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MALUF, LINDA YVONNE. "CLASSIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CENTRAL EASTERN PACIFIC ECHINODERMS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184082.
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A total of 627 echinoderm species (12 crinoids, 185 asteroids, 185 ophiuroids, 95 echinoids and 150 holothuroids) are known from the shallow and deep waters between southern California and southern Peru, and an up-to-date classification scheme is given for them. Distribution tables provide detailed presence-absence data for latitudinal increments, geographic range endpoints, depth ranges, and substrate associations of each species. Annotated lists of all species include relevant synonyms and mistaken records as well as literature citations used for both lists and distribution tables. A species-level biogeographic analysis shows that echinoderm provinces conform to those generally observed for other marine taxa, including mollusks, crustaceans and fishes. Based on cluster analysis and more traditional approaches (using species richness, faunal turnover and faunal composition), overall faunal similarity of the shelf echinoderms is very high between 23°N and 4°S, in the tropical Panamic province. There is a northern warm-temperate fauna (California province) between Pt. Conception, California and Pt. Eugenio, Baja California that also extends into lower Baja and the Gulf of California. Warm-temperate elements in the subtropical Gulf of California distinguish it from the tropics, and it is recognized as a faunal province in spite of its low endemism. Echinoderm endemism is unusually high in the Galapagos province and is attributed to the wide habitat diversity and isolation of the archipelago. There is no evidence for a Mexican province, but there is evidence for a distinction between the tropics to the north and south of Costa Rica/Panama. Transition zones (especially in Panama and southern California) often have high species richness, increased habitat diversity, and a number of endemic species. The warm-water eastern Pacific genera are most closely related to those of the west Atlantic tropics, but very few species are shared between the regions. Trans-Pacific species in the CEP are widespread throughout the region. A confinement of Indo-Pacific species to offshore CEP islands is only seen at Clipperton Island, the lone coral atoll of the eastern Pacific.
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Garner, Cornelia Johanna. "Characterisation and biotic classification of Eastern Cape mixed substrate shores." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020825.
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A significant proportion of the South African coastline is composed of both soft (mostly sand) and hard (mostly bedrock) substrata, i.e. “mixed”. This study described and classified macrobenthic assemblages of 20 Eastern Cape mixed substrate shores that differed in shore topography and the extent and position of intertidal rock and sand. A stratified random approach was used. Species richness, composition, abundance and environmental variables were determined. Commonly used beach indices were calculated. A total of 78 macrofaunal and 172 macroalgal species from rock substrate assemblages and 205 macrofauna species from sediment were recorded. Total species richness and richness per substratum exceeded that of sandy beaches devoid of rock and rocky shores with no sand. Rhodophyta were the most diverse and abundant algae, dominating all low-elevation rock surfaces as midlittoral and infralittoral turfs. Chlorophyta diversity was higher than at rocky shores, contributing more to cover-abundance at study sites and in microhabitats with an increased sand load. Sessile macrofauna species richness and abundance was lower than that of rocky shores. Polychaetes and crustaceans were the most diverse and abundant beach infauna. Species richness of both substrates declined from the low shore towards the high shore, but abundance trends varied substantially. The presence and extent of an intertidal biotope/subzone at either substrate depended on substrate availability.The supralittoral fringe in both substrate types was most often affected. Zonal overlap was evident on rock substrate: assemblages of raised midlittoral rock surfaces were enriched by species from lower surfaces sometimes leading to elimination of character taxa. Classification and ordination identified three potential mixed substrate shore biotic types: Biotic type A (Jania-Corallina- Polysiphonia turf) was characterised by robustly-textured algal turfs, a lowered predominance and diversity of polychaetes and an increase in crustacean abundance and diversity in sediment. Biotic type B (Polysiphonia-Tayloriella-Caulacanthus turf) had intermediately and biotic type C (Arthrocardia-Laurencia turf) the most sheltered eulittoral zones and beaches. DCCA identified the major environmental parameters affecting the macrobiota as: the level of wave energy, geological control of waves by hard substrate, sediment grain size and sediment inundation. A strong cross-shore wave attenuation results in sheltered sediments and midshore rock surfaces. Beach macrofauna were highly variable and diverse, which directly opposes previous perceptions about the sediment-bound biota of mixed substrate shores. The hierarchical cluster analysis produced a biotic classification of mixed substrate shores that was indicative of a biotic response to the total effects of leading environmental parameters. Macrobenthos of rock surfaces and sediment therefore showed potential to be used as an alternative or complementary to physical characteristics in classifying mixed substrate shores.
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Lovett, Jonathan C. "Classification and affinities of the Eastern Arc moist forests of Tanzania." Thesis, Bangor University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333691.
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Kaiser, Hinrich. "Systematics and biogeography of eastern Caribbean frogs." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41632.
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This study examines the systematics and biogeography of frogs in the Eastern Caribbean, a biogeographical province consisting of the Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, and Tobago. A comprehensive collection of specimens was subjected to an analysis incorporating morphometric, osteological, and biochemical approaches. An investigation of $ alpha$-level taxonomy revealed the presence of four additional taxa: Colostethus chalcopis sp. nov. on Martinique, Eleutherodactylus amplinympha sp. nov. on Dominica, E. euphronides comb. nov. on Grenada, and E. shrevei comb. nov. on St. Vincent. Based on species distributions and detailed analyses of the largely congruent data sets, Eastern Caribbean frogs can be grouped into two major categories, those originating with South American stock and those of Greater Antillean ancestry. A South American origin is obvious for species which have no congeneric relatives in the Greater Antilles, e.g. C. chalcopis, Leptodactylus fallax, L. wagneri. Among the Eleutherodactylus species, northern Eastern Caribbean taxa form a monophyletic group within the E. auriculatus species group; the topology of relationships is ((E. barlagnei, E. pinchoni) ((E. amplinympha, E. martinicensis) E. johnstonei)). The southern Eastern Caribbean species may or may not form a monophyletic group, but E. euphronides and E. shrevei are sister taxa. The topology for these species is (E. urichi (E. terraebolivaris (E. euphronides, E. shrevei))). Thus, the Eastern Caribbean forms a biogeographic link between the large South American and Greater Antillean radiations of Eleutherodactylus; Eleutherodactylus is the only truly circum-Caribbean frog genus. Furthermore, historical evidence shows that the patchy, Caribbean-wide distribution of E. johnstonei is the direct result of accidental introduction mitigated by humans during the past three centuries.
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Naidoo, Lyndle Sherae. "Identification and classification of micro-estuaries using selected abiotic and biotic characteristics along the Eastern Cape coast, South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/11920.
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Many of the larger estuaries along the South African coastline are highly degraded due to human impacts, highlighting the need to conserve pristine systems. There are approximately 100 micro-estuaries along our coastline which have not yet been identified or classified and hence their ecological functioning is unknown. The aim of this study was to identify and classify micro-estuaries along the Eastern Cape coast. Specific objectives of the study were to: 1) map the distribution of estuarine habitats in a selection of micro-estuaries and assess changes over time; 2) measure the physico-chemical characteristics of the micro-estuaries in the field; 3) investigate the distribution of vegetation, identify macrophyte species and habitat integrity and classify the micro-estuaries sampled using abiotic and botanical characteristics. A total of 30 systems were identified of which 10 were selected for sampling which took place seasonally (2015-2016). A relationship between open water surface area and short term rainfall was only evident in Cunge, Sandy Bottom and Ichabana. In the field it was observed that after heavy rainfall, open water surface area increased and mouth breaching occurred. Salinity was the only water column characteristic that showed differences; salinity increased in response to over wash events. Sand was dominant in all systems and there were no differences in sediment characteristics. A total of 8 macroalgal species, 16 estuarine macrophyte species, six freshwater species and 72 riparian plant species were found. Seed bank reserves were low in all systems despite them being vegetated. Only abiotic characteristics were used for classification using Principle Components Analysis since there were no botanical differences between systems. Micro-estuaries were larger (> 0.03 ha), had a higher salinity (oligohaline, mesohaline and polyhaline conditions) and a constant water body. Micro-outlets were smaller (< 0.03 ha), had a lower salinity (oligohaline conditions were most common) and showed periods of drying. Five micro-estuaries (Shelbertsstroom, Kwesani, Cunge, Mtwendwe and Mtendwe) and five micro-outlets (Stromatolite, Sandy Bottom, Ichabana, Palm Tree and Black Rock) were classified. This study has shown that the micro-estuaries along the Eastern Cape coast are pristine (i.e. intact riparian zone and catchment), untouched and highly dynamic systems (i.e. great variation in water surface area and mouth condition) highlighting their need for protection.
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Lucas, Gavin Murray. "Genealogies : classification, narrative and time : an archaeological study of Eastern Yorkshire, 3700-1300 BC." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/273005.
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Tafreshi, Shabnam. "Cross-Genre, Cross-Lingual, and Low-Resource Emotion Classification." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2021. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=28088437.
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Emotions can be defined as a natural, instinctive state of mind arising from one’s circumstances, mood, and relationships with others. It has long been a question to be answered by psychology that how and what is it that humans feel. Enabling computers to recognize human emotions has been an of interest to researchers since 1990s (Picard et al., 1995). Ever since, this area of research has grown significantly and emotion detection is becoming an important component in many natural language processing tasks. Several theories exist for defining emotions and are chosen by researchers according to their needs. For instance, according to appraisal theory, a psychology theory, emotions are produced by our evaluations (appraisals or estimates) of events that cause a specific reaction in different people. Some emotions are easy and universal, while others are complex and nuanced. Emotion classification is generally the process of labeling a piece of text with one or more corresponding emotion labels. Psychologists have developed numerous models and taxonomies of emotions. The model or taxonomy depends on the problem, and thorough study is often required to select the best model. Early studies of emotion classification focused on building computational models to classify basic emotion categories. In recent years, increasing volumes of social media and the digitization of data have opened a new horizon in this area of study, where emotion classification is a key component of applications, including mood and behavioral studies, as well as disaster relief, amongst many other applications. Sophisticated models have been built to detect and classify emotion in text, but few analyze how well a model is able to learn emotion cues. The ability to learn emotion cues properly and be able to generalize this learning is very important. This work investigates the robustness of emotion classification approaches across genres and languages, with a focus on quantifying how well state-of-the-art models are able to learn emotion cues. First, we use multi-task learning and hierarchical models to build emotion models that were trained on data combined from multiple genres. Our hypothesis is that a multi-genre, noisy training environment will help the classifier learn emotion cues that are prevalent across genres. Second, we explore splitting text (i.e. sentence) into its clauses and testing whether the model’s performance improves. Emotion analysis needs fine-grained annotation and clause-level annotation can be beneficial to design features to improve emotion detection performance. Intuitively, clause-level annotations may help the model focus on emotion cues, while ignoring irrelevant portions of the text. Third, we adopted a transfer learning approach for cross-lingual/genre emotion classification to focus the classifier’s attention on emotion cues which are consistent across languages. Fourth, we empirically show how to combine different genres to be able to build robust models that can be used as source models for emotion transfer to low-resource target languages. Finally, this study involved curating and re-annotating popular emotional data sets in different genres, and annotating a multi-genre corpus of Persian tweets and news, and generating a collection of emotional sentences for a low-resource language, Azerbaijani, a language spoken in the north west of Iran.
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Keizer, Jan Jacob. "Vascular plant family composition of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia diversity patterns, classification, and ordination /." [S.l. : Amsterdam : s.n.] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2000. http://dare.uva.nl/document/84370.
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Cooley, Brian. "Characterization and classification of clayey soils forming on limestone in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10291.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 114 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-61).
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von, der Krone Kerstin. "Mordechai Zalkin: Modernizing Jewish education in nineteenth century Eastern Europe." HATiKVA e.V. – Die Hoffnung Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur Sachsen, 2018. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34638.
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Turna, Michael T. "Extraction of a phagostimulant and classification of the feeding recognition template for larvae of the moth Malacosoma americanum." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.
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Fundisi, Emmanuel. "Spatio-temporal analyses of woody vegetation cover using remote sensing techniques: the case of Alice - King Williams Town route, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/1830.
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Expansion of woody vegetation results in the transformation of a grass-dominated ecosystem to a tree-dominated ecosystem causing land degradation in most semi-arid areas. The imbalance in the natural ecosystem between herbaceous plants and woody vegetation poses a threat to the natural environment. Such changes alter the flow, availability and quality of nutrient resources in the biogeochemical cycle. Most of the dominating woody plants are often unpalatable to domestic livestock. Therefore, the objective is to assess the spatial extent of woody vegetation over time. Knowledge of the spatial and temporal characteristics of woody vegetation dynamics will enable the development of management plans. These characteristics can be derived using remote sensing techniques which have become efficient in such studies. This study aimed to characterize woody vegetation dynamics along the route between Alice and King Williams’s town in Eastern Cape Province South Africa using Landsat data. This aim was achieved by focussing on three specific objectives. The first objective was to compare the performance of multispectral data and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data of Landsat imagery in mapping woody vegetation cover. The second objective was to investigate the effect of the spatial resolution of remotely-sensed data on discrimination of woody vegetation from other land cover types. The third objective characterised woody vegetation dynamics between 1986 and 2013/2014 using the results from the first objective. The study used Landsat imagery acquired in November or February of 1986, 1994/1995, 2002/2003 and 2013/2014. Due to lack of data which covered the study area two separate dates (November and February) where used for the study resulting in naming the study area western and eastern parts. Unsupervised classification was performed on the multispectral, NDVI and pan-sharpened images to generate four generic land cover classes, namely water, bare land, grassland and woodland. Accuracy assessments of the classified images was done using error matrix. The results showed that the classification based on NDVI images yielded a better overall accuracy than the classification based on multispectral images for the western (83 percent and 75 percent, respectively) and eastern (82 percent and 76 percent, respectively) parts of the study area. Similarly, pan-sharpening resulted in better overall classification accuracy than multispectral, but comparable to the classification of the NDVI images for both the western (82 percent) and eastern (83 percent) parts of the study area. Remote sensing is an effective tool in assessing changes in the physical environment. Landsat imagery is suitable in assessing land cover dynamics given the long-term and free availability of the image. In addition, the large spatial coverage it provides, enables Landsat data to be used on studies that have wide spatial coverage. Classification for the purpose of time-series analysis was then performed on the NDVI images of each date (1986, 1994/1995, 2002/2003 and 2013/2014). Both woody vegetation and grassland experienced changes from 1986 to 2013/2014 with grassland occupying (75 percent) compared to woodland (17 percent) in 1986. In the year 2013/14 grassland occupied 32 percent and woodland occupied 51 percent of the study area. The increase in woody vegetation in the study area can be attributed to livestock rearing and migration of people from the rural to urban areas post-Apartheid. The study output will aid in the development of a database on land cover distribution of the area between King William’s town and Alice town, providing useful information to decision-making and further studies on woody vegetation.
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Manyevere, Alen. "An integrated approach for the delineation of arable land and its cropping suitability under variable soil and climatic conditions in the Nkonkobe municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1019856.
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Arable crop production in Nkonkobe Municipality is low due to abandonment of potentially productive land and low productivity of the cultivated land. Little attention has been given to farmers perspectives with regards to crop production and land abandonment. Understanding the relationships of indigenous knowledge systems, where local approaches to soil classification, appraisal, use and management and land evaluation, and scientific approaches could be important for the effective use of available soil resources while avoiding those resources that are vulnerable to degradation. In addition, the interactions between soil factors and climate could be useful in understanding the erodibility of soils. The intergration of scientific research and indigenous knowledge systems could help in the identification and delineation of high potential land and on crop suitability evaluation. The objectives of the study were: (i) to determine farmers‟ perspectives with regards to land utilisation and abandonment, constraints on crop production and crop preferences, (ii) to integrate and compare indigenous knowledge systems with scientific approaches of soil classification and potential, (iii) to determine the effect of climate and soil factors on erodibilities of soils in the Municipality (iv) to delineate arable land and evaluate its suitability for maize, potato, sorghum and cowpea under rainfed agriculture. Using semi-structured and open-ended interviews, information on limitations to crop production, cropping preferences, indigenous soil classifications, cropping potential ratings and erosion was captured. Descriptive and correlation statistics were used to analyse farmers‟ responses. The information was later used for a pilot participatory mapping and the determination of the agricultural potential of the soils in three selected villages of the Municipality. Field boundaries of soil texture, colour, depth, and slope position were captured using global positioning systems (GPS). The relationship between the degree of erosion and soil and slope factors was analysed by step-wise regression. Crop suitability for rainfed agriculture was done using the FAO guidelines for Land evaluation for rainfed agriculture. The spatially referenced crop suitability classes were produced by applying the Law of Limiting Combinationusing GIS Boolean Logic. The major biophysical factors, affecting crop production and land utilisation were soil degradation and low and erratic rainfall, while other factors included lack of farming equipment and security concerns. Maize, spinach and cabbage were the main crops grown, with maize sorghum and wheat the most abandoned crops. While it was difficult to accurately correlate indigenous classification with international scientific classification, the importance of colour, texture and soil depth for both classification and soil potential, suggests that some form of correlation is possible which enabled communication and other extension information to be conveyed. The shallow and stony soil (urhete) correlated well with the Leptosols in World Reference Base (WRB) or Mispah and shallow Glenrosa soils in the South African system. The red structured clays (umhlaba obomvu) matched the Nitisols in WRB or Shortlands in the South African system. The non-swelling black clayey soils (umhlaba omnyama) matched soils with melanic A horizons in both the WRB and South African soil classification systems. The dongwe and santi soils developed in alluvial sediments belonged to the Dundee, Oakleaf or Augrabies soils in the South African classification system and fluvisols or Cambisols in the WRB system. There was good agreement between farmers assessment of the cropping potential and scientific approaches but scientifically high potential red soils were rated lowly by the farmers due to difficulties in management caused by shortages of farm machinery, especially under dryland farming. Overall, the soil factors affecting erosion were influenced largely by climate, while parent material was also important. Climate had a dominant influence on soil factors most notably fine sand and very fine sand fractions and exchangeable sodium percentage being more important on soil forms occurring in arid and semi-arid climate and less in the sub-humid and humid areas, where clay mineralogy, particularly kaolinite and sesquioxide dominated. Dolerite derived soils were the most stable and should be given the highest priority for cropping development while mudstone and shale derived soils had a lower cropping potential. While slope gradient and length had some effect on soil erosion in arid and semi arid environments its influence was generally overshadowed by soil factors especially in humid zones. Cow pea and sorghum were the most adapted crops in the region while potato and maize were marginally suitable under rainfed agriculture. The study revealed that most adapted crops were not necessarily the most preferred crops by the farmers. A small percentage of the land was delineated as arable and therefore optimisation of this available land should be prioritized.
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Sinuka, Sikhulule. "Heavy mineral characterization and provenance interpretation of the Ecca Group of geological formations in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/2911.
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The aim of the research focuses on characterizing heavy mineral assemblages and interpretation of the provenance of the Ecca Group of in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. In South Africa, the Ecca Group outcrops extensively in the Main Karoo Basin. Mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, minor conglomerate and coal are the major constituent lithologies within the group. For descriptive purposes, the Ecca is categorized into three different geographical areas: the southern area, the western and northwestern area and the northeastern area. Six of the sixteen geological formations, namely the Prince Albert, Whitehill, Collingham, Ripon, Fort Brown, Waterford and Koonap Formations are present in the study area and are best exposed in road cuttings. For purposes of comparison, the underlying Witteberg Group, the Dwyka (which has Formation status here), and the overlying Koonap Formation of the Beaufort Group, are included in the study. This study is motivated by the relatively little information that is available on the heavy minerals of the Ecca Group, and that research of this nature had not been undertaken in the study area before. Another contributing motivation was to determine whether heavy mineral assemblages could be used to identify formations of the Ecca Group and for correlating between different localities in accordance with studies done elsewhere. Additionally, diagnostic heavy mineral assemblages could aid with stratigraphic selection of future boreholes in the Ecca Group. Heavy minerals are natural provenance tracers because of their stable nature and hydrodynamic behaviour. They are both non-opaque and opaque, with apatite, epidote, garnet, rutile, staurolite, tourmaline and zircon being good examples of non-opaque grains while ilmenite and magnetite are the most common opaques. Heavies are either derived from stable minor accessory minerals or from abundant but unstable mafic components of the host rock. They are very useful in interpreting the provenance due to the fact that some minerals are diagnostic of certain source rocks. However, sediments are exposed to several factors (conditions) such as weathering, erosion, breakage due to abrasion, mixing and recycling during transportation from the source to the depositional area. This implies that there are parameters other than the parent lithology that determine their final composition.
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Ehrlich, Kornelia, Agnes Kriszan, and Thilo Lang. "Urban Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Between Peripheralization and Centralization?" Routledge, 2012. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A74186.
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The paper provides a theoretical account
of the terms peripheralization and polarization,
which are used as conceptual contexts.
The authors examine whether spatial development
in Central and Eastern Europe can be described
as a process of polarization and whether
this can be seen as the result of current regional
and national spatial policies. Empirically,
the paper explores ongoing research projects in
Ljubljana, Slovenia and Poznan´ , Poland in relation
to the less dynamic parts of these countries
in order to identify further research needs.
Viewing spatial development in Slovenia and in
the Poznan´ region from the viewpoint of polarization
and peripheralization has opened alternative
viewpoints on spatial development. A
process-based and dynamic approach to investigating
disparities should reflect views on the
periphery and the center and their specific interrelationships.
The perspective of seeing the
processes of centralization and peripheralization
as related and the combination of structural and
socio-political aspects in the constitution of peripheral
and central spaces will advance the current
state-of-the-art research on spatial development
issues in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Schuster, Frank M. "Between all fronts: The impact of World War I on Eastern- European Jewry." HATiKVA e.V. – Die Hoffnung Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur Sachsen, 2016. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34818.
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Jacobi, Christoph, A. Krug, and E. G. Merzylyakov. "Radar wind climatology of the quarterdiurnal tide in the mesopause region over Central and Eastern Europe." Universität Leipzig, 2016. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A16704.
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While the diurnal, semidiurnal and terdiurnal tides in the mesosphere / lower thermosphere (MLT) have been observed from the ground and from satellites, the quarterdiurnal tide (QDT), with a period of 6 hours, has been investigated on a few occasions only. Therefore, meteor radar observations of horizontal winds in the MLT near 90 km at Collm (51°N, 13°E) and Obninsk (55°N, 37°E) have been used to analyse the seasonal variability of the QDT at middle latitudes. At both sites the zonal amplitudes show a clear maximum in winter and another one during spring. The meridional amplitudes are weaker, but show a similar seasonal cycle. Generally amplitudes are not large and maximise at 3.5 m/s for the zonal amplitude on a climatological mean. Amplitudes and phases, the latter expressed in local time, at Collm and Obninsk are similar, indicating that most of the observed 6-hour oscillation at higher midlatitudes is due to the migrating QDT. Obninsk amplitudes show an interdecadal variation with smaller values during the 1990s and larger ones during the 2000s.Während die ganztägigen, halbtägigen und dritteltägigen Gezeiten in der Mesosphäre und unteren Thermosphäre (mesosphere/lower thermosphere, MLT) vergleichsweise häufig durch bodengebundene und Satellitenmessungen untersucht wurden, gilt dies nur sehr eingeschränkt für die vierteltägigen Gezeiten (quarterdiurnal tides, QDT). Daher werden hier Radarmessungen des horizontalen Windes über Collm (51°N, 13°E) und Obninsk (55°N, 37°E) bei 90 km Höhe herangezogen, um den mittleren Jahresgang der QDT in mittleren Breiten zu analysieren. Es zeigt sich, dass an beiden Messstationen ein Maximum der Amplituden im Zonalwind auftritt, begleitet von einem weiteren im Frühjahr. Die Amplituden sind nicht sehr groß, und betragen für den Zonalwind 3-4 m/s im langzeitigen Mittel im Winter. Die Amplituden im meridionalen Wind sind etwas geringer, zeigen aber einen ähnlichen Jahresgang. Amplituden und Phasen, letztere ausgedrückt in lokaler Zeit, sind über Collm und Obninsk ähnlich, was auf einen bedeutenden Anteil der migrierenden QDT hinweist. Die Amplituden über Obninsk weisen eine interdekadische Variation auf, mit geringeren Amplituden in den 1990ern und größeren nach den Jahr 2000.
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Key, Thomas Lee. "An evaluation of the relative value of spectral and phenological information for tree crown classification of digital images in the eastern deciduous forest /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1998. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=107.
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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 1998.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 51 p. : col. ill., col. map. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-34).
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Ziegler, Christina. "Exchange Rate Stability and Wage Determination in Central and Eastern Europe." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-81237.
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In Folge der Osterweiterung der europäischen Union (EU) und der steigenden Arbeitsmarktintegration zwischen den EU15 und den neuen Mitgliedsstaaten ist die Lohnfindung in Mittel- und Osteuropa zu einem Schwerpunkt der europäischer Wirtschaftspolitik geworden. Zugleich wird das optimale Wechselkursregime für mittel- und osteuropäische Staaten kontrovers diskutiert. Die Dissertation befasst sich mit der Fragestellung, welche Wechselkursstrategie in Mittel- und Osteuropa vorzuziehen ist, um zum einen den Lohnfindungsprozess zu optimieren und zum anderen den Anpassungsprozess (Konvergenzprozess) an europäische Lohnstandards zu beschleunigen. Diese kumulierte Arbeit besteht aus vier unabhängigen Fachaufsätzen. Zuerst wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Wechselkursstrategie einen optimalen Rahmen für die Lohnsetzung während des Aufholprozesses mittel- und osteuropäischer Staaten ermöglicht (Kapitel zwei). Im Kapitel drei wird die Rolle der Geldpolitik in Bezug auf die Lohnfindung in Staaten mit flexiblen Wechselkursen untersucht. Die Evaluierung der Prognosefähigkeit alternativer Konjunkturindikatoren für die Euro Zone sowie deren Implikationen für den Lohnverhandlungsprozess in Mittel-und Osteuropa ist Gegenstand der Analyse in Kapitel vier. Im fünften Kapitel wird der Rolle der Lohnpolitik auf Leistungsbilanz(un)gleichgewichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa nachgegangenAfter the Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) and increasing participation of labor between the EU15 and the new member states, wage determination in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has become a key issue in European economic policy making. At the same time there are controversial discussions regarding the appropriate exchange rate regime for the CEE countries. In this thesis it is examined which exchange rate strategy provides a more favorable framework for wage setting in CEE and leads to faster wage convergence in Europe. This thesis has four parts. First, it is analyzed which exchange rate strategy provides a more favorable framework for wage setting during the economic catch-up process of CEE (section two). Second, the role of monetary policy in wage determination in countries with flexible exchange rate regimes is examined in section three. Third, the predictive power of different euro area business cycle indicators is analyzed in section four. Fourth, the impact of wage determination on the balance of payments in CEE is scrutinized (section five)
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Burchfield, David Richard. "Mapping eastern redcedar (Juniperus Virginiana L.) and quantifying its biomass in Riley County, Kansas." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18404.
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Master of ArtsDepartment of Geography
Kevin P. Price
Due primarily to changes in land management practices, eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.), a native Kansas conifer, is rapidly invading onto valuable rangelands. The suppression of fire and increase of intensive grazing, combined with the rapid growth rate, high reproductive output, and dispersal ability of the species have allowed it to dramatically expand beyond its original range. There is a growing interest in harvesting this species for use as a biofuel. For economic planning purposes, density and biomass quantities for the trees are needed. Three methods are explored for mapping eastern redcedar and quantifying its biomass in Riley County, Kansas. First, a land cover classification of redcedar cover is performed using a method that utilizes a support vector machine classifier applied to a multi-temporal stack of Landsat TM satellite images. Second, a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) is used to measure individual redcedar trees in an area where they are encroaching into a pasture. Finally, a hybrid approach is used to estimate redcedar biomass using high resolution multispectral and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) imagery. These methods showed promise in the forestry, range management, and bioenergy industries for better understanding of an invasive species that shows great potential for use as a biofuel resource.
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Auch, Eckhard, and Maxi Domke. "“Welcome to Africa” - Scientific Cooperation Network on Climate Change Adaptation in Eastern Africa: Proceedings of the Summer-School Workshop 2015." Technische Universität Dresden, 2020. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A72446.
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The “2015 proceedings” document the contributions of the third and final annual Summer-School Workshop of the “Scientific Cooperation Network on Climate Change Adaptation”, a project within the DAAD program “Welcome to Africa”. The workshop took place on 17-31 May, 2015 at Tharandt campus of the Technische Universität Dresden and at selected locations in the region.:Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 1
Methodological Fundamentals of Socio-Economic Climate Change Adaptation Research at the Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, TU Dresden 2
Climate Change Adaptation in Saxony 4
Historical Path of Forestry and the Role of ‘Ujamaa’ Ideology to Today’s Policy of Community Forest Management in Tanzania 19
Contribution of the National Adaptation Plan of Action Project to Sustainable Livelihoods in North Kordofan State, Sudan 31
Local People’s Perception of Climate Variability Including Their Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Mountainous Areas of Uganda 47
Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Traditional Farming System Management under Changing Climate, Sudan 54
Quarterly Climate Change Preparedness Workshop in Arsi Negelle, Ethiopia 63
Impact of Farmer Field Schools in Diffusion of Information about Climate Change in South Kordofan State, Sudan 74
Effects of Climate Change on Traditional Rain-fed Agriculture in Sheikan Locality, North Kordofan State, Sudan 81
Can Rain Water Harvesting Mitigate Flooding Associated with Climate Change in Urban Areas? A Case Study of Jinja Municipality, Uganda 91
Agroforestry, Reforestation, and Climate Change 97
Agroforestry in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+): Africa, Where Are You? 98
Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agroforestry: Summary of Global Data and Implications for Africa 113
Propagation Techniques for Ethiopian Highland Bamboo Yushania alpina in Amhara Region, Banja Districts, North-Western Ethiopia 121
The Performance of GAPAs on Enhancing the Production and Marketing of Gum Arabic Production in West and North Kordofan States, Sudan 131
CHAnces IN Sustainability – Promoting Product Chains of Natural Products in Eastern Africa 132
Biodiversity Conversation and Bioenergy 135
Land Use, Land Cover and Climate Change Impacts on the Bird Community in and around Lake Zeway, Ethiopia 136
African Baobab: Urgent Need for Assessments and Management Approaches for Sustainable Development in Sudan 137
Ecotourism as Alternative Mean of Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Improvement of the Local Community 145
The Role of Wood Fuel in Climate Change: A Case of Urban and Rural Areas in Uganda 159
Scientific Cooperation Network on Climate Change Adaptation 169
Network Contact Persons 169
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Manyevere, Alen. "Evaluation and mapping of the spatial variability of soil fertility at Zanyokwe Irrigation Scheme in the Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001019.
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SOHAIL, ARFAN. "Mapping Landcover/Landuse and Coastline Change in the Eastern Mekong Delta (Viet Nam) from 1989 to 2002 using Remote Sensing." Thesis, KTH, Samhällsplanering och miljö, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-104189.
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There has been rapid change in the landcover/landuse in the Mekong delta, Viet Nam. The landcover/landuse has changed very fast due to intense population pressure, agriculture/aquaculture farming and timber collection in the coastal areas of the delta. The changing landuse pattern in the coastal areas of the delta is threatened to be flooded by sea level rise; sea level is expected to rise 33 cm until 2050; 45 cm until 2070 and 1 m until 2100. The coastline along the eastern Mekong delta has never been static, but the loss of mangrove forests along the coast has intensified coastline change. The objective of the present study is to map the changes in landcover/landuse along the eastern coast of the Mekong delta; and to detect the changes in position of the eastern coastline over the time period from 1989 to 2002.To detect changes in landuse, two satellite images of the same season, acquired by the TM sensor of Landsat 5 and the ETM+ sensor of Landsat 7 were used. The TM image was acquired on January 16, 1989 and ETM+ image was acquired on February 13, 2002. The landcover/landuse classes selected for the study are water, forest, open vegetation, soil and shrimp farms. Image differencing and post classification comparison are used to detect the changes between two time periods. Image to image correction technique is used to align satellite images. Maximum likelihood supervised classification technique is used to classify images. The result of the classification consists of five classes for 1989 and 2002, respectively. Overall accuracies of 87.5% and 86.8%, with kappa values of 0.85 and 0.84 are obtained for landuse 1989 and landuse 2002, respectively. The overall accuracy for the change map is 82% with kappa value 0.80. Post classification comparison is carried out in this study based on the supervised classification results. According to the results obtained from the post classification comparison, a significant decrease of 48% in forest and a significant increase of 74% in open vegetation and 21% in shrimp farms area observed over the entire study area. The coastline obtained by the combination of histogram thresholding and band ratio showed an overall advancement towards the South China Sea. The results showed that new land patches emerged along the eastern coast. The amount of new land patches appeared along the coast of the Mekong delta is approximately 2% of the entire study area.
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Zimmer, Janek, Armin Raabe, and Gerd Tetzlaff. "Quantification of topographic effects on predicted precipitation in the Erzgebirge." Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen des Leipziger Instituts für Meteorologie ; 37 = Meteorologische Arbeiten aus Leipzig … und Jahresbericht … des Instituts für Meteorologie der Universität Leipzig ; 11 (2006), S. 125-136, 2006. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15499.
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Orographically enhanced precipitation played a major role in the flooding event in August 2002 in the Eastern Erzgebirge mountains. Both global and mesoscale models underestimated local intensities even with the correct position of the associated large-scale front. The limited area model LM of the DWD has been used in a sensitivity study of orographic precipitation involving an idealized bell-shaped orography. The dependence of precipitation on different determining parameters is investigated, with special emphasis on layer stability and wind structure. With the operational horizontal grid spacing of about 7 km, the LM simulations reproduce common distributions of vertical velocity and precipitation for uniformly stratified flows of varying stability. Highest rates are computed for stratiform cases with decreasing stability at higher levels and for convective environments. Both situations differ from the wave-like appearance of the uniformly stratified flows. Several vertical profiles of horizontal wind velocity structure are found to significantly influence magnitude and vertical decay of upward motion. Simplified profiles of the Eastern Erzgebirge mountain range and atmospheric conditions comparable to that of the flooding event are introduced to estimate the orographically-induced precipitation in a homogeneous flow. These numerical simulations are compared with values computed by the diagnostic maximum precipitation model MAXRR. Due to the relatively coarse grid in LM, small-scale differences through enhanced orographic lift cannot be resolved. Nevertheless, the amounts observed in this flooding case are reproduced with the high-resolution diagnostic model.Orografisch verstärkter Niederschlag im Bereich des Osterzgebirges spielte eine große Rolle bei der Entstehung des Elbehochwassers im August 2002. Sowohl globale als auch mesoskalige Vorhersagemodelle unterschätzten die lokalen Niederschlagsintensitäten trotz richtiger Positionierung des synoptisch-skaligen Frontenzuges. Zur Untersuchung der Gründe wurde das Lokalmodell des DWD für eine Sensitivitätsstudie bezüglich orografisch beeinflussten Niederschlags im Bereich eines idealisierten Glockenberges verwendet. Die Abhängigkeit des Niederschlags von verschiedenen Kontrollparametern wurde untersucht, mit besonderer Beachtung von Schichtungsstabilität und Horizontalwindstruktur. Bei Verwendung der operationellen Gitterweite von 7 km reproduzieren die Simulationen mit dem LM die bekannten Verteilungen von Vertikalwind und Niederschlag für unterschiedliche Schichtungen mit höhenkonstanten Temperaturgradienten. Die höchsten Niederschlagsraten ergeben sich jedoch für stratiforme Aufgleitprozesse im Fall von abnehmender Stabilität in mittleren und hohen Bereichen der Troposphäre sowie für konvektive Umgebungen, in beiden Fällen mit signifikanter Änderung des Vertikalwindfeldes verglichen mit der zuvor erwähnten Strömung. Der Einfluss des Vertikalprofils des horizontalen Windes auf Stärke und vertikale Abschwächung der Aufwärtsbewegung muss beachtet werden. Schließlich wurden die Sensitivitätsstudien ausgedehnt auf ein vereinfachtes Höhenprofil des Osterzgebirges. Als Ausgangssituation wurden dabei die atmosphärischen Bedingungen verwendet, die mit denen des Hochwasserereignisses vergleichbar sind. Diese numerischen Simulationen wurden mit Werten des einfachen diagnostischen Maximalniederschlagsmodells MAXRR verglichen. Entsprechend der relativ groben Gitterweite des LM können kleinräumige Unterschiede durch verstärkte orografische Hebung nicht wider gegeben werden, wogegen die beobachteten Niederschlagsmengen des Hochwasserereignisses mithilfe des hoch aufgelösten diagnostischen Modells erreicht werden.
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Abtew, Asmamaw Alemu, Jürgen Pretzsch, Laura Secco, and Tarig Elshikh Mohamod. "Contribution of Small-Scale Gum and Resin Commercialization to Local Livelihood and Rural Economic Development in the Drylands of Eastern Africa." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-148228.
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This paper examines the extent to which the economic gains derived from gum and resin commercialization impact rural livelihood improvement under different resource management regimes in the drylands of Ethiopia and Sudan. Primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 240 randomly selected small-scale producers in four regions with gradients of resource management regimes. The survey was supplemented by secondary data, group discussions and key informant interviews. In the four regions, gum and resin income contributes to 14%–23% of the small-scale producers’ household income. Absolute income was positively correlated with resource management regime and commercialization level. It was higher from cultivated resources on private lands, followed by regulated access to wild resources. In open-access resources, the producers’ income was the lowest, although accessed by the poor and women. However, dependence on gum and resin was higher in open-access resource areas. Households’ socioeconomic characteristics, resource access, production and marketing variables determining income from gum and resin were identified and their variation across the cases is discussed. Overall, gum and resin commercialization in the study areas play a potential poverty alleviation role as a source of regular income, a safety net, and a means of helping producers move out of poverty.
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Erler, Felix. "Zurückhaltende Internationalisierung originär ostdeutscher Automobilzulieferer: Erklärungen und Empfehlungen." Technische Universität Chemnitz, 2014. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A20200.
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Das Ziel des Diskussionspapiers ist es zu erklären, warum die erwartete Internationalisierung der ostdeutschen Automobilzulieferer in den vergangenen Jahren nicht in dem Maße stattgefunden hat, wie das vielfach erwartet wurde. Die Forschungsfrage lautet:
Welche Erklärungen können für die zurückhaltende Internationalisierung originär ostdeutscher Automobilzulieferer angeführt werden?
Um die Frage strukturiert zu bearbeiten, werden drei besondere Motive für die Internationalisierung von ostdeutschen Automobilzulieferern beschrieben. Dabei wird nicht auf allgemein bekannte Beweggründe eingegangen, sondern auf die vorherrschenden Motive in der ostdeutschen Automobilzulieferlandschaft abgehoben. Diese Motive sind die Follow-the-customer-Strategie, die Marktabsicherung und damit die Verhinderung des Aufbaus von Wettbewerbern durch den Kunden sowie die Steigerung im Lieferantenranking für eine bessere Wahrnehmung beim Kunden.
Nachfolgend wird eine statistische Auswertung der Internationalisierung von ostdeutschen Automobilzulieferern durchgeführt. Nach der kurzen Vorstellung der Struktur der Befragten werden das Zukunftsfeld Internationalisierung sowie die Aktivitäten in BRIC-Staaten und ASEAN-Staaten gründlich ausgewertet.
Anschließend werden vier Erklärungen für die zurückhaltende Internationalisierung originär ostdeutscher Automobilzulieferer gegeben. Sieben Feststellungen werden detailliert herausgearbeitet und mit Beispielen aus der Praxis belegt. Dabei stehen die ostdeutschen Automobilzulieferer im Zentrum der Betrachtung und werden hinsichtlich Mindestgröße, finanzieller Herausforderung, Übernahmedynamik, Projektanfragen mit Auslandsfertigung und kapazitativen Beschränkungen beschrieben.
Aufbauend auf den gewonnen Erkenntnissen werden in den Schlussfolgerungen Feststellungen komprimiert vorgestellt und Empfehlungen zum Umgang mit den Ergebnissen für den ACOD und die Länderinitiativen sowie für relevante politische Entscheidungsträger herausgearbeitet. Abgerundet wird der Bericht mit einem Ausblick zu weiterführender Forschung in diesem Bereich und kritischen Anmerkungen.
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Darr, Dietrich. "Effective even when neglected: Farmer groups and the diffusion of agroforestry innovations in rural communities of Eastern Africa." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1227250287917-45148.
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The purpose of the current dissertation is to explore the contribution of development-oriented farmer groups to the diffusion of innovations in rural communities of Kenya and Ethiopia, to identify the key factors that determine the effectiveness of diffusion, and to derive recommendations that aim at better utilizing the potential of groups for rural extension work. A profound review of four theoretical frameworks served to derive a multiple-pathway model of innovation diffusion that amalgamates major concepts of the social network and functional group theory. By accommodating multiplex social relationships and by facilitating analyses at multiple levels the model alleviates major conceptual shortcomings of previous research. The research employs a multiple case study design. Four peasant communities have been investigated that are largely comparable in respect with bio-physical conditions. The case studies aim to cover the maximum diversity with regard to the role of farmer groups in the prevailing extension approach, as well as the mode of group organization. Data collection tools comprise reconnaissance surveys, standardized household interviews (N=841), qualitative key informant and in-depth interviews, participant observation, and the review of secondary sources. Group and non-group social networks constitute the units of analysis. Inferential statistical analyses mainly used multivariate linear regression techniques. The findings illustrate that farmers, through their group and non-group networks and under group-oriented and individual extension alike, exchange information, knowledge, social pressures and other forms of influence that shape their individual adoption decisions. Yet, innovations tend to disseminate more effectively in farmer groups vis-à-vis non-group networks, and the groups tend to be more effective when addressed by extension agents. Lack of access to extension services represents a crucial limitation to innovation adoption in the study villages. Yet, increased extension intensity has proved to foster innovation diffusion only in situations of group extension, whereas intensified individual extension services do not considerably increase horizontal farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchange. The research reveals that the advantage of farmer groups can be attributed to their dimorphic character combining the bridging and bonding effects of ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ ties. By facilitating the emergence of cohesive relationships among the group members and by simultaneously enhancing the members’ exposure to external information sources group-oriented extension work considerably contributes to foster the diffusion of innovations among farmers. Intermediate absolute levels of group homogeneity best facilitate the diffusion of innovations among the group members. The findings suggest that increased group activity can overcome diffusion barriers that arise from too heterogeneous or too homogeneous configurations alike. Member commitment is the group climate dimension most consistently related to diffusion effectiveness in farmer groups. The results suggest that group-oriented extension services can alleviate obstructions of the diffusion process that result from less favorable group climate. Thus, this research work proposes that the effectiveness of innovation diffusion among farmers is under the managerial control of the extension agencies in group-oriented extension approaches through at least one of the following mechanisms: (a) promoting the emergence of cohesive member relationships, which in turn foster effective innovation spread; (b) stimulating the activity of farmer groups, which in turn compensates for less effective diffusion under unfavorable group composition; and (c) compensating for diffusion barriers that result from a less favorable group climate. Recommendations refer to the improvement of extension practice and directions for future research.
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Julich, Stefan, Raphael Benning, Dorit Julich, and Karl-Heinz Feger. "Quantification of Phosphorus Exports from a Small Forested Headwater-Catchment in the Eastern Ore Mountains, Germany." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-230637.
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Phosphorus (P) export from forest soils is mainly driven by storm events, which induce rapid flow processes by preferential flow bypassing large parts of the soil matrix. However, little is known about the dynamics, magnitude, and driving processes of P exports into surface waters. In this paper, we present the results of a monitoring study in a small forested catchment (21 ha) situated in the low mountain ranges of Saxony, Germany. During the fixed schedule-sampling (weekly to bi-weekly sampling frequency for a three-year period), a mean total-P concentration of 8 μg·L−1 was measured. However, concentrations increased up to 203 μg·L−1 during individual storm flow events. Based on the analyzed concentrations and continuously measured discharge we calculated mean annual export rates of 19 to 44 g·ha−1·a−1 for the weekly sampling frequency with different load calculation methods. If events are included into the annual load calculation, the mean annual export fluxes can be up to 83 g·ha−1·a−1 based on the different load calculation methods. Predictions of total-P export rates based on a sampling strategy which does not consider short-term changes due to factors such as storms will substantially underestimate P exports.
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Loos, Helmut. "Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Mitteilungen der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Universität Leipzig in Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitgliedern der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig." Schröder, 1997. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15153.
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Loos, Helmut, and Eberhard Möller. "Vorwort zu Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa Heft 3." Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa ; 3 (1998), S. IX, 1998. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15415.
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Die Konferenz mit dem Thema "Die Oper als Institution in Mittel- und Osteuropa" fand vom 29. bis 31. Mai 1997 in Chemnitz statt. Sie wird in diesem Heft der "Mitteilungen" dokumentiert, war allerdings so umfangreich, daß einige Beiträge in die Hefte 2 und 4 verschoben werden mußten.
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Leipzig, Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel und Osteuropa an der Universität. "Die Autoren der Beiträge." Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa ; 3 (1998), S. 267-271, 1998. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15484.
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Loos, Helmut, and Eberhard Möller. "Vorwort zu Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa Heft 4." Universität Leipzig, 1999. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15502.
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Heft 4 unserer 'Mitteilungen' vervollständigt den Tagungsbericht
'Die Oper als Institution in Mittel- und Osteuropa' Chemnitz 1997 in
Heft 3 um die neun fehlenden Beiträge, dazu kommen vier Aufsätze
freier Thematik.
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Metz, Franz. "Die Oper als Institution im Südosten Europas unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Banater Musikzentren Temeswar, Arad und Orawitza." Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa ; 4 (1999), S. 47-62, 1999. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15507.
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Wenn sich auch die ältesten Musikdokumente des Banats auf die reichen kirchenmusikalischen Traditionen dieser südosteuropäischen
Grenzregion beziehen, so spielte trotzdem das Operntheater die wichtigste Rolle als Kulturfaktor und Multiplikator in der musikalischen
Erziehung der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. Die Oper feierte gleichzeitig
einen triumphalen Einzug in die Banater Städte Temeswar, Arad, Lugosch, Orawitza, Reschitza und Werschetz.
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Loos, Helmut, and Eberhard Möller. "Vorwort zu Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa Heft 5." Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa ; 5 (1999), S. IX-X, 1999. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15616.
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Loos, Helmut, Eberhard Möller, and Klaus-Peter Koch. "Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Mitteilungen der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Universität Leipzig : in Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitgliedern der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig." Gudrun Schröder Verlag, 2015. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A16112.
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Loos, Helmut, Eberhard Möller, and Klaus-Peter Koch. "Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Mitteilungen der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Universität Leipzig : in Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitgliedern der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig." Gudrun Schröder Verlag, 2013. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A16126.
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Loos, Helmut, and Klaus-Peter Koch. "Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Mitteilungen der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Universität Leipzig : in Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitgliedern der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig." Gudrun Schröder Verlag, 2016. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A16177.
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Loos, Helmut. "Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Mitteilungen der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Universität Leipzig : in Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitgliedern der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig." Gudrun Schröder Verlag, 2017. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A32286.
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Loos, Helmut. "Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Mitteilungen der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Universität Leipzig : in Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitgliedern der internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig." Gudrun Schröder Verlag, 2018. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A70688.
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Loos, Helmut, and Eberhard Möller. "Vorwort zu Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa Heft 10." Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig, 2005. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15948.
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Thieme, Tom. "25 Jahre Systemtransformation in Osteuropa: Bilanz und Perspektiven." Technische Universität Chemnitz, 2015. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A20236.
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Der Sammelband behandelt die Verläufe, Ergebnisse und Perspektiven der Systemtransformationen im postkommunistischen Europa nach 25 Jahren. Dabei geht es um politische Institutionen wie Verfassungen und Wahlen, um die Prozesse der Demokratisierung, aber auch der Re-Autokratisierung in der Region und um ausgewählte Politikfelder wie die Bevölkerungsentwicklung in Osteuropa sowie die Sozial- und Außenpolitik.The volume analyzes covers the courses, results and prospects of system transformations in post-communist Europe after 25 years. It is about political institutions such as constitutions and elections, about the processes of democratization, but also the Re-Autocratization in the region and about specific policies such as demographic, the social policy and foreign policy.
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Kanzler, Katja. "Kansas, Oz, and the Magic Land: A wizard's travels through the Iron Curtain." Universitätsverlag Winter, 2008. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A28584.
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The following essay addresses Alexandr Volko's adaption and appropriation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz". Exceedingly popular throughthout the Easern bloc, Volkov's novels have endeared a magical setting and cast of characters to readers who rarely knew of their American origins. I discuss the Wizard's 'travels' throught the Iron Curtain as an incidence of cultural exchange at once motivated by and subverting Cold War cultural politics. I suggest that it is not so much the changes to which Baum's narrative universe has been subjected on its way from West to East that makes this case study remarkable but the ways in wich the two Wizards have been interpreted to fit contestable notions of 'American' and 'Soviet' culture.
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Leipzig, Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel und Osteuropa an der Universität. "Die Autoren der Beiträge." Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa ; 4 (1999), S. 259-263, 1999. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15543.
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Pfeil, Anne. "Leerstand nutzen: Perspektivenwechsel im Umgang mit dem strukturellen Wohnungsleerstand in ostdeutschen Gründerzeitgebieten." Rhombos-Verlag, 2014. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A5844.
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Trotz unterschiedlich ausgerichteter Städtebauförderprogramme nach 1989 ist in vielen ostdeutschen Mittelstädten nach wie vor ein überdurchschnittlicher struktureller Wohnungsleerstand in Wohnquartieren aus der Gründerzeit anzutreffen. Tritt die prognostizierte Bevölkerungsentwicklung ein, wird der aus heutiger Sicht erhöhte Wohnungsleerstand hier für die nächsten 15-20 Jahre ein dauerhaftes Phänomen bleiben. Dies wirft die Frage nach dem möglichen Nutzen des Leerstands in ostdeutschen Gründerzeitquartieren auf. Ihr geht die Autorin nach und vollzieht einen Perspektivenwechsel, indem sie die von 1990 bis 2010 in der Städtebauförderung und Praxis verfolgten Strategien im Umgang mit dem Wohnungsleerstand aufzeigt, dessen Auswirkungen auf die Wohnqualität aus Sicht der Bürger am Beispiel der sächsischen Stadt Görlitz untersucht und neue Lösungsansätze im Umgang mit dem Wohnungsleerstand in Gründerzeitquartieren ableitet.
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Keym, Stefan. "Internationale Konferenz 'Stadtmusikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Die Musik der Religionsgemeinschaften um 1900': Leipzig, 5. und 6. November 2004." Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig, 2005. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A16010.
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Altmann, Kristin Elisabeth. "Colombi, Matteo (Hrsg.), Stadt, Mord, Ordnung. Urbane Topographien des Verbrechens in der Kriminalliteratur aus Ost- und Mitteleuropa: Buchbesprechung." De Gruyter, 2014. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A71371.
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Matteo Colombi und seine Co-Autoren verfolgen mit Stadt, Mord, Ordnung ein anspruchsvolles Ziel, nämlich den osteuropäischen Krimi und seine teilweise exotisch wirkenden Schauplätze von allen Seiten zu beleuchten: „Kann man behaupten, dass jede ost- und mitteleuropäische Stadt ihre spezifische Topographie des Verbrechens produziert, die sich aus der Geschichte und Geographie des Ortes speist?“, so eine der zu untersuchenden Fragen. Der Sammelband dokumentiert die Ergebnisse der internationalen Konferenz „Stadt – Mord – Ordnung. Urbane Settings in der Kriminalliteratur aus Ost-Mittel-Europa“, die vom 25. bis zum 26. 03. 2010 am Geisteswissenschaftlichen Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas (GWZO) in Leipzig stattfand. Insgesamt sind es dreizehn Aufsätze von Slavisten, Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaftlern, Narratologen und Komparatisten, in denen das Thema umfassend behandelt wird, denn die Konferenz stand in Zusammenhang mit dem von Alfrun Kliems geleiteten DFG-Projekt „Imagination des Urbanen in Ostmitteleuropa. Stadtplanung – Visuelle Kultur – Dichtung im 20. Jahrhundert“ (2006–2010), in dessen Rahmen Stadtlandschaften nach der Wende untersucht wurden. Dies schließt eine Betrachtung der politischen, gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Veränderungen dieser Zeit mit ein, die auch im Kriminalroman repräsentiert und verarbeitet werden.
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Manuwald, Ulf, Peter Heinke, Eckhard Salzsieder, Janice Hegewald, Olaf Schoffer, Joachim Kugler, Thomas M. Kapellen, Wieland Kiess, and Ulrike Rothe. "Incidence trends of type 1 diabetes before and after the reunification in children up to 14 years of age in Saxony, Eastern Germany." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-230896.
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The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in Saxony before and after the German reunification.
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The study examined two registries: one until 1990 and one since 1999. Only patients under 15 years of age with type 1 diabetes and living in Saxony were included in the study. Standardized incidence rates were described based on direct age standardization procedures using the Standard European Population for each calendar year between the observation periods 1982–1989 and 1999–2014. Age was grouped into three classes: 0–4, 5–9 and 10–14 years of age. Incidence data were presented as age-standardized incidence rates per 100,000 person-years (PY) with 95% confidence intervals [CI]. Joinpoint regression was used for trend analyses and Poisson regression was used to adjust for the effects of age and sex on the incidence.
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A total number of 2,092 incident cases of type 1 diabetes (1,109 males; 983 females) were included. The age-standardized incidence rates of type 1 diabetes per 100,000 PY was 7.9 [95%CI 6.8; 8.9] in the period from 1982–1989 and 20.1 [95%CI 14.0; 26.1] in the period from 1999–2014. The yearly increase in incidence over the entire time period (1982–2014) was 4.3% according to the average annual percent change (AAPC) method, and estimated to be 4.4% [95% CI 4.0; 4.8%] using a Poisson regression model adjusting for sex and age group.
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In this study, a significantly increasing incidence of type 1 diabetes was observed after reunification. In future studies it would be interesting to follow up on the question of which environmental and lifestyle factors could be causing the increasing type 1 diabetes incidence.
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Kanzler, Katja. "Adaption and Self-expression in Julie/Julia." Technische Universität Dresden, 2013. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A28580.
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Julie/Julia stands out in several ways. What had begun, in 2002/2003, as a highly popular blog, in which New Yorker Julie Powell tracks her experience of cooking all the recipes in Julia Child’s classic cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cookery, became one of the first notable, commercially successful "blooks"—a neologism that denotes blogs adapted into books. As a visible sign of this achievement, The Ju-lie/Julia Project was awarded with the inaugural “Blooker Prize” in 2006. A few years later, Julie/Julia again pioneered in being the first blog (or blook, for that matter) to be adapted into a Hollywood movie, Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia.
In the following, I want to discuss Julie/Julia, and its adaptations from blog to book to film, as an instructive case study of life writing in the digital age.
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Denham, Simon. "The meanings of late Neolithic stamp seals in North Mesopotamia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-meanings-of-late-neolithic-stamp-seals-in-north-mesopotamia(6593a3bd-eb74-4a28-8435-afd3f4f56cd2).html.
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The late Neolithic of North Mesopotamia has long been held up as the first example of a ‘global’ culture with aspects of shared material culture, most notably pottery styles and subsistence strategies, spread across North Mesopotamia, the Northern Levant, and parts of south-east Anatolia. Increasing research in the past twenty years has illustrated that the material similarities visible in the late Neolithic do not represent a closed cultural community, but instead reflect a network of loosely connected groups who were members of imagined communities that linked people within shared cosmologies. Since their discovery in the early decades of the twentieth century stamp seals have been treated as a type artefact of the late Neolithic (particularly one of its constituent parts the Halaf) where they have been used to argue for the presence of sealing systems based around administrative storage of personal or communal property and possibly trade relations. However, except for a thesis published in 1990, late Neolithic stamp seals have never been comprehensively studied or interpreted primarily within their own context. Instead previous studies of stamp seals have tied stamp seals into a modernist narrative of progression that implicitly culminates in modern, Western, Nation States. This research challenges and deconstructs this narrative to demonstrate there is little evidence that seals in the late Neolithic were used for administrative purposes. To this end it gathered and re-classified the available data on provenanced stamp seals using a classificatory ontology called prototype theory that allows for more reflexive classification then the existing Aristotelian classifications. The thesis argues that stamp seals were indexical symbols with their symbolism being used to link members of imagined communities within real communities across the late Neolithic ‘world’. These people were members of a perceived descent group originating in shifting relationships to place during the change from sedentary farming communities in the eighth millennium BC to more mobile communities in the seventh millennium BC. At the same time as negotiating these supra-community identities seals were also used indexically in a variety of sub-community ways being used for a variety of magical (primarily apotropaic and talismanic) uses. As part of this I argue sealing practices in the late Neolithic relate to specific events of efficacious sealing using the power in the seal’s design.
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Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich, Gabriele Lachner, Axel Perkonigg, and J. Hoeltz. "Sind psychische Störungen in den neuen Bundesländern häufiger?" Technische Universität Dresden, 1994. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27019.
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Im Rahmen einer Reanalyse von vier Erhebungen an jugendlichen und erwachsenen Probanden in den neuen und alten Bundesländern in den Jahren 1990 bis 1991/92 wurden Angaben zu Indikatoren für Depressivität, Angst/psychosomatische Beschwerden und Substanzgebrauch in Ost- und Westdeutschland verglichen. Zum Zeitpunkt der Untersuchungen gab es im Gegensatz zu der von einzelnen Autoren angeführten Erwartung keine eindeutigen Hinweise auf eine insgesamt erhöhte psychiatrische Morbidität in den neuen Bundesländern. Depressive Symptome und der Gebrauch von illegalen Drogen und Medikamenten sind durchgängig in den alten Bundesländern häufíger nachzuweisen als in den neuen Bundesländern. Allenfalls ergaben sich für die Stichproben Ost für einzelne depressionstypische sowie einzelne psychovegetative Symptome und für Alkoholgebrauch statistisch signifikant erhöhte Werte. Da keine Diagnosekriterien erhoben wurden, muβ die Aussagekraft der Daten dahingehend eingeschränkt werden, daβ lediglich Indikatoren für psychische Auffälligkeiten erhoben wurden.