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    Small Deviations of Smooth Stationary Gaussian Processes

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    We investigate the small deviation probabilities of a class of very smooth stationary Gaussian processes playing an important role in Bayesian statistical inference. Our calculations are based on the appropriate modification of the entropy method due to Kuelbs, Li, and Linde as well as on classical results about the entropy of classes of analytic functions. They also involve Tsirelson's upper bound for small deviations and shed some light on the limits of sharpness for that estimate

    The Archives and the Community

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    The Community and the archive – preservation, ownership and dissemination. Archives had been thought of remote ivory tower spaces with dim vaults and dusty shelves. However archives have been changing as what is archives has changed from state documents to include audio visual documents and cultural expressions. With this change , there is also the shift of who such an archive is for and who uses it and for what. The relationship of archives to the communities that it interacts with is one that has been undergoing change in the past decade, as the concept of the community comes to the centre of the discourse in many areas. The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage places the community and its rights at the centre in many of its directives, WIPO works on community rights for archives, libraries and museums, and so forth. These are not initiatives of large international bodies. The concept of heritage has gone from that of 'high art' to cultural expressions, Masterpieces have been replaced by Representative Lists, the voice of the subaltern, the concept of “bottom up” approaches are at the centre of discussion in many areas, and community archives is not a term that is uncommon any more. I plan to discuss some of these issues as they relate to archives, and trace the path taken by an ethnomusicology archive through its development and its changing aims and profile

    Exploring tranquillity experienced in landscapes based on social media

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    This work was financially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation [grant no. 171911] and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [grant agreement no. 689,812] (‘LandSense’).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

    Qualitative foundations of a study into category choice amongst alcohol purchasers

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    ANZMAC 2007: Reputation, Responsibility, Relevance Invalid ISBN 9781877156299 as shown on the publicationThis paper reports on the qualitative foundations of a choice experiment that will examine the social, situational and personal factors that influence consumers’ choice behaviour at the category level. A model of cross-category consideration is presented. The model highlights the importance of consumer goals in the cross-category choice decision. Findings from the qualitative research suggest that consumers, when faced with consumption situations that carry a degree of social unfamiliarity, make choices from alternatives that stretch across categories
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