431 research outputs found
Alignment and Ergativity in New Indo-Aryan Languages /
No full textThe book provides an overview of the alignment patterns found in modern Indo-Aryan languages. The analysis of the patterns of case marking and agreement leads to a balanced view on the concept of ergativity and evaluates its value for typological linguistics. The book offers an extensive discussion of previous approaches to ergativity. It analyzes four Indo-Aryan languages– Asamiya, Nepali, Rajasthani and Kashmiri– on the basis of text corpora. Examples from other Indo-Aryan languages are also adduced. The book is a thorough synchronic study of alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan languages.The book provides an overview of the alignment patterns found in modern Indo-Aryan languages. The analysis of the patterns of case marking and agreement leads to a balanced view on the concept of ergativity and evaluates its value for typological linguistics. The book offers an extensive discussion of previous approaches to ergativity. It analyzes four Indo-Aryan languages– Asamiya, Nepali, Rajasthani and Kashmiri– on the basis of text corpora. Examples from other Indo-Aryan languages are also adduced. The book is a thorough synchronic study of alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan languages.Electronic reproduction.Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.Saartje Verbeke, Ghent University, Belgium.Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed March 24, 2015
Radiation Hardened Domino Logic Based Schmitt Trigger Circuit With Improved Noise Immunity
No full textThis work presents enhanced hysteresis width for noise-immune radiation-hardened Schmitt trigger circuits. A dual-mode Domino-based Schmitt trigger (DST) circuit is employed for dual purposes owing to the inclusion of a control module that functions as both a domino logic and a Schmitt trigger circuit. For various ST circuits, key performance metrics including hysteresis width, power consumption, latency, process variation, and critical charge at sensitive nodes are determined. The findings demonstrate that, in comparison to other reference circuits, the DST has improved performance metrics. The proposed DST has 3.89×, 1.58×, and 1.03× lower dynamic power, leakage power, and propagation delay, respectively in comparison to conventional ST. The hysteresis width of DST is 1.32× higher than conventional ST which makes it more practical for a noisy environment. All the simulation work has been handled by the Cadence virtuoso tool using UMC 40nm technology
PERBANDINGAN FUZZY TIME SERIES CHENG DAN FUZZY TIME SERIES SINGH DALAM PERAMALAN JUMLAH PENJUALAN PEMPEK EVI TENGGIRI KOTA BENGKULU
No full textIndustri makanan merupakan salah satu sektor penting dalam pertumbuhan
ekonomi di Indonesia. Salah satu pelaku industri makanan di Kota Bengkulu adalah
usaha Evi Tenggiri, yang memiliki tiga cabang dan menjual makanan khas daerah
berupa pempek. Namun, usaha ini mengalami fluktuasi penjualan yang dipengaruhi
oleh faktor musiman, persaingan pasar, dan kondisi ekonomi. Penelitian ini
bertujuan untuk meramalkan jumlah penjualan pempek kemasan kotak dan vakum
secara mingguan guna mendukung perencanaan produksi yang lebih optimal.
Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah fuzzy time series Cheng dan
fuzzy time series Singh. Proses diawali dengan pendeteksian outlier dan
penanganannya menggunakan teknik Winsorizing berbasis persentil sesuai
distribusi data. Selanjutnya dilakukan tahapan fuzzifikasi, pembentukan relasi
logika fuzzy, defuzzifikasi, dan evaluasi akurasi menggunakan nilai Mean Absolute
Percentage Error (MAPE). MAPE yang dihasilkan oleh metode fuzzy time series
Singh adalah 4,33% untuk pempek kemasan kotak (Winsorizing 3%–97%) dan
6,17% untuk pempek kemasan vakum (Winsorizing 5%–95%). Sementara itu,
metode fuzzy time series Cheng menghasilkan MAPE sebesar 27,94% untuk
pempek kemasan kotak (Winsorizing 5%–95%) dan 34,62% untuk pempek
kemasan vakum (Winsorizing 5%–95%). Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, dapat
disimpulkan bahwa metode fuzzy time series Singh memiliki tingkat akurasi yang
lebih baik dibandingkan metode fuzzy time series Cheng dalam meramalkan jumlah
penjualan pempek mingguan.
Kata Kunci: Fuzzy Time Series Cheng, Fuzzy Time Series Singh, Pempek,
Peramalan Penjualan, Winsorizing
How Market Intelligence Helps With Pricing : A qualitative study on Systemair Group
No full textABSTRACT Date: 2021-06-03 Level: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration, 15 cr Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Aryan Singh Omar Eyad Shaheen Mohammad Title: How Market Intelligence Helps With Pricing Tutor: Ali Farashah Keywords: Digitalization, Business Intelligence (BI), Market Intelligence (MI), Competitive Intelligence (CI), Pricing, Decision Making, Dynamic Pricing Model, Price Authority Research Question: How does MI help in pricing decisions of the European market in Systemair Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate if Market Intelligence (MI) has any effect on pricing decisions within the European market in Systemair Group. Since the field of MI in pricing decisions is explorative, this study will conduct thorough interviews with the goal of getting a deep understanding of how MI can help with pricing decisions. This study also aims to contribute to the research in this subject. Method: This study has been conducted in a qualitative manner on the case company Systemair Group. Primary data was collected through academic articles found via the library of Mälardalen University and scientific databases. The research was based on 5 semi-structured interviews conducted online with employees of Systemair. Conclusion: MI plays an important role in pricing. It gathers real time market data that is objective to feelings from the sales team or other employees. Factory capacity will be optimized with the evolution of MI, profit margin will be set higher than before and so this will result in a push in the overall price level of Systemair products. Value-Based Selling points and Resources are an integral part of the dynamic pricing model, specifically in Strategic Input and Data Input respectively.
A middle Indo-Aryan inscription from China
No full textThe work comprises a presentation of a decipherment of an inscription on ancient lead objects found in China’s Wei River Valley, and the Han dynastic histories that preserve their memory. To reach his decipherment the author provides a substantial assembly of lexical material — much of it heretofore unpublished and absent from dictionaries — including Indo-European, Sanskrit, Indo-Aryan, and Chinese languages. Augmenting the philological material is a meaningful observation of Brāhmī forms and Chinese graphs also missing from standard works. The author observes the implications of his decipherment for the study of the interaction between Indian and Chinese cultures in antiquity, as well as for the history of the early proselytisation of the Buddhist faith and philosophy outside of India. All of it results in a contribution that should be of serious interest to Indologists and Sinologists alike
Violence, terrorism and the role of theology : repentant and rebellious Christian identity
No full textWhat has come to be known within the Academy as, Identity theology, is presented in the
literature as a monolithic belief system which supports and encourages terrorism and other forms
of political violence. This dissertation argues that inattention to theological and social issues
within the many Identity theology based groups in the US has led to a deeply flawed
understanding of the relation between Identity adherents, terrorism and other political violence.
Discussions about these groups in the literature are flawed and there is an imprecise understanding
which has led to an inaccurate alignment of widely varied social groups with a pejorative
classification that is neither descriptive of the various theologies at work, nor the social
manifestations observed in these groups. Further, the research suggests that the academic
community known as “Terrorism Studies” continues to contribute to the inaccurate
understanding and that those inaccuracies are likely impediments to effective government policy
in relation to the phenomenon known as Identity theology.
The research presented here suggests that there are both theological and social
distinctions, which can and should be delineated and understood by all those researching Identity
groups. The research highlights four significant types or differences within what is now known
as Identity theology, by highlighting the nuances between social groups including the Church of
Israel, Covenant, Sword and the Arm of the Lord (CSA), Mission to Israel, KKK and Aryan
Nations and suggests that a more precise understanding of the differences could lead to declining
instances of violence and more openness to positive social change by those who currently follow
these very different types of theological belief systems
The Aryan Myth and Tajikistan: From a Myth of Empire to One National Identity
No full textThis article examines the intellectual genealogy of a central tenet of contemporary nationalist discourse in Tajikistan, namely, the Aryan myth as the idea of the Tajiks’ Aryan descent. The origins of this myth are discovered in Late Imperial Russia. Over the first decades of the twentieth century, through the early Soviet period, the Tajik Aryan myth would transform from a narrative legitimizing Russian imperial rule to a myth of Tajik national identity. The article shows how Tajikistan’s imagining and formation as a nation-state was inextricably linked to the Aryan myth and to the way it was articulated by imperial scholars-turned-Soviet orientalists, such as Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Semenov (1873–1958). Taking the microhistorical perspective of a single life allows the author to highlight the local Central Asian dynamics of the complex imperial situation that paved the way to and accompanied Bolshevik nationalities policy. As a scholar with a certain political weight, Semenov managed to exploit the leeway for action in accordance with his own research interests (rather than acting as a mere instrument of the imperial and Soviet regimes in Central Asia). Consequently, the article argues that the process of delimiting borders and identities in 1920s Central Asia was influenced not only by Moscow-based Bolsheviks and leading Central Asian Muslim political figures but also by Russian orientalists as distinctive historical actors
The Sikhs and caste : a study of the Sikh community in Leeds and Bradford
No full textThis thesis examines the persistence of caste among the Sikh
community in Leeds and, to some extent, in the neighbouring city of Bradford. The notion that the Sikhs are a casteless brotherhood is challenged in the context of a brief discussion of the Indian caste system, the function of caste in Punjabi society, and a comprehensive review of the writings by Sikh and non-Sikh authors concerning caste
practices among the Sikhs. The data for this study were collected by means of participant observation during the years 1980-1984. Their analysis demonstrates that caste continues to exist among Sikh migrants despite its rejection by the Sikh gurus. The Sikh community
in Leeds and Bradford is found to be comprised of several caste groups such as Jats, Ramgarhias, Bhatras, Jhirs, Julahas and others.
The significance of the arrival of Sikh families and children from India and East Africa is examined in order to understand the rapid development of caste-based gurdwaras and associations in Britain. A detailed study of two Sikh castes, i.e. the Ramgarhias and the Ravidasis, highlights that members of these caste groups take great pride in their caste identity manifested in the establishment of
their own biradari institutions in Britain.
The practice of caste endogamy and exogamy by the Sikhs is examined by analysing what role arranged marriage plays in perpetuating caste consciousness and caste solidarity. The capacity of caste for adaptation is demonstrated through the powers of the institution of biradari to modify traditional rules of got exogamy for the smooth
functioning of the institution of arranged marriage in Britain. Analysis of the life-cycle rituals provides new insights into the workings of caste, religion and the kinship system among the Sikhs. The role of the Sikh holy men is discussed to understand the quest for a living guru among the Sikhs. Comments are made on the role played by the gurdwaras in perpetuating Punjabi cultural traditions
among Sikh migrants, including the teaching of Punjabi to Sikh children.
A detailed examination of the existence and practices of caste institutions among the Sikhs in Leeds and Bradford leads to the conclusion that caste differences will persist in the internal organisation of the Sikhs in Britain
Typological variation in the ergative morphology of Indo-Aryan languages
No full textWhile New Indo-Aryan languages are a common example of morphological ergativity, the range of variation in ergative marking and agreement among these languages has not been examined in detail. The goals of this article are twofold. We first present a typology of ergative marking and agreement in Indo-Aryan languages, demonstrating that a progressive loss of ergative marking has occurred to varying degrees in different systems. This process is manifested in two distinct strategies of markedness reduction: loss of overt subject marking in the nominal domain and loss of marked agreement in the verbal domain. Using the framework of Optimality Theory, we account for the typology in terms of universal subhierarchies of markedness. Extending the analysis to dialect variation in one language, Marathi, we show that the dialect typology parallels the crosslinguistic typology, but only within the range permitted by changes already present in the parent language (Old Marathi). Furthermore, the dialect typology includes additional hybrid case-agreement systems predicted by our analysis. Author(s): Ashwini Deo 1, 1, | Devyani Sharma 2,
Dreamers of the Dark: Kerry Bolton and the Order of the Left Hand Path, a Case-study of a Satanic/Neo-Nazi Synthesis
No full textIn 1990 a small self-published journal/magazine called The Watcher was distributed among New Zealand's occult underground. The Watcher described itself as 'the New Zealand Voice of the Left Hand Path', and was published as the journal of the Order of the Left Hand Path. The Watcher and the Order directed its attentions towards those occultists who identified themselves as Satanists and, as such, the journal articulated a distinctly Satanic philosophy and perspective. However, as the journal evolved and developed, renaming itself as The Heretic and The Nexus in later years, there arose alongside Satanic philosophy an increasing emphases on what could be called esoteric Nazism or esoteric Nationalism. Given that the editor of The Watcher was Kerry Bolton, a man who has been immersed in New Zealand's Nationalist/neo-Nazi movement since the early 1970s, such an increasingly political orientation was perhaps unsurprising.
This thesis examines the way in which the Order bought Satanic and neo-Nazi ideologies together and the resulting synthesis. It also looks at the transition from being a Satanic order led by a neo-Nazi to an openly neo-Nazi Order that uses Satanic philosophy to justify and popularise its conception of National Socialism
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