Application of Discriminant Analysis for Avoiding the Risk of Quarry Operation Failure

Activity in the mining industry is based on the profitability principle similar to other business sectors. In the case of stone pits, gravel and sand quarries, it presents a very complex task, mainly due to the fact that the economy of localities is influenced greatly by natural conditions, which cannot be changed. The presented contribution deals with the problem of how mining companies, realizing the surface extraction of construction materials, could be profitable in the future. The main research method of this contribution presents regression and correlation analyses with the goal of determining parameters with a decisive influence on the future economic development of the locality. A complex system of stone pit, gravel and sand quarries demanded discriminant analysis to evaluate individual localities with the goal of dividing them into profitable and not profitable localities. The results of the contribution divide localities of quarry mining among profitable or not profitable, serving for predicting the future development of the company, based on discriminant analysis. The results of maximally possible measures respect assumptions, enabling the correct application of such multivariate statistical methods. A further orientation of the research in an area of model creation for predicting the future development of the company is possible in the application of logistic regression and neuron nets.

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Individual choice of management research agendas

Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences ◽

10.1108/jhass-09-2019-0047 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 33-45

Author(s):

Noha El-Bassiouny ◽

Ahmed Amin ◽

Ahmad Jamal

Keyword(s):

Future Development ◽

Ethical Principles ◽

Individual Choice ◽

Management Research ◽

Philosophical Approach ◽

Content Type ◽

Main Research ◽

The Future ◽

Research Agendas ◽

Islamic Literature

Purpose The main research attempts guiding questions about management research agendas had been relevance questions versus rigor questions. Researchers have also attempted to set management research agendas in particular sectors. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no research, however, has addressed the infrastructural and foundational questions of what moral priorities and ethical principles should guide the future development of management research. Because the Islamic theological approach is a “transcendental values integration” approach, it presents a potentially viable source of reference particularly for scholars interested in ethical philosophical paradigmatic approaches. Islamic literature has presented guiding principles as to how to balance priorities through the Jurisprudence of Priorities (Fiqh Al-Awlawiyyat). The purpose of this exploratory conceptual paper is to synchronize the Islamic background literature on the jurisprudence of priorities with management research development and agendas. The research is exploratory in nature. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual, merging Islamic literature with management research for the development of a framework to potentially guide management researchers in prioritizing their research agendas. Findings The research resulted in the conceptualization of a framework aiding researchers in the prioritization of their research agendas. Research limitations/implications The research has implications for management scholars who are interested to prioritize their research projects and agendas. The research presents a schematic diagram and guiding framework through which scholars can reflect on their choice of research topics. Practical implications The research is also relevant to funding agencies as they devise the funding priorities in the management field. Originality/value This paper addresses the unique and foundational question of what moral priorities and ethical principles should guide the future development of management research. The authors build on a religious-philosophical approach, drawing on the Islamic jurisprudence of priorities as a literature base. The authors, therefore, address the key principles of responsible research regarding how it can be relevant on the infrastructural level to society and how the benefit to key stakeholders should be tackled. To the authors’ knowledge, this was not done in previous literature.

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Urban Development of Conflict Zones: The Case of Gaza City

Open House International ◽

10.1108/ohi-02-2019-b0006 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 45-51

Author(s):

Yousef J. M. Abukashif ◽

Müge Riza

Keyword(s):

Built Environment ◽

Urban Development ◽

Future Development ◽

Development Process ◽

Construction Materials ◽

Local Authorities ◽

Conflict Zones ◽

Political Conflicts ◽

The Future ◽

Map Analysis

Worldwide, an increasing number of cities and regions are confronted with conflict and tension. These conflicts have an impact on shaping and planning the built-environment, as well as the future development of the area. This article focuses on Gaza City and its development process throughout its political conflicts, with an emphasis on the last two decades (2000-2018). The main objective is to comprehend the urban development in the case of conflict through analyzing the development of Gaza City, as well as questioning the determinants of urban development. This information is obtained through aerial maps, thermal maps and GIS map analysis. The findings reveal a general shortage of housing units and lack of safe housing locations, as most areas in Gaza City are under threat of war, as well as high prices of land due to the unavailability of unconstructed lands and high costs of construction materials. This study argues that urban development in Gaza City was not led by planning through local authorities, rather it was shaped by conflict. This article concludes with recommendations that could be beneficial in developing lasting solutions to urban development in Gaza City

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High-temperature superconducting magnetic separation technology in China

Modern Physics Letters B ◽

10.1142/s0217984918300053 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (30) ◽

pp. 1830005

Author(s):

Jiangdi Fan ◽

Qiudong Guo ◽

Yilang Liang ◽

Guibin Zeng ◽

Jie Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Temperature ◽

Magnetic Separation ◽

Future Development ◽

Mining Industry ◽

Status Quo ◽

Separation Technology ◽

High Temperature Superconducting ◽

The Future

This paper makes a prospect of the future development in applications of superconducting high-magnetic separation technology to the mining industry with the analysis of domestic status quo of researches and applications in China.

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Obecny stan badań nad Zagładą na Ukrainie

Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały ◽

10.32927/zzsim.558 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 889-915

Author(s):

Anna Abakunkova

Keyword(s):

Future Development ◽

The State ◽

Significant Part ◽

Educational Organizations ◽

Major Research ◽

Holocaust Studies ◽

The Holocaust ◽

The Future

The article examines the state of the Holocaust historiography in Ukraine for the period of 2010 – beginning of 2014. The review analyzes activities of major research and educational organizations in Ukraine which have significant part of projects devoted to the Holocaust; main publications and discussions on the Holocaust in Ukraine, including publications of Ukrainian authors in academic European and American journals. The article illustrates contemporary tendencies and conditions of the Holocaust Studies in Ukraine, defines major problems and shows perspectives of the future development of the Holocaust historiography in Ukraine.

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FEATURES OF THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE PARADIGM OF THE FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Theory and Practice of Institutional Reforms in Russia ◽

10.33276/978-5-8211-0781-7-122-134 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Igor Alexandrov

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Russian Federation ◽

The Past ◽

The Future ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Future Economic Development

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Remedies for Breach of Contract: The Future Development of Scots Law in its European and International Context

Edinburgh Law Review ◽

10.3366/elr.1997.1.2.200 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 200-226 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hector L MacQueen

Keyword(s):

Future Development ◽

European Contract ◽

Breach Of Contract ◽

International Context ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Current State ◽

The Future ◽

University Of Edinburgh ◽

International Conventions ◽

Law Commission

This paper,first presented on 21 October 1995 at ajoint seminar ofthe Scottish Law Commission and the Faculty of Law, University of Edinburgh, on the subject of breach of contract, considers the future development of the law in this area, first by considering its history and current state in comparative terms and drawing the conclusion that it is characterised by a mixture of Civilian and Common Law elements; second, by comparing Scots law with the provisions on breach contained in recently published proposals for a harmonised law of contract (the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the Principles of European Contract Law prepared by the Lando Commission, and the draft “code”for the United Kingdom prepared on behalf of the English Law Commission by Harvey McGregor in the late 1960s) and in international conventions on the sale of goods. Although Scots law emerges reasonably wellfrom this exercise, there are a number of points to be taken on board in any future reform, as well as some insights into important underlying principles.

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