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Southern Thailand: from conflict to negotiations?
No full textSummary: In this Analysis, University of Leeds professor Duncan McCargo argues that the recent Malaysian-backed Southern Thai peace initiative has now run into some serious problems. He argues that despite its various shortcomings the initiative is still worthy of support, since it has gained far more traction that any previous attempts to address the decade-long insurgency. Thailand needs to maintain focus on the southern conflict despite its current preoccupation with a national-level political crisis that threatens to topple the government of Yingluck Shinawatra.
Key findings
The conflict in Southern Thailand is one of Asia’s most serious insurgencies, with over 6,000 dead over the last 10 years.
The Malaysian government sponsored negotiations represents the best hope for reaching a political settlement and bringing peace to the region.
However, both sides need to show greater commitment to the negotiations, introducing new structures and procedures
Preservation assessment of the collections at the Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon: October 6, 7 & 8, 2009
No full textReport -- Appendix A. Documentation Images -- Appendix B. Resources -- Appendix C. Recommended Books, Collection Policy Resources, Organizations for Reference & Vendors for Supplies -- Appendix D. Cost Estimates.prepared by Lisa Duncan, Art Conservator, LLC.Title from PDF title page (viewed on February 8, 2023).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Douglas and Duncan Wain
No full textPhotograph - Douglas and Duncan Wain with their mother in front of a house, Athabasca, Albert
An analysis and practical examples of how to complement an E.L.T. course based on core material (la méthode) for adults with Formavision authentic video films and documents"
No full textUne analyse et des exemples pratiques destinés à montrer comment compléter un cours de langue pour adultes basé sur une méthode pédagogique avec des films vidéo authentiques et des documents de Formavision. S'appuyant sur deux méthodes pédagogiques connues - Streamline (Oxford University Press) et Building Strategies (Longman ) - , B. Duncan-Smith veut démontrer dans cet article combien le support vidéo (ici les films diffusés par Formavision) est un complément indispensable à une formation d'anglais de communication. Reprenant les arguments avancés dans l'introduction de la méthode Streamline, il précise les potentialités de l'utilisation du film vidéo en cours. Après avoir clairement souligné les différences qui existent entre vidéo authentique et "méthode" pédagogique, reprenant les têtes de chapitre de Streamline, il propose un certain nombre d'adaptations pédagogiques pour la vidéo. Après avoir évoqué ces dix-sept approches pédagogiques, il explique pourquoi, selon lui, un professeur ne peut se contenter d'utiliser seulement des séquences vidéo authentiques. Ceci l'amène à poser le problème épineux des droits d'auteur et du piratage vidéo. Il conclut son article par des suggestions d'activités pédagogiques complémentaires destinées à renforcer l'impact de l'utilisation de la vidéo. Une bibliographie commentée termine l'article.Duncan-Smith Bruce. An analysis and practical examples of how to complement an E.L.T. course based on core material (la méthode) for adults with Formavision authentic video films and documents". In: Cahiers de l'APLIUT, volume 4, numéro 1, 1984. pp. 83-92
JASON DOHERTY Tuba MASTER'S RECITAL Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:30 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
No full textProgram: Concerto for Bass Tuba / Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) -- Three Miniatures / Anthony Plog (b. 1947) -- Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba / Walter S. Hartley (b.1927) -- Sonata for Tuba and Piano / Bruce Broughton (b.1945).This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master of Music degree
Templating mesoporous silicates on surfactant ruthenium complexes: a direct approach to heterogeneous catalysts
No full textMesoporous silicas have been obtained by the true liquid crystal templating (TLCT) method, using a surfactant RuII complex as the template; on calcination, ruthenium-containing particles are deposited into the pores; the materials show high catalytic selectivity for the hydrogenation of hex-1-ene.<br/
Semiometrics: producing a compositional view of influence
No full textHigh-impact academic papers are not necessarily the most cited. For example, Einstein's 'Special Relativity' paper from 1905 received (and continues to receive) fewer citations from other papers than his 'Brownian Motion" paper of the same year, despite the former radically changing the course of an entire scientific discipline to a much greater extent. Similarly, 'impact' metrics using citation count alone are, it is argued, not adequate for determining the scientific influence of papers, authors or small groups of authors. Although valid, they remain controversial when used to determine influence of larger groups or journals. While the term 'impact' has become closely linked to a journal's citation-based Journal Impact Factor score, this thesis uses the term 'influence' to describe the wider effectiveness of research, combining citation and metadata analysis to allow richer calculations to be performed over large-scale document networks. As a result, more qualitative influence ratings can be determined and a broader outlook on scientific disciplines can be produced. These ratings are best applied using an ontology-based data source, allowing more efficient inference than under a traditional RDBMS system, and allowing easier integration between heterogeneous data sources. These metrics, termed 'Semantic Bibliometrics' or 'Semiometrics', can be applied at a variety of levels of granularity, allowing a compositional framework for impact and influence analysis. This thesis describes the process of data preparation, systems architecture, metric value and data integration for such a system, introducing novel approaches at all four stages, thereby creating a working semiometrics system for determining influence at different semantic levels of granularity
Semiometrics: Applying Ontologies across Large-Scale Digital Libraries
No full textAs large-scale digital libraries become more available and complete, not to mention more numerous, it is clear there is a need for services that can draw together and perform inference calculations on the metadata produced. However, the traditional Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) model, while efficiently constructed and optimised for many business structures, does not necessarily cope well with issues of concurrent data updates and retrieval at the scale of hundreds of thousands of papers. At the same time the growth of RDF and the increasing interest in Semantic Web technologies perhaps begins to present a viable alternative at a scalable, practical level. This paper considers a specific application of large-scale metadata analysis and conducts scalability tests using real-world data. It concludes that RDF technologies are both a scalable and performance-realistic alternative to traditional RDBMS approaches. It also shows that for relationship-based queries on large-scale metadata stores, RDF technologies can significantly out-perform traditional RDBMS approaches by allowing both retrieval and updating of data in a timely manner
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