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The Many Uses of Matā on Rapa Nui
Get PDFObsidian tools with a stem or tang attached to a blade and known as matā have been
recovered from a broad range of archaeological contexts on Rapa Nui. Their highly
variable morphology suggests that this class of artifact had multiple, but too few analyses
of their use-wear have been conducted to be confident about the relationships between form
and use. A sample of 22 matā from sealed archaeological deposits in a cave on the southern
coast of Rapa Nui and ranging in age from ca. A.D. 1300–1800 were analyzed using high
power magnification. The patterns of use-wear scarring, striations, polishes, and residues
demonstrate that the tools were all hafted and were used in a broad range of activities
including fish processing and the manufacture and/or decoration of wooden, bone, and
shell artifacts. The results demonstrate the importance of additional comprehensive usewear
and residue studies for understanding the multiple roles of matā within ancient Rapa
Nui society
Muak Sa-aak: Challenges of an Extensive Phoneme Inventory for a Contained Latin-Based Orthography
Get PDFMany Asian languages have extensive phoneme inventories and distinguish suprasegmental features like tone, voice quality, or vowel length. These features are well represented in extensive alphasyllabaries such as Burmese, Khmer or Thai. Apart from challenges of socio- or psycholinguistic nature regarding the need for diacritics, digraphs, or special characters when the language needs more symbols than are available in the contained Latin alphabet, considerable technical challenges may result when new orthographies for minority languages in Asia are based on the Latin alphabet. Several of these challenges were faced when developing a Latin-based orthography for Muak Sa-aak, a Palaungic tonal language of Shan State, Myanmar. This paper will give an overview of the design and features of Latin-based Muak Sa-aak orthography and illustrate computer-technical implications of the choices made
Depletion Study of Oxolinic Acid in Freshwater Softshell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) with Multiple-Dose Oral Administration
Get PDFAll drugs used in aquaculture must be approved by the government agency responsible for veterinary medicine; prudent use of antibiotics under veterinary supervision is critical in ensuring safety of aquaculture products. The international production of farmed turtle, considered a cultured aquatic species, has been growing continuously but control of bacteria proliferation in turtle farms requires frequent use of antimicrobials. In the present investigation, the residue depletion and withdrawal period of quinolone antibacterial oxolinic acid (OXO) was evaluated in Chinese softshell turtle Pelodiscus sinensis, after repeated (once daily for 5 days) oral doses of medicated feed containing OXO, at the dose of 30 and 60 mg/kg body weight (bw). Muscle and liver tissues were collected at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, and 48 days posttreatment, and OXO was quantified using a validated high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) method. According to the test preparation record, the limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) for OXO were estimated at 0.03 and 0.1 µg/g, respectively. Considering a maximum residue level (MRL) of 0.1 µg/g for OXO in muscle in European Union (EU) legislative framework, the longest withdrawal period of 72 days was calculated on the basis of a safety span (corresponding to 50% of the time point when at which residues fall below the MRL) added to the depletion time (48 days). These results may be helpful not only for the establishment of public policies regarding the use of OXO for turtle farming but also to producers for proper handling to ensure safe consumption
Compilation of Questions and Answers related to Service in the Armed Forces by Japanese Americans in War Relocation Centers
No full textCompilation of 23 questions with associated answers related to service in the Armed Forces by Japanese American citizens currently incarcerated in war relocation centers. Topics range from pay to officers for the unit to leave and so on
Security Order No. 6, Censorship and Communications
Get PDFSecurity Order No. 6, Censorship and Communications, applicable to communication entering or leaving the Territory of Hawaii Military Area, including photography and radio
Hawaiian Organizations, 1972 - 1985: Canoe Clubs
Get PDFThis folder holds a list of contact information, along with information on location and leaders of various Hawaiian organizations such as canoe clubs, civic organizations, homestead organizations,and religious or other kinds of Hawaiian organizations
The Compatibility between Expressive Elements: Kinship Terms, Pronouns, and Racial Slurs in Vietnamese
Get PDFThe present study investigates the Compatibility Condition (CC) for multiple expressive elements in Vietnamese. We identify Vietnamese kinship terms, pronouns, and racial slurs as expressives, i.e. conventional implicature (Potts 2005), where different expressive items interact. We find that there are co-occurrences of expressives with different attitudes (e.g. weak/strong negative) and with expressive elements that have honorific and antihonorific properties. Under controlled occurrences, we examine what CC is and how it is measured. We propose the CC model and the CC index for occurrences of Vietnamese emotive-expressives and honorific-expressives. Furthermore, the CC may be intentionally flouted as a repair strategy. Finally, we show that emotion and honorific dimensions operate interdependently or autonomously and provide support for autonomy. The implication found is that interaction exists among various Vietnamese expressives, necessitating the compatibility constraint, while supporting multidimensionality (Potts 2005 et seq.), with at least two expressive dimensions
Let’s Chat: Engaging Your Community Through Community Dialogues
No full textPresentation slides“Public libraries are vital centers offering resources, activities, and other learning opportunities. To best serve their communities, libraries must look outward, beyond their doors, to discover more about their community needs, how community members feel about important topics, and to make connections with local organizations and partners that can help address these issues to achieve a common goal. Community Dialogues are one way in which libraries can more fully engage and learn from the communities they serve.”—A Community Dialogue Guide for NASA@My Library This session will provide an introduction to Community Dialogues, and outline the details of conducting a Community Dialogue, including goal-setting, the planning process (e.g. identifying participants, timeline), discussion topics, staffing, location, program sequence, facilitator tips, and what to do after the Community Dialogue. This session also will recap the valuable information gathered at the Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library Community Dialogue and how the library used those results to increase outreach efforts in its community. Community Dialogue resources, which will be shared at this session, can be modified and used by all public and school libraries. Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library is the only library in the state of Hawaii selected to participate in the NASA@My Library initiative and was recognized as the HSPLS 2019 Team of the Year for work on the NASA@My Library initiative. Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library conducted a Community Dialogue in May 2018 as part of the NASA@My Library program
Librarians as Huluhulu: Roots of Knowledge
No full textPresentation slidesThe theme of this conference is based on the imagery of kalo. This is a very strong analogy for the work that librarians do and the challenges that will be faced going forward. Just as kalo draws nutrients from the soil and spread it to the leaves for new growth, so too do librarians collect, organize and disseminate information from a wide variety of sources to meet the information needs of their community, ultimately cultivating and adding to the overall body of knowledge. In this presentation I will use the structure of the kalo plant to describe the role that libraries play in their communities
Two-part Negation in Yang Zhuang
Get PDFThe negation system of Yang Zhuang includes two standard negators and an aspectual negator, all of which occur before the verb; the negator meiz nearly always co-occurs with a clause-final particle nauq, which can also stand as a single-word negative response to a question. Although it is tempting to analyze nauq with a meaning beyond simply negation, this is difficult to do synchronically. Comparison with neighboring Tai languages suggests that this construction represents one stage in Jespersen's Cycle, whereby a negator is augmented with a second element, after which the second element becomes associated with negation; this element subsequently replaces the historical negator. A Jespersen's Cycle analysis also explains the occurrence of nauq as a preverbal negator in some neighboring Zhuang languages