cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Serica nigroguttata Brenske 1898
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Liu, Wan-Gang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Serica
Serica nigroguttata

description: Serica (s. l.) nigroguttata Brenske, 1898
Additional material examined. 42 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ “ CHINA: Fujian prov. Wuyishan Mts. NNR: Sangang vill. env., 24.v.–3.vi.2018 27°45.0′N, 117°40.7′E, 720 m, river valley, wet rock along road, J. Hájek, D. Král, J. Růžička & L. Sekerka lgt.” (NMPC), 1 ♂ “ CHINA: S-Hubei Mupushan, Tongshan vi.2004 leg. Wen / PHIL #11-2004:2” (ZFMK).
Remarks. See Ahrens & Bezděk (2024) for revised publication year of this species.
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Pham, Phu Van & Liu, Wan-Gang, 2024, Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5491 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5491.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211849
Austroargiolestes chrysoides
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
name: Kalkman, Vincent J.
name: Dow, Rory A.
name: Stokvis, Frank R.
name: Tol, Jan Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Megapodagrionidae
Austroargiolestes
Austroargiolestes chrysoides

description: Austroargiolestes chrysoides (Tillyard) 1913 Kalkman, V.J. RMNH Australia Queensland 505271 30102316 KF369638 KF370036 KF369317 ODOPH009-13
description: Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6652900
Independence: The current struggle for political and economic autonomy by Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
Creators: name: Shaw, Robert Gould
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
classificationCode: 440808
subject: International relations

description: For half a century the Baltic republics have had the highest standard of living in the Soviet Union yet they are among the republics most intent on regaining the political and economic autonomy they enjoyed between the world wars. Using Thorstein Veblen's axiom for human institutions ("What is is wrong") I have shown that independence, while difficult to attain, is a goal that the Balts have been drawn to not just for historical and cultural reasons, but also for economic reasons. Governments are tools among the purposes of which is to ensure prosperity and security. Because the Soviet central government has failed to produce the benefits that governments must, the Balts have come to feel that they have no other choice but to manage their own affairs. I conclude that despite the problems associated with independence, the Baltic republics will continue with their struggle till they achieve their goal.
title: Subsidy Competition and the Role of Firm Ownership
Creators: name: Mittermaier, Ferdinand
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Subsidy competition, foreign direct investment, regional location
subject: 300
subject: 330

description: This paper addresses the role that foreign vs. domestic ownershipof companies plays for governments in asymmetric countries'competition for a multinational's subsidiary. I argue thatequilibrium subsidies as well as a foreign investor's locationdecision in policy competition between these countries criticallydepend on the ownership structure of incumbent firms. This showsthat small countries with few national incumbents in an industrymay be successful inattracting multinationals.
Serica pulvinosa Frey 1972
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Liu, Wan-Gang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Serica
Serica pulvinosa

description: Serica (s. l.) pulvinosa Frey, 1972
Additional material examined. 3 ♂♂ “ CHINA: Fujian prov. Wuyishan Mts. NNR, Guadun vill. env., Hájek, Král, Růžička & Sekerka leg., 25.+ 29.v.2018 / 1075–1250 m 27°44.0–2′N, 117°38.3–7′E, tea plantation-mixed forest + bamboo” (NMPC), 1 ♂ “ CHINA: S-Hubei Mupushan, Tongshan vi.2004 leg. Wen / PHIL #11-2004:2” (ZFMK).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Pham, Phu Van & Liu, Wan-Gang, 2024, Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5491 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5491.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211849
Independence: The current struggle for political and economic autonomy by Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
Creators: name: Shaw, Robert Gould
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: For half a century the Baltic republics have had the highest standard of living in the Soviet Union yet they are among the republics most intent on regaining the political and economic autonomy they enjoyed between the world wars. Using Thorstein Veblen's axiom for human institutions ("What is is wrong") I have shown that independence, while difficult to attain, is a goal that the Balts have been drawn to not just for historical and cultural reasons, but also for economic reasons. Governments are tools among the purposes of which is to ensure prosperity and security. Because the Soviet central government has failed to produce the benefits that governments must, the Balts have come to feel that they have no other choice but to manage their own affairs. I conclude that despite the problems associated with independence, the Baltic republics will continue with their struggle till they achieve their goal.
Alveoderes Li & Cai 2024, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Yan-Da
name: Cai, Chen-Yang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Bothrideridae
Alveoderes

description: Alveoderes Li & Caigen. nov.
 https://zoobank.org/ E3511CF6-7C14-49C4-B488-09FC928B12A6
 Type species. Alveoderes yamamotoi sp. nov., by present designation and monotypy.
Diagnosis. Body elongate. Antennae with 3-segmented club; antennomere 11 conical (Fig. 8). Pronotum (Fig. 5) with oval cavity at each anterior pronotal angle; disc with median longitudinal groove, posteriorly open and posterolaterally bordered by distinct posteriorly directed projections. Procoxae subcontiguous (Fig. 9). Scutellar shield anteriorly emarginate (Fig. 6). Elytra each with one short longitudinal ridge at base (Fig. 6). Mesoventrite with longitudinal carinae (Fig. 9). Protibial spurs unequal; one being enlarged and strongly curved (Fig. 11). Abdominal ventrite 1 with broadly angulate intercoxal process (Fig. 10).
 Etymology. The generic name is formed based on the Latin “ alveus ”, cavity, and“ deres ”, a common suffix for genera in Bothrideridae. The name is masculine in gender.
description: Published as part of Li, Yan-Da & Cai, Chen-Yang, 2024, AlveOderes gen. nov., the earliest fossil of Bothrideridae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea), pp. 1-10 in Zoologia (e 23084) (e 23084) 41 on pages 2-3, DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23084, http://zenodo.org/record/13176683
Austroargiolestes icteromelas
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
name: Kalkman, Vincent J.
name: Dow, Rory A.
name: Stokvis, Frank R.
name: Tol, Jan Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Megapodagrionidae
Austroargiolestes
Austroargiolestes icteromelas

description: Austroargiolestes icteromelas (Selys) 1862 Kalkman, V.J. RMNH Australia New South Wales 504912 30102330 KF369639 KF370037 KF369318 ODOPH010-13
description: Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6652900
title: Boosting Additive Models using Component-wise P-Splines
Creators: name: Schmid, Matthias
name: Hothorn, Torsten
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: L2Boosting, P-splines, smoothing splines, additive models, variable selection, component-wise base-learners

description: We consider an efficient approximation of Bühlmann & Yu’s L2Boosting algorithm with component-wise smoothing splines. Smoothing spline base-learners are replaced by P-spline base-learners which yield similar prediction errors but are more advantageous from a computational point of view. In particular, we give a detailed analysis on the effect of various P-spline hyper-parameters on the boosting fit. In addition, we derive a new theoretical result on the relationship between the boosting stopping iteration and the step length factor used for shrinking the boosting estimates.
title: Variable Selection and Model Choice in Geoadditive Regression Models
Creators: name: Kneib, Thomas
name: Hothorn, Torsten
name: Tutz, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: bivariate smoothing, boosting, functional gradient, penalised splines, random effects, space-varying effects

description: Model choice and variable selection are issues of major concern in practical regression analyses. We propose a boosting procedure that facilitates both tasks in a class of complex geoadditive regression models comprising spatial effects, nonparametric effects of continuous covariates, interaction surfaces, random effects, and varying coefficient terms. The major modelling component are penalized splines and their bivariate tensor product extensions. All smooth model terms are represented as the sum of a parametric component and a remaining smooth component with one degree of freedom to obtain a fair comparison between all model terms. A generic representation of the geoadditive model allows to devise a general boosting algorithm that implements automatic model choice and variable selection. We demonstrate the versatility of our approach with two examples: a geoadditive Poisson regressionmodel for species counts in habitat suitability analyses and a geoadditive logit model for the analysis of forest health.
Kora Simone 2012
Creators: name: Pena, Meire Silva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Bulimulidae
Kora

description: Kora Simone, 2012
 Kora corallina Simone, 2012 (type species)
 Holotype: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP) HTMZSP 103910.
 Type locality: Santa Maria da Vitória, Bahia, Brazil (Simone, 2012).
 Kora Simone, 2012, was characterized by the author as: shell fusiform in shape with narrow umbilicus, strongly deflected peristome and tall somewhat-turriform spire; protoconch simple, paucispiral, ornamented by scant axial cords umbilicus; peristome somewhat distal from spire longitudinal axis, thus being deflected; and inner lip with strong, oblique tooth at mid-level. The genus was systematically placed in Orthalicidae sensu Bouchet et al. (2005).
Geographic distribution: Bahia and Minas Gerais states, Brazil.
description: Published as part of Pena, Meire Silva, 2024, Notes on Kora and description of a new species from Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Stylommatophora), pp. 1-11 in Zoologia (e 23059) (e 23059) 41 on page 2, DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23059, http://zenodo.org/record/13176730
title: Merger Policy and Tax Competition
Creators: name: Haufler, Andreas
name: Schulte, Christian
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: merger regulation; tax competition
subject: 300
subject: 330

description: In many situations governments have sector-specific tax and regulation policies at their disposal to influence the market outcome after a national or an international merger has taken place. In this paper we study the implications for merger policy when countries non-cooperatively deployproduction-based taxes. We find that whether national or international mergers are more likely to be enacted in the presence of nationally optimal tax policies depends crucially on the ownership structure of firms. When allfirms are owned domestically in the pre-merger situation, non-cooperative tax policies are more efficient in the national merger case and smaller synergy effects are needed for this type of merger to be proposed and cleared. These results are reversed when there is a high degree of foreignfirm ownership prior to the merger.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5395.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 19.02.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Caledopteryx sarasini
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
name: Kalkman, Vincent J.
name: Dow, Rory A.
name: Stokvis, Frank R.
name: Tol, Jan Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Megapodagrionidae
Caledopteryx
Caledopteryx sarasini

description: Caledopteryx sarasini (Ris) 1915 Marinov, M. & Richards, S. RMNH New Caledonia Grand Terre 503406 25924883 KF369651 KF370049 KF369328 ODOPH011-13
description: Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6652900
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5381.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 29.01.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
title: Juden - Russen - Deutsche
title: Der Wahrnehmungswandel der russischen Juden in den deutschen Medien 1989 - 2006 vor dem Hintergrund der deutsch-jüdischen Beziehungen
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Gorelik, Lena
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Russland; Juden; Deutschland; Medien; Judenbild; Geschichte; 1989-2006
subject: 900
subject: 940

description: 1. EINLEITUNG 2. JUDEN IN DEUTSCHLAND - EINE KOMPLIZIERTE GESCHICHTE 2.1. JUDEN IN DEUTSCHLAND 1945 - 1989 2.2. DAS DEUTSCH-JÜDISCHE VERHÄLTNIS NACH DEM ZWEITEN WELTKRIEG 2.3. JUDEN IN DEN DEUTSCHEN MEDIEN 3. DIE RUSSISCH-JÜDISCHE ZUWANDERUNG NACH DEUTSCHLAND 3.1. "DEUTSCHLAND NIMMT" - DIE ENTSTEHUNG DES KONTINGENTFLÜCHTLINGSGESETZES FÜRJÜDISCHE EMIGRANTEN 3.2. OFFIZIELLE BESTIMMUNGEN FÜR JÜDISCHE KONTINGENTFLÜCHTLINGE 3.3. KONSEQUENZEN UND PROBLEME DER RUSSISCH-JÜDISCHEN ZUWANDERUNG 4. DIE DISKUSSION UM DIE AUFNAHME DER RUSSISCHEN JUDEN 4.1. DIE DEBATTE IN DER POLITIK 4.2. DIE DEBATTE IN DEN MEDIEN 5. RUSSISCHE JUDEN IN DEN DEUTSCHEN MEDIEN 1992 - 2006 5.1. MEDIENUNTERSUCHUNGEN ZU RUSSISCHEN JUDEN 5.2. DIE FÄLSCHUNGSDEBATTE 5.3. DER FALL GOLLWITZ - KONTINGENTFLÜCHTLINGE ALS OPFER 5.4. DIE BEGRENZUNGSDEBATTE 5.5. AKADEMIKER VS. ABZOCKER - DAS BILD DER ZUWANDERER IN DEN MEDIEN 5.5.1. DIE NEGATIVEN BEISPIELE5.5.2. DIE POSITIVEN BEISPIELE 5.5.3. DIE "OBJEKTIVE" BERICHTERSTATTUNG 5.6. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DER ERGEBNISSE 6. SCHLUSSBETRACHTUNG 7. LITERATURVERZEICHNIS7.1. QUELLEN 7.2. MEDIEN 7.3. SEKUNDÄRLITERATUR
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5378.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 26.01.1909, laut Vermerk erstellt von oder mit Max Broger, unter Regie von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Serica shengtangshan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2022
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Liu, Wan-Gang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Serica
Serica shengtangshan

description: Serica (s. l.) shengtangshan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Additional material examined. 3 ♂♂ “ CHINA: Guangxi, Guilin, Xing’an, Mts. Yuechengling 25°52′21″N, 110°25′2″E 2008m 7.VI.2023 Yi-Teng Li leg.” (CZMZ).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Pham, Phu Van & Liu, Wan-Gang, 2024, Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5491 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5491.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211849
title: Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs and their Duration in Self-employment: Evidence from German Micro Data
Creators: name: Block, Jörn H.
name: Sandner, Philipp G.
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Self-employment; Firm survival; Necessity entrepreneurs; Opportunity entrepre-neurs; Hazard rates; GSOEP
subject: 300
subject: 330

description: Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether necessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employment duration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in self-employment longer than necessity entrepreneurs. However, after controlling for the entrepreneurs’ education in the professional area where they start their venture, this effect is no longer significant. We therefore conclude that the difference observed is not an original effect but rather is due to selection. We then go on to discuss the implications of our findings for entrepreneurship-policy making, and give suggestions to improve governmental start-up programs.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5386.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 07.02.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Environmental Justice: Making It A Reality For The Inuit Indigenous People In The Canadian Arctic Region
Creators: name: Murage, Alice Muthoni
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Canada, Inuit, Arctic, Environmental justice

description: At the heart of this policy briefing is the issue of environmental justice.

“Inuit want to be involved in the future of the Arctic. We want to have meaningful consultation. We want to invest in our own future. We want a voice at the table because, after all, we are the people who will be living here ...” OKALIK EEGEESIAK, President Qikiqtani Inuit Association, Iqaluit, Nunavut (2011)

The Inuit Indigenous People in the Canadian Arctic (IIPCA), like many other indigenous people in other parts of Canada and world over, are victims of historical injustices resulting from colonization and dispossession of their land1. While there is no one universal definition that encompasses the diversity of indigenous peoples2, their common traditional way of life as well as the intimate connection to their environment sets them apart.

The relationship between the Canadian government and the Inuit indigenous people has been one shaped by a strained history, characterised by land grabs, and relocation and assimilation policies. As the country continues to face the legacy of this history and forge policies that encourage reconciliation, the emerging opportunities for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic present a potential clash between exploitation of such opportunities and the reconciliation process.

As Canada attempts to enforce policies that address the unique needs of the Arctic environment and those of the indigenous people living in the Arctic region- especially in light of Arctic oil exploration; such policies prove to be insufficient, or insufficiently implemented, and environmental injustices and grievances ensue. Apart from identifying policy gaps limiting the promotion of environmental justice for the Inuit people in the Arctic region and offering policy recommendation, the paper is also aimed at highlighting and analysing the context and issues underlying such policies.
description: This policy briefing was submitted in partial fulfillment of a Master's degree in Public Policy- Willy Brandt School of Public Policy (Germany)
Dashboard design and the ‘datafied’ driving experience
Creators: name: Hind, Sam
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Siegen
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 302.23 Medien (Kommunikationsmittel), Medienwissenschaft
subject: Datafication
subject: Automobility
subject: Dashboards
subject: Navigation
subject: Driving
subject: Experience
subject: Armaturenbrett
subject: Automobil
subject: Datentransformation
subject: Verkehrstechnik

description: In this article, I consider how the redesign of vehicle dashboards has restructured car-related data processes. I do so by charting the emergence of two such processes enabled by the redesign of vehicle dashboards: firstly, the transformation of ‘geodata’ into ‘navigational data’ with the integration of voice-activated navigation systems into vehicle dashboards, and secondly, the transformation of ‘vehicle data’ into ‘driving data’ in the convergence, and customization, of dashboard features and functionality. Both transformations are enabled through strategic design decisions, persuading drivers to participate in novel practices they might otherwise not. Firstly, in that voice-activation is depicted as a seamless, unmediated interface between the normal, natural speech of a driver, and the vehicle itself. Secondly, through the strategy of control, the driver is persuaded to believe they have full(er) customizable power within, and of, the vehicle. The systems discussed here – a voice-activated navigation system built on the What3words platform, and a ‘widescreen’ dashboard in a range of Mercedes-Benz vehicles – are representative of broader efforts within the automotive industry to cultivate a newly ‘datafied’ driving experience.
Serica squamosa Ahrens 2007
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Liu, Wan-Gang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Serica
Serica squamosa

description: Serica (s. l.) squamosa Ahrens, 2007
Additional material examined. 8 ♂♂ “ CHINA: S-Hubei Mupushan, Tongshan vi.2004 leg. Wen / PHIL #11- 2004:1” (ZFMK).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Pham, Phu Van & Liu, Wan-Gang, 2024, Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5491 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5491.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211849
Marketing research for two national cultural centers: A comparison of the National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center, Republic of China, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the United States of America
Creators: name: Chu, Nai-Li
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: While marketing techniques are utilized in most non-profit performing arts organizations of the U.S.A., this concept has just begin in Taiwan, Republic of China. This thesis addresses the question of whether current marketing techniques used by the Kennedy Center, America's national cultural center, could provide guidelines for marketing the arts at Taiwan's National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center (NCKSCC). This thesis also examines the marketing strategies for specific dance, music and theatre events in both Centers during 1990-1992 season, and analyzes their external and internal marketing environments. It is the first study to apply contemporary marketing techniques and related programming issues to performing arts management in Taiwan. It should be of value to the Board of Directors of the NCKSCC and its management organization as well as for many of Taiwan's artists and arts managers.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5385.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 06.02.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Serica tryznai Ahrens 2007
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Liu, Wan-Gang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Serica
Serica tryznai

description: Serica (s. l.) tryznai Ahrens, 2007
Additional material examined. 1 ♂ [China] “ Mts. Linaoshan, Langping, Tianlin, Guangxi, 28.V.2002, 1400m, leg. Jiang Guofang ” (IZAS), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ [China] “ Mts. Emeishan, Sichuan, 12.VI. 1979, 700m, leg. Shang Jinwen / LW-280” (IZAS), 1 ♂ [China] “LW-1136/ LW-1136 China: Chongqing, Jinfoshan, 2010-VI- 14, 664m ” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “LW-1172 China: Guizhou, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve, Baishao, 2010-VI- 9, 746m. ” (ZFMK).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Pham, Phu Van & Liu, Wan-Gang, 2024, Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5491 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5491.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211849
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5369.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 09.01.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5467.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 12.05.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
A multiscale method for the double layer potential equation on a polyhedron.
Creators: name: Dahmen, Wolfgang
name: Kleemann, Bernd
name: Prößdorf, Siegfried
name: Schneider, Reinhold
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: boundary element method
subject: boundary integral equations
subject: Laplace equation
subject: exterior domain problem
subject: unbounded domains
subject: double layer potential equation
subject: polyhedra; collocation
subject: multiscale decompositions
subject: linear finite element spaces
subject: sparse matrices
subject: algorithm
subject: numerical experiments
subject: 65N38
subject: 65N35
subject: 65N30
subject: 31B10
subject: 35J05

description: This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of the double layer potential equation on polyhedra. Specifically, we consider collocation schemes based on multiscale decompositions of piecewise linear finite element spaces defined on polyhedra. An essential difficulty is that the resulting linear systems are not sparse. However, for uniform grids and periodic problems one can show that the use of multiscale bases gives rise to matrices that can be well approximated by sparse matrices in such a way that the solutions to the perturbed equations exhibits still sufficient accuracy. Our objective is to explore to what extent the presence of corners and edges in the domain as well as the lack of uniform discretizations affects the performance of such schemes. Here we propose a concrete algorithm, describe its ingredients, discuss some consequences, future perspectives, and open questions, and present the results of numerical experiments for several test domains including non-convex domains.
Caledopteryx undetermined
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
name: Kalkman, Vincent J.
name: Dow, Rory A.
name: Stokvis, Frank R.
name: Tol, Jan Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Megapodagrionidae
Caledopteryx
Caledopteryx undetermined

description: Caledopteryx sp. Marinov, M. RMNH New Caledonia 500855 25925671 KF369652 KF370050 KF369329 ODOPH012-13
description: Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6652900
Marketing research for two national cultural centers: A comparison of the National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center, Republic of China, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the United States of America
Creators: name: Chu, Nai-Li
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3506
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
classificationCode: 3604
subject: Performing arts

description: While marketing techniques are utilized in most non-profit performing arts organizations of the U.S.A., this concept has just begin in Taiwan, Republic of China. This thesis addresses the question of whether current marketing techniques used by the Kennedy Center, America's national cultural center, could provide guidelines for marketing the arts at Taiwan's National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center (NCKSCC). This thesis also examines the marketing strategies for specific dance, music and theatre events in both Centers during 1990-1992 season, and analyzes their external and internal marketing environments. It is the first study to apply contemporary marketing techniques and related programming issues to performing arts management in Taiwan. It should be of value to the Board of Directors of the NCKSCC and its management organization as well as for many of Taiwan's artists and arts managers.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5468.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 13.05.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Serica ventrituberculata Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2022
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Liu, Wan-Gang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Serica
Serica ventrituberculata

description: Serica (s. l.) ventrituberculata Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Additional material examined. 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ “ CHINA: Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Jinding, tramway resort, ca. 2800 m, 2023.VIII, Yi-Teng Li leg. dried, picked under windows” (CZMZ), 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ “ CHINA: Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, Jieyindian 29°33′25″N, 103°20′30″E, 2695m 2023.VIII.1–3, Yi-Teng Li leg.” (CZMZ), 6 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ “ CHINA: Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, Jieyindian 29°33′25″N, 103°20′30″E, 2695m 2023.VIII.1, Tian-Xuan Gu leg.” (CZMZ), 7 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ “ CHINA: Sichuan, Ya’an City, Mts. Daxiangling 29.55793356°N 102.85279155°E 2023.VIII, Tian-Xuan Gu leg. dried, picked under windows” (CZMZ), 1 ♂ “ CHINA: Guangxi, Guilin, Xing’an, top of Mao’ershan 2087m 25.866187°N, 110.413211°E 2023.V.23 Xiao-Han Ye leg. / Se-YC-01” (CZMZ).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Pham, Phu Van & Liu, Wan-Gang, 2024, Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5491 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5491.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211849
The Round House Theatre: Management and artistic issues concerning governmental involvement with regional theatre
Creators: name: Doane, Paulann Tanner
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3604
subject: Performing arts
classificationCode: 360403
subject: Drama, theatre and performance studies

description: The Round House Theatre provides a study of the development of a theatre managed and funded through a municipal government system. This theatre is historically important to the regional theatre movement because it was developed in a manner completely unlike the majority of regional theatres. This study of the manner in which the Round House came into existence and how it became a leading theatre in the Washington, D.C. area provides insight into the possibility of establishing similar theatres in other areas of the United States. This thesis chronicles the development of the Round House Theatre and provides a study on the feasibility of regional theatre and municipal government partnerships.
Celebargiolestes undetermined
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
name: Kalkman, Vincent J.
name: Dow, Rory A.
name: Stokvis, Frank R.
name: Tol, Jan Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Megapodagrionidae
Celebargiolestes
Celebargiolestes undetermined

description: Celebargiolestes sp. Gunther, A. & Randow, F. RMNH Indonesia Sulawesi 500856 25925448 KF369656 KF370054 KF369333 ODOPH013-13
description: Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6652900
The Round House Theatre: Management and artistic issues concerning governmental involvement with regional theatre
Creators: name: Doane, Paulann Tanner
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The Round House Theatre provides a study of the development of a theatre managed and funded through a municipal government system. This theatre is historically important to the regional theatre movement because it was developed in a manner completely unlike the majority of regional theatres. This study of the manner in which the Round House came into existence and how it became a leading theatre in the Washington, D.C. area provides insight into the possibility of establishing similar theatres in other areas of the United States. This thesis chronicles the development of the Round House Theatre and provides a study on the feasibility of regional theatre and municipal government partnerships.
title: Zurschaustellung des weiblichen Körpers im Film der Weimarer Republik
Creators: name: Lüftner, Florian Bastian
Year: 2014

description: Während der Weimarer Republik entwickelte sich der zur Schau gestellte weibliche Körper in neuen populärkulturellen Erscheinungen wie Tanz oder Revue zu einem zentralen Bestandteil und in der Folge zu einem Massenphänomen. Auch Filmschaffende der Weimarer Zeit nutzten den sexualisierten Körper der Frau als Schauobjekt, reflektierten aber in manchen Arbeiten die Verfahrensweise der Zurschaustellung und brachen vereinzelt mit den konventionellen Blickstrukturen, die Frauen rein zu Objekten machen, indem sie diese in die Position des machtvollen, blickenden Subjekts setzten. Im Zuge der Arbeit sollen diese Entwicklungen in der Populärkultur, aber auch der realhistorische Hintergrund und zeitgenössische Diskurse betreffend dem für die 20er-Jahre spezifischen Frauenbild der Neuen Frau, das oftmals in die Inszenierung weiblicher Körper miteingeflossen ist, nachgezeichnet werden. Die daraus gewonnenen Ergebnisse aus der Untersuchung des historischen und sozialen Kontextes werden in der Folge herangezogen, um die Zurschaustellung weiblicher Körper im Weimarer Kino anhand der exemplarisch ausgewählten Filme Die freudlose Gasse von G. W. Pabst aus dem Jahr 1925 und Der blaue Engel von Josef von Sternberg aus 1930 zu besprechen. Zentral für die Analyse der Filme ist das Blicken selbst: Untersucht wird, ob und weshalb der (intra- wie auch extradiegetische) Blick auf den ausgestellten Körper in der Kinosituation als lustvoll erfahren werden kann, ob dieser rein als Schauobjekt oder ob weibliche Figuren nicht auch als Trägerinnen des Blickes inszeniert sind. Um die dem Kino innewohnenden Konstellationen des Schauens zu erörtern, wird auf die psychoanalytisch geprägten filmtheoretischen Modelle von Laura Mulvey, Elisabeth Bronfen und Gaylyn Studlar zurückgegriffen.
Griseargiolestes bucki Theischinger 1998
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
name: Kalkman, Vincent J.
name: Dow, Rory A.
name: Stokvis, Frank R.
name: Tol, Jan Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Megapodagrionidae
Griseargiolestes
Griseargiolestes bucki

description: Griseargiolestes bucki Theischinger 1998 Kalkman, V.J. RMNH Australia New South Wales 504888 30102304 KF369723 KF370122 KF369390 ODOPH014-13
description: Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6652900
FORCE 2024: Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) Recommended Practice
Creators: name: Carpenter, Todd A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: retractions
FORCE11
NISO
Standards
recommended practice
research integrity
metadata
publishing,

description: Presentatation by Todd Carpenter (NISO) about the Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) Recommended Practice that was released in June of 2024.  This new recommendation addreses the need for consistent practice in the publishign community for consistent representation in display and metadata for retractions of scholarly objects.
Griseargiolestes griseus
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
name: Kalkman, Vincent J.
name: Dow, Rory A.
name: Stokvis, Frank R.
name: Tol, Jan Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Megapodagrionidae
Griseargiolestes
Griseargiolestes griseus

description: Griseargiolestes griseus (Selys) 1862 Kalkman, V.J. RMNH Australia New South Wales 504927 30102334 KF369724 KF370123 KF369391 ODOPH015-13
description: Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6652900
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 5473.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 18.05.1909, erstellt von Alfred Wolfer
Creators: name: Eidgenössische Sternwarte in Zürich (ETH Zürich bzw. vor 1911 Polytechnikum)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1909

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Zugeordnete numerische Werte wurden in einer separat geführten, chronologischen Tabelle erfasst. Unter Umständen sind tabellarisch notierte Werte, die für Protuberanzen mit rot geschrieben wurden, direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung vermerkt
description: ETH-Bibliothek
The Making of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR): A Case Study in the Diffusion of Human Rights Norm
Creators: name: Mewengkang, Yvonne
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis examines the diffusion of human rights norm in ASEAN and specifically analyzes why ASEAN member countries decided to create the AICHR. While ASEAN is known to be reluctant in discussing the human rights issue owing to its adherence of the "ASEAN Way," throughout decades it has been shifting its human rights policy. The thesis explores the elements of internal and external pressures that acted as catalysts of the changing nature of ASEAN in viewing human rights issue. It argues that external or Western pressure was only one, however not always the main factor behind the move towards an ASEAN human rights mechanism. The study claims that the evolution of ASEAN human rights policy and the decision of establishing the AICHR are mostly influenced by internal pressures, with national and regional actors, both state and non-state as the main agents in the process. While many shows disappointment on the AICHR's commitments and efficacies in promoting and protecting human rights, this thesis believes that the transformation is on-going and a comprehensive human rights system is feasible in the foreseeable future. Obviously, the AICHR will not cure all human rights ills overnight. Therefore, it is important to always focus on finding the best approach for AICHR to improve its task and be bold in carrying its mandates.