Unraveling the Spatial Patterns of Everyday Life in Chinese Cities - A Comparative Study Between Beijing and Tianjin

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 601-616
Author(s):  
Qiang Sheng
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Chinese Cities

Jyotismati Taila and Ashtamangal Ghrita Nasya in the management of Mental Retardation - A Comparative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Maniar ◽  
K. S. Patel ◽  
I. U. Mistry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Mental Status ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Comparative Effectiveness ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Classical Text ◽  
Mental Functions

Mental retardation is still elusive to researchers due to multidimensionality of psychological, medical, educational and social aspects, which alters mental functions and capability. Mental sub capability divided in 4 categories, Mild, Moderate, Severe and Profound. Chief aim of management of mental retardation is to make child more capable of performing common activities of everyday life by positive improvement in mental sub-capability. Mental retardation required multidimensional management approach. Present study focused on medicinal intervention, particularly analysis of comparative effectiveness of selected drug formulations (Astamangalghrita and Jyotismatitaila) from classical text of Ayurveda. Study design with the aims to compare the effectiveness of Jyotismatitaila and Astamangal Ghrita Nasya on Mental retardation. Assessment were based on Mental Status Score and IQ score taken before starting of treatment and after completion of treatment in both group. Obtained data was analyzed statistically. In this study, from result we conclude that both drugs are effective to improve Mental Status parameter and in IQ, but higher percentage and significance wise Jyotismati Taila had better result than Astamangal Ghrita Nasya.

scholarly journals Impacts of spatial mismatch on commuting time of urban residents in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danwen Bao ◽  
Tangyi Guo ◽  
Hongshan Xia
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Spatial Mismatch ◽  
Chinese Cities ◽  
Job Accessibility ◽  
Nanjing City ◽  
Commuting Time ◽  
Job Opportunity

In much of studies on spatial mismatch between residential and employer locations, job accessibility has been measured. However, the apparent disadvantages of the traditional measurement methods on the studies of Chinese cities have been noted.  This paper proposed an optimized method for job accessibility measurement by introducing the weigh coefficient of job opportunity, which quantifies the degree of uneven distribution of job opportunity in the Chinese cities. Take Nanjing city for example, this new method was used to measure the spatial distribution of job opportunity, investigate the spatial patterns and analyze the influences of job accessibility on commuting behavior. The results show that the distribution of job accessibility in Nanjing exhibits the different spatial patterns and mechanisms compared with US cases.

scholarly journals A comparative study of formulaic expressions in textbooks of Turkish as a foreign language

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahide Arslan ◽  
Mustafa Mavaşoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Contextual Features

The aim of this study was to examine, in a comparative way, formulaic expressions used in textbooks of Turkish as a foreign language and to determine in which contexts and how often they are included in these textbooks. Survey model was used to obtain data from three textbooks of Turkish as a foreign language (İstanbul A1-A2, İzmir A1-A2 ve Yeni Hitit A1-A2). Formulaic expressions in these books were collected then analyzed in terms of their structural, functional, semantic and contextual features. 193 expressions that met criteria of being formulaic expressions were determined as sub-categories in the textbooks and workbooks and linked to 21 speech acts that were grouped as main categories. Results showed that textbooks may have difficulties in providing a balanced representation of interrelated formulaic expressions, a number of formulaic expressions cannot be included in textbooks although they are frequently used in everyday life and informational contents about speech acts and formulaic expressions in textbooks can be represented being carried into workbooks but they are not reinforced as they are less used in workbooks. Based on these results, suggestions were made both for authors of future textbooks and workbooks of Turkish as a foreign language and authors of future studies concerning formulaic expressions and Turkish as a foreign language.

scholarly journals Symbolic connotations of animals at early Middle Helladic Asine. A comparative study of the animal bones from the settlement and its graves

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 128-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Macheridis
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Body Part ◽  
High Status ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
Animal Bones ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
Middle Helladic

This paper is a contribution to the zooarchaeological research on animals or animal parts found in human graves during the Middle Bronze Age in Greece. The animal bones from the early Middle Helladic settlement (MH I-II, c. 2100–1800 BC) and contemporary burials at Asine are presented. The goal is to compare the animal bones from the settlement with those from the burials, in terms of species composition and body part distribution. Through this comparison, this paper aims to discuss any symbolic connotations of bone waste from everyday-life practices. The results show that the most common domesticates from settlement contexts, pig, sheep/goat and cattle, also appear to be the most abundant animals deposited in the early MH graves at Asine. This is consistent with mortuary data from other sites on the Peloponnese, especially Lerna. The pig was most abundant in both settlement and graves at Asine. The similarities between wild and domestic pigs might be important, and are discussed as a possible inspiration for the pig symbolism in MH I-II Asine. I also propose a regional change in the later Bronze Age of how animals were deposited in graves, in which period the presence of wild mammals, dogs, and horses in high status graves increases. Throughout, pig, sheep/goats and cattle remained the most important animals for ritually connoted events such as funerary meals or feasts.

scholarly journals Review of Various Additives of Petroleum Diesel and Their Effect on Environmental Parameter of Diesel Fuel

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Environmental Parameter ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Performance Parameters ◽  
Oxygenated Additives ◽  
Practical Performance ◽  
Increasing Demand

Increasing demand of fuel and drastic use of petroleum diesel in everyday life and its hazards cause lots many environmental issue for this beautiful planet. Intensive attention and serious efforts are required to see this problem. In this review paper some comparative study discussed to find out the certain alternative way for diesel fuel and efforts made to increase its practical performance. In this paper various oxygenated additives with different percentage are added to petroleum diesel and its effects on various performance parameters and environmental parameter are studied.

Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Farrall ◽  
Susanne Karstedt
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Market Place ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Additional Charges ◽  
Economic Transitions ◽  
Economic Crimes

Drawing on survey data from a comparative study of England and Wales and the former East and West Germany, this book examines economic crimes of ‘everyday life’, such as overestimating losses in insurance claims, cheating on taxes, misusing store or credit cards, and defrauding medical and social services. The book delves into the extent of both feelings of ‘victimization’ at the hands of insurers, restaurants who add additional charges, banks who make excessive charges, or other citizens during second-hand sales, and of offending, such as deliberately engaging in crimes of everyday life. The study explores the motivations for such offences and how citizens act to defend themselves against victimization and exploit weaknesses in the system to make illegal gains and ‘make good’ on losses. The comparative dimension allows for in-depth insights into the ways in which different national histories of economic transitions affect levels of engagement in crimes in the market place.

American Folk Buildings, Constructions, and Landscapes

2018 ◽  
pp. 366-395
Author(s):  
Simon J. Bronner
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Architectural Styles ◽  
Behavioral Evidence

The study of traditional buildings, constructions, and cultural landscapes is part of what folklorists refer to as “material culture.” In addition to recording the folklore of various structures, folklorists analyze buildings inside and outside as complex expressive texts examined for their form, construction, use, and decoration. Analysis of form has usually been a primary concern for comparative study of region, ethnicity, and space, and behavioral aspects in and around buildings have gained attention for studies of everyday life and cognition that generate the enclosures people build—including dwellings for animals, vegetation, and the deceased as part of cultural landscapes. Using different terms such as “folk housing” and “vernacular architecture” for constructed dwellings, folklorists examine buildings and constructions, and their surroundings, such as lawns, fences, and planted trees, in continuous development and change. This view is apparent in the different research goals using structural and behavioral evidence of buildings, constructions, and cultural landscapes to determine (1) regional boundaries and ideas of space, (2) community and individual affiliation with architectural styles and building techniques, and (3) identification of cognitive process and symbolism of American building forms.

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