What is the Practical Significance of the Relation between Gender Equality and Ecological Balance?

Nowadays it is indisputable that climate change is a global phenomenon. On the one hand, there have recently been ever-increasing efforts by the international non-governmental institutions (NGOs), including the European Union (EU), to combat climate change either through mitigation or adaptation methods or both. On the other hand, the whole “planet rescue package” is integrated within a “greener” capitalist system, from the governance of which the environmental damages actually originate as a result of the maximum possible capital accumulation at the expense of the weaker. Climate change is thus involved in a vicious circle and produces as well as maintains social discriminations. Gender inequality as a form of social discriminations is therefore involved in the same vicious circle of the neoliberal way of addressing societal problems. Recognizing the great spectrum of analyzing climate change policy within a political structure, namely capitalism, only the connection between the devastating dominance of the human over nature and the still existing marginalization of women in the modern era will be elaborated. The aim of this paper is therefore to outline and analyze the basic framework of the eco-feminist movement about the interrelated environmental degradation and the underestimation towards women, as the feminine gender symbolizes nature

Χρήστος Τσούντας. Ο Καθηγητής Αρχαιολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών

This paper concerns Christos Tsountas’ years as professor of History of Ancient Art in the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens. After a productive period of almost two decades in the Archaeological Service, and his seminal work on the Neolithic, Early Cycladic and Mycenaean Culture, Tsountas was elected professor in 1904. Until his resignation in 1925 he devoted most of his time in teaching courses and writing influential handbooks on ancient Greek art. Also, he undertook significant administrative work, and served as Dean of the School of Philosophy in 1906-07. Because of his values, justice, devotion, and hard work he was highly esteemed by his colleagues, as evidenced by their reactions when he announced his wish to resign from the university

Χρήστος Τσούντας. Ο Καθηγητής Αρχαιολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών

This paper concerns Christos Tsountas’ years as professor of History of Ancient Art in the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens. After a productive period of almost two decades in the Archaeological Service, and his seminal work on the Neolithic, Early Cycladic and Mycenaean Culture, Tsountas was elected professor in 1904. Until his resignation in 1925 he devoted most of his time in teaching courses and writing influential handbooks on ancient Greek art. Also, he undertook significant administrative work, and served as Dean of the School of Philosophy in 1906-07. Because of his values, justice, devotion, and hard work he was highly esteemed by his colleagues, as evidenced by their reactions when he announced his wish to resign from the university

HUMAN HORIZONTAL SUNDIAL MUSEUM PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL UPI SEBAGAI PENUNJUK WAKTU HAKIKI

Jam matahari adalah perangkat penunjuk waktu kuno yang menunjukkan waktu Matahari sejati melalui bayangan yang dihasilkan bagian yang disebut gnomon, bilah yang dipasang untuk menentukan waktu berdasarkan panjang bayangan bilah tersebut. Salah satu jenis jam Matahari yang dikenal adalah jam Matahari tipe horisontal. Jam Matahari Horisontal memiliki bidang dial atau bidang garis penunjuk waktu berbentuk mendatar yang sejajar dengan koordinat lintang dan bujur setempat. Agar dapat menghasilkan bayang-bayang yang menunjukkan waktu Matahari sejati dengan tepat, sudut dari bidang dial ke sisi miring gnomon pada jam Matahari harus disesuaikan dengan besar sudut lintang geografis tempat jam Matahari akan digunakan. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah dengan melakukan observasi lapangan di human horizontal sundial yang terdapat di kawasan taman Museum Pendidikan Nasional Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia untuk menentukan tingkat akurasi jam Matahari ini. Data diperoleh bertepatan dengan berdiri di titik pijak yang dianggap sesuai dengan tinggi badan, diperoleh bayang-bayang pengamat ketika waktu menunjukkan waktu matahari sejati (LAT–Local Absolute Time) di bidang dial dan waktu matahari rata-rata (MST–Mean Solar Time) dari waktu arloji saat pengamatan. Plot grafik dari MST yang diperoleh membentuk garis bersudut 47,13 derajat, hampir mendekati sudut 45° yang bisa dikatakan akurasi jam matahari ini sangat bagus. Namun, ada perbedaan saat menghitung selisih dari kedua data tersebut dengan rata-rata dari seluruh data yang diperoleh yaitu 13 menit 16 detik. Perbedaan ini dimungkinkan karena perbedaan waktu saat pengamatan dan perata waktu tiap hari yang juga berbeda menyebabkan nilai selisihnya bervariasi. A sundial is an ancient timekeeping device that showed true solar time by means of the shadow cast by a piece called a gnomon, an attached part to tell the time by the length shadow that cast by the sun. One of the sundial type known as the horizontal sundial. A horizontal sundial has a horizontal dial or timepiece that fit to the local latitude and longitude coordinates. In order to cast a shadow that shows true solar time correctly, the angle from the plane of the dial to the slanted side of the gnomon on a sundial must be adjusted to the angular size of the geographic latitude where the sundial has built. The method used in this study was a field observations on the human horizontal sundial located in the National Education Museum Park area of the Education University of Indonesia to determine the accuracy of this sundial. The data obtained by standing at a starting point which considered according to body height, the shadows of the user are obtained when the time shows true solar time (LAT–Local Absolute Time) on the dial and the mean solar time (MST) from the wristwatch during observation. The graphical plot of the MST obtained forms a 47,13 degree, almost close to a 45° degree which can be described this sundial have a very good accuracy. However, there is a difference when calculating the deviation between both data, the average of all data obtained is 13 minutes 16 seconds. This diversity is possible due to the various time of observation and the difference equation of time in each day

Petri Net Models for Event Recognition in Surveillance Videos

Video surveillance is the process of monitoring the behavior of people and objects within public places, e.g. airports and traffic intersections, by means of visual aids (cameras) usually for safety and security purposes. As the amount of video data gathered daily by surveillance cameras increases, the need for automatic systems to detect and recognize suspicious activities performed by people and objects is also increasing. The first part of the thesis describes a framework for modeling and recognition of events from surveillance video. Our framework is based on deterministic inference using Petri nets. Events can be composed by combining primitive events and previously defined events by spatial, temporal and logical relations. We provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to formulate such event models. Our approach automatically maps each of these models into a set of Petri net filters that represent the components of the event. Lower-level video processing modules, e.g. background subtraction, tracking and classification, are used to detect the occurrence of primitive events. These primitive events are then filtered by Petri nets filters to recognize composite events of interest. Our framework is general enough and we have applied it to many surveillance domains. In the second part of the thesis, we address the problem of detecting carried objects. Detecting carried objects is the main step to solve the problem of left object detection. We present two approaches to the left object detection problem. Both approaches poses the problem as a classification problem. For both approaches, we trained SVM classifiers on a laboratory database that contains examples of people seen with and without two common objects, namely backpacks and suitcases. We used a boosting technique, AdaBoost, to select the most discriminative features used by the SVMs and to enhance the performance of the classifiers. We give recognition results for each approach and then compare both approaches and describe the advantages of each one. We also compare the performance of both approaches on real world videos captured at the Munich airport

Trauma Affecting Asian-Pacific Islanders in the San Francisco Bay Area

Trauma is a transgenerational process that overwhelms the community and the ability of family members to cope with life stressors. An anthropologist trained in ethnographic methods observed three focus groups from a non-profit agency providing trauma and mental health services to Asian Americans living in the San Francisco Bay Area of United States. Supplemental information also was collected from staff interviews and notes. Many of the clients were immigrants, refugees, or adult children of these groups. This report consisted of authentic observations and rich qualitative information to characterize the impact of trauma on refugees and immigrants. Observations suggest that collective trauma, direct or indirect, can impede the success and survivability of a population, even after many generations

Effect of Premarital Counseling Regarding Consanguineous Marriage on Nursing Student's Perception and Satisfaction

Context: Consanguineous marriage is a traditional habit in Arab countries leading to higher autosomal recessive genetic disorders.Aim: To study the effect of premarital counseling regarding consanguineous marriage on nursing students' perception and satisfaction. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to achieve the aim of this study. The study was conducted in the Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, on all third-year unmarried students (178 students). Three data collection tools were used: An Arabic structured interviewing questionnaire, an attitude assessment Likert scale, and a student's satisfaction assessment questionnaire.Results: The study indicated that nearly three-fourths of the studied sample had total correct knowledge and a positive attitude regarding consanguineous marriage post-intervention. Also, the majority of them were satisfied with the application of counseling sessions regarding consanguineous marriage.Conclusions: A significant improvement in students' perception after counseling sessions was revealed. All students were satisfied with the clarity of the guidelines and teaching methods, and media used. Based on this finding, the study recommended integrating premarital counseling concepts regarding consanguineous marriage in the undergraduate university education curricula

Prognosis of Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: Retrospective Multicenter Analysis

PURPOSE: To calculate the rate and timing of conversion from ocular myasthenia gravis to generalized myasthenia gravis. DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter analysis. SUBJECTS: Patients included in the study were diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis without the presence of generalized disease at onset. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective multicenter analysis. We reviewed charts of 158 patients who met diagnostic criteria for ocular myasthenia gravis. Patients were divided into 2 subgroups: an immunosuppressant treatment group and a nonimmunosuppressant treatment group. Timing of conversion to generalized disease and duration of follow-up also was evaluated. Additional data such as clinical symptoms at presentation, laboratory test results, and chest imaging results also were recorded. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Conversion rates to generalized myasthenia at 2 years, effect of immunosuppression on conversion, and timing of conversion. RESULTS: The 158-patient cohort included 76 patients who received immunosuppressant therapy; the remaining 82 patients did not. The overall conversion rate to generalized disease was 20.9%. At 2 years, generalized myasthenia developed in 8 of 76 patients in the treated group and in 15 of 82 patients in the nonimmunotherapy group (odds ratio, 0.52; 95% confidence interval, 0.20-1.32). Median time for conversion to generalized disease was 20 months in the nonimmunosuppressant group and 24 months in the immunosuppressant group. Conversion occurred after 2 years of symptom onset in 30% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Conversion rates from ocular to generalized myasthenia gravis may be lower than previously reported both in immunosuppressed and nonimmunosuppressed patients. A subset of patients may continue to convert to generalized disease beyond 2 years from onset of symptoms, and close monitoring should be continued.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Oiling the wheels of justice? The RAPCAN Child Witness Project

Child court preparation services play a key role in sexual offences courts. These services enhance the ability of child witnesses to testify. This is largely because they support the child, which builds the child's resilience to secondary victimisation and trauma that arise from exposure to the unempathetic systems characteristic of courts. Effective services should, however, draw on a range of disciplines. This article describes the court preparation and support provided by RAPCAN's Child Witness Project and describes the considerations that underpin the services provided