Hasil untuk "Unlocalized maps (Asian studies only)"

S. L. Gariano, F. Guzzetti

Abstract Warming of the Earth climate system is unequivocal. That climate changes affect the stability of natural and engineered slopes and have consequences on landslides, is also undisputable. Less clear is the type, extent, magnitude and direction of the changes in the stability conditions, and on the location, abundance, activity and frequency of landslides in response to the projected climate changes. Climate and landslides act at only partially overlapping spatial and temporal scales, complicating the evaluation of the climate impacts on landslides. We review the literature on landslide-climate studies, and find a bias in their geographical distribution, with large parts of the world not investigated. We recommend to fill the gap with new studies in Asia, South America, and Africa. We examine advantages and limits of the approaches adopted to evaluate the effects of climate variations on landslides, including prospective modelling and retrospective methods that use landslide and climate records. We consider changes in temperature, precipitation, wind and weather systems, and their direct and indirect effects on the stability of single slopes, and we use a probabilistic landslide hazard model to appraise regional landslide changes. Our review indicates that the modelling results of landslide-climate studies depend more on the emission scenarios, the Global Circulation Models, and the methods to downscale the climate variables, than on the description of the variables controlling slope processes. We advocate for constructing ensembles of projections based on a range of emissions scenarios, and to use carefully results from worst-case scenarios that may over/under-estimate landslide hazards and risk. We further advocate that uncertainties in the landslide projections must be quantified and communicated to decision makers and the public. We perform a preliminary global assessment of the future landslide impact, and we present a global map of the projected impact of climate change on landslide activity and abundance. Where global warming is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of severe rainfall events, a primary trigger of rapid-moving landslides that cause many landslide fatalities, we predict an increase in the number of people exposed to landslide risk. Finally, we give recommendations for landslide adaptation and risk reduction strategies in the framework of a warming climate.

Sangpil Youm, Nari Yoo, Sou Hyun Jang

Studies on intergenerational relationships between parents and children in Asian American families highlight their impact on mental health and well-being. This study investigates the role of ambivalent emotions in online narratives shared by Asian and Asian American children on the subreddit, r/Asianparentstories. By employing a BERT-based model to detect emotion at the sentence level and depressive symptoms at the post level, we analyze mixed feelings to better understand how they predict depressive symptoms. First, among 28 detectable, eight (realization, approval, sadness, anger, curiosity, annoyance, disappointment, disapproval) comprise over 50%, exhibiting significant co-occurrence among themselves and with other emotions. Second, we find the co-occurrence of multiple emotions, indicating that emotions in a single post are not limited to consistently positive or negative feelings. Finally, our findings indicate that while negative emotion pairs (e.g., confusion-grief, anger-grief) are associated with depressive symptoms, positive emotion pairs (e.g., admiration-realization, amusement-joy) negatively correlate with depressive symptoms, and combinations of ambivalent emotions indicate varied results in predicting depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the importance of automated emotion classification and the need to consider emotional ambivalence, which holds practical and clinical implications for understanding the dynamics of parent-child relationships.

Matthias Wüest, Francis Engelmann, Ondrej Miksik et al.

We propose UnLoc, an efficient data-driven solution for sequential camera localization within floorplans. Floorplan data is readily available, long-term persistent, and robust to changes in visual appearance. We address key limitations of recent methods, such as the lack of uncertainty modeling in depth predictions and the necessity for custom depth networks trained for each environment. We introduce a novel probabilistic model that incorporates uncertainty estimation, modeling depth predictions as explicit probability distributions. By leveraging off-the-shelf pre-trained monocular depth models, we eliminate the need to rely on per-environment-trained depth networks, enhancing generalization to unseen spaces. We evaluate UnLoc on large-scale synthetic and real-world datasets, demonstrating significant improvements over existing methods in terms of accuracy and robustness. Notably, we achieve $2.7$ times higher localization recall on long sequences (100 frames) and $42.2$ times higher on short ones (15 frames) than the state of the art on the challenging LaMAR HGE dataset.

Ardiansyah, Wandi, Suparto et al.

Abstract This study aims to look at the bibliometric trends in state administrative law articles. Then this study uses VOSviewer analysis which aims to analyze publication trends in the form of bibliometric maps collected from the Scopus database. The research findings show that there are 196 articles on state administrative law published in Scopus indexed journals between 2017 and 2021. In terms of document types by year, research documents on state administrative law only increased significantly in 2020. In the type of document based on the author, the author Hoffman is the author with the most documents. In document types by affiliation, research publications from Maria Curie University-Skłodowska are the top document producers. In terms of document types by country, the United States is the top document producer. In the types of documents based on subject, research is dominated by social sciences. Whereas for document types based on citations, articles in 2017–2019 are the results of publications with the most citations. The implications of this research are related to the emphasis on aspects of collaboration and integration in the research partnership system by state administrative law researchers at universities on various continents, especially the Asian continent. Furthermore, this research still has limitations because it only analyzes documents in the Scopus database in 2017–2021. Therefore, we suggest that further research be carried out from a wider range in order to emphasize the need for increased attention to the field of state administrative law. Impact Statement This article reviews publication trends from the Scopus database related to state administrative law from 2017-2021. These findings show that there are 196 articles about state administrative law published in Scopus indexed journals between 2017 and 2021, where from the types of documents from year to year, documents research on state administrative law only experienced a significant increase in 2020 (61). In terms of document types by country and region, the United States is the largest document producer (40). In terms of document types based on subject, research is dominated by social sciences (62.08%). Meanwhile, for document types based on citations, articles from 2017-2019 are the publications with the most citations. Currently, international publications on state administrative law are still underdeveloped, and there is not much interest in them. Then, the production of state administrative law research in various Scopus indexed research journals is territorially only produced by countries on the American and European continents, and is still not found in countries on the Asian continent.

Debjani Chakraborty, Chhavi Garg

The COVID-19 pandemic and the worldwide lockdowns that followed the same have led to drastic changes in our lifestyles. While the lockdowns marked a global transition to a world of online services and products, the change was neither easy nor smooth for many. From lack of access to technology to the absence of skills to use it, the act of “going digital” was littered with challenges for people across the world. In the South-Asian country of India, this lack of access was further amplified by the presence of a gender digital divide. Among the women from various factions of the society, one such category affected by it was female entrepreneurs from small rural areas in India. These entrepreneurs were cut off from their clientele owing to a nationwide lockdown in the country imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. Most of these women had no prior experience with technology (which is mobile phones in their case) but they not only negotiated access but used it to sustain and grow their entrepreneurial endeavors in a short duration of time. This study, through in-depth qualitative interviews with female entrepreneurs from small rural areas in India maps their usage patterns and their negotiations for domesticating mobile phones. The research found that the first two stages of domestication theory (appropriation and objectification) were easier to navigate for the women entrepreneurs, but gender expectations from them made the last two stages of incorporation and conversion challenging.

Fateme Rahnama, Reza Naderi, Atefe Amirahmadi et al.

This study is a part of an ongoing floristic study in Eastern Alborz mountain range (Iran). The flora and vegetation of this area are less known compared to those of Central Alborz. The study area indicates the regionally significant connection between the Kopet Dagh-Khorassan and Central Alborz. A total of 41 rare-threatened taxa belonging to 26 genera and 15 families are presented. According to the IUCN criteria, our checklist identifies 3 taxa classified as Critically Endangered (CR), 19 taxa as Endangered (EN), 4 taxa as Vulnerable (VU), 4 taxa as Near Threatened (NT), 3 taxa as Least Concern (LC), and 8 taxa as Data Deficient (DD). Among them, 28 are hemicryptophytes, followed by chamaephytes (7 species), geophytes (4 species), and therophytes (2 species). During 10 years of field investigations on the semi-arid areas of Eastern Alborz, some rare-threatened endemic species have been rediscovered in the region. Geographic distribution maps of all rare species together with the accompanying species and their conservation status were drawn up. It is noteworthy that some rare species are known only from their locus classicus and no new specimens have been collected during the last 30 to 80 years. A total of 10 taxa were reported for the first time from Eastern Alborz, primarily exhibiting a disjunct distribution pattern occurring in the high elevations of Zagros, Alborz and/or other mountain ranges in SW Asia.

Pepe P. Roswaldy

This article examines the intersection of land conflict, environmental degradation and women’s health in the context of Toba communities in Pandumaan-Sipituhuta, Indonesia, through a feminist political ecology lens. It explores how land dispossession exacerbates gender inequalities, particularly the disproportionate health impacts on women. The research shows how indigenous Toba women internalise and reinforce patriarchal expectations, taking personal responsibility for their health despite external socio-ecological factors. This manifests through monitoring within the community, internalised misogynistic judgements and expectations of health performance. At the same time, the women’s reliance on each other’s labour in agriculture fosters solidarity, where health and labour become deeply interconnected. The article highlights how these dynamics contribute to a gendered response to environmental change, with women bearing a disproportionate burden in both health and labour.

Mona G. Mehta

Andrea Fleschenberg, Amanda Oliveira, Abdullah Athayi et al.

The following Current Debate section documents a fishbowl discussion held in a hybrid format during the Summer Term of 2022 as part of an MA class on "Digital Research Methods Beyond Pandemic Times," organised by Andrea Fleschenberg in collaboration with Muhammad Salman Khan. The conversation brings together early-career researchers – specifically, PhD students from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin – who reflect on and discuss their concrete experiences, obstacles, challenges, and opportunities encountered while conducting PhD research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and Asia. These conversations, an integral part of the MA class, were designed as an interdisciplinary, interactive, and participatory learning and reflection space for exploring approaches to research methods and research ethics in online, hybrid, and offline contexts.

Samia Kotele

Stefan Messingschlager

Claudia Derichs, Faiza Muhammad Din, Manja Stephan-Emmrich

This IQAS special issue relates to the relationship between religious knowledge and women’s professionalisation. It links empirical observations of applied religious knowledge with the conceptualisation of professionalisation, examined through case studies from Southeast, South and Central Asia. The lens it looks through is intentionally gender-sensitive, exploring how Muslim women in Asia actively and creatively participate in the production and dissemination of religious knowledge and the formation of new knowledge societies through participation in social activism and the global economy on multiple scales. The authors are members and partners of a research initiative that seeks to explore women’s pathways to professionalisation in Muslim Asia. In the course of three years, substantial findings have come to light that lead the authors of this issue to suggest a more flexible understanding of the concept of “profession” and the notion of “religious knowledge”.

A. Kafi, N. Zainuddin, Adam Bin Mohd Saifudin et al.

Background Despite the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the food supply chain since 2020. Understanding the current trends of research and scenarios in the food supply chain is critical for developing effective strategies to address the present issue. This study aims to provide comprehensive insights into the pre, during, and post COVID-19 pandemic in the food supply chain. Methodology This study used the Scopus database from 1995 to November 6, 2022, to analyse the food supply chain. Bibliometric analysis was conducted using VOSviewer software to create knowledge maps and visualizations for co-occurrence, co-authorship, and country collaboration. Biblioshiny, a shiny app for the Bibliometrix R package, was then used to explore theme evaluation path maps in the research domain. Results The bibliometric analysis of 2523 documents provides important insights into present and future publication trends. Top author keywords included blockchain, traceability, food safety, sustainability, and supply chain management. The Sustainability (Switzerland) journal ranked first in productivity, and the International Journal of Production Economics received the highest citations. The United Kingdom was the most productive country, collaborating with partners in Europe, Asia, and North America. The Netherlands had the highest percentage of documents with international authors, while India and China had the lowest. The thematic evaluation maps revealed that articles focused on important research topics including food processing industry, information sharing, risk assessment, decision-making, biodiversity, food safety, and food waste. Conclusion This study contribute to the growing body of literature on the food supply chain by providing a comprehensive analysis of research trends during different phases of the pandemic. The findings can be used to inform policymakers and industry leaders about the measures required to build a more resilient and sustainable food supply chain infrastructure for the future. This study considered only Scopus online database for bibliometric analysis, which may have limited the search strategy. Future studies are encouraged to consider related published articles by linking multiple databases.

Peyman Eshaghi

Jesse Cohen

We use results of Auroux arXiv:1001.4323 and Zemke arXiv:1801.09270 to prove that, in the morphism spaces formulation of Heegaard Floer homology given in arXiv:1005.1248, the opposite composition map agrees up to homotopy with the map on Heegaard Floer complexes induced by a pair-of-pants cobordism. As an application, we give an algorithm for computing arbitrary cobordism maps on hat Heegaard Floer homology.

Aniket Nandan

Sarah Holz

Kazunori Akiyama, Juan-Carlos Algaba, Tao An et al.

The East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN) is an international VLBI facility in East Asia and is operated under mutual collaboration between East Asian countries, as well as part of Southeast Asian and European countries. EAVN currently consists of 16 radio telescopes and three correlators located in China, Japan, and Korea, and is operated mainly at three frequency bands, 6.7, 22, and 43 GHz with the longest baseline length of 5078 km, resulting in the highest angular resolution of 0.28 milliarcseconds at 43 GHz. One of distinct capabilities of EAVN is multi-frequency simultaneous data reception at nine telescopes, which enable us to employ the frequency phase transfer technique to obtain better sensitivity at higher observing frequencies. EAVN started its open-use program in the second half of 2018, providing a total observing time of more than 1100 hours in a year. EAVN fills geographical gap in global VLBI array, resulting in enabling us to conduct contiguous high-resolution VLBI observations. EAVN has produced various scientific accomplishments especially in observations toward active galactic nuclei, evolved stars, and star-forming regions. These activities motivate us to initiate launch of the 'Global VLBI Alliance' to provide an opportunity of VLBI observation with the longest baselines on the earth.

Muhammad Wildan

Melanie Rupflin

We prove Lojasiewicz inequalities for the harmonic map energy for maps from surfaces of positive genus into general analytic target manifolds which are close to simple bubble trees and as a consequence obtain new results on the convergence of harmonic map flow and on the energy spectrum of harmonic maps with small energy. Our results and techniques are not restricted to particular targets or to integrable settings and we are able to lift general Lojasiewicz-Simon inequalities valid near harmonic maps $\hat ω:S^2\to N$ to the singular setting whenever the bubble $\hat ω$ is attached at a point which is not a branch point.