scholarly journals Suburbanisation characteristics in the vicinity of Riga after transition

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Toms Skadins ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand

After the fall of socialism, the most pronounced changes in the spatial structure of the population have been caused by suburbanisation. These changes have been especially notable since the end of the transition period. Therefore, the aim of this research was to characterise the features of suburbanisation in the vicinity of Rīga after transition. Characteristics of suburbanisation were analysed based on the share of and number of people moving out of Rīga among all people moving. This was done for two periods – 2000 to 2011, and 2011 to 2019 – “the second of which has been less studied. The results showed that there were significant differences between the three share groups – a high proportion often went hand in hand with a large number of suburbanites. On the other hand, the differences between agglomeration and non-agglomeration areas were less clear-cut, as there were significant differences in the number of people previously living in Rīga and its changes, while there were no significant differences in the share for the first stage and share changes.

scholarly journals From reflex to reflection: Moving from the space of causes to the space of reasons and back

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 681-693
Author(s):  
Ariel Furstenberg
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Space Of Reasons ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Simple Picture

AbstractThis article proposes to narrow the gap between the space of reasons and the space of causes. By articulating the standard phenomenology of reasons and causes, we investigate the cases in which the clear-cut divide between reasons and causes starts to break down. Thus, substituting the simple picture of the relationship between the space of reasons and the space of causes with an inverted and complex one, in which reasons can have a causal-like phenomenology and causes can have a reason-like phenomenology. This is attained by focusing on “swift reasoned actions” on the one hand, and on “causal noisy brain mechanisms” on the other hand. In the final part of the article, I show how an analogous move, that of narrowing the gap between one’s normative framework and the space of reasons, can be seen as an extension of narrowing the gap between the space of causes and the space of reasons.

NEW DESCRIPTIONS OF LARVAE OF FOREST INSECTS: SEMIOTHISA, DYSMIGIA (LEPIDOPTERA, GEOMETRIDAE)

1947 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. C. McGuffin
Keyword(s):  
Transition Period ◽  
Larval Instar ◽  
Larval Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Forest Insects ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Larval Moult

Some geometrid larvae exhibit dimorphism in colour. Several interesting observations of this phenomenon were made during the study of larvae of the species, Semiothisa sexmaculata Pack., Dysmigia loricaria Evers., and Nepytia canosaria Wlk.In these observations, certain points stand out. Although larvae of S. sexmaculata are always green until they reach the last instar, both brown and green phases occur in that stage. After the last larval moult, a transition period of approximately two days is required for larvae to acquire the colouring of the brown phase. On the other hand, specimens of D. loricaria may pass their entire larval period in either a brown or a green phase (as do the larvae of N. canosaria, descriptions of which may be found in Can. Ent. 75: 186-189) or they may change (as do some larvae of S. sexmaculata) from the green phase to the brown phase in the last larval instar. For Dysmigia larvae to undergo this transformation, approximately three days are required.

Early Bantu Ethnography from a Philological Point of View

Africa ◽  
1930 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. v. Warmelo
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Bantu Languages ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Compact Body ◽  
The One ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphFew of the secrets that Africa still holds from us to-day have, I think, such an absorbing interest as the problem of Bantu in its relation to the neighbouring families and types of speech. Taking the continent of Africa as a whole, we find on the one hand the huge, yet marvellously homogeneous and compact body of the Bantu languages, clear-cut in structure, simple and transparent in phonology, and, at the back of much apparent diversity, exceptionally uniform in vocabulary. On the other hand there are in Africa numerous other languages of various type, which differ so much amongst each other that they have not yet been brought under any but the very broadest of classifications. The essential points of these are as follows.

scholarly journals The Insanity Defence: How Do We Handle Doubt?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-77
Author(s):  
Randi Rosenqvist
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legal Definition ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Criminal Insanity ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Legal Sense

This paper discusses how the legal definition of criminal insanity has been altered several times in the Norwegian criminal law, most recently in June 2019. There are difficulties in communicating between psychiatric experts, legal experts, and lay judges, since the description and understanding of psychotic cognition as well as the definition of legal terms are not equally understood. Not all insanity cases are clear-cut. The Norwegian forensic experts must not conclude that the charged person is considered ‘psychotic’ in the legal sense if they are not clinically sure of this. The courts, on the other hand, must not conclude that a person is ‘sane’ if there is doubt about this. This paper discusses how there is little practical knowledge of how experts and courts handle such doubts, and highlights the lack of discussion of these questions in the legal sources.

Bacon's Imperialism

1958 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 470-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard B. White
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Other ◽  
Francis Bacon ◽  
The Political ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
New Atlantis

To understand the political philosophy of Francis Bacon, or what he tried to do in political philosophy, one must make the clear-cut distinction he saw, I believe, between a provisional and a definitive political teaching. The latter, which he put chiefly in the New Atlantis and the De Sapientia Veterum, could be but imperfectly explored, because man could only build a final political teaching out of an as yet unconstructed natural philosophy. The former, on the other hand, could be known and conveyed with some precision. It was to serve the purpose of furnishing a temporary station for mankind, one that would be liveable and even comfortable as a dwelling place, and one that would at the same time, permit philosophy or science its own discovery of something better. Of the provisional political order, as Bacon saw it, there were three pillars: crown, church, and empire. The imperial pillar is certainly the most important to him of the three, and its construction required a greater boldness than the construction of either of the others.

Locative Complements of Verbs of Movement in Czech

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 87-113
Author(s):  
Marta Ungermanová
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The One ◽  
Syntactic Properties ◽  
Made In

This paper describes the syntactic properties of three types of locative complements in Czech that are compatible with verbs of movement. The distinction between these complements (each with its own interpretation) is made in the first place on the basis of several formal criteria (in particular, involving the rich Czech morphology), and, in addition, on semantic criteria. It is examined whether there exists sufficient correspondence between these criteria, and in particular, to what extent they can satisfactorily classify locative complements into essential and circumstantial ones. It is shown that there is no clear-cut distinction between these two categories of locative complements with Czech movement verbs. Furthermore, the syntactic role of the locative complements is shown to depend mainly on the verb, but also on other elements of the sentence. Finally, on the basis of several examples, it is argued that, on the one hand, the form of the complement does not predict its syntactic role and interpretation and, on the other hand, that two different forms can share the same syntactic role and interpretation.

scholarly journals Natural regeneration at different microclimatic sites in Zatec region

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 441-450
Author(s):  
I. Kupka
Keyword(s):  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Site Type ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Seedling Biomass

Natural regeneration is an important part of close-to-nature forestry. However, natural regeneration also has either natural or technological limits. Among the most important natural limits are a low sum of precipitation and site type. The study concentrates on Žatec region where the long term average sum of precipitation is only 440–450 mm per year. Dry periods during the vegetation time are quite frequent. The study was conducted on clear cut area, stand edge, shelterwood area and stand interior. The results showed the highest population densities in a shelterwood system, the lowest in the stand interior. On the other hand, the dry seedling biomass is lower for seedlings from shelterwood area than from clear cut area.

How Measurable Is Success?

1969 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-524
Author(s):  
Chester H. Bartoo
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
The Other ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Is Success ◽  
The Public ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand

The general public wants "success" or "failure" defined in black or white terms. The physical sciences offer universally clear-cut definitions, formulas, and criteria by which their "suc cess" can be appraised; on the other hand, the behavioral sci ences are equivocal and the public, bewildered, questions the truth of the claimed "successes." Correction, in particular, must embark on research that will formalize and measure the authen ticity of its "successes."

Virtuous Caution

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Doostdar
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One

This chapter shows that Shiʻi scholars approach the occult with virtuous caution. The cautious sensibility adopted by some Shiʻi jurists is rooted, on the one hand, in appreciation of the many risks of engaging with the occult. On the other hand, it is based on an understanding that the boundaries between licit and illicit modes of occult practice and the criteria by which virtuous practitioners of the occult are to be distinguished from charlatans are not clear-cut. Virtuous caution allows one to take part in the occult's murky realm and to enjoy certain benefits from it without succumbing to its perils. The chapter considers some of the dangers associated with the occult, including one that has to do with the sociality of sorcery and rumor.

Large Shift in Brightness Induced by Motion in Context

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Wook Hong
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
The Other ◽  
Stationary Object ◽  
Large Shift ◽  
Visual Objects ◽  
Other Hand

Brightness of an object is not determined solely by physical intensity of light reflected from the object, but it is also affected by spatial structure of the surrounding light. In the new brightness illusion introduced by Hong and Kang, on the other hand, brightness of a stationary object can be greatly altered by the presence of another object that is moving around the stationary one. This novel brightness illusion sheds light on the question of how interaction among visual objects affects their appearance. This chapter discusses these concepts, including possible neural mechanisms, and explores implications for other illusions, including motion-induced blindness, among others.

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