scholarly journals Description, appropriation, transformation: Fascist rhetoric and colonial nature

Modern Italy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loredana Polezzi
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Travel Accounts

During the period of Fascism, a variety of discourses and representations were attached to colonial landscapes and to their uses. African nature was the subject of diverse rhetorical strategies, which ranged from the persistence of visions of wilderness as the locus of adventure to the domesticating manipulations of an incipient tourist industry aiming to familiarise the Italian public with relatively tame forms of the exotic. Contrasting images of bareness and productivity, primitivism and modernisation, resistance to change and dramatic transformation found their way into accounts of colonial territories ranging from scientific and pseudo-scientific reports to children's literature, from guidebooks to travel accounts, all of which were sustained not just by written texts but also by iconographic representations. This article will look at the specific example of accounts of Italian Somalia in order to explore Fascist discourses regarding colonial nature and its appropriation. Documents examined will include early guidebooks to the colonies, a small selection of travel accounts aimed at the general public, as well as the works of a number of geographers and geologists who were among the most active polygraphs of the period, and whose writings addressed a wide range of Italian readers.

scholarly journals Writing Assignments for Horticulture Courses

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-459
Author(s):  
David J. Wehner
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
General Public ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Answering Questions

Writing in horticulture courses helps students develop a better understanding of the subject matter and prepares them for careers where they must communicate with the general public. Three writing assignments that can be modified for use in a wide range of horticulture courses are presented, along with grading sheets. The writing assignments simulate situations that horticulturists encounter frequently; i.e., answering questions about plant materials and their utilization and maintenance or proposing site improvements or additional expenditures for maintenance programs.

scholarly journals Diversity in Children’s Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie A. Leahy ◽  
Bridget C. Foley
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
Classroom Environments ◽  
Reading Levels ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Classroom Libraries ◽  
Children's Interests ◽  
Selection Of

<p><em>Children’s literature is profoundly influential in the lives of students and is widespread throughout schools, libraries, and homes. However, the field of children’s literature lacks diversity across several domains, particularly race, gender, and ability. Educators must be knowledgeable on how to use diverse children’s literature as a tool to teach about diversity, as they strive to foster inclusive classroom environments. Teachers must also design their classroom libraries with intense care so as to provide a wide-ranging selection of books to meet the needs of children’s interests and reading levels. Books are a powerful tool for development, so teachers must make conscious decisions about the materials they provide to young readers. All children deserve exposure to a wide range of books, which include characters who are both similar and different from themselves. Educators have a responsibility to expose students to diversity through a well-written selection of multifaceted children’s literature.</em></p>

Poole's Casebook on Contract Law

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Merkin QC ◽  
Séverine Saintier
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
Breach Of Contract ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

The Casebook series provides a comprehensive selection of case law that addresses all aspects of the subject encountered on undergraduate courses. Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts and to show how legal principles are developed. The book begins with some guidance on reading cases, and then turns to agreement and agreement problems. Next it looks at the enforceability of promises and intention to be legally bound and the capacity to contract. The content of the contract is examined. Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms are analysed in detail. The book also considers issues relating to breach of contract and remedies, and excuses for non-performance. Finally it discusses initial impossibility, misrepresentation, duress, undue influence, and illegality.

Poole's Casebook on Contract Law

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Merkin QC ◽  
Séverine Saintier
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
Breach Of Contract ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

Poole’s Casebook on Contract Law provides a comprehensive selection of case law that addresses all aspects of the subject encountered on undergraduate courses. Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts and to show how legal principles are developed. The book begins with some guidance on reading cases, and then turns to agreement and agreement problems. Next it looks at the enforceability of promises and intention to be legally bound and the capacity to contract. The content of the contract is examined. Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms are analysed in detail. The book then considers initial impossibility, misrepresentation, duress, undue influence, and illegality. The book ends by discussing issues relating to breach of contract and remedies, and excuses for non-performance.

The Multiple Criterion Technique of Subjective Appraisal

1950 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Hopkinson
Keyword(s):  
Functional Relationship ◽  
The Past ◽  
Radar Echoes ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Discomfort Glare ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Visual Problems ◽  
Theoretical Import ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Made In

A technique is described by which, the quantitative connection between physical aspects of a stimulus situation and subjective aspects of the perceptual response may be conveniently and reliably determined. The subject is given control of one of the significant physical variables such, for instance, as brightness, and is asked to set this variable to correspond In turn with a limited number of defined criteria relating to a subjective variable such as glare-discomfort It is found that each criterion acts as a check upon judgments made in terms of the others, so that the scatter of the control settings Is less than when a single criterion is used The functional relationship between the physical and the subjective variable can be estimated, and provided care Is taken in the design of the experiment and In the selection of observers, consistent results are obtained. This technique has been applied during the past ten years to a wide range of visual problems which Include those of the visibility of radar echoes, the visibility of street-lighting from the air, discomfort-glare and ease of reading. It Is thought that It might find wide application not only in applied Psychological work but in the investigation of problems of theoretical import.

A systematic review of research methodology in telemedicine studies

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 230-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Whitten ◽  
Liv Karen Johannessen ◽  
Tove Soerensen ◽  
Deede Gammon ◽  
Michael Mackert
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Sample Sizes ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Patient Studies ◽  
Selection Of

We conducted a systematic review of 15 relevant databases for articles about telemedicine. After eliminating articles that did not meet the inclusion criteria, 1615 remained for analysis. Three raters coded the articles to assess various theoretical and methodological variables. Only 5% ( n = 85) of the telemedicine articles made mention of any theory or paradigmatic approach. Studies commonly reported the objectives (96%) but rarely stated a research question or hypothesis (11%). Randomized selection of the subjects was reported in 11% of patient studies and 4% of studies where providers were the subject. There was a wide range in the number of subjects employed, although the majority of studies were based on sample sizes of less than 100. Only 26% of the studies reported a time frame. Until the telemedicine field adheres to agreed standards of reporting methodological details it will be difficult to draw firm conclusions from review studies.

scholarly journals Dictionary-Based Classification of Tweets About Environment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Cameletti ◽  
Silvia Fabris ◽  
Stephan Schlosser ◽  
Daniele Toninelli
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Unstructured Data ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Specific Topic ◽  
Social Accounts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract In the era of social media, the huge availability of digital data (e.g. posts sent through social networks or unstructured data scraped from websites) allows to develop new types of research in a wide range of fields. These types of data are characterized by some advantages such as reduced collection costs, short retrieval times and production of almost real-time outputs. Nevertheless, their collection and analysis can be challenging. For example, particular approaches are required for the selection of posts related to specific topics; moreover, retrieving the information we are interested in inside Twitter posts can be a difficult task.The main aim of this paper is to propose an unsupervised dictionary-based method to filter tweets related to a specific topic, i.e. environment. We start from the tweets sent by a selection of Official Social Accounts clearly linked with the subject of interest. Then, a list of keywords is identified in order to set a topic-oriented dictionary. We test the performance of our method by applying the dictionary to more than 54 million geolocated tweets posted in Great Britain between January and May 2019.

The Limits of Free Will

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Russell
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Free Will ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Practical Reason ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Moral Capacity ◽  
Selection Of

This volume contains a selection of chapters concerning free will and moral responsibility. The problems arising in this field of philosophy, which are deeply rooted in the history of the subject, are also intimately related to a wide range of other fields, such as law and criminology, moral psychology, theology, and, more recently, neuroscience. The chapters included in this collection were written and first published over a period of three decades, although most have appeared in the past decade or so. During this period this area of philosophy has been particularly active and it continues to attract a great deal of interest and attention. Among the topics covered, as they relate to these problems, are the challenge of skepticism; moral sentiment and moral capacity; necessity and the metaphysics of causation; practical reason; free will and art; fatalism and the limits of agency; and our metaphysical attitudes of optimism and pessimism.

scholarly journals News & Announcements

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Northern District ◽  
News Announcements ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Selection Of

Greetings Everyone! There are only a few news items for the fall issue: International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Announces  List of 100 Children’s Books in Arabic "Here is a selection of 100 children’s books in Arabic published in various countries of the Arab world. This selection reflects the dynamism of a sector that has truly taken off in the past twenty years, with the publication of a wide range of titles whose quality is often recognised by international awards."Finalists Announced for the 2017 Canadian Children’s Book Centre AwardsThe CCBC has announced the finalists in for their annual book awards. This includes the $30,000 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. See the CCBC website for a full list of finalists."So you want to get Published?" SeminarThe Canadian Children's Book Centre is hosting a seminar for aspiring children's book authors on November 4, 2017 at 10:00 AM at the Northern District Library in Toronto, ON.  Details are found on the CCBC website.Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable (VCLR) The VCLR, announced the 2017 Information Book Award Shortlist. The shortlist can be found on the VCLR webiste. The winner will be announced in November 2017.Wishing you bright fall days!Hanne Pearce - Communications Editor

Model Tests in Support of the Design of a 50 Meter Barque

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Deakin
Keyword(s):  
Model Tests ◽  
General Outline ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Hull Design ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sailing Ship ◽  
Selection Of

This paper describes a programme of model tests and computer predictions which was designed to assist in the selection of a hull design for a new ship, and ensure that it would meet the owner's requirements. Whilst that is a common requirement of model tests, this case was unusual because the subject was a 50 metre wooden sailing ship for disabled crews, and a choice had to be made with regard to a wide range of operational requirements. The paper describes the background to the project, the scope of the testing, the presentation of the results, and their implications for the design. A general outline of the whole project is given, rather than details of specific tests or results, because of the dual limitations of space and confidentiality to the client, Tony Castro Ltd. It is hoped that the paper will provide an illustration of the range of investigations which are now available to assist in the design stages of any sailing vessel.

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