scholarly journals A case study of land slide in Assam hills

MAUSAM ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-550
Author(s):  
T. K. RAY
Keyword(s):  
Geological Factors ◽  
The Hill

A devastating land slide occurred on the early hours of 24 July, 1999 in the hill slopes close to downtown Guwahati. Widespread rain over the NE region and incessant rains over Guwahati area on 23 and 24 July was main reason for the slide which claimed ten (10) human lives almost instantaneously besides damage to property. The various meteorological and geological factors responsible for the land slide have been examined in this study.

scholarly journals Directional Idioms in English and Welsh: A Usage-Based Perspective on Language Contact

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-611
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Rottet
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Motion Events ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
The Hill ◽  
English Verb ◽  
Single Set ◽  
Roll Out ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The English verb-particle construction or phrasal verb (pv) has undergone dramatic semantic extensions from the expression of literal motion events (the ball rolled down the hill) – a pattern known as satellite-framing – to idiomatic figurative uses (the company will roll out a new plan) where selection of the particle is motivated by Conceptual Metaphors. Over the course of its long contact with English, Welsh – also satellite-framed with literal motion events – has extended the use of its verb-particle construction to replicate even highly idiomatic English pv s. Through a case study of ten metaphorical uses of up and its Welsh equivalent, we argue that this dramatic contact outcome points to the convergence by bilingual speakers on a single set of Conceptual Metaphors motivating the pv combinations. A residual Celtic possessive construction (lit. she rose on her sitting ‘she sat up’) competes with English-like pv s to express change of bodily posture.

Overcoming Challenges

2018 ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Jenny M. Luke
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Medical Association ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
National Medical ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Jim Crow South

As one explanation for the longevity and centrality of lay midwifery in southern childbirth culture, chapter 11 focuses on the lack of medical support and hospital facilities available to African Americans in the Jim Crow South. It reaches back to the early twentieth century and examines the challenges faced by black medical schools and hospitals, and the establishment of the National Medical Association. The problems associated with segregated facilities and the consequences of the Hill-Burton Act failed to ease the pressures on the black medical profession. The Slossfield Community Center in Birmingham Alabama is used as a case study to emphasize the both the obstacles faced by black hospitals and physicians, and the benefits of a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to wellness.

scholarly journals FROM THE INTEGRATED SURVEY OF HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS TO THE PATTERN BOOK WITHIN THE BIM

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W9 ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
F. Bianconi ◽  
M. Filippucci ◽  
G. Amoruso ◽  
M. Bertinelli
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Events ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Architectural Survey ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Town ◽  
Made In

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The object of the study is the survey of minor historic settlements through integrated architectural survey techniques, the BIM modelling for the management of information at multiple levels, and the definition of pattern books to describe the qualities of the place. The research on cultural heritage representation made in Umbria, taking as a case study the historic hamlet of Lizori, a settlement located over the hill between Foligno and Spoleto in the town of Campello sul Clitunno (PG). It was selected as a paradigm of minor village and an experimental model to provide useful reference to reconstruct strategies, which is so important in the area recently affected by seismic events. The purpose of the research is therefore focused on finding a modus operandi in the management of multiple and uneven information. The goal is then to create a digital informative model functional to the conservation and restoration process and a knowledge-based reference for further study.</p>

scholarly journals Legal pluralism and stigma: a case-study of customary resurgence in the Chakma communities of Bangladesh and India

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-370
Author(s):  
Margaret O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Legal Pluralism ◽  
The State ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
State Recognition ◽  
Tribal Identity ◽  
Strong State ◽  
Legal Domain ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Customary Practices

AbstractThis paper explores the complex iteration of ethnic identity and legal culture amongst the Chakma peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and the hill territories of Tripura, India. Its hypothesis is that the stigma of tribal identity is more likely to be sustained in situations of ‘weak’ pluralism – that is, where the customary system is formally annexed to the state. However, such stigma is more likely to be dispelled where numerous, competing legal jurisdictions collide in a ‘strong’ pluralism expressed as a relatively autonomous legal domain, overlapping legal jurisdictions and in the presence of a productive and potentially creative ‘interlegality’. Conversely, strong state recognition of identities, such as can be found in India, appears to be linked to weak local pluralism, creating an insular and inward-looking community that embraces stigma and the preservation and use of customary practices. In conclusion, this paper asserts that formal state recognition in a situation of legal pluralism tends to freeze identities in a facsimile of the colonial trope of tribe, whilst conflict between the communities and the state generates new and resistant identities and new iterations of customary law.

Human mobility in Byzantine Cyprus: A case study from the Hill of Agios Georgios, Nicosia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efthymia Nikita ◽  
Giuseppina Mutri ◽  
Petrus Le Roux ◽  
Despina Pilides
Keyword(s):  
Human Mobility ◽  
The Hill

Taming the Hill Roads—A Case Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 671-687
Author(s):  
Arun Kumar Singh ◽  
Atasi Das ◽  
Anand Raghuwanshi
Keyword(s):  
The Hill

The Emergence of Artificial Autonomy

2015 ◽  
pp. 51-72
Author(s):  
Fernando da Costa Cardoso ◽  
Luís Moniz Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Game Theory ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Emergent Property ◽  
Emergent Behavior ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Artificial Agents ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Abductive Logic ◽  
The Hill

In this chapter we set forth a case study of the integration of philosophy and computer science using artificial agents, beings ruled by abductive logic and emergent behavior. Our first step in this chapter is to highlight different models that we developed of such agents (a set of them related with evolutionary game theory and one model of a narrative storyteller robot). As we indicate, each model exemplifies different aspects of the bottom of the hill of autonomy as an emergent property of artificial systems specified through three aspects (“Self control”, “Adaptivity to the environment” and “Response to environment”). In summary, our conception is that autonomy, when presented as an emergent characteristic, could fill the important place given it by elaborations in philosophical ethics and one that leads us to a clearer comprehension of where to direct our efforts in the field of artificial agents. We conclude this chapter with the notion that this reevaluation of autonomy is necessary for the enhanced comprehension of human morality.

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