Probing crustal thickness evolution and geodynamic processes in the past from magma records: An integrated approach

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ganne ◽  
W.P. Schellart ◽  
G. Rosenbaum ◽  
X. Feng ◽  
V. De Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Crustal Thickness ◽  
The Past ◽  
Geodynamic Processes

Analysing the terminology of integration in the water management field

Water Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey Furlong ◽  
Lachlan Guthrie ◽  
Saman De Silva ◽  
Robert Considine
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
Subject Areas

The idea that water management should take an integrated approach has become the global paradigm over the past two decades. This new paradigm has come to be known by many different names. This paper explores the use, history and meaning of these competing terms, and discusses the possible implications of this term-proliferation. The literature indicates that a minimum of 26 distinct terms have been used. The use of different terms appears to have underwritten a belief that each term identifies a distinctly different field of study. After analysing sample definitions and subject areas for the eight most frequently used terms, it has been determined that some terms do have fundamental differences and others are essentially the same. This unnecessary term-proliferation contributes to a ‘knowledge silo’ effect, impeding knowledge-sharing and research advancement within the water management field. It is recommended that both academia and industry start actively considering term-proliferation when searching and publishing literature.

Moving towards an integrated approach to molecular detection and identification ofToxoplasma gondii

Parasitology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. SU ◽  
E. K. SHWAB ◽  
P. ZHOU ◽  
X. Q. ZHU ◽  
J. P. DUBEY
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Detection ◽  
Genetic Characterization ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Molecular Methods ◽  
Maximum Information ◽  
The Past ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Detection And Identification

SUMMARYThe development of simple, sensitive and rapid methods for the detection and identification ofToxoplasma gondiiis important for the diagnosis and epidemiological studies of the zoonotic disease toxoplasmosis. In the past 2 decades, molecular methods based on a variety of genetic markers have been developed, each with its advantages and limitations. The application of these methods has generated invaluable information to enhance our understanding of the epidemiology, population genetics and phylogeny ofT. gondii. However, since most studies focused solely on the detection but not genetic characterization ofT. gondii, the information obtained was limited. In this review, we discuss some widely used molecular methods and propose an integrated approach for the detection and identification ofT. gondii, in order to generate maximum information for epidemiological, population and phylogenetic studies of this key pathogen.

New Approach to Pipeline Condition Monitoring of the Beatrice 16” Oil Export Line

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Short ◽  
Dave Flett
Keyword(s):  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Detection Capability ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Pipeline Inspection ◽  
The Past ◽  
Oil Export ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Flux Leakage

The ability to detect corrosion within oil and gas pipelines has long been the preserve of the Intelligent or Smart Pig. These tools have evolved over the past 30 years into very sophisticated, but often expensive inspection options. Since 1994 RST Projects Limited, a Scottish based pipeline inspection company, has been pioneering the development of passive inspection tools that can be retrofitted to standard Cleaning or Utility Pigs. These tools are fundamentally different to traditional inspection pigs. Passive instruments (instruments which do not contain an active source or emitor, such as ultrasonic or magnetic flux leakage sensors), fitted to a Utility Pig are used to monitor its passage through a pipeline. Changes in the behaviour of the Utility Pig measured by these instruments have been demonstrated to reflect the condition of the pipeline. To date more than 40 projects, involving surveying some 4,000 km+ of operational pipelines have been completed. This paper presents the results of work undertaken to develop the first stages of a basic corrosion detection capability of the Smart Utility Pig tool. It does so by presenting findings from surveys of the 16” Beatrice Oil Export Pipeline, operated by Talisman Energy UK Limited. It also draws upon surveys carried out in other assets operated by Talisman in the UK. It explores how this technology when combined with other inspection methods offers the potential for a more integrated approach to routine pipeline condition monitoring.

scholarly journals Geodynamics of the territory of Аrmenia based on the results of comprehensive observations

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Romela Pashayan ◽  
Levon Harutyunyan ◽  
Kristina Tovmasyan
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Data ◽  
Mineral Waters ◽  
Earth’S Crust ◽  
Seismic Events ◽  
The Past ◽  
Geodynamic Processes ◽  
Earth's Crust ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Increased Activity ◽  
Vertical Deformations

The geodynamics of the earth’s crust in the territory of Armenia is given according to seismic data, deformographic measurements, hydro geodynamic observations of the groundwater level, and geochemistry of mineral waters in the central part of the region. The map of the epicenters of earthquakes over the past three years includes stressed sections (concentration of earthquake epicenters) of the earth’s crust with increased activity geodynamic processes. Based on the results of the registration of deformations of two directions, the values of areal, volumetric, and vertical deformations are calculated. Variations in the water level in hydro geodynamic wells were obtained due to seismic events; the amplitudes of the variations depend on the magnitude of the earthquake, the distance from the epicenter, and the magnitude of the calculated deformation of the earth’s crust. The main components of the chemical composition of mineral waters (CL, HCO3, SO4, Mg), gas - CO2, and Ph in comparison with seismicity and other geodynamic processes of the earth’s crust.

scholarly journals AGENTS IN THE PROCESS OF INCULTURATION: FRIEND OR FOE?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Okelloh Ogera
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
African Christianity ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Simple Question ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church

Purpose: This article looks at the role played by agents: the people responsible for articulating and implementing inculturation in Africa. The article asks the simple question of are these agents useful or a hindrance in the process of inculturation? The article begins by identifying these agents then discusses the challenges they face in the process of inculturation. The article concludes by giving a way forward and that is an integrated approach in inculturation.Methodology: This study will review the available literature on the subject with a view to examining what previous research says concerning the role of the agents, that is human beings, in the process of inculturation. This was done with the main objective of examining the challenges that he agents of inculturation face, and concluding by exploring an integrated approach to inculturation, where all the agents are brought on board. Findings: This study found out that if inculturation is to truly take root in African Christianity, it must bring on board all actors, not just Church leaders, and trained theologians, but also the laity. All these actors also need to overcome some of the challenges that have hindered the prospects of inculturation which include but not limited to fear of syncretism, lack of enthusiasm by some Church leaders, answering the question of culture in a post-modern and globalized world.Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This paper will offer unique contributions to policies and practices governing the attempts to make the Church in Africa truly African by proposing a re-evaluation of the way inculturation has been carried out in the past. This has tended to be spearheaded by professional theologians and some church leaders, neglecting the biggest constituency in the entire process, and that is the consumer of inculturational processes; the laity.

scholarly journals The potentials and limitations of tax dispute prevention and alternative resolution mechanisms

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 1505-1528
Author(s):  
Polonca Kovač
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
National Level ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Tax ◽  
Financial Administration ◽  
The Eu

This paper deals with prevention and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in tax matters, particularly in the light of the specific nature of administrative relations, which also include tax procedures. Given the involvement of stakeholders, ADR benefits both the taxpayers and the tax authority, enabling greater legal certainty and speedier finalisation of procedures. Yet, ADR also poses an open threat to the public interest and equality as international and constitutional administrative principles, and must therefore be limited in tax procedures. This also derives from the legal acts of the EU and the Council of Europe. In addition to theoretical frameworks and types of dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms studied by means of scientific literature review, legal sources analysis and comparative insights, the paper presents the Slovenian regulation and practice of the Financial Administration (FURS) over the past years. The aim of this research is to examine the de iure and de facto situation at the national level. The analysis shows that, in tax matters, ADR is noticeably more intensive at the international level than within national tax systems. On the other hand, individual countries prefer to establish regulatory mechanisms for prevention, which should result in even more desired avoidance of disputes. It can be concluded that efficient tax procedures require an integrated approach, including both dispute prevention and ADR, in order to ensure the principles of tax justice and systemic inclusion of all stakeholders in its governance.

scholarly journals MultiSourcDSim: an integrated approach for exploring disease similarity

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (S6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Deng ◽  
Danyi Ye ◽  
Junmin Zhao ◽  
Jingpu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Related Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
Disease Similarity ◽  
Disease Associations ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Similarity Networks ◽  
Few Data

Abstract Background A collection of disease-associated data contributes to study the association between diseases. Discovering closely related diseases plays a crucial role in revealing their common pathogenic mechanisms. This might further imply treatment that can be appropriated from one disease to another. During the past decades, a number of approaches for calculating disease similarity have been developed. However, most of them are designed to take advantage of single or few data sources, which results in their low accuracy. Methods In this paper, we propose a novel method, called MultiSourcDSim, to calculate disease similarity by integrating multiple data sources, namely, gene-disease associations, GO biological process-disease associations and symptom-disease associations. Firstly, we establish three disease similarity networks according to the three disease-related data sources respectively. Secondly, the representation of each node is obtained by integrating the three small disease similarity networks. In the end, the learned representations are applied to calculate the similarity between diseases. Results Our approach shows the best performance compared to the other three popular methods. Besides, the similarity network built by MultiSourcDSim suggests that our method can also uncover the latent relationships between diseases. Conclusions MultiSourcDSim is an efficient approach to predict similarity between diseases.

scholarly journals Approaches to Translation in the Context of Theory of Speech Activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-77
Author(s):  
Serhii Zasiekin
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Speech Activity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mental Operations ◽  
Cognitive Foundations ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Over the past decades there has been a significant increase in the studies exploring cognitive foundations of translation reflected in a considerable amount of literature published on the topic. However, it is important to bear in mind that many of the ideas in the cognitive literature are mainly rooted in the psycholinguistic approaches to translation. For instance, a lot of scholarly works on translation in the former Soviet Union published in 1960-1970s emphasise the role of translator’s thinking and speech processes. The emergence of ‘theory of speech activity’, Soviet version of Western psycholinguistics, stimulated interest of linguists and psychologists who considered translation and interpreting, their procedural aspects worthy of scholarly attention. A. Leontyev (1969), one of the founders of the above mentioned ‘theory’, paid special attention to translator’s mental operations and probabilistic programming of the target language utterance(s). Thus far, a number of recent cognitive translation studies have confirmed the effectiveness of previous psycholinguistic models of translation designed within the framework of theory of speech activity. The goal of the study is a theoretical review of psycholinguistic approaches to interpreting and translation discussed in the works of scholars who were part of the Soviet theory of speech activity. The main objective is to reveal the translator’s status, his/her thinking and speech operations as psycholinguistic units in the approaches under review. Together, the psycholinguistic studies reviewed in the paper support the notion that the translator relies both on his/her algorithmic actions and heuristic solutions with the latter based on his/her background guided by probability thinking mechanism. This integrated approach proves useful in expanding our better and deeper understanding of translator’s activity.

Formation and Development Determinants of the City Commemorative Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Olga M. Sokolova
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Places Of Memory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Sociocultural Processes ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Based on historical-genetic and comparative research methods, the article reveals the determinants of formation and development of the city commemorative culture. This issue is relevant because of the increasing influence of the memory of the past on modern sociocultural processes. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the study of poorly studied issues of the impact of commemorative culture on the development of culture in general; the opportunities of regulating the nature and distribution of memorial forms; the factors determining the formation of the city commemorative culture in the context of the historical and sociocultural dynamics of applicable societies of the civilizations of the past and present. The article uses an integrated approach, which determines the interdisciplinary nature of scientific research, allowing analyzing the aspects of the origin, interpretation of the features of the history and existence of monuments in different cultures. There are provided examples of commemoration practices in the post-Soviet countries, including the Republic of Belarus. The article concludes that the content of commemorative culture is determined primarily by religious traditions and state priorities. The creation of monuments and places of memory is used as an agitation and manipulative resource making an emotional impact; as an ideological tool shaping the perception of history in accordance with the state ideology. Commemorative practices take on special significance during the formation of nations, influencing the subject’s identification with the nation, and the awareness of national solidity. In this case, the monument represents a universal form of embodying and conveying the national idea.

Reconstructing habitats in central Amazonia using megafauna, sedimentology, radiocarbon, and isotope analyses

2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilce de Fátima Rossetti ◽  
Peter Mann de Toledo ◽  
Heloı́sa Maria Moraes-Santos ◽  
Antônio Emı́dio de Araújo Santos
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Unit Recording ◽  
Exceptional Preservation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dense Forest ◽  
Central Amazonia ◽  
Intermediate Unit ◽  
First Time ◽  
Isotope Analyses ◽  
Ground Sloths

A paleomegafauna site from central Amazonia with exceptional preservation of mastodons and ground sloths allows for the first time a precise age control based on 14C analysis, which, together with sedimentological and δ13C isotope data, provided the basis to discuss habitat evolution within the context of climate change during the past 15,000 yr. The fossil-bearing deposits, trapped within a depression in the Paleozoic basement, record three episodes of sedimentation formed on floodplains, with an intermediate unit recording a catastrophic deposition through debris flows, probably favored during fast floodings. The integrated approach presented herein supports a change in humidity in central Amazonia through the past 15,000 yr, with a shift from drier to arboreal savanna at 11,340 (±50) 14C yr B.P. and then to a dense forest like we see today at 4620 (±60) 14C yr B.P.

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