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Discourse and Controversy in the Israel-Palestine Conflict - A Review of the Literature
No full textThe Israel-Palestine conflict has been ongoing for more than 75 years and has many historical, geographical, religious, and ethnic components. Despite several attempts at resolution, the war persists, resulting in continued violence, human misery, and regional instability. This study dives into the highly contentious dispute over labelling Israel as an apartheid state, a subject that has prompted heated debate in academic literature, college campuses, the media, and diplomacy. Using a wide range of scholarly literature and trustworthy news sources, we investigate the origins of the war, important historical events, and the numerous factors that have shaped the current conflict. Beginning with an overview of the conflict's history, we trace its origins to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, highlighting key events such as the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and the United Nations partition plan of 1947. We also look at how the term "apartheid" came to be associated with the Israel-Palestine conflict, its historical roots, and how it was used to criticize Israel's practices towards Palestinians. Through a thorough analysis of the literature, we examine many perspectives on the conflict, including arguments for and against labelling Israel as an apartheid state. We critically interact with the perspectives of diverse scholars, activists, politicians, and human rights organizations, considering the consequences of changing language and shifting conceptions of the conflict
The geochemistry and mineralogy of sediments of the Oxford clay and Kellaways formation from Southern England (Winterborne Kingston and Warlingham boreholes)
No full textSeventy-eight samples of the Oxford Clay and Kellaways Formations from the Warlingham Borehole (W.B.) in Surrey and sixty-three from the Winterborne Kingston Borehole (W.K.B.) in Dorset were investigated for both their geochemical and mineralogical properties. Well crystallized smectile attributed to air-fall volcanic ash occurs in the sediments of the (W.K.B.), whereas the sediments of the (W.B.) contain non-expanding mixed-laver clays. Illite and kaolinite in the (W.K.B.) sediments show a better crystailinity than the same two minerals in the (W.B.) sediments. Enriched abundances of kaolinite and chlorite in the (W.K.B.) sediments are related to the significant contribution of the igneous and low-grade metamorphic rocks of the 'Cornubian Massif', whereas enhanced abundances of degraded illite associated with a comparatively less crystalline kaolinite and non-expanding mixed-layer clays in the (W.B.) sediments point to a major contribution of re-cycled material supplied by the sedimentary rocks of Palaeozoic age in the 'East Anglian Massif'.Ten major and nineteen trace elements were analysed by X-ray spectrometry in the bulk rock and clay fraction samples of both boreholes. Sediments of the (W.K.B.), on the whole, contain enriched abundances of Fe903, CaO, Na?0, P205, S, Corg, Sr, Fe`2, Fe-3, Cr, Mn, 7.n, Pb, \i and 1{20', whereas the (W.B.) showed enrichment in Si02, T102, A1?03i K20, MgO, Ba, La, Cc, Y, Zr and Nb. There were also considerable differences in chemistry within the stratigraphic horizons represented in each borehole, and between the horizons in each borehole. Characteristic clement associations were found for different clay minerals, carbonates, sulphides, phosphates and organic carbon plus an adsorbed group possibly related to Fe-Mn oxides/hydroxides coatings.An acid-reducing agent leaching study revealed that most elements in the (W.K.B.) sediments were strongly associated with the lithogenous fraction, whereas in the (W.B.) sediments the strongly lattice-held elements were only Mg, Fe, K, Al, Cu and Cr.In general, sediments of the (W.K.B.) are less mature than those ofthe (W.B.), and experienced relatively stronger reducing conditions. The sediments of the (W.B.) were rich in detrital components and showed diagenetic formation of dolomite (ferroan). The 'Cornubian Massif' to the west and the 'East Anglian Massif' to the north were the provenances for the (W.K.B.) and (W.B.) sediments respectively.</p
An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan
No full textHoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique, Kundrata, Robin (2023): An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 5270 (2): 281-305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.
Drilini Blanchard 1845
No full textTribe Drilini Blanchard, 1845 Drilites Blanchard, 1845. Type genus: Drilus Olivier, 1790. For more information, see Kundrata & Bocak (2019) and Kundrata et al. (2019a).Published as part of Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, pp. 281-305 in Zootaxa 5270 (2) on page 290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/786478
Ludioctenina Jakobson 1913
No full textSubtribe Ludioctenina Jakobson, 1913 Ludioctenina Jakobson, 1913. Type genus: Ludioctenus Fairmaire, 1893. For more information, see Kundrata et al. (2019a).Published as part of Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, pp. 281-305 in Zootaxa 5270 (2) on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/786478
Lanelater sabatinellii Platia 2015
No full textLanelater sabatinellii Platia, 2015 Lanelater sabatinellii Platia, 2015a: 6. Distribution. Pakistan (Platia 2015a). Literature. Platia (2015a: 6): original description, figures of female habitus, posterior angles of pronotum, antenna and genitalia.Published as part of Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, pp. 281-305 in Zootaxa 5270 (2) on page 300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/786478
Cryptalaus Ohira 1967
No full textGenus Cryptalaus Ôhira, 1967 Cryptalaus Ôhira, 1967. Type species: Alaus putridus Candèze, 1857. For more information, including synonyms, see Kundrata et al. (2019a).Published as part of Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, pp. 281-305 in Zootaxa 5270 (2) on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/786478
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Heteroderes curtus Platia 2015
No full textHeteroderes curtus Platia, 2015 Heteroderes curtus Platia, 2015a: 17. Distribution. Pakistan (Platia 2015a). Literature. Platia (2015a: 17): original description, figures of male habitus, pronotum, antenna and genitalia.Published as part of Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, pp. 281-305 in Zootaxa 5270 (2) on page 296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/786478
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
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