Published in Open Political Science
The accession of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries to the European Union has triggered their active participation in assistance to less developed countries. Since joining the EU, the analyzed countries have developed ODA legislation and an institutional framework and increased financing in development co-operation. Being a member of the EU and DAC,...
Published in Open Political Science
This article presents an analysis of the evolution of Russia’s image representation in Georgian and Ukrainian political discourses amid Russian-Georgian and Russian-Ukrainian conflicts escalation. Even though Georgia’s and Ukraine’s troubled relations with neighboring Russia have been extensively studied, there has been little attention to the idea...
Published in Special Matrices
Given a real number a ≥ 1, let Kn(a) be the set of all n × n unit lower triangular matrices with each element in the interval [−a, a]. Denoting by λn(·) the smallest eigenvalue of a given matrix, let cn(a) = min {λ n(YYT) : Y ∈ Kn(a)}. Then cn(a)\sqrt {{c_n}\left( a \right)} is the smallest singular value in Kn(a). We find all minimizing matrices. ...
Published in Special Matrices
We propose an algorithm, which is based on the method given by Kişi and Özdemir in [Math Commun, 23 (2018) 61], to handle the problem of when a linear combination matrix X=∑i=1mciXiX = \sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^m {{c_i}{X_i}} is a matrix such that its spectrum is a subset of a particular set, where ci, i = 1, 2, ..., m, are nonzero scalars and Xi, i = ...
Published in Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems
Let Bj(t) (j = 1,..., m) and B(t, τ) (t ≥ 0, 0 ≤ τ ≤ 1) be bounded variable operators in a Banach space. We consider the equation u′(t)=∑k=1mBk(t)u(t-hk(t))+∫01B(t,τ)u(t-h0(τ))dτ (t≥0),u'\left( t \right) = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^m {{B_k}\left( t \right)u\left( {t - {h_k}\left( t \right)} \right)} + \int\limits_0^1 {B\left( {t,\tau } \right)u\left( {t ...
Published in Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems
In this paper, we consider a prey-predator model with a reserve region of predator where generalist predator cannot enter. Based on the intake capacity of food and other factors, we introduce the predator population which consumes the prey population with Holling type-II functional response; and generalist predator population consumes the predator ...
Published in Open Anthropological Research
Since the spring of 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, has upended lives and caused a rethinking of nearly all social behaviors in the United States. This paper examines the ways in which the pandemic, shutdown, and gradual move towards “normal” have laid bare and obfuscated societal pressures regarding running out of time as it pertains to th...
Published in Open Anthropological Research
Alongside a crisis of public health, COVID-19 has also engendered a crisis of social reproduction in the domain of public education. Drawing on conversations and collaborations with K-12 education advocates in the Phoenix metropolitan area, this essay deploys an activist methodology to identify political struggles and turn the ethnographic lens ont...
Published in Open Anthropological Research
Following COVID-19’s arrival in March 2020, the South African government implemented a restrictive state-led response to the pandemic, limiting infections along with the survival strategies of those at greatest risk of illness. While the country’s aggressive tactics towards the pandemic have been lauded by some, the public health response has taken...
Published in Open Anthropological Research
This paper uses the lens of medical populism to analyze the impact of biocommunicability on COVID-19 testing through a case study approach. The political efficacy of testing is traced through two mini-case studies: the Philippines and the United States. The case studies follow the approach of populism scholars in drawing from various sources that ‘...
