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Digital cartography of Mars [PDF]
A medium-resolution Digital Image Model (DIM) of Mars is being compiled. A DIM is a mosaic of radiometrically corrected, photometrically modelled spacecraft images displaying accurate reflectance properties at uniform resolution, and geometrically tied ...
Batson, R. M.
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Quasiconformal mappings, from Ptolemy's geography to the work of Teichmüller
, 2018 The origin of quasiconformal mappings, like that of conformal mappings, can be traced back to old cartography where the basic problem was the search for mappings from the sphere onto the plane with minimal deviation from conformality, subject to certain ...
Papadopoulos, A.
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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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Development of a Geo-spatial Analysis Methodology for Assessing the Adequacy of Hydrographic Surveying and Nautical Charts [PDF]
, 2012 IHO Publication C-55 (Status of Hydrographic Surveying and Nautical Charting Worldwide) contains information about the progress of hydrographic surveying and nautical charting for a country with navigable waters under its jurisdiction.
Alexander, Lee +4 more
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Navigating the Nine C's: Hopeful Women Advocates Remapping Neoliberal Higher Education
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper provides perspectives from 11 women advocates with lived experience of various issues across higher education on the ways that the sector currently meets and does not meet the needs of those it employs. We discuss how we hope to disrupt the sector so that it can do better in the future, perhaps leading to a utopia for all rather ...
Abigail Winter +10 more
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Digital cartography of Io [PDF]
A high resolution controlled mosaic of the hemisphere of Io centered on longitude 310 degrees is produced. Digital cartographic techniques were employed. Approximately 80 Voyager 1 clear and blue filter frames were utilized.
Duck, B. +2 more
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Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.The reintroduction of the endangered butterfly Coenonympha oedippus is the first conservation translocation of an invertebrate species in Slovenia. Three years after reintroduction, the population showed an 87% growth rate, demonstrating the effectiveness of the selected reintroduction site and its management, the source individuals and the protocols ...
Tatjana Čelik +4 more
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Knowledge Cartography: Software tools and mapping techniques [PDF]
, 2008 Knowledge Cartography is the discipline of mapping intellectual landscapes.The focus of this book is on the process by which manually crafting interactive, hypertextual maps clarifies one’s own understanding, as well as communicating it.The authors see ...
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Revisiting the Literal Sense of Scripture, in Dialogue With Thomas Aquinas
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Brevard Childs suggests that ‘one of the burning issues in theology lies in a search to recover a new understanding of the sensus literalis’. In this article, I retrieve and commend Thomas Aquinas's account of the literal sense, using Peter's Pentecost speech in Acts 2 as a way of testing Thomas's mettle.
Christopher R. J. Holmes
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Multi‐neighborhood simulated annealing for the home healthcare routing and scheduling problem
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract Over time, the focus on supportive and geriatric care has shifted from being predominantly provided in institutional settings like nursing or rest homes to be delivered within the homes of the patients. Trained caregivers now provide home healthcare services by visiting patients in their own homes and carrying out specific services based on ...
Sara Ceschia +3 more
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