EXPEDITION TO MALI, 2020

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-28
Author(s):  
D. V. Vaniukova ◽  
◽  
P. A. Kutsenkov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Murder ◽  
The State ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Peter The Great ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Bobo Dioulasso ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
The Village

The research expedition of the Institute of Oriental studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences has been working in Mali since 2015. Since 2017, it has been attended by employees of the State Museum of the East. The task of the expedition is to study the transformation of traditional Dogon culture in the context of globalization, as well as to collect ethnographic information (life, customs, features of the traditional social and political structure); to collect oral historical legends; to study the history, existence, and transformation of artistic tradition in the villages of the Dogon Country in modern conditions; collecting items of Ethnography and art to add to the collection of the African collection of the. Peter the Great Museum (Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg) and the State Museum of Oriental Arts (Moscow). The plan of the expedition in January 2020 included additional items, namely, the study of the functioning of the antique market in Mali (the “path” of things from villages to cities, which is important for attributing works of traditional art). The geography of our research was significantly expanded to the regions of Sikasso and Koulikoro in Mali, as well as to the city of Bobo-Dioulasso and its surroundings in Burkina Faso, which is related to the study of migrations to the Bandiagara Highlands. In addition, the plan of the expedition included organization of a photo exhibition in the Museum of the village of Endé and some educational projects. Unfortunately, after the mass murder in March 2019 in the village of Ogossogou-Pel, where more than one hundred and seventy people were killed, events in the Dogon Country began to develop in the worst-case scenario: The incessant provocations after that revived the old feud between the Pel (Fulbe) pastoralists and the Dogon farmers. So far, this hostility and mutual distrust has not yet developed into a full-scale ethnic conflict, but, unfortunately, such a development now seems quite likely.

scholarly journals Reflections on legal deficiences and discordances affecting mutual legal assistance in criminal asset recovery

2021 ◽  
pp. 136-142
Author(s):  
Alesea Scorpan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
International Level ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Mutual Legal Assistance ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Banking Secrecy ◽  
Asset Recovery

Most of the legal impediments that appears in front of the criminal assets recovery at the international level are the requirements for mutual legal assistance (MLA); excessive banking secrecy; lack of procedures for non-conviction-based confiscation; and excessively difficult procedural and evidentiary laws. Removing legal impediments is obviously essential. Absent a clear and sound legal framework, asset recovery becomes, in a best-case scenario, arduous and, in a worst-case scenario, impossible. Thus, the analysis of the reports of the practitioners in the field at international level, can offer us solutions, which will raise the state to another level. The long process of asset recovery and the low level of cooperation is the best evidence of the shortcomings that stagnate the process of recovering criminal assets.

scholarly journals Kayiak Beterang Ritual: The First Social Life Learning of the Serawai Girls

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarwit Sarwono ◽  
Ngudining Rahayu ◽  
Agus Joko Purwadi ◽  
Noermanzah
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Social World ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Museum ◽  
The Village

This article is intended to discuss a text in the ulu manuscripts, numbered MNB 07.18, preserved in the State Museum of Bengkulu. The manuscript is a bamboo log, 58 cm in length and 7.8 cm in diameter, consisting of 16 lines. The manuscript belongs to the Ser awai ethnic, originating from the village of Jambat Akar, Seluma Regency and received by the State Museum of Bengkulu on January 12, 1998. The text en titled arawan bujang ataw gadis (hereinafter caled ABG text), contains spells or incantations of kayiak bet erang social rites among the Serawai ethnic of Bengkulu. This ritual serves to establish the position of a girl to be able to enter to the social life on the laman libagh, i.e the social world of Serawai ethnic. In that world and in the social interaction, a girl is obliged to master rejung, able to andun dance and merejung as well. The social function of andun dance and merejung , among others, is to find a lover (santing) who will later become her life partner as a family and to actualize her social rig hts and obligations. The kayiak beterang rite applies to girls aged 5-7 years, the age before adolescence, or the period before getting the first menstruation. The rite is led by a midwif e covering a series of actions, that are (a) purifying, (b) traditional dressing, (c) andun dancing and merejung, (d) enjoying meals with family and invitations. The ABG text is based on the knowledge and cultural experience of the scriber and was written to recontextualize and transform the social rite of the kayiak beterang.

scholarly journals Scientific Atheism of the Era of “Developed Socialism” in the Visual Arts: a Series of Decorative Panels “Soviet Way of Life” (1983–1986) from the Collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Marianna M. Shakhnovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
State Museum ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Atheism ◽  
The Village ◽  
Positive Content

The article deals with the history of the creation of a series of decorative panels “The Soviet way of life” (1983–1986) from the collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion, created by artists from the village Mstyora. The discussion on the essence of atheism, unfolded in the Soviet social science literature of the period of “developed socialism”, was indirectly reflected in the concept of the new Museum exhibition on the atheism in contemporary society. Some authors searched for the “positive” content of atheism, developing the so-called “theory of scientific atheism”, others, relying on the traditions of European free-thinking, considered atheism only a negation of theism and a feature of the materialistic worldview, suggesting searching for “positive” content not in atheism, but in science, culture and new civil traditions.

scholarly journals FOREST FIRE RISK FORECAST FOR THE STATE OF SANTA CATARINA DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGES

FLORESTA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 427
Author(s):  
Tatiane Lima Ho ◽  
Antonio Carlos Batista ◽  
Alexandre França Tetto
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
The State ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Worst Case Scenario ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Forest Fire Risk

Forest plays a fundamental role in the environmental balance, mainly in the regulation of the climate, main variable that interferes in the propagation of fire in a forest fire. Climate change is caused by astronomic, natural and anthropogenic factors, the latter being primarily responsible for the change in the fire regime. There is a projection that there will be climate changes over the next 100 years, which will result in an impact on forest ecosystems. Therefore, this study aimed to was to determine, by decade, the Forest Fire Risk Zone Mapping (FFRZM) for the state of Santa Catarina by considering the average of two scenarios for the increase of the temperature of the Earth until 2100 (1 °C for the best-case scenario and 2.2 ºC for the worst-case scenario) that were foreseen by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013. For this purpose, eight variables classified according to fire risk and integrated in a weighting model were used. The results showed that, for both scenarios, there will be an increase of 11.48% in the best-case scenario and 10.83% in the worst-case scenario in the extreme risk class from 2010 to 2100. For the low risk one, we estimate that there will be an increase of 8.13% in the best-case scenario and 11.62% in the worst-case scenario. The study reveals that if there is an increase in the temperature of the Earth, there may be an increase in the number of forest fire occurrences in the state of Santa Catarina for both scenarios. Thus, it is necessary a greater action on the prevention and combat in the areas defined as extreme risk.Keywords: fuel load, Monte Alegre Formula, topography, population density, road system. ResumoPrevisão do risco de incêndios florestais para o estado de Santa Catarina em função das mudanças climáticas A floresta desenvolve um papel fundamental no equilíbrio ambiental, principalmente, na regulação do clima, variável principal que interfere na propagação do fogo em um incêndio florestal. As mudanças climáticas são causadas por fatores astronômicos, naturais e antropogênicos, sendo este último o principal responsável pela mudança no regime do fogo. Há uma projeção de que haverá alterações climáticas nos próximos 100 anos, o que ocasionará um impacto nos ecossistemas florestais. O objetivo desse trabalho foi determinar, por decênio, o Zoneamento de Risco de Incêndios Florestais (ZRIF) para o estado de Santa Catarina, considerando a média de dois cenários de aumento da temperatura da Terra até 2100 (1 ºC para o melhor cenário e 2,2 ºC para o pior cenário) previstos pelo Painel Intergovernamental de Mudanças Climáticas (IPCC) em 2013. Para isso, foram utilizadas oito variáveis, que foram classificadas em função do risco de incêndios e integradas em um modelo de ponderação. Os resultados mostraram que, para ambos os cenários, haverá um aumento na classe de risco extremo de 11,48% no melhor cenário e de 10,83% no pior cenário no período de 2010 a 2100. Para o risco baixo, estima-se que haverá um aumento de 8,13% no melhor cenário e de 11,62% no pior cenário. Conclui-se que, caso haja   aumento na temperatura da Terra, poderá haver um aumento no número de   ocorrências de incêndios florestais no estado de Santa Catarina para ambos os   cenários,  Sendo necessária uma maior ação de prevenção e combate nas áreas   definidas como risco extremo.Palavras-chave: material   combustível, Fórmula de Monte Alegre, topografia, densidade demográfica,   sistema viário.

scholarly journals Alexander Sedov: “We Tell People about Their Culture”

2021 ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Marina V. Starodubtseva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Director General ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

An interview with Alexander V. Sedov, the Director-General of The State Museum of Oriental Art devoted to the launch of the new master’s program of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the State Academic University for the Humanities (GAUGN) and the Department of Oriental History of the Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences “Socio-Cultural Development of East Asian Countries”, which is headed by Alexander Sedov as an academic curator (Dinara V. Dubrovskaya, the head of the Department of Oriental History of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS, is the supervisor of the program). The interview focused on the attractiveness of the Eastern art and culture and their broadcasting to a wider audience through the exhibitions of the Oriental museum, reaching the level of discussion of the problems of preserving cultural heritage, questions of the feasibility and relevance of museumification of archaeological sites such as Palmyra in Syria, monuments in Oman and Yemen.

Reducing Probabilistic Weather Forecasts to the Worst Case Scenario: Anchoring Effects

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Savelli ◽  
Susan Joslyn ◽  
Limor Nadav-Greenberg ◽  
Queena Chen
Keyword(s):  
Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Weather Forecasts ◽  
Worst Case Scenario ◽  
Anchoring Effects

Risk-Based Robust Bidding Strategies for EVs’ Aggregators in Day-ahead Markets with Uncertainty

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abdelmoaty ◽  
Wessam Mesbah ◽  
Mohammad A. M. Abdel-Aal ◽  
Ali T. Alawami
Keyword(s):  
Robust Optimization ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Bidding Strategies ◽  
Wind Generators ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Optimal Bidding

In the recent electricity market framework, the profit of the generation companies depends on the decision of the operator on the schedule of its units, the energy price, and the optimal bidding strategies. Due to the expanded integration of uncertain renewable generators which is highly intermittent such as wind plants, the coordination with other facilities to mitigate the risks of imbalances is mandatory. Accordingly, coordination of wind generators with the evolutionary Electric Vehicles (EVs) is expected to boost the performance of the grid. In this paper, we propose a robust optimization approach for the coordination between the wind-thermal generators and the EVs in a virtual<br>power plant (VPP) environment. The objective of maximizing the profit of the VPP Operator (VPPO) is studied. The optimal bidding strategy of the VPPO in the day-ahead market under uncertainties of wind power, energy<br>prices, imbalance prices, and demand is obtained for the worst case scenario. A case study is conducted to assess the e?effectiveness of the proposed model in terms of the VPPO's profit. A comparison between the proposed model and the scenario-based optimization was introduced. Our results confirmed that, although the conservative behavior of the worst-case robust optimization model, it helps the decision maker from the fluctuations of the uncertain parameters involved in the production and bidding processes. In addition, robust optimization is a more tractable problem and does not suffer from<br>the high computation burden associated with scenario-based stochastic programming. This makes it more practical for real-life scenarios.<br>

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE MUSEUM POLICY IN ST. PETERSBURG

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (38) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. V. Vdovenko ◽  
◽  
G. M. Tsinchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
State Museum

scholarly journals A Thermally Conductive Pt/AAO Catalyst for Hydrogen Passive Autocatalytic Recombination

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 491
Author(s):  
Alina E. Kozhukhova ◽  
Stephanus P. du Preez ◽  
Aleksander A. Malakhov ◽  
Dmitri G. Bessarabov
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Particle Size ◽  
Combustion Temperature ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Al Alloy ◽  
Impregnation Method ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Thermal Distribution

In this study, a Pt/anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) catalyst was prepared by the anodization of an Al alloy (Al6082, 97.5% Al), followed by the incorporation of Pt via an incipient wet impregnation method. Then, the Pt/AAO catalyst was evaluated for autocatalytic hydrogen recombination. The Pt/AAO catalyst’s morphological characteristics were determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The average Pt particle size was determined to be 3.0 ± 0.6 nm. This Pt/AAO catalyst was tested for the combustion of lean hydrogen (0.5–4 vol% H2 in the air) in a recombiner section testing station. The thermal distribution throughout the catalytic surface was investigated at 3 vol% hydrogen (H2) using an infrared camera. The Al/AAO system had a high thermal conductivity, which prevents the formation of hotspots (areas where localized surface temperature is higher than an average temperature across the entire catalyst surface). In turn, the Pt stability was enhanced during catalytic hydrogen combustion (CHC). A temperature gradient over 70 mm of the Pt/AAO catalyst was 23 °C and 42 °C for catalysts with uniform and nonuniform (worst-case scenario) Pt distributions. The commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code STAR-CCM+ was used to compare the experimentally observed and numerically simulated thermal distribution of the Pt/AAO catalyst. The effect of the initial H2 volume fraction on the combustion temperature and conversion of H2 was investigated. The activation energy for CHC on the Pt/AAO catalyst was 19.2 kJ/mol. Prolonged CHC was performed to assess the durability (reactive metal stability and catalytic activity) of the Pt/AAO catalyst. A stable combustion temperature of 162.8 ± 8.0 °C was maintained over 530 h of CHC. To confirm that Pt aggregation was avoided, the Pt particle size and distribution were determined by TEM before and after prolonged CHC.

Rekonstruktion des Ursprungs und Neudatierung zweier magischer Gemmen mit Hilfe einer Zauberzeichensequenz

2020 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-163
Author(s):  
Kirsten Dzwiza
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
The State ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
New Findings ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Museum Of Fine Arts ◽  
First Time

SummaryThere are only a few sequences of ancient magic signs known to us today that have been preserved on multiple artefacts. A previously unnoticed sequence of 17 signs on a gem in the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna occurs with minor but significant variations on two other gems in the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich. The Viennese gem is dated to the 16th century and is documented as a drawing in a 17th century publication. The first Munich gem has been assigned to the Graeco-Roman period. The second gem, which, according to the inventory card of the museum, also belongs to the Graeco-Roman period, is published here for the first time. A comparative study of the three gems and the drawing has lead to a number of new findings, including the re-dating of the Munich gems.

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