FOREIGN TRADE IN FOREST PRODUCTS FROM A POINT OF VIEW OF AN EXPORTING COUNTRY—CANADA

1962 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
Harold M. Babcock
Keyword(s):  
Political Influence ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Traditional Markets ◽  
Forest Policies ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Significant Measure ◽  
Scattered Population

Although Canada has been blessed with an abundant store house of natural resources and enjoys a significant measure of economic and political influence throughout the world, she has a relatively small and widely scattered population. The Canadian economy is largely based on resource industries of which those producing forest products are outstanding, and the very economic existence of Canada is dependent upon her ability to export goods and services.Some of the more critical export problem areas include non-resident ownership, the wage-cost spiral, the loss of traditional markets in forest products and finally the problems associated with researching markets in foreign countries.A matter of concern to many is the lack of investment in Canada's forests although the forest resource is capable of sustaining several times present production. Most disturbed lands regenerate naturally, but not necessarily in the desired species. The questions to be asked by management foresters are: (1) should we concentrate on the production of wood fibre or, (2) should we stress the growing of known species of superior quality? The pros and cons of each of these widely divergent forest policies are easily argued.Lack of an internal market is incurable over the short term; but Canada's immigration policies, her participation in trade conferences, agreements and international organizations, and her attempts at economic diversification all help to alleviate problems associated with her dependency on foreign markets.The results of these actions coupled with a trend toward equalization between forest growth and utilization will provide the necessity and incentive for a stepped up forest investment program in Canada.

Strengthening and widening of steel pony truss bridges

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-225
Author(s):  
Baidar Bakht ◽  
Paul F. Csagoly
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Truss Bridges ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Live Loads ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Pony Truss Bridge ◽  
Truss Bridge

There are many thousands of existing pony truss bridges in North America which were constructed in the earlier part of this century and are still serving as important traffic carriers. The present economic situation demands that these bridges should usefully serve their purpose for as long as is safely possible.These bridges could be found inadequate for either or both of the following reasons. With the exception of remote areas, operational traffic safety would require two 12-ft lanes plus adequate shoulders. Many of these old bridges are therefore unsatisfactory from the geometrical point of view. Some bridges were designed for live loads that are only a fraction of present commercial vehicle weights.A computer-oriented method of rigorous analysis of lateral buckling behaviour of pony truss bridges is briefly discussed. The method is implemented through a computer program which has been validated by experimental data. It is expected that the program would predict realistic values of load-carrying capacity of such bridges and would help to avoid many an unnecessary replacement.Various methods of strengthening and widening pony truss bridges, and their pros and cons, are discussed. It is shown that the strengthening of a few components of a pony truss bridge does not always lead to an increase in the load-carrying capacity of the bridge.

scholarly journals STUDI PENERAPAN METODE POHON CONTOH (TREE SAMPLING) DALAM PENDUGAAN POTENSI TEGAKAN HUTAN TANAMAN EKALIPTUS

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Arland S ◽  
Emy Sadjati ◽  
Muhammad Ikhwan
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sampling Error ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Eucalyptus Pellita ◽  
Work Area ◽  
Inventory Activity

Management and exploitation of forest products required for planning to be prepared for sustainable forest exploitation and also taking into account aspects of Sustainability. The so-called aspects are production capabilities, ecological functions and social functions. In order to achieve these matters, appropriate data are needed to present information on the potential for existing forest stands through forest inventory activities. In the inventory activity found some problems that occur in terms of cost, time, problems and human resources needed. Factors that will affect the data we get. These inhibiting factors can be overcome by creating three groups using methods that have been developed both in data retrieval techniques and data processing.The sampling method as a suitable and effective method in which the sampling method used in the inventory activity is a conventional method using a plot or a circle plot with the area and sampling determined according to the age class of the stand. In addition, using conventional methods is another method that also has accurate and precise information. Method of sampling trees. This study aims to the effectiveness and effectiveness of tree sampling methods and circular plot methods, making it easier to find an efficient and effective location in the work area of ​​PT. Perawang Sukses Perkasa Petapahan District. The research was conducted in the plantation of industrial plant Ekaliptus (Eucalyptus pellita) located at PT. Perawang Sukses Perkasa Industri Petapahan District, Kampar District, Riau Province. This research was conducted for 2 months ie in May - June 2018. Based on the results of research conducted method of circular plot will be more effective and has a higher level of accuracy than other methods with a value of 2.9% sampling error. When viewed from a relative point of view, the relative average yield using the tree sampling method of 8 trees is more easily done in a circular manner with a relative value of 200.28% and accuracy is still accountable.

Anthropological filmmaking: an empirical art

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-156
Author(s):  
David MacDougall
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Single Author ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Film Aesthetics

This chapter provides an overview and guide to the methodology, theory, practice, and ethics of ethnographic filmmaking. Examining in turn the various uses of film in anthropology, the differences between anthropological writing and anthropological films, and the kinds of knowledge produced by each, it proceeds to discuss the practical concerns of the anthropological filmmaker: questions of point-of-view, method, and different approaches to the construction of films. It considers the pros and cons of teamwork and single-author filmmaking, aspects of film aesthetics, relationships with the subjects of films, the filmmaker’s behaviour in the field, and different modes of camera use. Finally, it addresses the different practical strategies possible for this kind of filmmaking, including a focus on individuals as subjects, the uses of narrative, and thematic approaches. Also considered is the filmmaker’s relation to the viewer, and ways of making the filmmaker’s intentions and practice more evident within the film.

Societal Implications of Wearable Technology

2016 ◽  
pp. 238-266
Author(s):  
Katina Michael ◽  
Deniz Gokyer ◽  
Samer Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
Wearable Technologies ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The University

This chapter presents a set of scenarios involving the GoPro wearable Point of View (PoV) camera. The scenarios are meant to stimulate discussion about acceptable usage contexts with a focus on security and privacy. The chapter provides a wide array of examples of how overt wearable technologies are perceived and how they might/might not be welcomed into society. While the scenario is based at the University of Wollongong campus in Australia, the main implications derived from the fictitious events are useful in drawing out the predicted pros and cons of the technology. The scenarios are interpreted and the main thematic issues are drawn out and discussed. An in depth analysis takes place around the social implications, the moral and ethical problems associated with such technology, and possible future developments with respect to wearable devices.

Management of Multimedia Semantics Using MPEG-7

2011 ◽  
pp. 182-192
Author(s):  
Uma Srinivasan ◽  
Ajay Divakaran
Keyword(s):  
Multimedia Applications ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Multimedia Content ◽  
Content Description ◽  
Multimedia Semantics ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Content Semantics

This chapter presents the ISO/IEC MPEG-7 Multimedia Content description Interface Standard from the point of view of managing semantics in the context of multimedia applications. We describe the organisation and structure of the MPEG-7 Multimedia Description schemes which are metadata structures for describing and annotating multimedia content at several levels of granularity and abstraction. As we look at MPEG-7 semantic descriptions, we realise they provide a rich framework for static descriptions of content semantics. As content semantics evolves with interaction, the human user will have to compensate for the absence of detailed semantics that cannot be specified in advance. We explore the practical aspects of using these descriptions in the context of different applications and present some pros and cons from the point of view of managing multimedia semantics.

scholarly journals Ups and Downs of Water Photodecolorization by Nanocomposite Polymer Nanofibers

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahin Homaeigohar ◽  
Niharika Krishna Botcha ◽  
Eman. S. Zarie ◽  
Mady Elbahri
Keyword(s):  
Structural Properties ◽  
Thermomechanical Properties ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Order Kinetic ◽  
Dye Molecules ◽  
Nanocomposite Polymer ◽  
Nanocomposite System ◽  
Order Kinetic Model ◽  
Pros And Cons

Given the exponentially expanding water pollution causing water scarcity, there is an urgent need for operative nanotechnological systems that can purify water, with insignificant energy consumption, and rapidly. Here, we introduce a nanocomposite system based on TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and PES nanofibers (NFs) that can adsorb and then photodecompose organic water pollutants such as dye molecules. We evaluate pros and cons of this system with respect to its purification efficiency and structural properties that can be impacted by the photocatalytic activity of the nanofillers. While the material is superhydrophilic and able to remove 95% methylene blue (MB) from water via adsorption/photodecomposition, its thermomechanical properties decline upon UV irradiation. However, these properties still remain at the level of the neat NFs. The removal behavior is modeled by the first- and second-order kinetic models from the kinetic point of view. The nanocomposite NFs’ removal behavior complies much better with the second-order kinetic model. Overall, such feedbacks implied that the nanocomposite can be effectively applied for water treatment and the structural properties are still as reliable as those of the neat counterpart.

scholarly journals Long-Term Economic Simulation: Even-Aged and Uneven-Aged Examples from the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP)

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Treiman ◽  
John Dwyer ◽  
David Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Decision Matrix ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Much of the software and many of the algorithms commonly used to simulate forest growth and harvesting activities have been optimized for short-term projections based primarily on larger-sized trees and are focused on even-aged silvicultural systems. Using data on trees 1.5 in. dbh and larger from the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP), we have adapted the widely available Landscape Management System (LMS) and Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) software to make long-term simulations using even and uneven-aged silvicultural management systems. MOFEP is designed to test the long-term effects of even-aged, uneven-aged, and no harvest treatments on a variety of ecosystem attributes. To simulate the economic outcomes of these three treatments, we have written new LMS algorithms that simulate the effects of uneven-aged harvesting. Our results show that in the Missouri Ozarks even-aged and uneven-aged management silvicultural systems yield long-term (100 years) economic outcomes that are not statistically different. This result reinforces the need for land managers or landowners to consider esthetics, nontraditional forest products, and other nonmarket values in their decision matrix. North. J. Appl. For. 22(1):42– 47.

scholarly journals Trough Equity Crowdfunding Evolution and Involution: Initial Coin Offering and Initial Exchange Offering

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
S. L. Furnari
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Potential Conflict ◽  
Equity Crowdfunding ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
A Company ◽  
Positive Evolution ◽  
Family Meaning

This article analyzes two of the last innovative financing instruments of the crowdfunding family: Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and Initial Exchange Offering (IEO). Having both a potential financial nature, they will be addressed as «sons» of Equity-based Crowdfunding (EBCF). The main scope of this paper is to show opportunities and dangers of ICO and IEO through a comparison with EBCF. Indeed, at the end of the analysis it will be possible to understand if ICO and IEO can be considered as positive evolution of EBCF or — at least one of them — can be considered so dangerous to appear as a sort of «involution».In order to answer our question, the discussion firstly focuses on EBCF, the innovative financing instrument being one of the most important figures of the «crowdfunding family». Its importance lies in its financial nature that makes this instrument different from the other models (meaning the donation, reward and lending). Participating in an EBCF-campaign, indeed, lets participants become shareholders of the company they are giving money to. So, the main pros and cons of the participation in an EBCF campaign will be disclosed. In particular, granting easier access to capitals together with the possibility to benefit from the so-called «wisdom of the crowd» allowed EBCF to become one of the most innovative financing tools of our age. However, these advantages need to be mitigated with the main risks occurring during a crowdfunding campaign. These are: moral hazard and frauds, arbitrary exclusion during pre-emptive screening by platform and, last but not least, illiquidity.Therefore, the discussion moves to the technological advanced new entry of the crowdfunding family, meaning ICO and IEO. In order to understand why ICO and IEO are so similar to EBCF, both the main characteristic of these instruments will be described. With reference to ICO, first of all this article provides a brief description of the technology that makes this innovative financing tool the advanced «son» of EBCF. Indeed, through the launch of an ICO, a company asks the crowd a precise amount of money in exchange of a «token»: an informatic instrument through which the participant may exercise also some financial rights towards the company. From this point of view, an ICO-campaign is very similar to an EBCF one, lying the main difference in the technological solutions used, the queen on those is blockchain. Furthermore, ICO characteristic will be outlined in order to disclose its functioning — meaning the relation with blockchain and smart contracts — and the different models of tokens.After that, also IEO will be described. IEO could be considered one of the last variants of ICO. The main difference, indeed, lies in the fact that IEO campaigns are not conducted in the website owned by the company but in a specific platform, that is a crypto-asset exchange.The exam of ICO and IEO potentialities (i.e. programmability, disintermediation and tokenization) will highlight how ICO and IEO may solve most of the mentioned EBCF cons. This will lead to the potential consideration of ICO and IEO as evolution of EBCF. However, also ICO and IEO cons will be highlighted (meaning lack of transparency, not clear regulatory regime and, for IEO in particular, dangerous proximity with investors and potential conflict of interest). From the comparison between ICO and IEO pros and cons it will be possible to discuss on if we are really in front of two evolution of EBCF or nearer to an «involution» of this instrument, considering regulatory solutions in order to avoid this second scenario.

scholarly journals Student attitude to distance education: Pros and cons

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 1319-1327
Author(s):  
Lyudmila P. Illarionova ◽  
Natalya V. Karzhanova ◽  
Alfia M. Ishmuradova ◽  
Sergey V. Nazarenko ◽  
Andrey V. Korzhuev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Distance Courses

This article is aimed at identifying the peculiarities of students' attitude to distance education. As a leading method, the questionnaire method was used, which made it possible to identify the students’ positive and negative attitudes regarding distance learning more effectively. The article considers students' ideas about distance learning, identifies the positive and negative aspects of the distance learning process. The authors of the article in the process of research revealed that many students of various fields of study are interested in participating in distance courses, but within the framework of mastering a second education. Some students note the usefulness of distance courses, the use of their materials at any time, and the convenience of going back to the materials they have completed at any time to fill in gaps or recall a topic. Some students reported a violation of the educational process in the distance format due to the repeated lack of Internet or its poor quality. Most of the students expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of contact communication in the distance learning process. It is proved that the majority of students believe that distance education will never replace traditional education. Mainly students of technical areas of study gave a negative assessment of the distance education system. It was revealed that students of various fields of study took distance courses that were held in other cities or countries. From the point of view of many students, educational websites have an inconvenient interface.    Keywords: distance education, distance courses, students, learning process, pros and cons.

scholarly journals The Place Of Criminal Policy In The Political And Legal System

2019 ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
I.V. Kozych
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Power Laws ◽  
General Concept ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Close Link ◽  
Formal Basis

In the article the author states that the policy in the sphere of combating crime, and like all its components, is a generic concept to the more general concept of «state policy». Therefore, it is advisable to combine the study of the concept of “criminal policy” with the understanding of “politics” in general and “policies in the field of combating crime” in particular. Politics is an important component of the functioning of the state. In connection with this literature, there are occasional terms that clearly indicate a close link between law and policy, between subjects of legal and political influence. Issues of different areas of law are increasingly being considered from both a legal and a political point of view. It is worth noting that lawmaking is a manifestation of state power. Laws are nothing but the way in which a particular political line is put into practice. The rules of law, as well as their judicial application and interpretation, determine the formal basis of political activity, while at the same time establishing an important tool for accountability and accountability of public authorities and restrictions on their activities. It is established that the criminal policy on the basis of the general policy in the field of combating crime develops a strategy and tactics, formulates the main tasks and directions of the criminal-law influence on crime and criminals. State influence on specific objects and phenomena on the part of subjects and institutes of policy in the field of combating crime within the framework of criminal law policy can be differentiated depending on the activity in question. These subspecies do not have the parameters of an independent crime subsystem, but function in it as relatively independent varieties.

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