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Finanšu burbuļu izveide kriptoaktīvu tirgū

2022

Bakalaura darbā tiek aplūkots Bitcoin kriptovalūtas kapitalizācijas pamatojums, kā arī analizēts tās kriptovalūtas cenas straujais kāpums laika posmā no 2013.g. līdz 2022.g. Mērķis ir pārliecināties, par finanšu burbuļa pastāvēšanas iespējamību Bitcoin kriptovalūtas tirgū. Aplūkojot tirgus statistiskos datus, kā arī veicot Bitcoin kriptovalūtas pielietošanas un izmantošanas analīzi, to savstarpējo salīdzinājumu ar citām valūtām, darbā tiek uzrādītas Bitcoin kriptovalūtas nepilnības. Turklāt, Bitcoin kriptovalūtas tirgus cenas izpētei darbā tiek izmantota DFA (angl. detrended fluctuation analysis) matemātiskā metode, pēc kuras tika konstatēta Bitcoin tirgus cenas homogenitāte, kas liecina pa…

DEVELOPMENT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER THICKNESS AND REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR SCATTERING TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS

2022

The research has been supported by ERDF No.1.1.1.1/19/A/120 “Improvement of Electro-Optical Characteristics of Liquid Crystal Shutters”.

Resistive switching behaviour in ZnO and VO 2 memristors grown by pulsed laser deposition

2014

The resistive switching behaviour observed in microscale memristors based on laser ablated ZnO and VO 2 is reported. A comparison between the two materials is reported against an active device size. The results show that devices up to 300 × 300 μm 2 exhibit a memristive behaviour regardless of the device size, and 100 × 100 μm 2 ZnO-based memristors have the best resistance off/on ratio.

Performance of a propeller embedded in the flowfield of a wing

1996

Functional Definition of a B Cell Epitope, KGEQGEPGA, on C1q the Fc-Binding Subunit of the First Component of Complement

1999

A synthetic peptide representing the C1q epitope KGEQGEPGA has been shown to suppress or delay the onset of CII-induced arthritis when applied intravenously (i.v.) prior to an intradermal (i.d.) challenge, in a mouse model; the phenomenon being associated with the development of immunoglobulin (Ig)M antibodies specific for the KGEQGEPGA epitope. Here we show that this amino acid sequence provides an immunodominant B cell epitope that is recognised by autoantibodies present in the sera of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis, two diseases associated with an immune response to C1q. The peptide's ability to produce pept…

Bilingual practices and the social organisation of video gaming activities

2010

Abstract Grounded in the interactional paradigm for the study of bilingual language use, this paper investigates how players engaged in a collaborative game-playing activity orient to the co-presence of two languages in the setting and deploy bilingual resources in organising their action and participation. The analysis aims to demonstrate how a particular kind of ‘bilingual order’ ( Cromdal, 2005 ) is co-constructed in which the players use their native language (Finnish) for interaction with each other, but systematically draw on the language of the game in constructing their turns as recognisable and building their alignments with respect to activities under way. The analysis highlights …

Are we "experienced listeners"? A review of the musical capacities that do not depend on formal musical training.

2006

The present paper reviews a set of studies designed to investigate different aspects of the capacity for processing Western music. This includes perceiving the relationships between a theme and its variations, perceiving musical tensions and relaxations, generating musical expectancies, integrating local structures in large-scale structures, learning new compositional systems and responding to music in an emotional (affective) way. The main focus of these studies was to evaluate the influence of intensive musical training on these capacities. The overall set of data highlights that some musical capacities are acquired through exposure to music without the help of explicit training. These ca…

REVIEWS - Barbara E. Bullock & Almeida Jacqueline Toribio (eds.), The Cambridge handbook of linguistic code-switching (Cambridge Handbooks in Lin…

2010

Speaking English in Finnish content-based classrooms

2007

:  CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is a term widely used in Europe to refer to different forms of content based education, often conducted in English. Earlier research on CLIL has tended to focus on matters of language learning or content mastery rather than on details of classroom interaction. This paper investigates how English is used in Finnish biology and physics CLIL classrooms. Classrooms are approached from a discourse-pragmatic perspective which involves close attention to social and interpersonal aspects of language use as it unfolds in authentic settings. The findings suggest that CLIL students claim ownership of English by the way they confidently use it as a res…

Tonos condicionados por la estructura métrica y pies mínimamente recursivos en Chugach Alutiiq

2016

This article presents a reanalysis of the foot-based phonology of Chugach Alutiiq (henceforth CA), a language that displays a complex mixed ternary–binary rhythm, as well as metrically conditioned distributions of pitch, fortition and vowel lengthening. Elaborating on earlier analyses of CA that had posited some kind of ternary constituent (Hewitt, 1991, 1992; Leer, 1985a, 1985b, 1985c; Rice, 1992), we propose CA should be analyzed by means of the Internally Layered Ternary (ILT) foot, a minimal recursive foot (Prince, 1980; Selkirk, 1980), which was recently revived in a typological study of binary–ternary stress (Martínez-Paricio & Kager, 2015). It will be argued that ILT feet capture CA’…