Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Gerrit J. Dimmendaal ◽  
Rainer Vossen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Linguistic Typology ◽  
Major Language ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Cognition And Culture ◽  
African Linguistics

This chapter explains the goals and describes the overall structure of the book. It gives reasons for the range of eight major subject areas (Parts II through IX) into which the work is divided, and which are considered to be of particular relevance in African linguistics today. These involve the usual domains of grammar in synchronic linguistics (Part II), with the exception of semantics; linguistic typology and language comparison from a genetic point of view are central to Part III; a detailed investigation of all major language families with special focus on lower-level genetic groupings (Part IV) is followed by case studies of eighteen languages from different language families (Part V); language, cognition, and culture are discussed in Part VI; sociolinguistics is central to Part VII, whereas the role of language in historical studies is discussed in Part VIII; the final chapters (in Part IX) investigate the link between language and orature.

scholarly journals The Multi-Dimensional Influence of a Sports Activity on the Process of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation and the Improvement in the Quality of Life of Persons with Physical Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-85
Author(s):  
Jakub Niedbalski
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Physically Handicapped

Purpose: The purpose of the research is to analyze the role that sport plays in the lives of persons with physical disabilities within the process of rehabilitation and the improvement of their quality of life.Background: The article raises the notions of changes that take place in the life of a physically handicapped person which is due to their engagement in a sports activity. In the article, I refer to the subjective perspective of those researched, rendering their own point of view into the major subject of analysis.Methods: Qualitative data are exploited in the research, collected through a technique of unstructured interviews and undisguised observations conducted among the disabled practicing sports.Findings: The role of sport practiced by the disabled has been determined within several contexts, which were distinguished within the course of the research as analytical categories.Conclusion: On the basis of the research it was found that getting involved in a sports activity is significant within the process of experiencing life satisfaction, personal development and the reconstruction of the ego, self-identity, and transformations in the manner of perceiving both themselves and others. Therefore, a sports activity of a disabled person supports the rehabilitation process effectively.

Role of Information Technology on Supply Chain Management of Pharmaceutical Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-68
Author(s):  
Saibal Kumar Saha ◽  
Ajeya Jha
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Role Of It

Supply Chain Management SCM is a very critical part of any business. A well-coordinated SCM can improve the efficiency of the business and help in cost reduction. As information technology (IT) is being used widely across all businesses, SCM can benefit to a large extent by the use of IT. This article reviews a number of papers in this field and suggests research gaps for further exploration. The aim of this article is to review the literature on the role of IT on supply chain management (SCM) with special focus on the pharmaceutical industry and suggest possible gaps from the point of view of researchers and practitioners. The article finds that IT has made a significant impact in improving the efficiency of SCM. But its successful implementation and collaboration with other firms is the key to success for an efficient SCM. Within each category, gaps have been identified.

Biology, Culture and Coevolution: Religion and Language as Case Studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 305-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Ferretti ◽  
Ines Adornetti
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Language Evolution ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cognitive Studies ◽  
Cognition And Culture ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Linguistic Structures ◽  
By Products

The main intent of this paper is to give an account of the relationship between bio-cognition and culture in terms of coevolution, analysing religious beliefs and language evolution as case studies. The established view in cognitive studies is that bio-cognitive systems constitute a constraint for the shaping and the transmission of religious beliefs and linguistic structures. From this point of view, religion and language are by-products or exaptations of processing systems originally selected for other cognitive functions. We criticize such a point of view, showing that it paves the way for the idea that cultural evolution follows a path entirely autonomous and independent from that of biological evolution. Against the by-product and exaptation approaches, our idea is that it is possible to interpret religion and language in terms of coevolution. The concept of coevolution involves a dual path of constitution: one for which biology (cognition) has adaptive effects on culture, the other for which, in turn, forms of culture have adaptive effects on biology (cognition). This dual path of constitution implies that religion and language are (at least in some aspects) forms of biological adaptations.

scholarly journals Real World Learning: Simulation and Gaming

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-214
Author(s):  
Jonathan Lean ◽  
Jonathan Moizer ◽  
Cathrine Derham ◽  
Lesley Strachan ◽  
Zakirul Bhuiyan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Real World ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Real World Learning ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Simulations and games are being used across a variety of subject areas as a means to provide insight into real world situations within a classroom setting; they offer many of the benefits of real world learning but without some of the associated risks and costs. Lean, Moizer, Derham, Strachan and Bhuiyan aim to evaluate the role of simulations and games in real world learning. The nature of simulations and games is discussed with reference to a variety of examples in Higher Education. Their role in real world learning is evaluated with reference to the benefits and challenges of their use for teaching and learning in Higher Education. Three case studies from diverse subject contexts are reported to illustrate the use of simulations and games and some of the associated issues.

The role of arXiv, RePEc, SSRN and PMC in formal scholarly communication

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 614-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuemei Li ◽  
Mike Thelwall ◽  
Kayvan Kousha
Keyword(s):  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
Subject Areas

Purpose – The four major Subject Repositories (SRs), arXiv, Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and PubMed Central (PMC), are all important within their disciplines but no previous study has systematically compared how often they are cited in academic publications. In response, the purpose of this paper is to report an analysis of citations to SRs from Scopus publications, 2000-2013. Design/methodology/approach – Scopus searches were used to count the number of documents citing the four SRs in each year. A random sample of 384 documents citing the four SRs was then visited to investigate the nature of the citations. Findings – Each SR was most cited within its own subject area but attracted substantial citations from other subject areas, suggesting that they are open to interdisciplinary uses. The proportion of documents citing each SR is continuing to increase rapidly, and the SRs all seem to attract substantial numbers of citations from more than one discipline. Research limitations/implications – Scopus does not cover all publications, and most citations to documents found in the four SRs presumably cite the published version, when one exists, rather than the repository version. Practical implications – SRs are continuing to grow and do not seem to be threatened by institutional repositories and so research managers should encourage their continued use within their core disciplines, including for research that aims at an audience in other disciplines. Originality/value – This is the first simultaneous analysis of Scopus citations to the four most popular SRs.

Role of Information Technology on Supply Chain Management of Pharmaceutical Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 673-706
Author(s):  
Saibal Kumar Saha ◽  
Ajeya Jha
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Role Of It

Supply Chain Management SCM is a very critical part of any business. A well-coordinated SCM can improve the efficiency of the business and help in cost reduction. As information technology (IT) is being used widely across all businesses, SCM can benefit to a large extent by the use of IT. This article reviews a number of papers in this field and suggests research gaps for further exploration. The aim of this article is to review the literature on the role of IT on supply chain management (SCM) with special focus on the pharmaceutical industry and suggest possible gaps from the point of view of researchers and practitioners. The article finds that IT has made a significant impact in improving the efficiency of SCM. But its successful implementation and collaboration with other firms is the key to success for an efficient SCM. Within each category, gaps have been identified.

Bild, Ding, Material: Nimben und Goldgründe italienischer Tafelmalerei in transkultureller Perspektive

2016 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-541
Author(s):  
Vera-Simone Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Art History ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Local Production ◽  
Panel Painting ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Impact

Abstract With a special focus on processes of artistic transfer between the Apennine peninsula and other regions in the Mediterranean and beyond, this paper sheds new light on haloes and gold grounds in thirteenthto fifteenth-century Italian painting. By means of case studies, it analyzes both (1) the role of haloes and gold grounds within the specific logic of the images, and (2) the impact of imported artifacts (their techniques, decoration, and materiality) on Italian panel painting as well as the complex interplays between imports and local production. Elucidating the intersections, frictions, and fields of tension between visual and material culture, this paper contributes to discussions on transmedial and transmaterial dynamics, transcultural art history, and the multireferentiality of gold.

Elucidation of block boundaries as the dissolution channels in hydrated cement

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 484-485
Author(s):  
N.V. Belov ◽  
U.I. Papiashwili ◽  
B.E. Yudovich
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Benzoyl Peroxide ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hardened Cement ◽  
Hydrated Cement ◽  
Hardened Cement Paste

It has been almost universally adopted that dissolution of solids proceeds with development of uniform, continuous frontiers of reaction.However this point of view is doubtful / 1 /. E.g. we have proved the active role of the block (grain) boundaries in the main phases of cement, these boundaries being the areas of hydrate phases' nucleation / 2 /. It has brought to the supposition that the dissolution frontier of cement particles in water is discrete. It seems also probable that the dissolution proceeds through the channels, which serve both for the liquid phase movement and for the drainage of the incongruant solution products. These channels can be appeared along the block boundaries.In order to demonsrate it, we have offered the method of phase-contrast impregnation of the hardened cement paste with the solution of methyl metacrylahe and benzoyl peroxide. The viscosity of this solution is equal to that of water.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document