A way to use GIS (incl. geomasking) to understand homelessness: a focus on the spatial characteristics of and around sleeping locations of the homeless in Cape Town City Bowl

Background: The homeless individuals/groups are the most vulnerable and less dignified member of the society. The evidences lie in the nature of their sleeping locations in the urban spaces, amongst other aspects. An internationally unique and integrated approach (GIS/socio-spatial) is utilized to enhance the knowledge and understanding of homelessness through analyzing the spatial characteristics of and around the sleeping locations of the homeless community in the urban public spaces, Cape Town City Bowl (South Africa) case study. Data Source and Method: Through the quantitative approach, the individual sleeping locations of The Homeless, including their surrounding characteristics, are observed daily for two weeks, 13-26 Oct. 2018 (total of all locations: n = 9515, daily average, n = 680) between 06:00 am and 08:30am. The analyses entail sequential application of eight analytical methods; spatial distribution, attribute analysis, proximity analysis, weather analysis, and obfuscation/geographic masking Results: (a) The daily individual sleeping locations of the homeless individuals and groups increase over time but their geographic distributions are similar or display insignificant/little variations. (b) Majority of these locations are situated in marginalized urban spaces that deny The Homeless personal privacy/security, human dignity and perpetuate stigmatization and social isolation. (c) The sleeping locations of The Homeless are far from the sources of basic needs to enhance their livelihoods (e.g., water resources). (d) Although more data is needed, however, the limited data in this research show that weather conditions are (in)directly related to the changes in the numbers of sleeping locations. (d) The voronoi masking and weight rand perturbation are best presenting the sleeping location of The Homeless without compromising the spatial confidence of The Homeless, and the spatial distributions/patterns of these locations. Conclusion: GIS (geographic information system) is capable of enhancing the knowledge and understanding of homelessness, and therefore, it can inform establishments and improvements of initiatives/measures that seek to reduce the vulnerability of the homeless community and/or integrate them with the public community, especial in the urban spaces

Seeing Double: A Hermeneutics of the Window and the Written Oeuvre in Proust’s In Search of Lost Time

Ruminations upon the nature of seeing, and of seeing double, in the writing of Marcel\u27s oeuvre and in the writing of In Search of Lost Time itself

Kelsey Dime in a Senior Tenor Recital

This is the program for the senior tenor recital of Kelsey Dime. Dime was accompanied on the piano by Erica Morrison. This recital took place on March 31, 2000, in the McBeth Recital Hall in the Mabee Fine Arts Center

New Records for Four Butterfly Species (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea & Hesperioidea) in the Republic of Macedonia

The Macedonian butterfly fauna numbers 205 species. In this paper we record Nymphalis vaualbum for the first time and confirm the presence in Macedonia of the so-far omitted Polyommatus aroaniensis. Furthermore, the second locality in the country of the Carterocephalus palaemon is reported, along with new localities of Papilio alexanor. The findings of this work will contribute both towards the increased knowledge of this insect group in the region as well as the conservational efforts to locate and map rare and endemic butterfly species. Keywords: Macedonian butterfly fauna, new records, Nymphalis vaualbum, Polyommatus aroaniensis, Cartarocephalus palaemon, Papilio alexanor

CREDIT RISK IN AGRICULTURE IN NORTH MACEDONIA: MACROECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES

Loans play an important role in agriculture development to maintain the farm liquidity through short-term financing of current assets, and to improve farm investment activities to increase agricultural productivity and profitability. Although the state has established various mechanisms to improve access to commercial credits in agriculture, the absorption of credits by this sector is still very low. The weak credit activity of banks in agriculture, among other things, is owed to the high credit risk of banks in financing this sector. Credit risk management is one of the basic activities of the banks to create and maintain a quality loan portfolio that will enable the smooth functioning of the bank. As a result, banks often tighten credit conditions for agricultural producers. Hence, the main aim of the paper is to investigate the credit risk in agriculture from the banks’ perspective by i) assessing the exposure of banks to credit risk in agriculture, and ii) investigating banks’ behaviour in crediting the agriculture sector. Taking into account the importance of agriculture for the national economy, the results indicate the need to improve lending in agriculture with mechanisms for reducing the bank’s credit risk in financing agriculture, especially for smallholders, but also to understand that both sectors, the banking and agricultural sector, are very important for the national economy. If the state provides conditions for the development of the banking sector, it will also provide foundations for ensuring development in agriculture in general

Primena na polarnata metoda pri prenesuvanje na regulaciona osnova

Primena na polarnata metoda pri prenesuvanje na regulaciona osnova

Savanna Land Use and its Effect on Woody Plant Species Diversity in Borana, Southern Ethiopia

A study on the diversity of woody plant species of Boke salt valley  landscape in a semi-arid ecosystem of Borana was conducted. The area is a volcanic crater lake with the lake at the bottom base. Vegetation of such volcanic areas is expected to develop through the process of succession over years. Line transects were laid along four geographical directions  (aspects). A total of 22 quadrats (20 m x 20 m) were used for woody vegetation sampling and the height and diameter at breast height (DBH) data were collected for each species. Vegetation data were analyzed using PC-ORD, CANOCO and SPSS software. A total of 24 woody plant species representing 18 genera in 14 families were recorded. The density of woody plants recorded in the present study was 2622 individuals ha-1. The results showed that the woody plant species diversity and evenness indices were 2.1 and 0.661, respectively. Moreover, three plant community types were identified namely: Suaeda monoica, Maerua triphylla-Acalypha fruticosa and Hibiscus aponeurus-Solanum somalensis. However, Boke salt valley landscape is under intensive human exploitation. Hence, participatory natural  resource management for the sustainable use of such scarce resources is very crucial

McCrory\u27s Five and Dime Store Records - Accession 1467

This collection contains correspondence, titles, and leases concerning James S. White Jr. and McCrory’s Dime Store, as well as, blueprints, newspaper clippings, and a McCrory’s Store inventory. McCrory’s Dime Store was located on Main Street in Rock Hill, South Carolina in a building built in 1901. McCrory’s operated from 1937 through 1997 and from 1960-1961 was the site of several “sit-in” protests by black students from nearby Friendship Jr. College.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2421/thumbnail.jp