scholarly journals Competitiveness and the emotional essence of a region image

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 205-212
Author(s):  
Konstantin L. Lidin ◽  
Maria E. Sumenkova
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
English Language ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
The Given ◽  
The City ◽  
High Share

From the behavioural economy point of view, the image of a region becomes more and more important. Image has strong influence on forming the demographic situation, at the level of investment attractiveness and some other aspects of competitiveness of a region. Image is mostly important for tourist business development.Throughout the last fifteen years we have developed methods that enable measuring the emotional essence of images with high objectivity and accuracy. First of all, the given methods are intended for studying the most widespread forms of image – verbal and visual ones. Both techniques exist in the form of computer programmes which provide high speed and enable analysing big amounts of initial data.The emotional spectrum of statements of Kraków visitors (on the materials of English language tourist blogs) contains a relatively high share of emotions of grief, fear and anger. It is possible to assume that for tourists from Central and Western Europe, visiting Kraków is emotionally somehow close to visiting Siberia, both are thought of as “East” for them.On the contrary, the emotional essence of advertising materials is strongly shifted towards emotions of interest and pride. The advertising materials devoted to many other tourist magnets of Europe, America or Asia have similar spectrums. As a result, the image of Kraków is deprived of individuality. Uniqueness of the city is not reflected.The narrow and monotonous emotional spectrum of advertising can push away a potential tourist. The emotional maintenance of advertising materials forms quite certain expectations of a potential buyer (tourist). Discrepancy between the emotions promised by advertising and the real experience leaves an impression of deceit, not justified expectations. In a long-term prospect, such advertising inevitably reduces tourist appeal and competitiveness of the region.

Bourges in the Earlier Iron Age: An Interim View

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralston Ian
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
English Language ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
First Century ◽  
Light Industry ◽  
Rescue Service ◽  
Temperate Europe ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The City

Berry in central France figures frequently in assessments of the level of complexity in western temperate Europe at the annexation of Gallia comata in 52 BC. Information from a number of sites, particularly Levroux (Indre: e.g. Büchsenschütz et al. 1988; 1992; 2000; Krausz 1993), contributes to what is now a tolerably well-understood pattern, contrasting markedly with the poorly known settlement record for the earlier Iron Age of the area. One site forms a conspicuous exception. For the end of the Hallstatt Iron Age and the initial phase of its successor—broadly the decades either side of 500 BC— Bourges (Cher) is now known to be of critical importance, not only in regional terms, but also as a variant of the elite phenomenon known as the Fürstensitze that occurs widely across west-central temperate Europe. It will come as no surprise that the first English-language author to recognize the emerging importance of this site was Barry Cunliffe in The Ancient Celts, and it is thus with pleasure that this interim statement on Bourges and its immediate hinterland at the time of the transition from the Hallstatt to La Tène Iron Age has been prepared. Since 1995, with Jacques Troadec, the municipal archaeologist, Olivier Büchsenschütz, Pierre-Yves Milcent and others, the author has been excavating within and on the periphery of Bourges—by the first century BC certainly Avaricum of the Bituriges—as part of a long-term rescue project on that site and its surroundings. A few, selected aspects of this are considered below. The pace of development, and evolving legislative arrangements for rescue archaeology, mean that other important sites in the commune have been examined by Alexis Luberne and colleagues in the State Archaeological Rescue Service, INRAP, and reference to some of their work is included below. The rate of change in and around the city, particularly as military establishments—many initially set up at the time of the 1870 Franco-Prussian war—are redeveloped for light industry, and new housing, transport and other infrastructure is constructed, provides much scope for new discoveries; what follows is thus by necessity provisional.

scholarly journals Stationary population, immigration, social cohesion, and national identity: What are the links and the policy implications? With special attention to Canada: A demographer’s point of view

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatole Romaniuk
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Policy Option ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Stationary Population ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy Vision

In recent years, this author has devoted some of his research to the question of stationary population as a policy vision for Canada and beyond. The focus was largely economics and ecology. The virtue of the stationary population, it was argued, is that it cut across ecologists’ long-term concerns and economists’ short-term concerns. The present paper, while reiterating some of the same economic arguments, addresses stationary population as a policy option from the point of view of national identity and social cohesion. To this end, it explores the policy and ideological dimensions of multiculturalism in Canada. It also examines immigration trends in Canada and Western Europe, and makes some incursions into the history of how cosmopolitan states have fared. The paper’s conclusion is that stationary population is optimal in terms of national identity and social cohesion. Ces dernières années, l’auteur a consacré certaines de ses recherches à la question de la  population stationnaire au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde. L’optique en a été économique et écologique. La vertu de la population stationnaire, il a été soutenu, réside dans le fait qu’elle réponde aux préoccupations tant à long terme des écologistes qu’à court terme des économistes. Tout en réitérant ces préoccupations, la présente étude examine les attributs de la population stationnaires du point de vue de l’identité nationale  et  de la  cohésion sociale. Dans ce but, l’étude explore les dimensions du multiculturalisme au Canada. Sont également examinés les courants migratoires au Canada et dans les pays occidentaux, tout en faisant des incursions dans l’histoire des sociétés cosmopolites, leurs réussites et leurs échecs. La conclusion de la présente étude est que la population stationnaire est optimale des points de vue de l’identité nationale et de la cohésion sociale.

scholarly journals Kult Trzygława w Szczecinie lat 20. XII stulecia. Między monolatrią a „dwuwiarą”

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Stanisław Rosik
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
Religious System ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
Christian Culture ◽  
Cultural Dialogue ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

The cult of Triglav in the Polabian-Pomeranian territory in the 12th century confirms an evolution of the religious system of the local Slavic communities towards monolatry, largely affected by confrontation as well as a cultural dialogue with the Christian culture. At first, at the time of the Pomeranian missions of Saint Otto of Bamberg in the 1120s, attempts at suppressing the cult did not bring about long-term effects. However, a wave of the so-called pagan reaction led to some sort of a compromise made in Szczecin, leading to official coexistence of the cult of Triglav and the newly introduced cult of Jesus Christ. From the point of view of mythology, the competences of the two divine figures turn out to be convergent and universal, yet still, as part of the Szczecin “religious dualism”, no attempt was made to identify them (following the rule of interpretatio Slavica of the elements of Christianity). The belief in the autonomy of Triglav and Christ (“A German God”) was confirmed in Szczecin in the course of Otto’s evangelization which resulted in a Christian community in the city. The phenomenon of syncretism, present there until Otto’s second mission (1128), was therefore an attempt at maintaining unity in a religiously divided society following the first mission of the Apostle of Pomeranians (1124-1125).

scholarly journals Preliminary study for the adaptation of the »Heaven's Cave« for tourist purposes (Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park, Vietnam)

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Debevec ◽  
Martin Knez ◽  
Andrej Kranjc ◽  
Marko Pahor ◽  
Mitja Prelovšek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
Show Cave ◽  
The City

Heaven’s Cave is located in the centre of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park, about 500  km southern from the Vietnamese capital and 40 km from the city of Dong Hoi. Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park is protected also as a UNESCO world heritage site. Due to weak economic situation in this region as a result of lack of natural resources, karst tourism represents an important opportunity for raising the quality of live in the province. A proposal to adapt non-touristic Heaven’s Cave for tourism was presented to Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU in 2006. Because the caves are sensitive ecosystems and all activities in them should be carefully implemented, our task was to make basic survey and map the cave, to perform a speleological and touristic research, to propose possible interventions for adapting the cave for tourism and to prepare a strategy for tourism development in this area. The latter should also show us if some interest is present among tourists for new show cave in this region. From this point of view this study does not represent systematic long-term approach for adapting a cave for tourism but rather a short study of a cave with potential to be show cave in remote area of Central Vietnam. Approach used in this study should be used in similar environments as a first step to estimate if weakly known cave is environmentally and economically suitable for development for touristic purposes.Keywords: Heaven’s Cave, Thien Duong Cave, Phong Nha-Ke Bang, Vietnam, show cave.

Tram track stiffness measurement based on the vision method

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Seweryn Koziak ◽  
Rafał Melnik ◽  
Bartosz Firlik
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Railway Track ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Vertical Stiffness ◽  
Stiffness Measurement ◽  
Track Condition ◽  
Track Stiffness ◽  
Track Vertical Stiffness ◽  
The City

One of the main parameters characterizing properties of railway track is vertical stiffness. Provision of its appropriate value is crucial from the point of view of dynamic interactions occurring in a wheel-rail contact, what in turn translates into vehicle running behaviour and safety, passenger comfort, as well as further degradation of track condition. Track stiffness measurement is a cumbersome process requiring expensive equipment and can be carried out only if the line is closed. The following research is intended to estimate tram track vertical stiffness by means of vision method which can be performed during regular tram operation. Track deflections of tram line in the city of Poznan were carried out using high-speed camera and further used for vertical stiffness estimation.

scholarly journals Advances in the Coordination between the Cadastre and Land Registry

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Carmen Femenia-Ribera ◽  
Gaspar Mora-Navarro ◽  
Jose Carlos Martinez-Llario
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Current System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

A necessary and effective coordination between cadastre and land registry has always existed in Spain, but the difficulties have only been specifically addressed in the last few years. The aim of this study is to illustrate, analyse, and evaluate advances in this coordination in Spain from the beginnings of the current system in the early twentieth century, with the cadastre and land registry operating as separate organisations. A preliminary study was made in 2002 of the difficulties that needed to be overcome to achieve an ideal coordination of mainly mapped information. The study was made by gathering and analysing the opinions of various specialists who have dealt with the issue of coordination. For this research, qualitative information (current and historical) was gathered by querying documents about cadastre and land registry coordination in Spain. This information was studied and compared to identify the problems and challenges. A survey in 2012 analysed the relationship between the cadastre and land registry from the point of view of the general public in the city of Gandia. The Spanish government enacted the first specific and effective legislation on coordination in 2015 (Act 13/2015), and much has changed since its introduction. During the last five years of application, each of the problems initially highlighted has been monitored and analysed, and the difficulties that have arisen have been noted. In this study, each of these problems and challenges is analysed from various perspectives: querying documents (norms, budgets, official news, etc.), websites, digital applications, observation, and interviews. The main results of the case study in Spain are as follows: coordination is generally indispensable and cannot be postponed; there is a difficult understanding between the organisations involved; the general public associate the word “cadastre” with taxes and not with security in the demarcation of property; political will and understanding is necessary; the process is slow and requires long-term agreements; an improvement in the quality of maps is fundamental; and technology is not a problem.

scholarly journals So Imagism Began

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Literary History ◽  
English Language ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Language Poetry ◽  
Narrative History

The paper aims at exploring the importance of the first period of Imagism development in the twentieth-century literary history. Turning our mind to the dawn of Imagism is important because the analysis of its first stage helps uncover the main goal of the research – to prove that the short success history and the long-term influence of Imagism on the twentieth-century English-language poetry and lyrical narrative history have been rooted both in the practical “behaviour rules” for the new poetry and in the complex aesthetic debate with the previous tradition – Classicism, Romanticism and Symbolism. The new focus of the research is the investigation of “The Poets’ Club” (T. E. Hulme, F. Flint et al.) and particularly Edward Storer’s activity in Imagist theory and practice elaboration. This aspect of the paper adjusts and deepens the generally accepted point of view on the Ezra Pound’s decisive role in shaping the movement being the only “impresario” of Imagism and Modernism. T. E. Hulme’s ideas of breaking with the Romantic aesthetics for the Classicist one; substituting metaphor with analogy; focusing on particular physical image ((“Lecture on Modern Poetry”, 1908; “Romanticism and Classicism”, 1911) were supported by Edward Storer. The search for new verse poetics denying the absolute imperative of syllabic tonics, artificial rhythm and rhyme, was also common. First imagists’ theoretical views review is backed up with the analysis of Hulme’s (“Autumn”, “Embankment”, “Conversion”) and Storer’s (“Illusion”, “Image”, “By the Shore”) poems on the background of Romantic and Georgian poetry. It’s hardly possible to over-estimate the role of T. E. Hulme, F. Flint, E. Storer and “The Poets’ Club” in Imagism making as they were not just proclaiming the new relations “author/persona – text/image – reader” but also exhibiting the concern for the receptive side of poetry; new objectiveness instead of Romantic abstraction; impersonality, technical freedom and “new symbolism” found in “small dry images”.

The Development of Friction Pairs for Intermediate to Very High Duty Railway Applications

1994 ◽  
Vol 208 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-113
Author(s):  
K D Dolbear ◽  
J C Watson
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Railway Vehicle ◽  
Vehicle Design ◽  
Large Spread ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Ceramic Interfaces ◽  
Very High

Railway vehicle service speeds are set to increase from the present 300 km/h. These developments are being spearheaded by the French, German, Italian and Japanese railways. It is also clear in other less glamorous areas such as freight and suburban operations, that the trends in vehicle design are going to put severe burdens on the braking technology available today. These initiatives included the advanced suburban bogie for British Railways. While it will be possible to squeeze some further improvements out of conventional products, it has become essential to initiate work on new materials which not only meet the immediate demands but address the requirements of the middle- and long-term. Some proposals such as carbon/carbon may be impractical from a cost point of view on anything other than exotic high-speed vehicles but studies involving ceramic to ceramic interfaces are proving interesting with a real possibility of providing high performance at an economical cost for a large spread of applications. The paper will discuss some of the challenges and opportunities to be grasped and solved.

THE ROLE OF PHRASEOLOGICAL INTENSIFIERS IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND THEIR NATIONAL-CULTURAL PECULARITIES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadejda Zubareva
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
English Language ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Semantic Fields ◽  
The Given ◽  
Cultural Linguistics

This article deals with phraseological intensifiers of the English language used in political discourse from the cultural linguistics point of view. The aim is to reveal similarities and differentials of phrase-semantic fields of English, Russian and Uzbek languages. Using the predecessors’ concepts, the author enlarges the criteria of reference to phraseological intensifier of phraseological units. Besides that, the author described particular isomorph and allomorph conceptual fields by applying the method of comparative analysis of phraseological intensifiers to the given languages of diverse structures. The importance of phraseological intensifiers in political discourse is underlined.

Overview Study of the Analytical Analysis of the Internal Dynamics of Nonlinear Time Heteronymous Planetary Differential Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 821 ◽  
pp. 213-220
Author(s):  
Milan Hortel ◽  
Alena Škuderová
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Successive Approximations ◽  
Method Of Successive Approximations ◽  
Analytical Analysis ◽  
The Given ◽  
Dynamic Phenomena ◽  
Long Term Studies

The light high-speed transmission systems with minimum dimensions and weights may show a wide spectrum of properties extending from the regular - periodic solutions to irregular ones of chaotic character. The method of transformation of differential boundary value problems to equivalent nonlinear integro-differential equations with solving kernels of Green’s type and the method of successive approximations are applied for analytical analysis of dynamic phenomena. The paper contains the concise summary of the long-term studies in the given area of basic research.

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