Work in progress - Development of an organizational infrastructure to facilitate the creation of courses on technology and engineering for non-engineers

This research tittle ‘work in progress on the creation of the three-stringed kulcapi’ wanted to examine how the work process of the creation of the kulcapi music instrument and can be explained descriptively. The kulcapi musical instrument which is considered to still have limitations in terms of producing its notes, and only having 2 strings, seems to be the cause of the less than optimal function in exploring the notes. In addition, the form of the kulcapi instrument is seen to be still very plain and very simple, this is felt to be one of the issues that must be overcome to be able to explore the kulcapi musical instrument to be more functional, both in producing tones and adding aesthetic value to the form of the kulcapi music instrument. In this research, a qualitative descriptive method is used. The process of tracing data and information is done diachronically to find out in full and complete about the kulcapi music instrument. The data collected comes from two sources, they are primary and secondary data. Primary data obtained through in-depth interviews and participant observation that aims to collect data followed by focus group discussions. This research produces findings including: a) The creation of three-stringed kulcapi instruments has a wider range of tone areas. b) can be functioned more flexible and can be explored in playing pentatonic and diatonic tones. c) The shape has the characteristic of the Karo people with the presence of ethnic Karo ornaments on the kulcapi’s body.

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From Afghanistan to Trump: 2014–2017

Truth to Power ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190940003.003.0009 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 180-197

Author(s):

Gregory Treverton

Keyword(s):

White House ◽

Vice Chairman ◽

Work In Progress ◽

The Creation ◽

Intelligence Support ◽

Intelligence Officer

A friend who had been deputy national intelligence officer when Gregory Treverton was vice-chairman under Joseph Nye cautioned him that “this is not your father’s National Intelligence Council”. And indeed it wasn’t. Substantively, the biggest change was in mission—the enormous addition of current intelligence support to the government’s policy committees. That meant the NIC was in the thick of things, but it also meant than finding time for more strategic work was a constant frustration—all in the context of an administration trying to cope with crises from Ukraine to ISIS, from Afghanistan to Ebola. Procedurally, the biggest change was the creation, first of the director of national intelligence, and later of the national intelligence managers. The latter, especially, will remain a work in progress: it does let the NIC focus on what it does best, analysis, but at some cost in prestige and time spent in bureaucratic jockeying—the “black Suburban” issue: who goes to White House policy meetings.

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“Say Again?” An In-house, Online, Self-access Pronunciation Project for ESOL Students

Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal ◽

10.37237/050206 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 143-152

Author(s):

Menaka Ediriweera ◽

Liz Howell ◽

Caroline White

Keyword(s):

English Language Learner ◽

English Language ◽

Language Learner ◽

Independent Learning ◽

Collaborative Project ◽

Content Creation ◽

Work In Progress ◽

Teacher Input ◽

The Creation ◽

Classroom Use

This collaborative project comprises the creation of free online pronunciation activities which are geared specifically for independent learning, although classroom use is also valuable. These are particularly suitable for pre-degree English Language students at Waikato Pathways College, but could be useful to any English Language learner. With teacher input for content creation, the recordings were done on site and the activities re-recorded to reflect input from continual feedback from students and teachers. This project is a work-in-progress.

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The future of Ancient Rome

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x0005496x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 57 (219) ◽

pp. 38-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

David Whitehouse

Keyword(s):

Ancient Rome ◽

Work In Progress ◽

Ancient City ◽

The Future ◽

The Creation ◽

Area North

Every year, on the traditional anniversary of the founding of Rome, the Mayor reviews the events of the last twelve months and outlines his plans for the future. Last year (the 2,735th anniversary), he began by describing work in progress on conservation and mise-en-valeur in the ancient city. It was wholly appropriate, for the future of classical Rome is a subject which concerns, or should concern, not only the Romans themselves, but all Italian taxpayers (who will foot the bill), town planners and conservation groups throughout Europe—not to mention all readers of ANTIQUITY. The proposals, promoted by the Archaeological Superintendent of Rome, Professor Adriano La Regina, include the creation of an archaeological park extending from the Capitoline to the Appian Way, new museums and—as a matter of extreme urgency—the protection of marble monuments disfigured by pollution. The plans involve both local and national authorities, and in March 1981 Parliament made available over a five-year period the staggering sum of 180,000 million lire (£75 m): 168,000 m for Rome itself, 10,000 m for South Etruria (the area north of Rome) and 2,000 m for Ostia.

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The Claytonia arctica Complex in Alaska—Analyzing a Beringian Taxonomic Puzzle Using Taxonomic Concepts

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden ◽

10.3417/2019491 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 104 (3) ◽

pp. 478-494

Author(s):

Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond ◽

David Murray ◽

Margaret G. Oliver ◽

Hazel K. Berrios ◽

Campbell O. Webb

Keyword(s):

North American ◽

Biological Variation ◽

Bering Strait ◽

Work In Progress ◽

Present Complex ◽

The Creation

Trans-Beringia taxa often present complex puzzles for taxonomists, a reflection of differing traditions and opinions, taxonomic approaches, and access to material from both sides of the Bering Strait. There is wide biological variation in perceived or circumscribed taxa whose populations are widespread within the regions and yet biogeographically isolated in Asia and/or America. The Claytonia arctica complex is one such example; it illustrates these issues well and has been dealt with by North American and Russian botanists in decidedly different ways. We reviewed specimens and examined the various taxonomic concepts of C. arctica through time and source publications. The relationships (alignments) among taxonomic concepts are presented in a graphical format. We found that much of the confusion related to C. arctica in Beringia stems from overlookingC. scammaniana Hultén sensu Hultén (1939), and placing too much emphasis on the woody caudex and perennation structures, during the creation of two taxonomic concepts: C. arctica Adams sensu Porsild and C. porsildii Jurtzev sensu Yurtsev. The C. arctica complex (in our current sense) is an evolutionary work in progress, resulting in partially differentiated races with much overlapping variability and intergradation of characters (particularly in C. scammaniana according to our current sense) that have not reached the level of stability (i.e., individuals may still intergrade freely) usually associated with the concept of species in other arctic lineages.

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A lexicon of Albanian for natural language processing

Lexicographica - International Annual for Lexicography / Internationales Jahrbuch für Lexikographie ◽

10.1515/lex-2018-340112 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 239-248

Author(s):

Besim Kabashi

Keyword(s):

Natural Language Processing ◽

Natural Language ◽

Language Processing ◽

Proper Names ◽

Specific Information ◽

Basic Information ◽

Parts Of Speech ◽

Work In Progress ◽

The Creation

AbstractFor many applications in the field of natural language processing, a lexicon is needed. For the Albanian language a lexicon that can be used for these purposes is presented below. The lexicon contains around 75,000 entries, including proper names such as personal, geographical and other names. Each entry includes grammatical information such as parts of speech and other specific information, e.g. inflection classes for nouns, adjectives and verbs. The lexicon is part of a morphological tool, but can also be used as an independent resource for other tasks and applications or can be adapted for them. Sources for the creation and the extension of the presented lexicon include both information from traditional dictionaries, e.g. spelling dictionaries, and a balanced linguistic corpus using corpus- driven methods and tools. The lexicon is still work in progress, but aims to cover basic information for most frequent tasks of natural language processing.

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A lexicon of Albanian for natural language processing

Lexicographica - International Annual for Lexicography / Internationales Jahrbuch für Lexikographie ◽

10.1515/lex-2018-0012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (2018) ◽

pp. 239-248

Author(s):

Besim Kabashi

Keyword(s):

Natural Language Processing ◽

Natural Language ◽

Language Processing ◽

Proper Names ◽

Specific Information ◽

Basic Information ◽

Parts Of Speech ◽

Work In Progress ◽

The Creation

AbstractFor many applications in the field of natural language processing, a lexicon is needed. For the Albanian language a lexicon that can be used for these purposes is presented below. The lexicon contains around 75,000 entries, including proper names such as personal, geographical and other names. Each entry includes grammatical information such as parts of speech and other specific information, e.g. inflection classes for nouns, adjectives and verbs. The lexicon is part of a morphological tool, but can also be used as an independent resource for other tasks and applications or can be adapted for them. Sources for the creation and the extension of the presented lexicon include both information from traditional dictionaries, e.g. spelling dictionaries, and a balanced linguistic corpus using corpus-driven methods and tools. The lexicon is still work in progress, but aims to cover basic information for most frequent tasks of natural language processing.

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