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Nouvelle méthode syntagmatique de vectorisation appliquée au self-organizing map des textes vietnamiens
No full text@inproceedings{CN-NGUYEN-2004, author = {Nguyen D.T.}, title = {Nouvelle méthode syntagmatique de vectorisation appliquée au self-organizing map des textes vietnamiens}, booktitle = {RECIRAL'04}, year = {2004}, address = {Fès, Maroc}, month = {avril} }National audienc
Mapping the Landscape: A Bibliometric Analysis of CALIBER 2022 Convention Publications
No full textThe present study examines the authorship patterns, collaboration levels, and various other parameters such as gender, author designation, institutional affiliation, and geographical distribution of the conference papers presented at CALIBER 2022 by employing an array of bibliographic analysis techniques. The analysis is based on a dataset consisting of 45 papers authored by 100 individuals and found that authors hailing from Uttar Pradesh emerged as the foremost contributors. The study also found that universities emerged as the most prolific contributors, responsible for the publication of 71.00 per cent of the articles within the designated time frame
Tides, surges and mean sea-level (reprinted with corrections)
No full textPrefaceMoving water has a special fascination, and the regular tidal movements of coastal seas must have challenged human imagination from earliest times. Indeed, the ancients who were able to link the regular movements of the sea to the movements of the sun and moon regarded tides as a tangible terrestrial manifestation of the powers of the celestial gods. For them the tides had religious significance; for us there are obviously many practical and scientific reasons for needing to know about and understand the dynamics of the oceans and coastal seas.Modern practical studies are concerned with problems of marine transport, coastal erosion and the design of coastal defences against flooding. Interest in mean sea-level changes has recently focused attention on the possibility of significant increases over the coming century as a result of global warming. Scientifically, in addition to their position as a branch, perhaps the oldest branch, of physical oceanography, tides have a controlling influence on many marine biological and geological processes. One of the fascinations of studying tides is the diversity of the applications.During the past two decades, mainly as a result of developments in instrument design and in the computer sciences, our understanding of tides and their related phenomena has made considerable advances. The aim of this book is to present modern tidal ideas to those who are not tidal specialists, but for whom some tidal knowledge is involved in their own professional or scientific field. These include hydrographers, marine and coastal engineers, geologists who specialize in beach or marine sedimentation processes, and biologists concerned with the ways in which living organisms adapt to the rhythms of the sea.Some of the material presented here was originally prepared for a course of lectures in Liverpool University to third-year Combined Honours students, whose academic backgrounds varied from pure mathematics to field geology. This range of previous scientific experience inevitably causes difficulties in determining the level of mathematical treatment which should be adopted. In this book I have tried to keep the mathematics as simple as is consistent with a proper physical explanation, while developing the non-mathematical discussions in an essentially independent yet parallel way. Sections which may be omitted by the non-mathematical reader are marked with an asterisk.Discussions of the engineering applications of tides are based on several years of experience giving advice to consultants and to Government Departments on behalf of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory at Bidston Observatory. Many of my colleagues on the staff of the Laboratory have given me advice and constructive criticism during the preparation. To them and to many other friends and associates I extend my grateful thanks. In particular, it is a pleasure to thank Graham Alcock, M. Amin, Trevor Baker, David Blackman, Peter Claridge, Hilary Faull, Roger Flather, Tony Heathershaw, John Howarth, Ian James, Kathy Jones, Trevor Norton, Lesley Rickards, Ralph Rayner, Alun Thomas, Phillip Williamson, and Philip Woodworth for helpful comments on earlier versions of the text. It is also a pleasure to acknowledge specific or general guidance during the development of my ideas from Duncan Carr Agnew, David Cartwright, Mike Collins, Keith Dyer, Norman Heaps, Chester Jelesnianski, Geoff Lennon, Nick McCave, Robin Pingree, John Simpson, Ian Vassie and Klaus Wyrtki. Finally, I am grateful to my family for tolerating and even encouraging this personal indulgence through the evenings and weekends of four long winters. Cirencester, June, 1987 DAVID PUG
Eastern Iran in the Achaemenid Period
No full textThe author deals with the archaeological evidence of the Achaemenid period in eastern Iran. This evidence is limited, rare and contradictory with regard to the historical importance of the eastern provinces of the Empire. The territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is ambiguous too and in this regard the cultural background of the different provinces, as well as relationships between center and periphery, were crucial factors affecting the visibility of the Achaemenid empire in its eastern-most regions. Similarly, the geographic definition of ‘eastern Iran’ requires clarification as well because, as a geomorphological unit. Thus at least four different aspects of interpretation should be considered when considering the evidence of the Achaemenid empire in the east:
1. the dynastic - identifiable by inscriptions, coins and seals
2. the ethnic - possibly detectable on both physical anthropological and cultural grounds
3. the political/imperial - recognizable both in macroscopic architectural and art historical remains and in the material traces of settlement patterns and economic investments, e.g. to secure the water supply
4. the chronological - interpretable in the differing horizons connected to the period of Achaemenid political-dynastic dominion in the area
Landscape design methods in architecture
No full textLandscape has been used as a metaphor or conceptual reference for an increasing amount of excellent architectural projects in the last two decades. The phenomenon seems to be a substantial innovation of architecture with an interesting potential for artistic, social and ecological gains. To be able to better understand and critically review these projects, it is important to better understand the notion of landscape. How can we better understand the idea of landscape and its design methods for application in architecture? To answer this central question we try to find a working definition of relevant landscape design methods in this paper. Only thereafter may we ask how these landscape methods are applied to the theory and practice of architecture, and what knowledge can be derived from built examples for future practical and theoretical use in the field. This paper is part of the larger study ‘Architecture with Landscape Methods’ with more case studies. This paper however is mainly based on literature study. Currently the author is analyzing four crucial projects from 1990-present in CAD and GIS based analytical case studies. One or two of these cases will illustrate the subject to the audience in the author's poster presentation at IFLA2012.UrbanismArchitectur
'Resting' and 'Fremantle Terzinas' Poems by author Hersri Setiawan (Translation into English by David T. Hill)
No full textIn late February 1993, Indonesian author Hersri Setiawan arrived for a brief visit to Australia to participate in the Perth Writers' Festival at the Fremantle Arts Centre. A former political prisoner held for nine years in detention without trial, he managed to leave Indonesia several years ago and now lives in the Netherlands as a political exile. These poems have been translated by David T. Hill
Library Supported Scholarship: Increasing Faculty Scholarly Reach with Author Services
No full textThe directors of the departments of institutional research & training (Monica D.T. Rysavy, Ph.D.) and the Hirons Library and Learning Center (Russell Michalak, MLIS) at Goldey-Beacom College, a small private doctoral-granting institution, partnered to offer training workshops and professional development opportunities to faculty related to research and publication processes. We recently surveyed current faculty regarding their satisfaction, level of awareness, and desire for training regarding library and researcher services using Qualtrics. This presentation shared results from this survey and lessons learned from offering a workshop about how researchers can expand their online presence using author profiles
Lithium transport in crown ether polymers
No full textA series of 12-, 13-, and 14-membered crown ether rings bearing polymerisable side-chains has been synthesised. The crown ethers were attached to a methacrylate or acrylate polymerisable group either via a short link (Ring-CH(_2)-O-Polymer) or via a spacer group. Both hydrocarbon and ethylene oxide spacer groups were used, giving structures of the form (Ring-CH(_2)-O-(CH(_2))(_6)-O-Polymer) and (Ring-CH(_2)-O-((CH(_2)CH(_2))(_2)O)-Polymer). The ethylene oxide chain can potentially bind to a Li(^+) dopant ion. The relative Li(+) binding affinity of 12-, 13-, and 14-membered mono- and disubstituted crown ethers has been assessed by variable temperature (^13)c and (^7)Li NMR. The crown ether bearing monomers were polymerised using standard free-radical polymerisation methods to yield amorphous materials whose glass transition temperature (T(_g)) was controlled principally by the nature of the spacer group. On doping with lithium triflate (LiCF(_3)SO(_3)), the polymers exhibit high ionic conductivity. The conductivity was primarily dependent on polymer T(_g), but was also found to be higher for 12-crown-4 based systems than for 13-crown-4 and 14-crown-4 based analogues. This behaviour was consistent with the results of the NMR studies, which showed that Li(^+) exchange occurs more readily between 12-crown-4 rings than 13- or 14-crown-4 rings. The NMR studies also showed that 12-crown-4 systems have a higher tendency to form 2:1 (ring : Li(^+)) complexes. Within a polymer matrix, the presence of 2:1 complexes allows Li(^+) migration via an association-disassociation mechanism, avoiding the high energy intermediate state of a free or weakly bound Li(^+) ion. The greater encapsulation provided by 2:1 complexation may also aid in ion pair separation
Greenville Woman's College Alumnae Council annual meeting
No full textThe Alumnae Council from the Greenville Woman's College at their Council meeting and luncheon. Those attending included Mrs. J.W. Culbertson (Zillie Workman), Leda Poore, Mrs. D.T. Riley (Josie McBride), Dr. Kathleen Riley, Mrs. Furman Sterling (Edith Wilson), Mrs. R.J. Holdom (Katherine Bagnall), Susie Huff, Mrs. Ollin J. Owens (Loulie Latimer), Mrs. Percy Beasley (Amelia Schroder), Mrs. J.C. Brice (May Rives)
Mechanische eigenschappen van poly(meth)acrylaat/ urethaan netwerken: De invloed van de samenstelling van het lineaire polymeer op de mechanische eigenschappen van het netwerk
No full textDit onderzoek bestaat uit drie delen: - Het synthetiseren en karakteriseren van de poly(meth)acrylaten. - Het crosslinken van de polymeren en het volgen van die reaktie. - Dynamisch mechanische metingen aan de gecrosslinkte polymeren
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