bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CHALLENGES IN FUSION OF HETEROGENEOUS POINT CLOUDS
Authors: Bracci F. , Drauschke M. , Kühne S. , Márton Z.-C.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Different platforms and sensors are used to derive 3d models of urban scenes. 3d reconstruction from satellite and aerial images are used to derive sparse models mainly showing ground and roof surfaces of entire cities. In contrast to such sparse models, 3d reconstructions from UAV or ground images are much denser and show building facades and street furniture as traffic signs and garbage bins. Furthermore, point clouds may also get acquired with LiDAR sensors. Point clouds do not only differ in the viewpoints, but also in their scales and point densities. Consequently, the fusion of such heterogeneous point clouds is highly challenging. Regarding urban scenes, another challenge is the occurence of only a few parallel planes where it is difficult to find the correct rotation parameters. We discuss the limitations of the general fusion methodology based on an initial alignment step followed by a local coregistration using ICP and present strategies to overcome them.
UAV-BASED DETECTION OF UNKNOWN RADIOACTIVE BIOMASS DEPOSITS IN CHERNOBYL’S EXCLUSION ZONE
Authors: Briechle S. , Sizov A. , Tretyak O. , Antropov V. , Molitor N. , Krzystek P.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Shortly after the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) in 1986, radioactive fall-out and contaminated trees (socalled Red Forest) were buried in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ). These days, exact locations of the buried contaminated material are needed. Moreover, 3D vegetation maps are necessary to simulate the impact of tornados and forest fire. After 30 years, some of the so-called trenches and clamps are visible. However, some of them are overgrown and have slightly settled in the centimeter and decimeter range. This paper presents a pipeline that comprises 3D vegetation mapping and machine learning methods to precisely map trenches and clamps from remote sensing data. The dataset for our experiments consists of UAV-based LiDAR data, multi-spectral data, and aerial gamma-spectrometry data. Depending on the study areas overall accuracies ranging from 95.6 % to 99.0 % were reached for the classification of radioactive deposits. Our first results demonstrate an accurate and reliable UAV-based detection of unknown radioactive biomass deposits in the ChEZ.
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR MOBILE MAPPING SYSTEMS FOR ARCHITECTURAL SURVEYS
Authors: Campi M. , di Luggo A. , Monaco S. , Siconolfi M. , Palomba D.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. This paper presents the results of architectural surveys carried out with mobile mapping systems. The data acquired through different instruments for both indoor and outdoor surveying are analyzed and compared. The study sample shows what is required for an acquisition in a dynamic mode indicating the criteria for the creation of a georeferenced network for indoor spaces, as well as the operational processes concerning data capture, processing, and management. The differences between a dynamic and static scan have been evaluated, with a comparison being made with the aerial photogrammetric survey of the same sample.
SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF BUILDING ELEMENTS USING POINT CLOUD HASHING
Authors: Chizhova M. , Gurianov A. , Hess M. , Luhmann T. , Brunn A. , Stilla U.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. For the interpretation of point clouds, the semantic definition of extracted segments from point clouds or images is a common problem. Usually, the semantic of geometrical pre-segmented point cloud elements are determined using probabilistic networks and scene databases. The proposed semantic segmentation method is based on the psychological human interpretation of geometric objects, especially on fundamental rules of primary comprehension. Starting from these rules the buildings could be quite well and simply classified by a human operator (e.g. architect) into different building types and structural elements (dome, nave, transept etc.), including particular building parts which are visually detected. The key part of the procedure is a novel method based on hashing where point cloud projections are transformed into binary pixel representations. A segmentation approach released on the example of classical Orthodox churches is suitable for other buildings and objects characterized through a particular typology in its construction (e.g. industrial objects in standardized enviroments with strict component design allowing clear semantic modelling).
CULTURAL HERITAGE RECONSTRUCTION FROM HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS
Authors: Condorelli F. , Rinaudo F.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Historical archives save invaluable treasures and play a critical role in the conservation of Cultural Heritage. Old photographs and videos, which have survived over time and stored in these archives, preserve traces of architecture and urban transformation and, in many cases, are the only evidence of buildings that no longer exist. They are a precious source of enormous informative potential in Cultural Heritage documentation and save invaluable treasures. Thanks to photogrammetric techniques it is possible to extract metric information from these sources useful for 3D virtual reconstructions of monuments and historic buildings. This paper explores the ways to search for, classify and group historical data by considering their possible use in metric documentation and aims to provide an overview of criticality and open issues of the methodologies that could be used to process these data. A practical example is described and presented as a case study. The video “Torino 1928”, an old movie dating from the 1930s, was processed for reconstructing the temporary pavilions of the “Exposition” held in Turin in 1928. Despite the initial concerns relating to processing this kind of data, the experimental methodology used in this research has allowed to reach a quality of results of acceptable standard.
A METADATA BASED APPROACH FOR ANALYZING UAV DATASETS FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC APPLICATIONS
Authors: Dhanda A. , Remondino F. , Santana Quintero M.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. This paper proposes a methodology for pre-processing and analysing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) datasets before photogrammetric processing. In cases where images are gathered without a detailed flight plan and at regular acquisition intervals the datasets can be quite large and be time consuming to process. This paper proposes a method to calculate the image overlap and filter out images to reduce large block sizes and speed up photogrammetric processing. The python-based algorithm that implements this methodology leverages the metadata in each image to determine the end and side overlap of grid-based UAV flights. Utilizing user input, the algorithm filters out images that are unneeded for photogrammetric processing. The result is an algorithm that can speed up photogrammetric processing and provide valuable information to the user about the flight path.
OPEN SOURCE HBIM FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE: A PROJECT PROPOSAL
Authors: Diara F. , Rinaudo F.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Actual technologies are changing Cultural Heritage research, analysis, conservation and development ways, allowing new innovative approaches. The possibility of integrating Cultural Heritage data, like archaeological information, inside a three-dimensional environment system (like a Building Information Modelling) involve huge benefits for its management, monitoring and valorisation. Nowadays there are many commercial BIM solutions. However, these tools are thought and developed mostly for architecture design or technical installations. An example of better solution could be a dynamic and open platform that might consider Cultural Heritage needs as priority. Suitable solution for better and complete data usability and accessibility could be guaranteed by open source protocols. This choice would allow adapting software to Cultural Heritage needs and not the opposite, thus avoiding methodological stretches. This work will focus exactly on analysis and experimentations about specific characteristics of these kind of open source software (DBMS, CAD, Servers) applied to a Cultural Heritage example, in order to verifying their flexibility, reliability and then creating a dynamic HBIM open source prototype. Indeed, it might be a starting point for a future creation of a complete HBIM open source solution that we could adapt to others Cultural Heritage researches and analysis.
FROM 2D TO 3D SUPERVISED SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE APPLICATIONS
Authors: Grilli E. , Dininno D. , Petrucci G. , Remondino F.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. The digital management of architectural heritage information is still a complex problem, as a heritage object requires an integrated representation of various types of information in order to develop appropriate restoration or conservation strategies. Currently, there is extensive research focused on automatic procedures of segmentation and classification of 3D point clouds or meshes, which can accelerate the study of a monument and integrate it with heterogeneous information and attributes, useful to characterize and describe the surveyed object. The aim of this study is to propose an optimal, repeatable and reliable procedure to manage various types of 3D surveying data and associate them with heterogeneous information and attributes to characterize and describe the surveyed object. In particular, this paper presents an approach for classifying 3D heritage models, starting from the segmentation of their textures based on supervised machine learning methods. Experimental results run on three different case studies demonstrate that the proposed approach is effective and with many further potentials.
COMBINING INDEPENDENT VISUALIZATION AND TRACKING SYSTEMS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY
Authors: Hübner P. , Weinmann M. , Hillemann M. , Jutzi B. , Wursthorn S.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. The basic requirement for the successful deployment of a mobile augmented reality application is a reliable tracking system with high accuracy. Recently, a helmet-based inside-out tracking system which meets this demand has been proposed for self-localization in buildings. To realize an augmented reality application based on this tracking system, a display has to be added for visualization purposes. Therefore, the relative pose of this visualization platform with respect to the helmet has to be tracked. In the case of hand-held visualization platforms like smartphones or tablets, this can be achieved by means of image-based tracking methods like marker-based or model-based tracking. In this paper, we present two marker-based methods for tracking the relative pose between the helmet-based tracking system and a tablet-based visualization system. Both methods were implemented and comparatively evaluated in terms of tracking accuracy. Our results show that mobile inside-out tracking systems without integrated displays can easily be supplemented with a hand-held tablet as visualization device for augmented reality purposes.
ASTEROID (21) LUTETIA: SEMI-AUTOMATIC IMPACT CRATERS DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION
Authors: Jenerowicz M. , Banaszkiewicz M.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. The need to develop an automated method, independent of lighting and surface conditions, for the identification and measurement of impact craters, as well as the creation of a reliable and efficient tool, has become a justification of our studies. This paper presents a methodology for the detection of impact craters based on their spectral and spatial features. The analysis aims at evaluation of the algorithm capabilities to determinate the spatial parameters of impact craters presented in a time series. In this way, time-consuming visual interpretation of images would be reduced to the special cases. The developed algorithm is tested on a set of OSIRIS high resolution images of asteroid Lutetia surface which is characterized by varied landforms and the abundance of craters created by collisions with smaller bodies of the solar system.The proposed methodology consists of three main steps: characterisation of objects of interest on limited set of data, semi-automatic extraction of impact craters performed for total set of data by applying the Mathematical Morphology image processing (Serra, 1988, Soille, 2003), and finally, creating libraries of spatial and spectral parameters for extracted impact craters, i.e. the coordinates of the crater center, semi-major and semi-minor axis, shadow length and cross-section. The overall accuracy of the proposed method is 98 %, the Kappa coefficient is 0.84, the correlation coefficient is ∼ 0.80, the omission error 24.11 %, the commission error 3.45 %. The obtained results show that methods based on Mathematical Morphology operators are effective also with a limited number of data and low-contrast images.
AUTOMATED MOSAICKING OF GEOSTATIONARY OCEAN COLOR IMAGER BY COMBINATION OF SPATIAL AND FREQUENCY MATCHING
Authors: Kim H. G. , Son J. H. , Kim T.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. In general, image mosaicking is a useful and important processing for handling images with narrow field of view. It is being used widely for images from commercial cameras as well as from aerial and satellite cameras. For mosaicking images with geometric distortion, geometric correction of each image should be performed before combining images. However, automated mosaicking images with geometric distortion is not a trivial task. The goal of this paper is the development of automated mosaicking techniques applicable to handle GOCI images. In this paper, we try to extract tie-points by using spatial domain and frequency domain matching and perform the mosaicking of GOCI. The method includes five steps. First, we classify GOCI image slots according to the existence of shorelines by spatial domain matching. Second, we perform precise geometric correction on the slots with shorelines. Third, we perform initial sensor modelling for the slots without shorelines and apply geometric correction based on the initial model. Fourth, the relative relationship between the slots without shorelines and the slots with shorelines is estimated through frequency domain matching. Lastly, mosaicking of geometrically corrected all 16 image slots is performed. The proposed method was verified by applying to real GOCI images. The proposed method was able to perform automated mosaicking even for images without shorelines, and its accuracy and processing time were satisfactory. For future research, we will improve frequency matching to generate multiple tie-points and to analyse the applicability of precise sensor modelling directly from frequency matching. It is expected that the proposed method can be applied to the follow-up sensor of the GOCI, GOCI-II, and other ocean satellite images.
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC TECHNIQUES FOR PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL OBJECTS PRESERVING AND STUDYING
Authors: Knyaz V. A. , Leybova N. A. , Galeev R. , Novikov M. , Gaboutchian A. V.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Paleo-anthropological research has its specificity closely related with studied objects. Their complicated shape arises from anatomical features of human skull and other skeletal bones. The degree of preservation is associated with the fragility of palaeo-anthropological material which usually has high historical and scientific value. The circumstances mentioned above enhance the relevance of photogrammetry implementation in anthropological studies. Thus, such combination of scientific methodologies with up-to-date technology creates a potential for improvement of various stages of palaeo-anthropological studies. This can be referred to accurate documenting of anthropological material and creation of databases accessible for wide range of users, predominantly research scientists and students; preservation of highly valuable samples and possibility of sharing information as 3D images or printed copies, improving co-operation of scientists world-wide; potential for replication of contact anthropometric studies on 3D images or printed copies providing for development of new biometric methods, and etc. This paper presents an approach based on photogrammetric techniques and non-contact measurements, providing technological and methodological development of paleo-anthropological studies, including data capturing, processing and representing.
OBJECT DETECTION FROM MMS IMAGERY USING DEEP LEARNING FOR GENERATION OF ROAD ORTHOPHOTOS
Authors: Li Y. , Sakamoto M. , Shinohara T. , Satoh T.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. In recent years, extensive research has been conducted to automatically generate high-accuracy and high-precision road orthophotos using images and laser point cloud data acquired from a mobile mapping system (MMS). However, it is necessary to mask out non-road objects such as vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians and their shadows in MMS images in order to eliminate erroneous textures from the road orthophoto. Hence, we proposed a novel vehicle and its shadow detection model based on Faster R-CNN for automatically and accurately detecting the regions of vehicles and their shadows from MMS images. The experimental results show that the maximum recall of the proposed model was high – 0.963 (intersection-over-union > 0.7) – and the model could identify the regions of vehicles and their shadows accurately and robustly from MMS images, even when they contain varied vehicles, different shadow directions, and partial occlusions. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the quality of road orthophoto generated using vehicle and its shadow masks was significantly improved as compared to those generated using no masks or using vehicle masks only.
THERMAL TEXTURE SELECTION AND CORRECTION FOR BUILDING FACADE INSPECTION BASED ON THERMAL RADIANT CHARACTERISTICS
Authors: Lin D. , Jarzabek-Rychard M. , Schneider D. , Maas H.-G.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. An automatic building façade thermal texture mapping approach, using uncooled thermal camera data, is proposed in this paper. First, a shutter-less radiometric thermal camera calibration method is implemented to remove the large offset deviations caused by changing ambient environment. Then, a 3D façade model is generated from a RGB image sequence using structure-from-motion (SfM) techniques. Subsequently, for each triangle in the 3D model, the optimal texture is selected by taking into consideration local image scale, object incident angle, image viewing angle as well as occlusions. Afterwards, the selected textures can be further corrected using thermal radiant characteristics. Finally, the Gauss filter outperforms the voted texture strategy at the seams smoothing and thus for instance helping to reduce the false alarm rate in façade thermal leakages detection. Our approach is evaluated on a building row façade located at Dresden, Germany.
HABANAPP: HAVANA’S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE A CLICK AWAY
Authors: Morganti C. , Bartolomei C.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. The research treats the application of technologies related with augmented and virtual reality to architectural and historical context in the city of Havana, Cuba, on the basis of historical studies and Range-Imaging techniques on buildings bordering old city’s five main squares. The specific aim is to transfer all of the data received thanks to the most recent mobiles apps about Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual reality (VR), in order to give birth to an innovative App never seen before in Cuba. The “Oficina del Historiador de la ciudad de La Habana”, institution supervising architectural and cultural asset in Cuba, is widely interested in the topic in order to develop a new educational, cultural and artistic tool to be used both online and offline.
ANALYSIS OF 3D BUILDING MODELS ACCURACY BASED ON THE AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING POINT CLOUDS
Authors: Ostrowski W. , Pilarska M. , Charyton J. , Bakuła K.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Creating 3D building models in large scale is becoming more popular and finds many applications. Nowadays, a wide term “3D building models” can be applied to several types of products: well-known CityGML solid models (available on few Levels of Detail), which are mainly generated from Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) data, as well as 3D mesh models that can be created from both nadir and oblique aerial images. City authorities and national mapping agencies are interested in obtaining the 3D building models. Apart from the completeness of the models, the accuracy aspect is also important. Final accuracy of a building model depends on various factors (accuracy of the source data, complexity of the roof shapes, etc.). In this paper the methodology of inspection of dataset containing 3D models is presented. The proposed approach check all building in dataset with comparison to ALS point clouds testing both: accuracy and level of details. Using analysis of statistical parameters for normal heights for reference point cloud and tested planes and segmentation of point cloud provides the tool that can indicate which building and which roof plane in do not fulfill requirement of model accuracy and detail correctness. Proposed method was tested on two datasets: solid and mesh model.
INTEGRATED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SURVEY AND BIM MODELLING FOR THE PROTECTION OF SCHOOL HERITAGE, APPLICATIONS ON A CASE STUDY
Authors: Palestini C. , Basso A. , Graziani L.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. The contribution, considering the use of low-cost photogrammetric detection methodologies and the use of asset Historical-BIM, has as its aim the theme of knowledge and the adaptation of safety in school buildings, a topic brought to attention by the many situations of seismic risk that have interested the central Apennines in Italy. The specific investigation is referred to the Abruzzo region, hit by the recent earthquakes of 2016 and 2009 that have highlighted the vulnerability of the building structures involved in a large seismic crater covering large areas of the territory. The need to consider in advance the performance standards of building components, especially concerning the strategic ways of the functions contained in them, starts here. In this sense, the school buildings have emerged among the types on which to pay attention, a study theme to be promptly considered, considering the functions performed within them and the possible criticality of such constructions, often dated, enlarged or readjusted without appropriate seismic adaptation plans. From here derives the purpose of the research that is directed towards a systematic recognition of the scholastic heritage, deriving from objective and rapid surveys at low cost, taking into consideration the as-built and the different formal and structural aspects that define the architectural organisms to analyse and manage through three-dimensional models that can be interrogated using HBIM connected to databases containing information of a structural and functional nature. In summary, through the implementation of information in the BIM model, it will be possible to query and obtain in real time all the necessary information to optimize, in terms of efficiency, costs, and future maintenance operations.
OPTO-TECHNICAL MONITORING – A STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS THE TREATMENT OF HISTORICAL STONE SURFACES
Authors: Rahrig M. , Drewello R. , Lazzeri A.
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Monitoring is an essential requirement for the planning, assessment and evaluation of conservation measures. It should be based on a standardized and reproducible observation of the historical surface. For many areas and materials suitable methods for long-term monitoring already exist. But hardly any non-destructive testing methods have been used to test new materials for conservation of damaged stone surfaces. The Nano-Cathedral project, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, is developing new materials and technologies for preserving damaged stone surfaces of built heritage. The prototypes developed are adjusted to the needs and problems of a total of six major cultural monuments in Europe. In addition to the testing of the materials under controlled laboratory conditions, the products have been applied to trial areas on the original stone surfaces. For a location-independent standardized assessment of surface changes of the entire trial areas a monitoring method based on opto-technical, non-contact and non-destructive testing methods has been developed. This method involves a three-dimensional measurement of the surface topography using Structured-Light-Scanning and the analysis of the surfaces in different light ranges using high resolution VIS photography, as well as UV-A-fluorescence photography and reflected near-field IR photography. The paper will show the workflow of this methodology, including a detailed description of the equipment used data processing and the advantages for monitoring highly valuable stone surfaces. Alongside the theoretical discussion, the results of two measuring campaigns on trial areas of the Nano-Cathedral project will be shown.
Spatial and temporal distributions of surface mass balance between Concordia and Vostok stations, Antarctica, from combined radar and ice core data: first results and detailed error analysis
Authors: Le Meur Emmanuel , Magand Olivier , Arnaud Laurent , Fily Michel , Frezzotti Massimo , Cavitte Marie , Mulvaney Robert , Urbini Stefano
Published: May 2018

Abstract. Results from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) measurements and shallow ice
cores carried out during a scientific traverse between Dome Concordia (DC)
and Vostok stations are presented in order to infer both spatial and temporal
characteristics of snow accumulation over the East Antarctic Plateau.
Spatially continuous accumulation rates along the traverse are computed from
the identification of three equally spaced radar reflections spanning about
the last 600 years. Accurate dating of these internal reflection horizons
(IRHs) is obtained from a depth–age relationship derived from volcanic
horizons and bomb testing fallouts on a DC ice core and shows a very good
consistency when tested against extra ice cores drilled along the radar
profile. Accumulation rates are then inferred by accounting for density
profiles down to each IRH. For the latter purpose, a careful error analysis
showed that using a single and more accurate density profile along a DC core
provided more reliable results than trying to include the potential spatial
variability in density from extra (but less accurate) ice cores distributed
along the profile. The most striking feature is an accumulation pattern that remains constant
through time with persistent gradients such as a marked decrease from
26 mm w.e. yr−1 at DC to 20 mm w.e. yr−1 at the
south-west end of the profile over the last 234 years on average (with a similar
decrease from 25 to 19 mm w.e. yr−1 over the last 592 years).
As for the time dependency, despite an overall consistency with similar
measurements carried out along the main East Antarctic divides, interpreting
possible trends remains difficult. Indeed, error bars in our measurements are
still too large to unambiguously infer an apparent time increase in
accumulation rate. For the proposed absolute values, maximum margins of error are in the range
4 mm w.e. yr−1 (last 234 years) to 2 mm w.e. yr−1 (last
592 years), a decrease with depth mainly resulting from the time-averaging
when computing accumulation rates.
Front Matter
Authors: Matter Front
Published: May 2018

No Abstract.
Financing Trademarked Inventory: Considerations for the Asset-Based Lender
Authors: Cianciotti Anthony C.
Published: May 2018

None
El papel de la Geografía en el análisis del contenido semántico de los topónimos. El caso de Alicante
Authors: Membrado-Tena Joan Carles
Published: May 2018

La relación entre Geografía y Toponimia es incuestionable, ya que los topónimos designan lugares de la superficie terrestre, y la Geografía es la ciencia que estudia los fenómenos que suceden sobre dichos lugares. Además, los nombres de lugar son una herramienta de primer orden para la reconstitución de un paisaje geográfico desaparecido. La Geografía, la Historia y la Lingüística son las tres principales disciplinas auxiliares de la ciencia toponímica. Se lleva a cabo un análisis toponímico de un caso paradigmático al respecto: Alacant/Alicante. Por un lado repasamos su larga y convulsa historia antigua, que implicó el abandono del poblado romano y su traslado –junto con su topónimo– al solar actual en época altomedieval. También realizamos un análisis geográfico de los rasgos físicos del entorno del poblado romano. Por último, proponemos una interpretación etimológica del topónimo y formulamos una hipótesis novedosa sobre el posible contenido semántico del mismo.
Metabolismo insular: flujos y retos del desarrollo territorial en las Islas Galápagos (Ecuador)
Authors: Rodríguez Jàcome Gabriela , Blanco-Romero Asunción
Published: May 2018

Los espacios insulares son territorios cuyo tamaño, disponibilidad de recursos y accesibilidad son limitados. La insularidad marca unas dinámicas territoriales singulares en estos espacios, que a pesar de su gran valor estratégico los hacen dependientes de las relaciones con el exterior. Las islas Galápagos, pertenecientes a la República del Ecuador, constituyen un caso muy particular de estudio. Si bien las categorías de Patrimonio Natural Mundial y Parque Nacional le dan condiciones de protección de la naturaleza, únicas en el mundo, sus habitantes soportan la misma, o incluso mayor, problemática asociada a la insularidad e isleidad que afrontan otras islas. El presente estudio analiza las relaciones de dependencia de los flujos de turismo, abastos y combustibles entre las islas Galápagos con el Ecuador continental desde la perspectiva del metabolismo insular y la necesidad de adaptación de las políticas y planificación territorial a este contexto. Con este marco este estudio plantea: a) Entender cuáles son los retos del desarrollo territorial considerando el metabolismo insular, b) Considerar la planificación territorial como un aliado de la conservación ambiental, y c) Entender los flujos estratégicos como un factor para reducir la vulnerabilidad y promover la viabilidad insular.
Nurturing and Transferring Entrepreneurship in Thai Business Families
Authors: Naksung Rungluck , Piansoongnern Opas
Published: May 2018

This research aims (1) to investigate patterns and phenomena of entrepreneurship formation in Thai business families; (2) to investigate practices of parent (the founders/predecessors of the business family) in nurturing and transferring entrepreneurship to their family members (successors); and (3) to build a model for nurturing and transferring entrepreneurship in Thai business families. The Semi-structured interview was used for collecting data from key informants who are potential successors of Thai business families. Eighteen potential family business successors participated in the interview. The study revealed that entrepreneurship in the Thai business families has been emerged since childhood developmental stages. The key practices of the Thai business families used for creating family entrepreneurship are: (1) Parental role modeling; (2) Parental family business practices; and (3) Parental support. However, the study disclosed and indicated that the founder or predecessor should build the family infrastructure before implementing any key practices. In this regard, the intellectual and mental factors were found as key elements. According to the findings, to be effective, these two factors must be created simultaneously.
¿Hacia dónde va el Este? y ¿Hacia dónde va el Oeste?
Authors: Ibisate Francisco Javier
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 13, 1990: 9-43
Viabilidad del proyecto de la nueva derecha en El Salvador (segunda parte)
Authors: Hernández M. Carlos F.
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 13, 1990: 63-78
El programa de ajuste estructural: una herencia difícil
Authors: Ibisate Francisco Javier
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 15, 1990: 215-239
América Latina y la CEE: ¿De la separación al divorcio?
Authors: Arriola Palomares Joaquín , Unceta Satrústegui Koldo
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 15, 1990: 275-301
Determinantes externos del crecimiento económico en El Salvador 1962-1988
Authors: Trigueros Alvaro , Solorzano Rafael Antonio , Cuestas Ena Elizabeth
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 16, 1990: 355-412
Una nota sobre tasa de interés y eficiencia
Authors: Arriola Palomares Joaquín
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 16, 1990: 445-451
Presentación No. 18
Authors: Editor El
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 18, 1990: 603-606
Evolución y evaluación económica de 1990
Authors: Ibisate Francisco Javier
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 18, 1990: 607-639
Declaración de Puntarenas
Authors: Editor El
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 18, 1990: 695-712
Aspectos tecnológicos de la reconversión industrial
Authors: Arriola Joaquín
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 22, 1991: 457-467
Necesidad de una integración social para la reconversión
Authors: Lazo José Francisco
Published: May 2018

No abstract availableRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 22, 1991: 491-533
The experiences of mothers and caregivers on feeding practices of children under the age of five years with undernutrition in Oshikoto region, Namibia
Authors: Mulenga Ester , Amukugo Hans , Shilunga Anna
Published: May 2018

Background: Undernutrition in children under the age of five years is prevalent in the developing countries which increase the risk of morbidity and mortality among such age group. Lack of information related to nutrition and feeding practices as well as other factors such as employment and pressure from family and community members cause mothers and caregivers of children under the age of five years to use inappropriate methods of feeding which contribute to undernutrition.Purpose: The aim of this article is to relate the experiences of mothers and caregivers on feeding practices of children under the age of five years in Oshikoto region, Namibia.Methods: A qualitative study design was utilized to explore and describe the experiences of mothers and caregivers on feeding practices of children under the age of five years. The study population comprised of mothers and caregivers of children diagnosed with undernutrition either severe or moderate, admitted in pediatric units or registered on Nutritional Assessment Counseling and Support programme. A purposive sampling was used to select participants and a total number of fifteen mothers/caregivers were interviewed. The data were transcribed verbatim and analysed using Tesch steps.Results: The study revealed that mothers and caregivers experienced lack of information related to nutrition and feeding practices and other contextual constraints which resulted in the utilization of suboptimal feeding practices of children under the age of five years.Conclusions: Due to challenges experienced by mothers and caregivers, they need to be empowered with knowledge on nutrition and feeding practices of children under the age of five years.
Teaching Professionalism in Orthopaedic Residency: Efficacy of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ethics Modules
Authors: Walsh B. Corbett , Karia Raj , Egol Kenneth , Zuckerman Joseph D. , Phillips Donna
Published: May 2018

Introduction:

To aid implementing an ethics curriculum in an orthopaedic residency program, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) created 14 ethics scenarios. Because delivery of this curriculum could be burdensome, an online module–based curriculum might be optimal.

Methods:

Two cohorts of orthopaedic residents participated: cohort I completed 14 online ethics modules converted from the 14 AAOS ethics scenarios. For each module, we gave a multiple-choice assessment immediately before the module, immediately afterward, and 3 months afterward. Cohort II completed only the 14-module assessments at similar time intervals without any educational content.

Results:

Cohort I demonstrated improvement in 3-month postmodule assessment scores in 11 of the 14 modules, 3 of which had statistical differences in baseline scores for cohort I and cohort II. We observed no statistical difference in scores within cohort II on repeat testing.

Discussion:

This study demonstrates that 11 of the 14 AAOS ethics scenarios, converted to online modules, teach ethical concepts to orthopaedic residents. Orthopaedic residency programs may find it valuable to engage their residents in the ethics scenarios created by the AAOS to complement their ethics curriculum.
"I have such sad news": Loss in Finnish North American Letters
Authors: Saramo Samira
Published: May 2018

Life writing has been an important tool for people to work through loss in their lives. In the context of twentieth-century migration, word of death and shared mourning occurred primarily through letters in the international post. Focusing on letters written by Finnish immigrants in the United States and Canada from the 1940s–1960s, this article analyzes some of the ways that letter writing has been used to address death and loss. Positioning personal letters within the broader field of life writing, this work examines how both loss and life writing often trigger a re/defining of the self, addressed in multiple and ambiguous ways by individual mourner/writers.  In its unsettling of life, feelings, and connections, loss is a rupture of the self. By narrating their life, writers create personal chronologies, position themselves in places and communities, and declare their values. The life writing of Finnish North Americans provides windows into the difficult work of trying to assign meaning to meaning-defying loss.
Unlikely Documents? Exploring Finnish Nineteenth-Century Life Writing From Below
Authors: Kuismin Anna
Published: May 2018

The expression unlikely documents in the title of this article is coined by Marlene Kadar and Jeanne Perreault. It refers to the appearance of auto/biography in unexpected places, texts that “bespeak either an extended or a limited story about a person’s life.” The article focuses on nineteenth-century Finnish life writing from below, texts produced by rural people with no formal education. The cases analysed include a notebook of hymns by a mistress of a farm, a chronicle penned by a modest country tailor, wooden boards inscribed by a saddle maker living on poor relief and textiles produced by a weaver woman. Seen in their contexts, these extraordinary texts prove to be understandable, even plausible: people who were not well-versed in literary genres and styles, had to make their choices from resources that were available there and then. In spite of the limited repertoire of models, the authors were able to express themselves and bring their subjectivity to the fore, in one way or another. Their texts can also be seen as tools of empowerment and vehicles of creativity for people in marginal positions at the time when writing did not belong to the life of the great majority.
Life Writing from Below in France
Authors: Ponsard Nathalie
Published: May 2018

Without seeking to be exhaustive, this paper offers an overview of the different ways in which workers’ autobiographies have been analysed in France in the human sciences. In the first phase, a social and political approach was dominant. Through workers’ autobiographies written in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, researchers have attempted to grasp the relationship to politics, and especially in the twentieth century the acceptance or rejection of the communist model in the reconstruction of their political and trade union trajectories. At the same time, in a cultural approach, they have tried to understand the educational and literary influences which marked these self-taught workers who, unusually in the workers’ world, crossed over from practices of reading to practices of writing. Over the last ten years, workers’ autobiographies have become sources particularly used in the framework of labour history and workers’ history. Indeed they make it possible to grasp how men and women articulate their working conditions: the atmosphere in the workshop, gestures in work and relations between the body and the work, perception of noises and smells, relationships with hierarchy and trade-unions. These autobiographies can be considered as constituting real “political acts” which contribute to class struggle. Finally, at the intersection of anthropological researches about “ordinary writings” and literary studies about the writing of work and writing at work, they pose a question about the means and the meaning of writing experiences by paying more attention to the form of the writings and to the workers’ literary ambitions, which are often revealed in interviews.
“Let me tell you my life in a song” On Autobiography and Begging in Broadside Ballads of the Blind
Authors: Strand Karin
Published: May 2018

What can street ballads tell us about the lives and realities of “common people”, of experiences “from below”? This article discusses the functional aesthetics and social context of one particular genre that has circulated in ephemeral song prints (skillingtryck) in Sweden: beggar verses of the blind. For centuries, such songs were sold in the streets and at market places as a means for the blind to earn a living, and a major part of them tell the life story, the sad fate, of their protagonists. Many prints declare the genre of autobiography on their very front page, quite literally selling the story of the protagonist’s life and addressing the audience’s compassion. How, then, do these narratives relate to real life? How is individuality and authenticity expressed within a genre that to a large extent relies upon conventions and formulas? As is argued, songs of this kind are a suggestive source material of vernacular literacy, as well as of social and personal history from below. Simultaneously, the discourse is marked by and shaped in a dialogue with the sighted world’s view of the blind.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Applied Physics Research, Vol. 10, No. 3
Authors: Chen William
Published: May 2018

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Applied Physics Research, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2018
Relationship Between Financial and Real Sectors: Implications for Stable Economic Development (Evidence from Thailand)
Authors: Khalil Muhammad Azhar , Chaisrisawatsuk Santi
Published: May 2018

The real sector of an economy is the key section as activities of this sector persuade economic output and is represented by those economic segments that are essential for the progress of GDP of the economy. The sector generates better outcomes if accompanied with a healthier financial system; thus, advancement of financial sector is a means for the growth of real sector. The study in this paper explores the relationship between financial and real sectors of Thailand with the volatility analysis of GDP caused by development of financial market. The GARCH Model, Johansen-Juselius (1990) co-integration test, vector error correction model (VECM), and Granger causality testing approach was employed on time series data over the first quarter of year 1993 until the second quarter of year 2017. Consistent with past studies, both the elements of capital market (i.e. bonds and stock markets) and the money market (i.e. credit to private sector by banks) bears a positive relationship to the GDP, our results shows that both markets help promoting economic growth. We can infer that differences in financial markets’ composition and institutions do matter, as these three major sections – bond market, stock market, and banks– do not simultaneously develop and grow, but at a different level of their growth they complement each other. Our findings suggest that there exists inter dependency between real and financial sector’s technologies which in turn enlightens the effect of financial market development on the GDP growth.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Geography and Geology, Vol. 10, No. 2
Authors: Luo Lesley
Published: May 2018

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Geography and Geology, Vol. 10, No. 2
Evaluation on the Verification Implementation of Political Parties Participating in the 2019 General Election in Indonesia
Authors: Supandi Supandi
Published: May 2018

The judgement of the Constitutional Court (MK) Number 53/PUU-XV/2017 oblige all political parties participating in the 2019 general election both established parties or new ones to comply to the re-verification process. Political parties participating in the 2019 General Election must adhere to a verification starting by completing a Political Party Information System (SIPOL). The issue started when the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) decided that the SIPOL is not the decisive factor to decide whether a political party passed or failed the administration screening, resulting in the General Election Committee (KPU) to issue a Decision Letter regarding Political Parties participating in the 2019 General Election after the decision of the Bawaslu RI. After the KPU also issued SK Number 58/PL.01.1/Kpt/03/KPU/II/2018 regarding Political Parties participating in the 2019 General Election provoked the political parties stated to fail to become participants in the General Election, to submit complaint through the administrative court. The problem became more entangled when parties winning the complaint in the administrative court reported the KPU commissioners stating to conduct efforts of a judicial review (PK). This paper intents by normative approach to provide an evaluation on the verification process of political parties participating in the 2019 General Election and provide input on the efforts to improve the political parties’ verification process in the future.
Preventing Authorization Deviation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights to Political Parties in Indonesia through a one Roof Political Judging System
Authors: Indra Permana Tri Cahya , Effendi Maftuh , Wahab Oki Hajiansyah , Tisnanta HS
Published: May 2018

Law Number 31 of 2002 regarding Political Parties provides authority to the Minister of Law and Human Rights to register changes in the leadership of political parties was previously intended as a state administrator in the field of law and politics. The problem arises when the authority given in 2002 slowly shifted to become a government tool to obtain the support of political parties which is very dangerous for democracy and parties’ independency. Settlement of political parties’ leadership conflict is an integral part of the registration of political parties’ leadership therefore an ideal dispute settlement model is needed. This paper is the result of a research on the Court judgments in the dispute of political parties’ leadership. Ultimately this paper offers a One Roof Political Judgment Concept where one justice agency is empowered with an overall authority starting from the authority to examine the properness of the political party leadership at the central level and the Official decision regarding changes in the political party’s leadership at the central level by Bawaslu. During all this time the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) itself has acted as quasi justice given the authority to adjudicate all issues of the general election involving political parties. Bawaslu itself consist of professionals in the field of general election which are not affiliated to the political parties and controlled by the Election Advisory Board (DKPP). Through this model Political parties, KPU and Bawaslu shall become a sub-sub system of the political justice system in Indonesia.