cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Unitary control of partially coherent waves. II. Transmission or reflection
Creators: name: Guo, Cheng
name: Fan, Shanhui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coherent control of wave transmission and reflection is crucial for applications in communication, imaging, and sensing. However, many practical scenarios involve partially coherent waves rather than fully coherent ones. We present a systematic theory for the unitary control of partially coherent wave transmission and reflection. For a linear time-invariant system with an incident partially coherent wave, we derive analytical expressions for the range of attainable total transmittance and reflectance under arbitrary unitary transformations. We also introduce an explicit algorithm to construct a unitary control scheme that achieves any desired transmission or reflection within the attainable range. As applications of our theory, we establish conditions for four novel phenomena: partially coherent perfect transmission, partially coherent perfect reflection, partially coherent zero transmission, and partially coherent zero reflection. We also prove a theorem that relates the degree of coherence of the incident field, quantified by the majorization order, to the resulting transmission and reflection intervals. Furthermore, we demonstrate that reciprocity (or energy conservation) imposes direct symmetry constraints on bilateral transmission (or transmission and reflection) of partially coherent waves under unitary control. Our results provide fundamental insights and practical guidelines for using unitary control to manipulate the transmission and reflection of partially coherent waves. This theory applies to various wave systems, including electromagnetic and acoustic waves.
description: 31 pages, 5 figures
Supplemental Material, appendix - Generalized Inflated Discrete Models: A Strategy to Work with Multimodal Discrete Distributions
Creators: name: Tianji Cai
name: Yiwei Xia
name: Yisu Zhou
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, appendix for Generalized Inflated Discrete Models: A Strategy to Work with Multimodal Discrete Distributions by Tianji Cai, Yiwei Xia, and Yisu Zhou in Sociological Methods & Research
Supplemental material for In vivo evaluation of the new PHIL low viscosity in a swine rete mirabile model
Creators: name: Samaniego, Edgar A
name: Derdeyn, Colin P
name: Hayakawa, Minako
name: Hasan, David
name: Ortega-Gutierrez, Santiago
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material for In vivo evaluation of the new PHIL low viscosity in a swine rete mirabile model by Edgar A Samaniego, Colin P Derdeyn, Minako Hayakawa, David Hasan and Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez in Interventional Neuroradiology
Supplementary_File - Ethical issues experienced during palliative care provision in nursing homes
Creators: name: Deborah H.L. Muldrew (Née Preshaw)
name: Dorry McLaughlin
name: Brazil, Kevin
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary_File for Ethical issues experienced during palliative care provision in nursing homes by Deborah H.L. Muldrew (née Preshaw), Dorry McLaughlin, and Kevin Brazil in Nursing Ethics
Supplemental Material, Gimeno_#1_Appendix_B_FINAL_FINAL - Protocol for N-of-1 trials proof of concept for rehabilitation of childhood-onset dystonia: Study 1
Creators: name: Gimeno, Hortensia
name: Polatajko, Helene J.
name: Cornelius, Victoria
name: Lin, Jean-Pierre
name: Brown, Richard G.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material, Gimeno_#1_Appendix_B_FINAL_FINAL for Protocol for N-of-1 trials proof of concept for rehabilitation of childhood-onset dystonia: Study 1 by Hortensia Gimeno, Helene J. Polatajko, Victoria Cornelius, Jean-Pierre Lin, and Richard G. Brown in Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
title: The Vernacular Press and the Emergence of Modern Indonesian Consciousness (1855-1913).
Creators: name: Adam, Ahmat B.
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1984

description: This thesis is based on three main assumptions: that the press in Indonesia was an agent for intellectual development; that the growth of the vernacular press was pioneered by Dutch scholars, Eurasian editors and peranakan Chinese and Indonesian journalists; and that the development of the vernacular press before 1914 ran parallel to the growth of social, economic and political consciousness of the colonial society in the Dutch East Indies. The first chapter of the thesis traces the origins of the newspaper enterprise in the Indies. It also discusses the significance of the Printing Press Regulation of 1856 and its stipulations concerning 'freedom of the press' in the Indies. The second chapter discusses the early stage of the development of the vernacular press. The third chapter examines the role of the Eurasians in the growth of the vernacular press and the problems encountered by publishers and editors of vernacular newspapers in the last quarter of the 19th century. The fourth chapter looks at the emergence of peranakan Chinese in the newspaper enterprise and the rise of Chinese socio-economic consciousness which led to the birth of a pan-Chinese movement. The fifth chapter examines the rise of a modern Indonesian consciousness marked by a desire to pursue kemajuan (progress) through Western-type education. The chapter also discusses the role of the Amsterdam-based Bintang Hindia in the propagation of modernist ideas among Indonesian intellectuals. The sixth chapter examines the development of indigeneous Indonesian journalism and early modern Indonesian consciousness in which the role of Raden Mas Tirto Adhi Soerjo features prominently. The seventh chapter surveys the development of the vernacular press in the Outer Islands and its impact on indigeneous intellectual development. The final chapter discusses the emergence of Indonesian political awareness and the rise of political organs published and edited by Indonesians. The conclusions drawn from this study are: that the Indonesian-language press has largely been an urban, cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic phenomenon; that the modernization of Indonesian thinking resulted from a process of emulating the Dutch, the Eurasians and the peranakan Chinese; and that the vernacular press and the Indonesian socio-economic and political awareness are both intertwined, each complimenting the growth of the other.
The Compressive and Shear Characteristics of Miura-ori Forms as Core Materials of Sandwich Structures
Creators: name: Karagiozova, Dora
name: Wang, Meng
name: Lu, Guoxing
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The mechanical properties of Miura-ori foldcore metamaterials were studied using finite element simulations. The responses of foldcores with various topological parameters to quasi-static out-of-plane compression and shear loading were analyzed using the relative density as a governing parameter. The non-unique relationships between the core density and the materials’ strength in the examined loading directions were revealed, pointing out the strong influence of the Miura-ori topology. Linear relationships were established between the elastic moduli and relative densities of the Miura-ori metamaterials while power-law functions of the relative density with different exponent constants were established for the strength in different loading directions. It was shown that the Miura-ori materials possess the highest strength under shear in the X1- X3 plane and it increases with the increase in the relative density. However, this characteristic is strongly influenced by the sector angle α . In general, the difference between the two shear strengths increases when increasing the relative density by using thicker cell walls. It is noted that the strength of the Miura-ori materials as a function of the relative density is nearly constant with respect to the cell dimensions if the values of folding angle γ and sector angle α are given. The mechanical characteristics of the Miura-ori material with equal relative density, which exhibits the highest strength among the analyzed origami models, are compared with the out-of-plane compression and shear responses of prismatic hexagonal honeycomb. It is observed that compression and shear responses of the honeycomb outperform the Miura-ori foldcore in all loading directions when considering large deformations.
title: Studies in the Economic and Social Development of India, 1848-1856.
Creators: name: Das, Manmath Nath
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1957

description: Two things have been discussed in the introduction to this thesis. First, that the subject of economic and social changes in India between 1848-56 has received inadequate treatment from historians. Secondly, some consideration of the broad factors which were responsible for bringing about those changes at that particular time. Chapters II, III, IV and V deal with the three main economic innovations of Dalhousie. The origin of the policy of introducing railways, electric telegraph and modern post into India, and the subsequent measures taken for their establishment, have been traced. Chapters VI, VII, and VIII give an account of the two prominent educational developments of the period. Circumstances leading to the government recognition of its responsibility to educate the people in their indigenous languages, as well as the personal initiative of Bethune and Dalhousie resulting in the beginning of official encouragement to women's education, have been described. In chapters IX and X, measures which were adopted to put down antiquated social customs have been narrated. These customs included the practice of female infanticide among certain sections of people in the North West Provinces and the Punjab, and the rite of meriah sacrifice among the hill tribes of Orissa, Madras and the Central Provinces. In the conclusion, an attempt has been made to estimate the total effect of all these changes on the people of India. The bibliography contains a description of the unpublished private papers and their location, as well as of the official documents and other material from which the work has been constructed. Some relevant information has been added in the appendixes. A few published papers in support of the thesis are attached separately.
title: Possible Amendment of the Pakistan Penal Code to Bring it Into Conformity With the Shari'a.
Creators: name: Ali, Mohammad Shaukat
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1957

description: The Pakistan Constitution forbids the enactment of laws repugnant to basic Islamic principles and contemplates the revision of existing laws to make them conform to these principles. The object of this thesis is to lay the provisions of the Penal Code alongside the corresponding rules in the Sharia, to define the discrepancies, establish the extent to which the Penal Code offends against Islamic principles and to suggest amendments of the Code, where these appear to be necessary to satisfy the provisions of the Constitution. Ch. I indicates the scope of the work, and, as the "basic Islamic principles" have yet to be settled for the purpose of the Constitution, defines them for the purpose of this thesis, and explains why they are so defined. In Ch. II, are set out the sources and basic concepts of Islamic law. Ch. III explains the substantive principles of Islamic Penal Law in force in the Indo-Pakistan sub continent before the enactment of the Penal Code. Ch. IV deals with the background of the legal history of the amendment of the Penal law in Bengal. In Ch. V, homicide and in Ch.VI, all other offences affecting human life are studied. Ch. VII deals with theft and robbery, Ch. VIII, with all other offences under the code which are punishable under ta'zir and siyasa. In Ch. IX, the Islamic penal law under the Moghuls is discussed. My conclusions which may be summarised by saying that there is very little in the penal code repugnant to the established provisions of Islam are set out in Ch. X.
title: Syria and the Lebanon in International Politics, From Mudros to Maisalun 1918-1920.
Creators: name: Zeine, Zeine N.
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1956

description: Great Britain and France had various interests in the Ottoman Empire, particularly in the Arab areas of that Empire, before the First World War. France had a special claim on Syria and the Lebanon, based on her ''traditional interests", on cultural and political prestige. To Great Britain, Syria and the Lebanon were part of a strategic area in which it was necessary to have a secure position. In October, 1913, Syria and the Lebanon were occupied by British, Arab and French forces. The Emir Faisal established an Arab Government in Damascus. The Lebanon fell under French administration. Both Administrations were responsible to General Allenby. But the Sharif Husain and the Arab Nationalist leaders insisted on getting complete independence for all the Arab countries basing their claim on the Sharif Hasain-McMahon Correspondence and on other British war time pledges. The French insisted on having not only the Lebanon but Syria as well - areas which had been allotted to them by the secret Sykes-Picot (Agreement. In the impossibility of reaching a compromise, conflict was inevitable between the Arabs, the British and the French. In 19195 Faisal spent nearly four months in Europe trying to reach a settlement in favour of the Arabs. Long and bitter controversies followed between Clemenceau and Lloyd George when the latter gave his support to Faisal. Finally, by the Franco-British agreement of 13th September, the British troops were withdrawn from Syria. The small Arab force under Faisal was left alone to face the French troops in the Lebanon and along the Syrian littoral. In 1920, anti-French agitation increased in Syria and strong resentment developed against Faisal. The proclamation of Faisal as King of United Syria on 8th March by the Syrian Congress, served only to strengthen the French intention of putting an end to Faisal's regime. On 25th April, at San-Remo, the Mandate for Mesopotamia and Palestine was assigned to Great Britain, for Syria and the Lebanon to France. The determination of France to enforce the Syrian Mandate and of the Syrian nationalists to oppose it even by force of arms if necessary, brought the Syrian crisis to a head. Finally on 25th July, French troops under General Gouraud entered Damascus and put an end to Faisal's rule in Syria. A careful study of the documents seems to suggest that the settlement imposed upon Syria and the Lebanon at the time was part of a historically inevitable process in the imperialistic history of modern times and in the struggle of the Arab peoples for their national independence. London, July 1956.
Zinc Anode for Mild Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries: Challenges, Strategies, and Perspectives
Creators: name: Yang, Jinzhang
name: Yin, Bosi
name: Sun, Ying
name: Pan, Hongge
name: Sun, Wenping
name: Jia, Baohua
name: Zhang, Siwen
name: Ma, Tianyi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The rapid advance of mild aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) is driving the development of the energy storage system market. But the thorny issues of Zn anodes, mainly including dendrite growth, hydrogen evolution, and corrosion, severely reduce the performance of ZIBs. To commercialize ZIBs, researchers must overcome formidable challenges. Research about mild aqueous ZIBs is still developing. Various technical and scientific obstacles to designing Zn anodes with high stripping efficiency and long cycling life have not been resolved. Moreover, the performance of Zn anodes is a complex scientific issue determined by various parameters, most of which are often ignored, failing to achieve the maximum performance of the cell. This review proposes a comprehensive overview of existing Zn anode issues and the corresponding strategies, frontiers, and development trends to deeply comprehend the essence and inner connection of degradation mechanism and performance. First, the formation mechanism of dendrite growth, hydrogen evolution, corrosion, and their influence on the anode are analyzed. Furthermore, various strategies for constructing stable Zn anodes are summarized and discussed in detail from multiple perspectives. These strategies are mainly divided into interface modification, structural anode, alloying anode, intercalation anode, liquid electrolyte, non- liquid electrolyte, separator design, and other strategies. Finally, research directions and prospects are put forward for Zn anodes. This contribution highlights the latest developments and provides new insights into the advanced Zn anode for future research.
title: British Rule in Assam 1845-1858.
Creators: name: Chaudhuri, Bhupendranarayan
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1956

description: This thesis is concerned with British economic, administrative and social policy in Assam. Assam came under British occupation in 1826. The British Government abolished the old revenue system and made every cultivator the proprietor of his land. The Government released the slaves in 1843. As a result, the native aristocracy was reduced to great distress. The Government also abolished the system of allowing the hill tribes to levy tribute from the lowlanders, as a result of which the discontented tribes began to raid the plains. The Government adopted both the policies of conciliation and coercion. Again, a new judicial system was introduced based upon the Bengal Regulations, but as the people were mostly illiterate, the system appeared too complex. Measures, therefore, had to be adopted to simplify it. Further, schools were established and the Christian missionaries began their activities in Assam. As a result, ideasof social mobility were becoming popular, and the conservative sections of the people looked askance at these developments. This vas the situation of Assam in 1857. When the Sepoy Mutiny broke out, the Assamese aristocracy made a bid to recapture their lost powers. But it ended in failure. This study has been based both upon the official records of the East India Company and also upon Assamese sources.
title: Dutch Power in Ceylon 1658-1687.
Creators: name: Arasaratnam, Sinnappah
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1956

description: This thesis is a study of Dutch policy in Ceylon in the first thirty years after its establishment in all its aspects. In its political aspect, the main interest of our period centres round Dutch relations with Raja Sinha of Kandy and occupies the first five Chapters of this work. In the last five Chapters attention is centred on the administrative, economic, and social aspects of Dutch rule in Ceylon. When the Portuguese were expelled from the island in 1658, the new situation called for new policies. The alliance between the Dutch and the Kandyans and the cooperation of the previous period changed to mutual distrust and even antagonism. Various factors operated in the direction of the territorial expansion of the Dutch, while others tended to restrain this urge. The rebellion of 1664 in Kandy, however, released forces of expansion and ushered in a five-year period annexation of territory by the Dutch by diverse means. From 1670 onwards, the Kandyan power, realising the threat to its independence, bestirred itself and began to take countermeasures. There followed a period of Dutch-Kandyan conflict that continued indecisively for over seven years. The conflict was ruinous to both parties and towards the end of Raja Sinha's reign it crystallised into a position of stalemate. The period is noted more for political than for economic activity. Yet the impact of Dutch policy on society is clearly discernible. Their land policy and their efforts to increase production introduced some element of change in the social structure. The Dutch realised Ceylon's position in the pattern of trade in South Asia and fitted themselves into this pattern. Their subsequent attempt to monopolise the island's trade affected the country's economy adversely. The introduction of such new elements as the colony of 'free burghers' and the Protestant faith were to influence the country more and more as the period advanced.
Bank Cost Efficiency and Credit Market Structure Under a Volatile Exchange Rate
Creators: name: Mamonov, Mikhail
name: Parmeter, Christopher
name: Prokhorov, Artem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Econometrics (econ.EM)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study the impact of exchange rate volatility on cost efficiency and market structure in a cross-section of banks that have non-trivial exposures to foreign currency (FX) operations. We use unique data on quarterly revaluations of FX assets and liabilities (Revals) that Russian banks were reporting between 2004 Q1 and 2020 Q2. {\it First}, we document that Revals constitute the largest part of the banks' total costs, 26.5\% on average, with considerable variation across banks. {\it Second}, we find that stochastic estimates of cost efficiency are both severely downward biased -- by 30\% on average -- and generally not rank preserving when Revals are ignored, except for the tails, as our nonparametric copulas reveal. To ensure generalizability to other emerging market economies, we suggest a two-stage approach that does not rely on Revals but is able to shrink the downward bias in cost efficiency estimates by two-thirds. {\it Third}, we show that Revals are triggered by the mismatch in the banks' FX operations, which, in turn, is driven by household FX deposits and the instability of Ruble's exchange rate. {\it Fourth}, we find that the failure to account for Revals leads to the erroneous conclusion that the credit market is inefficient, which is driven by the upper quartile of the banks' distribution by total assets. Revals have considerable negative implications for financial stability which can be attenuated by the cross-border diversification of bank assets.
title: The Partition of Bengal and Its Annulment - a Survey of the Schemes of Territorial Redistribution of Bengal 1902-1911.
Creators: name: Zaidi, Syed Zawwar Husain
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1964

description: The study deals with the administrative reorganisation and territorial redistribution of, the province of Bengal. Chapter I examines the unwieldy nature of the pre-partition province and reviews the various plans propounded by successive Lieutenant-Governors and Viceroys for the reconstruction of Bengal. Chapter II deals with the proposals to curtail the boundaries of Bengal. It also examines the plans for the general territorial redistribution of the provinces of British India so as to throw light on the evolution of the partition scheme of 1903. An examination of the public reaction to the scheme of 1903 as well as the official response to the objections put forward against the original plan has been made in Chapter III. Chapter IV discusses the partitioning of Bengal into two provinces - Bengal and East Ben al and Assam, bringing into light the role of St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State, and its impact on subsequent events. Chapter V deals briefly with the anti-partition agitation. Chapter VI examines the problems which confronted Lord Hardinge on his assumption of power, his stand on the partition question, the need of a boon on the occasion of the visit of King George V and the final undoing of the partition in 1911 and the shifting of the capital to Delhi. Finally, Chapter VII examines the aftermath of the annulment - reaction of the Bengalis and the Muslims - as well as the attitude of certain officials and members of Parliament towards the changes.
dodds_supplementary_file – Supplemental material for The Long and Winding Road: Archiving and Re-Using Qualitative Data from 12 Research Projects Spanning 16 Years
Creators: name: Dodds, Catherine
name: Keogh, Peter
name: Bourne, Adam
name: McDaid, Lisa
name: Squire, Corinne
name: Weatherburn, Peter
name: Young, Ingrid
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, dodds_supplementary_file for The Long and Winding Road: Archiving and Re-Using Qualitative Data from 12 Research Projects Spanning 16 Years by Catherine Dodds, Peter Keogh, Adam Bourne, Lisa McDaid, Corinne Squire, Peter Weatherburn and Ingrid Young in Sociological Research Online
title: The Rev. James Long and the Protestant Missionary Policy in Bengal 1840-1872.
Creators: name: Oddie, Geoffrey Archdall
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1964

description: This thesis is a study, against the background of Protestant missionary thinking and activities in Bengal from 1840 to 1872, of the career of the Rev. James Long, a controversial Protestant missionary, educationist, linguist and social reformer, and a figure widely respected among Indians. Initially, attention is focussed on Long's educational background, on his motives in becoming a missionary and on his reasons for joining the Church Missionary Society in 1832. His early experience of missionary work in Calcutta, which largely accounts for his reaction against Dr. Duff's system of education through English, is considered. Particular attention is paid to Long's career from 1850 to 1861. During this period his originality clearly emerges: he became involved in the indigo and other controversies and work was crowned with considerable achievement. His Activities in vernacular education, his concern with the training of converts and the development of Bengali churches, his literary and social activities and his enthusiasm for social reform are all discussed in the broad context of Protestant missionary thinking and policy; and an attempt is made to show how his activities and particular point of view affected his relations with other missionaries, as well as with other Europeans and the Bengali community. The significance of the indigo dispute, the events leading up to Long's trial and imprisonment in 1861 and reactions to the Nil Darpan case in India and England have also been considered. In the latter part of the thesis closer attention is paid to Long's basic objectives. In the 1850's he became increasingly involved in activities which he regarded as preparation for missions rather than in evangelism itself. His philosophy of missions had, in fact, been changing ever since the 1840's and, by 1872, his concept of the missionary's task in India was somewhat different from what was generally accepted by other missionaries, who paid greater attention to evangelism in their own day and generation.
title: Nationality, Citizenship and Domicil in the Laws of Nigeria.
Creators: name: Nylander, Arthur V. J.
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1964

description: This thesis deals with two topics of Nigerian Law: (1) the Nationality and Citizenship Laws and (2) the Law of Domicil. The breakdown of the "common code" of British nationality heralded a new phase in the law of nationality and citizenship in the Commonwealth, and the evolution of its members into international relationships led to the enactment of divergent laws in States which previously shared a common nationality code. The emergence of Nigeria as a new independent power enabled the enactment of the first citizenship law. The Introductory Part deals briefly with the historical and constitutional background of Nigeria and a general treatment of the concepts of nationality and citizenship. Part 2 outlines the British Nationality Laws operating in Nigeria prior to October 1, 1960. Part 3 is a comprehensive analysis of the legal provisions for Nigerian citizenship contained in the Constitution, Acts of Parliament and Legal Notices. "Nigerian Nationality" and the concept of nationality in customary law are also considered. The final chapter on Citizenship and Non-Citizenship attempts to analyse the differences in the local law between the possession and non-possession of local citizenship. Part k deals with the second topic. Chapter 9 contrasts domicil with nationality and concludes with an analysis of the content of the law of domicil. Chapter 10 deals with the introduction into Nigeria of the concept of domicil and the scope of its operation, the effect of the federal legal structure on its application, proposals for the reform of the concept in England with a closing reconsideration of it.
Jogos `Sérios' na Ciência Cidadã: Sinergias para o Engajamento de Comunidades Transformadoras
Creators: name: Rachel Trajber
name: Indira A. L. Eyzaguirre
name: Carolina Franco Esteves
name: Allan Yu Iwama
Publisher: name: Rede Brasileira de Ciência Cidadã
Year: 2024

description: Interactive session (abstract).
title: Lord Northbrook's Indian Administration 1872-1876.
Creators: name: Moulton, Edward Calvin
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1964

description: This thesis is a study of Lord Northbrook's career as Governor-General of India from 1872 to 1876. Northbrook was not a pre-eminently brilliant ruler nor a redical reformer, but he was a competent administrator whose sagacity and judgement were rarely at fault and who made notable contributions in many branches of government. He firmly believed that India should be ruled according to the liberal principles of the Proclamation of 1858, paid close attention to Indian public opinion, and, by shaping much of his policy accordingly, endeavoured, with considerable success, to strengthen the British position in the country. The first chapter gives a brief account of Northbrook's previous career, discusses the circumstances of his appointment, and examines the scene in India which was one of considerable unrest and had a profound effect on his whole administration. The six subsequent chapters study the problems which Northbrook considered most important and the ones which engaged most of his attention -- finance, education and the admission of Indians to the civil service, famine, relations with the princely state of Baroda, tariff reform, and foreign affairs. In the last two of these chapters considerable attention is given to relations with the home Government which became seriously strained after the Conservatives, with whose Indian policy Northbrook strongly disagreed, came into power in 1874. The conflict between him and Lord Salisbury, the Secretary of State, is specially examined in the final chapter which discusses the reasons for North-brook's premature retirement and suggests that it was largely influenced by the opposition of the home Government to policies which he considered essential for the well-being of India. The principal sources on which this work is based are the Northbrook papers, the papers of other contemporary statesmen, the official records of the period, and contemporary newspapers.
title: Edward W. Blyden, 1832-1912, and Pan-Negro Nationalism.
Creators: name: Lynch, Hollis R.
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1964

description: This thesis examines the pan-Negro ideas and activities of one of the most outstanding Negro intellectuals of the nineteenth century - Edward Wilmot Blyden. Convinced that Negroes would never achieve equality with whites in the New World, he emigrated to Liberia at the age of eighteen, and became an ardent advocate of New World Negro emigration to Africa. He had envisaged Liberia as the nucleus of a progressive African state and had hoped that its jurisdiction and influence would spread in West Africa. In his various capacities as clergyman, High School Principal, College Professor and President, politician and ambassador, he sought to enhance the prestige of the Negro Republic. Blyden also worked for many years in Sierra Leone and Lagos, where, both as a private individual and as an employee of the Government, he sought to promote education among Christians as well as Muslims. One of his aims was to unite West Africans into one community and nation. In his attempt to bring respect and dignity to the Negro race, he be-came a tireless vindicator of the Negro past and of African culture; he criticized Christianity (in practice) as a demoralizing influence on the Negro; but praised Islam in Africa as a unifying and elevating force. He had hoped that Africa's regeneration would come through the influence of returning New World Negroes; but also regarded European nations in Africa as working ultimately for the good of that continent. So concerned was he with proving the merit of the Negro race that from the early 1870's he insisted that only "pure Negroes" should emigrate to Africa to participate in the new dispensation: he believed the Negro race to have special and inherent attributes which would manifest itself in a great civilization in Africa Because none of his cherished schemes came to fruition in his life-time, it is primarily as a man of ideas that he owes his historical significance. In discussing his pan-Negro natinnalism, I have made use of both the chronological and the thematic approaches. An introduction examines the historical origins of pan-Negro nationalism and provides a background for the examination of Blyden's own ideas.
Extracting Urban Sound Information for Residential Areas in Smart Cities Using an End-to-End IoT System
Creators: name: Tan, Ee-Leng
name: Karnapi, Furi Andi
name: Ng, Linus Junjia
name: Ooi, Kenneth
name: Gan, Woon-Seng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With rapid urbanization comes the increase of community, construction, and transportation noise in residential areas. The conventional approach of solely relying on sound pressure level (SPL) information to decide on the noise environment and to plan out noise control and mitigation strategies is inadequate. This paper presents an end-to-end IoT system that extracts real-time urban sound metadata using edge devices, providing information on the sound type, location and duration, rate of occurrence, loudness, and azimuth of a dominant noise in nine residential areas. The collected metadata on environmental sound is transmitted to and aggregated in a cloud-based platform to produce detailed descriptive analytics and visualization. Our approach to integrating different building blocks, namely, hardware, software, cloud technologies, and signal processing algorithms to form our real-time IoT system is outlined. We demonstrate how some of the sound metadata extracted by our system are used to provide insights into the noise in residential areas. A scalable workflow to collect and prepare audio recordings from nine residential areas to construct our urban sound dataset for training and evaluating a location-agnostic model is discussed. Some practical challenges of managing and maintaining a sensor network deployed at numerous locations are also addressed.
description: 13 pages, 15 figures, journal
Supplementary_material – Supplemental material for Management of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in patients with cancer: 2019 guidelines of the Italian Medical Oncology Association (AIOM)
Creators: name: Tralongo, Antonino C.
name: Antonuzzo, Andrea
name: Pronzato, Paolo
name: Sbrana, Andrea
name: Turrini, Marianna
name: Zoratto, Federica
name: Danova, Marco
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_material for Management of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in patients with cancer: 2019 guidelines of the Italian Medical Oncology Association (AIOM) by Antonino C. Tralongo, Andrea Antonuzzo, Paolo Pronzato, Andrea Sbrana, Marianna Turrini, Federica Zoratto and Marco Danova in Tumori Journal
title: Black Pastoralists, White Farmers: The Dynamics of Land Dispossession and Labour Recruitment in Southern Namibia, 1915-1955.
Creators: name: Silvester, Jeremy Gale
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1993

description: The dissertation examines the dynamics of rural economic struggle within the reserves and on white commercial farms. The supply of farm labour during the period 1915-1955 can be seen as an equation with a number of variables. Black pastoral communities in southern Namibia sought to retain control over their land and their labour. In contrast, the administration sought the division of land amongst a new wave of white immigrants and the recruitment of local black pastoralists as farm labourers. The 'state apparatus' available to enforce legislation in the early years of South African rule was initially weak and local labour control depended largely on the relationship between individual farmers and their workforce. The mobility of stock was essential to black pastoralists and denser white settlement increased the constraining influence of cartographical reserve borders. The State described these as 'labour reserves' and effectively prevented the emergence of black farmers who might rival their white neighbours. Yet case studies of the Bondelswarts and Berseba reserves show how economic differentiation influenced the shape of political resistance. The pattern of rapid white settlement in southern Namibia was initially inspired by a political, rather than economic agenda. The drought of 1929-1934 was a turning point in the economic history of the region. The subsequent transformation of the white farming community into the primary source of revenue within Namibia was strongly linked to the successful expansion of the karakul industry in southern Namibia. The alienation of land and the increase in the quantity and quality of white farmers stock was a crucial factor in the detrimental revision of the terms of employment of local workers on farms. The growing prosperity of white farmers in the region resulted in a change in the composition of the labour force with increased reliance upon migrant labour from northern Namibia.
title: The Kapitan Cina of Batavia, 1837-1942.
Creators: name: Lohanda, Mona
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1994

description: This study examines the kapitan Cina institution in Batavia, its place in the Dutch East Indies administration, and the role played by the Chinese officers in their own community. The Chinese inhabitants of Batavia and the Dutch practice of segregation are considered in chapter 1, devoted to describing the plurality of Batavia's population under the VOC. Chapter 2 traces the original concept of the kapitan system, dating back to the pre-colonial indigenous kingdoms of the archipelago. It indicates that the kapitan institution was an indigenous arrangement, later adopted by western colonists to rule the non-indigenous inhabitants of the colony. The main focus of this study is in the last five chapters. Chapter 3 examines the establishment of the kapitan Gina, or Chinese officers, its nature, structure and relationships with the local authority of Batavia. The Chinese officers were members of the Chinese Council through which the local Chinese administration was performed. This is considered in chapter 4, on the Chinese Council. Chapter 5 considers the role of the Chinese officers in the context of the Chinese movement from the early twentieth century, and the changing attitude of the Dutch towards the Chinese. Given that Chinese officers were wealthy members of their community, given the significant role played by the Chinese in the colonial economy, the economy aspect of the Chinese officership is discussed in chapter 6, which also examines the peculiar position of Batavia in Dutch economic policy and practice. The last chapter discusses the Dutch plan to abolish the institution of the Chinese officers in Java and Madura, except the Batavian Chinese officers.
Oficina ``Cientista Cidadão Por Um Dia: Vozes do DNA''
Creators: name: Maria Sharmila Alina de Sousa
name: André Uchimura Bastos
name: Carla Freire Escobar de Assis
name: Juliana Madeu Teixeira
name: Kamily Akemi Tashiro Lencione
Publisher: name: Rede Brasileira de Ciência Cidadã
Year: 2024

description: Local event (abstract).
Formação de Guardiões das Águas: Rede de Monitoramento Geoparticipativo Que Lama é essa?
Creators: name: Lussandra Martins Gianasi
Publisher: name: Rede Brasileira de Ciência Cidadã
Year: 2024
Subjects: rede de monitoramento
cientistas cidadãos
águas
barragens de mineração
mudanças climáticas

description: Local event (abstract).
title: China's Industrial Reform and Foreign Economic Development: A Case Study From the Xiamen Special Economic Zone.
Creators: name: Luo, Qi
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 1993

description: This thesis seeks to advance the study on China's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) by exploring two important issues untouched by previous researches --- the reasons for the problem of policy inconsistency, ambiguity and unpredictability in the SEZs, and the effectiveness and significance of their experimental function as a "laboratory" for China's ongoing industrial reform and "open-door" policy. The Xiamen SEZ, rarely investigated by Western scholars, is chosen as the object of this case study because of its unique suitability. It is hoped that the findings from this thesis will significantly enhance the understanding of the difficulty and complexity of the reform and openness in China in general and in the SEZs in particular. This thesis approaches the two issues from three perspectives, which reflect three most important relationships regarding the development of the SEZs --- the one between the economic reform and the Special Policy, the one between the local economic development and foreign direct investment (FDI), and the one between the SEZs and the domestic economy. It examines the enterprise reform, transformation of the local industry through utilizing FDI, and the relationship between the foreign trade reform and the price reform, in the Xiamen SEZ in its first decade of the 1980s. In particular, it includes a detailed analysis of the characteristics and effects of Taiwan investment in Xiamen in recent years and hence represents one of very few, if not the first, serious studies, at the moment, on the subject. It concludes that the policy problem in Xiamen has been caused mainly by 1) the confusion of the economic reform and the implementation of the Special Policy, 2) the increasing dominance of Taiwan capital on the local economy, and 3) the close institutional link between the SEZ and the domestic economy. Also, it finds that a decade of the reform and development in Xiamen has produced few innovative and applicable experiences which could benefit the domestic reform and "open-door." Thus, the effectiveness and significance of the SEZ's experimental function has so far been very limited.
O Que Tem a Ver o Clima com Meu Território? Cocriando Soluções para a Justiça Climática
Creators: name: Indira A. L. Eyzaguirre
name: Allan Yu Iwama
name: Esley L. de Sousa
name: Enzo de J. Ferreira
Publisher: name: Rede Brasileira de Ciência Cidadã
Year: 2024

description: Interactive session (abstract).
Ciência Cidadã: é Consensual, ou Controverso? Dialogando para um Conhecimento Comum e Contextualizado
Creators: name: Sheina Koffler
name: Allan Yu Iwama
name: Blandina Felipe Viana
name: Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes
Publisher: name: Rede Brasileira de Ciência Cidadã
Year: 2024

description: Interactive session (abstract).
MSJ926955_appendix_1 – Supplemental material for Disability outcomes of early cerebellar and brainstem symptoms in multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Le, Minh
name: Malpas, Charles
name: Sharmin, Sifat
name: Horáková, Dana
name: Havrdova, Eva
name: Trojano, Maria
name: Izquierdo, Guillermo
name: Eichau, Sara
name: Ozakbas, Serkan
name: Lugaresi, Alessandra
name: Prat, Alexandre
name: Girard, Marc
name: Duquette, Pierre
name: Larochelle, Catherine
name: Alroughani, Raed
name: Bergamaschi, Roberto
name: Sola, Patrizia
name: Ferraro, Diana
name: Grammond, Pierre
name: Grand’ Maison, Francois
name: Terzi, Murat
name: Boz, Cavit
name: Hupperts, Raymond
name: Butzkueven, Helmut
name: Pucci, Eugenio
name: Granella, Franco
name: Van Pesch, Vincent
name: Soysal, Aysun
name: Yamout, Bassem I.
name: Lechner-Scott, Jeannette
name: Spitaleri, Daniele LA
name: Ampapa, Radek
name: Turkoglu, Recai
name: Iuliano, Gerardo
name: Ramo-Tello, Cristina
name: Sanchez-Menoyo, Jose Luis
name: Sidhom, Youssef
name: Gouider, Riadh
name: Shaygannejad, Vahid
name: Prevost, Julie
name: Altintas, Ayse
name: Fragoso, Yara Dadalti
name: McCombe, Pamela Ann
name: Petersen, Thor
name: Slee, Mark
name: Barnett, Michael H
name: Vucic, Steve
name: Van Der Walt, Anneke
name: Kalincik, Tomas
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Aged Health Care

description: Supplemental material, MSJ926955_appendix_1 for Disability outcomes of early cerebellar and brainstem symptoms in multiple sclerosis by Minh Le, Charles Malpas, Sifat Sharmin, Dana Horáková, Eva Havrdova, Maria Trojano, Guillermo Izquierdo, Sara Eichau, Serkan Ozakbas, Alessandra Lugaresi, Alexandre Prat, Marc Girard, Pierre Duquette, Catherine Larochelle, Raed Alroughani, Roberto Bergamaschi, Patrizia Sola, Diana Ferraro, Pierre Grammond, Francois Grand’ Maison, Murat Terzi, Cavit Boz, Raymond Hupperts, Helmut Butzkueven, Eugenio Pucci, Franco Granella, Vincent Van Pesch, Aysun Soysal, Bassem I. Yamout, Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Daniele LA Spitaleri, Radek Ampapa, Recai Turkoglu, Gerardo Iuliano, Cristina Ramo-Tello, Jose Luis Sanchez-Menoyo, Youssef Sidhom, Riadh Gouider, Vahid Shaygannejad, Julie Prevost, Ayse Altintas, Yara Dadalti Fragoso, Pamela Ann McCombe, Thor Petersen, Mark Slee, Michael H Barnett, Steve Vucic, Anneke Van Der Walt and Tomas Kalincik in Multiple Sclerosis Journal