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Conception of monitoring of cliff shores
No full textCliff shores are those objects which due to their dynamics should be subject to periodic measurements in order to determine their displacement. These measurements need to be cyclically performed in an established time interval according to specific criteria. In this article, the methodology developed to monitor cliff shores is presented, which defines the rules to carry out measurements and the manner of data processing aimed
at building the Digital Cliff Model. A number of partial investigations, whose results were published in the studies by (Suchocki et al. 2008, Suchocki 2009a, Suchocki 2009b, Suchocki and Wasilewski 2009a, Suchocki and Wasilewski 2009b, Suchocki 2010, Suchocki and Wasilewski 2010) were performed to develop this methodology. This paper constitutes a summary of several years’ research, whose effect is an extensive methodology developed to monitor cliff shores with an application of terrestrial laser scanning technology
Geneva Aim Suchocki (March 20, 1908), purchased by Geneva Suchocki
No full textAn order for a memorial for Geneva Aim Suchocki purchased by Geneva Suchocki. The stone, of ""royal Blue"" granite, is to be inscribed with ""Geneva Suchoki Aim; March 20 1908"" The monument is to be paced in Saint Anthony Catholic Cemetery in Hillsdale, Michigan
2j. Suchocki - Comment
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/448251Comment on In search of global ethical standards, by Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki.
Dates are dates of meeting. Dates of creation are unknown.312469
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Spectroscopy of f–f radiative transitions of Yb3+ ions in ytterbium dopedorthophosphates at ambient and high hydrostatic pressures
No full textStudies of absorption and luminescence spectra, and luminescence decay times of the intrashell f-f transitions of Yb3+ ions in bulk orthophosphates at different temperatures and at high hydrostatic pressures are presented. The spectroscopic properties of Y0.99Yb0.01PO4 crystal with a tetragonal zircon structure and Gd0.99Yb0.01PO4 and La0.95Yb0.05PO4 crystals with a monoclinic monazite structure are compared. Experiments at ambient pressure were performed at temperatures from 10 to 295 K whereas measurements at high pressure were performed in a diamond-anvil cell at 10 K with a pressure up to 160 kbar. The results reveal a high thermal and pressure stability of the optical properties of the examined crystals as well as the dependence of Yb3+ emission properties on the local symmetry of the site occupied by the ytterbium dopant
Down-sampling of large lidar dataset in the context of off-road objects extraction
No full textNowadays, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is used in many fields, such as transportation. Thanks to the recent technological improvements, the current generation of LiDAR mapping instruments available on the market allows to acquire up to millions of three-dimensional (3D) points per second. On the one hand, such improvements allowed the development of LiDAR-based systems with increased productivity, enabling the quick acquisition of detailed 3D descriptions of the objects of interest. However, on the other hand, the extraction of the information of interest from such huge amount of acquired data can be quite challenging and time demanding. Motivated by such observation, this paper proposes the use of the Optimum Dataset method in order to ease and speed up the information extraction phase by significantly reducing the size of the acquired dataset while preserving (retain) the information of interest. This paper focuses on the data reduction of LiDAR datasets acquired on roads, with the goal of extraction the off-road objects. Mostly motivated by the need of mapping roads and quickly determining car position along a road, the development of efficient methods for the extraction of such kind of information is becoming a hot topic in the research community
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Visions of justice, the question of immortality: A study of the nature of oppression and liberation in the work of Rosemary Radford Ruether and Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
No full textThis thesis examines the ways in which two Christian, feminist theologians, Rosemary Radford Ruether and Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, understand the relationship between liberation, the fulfillment of justice and the concept of an immortal self. Central to this discussion are Suchocki's and Ruether's differing views of immortality. Suchocki argues that without subjective immortality (the possibility of continuing to experience some form of "life" after death as a subjective centre of consciousness) there can be no justice. Ruether, however, contends that the concept of an immortal self is the root of injustice. While Ruether reproaches the concept of subjective immortality, this thesis shows that she nevertheless defends a form of "objective" immortality (that all that occurs within the creation is taken up within the divine). In Part One, I discuss Ruether's understanding of oppression and liberation. I conclude that while Ruether provides a good analysis of the role of freedom in the development of oppressive social conditions, she neglects to explain the nature of finitude within which human activity is carried out and the limitations which finitude places on human freedom. I also conclude that while Ruether's understanding of liberation addresses forcefully the emancipative aspect of liberation, her characteristic understanding of God's redemptive activity as a form of objective immortality does not address satisfactorily the consequences of injustice as at once individual and relational. In Part Two, I discuss Suchocki's understanding of the nature of oppression and liberation. Her appropriation of Whiteheadian metaphysics figures significantly in her account of both enabling her to account for oppression as arising from freedom and from the limitations of finitude. It, moreover, enables her account of liberation to address fruitfully not only liberation as emancipation and salvation, but also as redemption. In regard to the latter, Suchocki develops a somewhat original argument for the necessity and possibility of subjective immortality. I conclude that while both Suchocki's and Ruether's theologies are driven by a concern for justice, Suchocki provides a better understanding of the nature of oppression which results in injustice, and a better understanding of liberation as the fulfillment of justice. I, moreover, conclude that while for the most part the concept of subjective immortality has been viewed as anathema by feminist theology, Suchocki's view of subjective immortality may in fact open up the possibility of reassessing the concept of an immortal self within feminist theology as not only consistent with but as an aid to developing its own deepest concerns for liberation and justice.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
On the use of the OptD method for building diagnostics
No full textTerrestrial laser scanner (TLS) measurements can be used to assess the technical condition of buildings and structures; in particular, high-resolution TLS measurements should be taken in order to detect defects in building walls. This consequently results in the creation of a huge amount of data in a very short time. Despite high-resolution measurements typically being needed in certain areas of interest, e.g., to detect cracks, reducing redundant information on regions of low interest is of fundamental importance in order to enable computationally efficient and effective analysis of the dataset. In this work, data reduction is made by using the Optimum Dataset (OptD) method, which allows to significantly reduce the amount of data while preserving the geometrical information of the region of interest. As a result, more points are retained on areas corresponding to cracks and cavities than on flat and homogeneous surfaces. This approach allows for a thorough analysis of the surface discontinuity in building walls. In this investigation, the TLS dataset was acquired by means of the time-of-flight scanners Riegl VZ-400i and Leica ScanStation C10. The results obtained by reducing the TLS dataset by means of OptD show that this method is a viable solution for data reduction in building and structure diagnostics, thus enabling the implementation of computationally more efficient diagnostic strategies
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