Coryndon Memorial museum expedition to the Chyulu hills. VI Coleoptera. Part 2

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Advantages and disadvantages of (not) mastering the English language culture in iconshock business

This research describes the disadvantages that represent not having a good command and the advantages of having a good command of English language in a graphic design company. We could identify language skills, communication tools and the most relevant cultural aspects necessary while doing business abroad; such as understanding changes of rules and standards use in other countries, the negotiation barriers using a second language and the best ways of communication worldwide as Email or video conferencing.Chapter 1 Introduction Statement of the problem Research Questions and Objectives Rationale Chapter 2 Literature review Theoretical framework Communication and the modern languages professional in Colombian enterprises Background frame Cultural influence for international business Multilingual companies have a better performance English in business world Importance of learning a second language Conceptual frame Chapter 3 Research design Type of study Study field Data collection instruments and procedures SWOT Analysis Data analysis method Chapter 4 Data analysis Advantages Disadvantages Communication tools Chapter 5 Disadvantages of not mastering and advantages of mastering the English language as its culture in business Conclusions Limitations and contributions for further research References Appendix Append 1 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Append 2 Company SWOT Append 3 Survey form Append 4 Interview form Append 5: Business in Japan and China Append 6: SurveysPregradoProfesional en Lenguas ModernasLenguas Moderna

A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of the Foliose and Fruticose Lichens of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

While much of the flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been extensively studied, the lichens have been somewhat neglected. Degelius\u27 Lichen Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains (1941) is the first, and until now the only extensive study of the lichens of this area. Sharp (1930) mentions Gyrophora dillenii (=Umbilicaria mammulata) from Mt. LeConte. Cain (1935), Mozingo (1954), Sierk (1958), and Hale (1961) mention several species from the Smokies. Mozingo (1961) gives keys to the genus Cladonia both in Eastern Tennessee and in the Great Smoky Mountains. The descriptions and keys in this study have been compiled from personal examination of lichen specimens from the Smokies and from the following sources in the literature: Hale (1961), Howard (1950), Llano (1950), Sierk (1958), and Thomson (1950 and 1963). These keys are strictly preliminary as they are based on a limited amount of material from a limited area and do not include species reported by others, which the author has not seen. For this reason they probably are not adequate for other areas. If further collecting is done other species may possibly be added. The substrates given for each species following the descriptions are those most frequently observed by the author in the Smokies. Some species are occasionally found on other materials. The algae reported in the descriptions were not identified by the investigator but are those reported in the literature. Where color tests have been used in the keys or descriptions the reagents used are: P = paraphenylenedimine K = KOH (potassium hydroxide) C = chlorine bleach The reactions of a lichen to color tests are recorded as positive (+) or negative (-). In a positive test there is a color change while in a negative test there is no color change. These color tests are made on the cortex or medulla of the thallus. Color tests are useful in distinguishing between some genera and some species. All specimens examined are from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They include specimens which were already in the Herbarium of The University of Tennessee as well as recent collections by the investigator which are now on deposit in the Herbarium of The University of Tennessee. A map of collection areas is included in the appendix together with a list of the species observed and a list of the species reported by others but not seen in the present study

Additional application of the NASCAP code. Volume 2: SEPS, ion thruster neutralization and electrostatic antenna model

The interactions of spacecraft systems with the surrounding plasma environment were studied analytically for three cases of current interest: calculating the impact of spacecraft generated plasmas on the main power system of a baseline solar electric propulsion stage (SEPS), modeling the physics of the neutralization of an ion thruster beam by a plasma bridge, and examining the physical and electrical effects of orbital ambient plasmas on the operation of an electrostatically controlled membrane mirror. In order to perform these studies, the NASA charging analyzer program (NASCAP) was used as well as several other computer models and analytical estimates. The main result of the SEPS study was to show how charge exchange ion expansion can create a conducting channel between the thrusters and the solar arrays. A fluid-like model was able to predict plasma potentials and temperatures measured near the main beam of an ion thruster and in the vicinity of a hollow cathode neutralizer. Power losses due to plasma currents were shown to be substantial for several proposed electrostatic antenna designs

Catálogo sistemático de los coleópteros de la República Argentina

Muchas veces, en los veinte años que llevo ocupándome de la fauna entomológica y con preferencia de coleópteros argentinos, he tropezado con inconvenientes, á medida que estudiaba á éstos últimos. Mis trabajos de clasificación han escollado, asimismo, con graves dificultades, dada la escasez de materiales bibliográficos y de comparación, como también por la falta de grandes obras de conjunto sobre nuestros coleópteros, cuyas descripciones se hallan diluidas en un sinnúmero de publicaciones científicas, de las cuales, muchas, han sido y son para mi inaccesibles. Por otra parte, es notorio que nuestros coleópteros han sido aún poco estudiados, y los nombres con procedencia «Argentina», que registran los catálogos hasta la fecha aparecidos, son insuficientes para darnos una idea acabada de las especies que habitan el país. Gracias a la colaboración de distinguidos especialistas extranjeros, el abundante material que me ha sido posible reunir durante largos años, se encuentra actualmente en su mayor parte determinado; circunstancia feliz que me permite ofrecer un cuadro relativamente completo de nuestra fauna coleóptero lógica, hoy por hoy, presentado en forma de Catálogo sistemático, mientras prosigo la parte descriptiva que también tengo comenzada.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Program and project management - A demand bibliography

Bibliographical listing of recent works on program and project management and technique

Time-domain concatenative text-to-speech synthesis.

A concatenation framework for time-domain concatenative speech synthesis (TDCSS) is presented and evaluated. In this framework, speech segments are extracted from CV, VC, CVC and CC waveforms, and abutted. Speech rhythm is controlled via a single duration parameter, which specifies the initial portion of each stored waveform to be output. An appropriate choice of segmental durations reduces spectral discontinuity problems at points of concatenation, thus reducing reliance upon smoothing procedures. For text-to-speech considerations, a segmental timing system is described, which predicts segmental durations at the word level, using a timing database and a pattern matching look-up algorithm. The timing database contains segmented words with associated duration values, and is specific to an actual inventory of concatenative units. Segmental duration prediction accuracy improves as the timing database size increases. The problem of incomplete timing data has been addressed by using `default duration' entries in the database, which are created by re-categorising existing timing data according to articulation manner. If segmental duration data are incomplete, a default duration procedure automatically categorises the missing speech segments according to segment class. The look-up algorithm then searches the timing database for duration data corresponding to these re-categorised segments. The timing database is constructed using an iterative synthesis/adjustment technique, in which a `judge' listens to synthetic speech and adjusts segmental durations to improve naturalness. This manual technique for constructing the timing database has been evaluated. Since the timing data is linked to an expert judge's perception, an investigation examined whether the expert judge's perception of speech naturalness is representative of people in general. Listening experiments revealed marked similarities between an expert judge's perception of naturalness and that of the experimental subjects. It was also found that the expert judge's perception remains stable over time. A synthesis/adjustment experiment found a positive linear correlation between segmental durations chosen by an experienced expert judge and duration values chosen by subjects acting as expert judges. A listening test confirmed that between 70% and 100% intelligibility can be achieved with words synthesised using TDCSS. In a further test, a TDCSS synthesiser was compared with five well-known text-to-speech synthesisers, and was ranked fifth most natural out of six. An alternative concatenation framework (TDCSS2) was also evaluated, in which duration parameters specify both the start point and the end point of the speech to be extracted from a stored waveform and concatenated. In a similar listening experiment, TDCSS2 stimuli were compared with five well-known text-tospeech synthesisers, and were ranked fifth most natural out of six

The development of scientific concepts through literacy as a mediational tool

This project analyzes the progress of 20 first grade, Spanish speaking students through a weather science unit. The study observes how students respond to literacy and science learning events