Academic Articles & Research Papers

Complexity science and human geography

Complexity science has attracted considerable attention in a number of disciplines. However, this perspective on scientific understanding remains ill defined. In this paper, ideas and approaches from complexity science are reviewed. It appe...

Comparison of Neighborhood-Scale, Residential Property Flood-Loss Assessment Methodologies

Leading flood loss estimation models include Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Hazus, FEMA’s Flood Assessment Structure Tool (FAST), and (U.S.) Hydrologic Engineering Center’s Flood Impact Analysis (HEC-FIA), with each requirin...

Research on the Deformation Laws of Adjacent Structures Induced by the Shield Construction Parameters

Taking the shield construction of Xiamen Metro Line 2 tunnel side-crossing the Tianzhushan overpass and under-crossing the Shen-Hai Expressway as the engineering background, FLAC3D 6.0 software was used to examine the deformation of adjacen...

Spatially Constrained Discontinuity Trace Extraction from 3D Point Clouds by Intersecting Boundaries Segmented

Discontinuity trace provides critical geological data for engineering design and construction optimization. However, current extraction methods relying on discontinuity intersection fitting are highly sensitive to the segmentation accuracy ...

Topical Text Network Construction Method Based on Gibbs Sampling Results

Mining the probability distribution of topic words in document collection can make a summary understanding of the document content.Further exploring the connection relationship between words in a given topic not only riches the meaning of t...

A Novel Construction Method of Bayesian Neural Networks Based on Multi-type Engineering Knowledge

Abstract In the field of engineering, the utilization of surrogate models to replace computationally intensive simulation software has become a widely adopted approach. However, when addressing complex engineering problems, the costs of sim...

A Comparative Analysis of the Chloroplast Genomes of Four Polygonum Medicinal Plants

Polygonum is a generalized genus of the Polygonaceae family that includes various herbaceous plants. In order to provide aid in understanding the evolutionary and phylogenetic relationship in Polygonum at the chloroplast (cp) genome-scale l...

Ethnicity: Anthropological Constructions

Ethnicity has been a key concept in anthropology and sociology for many years, yet many people still seem uncertain as to its meaning, its relevance, and its relationship to other concepts such as `race' and nationalism. In Ethnicity: Anthr...

The Anthropology of Food and Eating

▪ Abstract The study of food and eating has a long history in anthropology, beginning in the nineteenth century with Garrick Mallery and William Robertson Smith. This review notes landmark studies prior to the 1980s, sketching the history o...

Anthropology of Ontologies

The turn to ontology, often associated with the recent works of Philippe Descola, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, and Bruno Latour, but evident in many other places as well, is, in Elizabeth Povinelli's formulation, “symptomatic” and “diagnosti...

Anthropology and Autobiography

1. Anthropology and autobiography: participatory experience and embodied Knowledge Judith Okely 2. Ethnography and experience: gender implications in fieldwork and text Helen Callaway 3. Automythologies and the reconstruction of ageing Paul...

Explosive Ordnance Clearance in Lithuania in 1944–1946

This article investigates the process of mine clearance in Lithuania between 1944 and 1946, conducted through the Soviet paramilitary organization OSOAVIACHIM. Based on documents preserved in the Lithuanian Central State Archives and the Li...

Patrimonio cultural y turismo emergente: Villa Guillermina, de pueblo obrero a nuevo destino turístico. Un estudio de caso Patrimônio cultural e turismo emergente: Villa Guillermina, de povoado de operários a novo destino turístico. Um estudo de caso Cultural Heritage and emergent tourism: Villa Guillermina from worker villages to a new tourist destination. A case study

En los últimos años, la provincia de Santa Fe ha impulsado una política destinada a la creación de nuevos destinos turísticos, con el propósito de contribuir al desarrollo de las economías locales. Villa Guillermina, situada en la Cuña Bosc...

Homosexuality: Research Implications for Public Policy

Introduction - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich The Definition and Scope of Sexual Orientation - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich Homosexuality, Nature, and Biology - John A W Kirsch and James D Weinrich Is Homosexuality Natural? ...

Geography and public policy: constructions of neoliberalism

Governance Networks in Public Administration and Public Policy

What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish some kind of policy function. To be effective, they must find ways to navigat...

Governance Networks in Public Administration and Public Policy

What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish a policy function. This second edition of Governance Networks in Public Admin...

Evaluating the effect of comprehensive land consolidation on spatial reconstruction of rural production, living, and ecological spaces

China’s long-standing dual-track institutions, which differentiate between urban and rural areas, have prioritized urban development, exacerbating the urban–rural divide and contributing to the ongoing decline of rural regions. In response,...

Public policy and construction innovation

The particular roles played by governments through their policies and programmes are considered within a comparative context in order to gain an understanding of construction innovation systems and processes. The analysis of this question i...

Public Policy for Democracy.

A fundamental rethinking is under way about the roles of government, citizens, and community organizations in public policy. Can government be reconstructed to make public policies more responsive to citizens and thus more effective? This c...