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Kundrats Berzins 15
No full textBaiba Kundrats (now Berzins) with a family friend on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River
Valdis Berzins, Professor: a biography
Get PDFProfessor Berzins is working on increasing productivity and software quality via automated decision support. He has focused
on decision aids for developing and assessing software requirements for large, distributed, and real-time systems; on
computer-aided maintenance of these systems; on automated decision support tools for continuously estimating and
monitoring project costs and completion times; on methods for automatically generating programs from simple problem
descriptions; and on automated statistical testing techniques that can provide high confidence levels in software reliability at
low cost. He has methods for automating software configuration management, project scheduling, and design team
coordination as well as automated decision aids for project planning and coordinating concurrent requirements determination
for complex systems by teams of analysts. He is the author of books on software specifications and computer-aided software
maintenance, teaches courses on software engineering, requirements analysis, and automated program generation techniques,
and is developing a course on computer-aided software maintenance
Baiba Berzins Work in Canada
No full textBaiba talks about her parents and their employment - how her father and tohers tried to market Latvian wooodwork, her father working in 1948 ( manditory employment) at Princess Patricia Mines, mother a mathematician father worked for Latvian newspaper as a journalist, mother did not continue her career, she worked on computers, various jobs in hotels, liquer board4.0 Latvian Immigration into Canada, 4.1.9 Manditory Employment Canadian Immigratio
Is Plato Still Relevant?
No full textWhen it comes to philosophy, no one is more influential or invoked than Plato. He set the agenda for everything that came after him, and that’s probably an understatement. But that was two thousand years ago. Back then he opposed democracy and argued that a just society required everyone remain in their role determined at birth. So, should we still read him? Does he deserve the praise he gets? On this episode, we find out.
Marina Berzins McCoy is a Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and the author of three books including, most recently, Image and Argument in Plato’s Republic.https://commons.und.edu/why-radio-archive/1179/thumbnail.jp
The use of impregnated curtains does not affect antibody responses against Plasmodium falciparum and complexity of infecting parasite populations in children from Burkina Faso
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In Burkina Faso, where malaria is hyper-endemic and transmission intensity is very high, the majority of malaria-related morbidity and mortality occurs in children less than 5 years of age. A control measure such as the use of insecticide-treated curtains (ITC) significantly reduces transmission of malaria infection. Concerns remain whether reduced transmission intensity may lead to a delay in the development of immunity in younger children and even to a partial loss of already acquired immunity. In this study, the levels of P. falciparum-specific IgG subclasses, the number of infecting parasite clones determined by PCR-based
genotyping of the msp2 gene and the parasite density were analysed in 154 asymptomatic children (3–6 years) living in 16 villages (8 with and 8 without ITC) in the vicinity of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. In addition, the parasite inhibitory effects of Ig fractions, prepared from selected children, in co-operation with normal human monocytes were studied. Blood samples from asymptomatic ITC-users showed a significant decrease in P. falciparum prevalence as well as in parasite density. However, no significant difference was observed in P. falciparum-specific antibodies or in parasite multiplicity of infection between the two
groups. Furthermore, Ig fractions from children of both groups showed similar levels of inhibitory activity against autologous parasite growth both on their own and in co-operation with monocytes.
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Keywords: Wild isolate of P. falciparum; Insecticide-treated curtains; Immunit
Marina Berzins McCoy, Wounded Heroes. Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013
No full textScheijnen Tine. Marina Berzins McCoy, Wounded Heroes. Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 84, 2015. pp. 363-365
Hierbas aromáticas en Alto Valle. Una experiencia de innovación productiva y organizativa
Get PDFEste trabajo tiene la intención de compartir la experiencia de inicio, desarrollo y aporte a la consolidación de una alternativa de producción en Alto Valle (en este caso, la producción comercial de hierbas aromáticas). Asimismo, relatar el proceso de formación y crecimiento de un grupo asociativo de pequeños productores y emprendedores que se dedican a esta actividad.EEA Alto ValleFil: Berzins, María Laura. Asesor Privado. Desarrollo Rural. Cultivos Diversificados; Argentin
Artistic means of expression in B. Berzins painting and its introduction in the Art school class 5
No full textDiplomdarba “Mākslinieciskās izteiksmes līdzekļi B. Bērziņa glezniecībā un to iepazīšana nodarbībās mākslas skolas 5. klasē” mērķis ir izpētīt B. Bērziņa mākslinieciskās izteiksmes līdzekļus viņa spilgtākajos glezniecības periodos un to izmantošanas iespējas mākslas skolā gleznošanas nodarbībās 5. klasē. Lai sasniegtu mērķi tiek izvirzīti uzdevumi, kuru ietvaros autore pēta un apraksta B. Bērziņa spilgtāko glezniecības periodu mākslinieciskās izteiksmes līdzekļus, jaunāko pusaudžu vecuma īpatnības, veic Profesionālās ievirzes izglītības programmas Vizuāli plastiskā māksla mācību priekšmeta Gleznošana vadlīniju izpēti, izstrādā un realizē uzdevumu kopu, kā arī analizē un apkopo pedagoģiskajā izmēģinājuma darbībā iegūtos rezultātus. Diplomdarba nobeigumā var iepazīties ar pētījuma rezultātiem, secinājumiem un gūtajām atziņām. Pielikumā iekļauti uzskates materiāli – mākslinieka darbu reprodukcijas, darba lapas, izstrādātā uzdevumu kopa, vērtēšanas sistēmas tabulas, audzēkņu darbu attēli.The aim of the diploma work “Artistic means of expression in B. Berzins painting and its introduction in the Art school class 5” is to reasearch B. Berzins artistic means expressions in his most brilliant painting periods and and its possible application in art school painting classes in class 5. To achieve a goal there is set of tasks where the author studies and describes B. Berzins artistic expressions of the brightest painting periods, the characteristics of the youngest teenagers, study guidelines of Professional orientation education programm Visually plastic art study subject Painting, develops and implements a set of tasks, analyzes and summarizes the results obtained in the pedagogical trial. In the end of diploma work you may get acquainted with the results of the study, conclusions and lessons learned. Attached review materials - reproductions of the artist's works, worksheets, a set of developed tasks, evaluation tables, pictures of student works
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
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