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Taphonomy: What About the Small Bones, Long Bones, and Cranial Bones? A Study of the Representation and Weathering of Human Remains from the Battle of Stoney Creek during the War of 1812 / The Representation and Weathering of Human RemainsCasaca, Lia 11 1900 (has links)
Disarticulated, commingled, and fragmented assemblages occur over a range of geographic and temporal contexts, yet the relationship between the representation and weathering of bone in these collections is unclear. Previous studies have produced inconsistent results and there is little elaboration discussing why the representation of large bones differ from small bones in archaeological collections containing commingled remains. The purpose of this research was to determine which bones were better represented, and if the representation correlated to the weathering of bone in the collection of human remains from the Battle of Stoney Creek, a War of 1812 site. The soldiers from the battle were likely buried in a mass grave; however, almost 200 years of extensive taphonomic disturbances created an assemblage that was disarticulated, commingled, and fragmented.
A database of the collection was used to gather information on bone fragment completeness recorded using the zonation method (Knüsel and Outram 2004), and weathering scores recorded using the scale by McKinley (2004). Results from the Z-statistic and Wilcoxon Rank-Sum statistic indicated that small bones (metacarpals, metatarsals, tali and calcanei) were better represented and less weathered than long upper and lower limb bones (femora, tibiae, fibulae, humeri, ulnae and radii) (p=0.05). The binomial distribution also determined that the crania were underrepresented in comparison to two cemetery sites; the West Tenter Street and Cross Bones burial ground (p=0.1).
There are a number of possible reasons for this expression of representation and weathering including the size, morphology, and density of bones, taphonomic disturbances, the burial environment (e.g., soil characteristics, the feather edge effect), and clothing. This study highlights the importance of preservation analyses in commingled, disarticulated, and fragmented collections. The findings from this research suggest that small bones may be better represented than the larger limb bones at sites with extensive taphonomic disturbances. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)
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Arbetsmarknadsintegration och kvinnlig representationMellquist, Linnéa January 2023 (has links)
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Embedding Ontologies Using Category Theory SemanticsZhapa-Camacho, Fernando 28 March 2022 (has links)
Ontologies are a formalization of a particular domain through a collection of axioms founded, usually, in Description Logic. Within its structure, the knowledge in the axioms contain semantic information of the domain and that fact has motivated the development of methods that capture such knowledge and, therefore, can perform different tasks such as prediction and similarity computation. Under the same motivation, we present a new method to capture semantic information from an ontology. We explore the logical component of the ontologies and their theoretical connections with their counterparts in Category Theory, as Category Theory develops a structural representation of mathematical systems and the structures found there have strong relationships with Logic founded in the so-called Curry-Howard-Lambek isomorphism. In this regard, we have developed a method that represents logical axioms as Categorical diagrams and uses the commutativity property of such diagrams as a constraint to generate embeddings of ontology classes in Rn. Furthermore, as a contribution in terms of software tools, we developed mOWL: Machine Learning Library With Ontologies. mOWL is a software library that incorporates methods in the state of the art, usually in Machine Learning, which utilizes ontologies as background knowledge. We rely on mOWL to implement the proposed method and compare it with the existing ones.
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Analytic representation of quantum systemsEissa, Hend A. January 2016 (has links)
Finite quantum systems with d-dimension Hilbert space, where position x and
momentum p take values in Zd(the integers modulo d) are studied. An analytic
representation of finite quantum systems, using Theta function is considered.
The analytic function has exactly d zeros. The d paths of these zeros on the
torus describe the time evolution of the systems. The calculation of these
paths of zeros, is studied. The concepts of path multiplicity, and path winding
number, are introduced. Special cases where two paths join together, are also
considered. A periodic system which has the displacement operator to real
power t, as time evolution is also studied.
The Bargmann analytic representation for infinite dimension systems, with
variables in R, is also studied. Mittag-Leffler function are used as examples of
Bargmann function with arbitrary order of growth. The zeros of polynomial
approximations of the Mittag-Leffler function are studied. / Libyan Cultural Affairs
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Abstraktionens effekt på en animationHermansson, David January 2015 (has links)
This thesis covers the animation technique rotoscoping and how abstraction of an animation’s information affects the viewer’s perception. This problem has been studied through creating three rotoscoping animations. These animations have been viewed and discussed in focus groups and the result has been analyzed through a semiotics and representation theoretical perspective. The result shows that the more abstract an animation is, the harder it is to understand meaningful information in it. This study also covers the significance of cultural and contextual aspects on how meaning is formed and shows on the result that if a viewer is familiar with the subject of the animation, the more likely it is that he or she easier could understand the animation.
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A Study on the Level of Ethnic Representation of High School (9-12) Teachers to the Ethnic Representation of Students Enrolled in Each Comprehensive High School in the Commonwealth of VirginiaRhue, Chandra Nichelle 20 November 2018 (has links)
The ethnic composition of the United States is diversifying (NCES, 2014), which is altering the types of ethnicities seen in America’s school system. Beginning in the late 1980s and continuing into the two decades following, educators of ethnic minorities (e.g., Black, Hispanic, Asian) began entering the field of education at a more rapid pace (Ingersoll & May, 2016). The number of educators considered ethnic minorities increased from 325,000 to 666,000 between 1987 and 2012 (Ingersoll & May, 2016); however, this number did not create a proportionality between the ethnicity of students and teachers. This has been linked to the achievement gap between ethnic minorities and Caucasian students in public high schools in America, according to researchers Gershenson, Holt, and Papageorge (2016). The hypothesis that a school division that employs a proportionate number of licensed ethnic minority teachers directly reflecting the population of ethnic minority students will aid in closing the achievement gap can only be considered by first determining whether differences exists between licensed ethnic minority teachers and ethnic minority students. This study investigated the ethnicities of teachers and those of students in high schools in each school division located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The ethnicities of the teachers in each high school were collected by contacting the Human Resources department in each school division or by telephoning each high school. The ethnicity of students in Grades 9– 12 was collected using the Virginia Department of Education’s website. There were five key findings gleaned from this study. The first finding was that school divisions with the highest levels of representation between the ethnicities of students and teachers were either the largest of the reporting 24 school divisions, or in the smallest of the 24 reporting school divisions. The second finding shows that 45% or reporting school divisions had minority populations that were too small to report. Finding three shows the majority of high school students from participating school divisions identify as White, followed by Black and Hispanic. The fourth finding is that the majority of high school teachers from participating school division identify as White followed by Black. Finally finding five shows that teachers and students that identify as Native Hawaiian, American Indian, Asian, or as having two or more ethnicities were either underrepresented or not reported. / Ed. D. / The United States is becoming increasing diverse, which also changes the ethnic makeup of public schools. With this increase, came an interest into how the ethnicities of teachers in schools reflects that of the student populations. While there has been an increase in the number of educators considered ethnic minorities this number did not create a proportionality between the ethnicity of students and teachers. This gap in ethnic representation between students and teachers has been linked to the achievement gap between ethnic minorities and Caucasian students. It is believed that a school division that has a teaching staff whose ethnicity is reflective of the student population will aid in closing the achievement gap. This theory can only be considered by discovering whether differences between licensed ethnic minority teachers and ethnic minority students actually exist. This study investigated the ethnicities of teachers and those of students in high schools in each school division located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The ethnicities of the teachers in each comprehensive high school was collected by using a survey sent to the 130 school divisions in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The ethnicity data for students in grades 9-12 was gathered from the Virginia Department of Education website. This study found that the largest and smallest school divisions had the highest levels of representation between the ethnicities of students and teachers. Almost half of reporting school divisions had minority population that were too small to report. The majority of teachers and students in the reporting school divisions are White, followed by Black. In addition teachers and students identifying as Native Hawaiian, American Indian, Asian or as having two or more ethnicities were underrepresented or not reported.
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Difference Raising Operators for Kirillov-Reshetikhin Characters and Parabolic Jing OperatorsHertz, Mark James 16 June 2017 (has links)
In this paper, we use the techniques of plethystic substitution to reformulate the difference raising operators presented by Di Francesco and Kedem. A connection between these operators and Shimozono and Zabrocki's parabolic Jing operators is presented. In particular, we find that these operators are a renormalization of a particular case of the parabolic Jing operators. / Master of Science / In response to an open problem in Physics, an idea is presented by Di Francesco and Kedem in [1]. A connection between this idea and a Math idea presented by Shimozono and Zabrocki in [9] is presented. It is common that unknown overlap exists when authors from different fields work on similar problems. This connection is seen once the techniques used by Di Francesco and Kedem are interpreted in the language used by Shimozono and Zabrocki. In particular, we find that the idea in [1] is a specialization of that in [9].
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Embassy of New NationsSchilder, Cooper Joseph 26 July 2017 (has links)
As the world becomes both more urbanized and both natural and man-made threats increase there is a growing concern for the resiliency of cities. How can a city adapt to absorb and recover from shocks? Public places today are threatened by the existence of terror attacks that result in unprecedented levels of destruction. The recent terror attacks in Paris, Berlin, and London have illustrated the disastrous effects of failing to adequately safeguard our public spaces.
The concept for an embassy that is designed not for one nation but for any number of potentially new ones created the opportunity to look at how the building type and technologies could play a larger role in the development of an architecture of defensive resiliency in an urban context. The design of this embassy undertook the challenges associated with the creation of a safe public space integrating with a highly secure facility. By challenging material assumptions and looking toward the present future of material science in the built environment this project sought to establish a new way of implementing a protected structure.
This project exposes how current material developments can change how we perceive security in architecture. Defensive structures do not need to present themselves as fortresses within the city, but can be inviting and open. / Master of Architecture / More of the world’s population is living in cities than ever before and threats to their existence have be increasing in frequency. These threats include both natural (flooding, heatwave, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes) and man-made (terrorism, over-population). How can a city adapt to absorb and recover from these events? Public places today are threatened by the existence of terror attacks that result in unprecedented levels of destruction. The recent terror attacks in Paris, Berlin, and London have illustrated the disastrous effects of failing to adequately safeguard our public spaces.
The concept for an embassy that is designed not for one nation but for any number of potentially new ones created the opportunity to look at how the building type and technologies could play a larger role in the development of an architecture that can survive these events in cities. The design of this embassy undertook the challenges associated with the creation of a safe public space integrating with a highly secure facility. By challenging material assumptions and looking toward the present future of material science in the built environment this project sought to establish a new way of implementing a protected structure.
This project exposes how current material developments can change how we perceive security in architecture. Defensive structures do not need to present themselves as fortresses within the city, but can be inviting and open.
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Solidarity and Inclusion: Mentoring and development as vehicles for enhancing representative structures and equality in PCSPerrett, Robert A. 06 January 2014 (has links)
Yes / Given the devastating impact of austerity upon employment in the public sector and the re-prioritising of union funds, it is essential for PCS to continue to develop new and innovative ways of offering support to their officials in respect of their existing roles as well as their potential development into decision making positions and onto committees. Moreover, true influence and representation within the workplace is achieved through an effective voice within the union and as such PCS must continue to promote gender proportionality throughout decision making structures and leadership roles at all levels. Mentoring as a support strategy within business and the third sector has received much attention in recent years and is reportedly positively associated with career and job satisfaction, expectations for advancement, intention to stay (increased tenure), being better able to deal with negative work scenarios and conflict, improved confidence, feeling better prepared and supported and feeling better integrated into a wider organisation or network. This research report, therefore, ultimately seeks to generate empirical evidence to support the development of a national PCS mentoring programme as a means of providing support and encouraging the development of all officials whilst also providing a means for female officials to better circumvent barriers to activism and development. This report presents the headline findings from a large scale survey of almost 500 PCS lay officials and concludes that where informal mentoring already occurs officials receive tangible developmental benefits, moreover there is universal support for the development of a national PCS mentoring programme.
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Englishization and the Politics of TranslationWilmot, Natalie V., Tietze, Susanne 09 November 2020 (has links)
Yes / Purpose This article investigates the treatment of translation within the international business and management (IBM) literature in order to highlight colonialist assumptions inscribed in this treatment as a result of the hegemonic status of English.
Design/methodology/approach This investigation takes the form of a systemic literature review to examine the treatment of translation in the IBM literature through a postcolonial lens
Findings The findings demonstrate that despite growing interest in language in international business, matters of translation have received comparatively little attention. However, those articles which do address translation matters tend to do so in five key ways, including epistemological/methodological considerations, exploring translator agency, the investigations of the discursive void/conceptual fuzziness between languages, and approaches which discuss translation as social practice.
Research limitations/implications Despite our critique of English language hegemony, our literature review is restricted to English-language journals, which we acknowledge as problematic and discuss within the article.
Practical implications In exposing the limited treatment of translation within the literature, we provide a call to action for IBM scholars to be more explicit in their treatment of translation in order to ensure representation of cultural and linguistic Others, rather than providing domesticated accounts of multilingual research.
Originality/value Although there have been other articles which have examined translation in the past, this article is the first to do so through a postcolonial lens, demonstrating from a linguistic perspective the colonialist assumptions which are still prevalent in IBM knowledge production as evidenced by the treatment of translation in the field.
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