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David I Gaisford - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Experiment in Water Dowsing
    1994
    Co-Authors: David I Gaisford
    Abstract:

    Abstract : Dowsing is a folklore process used to locate an unknown, such as the best location for a water well, by the use of a hand-held device. The process is commonly know as water witching, divining, dowsing or radiesthesia. The practice continues despite the lack of a proven scientific basis. This research develops an experiment to test the claims of a dowser. Specific procedures are established and statistical theory is applied to determine if one man can identify which of five water lines has flowing water in it better than a chance operator could achieve. The statistical analysis uses Abraham Wald's sequential analysis procedures for establishing when to accept a hypothesis in a Binomial Situation. The dowser's performance proved to be better than chance. Further research is recommended.

Francesco Bruno - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Understanding the Impact of the Counter-Terror Agenda on Humanitarian Action
    Otoritas : Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, 2017
    Co-Authors: Francesco Bruno
    Abstract:

    The paper reflects on the impact of the counter-terror agenda on humanitarian actions. It explores the socio-political and legal implications and constraints that Non-Governmental Organisations incur when managing humanitarian projects in critical environments such as Somalia where, an important famine stroke in 2011 as consequence of the counter-terror agenda, insecurity and politicization. In the case of Somalia, Al-Shabaab, a group well-known to the international authority as affiliated to Al-Qaeda was in charge of the area in which the famine stroke. The dilemma to consider in this paper is  paper is related to the Binomial Situation between the people in need and the counter-terrorism strategy against Al-Shabaab. The paper outlines three issues that the humanitarian actors incur, namely structural, operational and of internal nature. These three issues undermines the relationship between the Humanitarian actors and the donors as well as between humanitarian actors and their recipients. At the end, the relationship continues to be highly controversial.