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Supplement to the Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography, 2021
No full textRoss, Andrew J. (2022): Supplement to the Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography, 2021. Palaeoentomology 5 (1): 27-45, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.1.
Governance infrastructure and FDI flows in developing countries
No full textWith the existence and management of certain national and global-level institutions being called into question by their electorates and members, the aim of this paper based on a sample of 122 countries over the period 2002–2017 was to investigate the continuing applicability and relevance of current and existing macro governance infrastructure on patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. Employing the World Bank’s ‘good governance index’ our findings demonstrate that certain aspects of country – level governance infrastructure continue to be a significant predictor of host country FDI, with particular emphasis placed on the ability of governments to effectively formulate and implement policies alongside an effective regulatory environment promoting private sector development. Thus, countries with weak institutional capacity to design and implement an effective investment regime, and secondly absorb FDI will struggle to attract and benefit from the positive externalities associated with FDI
The empirical identification of synchronous machine parameters
No full textA methodology is presented for estimating the parameters of detailed electrical machine models. Advanced computational methods are derived for the analysis of observed machine behaviour using data from both well established and more recent tests. Because of their great economic and technological importance, emphasis is placed on parameter estimation for large turboalternators; however, the derived methods are applicable to arty electrical machine. The least-squares technique is used to calculate the parameters of a Laplace transform model best fitting an observed test response and two algorithms are presented. The first is a refinement of the method due to Sanathanan and Koerner and has been found to be superior to a comparable method based on a step-by-step solution. The machine test response is input to these routines and can be measured directly in the frequency domain or estimated by numerical transformation of time-domain measurements; techniques are devised to overcome the problems of aliasing and leakage which determine the accuracy of this transformation. Detailed examination is given to three machine tests - the sudden short-circuit test and two standstill tests, one in each of the time and frequency domains - and the conventional theory of electrical machines is extended to derive equivalent circuit models from the test results. The problems of extracting direct and quadrature axis information from short-circuit tests results are investigated and computational techniques devised to extract this information using only armature current data. Use of the parameter estimation methodology will enable more accurate models of machine behaviour to be made and, therefore, more meaningful predictions of performance. The results of its application on both simulated and actual machine tests is-reported, including a series of the three principal tests on a 66014W turboalternator. To realise the methodology, a large body of software has been written for both interactive and batch processing environments and can be used for the analysis of test results, to test new methods or as a specification for future systems. Although developed for electrical machine identification, the software is perfectly general and can be applied to any continuous linear system.</p
“77% of Aussies Are Racist”: Intersections of Politics and Hip-hop in Australia
No full textThe Australian government’s decision to turn away a Norwegian vessel with 438 asylum seekers on board became a national political issue and triggered a response from the hip-hop group The Herd in their track '77%'. Utilising Androutsopoulos’s (2009) framework of the three spheres of hip-hop discourse, this study explores how dissatisfaction and dissent are expressed through the lyrics, the media response to the track and through consumer channels in the comments section of the track’s YouTube video. The results show that hip-hop acts as a multi-level platform for such expressions.</p
Edmund Jarzembowski at 70: An appreciation
No full textAUSTEN, PETER A., WANG, BO, ROSS, ANDREW J., CORAM, ROBERT A. (2022): Edmund Jarzembowski at 70: An appreciation. Palaeoentomology 5 (3): 195-217, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.3.
Introduction:(De)legitimization and participation in the digitized public sphere
No full textAs technological developments expand the communicative and participatory potential of more individuals, showcasing how legitimacy manifests and is debated and explored in diverse online platforms and settings remains a fertile area of future research. Bottom-up participation is therefore a fundamental concept, one made even more significant when framed within online possibilities, and notably one that draws close links to the public sphere. The diversification of online modes of participation in the public sphere continues, and this can be “theorized as increasing the availability or participatory politics for civic actors, who employ these tools to exert voice and influence in the public sphere”. Although discourse analysis, generally speaking, has existed as a powerful approach to the analysis of spoken and written discourse for a considerable period of time, what has changed is the type and diversity of texts that form the basis of discursive interactions and engagement. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book
“Stop the Boats”
No full textIn the lead-up to the 2013 Australian general election, the Liberal/National Party Coalition emphasized a policy surrounding asylum-seekers attempting to arrive in Australia via boat using the slogan of “Stop the Boats”, which was implemented after achieving election victory. The policy received strong criticism for a perceived lack of empathy, evident in many contexts, including the new media phenomenon of Internet memes. As memes are most often used to mock, deride or criticize the target and are seen by many through various social media platforms on which they appear, they have become a successful tool of delegitimization (see Ross & Rivers, 2017a; Ross & Rivers, 2017b). This chapter presents a small selection of memes from the multitude that emerged providing commentary on the “Stop the Boats” policy rhetoric. The memes will be analyzed in accordance with Mackay’s (2015) framework for legitimization by multimodal means from the perspective of delegitimization to demonstrate how memes served to delegitimize the government’s policy rhetoric on asylum-seekers. The chapter will help to unlock the nuances involved in this contemporary form of communication and participation as well as highlight the power residing in Internet memes to make a statement and potentially have an influence on the members of the participatory digital cultures within which they appear
On the systematic position of a highly derived Amphiesmenoptera insect from Burmese amber (Insecta: Amphiesmenoptera)
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