scholarly journals Doubling The Past Hypothesis: Observations On Two Nonstandard Third Conditionals

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Nadina Cehan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Form ◽  
Small Study ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
The Past ◽  
Geographical Spread ◽  
Past Hypothesis

Abstract The paper briefly looks at two nonstandard conditional constructions, if [Su] had have [pp] and if [Su] would have [pp], which present anomalous components. Various works mentioning them have been analysed, leading to the conclusion that the forms have not been treated seriously or exhaustively. Following a small study which tries to establish their spread in the language, the paper concludes that some questions remain unanswered, such as whether the constructions can be characterised according to their geographical spread, their exact vernacular status, and to what extent they may coexist alongside the standard form in a person’s idiolect.

Economic Reforms in Jamaica

1996 ◽  
Vol 38 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Danielson
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
The Political ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Slow Response ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
The Past

AbstractThis paper briefly discusses the economic reforms that have taken place in Jamaica for the past 15 years and argues that the reforms, at least so far, are mixed, particularly with regard to the elimination of poverty. The basic problems are (1) a slow response of exports to large, frequent adjustments in the exchange rate, which prohibits low-wage labor, in the informal sector, from being absorbed into the formal sector; and (2) the large budget deficit, with the associated demands for large cuts in expenditures, which primarily affects the rural poor. It is suggested that the principal reason that reforms have been slow is because of the political price to be paid for unpopular measures in a competitive democracy

Cosmic inflation and the past hypothesis

Synthese ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 162 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-165
Author(s):  
Peter Mark Ainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Inflation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Hypothesis

Public Safety Implementation of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Photogrammetric Mapping of Crash Scenes

2019 ◽  
Vol 2673 (7) ◽  
pp. 567-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Bullock ◽  
Robert Hainje ◽  
Ayman Habib ◽  
Deborah Horton ◽  
Darcy M. Bullock
Keyword(s):  
Public Safety ◽  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
The Past ◽  
Squared Error ◽  
Aerial Systems ◽  
Terrestrial Photogrammetry

Terrestrial photogrammetry using acquired images by a hand-held camera has been used for several years to map crash scene geometry. More recently, photogrammetric reconstruction from acquired images by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been proposed for crash scene mapping. Over the past year, the Tippecanoe County Sherriff’s Office has participated in three workshops with Purdue University, applied these skills in two training mass casualty exercises, and independently mapped five crash scenes in June and July 2018. This paper briefly reviews the training sessions, mass casualty exercises, and five crash scenes mapped by Tippecanoe County Sherriff’s deputies. The paper presents a comparison of both traditional ground-based and UAS-based photogrammetric mapping for two crashes in July 2018. The UAS procedures described in this paper are quite similar to current ground-based photogrammetric mapping. The UAS-based photogrammetric mapping derived measurements from eight identified crash scene markers and key features were found to be within 0.29 ft of field tape measurements, or with 0.4% or less relative error and a root mean squared error of 0.12 ft. We believe this paper will become important documentation in the literature that will provide public safety agencies with performance data to support their deliberation in investing in this new technology.

scholarly journals Trends in the development of psychiatric services in India

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Isaac
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
The Past ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Centres ◽  
Health Centres

Over the past five decades, services for the mentally ill in India have steadily improved. From a predominantly mental hospital based service, provision has now moved to general hospitals and primary health centres. A variety of factors have contributed to changes in the quality of services. This paper briefly reviews the changes and discusses the relevance of some of them.

A New Approach to Digital Process Control

1976 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 315-319
Author(s):  
K. R. R. Bowden
Keyword(s):  
Process Control ◽  
Digital Control ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Technical Conference ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eastern Usa ◽  
Process Plants

In recent years, the application of digital computers to process control has been shown to have real advantages over the traditional analogue (electronic and pneumatic) techniques. However, there have often been severe practical difficulties which prevented the achievement of these advantages, and which have slowed down the acceptance of digital control, particularly for smaller systems. This paper briefly discusses the advantages, then examines the potential problems, of digital control. Then follows a description of a new system which is shown to provide most of the advantages of digital control, whilst avoiding the mysteries and difficulties which have been so common in the past. The author, Dr Romilly Bowden, was the prime operator in the early design, and in the subsequent development both in England and America, of the Diogenes project on which this article is based. The classical name for the process controller was coined, rather whimsically, at an impromptu technical conference somewhere over the eastern USA. The constant reference to diodes (as programming devices, mostly) evoked the response “It's positively diogenous!” (ie, full of diodes). From this it required very little to produce the name of the ancient Greek philosopher. Despite the high-flying etymology, in down-to-earth terms, systems are operating successfully in a variety of American process plants, and work is in hand for further systems in Europe.

scholarly journals The Great Wall: Urca Cooling Layers in the Accreted NS Crust

2018 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 04004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zach Meisel
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Beta Decay ◽  
Dense Matter ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
The Past ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Urca Process ◽  
Great Wall

Accreting neutron stars host a number of astronomical observables which can be used to infer the properties of the underlying dense matter. These observables are sensitive to the heating and cooling processes taking place in the accreted neutron star (NS) crust. Within the past few years it has become apparent that electron-capture/beta-decay (urca) cycles can operate within the NS crust at high temperatures. Layers of nuclei undergoing urca cycling can create a thermal barrier, or Great Wall, between heating occurring deep in the crust and the regions above the urca layers. This paper briefly reviews the urca process and the implications for observables from accreting neutron stars.

scholarly journals International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOS) and Their Impact on The Democratization of Developing Countries: The Case of Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saied Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Conference Proceedings ◽  
Standard Form ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
End Of History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Impact

The paper examines the impact of INGOs on the democratization of developing countries. Following the ‘end of history,’ the INGOs multiplied globally, and the number of aids to developing countries was given through them in billions of dollars in the past three decades. It is envisaged that with the increase in their population, the developing countries will be better off with a standard form of living that is attributable to standard democratization. However, despite the billions of dollars spent, the citizens of the developing countries are still worse in poverty, poor leadership, and corruption. On the contrary, some countries, including Nigeria, are threatening legislation that will curtail the INGOs, sighting their opacity and lack of tangible results as reasons. The research used Nigeria as a case study to analyze the methods, approaches, and the capacity of these INGOs and how they affect the democratization of their host countries. Through a review of existing records, non-participatory observations, and reviews of conference proceedings. The paper analyzed the parallel gaps that exist by arguing that, taking a broad, multi-disciplinary method from the various works of literature studied will provide essential conceptual and practical insights that can inform current debates.

scholarly journals The October 2019 Protests in Lebanon: Between Contention and Reproduction

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Noëlle Abiyaghi ◽  
Léa Yammine
Keyword(s):  
Power Sharing ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Geographical Spread ◽  
The Social ◽  
Longitudinal Approach ◽  
Political Structures

The Lebanese power sharing consociational system has structurally engendered recurring protest cycles: student mobilisations, labour and union mobilising, left-wing collectives, as well as a more routinised associative sector. In a long temporality, and looking at these movements in a longitudinal approach, changes they appear to be seeking appear to be marginal or quite limited, which may lead to the observation that contentious movements play the role of mere relief outlet within the system they are challenging, hence, contributing to the permanence of the social and political structures they are challenging. The past year has witnessed the emergence of a mobilisation cycle in the country that displays a continuity with previous forms of organising, although unprecedented in terms of its geographical spread over the territory. To understand how this current protest cycle unfolds, its dynamics, and limits, we propose to consider how social actors “move” in a contested, competitive, ever-shifting and evolving arena, rather than a homogeneous one. We rely on a three-fold conceptual approach that focuses on the analysis of the interactions and dynamics between actors, and the strategies they employ: persuasion, coercion, and retribution.

LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 2000

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
J. Fahey ◽  
D. Perks
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Competition Policy ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Work Program ◽  
The Past ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Production Industry

This paper briefly describes a number of legal developments in 2000 which may be of significance to participants in the petroleum exploration and production industry.There has been a number of varied legal developments in this field during the past year, and this paper is not an exhaustive account of all of them. Instead, an attempt has been made to provide an overview of selected developments during 2000 which are noteworthy. With this mind, this paper deals with the following matters:prospective East Timorese independence and the Timor Gap Treaty (focussing on practical arrangements);changes to the work program bidding system;commencement of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Legislation Amendment Act No 1 2000 (Cth);review of federal and state petroleum (submerged lands) legislation against competition policy principles;commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth);reform of petroleum legislation in South Australia and Queensland; andgreenhouse reforms.In respect of the matters noted above, we have attempted to outline the implications for participants in the petroleum exploration and production industry.

EPCM contracting: clearing the minefield

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Julie Whitehead ◽  
Karen Walters
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Standard Form ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Risk Allocation ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Optimum Performance ◽  
The Past

The past year has seen a downturn in the number of new mining and infrastructure projects in Australia. Despite that, the authors are noticing a continuation of the trend towards a greater use of engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) style contracting. The increased use of EPCM contracts is in part due to projects becoming larger and more complex. As these projects can only be delivered by multiple contractors who all seek to limit their liability, the EPCM contract offers a useful framework for coordinating and managing those contractors, and maximising the owner’s recourse to them. This is particularly so in the oil and gas industry, with many projects using this form of project delivery. As there is no standard-form EPCM contract, however, and given the complex technical nature of these types of projects, negotiating an EPCM contract can be fraught with danger, especially for owners who may not have used this style of contract before. This paper discusses the unique characteristics of the EPCM contract (particularly in contrast to the engineering, procurement and construction style contract), the typical risk allocation, and the creative use of compensation and incentive regimes to drive optimum performance. The EPCM model is not suited to all projects, but if it is appropriately negotiated and drafted, and is well managed by an appropriately skilled and resourced owner’s team, it can provide a platform for excellence in project delivery.

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