Unpacking the narrative-argumentative conundrum: story credibility revisited

Building on a view of both narration and argumentation as dynamic concepts, the aim of this paper is to argue that story credibility remains a core issue in the debate on the argumentative quality of narratives, yet one that the dynamic perspective has not interrogated in sufficient detail. To illustrate, I will draw on empirical examples from research interviews with adult migrants to Norway on their learning and using Norwegian as a second language

Budidaya Tanaman Jambu Mete Dan Pemasaran Dalam Meningkatkan Pendapatan Masyarakat Desa Hokeng Jaya

The purpose of this study was to reveal the existence of cashew cultivation in increasing income, as well as the amount of community income from cashew sales and the factors supporting and inhibiting cashew cultivation. The focus of the problem is that cashew plants receive less attention from cashew farmers. This type of research is an integrated quantitative and qualitative research. An integrated quantitative and qualitative descriptive research approach. Collecting data with three techniques, namely "observation, questionnaires" and interviews. Data analysis used the highest percentage formula. From the results of the calculation according to the predetermined criteria, it can be seen that the proposed hypothesis was accepted, where the number of respondents who answered "Yes" was 69.5%. And those who answered "no" were 24.5%. This means that there is a significant relationship between cashew cultivation and increasing the income of cashew farmers in Hokeng Jaya Village, Wulanggitang District, East Flores Regenc

Design and construction of multi-dimensional optical lattices for 87 Rb Bose-Einstein condensates

In recent years, ultracold atomic gases have been used as tools to study strongly-correlated systems reminiscent of interesting systems from solid-state physics. At temperatures just above absolute zero, particles with integer quantum spin ( bosons ) begin to congregate in the ground state of the trapping potential. As the temperature of the system falls below a critical temperature Tc (in this experiment near 200 nK) it undergoes a phase transition called Bose-Einstein condensation. A Bose-Einstein condensate is often described as a macroscopic quantum body, and due to its phase coherence (analogous to an atom laser ) can be used to simulate solid-state systems in a periodic potential called an optical lattice, which resembles that experienced by electrons in the periodic Coulomb potential of a solid-state crystal lattice. These optical lattices are formed by the interference pattern of multiple laser beams, and the associated spatially-dependent Stark shift, resulting in trapping potential for the BEC. The lattice analogs of simple atomic structures have been widely studied. In this thesis, we study the possibility of loading a BEC into multi-dimensional optical lattices. The crystallography of four-beam three-dimensional optical lattices is investigated, and an apparatus is constructed to produce two- to four-beam lattice geometries. We study the structure of the lattice through the technique of Kapitza-Dirac scattering

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Pingers reduce harbour porpoise bycatch in Norwegian gillnet fisheries, with little impact on day-to-day fishing operations

A field trial was conducted to determine the effect of acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs, or pingers) on harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) bycatch in three Norwegian commercial gillnet fisheries targeting cod (Gadus morhua), saithe (Pollachius virens) and monkfish (Lophius piscatorius). Catch data on 3500 net-km-days were collected by 8 fishing vessels operating gillnets in high bycatch regions over two years. A total of 20 harbour porpoises and 9 harbour seals were bycaught, with 19 harbour porpoises and 6 harbour seals taken in control (non-pingered) nets. Bycatch was modelled using a generalized additive mixed modelling approach and fitted with penalized maximum likelihood. Modelling results indicated that using pingers on gillnets reduced the risk of bycatching a harbour porpoise by an estimated 94% (95% confidence interval CI 77–100%) compared to ordinary pinger-free nets. The effect of pingers was not significantly different between different fisheries. The pingers also had no significant effect on catch rates of fish (Wilcoxon rank sum test, p = 0.24) or harbour seals (Wilcoxon rank sum test, p = 0.19). Self-reported pinger-associated extra time costs on day-to-day fishing operations were low, averaging about 2.8 min per operation. These results add to a growing body of scientific evidence that pingers can lead to substantial reductions in harbour porpoise bycatch rates in gillnet fisheries, and that extra time costs associated with operating nets with pingers are low.Pingers reduce harbour porpoise bycatch in Norwegian gillnet fisheries, with little impact on day-to-day fishing operationspublishedVersio