1,132 research outputs found
La Mythologie et l'Odyssée, Hommage à Gabriel Germain, Actes du colloque international de Grenoble 20-22 mai 1999, textes réunis par F. Létoublon et A. Hurst
No full textLacore Michelle. La Mythologie et l'Odyssée, Hommage à Gabriel Germain, Actes du colloque international de Grenoble 20-22 mai 1999, textes réunis par F. Létoublon et A. Hurst. In: Gaia : revue interdisciplinaire sur la Grèce Archaïque, numéro 7, 2003. pp. 622-624
A gazetteer and summary of French pottery imported into Scotland c. 1150 to c. 1650 a ceramic contribution to Scotland's economic history Ceramic Resource Disc 3
No full textThe proposal for a series of published inventories, by countries, of all the imported medieval and post medieval pottery recovered from excavations and field walking in Scotland, was advanced on the final day of the Medieval Pottery Research Group’s conference held in Edinburgh in May 2001. Taking on the roll of creating a gazetteer and catalogue of French pottery in Scotland, it was the authors aim to build on the pioneering work of John Hurst and other medieval ceramicists and in the process make a contribution to the ongoing research on identifiable medieval and post-medieval ceramics traded around the North and Irish Sea
Talking about proportion: Fraction labels impact numerical interference in non‐symbolic proportional reasoning
No full textMaterials, Data, and Analyses associated with: Hurst, M. A. & Cordes, S (accepted) Talking about Proportion: Fraction labels impact numerical interference in non-symbolic proportional reasoning. Developmental Science
Cryptocurrency Market Development: Hurst Method
No full textThe aim of this work is to study the pricing in the cryptocurrency market and applying cryptocurrencies by the Bank of Russia for its monetary policy. The research objectives are to identify the cyclical nature of price dynamics, to study market maturity and potential risks that have a long-term positive relationship with the financial stability of the cryptocurrency market. The author uses the Hurst method with the Amihud illiquidity measure to study the resistance of four cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple and Dash) and their evolution over the past five years. The study results in the author’s conclusion that the cryptocurrency market has entered a new stage of development, which means a reduced possibility to have excess profits when investing in the most liquid cryptocurrencies in the future. However, buying new high-risk tools provides opportunities for speculative income. The author concludes that illiquid cryptocurrencies exhibit strong inverse anti-persistence in the form of a low Hurst exponent. A trend investing strategy may help obtain abnormal profits in the cryptocurrency market. The Bank of Russia could partially apply digital currency to implement monetary policy, which would soften the business cycle and control the inflation. If Russia accepts the law ‘’On Digital Financial Assets’’ and legalizes cryptocurrencies after the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank of Russia might act as a lender of last resort and offer crypto loans
A short history of land settlement in Tasmania
No full textStudents of the history of Tasmania know that
Governor King, in Sydney, upon hearing that a French
expedition was lingering suspiciously about Van Diemen's
Land and the adjacent islands, decided to forestall
them, and in fear of losing British territory
despatched, in 1803, a small band of military officers,
soldiers, prisoners, and settlers to take possession of
and settle upon this island. This book details the history of land settlement from the early days of settlement. The author
endeavours to show how the
land in this island has been gradually disposed of,
first by free grants, and then by purchase on long
terms of credit.
At the time of writing this process been carried on for 134 years
and most of the good Crown land had been selected :
there is still, however, a considerable area of second
and third class country in this State, and if the scientists
who are striving to turn all the land in this
State to a good account can make any suggestions
of a practical nature as to how it may be profitably
treated, the native youth of Tasmania may still be able
to purchase on long terms and make a living in his
native State
Credit cards: facts and theories
No full textWe use data from several waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances to document credit and debit card ownership and use across US demographic groups. We then present recent theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of credit and debit card behavior. Utilization rates of credit lines and portfolios of card holders present several puzzles. Credit line increases initiated by banks lead households to restore previous utilization rates. High-interest credit card debt co-exists with substantial holdings of low-interest liquid assets and with accumulation of retirement assets. Although available evidence disputes ignorance of credit card terms by card holders, redit card rates do not respond to competition. There is a rising trend in bankruptcy and delinquency, partly attributable to an increased tendency of households to declare bankruptcy associated with reduced social stigma, ease of procedures, and financial incentives. Co-existence of credit card debt with retirement assets can be explained through self-control hyperbolic discounting. Strategic default motives contribute partly to observed co-existence of credit card debt with low-interest liquid assets. A framework of “accountant-shopper” households, in which a rational accountant tries to control an impulsive shopper, seems consistent with both types of co-existence and with observed utilization of credit lines. JEL Classification: G11, E2
Intimate immensities
No full textCatalogue of an exhibition held at the SASA Gallery, Adelaide, 18 May-18 June 2010.
Artists and designers: Damien Chwalisz, Matt Davis, Sally Davis, Michael Geissler, Sean Humphries, Rachel Hurst, Jane Lawrence, Katica Pedisic, Sasha Radjenovich, Linda Marie Walker, Phil Walker and Hannah White.The exhibition takes its rationale from the congruence of these (two) themes: ONE: as an exploration /interrogation of simultaneous scales of perception, motivation and operation within architecture and interior architecture, TWO: as an exploration of the everyday as a source for spatial and aesthetic practices.Catalogue essay: Karen Burns
Exhibition notes by curators: Jane Lawrence and Rachel Hurst
Editor: Mary Knights.
Includes bibliographical references
Cryptocurrency market development: Hurst method
No full textThe aim of this work is to study the pricing in the cryptocurrency market and applying cryptocurrencies by the Bank of Russia for its monetary policy. The research objectives are to identify the cyclical nature of price dynamics, to study market maturity and potential risks that have a long-term positive relationship with the financial stability of the cryptocurrency market. The author uses the Hurst method with the Amihud illiquidity measure to study the resistance of four cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple and Dash) and their evolution over the past five years. The study results in the author's conclusion that the cryptocurrency market has entered a new stage of development, which means a reduced possibility to have excess profits when investing in the most liquid cryptocurrencies in the future. However, buying new high-risk tools provides opportunities for speculative income. The author concludes that illiquid cryptocurrencies exhibit strong inverse anti-persistence in the form of a low Hurst exponent. A trend investing strategy may help obtain abnormal profits in the cryptocurrency market. The Bank of Russia could partially apply digital currency to implement monetary policy, which would soften the business cycle and control the inflation. If Russia accepts the law ''On Digital Financial Assets'' and legalizes cryptocurrencies after the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank of Russia might act as a lender of last resort and offer crypto loans. © Mikhailov A. Yu., 202
Normative Power Europe and Conflict Transformation
No full textThe starting point for this paper is twofold. On the one hand, the authors have recently been involved in a study on European integration and border conflict transformation, which established conditions under which integration and association can have a desecuritising effect on border conflicts. One core condition was an image of the EU as a positive force in world politics. On the other hand, both authors have been involved in the debate on normative power Europe and have argued that this concept is better seen as a discursive self-construction imbuing the integration project with new force and establishing an EU identity against Others, rather than an objective analytical concept. In this paper, we explore the degree to which this self-construction of the EU is shared by others in international society, and in particular in conflict areas. Our basic hypothesis is that the EU's chances to act as a mediator, or to transform conflicts through association agreements and other forms of partnerships, largely depends on this acceptance of the notion of normative power Europe. The paper draws upon the cases of Cyprus and Israel/Palestine as examples. Its aim is to develop a theoretical framework with which the basic hypothesis can be studied, to discuss initial examples, and to draw out the political and normative consequences from the relationship between normative power Europe and conflict transformation, especially in light of our earlier criticism of the EU's self-construction
A textual and contextual analysis of Fannie Hurst\u27s Imitation of life
No full textThis thesis presents a textual and contextual analysis of Fannie Hurst\u27s novel Imitation of Life (1933), aiming to re-evaluate a novel by an author who was quite famous in the 1920s and 30s but who is nearly forgotten today. Imitation of Life is one of Hurst\u27s most popular domestic melodramas in which the author explores gender and racial relationships. It was written at a time when she had not only established herself as a successful writer but had even become a public figure of some importance: she epitomized the successful lady-writer to millions of Americans. In spite of her overwhelming success, Hurst was never to be acknowledged by critics who overlooked the complexity of her writing and in general despised the genre of her novels: melodrama aimed at a feminine audience, a genre which had no place with the realist, modernist, and male-dominated literary canon.
In order to analyze and re-evaluate Hurst\u27s novel, a definition of melodrama, an examination of relevant biographical information, and a survey of the critical reception to Hurst\u27s works are of primary importance. Thus, the first chapter of the thesis gives a working definition of melodrama as a narrative type which appears in drama, prose fiction and film. This definition of melodrama is intended to avoid evaluating Hurst\u27s novel through literary criteria which deprecate melodrama.
As melodrama is a particularly time-bound artistic form, the second chapter explores Fannie Hurst\u27s socio-cultural background and her biography, thereby uncovering two major aspects underlying her writing: first, her inner conflict and effort to reconcile the widening gap between traditional values and radical changes in women\u27s social position in the working world; second, the overwhelming public image which Hurst used to promote social issues such as women\u27s and racial issues, and which boosted her literary career. Thus, Hurst in part appears as a 19th century literary survivor by writing domestic melodramas well into the first half of the 20th century, whereas her use of her public image definitely makes her part of the 20th century.
The third chapter consists of a narrative and stylistic analysis of Imitation of Life in view of the definition of melodrama and background information provided respectively in the first and second chapter. The sections dealing with the narrative structure and techniques show how Hurst uses both of these aspects skillfully and innovatively, demonstrating her outstanding abilities as a writer of melodrama. The analysis of the characterization shows how both the main and secondary characters reflect predominantly either traditional values or ground-breaking attitudes related to women\u27s and racial issues. This contrast in the type of characters parallels Hurst\u27s own experiences and the crucial preoccupations of American society at the beginning of this century, which she attempted to influence through her public persona and her writing.
The third chapter continues with a stylistic analysis of the novel which explores the different aspects of the modes of melodrama: excess, immediacy, and spectacle. If Hurst is rather successfully using excess and immediacy in order to heighten the melodramatic effects in her novel, she falls short in the melodramatic scope of grandiose public events, that is to say spectacle. This failure to use spectacle derives from her inability to melodramatize the black subplot in which the major spectacle scene of the novel occurs. Although the black subplot is highly propitious to melodramatic expression, the author is caught in her white patronizing perspective on racial problems. Hurst is unable to avoid the artificial tone pervading the black subplot, thereby precluding its very melodramatic impact.
The fourth and last chapter concentrates on the critical response to Hurst\u27s novel since its publication. Although Fannie Hurst\u27s works, such as Imitation of Life, have irremediably suffered from the passing of time, her writing from the position of a popular lady-writer in the 1920s and 1930s critiqued most often in negative terms, this survey on the critical reception of Hurst\u27s novel and the analysis of the novel presented in the third chapter help to establish the importance of studying a popular genre such as melodrama, which still pervades American culture, its literature and cinema.\u2
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