The grammar of traditional Malay long-roof type houses

In this paper, the grammar of the traditional Malay houses (TMH) built in the past century is presented. The basic unit structures that form the shape of the TMH are first derived. Evidences of the basic unit structures or their combinations were documented by previous researchers and are used as a way of explaining the physical, spatial and functional relationships of the built forms of the TMH. The scope of the study is currently limited to the original TMH of the bumbung panjang (long roof) type in which the key features of the houses were easily discernible from the side view. The shape addition rules for generating these structures are used to characterize the compositional aspects of TMH style

Diasporic and Local Mainstream Media as a Tool for Intercultural Integration? The Case of Latin American Communities in Italy

In Italy, communication research on the impact of media on immigrants’ integration dynamics has up until now privileged the sphere of national mainstream media. This paper takes into consideration the role of diasporic media as complimentary to perspective, by exploring the disposition of the two media fields towards the promotion of intercultural dialogue. In an attempt to assess whether there is in fact an intercultural media integration process occurring in both mainstream and Latin-America diasporic media players in Italy, this paper focuses on gathering evidence from the media pertaining to the society in general and from those created by and for immigrant communities. This evaluation aims to establish the degree to which majority and minorities take an interest in each other as well as the story telling they deploy or one another. Interculturalism and intercultural media integration are the main theoretical frameworks used to understand how intercultural dialogue is operationalized at the media level. Preliminary findings suggest a local mainstream media scene out of step with the de facto multicultural society, whereas only in some cases do Latin-American diasporic media demonstrate integrative potential capable of” bridging the gap” with the host society rather than merely fulfilling its ingroup “bonding” role

Construction of frames for shift-invariant spaces

We construct a sequence {\phi_i(\cdot-j)\mid j\in{\ZZ}, i=1,...,r} which constitutes a $p$-frame for the weighted shift-invariant space [V^p_{\mu}(\Phi)=\Big{\sum\limits_{i=1}^r\sum\limits_{j\in{\mathbb{Z}}}c_i(j)\phi_i(\cdot-j) \Big| {c_i(j)}_{j\in{\mathbb{Z}}}\in\ell^p_{\mu}, i=1,...,r\Big}, p\in[1,\infty],] and generates a closed shift-invariant subspace of $L^p_\mu(\mathbb{R})$. The first construction is obtained by choosing functions $\phi_i$, $i=1,...,r$, with compactly supported Fourier transforms $\hat{\phi}_i$, $i=1,...,r$. The second construction, with compactly supported $\phi_i,i=1,...,r,$ gives the Riesz basis

Backward Causation, Isolation and the Pursuit of Justice

The recent operationalization of the famous Newcomb's game by Schmidt (1998) offers an interesting and thought-provoking look at the plausibility of backward causation in a Newtonian universe. Hereby we investigate two details of the Schmidt's scenario which may, at least in principle, invalidate his conclusion in two different domains: one dealing with the issue of Newtonian predictability in specific instance of human actions, and the other stemming from a possible strategy aimed at obviating the anthropically oriented view of backward causation as applied to a judicial and ethical problem posed by a version of the scenario. We conclude that the scenario is at least to be more complex than originally presented in order to remain viable. However, it points to a very deep and delicate question of compatibility of backward causation with the conventional ethical standards.Comment: Epistemologia, accepted for publicatio

The Budget Funding of the Public Higher Education in Some European Countries

This comparative study concerning public superior education system finance has been accomplished in order to highlight the main public superior education system financing mechanisms used in a few European countries considering a financing future model projection, able to make the public financing allocation for superior educational system more and more efficient. In the past, in Europe, the financing mechanisms had been involving negotiations between the public or private superior education institutions on the allocated funds, their calculation on the real costs supported by institutions and grants awarded, divided on budgetary categories. Nowadays, the public superior educational system financing mechanisms had suffered important kind of changes, if we consider the granted sums calculation formulas, as well as the measures for correlation of public financing quantum with the financed university performance. Each financing model presents strong points as well as weak ones, as there isn’t any perfect financing model which can be adapted to any country, because the choosing of the model usually implies a compromise between the different objectives that have to be reached by the higher education. Owed to public superior educational system financing system analysis from a few European countries (Romania, Great Britain, France, Denmark,), we may conclude that a perfect adaptable financing system for each European country doesn’t exist; the adaptability degree of these mechanisms depends on a different factors number, of a historic, social, legal, political and economical nature.Superior Education System financing, financing mechanisms, financing on formulas, performance criteria, input criteria, performance contract

Effect of temperature and steam to biomass ratio on NO and SO2 formation in palm kernel shell catalytic steam gasification with in-situ CO2 adsorption

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