One of the most basic elements of a person’s identity is one’s name. Choosing a name for a
child or for oneself can also be an expression of cultural or national identity. In the beginning …

At the outset, this thesis sets out to address limitations in conventional population data for
the representation of stocks and flows of human populations. Until now, many of the data …

This paper describes a semi-supervised approach to personal name classification which
includes family names and given names. The analysis uses a plethora of data sources that are …

➢ This is the case for a plurality of both English and French-derived surnames today.➢ A
smaller percentage of Grenadian surnames, both English and French, are derived from …

Research policy and planning for a given country may benefit from reliable data on both its
scientific workforce as well as the diaspora of scientists for countries with a substantial brain …

The article tries to highlight some aspects related to the mapping of toponyms and anthroponyms,
in the Romanian space and also at a larger level (European, world). In the case of the …

Crowdfunding is helping to drive financial inclusion by expanding the availability of funds to
traditionally excluded and underserved groups of individuals, such as ethnic minority and …

We examine whether national culture, in particular, its individualism/collectivism dimension,
affects sell-side financial analysts’ forecasting behavior. We find that analysts from …

The surname Lynds according to the popular website Forebears is the 211,679 th most popular
name in the world1. Two possible sources have been given for this surname. The first is …

It is relatively well-known that a number of Boer combatants in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)
emigrated with their families from South Africa to Argentina. One of these was Johannes …