Applied Geospatial Perspectives on the Rock Art of the Lake of the Woods Region of Ontario, Canada

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Norder ◽  
Jon W. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Point Pattern Analysis ◽  
Point Pattern ◽  
Least Cost Path ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Lake Of The Woods ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Rock Formations

This study examines the role of rock art in the construction of Woodland Period (300 BC to AD 1700) hunter-gatherer landscapes in the Lake of the Woods region of northwestern Ontario. The authors examine the distribution of documented pictograph sites relative to the locations of rock formations where the geologic conditions would have favored the placement of pictographic rock art but are absent. Point pattern analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and least cost path analysis were used to analyze the findings. The authors suggest that pictograph sites were placed at points on the landscape along water routes to facilitate information exchange among highly mobile hunter-gatherers.

Applied Geospatial Perspectives on the Rock Art of the Lake of the Woods Region of Ontario, Canada

2013 ◽  
pp. 1328-1344
Author(s):  
John W. Norder ◽  
Jon W. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Point Pattern Analysis ◽  
Point Pattern ◽  
Least Cost Path ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Lake Of The Woods ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Rock Formations

This study examines the role of rock art in the construction of Woodland Period (300 BC to AD 1700) hunter-gatherer landscapes in the Lake of the Woods region of northwestern Ontario. The authors examine the distribution of documented pictograph sites relative to the locations of rock formations where the geologic conditions would have favored the placement of pictographic rock art but are absent. Point pattern analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and least cost path analysis were used to analyze the findings. The authors suggest that pictograph sites were placed at points on the landscape along water routes to facilitate information exchange among highly mobile hunter-gatherers.

Applied Geospatial Perspectives on the Rock Art of the Lake of the Woods Region of Ontario, Canada

2012 ◽  
pp. 77-93
Author(s):  
John W. Norder ◽  
Jon W. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Point Pattern Analysis ◽  
Point Pattern ◽  
Least Cost Path ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Lake Of The Woods ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Rock Formations

This study examines the role of rock art in the construction of Woodland Period (300 BC to AD 1700) hunter-gatherer landscapes in the Lake of the Woods region of northwestern Ontario. The authors examine the distribution of documented pictograph sites relative to the locations of rock formations where the geologic conditions would have favored the placement of pictographic rock art but are absent. Point pattern analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and least cost path analysis were used to analyze the findings. The authors suggest that pictograph sites were placed at points on the landscape along water routes to facilitate information exchange among highly mobile hunter-gatherers.

scholarly journals Measuring the morphology of suburban settlements: Scale-dependent ambiguities of residential density development in the Prague Urban Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Jiří-Jakub Zévl ◽  
Martin Ouředníček
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
Point Pattern Analysis ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Point Pattern ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Point Data ◽  
Eastern European Countries

Abstract The academic debate on methodological approaches to the measurement of urban sprawl, particularly its most cited dimension, the density of residential settlement, is discussed in this article. The methodology of point pattern analysis, and its benefits in comparison to land-use data analysis, especially for researching the morphology of residential development, is examined. This empirical study was conducted in the hinterland of Prague and is based on point data from 2007, 2010 and 2016. The paper contributes to the scholarly discussion of suburbanisation in Central and Eastern European countries, including the morphology of suburban development. The role of scale is also emphasised, given our observation of two ambiguous means of development, namely spatial dispersion at the regional scale and increasing density at the local scale. The findings support claims regarding the crucial role of micro-scale research in understanding suburban form. The largest Czech suburb of Jesenice serves as a case study, where the morphology of built-up areas is analysed in the local context.

THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL APPROACH IN THE TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL LITERATURE (Ukrainian — German discourse)

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (27) ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Svitlana Gruschko
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Communication Structure ◽  
Technical Literature ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Purposeful Activity

The article investigates the role of communicative-functional approach in the translation of scientific and technical literature, when the translation itself is seen as a tool to accomplish purposeful activity of communicators, representatives of different interlingual groups. In practical terms, the difficulties of translating scientific and technical texts are due to the peculiarities of scientific style, insufficient understanding of the terminology of a particular field of knowledge, which complicates the choice of adequate translation solutions. In this context, an important role is played by the translation strategy, where the communicativefunctional approach dominates. The translation is implicitly included in the communication structure between the author and the recipient. The relevance of the article is determined by the necessity of studying the problems of scientific and technical literature translation, taking into account the current realities of interlanguage information exchange. Key words: communicative-functional approach, interlingual communication, translation, structure

THE ROLE OF THE SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE ON THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN KOSOVO

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond Beqiri ◽  
Violeta Beqiri ◽  
Napolon Beqiri
Keyword(s):  
Informal Economy ◽  
Information Exchange

The path of support-to-sales: mediating role of seller collaborative information exchange in social commerce

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Chen ◽  
Fengxia Zhu ◽  
Murali Mantrala
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Trade Volume ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
Source Data ◽  
Negative Effect

Purpose This paper aims to systematically investigate the direct and indirect effects of four types of support – peer instrumental support, peer emotional support, platform business support and platform communication support – on seller trade volume in social commerce. It also aims to uncover the path of support-to-sales of the seller from a platform perspective and provides a more complete picture of the social commerce phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses multi-source data including primary survey data and secondary data on trade volume to test the hypotheses. PROCESS mediation model is used to analyze the multi-source data set. Findings This study finds that the positive effects of peer instrumental support, platform business support and platform communication support on seller trade volume are fully mediated by seller collaborative information exchange. Also, peer emotional support has a significant negative effect on seller trade volume and collaborative information exchange can serve as a buffer to mitigate the negative effect. Research limitations/implications The authors provide new insights into what types of support are or are not conducive to improving transaction volume of individual sellers and highlight the mediating role of seller information exchange in this value generation process in social commerce. These findings advance current knowledge of how seller interactions increase value in social commerce. The chosen research setting may limit the generalizability of the findings of this study. Practical implications This paper offers valuable implications for social commerce platforms on how to better serve their sellers to achieve high growth. Specifically, the findings suggest that platforms should encourage instrumental support and information exchange among peer sellers. In addition, platforms should expand seller support from a single-focus on sellers’ business to a dual-focus on both sellers’ business and socialization in social commerce. Originality/value This paper fulfills an identified need to study how sellers can better derive value from the social interactions and how social commerce platforms can effectively influence transactions, support sales and serve as a selling platform.

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