Search results for "Nexus"
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Nexus and Dirac lines in topological materials
2015
We consider the Z2 topology of the Dirac lines, i.e., lines of band contacts, on an example of graphite. Four lines—three with topological charge N1 = 1each and one with N1 = -1—merge together near the H-point and annihilate due to summation law1 ++-= 1110. The merging point is similar to the real-space nexus, an analog of the Dirac monopole at which the Z2 strings terminate. peerReviewed
The migration–tourism nexus in the EU28
2020
This study explores the nexus between tourism and migration on an intra-European scale over the period 2000–2015. Complex-network analysis and gravity models were the investigation methods preferred. For each year under study, we built two country-to-country networks to map and reveal the connections between states as shaped by migration stocks and tourism flows, respectively. Then, the main determinants of the correlation patterns between the two networks were investigated by several econometric analysis. Results point to a quite similar topological structure for the tourism and migration networks as well as to a significant and reciprocal direct influence between tourism and migration mo…
Saamen kielet pääomana monikielisellä Skábmagovat-elokuvafestivaalilla
2015
Trade-offs or Complements? : Balancing Diversified Stakeholder Expectations, Institutional Pressures, and Functional Demands in the Strategic Managem…
2019
While scholars and practitioners have warned that business schools are losing their edge in creating and disseminating relevant knowledge in the crosscurrent of environmental demands, the management and organization of higher education institutions (HEIs) have been described as “herding cats” and “organized anarchy”. The teaching–research nexus forms the cornerstone of academic organization and has a quintessential role in strategic management. However, despite the growing body of literature on HEIs’ teaching–research nexus, organization, and environmental changes, few studies have examined the interplay of the three. Therefore, this study combines two contingency-theory views to examine th…
The Security–Development Nexus in European Union Foreign Relations after Lisbon: Policy Coherence at Last?
2016
One of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty's objectives was to enhance the coherence of EU-level foreign relations by improving collective action. Policy-level innovations included ‘comprehensive’ and ‘joined-up’ approaches linking EU instruments and actors, especially the Commission and the new European External Action Service. Have these reforms improved policy coherence? We focus on a key EU policy domain illustrating Europe's engagement with the changing global context: the security–development nexus. Although we find that collective action has improved somewhat since 2010, decision-making is affected by bureaucratic actors catering to specific constituencies. Accordingly, the coherence of security …
Institutional Functions as a Theoretical Nexus and Measurement Target in Sociology of Education
2017
The paper is devoted to methodological aspects of the study of institutional functions of education as one of the basic theoretical constructs of contemporary sociology of education. The author argues that the elaboration into the function problem also provides a direction for social-practical outputs of this branch of sociology, conceptual ground for its own theoretical, revitalizing its connection with general sociology. Without such elaboration, the author assumes, most of theoretical and empirical studies and measurements conducted by sociologists are doomed to thematic fragmentation, have slim chances to contribute to a shared sociological vision of education, delineate the area of ins…
Early Career Women in Academia: An Exploration of Networking Perceptions
2016
This chapter explores women’s networking perceptions by focusing on early career women in social sciences. Within an exploratory research design it asks how early career women define the early career stage in academia, what definitions, meanings and interpretations they give for networks and networking, how they construct the networking process and their ability to establish and/or join networks, as early career researchers and as women. Based on two group interviews with 12 participants, our findings show that early career women in academia favour networking with peers based on shared interests (organic networking). At the same time though, they challenge and step over the perceived gender…
The many faces of online community : Images and imaginings of togetherness on Imgur
2018
This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image-sharing website Imgur. The analysis shows that the community term has many meanings and serves as a shorthand for a wide variety of social practices, and these meanings are shaped by the experiences of social action leading to the use of the term. Based on ethnographic data, nexus analysis provides an understanding of how the interactions related to community on the site come to take place the way they do. In conceiving of these interactions as mediated discourse, the article provides a fresh approach to the long-established academic discussion on the definition of community, suggesting a new concepti…
Il nesso di causalita` materiale nella responsabilita` contrattuale e la ripartizione dell’onere della prova
2019
Il saggio prende le mosse da un orientamento della Suprema Corte, in corso di consolidamento, che ritiene il nesso di causalita` nella responsabilita` professionale del medico oggetto di prova distinta rispetto all’inadempimento o alla colpa, addossandone l’onere al creditore. In tal modo, le due specie della responsabilita` civile, contrattuale e aquiliana, non divergerebbero sul versante del requisito della causalita` ed e` questo un esito sistematico di cui si puo` fondatamente dubitare. A un esame approfondito, l’intero impianto dell’orientamento si rivela piuttosto fragile per una pluralita` di ragioni che pero` sono tutte riconducibili all’errore di fondo di trascurare le specificita`…