Herod and his Sons

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-138
Author(s):  
Kimberley Czajkowski ◽  
Eckhardt Benedikt
Keyword(s):  
Rare Case ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Separate Fragment ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Further Development

This chapter continues to explore the depiction of Herod’s domestic strife, and turns to the executions of Herod’s sons. This is a rare case where we have a separate fragment of Nicolaus, and thus can check Josephus’ censure of his predecessor’s account: the criticisms are not borne out, and Josephus’ accounts instead exhibit many Damascene traits. The executions, moreover, are a turning point in Herod’s decline from δραστήριος‎ to ἄπορος‎, in which he is shown to have now forgotten piety and justice. Furthermore, because Nicolaus himself was intimately bound up with these events, he here encountered new challenges in his narrative as he became one of the principal actors. Thus, not only do we see in these trials the further development of, we argue, Nicolaus’ depiction of the king’s descent into tyranny, but also a sustained exploration of what it meant to be an adviser to such a monarch, and more generally what it meant to be a φίλος‎ to king and emperor alike in the Augustan world.

scholarly journals Radial Water Barrier in Submarine Cables, Current Solutions and Innovative Development Directions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2761
Author(s):  
Leszek Resner ◽  
Sandra Paszkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Absorption ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
High Moisture ◽  
Water Barrier ◽  
Operational Factors ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Submarine Cables ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Lead Aluminium

With wind turbines increasing in size, installed at greater distances from the mainland, and greater depths, submarine cables are facing new challenges. Materials and technologies used so far for the production of submarine cables with lead, aluminium, or copper sheaths make them unsuitable or even obsolete for modern solutions such as floating wind farms. The article discusses types of submarine cables, their construction, working conditions, and operational factors, with emphasis placed on the role of the radial water barrier. The focus has been placed on dry and semi-dry designs. The article is also devoted to a discussion regarding directions of further development, possible materials, and constructions that may appear in the future. Current research and results regarding the use of multi-layer coatings with the use of thermoplastic block copolymers for the layer with high moisture absorption are also presented.

scholarly journals Mobile Technology as Part of Banks’ Business Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (340) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Monika Klimontowicz ◽  
Janina Harasim
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Banking Market ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

During the last few decades, the banking market has changed significantly making banks face new challenges. Mobile technology development has had a powerful impact on all human activities including banking. Mobile technology has changed both the information and communication sharing, as well as customers’ market behaviour. All these changes should be taken into account in the process of searching for competitive advantage factors and designing banks’ business models. The purpose of the paper is to propose the framework for banks’ business model that incorporates using mobile technology and creating a competitive advantage. The foundation of this framework is based on theoretical considerations. The paper analyses contemporary business models used by banks, their value proposals and their relation to customers’ needs and expectations. The research highlights the routes for using mobile technology in the further development of banks’ business models from the perspective of the process of creating and delivering value for customers.

X-ray optics laboratory at the ALS: current capabilities, new challenges, and tasks for further development (Conference Presentation)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Lacey ◽  
Gary P. Centers ◽  
Gevork S. Gevorkyan ◽  
Sergey M. Nikitin ◽  
Brian V. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Further Development

scholarly journals A dung beetle that path integrates without the use of landmarks

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1161-1175
Author(s):  
Marie Dacke ◽  
Basil el Jundi ◽  
Yakir Gagnon ◽  
Ayse Yilmaz ◽  
Marcus Byrne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Path Integration ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Dung Beetles ◽  
Relative Distance ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Integration Strategy ◽  
Sharp Turn ◽  
Return Home

AbstractUnusual amongst dung beetles, Scarabaeus galenus digs a burrow that it provisions by making repeated trips to a nearby dung pile. Even more remarkable is that these beetles return home moving backwards, with a pellet of dung between their hind legs. Here, we explore the strategy that S. galenus uses to find its way home. We find that, like many other insects, they use path integration to calculate the direction and distance to their home. If they fail to locate their burrow, the beetles initiate a distinct looping search behaviour that starts with a characteristic sharp turn, we have called a ‘turning point’. When homing beetles are passively displaced or transferred to an unfamiliar environment, they initiate a search at a point very close to the location of their fictive burrow—that is, a spot at the same relative distance and direction from the pick-up point as the original burrow. Unlike other insects, S. galenus do not appear to supplement estimates of the burrow location with landmark information. Thus, S. galenus represents a rare case of a consistently backward-homing animal that does not use landmarks to augment its path integration strategy.

Financial market of Azerbaijan: New trends and prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1074-1092
Author(s):  
Zakhid Farrukh MAMEDOV ◽  
Vugar Faik NAMAZOV
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reform Sustainability ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Systematic Program

Subject. This article explores Azerbaijan's financial market, its structure, and the issues of reform, sustainability and efficiency in the face of growing competition. Objectives. The article aims to identify the main problems and prospects for further development of Azerbaijan's financial market based on an analysis of its state over the past decade. Methods. For the study, we used the methods of comparative and evolutionary analyses, observation, classification, and logical generalization. Results. The article assesses the implementation and improvement of corporate governance in accordance with world standards, trust in the financial system, and transparency of financial institutions. It reveals and describes the conditions for the formation of Azerbaijan's modern financial market, and presents certain recommendations for its further development. Conclusions. The research shows that Azerbaijan needs a systematic program for the development of the financial market, taking into account the stages, new challenges, priorities of the economy, and lessons learned.

scholarly journals Building the Prestige of Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis: From a Little Known to an Internationally Recognized Journal

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 407-413
Author(s):  
Hubert Krotkiewski ◽  
Andrzej Górski ◽  
Michał Zimecki
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Experimental Therapy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Science Citation Index Expanded

Abstract Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis (AITE) was founded in 1953 by Ludwik Hirszfeld, a world famous Polish physician and scientist in the field of microbiology and immunology. Initially, AITE was published in Polish, but within a few years, it changed to English to increase the range and number of international readers. In its over 65 year history, AITE has had several Editors and a number of Publishers. In the period 1977–1991, AITE was listed in the system of scientific information Current Contents/Life Sciences, but for several years, its impact on the international readership of the Journal was negligible. The political and economic crisis in Poland in late 1980s led to serious delays in printing of successive AITE issues, so the Journal was removed from the Current Contents. Year 1991 was a turning point for the Journal, guided since then by prof. Dubowska-Inglot, who changed its image and format, and allowed acceptance of review articles. In 1999, prof. Górski became the Editor-in-Chief, giving a new impulse for further development of the Journal. In a consequence, AITE was accepted to Science Citation Index Expanded (in 2001) and to Institute for Scientific Information Master Journal List (in 2002). Eventually, AITE has evolved to become a truly international, multidisciplinary journal, publishing original articles, and reviews relating to basic and clinical immunology, experimental therapy, immunogenetics, transplantology, microbiology, immunochemistry, as well as bioethics. Currently, AITE is cited in a number of major scientific information databases. Since 2011, the Journal is published by Springer Publishing House, it has achieved international recognition with its latest impact factor (for 2017) of 3.018. AITE, whose Editors are professors of Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, strengthens the status and position of the Institute as one of the leading scientific institutions in Poland.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EIA IN GERMANY: OUR CHILD HAS GROWN UP

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 1250023 ◽  
Author(s):  
WOLFGANG WENDE ◽  
FRANK SCHOLLES ◽  
JOACHIM HARTLIK
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Area Of Application ◽  
The Eu

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been formally applied in Germany since 1990, and has over time developed a methodological and technical routine in environmental planning practice. It can now be considered an established instrument; nonetheless, substantial challenges to the further development of the EIA, and to even stronger implementation of environmental requirements in planning and decision-making practice in Germany, still exist. This paper reports briefly on the application and the main achievements of the EIA in Germany, and, in the second section, primarily provides a perspective for addressing remaining and new challenges involving this instrument. The paper also includes specific proposals for the further optimization of the EIA at the EU level, as well as for Germany. The current status and future challenges facing the EIA, which are described herein, range from screening and scoping through public participation and monitoring to the area of application.

The spindle apparatus in early embryonic divisions of Ephestia Kuehniella Z. (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera) is formed by alignment of minispindles

Zygote ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Werner Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Rare Case ◽  
Mitotic Division ◽  
Ephestia Kuehniella ◽  
Nuclear Area ◽  
Spindle Formation ◽  
Spindle Poles ◽  
Spindle Apparatus ◽  
Tubulin Immunofluorescence ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Irregular Arrangement

SummarySpindles were isolated from deposited eggs of the Mediterranean mealmoth, Ephestia Kuehniella. Their structure and development were studied using anti-tubulin immunofluorescence. The microtubules were labelled with three different monoclonal antibodies. These were directed against β-tubulin, tyrosinated α-tubulin and acetylated α-tubulin. Significant differences in the staining behaviour were not detected with the three antibodies. An unusual mode of spindle formation was observed during the first mitotic division after fusion of the pronuclei. Several of the ensuing embryonic divisions may show the same phenomenon. Prophase of these divisions was characterised by an irregular arrangement of microtubules in the nuclear area. The microtubule mass in the nuclear area increased concomitantly with chromosome condensation. Microtubular foci, comparable to the forming asters of canonical spindles, were not detected. The formation of an orderly pattern in the microtubule mass was signalled by the appearance of minispindles apparently developing around individual chromosomes. Several minispindles subsequently aligned and formed metaphase-like entities within the nuclear area. The metaphase-like entities, in turn, aligned with one another and gave rise to a conventional bipolar metaphase spindle with small asters. The further development of the spindle was conventional. The chromosomes migrated towards the spindle poles and finally daughter nuclei formed. The anaphase and telophase spindles possessed both a prominent array of interzone microtubules and asters. The events in prophase of early embryonic mitosis of E. kuehniella may represent a rare case of chromosomeinduced spindle formation.

Enterprise Interoperability

2019 ◽  
pp. 233-245
Author(s):  
Ejub Kajan
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Business ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Xml Web ◽  
Further Development

Many interoperable frameworks have been suggested, developed, and implemented in the past. Most of them are based on XML, web services, and semantic web technologies. In the meantime, globalization and the further development of internet and web have raised new challenges and opportunities. New form of networked organizations, known as virtual enterprises, seeks for knowledge sharing around common goals. The rise of the social and ubiquitous world, where everything is going to be connected, gives a lot of technical opportunities for electronic business, but at the same time makes new barriers due to increasing heterogeneity issues. This chapter gives an overview of main challenges, obstacles, approaches, recent research efforts, and forecasts in order to overcome recent interoperability problems.

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