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Pan, Alexander, and Sean Koppe. "Pre-Liver Transplantation Evaluation and Listing." Digestive Disease Interventions 03, no. 04 (2019): 255–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1700515.
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AbstractLiver transplantation provides a curative treatment option for patients with both acute and chronic liver disease, but the decision to list a patient for transplant should be an informed one to maximize post-transplantation benefit and survivability. Potential candidates meeting transplantation indications must undergo a comprehensive evaluation consisting of both physical, as well as psychiatric, assessment to be considered for transplantation. Once listed, a candidate's place on the liver transplant waiting list is determined predominantly by his or her Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)-Na score, which is a reliable tool to stratify short-term survival risk. The severity of certain conditions, however, is not accurately reflected by the MELD-Na score, and these particular diagnoses may be assigned MELD exception points. Herein, we discuss common indications for liver transplantation: the MELD system and its exceptions, the physical and psychosocial evaluation of potential transplant candidates, and some limitations of the current organ allocation system and efforts to reduce disparity in organ distribution.
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Lim, Leong. "The 10 Lords of the Universe - the New South Wales TSC Act's Scientific Committee." Pacific Conservation Biology 3, no. 1 (1997): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc970004.
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The question as to whom should the authority to determine listing and delisting of species, populations, ecological communities and key threatening processes that affects the state's wildlife (flora and fauna) be delegated, for what purpose and what priority we should place them in relation to all of society's needs, is a fundamental and an important one. The authority for setting up the Scientific Committee of the Threatened Species Conservation Act (New South Wales) 1995 is examined. Its functions and the individuals that make up this Committee, who they represent and the determinations this Committee has reached so far are discussed. The implications for the listing of species, populations and ecological communities with some of the more serious problems such listings have caused are outlined with particular reference to the application of the 8-Point Test under s 5A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. These practical difficulties aside, the fundamental question still remains; Can the New South Wales State Parliament delegate its legislative powers for peace, welfare and good government, to a lower authority that is not directly elected by the people, accountable to no one and that has no propriety interest in the subject matter? Thus a question of Constitutional validity of all or part of the TSC Act arises.
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Chen, Yan-Kwang, Fei-Rung Chiu, and Ciao-Jyun Yang. "An Optimization Model for Product Placement on Product Listing Pages." Advances in Operations Research 2014 (2014): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/357693.
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The design of product listing pages is a key component of Website design because it has significant influence on the sales volume on a Website. This study focuses on product placement in designing product listing pages. Product placement concerns how venders of online stores place their products over the product listing pages for maximization of profit. This problem is very similar to the offline shelf management problem. Since product information sources on a Web page are typically communicated through the text and image, visual stimuli such as color, shape, size, and spatial arrangement often have an effect on the visual attention of online shoppers and, in turn, influence their eventual purchase decisions. In view of the above, this study synthesizes the visual attention literature and theory of shelf-space allocation to develop a mathematical programming model with genetic algorithms for finding optimal solutions to the focused issue. The validity of the model is illustrated with example problems.
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Yiu, Daphne W., William P. Wan, and Yuehua Xu. "Alternative Governance and Corporate Financial Fraud in Transition Economies: Evidence From China." Journal of Management 45, no. 7 (2018): 2685–720. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206318764296.
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How corporate governance mechanisms function in transition economies is a key topic for corporate governance researchers and policy makers. We propose that alternative governance mechanisms are in place to mitigate corporate fraudulent behaviors in the fluid state of transition economies where the establishment and enforcement of corporate governance legislation are presently insufficient. Drawing on the twin set of institutional logics—the institutional embeddedness logic and the institutional substitution logic—we posit that three salient types of prevailing alternative governance mechanisms (relational, administrative, and foreign governance) play important roles in transition economies because they are complementary to the institutional conditions at the time of the transition process. Conducting a bivariate probit analysis of a matched sample of corporate financial fraud cases in China, we find that strategic alliances, business group affiliation, nontradable state shares, local government ownership, use of foreign auditors, and foreign listing can deter corporate financial fraud, while foreign listing is also effective in detecting fraud. We also find that the deterrence effects of strategic alliances and business group affiliation become weaker as law development improves, while foreign listing and legal governance are completely substitutive. Our study provides a contextualized view of corporate governance that connects its effectiveness with institutionalization and the institutional state of a country. Our study also enriches our understanding of some unfamiliar forms of governance mechanisms that are in place and complementary to a country’s institutional conditions.
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Cotte, Michel. "What makes astronomical heritage valuable? Identifying potential Outstanding Universal Value in cultural properties relating to astronomy." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 11, A29A (2015): 93–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921316002465.
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AbstractThis communication presents the situation regarding astronomical and archaeoastronomical heritage related to the World Heritage Convention through recent years up until today. Some parallel events and works were promoted strongly within the IAU–UNESCO Initiative during the International Year of Astronomy (2009). This was followed by a joint program by the IAU and ICOMOS—an official advisory body assisting the World Heritage Committee in the evaluation of nomination dossiers. The result of that work is an important publication by around 40 authors from 20 different countries all around the world: Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the Context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention (Ruggles & Cotte 2010). A second volume is under preparation (2015). It was also accompanied by some initiatives such as the “Windows to the Universe" organisation and the parallel constitution of local “Starlight Reserves”. Some regional meetings studying specific facets or regional heritage in the field giving significant knowledge progresses also accompanied the global trend for astronomical heritage.WH assessment is defined by a relatively strict format and methodology. A key phrase is “demonstration of Outstanding Universal Value” to justify the WH Listing by the Committee. This communication first examines the requirements and evaluation practices about of demonstrating OUV for a given place in the context of astronomical or archaeoastronomical heritage. That means the examination of the tangible attributes, an inventory of the property in terms of immoveable and moveable components and an inventory of intangible issues related to the history (history of the place in the context of the history of astronomy and cultural history). This is also related to the application to the site of the concept of integrity and authenticity, as regards the place itself and in comparison with other similar places (WH sites already listed, sites on national WH Tentative Lists, or other similar places in the region). The second issue of the communication is to give a glimpse of today's WH List, including some difficulties with listing and occasional failures, and trends and promising approaches.
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Pick, M., S. R. Kane, E. Priest, et al. "Commission 10. Solar Activity (Activite Solaire)." Transactions of the International Astronomical Union 20, no. 1 (1988): 55–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0251107x0000691x.
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In preparing the present report, which covers the period July 1, 1984, to June 30, 1987, close collaboration has taken place between Commission 10 and 12, the two solar commissions, in order to avoid duplications and to insure that pertinent subjects are treated. The reader is referred to the report of Commission 12 for further solar topics. The proceedings are found at the beginning of the references for each section, followed by the usual alphabetical listing. In some sections this listing refers to the previous proceedings by their numbers; in others we retain the conventional reference. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the excellent work of the reviewers who wrote the different sections of this report, and all the members of the commission who provided information on research to be included.
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NAZAR'YANTS, Artur A. "Refining going-public methods." Finance and Credit 27, no. 4 (2021): 934–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24891/fc.27.4.934.
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Subject. The article examines the foreign experience of global trading platforms related to alternative ways of listing company shares on stock exchanges. Objectives. I study the feasibility of adapting other methods of placing shares on Russian stock exchanges in order to develop the national financial market and increase the number of traded shares. Methods. The study is based on general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative and comparative analysis, graphical method of analysis. Results. As a result of the analysis of international experience and innovative methods of listing, it was determined that there are legal obstacles that currently limit the possibility of using new methods of listing shares in the Russian market. At the same time, there is a demand from small and medium-sized businesses, as well as large Russian non-public companies, for simpler and less expensive ways to enter the equity capital market. Conclusions. The emergence of additional ways for companies to enter the stock exchange opens up more diversified and less expensive ways for issuers to place their shares, as well as expands the investor base and the overall attractiveness of the Russian financial market.
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Pizzimenti, Marc. "Interfacing a CalComp 9100 Series Digitizer to an Apple IIe Microcomputer." International Journal of Sport Biomechanics 2, no. 2 (1986): 110–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijsb.2.2.110.
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Some of the details relating to the hardware and software aspects of interfacing a CalComp 9100 series (model 91360) with an Apple IIe microcomputer system and switch settings for the serial interface card in the microcomputer are discussed. A flowchart and partial hard-copy listing of a BASIC program "DATA INPUT" are also provided to serve as a starting place for users with similar systems.
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Perkins, Alex. "Classifying art with Bliss." Art Libraries Journal 36, no. 4 (2011): 18–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200017156.
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The second edition of the Bliss Classification (BC2) is a faceted classification scheme which reworks the original Bliss Classification, devised a century ago. It compares favourably in terms of its wealth of detail, the fineness of its analysis, its flexibility and the conciseness of its notation with its main rivals, the Library of Congress Classification, the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Universal Decimal Classification. The Art class, W, is one of the most detailed and best organised of the BC2 schedules, with the caveat that the author did not find the giving of priority to place over period and the listing of individual artists separately from their periods and places to be the most helpful arrangement. However, room is left for alternative arrangements within the scheme.
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King, Don W. "When Did the Inklings Meet? A Chronological Survey of their Gatherings: 1933-1954." Journal of Inklings Studies 10, no. 2 (2020): 184–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ink.2020.0079.
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Since minutes were never taken of the Inklings’ meetings, it is not surprising that there is no complete, definitive record of when meetings occurred nor of who attended. To partly remedy this deficit, this essay offers a comprehensive chronological listing of their meetings from 1933 to 1954. Distinctions are drawn between documented meetings (where references occur about the meeting in a letter, journal, or other source) and possible meetings (where it is arguable that a meeting took place). In addition, for documented meetings, the essay identifies those present, where and when the gathering took place, and the specific source that supports the claim that the meeting occurred. The essay concludes with three brief observations about this chronology.
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Bahadır, Ferdi. "University Students’ Perceptions of the Reasons for Success and Failure: A Qualitative Study." Journal of Educational Issues 6, no. 2 (2020): 214. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jei.v6i2.17560.
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This study aims to reveal the reasons for students’ success and failure based on their own perceptions. University students served as the participants of this study in which the phenomenological method was used. Data was collected with the listing questions, developed by the researcher, which took place in the semi-structured interview form. According to the results of the study, the factors that affect both success and failure the most are personal. In addition, findings suggest that success is a relative concept from one’s personal perspective. It is thought that monitoring students and organizing both learning and sheltering environments, in accordance with their interests and needs after they are placed in university, will boost their success. Further studies may provide different perspectives by focusing on the reasons for success and failure based on the opinions of families and academics.
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McNeill, T. E. "Lost infancy: Medieval archaeology in Ireland." Antiquity 76, no. 292 (2002): 552–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00090682.
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Medieval archaeology in Ireland has been described twice in the last 30 years as ‘in its infancy’, by Delaney (1977: 46) andby Barry (1987: 1). Neither was strictly correct. Ireland played a full part in the general English interest in medieval castles and churches around 1900, with Champneys, Orpen and Westropp in particular listing and describing them and relating to their historical and European context. In Ulster the medieval period had occupied a central place in archaeological research and excavation, rcmarkable within Europe and unique within the British Isles, from 1950 (Tope 1966).
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Phillips, James M. "Niijima Jō Zenshū: The Complete Works of Joseph Hardy Neesima. Vol. 6: Letters in English. By Niijima Jō. Kyoto: Dohosha, 1985. xxxvi, 447 pp. Illustrations, Chronological Listing of Correspondents with Place, Alphabetical Listing of Correspondents with Place and Date, Notes, Appendix, Index. ¥ 7,500." Journal of Asian Studies 46, no. 2 (1987): 417–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2056042.
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Mossakowski, Dietrich, Sándor Bérces, Radek Hejda, et al. "High molecular diversity in Carabus (Hygrocarabus) variolosus and C. nodulosus." Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66, Suppl. (2020): 147–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.66.suppl.147.2020.
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The Carabus subgenus Hygrocarabus contains two taxa: C. variolosus and C. nodulosus, the species or subspecies status of which is handled far from uniform in the literature. Both taxa show a similar morphology, the shape of the tip of the aedeagus provides a reliable morphological marker for identification. We analysed two mitochondrial gene parts (COI-5’ and COI-3’) and a nuclear one (ITS2). High diversity was found showing specific geographical patterns. Introgressive hybridisation was detected but interpreted not as an argument for subspecies status because high genetic distances indicated that it must have taken place in former times. In a laboratory hybridisation experiment, the male did not accept the female of the other taxon, supporting the conclusion that these are separate species. A series of refuges was expected for the period of ice ages. Although only the taxon C. variolosus is listed in Annex II and IV of the EU Habitats Directive, C. nodulosus also falls under this listing, as at the time of including the species into the Annexes in 2004, the two taxa were considered subspecies and hence the listing would include both, independent of later taxonomic revisions.
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Clark, Christopher. "Heavens on Earth: Christian Utopias in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century America." Studies in Church History 46 (2010): 396–418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0424208400000723.
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In the rich and complex history of American Christianity, utopias in one form or another have played a constant part. From the early puritan settlements onwards, North America has played a distinctive role in the Christian imagination — as a place of refuge, as a place for experimentation, as the founding-spot for new sects, churches, and denominations. Among the experimenters have been many groups of Christians in America who have, over more than two centuries, gathered themselves into communal organizations — what participants and commentators now call ‘intentional communities’. Their numbers have been almost impossible to measure accurately; one authoritative listing counts about six hundred communal groups with over fifteen hundred separate settlements in the USA before 1965, and there will have been thousands more communes formed since then. Membership figures are even harder to pin down, but it is certain that the numbers of people who have at one time or another lived in an American intentional community runs into the hundreds of thousands.
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Montaquila, J. M., V. Hsu, and J. M. Brick. "Using a "Match Rate" Model to Predict Areas Where USPS-Based Address Lists May Be Used in Place of Traditional Listing." Public Opinion Quarterly 75, no. 2 (2011): 317–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfr008.
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Denisov, Vladimir, and Peter Kent. "Possible Russian Contribution to the ERNP." Journal of Navigation 51, no. 2 (1998): 145–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463398007735.
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This paper, and the following five papers, were presented during the NAV 97 Conference held at Church House, Westminster, London on 11th and 12th November 1997. A full listing of the Conference, and how to obtain a copy of the proceedings, is shown on Page 279.The Government of the Russian Federation has made available, subject to certain conditions, the GLONASS satellite radionavigation system for civil use. Use of the system is free and there is no intention to introduce coding or to cause any deterioration to the accuracy of the signals. Discussions are currently taking place between the European Commission and the Russian Federation on cooperation concerning the implementation of a navigation satellite system for civil purposes. Discussions are also taking place between interested European Governments and the Russian Federation into the possibility of developing joint Chayka/Loran-C chains wherever this is feasible, and in particular, to cover the Barents Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. The development of a concept on integration of radionavigation systems would probably be a significant contribution to the European Radionavigation Plan.
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Baxter, MDEM, Megan. "An oxymoron of long-term care—Sheltering-in-place during an evacuation: A literature review of the best practices of evacuation and sheltering-in-place for long-term care facilities." Journal of Emergency Management 15, no. 3 (2017): 195. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2017.0328.
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Background: Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are defined as residential facilities that are home to elderly patrons who are no longer able to live independently. These facilities require comprehensive emergency planning to provide the best response to the threat of a disaster for their residents. However, LTCFs are often overlooked in disaster planning, leaving them to work independently to create suitable arrangements in the event of a disaster. This article examines the literature on evacuating and compares it to the literature on sheltering-in-place for LTCFs. Conclusions regarding best practices are also provided.Methods: A literature review and Internet search were completed in July 2016. Information was entered onto a spreadsheet listing the key points of each article, which was reviewed for emerging themes.Results: Out of the 399 acquired articles and grey literature found during the research portion of this article, 30 were deemed pertinent, 22 of which appear in this article. All included articles were peer reviewed. Themes emerging from these articles include the persistent absence of research into the best practices for LTCFs during emergencies and the difficulties of evacuating and sheltering-in-place with frail populations.Conclusion: While there is no one right answer for all scenarios, sheltering-in-place appears to be the default safe option for those in LTCFs—with the assumption that the facility has taken steps toward preparation, such as purchasing generators and securing enough food, water, and medical supplies to sustain the residents, staff, and families of both for 7 days. Additionally, a LTCF needs to devise contingency plans for evacuation if necessary, to be fully prepared for a catastrophic event.
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ARRUDA, Soraia, Marcio F. CHEDID, Michelle Moraes JACINTO, and Mario R. ÁLVARES-DA-SILVA. "MELD EXCEPTION POINTS PROVIDE AN ENOURMOUS ADVANTAGE FOR RECEIVING A LIVER TRANSPLANT IN BRAZIL." Arquivos de Gastroenterologia 57, no. 3 (2020): 254–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0004-2803.202000000-48.
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Current policy for listing to liver transplant (LT) may place cirrhotic patients without MELD exception points (CIR) in a disadvantageous position if compared to patients enlisted with appealed MELD scores - patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or special conditions other than hepatocellular carcinoma (SPE). Transplant rates, delisting, and waitlist mortality of CIR, HCC, and SPE candidates were compared. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to counterweight the listing rate and speed of listing of HCC, SPE, and CIR patients. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study comparing the outcomes of patients enlisted for SPE to those of HCC and CIR. In several countries worldwide, SPE patients also receive appealed MELD scores in a similar way of HCC patients. METHODS: Two cohorts of patients listed for LT in a single institution were evaluated. The first cohort (C1, n=180) included all patients enlisted on August 1st, 2008, and all additional patients listed from this date until July 31st, 2009. The second cohort (C2, n=109) included all patients present on the LT list on October 1st, 2012, and all additional patients listed from this date until May 2014. RESULTS: In both cohorts, HCC patients had a higher chance of receiving a LT than CIR patients (C1HR =2.05, 95%CI=1.54-2.72, P<0.0001; C2HR =3.17, 95%CI =1.83-5.52, P<0.0001). For C1, 1-year waiting list mortality was 21.6% (30.0% for CIR vs 9.5% for HCC vs 7.1% for SPE) (P<0.001). For C2, 1-year waiting list mortality was 13.3% (25.7% for CIR, 8.3% for HCC, and 4.0% for SPE) (P<0.001). Post-transplant survival was similar among the three groups. CONCLUSION: Compared to CIR, SPE and HCC patients had lower wait list mortality. CIR patients had the highest waitlist mortality and the lowest odd of LT. Current LT allocation system does not allow equitable organ allocation.
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Gonzalo Sánchez-Molero, José Luis. "The Origins of Printing in Spanish in Antwerp." Quaerendo 48, no. 4 (2018): 317–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700690-12341422.
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AbstractThe city of Antwerp occupies a special place in the history of relations between Spain and the Netherlands during the centuries of the modern period. Hispano-Netherlandish relations in the centuries of the modern period have been studied from many different points of view. On this occasion we propose to delve into the origins of the very important links created around books and to deal, in particular, with the beginnings of the production of books in Spanish in Antwerp. Our intention here, therefore, is not to make a new listing of the editions printed at that time but a quite different one: to analyse the way in which this interesting publishing phenomenon developed in its origins and within a very specific period of time: the years prior to Christophe Plantin’s great publishing success.
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Tran, Tham Thithu, and Elizabeth Bifuh-Ambe. "Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Vietnamese American Adolescents." Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies 8, no. 2 (2021): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/622.
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Prior research shows that minority youths face many challenges as they develop their ethnic identity. These challenges include cultural conflicts (between home and school), language conflicts, and intergenerational conflicts. These conflicts may cause negative impacts on adolescents’ self-identification, mental health, behavioral patterns, and tensions in family relationships. This qualitative study examines the development of ethnic identity in second-generation Vietnamese American adolescents. Data collection took place in the form of focus groups, individual interviews, observations, and free listing of eleven Vietnamese American adolescents and two parents at their homes and at a Buddhist youth program. The results suggest that within a structured youth program that validates their individuality, ethnic minority youths can develop a healthy sense of ethnic identity; and in the process, socio-cultural and intergenerational conflicts can be mitigated.
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TSO, Wing Bo Anna. "Repressed Sexual Modernity: A Case Study of Herbert Giles’ (1845 - 1935) Rendition of Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1880) in the late Qing." Acta Linguistica Asiatica 7, no. 2 (2017): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/ala.7.2.9-18.
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Translation studies in English and Chinese has long been of great interest to academics. Yet, Chinese scholars who have translation training and linguistic expertise are often found to “give excessive attention to listing facts and probing linguistic matters, to the neglect of the cultural and contextual considerations that have given rise to translation in China in the first place” (Lin, 2002, p. 170). Much emphasis has been placed on translation strategies, while translation “in connection with power and patronage” (Lefereve, 1992, p. 10) is overlooked, leaving “existing ideology” or “existing poetics” (Lefereve, 1992, p. 10), such as gender unexplored. In light of this, this paper attempts to take the literary and cultural approach and focus on examining the gender ideologies in Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1740) and Herbert Giles’ English rendition (1880). By comparing the source and target texts, the paper reveals that in many of Pu Songling’s stories, spirit-freelove and sexual pleasure are celebrated. A witty parody of the imitative structures of gender can be found in Pu Songling’s “Painted Skin” too. Unfortunately, to a large extent, such transgressive gender views are repressed in Giles’ English rendition.
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Randall, John M. "Weed Control for the Preservation of Biological Diversity." Weed Technology 10, no. 2 (1996): 370–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0890037x00040124.
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Invasions by non-native plants threaten the preservation of many plant and animal species and communities throughout North America. These pest species compete with and displace native plants and animals and may substantially alter ecosystem functions (e.g., fire occurrence and frequency, nutrient cycling). Awareness of these threats among wildland managers has greatly increased in the last decade. In a recent poll of National Park superintendents, 61% of 246 respondents indicated non-native plant invasions were moderate or major problems at their parks. Likewise, over 60% of Nature Conservancy stewards nationwide polled in 1992 indicated weeds were among their top 10 management problems, listing nearly 200 problem species. Over 12% indicated weeds were their worst problem. Weed control programs are now in place in wildlands across the continent, employing techniques ranging from manual removal, mechanical methods, prescribed fire, judicious use of herbicides, the release of biological control agents, and encouragement of native competitors. The most successful endeavors follow an adaptive management strategy in which plans based on the goals of the preserve are developed, weeds that interfere with those goals are identified and prioritized, and control measures are selected and implemented where appropriate. Emphasis is placed on preventing new weeds from becoming established and on early detection and elimination of incipient infestations. Managers must focus on the vegetation or community desired in place of the weeds and periodically re-evaluate whether their programs are moving them toward this objective. Control of weeds in wildlands poses unusual problems not ordinarily met in other systems which offer challenging research opportunities for weed scientists and ecologists.
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Brück, Joanna. "A place for the dead: the role of human remains in Late Bronze Age Britain." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 61 (1995): 245–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0079497x00003091.
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The disappearance of an archaeologically visible burial rite at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age has puzzled archaeologists for some years yet has never formed a specific focus of research. This paper aims to look at the problem in detail for the first time. A corpus has been compiled listing sites from which human remains dating to this period have been recovered. The contexts in which these remains are found are documented and discussed; these include, for example, finds from settlements, hoards, and wet places. It is argued that many of the sites do not represent the residues of ‘normal’ mortuary rituals but may instead result from other ritual practices or from refuse disposal activities. It is concluded from contextual patterning in the data that human remains were used in situations where concepts of liminality, identity, continuity, and renewal needed to be highlighted. The potential of human remains for symbolising these themes was drawn upon in activities during which concerns central to Late Bronze Age communities were confronted. The nature of these concerns is discussed in relation to wider developments that occur over the Late Bronze Age. It is argued that the ways in which human remains were deposited were intimately related to the development of new discourses within society as the basis of socio-political power changed from practices surrounding the consumption and exchange of bronze to the control of agricultural production and human and agricultural fertility. The symbolic themes dealt with during the deposition of human remains in specific locations relate to these changing concerns and allowed individuals to situate themselves within a changing society and to negotiate their relationships with others.
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Karim Miajee, Md Rezaul. "The American National System of Corporate Governance." International Journal of Shari'ah and Corporate Governance Research 1, no. 1 (2018): 3–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.46281/ijscgr.v1i1.56.
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Introduction Corporate governance (CG) has recently been extensively discussed, intensely debated and variously defined in the United States. For the purposes of this chapter, CG shall mean the internal arrangements within a corporation intended to provide reasonable assurances that corporate directors and officers make and implement decisions in accordance with their duties of care and loyalty to their corporations. CG in the United States is often associated with the recent initiatives taken in the wake of corporate scandals such as Enron and MCI. While the recent initiatives are undoubtedly important, their significance can best be understood in the context of the existing frameworks under corporate and securities law. The current initiatives in the United States (i.e. the recently adopted CG provisions in the listing requirements for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) – and the provisions of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 – often called “Sarbanes– Oxley”) in important ways simply add to the governance measures already in place pursuant to corporate law and securities regulation in the United States. Only after understanding foundations in corporate law and securities regulation in the United States is it possible to understand the significance, and the limitations, of the recently adopted NYSE listing requirements and of Sarbanes–Oxley. In general, the recent NYSE initiatives attempt to improve the degree of independence among directors of corporations listed there so that they are better able – and more likely – to meet the performance standards currently applicable to directors under corporate law (i.e. duties of care and loyalty), but the NYSE does not change those standards. Unfortunately, the NYSE listing requirements do not have the force of law. Sarbanes–Oxley, on the other hand, in general, attempts to improve the independence of external auditors and corporate directors so that they are better able – and more likely – to prepare public disclosures in form and substance required by US securities regulations. There are also provisions intended to enhance the care with which corporate officers prepare required public disclosures. Unfortunately, Sarbanes–Oxley applies only to disclosure requirements under US securities regulations. With limited exceptions, Sarbanes–Oxley is not specifically intended to apply to directors’ or officers’ broader obligations to their corporations or the standards applicable to their performance of those obligations.
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Weber, Ellen T., Carla P. Catterall, John Locke, et al. "Managing a World Heritage Site in the Face of Climate Change: A Case Study of the Wet Tropics in Northern Queensland." Earth 2, no. 2 (2021): 248–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/earth2020015.
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World Heritage is the pinnacle of the recognition of the natural, aesthetic, and cultural value of a place on the planet. Since its inception in 1972, over 1100 sites have received World Heritage status. Many of these places are being challenged by the effects of climate change. Urgent action is needed to build the resilience and adaptive capacity of World Heritage sites in the face of climate change threats to come. The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area (WTWHA) is one of the most effectively regulated and managed protected Areas in the world. This includes the scientific evidence upon which that regulation and management is based. However, there is growing evidence that climate change impacts are a clear and present threat to the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) upon which the listing is based. This challenges the very concept of OUV and points to the business-as-usual regulation and management not being sufficient to deal with the threat. It also calls for quantum changes in the approaches to protecting natural and cultural heritage and the OUV in World Heritage Areas. This WTWHA case study gives insights into the journey travelled and the pathways that need to be laid out to protect our most cherished internationally recognised natural and cultural landscapes. We demonstrate the importance of evidence in support of advocacy and management action to address the clear impacts of climate change on species, ecosystems, people, and societies living in the WTWHA. The strategic and climate adaptation plans provide the framework upon which these actions take place. Community engagement in the delivery of mitigation, adaptation, and resilience policy is key to the long-term future of the WTWHA.
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Warcholińska, A. Urszula. "Changes of segetal vegetation of the Piotrków Plain during the last 22 years. Part 1. Communities of weeds of winter cereal cultures." Acta Agrobotanica 47, no. 1 (2013): 5–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/aa.1994.001.
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This paper presents the results of research in segetal communities of winter cereal cultures of the Piotrków Plain (Figure 1) which took place during the period between 1971 and 1972 and between 1992 and 1993. On the basis of 205 phytosociological records, taken in 103 localities in the years of 1971 and 1972 (Figure 2), 6 associations were distinguished (Tables I-IX): <i>Spergulo-Veronicetum dillenii, Arnoserido-Scleranthetum, Papaveretum argemones, Vicietum tetraspemae, Aphano-Matricarietum, Caucalido-Scandicetum</i>. According to the repeated listing carried out in the years 1992 and 1993 the changes of the communities of the mentioned items were disclosed. The comparison of the present state of the weed communities of the winter cereal cultures on the researched area with the state of 22 years ago allowed to note that the changes in the analyzed agrophytocoenoses are caused by progressive anthropopressure.
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AbdulHamid, Fathilatul Zakimi. "Corporate social disclosure by banks and finance companies: Malaysian evidence." Corporate Ownership and Control 1, no. 4 (2004): 118–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv1i4p10.
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This paper provides empirical evidences on the corporate social disclosure practice in the highly regulated industries namely banking and finance. In response to prior literature, research in specific industry will allow the researcher to see some specific pattern in disclosure theme for those industries because all social disclosure items were treated equally. Result from the study on disclosure theme shows that product related disclosure was highest. It may indicate some important issues taking place in the period under study. Furthermore, the result of the hypothesis testing shows that size, listing status and age of business appear to significantly influence the disclosure practice and may conforms to legitimacy theory postulate. While the profitability variable show insignificant relationship possibly due to prior literature notion that decision to disclose social information is related to public pressure variable rather than profitability variable. Finally, for the company profiles the result shows negative and insignificant relationship.
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Yus, Francisco. "An outline of some future research issues for internet pragmatics." Internet Pragmatics 2, no. 1 (2019): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ip.00018.yus.
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Abstract Internet communication has evolved a lot since it first became popular in the early nineties of the last century. Pragmatics has also evolved and has tried to come to terms with the non-stop changes that internet is constantly producing in our lives and especially in how we communicate and interact. We are probably now at a stage of internet development in which we can make some sound predictions regarding certain challenges that a pragmatics of internet communication will have to face in the next few years to deal with the radical changes that are taking place in today’s internet use. This article will be devoted to listing some of these research issues and to discussing what pragmatics can do to address them accurately, ranging from those issues centred upon the interpretation of online discourses to those involving interfaces and their options for contextualisation.
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OVERBY, KIM J., and JOSEPH J. FINS. "Organ Transplantation for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disorders." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 25, no. 2 (2016): 272–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180115000572.
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Abstract:In 1996, Sandra Jensen became the first person with Down syndrome to receive a heart-lung transplant. Although it took place almost 20 years ago, her experience continues to shed light on contemporary challenges that individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders face in securing access to transplantation. While overt discrimination has decreased, barriers persist in physician referrals, center-specific decisionmaking regarding wait-listing, and the provision of accommodations for optimizing the assessment and medical management of these individuals. These issues arise from the persistent biases and assumptions of individuals as well as those of a healthcare system that is inadequately positioned to optimally serve the medical needs of the growing number of individuals with functional impairments. More data and greater transparency are needed to understand the nature and extent of ongoing access problems; however, long-term solutions will require changes at the healthcare professional, regional transplant center, and national levels.
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Beery, Thomas, and K. Ingemar Jönsson. "Inspiring the Outdoor Experience: Does the Path through a Nature Center Lead Out the Door?" Journal of Interpretation Research 20, no. 1 (2015): 67–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258721502000105.
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This study investigates the visitor experience at a Swedish nature center within a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The question of whether this interpretive facility succeeds in motivating the visitor to get outdoors for a direct experience of nature is explored. Use of the environmental connectedness perspective and concerns about diminished nature experience support the importance of this study. A number of qualitative methodologies are used to investigate the research questions, including thought listing, phenomenology, and field observation. Results indicate that this particular nature center generally succeeded in the goal of inspiring visitors for a direct nature experience. The success in motivating visitors appears to be a result of a number of key variables, including place-based exhibitry, access, and personal visitor factors. Given the setting for this study, we conclude that interpretive nature centers have the potential to play an important role in the re-imagination of urban environments.
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Giorgi, Amedeo. "Phenomenological Psychology: A Brief History and Its Challenges." Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 41, no. 2 (2010): 145–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156916210x532108.
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AbstractThe phenomenology-psychology dialogue has been taking place for over 100 years now and it is still not clear how the two disciplines relate to each other. Part of the problem is that both disciplines have developed complexly with competing, not easily integratable perspectives. In this article the Husserlian phenomenological perspective is adopted and Husserl’s understanding of how phenomenology can help psychology is clarified. Then the usage of phenomenology within the historical scientific tradition of psychology is examined to see the senses of phenomenology that were employed in that tradition. The German literature of psychology between the founding of the discipline and the beginning of the Nazi regime indicates quite clearly that the phenomenological perspective was part of the mainstream psychology of that era. The article ends by listing four difficult challenges that have to be met if a viable psychology based upon Husserlian phenomenology is to be possible.
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Stiga, Kalliopi, and Evangelia Kopsalidou. "Music and traditions of Thrace (Greece): a trans-cultural teaching tool." DEDiCA Revista de Educação e Humanidades (dreh), no. 3 (March 1, 2012): 145–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.30827/dreh.v0i3.7094.
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The geopolitical location as well as the historical itinerary of Greece into time turned the country into a meeting place of the European, the Northern African and the Middle-Eastern cultures. Fables, beliefs and religious ceremonies, linguistic elements, traditional dances and music of different regions of Hellenic space testify this cultural convergence. One of these regions is Thrace. The aim of this paper is firstly, to deal with the music and the dances of Thrace and to highlight through them both the Balkan and the middle-eastern influence. Secondly, through a listing of music lessons that we have realized over the last years, in schools and universities of modern Thrace, we are going to prove if music is or not a useful communication tool – an international language – for pupils and students in Thrace. Finally, we will study the influence of these different “traditions” on pupils and students’ behavior.
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Liao, Min-Yu (Stella), and Stephen Ferris. "Keeping up with the Joneses: cross-listing spillover effects." Managerial Finance 41, no. 12 (2015): 1258–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-09-2014-0240.
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Purpose – When a foreign firm cross-lists on an exchange in the US, it signals stronger investor protection. This is because cross-listing firms must comply with SEC and exchange regulations, thus producing stronger corporate governance. Consequently, cross-listing increases firm attractiveness to investors and places domestic rivals at a disadvantage. Rivals might respond by mimicking the governance changes resulting from cross-listing. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms respond to their rivals’ cross-listings through improvement in governance. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses earnings management as a measure of governance for a set of international firms. The authors track the changes in governance of non-cross-listing firms following their rivals’ cross-listings. The authors employ an event study methodology to assess the spillover effect of a competitor’s cross-listing. Findings – The authors find that rivals exhibit imitative improvements in their governance following a competitor’s cross-listing. This response is immediate and is the strongest in the year of cross-listing. Further, rivals with greater growth opportunities, lower market share, stronger past performance, and larger size demonstrate greater improvements in governance. Rivals make greater improvements in response to more rigorous Level III listings. Practical implications – This study finds that cross-listing effects are underestimated. It is not only the investors of the listing-firms who benefit from the cross-listing, but also the investors of non-listing rival as competitors try to match the higher governance standard. Originality/value – This study is the first that examines the intra-industry spillover effect of a cross-listing. This study also expands the analysis of the spillover effect in a new dimension: corporate governance.
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Arora, Nischay, and Balwinder Singh. "Determinants of oversubscription of SME IPOs in India: evidence from quantile regression." Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 12, no. 3/4 (2020): 349–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjba-05-2020-0160.
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PurposeThe study aims to measure the subscription level and examine the determinants of oversubscription of small and medium enterprise (SME) initial public offerings (IPOs) in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs cross sectional data to analyze 403 SME IPOs issued from Feb 2012 to May 2018 and listed on Bombay Stock Exchange's small and medium enterprise (BSE SME) platform and National Stock Exchange (NSE) EMERGE to investigate the determinants of oversubscription of SME IPOs. Hence, the study makes use of ordinary least square regression and quantile regression to test the hypotheses formulated for the determinants of oversubscription.FindingsThe main findings unveil that while issue price, pricing mechanism, listing delay negatively influence oversubscription; firm size, underwriter reputation, hot market and underpricing have been divulged to positively influence oversubscription. However, issue size emerged out to be significant in quantile regression at 25th, 50th and 75th quantiles.Research limitations/implicationsThe present study is confined to limited number of variables in understanding the factors impacting oversubscription. Future studies could include macroeconomic variables like gross domestic product (GDP), inflation rate, industry specific variable, i.e. technology/nontechnology industry, financial/nonfinancial industry for better understanding. Cross country analysis is suggested in future studies to validate the findings of current study. Future studies are advised to conduct the study examining the factors affecting oversubscription in light of COVID-19 pandemic.Practical implicationsThe findings of the present study offer implications to academicians, investors, investment advisors and regulators. It provides useful insights to researchers by listing the factors that contribute to variation in subscription levels in emerging economy like India thereby, paving the way for future researches in SME IPOs in countries with different institutional settings. For investors, the study provides additional and novel information useful for IPO valuation and informed investment decisions. In addition, the findings put investment advisors in better place to guide potential investors regarding investment in good quality SME stocks (i.e. highly subscribed stocks) in more informative manner. Last but not the least, as this study would assist the regulators in handling future IPOs in a way that augments the chances of success of SME IPOs.Originality/valueThis study is a novel contribution in widening the IPO literature by examining the relationship between pre-IPO firm actions like issue price, pricing mechanism, issue size, firm size, listing delay, underwriter reputation, hot market, underpricing and oversubscription in unexplored settings of Indian SME IPOs.
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Czernik, Zbigniew. "DZIAŁANIA KOŚCIOŁA RZYMSKOKATOLICKIEGO W POLSCE W ZAKRESIE OCHRONY ZABYTKÓW." Protection of Cultural Heritage, no. 1 (May 30, 2016): 15–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.24358/odk_2016_01_02.
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It has always been of tremendous importance for Latin Church to protect and preserve cultural heritage which it has been collecting and creating for ages. Particular attention is therefore paid to take care of, preserve, and conserve historic monuments and sites as well as to ensure they hold the right place in cult and liturgy. In the past, this approach was reflected not only in documents produced by church (both general and particularistic ones) but also in carrying out works to historic monuments and sites. Church in Poland has always aimed its actions at providing monuments and sites with good care. Participants of the Polish Episcopal Conference and members of Diocesan Synods made a considerable number of legal regulations. A church system of historic preservation service has been developed for years; an abundance of works are carried out to historic monuments and sites; there are church institutions collecting and listing properties and sites as well as supervising protection-related activities and cooperating with selected government bodies.
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Koops, Bert-Jaap, Bryce Clayton Newell, Andrew Roberts, Ivan Škorvánek, and Maša Galič. "The Reasonableness of Remaining Unobserved: A Comparative Analysis of Visual Surveillance and Voyeurism in Criminal Law." Law & Social Inquiry 43, no. 04 (2018): 1210–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lsi.12348.
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The criminalization of offensive, privacy-intrusive behavior is an important form of privacy protection. However, few studies exist of visual observation in criminal law. We address this gap by researching when nonconsensual visual observation is deemed harmful enough to trigger criminal sanctions, and on what basis the law construes the “reasonableness of remaining unobserved,” through a nine-country comparative study. We distinguish between voyeurism-centric approaches (focusing largely on nudity and sex) and broader, intrusion-centric approaches (such as observation inside closed spaces). Both approaches explicitly or implicitly reflect “reasonable” privacy expectations, listing criteria for situations in which people can reasonably expect to remain unobserved or unrecorded. We present a framework for criminalizing nonconsensual visual observation, encompassing factors of technology use, place, subject matter, and surreptitiousness, supplemented by factors of intent, identifiability, and counter-indicators to prevent over-criminalization. This framework is relevant for protecting visual aspects of privacy in view of individuals' underlying autonomy interests.
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Foxwell-Norton, Kerrie, and Claire Konkes. "The Great Barrier Reef: News media, policy and the politics of protection." International Communication Gazette 81, no. 3 (2018): 211–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748048518767800.
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Since the 1970s, the Reef has been a site where Australian environmental policy has flourished, mirroring global environmental policy seeking to ‘balance’ human activity through ‘ecologically sustainable development’. The article examines the parallel and intersecting processes of modern environmental policy and news media practice in the context of the Reef to unveil how Australia's news media are communicating critical moments in the protection of the Reef. Through two key conservation moments – the 1981 World Heritage Listing and the 2012 threat to place the Reef on the List of World Heritage in Danger – the article examines the role of news media in different geographic contexts, highlighting the complex politics of protection from early conservation campaigns to the contemporary era of protecting the Reef in the context of global environmental crisis. We identify how ecologically sustainable development discourses can be used to communicate positions that challenge and discredit policy initiatives aimed at protecting natural environments.
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Simmonds, David, Sanjib Guha, Niazur Rahim, and Javier Mella-Barahona. "Decision-making on the go: Smartphones and decision-making in early 21st-century workflow." Business Information Review 36, no. 4 (2019): 164–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266382119887672.
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Today almost everyone carries a smartphone. People use it for various purposes not just for calling, sending texts or accessing the Internet. The personal smartphone is not just used for staying in touch, but it is also used for performing office work. The varied uses of smartphones have been widely chronicled in literature and there is exhaustive literature listing the various benefits derived from its use. The advent of the smartphone has changed the workflow in the 21st century. It has not only ushered in globalization but also benefited from globalization. Smartphones now enable us to stay connected and work on the go. In this article, we have conducted as exhaustive a research as possible and reviewed different studies pertaining to use of smartphones in all different spheres of work. We have also reviewed different studies regarding the various benefits and some problems in using smartphones. Our article brings together, in one place, literature from a wide variety of professions and angles.
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McKnight, Lucinda. "Arthro-Coda: Poetic Notes (Re)forming Patti Lather’s “Top Ten+ List: (Re)thinking Ontology in (post) Qualitative Research”." Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies 18, no. 3 (2017): 202–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1532708617704454.
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This poem forms a diffraction of Patti Lather’s article listing ten learnings from the ontological turn. This work is intended to be read alongside Lather’s original article, so the reader can appreciate how poetry and prose form and entangle reciprocally. Ostensibly coalescing as notes from a face-to-face, simultaneously video-conferenced meeting to discuss Lather’s list, this poem pulls together fragments from multiple intra-actions and pushes meaning apart, as do the human and other speakers it calls into being. It avoids dramatic claims to making a difference, but suggests an infinitesimal, insect antennae shift via the ways it may brush against the reader’s skin and increase awareness of the more-than-human. This may even activate a tiny wriggle-release from a stuck place. Lather’s list emerges through the narrows of poetic inquiry as changed, alternatively accessible, more intensely affective, yet still resonant with her advice and spiky with further, many-legged, tangential questions.
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Bodie, Graham. "Putting Listening in Its Place." Prologi 12, no. 1 (2016): 93–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.33352/prlg.95916.
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When stressed, we often want someone to listen. People who feel “listened to” or “heard” experience a range of positive outcomes from heightened relational satisfaction to better mental and physical health. But what exactly contributes to a person feeling listened to? Although the role of effective listening in supportive interaction has been recognized for decades, until recently the concrete behaviors that constitute actual listening have remained largely unexplored. Indeed, the term listening is often used as a catch all with little empirical scrutiny as to its conceptual makeup. Unfortunately, it is far easier to find praise of listening as an important component of supportive communication than it is to find clear articulations of just what listening is or details concerning what listeners do. Ultimately, the place of listening at the theoretical table of support research is uncertain. This talk situates listening as the sine qua non of providing, perceiving, and receiving beneficial support. I will explore listening as a key activity engaged by helpers as well as by those seeking help and provide a framework for understanding the role and place of listening in theories of supportive communication.
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Nakayama, Wilson Kazumi, and Bruno Meirelles Salotti. "Determining Factors of the Level of Disclosure of Information on Business Combinations with the Entry into Force of the Accounting Standard CPC 15." Revista Contabilidade & Finanças 25, no. 66 (2014): 267–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1808-057x201411260.
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This paper aimed to investigate information disclosure on business combination transactions that took place in Brazil in 2010, when the Accounting Standard CPC 15 entered into force, and evaluate which were the determining factors of the level of disclosure of information related to it. To evaluate the disclosure level, a disclosure index of business combinations (INDCOMB) was prepared, having the disclosure index developed by Shalev (2009) as a basis. We evaluated, in the light of the literature on disclosure and business combinations, whether the following factors influenced on the disclosure level: acquiring company size, recognized percentage of overprice for expected future profitability in relation to the transaction value, dispersion of capital of the acquiring company, audit firm size, and participation of the acquiring company in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) programs. The control variables used were listing of the acquiring company in the various segments of BM&FBOVESPA, operation sector, origin (state, private company with national capital or private company with foreign capital), and relative acquired company size in relation to the acquiring company. We analyzed business combination transactions that took place in 2010, reported by 40 open capital companies involved in 76 transactions. We conclude that the audit firm size and the relative acquired company size were factors that influenced on the level of disclosure of information regarding business combinations in 2010. The other factors showed no conclusive results.
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King, Kristen L., S. Ali Husain, Jesse D. Schold, et al. "Major Variation across Local Transplant Centers in Probability of Kidney Transplant for Wait-Listed Patients." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 31, no. 12 (2020): 2900–2911. http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.2020030335.
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BackgroundGeographic disparities in access to deceased donor kidney transplantation persist in the United States under the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) introduced in 2014, and the effect of transplant center practices on the probability of transplantation for wait-listed patients remains unclear.MethodsTo compare probability of transplantation across centers nationally and within donation service areas (DSAs), we conducted a registry study that included all United States incident adult kidney transplant candidates wait listed in 2011 and 2015 (pre-KAS and post-KAS cohorts comprising 32,745 and 34,728 individuals, respectively). For each center, we calculated the probability of deceased donor kidney transplantation within 3 years of wait listing using competing risk regression, with living donor transplantation, death, and waiting list removal as competing events. We examined associations between center-level and DSA-level characteristics and the adjusted probability of transplant.ResultsCandidates received deceased donor kidney transplants within 3 years of wait listing more frequently post-KAS (22%) than pre-KAS (19%). Nationally, the probability of transplant varied 16-fold between centers, ranging from 4.0% to 64.2% in the post-KAS era. Within DSAs, we observed a median 2.3-fold variation between centers, with up to ten-fold and 57.4 percentage point differences. Probability of transplantation was correlated in the post-KAS cohort with center willingness to accept hard-to-place kidneys (r=0.55, P<0.001) and local organ supply (r=0.44, P<0.001).ConclusionsLarge differences in the adjusted probability of deceased donor kidney transplantation persist under KAS, even between centers working with the same local organ supply. Probability of transplantation is significantly associated with organ offer acceptance patterns at transplant centers, underscoring the need for greater understanding of how centers make decisions about organs offered to wait-listed patients and how they relate to disparities in access to transplantation.
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Frijns, Bart, Aaron Gilbert, and Alireza Tourani-Rad. "Crossing the Tasman." Pacific Accounting Review 26, no. 3 (2014): 177–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/par-06-2013-0053.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate price discovery for cross-listed stocks on the New Zealand Exchange (NZX) and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and find out the determinants of price discovery between the two markets. Design/methodology/approach – Gonzalo Granger Component Shares and Hasbrouck Information Shares were estimated annually for a sample of 19 cross-listed stocks between 1998 and 2012. Then dynamic panel regressions were used to investigate the driving factors behind price discovery between the NZX and ASX. Findings – Strong downward trends were observed in the contribution to price discovery of the NZX, both for New Zealand firms cross-listing on the ASX and Australian firms cross-listing on the NZX. While in the early years in our sample period, price discovery is dominated by the home market, by 2012, 50 per cent of price discovery for New Zealand firms takes place on the ASX, and the NZX acts as a satellite market for Australian firms. It was also observed that the NZX share of trading activity has a strong positive effect on the NZX level of price discovery, while there is a negative relationship with relative bid–ask spreads. Practical implications – Results suggest that the importance of the NZX relative to the ASX with regards to price discovery is decreasing over time. Given the importance of price discovery for exchanges, such a finding is concerning for the NZX. The determinants of price discovery found in the paper, such as relative volume and spreads, do, however, offer some guidance on how the NZX could regain price discovery. Originality/value – This paper offers a longer and broader analysis of price discovery between the NZX and ASX, two highly integrated markets, and extends previous work by exploring the drivers of price discovery in a panel setting.
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Fu, Meng-Hsuan. "Donation Model Development Based on the Methodologies of Blockchain." International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design 9, no. 4 (2018): 20–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijismd.2018100102.
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In order to solve the problems occurring in the current donation systems, the methodologies of blockchain include decentralized data storage, transaction hash, digital signature, blocks connection within the chain are adopted to the donation model, called blockchain donation model (BDM). In BDM, all donation transactions are recorded in detail and stored permanently; they are not allowed to change, modify, or delete. In addition, donors could indicate the specific groups for donating directly because of the peer-to-peer transmission method. All the information is sealed through the secure mechanism; only donors and donees could decrypt it with their own keys. BDM records transaction flows starting from receiving to spending the donation in detail. BDM is not only a place for listing details of donations but also a secured transaction storage. The blocks are connected together with a strong chain which is maintained by all nodes in the blockchain network. Thus, BDM is a platform dealing with the donation issue under a well secure mechanism, no intermediaries, and a permanent storage.
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Warcholińska, A. Urszula. "Changes of segetal vegetation of the Piotrków Plain during the last 22 years. Part III. Weed communities of stubble fields." Acta Agrobotanica 47, no. 1 (2013): 55–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/aa.1994.003.
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This paper presents the results of research on changes in weed communities of stubble fields of the Piotrków Plain (see W a r c h o l i ń s k a, 1994 - Figure 1) which took place during the period between 1971 and 1972 and between 1992 and 1993. On the basis of 30 phytosociological records, taken in 24 localities (Figure 1) in the years of 1971 and 1972, 3 associations were distinguished (Tables I-III, see W a r c h o l i ń s k a, 1974): <i>Centunculo-Anthoceretum punctati, Hyperico-Spergularietum rubrae</i> and <i>Herniario-Polycnemetum</i>. According to the repeated listing carried out in the years of 1992 and 1993 the changes in the communities of the above-mentioned items were stated. The comparison of the present state of these communities with their state of 22 years ago allowed to note that the analyzed agrophytocoenoses of stubble fields got impoverished due to progressive anthropopressure (Tables I-IV, Figure 2).
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Vieira, Cássia Mariane Batista, Eduardo Barbosa Viegas, and Raquel Salcedo Gomes. "APPRENDER – UMA PLATAFORMA PARA ORIENTAÇÃO DOS PROCESSOS DE APRENDIZAGEM." Cadernos de Educação Tecnologia e Sociedade 13, no. 4 (2020): 501. http://dx.doi.org/10.14571/brajets.v13.n4.501-512.
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This investigation refers to the guiding of learning processes considering learning preferences and strategies with the support of cognitive technologies, aiming at developing a mobile application that may guide teacher and student to self-knowledge of their learning and may provide a digital means for learning processes to take place. The methodology was composed of a literature review that has led to a quali-quantitative research on which field observations were recorded and 505 workers and students of IFSul, campus Sapucaia do Sul, answered a semistructured questionnaire about the use of mobile technologies on campus, whose analyses helped listing the applications requisites. As a main result, the investigation indicates that mobile technologies are pervasive in the campus premises, affecting the learning ambience. Therefore, it is possible to state that the research has helped understand habits of use of mobile technologies by the investigated community, as well as how they can be used for learning, which led to the development of a platform that enhances self-knowledge about learning preferences.
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Moore, Susan Hardman. "‘Such perfecting of praise out of the mouth of a babe’: Sarah Wight as Child Prophet." Studies in Church History 31 (1994): 313–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s042420840001295x.
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Recovering the voice of the child in the Church is hard. Christians must reckon with Jesus’ instruction to be like a child, yet the Church usually measures faith by mastery of an adult vocabulary of religious experience. The historian has to dig past adult prejudices and silences. Recent research has done much to rescue the children of early modern England from anonymity. We know, for example, about the ideal of an ‘ordered society’, in which children and youths took their place as ‘inferiors’, and yet were valued and loved. We also know that the vision of order was rarely achieved, in a country swarming with juveniles. Attempts to make the vision outward and visible can be seen in arrangements for seating in church, where the young sat apart from their elders, and in the all-pervasive discipline of catechizing, where the assumption that age instructs youth is inherent in the pattern of proceeding by question and answer. Most of the sources that tell us about childhood, however, are heavily prescriptive, or rush past youth after listing a few predictable sins.
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Nuffer, Wesley, Ashley Guesnier, and Jennifer M. Trujillo. "A review of the new GLP-1 receptor agonist/basal insulin fixed-ratio combination products." Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism 9, no. 3 (2018): 69–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2042018817752315.
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There have been several new treatment approaches established for the management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes (T2D), with treatment guidelines listing both glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and basal insulin therapies as considerations for patients who have failed to control their blood glucose with oral antidiabetic agents. New studies have highlighted the importance of initiating combination therapy earlier in the T2D disease process to avoid clinical inertia and prevent the long-term complications arising from uncontrolled diabetes. Until recently, both GLP-1 RAs and basal insulin therapies were only available as single agents, but there are now two combination pen devices that deliver both a GLP-1 RA and basal insulin simultaneously. This article reviews the current clinical evidence evaluating the use of these combination GLP-1 RA/basal insulin preparations to treat T2D, presents both potential benefits as well as possible downsides with the use of these agents, and discusses the current place in therapy these products represent in the management of T2D.
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Harris, Peter, William Stahlin, and Moade Fawzi Shubita. "US GAAP Conversion To IFRS: A Case Study Of The Cash Flow Statement." Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) 10, no. 1 (2013): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jbcs.v10i1.8325.
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International Reporting Standards (IFRS) has become the required framework for most of the world financial market economies as of January 1, 2011. This includes, in a non-comprehensive listing, the many European Union countries - Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In the United States, US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is still required. However, plans are presently in place by the SEC to abandon US GAAP and to adhere to IFRS requirements by as early as for the period ending December 31, 2014. As such, it is important to introduce IFRS accounting rules in the college curriculum and make it a major component of accounting classes. This case study takes a US GAAP Prepared Cash Flow Statement and, based on the facts of the case, requires students to prepare an IFRS-based Cash Flow Statement. The need to understand both US GAAP and IFRS rules is required to adequately address this case study, which is most suitable for an Intermediary Accounting, Accounting Theory and a Financial Statement Analysis class, as well as an Investment Finance course, at the graduate level.