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Journal articles on the topic "Contributions in Subject Theory"
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Heath, Jennifer. "Contemporary Privacy Theory Contributions to Learning Analytics." Journal of Learning Analytics 1, no. 1 (2014): 140–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18608/jla.2014.11.8.
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With the continued adoption of learning analytics in higher education institutions, vast volumes of data are generated and “big data” related issues, including privacy, emerge. Privacy is an ill-defined concept and subject to various interpretations and perspectives, including those of philosophers, lawyers, and information systems specialists. This paper provides an overview of privacy and considers the potential contribution contemporary privacy theories can make to learning analytics. Conclusions reflect on the suitability of these theories towards the advancement of learning analytics and future research considers the importance of hearing the student voice in this space.
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Randjbar-Daemi, S. "Abrikozov Vortex and Branes." Modern Physics Letters A 18, no. 33n35 (2003): 2459–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217732303012696.
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In this contribution in honor of A.P. Balchandran we give a brief description of application of topological solutions in field theory, a subject which has been central to many of Balachandran's important contributions to physics.
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FERREIRA, Ana Carolina, Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos MACULAN, and Madalena Martins Lopes NAVES. "Ranganathan and the faceted classification theory." Transinformação 29, no. 3 (2017): 279–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2318-08892017000300006.
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Abstract The present study contextualizes Ranganathan’s main theoretical contributions to the classification theory and addresses the Five Laws of Library Science. The major milestones in philosophical and bibliographic classifications are presented to show that the classification system has evolved from purely philosophical schemes, which were focused on the systematization of knowledge, into modern bibliographic classification systems. Facet analysis is considered a contribution to the classification process since it allows the use of an approach that encompasses different points of view of the same subject, as opposed to the enumerative systems. This article also discusses Ranganathan’s five fundamental categories, known as Personality, Matter, Energy, Space and Time, and points out to criticism of this form of categorization in the literature. The Spiral of Scientific Method and the Spiral Model of Development of subjects are presented; the latter is the meta-model of the former. The Colon Classification, which was first published in 1933, was also discussed. Finally, the applicability of the faceted classification in today’s world was addressed.
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Normann, Dag. "Computing with Functionals—Computability Theory or Computer Science?" Bulletin of Symbolic Logic 12, no. 1 (2006): 43–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2178/bsl/1140640943.
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AbstractWe review some of the history of the computability theory of functionals of higher types, and we will demonstrate how contributions from logic and theoretical computer science have shaped this still active subject.
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MERMIN, N. DAVID, and NEIL W. ASHCROFT. "HANS BETHE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOLID-STATE PHYSICS." International Journal of Modern Physics B 20, no. 16 (2006): 2227–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217979206034716.
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Hans Bethe's doctoral research was primarily in solid-state physics. During the late 1920's and early 1930's he played a major role in developing the new quantum theory of solids. Though nuclear physics became his main interest in the mid 1930's, he continued to write papers in solid-state physics into the late 1940's, and remained interested in the subject all his life.
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MacMahon, Michael K. C. "Laura Soames’ contributions to phonetics." Historiographia Linguistica 21, no. 1-2 (1994): 103–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/hl.21.1-2.06mac.
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Summary Laura Soames (1840–1895) came to the attention of the teaching and phonetics professions through her work in applying phonetic principles to the teaching of reading and to the pronunciation of English and foreign languages. Lauded by many European phoneticians, she was despised by Henry Sweet – much to his discredit. Her publications, especially the Introduction to Phonetics (English, French and German) (1891) and The Child’s Key to Reading (1894) reveal a capacity to simplify the more technical expositions of phonetic theory in order to achieve a popular and readable exposition of the subject. Together with a number of other phoneticians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she represents the bridge between the work of Henry Sweet (1845–1912) and Daniel Jones (1881–1967).
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Curiel, Ochy, and Ruth Pión. "The Contributions of Afro-descendant Women to Feminist Theory and Practice: Deuniversalizing the Subject “Women”." Hypatia 37, no. 3 (2022): 478–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/hyp.2022.45.
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Brilmyer, S. Pearl, and Filippo Trentin. "Introduction: The Genesis of ‘“Anal” and “Sexual”’." Psychoanalysis and History 24, no. 1 (2022): 5–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/pah.2022.0408.
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This introduction contextualizes Lou Andreas-Salomé’s 1916 essay ‘“Anal” and “Sexual”’ within early psychoanalytic debates about anal sexuality, narcissism, and subject-formation, and gestures toward its relevance for recent thinking in queer theory and critical race studies. While Andreas-Salomé’s work has often been read as a gloss to Freud’s sexual theory, we emphasize the originality of her contributions to psychoanalytic discourse. Not only did ‘“Anal” and “Sexual”’ impact Freud’s understanding of the long-lasting influence of anal repression on the psyche, but it anticipates the concerns of more recent theorists with how subjects are gendered and racialized through processes of corporeal symbolization.
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Truong, V. Dao, Tony Garry, and C. Michael Hall. "Social Marketing as the Subject of Doctoral Dissertations." Social Marketing Quarterly 20, no. 4 (2014): 199–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524500414546230.
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This article examines the evolution of social marketing as the subject of doctoral dissertations. Search strategies were used and online databases mined to identify 93 social marketing-focused doctoral theses completed between 1971 and 2013. Dissertation titles and abstracts were analyzed to determine growth trends, institutional output, disciplinary context, topical coverage, theory and model use, and differences between countries. Results indicate that the growth in the number of doctoral theses on social marketing was neither stable nor continuous over the examined period but that a rapid increase has been seen in recent years. More than 80% of the identified doctoral dissertations were undertaken in American and British educational institutions. The largest contributions came from the fields of health sciences and education, followed by business administration, marketing, communications, and psychology. Public health was predominantly the research topic. Theories and models were not always reported, with Theory of Planned Behaviour, Diffusion of Innovations Theory, and Health Belief Model being utilized most often. This study also suggests that many dissertations were focused on program development while paying relatively limited attention to theoretical advancement. This study contributes to the debate on the academic legitimacy of social marketing and helps shape directions for further knowledge creation in the field.
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Dietmann, Rainer, Tom Fisher, Chris Smyth, and Sanju Velani. "John William Scott (‘Ian’) Cassels. 11 July 1922 — 27 July 2015." Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 74 (March 29, 2023): 87–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2022.0035.
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J. W. S. Cassels was a distinguished number theorist, who was Sadleirian Professor in Cambridge from 1967 to 1984. He worked in many areas of the subject. Perhaps his greatest contribution was concerning Elliptic Curves, much of which is described in a series of eight ground-breaking papers. He also made significant contributions to Diophantine Approximation, Geometry of Numbers and Quadratic Forms, as well as writing influential textbooks on all of these areas. Furthermore, he was an early exponent of the use of computers as an experimental tool in number theory.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Contributions in Subject Theory"
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Seetapun, David. "Contributions to recursion theory." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251510.
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Du, Dong. "Contributions to Persistence Theory." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338304358.
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Li, Rui. "Some contributions to distribution theory." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/some-contributions-to-distribution-theory(f0f2b916-4908-4b13-a8f6-169b26f2b26e).html.
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Distribution theory, which is widely applied to describe the features and properties of observations, and plays an important role in the development of statistics. However, some distributions have complicated or implicit forms of mathematical expressions, which is not able to solve practical problems in a transparent way. This thesis aims to make some contributions to distribution theory. Specifically, this thesis presents some exact distributions in a closed form, which is able to provide more accurate results and improve the computational efficiency in practice. The main contributions are listed in Chapters 2-7. Student's t distribution is one of the most famous distributions which was discovered by William Gosset in 1908. Chapter 2 gives a review of the Student's t (ST) distribution and its generalizations. This chapter is consisted of the collection of nearly 30 generalizations of the ST distribution. Also, the comparisons among some of ST generalizations are performed for fitting with stock index data in applications. The Behrens-Fisher problem is a famous problem in statistics regarding hypothesis testing and interval estimation. Commonly, the distribution of Behrens-Fisher statistic is approximated by a Student's t random variable. Chapter 3 provides the exact distribution of a modified Behrens-Fisher statistic, which is more convenient from the computational perspective. Chapter 4 manages to derive the true maximum likelihood estimators for the generalized Gaussian distribution (GGD) with the shape parameter p = 3; 4; 5. Compared with traditional numerical algorithms, theorems in this chapter allow one to compute the maximum likelihood estimator of the location parameter mu and the scale parameter sigma accurately. Since round off errors arise in many areas of signal processing, Chapter 5 aims to extend the work of Gadzhiev (2015) to estimate the mean and variance of round off errors for any continuous random variable defined on either the real line or a finite interval. The contributions are elaborated as some theorems with higher accuracy in computing mean and variance of round off errors, with no need to consider sample size. Chapter 6 provides an exact density of the sum of independent skew normal random variables. The out-performances of our method are shown in comparison with the corresponding central processing unit (CPU) operation time with an increasing number of random variables. Besides, our method appears good performance in fitting and predicting stock price over a long period of time. Estimation of population mean based on given measurements is one of the oldest problems in statistics. Chapter 7 investigates the relative performances of arithmetic mean, root mean square, geometric mean, and harmonic mean for the simplest case of two measurements from a uniform distribution.
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Marcus, Sherry Elizabeth 1966. "Contributions to higher recursion theory." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28018.
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Rowe, Paul Michael Dominic. "Contributions to metric number theory." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.408263.
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Atmai, Rachid. "Contributions to Descriptive Set Theory." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804953/.
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In this dissertation we study closure properties of pointclasses, scales on sets of reals and the models L[T2n], which are very natural canonical inner models of ZFC. We first characterize projective-like hierarchies by their associated ordinals. This solves a conjecture of Steel and a conjecture of Kechris, Solovay, and Steel. The solution to the first conjecture allows us in particular to reprove a strong partition property result on the ordinal of a Steel pointclass and derive a new boundedness principle which could be useful in the study of the cardinal structure of L(R). We then develop new methods which produce lightface scales on certain sets of reals. The methods are inspired by Jackson’s proof of the Kechris-Martin theorem. We then generalize the Kechris-Martin Theorem to all the Π12n+1 pointclasses using Jackson’s theory of descriptions. This in turns allows us to characterize the sets of reals of a certain initial segment of the models L[T2n]. We then use this characterization and the generalization of Kechris-Martin theorem to show that the L[T2n] are unique. This generalizes previous work of Hjorth. We then characterize the L[T2n] in term of inner models theory, showing that they actually are constructible models over direct limit of mice with Woodin cardinals, a counterpart to Steel’s result that the L[T2n+1] are extender models, and finally show that the generalized contiuum hypothesis holds in these models, solving a conjecture of Woodin.
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Raubenheimer, Heidi. "Contributions to modern portfolio theory." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9741.
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Includes bibliographical references.<br>Fund managers and investors are confronted with the problem of selecting a single investment portfolio from a large number of possible combinations of available assets. In South Africa the set of possible portfolios has become even larger with the gradual relaxing of the constraints on foreign investment from 1995 to the present day, thereby expanding the investment universe for South African investors. Moreover, portfolio selection in South Africa is being transformed increasingly from being the exclusive domain of high net worth individuals, trustees and their investment managers to being the domain and responsibility of the man on the street. The Unit Trust industry started in South Africa in 1965 and gave the lower net worth individual a vehicle with which to invest in a diverse investment portfolio. This industry has proved very popular and has expanded from only 8 funds in 1980 to 338 funds and 136 billion rands under management in November 2000. Moreover the past two years, 1999 and 2000, has seen a change in the pension fund industry from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pension funds, transferring more of the risk and the responsibility of portfolio selection onto pension fund members. With increasing demand for fund management and investment advice by pension fund members and individual investors alike, the financial services industry in South Africa has also expanded. The consequent competition for assets of all descriptions have led, one hopes, to a more efficient market in equity, fixed income and derivative products. Thus modern portfolio theory has come a long way and will have to go further in meeting the demand to assist investors in their decision making.
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Dance, Cody. "Contributions to Descriptive Set Theory." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955115/.
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Assume AD+V=L(R). In the first chapter, let W^1_1 denote the club measure on \omega_1. We analyze the embedding j_{W^1_1}\restr HOD from the point of view of inner model theory. We use our analysis to answer a question of Jackson-Ketchersid about codes for ordinals less than \omega_\omega. In the second chapter, we provide an indiscernibles analysis for models of the form L[T_n,x]. We use our analysis to provide new proofs of the strong partition property on \delta^1_{2n+1}
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Cardoso, David Emanuel Cruz Poço Ressurreição. "Contributions on Real Options Agency Theory." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/57177.
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Schuerger, Houston S. "Contributions to Geometry and Graph Theory." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707341/.
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In geometry we will consider n-dimensional generalizations of the Power of a Point Theorem and of Pascal's Hexagon Theorem. In generalizing the Power of a Point Theorem, we will consider collections of cones determined by the intersections of an (n-1)-sphere and a pair of hyperplanes. We will then use these constructions to produce an n-dimensional generalization of Pascal's Hexagon Theorem, a classical plane geometry result which states that "Given a hexagon inscribed in a conic section, the three pairs of continuations of opposite sides meet on a straight line." Our generalization of this theorem will consider a pair of n-simplices intersecting an (n-1)-sphere, and will conclude with the intersections of corresponding faces lying in a hyperplane. In graph theory we will explore the interaction between zero forcing and cut-sets. The color change rule which lies at the center of zero forcing says "Suppose that each of the vertices of a graph are colored either blue or white. If u is a blue vertex and v is its only white neighbor, then u can force v to change to blue." The concept of zero forcing was introduced by the AIM Minimum Rank - Special Graphs Work Group in 2007 as a way of determining bounds on the minimum rank of graphs. Later, Darren Row established results concerning the zero forcing numbers of graphs with a cut-vertex. We will extend his work by considering graphs with arbitrarily large cut-sets, and the collections of components they yield, to determine results for the zero forcing numbers of these graphs.
Books on the topic "Contributions in Subject Theory"
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Driessen, Theo S. H., Gerard van der Laan, Valeri A. Vasil’ev, and Elena B. Yanovskaya, eds. Russian Contributions to Game Theory and Equilibrium Theory. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32061-x.
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Choudhury, Masudul Alam. Contributions to Islamic Economic Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07728-1.
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Greenhalgh, Susan. Anthropological contributions to fertility theory. Population Council, Research Division, 1994.
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H, Anderson Norman, ed. Contributions to information integration theory. L. Erlbaum Associates, 1991.
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Carlson, David Gray, ed. Hegel's Theory of the Subject. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230522626.
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Carter, R. A. L., J. Dutta, and A. Ullah, eds. Contributions to Econometric Theory and Application. Springer New York, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9016-9.
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Takeuchi, Kei. Contributions on Theory of Mathematical Statistics. Springer Japan, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55239-0.
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Ulbrich, Hannah, Marco Wedel, and Hans-Liudger Dienel. "Introduction to Internal Crowdsourcing: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications." In Contributions to Management Science. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52881-2_1.
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AbstractThe research landscape in the area of forecasting and assessing working conditions has become increasingly difficult to understand. There are plenty of identified reasons, drivers and catchwords to describe a systemic transformation. Individual- and subject-specific approaches to describe and understand the changes to work are being developed in almost every scientific discipline, as well as by (economic) associations and actors in the sociopolitical spheres. Despite all complexity and contradictions, ‘digitalization’ seems to be one focal point when it comes to identifying independent variables to explain the ‘future of work’. The corresponding discussions, analyses, recommendations and scenarios can be found under the well-known headings ‘Work 4.0’, ‘Industry 4.0’, ‘Education 4.0’, ‘Society 4.0’, etc. In addition to systemic descriptions, oftentimes dominated by economics and business management approaches, there are changing individual, subject-inherent perceptual understandings indicating a change in social values with regard to work and its function. Ultimately, for the majority of the population and the (welfare) state, work remains the necessary prerequisite for financially securing their livelihoods.
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Bläsi, Christoph. "Bhaskar’s Theory of Publishing and Its Contribution to Theorizing (Evolving New Forms of) Educational Media." In Textbooks and Educational Media: Perspectives from Subject Education. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80346-9_5.
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Uhl, André, and Edgar Göll. "The Use of Internal Crowdsourcing for Qualification and Competence Development in Organizations." In Contributions to Management Science. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52881-2_10.
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AbstractThis article deals with the question of how internal crowdsourcing can be used as a tool to support employee qualification measures and help develop their competencies in organizations. The first chapter examines the current state of the competence research. A paradigm shift from ‘qualification and professional development’ towards ‘competencies’ and the implications for the concept are described. Chapter “An Introduction to Internal Crowdsourcing” deals with the analyses and work on the subject of competence acquisition and development, including considering the results of two interview series and two workshops. In chapter “Managing the Crowd: A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Internal Crowdsourcing”, the authors present a combined and practical approach to support competence development through internal crowdsourcing in organizations. Finally, the last chapter sums up main results and perspectives for competence development through a combination of virtual and face-to-face working processes.
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Peano, Irene, Marta Macedo, and Colette Le Petitcorps. "Introduction: Viewing Plantations at the Intersection of Political Ecologies and Multiple Space-Times." In Global Plantations in the Modern World. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08537-6_1.
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AbstractIn this chapter, we outline our contribution to the study of plantations, building upon a wide and important body of critical literature that has developed on the subject over more than a century of reflections and struggles. Plantations are analyzed according to three main axes: an eco-material dimension that articulates to racial injustices; the long-term material, affective and symbolic imprints of plantations; and their sovereign dimensions. We explore these topics through a variety of examples and transdisciplinary approaches that cut across chronologies, geographies and political contexts and provide a navigation tool through the edited volume’s contributions. By stressing plantations’ more-than-human relations and their all-too-human (modern, colonial, imperial) dynamics, we want to both call into question any monolithic notion of “the” plantation and pinpoint the common features that accrue to the different plantation experiences and experiments addressed by authors. Contributing to the current discussion on the predicaments of the Plantationocene, we argue that this book’s breadth and vision might help imagine more nuanced ways of narrating plantation regimes and forms of resistance against them—past, present and future.
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"Subject Index." In Attachment in Social Networks - Contributions to the Bowlby-Amsworth Attachment Theory. Elsevier, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0166-4115(08)61083-3.
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Winnicott, Donald W. "The Theory of the Parent-Infant Relationship: Contributions to Discussion." In The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780190271381.003.0060.
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In this collection of points following the discussion of Congress papers by Winnicott and Greenacre on the parent-infant relationship, Winnicott states that he has learnt from the discussion, in particular from Greenacre’s discussion of aggression. He finds that there is a positive effect of understanding the whole infant-mother relationship as a real and rich experience. He refers to Balint on language, to the subject of predestination raised by Lagache, to Klein on envy, and to Martin James on the false self, quoting Hamlet’s line that Osric ‘did comply with his dug before he sucked it’. He argues finally that abnormalities in the mother-baby relationship can develop very early, noting that this demonstrates that the subject of infancy can be extremely fruitful for psychoanalytic discussion.
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Baggott, Jim. "Putting it to the test." In The Meaning of Quantum Theory. Oxford University PressOxford, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198555766.003.0004.
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Abstract Work on hidden variable solutions to the conceptual problems of quantum theory did not exactly stop after the publication of von Neumann’s ‘impossibility proof, but then it hardly represented an expanding field of scientific activity. About 20 years elapsed before David Bohm, a young American physicist, began to take more than a passing interest in the subject. His first, all-important contributions to the debate over the interpretation of quantum theory were made in 1951.
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Risse, Thomas. "8. Social Constructivism and European Integration." In European Integration Theory. Oxford University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780199226092.003.0008.
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This chapter examines social constructivism as an approach to the study of European integration and a challenge to more rationalist approaches such as liberal intergovernmentalism and versions of neofunctionalism. It first defines social constructivism before discussing the constructivist emphasis on the mutual constitutiveness of agency and structure, along with communicative and discursive practices, in the context of the study of European integration. It then considers the question of European identity as a particular subject area to which research inspired by social constructivism can contribute, paying attention to the contested nature of European identity, ‘Europeanness’ and national identities, and contested meanings of Europe and the European Union. The chapter also analyses constructivist contributions to the study of EU enlargement and concludes with reflections on the future of European integration research inspired by social constructivism.
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Wilberding, James. "Plato’s Cosmological Theory." In Plotinus’ Cosmology. Oxford University PressOxford, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199277261.003.0003.
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Abstract An understanding of Plato’s cosmology is essential to an appreciation of Plotinus’ contribution to the subject. The bulk of Plato’s natural philosophy is to be found in the Timaeus, which furnishes us with a structured basis from which we can survey Plato’s natural philosophy in its entirety, bringing in other dialogues as necessary to unfold certain heterogeneous features of his thought, as well as to corroborate the findings from the Timaeus.
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Kramer, Roderick M. "Introduction Organizational Trust: Progress And Promise In Theory And Research." In Organizational Trust. Oxford University PressOxford, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199288496.003.0001.
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Abstract Over the past two decades, the topic of trust moved from bit player to center stage in organizational theory and research. Whereas previously it often had been treated as a mediating variable in empirical studies—a variable of secondary interest, at best—trust emerged in the 1990s as a subject deemed important and worthy of study in its own right. Illustrative of the new significance afforded trust as a serious and central subject for the organizational sciences is a series of special journal issues (Bachmann and Van Witteloostuijn 2003; Bachmann, Knights, and Sydow 2001; McEvily, Perrone, and Zaheer 2003; Rousseau et al. 1998) and edited volumes (Cook 2001; Falcone, Singh, and Tan 2001; Hardin 2004; Kramer and Cook 2004; Kramer and Tyler 1996; Lane and Bachmann 1998) devoted exclusively to the subject. These contributions were complemented by several scholarly integrations and critical assessments of this rapidly burgeoning literature (Creed and Miles 1996; Hardin 2002; Hollis 1998; Kramer 1999; Misztal 1996; Sztompka 1999).
Conference papers on the topic "Contributions in Subject Theory"
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Ordóñez López, Pilar, and Rosa Agost. "Teaching Theory in Applied Degrees: A Critical Examination of Curricular Design for Translation Theory Subjects in Comparison with the Students' Expectations." In Third International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica València, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head17.2017.5309.
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Due to the practice-oriented nature of Translation and Interpreting study programmes, students are generally assumed to have a reluctant attitude towards the study of theory. However, previous empirical research allows us to dispel this myth: students are aware of the contribution of translation theory to their education as future translators. Taking into account students' needs and expectations, in this paper emphasis is placed on curricular design. A critical examination of the syllabi of Translation Theory subjects, focusing on learning outcomes and teaching methodology, reveals some (mis)matches between teaching planning and the students' expectations. The results obtained show a relatively high degree of coincidence between these two aspects on the one hand, while also highlighting some inaccuracies in the teaching planning of these subjects on the other. These two aspects should be considered a starting point for a revision of the curricular design in order to present an accurate description of the subject by means of an adequate explanation of the intended learning outcomes and teaching methodology, and in order to provide students with significant and useful insights into the theoretical dimension of translation.
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Vicini, Fabio. "GÜLEN’S RETHINKING OF ISLAMIC PATTERN AND ITS SOCIO-POLITICAL EFFECTS." In Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gülen Movement. Leeds Metropolitan University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.55207/gbfn9600.
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Over recent decades Islamic traditions have emerged in new forms in different parts of the Muslim world, interacting differently with secular and neo-liberal patterns of thought and action. In Turkey Fethullah Gülen’s community has been a powerful player in the national debate about the place of Islam in individual and collective life. Through emphasis on the im- portance of ‘secular education’ and a commitment to the defence of both democratic princi- ples and international human rights, Gülen has diffused a new and appealing version of how a ‘good Muslim’ should act in contemporary society. In particular he has defended the role of Islam in the formation of individuals as ethically-responsible moral subjects, a project that overlaps significantly with the ‘secular’ one of forming responsible citizens. Concomitantly, he has shifted the Sufi emphasis on self-discipline/self-denial towards an active, socially- oriented service of others – a form of religious effort that implies a strongly ‘secular’ faith in the human ability to make this world better. This paper looks at the lives of some members of the community to show how this pattern of conduct has affected them. They say that teaching and learning ‘secular’ scientific subjects, combined with total dedication to the project of the movement, constitute, for them, ways to accomplish Islamic deeds and come closer to God. This leads to a consideration of how such a rethinking of Islamic activism has influenced po- litical and sociological transition in Turkey, and a discussion of the potential contribution of the movement towards the development of a more human society in contemporary Europe. From the 1920s onwards, in the context offered by the decline and collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Islamic thinkers, associations and social movements have proliferated their efforts in order to suggest ways to live a good “Muslim life” under newly emerging conditions. Prior to this period, different generations of Muslim Reformers had already argued the compat- ibility of Islam with reason and “modernity”, claiming for the need to renew Islamic tradition recurring to ijtihad. Yet until the end of the XIX century, traditional educational systems, public forms of Islam and models of government had not been dismissed. Only with the dismantlement of the Empire and the constitution of national governments in its different regions, Islamic intellectuals had to face the problem of arranging new patterns of action for Muslim people. With the establishment of multiple nation-states in the so-called Middle East, Islamic intel- lectuals had to cope with secular conceptions about the subject and its place and space for action in society. They had to come to terms with the definitive affirmation of secularism and the consequent process of reconfiguration of local sensibilities, forms of social organisation, and modes of action. As a consequence of these processes, Islamic thinkers started to place emphasis over believers’ individual choice and responsibility both in maintaining an Islamic conduct daily and in realising the values of Islamic society. While under the Ottoman rule to be part of the Islamic ummah was considered an implicit consequence of being a subject of the empire. Not many scientific works have looked at contemporary forms of Islam from this perspective. Usually Islamic instances are considered the outcome of an enduring and unchanging tradition, which try to reproduce itself in opposition to outer-imposed secular practices. Rarely present-day forms of Islamic reasoning and practice have been considered as the result of a process of adjustment to new styles of governance under the modern state. Instead, I argue that new Islamic patterns of action depend on a history of practical and conceptual revision they undertake under different and locally specific versions of secularism. From this perspective I will deal with the specific case of Fethullah Gülen, the head of one of the most famous and influent “renewalist” Islamic movements of contemporary Turkey. From the 1980s this Islamic leader has been able to weave a powerful network of invisible social ties from which he gets both economic and cultural capital. Yet what interests me most in this paper, is that with his open-minded and moderate arguments, Gülen has inspired many people in Turkey to live Islam in a new way. Recurring to ijtihad and drawing from secular epistemology specific ideas about moral agency, he has proposed to a wide public a very at- tractive path for being “good Muslims” in their daily conduct. After an introductive explanation of the movement’s project and of the ideas on which it is based, my aim will be to focus on such a pattern of action. Particular attention will be dedi- cated to Gülen’s conception of a “good Muslim” as a morally-guided agent, because such a conception reveals underneath secular ideas on both responsibility and moral agency. These considerations will constitute the basis from which we can look at the transformation of Islam – and more generally of “the religion” – in the contemporary world. Then a part will be dedicated to defining the specificity of Gülen’s proposal, which will be compared with that of other Islamic revivalist movements in other contexts. Some common point between them will merge from this comparison. Both indeed use the concept of respon- sibility in order to push subjects to actively engage in reviving Islam. Yet, on the other hand, I will show how Gülen’s followers distinguish themselves by the fact their commitment pos- sesses a socially-oriented and reformist character. Finally I will consider the proximity of Gülen’s conceptualisation of moral agency with that the modern state has organised around the idea of “civic virtues”. I argue Gülen’s recall for taking responsibility of social moral decline is a way of charging his followers with a similar burden the modern state has charged its citizens. Thus I suggest the Islamic leader’s pro- posal can be seen as the tentative of supporting the modernity project by defining a new and specific space to Islam and religion into it. This proposal opens the possibility of new and interesting forms of interconnection between secular ideas of modernity and the so-called “Islamic” ones. At the same time I think it sheds a new light over contemporary “renewalist” movements, which can be considered a concrete proposal about how to realise, in a different background, modern forms of governance by reconsidering their moral basis.
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Klimova, Elena V. "The subject of sustainable development in FAO-supervised information resources and the role of the Central Scientific Agricultural Library." In The libraries and ecological education: Theory and practice. Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/978-5-85638-255-5-2022-91-94.
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The information resources acquired through the support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. These resources contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 2 «Zero Hunger…», are described in brief. These are FAO sections (primarily «Statistics» and «Publications»), AGRIS international database, and AGROVOC multi-language thesaurus. The role of the Central Scientific Agricultural Library in their promotion and/or development is demonstrated. The accessibility of information in Russian is assessed.
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Weller, Paul. "ROBUSTNESS AND CIVILITY: THEMES FROM FETHULLAH GÜLEN AS RESOURCE AND CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT, MUSLIMS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM." In Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gülen Movement. Leeds Metropolitan University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.55207/cdcf7302.
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The 7/7 (2005) attack on London Transport by Muslims brought up in the UK shocked the Government, many Muslims, and the wider civil society. Subsequently, the UK’s ‘multi- culturalist’ policy consensus has been subject to intensive questioning. Politicians and some parts of civil society have challenged a perceived ‘separatism’ among Muslims; emphasised a need for shared values and social cohesion; and advocated the promotion of ‘moderate Islam’ and ‘moderate Muslims’. This paper argues that, in legitimising simplistic distinctions between ‘good’ (understood as ‘liberal’ or ‘modernist’) and ‘bad’ or ‘suspect’ (understood as ‘traditionalist’, ‘radical’ or ‘fundamentalist’) Muslims and forms of Islam, there is a risk of eliding the condemnation of terrorist crimes conducted on religious grounds into the criminalisation, or at least social marginalisation, of religious conservatism and/or radicalism. This approach, it is argued, is more likely to undermine the development of inclusive approaches to the common good and that what is needed instead are authentically Islamic approaches that can offer both a resource and a challenge to Government, Muslims and the wider civil society. Finally, it is argued that such resource and challenge can be found in themes from Fethullah Gülen’s teaching. Gülen, on Islamic grounds, condemns terrorism in the name of religion. Further, being rooted in a confident Ottoman Muslim civilisational heritage and having during the period of the Turkish Republic engaged with both ideological ‘secularism’ and political ‘Islamism’, he also offers a critique of the political instrumentalisation of Islam while ar- guing for an active Muslim engagement with the wider (religious and secular) society based on a distinctive Islamic vision characterised by a robustness and civility that could make a positive contribution in the present UK context.
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Vainovski-Mihai, Irina. "GIVING PRECEDENCE TO COMMON POINTS: THE LIMITS OF THE OTHERNESS IN FETHULLAH GÜLEN’S DIALOGIC METHODOLOGY FOR INTERFAITH ENCOUNTERS." In Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gülen Movement. Leeds Metropolitan University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.55207/zvgs8407.
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This paper examines Fethullah Gülen’s teaching on interfaith encounters highlighting his dialogic methodology proposed for a globalised world in which Samuel Huntington’s idea of the ‘clash of civilisations’ (Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, 1997) is still prominent. This idea, concludes Gülen, stems from the lack of trust in the religion of the “Other” and, rather often than not, from easily passing over the common points. According to Gülen, dialogue is not a superfluous endeavour, but an imperative (“Dialogue is a must”) and it should start by “Giving precedence to common points”. Gülen holds that the tendency toward factionalism exists within human nature. A meaningful and nonetheless necessary goal, he says, should be to make this tendency non-threatening and even beneficial. To fully appreciate the significance of Gülen’s accomplishments, one must understand the perspec- tive from which he approaches the subject of interfaith dialogue. Based on his thinking as noted above, the purpose of this paper is to set out in some detail the way in which this re- nowned Islamic thinker limits the “domain” of the Otherness (Homi Bhabha, The Location of Culture, 2004; Nation and Narration, 1990) to make dialogue possible through overcom- ing both Orientalism (Edward Said, Orientalism, 1978) and Occidentalism (Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit, Occidentalism: the West in the Eyes of its Enemies, 2004). Challenging the discourse of conflict and focusing on common points may be an important strategy when mutual suspicions are still prevalent and when the field of postcolonial studies stand witness to conflicting processes of refraction (Patricia Crone, Medieval Islamic Political Thought, 2005; Amin Maalouf, Les Croisades vues par les Arabes, 1986). Those who act according to what they have seen are not as successful as those who act according to what they know. Those who act according to what they know are not as successful as those who act according to their conscience. (Gülen 2005:106) This article aims to explore Fethullah Gülen’s teaching on interfaith encounters highlight- ing his dialogic methodology proposed to a globalized world in which models and theories of clashes are still prominent. These theories, concludes Gülen, stem from the lack of trust in the religion of the “Other” and, rather often than not, from easily passing over the com- mon points. According to Gülen, dialogue is not a superfluous endeavour, but an imperative (“Dialogue is a must”) and it should start by “Giving precedence to common points”. Gülen holds that the tendency toward factionalism exists within human nature. A meaningful and nonetheless necessary goal, he says, should be to make this tendency non-threatening and even beneficial. To fully appreciate the significance of Gülen’s accomplishments and the challenges he is facing, one must understand the perspective from which he approaches the subject of interfaith dialogue. Based on the above-mentioned landmarks of his viewpoints regarding the representation constructs, the purpose of my paper is to investigate the way in which this renowned Islamic thinker limits the “domain” of the Otherness or dilutes many of the apparently instituted boundaries. My paper starts from the assumption that recognizing the Other on common grounds is a prerequisite of dialogue. The first section of the essay focuses on conceptual frameworks of defining the “relevant” alterity (Orientalism, Balkanism, Occidentalism) and theories of con- flict (models of clashes, competing meta-narratives). The second section looks into identity markers expressed or implied by Sufi thinkers (Al-Ghazali, Rumi, Nursi). The third section discusses Gülen’s awareness with the Other and, consequently (as detailed in the fourth sec- tion) his identification of common grounds for dialogue. To achieve the aim of my study, throughout all the four sections, Gülen will be presented in a textual exchange of ideas with other thinkers and authors.
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Hakansson, Nils A., and Maury L. Hull. "Influence of Pedaling Rate on Muscle Mechanical Energy in Low Power Recumbent Pedaling Using Forward Dynamic Simulations." In ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2007-35108.
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An understanding of the muscle power contributions to the crank and limb segments in recumbent pedaling would be useful in the development of rehabilitative pedaling exercises. The objectives of this work were to (i) develop a forward dynamic model to simulate low-power pedaling in the recumbent position, (ii) use the model to quantify the power contributions of the muscles to driving the crank and limb segments, and (iii) determine whether there were differences in the muscle power contributions required to simulate recumbent pedaling at three different pedaling rates. A forward dynamic model was used to determine the individual muscle excitation amplitude and timing to drive simulations that best replicated experimental kinematics and kinetics of recumbent pedaling. The segment kinematics, pedal reaction forces, and electromyograms (EMG) of 10 muscles of the right leg were recorded from 16 subjects as they pedaled a recumbent ergometer at 40, 50, and 60 rpm and a constant 50 W workrate. Intersegmental joint moments were computed using inverse dynamics and the muscle excitation onset and offset timing were determined from the EMG data. All quantities were averaged across ten cycles for each subject and averaged across subjects. The model-generated kinematic and kinetic quantities tracked almost always within 1 SD of the experimental data for all three pedaling rates. The uniarticular hip and knee extensors generated 65 percent of the total mechanical work in recumbent pedaling. The triceps surae muscles transferred power from the limb segments to the crank and the bi-articular muscles that crossed the hip and knee delivered power to the crank during the leg transitions between flexion and extension. The functions of the individual muscles did not change with pedaling rate, but the mechanical energy generated by the knee extensors and hip flexors decreased as pedaling rate increased. By varying the pedaling rate, it is possible to manipulate the individual muscle power contributions to the crank and limb segments in recumbent pedaling and thereby design rehabilitative pedaling exercises to meet specific objectives.
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Sempere-Ripoll, Francisca, Beatriz Andrés-Navarro, Alejandro Rodríguez-Villalobos, and Alarcón Valero Faustino. "Aplicación de los conceptos del Aprendizaje Basado en Equipos como herramienta para potenciar la responsabilidad del alumno en su propio aprendizaje para tamaños de grupos grandes." In IN-RED 2021: VII Congreso de Innovación Educativa y Docencia en Red. Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/inred2021.2021.13447.
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This article summarizes the results obtained from the incorporation of some concepts of Team-Based Learning (TBL), to the development of the project of Design of a Planning and Production Scheduling System, carried out the subject of Production Management and Operations of the Business Administration Degree. The TBL is applied in combination with other active learning methodologies such as Project Based Learning and Flipped-Teaching. The first key contribution of the TBL to the project refers to the incorporation of evaluation within the teaching-learning process as an impulse and a learning guide. The second contribution refers to the responsibility given to the student in their learning through self- evaluation and co-evaluation. Both contributions have led to a significant improvement in the student's teaching-learning process and greatly enhance the development of collaboration and teamwork skills and competencies that are so demanding in the workplace. Additionally, the teacher role changes from being a supervisor to adopting the role of facilitator, which also allows to apply this methodology to large groups
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Leclercq, Maxime, François Malburet, and Philippe Veron. "Experimental Analysis and Simulation of the Dynamic Response of a Propeller Pitch Change Actuator." In ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2012-82736.
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This paper focuses specifically on the control of the propeller pitch change mechanisms and their associated dynamics. The subject of this article is restricted to the mechanisms using a hydraulic single acting actuator. They function asymmetrically and are subject to important varying external loads under the full flight envelope. This phenomenon has an impact on their dynamic response. The question of the dynamics of these systems is rarely dealt with because, usually for aircraft applications, there is no real requirement for propeller pitch dynamic control. But, in the case of some applications, such as the Eurocopter X3, this dynamic control aspect and the safety aspect of the propeller pitch change mechanism are particularly important, because this mechanism is fully involved in aircraft safety, control and handling qualities. Firstly, this paper gives an explanation of the phenomena applied to the propeller pitch change mechanism and their contributions to its dynamic response. Then, a model of the dynamic response is proposed. Finally, an experimental identification of the pitch change mechanism dynamics concludes this article.
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Cina, Jeffrey A. "Uses of Optical Phase-Controlled Pulse Sequences." In International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena. Optica Publishing Group, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/up.1994.thb.2.
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There has been rapid experimental progress in the shaping of single ultrashort light pulses into sequences of pulses of specified separation, duration, and relative optical phase 1,2a. Phase-controlled pulse sequences have found a number of applications to molecular systems 2b,c, and several more have been the subject of theoretical calculations. The salient feature of electronically resonant phase-controlled pulse trains is their ability to generate superpositions of multiple time-dependent contributions to the nuclear wave function in a given electronic state having well-defined relative quantum phases. Here we describe two uses to which that feature might fruitfully be put in preparing and probing time-dependent nuclear wave functions in the ground electronic state possessing chemically or spectroscopically useful properties.
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Chablat, Damien, Ste´phane Caro, Raza Ur-Rehman, and Philippe Wenger. "Comparison of Planar Parallel Manipulator Architectures Based on a Multi-Objective Design Optimization Approach." In ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2010-28650.
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This paper deals with the comparison of planar parallel manipulator architectures based on a multi-objective design optimization approach. The manipulator architectures are compared with regard to their mass in motion and their regular workspace size, i.e., the objective functions. The optimization problem is subject to constraints on the manipulator dexterity and stiffness. For a given external wrench, the displacements of the moving platform have to be smaller than given values throughout the obtained maximum regular dexterous workspace. The contributions of the paper are highlighted with the study of 3-PRR, 3-RPR and 3-RRR planar parallel manipulator architectures, which are compared by means of their Pareto frontiers obtained with a genetic algorithm.
Reports on the topic "Contributions in Subject Theory"
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Graziano, Alejandro, Georg Schaur, Christian Volpe Martincus, and Jerónimo Carballo. Endogenous Border Times. Inter-American Development Bank, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011740.
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We examine transaction-level Peruvian import data to show that firms are subject to significant costs of port-of-entry delays. At the transaction level, we observe the time it takes a shipment to clear each step in the entry process. Our theory shows conditions under which observed entry times are endogenous. As a result, total entry delays potentially lead to biased policy conclusions and non-informative efficiency rankings of countries' entry procedures. We make three empirical contributions that help unbundle sources for time costs in trade and border effects. First, we provide evidence that at least part of the total port-entry-time is endogenous. Second, we identify the effect of entry delays on imports based on exogenous necessary entry processing. Third, we provide evidence that trade costs due to entry delays are heterogeneous across firm types. New and large importersare more elastic with respect to entry delays. This information allows researchers and policymakers to interpret aggregate port of entry delay data and their costs across different types of firms.
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Audoly, Richard. Self-Employment and Labor Market Risks. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.59576/sr.1085.
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I study the labor market risks associated with being self-employed. I document that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given that the self-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze the provision of benefits targeted at these risks using a calibrated search model with (i) precautionary savings, (ii) work opportunities in paid and self-employment, and (iii) skill heterogeneity. This exercise suggests that extending the current U.S. unemployment insurance scheme to the self-employed comes with a clear increase in the transition rate from self-employment to unemployment and an unequal benefits-to-contributions ratio across skill groups. At the calibrated parameters, the self-employed in the middle of the skill distribution lose welfare.
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Marsden, Eric. Risk regulation, liability and insurance: literature review of their influence on safety management. Fondation pour une culture de sécurité industrielle, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.57071/337rrl.
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This document provides a short literature review on the complementarity (and antagonisms) between liability rules, safety regulation and insurance and their effect on safety management. It draws on a range of disciplines, with a focus on economic analysis of law and regulation theory. Some of the issues discussed are rather complex; this document attempts to provide simple explanations together with references to the professional literature for the interested reader. Some issues are the subject of ongoing debate between scholars; in such situations, we have attempted to present the various points of view. The document provides background information concerning the topics discussed during the NeTWork’2012 workshop, and draws on some of the contributions of workshop participants and the rich discussion which took place during the three days. The first chapter presents issues related to regulation, starting with the classical economic justifications for state intervention (presence of externalities, information failures and moral hazard). A number of obstacles to the effectiveness of safety regulation are presented. Finally, some alternatives or complements to regulation, including self-regulation, are briefly discussed. Chapter 2 presents an overview of liability law, starting with some introductory definitions. Factors which weaken the effectiveness of liability as an incentive to invest in prevention are discussed, as are negative effects of liability regimes on safety management. A number of case studies illustrating the liability of regulators are briefly presented. Chapter 3 discusses the impact of insurance and reinsurance on firms’ and individuals’ safety management. The last chapter briefly analyzes firms’ and individuals’ sources of motivation to take care.
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Bouton, Laurent, Micael Castanheira, and Allan Drazen. A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w24413.
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Sandford, Robert, Vladimir Smakhtin, Colin Mayfield, et al. Canada in the Global Water World: Analysis of Capabilities. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.53328/vsgg2030.
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This report critically examines, for the first time, the capacity of Canada’s water sector with respect to meeting and helping other countries meet the water-related targets of the UN’s global sustainable development agenda. Several components of this capacity are examined, including water education and research, investment in water projects that Canada makes internally and externally, and experiences in water technology and governance. Analysis of the water education system suggests that there is a broad capability in institutions of higher learning in Canada to offer training in the diverse subject areas important in water. In most cases, however, this has not led to the establishment of specific water study programmes. Only a few universities provide integrated water education. There is a need for a comprehensive listing of water-related educational activities in universities and colleges — a useful resource for potential students and employers. A review of recent Canadian water research directions and highlights reveals strong and diverse water research capacity and placed the country among global leaders in this field. Canada appears to be within the top 10 countries in terms of water research productivity (publications) and research impact (citations). Research capacity has been traditionally strong in the restoration and protection of the lakes, prediction of changes in climate, water and cryosphere (areas where water is in solid forms such as ice and snow), prediction and management of floods and droughts. There is also a range of other strong water research directions. Canada is not among the top 10 global water aid donors in absolute dollar numbers; the forerunners are, as a rule, the countries with higher GDP per capita. Canadian investments in Africa water development were consistently higher over the years than investments in other regions of the global South. The contributions dropped significantly in recent years overall, also with a decline in aid flow to Africa. Given government support for the right business model and access to resources, there is significant capacity within the Canadian water sector to deliver water technology projects with effective sustainable outcomes for the developing world. The report recommends several potential avenues to elevate Canada’s role on the global water stage, i.e. innovative, diverse and specific approaches such as developing a national inventory of available water professional capacity, and ranking Universities on the strength of their water programmes coordinating national contributions to global sustainability processes around the largest ever university-led water research programme in the world – the 7-year Global Water Futures program targeting specific developmental or regional challenges through overseas development aid to achieve quick wins that may require only modest investments resolving such chronic internal water challenges as water supply and sanitation of First Nations, and illustrating how this can be achieved within a limited period with good will strengthening and expanding links with UN-Water and other UN organisations involved in global water policy work To improve water management at home, and to promote water Canadian competence abroad, the diverse efforts of the country’s water sector need better coordination. There is a significant role for government at all levels, but especially federally, in this process.
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Stogryn, Alex, and Mostafa A. Karam. The Multiple Scattering Contributions in the Strong Fluctuation Theory to the Microwave Brightness Temperature. Defense Technical Information Center, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada277721.
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Sitokhova, Tatiana Elzarikoevna, and Zalina Anatolievna Kumaritova. THE PROBLEM OF DIFFERENTIATION OF THE SUBJECT IN TEACHING OF ECONOMIC THEORY AND APPLIED ECONOMIC DISCIPLINES. DOI СODE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/doicode-2022.034.
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London, Jonathan D., and Bich-Hang Duong. The Politics of Education and Learning in Vietnam: Contributions to a Theory of Embedded Accountabilities. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-2023/pe10.
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This paper locates many of the most important strengths and weaknesses in Vietnam’s education system in the politics of education and in features of the country’s education system’s societal embedding. By the politics of education, we mean the relations of power and authority and of domination, contestation, cooperation, and accommodation that shape the functioning of the education system as an institutional field. By the societal embeddedness, we refer to the system’s interdependent relation with its broader social and institutional environment. Understanding these elements of Vietnam’s education system is of vital importance for efforts to improve education systems’ performance in Vietnam and beyond.
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Budish, Eric. Maximize Utility subject to R≤1: A Simple Price-Theory Approach to Covid-19 Lockdown and Reopening Policy. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w28093.
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Hicks, Jacqueline. Feminist Foreign Policy: Contributions and Lessons. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.110.
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A relatively small number of countries have an explicit “Feminist Foreign Policy” (FFP). Those most often cited are Sweden, Canada, France, Mexico, and Spain. In theory, an FFP moves beyond gender mainstreaming in foreign development assistance to include: (1) a wider range of external actions, including defence, trade and diplomacy (2) a wider range of marginalised people, not just women. Within foreign development assistance, it implies a more coherent and systematically institutionalised approach to gender mainstreaming. In practice, those countries with an explicit FFP implement it in different ways. Canada currently focuses on development assistance, France on development assistance and formal diplomacy, Sweden more comprehensively covers the trade and defence policy arenas. Mexico and Spain are yet to produce detailed implementation plans. There is increasing academic interest in FFP, but most analyses found during the course of this rapid review focus on narrative content of policies rather than impact. Policy advocacy and advice is provided by several high-profile advocacy organisations. National government agencies in Sweden, France and Canada have produced some evaluations of their FFP, but the evidence is weak. There are many international institution evaluations of gender mainstreaming for many different sectors that are context-specific.