scholarly journals Ethnically homogeneous settlements in ethnically heterogeneous environment

2014 ◽  
pp. 411-419
Author(s):  
Ivan Marinkovic
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Heterogeneous Environment ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Ethnic Affiliation ◽  
Albanian Population ◽  
Ethnic Homogeneity ◽  
The Republic

Ethnic homogeneity of settlements, or in other words, formation of ethnically homogeneous settlements in ethnically heterogeneous environment, such as Vojvodina, as well as the regions of Raska and Pcinja, is the issue which will be discussed in this paper. The analysis involves total population according to their ethnic affiliation (the 2011 Census), at the level of settlements. The estimates on the number of Albanian population at the level of settlements were made for the needs of this paper considering the fact that the census was not successful on the entire territory of the Republic because the ethnic Albanian boycotted it. Spatial distribution analysis and the determination of majority of population at the level of settlements represent the research focus of the paper. Furthermore, the aim of this paper was to point out certain ethnic characteristics of Serbian population (excluding Kosovo and Metohija), with the emphasis on the continuous trend of increasing number of people who do not want to declare their ethnic affiliation.

scholarly journals Enterprise ownership patterns in the least developed districts of Slovakia

Equilibrium ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 807-838
Author(s):  
Marek Csabay ◽  
Zuzana Vincúrová ◽  
Milan Stoch ◽  
Beáta Stehlíková
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Country Case Study ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Individual Ownership

Research background: The literature overview shows a blank space regarding the effects of ownership on the determination of enterprises' spatial distribution. Various papers identify differences between determinants of the spatial distribution of foreign direct investments, exporters in foreign ownership, and domestically owned exporters; however, they mostly agree on the role of big cities, economic centres, and state of infrastructure as well as historical patterns. Purpose of the article: The article focuses on the spatial distribution analysis of enterprise units from their owner's perspective on the empirical evidence from all 79 districts of the Slovak Republic. Special attention is given to the category of the least developed districts. Methods: Within the presented article, the authors investigate the characteristics of the regional spatial distribution of business entities concerning standard ownership categories using the cluster analysis. The presented approach is twofold: firstly, the authors investigate the share of individual ownership types on the district level, and secondly, the number of enterprises by ownership categories is adjusted to 100,000 inhabitants. Cluster analysis and methods of spatial statistics are applied in both approaches. Findings & value added: The main results show a relation between the district's inclusion into the group of the least developed districts and enterprise ownership characteristics in these districts mainly through the relative underrepresentation of the secluded inland, foreign and international types of ownership, as well as their geographical clustering. The results of the presented research can be used in policy-making targeting business activity in underdeveloped districts. At the same time, the results provide basis for limited theoretical generalisations based on a single-country case study with regard to principles of business ownership structures development.

scholarly journals Spatial structure of Globularia bisnagarica L. (Plantaginaceae, Magnoliopsida) coenopopulations

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
A. O. Kondratieva ◽  
A. S. Parkhomenko ◽  
A. V. Bogoslov ◽  
I. V. Shilova ◽  
A. S. Kashin
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Interspecific Competition ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Bromus Inermis ◽  
Statistical Computing ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Elytrigia Repens ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Aggregation Tendency

The paper presents the results of the spatial distribution analysis of 18 Globularia bisnagarica L. coenopopulations in the Saratov, Samara, Ulyanovsk and Orenburg regions and the Republic of Tatarstan. The analysis was carried out with the Spatstat package of the R environment for statistical computing. The research reveals an aggregation tendency for the G. bisnagarica coenopopulations. It is suggested that this tendency may be attributed to the prevalence of seed reproduction and certain peculiarities of dissemination (barochory) in the studied coenopopulations as well as to the confinement of the species to eroded landforms (slopes of watersheds, gullies, runoff hollows, etc.) characterized by high heterogeneity of environmental conditions. It has been established that the majority of G. bisnagarica coenopopulations grow in heavily or moderately sodded habitats. Nevertheless, in the studied communities, G. bisnagarica occurs abundantly and dominates along with Stipa pennata, Bromus inermis, Salvia nutans, Elytrigia repens, Poa compressa, etc. Finally, the spatial structure of G. bisnagarica coenopopulations is impacted by the interspecific competition in calciphilous phytocenoses under the invasion of eurybiontic steppe grasses.

scholarly journals TRACKING VIOLATIONS IN VISUAL RESOURCES IN THE LANDSCAPE OF ASVEJA REGIONAL PARK

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Jelena Vaitkevičienė ◽  
Aušra Kumetaitienė
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Visual Observation ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Landscape Protection

Research on landscape stability of regional parks, the status and conditions of the objects and attributes of natural and cultural heritage serve a significant contribution to the survey of the properties of the national heritage possessed in the preserved areas of the Republic of Lithuania. The objective of this article is the analysis of visual landscape resources of Asveja Regional Park in terms of the current state and conditions, changes and modifications within territorial sites as well as with regard to the accumulation and concentration of the objects, their scope and extent. It is possible to assess the efficiency and expediency of an environmental impact taking into consideration research observations. The area of Asveja Regional Park significant for an intense anthropogenic environmental impact and defined in monitoring data sheets and records of Asveja Regional Park referring to 2005–2010 has been selected. Monitoring has been carried out by the Authority of Asveja Regional Park according to the Lithuanian State Environmental Monitoring Program. In order to solve the conflict between society and the environment, the project preconditioned by the use of natural resources and the preservation of valuable objects has been developed. Study on landscape monitoring has been carried out at the local level. It has been fixed within the selected territories, namely, standardised reference sites chosen on the basis of the geosystem and targeted on geophysical–geochemical sensitivity and technogenization with preference for the analysis of the most vulnerable geopotencial territories, i.e. nature reservations, protected areas, shores and the coastlines of lakes providing a wide range of recreational potential. Natural and cultural heritage objects violating regulations on requirements for landscape preservation have been observed in the determined standardized areas as visual resources of the regional park landscape. In order to determine the territorial dispersion of the infringements of requirements for landscape protection, the authors have performed a spatial distribution analysis of visual observation targets calculating nuclear or kernel density. Weight points of requirements for the items violating landscape protection have been attributed thus considering the monetary value of the prescribed fines (following regulations on the specific type of the caused damage). The analysis of the study on specified spatial distribution has been accomplished involving some groups of objects violating requirements for landscape protection. Within the conducted research, the authors investigated the targets that violated requirements for landscape protection and made use of the recorded data. The available findings derive a conclusion that a major part of infringements are considered as recreation violations (40%); violations in usage, trespassing, visiting forests and woodlands (5%) comprise a minor part. In general, the greatest accumulation of infringements are determined to be located in the western and south-eastern part of Asveja Regional Park where their intensity exceeds more than 6 times the concentration of infringements in other investigated areas and territories.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Spatial Distribution Analysis of Attributes of Rock Joints Using Geomathematical Methods.

1996 ◽  
Vol 112 (13) ◽  
pp. 907-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuaki KOIKE ◽  
Yoshifumi NOGUCHI ◽  
Hiroshi IWASAKI ◽  
Katsuhiko KANEKO
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Rock Joints ◽  
Distribution Analysis

Niche Sharing in Intertidal Mollusks and Decapods in Rocky Shore of Easter Island

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-422
Author(s):  
P. De los Ríos ◽  
E. Ibáñez Arancibia
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Negative Binomial Distribution ◽  
Binomial Distribution ◽  
Rocky Shore ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Null Model ◽  
Easter Island ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Field Works

Abstract The coastal marine ecosystems in Easter Island have been poorly studied, and the main studies were isolated species records based on scientific expeditions. The aim of the present study is to apply a spatial distribution analysis and niche sharing null model in published data on intertidal marine gastropods and decapods in rocky shore in Easter Island based in field works in 2010, and published information from CIMAR cruiser in 2004. The field data revealed the presence of decapods Planes minutus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793), whereas it was observed the gastropods Nodilittorina pyramidalis pascua Rosewater, 1970 and Nerita morio (G. B. Sowerby I., 1833). The available information revealed the presence of more species in data collected in 2004 in comparison to data collected in 2010, with one species markedly dominant in comparison to the other species. The spatial distribution of species reported in field works revealed that P. minutus and N. morio have aggregated pattern and negative binomial distribution, L. variegatus had uniform pattern with binomial distribution, and finally N. pyramidalis pascua, in spite of aggregated distribution pattern, had not negative binomial distribution. Finally, the results of null model revealed that the species reported did not share ecological niche due to competition absence. The results would agree with other similar information about littoral and sub-littoral fauna for Easter Island.

HADIS KURAIB DALAM KONSEP RUKYATUL HILAL

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muslih Husein
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
The Earth ◽  
New Moon ◽  
The Republic

Hisab dan rukyat, hakikatnya, adalah cara untuk mengetahui pergantian bulan. Kajian ini memperlihatkan beberapa temuan. Pertama, korelasi antara hadis Kuraib dan terjadinya perbedaan penetapan awal Ramadan, Syawal, dan Dzul Hijjah di Indonesia. Kementerian Agama Republik Indonesia telah menetapkan bahwa Indonesia secara keseluruhan menjadi satu wilayah hukum (wilayatul hukmi). Kedua, tentang keberhasilan rukyat al-hilal di satu kawasan yang diberlakukan bagi kawasan lain di muka bumi. Perlu diketahui bersama bahwa visibilitas pertama hilal tidak meliputi seluruh muka bumi pada hari yang sama, melainkan membelahnya menjadi dua bagian: (1) bagian sebelah Barat yang dapat melihat hilal dan (2) bagian sebelah Timur yang tidak dapat melihat hilal.Hisab and rukyat is a way to know the turn of the month. This study shows several findings. First is the correlation between Kuraib traditions and differences in the determination of the beginning of Ramadan, Shawwal, and Dhul-Hijjah in Indonesia. Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia has stated that Indonesia as a whole into a single jurisdiction (wilayatul hukmi). Second, on the success rukyat alhilal in one area that applied to other regions of earth. Important to know that the first visibility of the new moon does not cover the entire face of the earth on the same day, but splitting it into two parts: (1) part of the West to see the new moon, and (2) part of the East were not able to see the new moon.

scholarly journals Quantitative Determination of the Surface Distribution of Supported Metal Nanoparticles: A Laser Ablation–ICP–MS Based Approach

Chemosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Davide Spanu ◽  
Gilberto Binda ◽  
Marcello Marelli ◽  
Laura Rampazzi ◽  
Sandro Recchia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Quantitative Determination ◽  
Metal Nanoparticles ◽  
Total Mass ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Metal Extraction ◽  
Ms Analysis ◽  
Icp Ms

A laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) based method is proposed for the quantitative determination of the spatial distribution of metal nanoparticles (NPs) supported on planar substrates. The surface is sampled using tailored ablation patterns and the data are used to define three-dimensional functions describing the spatial distribution of NPs. The volume integrals of such interpolated surfaces are calibrated to obtain the mass distribution of Ag NPs by correlation with the total mass of metal as determined by metal extraction and ICP–MS analysis. Once this mass calibration is carried out on a sacrificial sample, quantifications can be performed over multiple samples by a simple micro-destructive LA–ICP–MS analysis without requiring the extraction/dissolution of metal NPs. The proposed approach is here tested using a model sample consisting of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) disk decorated with silver NPs, achieving high spatial resolution over cm2-sized samples and very high sensitivity. The developed method is accordingly a useful analytical tool for applications requiring both the total mass and the spatial distribution of metal NPs to be determined without damaging the sample surface (e.g., composite functional materials and NPs, decorated catalysts or electrodic materials).

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