scholarly journals Anonymous Vs. Attributed: Cluster Analysis of Tolstovskiĭ Sbornik Texts and Its Interpretation in Terms of Cultural Heritage

2020 ◽  
pp. 2056-2081
Author(s):  
Oleg F. Zholobov ◽  
Victor A. Baranov
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Clustering Method ◽  
The Third ◽  
Sharp Difference ◽  
Statistical Distance

In the article, the quantitative analysis revealed lexical and semantic dominants and markers that distinguish the medieval anthology texts from each other. To verify whether three anonymous homilies in the thirteenth-century Tolstovskiĭ Sbornik might be attributed to Cyril of Turov, the authors examined the statistical distance between anonymous and already attributed texts. Using the clustering method based on the ranks of the most frequent tokens and the corresponding ranks of other texts, they constructed dendrograms that showed the text grouping. This technique allowed demonstrating the statistical proximity of six Cyril of Turov’s texts, their contrast to seven Cyril of Jerusalem’s texts, and the formation of the third cluster from texts of other authors. Cluster analysis made it possible to identify in Cyril of Turov’s homilies several crucial thematic keys, as well as to establish such a feature of his preaching discourse as the widespread use of role deixis. The analysis confirmed the sharp difference between the anonymous Parable of Wisdom and Cyril of Turov’s homilies. Separate convergences of two anonymous sermons with Cyril of Turov’s homilies were discovered. However, the level of convergence in this case, as analysis has shown, contrasts sharply with the level of convergence among Cyril of Turov’s homilies. It suggests that the causes of individual convergences are not associated with one person’s authorship

Coptic Historiography in the Fātimid, Ayyubid and Early Mamluk Periods'

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Den Heijer
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Biographical Data ◽  
The Third

AbstractThis article intends to give a brief overview of Arabic historiographical works compiled by Coptic authors between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Each section of the paper deals with various aspects of one particular text. Within each section, an account is given first of the structure of the composition of the text. This is followed by a short outline of the biographical data on the author or compiler, whenever available. The aim of this sub-section is to characterize the author in terms of his social and confessional position and more particularly to try to find out to what extent he may have been subject to influences from the adjacent (Muslim, Jewish, Melkite) communities. In the third sub-section, the sources, in as far as these have been identified in previous studies, are reviewed and presented in such a way as to indicate to what degree the compiler made use of material originating from confessional groups other than his own Coptic tradition. Conversely, the fourth and last sub-section on each text, contains remarks on the later impact and reception of the text, both within and outside Coptic readership itself. In the concluding section, it is argued that this analysis, despite the manifold uncertainties it cannot solve immediately, suggests a development that moves from a horizon limited to the cultural heritage of the traditions of the Coptic community towards the much more cosmopolitan or universalist cultural environment of the "Coptic Renaissance" of the thirteenth century.

Application of Cluster Analysis in Breeding Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 6-15
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Oil Content ◽  
Clustering Method ◽  
The Third ◽  
Economically Valuable Traits ◽  
Selection Of

Varieties and hybrids of agricultural crops are characterized by a large number of indicators: morphological, economically valuable, biochemical. Usually, when conducting a comparative analysis of selection samples at the initial stage of research, only a few traits are used, which are assessed using one-dimensional criteria. In research on rapeseed breeding, an integrated approach is also important in the assessment and selection of promising samples, taking into account the morphological characteristics that are components of productivity; oil content and quality, as well as the glucosinolate content of the seeds. Cluster analysis is a multivariate method for determining the optimal values of the estimated indicators. The aim of the research is the analysis and selection at the initial stage of research of promising breeding samples of winter rape, suitable for further work, using the "k-means" clustering method. The material of the research is 125 breeding samples of winter rapeseed. The number of pods on the central branch, the content of oil and glucosinolates in the seeds was determined, and the fatty acid composition of the oil was analyzed (the content of palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic and erucic acids in it). The studies were carried out during 2018-2019. in the conditions of the southern Steppe of Ukraine. Statistical processing and evaluation of research results was carried out using a modified "k-means" clustering method, which is carried out using Data Mining. It differs from the classical clustering method in the selection of the optimal number of model clusters, which is performed by the Statistica software package. The processing and analysis of the material under study was carried out in two stages. At the first stage, using cluster analysis by the "k-means" method, separately for economically valuable traits and fatty acid composition of the oil, clusters of samples with the best ratio of the corresponding indicators were determined. At the second stage, the best samples from these clusters were selected only by the content of oil and oleic acid, and again by clustering the group of samples with the maximum value of these indicators was selected. From the cluster analysis for the fatty acid composition of the oil, the sign of the content of linoleic acid was excluded due to its high correlation with oleic acid, as well as erucic acid due to the discrepancy between its sample and the normal distribution. Reduction of samples to dimensionless form, preceding cluster analysis, is carried out by normalization on the z-scale. As a result of cluster analysis, we obtained the distribution of samples according to economically valuable characteristics into four clusters, and according to the fatty acid composition of oil into two clusters. The samples that form these clusters were also identified. The first cluster for economically valuable characteristics unites 26 samples, the second 33, the third 39 and the fourth 27. The first cluster for the fatty acid composition of the oil contains 72 samples, the second 53. The highest content of oil in the seeds and the number of pods on the central branch with the minimum content of glucosinolates in the seeds are inherent in the third cluster, and the maximum content of oleic acid in the oil - in the samples that form the second cluster. Analysis of variance of the clustering results showed that the average values of the economically valuable traits and the fatty acid composition of the oil in the clusters differ statistically significantly. Thus, clustering by the "k-means" method formed clusters of samples that statistically significantly differ from each other in the studied characteristics. Only 15 samples are simultaneously included in the third cluster, formed according to economically valuable characteristics, and in the second cluster according to the fatty acid composition of the oil. The second stage is the selection of the best samples from this group based on the oil content in the seeds and the oleic acid content in it for further breeding work. Based on the results of cluster analysis, a distribution into four clusters was obtained. Finally, for further selection studies in order to obtain a high content of oleic acid in the oil, five samples of the first cluster were selected (the content of oleic acid in the oil is 69.4-70.6%, the oil content is 49.0-52.1%). And also three samples combined into the second cluster with an oil content of 51.1-51.8%. Thus, the effectiveness of the application of the modified clustering method "k-means" for the analysis of a large number of samples of winter rapeseed for several characteristics simultaneously with the aim of selecting genotypes with an optimal ratio of economically valuable indicators has been proved.

scholarly journals Classifying regencies and cities on human development index dimensions: Application of K-Means cluster analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 913-918
Author(s):  
Nurhasanah Nurhasanah ◽  
Nany Salwa ◽  
Lyra Ornila ◽  
Amiruddin Hasan ◽  
Martahadi Mardhani
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Clustering Method ◽  
Development Index ◽  
The Third

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a measurement that analyzes a region's development in improving human development. The government's development plan aims to create a successful and peaceful life. The unbalanced development in every regency and city in Indonesia is a typical issue during the development process. It may also be shown that the HDI level changes across regencies and cities in Indonesia. This research aims to identify Indonesian regencies and cities based on HDI indices. K-Means clustering algorithm is the clustering method adopted. The results of the analysis formed 4 clusters. The first cluster consisted of 20 regencies with a low average HDI indicator. The second cluster consisted of 148 regencies and cities with an average HDI indicator is medium. The third cluster consisted of 88 regencies and cities with an average HDI indicator. The fourth cluster consists of 258 regencies and cities with high HDI indicators.

LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND POWER IN GUILLEM DE TORROELLA’S LA FAULA

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
JILL ROSS
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
French Language ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Appropriation ◽  
Cultural Hegemony ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultural Power

This article examines the role of French language and culture in the fourteenth-century Arthurian text, La Faula, by the Mallorcan, Guillem de Torroella. Reading the appropriation of French language and literary models through the lens of earlier thirteenth-century Occitan resistance to French political and cultural hegemony, La Faula’s use of French dialogue becomes significant in light of the political tensions in the third quarter of the fourteenth century that saw the conquest of the Kingdom of Mallorca by that of Catalonia-Aragon and the subsequent imposition of Catalano-Aragonese political and cultural power. La Faula’s clear intertextual debt to French literary models and its simultaneous ambivalence about the authority and reliability of those models makes French language into a space for the exploration of the dynamics of cultural appropriation and political accommodation that were constitutive of late fourteenth-century Mallorca.

Inspiratory elevation of the ribs in the dog: primary role of the parasternals [published errata appear in J Appl Physiol 1991 Aug;71(2):following Table of Contents and 1991 Dec;71(6):following Author Index]

1991 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 1447-1455 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. De Troyer
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Axial Displacement ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Intercostal Muscles ◽  
The Third ◽  
Inspiratory Activity ◽  
Fourth Rib

To assess the relative contributions of the different groups of inspiratory intercostal muscles to the cranial motion of the ribs in the dog, we have measured the axial displacement of the fourth rib and recorded the electromyograms of the parasternal intercostal, external intercostal, and levator costae in the third interspace in 15 anesthetized animals breathing at rest. In eight animals, the parasternal intercostals were denervated in interspaces 1-5. This procedure caused a marked increase in the amount of external intercostal and levator costae inspiratory activity, and yet the inspiratory cranial motion of the rib was reduced by 55%. On the other hand, the external intercostals in interspaces 1-5 were sectioned in seven animals, and the reduction in the cranial rib motion was only 22%; the amount of parasternal and levator costae activity, however, was unchanged. When the parasternals in these animals were subsequently denervated, the levator costae inspiratory activity increased markedly, but the inspiratory cranial motion of the rib was abolished or reversed into an inspiratory caudal motion. These studies thus confirm that, in the dog breathing at rest, the parasternal intercostals have a larger role than the external intercostals and levator costae in causing the cranial motion of the ribs during inspiration. A quantitative analysis suggests that the parasternal contribution is approximately 80%.

A quantitative analysis about the prevalence of PTSD after the chemical attack in halabja

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 164-164
Author(s):  
F. M-Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Linear Relation ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Chemical Attack ◽  
Kurdish Women ◽  
The World ◽  
Primary Hypothesis

The March 1988 genocide in Halabja, in which 4000–7000 Kurdish women, children and men were killed by the then Iraqi regime, was the most brutal gas attack on a civil population in modern history. This study challenges currently held understandings of PTSD and how traumatic transformations are expressed in other parts of the world; thereby contributing to the new field of traumatology. The study is quantitative analysis of the prevalence of PTSD, measured using (IES), in two Kurdish towns; Halabja and Suleimaniyah, encompassing 110 participants. The study's primary aim was to compare the prevalence of PTSD in Halabja with that in Suleimaniyah which was not attacked, the expectation being that PTSD would be more prevalent in Halabja than in Suleimaniyah. secondly, that women and those with shorter education would report a higher prevalence of PTSD symptoms, and thirdly that participants with higher levels of social support would report a lower prevalence of PTSD symptoms. The results showed that the prevalence of PTSD symptoms in total, of reliving and of hyperarousal in the trauma exposed town was significantly higher than in Suleimaniyah, thus supporting the primary hypothesis. The results further showed a significant connection between sex and PTSD symptoms and a clear linear relation between education and prevalence of PTSD symptoms, thus supporting the second hypothesis. However, the results showed no support for the third hypothesis. The study thus indicates that researchers and practitioners working with PTSD need a broader cultural understanding to carry out studies in best possible manner.

scholarly journals Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage – The Krakow Bobbin Lace

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-200
Author(s):  
Justyna Łukaszewska‑Haberkowa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Third ◽  
Unesco Convention ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The City

In the first part of this paper the definition of the protection of intangible cul­tural heritage is introduced, based on the 2003 UNESCO Convention as well as the Polish legislation concerning the protection of items on the national list of intangible culture. The second part shortly characterizes the Krakow bob­bin lace tradition along with its guardians, both present and past. In the third part it is systematically described what is being done to protect the tradition and craft in the Podgórze Culture Center thanks to the initiatives undertaken by certain guardians, and in the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow.

scholarly journals The geolect of Plungė in terms of regressive assimilation of vowels I, U

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Simona Vyniautaitė
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Limb Reduction ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Main Variable ◽  
Variable Feature ◽  
Dual Core ◽  
Main Distinguishing Feature

Based on dialectometric methods, the article discusses the geolect of Plungė in terms of regressive assimilation of vowels i, u. The study material consists of about 9 hours of audio recordings, 57 sentences, recited by nine presenters of younger, middle and older generations. 6 words were chosen in which regressive assimilation of vowels can take place, i. e., the words with vowels i, u in accented, unaccented and shifted accent positions. Quantitative analysis of the material (sentences read by the presenters) was performed with the tools of the computer program Gabmap. Pseudo maps of networks, reference points, cluster analysis, as well as differential dialectal features were analyzed. The analysis performed using dialectometry methods shows that differences in limb reduction, word stem, consonant softening become apparent, but in many cases regressive assimilation of vowels i, u becomes the main variable feature. The operation/inaction of the regressive assimilation of vowels i, u is greatly influenced by accent. When vowels are accented, presenters of all generations pronounce them without regressive vowel assimilation. When the vowel i is unaccented, it is assimilated, and the vowel u is spelled narrowly by only a third of the presenters. Dual behavior exists in cases where vowels receive a shifted accent. The pronunciation of both vowels is approximate. Maintaining the main distinguishing feature of the residents of Plungė from the dialect of the residents of Telšiai, although inconsistent, would allow predicting that the linguistic dialect peculiarity of this area could compete with the language code of Telšiai – based on the Samogitian regiolect – or whether the regiolect itself would be / become dual-core (more detailed research based on a multi-faceted research model is needed to confirm this statement). The effect of regressive assimilation in the Plungė dialect, in the geolectic zone in general, can be both a proof of resemblance to the northern Samogitian Telšiai residents and a sign of a decrease in the importance of assimilation as a distinctive feature of the dialects.

scholarly journals Interpopulation genetic-ecological variation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Serbia

Genetika ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Lucic ◽  
Vasilije Isajev ◽  
Rade Cvjeticanin ◽  
Ljubinko Rakonjac ◽  
Marijana Novakovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Pinus Sylvestris ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Seed Protein ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Ecological Variation ◽  
The Third

The genetic-ecological variation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Serbia was studied in the populations at five localities in western and south-western Serbia. Three groups of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations were differentiated based on genetic research (seed protein analysis) and plant community research. The first group consists of Scots pine populations on Sargan (FMU ?Sargan?) and on Tara (FMU ?Kaluderske Bare?), where the forests belong to the community of Scots pine and Austrian pine (Pinetum sylvestris-nigrae Pavlovic 1951). The second group covers the localities Stolovi (FMU ?Radocelo-Crepuljnik?) and Zlatar (FMU ?Zlatar I?), where the forests belong to the community of Scots pine and spruce (Piceo abietis-Pinetum sylvestris Stefanovic 1960). The third group comprises the Scots pine population on Pester (FMU ?Dubocica-Bare?) which belongs to the community of Scots pine with erica (Erico-Pinetum sylvestris Stefanovic 1963). Cluster analysis was performed on the basis of seed protein data and showed that there are three groups of Scots pine populations. The three populations coincide with plant communities. The community of Scots pine with erica (Erico-Pinetum sylvestris Stefanovic 1963) recorded on Pester at the locality ?Dubocica- Bare? in the area of FE ?Golija? Ivanjica, is a special Scots pine population displayed at the greatest distance from all other populations in the cluster analysis dendrogram.

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