Music technology as a tool and guideline for composition

En tuforskning av forskjellige kompsisjonsteknikker some bruker musikkteknologi som en essensiell del av prosessen, hva forskjellene er og hvordan de påvirker det endelige resultatet.An exploration of different composational techniques that use music technology as an essential part of the process, what the differences are and how they affect the final result

Initial coin offering and economic complexity. An experimental study

LAUREA MAGISTRALELe Initial Coin Offering (ICO) sono una forma innovativa di campagna di raccolta fondi basata sulla tecnologia Blockchain. Attraverso un’offerta di token digitali su Internet, le startup o le società già affermate possono raccogliere finanziamenti senza fare affidamento ad intermediari. Ogni azienda è così in grado di entrare nel mercato finanziario in breve tempo e senza ingenti investimenti essendo i costi operativi notevolmente ridotti; inoltre, le campagne sono accessibili ad ogni persona nel mondo purché abbia un accesso ad internet. Questo modo innovativo di finanziamento alternativo ha raggiunto il suo apice negli anni 2017 - 2018, periodo in cui sono stati raccolti oltre $25 miliardi. Gli studi nella letteratura in corso mirano ad analizzare i fattori che portano ad un ICO di successo. Il lavoro segue questa tendenza volta ad utilizzare i concetti introdotti della Economic Complexity di Hausmann e Hidalgo, che non sono mai stati applicati in questo campo finanziario. L’Economic Complexity ha l’obiettivo di misurare la qualità della struttura di un’entità attraverso un’analisi approfondita delle sue connessioni all’interno del network. Il nostro obiettivo è misurare il livello di complessità relativo alle persone che hanno organizzato le campagne di raccolta fondi e vedere se esiste una correlazione con il successo della campagna stessa. Vogliamo quindi valutare se la qualità del capitale sociale delle persone è determinante per la riuscita finale dell’ICO.The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is an innovative fundraising campaign based on the Blockchain technology. Through a digital token offering on the internet, start-ups or consolidated companies can collect funding without relying on intermediaries. This allows companies to enter the financial market in a short time, and without large investment. Operational costs are impressively reduced and moreover, every person in the world is reached by the fundraising campaign, thanks to the internet. This new way of alternative financing reached its peak during the years 2017- 2018, when thanks to it, more than$25 billion were raised. The ongoing research aims at analysing factors that lead to a successful ICO. This work wants to follow this trend utilizing the Economic Complexity toolbox, introduced by Hausmann and Hidalgo, and that was never used before in this financial sector. The Economic Complexity framework measures the quality of the structure of an entity through a deep analysis of its connection inside the network. Our objective, with this work, is to measure the level of complexities related to people that organized the fundraising campaigns and search if a correlation exists with the success of the campaign itself. We want to asses if the social capital owned by the people organising the fundraising is determinant on the final output of the ICO

PENARIKAN SECARA PAKSA OBJEK JAMINAN FIDUSIA DALAM HUBUNGAN PERLINDUNGAN ANGSURAN KREDIT DEBITUR

Penelitian tesis ini membahas tentang penarikan secara paksa objek jaminan fidusia dalam hubungan perlindungan angsuran kredit debitur. Pemberian pembiayaan yang diberikan kepada pihak konsumen sebagai debitur menjadi sebuah utang senilai pembiayaan yang diberikan berikut dengan bunga yang diperjanjian pembiayaaan oleh para pihak. Mengingat sifat perjanjian pembiayaan mengandung sebuah perikatan pokok dalam bentuk utang piutang, maka jasa pemberian pembiayaan juga membutuhkan adanya jaminan yang memadai sebagaimana disebut sebagai jaminan fidusia. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini yaitu mengenai bagaimana keabsahan penarikan objek Jaminan Fidusia secara paksa, serta bentuk perlindungan hukum terhadap debitur atas prestasi (angsuran kredit) yang telah dilakukan terkait dengan penarikan  objek jaminan fidusia secara paksa. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum normatif menggunakan pendekatan perundang-undangan, pendekatan konseptual, dan pendekatan kasus. Jenis bahan hukum diperoleh dari bahan hukum primer, bahan hukum sekunder, dan bahan hukum tersier, dikumpulkan melalui studi kepustakaan, dianalisis secara kualitatif, dengan teknik penarikan kesimpulan secara deduktif. Hasil penelitian ini adalah, penarikan jaminan fidusia secara paksa merupakan tindakan sah apabila telah memenuhi prosedur yang tepat dalam penarikan objek jaminan fidusia, tapi dalam praktiknya banyak menemukan masalah karena tidak ada aturan yang jelas tentang  penerima fidusia untuk mengambil objek yang menjadi jaminan fidusia dari pemberi fidusia. Justru yang biasa dialami penerima fidusia adalah penarikan secara paksa  oleh debt collector. Atas prestasi angsuran kredit yang dilakukan oleh debitur dalam hal terjadi penarikan objek jaminan Fidusia secara paksa tidak adanya perlindungan secara hukum yang jelas sehingga menjadi kerugian bagi debitur dalam arti tidak ada imblan atas prestasi debitur namun debitur merasakan manfaat pemakaian barang selama angsuran berlangsung

The psychological experience of being in hiding against the background of political repression in South Africa during the 1986 general State of Emergency: a phenomenological explication

This is a study in Critical Psychology which examines the psychological costs of one of the direct outcomes of political repression - the experience of being in hiding. The aims of the study can be depicted on two levels: it is first and foremost an attempt to provide a true account of the phenomenon of being in hiding. On a second level of equal importance it is an implicit and overt critique of the social order in which this phenomenon takes place. The psychological experience of being in hiding is examined and discussed in its proper socio-political context. Therefore, the theoretical part of the mini-thesis has a strong political bearing, focusing on the State, and extra-parliamentary opposition in South Africa. repression The empirical part of the mini-thesis explicates the psychological experience of being in hiding with the aid of the phenomenological method of investigation. Due to the lack of research on this or similar topics, it is discussed within the framework of the experience of a stressful life event. For the five subjects being in hiding was an extreme intervention which was imposed upon their existences and which brought about a qualitative transformation in the individual subjects mode of being-in-the-world - not only in terms of practicalities, but also on a deep experiential level. It was a phenomenon which touched on fundamental parts of their experience of themselves and their individual worlds and the way in which they actualized themselves. For them it essentially entailed a loss of relationships and roles which resulted in an experience of a measure of encapsulation or separation from the world of others . It was a profound, multi - dimensional disruption of the structure of the subject ' s existence which infused a rich emotional experience

Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The baseline to assess impact of a mass education-entertainment programme offered an opportunity to identify risk factors for domestic physical violence.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In 2002, cross-sectional household surveys in a stratified urban/rural last-stage random sample of enumeration areas, based on latest national census in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Working door to door, interviewers contacted all adults aged 16–60 years present on the day of the visit, without sub-sampling. 20,639 adults were interviewed. The questionnaire in 29 languages measured domestic physical violence by the question "In the last year, have you and your partner had violent arguments where your partner beat, kicked or slapped you?" There was no measure of severity or frequency of physical violence.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>14% of men (weighted based on 1,294/8,113) and 18% of women (weighted based on 2,032/11,063) reported being a victim of partner physical violence in the last year. There was no convincing association with age, income, education, household size and remunerated occupation. Having multiple partners was strongly associated with partner physical violence. Other associations included the income gap within households, negative attitudes about sexuality (for example, men have the right to sex with their girlfriends if they buy them gifts) and negative attitudes about sexual violence (for example, forcing your partner to have sex is not rape). Particularly among men, experience of partner physical violence was associated with potentially dangerous attitudes to HIV infection.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Having multiple partners was the most consistent risk factor for domestic physical violence across all countries. This could be relevant to domestic violence prevention strategies.</p

SANKSI PIDANA PENCEMARAN NAMA BAIK MELALUI TUDUHAN TANPA ALAT BUKTI DALAM KAJIAN KOMPARATIF FIQH JINAYAH DAN KITAB UNDANG-UNDANG HUKUM PIDANA (KUHP)

ABSTRAK Tindak pidana pencemaran nama baik di dalam kehidupan masyarakat mendapatkan perhatian yang sangat serius dalam hal penanganannya. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan dibuatnya penjelasan lengkap mengenai pencemaran nama baik beserta sanksi yang diberikan baik itu di dalam hokum Islam ataupun dalam KUHP. Skripsi ini membahas mengenai Sanksi Pidana Pencemaran Nama Baik Melalui Tuduhan Tanpa Alat Bukti Dalam Kajian Komparatif Fiqh Jinayah Dan KUHP. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian pustaka (library research). Meneliti merujuk pada sumber-sumber diantaranya: Al-Quran, Hadis, Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP), Buku-buku, Skripsi serta pendapat ataupun pernyataan Pakar Hukum. Pencemaran nama baik dalam Fiqh Jinayah adalah perbuatan fitnah yang melanggar syara‟ yang sanksinya terdapat di jarimah ta‟zir. Sedangkan di dalam KUHP pencemaran nama baik lebih rincinya dijelaskan di dalam pasal 310 ayat (1), (2) dan (3). Di dalam pasal 310 tersebut dijelaskan jenis-jenis pencemaran nama baik dengan sanksi yang berbeda. Sanksi yang diberikan pun akan dijatuhkan apabila seseorang apabila tuduhan pencemaran nama baik yang dituduhkan tersebut tidak terbukti dikarenakan tidak adanya alat bukti. Kata Kunci :pencemaran, tuduhan, sanks

Il business open source: strategie, opportunità e minacce

Indice:\ud Cap.1 - Profili storici evolutivi. Open source e free software. Comunita'. L'organizzazione delle comunita'. Aspetti normativi dell'OS.\ud Cap.2 - Imprese e OS. Classificazione dei prodotti OS.\ud Cap.3 - Il mercato italiano dell'open source: una panoramica sull'offerta. Modelli di business per l'OS. I servizi offerti dagli operatori italiani OS. La domanda di prodotti italiani OS in Italia.\ud Cap.4 - Un fenomeno crescente, non una moda. Un approccio step-to-step al business dell'OS. Engineering: approccio al business OS \u