Characterizing the Relative Significance of a Test Smell

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Van Rompaey ◽  
Bart Du Bois ◽  
Serge Demeyer
Keyword(s):  
Relative Significance

scholarly journals Mapping Groundwater Potential for Irrigation, by Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing Techniques: A Case Study of District Lower Dir, Pakistan

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Abid Sarwar ◽  
Sajid Rashid Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Ishaq Asif Rehmani ◽  
Muhammad Asif Javid ◽  
Shazia Gulzar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Water Table ◽  
Groundwater Potential ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Groundwater Potential Zone ◽  
Potential Zone ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
High Good ◽  
Groundwater Potentiality ◽  
Very High

The changing climate and global warming have rendered existing surface water insufficient, which is projected to adversely influence the irrigated farming systems globally. Consequently, groundwater demand has increased significantly owing to increasing population and demand for plant-based foods especially in South Asia and Pakistan. This study aimed to determine the potential areas for groundwater use for agriculture sector development in the study area Lower Dir District. ArcGIS 10.4 was utilized for geospatial analysis, which is referred to as Multi Influencing Factor (MIF) methodology. Seven parameters including land cover, geology, soil, rainfall, underground faults (liniment) density, drainage density, and slope, were utilized for delineation purpose. Considering relative significance and influence of each parameter in the groundwater recharge rating and weightage was given and potential groundwater areas were classified into very high, high, good, and poor. The result of classification disclosed that the areas of 113.10, 659.38, 674.68, and 124.17 km2 had very high, high, good, and poor potential for groundwater agricultural uses, respectively. Field surveys for water table indicated groundwater potentiality, which was high for Kotkay and Lalqila union councils having shallow water table. However, groundwater potentiality was poor in Zimdara, Khal, and Talash, characterized with a very deep water table. Moreover, the study effectively revealed that remote sensing and GIS could be developed as potent tools for mapping potential sites for groundwater utilization. Furthermore, MIF technique could be a suitable approach for delineation of groundwater potential zone, which can be applied for further research in different areas.

Relative Significance of Specific Pulmonary Adaptations to Altitude Acclimatization

CHEST Journal ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 51S-53S
Author(s):  
J.A. Dempsey ◽  
W.G. Reddan ◽  
M.L. Birnbaum ◽  
H.V. Forester ◽  
J. Thoden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Significance ◽  
Altitude Acclimatization

scholarly journals The Impact of Differentiation on Cytotoxicity and Insulin Sensitivity in Streptozotocin Treated SH-SY5Y Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1350-1358
Author(s):  
Fruzsina Bagaméry ◽  
Kamilla Varga ◽  
Kitti Kecsmár ◽  
István Vincze ◽  
Éva Szökő ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Insulin Sensitivity ◽  
Insulin Signaling ◽  
Glycogen Synthase ◽  
Insulin Metabolism ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
Differentiated Cells ◽  
Mature Neuron ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

AbstractRecently neuronal insulin resistance was suggested playing a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Streptozotocin (STZ) is commonly used to induce impairment in insulin metabolism. In our previous work on undifferentiated SH-SY5Y cells the compound exerted cytotoxicity without altering insulin sensitivity. Nevertheless, differentiation of the cells to a more mature neuron-like phenotype may considerably affect the significance of insulin signaling and its sensitivity to STZ. We aimed at studying the influence of STZ treatment on insulin signaling in SH-SY5Y cells differentiated by retinoic acid (RA). Cytotoxicity of STZ or low serum (LS) condition and protective effect of insulin were compared in RA differentiated SH-SY5Y cells. The effect of insulin and an incretin analogue, exendin-4 on insulin signaling was also examined by assessing glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) phosphorylation. STZ was found less cytotoxic in the differentiated cells compared to our previous results in undifferentiated SH-SY5Y cells. The cytoprotective concentration of insulin was similar in the STZ and LS groups. However, the right-shifted concentration–response curve of insulin induced GSK-3 phosphorylation in STZ-treated differentiated cells is suggestive of the development of insulin resistance that was further confirmed by the insulin potentiating effect of exendin-4. Differentiation reduced the sensitivity of SH-SY5Y cells for the non-specific cytotoxicity of STZ and enhanced the relative significance of development of insulin resistance. The differentiated cells thus serve as a better model for studying the role of insulin signaling in neuronal survival. However, direct cytotoxicity of STZ also contributes to the cell death.

scholarly journals Realism and the Epistemic Objectivity of Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Howard Sankey
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Theory ◽  
Theory Choice ◽  
Relative Significance

Abstract The paper presents a realist account of the epistemic objectivity of science. Epistemic objectivity is distinguished from ontological objectivity and the objectivity of truth. As background, T.S. Kuhn’s idea that scientific theory-choice is based on shared scientific values with a role for both objective and subjective factors is discussed. Kuhn’s values are epistemologically ungrounded, hence provide a minimal sense of objectivity. A robust account of epistemic objectivity on which methodological norms are reliable means of arriving at the truth is presented. The problem remains that deliberative judgement is required to determine the relevance and relative significance of a range of methodological norms. A role is sketched for cognitive virtues which may be exercised in the course of the deliberative judgement.

Translating the Past: Rethinking Rajatarangini Narratives in Colonial India

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chitralekha Zutshi
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Historical Writing ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
The Past ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
English Translations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Multiple Levels

The status of Kalhana's poem Rajatarangini was mediated in colonial India in part through its English translations. However, the intent of the translations has been insufficiently analyzed in the context of the interrelationship between Orientalist and nationalist projects and the historical and literary ideas that informed them. The translators of Rajatarangini framed the text as more than a solitary example of Indian historical writing; rather, they engaged with it on multiple levels, drawing out, debating, and rethinking the definitions of literature and history and the relative significance of and relationship between them in capturing the identity of the nation and its regions. This article examines two translations of the text—one “Orientalist” and the other “nationalist”—with the purpose of interrogating these categories, by drawing out the complex engagement between European and indigenous ideas, and the dialogue between past and present that informed their production.

An Experience in Constructing a Qualimetric Assessment of the Significance of Urban Art Objects

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-126
Author(s):  
Marina E. Vilchinskaya-Butenko ◽  
Nikolai N. Rozhkov
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
Urban Art ◽  
Art Object ◽  
Art Objects ◽  
Emotional Dimension ◽  
Artistic Interpretation ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

The article attempts to ensure the unity of views on the implementation of urban art projects in local contexts. The paper aims to discuss the results of a pilot study obtained through a comprehensive assessment of the significance of urban art objects using qualimetric scales. The authors selected seven art objects that meet the four requirements: a) the art objects exist in the urban environment at the time of their assessment by experts; b) the art objects have a high communicative potential, that is, they are interesting to the viewer; c) there are discussions in the media and social networks about the prospects for preserving the art objects; d) the sample is heterogeneous. The experimental group included ten experts, both art theorists and practitioners. The experts were asked to evaluate the significance of each of the art objects by ranking them according to eight “rational” and two “emotional” criteria. The existence of consistency of the experts’ opinions was checked using the concordance coefficient. The pilot study showed that the most significant among the rational criteria for evaluating an artwork were technography (the degree of qualitative impact of the art object on the environment, the degree of the work’s conditionality with the context) and iconography (the uniqueness/brightness of the author’s message). The significance of the other principles (of technology and iconology) is considerably lower, which means that they can be ignored when constructing the final assessment by linear convolution. There was also a fairly high relative significance of the two emotional criteria that had been proposed for the experts’ consideration (the emotional dimension of the work in the artist’s experience and the emotional dimension of the work in the viewer’s experience). The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the fact that a systematic approach to assessing the rational aspects of the artistic interpretation of an urban art object makes it necessary and sufficient to rely on the two methodological principles for evaluating an artwork — technography and iconography. When evaluating the emotional aspects of artistic interpretation, it is necessary and sufficient to rely on the emotional dimension of the work in the experience of the artist and the viewer. The results obtained suggest finding an objective scientific basis for regulating the visual culture of public spaces.

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