scholarly journals Fictive Deixis, Direct Discourse, and Viewpoint Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Dancygier
Keyword(s):  
Composite Structure ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Direct Discourse ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Mental Spaces ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Tight Correlation ◽  
Speech Situation

This paper proposes a renewed and more textured understanding of the relation between deixis and direct discourse, grounded in a broader range of genres and reflecting contemporary multimodal usage. I re-consider the phenomena covered by the concept of deixis in connection to the speech situation, and, by extension, to the category of Direct Discourse, in its various functions. I propose an understanding of Direct Discourse as a construction which is a correlate of Deictic Ground. Relying on Mental Spaces Theory and the apparatus it makes available for a close analysis of viewpoint networks, I analyze examples from a range of discourse genres - textual, visual and multimodal, such as literature, political campaigns, internet memes and storefront signs. These discourse contexts use Direct Discourse Constructions but usually lack a fully profiled Deictic Ground. I propose that in such cases the Deictic Ground is not a pre-existing conceptual structure, but rather is set up ad hoc to construe non-standard uses of Direct Discourse–I refer to such construals as Fictive Deictic Grounds. In that context, I propose a re-consideration of the concept of Direct Discourse, to explain its tight correlation with the concept of deixis. I also argue for a treatment of Deictic Ground as a composite structure, which may not be fully profiled in each case, while participating in the construction of viewpoint configurations.

Advancing the Agenda of the Confederation of Trade Unions on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in the World of Work in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Atnike Nova Sigiro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Set Up

<p>This article was formulated based on interviews with 5 (five) trade union confederations from a number of confederations in Indonesia, namely: Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Nasional (KSPN), Konfederasi Sarikat Buruh Muslimin Indonesia (KSarbumusi), Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (KSBSI), Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia (KSPI), and Konfederasi Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia (KKASBI). This article seeks to explore the efforts made by the trade union confederation in promoting gender equality - specifically in advancing the agenda for the prevention and elimination of sexual violence in the world of work. This article was compiled based on research with a qualitative approach, with data collection methods through interviews and literature studies. The results of this study found that the confederations interviewed had already set up internal structures that have specific functions on issues related to gender equality, gender-based violence, and women’s empowerment; although still limited and on ad-hoc basis. This research also finds that the role of the trade union confederation is particularly prominent in advocating policies related to sexual violence and gender-based violence in the world of work, such as advocating the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence, and the ratification of the ILO Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment.</p>

scholarly journals Transient climate simulations of the deglaciation 21–9 thousand years before present; PMIP4 Core experiment design and boundary conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 9045-9102 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Ivanovic ◽  
L. J. Gregoire ◽  
M. Kageyama ◽  
D. M. Roche ◽  
P. J. Valdes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Before Present ◽  
Last Deglaciation ◽  
Transient Simulations ◽  
The Last Deglaciation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Core Simulation

Abstract. The last deglaciation, which marked the transition between the last glacial and present interglacial periods, was punctuated by a series of rapid (centennial and decadal) climate changes. Numerical climate models are useful for investigating mechanisms that underpin the events, especially now that some of the complex models can be run for multiple millennia. We have set up a Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) working group to coordinate efforts to run transient simulations of the last deglaciation, and to facilitate the dissemination of expertise between modellers and those engaged with reconstructing the climate of the last 21 thousand years. Here, we present the design of a coordinated Core simulation over the period 21–9 thousand years before present (ka) with time varying orbital forcing, greenhouse gases, ice sheets, and other geographical changes. A choice of two ice sheet reconstructions is given, but no ice sheet or iceberg meltwater should be prescribed in the Core simulation. Additional focussed simulations will also be coordinated on an ad-hoc basis by the working group, for example to investigate the effect of ice sheet and iceberg meltwater, and the uncertainty in other forcings. Some of these focussed simulations will focus on shorter durations around specific events to allow the more computationally expensive models to take part.

scholarly journals Torsion-shear behaviour at the interfaces of rigid interlocking blocks in masonry assemblages: experimental investigation and analytical approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Casapulla ◽  
Elham Mousavian ◽  
Luca Argiento ◽  
Carla Ceraldi ◽  
Katalin Bagi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Pure Shear ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Shear Behaviour ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Shear Failures ◽  
Set Up ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Analytical Approaches

AbstractIncreasing interest has recently been devoted to interlocking blocks/interfaces capable to enhance the sliding resistance of masonry joints to external forces. In this framework, this paper deals with the assessment of the torsion-shear capacity of the contact interface between the lock and the main body of an interlocking block, assumed to have a cohesive behaviour. The interlocking block is a rigid unit which, on its faces, have square cuboidal locks keeping the adjacent/overlapped blocks together and preventing blocks from sliding. Two numerical approaches and a novel ad hoc experimental investigation are proposed to simulate the torsion-shear behaviour by applying eccentrical shear forces to the lock. First, concave, convex and corrected concave formulations provided by the literature for assemblages of rigid blocks with conventional planar joints are extended to model the interlocking block behaviour. Then, according to a second approach based on the discrete element method, the concave-shaped interlocking block is modelled by convex polyhedrons representing the lock and the main body of the block, considered as individual rigid units stacked over each other with a cohesive contact in between. A novel experimental investigation on the limiting pure shear and torsion-shear combinations at the lock interface made of cohesive material is also presented. Two different mortars were chosen to make the specimens, which were casted using 3D printed moulds, and different test configurations were set up to simulate shear and torsion-shear failures. The analytical and numerical results are compared with each other and against the experimental ones, with interesting remarks on the application of the different approaches.

scholarly journals Le tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda - La justice trahie (Note)

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-840
Author(s):  
John Philpot
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Military Intervention ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Real Issue ◽  
Set Up

On November 8,1994, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted Resolution 955 creating an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to judge individuals responsible for violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1994. In its form and structure, the Tribunal does not respect basic legal requirements required of a tribunal set up in international law. Us mandate - limited in time, in scope of potential indictment, and in jurisdiction to violations of international humanitarian law - mil prevent any light from being shed on the real issue raised by the Rwandan conflict, namely that of armed military intervention in Rwanda from Uganda. It will likely lead to the reinforcement of a one-sided view of the crisis in Rwanda and legitimate further unilateral interventionist policies in Africa and elsewhere. The Tribunal will institutionalize the de facto impunity for the members and supporters of the present government of Rwanda who undoubtedly committed many serious crimes between October 1, 1990 and the present.

scholarly journals Multifunctional Interactive Furniture for Smart Cities

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (19) ◽  
pp. 1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oihane Gómez-Carmona ◽  
Diego Casado-Mansilla ◽  
Diego López-de-Ipiña
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Multimodal Interaction ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right

The adaptation of cities to a future in which connectivity is at the service of the citizens will be a reality by creating interaction spaces and augmented urban areas. The research on this field falls within the scope of Smart Cities (SC) with the advantages that the common public spaces provide as new points for information exchange between the city, the urban furniture and their citizens. Kiosk systems have been recognized as an appropriate mean for providing event-aware and localized information to the right audience at the right time. Hence, in this article, we provide a vision of an eco-system of multifunctional urban furniture, where kiosks are part of them, designed not only for digital interaction but for sustainable use and symbolic integration into the urban environment as well. The proposed approach is conceived to drive services through digital urban nodes that facilitate tailored citizen-city communication and interaction. The central element of the designed platform consists on an intelligent digital kiosk which features a series of hardware and software components for sensing different environmental conditions, multimodal interaction with users and for conveying the captured data to the Cloud. The custom-based contents visualized to the users are controlled remotely through a management tool that allows to set-up and configure the digital kiosk. This system is not presented as an ad-hoc solution for one specific purpose but instead, it becomes a platform that can accommodate and solve the needs of every kind of user that populates urban shared-use spaces.

scholarly journals Set Up and Testing of a Software Package for the Geodetic Analysis of VLBI Data +

1984 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 375-376
Author(s):  
A. Caporali ◽  
G. Sylos Labini
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Computational Effort ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Batch Mode ◽  
Time Interaction ◽  
Intrinsic Complexity ◽  
Vlbi Data ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Graphic Program

The need for centimetric accuracies set by the application of the VLBI technique to geodesy implies a considerable computational effort, because of the intrinsic complexity of the model and because there is an increasingly large number of calibrations and corrections which can be accounted for only via software. The program VLBI 3 (Robertson, 1975) has been developed for the geodetic and astrometric analysis of VLBI data. It includes an accurate theoretical model of the observables and is supported by a number of routines for parameter fitting and input/output operations with data and results. The original VAX version of VLBI 3, due to N. Bartel and M.I. Ratner, runs in batch mode and requires routines which are in general unavailable in standard VAX systems. We have prepared (Caporali and Sylos Labini, 1982) a modified VAX version of VLBI 3. This version runs on our standard VAX/VMS computers and contains a number of changes in the FORTRAN source which allow to the user a real time interaction with the program. In addition, having a Tektronix graphic station at our disposal, we decided to replace the existing plot package - which used the line printer - with a “ad hoc” graphic program which permits interactive display of the results of each run of VLBI 3. Our work was mostly concerned with the input/output sections of VLBI 3. The theorical model of the VLBI observables has, for the moment, been left unchanged. We have, however, noticed that the theorical model could be updated and made more precise, e.g. in the computation of the nutation terms and of the aberration. This updating and a more extensive geodetic and astrometric analysis of VLBI data are planned to be done next.

scholarly journals A Novel Framework to Control and Optimize the Traffic Congestion Issue in VANET

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.31) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Tanuja Kayarga ◽  
H M. Navyashree
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Vehicular Traffic ◽  
Vehicular Communication ◽  
Hoc Networks ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Inference Systems

In the recent times due to the increase of vehicular nodes in a vehicular communication network, there is a need of developing efficient systems in order to optimize the vehicular traffic congestion issues in urban areas. The current research trends shows that most of the conventional studies focused on developing fuzzy inference systems based vehicular traffic congestion model which has gained lots of attention on detecting and minimizing the congestion levels.We have proposed a new approach towards detection and controlling of traffic congestion in VANET. The proposed system utilizes the communication channels very efficiently and irrespective of any kind of overload. This proposed system aims to introduce a novel framework for identifying traffic jam on Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks. In order to detect and minimize the level of congestion our approach will use a fuzzy logic based approach to notify the drivers about available routes during the traffic congestion. An experimental prototype will be set up to enable the graphical simulation.

A Constructional-Cognitive Analysis of Chinese Directionals

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Fong
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Cognitive Analysis ◽  
Language And Thought ◽  
Verbs Of Motion ◽  
Mental Spaces

This paper investigates the syntactic and semantic behaviour of directional items in Mandarin Chinese, proposing a constructional-cognitive model. Simultaneously, it argues against the traditional analysis of directionals as part of a compound. Instead, they are treated as proper larger constructions signaling subordination, based upon structural and functional evidence. Particularly, the verbs of motion are presented as catenative verbs (Aarts 2011, Huddleston and Pullum et al 2002) similar to those found in English, showing event complexity (eg Jackendoff 2002, Levin and Rappaport Hovav 2005). The two events then constitute mental spaces at the conceptual structure (Fauconnier 1994, 1997) and project into the entire motion-directional construction, which reflects the mappings of language and thought.

scholarly journals Improving VANETs Connectivity with a Totally Ad Hoc Living Mobile Backbone

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joilson Alves Junior ◽  
Emilio C. G. Wille
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Network Connectivity ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Network Backbone ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Fully Connected ◽  
Analytic Models

The vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) for intelligent transportation systems is an emerging concept to improve transportation security, reliability, and management. The network behavior can be totally different in topological aspects because of the mobility of vehicular nodes. The topology can be fully connected when the flow of vehicles is high and may have low connectivity or be invalid when the flow of vehicles is low or unbalanced. In big cities, the metropolitan buses that travel on exclusive lanes may be used to set up a metropolitan vehicular data network (backbone), raising the connectivity among the vehicles. Therefore, this paper proposes the implementation of a living mobile backbone, totally ad hoc (MOB-NET), which will provide infrastructure and raise the network connectivity. In order to show the viability of MOB-NET, statistical analyses were made with real data of express buses that travel through exclusive lanes, besides evaluations through simulations and analytic models. The statistic, analytic, and simulation results prove that the buses that travel through exclusive lanes can be used to build a communication network totally ad hoc and provide connectivity in more than 99% of the time, besides raising the delivery rate up to 95%.

Biomimetic materials

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 3140-3147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian F.V. Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Materials Processing ◽  
Biomimetic Materials ◽  
Electrical Analog ◽  
Voltage Potential ◽  
Duke University ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Design In Nature

I’ve long been suspicious about attempts to see energy as the overwhelmingly central item setting both options and criteria for design in nature. Indeed, when I tried to create a conceptual framework for teaching biology to college students, I ended up putting energy distinctly second to information. Where energy rules, one can find some analog of voltage potential. But in nature, who eats whom boils down to the design and operation of one’s particular teeth and other equipment. I once set up an electrical analog of an ecosystem, but it gave an unreasonable picture until I added ad hoc diodes to keep the trees from eating the caterpillars at night and other such misbehavior. (Steve Vogel, Duke University, 2007)In materials processing, Nature replaces the massive use of energy (for example high temperatures or harsh chemical reactions) with the use of information (which equates with structure at all levels, molecule to ecosystem). Indeed, most of the exceptional functionality of biological materials is due to their complex structure, driven by their chemical composition and morphology derived from DNA. It is here that the most important aspect of biomimetics emerges, and it has the power to redesign engineering.

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