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author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 – Supplemental material for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct
No full textSupplemental material, author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct by George Wood, Daria Roithmayr and Andrew V. Papachristos in Socius</p
Desertification monitoring as a tool to improve environmental security
No full textThe concretisation of sustainable development and the improvement in living conditions of populations affected by desertification require adequate tools to assess and monitor land degradation. According to UNCCD, countries involved in the fight against desertification have to establish specific information systems (Desertification Monitoring System, Early Warning System) based on a quantitative approach. The UNCCD states that there is a need for elaborating indicators to help the setting up of such systems. The development of desertification benchmarks and indicators poses relevant challenges, both at institutional and technical level. Some main projects carried out at the European and international level are described as contribution in solving challenges linked to desertification monitoring and thus in improving environmental security linked to desertificatio
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Validation, Verification, and Testing (VVT) of future RISC-V powered cloud infrastructures: the Vitamin-V Horizon Europe Project perspective
No full textVitamin-V is a project funded under the Horizon Europe program for the period 2023-2025. The project aims to create a complete open-source software stack for RISC-V that can be used for cloud services. This software stack is intended to have the same level of performance as the x86 architecture, which is currently dominant in the cloud computing industry. In addition, the project aims to create a powerful virtual execution environment that can be used for software development, validation, verification, and testing. The virtual environment will consider the relevant RISC-V ISA extensions required for cloud deployment. Commercial cloud systems use hardware features currently unavailable in RISC-V virtual environments, including virtualization, cryptography, and vectorization. To address this, Vitamin-V will support these features in three virtual environments: QEMU, gem5, and cloud-FPGA prototype platforms. The project will focus on providing support for EPI-based RISC-V designs for both the main CPUs and cloud-important accelerators, such as memory compression. The project will add the compiler (LLVM-based) and toolchain support for the ISA extensions. Moreover, Vitamin-V will develop novel approaches for validating, verifying, and testing software trustworthiness. This paper focuses on the plans and visions that the Vitamin-V project has to support validation, verification, and testing for cloud applications, particularly emphasizing the hardware support that will be provided
Arabic type from a multicultural perspective: multi-script Latin-Arabic type design
No full textMulticulturalism constitutes a mixture of expressions where languages are fundamental, not only as the vehicular form of thought, but also as a powerful tool for social cohesion and relationships within a community. Languages are often the first barrier encountered when communicating or relating to other culture. Whereas, typography can provide valid solutions, not only in terms of text layout but also regarding the specific aspects of multilingualism: the design of glyphs for multilingual text composition. Type design is at the core of how communication takes place in our multicultural society. As multilingual communication becomes more apparent, the need for multi-script fonts including more than a single script is unquestionable. This practice-based research focuses on the designing of a multi script Latin-Arabic typeface for literary reading text purposes based on an understanding of Arabic script in order for the result obtained to be respectful of the tradition of Arabic calligraphy. The approach to Arabic has been carried out taking into account the Spanish Arabic tradition from a study on the Arabic types which were designed and in use in Spain during the Printing Press years. The methodology proposed tries to complete every stage in the work process, from sketching to final font production, with the aim of harmonising both Latin and Arabic scripts in the same font file: Pradell Al-Andalus. Pradell Al-Andalus, although not designed to be a revival of any specific Arabic Spanish typeface, establishes a link with Spanish type History in order to build a bridge between tradition and our contemporary multilingual needs
La qüestió Utrum Philosophus convenienter assignet et sufficienter tres modos relativorum d'Antoni Andreu : comparació amb Duns Escot
No full textAquest article ha estat redactat dins del projecte de recerca "Corpus Digital d'Arnau de Vilanova: Filosofia i ciència a la Corona d'Aragó (segles xiii-xiv)", Ministerio de Educación y Competitividad, FFI 2014-53050-C5-2-P.Antoni Andreu va escriure un extens Scriptum super Metaphysican Aristotelis, format originàriament per una Expositio literal (inspirada en part en el comentari de Tomàs d'Aquino) i unes Quaestiones (reelaboració de les d'Escot). L'objectiu d'aquest article consisteix a estudiar la qüestió Utrum Philosophus convenienter assignet et sufficienter tres modos relativorum d'Antoni Andreu (còdex de la Real Biblioteca del monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial, G.III.25, f. 56a-b), de la seva obra Quaestiones metaphysicae, i comparar-la amb la corresponent qüestió de Duns Escot, Utrum convenienter ponat Philosophus tres modos relativorum (Quaestiones super libros Metaphysicorum, V, 12). Aquestes qüestions es refereixena la Metafísica d'Aristòtil, V, 15, 1020b26-32. Ens preguntarem si Antoni Andreu és un simple compilador fidel al mestre, com declara, o si la seva reelaboració d'aquesta qüestió, i en general la seva obra sencera, interpreta la doctrina escotista en una determinada direcció.Antoni Andreu wrote a long Scriptum super Metaphysican Aristotelis, originally composed of a literal Expositio (inspired in part by Thomas Aquinas' commentary) and some Quaestiones (a reelaboration of the commentary on Scotus). The aim of this paper is to study the question Utrum Philosophus convenienter assignet et sufficienter tres modos relativorum by Antoni Andreu (ms. Real Biblioteca, San Lorenzo del Escorial, G.III.25, f. 56a-b), in his work Quaestiones metaphysicae, and to compare it with the related question of Duns Scotus, Utrum convenienter ponat Philosophus tres modos relativorum (Quaestiones super libros Metaphysicorum, V, 12). These questions refer to Aristotle's Metaphysics, V, 12, 1020b26-32. We are going to ask whether Antoni Andreu is a simple, loyal compiler of Duns Scotus, as he declares, or his reelaboration on this matter, and in general his whole work, interprets the Scotist doctrine in any specific sense
Využití sociálních médií v B2B prodeji
No full textTato diplomová práce se zabývá tím, jak mohou B2B obchodníci využívat sociální média v prodeji. Na základě systematické rešerše literatury, autor zjistil, že akademici, zkoumající danou problematiku, navrhují další výzkum, a to: v kterých konkrétních krocích se dají využít sociální média v prodeji (Salo, 2017). Autor se na základě toho rozhodl zjistit, jaké sociální sítě, různé technologie a pluginy se dají využít v B2B prodeji - tzv. social sellingu. Social selling se v této práci týká primárně procesu akvizice a okrajově péčí o stávající zákazníky. Autor si vybral kvalitativní průzkum pomocí 10 hloubkových polo-strukturovaných rozhovorů, aby odhalil jak, která sociální média to jsou, tak i motivaci prodejců, proč tato média používat/nepoužívat. Aby autor dodržel správnost vyhodnocení výsledků, data byla analyzována pomocí Tématické analýzy, která v této studii vykrystalizovala 2 hlavní strategické přístupy v social sellingu. Tyto přístupy (tzv. Push a Pull strategie) obsahují praktické příklady a konkrétní aktivity, které mohou prodejci využívat v každodenní praxi. Tyto výsledky jsou prezentovány s důrazem na praktičnost a jednoduchost implementace. Tvoří proto hlavní přínos autorovo výzkumu. V poslední části autor zmiňuje výzvy a manažerská doporučení, které mohou obchodníci využít v každodenním pracovním životě.This diploma thesis focuses on social media usage in B2B sales. Based on the systematic literature review conducted by the author, he has found out that recent researchers (Salo, 2017) suggest further research in the area of how and in which sales phase should various social networking sites, technologies and plugins used. To further fill this research gap, author decided to identify these social media and their usage among B2B salespeople in the so-called social selling process. The social selling process in this thesis applies mainly to acquiring new prospects and tangentially to taking care of existing clients (follow-up step). Author has chosen a qualitative research method via conducting 10 in-depth semi-structured interviews to reveal these instruments as well as motivation of a sales person on why to use social media in the selling process. The collected data was analyzed using Thematic analysis to ensure the right procedure and to identify main themes which crystalized into 2 main strategic approaches in social selling. These approaches (Push and Pull) include practical examples of concrete activities which sales people can use in their daily jobs and are presented with focus on practicality and ease of implementation. These also form the main contribution of author`s research. In the last part, author mentions challenges in social selling and recommended managerial implications for salesforce
Buscando Roma. Hernando Colón, Carlos V y la arquitectura entre antiguos y modernos
No full textHernando Colón (1488-1539), segundo hijo del almirante Cristóbal Colón, fue un personaje de capital importancia para la cultura europea de los primeros decenios del siglo XVI debido a su amplitud de intereses intelectuales y humanísticos, sus viajes por Europa y América, sus contactos con los principales pensadores del momento, su contribución científica como cosmógrafo y su empresa vital de reunir una biblioteca universal en su palacio suburbano a las puertas de la ciudad de Sevilla. La biblioteca de Colón fue la más voluminosa del Renacimiento europeo y entre sus fondos también atesoraba la más importante y temprana colección de estampas, lo que le convierte probablemente en el más importante bibliófilo y coleccionista de estampas de la época. Con la muerte de Cristóbal Colón en 1506 el primogénito Diego heredó los títulos nobiliarios, privilegios y puestos de gobierno en el nuevo continente para lo que desplazará sus intereses a América; Hernando, en cambio, permanecerá en conexión con la corte del Emperador como representante de los intereses de la familia. En 1509 Hernando fijó su residencia en Sevilla, ciudad a la que permaneció ligado hasta su muerte en 1539, alternando su estancia en la capital andaluza con sus asiduos viajes por España y Europa que a la vez satisfacían sus intereses intelectuales y su obligada cercanía al entorno
cortesano. Tras su infancia en el ámbito áulico de los Reyes Católicos Hernando fue uno de los más importantes personajes del panorama intelectual y científico de la España de Carlos V, en cuya itinerante corte europea era habitual su presencia
TeX v jednoduchém unixovém prostředí
No full textsummary:Při ladění TeXového dokumentu potřebujeme mnohokrát opakovaně pouštět TeX, podívat se, jak dopadl výsledek v prohlížeči DVI nebo PDF souboru, mrknout na výpis TeXu na terminálu, podívat se případně do logu a celou činnost opakovat. V tomto článku je ukázáno, jak tuto práci dělá autor článku. Proces "editor-TeX-kuk" je zde podporován jednoduchými unixovými nástroji: bashovým skriptem texloop, který si autor pro tyto účely vytvořil, dále terminálem Xterm a jednoduchým editorem, který umí navázat na klávesovou zkratku spuštění příkazu v systému. Čtenář se zde může inspirovat a přizpůsobit tyto nástroje svým vlastním potřebám. V článku je popsána funkce skriptu texloop, dále je neformálně rozveden dlouholetý vývoj autorova vztahu k textovým editorům a konečně je zde uvedena konfigurace terminálu Xterm, aby vyhovoval českému prostředí jak v kódování ISO-8859-2, tak v kódování UTF-8. Pro kódování UTF-8 si v závěru článku vygenerujeme TeXový formát csplain.summary:By debugging a TeX document it is necessary many times repeatedly to run TeX, to look for the result in DVI or PDF file, to gander the TeX output on the terminal, or eventually to have a look in the log-file, and all that action to repeat. In the paper it is show, how this work is made by author. The process '‘'editor-TeX-look' is supported by simple Unix tools: bash script texloop, created by author for these purposes, Xterm terminal and a simple editor, which is able to link to the shortcut key the activation of a system command. The reader could be inspired with the solution and to adapt these tools to his/her own needs. In the paper the function of the texloop script is described, and further the longstanding evolution of the author's relation to text editors is informal elaborated and finally a configuration of Xterm terminal, suitable for the czech environment with both ISO-8859-2 and UTF-8 encoding is introduced. For UTF-8 encoding the TeX format csplain is generated at the end of the paper
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