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Pētera Šmita sarakste ar latviešu un lietuviešu filologu, etnogrāfu Eduardu Volteri

1915

Vēstulē P. Šmits skaidro jēdzienu "krusta priedes", kā arī piemin E. Voltera pārizdoto veco Katehismu (Латышскій катехизисъ 1585 года / переизданный Э.А. Вольтеромъ. Петроградъ : тип. Акад. наук, 1915)ю

Market Determinants of Voluntary Disclosure of Macroeconomic Effects on Corporate Performance

2012

The macroeconomic environment is an important determinant of firm performance. Nevertheless, many firms are simplistic in the approach they use to identify, analyze and create strategies for managing the vital relationship between intrinsic competitiveness and macroeconomic fluctuations. Few firms disclose this information to outside stakeholders, which means they are prevented from understanding the intrinsic performance. We analyze the effects of the implementation/development of IFRS/IAS 1 on voluntary macroeconomic information disclosure with a focus on information content and market determinants. We base our analysis on a sample of the 100 largest public European firms in the period 20…

Valsts papīru spiestuve un naudas kaltuve (1919-1940): izveidošana, darbība un loma poligrāfijas nozarē Latvijā

2017

Valsts papīru spiestuve un naudas kaltuve tika izveidota 1919. gadā, lai nodrošinātu Latvijas valsti ar nepieciešamajiem vērtspapīriem. Maģistra darba mērķis ir izpētīt spiestuves darbību no 1919.-1940. gadam un aprakstīt līdz šim nepētītu Latvijas vēstures jautājumu. Maģistra darba pirmajā nodaļā apskatīti valsts pirmie vērtspapīru pasūtījumi, Valstspapīru spiestuves izveidošana un pirmie tās darbības gadi. Darba otrajā nodaļā apskatīti problēmjautājumi, kas saistīti ar spiestuves darbību laika posmā no 1921. gada līdz 1940. gadam. Trešajā nodaļā analizēta Valstspapīru spiestuves loma starp valsts un privātajām spiestuvēm. Darba rezultātā tika izpētīta un aprakstīta Valstspapīru spiestuves…

Dismantling and copper recovery from Waste Printed Circuit Boards (WPCBs) using an integrated hydro-electrometallurgical approach

Analytical Solution of the Richards Equation under Gravity-Driven Infiltration and Constant Rainfall Intensity

2020

In the field of soil hydrology, the Richards equation is commonly used to model water flow in unsaturated soils. The high nonlinearity of the Richards equation makes it very challenging to solve analytically for situations that are meaningful in practical applications. In this paper, an exact and simple analytical solution of the Richards equation under gravity-driven infiltration and constant rainfall intensity is derived. First, the solution is presented under Torricelli's law, which mimics the soil hydraulic conductivity function and describes the emptying or filling process of a nonlinear water reservoir. Then, following a similar approach, the solution is extended to the Brooks and Cor…

Accessibility of the Italian institutional web pages: a survey on the compliance of the Italian public administration web pages to the Stanca Act and…

2014

Accessibility of the Italian public administration web pages is ruled by the Stanca Act and in particular the Decree of the Minister issued on July 8, 2005. In this paper, an objective test is performed on the official web pages of the Italian province and region chief towns to check their compliance to the 22 technical requirements defined by the Stanca Act. A sample of 976 web pages belonging to the websites of the Italian chief towns have been downloaded in the period October---December 2012. Such a data collection has been submitted to Achecker, the worldwide recognized syntax and accessibility validation service. Several accessibility and syntax errors have been found following the aut…

Usability analysis and visualization of Web 2.0 applications

2008

Nowadays companies and home users use Web sites offering services ranging from Web sites up to complex Web applications. Often the ergonomics of these applications remains unconsidered and they turn out to be hard to use. In order to examine the usability from within the Web applications, information about the usage of the application is collected. The techniques that have been used in the past for Web 1.0 are no longer adequate. Ajax programs (Web 2.0) are more flexible and require other techniques. This paper shows techniques for collection, analysis, processing and visualization of data for Web 2.0 applications.

Non-Technological Aspects on Web Searching Success

2008

This paper studies the influence of social, cultural and emotional background of typical Web users into the web searching process. Several variables, describing such aspects, are represented and statistically analyzed with well known clustering and classifying algorithms such, as COBWEB, J48, Bayes classification, and Correspondence analysis. Results indicate that the efficiency of the complete process of Information Retrieval will not be fully understood without considering subjectivity and personality facts.

Web access for people with visual disability

2012

This paper addresses the evaluation of a prototype of the Inclusite® solution, designed to enable web accessibility for visual disabled people. The interface provides the help from the Web and avoids users' dependence on software and devices normally used by them. An expert in typhlotechnology makes usability tests of Inclusite® interface, consisting of keyboard navigation combined with voice synthesis (synthesis of voice reads to the user the selections made from the keyboard). The evaluation of the initiative is very positive as it will contribute to reduction of costs by the users, not needing to purchase specific software, as well as reducing their dependence on the use of their own equ…

Accessibility of Public Web Services: A Distant Dream?

2013

Part 1: Long and Short Papers; International audience; Today, many public services are available online through Web sites. The accessibility of the sites, also to people with disabilities, is important because the accessibility concerns equality of citizens, a cornerstone of democracy. In the current study we carried out a meta-analysis of 17 studies concerning the accessibility of the Web sites of public administration. Furthermore, we assessed the accessibility of Web pages of 12 ministries of the Finnish government. The assessments were based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The results showed that in terms of the WCAG guidelines, the average accessibility of public We…