southeasterly wind « sudestadas » in socio-economical vulnerable urban areas in Argentina. The objective of the current study is to use local knowledge through participatory activities to strengthen the phase of risk awareness of an early warning system by using cartography as a work tool. For this purpose, eleven workshops with adults and children were held between 2014 and 2017 in Buenos Aires metropolitan area and the towns of San Antonio de Areco and Santa Lucía.</p><p>By helping communities articulate and communicate spatial knowledge through workshops, enable the possibility to advocate for a change. That change result in a new direction on how the community and stakeholders can act towards a flood event. Analysing community-based maps of 85 adults, flood theoretical models can be evaluated and perhaps improved. Additionally, overall 287 students between 10 and 17 years old learned about cartography and interacted with poster maps during the workshops held in different schools.</p>
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Evansluong, Quang, Marcela Ramirez Pasillas, and Huong Nguyen Bergström. "From breaking-ice to breaking-out: integration as an opportunity creation process." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 25, no. 5 (August 13, 2019): 880–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2018-0105.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct an inductive case study to understand how the opportunity creation process leads to integration. Design/methodology/approach It examines four cases of immigrant entrepreneurs of Cameroonian, Lebanese, Mexican and Assyrian origins who founded their businesses in Sweden. The study relies on process-oriented theory building and develops an inductive model of integration as an opportunity creation process. Findings The suggested model shows immigrants’ acculturation into the host society via three successive phases: breaking-ice, breaking-in and breaking-out. In the breaking-ice phase, immigrants trigger entrepreneurial ideas to overcome the disadvantages that they face as immigrants in the host country. In the breaking-in phase, immigrants articulate their entrepreneurial ideas by bonding with the ethnic community. In the breaking-out phase, the immigrants reorient their entrepreneurial ideas by desegregating them locally. The paper concludes by elaborating theoretical and practical implications of the research. Originality/value Immigrants act when they are socially excluded and discriminated in the labor market by developing business ideas and becoming entrepreneurs. By practicing the new language and accommodating native customers’ preferences, immigrants reorient their entrepreneurial ideas. The immigrants tailor their ideas to suit their new customers by strengthening their sense of belonging to the local community.
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Doran, Kate. "Provisional Release in International Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law." International Criminal Law Review 11, no. 4 (2011): 707–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157181211x587175.
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AbstractThis article is a review of the jurisprudence on provisional release and an analysis of how such a mechanism operates under the Statute of the International Criminal Court. It examines how pretrial release is dealt with in international human rights law while focusing on the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. It goes on to evaluate the position of the ad hoc tribunals regarding the issue of pre-trial release and seeks to articulate how and why the ad hoc tribunals have moved away from customary international law. It also seeks to evaluate the actual reach of the presumption of innocence in provisional release cases at the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Formen Yugoslavia. Finally, the article considers the recent jurisprudence of the ICC regarding interim release.
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Trommer, Michael, and Graham Wakefield. "Points Further North: An Acoustemological Cartography of Non-Place." Abstracts of the ICA 1 (July 15, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-1-369-2019.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This paper discusses the <i>Points Further North project</i>, a VR documentary that was undertaken with a view to foregrounding how sound can be deployed as the primary mechanism for laying out the complex, often subjugated relationships manifested between physical spaces and those who inhabit them. Specifically, It examines how ambisonic and haptic audio’s profoundly affective emotional, tactile and topologically enveloping capacities can be articulated within an acoustemological framework (acoustemology is best defined by ethnographer Steven Feld as “sonic ways of being in and knowing the world”) in order to evoke a heightened sense of awareness, perhaps even an agency, with respect to the largely abstracted ramifications arising from the consumerist lifestyles that are endemic to the developed world. The project exploits the possibilities inherent in the amplification of the vibratory and electromagnetic spectra that permeate our urban environments: infrasonic/tactile elements are disseminated via the Subpac wearable haptic interface in order to constitute a corporeal and emotional presence, and the radiant (yet invisible) transmissions of our information, economic and surveillance networks are captured and sonified via the via use of electromagnetic transducers. Both sonically and thematically, <i>Points Further North</i> seeks to uncover that which sound studies scholar Salomé Voegelin, terms “our locality on the invisible index of sound”, capitalizing upon sound’s capacity to delineate the ethereal topographies engendered via the vast, sublime – yet sublimated – infrastructures that we find ourselves immersed within.</p>
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ROBINSON, DARRYL. "Inescapable Dyads: Why the International Criminal Court Cannot Win." Leiden Journal of International Law 28, no. 2 (April 24, 2015): 323–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0922156515000102.
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AbstractThe International Criminal Court (ICC) is surrounded by controversies and criticisms. This article highlights some patterns in the arguments, showing that many plausible criticisms reflect inescapable dyads. For any position that Court could take, one or more powerful criticisms can inevitably be advanced. The tension can be obscured because shared terms are often recruited for opposite meanings. Awareness of these patterns can (i) provide a framework to better situate arguments, (ii) reveal the deeper complexity of the problems, and (iii) help us to evaluate and improve upon the arguments. Awareness of dyadic structures can lead to a debate that is more generous, as we acknowledge the difficulty and uncertainty of choosing among flawed options, yet also more rigorous, as we attempt to articulate and improve upon our frameworks of evaluation. The goal of this article is to encourage a better conversation that can generate better insights.
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Kim, Jaymelee, and Tricia Redeker Hepner. "Of Justice and the Grave: The Role of the Dead in Post-conflict Uganda." International Criminal Law Review 19, no. 5 (October 1, 2019): 819–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01905004.
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In the aftermath of war, survivors’ definitions of justice are often in tension with those of governments and international actors. While post-war northern Uganda has been the site of high-profile prosecutions of Lord’s Resistance Army rebels, our research in rural Acholiland highlights how survivors define justice largely in terms of material compensation for both the living and the dead. These priorities are linked to the omnipresence of improperly buried human remains as evidence of physical and structural violence. Mass graves, burials in former displacement camps, and unidentified remains become focal points around which survivors articulate ongoing socioeconomic suffering and demands for redress. A ‘thanatological approach’ that centres the role of the dead and critically explores the possibilities presented by forensic science in a transitional justice context reveals survivors’ prioritisation of reparative and restorative justice despite the international and national focus on retributive justice through institutions like the icc.
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Scherer, Jay, and Jordan Koch. "Living With War: Sport, Citizenship, and the Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 Canadian Identity." Sociology of Sport Journal 27, no. 1 (March 2010): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.27.1.1.
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If sport scholars are going to contribute to a critical (inter)national dialogue that challenges “official versions” of a post-9/11 geo-political reality, there is a need to continue to move beyond the borders of the US, and examine how nationalistic sporting spectacles work to promote local military initiatives that are aligned with the imperatives of neoliberal empire. In this article we provide a critical reading of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s nationally-televised broadcast of a National Hockey League game, colloquially known as Tickets for Troops. We reveal how interest groups emphasized three interrelated narratives that worked to: 1) personalize the Canadian Forces and understandings of neoliberal citizenship, 2) articulate warfare/military training with men’s ice hockey in relation to various promotional mandates, and 3) optimistically promote the war in Afghanistan and the Conservative Party of Canada via storied national traditions and mythologies.
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Chaurasia, Sushil. "An empirical investigation on factors affecting perceived learning by training through simulations." Industrial and Commercial Training 49, no. 1 (January 3, 2017): 22–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ict-06-2016-0038.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to make an exploratory investigation of the important factors affecting the students’ perception of learning using simulation. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory research focuses on how collective learning, satisfaction, fun, collaborative communication, and time committed for the simulation affect the learning perceived by the students in a business post graduate course. In all, 157 students in a management course were divided in 26 teams of 6 members each. At the end of the simulation, learners were examined through surveys about their perception of different aspects of the simulation. Findings The findings of this research study showed that only four of these factors (collective learning, satisfaction, collaborative communication, and time) affected the students’ perceived learning. Research limitations/implications The exploratory nature of this study, along with the small sample size and the detail that responses were gathered from a single course, limits the extent to which we can make generalizations from the results. Practical implications The results from this research represent an important contribution to the premise of use of simulation in education, broadening the research of perceived learning through the perspective of simulations and opening a path for further research in this field. Originality/value Preparedness of management students with simulation training is of importance to business organizations and B-schools. Simulations permit learners to solve real-world problems, and they offer an opportunity to test recently attained skills without risk. Simulations can permit learners to visualize, discover, and articulate explanations for phenomena that would otherwise be difficult to observe.
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Labronici, Pedro José, Guilherme Guerra Pinheiro de Faria, Bruno Miranda Pedro, Marcos Donato Franco de Araújo Serra, Robinson Esteves Santos Pires, and Jorge Luiz Tamontini. "Ângulo de Böhler—comparação entre o pré e pós-operatório nas fraturas intra-articulares desviadas do calcanhar." Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia 54, no. 02 (April 2019): 156–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbo.2017.12.005.
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Resumo Objetivo Comparar a variação dos resultados das medidas radiográficas do ângulo de Böhler, no pré e pós-operatório, em fraturas com dois tipos de desvio: graves e moderadas. Métodos: O ângulo de Böhler foi analisado retrospectivamente em 31 radiografias pré e pós-operatórias de fraturas do calcâneo. Quatro pacientes eram do sexo feminino (6,5%) e 26 do masculino (83,9%), entre 23 e 72 anos, média de 44,5. Resultados As medidas pré e pós-operatória demonstraram que o ângulo de Böhler após a cirurgia foi significativamente maior do que o ângulo de Böhler pré-operatório (p-valor = 0,000). Nas análises intraobservador e global, o ângulo de Böhler pós-operatório foi, em média, 10,6 graus maior do que no pré-operatório. O ângulo pós-operatório foi, em média, 108% maior do que o ângulo pré-operatório. No global, a concordância entre os avaliadores é excelente, tanto em relação ao valor pontual estimado (0,98) quanto em relação ao intervalo de confiança do ICC. Conclusão Na análise global, verificou-se que as medidas do ângulo de Böhler no pós-operatório são, em média, significativamente maiores do que as do ângulo pré-operatório. Quanto mais distante da faixa de normalidade (20 a 40 graus) estiver o ângulo pré-operatório, maior a diferença no ângulo após a cirurgia. Quando o ângulo pré-operatório está na faixa de normalidade, o ângulo pós-operatório será, em média, 1,28 vez o ângulo pré-operatório; se o ângulo de Böhler pré-operatório estiver fora da faixa de normalidade, o ângulo pós-operatório será, em média, 17,3 vezes o ângulo pré-operatório. Ficou demonstrado que as fraturas mais graves apresentam melhores resultados anatômicos quando comparadas com as fraturas moderadas. O estudo também confirmou uma boa correlação interobservador para o ângulo de Böhler.
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McIntyre, Juliette. "Rules are Rules: Reconceiving Monetary Gold as a Rule of Procedure." AJIL Unbound 115 (2021): 144–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aju.2021.15.
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The Case of the Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 is familiar to all international lawyers. Like a catechism, we are taught that the ICJ will not proceed with a case where the legal interests of a State not before the Court “would not only be affected by a decision, but would form the very subject-matter of the decision.” Mollengarden and Zamir's proposal that the Court should dispense with the Monetary Gold principle feels almost heretical. The authors contend that the ICJ Statute sets out a framework for balancing the interests of third parties through the use of the intervention procedure, and that Monetary Gold “disrupts that balance.” Monetary Gold is, they submit, to be treated as only a judicial decision, entitled under Article 36(1)(d) of the Statute to little deference as a source of legal principle. I suggest taking an altogether different approach. The best way to understand the place of the Monetary Gold principle is in the context of the ICJ's rule making powers pursuant to Article 30(1) of the Court's Statute. These rule making powers are not limited to the promulgation of formal Rules of Court but extend to the determination of appropriate procedures during the hearing of a case. These procedural rules (small r), articulated in the context of particular cases, may in time evolve into formal Rules of Court through an iterative process. Monetary Gold is an instance of the Court defining a small r procedural rule in a manner that is consistent with the Court's Statute.
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VOIGT, SILKE. "Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes from brachiopods of southern England and northwestern Germany: estimation of Upper Turonian palaeotemperatures." Geological Magazine 137, no. 6 (November 2000): 687–703. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800004696.
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More than 190 articulate brachiopods from Turonian sections in northwestern Germany and southern England were studied for their stable carbon and oxygen isotopic composition, and some of them for their elemental composition. Most of the brachiopod shells are well preserved, and oxygen isotope composition reflects the temperate conditions of the European epicontinental sea. Upper Turonian mean δ18O values from Lower Saxony and southern England show bottom-water temperatures in the range of 14.2 to 18.2 °C (δ18Ow = −1.5‰ SMOW for an ice-free world). The relative trend of mean brachiopod oxygen and carbon isotopes shows a short-term (200 k.y.) increase in the mid-Upper Turonian horizons that confirms the climate cooling (∼ 2 °C) observed in bulk-rock samples at different sites in Europe. Interbasinal comparisons between England and Germany show similar δ13C values in both basins, whereas oxygen isotopes are heavier in northwestern Germany than in England, suggesting a cool-water influence from the North Sea basin and temperate conditions in the Anglo-Paris basin.
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Skrydstrup, Martin. "Of spheres and squares: Can Sloterdijk help us rethink the architecture of climate science?" Social Studies of Science 46, no. 6 (July 8, 2016): 854–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306312716647214.
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This article explores how different visions and values of science translate into different architectural shapes. I bring Peter Sloterdijk’s ‘spherology’ to bear on my ethnographic fieldwork at the NEEM ice core base in Greenland, a significant node in the global infrastructure of climate science. I argue that the visual form of the geodesic dome of the camp materializes specific values and visions of this branch of paleoclimate science, which I elaborate vis-a-vis the pragmatic claims of the scientists/designers and the particular architectural history of Danish ice core drilling in Greenland. I argue that this aesthetic history articulates with Buckminster Fuller’s ideas of a ‘new nature’ and ‘scalar connections’ encapsulated in his geodesic form. Second, I argue that the aesthetic production of space in the camp replicates the modern distinction between science and society, in so far as the lab space is rectangular and the recreational space is spherical. Third, I argue that NEEM scientists and Sloterdijk are essentially engaged in a common project: the scientists work hard to align air bubbles in the cores with atmospheric fluctuations in the hemisphere on the evidentiary terrain of ice, and Sloterdijk attempts to connect micro-uteri with macro-uteri in an attempt to fundamentally rethink space. Fuller’s notion of ‘Spaceship Earth’, appropriated by Sloterdijk in his thinking about anthropogenic climate change, lends itself well to capturing the scalar alignments and the isolated NEEM base – on a mission to save planet Earth. In conclusion, I argue that Sloterdijk’s spherology may serve as a point of departure for rethinking the aesthetic grammar of the architecture of science.
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Naderi Beni, A., H. Lahijani, R. Mousavi Harami, K. Arpe, S. A. G. Leroy, N. Marriner, M. Berberian, V. Andrieu-Ponel, M. Djamali, and A. Mahboubi. "Caspian Sea level changes during the last millennium: historical and geological evidences from the south Caspian Sea." Climate of the Past Discussions 9, no. 2 (March 12, 2013): 1397–448. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cpd-9-1397-2013.
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Abstract. Historical literature may constitute a valuable source of information to reconstruct sea level changes. Here, historical documents and geological records have been combined to reconstruct Caspian sea-level (CSL) changes during the last millennium. In addition to a literature survey, new data from two short sediment cores were obtained from the south-eastern Caspian coast to identify coastal change driven by water-level changes. Two articulated bivalve shells from the marine facies were radiocarbon dated and calibrated to establish a chronology and to compare them with historical findings. The overall results indicate a high-stand during the Little Ice Age, up to −19 m, with a −28 m low-stand during the Medieval Climate Anomaly, while presently the CSL stands at −26.5 m. A comparison of the CSL curve with other lake systems and proxy records suggests that the main sea-level oscillations are essentially paced by solar irradiance. Although the major controller of the long-term CSL changes is driven by climatological factors, the seismicity of the basin could create locally changes in base level. These local base-level changes should be considered in any CSL reconstruction.