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Harris, Anita, and Johanna Wyn. "Young People's Politics and the Micro-Territories of the Local." Australian Journal of Political Science 44, no. 2 (June 2009): 327–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361140902865308.
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Machado, Virgílio, Joaquim Contreiras, and Ana Patrícia Duarte. "Local tourist accommodation and institutional strengthening in the interior of the Algarve, Portugal." Journal of Place Management and Development 13, no. 3 (November 21, 2019): 255–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-12-2018-0107.
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Purpose This study aims to understand how legislation and technology can enhance socio-economic development in low-density population territories, focusing specifically on the dynamics of local tourist accommodation over the past decade. Design/methodology/approach A case study was conducted for five municipalities in one of the most significant tourism regions of Portugal – the Algarve – based on a systematic investigation of relevant laws, regulations and electronic platforms. Official statistics were compiled and analyzed for the five territories’ registered local accommodation services, population, overnight stays and additional local services. Findings The results reveal that public entities’ regulations favor micro-entrepreneurship initiatives in local accommodation and that digital tools supported by online platforms have quite visible effects on low-density territories. The findings also reveal that the local tourist accommodation supply has experienced an especially dynamic, sustained growth over the past decade. This expansion has been accompanied by an increased supply of other services, suggesting that accommodation can positively influence the existing and/or future socio-economic development of low-density territories. Research limitations/implications Further studies focusing on other areas with low-density populations are needed to determine more clearly how local accommodation influences socio-economic development. Practical implications Public regulations supported by digital platforms that favor micro-entrepreneurship initiatives in local accommodation can strengthen local development. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to analyze how local tourist accommodation can foster socio-economic development in low-density territories.
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Zarins, Eduards, and Juris Paiders. "Factors affecting and determining local depopulation." Folia Geographica 18 (2020): 13–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.22364/fg.18.2.
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This paper analyses the factors that influence and determine the local population growth and decrease in rural areas of Latvia based on population changes at micro level (1x1 km square grid areas) in 2000–2018. Quantitative analysis of the spatial structure of the population was carried out in three reference territories. Results suggest that the proportion of territories with population increase in Latvian municipalities (2000–2018) has a very strong and statistically significant correlation to population changes (2000–2018) in the respective municipality. This may lead to the conclusion that the influence of other factors on the location of the territories in the spatial structure of the municipality where population growth is observed is not statistically significant.
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Jančák, Vít. "Contribution to the geographical research on peripheral regions at the microregional level." Geografie 106, no. 1 (2001): 26–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie2001106010026.
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The article deals with the results of research on peripheral region at the micro regional level. The results of field research in four model territories selected in regions with different geographical conditions are evaluated. The resulting SWOT analysis of different model regions is given and compared. The second part of the contribution interprets the subjective perception of a selected population sample in the model territories, the results of a questionnaire inquiry done in all the model regions are evaluated and compared.
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Andryeyeva, Natalya, Nina Khumarova, and Tatiana Nikolaychuk. "Aligning the social, environmental, and economic interests of “green growth” of the Ukrainian nature reserve fund objects." Environmental Economics 10, no. 1 (January 10, 2020): 93–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.07.
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The article is devoted to the issues of forming the institutional basis for “green growth” of the Ukrainian Nature Reserve Fund territories in the context of aligning the society’s social, environmental, and economic interests. The methodological approaches to forming the institutional basis for “green growth” of the Ukrainian Nature Reserve Fund territories in conditions of the need to transform the approaches regarding the interaction with small and medium-sized businesses were developed. The main focus is on the issues of studying the existing institutional risks, institutional “traps,” and ensuring the stakeholders’ functional interaction. The proposed scheme for managing and planning the spatial development of the Nature Reserve Fund territories is based on business planning, “micro-K modeling” method, strategic monitoring method. Based on the complex combination of ecosystemic and polyfunctional approaches, the typology of Nature Reserve Fund territories management functions and “green growth” indicators system was defined. The institutional framework was formed, which enables to ensure aligning the society’s social, environmental, and economic interests.
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El-Namrouty, Khalil A. "Effect of Micro-Grants on Poverty Alleviation of Palestinian Families (Gaza Strip- Palestinian Territories)." Journal of World Economic Research 2, no. 5 (2013): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.jwer.20130205.11.
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Al‐Madhoun, Mohammed I., and Farhad Analoui. "Management and development: the training programmes for small and micro enterprises in Palestinian Territories." Management Research News 26, no. 6 (August 2003): 39–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170310783529.
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Malyar, Nasser M., Lilach O. Lerman, Mario Gössl, Patricia E. Beighley, and Erik L. Ritman. "Relationship between surface area of nonperfused myocardium and extravascular extraction of contrast agent following coronary microembolization." American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 301, no. 2 (August 2011): R430—R437. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00428.2010.
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Myocardial microvascular permeability and coronary sinus concentration of muscle metabolites have been shown to increase after myocardial ischemia due to epicardial coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion. However, their association with coronary microembolization is not well defined. This study tested the hypothesis that acute coronary microembolization increases microvascular permeability in the porcine heart. The left anterior descending perfusion territories of 34 anesthetized pigs (32 ± 3 kg) were embolized with equal volumes of microspheres of one of three diameters (10, 30, or 100 μm) and at three different doses for each size. Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) was used to assess in vivo, microvascular extraction of a nonionic contrast agent (an index of microvascular permeability) before and after microembolization with microspheres at baseline and during adenosine infusion. A high-resolution three-dimensional microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) scanner was subsequently used to obtain ex vivo, the volume and corresponding surface area of the embolized myocardial islands within the perfusion territories of the microembolized coronary artery. EBCT-derived microvascular extraction of contrast agent increased within minutes after coronary microembolization ( P < 0.001 vs. baseline and vs. control values). The increase in coronary microvascular permeability was highly correlated to the micro-CT-derived total surface area of the nonperfused myocardium ( r = 0.83, P < 0.001). In conclusion, myocardial extravascular accumulation of contrast agent is markedly increased after coronary microembolization and its magnitude is in proportion to the surface area of the interface between the nonperfused and perfused territories.
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Cheetham, Fiona, Morven G. McEachern, and Gary Warnaby. "A kaleidoscopic view of the territorialized consumption of place." Marketing Theory 18, no. 4 (March 28, 2018): 473–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470593117724608.
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Drawing on Brighenti’s (2010, 2014) theoretical exposition of territorology, we extend current conceptualizations of place within the marketing literature by demonstrating that place is relationally constructed through territorializing consumption practices which continuously produce and sustain multifarious versions of place. In our fieldwork, we embrace a non-representational sensitivity and employ a multi-sensory ethnography, thus helping to illuminate the performative aspects of everyday life relating to people who use urban green spaces. Our analysis articulates three key facets relating to the process of territorializing consumption practices: (1) tangible and intangible elements of boundary making, (2) synchronicity of activities, and (3) sensual experiences. Taken together, these facets advance a kaleidoscopic perspective in which spatial, temporal and affective dimensions of the micro-practices of consumption territories-in-the-making are brought into view. Moreover, our empirical research adds an affective dimension to Brighenti’s theoretical elucidation of the formation and dissolution of territories, thereby incorporating sensual imaginations and bodily experiences into the assemblages of heterogeneous materials that sustain territories.
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SILVA, PAULO HENRIQUE, and ,. JOSÉ DE ARIMATÉIA DIAS VALADÃO. "Gestão cultural integrada de território na Serra do Espinhaço: caminhos para uma didática dos dilemas." GOT - Journal of Geography and Spatial Planning, no. 21 (June 30, 2021): 3–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.17127/got/2021.21.001.
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The work is part of a joint diagnostic effort in the micro-region of Presidente Kubistchek, in Serra do Espinhaço, through a partnership between the Espinhaço Institute and the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA). This work seeks to analyze the limits and possibilities for an Integrated Cultural Territory Management (GCIT) in the micro-region and to propose methodological alternatives for new interventions in the territory. As a reference, the conceptual basis of GCIT was used. Methodologically, the diagnosis of the UFLA team was analyzed, which generated data through Participant Observation and focus groups. The results show that the method used to collect data from the pre-diagnosis requires greater participation by the various groups in the territories, aiming at empowering the actors and a transdisciplinary view on the data. Subsequently, at a time of diagnosis, with all groups debating the data generated, the study points out the possibilities for a reflection and understanding of the territory in a perspective of space, time and causality. As a way to enhance medium and long-term actions, the study outlines the need for Resource Centers and Spaces of Memories that open the way for debate between generations, aiming at a symbolic appropriation of territories and their territorialities, with the objective of structuring proposals medium and long term for the micro-region of Presidente Kubistchek
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Mottaeva, Angela, Marina Nechaeva, and Vladimir Nechaev. "The concept of sustainable development of territories." E3S Web of Conferences 258 (2021): 03011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202125803011.
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The authors of the article study the features of functioning and development of territories as the bases of forming of social infrastructure in the education sphere. The basic problems and the condition of the programme of the territories development are considered, the indicators of social-and-economic development are analyzed, the procedures of the programme creation for the development of social infrastructure within the development of the national Education project, the technique of forecasting of key indicators is applied. The features of the territories development with carrying out the analysis of the key parameters are investigated. The need of the programme of the social infrastructure development regarding education during of identification, studying micro- and macro-factors of the development of the area is proved. The approaches to the realization of the stages of the development programme and forecasting of change of key indicators are developed, the interrelation of the most important factors of their functioning is investigated. The periods in which there were maximum structural changes in development of rural territories are revealed as the result of quantitative assessment of structural shifts. It is proved that this approach is the tool allowing to improve the process of social-and-economic development taking into account the forecast, and, therefore, to increase the efficiency of activity of the sphere of education that will allow to strengthen the financial state and positions of the enterprises of this industry in the market. Some conclusions are drawn on the prospects of the territories development in the conditions of development and implementation of the development programme.
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Chistyakova, Olga. "Production and Technological Infrastructure of Innovative Business in Resource Regions." Bulletin of Baikal State University 28, no. 4 (December 27, 2018): 682–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.17150/2500-2759.2018.28(4).682-693.
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This article discusses approaches to the formation of the infrastructure support system for innovative entrepreneurial activity in resource-based regions. The author redefines the notion of infrastructural support of innovative entrepreneurship, develops a territorial-production model of the infrastructure support system for innovative business, and proposes approaches to the formation of infrastructure support systems for innovative business in resource-based regions, as well as production and technological infrastructure in resource-based regions at the macro, meso and micro levels. The author also proves the need for developing technology parks, business incubators, technology transfer centers, territories of advanced development, special economic zones. The expediency of development of infrastructure in the form of internal ventures and spinouts are proved. Special attention is paid to the formation of territories of advanced development in single-industry towns.
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Gazit, Nir. "Social Agency, Spatial Practices, and Power: The Micro-foundations of Fragmented Sovereignty in the Occupied Territories." International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 22, no. 1 (March 2009): 83–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10767-009-9044-1.
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Dagnes, Joselle, Davide Donatiello, Valentina Moiso, Davide Pellegrino, Rocco Sciarrone, and Luca Storti. "Mafia infiltration, public administration and local institutions: A comparative study in Northern Italy." European Journal of Criminology 17, no. 5 (October 8, 2018): 540–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370818803050.
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Nuanced explanations of the factors underpinning the mafia’s movements across territories have recently been proposed. However, more light must be shed on the mechanisms through which mafiosi try to infiltrate the legal economy in non-traditional territories. Accordingly, this study aims to micro-found interactions and exchanges that mainly involve mafiosi, politicians and economic actors in expansion areas. Focusing on the local level, we will show how the misuse of several administrative tools generates a profitable opportunity structure for mafiosi. To this end, we present an in-depth comparative case study of three events involving the construction industry that took place in Northern Italy. The main findings show that: (i) mafiosi are skilled at smoothing social relations, enlarging and consolidating opaque networks predating their arrival; (ii) they give rise to different types of mutual exchanges and network structures.
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Ilahi Mohd Sabri, Ihsan, Nik Abdul Rahim Nik Abdul Ghani, and Azlin Alisa Ahmad. "THE NEED TO INTEGRATE ZAKAT AND WAKAF IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO TAKAFUL MODEL." International Journal of Advanced Research 9, no. 5 (May 31, 2021): 220–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/12828.
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Micro Takaful is an affordable alternative protection policy for those who cannot afford a high-end level protection policy. However, many in the low-income group do not own a personal or family protection policy because they cannot afford the monthly premium rates. Zakat and wakaf could become an alternative source of funds for developing micro takaful. This qualitative study intends to explain the need to integrate zakat funds and wakaf in order to develop micro takaful. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews involving three institutions, namely Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad, Muftis Office in the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council and the Muftis Office in the Selangor Islamic Religious Council. Findings show that there are two major pressing needs for integrating zakat and wakaf, which are to provide a huge risk savings fund and to support an insufficient zakat fund and wakaf.
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Gössl, M., N. M. Malyar, M. Rosol, P. E. Beighley, and E. L. Ritman. "Impact of coronary vasa vasorum functional structure on coronary vessel wall perfusion distribution." American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 285, no. 5 (November 2003): H2019—H2026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00399.2003.
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Noncoronary vasa vasorum have been described as networks of microvessels in the wall of arteries and veins. However, we have shown, using microcomputerized tomography (micro-CT) imaging methods, that porcine coronary vasa vasorum have a tree-like branching structure similar to the vasculature in general. In this study, we elucidate functional aspects of coronary vasa vasorum perfusion territories. Three pig hearts were injected with radiopaque Microfil via the coronary sinus to fill the left anterior descending coronary arteries (LADs) retrogradely at atmospheric pressure. In three other hearts, LADs were injected antegradely at 100-mmHg pressure via the left main carotid artery. Additionally, six LADs were injected in vivo with a suspension of 100- or 300-μm-diameter microspheres before harvesting of the hearts and injection of the LADs with Microfil. All harvested LADs were scanned intact with micro-CT (20 μm cubic voxels). The spatial density of vasa vasorum (no. of vasa/mm2) was measured in 20-μm-thick cross sections (at 0.4-mm intervals). Retrogradely injected LADs showed high and uniformly distributed vasa vasorum densities in the adventitia (means ± SE; 5.38 ± 0.09 vs. 3.58 ± 0.1 vasa/mm2 in antegradely prepared LADs; P < 0.001). Antegradely prepared LADs showed patchy distributed, low-vasa-vasorum-density territories especially on the myocardial side of the coronary artery wall (epicardial density: 4.29 ± 0.13 vasa/mm2 vs. myocardial density: 2.80 ± 0.1 vasa/mm2, P < 0.001). Microembolization reduced vasa vasorum densities significantly (100-μm-diameter microspheres: 3.26 ± 0.07 vasa/mm2, P < 0.05; 300-μm-diameter microspheres: 2.66 ± 0.07 vasa/mm2, P < 0.001 vs. antegrade controls) and increased the size of low-vasa-vasorum-density territories. We conclude that coronary vasa vasorum are functional endarteries not connected via a plexus. This characteristic may have a significant impact on the spatial distribution of perfusion and drainage of the coronary vessel wall.
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Kannan, G. "Handheld Secured Electronic Doorstep Banking System that allows Cash Withdrawal and Deposit Facility for Remote and Rural Areas." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 8, no. 3 (December 1, 2017): 705. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v8.i3.pp705-708.
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The bank's similar massive customer base isn't inside the urban level notwithstanding, inside the repeatedly pretermitted rustic territories. Light errands like getting without end to the ATM and withdrawing trade cause people out towns lose their working hours and, thus, miss a major live of their monetary profit moreover. In this paper a secured handheld doorstep managing an account industry alluded to as Micro-bank machine is proposed to concede administration to the buyers in provincial ranges and remote places, for example, towns. The arranging may likewise be worked inside and on the most distant side of the consistent managing an account hours. The primary point of the handheld machine is to control managing an account administration like cash withdrawals and cash store while not the individual always pointing to a bank even in remote territories wherever even a GSM cell affiliation isn't conceivable.
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Mir Haschemi, Aron V. "When Disaster Strikes Small Islands. The Right of Overseas Territories and Micro-States to Claim International Attention." Verfassung in Recht und Übersee 37, no. 4 (2004): 457–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2004-4-457.
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Козлова, Т. В., Е. А. Черкез, and К. К. Пронин. "MICRO-BLOCK STRUCTURE OF THE GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AS A FACTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL RISKS FOR URBAN TERRITORIES." Odesa National University Herald. Geography and Geology 24, no. 1(34) (September 7, 2019): 145–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.18524/2303-9914.2019.1(34).169718.
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Snurnitsyna, M. A. "Human capital of the region as a factor of growth of its efficiency (on the example of Yaroslavl region)." MIR (Modernization. Innovation. Research) 9, no. 4 (January 13, 2019): 632–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.18184/2079-4665.2018.9.4.632-642.
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Purpose: the main purpose of this article is to study human capital as a factor of its efficiency growth. To achieve this goal in the article it is necessary to solve the following tasks: to study the theory of human capital; to study the world and domestic practice of the effectiveness of the territories (subjects of the Russian Federation); analyze human capital and efficiency of the Yaroslavl region.Methods: this article is based on the analysis of statistical data on human capital in the regions of the Russian Federation, the analysis of statistical data on human capital in the countries of the world and the method of benchmarking (comparison of data on the effectiveness of the countries of the world and the human capital of the regions).Results: the most important direction of development of the regional economy is the development of human capital, knowledge management and digital economy. The success of solving these problems is possible when synchronizing at the micro, meso- and macro-levels. Macro- and meso-level strategy sets the vector of micro-level development, in turn, the micro-level is an indicator of the strategy implementation.Conclusions and Relevance: the materials presented in the article show the special role of human capital in the competitiveness of the territory. The research carried out in this article is the development of scientific ideas about modern methods of assessing the effectiveness of territories (subjects of the Russian Federation) in terms of human capital. The practical application of the results of the article will allow to assess the human capital of the regions, to compare the human capital of effective regions and outsiders, to identify weak and strong areas of the territory through which it is possible to influence the efficiency of the region.
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Gazit, Nir. "Military (Non-)Policing in the Occupied Territories." Israel Studies Review 35, no. 2 (September 1, 2020): 77–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/isr.2020.350206.
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Since 1967, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been engaged in various military missions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including occasional high-intensity fighting and counter-insurgency, as well as civilian duties, such as administration and policing. While existing literature emphasizes the organizational and professional burden this combination of duties places on the military, the actual forces that shape soldiers’ policing practices in the field remain largely unexamined. The present article offers a micro-sociological examination of the patterns of military policing implemented by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. It explores the social and political forces that shape soldiers’ ‘logics of action’ and demonstrates the reciprocal relations between the IDF’s disparate modes of policing of Jewish settlers and Palestinians. Three clusters of factors shape these interrelations: the relationships between soldiers and settlers, the blurring between ‘security’ and ‘civilian’ missions, and situational variables. The research for this article was conducted between 2004 and 2018.
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Bazueva, Elena Valerievna, Oksana Vyacheslavovna Butorina, and Elena Andreevna Tretyakova. "Methodical tool for analyzing social cycle in terms of municipal education of Perm territory." Vestnik of Astrakhan State Technical University. Series: Economics 2020, no. 1 (March 31, 2020): 48–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24143/2073-5537-2020-1-48-60.
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The article considers the social indicators which are increasingly becoming the subject of modern research as a condition and result of the development of modern socio-economic systems. Many researches emphasize the importance of analyzing the municipal level of the economy from the standpoint of maximum proximity to the population. The identification of cause-and-effect relationships of production and social processes at the level of municipalities has been stressed. They act as mediators between the macro dimensions of the social order and the micro reality of everyday life, allowing to measure the effectiveness of current socio-economic policies. According to the regulations of the recurrent approach, the system of indicators of the social cycle is verified at the level of municipal economic systems with a stepwise characteristic of their dynamics. The indicators are systematized into three groups: 1) borderline economic and social indicators; 2) indicators characterizing social processes; 3) resulting indicators that form the potential for further economic development of the municipal economic systems. The analysis of seven indicators of the dynamics of social processes in 22 industrialized municipalities in the period from 2005 to 2018 allowed to distinguish three groups of territories: territories-leaders; territories with average values; territories-outsiders. Each group of regions has basic trends that determine the dominant vector of development, cause-and-effect relationships between the groups characterizing the dynamics of the social cycle. It is stated that the identified dependencies can become the basis for the development of a management model of counter-cyclical social development of municipal socio-economic systems for the formation of conditions for further shifts in the information, innovation, technology and production cycles as components of the modern macroeconomic cycle.
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Riekstina, Iluta, Rosita Zvirgzdina, and Iveta Linina. "The readiness of Latvian micro and small enterprises (MSe) for globalization." SHS Web of Conferences 74 (2020): 05021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20207405021.
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Based on the criteria set out in Annex 1 of the European Commission (EC) Regulation No.800 / 2008 and official data, about 99% would be in the category of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In Latvia, the breakdown of economically active SMEs by the Ministry of Economics is: micro enterprises 90%, small enterprises 9%, medium enterprises 1%. The European Commission believes that it is SMEs and entrepreneurship that are key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation and social inclusion in the European Union. However, globalization is one of the ways micro and small businesses can go beyond national territories to expand their business to succeed. The aim of the study is to analyze the types of activity in which micro and small enterprises in Latvia operate for 5 years and to analyze the level of potential readiness of globalization. Quantitative research is based on official business data from several sources Enterprise Register, Ministry of Economics, Re-Identifier of the Register of Enterprises Ltd. “Lursoft”, Central Statistical Bureau. The study will review data on the last 5 years by analyzing data for 2013-2017. The following research methods have been used for the research: quantitative data research approach, analytical study comparing data for five years and graphical method visualization and analysis of visual information.
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Zinkutė, R., A. Radzevičius, and R. Taraškevičius. "ECOLOGICAL-GEOCHEMICAL STATE OF TOPSOIL AND WATER SEDIMENTS IN ŠIAULIAI." Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference 1 (June 26, 2006): 310. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/etr2003vol1.2026.
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Ecological-geochemical state of topsoil and water sediments in Šiauliai was evaluated taking into account total contents of 14 hazardous elements (Pb, Zn, Cu, Sn, Ag, Ni, Mo, Cr, Co, Mn, V, B, Sr, Ba) in a complex way – both according to their total contamination index and their standards (existing State standards and phytotoxic concentrations in soil used in European countries). The fraction < 1 mm of samples was analysed by atomic emission spectrophotometry. Topsoil composite samples (110 in all) were taken approximately from each square kilometre and classified into 4 groups according to functional micro-zones. The number of samples from water sediments (Talša and Ginkūnai lakes, Kulpė and Violė rivers) was 13. Even 54.5% topsoil samples were characterised by unsatisfactory final ecological-geochemical state (30% of them had bad state). Topsoil of industrial functional micro-zones had the worst state. It was followed by topsoil of residential, then by topsoil from social-residential micro-zones. Topsoil from the territories of recreation or protected areas had the best quality. Ecological-geochemical state of water sediments in Ginkūnai and Talša lakes and in Kulpė or Violė rivers was very bad or bad.
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Botor, Ramjay J., Hannah Cavallin, Trevor J. Flynn, Lisa L. Van Loon, Alan Sexton, and Neil R. Banerjee. "New Insights into Gold Mineralization at the Yellowknife City Gold Project, Northwest Territories from Synchrotron micro-XRF and PXRD." Microscopy and Microanalysis 25, S2 (August 2019): 834–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927619004902.
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Zuluaga, Maria Cruz, Ainhoa Alonso‐Olazabal, Maitane Olivares, Luis Ortega, Xabier Murelaga, Juan Jose Bienes, Alfredo Sarmiento, and Nestor Etxebarria. "Classification of glazed potteries from Christian and Muslim territories (Late Medieval Ages, IX–XIII centuries) by micro‐Raman spectroscopy." Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 43, no. 11 (July 16, 2012): 1811–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.4056.
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Musanov, A. G., and M. A. Matsuk. "Names of micro-objects of the Middle Vychegda in the official documents of the XVII century." Bulletin of Ugric studies 11, no. 1 (2021): 82–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.30624/2220-4156-2021-11-1-82-89.
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Introduction: the article considers the names of micro-objects of the Middle Vychegda River basin, recorded in court documents of the XVII century. Official papers serve as material data bearers. They contain data on the life activity of a concrete society, people in a particular historical stage. The micro-names recorded in the texts are part of the lexical system of the Komi language of that period. They are formed according to the basic laws of the language and operate in accordance with historical rules and traditions. Their study is relevant, first of all, in differentiation of the dialect boundaries and, therefore, ethnic groups in the past. Objective: differentiation of micro-names, their linguistic, semantic and phonetic verification. Research materials: the empirical bases of the study are three court cases of the middle of the XVII century relating to the Middle-Eastern Vychegda Komi people. Results and novelty of the research: for the first time, the original lexemes extracted from written sources, reflecting the regional toponymy of the XVII century, are differentiated; a multi-aspect characterization of the lexical materials selected for analysis is carried out; new lexical data, that were previously not recorded in the local toponymical literature due to the functional specificity of micro-toponymical names, are introduced into scientific circulation; author’s etymological verifications are proposed, taking into account linguistic phenomena and regularities of different levels. The uniqueness of the collected material is a consequence of the border location: in the north, the region is adjacent to the territories of distribution of the Udora and Vym dialects of the Komi language; in the west – to the Northern Russian dialects of the Lensky District of the Arkhangelsk Oblast; in the southeast – to the Syktyvkar dialect of the Komi language. The results of the analysis show that the main feature of the adaptations should be considered the influence of the phonetics of the Northern Russian dialects. The letters that are not typical for the Russian language are transmitted by Russian sounds and combinations of sounds that are close to them in terms of articulation. But at the same time, the Komi phonetic system is characterized by a number of features that are reflected in Russian orthoepy and orthography. The research data can be used as a source of comparative data in the onomastic study of adjacent territories, as a base for creation of explanatory, etymological, and spelling dictionaries.
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Popova, Olga, Svetlana Korolkova, and Ekaterina Stepanova. "Branding Strategies for Small Cities in the Internet Space." Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serija 2. Jazykoznanije, no. 2 (May 2020): 123–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu2.2020.2.11.
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The paper examines the use of communicative strategies and tools for promoting local territories on the Internet on the material of tourist sites, social networks and blogs. Internet strategy depends on the promoted territory, pragmatic goals and determines the selection of tools and language means. The authors applied an integrative communicative approach. It was established that a European small town brand is developed by employing macro strategy including historical, cultural, environmental, and gastronomic references represented in several foreign languages. The small Russian town branding is implemented through micro-strategies with a heterogeneous brand structure, sometimes, related to some important events, not supported by significant historical facts in Russian. Lingua-pragmatic analysis of data has shown that specialized travel sites of European and Russian small towns use mostly informative tactics for promoting their territories while communicative tactics of social networks and blogs are of a greater emotion and evaluative value. The experience of European small towns, and communicative strategies of brand promotion in particular, might be relevant for Russian locality identification and differentiation, small town brand development, formation of cultural apprehension and loyalty among the citizens as well as domestic and foreign tourists.
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Dolgushin, A. V. "Methodology for Identifying Territories Within the Boundaries of Which it is Advisable to Place New Objects of Preschool and General Education." Zhilishchnoe Stroitel'stvo, no. 12 (2020): 29–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.31659/0044-4472-2020-12-29-35.
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The main factors determining the need to place educational facilities on the territory of municipalities and districts of Moscow are highlighted. The method of selecting territories within the boundaries of which the location of objects of preschool and general education is the most relevant is proposed. It was used to develop sound proposals for ensuring the balancing development of educational and housing stock facilities. In order to select priority territories within the boundaries of which it is advisable to place new objects of preschool and general education, specialists of the NPTS «City Development» determined the current and projected capacity deficit in objects of preschool and general education. The calculation was carried out in the context of individual buildings that provide services in the field of preschool and general education, residential blocks and micro-districts, as well as municipal formations. It was established that it is advisable to locate new pre-school education facilities within the boundaries of blocks where the projected capacity deficit exceeds 120 places, and to place new general education facilities within the boundaries of blocks where the projected capacity deficit exceeds 550 places.
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Verdouw, Julia, and Kathleen Flanagan. "‘I call it the dark side’: Stigma, social capital and social networks in a disadvantaged neighbourhood." Urban Studies 56, no. 16 (February 25, 2019): 3375–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098018817226.
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It is well established that the stigmatisation of residents of socio-economically disadvantaged places by outsiders can have harmful consequences for those residents’ wellbeing and opportunities. However, relatively little research examines the effects of intra-neighbourhood stigmatisation on residents. We draw on Loïc Wacquant’s ‘advanced marginality’ thesis to explore this dynamic. We extend Wacquant’s concept of ‘territorial stigmatisation’ empirically with a social and spatial analysis of relational ties and stigma in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Tasmania, Australia. This shifts the analytical focus from insider–outsider boundary-making to the ‘micro-territories’ of stigma production, which we argue are relationally as well as geographically constituted.
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Šašek, Miloslav. "Population Development and its Typology in the Czech Republic at the Level of Micro-regions." GeoScape 10, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 53–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2016-0005.
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Abstract The contribution mainly focuses on monitoring of the population development in the Czech Republic, particularly at the micro-regional level. It monitors development of the natural population change, migration, and overall population development in two monitored periods, and conducts SO ORP typology based on this development with respect to the natural population change, migration, and overall increase. Today, the migration in the developed regions is the determinative element of the population development. To put it simply, the determinative division of the migration population development is into two units (east and west zone, Moravia and Bohemia), where Moravia has negative migration and Bohemia sees positive migration; however, there are significant differences in the middle of the units where Brno metropolitan area has highly positive migration, especially from the rest of Moravia and Silesia, and on the contrary, Karlovy Vary region sees significantly negative migration; over the last years, the negative migration has been relatively higher compared to Moravia-Silesia Region. The micro-regions at SO ORP level assist us in distinguishing of continuous territories with either positive or negative population development.
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Nan, Emanuela. "Tourism in Ligurian Coastal System: Multy-Micro-Reality and Valences." Applied Mechanics and Materials 744-746 (March 2015): 2232–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.744-746.2232.
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Design and management of the different scenarios that define the Mediterranean coasts are not decisive today only the needs and desires of the inhabitants stable, but also, and increasingly, the identification and understanding of the perspectives and exchange of logic that are imposed by new needs and sensitivities of those flows and uses only temporarily and partially these spatiality.The various forms that tourism has acquired in recent years, in this context logic of flux, become redemption opportunities and new enhancement for micro-local worlds in the structuring of circuits and tourist fruition both spatially and temporally alternative to large seasonal migrations of mass tourism.The particular context of Ligurian coastal defined by a varied and complex network of micro-urban realities in a space severely limited, constrained between sea and mountains, makes this crock of settlements to serve as a system variable devices and multi-faceted , nodes of a complex system based on variously interconnected circuits, compared to which spatial and territories become a platform for the independent choice of the user may at any time not only to choose and change, but also to trace and define, in its own use, according to their own personal and intimate aspirations and interests and desires, through its act and feel, new geographies.
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Korolev, A. Yu. "POLES AND AREAS OF INACCESSIBILITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONCEPT OF THE WORLD “POLARIZED LANDSCAPE”." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Biology. Earth Sciences 30, no. 2 (July 30, 2020): 141–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9518-2020-30-2-141-152.
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Boris Rodoman’s concept of a polarized landscape is to create a universal model for the harmonious distribution on the planet of opposing environmental types: wildlife and large cities, between which transitional functional zones are located. In the case of landscape polarization, there will be a sustainable development of society. Further developing this concept, we can classify these territories that are opposite in function and study the dependence of their distribution on the population density of a particular state or region. Among the uninhabited territories, poles of inaccessibility stand out - the most remote points from the infrastructure. Around them the areas of inaccessibility are formed; they are limited by infrastructure facilities. They can be of different scales: micro level, meso level, macro level and mega level. Territorial systems modified by humans are called anthropogenic landscapes. In terms of extent, their levels correspond to the areas of inaccessibility: micro level, meso level, and macro level. To study the sizes of inaccessibility areas and sections of anthropogenic landscape, the methods of studying satellite images and GIS technology were used in the work. The territory of the Perm region has been analyzed as an example. As a result, it turned out that the area of anthropogenic landscape is 42% of the region’s territory, and 58% is inaccessible areas. Also, studying space images of other regions and countries of Eurasia, the dependence of the anthropogenic landscape area (% of the total area of region) on the population density in all the studied regions of Eurasia was revealed: 0-2 people/km² - 0 to 20 %, 2-10 people/km² - 20-40 %, 10-50 people/km² - 40-60 %, 50-100 people/km² - 60-80 %, more than 100 people/km² - 80-100 %.
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Espinoza Rodríguez, Rafael. "Gobernanza de la prospectiva del proceso de planificación y gestión del desarrollo económico social en micro regiones." Oikos 19, no. 39 (March 26, 2016): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.29344/07184670.39.989.
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RESUMENEl reconocimiento amplio que ha tenido el proceso de gobernanza para viabilizar las interacciones económicas y sociopolíticas entre actores del gobierno y de la sociedad civil en territorios locales (micro regiones), permite establecer a través del presente artículo, resultado de una indagación documental, la configuración de conexiones teóricas que sustentan la posibilidad de implementar el proceso de planificación y gestión del desarrollo económico-social direccionado desde el paradigma del desarrollo endógeno.Palabras clave: gobernanza, desarrollo endógeno local sostenible, prospectiva.Prospective governance process of planning and management of economic and social development in micro regions ABSTRACTThe wide recognition that has had the governance process to make viable the economic and sociopolitical interactions between the actors of the government and the actors of the civil society in local territories (micro-regions), allows that in the present paper, resulted from a documentary research, to be established the theoretical connections that are configured to assess the possibilities that exist to implement the planning and management of the process of economic and social development addressed by the paradigm of endogenous development.Keywords: governance, local sustainable endogenous development, foresight.Governança da prospectiva do processo de planejamento e gerenciamento do desenvolvimento econômico-social em micro regiões RESUMO O reconhecimento generalizado que teve o processo de governança para viabilizar as interações econômicas e sócio-políticas entre atores do governo e da sociedade civil em territórios locais (micro regiões) permite estabelecer através do presente artigo, resultado de uma pesquisa documental, a configuração de conexões teóricas que sustentam a possibilidade de efetuar o processo de planejamento e gestão do desenvolvimento económico - social orientado desde o paradigma de desenvolvimento endógeno.Palavras-chave: governança, desenvolvimento endógeno local sustentável, prospetiva.
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Schwarzbach, Christopher Jan, Marc Fatar, Philipp Eisele, Anne D. Ebert, Michael G. Hennerici, and Kristina Szabo. "DWI Lesion Patterns in Cancer-Related Stroke - Specifying the Phenotype." Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra 5, no. 3 (October 30, 2015): 139–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000439549.
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Background: Due to the lack of specific diagnostic markers, the diagnosis of cancer-related stroke strongly depends on its phenotype. Distinct DWI lesion patterns with involvement of multiple vascular territories have been reported repeatedly in cancer-related stroke but have not been addressed in detail in a selected cohort of prospectively recruited cancer patients with emphasis on hypercoagulable conditions. Patients and Methods: Ischemic stroke patients with known malignant cancer activity, laboratory evidence of strong plasmatic hypercoagulation (D-dimer levels >3 µg/ml) and without competing stroke etiologies according to the recently introduced ASCOD (A - atherosclerosis, S - small vessel disease, C - cardiac pathology, O - other cause, and D - dissection) classification of evidence-rated etiology of stroke subtypes were included in the analysis. Cerebral MRI on admission was reviewed with respect to ischemic lesion patterns. Results: Thirty-two patients met the inclusion criteria. The mean D-dimer levels were 15.39 µg/ml (±10.84). Acute infarction in ≥2 vascular territories was present in 27/32 (84%) patients. (Micro-) embolic scattering of infarction was present in 25/32 (78%) patients. Evidence for previous, potentially oligosymptomatic infarction was found in 16 (50%) patients, demonstrated by the additional presence of subacute or chronic ischemic lesions. Conclusion: When excluding competing embolic and nonembolic stroke etiologies, the pattern of scattered DWI lesions in multiple vascular supply territories strongly dominates the phenotype of cancer-related stroke. Additionally, evidence of recurrent infarction is frequent in this cohort of patients. This is not only important for the diagnosis of cancer-related stroke itself but may prove helpful for the identification of cancer-related stroke patients with unknown malignancy at the time of stroke manifestation and evaluation of strategies for secondary prevention.
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Goessi, Mario, Nasser M. Malyar, Patricia E. Lund, and Erik L. Ritman. "Coronary endothelial foot print of vasa vasorum perfusion territories: Micro-computed tomography analysis of porcine coronary arteries with and without microembolization." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 41, no. 6 (March 2003): 260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(03)82222-2.
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Blus, Pavel I., and Oleg B. Ganin. "Spatial aspects and prerequisites for agglomeration process in old industrial territories of the Western Urals." Ars Administrandi (Искусство управления) 12, no. 4 (2020): 656–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-9173-2020-4-656-677.
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Introduction: the article examines the materials of Gornozavodsk local economic micro-district to identify the processes that shape the classical poly-centered conurbation on this territory. Objectives: analysis of Gornozavodsk conurbation specific features, historical development of this old industrial territory in the Western Urals, as well as the overall social, economic, and infrastructural challenges of future opportunities for the mining and metallurgical area of Prikamye. Methods: comparative and comprehensive analysis of the prerequisites and agglomeration evolution in the old industrial territory of the mining and metallurgical Prikamye, statistic data analysis, analysis of the regulatory documents on the territory spatial development, identification of the strategic potential for Gornozavodsk conurbation. Results: spatial aspect and prerequisites to shape and develop the agglomeration processes in the neighboring municipalities in the mining and metallurgical Prikamye have been identified; strategic priorities for dealing with the traditional challenges in the social and economic development in the old industrial territories have been formulated in terms of their neighboring and associated performance. Conclusions: the current conditions of the uneven spatial development and polarization of the social and economic processes update the need to identify priority “growth points”, to enhance agglomeration aspects of the territorial interaction, to consolidate the efforts by the federal, regional, and municipal authorities and systemic companies in strategic development of the industrial territories in the Western Urals.
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Boal-San Miguel, Iván, and Luis César Herrero-Prieto. "A Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Cultural and Creative Industries with Micro-Geographic Disaggregation." Sustainability 12, no. 16 (August 7, 2020): 6376. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12166376.
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Recent years have witnessed growing interest in studying the spatial distribution of cultural and creative industries (CCI), both for their contribution to economic development and for their impact on spatial planning and remodeling of urban structure. However, spatial interdependence and diffusion of agglomeration economies have not been explained enough so far, due to the use of aggregate spatial units. This paper examines CCI sector location patterns in Spain from a spatial–temporal perspective, using micro-geographic data and considering a new and hitherto unused territorial unit, districts, an intermediate demarcation between municipalities and provinces or regions. We used a geographic information system (GIS) analysis and spatial econometric techniques to study territorial distribution and spatial dependences. Results show that CCI are mainly concentrated in metropolitan areas, with spillover effects in adjacent districts, reflecting a non-contemporary spatial dependence process, whilst large territories are devoid of these effects. This reveals a new source of regional disparities, as CCI seems to follow technology gap models, triggering greater and more intense spatial imbalances wherever it appears. Policy implications regarding accountability resources and institutional coordination must be deduced.
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Zelikov, Vladimir, Petr Tikhomirov, Vladimir Nikitin, Aleksey Skrypnikov, Vadim Samcov, and Maksim Burdakov. "EVALUATION OF HUMAN NATURAL CONDITIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A TRUCK HAUL ROAD." Forestry Engineering Journal 10, no. 1 (April 6, 2020): 193–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.34220/issn.2222-7962/2020.1/24.
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At the present stage of development of our country with the widespread use of innovative methods, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment in order to solve complex problems. The presented article contains evidence of the need for a comprehensive assessment of the natural and man-made conditions for the construction of logging road. The developed methodology for integrated assessment can significantly simplify the process of choosing a rational location of the route and eliminate the intuitive approach to solving this problem. When conducting a comprehensive assessment, the route of the designed logging road is plotted on the cartographic diagrams, and the environmental conditions and human economic activities in the survey area are assessed. The proposed technique allows you to easily and consistently analyze the features of natural and technogenic conditions in the area of logging road construction. An analysis of the main components of the landscapes enables to draw conclusions about the conditions of humidification, the height of the snow cover, the number of days in a year with snowstorms, the relief of the area where the forest road was laid, physical and geological phenomena, characteristics of soil conditions, characteristics of population density, the location of unique natural complexes and the total complexity of road construction conditions. The complexity indicator for the logging road construction reflects the degree of influence of natural conditions, human economic activity and the value of the territories. The methodology presented in the article helps to determine the rational location of the forest road route by assessing the impact of natural conditions and human economic activity on local territories - micro-landscapes, each of which is a natural complex with varying complexity of road construction conditions and land value. The proposed comprehensive assessment enables to compare microlandscapes by the complexity of road construction and find the areas most favorable for logging road construction. A forest road constructed within micro-landscapes with a minimum complexity will meet economic and environmental requirements. The minimum value of the final indicator characterizes the micro landscape with the most favorable conditions for logging road construction. The maximum value of the final complexity indicator characterizes micro-landscapes with the most unfavorable conditions for the construction of a logging road. When choosing the option of laying the route of a forest road, a comparison is proposed to be made according to the weighted average indicator of the complexity of road construction, the average weighted indicator of the value of occupied land and the average weighted total indicator of the complexity of road construction. Indicators of the complexity of logging road construction make it possible to determine the cost of construction by the main types of costs for every road landscape.
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Castro Aniyar, Daniel. "‘Paintings for a Crime’: Composed Cognitive Maps for Measuring Crime and Situation." Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice 2, no. 2 (October 2019): 141–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2516606919841941.
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The Ecuadorian State implemented policies to improve the quality and reliability of statistical material. Among these materials, composed cognitive maps were innovated and applied. These materials consist of drawings made by witnesses and victims of perceived hostile and dangerous territories that were analyzed through ethnographic and Grounded Theory Method. This process allowed for a deeper understanding of hotspots, associated criminal situations and large victimization patterns throughout the national territory, than traditional ones. The composed cognitive maps and resulting spatial dynamics of crime helped to overcome the gap between the micro and macro level problem in criminology and gave important insights to design crime policies. We briefly describe the experience, compare the method to the traditional ones and give an example of its diagnostic potential compared to regular information managed to day by the police.
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Barta, Tamás. "The examination of roe deer feeding on agricultural and woody habitats in winter." Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, no. 31 (November 24, 2008): 23–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/31/3000.
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sorting because the micro organisms, which help the digestion of high fibre plants, are missing in his stomack, that is why they are mostly called „concentrate selectors” (Hoffmann, 1985, 1988, 1989).These animals should mostly eat easily digestable plants with high nutrition level (pulses, buds, sprouts and flowers), and they are able to do this sorting because of their mouth size. In winter there is a lack of these plants, so the high selectivity occurs only when the feed is in abbundance.Examining the amount and quality of vegetation available on the habitat of roe deer we can identify the species which can satisfy their feed demand. It is known, that roe deer as other large ruminants, from the plant abundance prefer certain plants and plant parts while there are others which are avoided. The identification of the eaten species and the rate of their occurrence in the feed is the first step to become acquainted with the interaction between animal and the surroundings.On the examined territories there was significant difference between the disembowelled body masses. The does which come from the hunt Nagyszénás weighed 4-5 kilos more than the does from the Csongrád territory. The main feed components were present in different rate in the samples of the territories, in the Nagyszénás samples grain, dicotyledonous herbacous plants were dominant, and were eaten more. The high level of grain in the feed result in better condition and larger body mass.
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Kairienė, Aida. "THE MANIFESTATION OF THE MICROPOLITICS IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2 (May 21, 2019): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2019vol2.3968.
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The purpose of the research paper is to disclose the manifestation of micropolitics in curriculum development. The objectives of the research are: 1) to analyze scientific literature by presenting the main concepts; 2) to discuss how they help to develop a curriculum. The novelty is that the research is based on the postructuralism theory, where micropolitics is not only a resistance, but also a novelty, in this case self-education. The research method is hermeneutic review of literature. It is important to understand the meaning and importance of individual texts, which, in turn, can be seen as parts of the whole body. The analysis of scientific literature revealed that the main concepts are the following: rhizome, assemblages, the strata, and micropolitics. Self-education should be implemented through rhizomatic learning, observation of self-education, creation of new learning territories and a favourable micro environment.
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Blais, Stephanie A. "Precise occlusion and trophic niche differentiation indicate specialized feeding in Early Devonian jawed vertebrates." FACETS 2, no. 1 (May 1, 2017): 513–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/facets-2016-0030.
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Acanthodians may represent a paraphyletic assemblage of stem chondrichthyans, stem osteichthyans, stem gnathostomes, or some combination of the three. One of the difficulties in determining the phylogenetic affinities of this group of mostly small, spiny fishes is that several subgroups of acanthodians are represented by relatively little information in the fossil record. It is becoming increasingly apparent that to understand the evolution of gnathostomes, we must understand more about acanthodians. This study uses micro-computed tomography to test hypotheses about acanthodian jaw function, and in doing so provides insight into the form, function, and ecological role of ischnacanthiform acanthodian jaws and teeth from an extraordinary Early Devonian fossil locality in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The results of this study suggest that ischnacanthiform acanthodians may have coexisted by trophic niche differentiation, employing specialized feeding strategies during the Silurian and Early Devonian.
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Topchiy, Dmitry, and Lapidus Azariy. "Organizational and technical factors of urban territories redevelopment." E3S Web of Conferences 258 (2021): 09013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202125809013.
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The dynamism of changes in the external environment of residential real estate objects with the simultaneous limitation of urban areas are the main prerequisite for creating new construction projects that have a high level of investment attractiveness. Such combined factors open up and increase the importance of using such a tool as redevelopment. Residential formations (complexes, districts, blocks, individual objects) are an obvious result of the artificial organization of the territory urban environment available for development. The quality of the organization of an artificial (residential) environment is determined primarily by the level of technical and moral condition of capital construction objects of residential purposes: houses, buildings, complexes, districts (micro-districts). The considered structural objects of the urban environment are exposed in the course of their functioning (operation) to certain natural and climatic, technical and technological, and social and cultural influences that lead to a certain loss of the original (established) quality of construction products. This loss of quality is expressed in the partial or complete loss of the ability of a construction object (complex of objects) to provide a comfortable and safe life for groups of the population or individuals living in the territory under consideration. Many industrial enterprises, especially old ones, are therefore unable to withstand competition and the economic component of their existence, and are not able to provide an appropriate environmental environment. In this regard, the most rational and mutually beneficial solution is considered to be the transfer of such enterprises outside the city borders, or to specially designated industrial areas, with the subsequent redevelopment of the liberated territory for the needs of the city itself, housing construction, or social and cultural or business facilities. City municipalities are also interested in this process in order to revitalize large areas that are often empty or under-used. The economic component of this process for the city, with proper redevelopment will be tax increases that will be transferred to the city from the well-functioning of the new building complex, providing the population of the city and its district the most popular services. It is particularly necessary to highlight industrial urban areas that have historical significance and contain objects of high architectural value on their territories, which give special expressiveness to the appearance of cities. In addition to social, economic, and environmental issues, the issue of redevelopment of all these territories also has a certain historical significance, including from the point of view of preserving not only the architectural features, but also the special microclimate of each particular urban district. The paper presents the results of a study of the problem of improving the efficiency of the organization of works on the redevelopment of urban territories in the conditions of existing development.
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Horodyski, Robert J., Kathleen B. Dudek, Gerald M. Ross, and J. Allan Donaldson. "Microfossils from the Early Proterozoic Hornby Bay Group, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 22, no. 5 (May 1, 1985): 758–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e85-080.
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Spheroidal and filamentous organic-walled microfossils have been detected in ca. 1.7 Ga old cherts of the Hornby Bay Group, Northwest Territories, Canada. The majority of the spheroidal forms range from 1 to 4 μm in diameter, are referable to the genus Sphaerophycus, and probably represent the preserved sheaths of chroococcacean cyanophytes. A single, robust-walled, 27 μm diameter, spheroidal microfossil of undetermined affinity is also present. The filamentous forms are tubular, unbranched, and range from 1 to 8 μm in diameter. They appear to represent the preserved sheaths of nostocalean cyanophytes or filamentous bacteria. The filaments illustrate the relationship between matrix mineralogy and the fidelity of preservation of organic-walled microfossils. Where they occur in silica the filaments are preserved as three-dimensional tubular micro-structures, which are readily recognized as microfossils. In contrast, where they extend from silica into adjacent dolomite they are highly compressed and not readily discernable as microfossils. This compression appears to have been caused by aggrading neomorphism and pressure dissolution of the carbonate minerals, and it illustrates the contribution of diagenesis, in addition to decomposition of organic material, in causing the paucity of microfossils in Precambrian carbonate rocks.
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Blackwell, Paul G., and Jesper Møller. "Bayesian analysis of deformed tessellation models." Advances in Applied Probability 35, no. 01 (March 2003): 4–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001867800012052.
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We define a class of tessellation models based on perturbing or deforming standard tessellations such as the Voronoi tessellation. We show how distributions over this class of ‘deformed’ tessellations can be used to define prior distributions for models based on tessellations, and how inference for such models can be carried out using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; stability properties of the algorithms are investigated. Our approach applies not only to fixed dimension problems, but also to variable dimension problems, in which the number of cells in the tessellation is unknown. We illustrate our methods with two real examples. The first relates to reconstructing animal territories, represented by the individual cells of a tessellation, from observation of an inhomogeneous Poisson point process. The second example involves the analysis of an image of a cross-section through a sample of metal, with the tessellation modelling the micro-crystalline structure of the metal.
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Hanauer, David I. "The discursive construction of the separation wall at Abu Dis." Journal of Language and Politics 10, no. 3 (October 31, 2011): 301–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.10.3.01han.
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The article analyses the discursive function of graffiti on the separation wall in the contested space of Abu Dis on the boundary between Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. This study explores the role of graffiti as micro-level, political discourse designed to influence national and international actions concerning the Palestinian-Israeli conflict over national borders, self determination and human rights. The data for this study consisted of photographic documentation of the Abu Dis graffiti. This data was analysed for its linguistic and informational characteristic, its political functions, and discursive construction. The results of the study reveal that the separation wall is constructed in five different ways that directly interact with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The graffiti on the wall at Abu Dis is a microcosm of the broader conflict and offers an insight into the different chains of political discourse in action in the discussion of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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Holland, Bradley E., and Viridiana Rios. "Informally Governing Information: How Criminal Rivalry Leads to Violence against the Press in Mexico." Journal of Conflict Resolution 61, no. 5 (September 2, 2015): 1095–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002715600756.
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A well-functioning press is crucial for sustaining a healthy democracy. While attacks on journalists occur regularly in many developing countries, previous work has largely ignored where and why journalists are attacked. Focusing on violence by criminal organizations (COs) in Mexico, we offer the first systematic, micro-level analysis of the conditions under which journalists are more likely to be violently targeted. Contrary to popular belief, our evidence reveals that the presence of large, profitable COs does not necessarily lead to fatal attacks against the press. Rather, the likelihood of journalists being killed only increases when rival criminal groups inhabit territories. Rivalry inhibits COs’ ability to control information leaks to the press, instead creating incentives for such leaks to be used as weapons to intensify official enforcement operations against rivals. Without the capacity to informally govern press content, rival criminals affected by such press coverage are more likely to target journalists.
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Blackwell, Paul G., and Jesper Møller. "Bayesian analysis of deformed tessellation models." Advances in Applied Probability 35, no. 1 (March 2003): 4–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1239/aap/1046366096.
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We define a class of tessellation models based on perturbing or deforming standard tessellations such as the Voronoi tessellation. We show how distributions over this class of ‘deformed’ tessellations can be used to define prior distributions for models based on tessellations, and how inference for such models can be carried out using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; stability properties of the algorithms are investigated. Our approach applies not only to fixed dimension problems, but also to variable dimension problems, in which the number of cells in the tessellation is unknown. We illustrate our methods with two real examples. The first relates to reconstructing animal territories, represented by the individual cells of a tessellation, from observation of an inhomogeneous Poisson point process. The second example involves the analysis of an image of a cross-section through a sample of metal, with the tessellation modelling the micro-crystalline structure of the metal.
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Ranman, S. M. Towhidur, and Md Ahsanul Kabir. "Role of Small and Medium Enterprise Clusters in Urban–Rural Linkage: A Study Based on Manufacturing SMEs of Khulna City, Bangladesh." Environment and Urbanization ASIA 12, no. 1 (March 2021): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0975425321990385.
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This study explores the role of small and medium enterprise (SME) clusters in urban–rural linkages, an increasingly acceptable strategy in policy planning for regional development. As this approach to development has mostly been studied from a macro perspective, there is paucity of research from a micro perspective, particularly in the context of Bangladesh. This study, thus, aims to explore the contribution of manufacturing SME industry clusters in linking urban and rural regions. The data used in the study has been collected from 119 SME entrepreneurs using a structured questionnaire. Factor analysis and logistic regression have been applied to explore the contribution of industrial clusters in urban–rural linkages, focusing on the city of Khulna as the study area. The findings show that such SME clusters can positively contribute towards linking the two territories through two main forces, namely, funds and mobility. The findings provide useful insights for policymakers and urban planners to take initiatives for identifying and developing such SME industry clusters instead of focusing on the development of large industries, both in urban and rural areas to enhance balanced regional development. In highlighting the contribution of SME industry cluster as a micro level actor in the process of urban-rural integration, the study aims to make a meaningful contribution to literature in the field of development planning.