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Iwamura, Kazuo. "Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing Complex - A Model Social Housing Project, Tokyo, Japan Rebuilding for a Sustainable Future." Open House International 30, no. 4 (December 1, 2005): 43–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2005-b0010.
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This rebuilding of a social housing complex in Tokyo was carried out as the first model practice of Japan's national policy drive entitled “Environmentally Symbiotic Housing”. Inaugurated in 1990, this policy was designed to cope with a range of environmental issues including global warming. As well as including various measures of environmentally conscious design, the project design team made efforts to focus on discovering the local context, including the lifestyle of the residents and the socio-cultural aspects of the local community. There has been sustained involvement of the residents in all stages of the design, construction and on-going management and maintenance of their homes.
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Bagnoli, Franco, Ada Baldi, Ugo Bardi, Marina Clauser, Anna Lenzi, Simone Orlandini, and Giovanna Pacini. "Urban Gardening in Florence and Prato: How a Science Shop Project Proposed by Citizens Has Grown into a Multi-Disciplinary Research Subject." Journal of Sustainable Development 11, no. 6 (November 29, 2018): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v11n6p111.
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Urban gardening mainly means growing edible vegetables in a town. This practice has been traditionally used for economic reasons (subsistence agriculture), but now it has also acquired educational, nutraceutical, therapeutic and social relevance. The educational aspect of urban gardening has been the subject of a proposal for the newly born Science Shop in Florence (Italy). In the spirit of action-research, in our project we first decided to involve all (or many) potentially interested people. This has brought into light the galaxy of different aspects related to urban gardening and allowed the establishing of promising research lines. We discovered that this is a multi-disciplinary subject that touches themes dealing with agriculture, botany, psychology, chemistry, city planning and politics. We examine here the various aspects of urban gardening in the towns of Florence and Prato, two very different urban environments despite their proximity.
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Rothman, Sheila M. "Seek and Hide: Public Health Departments and Persons with Tuberculosis, 1890–1940." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 21, no. 3-4 (1993): 289–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.1993.tb01253.x.
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In 1882 Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus and transformed both the medical and the social history of tuberculosis and the experiences of those who contracted it. For the first time, the absence or presence of the bacillus made it possible to define, in Koch’s terms, “the boundaries of the diseases to be understood as tuberculosis.” And for the first time the sick became subject to oversight and discrimination.Prior to Koch’s discovery, tuberculosis, or as it was then called, consumption, was considered a hereditary and non-contagious disease, albeit a very deadly and persistent one. Over the first half of the nineteenth century, it was responsible for one out of every five deaths. It crossed all boundaries of geography, social class, age, and sex affecting residents in rural as well as urban areas, the prosperous as well as the poor, the young even more notably than the old, females more often than males. Physicians assumed a familial predisposition existed (as in the case of insanity); following the precepts of humoral medicine, they postulated that the disease originated in “irritations” whose sources were to be found in the interaction of an inherited constitution with a particular lifestyle and environment.
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Chettiparamb, Angelique. "Responding to a complex world: Explorations in spatial planning." Planning Theory 18, no. 4 (January 1, 2019): 429–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473095218820554.
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This article discusses three aspects in relation to Complexity Theory. First, from an understanding of time and space specificities in the rise of theories, it discusses the wider socio-political reasons that may account for the rise of complexity theory and its interest for planners today. The rise of the third sector in governance, the decentralisation of the nation state, the rise of informality, the exponential rise of information and knowledge in every sphere of human and non-human activity and the rise of new normative ideologies are argued to provide the social context for interest in complexity theory. Second, this article positions complexity theory within general social science theories and argues that complexity theory best suits the second-order realm of social science theorisation. Third, this article positions complexity theory within planning theory and suggests that complexity theorists within planning might engage with the theory in three ways. These are by suggesting new ways of ordering of society and space by configuring or re-configuring planning systems in the first order, unravelling new opportunities for actors to work in society and space with largely self-organised entities and finally by searching for and discovering new dynamics for systems in the first order in society and space.
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Benkerroum, Noreddine. "Retrospective and Prospective Look at Aflatoxin Research and Development from a Practical Standpoint." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 19 (September 27, 2019): 3633. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193633.
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Among the array of structurally and toxicologically diverse mycotoxins, aflatoxins have attracted the most interest of scientific research due to their high toxicity and incidence in foods and feeds. Despite the undeniable progress made in various aspects related to aflatoxins, the ultimate goal consisting of reducing the associated public health risks worldwide is far from being reached due to multiplicity of social, political, economic, geographic, climatic, and development factors. However, a reasonable degree of health protection is attained in industrialized countries owing to their scientific, administrative, and financial capacities allowing them to use high-tech agricultural management systems. Less fortunate situations exist in equatorial and sub-equatorial developing countries mainly practicing traditional agriculture managed by smallholders for subsistence, and where the climate is suitable for mould growth and aflatoxin production. This situation worsens due to climatic change producing conditions increasingly suitable for aflatoxigenic mould growth and toxin production. Accordingly, it is difficult to harmonize the regulatory standards of aflatoxins worldwide, which prevents agri-foods of developing countries from accessing the markets of industrialized countries. To tackle the multi-faceted aflatoxin problem, actions should be taken collectively by the international community involving scientific research, technological and social development, environment protection, awareness promotion, etc. International cooperation should foster technology transfer and exchange of pertinent technical information. This review presents the main historical discoveries leading to our present knowledge on aflatoxins and the challenges that should be addressed presently and in the future at various levels to ensure higher health protection for everybody. In short, it aims to elucidate where we come from and where we should go in terms of aflatoxin research/development.
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Xu, Y., Nina Lam, and Kam-Biu Liu. "Assessing Resilience and Sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System." Water 10, no. 10 (September 24, 2018): 1317. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w10101317.
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This book contains 14 articles selected from a special issue on the assessment of resilience and sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta as a coupled natural-human system. This effort is supported in part by a U. S. National Science Foundation grant. The goal of this book is to present some of the recent advances in research and research methodologies, major discoveries, and new understanding of the Mississippi River Delta, which represents one of the most challenging cases in finding the pathways for coastal resilience and sustainability because of the complexity of environmental and socioeconomic interactions. The articles are contributed by 39 researchers and they studied the deltaic system from five aspects including 1) riverine processes and sediment availability, 2) sediment deposition and land creation, 3) wetland loss, saltwater intrusion, and subsidence, 4) community resilience and planning, and 5) review and synthesis. As editors, by reviewing and putting these papers together, we have realized a major challenge in conducting an interdisciplinary assessment of resilience: How to identify a “Common Threshold” from different scientific disciplines for a highly nature-human intertwined river delta system? For instance, the threshold for sustaining a river delta in the view of physical sciences is different from that of social sciences. Such a common threshold would be a radical change and/or a collapse of a coupled natural-human delta system if nothing can be or will be done. Identifying the common threshold would help guide assessment and evaluation of the resilience of a CNH system as well as the feasibility and willingness of protecting the system’s resilience. We hope this book will be a first step toward inspiring researchers from different disciplines to work closely together to solve real problems in sustaining precious river delta ecosystems across the globe.
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Souza, Ana Augusta Almeida, Marlon Fernandes Rodrigues Alves, Nayele Macini, Luciana Oranges Cezarino, and Lara Bartocci Liboni. "Resilience for sustainability as an eco-capability." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 9, no. 5 (October 2, 2017): 581–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-09-2016-0144.
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Purpose This paper aims to identify the dynamic capabilities that foster organizational resilience towards sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The study is a qualitative multi-case study with Brazilian manufacturers of different industries that provides an in-depth exploration of underlying dimensions towards resilience for sustainability. Findings The results indicate that to develop organizational resilience towards sustainability, both in theory and in practical terms, the actions required are long-term plans, regular meetings, benchmarking, communication between areas and distinct hierarchies, partnerships and eco-efficient actions. Regarding human aspects, the leader’s behaviour and shared culture are the means to encourage, educate and exemplify sustainability for all in the organization. Research limitations/implications The study has limitations in the form of a small sample size. The implications indicate a relationship between resilience and dynamic capability for sustainability. In other words, resilience develops organizational, human and technological capabilities for sustainability. Such results can improve the organizational strategy construction methods towards sustainability development. Practical implications The study has two practical implications for companies to continue working for sustainability. The first practical implication is the need to work the processes that are aimed at the exchange of information both internally and externally to the organization. It has been seen in managers’ speeches that creating ways to listen to employee suggestions could make important resource-saving discoveries and release waste. Another important source of information for improvement of operations is to listen to civil associations and industry and non-governmental organizations, as well as participate in events, lectures and discussion forums. The second practical implication is the need to work with the human side of the organization; sustainability needs to be a part of the worker’s daily life, and it needs to become common to them of the need to reflect on how to improve sustainability of processes for which they are responsible. To achieve this goal, companies need to work the pillar of cohesion resilience, emphasizing the behaviour of leaders (role models) and organizational culture. Social implications The comparative case analysis shows some practices that are able to induce good environment and provide social and organizational benefits, namely, long-term plans, regular meetings, benchmarking, communication between areas and distinct hierarchies, partnerships, eco-efficient actions, behaviour of leaders and shared culture among members of the organization. These practices are the means to encourage, educate and exemplify sustainability for all in the organization. Originality/value The originality of this paper is to bring together two streams of the literature, namely, resilience and dynamic capabilities, in the context of sustainability. Drawing on this approach, the study provides a new conceptual model with empirical evidence of key aspects of resilience for sustainability as an eco-capability.
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Petrulis, Vaidas. "ARCHITEKTŪROS POLITIKOS APRAIŠKOS LIETUVOS TARPUKARIO (1918–1940 M.) PERIODIKOJE: TARP REPREZENTACIJOS IR SOCIALINIO TEISINGUMO." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 33, no. 2 (June 30, 2009): 126–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13921630.2009.33.126-134.
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The paper concentrates on architectural discourse of the interwar period (1918–1940) of Lithuania. The main objective of the paper is to represent the history of the Lithuanian architectural thought of the period through analysis of the interwar press. Due to a wide scope of the problem the paper is devoted to one of the major problems of architectural theory – relation of policy/power and space. Following publications in the press, a few dominant aspects of the problem were distinquished: representation of the state (as an exemplar element of global political ideology), and issues of social housing (as illustration of local, towards practical decisions oriented policy). It is discovered that the dominant theoretical position concerning the matters of spatial representation is discussions on “national style”. While the socio-political discourse of Modern Movement mainly concentrates on discussions about “social housing colonies”. Santrauka Straipsnis skirtas Lietuvos tarpukario laikotarpio (1918–1940) teorinio diskurso analizei. Tekste, remiantis periodikoje publikuotais straipsniais, skirtais architektūros temoms, siekiama pažvelgti į šio periodo architektūrinės minties palikimą. Dėmesio objektu pasirinkta viena iš svarbesnių architektūrinio diskurso temų – architektūros ir politikos sąsajos. Išskiriami keli to meto spaudoje dominavę architektūros ir politikos sąveikos aspektai: valstybės erdvinės reprezentacijos problematika (kaip globalios, ideologinės politikos apraiška) bei socialinio būsto problematika (kaip lokalios, į tiesioginius sprendimus orientuotos politikos apraiška). Nustatyta, kad reprezentacinėje plotmėje dominuojanti teorinė pozicija – „tautinio stiliaus“ paieškos. Socialinei, politizuotai modernizmo teorijai būdingi aspektai daugiausiai reiškėsi menkiau teoretizuotose diskusijose apie „pigių būstų kolonijų“ kūrimą.
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Zheng, Guang-Wen, Abu Bakkar Siddik, Mohammad Masukujjaman, and Nazneen Fatema. "Factors Affecting the Sustainability Performance of Financial Institutions in Bangladesh: The Role of Green Finance." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 10, 2021): 10165. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810165.
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Despite the increasing popularity of green finance and sustainable investment in the field of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), very few studies have investigated the effect of green finance dimensions on the sustainable performance of banks. Therefore, this study attempts to examine the dimensions of green finance and their effects on the sustainability performance of financial institutions in developing economies such as Bangladesh. The study also depicts the level of green financing adoption among the banks and non-bank financial institutions in the country between 2015 and 2020. Considering the nature of the dataset, the structural equation modeling technique was employed in this study to fulfil the research objectives. Amongst banks and non-bank financial institutions, the study highlighted private commercial banks as being the highest contributor to green financing, accounting for 78.12% of the total green financing in Bangladesh. In addition, the empirical findings revealed that the dimensions of green finance are related to the economic, social, and environmental aspects of the SDGs. Furthermore, empirical findings indicated that the dimensions of green finance—social, economic, and environmental—have a strong positive effect on the sustainability performance of banks. The study also discovered that approximately 95% of bankers identify green financing as an essential element in the short- and long-term development of banking strategies in Bangladesh. Consequently, this study adds to the body of knowledge on green finance development and the sustainability performance of banks and financial institutions in emerging economies such as Bangladesh. Therefore, major managerial policy implications are discussed.
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Machado, Cláudia, Nicolas de Salles Hue, Fernando Berssaneti, and José Quintanilha. "An Overview of Shared Mobility." Sustainability 10, no. 12 (November 22, 2018): 4342. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124342.
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In a wider understanding, shared mobility can be defined as trip alternatives that aim to maximize the utilization of the mobility resources that a society can pragmatically afford, disconnecting their usage from ownership. Then, shared mobility is the short-term access to shared vehicles according to the user’s needs and convenience. The contributions and added value of this paper are to provide an up-to-date and well-structured review on the area of shared mobility to researchers and practitioners of the transport sector. Hence, this paper presents a bibliographical review of shared mobility and its diverse modalities, as an alternative to individual transportation, especially in cases of individual automobiles or short trips restricted to an urban city. The present literature review on shared modes of transportation has discovered that the introduction of these modes alone will not solve transportation problems in large cities, with elevated and growing motorization rates. However, it can among the strategies employed to help alleviate the problems caused by traffic jams and pollution by reducing the number of vehicles in circulation, congestions, and the urban emission of polluting gases. Thus, the implementation of shared mobility schemes offers the potential to enhance the efficiency, competitiveness, social equity, and quality of life in cities. This paper covers the fundamental aspects of vehicle and/or ride sharing in urban centers, and provides an overview of current shared mobility systems.
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IOANA, Adrian, Daniela TUFEANU, Dragos Florin MARCU, Bogdan FLOREA, Bianca Cezarina ENE, Daniela Ionela JUGANARU, and Roxana Marina SOLEA. "HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS THAT REVOLUTIONIZED MANKIND." European Journal of Materials Science and Engineering 6, no. 3 (September 19, 2021): 131–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.36868/ejmse.2021.06.03.131.
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This article presents discoveries and inventions from different periods of mankind, which played an important role in social and technological evolution. Thus, from the period of the Ancient World (prehistory - 400 AD), we present: the appearance of stone tools (which occurred in East Africa and belongs to the first hominids); pottery (appeared in 10500 BC); the development of metallurgy (began in the Middle East, around 6500 BC); the invention of the ox-drawn plow (which occurred around 4000 BC); the construction of the first pyramid in Egypt (2600 BC); the development of iron processing (as part of the development of metallurgy, it occurred around 1400 BC); modernization of papermaking technology (attributed to Tsai Lun, China, around 105 AD); Another historical period that we analyzed in terms of discoveries and innovations that revolutionized humanity was the Middle Ages (400 - 1500). Thus, from this period we presented the following discoveries and inventions: the discovery of the number zero (occurred in 520 and belongs to Indian mathematicians); woodcut printing (appeared in sixth century China); the first printed newspaper (year 700); the development of algebra (it belongs to the Greek mathematician Diophantos, 3rd century AD); gunpowder (it was discovered around 850); the establishment of the University of Bologna (made in 1088); The last period approached was the current one. From this period we presented the following discoveries: magnetism - a new form of electricity; devices controlled only by hand gestures.
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Sudolska, Lis, and Chodorek. "Research Profiling for Responsible and Sustainable Innovations." Sustainability 11, no. 23 (November 20, 2019): 6553. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11236553.
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The issues of responsible and sustainable innovations have been attracting the growing attention of the ranks of scholars in recent years. However, this amassing productivity in the field has not been mapped and profiled thoroughly, yet. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to map the research output related to the concepts of responsible and sustainable innovations with the method of research profiling. The analysis consists of three components: general research profiling, subject area profiling and topic profiling conducted with the use of Scopus database. The research process is directed at answering three research questions: (1) who are the main contributors within the scholarly community? why? so what? (2) how is the research output distributed among subject areas? why? so what? (3) what are the central topics and issues discussed within the research field? why? so what? First of all, key contributing countries, research institutions, journals, and authors are identified in order to characterize the scholarly community working in the field. Secondly, research output is profiled through the prism of respective subject areas. This type of profiling aims at discovering varieties among key journals, authors and core references distributed across various subject areas. Thirdly, topic analysis is conducted in order to point out most crucial aspects studied in the body of literature in the field. The research sample consists of 1,083 publications indexed in Scopus database, including the phrases ‘responsible innovation’ or ‘sustainable innovation’ within their titles, keywords, and abstracts (topic search). The findings from the general research profiling confirm the growing interest of academia in exploring and investigating the issues of responsible and sustainable innovations. The leading contributors in the field are scholars and research institutions from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dutch universities and research centers occupy three top three positions in regard to the number of publications. Among them, Delft University of Technology is the unquestionable leader. Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Responsible Innovation are found to be the most prolific and highly recognized source titles in the field. Subject area profiling shows a relatively high level of interrelatedness among the four leading subject areas i.e., Business, Management and Accounting, Engineering, Social Sciences, and Environmental Science in regard to authors, source titles and core references. Topic profiling indicates two leading thematic streams in the research field focused on the features and core aspects of responsible and sustainable innovations, and the relationships of the concept with people (human, humans), research, ethics, and technology. Discussion of research findings is focused around comparing and contrasting three overlapping concepts (i.e., responsible research and innovation, responsible innovation, and sustainable innovation), providing the critical assessment of the reasons for the scholarly research to have developed along with certain patterns and identifying unexplored aspects or possible future avenues of research.
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Stagg Peterson, Shelley, and Christine Portier. "Rural Northern Canadian Teachers’ Discoveries about Young Children’s Oral Language." Language and Literacy 19, no. 2 (July 6, 2017): 109. http://dx.doi.org/10.20360/g2wt16.
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Kindergarten and Grade 1 teachers collaborated with university researchers in an action research project aiming to find ways to support young children’s oral language. Analysing video data of children’s interactions during play, we worked together to create an observation tool that allows teachers to focus on ways in which children use language to carry out social purposes. In this paper, we report on teachers’ discoveries about the wide range of social purposes which children carry out using language, and their use of an observation framework that captures the pragmatic aspects of children’s language while engaged in play. Our research has implications for all teachers who wish to learn more about observing and supporting children’s oral language use.
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Liff, Roy, and Airi Rovio-Johansson. "Systematic and serendipitous discoveries: a shift in sensemaking." Journal of Documentation 71, no. 6 (October 12, 2015): 1250–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-08-2014-0107.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enrich the theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of sensemaking where a conceptual shift was provoked by a serendipitous encounter. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework consisting of three elements of reflexivity: the cognitive, the social, and the normative, all of which support the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in the investigation of a serendipitous Episode that occurred in a larger research project. This Episode took place at a meeting between a social welfare officer and a psychologist in which they discussed the treatment of a psychiatric patient. When the psychologist left the meeting for a brief period, the researchers, unexpectedly, were able to interview the social welfare officer alone. Findings – This interview revealed a deviation from the institutionalized patient treatment procedure that was explained to the researchers in earlier interviews. The study shows that shifts in sensemaking are possible when researchers are open to serendipitous encounters. This shift in sensemaking in this Episode was strategic because it concerned the three most important aspects of the actor’s decision making: how to make diagnosis, treatments, and cooperate around the patient. Research limitations/implications – It is recommended that researchers use the theoretical framework of reflexivity to test their sensemaking processes as well as remain open to changes in planned, traditional methodological approaches. Originality/value – The study applies a post-hoc analysis with reflections on serendipitous events that may guide researchers when they encounter unanticipated events and make anomalous discoveries.
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Schoenberger, Erica. "Business Dilemmas and Social Dilemmas: Social and Geographic Aspects of Industrial Competitiveness." Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography 71, no. 1 (1989): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/490504.
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Park, Chris. "Social aspects of sustainable dryland management." Journal of Rural Studies 13, no. 1 (January 1997): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0743-0167(97)83751-5.
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Gamboa Cabezas, Luís, and Dan M. Healan. "SALVAGE AND RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGY INSIDE ANCIENT TULA: RECENT DISCOVERIES AND REVELATIONS." Ancient Mesoamerica 32, no. 1 (2021): 56–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956536120000188.
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AbstractThis article presents the results of seven archaeological salvage and rescue projects that resulted in new information on settlement at Tula, Hidalgo that includes materials and evidence of activities rarely or never before encountered at Tula. Several localities exhibited evidence of craft activities that included the production of basalt megaliths, human and animal figurines, and the processing of human skulls. One locality was the scene of elaborate ritual involving the mass sacrifice of children, and another was the scene of elaborate ritual destruction and offerings involving some of the most sumptuous objects yet found at Tula. One of the most remarkable aspects of the wealth of information and material culture obtained was that these were salvage and rescue operations undertaken with limited time and resources in localities determined by factors in which previous archaeological knowledge played no guiding role. These investigations indicate that despite the extensive damage suffered by Tula outside the protected area, much of the old city still remains for researchers for the immediate future.
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Noble, Grant. "SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TELEPHONE USE IN AUSTRALIA." Prometheus 9, no. 1 (June 1991): 122–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08109029108631909.
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Urry, J. "Some Social and Spatial Aspects of Services." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 5, no. 1 (March 1987): 5–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d050005.
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Five related issues involved in the analysis of services are discussed. First, it is shown that it is incorrect to suggest that there is a single route to the contemporary economy with high employment in the service sector. The Fisher–Clark thesis is discussed and criticised. In the specific case of the United Kingdom it is shown that service industries were of considerable importance even during the supposed heyday of Victorian manufacturing industry. This is shown by analysing certain regional indicators. It is further suggested that the crucial role of especially financial services cannot be understood separately from the broader Makler or middleman economy which in part predated the extensive growth of manufacturing industry. Second, some of the recent arguments of Gershuny and Miles are analysed. It is shown that their formulations are insufficiently social, both in the sense of ignoring changes in the social relations underpinning capitalist production both of manufacturing and of service industries, and of neglecting the impact of ‘social struggles' on the forms and levels of service employment. Third, a number of criteria are discussed by which different service industries can be separated off from each other. The criteria considered are ownership, market, product, degree of ‘commodification’, function, and character of the exchange. A classification based on elements of each of these is proposed in order to deal with UK data sources. Fourth, analysis is developed of eleven different forms of service sector restructuring. Some consideration is paid to the problems of explaining which of these will be found in particular sectors. Particular attention is devoted to considering the degree of importance of the ‘labour’ factor. Last, some of the processes affecting the ‘private consumer services' concerned with tourism are analysed. In particular, attention is devoted to aspects of the physical and social setting within which the service delivery takes place. An attempt is made to demonstrate which particular forms of service sector restructuring will be found in those tourist services in British coastal resorts. The exceptionally complex nature of the forces affecting employment levels in such places is shown in some detail.
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Vashchenko, Oleksandra. "HUMAN GEOGRAPHICAL EVALUATION OF FORMATION OF LABOR POTENTIAL OF KIEV REGION." GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM, no. 53 (2019): 92–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2308-135x.2019.53.92-97.
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Aim. The purpose of this article is to assess the formation of the labor potential of the Kiev region from the standpoint of social geography. Methodology The expediency of using a set of research methods with an emphasis on complementary and cross-checking methods — factor analysis, cluster analysis, index method, is substantiated. Moreover, both for calculations in order to determine the Kiev region among other regions and internally regional differences, it is proposed to analyze indicator indicators in the following sequence: normalization of indicator indicators (taking into account their stimulating and destimulating effect), calculation of aggregated indices - aggregation of indicator indicators into indices by aspects of labor potential; calculation of block indices of educational, cultural, medical, environmental, demographic and economic subsystems; calculation of the integral index of the development of labor potential. Findings. The approaches to the socio-geographical assessment of the formation of the labor potential of the Kiev region are determined. The center-peripheral patterns of development of the labor potential of the districts of the Kiev region are determined. The existence of several distinct averaged center-peripheral patterns in the Kiev region has been discovered: with increasing order of neighborhood neighborhoods, labor potential grows; the value of the cultural development index, comes the value of the demographic, economic index, the value of the factor weights of the economic and cultural factor among the regions decreases. The spatial model of the “center-periphery” is determined by the level of development of labor potential in the Kiev region, the center-peripheral patterns of its formation and use are confirmed and discovered. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty lies in the development of a spatial model of "center-periphery" in terms of the development of labor potential among the districts of the Kiev region. Practical significance. This study is the basis for a comprehensive socio-geographical analysis of the development of the labor potential of the region. Its results can become the basis for establishing promising areas of growth in the labor potential of the Kiev region; delimitation of the spatial model of the “center-periphery” of the development of the labor potential of the region is aimed at taking into account its features when making managerial decisions. The features of the formation and use of labor potential in Ukraine and the corresponding influence of socio-geographical factors are disclosed. According to the integral rank of assessing the formation and use of labor potential, five groups of regions have been identified. This brief description of the distinguished groups of regions by their role in shaping the labor potential of their regional centers, in accordance with the level of economic diversification and the impact on the socio-cultural development of the region and the country as a whole, defined in the gender of socio-geographical factors of labor potential development.
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Montgomery, Rhonda J. V. "Next Steps for Social and Behavioral Research Related to Alzheimer's Disease." International Psychogeriatrics 8, S1 (October 1996): 103–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610296003183.
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Recent biological and genetic studies focused on the causes and treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have provided findings that are encouraging. These findings have raised the hopes of family members, as well as those of the research community, that the cause and/or treatment of AD will emerge in the near future. Despite these hopes, however, families and the research community acknowledge the reality that, for thousands, these discoveries will come too late. Even as they continue to hope, families must contend with the difficult tasks of caring for persons with AD. This care can be intensive, extensive, and exhausting. Because families deal with the day-to-day reality of caring for persons who are progressively deteriorating, there is a need to focus on the social and behavioral aspects of AD.
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Matlovič, René, and Kvetoslava Matlovičová. "The social relevance and branding of geography." Geografie 117, no. 1 (2012): 33–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie2012117010033.
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The relevance of any scientific discipline specifies its position in the context of other scientific disciplines, which are, nowadays, competing more and more intensively for limited financial resources. The question of relevance can also become a question of survival and further development. When evaluating the social relevance of a scientific discipline it is helpful to differentiate between a science as a process and a science as an institution (so-called sciencing). In the first part of the article, we conceptualize the social relevance of geography and define and characterize its basic aspects. In the second part, we briefly present possibilities concerning a complex policy for the relevance of geography by branding.
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Alam, Furqan, Ahmed Almaghthawi, Iyad Katib, Aiiad Albeshri, and Rashid Mehmood. "iResponse: An AI and IoT-Enabled Framework for Autonomous COVID-19 Pandemic Management." Sustainability 13, no. 7 (March 30, 2021): 3797. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13073797.
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SARS-CoV-2, a tiny virus, is severely affecting the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of our planet, causing infections and deaths (2,674,151 deaths, as of 17 March 2021), relationship breakdowns, depression, economic downturn, riots, and much more. The lessons that have been learned from good practices by various countries include containing the virus rapidly; enforcing containment measures; growing COVID-19 testing capability; discovering cures; providing stimulus packages to the affected; easing monetary policies; developing new pandemic-related industries; support plans for controlling unemployment; and overcoming inequalities. Coordination and multi-term planning have been found to be the key among the successful national and global endeavors to fight the pandemic. The current research and practice have mainly focused on specific aspects of COVID-19 response. There is a need to automate the learning process such that we can learn from good and bad practices during pandemics and normal times. To this end, this paper proposes a technology-driven framework, iResponse, for coordinated and autonomous pandemic management, allowing pandemic-related monitoring and policy enforcement, resource planning and provisioning, and data-driven planning and decision-making. The framework consists of five modules: Monitoring and Break-the-Chain, Cure Development and Treatment, Resource Planner, Data Analytics and Decision Making, and Data Storage and Management. All modules collaborate dynamically to make coordinated and informed decisions. We provide the technical system architecture of a system based on the proposed iResponse framework along with the design details of each of its five components. The challenges related to the design of the individual modules and the whole system are discussed. We provide six case studies in the paper to elaborate on the different functionalities of the iResponse framework and how the framework can be implemented. These include a sentiment analysis case study, a case study on the recognition of human activities, and four case studies using deep learning and other data-driven methods to show how to develop sustainability-related optimal strategies for pandemic management using seven real-world datasets. A number of important findings are extracted from these case studies.
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Rogers, Shannon, Kevin Gardner, and Cynthia Carlson. "Social Capital and Walkability as Social Aspects of Sustainability." Sustainability 5, no. 8 (August 13, 2013): 3473–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su5083473.
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Šlezak, Hrvoje, and Laura Šakaja. "Spatial Aspects of Social Distance Towards the Roma." Hrvatski geografski glasnik/Croatian Geographical Bulletin 74, no. 1 (September 17, 2012): 91–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.21861/hgg.2012.74.01.06.
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Thomson, Raymond A. "Dance bands and dance halls in Greenock, 1945–55." Popular Music 8, no. 2 (May 1989): 143–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0261143000003330.
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The Americanisation of British popular culture has been the subject of intensive study and debate. Most of this, however, has had a national focus. It is the purpose of this article to examine aspects of a popular culture at a local level in order to discover the extent to which people were, or felt themselves to be, dominated by America. The history of popular culture is the history of the little people, how they passed their time and recreated themselves. Discoveries made here should cast illumination on the more global claims made by social historians.
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Mezentsev, Kostyantyn V., Natalia I. Provotar, and Maria V. Palchuk. "Social geography of the public spaces: social environment vs peripherality." Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, no. 2 (November 29, 2019): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.33581/2521-6740-2019-2-15-24.
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Transformations of public spaces in different parts of the city have their own characteristics. The fate of public space in the center and on the periphery may seem to be a predetermined by location. But the changing social environment makes its own adjustments. This paper analyzes the influence of the social environment on the public spaces changing in the peripheral part of Kyiv. Research subject is the contemporary transformation of two green public spaces in Kyiv neighborhoods. The aim of the paper is to determine the peculiarities of green public spaces transformations in the peripheral part of Kyiv influenced by the social environment, to determine the nature of its impact on public spaces changes. Analysis of the transformation of public spaces in the peripheral part of Kyiv confirmed the decisive role of the social environment, which is manifesting through the needs of local residents, and made it possible to identify the main factors of change: local initiatives, web forums, cooperation with business, new construction, changes in the residents’ age and social structure, housing ownership. Based on the analysis of users’ perception of public spaces, their accessibility, use, image and integration it was determined the most problematic aspects of the functioning of Kyiv neighborhoods’ public spaces that require priority changes. All this determines the scientific novelty and relevance of the study of green public spaces on the periphery of the city in the context of the social environment of their evolution.
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Galkina, Natalia Yurievna. "Mechanisms of participatory budgeting in the context of social engineering." Социодинамика, no. 4 (April 2020): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-7144.2020.4.32563.
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This article presents the overview of a section of the scientific practical conference “Social engineering: how social engineering changes the world”. The examination was conducted on the aspects of development of the participatory practices in Russia, namely the participatory budgeting (PB). Reports of the speakers demonstrated the path travelled by participatory budgeting in Russia over the recent years, transforming from a financial instrument into social influence, and becoming a field for active and entrepreneurial citizens. Inclusion of sociologists into the PB processes means better feedback from society and increased quality of project management. The research explores the questions of organization of practices of participatory budgeting, key discoveries and current challenges: absence of digitalization, difficulties with urban practices, involvement of population. Residents of the experimental territories demonstrate higher level of satisfaction with the quality of the infrastructure and work of the municipal and urban engineering, improvement in the dialogue with the local authorities, increase in the level of trust towards the leadership of the town and regional authorities overall.
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Figdor, Carrie. "Big Data and Changing Concepts of the Human." European Review 27, no. 3 (June 21, 2019): 328–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798719000024.
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Big Data has the potential to enable unprecedentedly rigorous quantitative modeling of complex human social relationships and social structures. When such models are extended to non-human domains, they can undermine anthropocentric assumptions about the extent to which these relationships and structures are specifically human. Discoveries of relevant commonalities with non-humans may not make us less human, but they promise to challenge fundamental views of what it is to be human.
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Sommer, Toby J. "Suppression of scientific research: Bahramdipity and Nulltiple scientific discoveries." Science and Engineering Ethics 7, no. 1 (March 2001): 77–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-001-0025-7.
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Motta, Ronaldo Seroa da. "Social and economic aspects of CDM options in Brazil." International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2, no. 3/4 (2002): 310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2002.002405.
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Krylovets, Mykola, and Oksana Braslavska. "SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL WORK IN GEOGRAPHY LESSONS." Problems of Modern Teacher Training, no. 1(23) (April 29, 2021): 16–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.31499/2307-4914.1(23).2021.232724.
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Geographical education as one of the important means of creating a cultural environment in the educational process of the school opens to the student the world with all the diversity of complex relationships of nature, society and personality, satisfies the need for self-knowledge, promotes the formation of personal qualities and values. Geographical education gives person great opportunities to develop a humane and tolerant attitude to other people, to other civilizations, political and economic systems, the geographical environment, to the planet Earth. Geography as a science of the humanities and natural cycle not only reveals the features of the material and spiritual culture of the peoples of the world, but also shows them in inseparable connection with the natural and social environment. Modern geography comprehensively considers the living environment of humanity, using a systematic geographical approach to knowledge of the world.Education in a broad, social sense is a function of society to prepare the young generation for life, carried out by all society: social institutions, organizations, the church, media and culture, family and school. Education in the learning process, as well as the learning process itself, is a complex phenomenon. In geography lessons education is the formation of morality and spirituality of students, especially those aspects related to human behavior in different geographical, economic, political conditions, education of citizens of their country, preparation of school graduates to perform social roles, because there is no effective economy, social peace in the state, responsible citizens without education.
Keywords: geography, education, geography lessons, teacher, culture, morality, student’s personality, social and educational work.
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Sharygin, Mikhail D., and Vyacheslav A. Stolbov. "THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE SEARCH FOR LAWS AND REGULARITIES IN SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY." Географический вестник = Geographical bulletin, no. 1(52) (2020): 22–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2079-7877-2020-1-22-32.
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Czekała, Wojciech, Filip Tarkowski, and Patrycja Pochwatka. "Social Aspects of Energy Production from Renewable Sources." Problemy Ekorozwoju 16, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 61–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.1.07.
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The increased demand for energy determines the need to search for its next sources. One of them could be renewable energy sources, whose importance is increasing, among others, due to the limited resources of fossil fuels. In addition, renewable energy production has many benefits, mainly environmental and economic. Moreover, the social aspects associated with it cannot be ignored. The aim of this work was to discuss selected social benefits resulting from the production of renewable energy. Among the most important advantages of renewable energy sources is their local aspect, since energy production solves many regional problems, mainly related to its transport. The issue of energy security is also essential. In the case of biofuel production, the possibility of involving waste in energy production is extremely beneficial. The use of renewable energy itself directly affects the improvement of the environment, which in turn has a positive effect on people. Nowadays, sustainable development is one of the most critical challenges of humanity. These activities are closely related to the use of renewable energy sources. It is important to pay attention not only to subjects related to the environmental and economic aspects but also the impact of renewable energy sources on society.
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Huesca, Robert. "Social Aspects of Labor Organizing: Maquiladora Workers in a Grassroots Development Effort." Journal of Developing Societies 19, no. 2-3 (June 2003): 227–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0169796x0301900205.
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GREGORY, GEOFF, ALISON LOVERIDGE, and JANET GOUGH. "Social and Cultural Aspects of Natural Hazards Perception and Response." New Zealand Geographer 53, no. 1 (April 1997): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7939.1997.tb00476.x.
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Derco, Ján, and Ľubomír Štrba. "Social tourism in the Slovak Republic: notes on selected aspects." Current Issues in Tourism 23, no. 20 (November 5, 2019): 2503–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1685472.
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Paloniemi, Riikka, and Päivi M. Tikka. "Ecological and social aspects of biodiversity conservation on private lands." Environmental Science & Policy 11, no. 4 (June 2008): 336–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2007.11.001.
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Frolova, E. A. "“Me” and “the Other” in the Arabo-Islamic Culture." Islam in the modern world 16, no. 2 (July 25, 2020): 89–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2020-16-2-89-106.
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The traditional theme of “Me” and “the Other” in the light of modern politics and sociology reveals new problems connected to history of culture of different nations. Existential, social and psychological aspects of the relationship of Me and the Other present now a universal scale and thus require common efforts for their solutions. Mass migration from Asian and African countries to Europe and the USA poses new questions about mutual relations of cultures and religions. In front of Me there are new images of the Enemy emerging; they require a revision of the habitual values, including a new vision of a person’s place in society, nature, and the importance of their scientific discoveries.
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Jagers op Akkerhuis, Gerard A. J. M. "General Laws and Centripetal Science." European Review 22, S1 (May 2014): S113—S144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s106279871300080x.
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The large number of discoveries in the last few decades has caused a scientific crisis that is characterised by overspecialisation and compartmentalisation. To deal with this crisis, scientists look for integrating approaches, such as general laws and unifying theories. Representing what can be considered a general form law, the operator hierarchy is used here as a bridge between existing integrating approaches, including: a cosmic timeline, hierarchy and ontology, a periodic table of periodic tables, the unification of evolutionary processes, a general evolution concept, and general aspects of thermodynamics. At the end of the paper an inventory of unifying concepts is presented in the form of a cross table. The study ends with a discussion of major integrating principles in science.
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Çelikbaş, Ersin, and Kasım Oyarçin. "Parion Yamaç Hamamı / The Slope Bath of Parion." Journal of History Culture and Art Research 3, no. 4 (May 8, 2015): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v3i4.419.
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<p><strong>Parion Yamaç Hamamı </strong></p><p><strong>Öz </strong></p><p>Parion akropolünün ve antik tiyatronun 300 m. doğusunda Sedat-Naciye NUROVA Parion kazı evinin 100 m. kuzeydoğusundaki yükseltinin batı yamacında yer alan Yamaç Hamamı’nda ilk kazı çalışmalarına 2008 yılında başlanılmıştır. Yamaçta yapılan yüzey incelemelerinde yaklaşık 1 m. çapında tonozlu bir yapı kalıntısının varlığı gözlemlenmiştir. Burada yer alan tonozlu yapının duvar kalıntısı ile ilişkisi olup olmadığı veya alanın önemli bir yapı ya da yapılar grubuna ait olabileceği düşünülmüş ve alanda kazı yapılmasına karar verilmiştir. Parion antik kentinin sosyal ve ekonomik yönlerine ışık tutmasının yanında, kentin mimari yapısı hakkında da önemli bilgiler veren Yamaç Hamamı’ndaki kazı çalışmaları sonucunda hamamın dokuz bölümü ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Ortaya çıkarılan bu bölümler, sahip oldukları farklı özelliklerle dikkat çekmektedir. Anadolu’da benzer bir örneğine rastlanılmayan laconicum bölümü, hamamın mimarı hakkında bazı fikir sahibi olmamıza yardımcı olmaktadır. Anadolu gibi sıcak iklime sahip bir coğrafyada neden çok sıcak bir bölüm kullanılmaya ihtiyaç hissedildiği bu çalışmada incelenmeye çalışılmıştır. Laconicum bölümüyle beraber, kazılar sırasında ortaya çıkarılan hamamın diğer bölümleri hakkında benzer örneklerin de yardımıyla detaylı bilgiler verilmiştir. Yapının mimarisiyle beraber ortaya çıkarılan taşınabilir eserler hakkında bilgiler verilerek, eserlerin yapıyla olan bağlantısı irdelenmiştir. Ayrıca hamamın yer aldığı lokalizasyonu tanıtılmış, limana yakın olmasının hamamın yer seçimi konusunda ne gibi etkiler yarattığına değinilmiştir. Son olarak Yamaç Hamamı kazı çalışmaları sırasında ortaya çıkarılan mimari kalıntılar ve buluntular incelenerek ve yapının inşa tarihi ve kullanım evreleri hakkında ön sonuçlara ulaşılmıştır.</p><p><strong>The Slope Bath of Parion </strong></p><p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p>The Slope Bath of Parion where the excavations were begun in 2008 located on the western slope of the hill 300 m east of the acropolis and the theatre, 100 m northeast of the Sedat-Naciye NUROVA Parion Excavation House. During survey works carried out on the slope a vaulted strocture remain of 1 m diameter was observed. The vaulted structure remain was thought to be related to the wall remain or to belong to either an important structure or structure group therefore the desicion for excavating this area was given. The Slope Bath having nine sections revealed during excavations so far, besides sheding light to the social and economical aspects of Parion, does present significant information regarding the architecture of the city. These revealed sections are significant due to their different features. By having no similar examples in Anatolia the laconicum section does give an idea about the bath’s architect. The need of a very hot section in a geography where the climate is warm will be investigated in this work. Other sections revealed during excavations besides the laconicum will be introduced in light of similar examples. Along with the structure’s architecture discovered artifacts will also be introduced with regards to their relation to the structure. Additionally the localization of the bath has been introduced and the effect of the close proximity of the location to the harbour on the desicion making of the bath’s location has been mentioned. Finally by investigating the finds and architectural remains discovered during Excavations preliminary conclusions on the Slope Bath’s construction date and usage phases have been reached.</p>
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ALPERT, SHERI. "Privacy Issues in Clinical Genomic Medicine, or Marcus Welby, M.D., Meets the $1000 Genome." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 17, no. 4 (October 2008): 373–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180108080511.
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We have all heard a refrain much like this one over the last decade, increasingly so, as the cost of genetic sequencing has been drastically reduced with improvements in associated techniques and technologies. Already, discoveries are being made in laboratories that can help doctors determine from which drug a particular patient will receive the most efficacious treatment. The working presumption is that, eventually, individuals’ genetic sequence information will be included in each of their personal medical records.
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Nowak, Edward, and Marta Nowak. "Controlling research in the Wroclaw academic community. A thirty-year perspective (1990–2020)." Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości 45, no. 2 (July 2, 2021): 85–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.9564.
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Purpose: The paper's goal is to summarize thirty years of controlling research in the Wroclaw academic community. Methodology/approach: In the paper, content analysis and textual analysis of controlling-related publications of researchers from Wroclaw are performed. The publications are analyzed in the dimensions of time, publication type, and scope. Findings: The study identifies four hundred and forty-nine publications on controlling. It recognizes six main research areas: general controlling problems, controlling tools, domain-specific controlling, informational support of controlling, controlling organization, and “soft” aspects. In the paper, the research areas with large research potential are identified: “soft” aspects of controlling, relations between controlling and corporate social responsibility, controlling in branches where it has not been applied before, information-related issues of controlling in the content of abundance of information, and using discoveries of modern sciences, such as neuroscience, in controlling research. Value: the paper contains the first in-depth and holistic analysis of publications of Wroclaw researchers concerning controlling.
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Pettus, Kharissia. "Briefly Noted: Resolving Social Dilemmas: Dynamic, Structural, and Intergroup Aspects." Journal of Environment & Development 9, no. 2 (June 2000): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107049650000900209.
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Maclean, Kirsten, Helen Ross, Michael Cuthill, and Bradd Witt. "Converging disciplinary understandings of social aspects of resilience." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60, no. 3 (June 10, 2016): 519–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1162706.
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Tonn, B. E. "Philosophical Aspects of 500-Year Planning." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 20, no. 11 (November 1988): 1507–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a201507.
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A class of environmental problems, termed 500-year problems, poses significant threats to the world's societies. In 500-year planning there is a need for a sound philosophical foundation to guide the development of appropriate methods which analyze problems that cover very long time periods and that involve large uncertainties. In this paper philosophical aspects of 500-year planning, related to determining whether present generations are meeting their obligations to future generations, are addressed. Topics discussed include the treatment of future populations (as identifiable individuals or as enumerable groups) and the appropriate base for 500-year planning (utilitarianism or social contract theory). Adopting Rawls's concepts of the original position and of the veil of ignorance, a social contract is developed that guarantees the possibility of existence for all potential individuals, and sets limits on the risks that current and future populations might endure as a result of their ancestors' abuse of the environment. The specifics of the contract represent rational criteria upon which to base 500-year planning activities.
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Marting Vidaurre, Nirvana Angela, Ricardo Vargas-Carpintero, Moritz Wagner, Jan Lask, and Iris Lewandowski. "Social Aspects in the Assessment of Biobased Value Chains." Sustainability 12, no. 23 (November 25, 2020): 9843. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12239843.
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Social Life-Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) is under continuous development. The Methodological Sheets for Subcategories in S-LCA are a set of guidelines commonly used for the performance of such assessments. They cover a variety of stakeholders and subcategories for the social assessment of products in general. However, they may not necessarily be appropriate for the assessment of biobased value chains of agricultural and forestry origin. The aim of this study is the identification of social aspects relevant for the assessment of biobased value chains across various regions of the world, including those aspects possibly overlooked in the Methodological Sheets for Subcategories in S-LCA. For this purpose, a literature review of empirical studies was performed using the sheets as a reference. The results show that the Methodological Sheets for Subcategories in S-LCA provide good coverage of social topics relevant for biobased value chains, but that the stakeholders “smallholder” and “family farm” are not adequately addressed. Drawing on the empirical literature reviewed, the study emphasizes the relevance of these stakeholders in the analysis of biobased value chains of agricultural and forestry origin, and proposes criteria for consideration in the assessment of this stakeholder.
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Mack, Dieter. "The Development of Art Learning Model at School (A Review of Music Education Learning in Indonesia)." Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education 15, no. 1 (July 19, 2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/harmonia.v15i1.3690.
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<p>At the present time, art education is often ignored. Focus on teaching and learning at school seems to accentuate other subjects, such as: science, economics, and technology. This trend is becoming more concerning for the arts is a field of study, which draws attention to the development of perceptual sensitivity, creativity, as well as social responsibility. However, if art education, in this case is music education, is taught theoretically based on other cultural materials, then the consequences will be worse for students. This study is aimed to draw outlines of music education which hopefully can answer the three aspects of music which are previously described. The outlines are arranged based on recent discoveries in audio perceptions. </p>
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Pollock, Susan. "Of Priestesses, Princes and Poor Relations: The Dead in the Royal Cemetery of Ur." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1, no. 2 (October 1991): 171–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959774300000342.
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Archaeological discoveries of dead individuals, usually in the form of burials, have frequently captured the imaginations of public and professional audiences alike. In addition to the allure of exotic artefacts and seemingly bizarre funeral rites, burials offer rich possibilities for investigating myriad aspects of past social, cultural and even individual life. This discussion focuses on one of the more renowned archaeological excavations of an ancient cemetery, the Royal Cemetery of Ur. Consideration of who was and who was not buried in the cemetery suggests that cemetery burial was the prerogative of those people who were closely attached to ‘public’ institutions. This leads to a number of observations on Sumerian treatment of the dead and attitudes toward death, as these can be approached from archaeological and textual sources.
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Berkenbrock, José Alvim, Rafaela Grecco-Machado, and Sven Achenbach. "Microfluidic devices for the detection of viruses: aspects of emergency fabrication during the COVID-19 pandemic and other outbreaks." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 476, no. 2243 (November 2020): 20200398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0398.
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Extensive testing of populations against COVID-19 has been suggested as a game-changer quest to control the spread of this contagious disease and to avoid further disruption in our social, healthcare and economical systems. Nonetheless, testing millions of people for a new virus brings about quite a few challenges. The development of effective tests for the new coronavirus has become a worldwide task that relies on recent discoveries and lessons learned from past outbreaks. In this work, we review the most recent publications on microfluidics devices for the detection of viruses. The topics of discussion include different detection approaches, methods of signalling and fabrication techniques. Besides the miniaturization of traditional benchtop detection assays, approaches such as electrochemical analyses, field-effect transistors and resistive pulse sensors are considered. For emergency fabrication of quick test kits, the local capabilities must be evaluated, and the joint work of universities, industries, and governments seems to be an unequivocal necessity.