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Analysis of the Cambodian bagnet ("dai") fishery data
No full textThis report summarises general and detailed features of catches from the bagnet ("dai") fishery in Cambodia between 1995 and 1999, as monitored by the MRC/DoF/DANIDA Management of the Freshwater Capture Fisheries Project (MFCFP) in Phnom Penh.Fishery data, Cambodia,
The ARCHON System and its Applications
No full textARCHON™ (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) was Europe’s largest project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It devised a general-purpose architecture, software framework, and methodology which has been used to support the development of DAI systems in a number of real world industrial domains. Some examples of the applications to which it has been successfully applied include: electricity distribution and supply, electricity transmission and distribution, control of a cement kiln complex, control of a particle accelerator, and control of a robotics application. The type of cooperating community that it supports has a decentralised control regime and individual problem solving agents which are large grain, loosely coupled, and semi-autonomous. This paper will tackle a broad range of issues related to the application of ARCHON technology to industrial applications. Firstly, it gives the rationale for a DAI approach to industrial applications and highlights the characteristics which typify this important domain. Secondly, the ARCHON framework is detailed - with a special emphasis being placed upon the implementation architecture. Thirdly, a brief resumee and status report of the main applications is presented. Finally, the lessons learned and the future plans are presented
Coordination Techniques for Distributed Artificial Intelligence
No full textCoordination, the process by which an agent reasons about its local actions and the (anticipated) actions of others to try and ensure the community acts in a coherent manner, is perhaps the key problem of the discipline of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). In order to make advances it is important that the theories and principles which guide this central activity are uncovered and analysed in a systematic and rigourous manner. To this end, this paper models agent communities using a distributed goal search formalism, and argues that commitments (pledges to undertake a specific course of action) and conventions (means of monitoring commitments in changing circumstances) are the foundation of coordination in all DAI systems
Developing Industrial Multi-Agent Systems (Invited Paper)
No full textThe development and deployment of multi-agent systems in real world settings raises a number of important research issues and problems which must be overcome if Distributed AI (DAI) is to become a widespread solution technology. Work undertaken in the context of the ARCHON project has provided a number of important insights into these issues. By providing an in depth analysis of ARCHON’s electricity transportation management application, this paper draws together many of the experiences obtained when building one of the world's first operational DAI systems
Images of the Dai : the aesthetics of gender and identity in Xishuangbanna
No full textThis thesis is based on fieldwork carried out m Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The main focus of the work is the Dai people, one of China's fifty-five so called 'Minority Nationalities'. I aim to paint a picture of the complex processes through which Dai ways of being and images of them are created and recreated. This is not to suggest that the Dai constitute a bounded group. Although Chinese official discourse presents a static, rigid picture of the so-called 'Minority Nationalities', I hope to have demonstrated that the everyday experiences of those in Banna are governed by a fluid and dynamic relationality. Images of 'Minority Nationalities' abound in China, these images are multiple and often contradictory. The Dai are known throughout China for their beauty, a beauty often portrayed as highly erotic. In this thesis I explore the implications of this image and the role of the Dai in its formation and continuity. With this in mind I examine the ways that the striking Dai aesthetic is used in the intricate power plays of Xishuangbanna. This work examines aspects of the Dai lived aesthetic and as such it has chapters on tattoo, architecture and feminine beauty. Dai aesthetic knowledge is interlaced with strands of moral, philosophical and cosmological insight, thus this work also includes a chapter on morality, autonomy and cooperation. The penultimate chapter uses vivid ethnography of the Water Splashing festival as a example of play of identities in Xishuangbanna. The Conclusion reiterates that the processes by which images, identities and aesthetic understandings are generated, and by which limits are explored and transgressed in Xishuangbanna are dialogic in character
Scaphoideus pingtungisis Dai and Li 2011, n. comb.
No full textScaphoideus pingtungisis (Dai and Li, 2011) n. comb. Bicoloratum pintungisis Dai and Li 2011 [in Li, Dai & Xing, 2011: 49, fig. 5–38 (1–9)] Distribution. China (Taiwan). Remarks. This species was described by Dai and Li (in Li et al. 2011) from Taiwan based on two male specimens deposited in National Museum of Natural Science (NMNS), Taichung, Taiwan. We were not able to study the type material but according to the original description and illustrations, the shape and appearance of S. pingtungisis is very similar to S. bicoloratus Viraktamath & Mohan. The former differs as follows: (1) face without stripe; (2) style with apophysis very long; (3) aedeagal shaft strongly curved ventrad at middle with pair of apical processes parallel to shaft; (4) processes of connective divergent. This species is also very similar to S. dinghuensis sp. nov. in external shape and male genitalia, but differs as indicated in the description below.Published as part of Chen, Fangying & Dai, Wu, 2015, Bicoloratum Dai and Li, a new synonym of the leafhopper genus Scaphoideus Uhler (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), with description of two new species, pp. 275-283 in Zootaxa 3985 (2) on page 277, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/23328
Siamiassus constanti Dai, Dietrich & Zhang, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textSiamiassus constanti sp. nov. (Figs 5 C, D, 20 A–D, 23 A) Male 8.4 mm long, 3.9 mm wide across humeral angles. Color dull olive green; forewing densely marked with small black spots in basal 2 / 3 and along veins near apex; front and middle femur black in distal half, front tibia dark brown (Fig. 5 C, D). Structural features as described for genus (Fig. 20 A–D). Type material. Holotype ♂ THAILAND: Loei, Na-Haeo (edge pond) 17.v. 2003, J. Constant & K. Smets, light trap [RISB]. Notes. This species is named in honor of Dr. Jerome Constant, Auchenorrhyncha expert at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, collector of the holotype and host to CHD during a recent visit to Brussels. Siniassus nom. nov. (replacement for Sinojassus Dai, Zhang, Zhang & Dietrich 2010, nec Sinojassus Zhang 1985) Notes. The genus was described by Dai et al. (2010) and given the name Sinojassus, but this name is a junior homonym of an older fossil genus, Sinojassus Zhang (1985) and, therefore, must be given a new replacement name. Siniassus resembles Trocnadella in overall body form and the absence of a separately articulated connective in the male genitalia, but may be distinguished by the presence of numerous dark spots on the dorsum and the elongate style apodeme. Included species: Siniassus aspinus (Dai, Zhang & Zhang), comb. n. (Fig. 4 A, B) Sinojassus aspinus Dai, Zhang & Zhang 2010 in Dai, Zhang, Zhang & Dietrich (2010) Siniassus compressus (Dai, Zhang & Zhang), comb. n. (Fig. 4 C, D) Sinojassus compressus Dai, Zhang & Zhang 2010 in Dai, Zhang, Zhang & Dietrich (2010) Siniassus loberus (Dai, Zhang & Zhang 2010), comb. n. (Fig. 4 E, F) Sinojassus loberus Dai, Zhang & Zhang 2010 in Dai, Zhang, Zhang & Dietrich (2010) Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuanbanna, Mengla 1050–1080 m, 20 May 1958, 1 male; Yunnan, Menghai, 1250 m, 27 Feb. 1957 [IOZB]. Siniassus webbi (Dai & Dietrich 2010), comb. n. (Fig. 4 G, H) Sinojassus webbi Dai & Dietrich, in Dai, Zhang, Zhang & Dietrich (2010)Published as part of Dai, Wu, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, A review of the leafhopper tribe Hyalojassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) with description of new taxa, pp. 1-142 in Zootaxa 3911 (1) on pages 32-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25371
Sulla deducibilità dei contributi previdenziali obbligatori versati dai professionisti
No full textL’Agenzia delle entrate, con la risoluzione n. 66/E del 2020, si e` uniformata al constante indirizzo giurisprudenziale secondo cui i contributi previdenziali ed assistenziali obbligatori versati per legge dai notai rientrano tra quelli deducibili dal reddito professionale, ai sensi dell’art. 54, 1 ̊ comma, del t.u.i.r. Tale conclusione puo` essere estesa anche alle altre categorie professionali, in quanto, se la spesa e` sostenuta dal professionista, essa si pone in un rapporto di immediata derivazione con l’attivita` esercitata e si configura come un effetto economico dell’attivita` medesima, destinato a scopi che possono essere considerati, in senso lato, di “solidarieta`”
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