Book monument imprint: Identifying via foreign information resources

The author reviews foreign science publication, websites, digital databases, catalogs and methods to be used to specify imprints of book monuments and their history as exemplified by 16-th century collection of Russian Academy of Arts Library. The collection comprises over 60 books published in Western Europe; with the special attention to the collection in architecture, in particular books published by Sebastiano Serlio (1475 – c. 1554). To attribute the publications, the catalogs of foreign museums and libraries, bibliographic, fulltext, factographic and objectographic databases in the art market, e. g. ArtPrice, MutualArt, Invaluable, were used to reveal various guides in 16-th century architecture, catalogs of private collections, and auction sale catalogs. The author discusses the methods to use the identified sources to attribute book monuments, as exemplified by Sebastiano Serlio’s books in architecture, and to investigate into this area further.

Enhanced Auction Based Scheduling in Cloud Computing

In distributed computing different cloud clients could demand number about cloud benefits all the while. Provisioning remains completed so that every resource was completed accessible in the direction of client's solicitation within an effective way toward fulfil their requirements. The present contribute dependent on interest because resources were planned based on specific arrangements. So as to battle as well as settle Virtual Machine (VM) planning issue during distributed computing, Novel Unique Tabu Search (NUTS) resource supported booking method while have its premise up auction sale method remains appeared via remembering numerous components incorporating the band with along with due date considering system as well as sale. The offers about customers were initially ordered inside the challenge due date. Besides, a displaying about the customer gathering remains completed as well as the VM resource such compares toward it remains arranged in understanding towards insignificant expense about the service suppliers. Ultimately, instalment cost remains settled via accepting normal instalment just as instalment completed via contenders into reflection in this way empowering auspicious finishing about VM resource job. The after-effects about reenactment examinations demonstrate the present method suggestion that was ready remains equipped for improving proficiently QoS otherwise Quality of Service about cloud context, and furthermore guarantee the present benefits about suppliers of cloud management as well as charge about resource usage of VMs were productively finished.

Analisa Syariah Terhadap Konsep dan Jualan Lelong Secara Bisik: Kajian Kes Pasar Bisik Kuala Muda Kedah

Auction is a sale process practiced by communities by offering goods or services for bid and selling them to the highest bidder. Normally, the auction is implemented openly, but there are some people who did it in secret in which the buyer or bidder will whisper alternately price offered to the seller and followed by the other bidders as what happened in the market mechanism in Kuala Muda Malaysia which called as Pasar Bisik. This paper aimed to examine the extent of compliance of the auction sale conducted by whisper to the Islamic law in terms of fulfillment of the principles and conditions of sale contract. The study found that selling auction by whisper is like an ordinary auction sale practice which made either bright light or in writing even in the online auction, ie when the rules and conditions can be fulfilled and independent of the main elements of which are prohibited; riba, gharar, najsy, curbun and maysir. Rather than that, Islam is very concerned and considering the good habit or practice among the society to make it as a rule based on Islamic legal maxims (al-cadat Muhakkamah) and (al-macruf curfan ka al-masyrut syartan). Abstrak Lelong adalah salah satu proses jual beli yang diamalkan oleh sebahagian masyarakat untuk memenuhi kehidupan mereka dengan cara menawarkan barang atau (perkhidmatan) untuk dibida, mengambil bida kemudian menjual barang kepada pembida tertinggi. Kebiasaannya lelong dilakasanakan secara terbuka sama ada secara lisan ataupun bertulis. Namun ada juga sesetengah masyarakat yang melakukannya secara bisik di mana pembeli atau pembida akan membisikkan secara bergantian harga barang yang ditawarkan kepada penjual dan dikuti oleh pembida-pembida yang lain sepertimana yang berlaku pada mekanisma pasar bisik di Kuala Muda Malaysia. Oleh itu, kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji sejauh mana kepatuhan jual beli lelong yang dilakukan secara bisik terhadap kehendak syarak dari segi terpenuhinya rukun dan syarat jual beli. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa jual beli lelong secara bisik tak ubahnya seperti praktek jual beli lelong secara tradisional yang dilakukan sama ada secara terang terangan ataupun secara bertulis bahkan lelong di atas talian; iaitu boleh apabila rukun dan syaratnya terpenuhi dan bebas dari elemen utama yang dilarang; riba, gharar, najsy, curbun dan maysir. Selain itu, syarak sangat mengambil berat dan mempertimbangkan aspek kebiasaan atau amalan yang baik yang menjadi tradisi di kalangan masyarakat untuk dijadikan suatu hukum sebagaimana disebutkan dalam kaedah fiqh (al-cadat muhakkamah) dan (al-macruf curfan ka al-masyrut syartan).

Mystery of the Artist’s Nature

Chapter 3 produces a study, using both formal and informal evidence, of the relation between artistic productivity and creativity to the artist’s age. Extending the studies of David Galenson to a cohort of eighty prominent American artists, some painting up to the present day, our statistical analysis of value/age profiles shows some support for Galenson’s conclusion that peak productivity is affected by the age of the artist, although we do not add credence to his view that the “type” of artist (experimental or innovative) is the reason. Further, we apply anecdotal evidence to the artistic productivity of two artists—Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock—and show that productivity measured by auction sale prices creates gains from being associated with a “school” of painting.

Washington, DC’s Lottery-Rotation System for Food Trucks: A Step in the Right Direction

DC officials enacted a Mobile Roadway Vending lottery in December 2013 that allocated street-metered parking spaces to the 250 food trucks operating throughout the District. Its creation was predicated on the belief among DC administrators that food trucks inject vibrancy into the urban environment and create job opportunities. Across America, though, expert regulators’ and political leaders’ opinions vary on how food trucks should be managed to accommodate the concerns of stakeholders who share limited street parking. By comparing DC’s lottery-rotation system to pure lottery and auction systems, we reveal the difficult-to-attain middle ground sought by officials who are caught between allocating parking through a lottery or through an auction sale that can possibly favor a wealthy minority. We acknowledge the benefits found in the District’s decision to create a policy that allows vendors the flexibility to roam for available street parking in some areas and to compete in a semi-random lottery for guaranteed parking in other areas. We suggest the lottery-rotation system’s major inefficiencies would be largely remedied by a secondary market allowing vendors autonomy to make as-needed parking trades. We conclude by asserting that, while the lottery-rotation system is economically inefficient, it is part of a broader, reasonable first effort that strikes an economic and political equilibrium in a dynamic industry and regulatory landscape.