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Ian Willis deposited Activation of Campbelltown’s public spaces using public art in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoPublic art at Campbelltown has been used to lift and invigorate run-down parts of the city centre. The City Council has commissioned murals to brighten otherwise dull streets and laneways.
The city has effectively adopted the definition of public art from the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. This position states that public art is ‘an…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited The Burragorang Valley, a lost Gothic fantasy in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Burragorang Valley is one of those lost places that people fondly remember from the past. A place of imagination and dreaming where former residents fondly re-tell stories from their youth. These places create potent memories and nostalgia for many people and continue to be places of interest. They are localities of myths and legends and…[Read more]
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Henning Ohst deposited Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity. Form, Tradition, and Context, hg. v. Berenice Verhelst u. Tine Scheijnen (2022), Plekos 25, 2023, S. 327–339 in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoThe volume under review is based on the premise that there is no real dialogue between Greek and Latin studies on the literature (and especially on the poetry) of Late Antiquity, at least not a dialogue as intense as with regard to the earlier, ‘classical’ literature. The reason for this is not least the problem that mutual dependencies between…[Read more]
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David Lee deposited Two Asset Barrier Option Valuation Model in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoWe present a valuation model for pricing two asset barrier options on commodity futures. Applications to commodity futures have a number of specific. The analytical valuation formulas are also implemented. The payoff of a two asset barrier options is made against one of the assets, while the other asset is used to trigger the barrier.
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Ian Willis deposited National Herbarium at ABG wins architecture gong in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoThe National Herbarium of New South Wales wins the AILA 2023 NSW Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Awards in the category of Health & Education. Designed by Australian architects and design studio Architectus the building was inspired by the seed pod of the waratah, the floral symbol of NSW. This is one of the newest facilities at…[Read more]
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Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Indigenous systems of forest conservation: a tool for traditional medical practices in Akyem Abuakwa traditional area of Ghana in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoForest conservation is a very important concept across the world. It is not only crucial for climate change but also very critical for the survival of humanity. In Africa, forests have always been an important aspect of nature that is regarded with uttermost reverence and
care. Importantly, discussions on health, healthcare, culture, economics…[Read more] -
David Lee deposited Two Asset Barrier Option in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoA two-asset barrier option is a European style option whose value is determined by two underlying assets. One asset, S1, determines the payoff function, and the other, S2, knocks the option in or out if the S2 value crosses the barrier.
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David Lee deposited GIC Pricing Model in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoA Market Mix GIC is a type of guaranteed investment certificate, which offers a return based on a corresponding GIC rate and the performance of a basket of certain stock and bond market indices. The payoff at maturity from a Market Mix GIC can be shown equal to the invested principal plus this principal times the sum of the minimum guaranteed…[Read more]
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David Lee deposited Market Mix GIC Introduction in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoThe Market Mix GIC is a type of guaranteed investment certificate, of 3- or 5-year term, which offers a return based on a corresponding GIC rate and the performance of a basket of certain stock and bond market indices. To determine the rate of return, the percentage change in each index level from the initial level is calculated. Here the initial…[Read more]
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David Lee deposited CLO Total Return Swap in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoA pricing model was developed for pricing a total return swap between two parties. Here party A receives LIBOR plus a spread, but pays out the equity dividends arising from a collateralized loan obligation (CLO).
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Salim Said Bani Orabah deposited Facet Variability in the Light of Rater Training in Measuring Oral Performance: A Multifaceted Rasch Analysis in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoDue to subjectivity in oral assessment, much concentration has been put on obtaining a satisfactory measure of consistency among raters. However, obtaining consistency might not result in valid decisions. One matter that is at the core of both reliability and validity in oral performance is rater training. Recently, the Multifaceted Rasch…[Read more]
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Henry Colburn deposited A Brief Historiography of Parthian Art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoThe early history of the study of Parthian art may be profitably divided into three overlapping phases. The first phase, ‘Ordering’, begins with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s dismissive assessment of Parthian art, at this point known mainly from coins, as derivative and barbaric. The second phase, ‘Exploration’, begins in the mid-ninet…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Cultural and heritage tourism adds $6.4 million a year to the local economy in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoNew research shows that cultural and heritage tourism is worth around $6.4 million per year to the Camden Local Government Area.
Destination NSW (2019) defines cultural and heritage tourism as ‘a tool of economic development that achieves economic growth through attracting visitors from outside a host community, who are motivated wholly or in p…[Read more] -
Henning Ohst deposited Zeitschriftenschau Fachwissenschaft (Mnemosyne 75.6, 2022 u. Hermes 150.4, 2022), Forum Classicum 66, 2023, S. 62–68 in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoMore detailed Discussions on J. van Waarden: Leafing through Pliny with Sidonius. Sidon. Ep. 1.1, Plin. Ep. 1.1, 1.2, and 1.5, and Satire, Mnemosyne 75/6, 2022, 1021–1043 (62–64) and G. Wöhrle: Fragmente im
Überfluss. Zur Problematik eines philologischen Begriffs, Hermes 150/4, 2022, 385-404 (64–67). -
Mark Beumer deposited Hygieia. Identity, Cult and Reception in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis article examines the Greek goddess Hygieia by looking at her identity, cult status in the ancient world and subsequent scholarly reception. Should she be viewed as a goddess or a personification? By studying Hygieia primarily as a concept of health within ancient medicine, as well as a personification and a goddess, it will be argued that…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited Hygieia. Identity, Cult and Reception in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis article examines the Greek goddess Hygieia by looking at her identity, cult status in the ancient world and subsequent scholarly reception. Should she be viewed as a goddess or a personification? By studying Hygieia primarily as a concept of health within ancient medicine, as well as a personification and a goddess, it will be argued that…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited A Woman’s Touch. Hygieia, Health and Incubation in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoIn this paper, I argue that Hygieia has to be viewed as a full goddess in Greek religion and medicine, with a special focus on her position within the Asklepios cult. I will examine her identity, to which scholars attribute several labels like goddess, abstraction and personification. I further argue that Hygieia’s role in performing incubation r…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited A Woman’s Touch. Hygieia, Health and Incubation in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoIn this paper, I argue that Hygieia has to be viewed as a full goddess in Greek religion and medicine, with a special focus on her position within the Asklepios cult. I will examine her identity, to which scholars attribute several labels like goddess, abstraction and personification. I further argue that Hygieia’s role in performing incubation r…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited The Foundation of Anthropology to Ritual Studies in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThe present paper aims to investigate the role of anthropology in the development of Ritual Studies as an inter-disciplinary platform, with a focus on ritual dynamics by using a historiographic description, focusing on thetransition of Greco-Roman to Christian culture. This study attempts to shed light not only on the contributionof anthropology…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited The Foundation of Anthropology to Ritual Studies in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThe present paper aims to investigate the role of anthropology in the development of Ritual Studies as an inter-disciplinary platform, with a focus on ritual dynamics by using a historiographic description, focusing on thetransition of Greco-Roman to Christian culture. This study attempts to shed light not only on the contributionof anthropology…[Read more]
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