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Determining the RMB Exchange Regime

2011

Although China has claimed since 2005 that it will move towards a more market-oriented system of managing its foreign exchange, it has remained, in part, a managed economic system. This chapter examines the relative importance of fundamentalist, chartist and currency arrangements in determining the RMB exchange regime using both traditional linear and non-linear artificial intelligence models. We find that the emphasis on the US dollar as a reference currency has declined. Fundamentalist forces are becoming strong determinants of the currency exchange. The genetic programming approach is among the best performing in minimizing forecasting error.

Orgoglio poetico e lode del sovrano nei “carmina” di Enrico di Avranches per Federico II

2021

Nel 1878 Eduard Winkelmann pubblicò in «Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte», tre carmina attribuibili a Enrico di Avranches, poeta normanno del XIII secolo. I tre componimeni sono trasmessi – come la stragrande maggioranza dei carmina di Enrico – dal ms. Dd. XI 78 della University Library di Cambridge, esemplato nel secolo XIII e appartenuto a Matteo Paris (siglum A). Questo intervento presenta una prima sezione dedicata alla presentazione della figura di Enrico di Avranches, con una rassegna bibliografica delle sue opere principali, alla quale segue una seconda e più ampia parte dedicata all’analisi dei tre carmina per Federico II, studiati nelle loro caratteristiche contenutistiche e fo…

Gestione dell’irrigazione del vigneto attraverso l’uso di modelli di simulazione e misure di campo.

2008

In the paper the applicability of a numerical model, i.e. SWAP (Soil Water Atmosphere Plant), and a functional model, i.e. FAO 56, for irrigation scheduling is assessed. Model validation was initially carried out through the comparison between simulated and measured water content of a soil profile. The two models were then used in order to verify the possibility to simulate the typical irrigation management of the study area. In particular, the attitude of the two models to simulate the number and the distribution of watering, as well as the seasonal water consumption found in the ordinary management irrigation was assessed. Different scenarios of irrigation management allowed the analysis …

The role of swarming sites for maintaining gene flow in the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

2004

Bat-swarming sites where thousands of individuals meet in late summer were recently proposed as 'hot spots' for gene flow among populations. If, due to female philopatry, nursery colonies are genetically differentiated, and if males and females of different colonies meet at swarming sites, then we would expect lower differentiation of maternally inherited genetic markers among swarming sites and higher genetic diversity within. To test these predictions, we compared genetic variance from three swarming sites to 14 nursery colonies. We analysed biparentally (five nuclear and one sex-linked microsatellite loci) and maternally (mitochondrial D-loop, 550 bp) inherited molecular markers. Three m…

Results of a collaborative study of the EDNAP group regarding mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and segregation in hair shafts.

2004

Abstract A collaborative exercise was carried out by the European DNA Profiling Group (EDNAP) in order to evaluate the distribution of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy amongst the hairs of an individual who displays point heteroplasmy in blood and buccal cells. A second aim of the exercise was to study reproducibility of mtDNA sequencing of hairs between laboratories using differing chemistries, further to the first mtDNA reproducibility study carried out by the EDNAP group [Forensic Sci. Int. 97 (1998) 165]. Laboratories were asked to type 2 sections from each of 10 hairs, such that each hair was typed by at least two laboratories. Ten laboratories participated in the study, and a to…

Mesozoic mafic dyke swarm from Rio Ceará-Mirim (northeast Brazil)

1989

On two new species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Bransfield Strait (Antarctica)

1998

Two species of the genus Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 new to science (Oswaldella crassa sp. nov. and O.␣curiosa sp. nov.) were studied. Both species are described and figured; their systematic position amongst the remaining species of the genus is discussed. The material originates from the Bransfield Strait area (Antarctica) and was collected during the United States Antarctic Research Program with R.V. Eltanin. A comparative table listing the main features of the known species of Oswaldella is presented. Finally, a general survey of geographical and bathymetrical distribution of the known species of Oswaldella is given.

Guru sebagai Model Kesantunan Berbahasa dalam Interaksi Instruksional di Sekolah Dasar

2017

ABSTRAKSI : Dalam interaksi instruksional di SD (Sekolah Dasar), para guru dituntut mampu menciptakan situasi pembelajaran yang kondusif, sehingga siswa dapat melakukan pembelajaran dalam suasana psikologis yang mendukung . Suasana pembelajaran yang kondusif tersebut hanya dapat diciptakan jika guru bersikap ramah kepada siswa. Guru menggunakan bahasa yang santun sehingga tidak mengancam muka siswa. Bahasa guru yang santun akan dapat dijadikan sebagai model oleh siswa. Dengan demikian, secara tidak langsung, guru menanamkan nilai karakter sopan-santun kepada peserta didik. Dalam interaksi instruksional di SD, guru dapat menerapkan strategi kesantunan positif dalam membangun kedekatan hubung…

Escape planning in realistic fire scenarios with Ant Colony Optimisation

2014

Published version of an article from the journal:Applied Intelligence Also available on Springerlink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10489-014-0538-9 An emergency requiring evacuation is a chaotic event, filled with uncertainties both for the people affected and rescuers. The evacuees are often left to themselves for navigation to the escape area. The chaotic situation increases when predefined escape routes are blocked by a hazard, and there is a need to re-think which escape route is safest. This paper addresses automatically finding the safest escape routes in emergency situations in large buildings or ships with imperfect knowledge of the hazards. The proposed solution, based on Ant Colony …

Swallowing Outcomes in Open Partial Horizontal Laryngectomy Type I and Endoscopic Supraglottic Laryngectomy: A Comparative Study

2022

Background: Effective swallowing represents the main challenge in supraglottic laryngectomy. This study aimed to assess swallowing outcome comparing endoscopic supraglottic laryngectomy (ESL) and open partial horizontal laryngectomy type I (OPHL I). Methods: A retrospective study was carried out on 20 patients that underwent supraglottic laryngectomy from 2015 to 2021: 10 underwent ESL (group A) and 10 underwent OPHL I (Group B). Patients underwent fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) 3 months and 12 months after surgery and videofluoroscopy swallowing studies (VFSS) 12 months after surgery. A Swallowing Outcome After Laryngectomy (SOAL) questionnaire was administered to pa…