237 research outputs found
Erratum: Phenome-wide and genome-wide analyses of quality of life in schizophrenia (BJPsych Open ((2021) 7:1 (e13) DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2020.140)
No full textThis article omitted an affiliation for its first author, Raha Pazoki. In addition to the Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, and the Department of Epidemiology, Imperial College London, School of Public Health, UK, Raha Pazoki is also affiliated with the Centre for Inflammation Research and Translational Medicine (CIRTM), Department of Life Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK. The publishers apologise for the omission
Trachischium sushantai Raha & Das & Bag & Debnath & Pramanick 2018, sp. nov.
No full textTrachischium sushantai sp. nov. (Figures 1, 2) Holotype. ZSI25651 A, National Zoological Collection, ZSI, Kolkata; adult female; from ‘ Jammu’ (Jammu & Kashmir state, India); collected on 4th August, 1993, during Jammu survey; name of collector is given in register as ‘ Rajtilok’. Diagnosis. Trachischium sushantai sp. nov. can be diagnosed by a combination of the following characters: a single nasal and PF, SL (R/L) 6/6, post-ocular 1, DSCH:M: V 13:13:13; VEN 152; SC 23 pairs of which those on anterior half of tail are as long as wide and regular hexagon/ rhomboid shaped, TAL/TL ratio of 0.11, head and dorsum uniform dark brown, venter brown with cream or yellow border on the trailing edges of VEN and SC. Etymology. The new species is named after Sushanta Kumar Das, father of the second author of present paper. He is an enthusiastic nature observer who have spent a significant amount of time of his life in forested areas of West Bengal (India) and nurtured the same interest in the second author. The specific epithet, a patronym, is a noun in genitive case. Description of holotype. Adult female; incised on underside; SVL and TAL of 276 mm and 35 mm respectively; tail small, TAL /TL ratio being only 0.11; head small (HL 7.8 mm, 2.8 % of SVL); head width (HW 4.7 mm) greater than head height (HH 4.2 mm); head indistinct from neck; eye small (ED 1 mm, 12.8 % of HL); ESN 2.9 mm; rostral slightly wider than high (1.1 mm and 0.8 mm, respectively); internasals paired, much shorter than the single PF; frontal pentagonal, 2.8 mm long, longer than its distance from the posterior edge of rostral (1.9 mm), around two and half times wider than supraocular; parietals, being 4.4 mm long, are longer than frontal; 1 pre- and 1 post-ocular; loreal nearly twice wider than high and is in contact with nasal, internasal, frontal, preocular and 1 st and 2nd SL; very small nostril in single forward directed nasal; SL (R/L) 6/6, 1 st smallest and 6th largest, 3rd and 4th touching eye; IL (R/L) 6/6, 1st, 2nd and 3rd IL touch the anterior genial while the 4th one contacts both the anterior and posterior genials; anterior genials longer than posterior genials; TEMP (R/L) 1+2/1+2; maxillary teeth in life were probably around 16 or 17 (counting for missing teeth which were evident by longer than usual gaps between extant teeth at some places), subequal; dorsal scales smooth, including those around the region of the tail base, DSCH:M: V 13:13:13; VEN 152; anal divided; SC 23 pairs, anterior subcaudals (those on anterior half of tail) are as wide as long (4SCW/L 1.05 and 5SCW/L 1.01), regular hexagonal or rhomboid shaped, SC become slightly wider than long on posterior part of tail; tail tip in a spike like scale. Coloration in preservative: head and dorsum uniform dark brown; edges of scales on lower jaw lighter colored; venter brown with outeredges of VEN cream or dirty yellow; underside of tail light brown with the posterior edges of SC bordered with lighter yellowish cream. Comparisons. T. sushantai sp. nov. differs from T. monticola in possessing 13 rows of dorsal scales (vs. 15 rows in the latter), undivided PF (vs. divided PF in T. monticola), 1 post-ocular (vs. usually 2 in the latter) and 152 VEN (vs. less than 125 VEN in T. monticola [Smith 1943])(Table 2). T. sushantai sp. nov. differs from T. leave in having 6 SL, 1 PF, 23 SC and a brown venter (vs. 5 SL, 2 PF, 29– 39 SC and a yellow venter in T. leave). T. sushantai sp. nov. can be diagnosed from T. tenuiceps by having a shorter tail (TAL /TL 0.11), 1 PF, 1 postocular, 23 SC of which the anterior ones are regular hexagonal or rhomboid and a brown venter (vs. TAL /TL 0.15– 0.18, 2 PF and 2 post-oculars, 28–42 SC of which anterior ones are transversely elongated and yellowish or orange ventral coloration in T. tenuiceps). T. sushantai sp. nov. differs from T. guentheri by having a brown venter and 23 pairs of SC (vs. a coral red venter in T. guentheri and SC more than 30 in T. guentheri [Smith 1943]). The new species most closely resembles T. fuscum from which it can be distinguished by its shorter tail (TAL / TL 0.11) compared to T. fuscum (vs. TAL /TL 0.13–0.18 [± 0.14 in 27 specimens] in T. fuscum), 23 pairs of SC of which anterior ones are regular hexagonal/rhomboid with 4SCW/L 1.05 and 5SCW/L 1.01 (vs. 30–44 SC in T. fuscum [31–41 in females examined by us], SC wider than long and are not regular hexagonal/rhomboid with 4SCW/L 1.33–3 [± 1.6 in 22 specimens] and 5SCW/L 1.27–2.7 [± 1.6 in 21 specimens] in physically examined specimens [specimens of T. fuscum examined from photographs too had SC number within the range given here and were distinctly wider than long]). Distribution. Trachischium sushantai sp. nov. is currently known only from its type locality in Jammu (Jammu & Kahmir, India) (Figure 3). Natural history. Unknown.Published as part of Raha, Sujoy, Das, Sunandan, Bag, Probhat, Debnath, Sudipta & Pramanick, Kousik, 2018, Description of a new species of genus Trachischium with a redescription of Trachischium fuscum (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), pp. 549-561 in Zootaxa 4370 (5) on pages 550-553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/114735
Turkish law of intellectual and artistic work and the author
No full textİnsanın yaratıcı düşünce gücü ile var ettiği fikri mahsuller şartları mevcut ise "Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu" kapsamında "eser" ve bu eserlerin yaratıcıları ise "eser sahibi" olarak himaye altına alınmaktadırlar. Eser ve eser sahibinin himaye altına alınması toplumun kültür seviyesinin artmasında ve bilime teşvik edilmesinde büyük önemi vardır. Çalışmamızda, "Türk Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukukunda Eser ve Eser sahibi"ni incelemekteyiz. Eser ve eser sahibi ile ilgili yasal düzenlemeler "5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu" ile yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmada, FSEK açısından fikri bir ürünün eser sayılabilmesi için gerekli olan şartlar, eser ve eser sahibinin korunmasının önemi, eser sahibine tanınan haklar ve bunun yanı sıra eser sahibinin hakları ile bağlantılı hak sahipleri ele alınmıştır. Bu doğrultuda, öncelikle fikir ve sanat eserleri hukukundaki tarihi gelişim süreci ile ulusal ve uluslararası kanunlar ve Türkiye'deki gelişmeler incelenmiştir. Ardından eser kavramı ve FSEK açısından eser sayılabilmenin şartları ile ilgili bahs edilmiştir. Diğer bölümde ise eser sahipliği kavramı anlatılarak, FSEK'e göre eser sahibinin kim olduğu ve eser sahibine tanınan haklar ele alınmıştır. Son olarak ise eser sahibinin haklarına bağlantılı haklar ve bu haklara kimlerin sahip olduğu incelenmiştir.
Creative works produced by intellectual power of ones' mind along with the artist, if the conditions are satisfied by the existing law, are protected by the law of "the Code of Intellectual and Artistic work". Art work and artist being protected by the law will increase the culture of the society and will encourage it towards science. In our work, we will peruse the "Turkish law of Intellectual and Artistic work and the author". Work and artist related law "No.5864 code of Intellectual and artistic work" will be perused. In this work, all the conditions under which a work is considered as an intellectual work, importance of the protection of the work and the author, rights granted for the author and authors' related right holders are perused. In accordance, first we consider the historical evolution process of "Law of Intellectual and Artistic works"and the we peruse the related internal and international laws and its evolution in Turkey. Next, work concept and "Law of Intellectual and Artistic works" conditions under which a piece is considered as an intellectual or an art work. In the next part, concept of the author is explained, under "Law of Intellectual and Artistic works" conditions under which one is considered as the author and rights granted to the author is perused. At last, related rights and related right holders are considered
Hyperaeschra innotata
No full textHyperaeschra innotata (Hampson, 1896) Phalera innotata * Hampson, 1896; 4: 455. Hyperaeschra innotata; Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 222. TL: Khasis [Meghalaya, India]; TD: unknown type depository. Distribution: India: Meghalaya. Note: Endemic to NE India. *Hampson mentioned “Swinh. MS.” against the species in volume 4 of Fauna of British India, Moths. Since the species was described there for the first time, the credit as the main author is given to Hampson.Published as part of Chandra, Kailash, Mazumder, Arna, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Ash, Anirban, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Mallick, Kaushik & Raha, Angshuman, 2018, Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 4505 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4505.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/260670
From the Middle East to Europe as a female architect of colour: A case study on Dame Zaha Hadid
No full textThis paper researches the approach of a female architect of colour to her career in architecture. It positions itself through background research on the discrimination that takes place in the field of architecture against people of colour and women and applies this gained perspective to the case of Zaha Hadid, as she is a perfect candidate to bring these two points of discrimination together. A case analysis is executed on Dame Zaha Hadid, where her journey through the field of architecture is analysed and reflected upon. The aim of this paper is to establish how broke through all the stigmas and because quite possibly the best known female architect of all time. In the case analysis Hadid’s childhood, education, career and personal development are analysed. Hadid is known to have a strong and extravagant personality. She always stayed true to her art style and always aimed to become greater while remaining unique. Even though she can be seen as a feminist icon, Hadid is not very outspoken on female struggles within the field of architecture and often remains apolitical and unfazedAR2A011Architectural History ThesisArchitecture, Urbanism and Building Science
De Bogaard: Reimagined: Stimulating the attraction force of a 20th century Dutch shopping mall
No full textBy approaching the research from an user's perspective, De Bogaard in Rijswijk has been redesigned in order to attract pioneers that will aid in reigniting the attraction of the shopping mall. It has been partly refunctioned, in order to blow life into the area and stimulate the community. The new design focuses on the first phase of the redesign of De Bogaard and has 'community based design' as a base. It aims to attract artists and crafstmen, that are often pioneers in bringing areas back to life, e.g. M4H and Amsterdam Noord.Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architectur
The formation history of the Galactic bulge
No full textThe distributions of the stellar metallicities of K giant stars in several fields of the Galactic bulge, taken from the literature and probing projected Galactocentric distances of similar to500 pc to similar to3 kpc, are compared with a simple model of star formation and chemical evolution. Our model assumes a Schmidt law of star formation and is described by only a few parameters that control the infall and outflow of gas and the star formation efficiency. Exploring a large volume of parameter space, we find that very short infall time-scales are needed (less than or similar to0.5 Gyr), with durations of infall and star formation greater than 1 Gyr being ruled out at the 90 per cent confidence level. The metallicity distributions are compatible with an important amount of gas and metals being ejected in outflows, although a detailed quantification of the ejected gas fraction is strongly dependent on a precise determination of the absolute stellar metallicities. We find a systematic difference between the samples of Ibata & Gilmore, at projected distances of 1-3 kpc, and the sample in Baade's window (Sadler et al.). This could be caused either by a true metallicity gradient in the bulge or by a systematic offset in the calibration of [Fe/H] between these two samples. This offset does not play an important role in the estimate of infall and formation time-scales, which are mostly dependent on the width of the distributions. The recent bulge data from Zoccali et al. are also analysed, and the subsample with subsolar metallicities still rules out infall time-scales greater than or similar to1 Gyr at the 90 per cent confidence level. Hence, the short time-scales we derive based on the observed distribution of metallicities are robust and should be taken as stringent constraints on bulge formation models
Research on land markets in South Asia : what have we learned?
No full textThe authors review the literature on land markets in South Asia to clarify what's known and to highlight unresolved issues. They report that: (1) We have a good understanding of why sharecropping persists and why it can be superior to other standard agricultural contracts. We have less understanding of what determines the relative efficiency of sharecropping in different environments and why other apparently superior contractual relationships are rare. (2) Insecure rights to land adversely affect production and investment incentives in areas outside of South Asia, but in South Asia strong evidence linking investment and rights to production is scarce. (3) An inverse relationship between farm size and output per unit area is a recurrent feature in data from South Asia, apparently related to land-labor interactions. (4) Although small farms seem to be more efficient than large ones, small farmers have trouble raising their profitability and enlarging their holding, largely because of credit constraints, but also because of poverty and policy that discriminates against them. (5) Misguided land reform in the past has made tenancy unattractive to landowners, so large capital-intensive farms have developed. Political economic analysis is needed to explain the failure of past land reform, as well as distortions in agricultural input and output markets in (6) South Asia. Land fragmentation (as distinguished from farm size) has caused productivity losses. Those losses have not been quantified and the reasons fragmentation persists are poorly understood. (7) Transaction costs are a significant impediment to functioning land markets. In South Asia, transfers of land rights are complicated by lack of explicit title to land, and by informal and customary rights. (8) One pressing research problem is gender discrimination, an important factor in land market imperfections -especially (within the household) the separation of land management and its control. Research needs include more systematic regional comparisons, the use of more panel data, and an investigation of how agricultural productivity is affected by gender problems and land fragmentation.Banks&Banking Reform,Environmental Economics&Policies,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Land Use and Policies,Public Sector Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction,Land Use and Policies
Improving courier work quality by training development
No full textLõputöö raames kullerite igapäeva töö uurimine andis ettekujutuse neile seatud eesmärkidest ja ootustest nii tööandja, kui kliendi poolt. Nende osapoolte analüüsimisest ja teoreetilistest võimalustest lähtuvalt esitab autor ettepanekud kullerite väljaõppe parendamise võimalustele. Uurimise aluseks võetud ettevõtte DPD eesmärgiks on pakkuda kvaliteetset teenust igas paki liikumise etapis. Kliendi kaebused kullerite kohta juhivad tähelepanu madalale või ebaühtlasele kullerite kvaliteedile. Samas kullerite rahulolu-uuringu tulemused viitavad parenduste vajadustele seoses väljaõppega. Muutuvas turu situatsioonis, kus eriti jõudsalt kasvav e-kaubandus seab uusi kriteeriume kullerteenusele, peab teenuse pakkumine olema operatiivne ja kvaliteetne igas osas. Järjest rohkem tuleb pöörata tähelepanu viimase miili efektiivsusele ja selle arendamisel peaks ettevõtted leidma ühiseid kasulikke lahendusi. Tehniliste ja protseduuriliste lahenduste tipuks on oluline, et pakk saaks kulleri poolt saajale üle antud naeratusega. Motiveeritud ja pädevad töötajad on iga ettevõtte jaoks väärtus, mis peaks selgelt olema määratud ettevõtte juhtimis strateegias ning, mida on tähtis hoida ja arendada. Töötaja kompetentsi määramine aitab planeerida õiged koolitusmeetodid ja märgata koolitusvajadust ennetavalt. Vajaliku personali kompetents on oskas kvaliteetsest teenusest ja kliendi rahulolust. Lõputöös kasutatud juhtumiuurimus annab võimaluse erinevate meetodite kombineerimisel keskenduda ettevõtte konkreetse grupi uurimisele võimalikult erinevatest külgedest. Autori kasutatud vaatlus meetod sihipärase valimiga andis olulist infot kulleri töö viisidele ja protseduuridel praktilises olukorras. Kullerite rahuolu-uuring selgitas kulleri hoiakut DPD-le, alltöövõtjale ja kulleri kutsele üldiselt. Tutvumine ettevõtte sisedokumentidega, mis määravad kvaliteedijuhtimisest lähtuvaid nõudeid, pakkusid võimaluse võrdluse tegemiseks ja märgata erinevate osapoolte ootustest tulenevaid kitsaskohti. Kliendi kaebuste kogumine ja analüüs andis ülevaate sagedasematest puudustest, mis on tingitud kullerite puudulikust väljaõppest. Autor teeb uurimistöö järelduste põhjal ettepanekud keskenduda DPD poolt tugevalt kullerite väljaõppele ja arendamisele. Lisaks näeb autor vajadust DPD poolt konkreetsete eesmärkide seadmist kullerite koolitamisel ning nende pädevuse ja koolitusvajaduse määramisele. Kõik kullerit toetavad töövahendid ja tugiüksused peavad ühiste arusaamade järgi olema eelkõige abiks kullerile, et pakkuda kvaliteetset teenust ja teenindust kliendile. Kõige lihtsam on, kui ettevõte märkab ja tunnustab ka väikesi edusamme ning jagab positiivset tagasisidet. Antud teema uurimistulemuste laiemalt kasutamiseks, kõigile DPD kulleritele üle Eesti on vajalik täiendavalt uurida kullereid piirkonna põhiselt, et veenduda samastes andmetes ja reageerida teistsugustele tulemustele sobivalt.Current thesis is written in accordance with author working position in parcel service company DPD Estonia AS. Thesis has an exploratory and supporting function to authors everyday tasks and longer-term goals in company. DPD strategy is to improve and equalize all already working and new couriers developing and training. Since parcel delivering market is growing due to e-commerce popularization and over all globalization companies need to improve their services to meet customer needs. Companies need to work on developing all parts of commerce including the most expensive one the “Last Mile”. It is where parcel is moving from distribution center to consumer, while it is done by courier who personally hands over the parcel it is important for cost saving that it succeeds firs time. For consumer the last expression of transaction is a courier who can seem professional, polite and friendly or irritated, careless and even rude. Good customer care needs competent and motivated personnel. DPD is having constant customer complaints about couriers’ unprofessional action and behavior. In current thesis author is using case study strategy to understand current problems and recommend improvements. Mixed methods collected data brings together secondary data about DPD courier performance quality report, courier satisfaction survey and customer satisfaction survey with collected complaints and praises. From primary data author conducts an observation survey with couriers while interview them. To analyze and make conclusions about finding is used to compare collected data, noted repeatedly appearing problems and situations. By seeing both sides of complaint and by understanding how actual the process must work, author as bystander has chance to make notes and helpful comments. To support on theoretical and previous successful practical examples the most important that author concludes is at a moment there is a lack of determining company exact strategy and courier competence assessment. To start developing training author suggestions are to work out courier competence model and determine training demand. Simply company can by motivating and developing personnel provide quality in parcel service delivering every step
Tarakas – a Cross-platform Piggy Bank Application for Children
No full textOlgugi, et elame materjalistlikus maailmas, pööratakse finantsharidusele liiga vähe tähelepanu. See, mis jääb noores eas omandamata, on hiljem kordades keerulisem järele aidata. Käesolevas bakalaureusetöös kirjeldatakse platvormiülese raha kogumise ja planeerimise mobiilirakenduse loomist lastele, mida on tulevikus võimalik integreerida pangasüsteemiga. Lastele suunatud (tasku)raha planeerimise rakendusi maailmas küll eksisteerib, aga neil esineb puudusi, mis on saanud takistuseks nende laiemale levikule.Autor on oma töös välja toonud peamised probleemid, mille lahendamiseks on valminud lapsesõbralik rahakassa lahenduse töötav prototüüp. Selle abil on võimalik lapsel püstitada eesmärke (unistusi) ning planeerida raha nende täitmiseks. Lisaks koostab autor nimekirja täiendavatest töödest, mille arendamise järel on rakendus lõppkasutaja joaks valmis.Valminud rakenduse tehniline lahendus põhineb uusimatel tehnoloogiatel, mille valik põhines arendusmugavuses ning samas järele andmata kvaliteedis.Even though we live in a materialistic world, financial education is not part of our everyday life. Knowledge not acquired during childhood is harder to be gained later on. This bachelor’s thesis describes cross-platform money collecting and planning mobile application development for kids, which can be integrated with real bank systems in the future. There are money (allowance) planning applications in the market, but they have disadvantages whichmay be blocking their wider spread. The author has pinpointed core issues within banking applications, which prohibit their effective use by children. A child-friendly piggy bank application prototype has been developed to deal with those issues. Children can define their goals (dreams) and plan money to achieve those. In addition to that, the author brings out future work that can be done to deploy the application to production for end-users. Prototypeapplication’s technical solution is based on state of the art technologies, which were chosen from many to match author’s current skill base without compromising quality
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