Crafts and Trade in Minor Settlements in North and Central Italy: Reflections on an Ongoing Research Project

2017 ◽  
pp. 263-295
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research

Information Needs of Microenterprise Owners in Louisiana

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Jin
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Industrial Sectors

This presentation will report on an ongoing research project about the information needs of microenterprise owners in Louisiana. Microenterprises are those businesses with fewer than five employees or sole proprietorships with no employees. They exist across all industrial sectors and incorporate a wide spectrum of information needs.Cette communication présente un projet de recherche en cours s'intéressant aux besoins informationnels des propriétaires de microentreprises de la Louisiane. Les microentreprises comptent moins de cinq employés, y compris celles à propriétaire unique sans employé, et sont présentes dans tous les secteurs d'activités. Les besoins informationnels varient donc grandement.

Chinese Television in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 026327642110120
Author(s):  
Alessandro Jedlowski
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
The Political ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Chinese Media ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
The Media ◽  
Chinese Television ◽  
Media Company

On the basis of the results of an ongoing research project on the activities of the Chinese media company StarTimes in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, this paper analyses the fluid and fragmentary dimension of the engagements between Chinese media and African publics, while equally emphasizing the power dynamics that underlie them. Focusing on a variety of ethnographic sources, it argues for an approach to the study of Chinese media expansion in Africa able to take into account, simultaneously, the macro-political and macro-economic factors which condition the nature of China–Africa media interactions, the political intentions behind them (as, for example, the Chinese soft power policies and their translation into specific media contents), and the micro dimension of the practices and uses of the media made by the actors (producers and consumers of media) in the field.

scholarly journals Welcome Intrusions: Capturing the Unexpected in Translators’ Prefaces to Dante’s Divine Comedy

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Marella Feltrin-Morris
Keyword(s):  
Divine Comedy ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Authentic Voice

As part of an ongoing research project, this essay examines a number of translators’ prefaces to Dante’s Divine Comedy, summarizing recurring patterns and then focusing on deviations from the norm. The majority of these prefaces tend to follow a script, particularly in the case of retranslations of classical texts, which require an acknowledgment of past translations, a homage to the authority of the source text and a display of the translator’s expertise. However, occasional detours from the predictable constellation of themes deserve closer scrutiny, since they give a more authentic voice to the individuals who engaged with the text in its deepest form, not merely within the confines of a prescriptive formula, but expanding the potential of this unique space towards new avenues of discovery.

scholarly journals Reimagining Parenting Possibilities: Towards Intimate Justice

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Ignagni ◽  
Ann Fudge Schormans
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Social Dilemmas ◽  
Theatre Of The Oppressed ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Forum Theatre ◽  
Transformative Potential

At the heart of this paper is a collaboratively created script representing a line of analysis from the Reimagining Parenting Possibilities Project. The script is performed as a forum theatre scene used to disseminate findings from this ongoing research project. Forum theatre, an exemplar of Augusto Boal’s “theatre of the oppressed,” invites audience members into a scene, inventing through embodied performance and improvisation analyses and interventions in shared social dilemmas (Boal, 2006). The project rests upon our joint investments in exploring how the denial and containment of parenthood for people labeled with intellectual and developmental disabilities stems from enduring ableist views as to who is deemed “fit” to raise future citizens, and related efforts to erase disability. We introduce this work with a prologue – offering context for the ableist dynamic and intimate injustices that unfold in the scene. We also provide some background on how we developed the scene, attending to the democratizing and transformative potential of our methodology. Finally, by way of an epilogue, we sketch a number of questions about the scene’s potential to promote intimate and disability justice.

Developing the Methodology for an Applied, Interdisciplinary Research Project: Documenting the Journey Toward Philosophical Clarity

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 450-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loene M. Howes
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research Project ◽  
Logic Of Inquiry ◽  
Methodological Refinement

Methodologists have urged researchers who use mixed methods to justify their methodological choices and provide greater clarity about the philosophical underpinnings and implications of their approaches. This article outlines the reasoning process undertaken in an endeavor to develop philosophical clarity for an applied, interdisciplinary, mixed methods research project about the communication of scientific evidence in the legal system. I used Greene’s domains of methodology for social inquiry as a framework for addressing reflexive questions about assumptions. Flowing from the domains of values and philosophies, the logic of inquiry was developed before the implications for the integration of findings and reporting of research were outlined. Early engagement in reflexive questioning provided a foundation for methodological refinement throughout the ongoing research journey.

scholarly journals Developing A Comprehensive Tool to Support Requirements Analyst During Elicitation Interviews [Kennesaw State University]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah Jean-Charles ◽  
Paola Spoletini
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
State University ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Voice Data ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Data Requirements ◽  
Voice Recording

This research is being conducted to provide requirements analysts with a supportive tool to use during elicitation interviews. In these interviews that were conducted as part of the overall project, stakeholders were asked a series of questions while wearing the Empatica E4 wristband and being recorded through various voice recording platforms. As a part of an ongoing research project, stakeholders have been interviewed using voice recordings and the Empatica E4 wristband to gather biofeedback data. Requirements analyst need support during elicitation interviews because of the ambiguity that arises during communication making it harder to collect proper requirements. In order to provide features such as visualizing the biofeedback collected from the Empatica E4 wristband and the voice waves, questions such as how to create a user-friendly application and how to synchronize the biofeedback and voice data must be researched. In conclusion, creating this mobile application would to assist requirements analysts in carrying out assessments during elicitation interviews.

Die Landesversicherungsanstalten Berlin und Brandenburg in der NS-Zeit

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-192
Author(s):  
Carolin Wiethoff
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Deutsche Rentenversicherung ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nazi Era ◽  
Insight Into

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag bietet einen ersten Einblick in ein laufendes Forschungsprojekt zur Geschichte der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Berlin-Brandenburg. Im Fokus des Artikels steht die personelle Umgestaltung der Landesversicherungsanstalten Berlin und Brandenburg in der NS-Zeit. Bei beiden Anstalten fand – neben der insgesamt innerhalb der Sozialversicherung vollzogenen Zerschlagung der Selbstverwaltung – ein Wandel an der Spitze statt, indem leitende Beamte durch Nationalsozialisten ersetzt wurden. Entlassungen trafen aber auch die Belegschaft, insbesondere jüdische Ärzte bei der LVA Berlin. Untersucht wird ferner das konkrete Verwaltungshandeln der Landesversicherungsanstalten in der NS-Zeit anhand des Ruhens von Renten aus politischen Gründen und der Kontrolle von Versicherten und Arbeitgebern. Abstract Regional insurance institutions Berlin and Brandenburg during the Nazi Era The article offers a first insight into an ongoing research project about the history of the “Deutsche Rentenversicherung Berlin-Brandenburg”. The article is focused on personnel restructuring within the regional insurance institutions (LVA) Berlin and Brandenburg during the Nazi Era. While self-governing structures were eliminated in all of the German social insurance sector, both insurance institutions underwent changes in their top management when senior officials were replaced by Nazis. The entire workforce was hit by dismissals, especially Jewish doctors working at the LVA in Berlin lost their jobs. The article also investigates administrate action of both insurance institutions based on different examples: the suspension of pension due to political reasons and the control over insured persons and employers.

Die Landesversicherungsanstalten Berlin und Brandenburg in der NS-Zeit

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 175-192
Author(s):  
Carolin Wiethoff
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Deutsche Rentenversicherung ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nazi Era ◽  
Insight Into

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag bietet einen ersten Einblick in ein laufendes Forschungsprojekt zur Geschichte der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Berlin-Brandenburg. Im Fokus des Artikels steht die personelle Umgestaltung der Landesversicherungsanstalten Berlin und Brandenburg in der NS-Zeit. Bei beiden Anstalten fand – neben der insgesamt innerhalb der Sozialversicherung vollzogenen Zerschlagung der Selbstverwaltung – ein Wandel an der Spitze statt, indem leitende Beamte durch Nationalsozialisten ersetzt wurden. Entlassungen trafen aber auch die Belegschaft, insbesondere jüdische Ärzte bei der LVA Berlin. Untersucht wird ferner das konkrete Verwaltungshandeln der Landesversicherungsanstalten in der NS-Zeit anhand des Ruhens von Renten aus politischen Gründen und der Kontrolle von Versicherten und Arbeitgebern. Abstract Regional insurance institutions Berlin and Brandenburg during the Nazi Era The article offers a first insight into an ongoing research project about the history of the “Deutsche Rentenversicherung Berlin-Brandenburg”. The article is focused on personnel restructuring within the regional insurance institutions (LVA) Berlin and Brandenburg during the Nazi Era. While self-governing structures were eliminated in all of the German social insurance sector, both insurance institutions underwent changes in their top management when senior officials were replaced by Nazis. The entire workforce was hit by dismissals, especially Jewish doctors working at the LVA in Berlin lost their jobs. The article also investigates administrate action of both insurance institutions based on different examples: the suspension of pension due to political reasons and the control over insured persons and employers.

scholarly journals Grammaticalization and the linguistic individual: new avenues in lifespan research

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (s2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Anthonissen ◽  
Peter Petré
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Grammatical Change ◽  
Adult Cognition

AbstractThis paper reviews theoretical and methodological advances and issues in lifespan research and discusses how the issues at stake are addressed in an ongoing research project. Summarizing the state of the art, we conclude that next to nothing is known about lifespan changes affecting syntactic or grammaticalizing constructions that goes beyond exploratory or anecdotal evidence. The Mind-Bending Grammars project, which examines the adaptive powers of adult cognition and constraints on these powers, aspires to make headway in this area. In this paper, we introduce some of the major goals of the project and present a new large-scale longitudinal corpus of 50 adults that was established to study grammatical change across the lifespan. Particular attention is paid to the constraints on the adoption of novel grammatical patterns in the aging mind. Taking be going to as a case study, we present evidence that (highly educated) healthy monolingual speakers continue to participate in grammatical innovations across the lifespan.

Low cost Evaporometers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Tejkl ◽  
Petr Kavka
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Polarity Reversal ◽  
Measuring Range ◽  
Research Staff ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Measuring Device ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
3D Printed

<p>Research of the evaporation from the water surface is curtailing for measuring the water balance in small catchments.</p><p>An ongoing project aims to develop a simple and reliable, easy to reproduce evaporation measuring device. A core part of the device is measuring the water level in the field in cheap form. 3D printed design in combination with open-source cheap electronics is utilized. Methodology and results of the ongoing research project will be presented. The project investigates the affordable and simple technical measures that have the potential to increase the number of opportunities for the measuring of evaporation.</p><p>Continuously the theories are developed and tested, subsequently, conclusions are implemented into the next generation of the device. Five generations of 3D printed part have been done, and now the research focus on the electrical and software part of the device. Durability and reliability of the device are tested in the field, in three locations. All plots are also frequently checked by research staff and data is saved and later compared with data measured by the device. Refilling of the evaporation pan is also done by research staff.</p><p>Prototype 3 used the experience of all previous prototypes. The construction is equipped with 5 sets of electrodes, each with a measuring range of 10 mm. The total measuring range is 50 mm. The whole structural part of prototype 3 is designed as a printout on a 3D printer, electrodes are printed from a conductive material. Above the electrodes, there is a printed circuit board carrying the microelectronics control module.</p><p>The principle of measurement consists of gradual interrogation of the set of electrodes, a subsequent reversal of polarity and repeated interrogation. This cycle is repeated several times and the result is averaged, then the next set is measured. The polarity reversal is controlled by the relay. Thanks to the use of printed circuit board it was possible to simplify the device, so only 7 wires, one analog output, polarity reversal control and supply wire to 5 sets of electrodes are led from the whole device.</p><p>An important step in the evaluation of the obtained data (the values of current passed through the water), is its analysis. Because values are read very often they differ only slightly. A commonly used vapor unit is mm of water column per day. It is, therefore, necessary to analyze a long time series, at least longer than one day, and covering the entire day from 00:00 to 23:59.</p><p>The testing sites are the grounds of the CTU Faculty of Civil Engineering in Dejvice, the experimental sites of the CULS in Prague Suchdol and the Water Research Institute in Prague Podbaba.</p><p>The research is funded by the Technological Agency of the Czech Republic (research project TJ02000351 - Development of Tools and Methods Improving Estimation of annual Evaporation Balance).</p>

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