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Climate change mitigation and development: A study of selected ASEAN members / Anwar Hossain Chowdhury
No full textClimate Change is a human induced global common problem, which require collective action. While the focus should be global, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) should act collectively to address it. Consequently, this thesis seeks to evaluate the alternative proposals put forth to assess the impact of Climate Change on ASEAN members as a whole, and three bordering nations by deploying a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) regional model, viz., the ASEAN Regional Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (ASEAN-RICE). Hence, the first objective of this thesis is to formulate a non-linear CGE “ASEAN-RICE” model to assess climate mitigation impact from the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) for ASEAN and for Malaysia over 100 years following the Paris Accord of 2015. The second objective is to analyse climate mitigation impact on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) using the INDCs of these nations submitted to UNFCCC but over 50 years following the Marrakesh Proclamation of 2016. The third objective is to construct a low carbon economy index for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Dynamic non-linear CGE modelling and the 2010 input-output tables were deployed to estimate climate mitigation consequences under the INDC scenario and the business as usual (BAU) scenario (if existing practices are continued). In the Malaysian case an additional national plan scenario was included. The period 2010-2100 was selected for the first objective and 2010-2060 was selected for the second and third objectives. The results show that climate damage over the period 2010-2100 will fall from 2,722mtoe under the BAU scenario to 1,203mtoe under the national plan scenario and 699mtoe under the INDC scenario. Carbon concentration will fall from 11,912ppm under the BAU scenario to 9,714ppm under the national plan scenario and 8,592ppm under the INDC scenario. Since the abatement costs of the latter two are almost the same, the UNFCCC’s INDC scenario is the best option. In the ASEAN as a whole case, the results indicate that atmospheric concentration of carbon and temperatures under the INDCs scenario will fall from 390ppm and 0.80°C respectively in 2010 to 298 ppm and 0.71°C respectively in 2060. Under the BAU scenario it will fall from 390ppm and 0.80°C respectively in 2010 to 351ppm and 0.79°C respectively in 2060. Cumulative climate damage under BAU and optimal scenarios will rise from MYR8billion for both in 2010 to MYR579Billion and MYR513Billion in 2060. The reduction in carbon emissions under the optimal scenario can be achieved without compromising GDP growth. The low carbon economy index estimations for Indonesia, Malaysian and Thailand suggest that Indonesia will have to introduce aggressive Climate Change mitigation strategies to catch up with Malaysia. Thailand appears to keep up the pace with Malaysia. Overall, this thesis produced results that show that the introduction and strict application of INDCs will help mitigate Climate Change and global warming among ASEAN economies in general, and Malaysia in particular
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Reactive nitrogen species mediated cross-stress tolerance in plants
No full textThe ever-changing environmental conditions constantly challenge plants with biotic and abiotic cues causing severe crop losses worldwide. These external stresses stimulate plant responses and adaptations. Priming, which is induced by chemical and natural molecules, has been known as a broad mechanism, which could certainly reduce the stress impact on plant physiology and growth. Reactive nitrogen species (RNS) production play an essential role as signals for the regulation of the stress acclimation in plants. In this chapter, we focus our analysis and discussion on how RNS can interact directly or indirectly with reactive oxygen species, reactive sulfur species, and other signal molecules.Fil: Terrile, Maria Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas; ArgentinaFil: Iglesias, María José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas; ArgentinaFil: Casalongue, Claudia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas; ArgentinaFil: Paris, Ramiro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas; Argentin
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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