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Marko Kuol
No full textabstract: After Marko Kuol’s village was bombed, he walked with his older nephew to Ethiopia at the age of seven.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 25Region: Upper NileThis picture and bio was donated to the Lost Boys Found oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
Control and physical intelligence
No full textChapter 5 focuses on biological and synthetic control/intelligence. This chapter of the 2nd edition includes discussion of deep learning, do-it-yourself (DIY) robotic projects, popular microcontrollers, contributed by Marko Popovic as well as material contributed by new co-author Mihailo Lazarevic on fractional PID control approach. All these are quite relevant in the context of biomechatronics research
Control and physical intelligence
No full textChapter 5 focuses on biological and synthetic control/intelligence. This chapter of the 2nd edition includes discussion of deep learning, do-it-yourself (DIY) robotic projects, popular microcontrollers, contributed by Marko Popovic as well as material contributed by new co-author Mihailo Lazarevic on fractional PID control approach. All these are quite relevant in the context of biomechatronics research
Tax progressivity and social welfare with a continuum of inequality views
No full textWe develop a framework for analysing the loss of social welfare due to taxation, where tax progressivity and regressivity, measured by the Kakwani index, are given interpretation in terms of welfare gain and loss, respectively. Our framework generalises the framework of Kakwani and Son (J Econ Inequal 19:185–212, 2021), by taking account of the intermediate inequality views, a continuum of combinations of the relative view (equal relative change of all incomes does not change inequality) and the absolute view (equal absolute change of all incomes does not change inequality). The welfare loss of taxation is decomposed into three components, one being a generalised Kakwani index, which accommodates the intermediate inequality views. We show that for a progressive (regressive) tax, moving closer to the relative view reduces (increases) the importance of progressivity (regressivity) for the welfare impact of the tax. The perception of the importance of progressivity and regressivity is thus affected by the inequality view taken. The empirical application considers the welfare loss of taxation in Croatia
Five Years of Constitutional Jurisprudence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A First Balance. EDAP 7/2004
No full textThe article reflects the experiences of the author after having served as one of the three international judges of the Constitutional Court of BiH from 1997 to 2002. Based on the relevant case-law of the Constitutional Court it gives a basic overview of the constitutional structure of BiH and analyses the position of the Court vis-à-vis other institutions established under the Dayton-Agreement and the powers of judicial review and human rights protection based on its appellate jurisdiction. Moreover means of interpretation and the elements of constitutional doctrine elaborated through case-law as well as organisational and procedural matters such as the role of dissenting opinions are discussed. In conclusion the article reflects the role of the Constitutional Court in transition from an ethnically divided and war-torn society to democracy and the effective protection of human and minority rights
Uloga boje u gradnji glazbenog oblika u odabranim djelima Marka Ruždjaka / Sound Spaces: The Role of Timbre in Building Musical Form Within a Selection of Marko Ruždjak's Work
No full textSome of the most successful works in the opus of Marko Ruždjak would have been impossible to conceive without the clarinet, the composer’s favourite instrument, as well as wit- hout the guitar, percussion, and voice (soprano, baritone or choir). The author researches how the composer’s choice of instrumental timbres and the voicing of the instruments as solo part or part of a larger sound aggregates (or units) is guided by a singular idea, which can be defi- ned as sound space. The timbre in this context is not conceived just as an element of a two- dimensional unit (building contrasts or overflowing and fusion in the temporal flow), rather it participates in the building of the spatial (and emotional) perspective. It contributes to a building of a specific musical form and expression. Ruždjak’s works have been analyzed through the categories that are linked to the Klangkomposition aesthetics of the Sixties. In the first part of the text, the formal function of individual parameters such as dynamic and regi- ster in the works Passamezzo, Tentatio, Canto peregrino, Versus, Ricercar is analyzed. In the se- cond part of the text, the analysis of Odrazi, Andantino, Notturno is developed through the more complex dimensions such as "static immobile surfaces", "surfaces in movement", "globally static surfaces, flecked with internal movement". They have been deduced from the published and unpublished texts by Györgi Ligeti. The theoretical background for the analysis of the sound's formal functions in the works of Ruždjak is part of the Klangkomposition's aesthetic. Together with the analysis of harmonic and motivic dimensions of the composer's language, they conduct to the possibility of a deeper understanding of the synthesis between various stylistic trajectories that are characteristic for the musical path of Marko Ruždjak
Christological viewpoints of Marko Marulić
No full textThe Croatian poet, theological writer and scholar of Bible Marko Ma-
rulić (1450—1524) was engaged in Christological subject matter. He
wrote De humilitate et gloria Christi — About humility and glory of
Christ. The author explains in his article of Marulić Christological view-
points and significance of his works
Score of Rhythm in Marko Cheremshyna’s Prose
No full textУ статті на матеріалі прози Марка Черемшини різних років з'ясовано роль ритму у формуванні концептуальних ідей, гедоністичної настроєвості, енергетичної спрямованості творів письменника. Ритм новелістики письменника вибудуваний на засадах українського фольклору, що увиразнює національну самобутність доробку прозаїка.The paper focuses on the rhythm in Marko Cheremshyna’s prose of different periods. The author explains the role of rhythm in the formation of concepts, hedonistic mood, and emotional direction of the writer's work. The rhythm of Marko Cheremshyna’s short stories is based on Ukrainian folklore what makes national peculiarities of the writer’s works quite evident
Abschätzung des Arbeitsangebots auf einer breiten (extensiven) Grenze mit einem fehlerhaften Auswahlmodell
No full textDiese Masterarbeit erklärt ein statisches Modell des Arbeitsangebots am Beispiel eines großen Gebietsmusters der Länder von Großbritannien. In der Arbeit konzentriere ich mich auf die Abschätzung der Arbeitskraftteilnahme, welche in der Literatur als Arbeitsangebot auf der breiten Grenze bezeichnet wird. Abschätzung der Empfindlichkeit der Arbeitsangeboten auf der breiten Grenze ist durch zwei Spezifikationen der Elastizitätspartizipationen ausgedruckt, welche definiert wird als prozentuelle Veränderung in der Partizipationsquote der Arbeitskraft, die verursacht wurde durch prozentuelle Veränderung Bruttolohn oder netto effektiv Lohn. Elastizität des Arbeitsangebots ist verschieden Ausgerechnet für die Männer und für die Frauen. Ein fundamentales Problem in der Abschätzung des Modells des Arbeitsangebots, welches die Personen die Arbeitsunfähig sind inkludiert, ist in der Verborgenheit ihrer Löhne, und das macht ein non-probabilistisches Modell aus. Um dem Problem der Selektion im Modell auszuweichen, gebrauche ich in der Bewertung der Lohnfunktionen für die Arbeitsfähige und Arbeitsunfähige Personen den Heckmans Zugang (1979). Taxative semi-elastische Arbeitsangebote betragen im Bezug aus Bruttolohn 0.09% poenen für die Männer beziehungsweise -0.03% poene für die Frauen. Bei den Netto effektiven Löhnen abgeschätzte Semi-elastizitäten sind 0.10% poene für die Männer beziehungsweise -0.01% poen für die Frauen. Beide taxative Elastizitäten sind infintesimal (grenzend) größer in der Spezifikation, welche der Nettolohn gebraucht, was als Grenzanstoß für Teilnahme in der Arbeitskraft für die Männer ist, und kleineres Effektanstoß gegen die Teilnahme an der Arbeitskraft für die Frauen ist.This thesis illustrates the static labor supply model using a large cross sectional data set encompassing the countries of Britain. I focus on estimating the labor force participation decision what is referred in the literature as labor supply on the extensive margin. The sensitivity along the extensive margin is expressed by calculating two specifications of a participation elasticity, defined as the percentage change in the labor force participation rate induced by a one percentage change in the gross wage or the net effective wage. The elasticities of labor supply are computed separatately for men and women. The basic problem in estimating labor supply models with non-workers is unobservability of their wage rates that makes a non-random nature of the sample. I follow Heckman (1979) approach to correct for sample selection bias by estimating wage equation for workers and non-workers. Predicted wage rates along with non-wage incomes and a range of household characteristics are used in the probit regression model while the standard errors of the predicted wage rates were bootstrapped to correct for error-prone sampling distribution of predicted wage regressors that are nonlinear functions of the estimated model parameters. I find that semi-elasticities of labor supply on the extensive margin with respect to gross wage are 0.09 and -0.03 percentage points for men and women, respectively. Using the net effective wage rate these elasticities are 0.10 and -0.01 for men and women, respectively. Both estimated elasticities are marginally larger in the net effective wage specification which I interpreted as a marginal incentive for men to join the labor market and less disincentive effect for women to withdraw from the labor market
Marko Marulić in German Lexicons and Encyclopedias
No full textThe author has surveyed German lexicons, encyclopedias, old and new bookselling inventories and bibliographical compendiums in order to establish the extent to and the manner in which Marko Marulić is represented there, finding out that the earliest such record goes back to 1568, the year in which the bookseller and publisher Georg Willer from Augsburg entered one of Marulić’s printed works into his catalogue issued on the occasion of the autumn fair in Frankfurt (Fig. 1). The author asserts that Willer, the most influential German bookseller of the day, could also have been the publisher of the second German translation of De institutione (Sech Bucher..., Fig.2). Considering the contemporary demand for Marulić’s works, the book should have promised good earnings, which Willer, as experienced publisher and bookseller, surely would not have missed.
Marulić and his works reappear in German sources in the 18th century, when we find his name in large lexicons and collections of universal knowledge (Figs. 3-7).The 19th century was in a particular way interested in incunabula and early 16th century editions, so that it was not before the last quarter of this century that any systematic work was done on the registration of the 16th century editions. In 1969, in Munich, a special committee was established with the purpose of publishing the series entitled Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erscheinenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts. Thanks to the collaboration of the renown Croatian Slavist and bibliographer, Josip Badalić, in the 13th book of the edition Marulić is represented with twenty editions
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