318 research outputs found
Metaphrasis in Byzantine Literature
No full textThroughout the centuries, Byzantium's ambitious authors were conscious of the significance of literary registers for the reception of their texts. They deliberately made use of stylistic elements or refrained from using certain features in order to reach their target audience. There are certain groups of texts dating from various periods where these stylistic elements can be tracked precisely by comparison of two or even more versions with their model texts. Such examples of rewriting can be found particularly within genres with a broader audience appeal, namely hagiography and historiography. It is in both genres that we encounter metaphrastic processes, in terms of stylistic elaboration and in terms of stylistic simplification.
As well as stylistic reshaping, metaphrasis may also encompass the addition or removal of literary and/ or thematic aspects. All these processes signify intent as well as authorial interpretation. Frequently, the ideological orientation of a text is refurbished through rewriting. Teasing out these strands for exploration helps to supply a potential wealth of information on the author (if known), cultural (social, religious, historical) content, and creative ability, as well as levels of education and literacy
FIGURE 16. A in A review of the genus Labeo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka
No full textFIGURE 16. A, lateral view of body of the holotype of Labeo porcellus (NMW48827, 143 mm SL); B, L. porcellus (NBFGRKU.2016.10.10.02, 205 mm SL) from Thungabadra river at Hampi (Krishna River basin); close up of the head of C, Labeo porcellus (NMW48827); and D, L. porcellus (NBFGRKU.2016.10.10.02, 205 mm SL). A, and C courtesy of Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien.Published as part of Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Ranasinghe, R.H. Tharindu, Goonatilake, Sampath Alwis & Meegaskumbura, Madhava, 2018, A review of the genus Labeo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 4486 (3) on page 228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/143702
Labeo
No full textKey to the species of Labeo in Sri Lanka 1 Lateral line scales on body ± 40.......................................................................... 2 - Lateral line scales on body> 40.............................................................. Labeo heladiva 2 Scales between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line Ż 7........................................................ 3 - Scales between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line <7.................................................. L. rohita 3 ½8 scales between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line; 21–24 circumpeduncular scales; dorsal fin 23.3–28.2% SL....................................................................................................... L. lankae - 7–8 scales between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line; 17–20 circumpeduncular scales; dorsal fin 18.5–23.4% SL....................................................................................................... L. fisheriPublished as part of Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Ranasinghe, R. H. Tharindu, Goonatilake, Sampath Alwis & Meegaskumbura, Madhava, 2018, A review of the genus Labeo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 4486 (3) on page 229, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/143702
Collection, storage, transport, and acclimation of milkfish fry and fingerlings
No full textThe present methods of collecting fry and fingerlings involve filtration by mobile or stationary devices. The bottom topography of the fry ground, wind direction, and tidal fluctuations are the most important considerations in the design and construction of fry and fingerling catching gear. The behavior of young milkfish (Chanos chanos ) in the different environments where they are exploited determines the catching methods to be employed. Collection, handling, storage, and transport activities expose the fish to undue stress, which contributes to poor survival. The simple method of lowering the salinity of the water medium considerably reduces mortality. Prior acclimation history has significant effects on subsequent survival and adaptation. Although it appears that milkfish fry are more hardy than the fingerlings, both have the same capability for resisting subsequent environmental stress provided sufficient time is given for the fish to recover from previous stress
Dezvoltarea şi perfecţionarea relaţiei inovaţie – capital intelectual – cerinţă a performanţei organizaţionale în firmele româneşti
No full textIn a knowledge economy, innovation is the competitiveness key and the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in social systems is the result of collaboration between individuals and communities of interest. Managers can not measure the innovative capacity of the organization, but they may improve his performance. Managers can improve the rate and quality of innovation and competitiveness on the market. Intellectual capital through its three forms - human capital, organizational capital and structural capital, it makes organizational performance. The purpose of this article is to highlight the relationship between innovation, intellectual capital and organizational performance.innovation, entrepreneurship, human capital, intellectual capital, structural capital, performance.
A large-D Weyl invariant string model in anti-de sitter space
No full textIn this thesis we present a novel scheme for calculating the bosonic string partition function on certain curved backgrounds related to Anti-de Sitter [AdS] space. We take the concept of a large expansion from nonlinear sigma models in particle physics and apply it to the bosonic string theory sigma model, where the analogous large dimensionless parameter is the dimension of the target space, D. We then perform a perturbative expansion in negative powers of D, rather than in positive powers of α/ι(^2)(the conventional expansion parameter).As a specific example of a curved geometry of interest, we focus on an example of the metric proposed by Polyakov [1] to describe the dynamics of the Wilson loop of pure SU(N) Yang-Mills theory, namely AdS space. Using heat kernel methods, we find that within the large-D scheme one can obtain different conditions for Weyl invariance than those found in [2]. This is because our scheme is valid for backgrounds where a is no longer small. In particular, we find that it is possible to have a dilaton that depends on the holographic coordinate only, provided one allows mixing of the ghost and matter sectors of the worldsheet theory. This field preserves Poincare invariance in the gauge theory, unlike the conventional dilaton. We also compute a simple string amplitude by constructing certain vertex operators for a scalar field in AdS, and discuss the consequences for the string spectrum
Aristophanes and Euripides: A Palimpsestuous Relationship
No full textAristophanes allows Euripides to interrupt constantly. In Athenian comedy of the fifth century they are on stage together, both literally and figuratively. Despite Aristophanes’ comedies having a meaning of their own, Euripides’ lines are so clearly visible underneath them that they can only be described as the verbal equivalent of a palimpsest. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a palimpsest as a manuscript or piece of writing on which later writing has superimposed or effaced earlier writing, or something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. It is clear that a palimpsest is the product of layering that results in something as new, whilst still bearing traces of the original. Dillon describes the palimpsest as “...an involuted phenomenon where otherwise unrelated texts are involved and entangled, intricately interwoven, interrupting and inhabiting each other”. Aristophanes takes texts, particularly those of Euripides, which may otherwise have been unrelated, and weaves them together to form something new.
I will show that in a number of cases Aristophanes offers scenes that have already been performed in Euripides’ plays but lays his own plot over the tragedian’s, whilst at the same time drawing the audiences’ attention to the original. The nature of this borrowing overwrites Kristeva’s theory of ‘intertextuality’ and provides a new and more apposite name for the permutation of texts in which the geno-text corresponds to infinite possibilities of palimpsestuous textuality (and the pheno-text to a singular text, which contains echoes of what it could have been). The plurality of Euripides’ texts, whilst engendering those of Aristophanes, constantly interrupts them. Through the consideration of ancient and modern literary theory and by a close analysis of Aristophanes’ and Euripides’ plays, this thesis sets out to offer a new reading of the relationship between these two poets. It shows that they were engaged in a dialogue of reciprocal influence that came to a head at the end of the Peloponnesian War
Life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis towards a sustainable cement industry for Sri Lanka : an analysis of three process pathways
No full textCement has already become an essential commodity which contributes for global development which also contributes globally ~5% of man-made CO2 as an adverse environmental impact, during its production phase. Cement manufacturers have already implemented programs aiming to reduce their GHG footprint introducing clinker substituted cement types, utilizing alternative fuels and optimizing the cement manufacturing process. LCA is a tool which can be used to quantify & assess the environmental impacts for a selected scope. Study covers a detail LCA study on different cement manufacturing scenarios selecting GHG emission as the main impact category for a local integrated cement manufacturing facility. As the scope of the LCA ‘cradle to gate’ approach was selected and functional unit defined as ‘one tonne of cementitious material’ in order to compare with different clinker percentage cement types. Holcim (Lanka) Ltd – Puttalam Cement Works was selected for the study as the only operating integrated cement manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka. For the scope inland transportation GHG contributions were also included as an extended scope item. An author designed simple LCA tool ‘Cement LCA Calculator’ was introduced and used to life cycle inventorying and analyzing process. This tool is compatible with the cement CO2 protocol published by the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) aligned with GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) & International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines. LCA analysis was categorized into two process units. More than 90% of GHG generated inside the facility due to calcination and kiln fuel combustion in the baseline scenario where no alternative fuels being used. In year 2007 the thermal substitution rate was 19.9% and average overall clinker factor was 76.5%. Also it has been shown the reduction from 913 to 764 net kgCO2e/tonne of cementitious material from the baseline year – 2001 to 2007. Reported neutral absolute CO2 volumes were 39,940 tonnes in year 2007. However a small increase shown in the local transporting area from 0.56 to 1.31 net kgCO2e/tonne of cementitious material due to increasing alternative fuel transporting activities. The net savings of CO2 by utilizing waste derived fuels were 3,464 tCO2e in year 2007 as per the ‘Cement LCA Calculator’. Research outcomes also opened a number of LCA based research options as future research areas. The LCA study has clearly shown the GHG benefits a reduction of 16% by using alternative fuels and clinker substituted products. Both these corporate initiatives are way forward actions towards sustainable cement manufacturing process, which Holcim (Lanka) Ltd is committed by its group strategies. Introduced Cement LCA Calculator can also be used on finding CO2 minimizing strategies in future cement industry focused ecological improvement studies
ANALISIS KANDUNGAN MANGAN PADA AIR SUNGAI TPA BAKUNG DENGAN PENAMBAHAN EKOENZIM NANAS (Ananas comosus)
No full textABSTRAK
Air lindi yang keluar dari TPA Bakung langsung mengalir ke
sungai sehingga dapat membahayakan warga setempat. Air lindi
mengandung senyawa logam berat Mangan (Mn), BOD, dan COD.
Salah satu cara menanggulangi pencemaran tersebut adalah dengan
penambahan ekoenzim. Pada penelitian ini, jenis ekoenzim yang
digunakan berasal dari kulit nanas. Kulit nanas mengandung senyawa
flavonoid, tannin dan saponin yang dapat berpengaruh pada penurunan
Mangan (Mn), BOD dan COD. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian
pendekatan kuantitatif deskriptif. Teknik pengambilan sampel sesuai
standar SNI 8995-2021 yaitu teknik pengambilan grab sampling (uji
sampel sesaat) dengan mengambil 3 titik lokasi berbeda dengan waktu
yang sama, kemudian dihomogenkan bersama ekoenzim. Pada stasiun
1 sebanyak 10% ekoenzim, stasiun 2 sebanyak 20%, stasiun 3 sebanyak
30% ekoenzim.
Sebelum dilakukan treatment, pada stasiun 1 kadar Mangan
(Mn) sebesar 2,52 mg/L, kadar BOD yaitu 794 mg/L dan kadar COD
yaitu 1770 mg/L. Pada stasiun 2 kadar Mangan (Mn) sebesar 2,47
mg/L, kadar BOD sebesar 730 mg/L dan kadar COD sebesar 1580
mg/L. Pada stasiun 3 kadar Mangan (Mn) sebesar 2,62 mg/L, kadar
BOD sebesar 618 mg/L dan kadar COD sebesar 1380 mg/L. Hasil
setelah treatment berdasarkan parameter kimia yaitu, pada stasiun 1
yaitu kadar Mangan yaitu 2,42 mg/L, kadar BOD yaitu 2728 mg/L,
kadar COD yaitu 2728 mg/L. Sedangkan pada stasiun 2 kadar mangan
yaitu 2,22 mg/L, kadar BOD air yaitu 6568 mg/L, kadar COD yaitu
13550 mg/L. Dan pada stasiun 3 memperoleh kadar Mangan yaitu 2,42
mg/L, kadar BOD yaitu 8433 mg/L, kadar COD yaitu 16050 mg/L.
Maka dapat dikatakan bahwa terdapat kenaikan pada kadar BOD dan
COD setelah dilakukan treatment dibanding sebelum dilakukan
treatment dan melampaui batas ketetapan baku mutu air. Sedangkan
pada kadar Mangan (Mn) terjadi penurunan setelah dilakukan traetment
dan masih sesuai dengan ketetapan baku mutu air.
Berdasarkan hasil yang diperoleh, dapat diketahui bahwa
kualitas air sungai sebelum dan sesudah penambahan ekoenzim dalam
skala laboratorium mempengaruhi kandungan logam berat (Mangan)
pada sungai TPA Bakung di Bandar Lampung.
Kata Kunci : BOD, COD, Ekoenzim, Mangan, TPA Bakung
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ABSTRACT
The leachate that comes out of the Bakung landfill flows
directly into the river and can endanger local residents. Leachate
contains heavy metal compounds Manganese (Mn), BOD and COD. In
this research, the type of ecoenzyme used came from pineapple skin.
Pineapple skin contains flavonoid, tannin and saponin compounds
which can have an effect on reducing Manganese (Mn), BOD and COD.
This research is a descriptive quantitative approach research. The
sampling technique is in accordance with SNI 8995-2021 standards,
namely the grab sampling technique (momentary sample test) by taking
3 different location points at the same time, then homogenizing with
ecoenzymes. At station 1 as much as 10% ecoenzymes, station 2 as
much as 20%, station 3 as much as 30% ecoenzymes.
Before treatment, at station 1 the Manganese (Mn) level was
2.52 mg/L, the BOD level was 794 mg/L and the COD level was 1770
mg/L. At station 2 the Manganese (Mn) level was 2.47 mg/L, the BOD
level was 730 mg/L and the COD level was 1580 mg/L. At station 3 the
Manganese (Mn) level was 2.62 mg/L, the BOD level was 618 mg/L and
the COD level was 1380 mg/L. The results after treatment are based on
chemical parameters, namely, at station 1, namely Manganese levels,
namely 2.42 mg/L, BOD levels, namely 2728 mg/L, COD levels, namely
2728 mg/L. Meanwhile at station 2 the manganese level was 2.22 mg/L,
the water BOD level was 6568 mg/L, the COD level was 13550 mg/L.
And at station 3, the Manganese level was 2.42 mg/L, the BOD level
was 8433 mg/L, the COD level was 16050 mg/L. So it can be said that
there is an increase in BOD and COD levels after treatment compared
to before treatment and exceeds the water quality standard limits.
Meanwhile, Manganese (Mn) levels decreased after treatment and were
still in accordance with water quality standards.
Based on the results obtained, it can be seen that the quality of
river water before and after adding ecoenzymes on a laboratory scale
affects the heavy metal (manganese) content in the river at the Bakung
landfill in Bandar Lampung.
Keywords: BOD, COD, Ecoenzymes, Manganese, TPA Bakun
Figure 4 from: Rose DC, Addison P, Ausden M, Bennun L, Mills C, O'Donnell SAL, Parker C, Ryan M, Weatherdon L, Despot-Belmonte K, Sutherland WJ, Robertson RJ (2017) Decision support tools in conservation: a workshop to improve user-centred design. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e21074. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e21074
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User testing of decision support tools. The list of tools exhibited were as follows: (1) Facilitator (Rowan Eisner), (2) Ecobat (Paul Lintott and Sophie Davison), (3) Local Evidence Assessment Tool (Claire Wordley, (4) IBAT (Kerstin Brauneder and Natasha Ali on behalf of IBAT Alliance), (5) Camgeocon (Dilkushi de Alwis Pitts), (6) Species+ (Kelly Malsch), (7) Protected Planet (Brian MacSharry), (8) TradeMapper (TRAFFIC), (9) LEFT (Peter Long), (10) NaturEtrade (Peter Long and Beccy Wilebore), and (11) WCS Offenders database (Andy Plumptre)
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