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title: A political reading of home and family in English language Singaporean novels (1972-2002).
Creators: name: Garsten, Caroline Nicole
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2008

description: Homes and families feature in many post-independence, English-language Singaporean novels. They also have pronounced importance in Singaporean politics. In state discourses 'home' symbolizes the Singaporean nation and 'family' society. In addition, government policies are renowned for extending into the private domain. Furthermore, the national value of 'family as the basic unit of society' has been ratified by Parliament. A few published essays link portrayals of home or family in this fiction to national politics (Koh Tai Ann 1989, Philip Holden 1998 and Shirley Lim 2003). These studies often consider depictions of home or family relations in relation to whether they ultimately affirm or shake the status quo. This thesis is the first extended study to examine the potential political meanings or connotations of portrayed homes and families in over a dozen English-language Singaporean novels. It provides a thematic analysis of housing, the overlap between home and nation, inter-class and inter-racial relationships, 'filial' strains and paternalistic behaviour in a politico-historical context. The identified stances in the texts are then related to the long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) Government's positions on these subjects. The analysis demonstrates that depictions of home and family in the selected texts can be meaningfully related to the hegemonic PAP government's policies, values, ideologies, and forms of authority. The multiple perspectives that emerge from the narratives can present more varied arguments than are commonly found in state discourses. In raising or gently alluding to different viewpoints, the novels may affirm, modify, question to the point of moral interrogation, present alternatives to, and/or critique state stances. In doing so they provide ideas for debate in a society where politics is deemed to be for politicians and where there is censorship and self-censoring.
title: Puthi-Pora : 'Melodic reading' and its use in the Islamisation of Bengal.
Creators: name: Kane, David Michael
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2008

description: This thesis focuses on puthi-pora, a Bengali tradition of book and manuscript reading. It pursues two central aims. The first is ethnographic: to document and describe puthi-pora as it is performed today in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The second is historical: to shed light on a historical mystery-how Islam spread so rapidly and pervasively in Bengal from the sixteenth century. My hypothesis is that puthi-pora was used in this process. Cognitive schema theory is my overarching methodology. It has been applied in two ways. First, I use the schema concept to analyse a whole performance event, using, as primary data, the fieldnotes of two observers: mine as a cultural outsider, and those of my research assistant who is of Bengali descent. This provides a conceptual basis for describing the processes involved in constructing my ethnography, and generates a holistic and schematic framework of puthi-pora that is used for comparing the details of this, and other performance occasions. I also view each performance as a 'historical document', and consider, in the details of the emerging ethnography, what it is about puthi-pora that would have made it such a powerful vehicle for Islamisation. Second, I use the schema concept to analyse the two principal tune-types used in puthi-pora. This has resulted in the generation of a model for creating melodic schemas that demonstrates a way of representing the essence of a melody (and its variations) in a concise form, and illustrates the processes involved in their reconstruction. In conclusion, I present a new definition of puthi-pora and a prototypical description of the tradition as practised in Muslim Sylhet. I suggest that present-day performances can be used as historical documentation, as shown in the way that puthi-pora has shed light on the processes involved in the Islamisation of Bengal, thus, in part, helping to demystify the historical mystery.
MPEC 2024-P144 : 2017 EA58
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2017 EA58

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
title: The aftermath of the Maria Hertogh riots in colonial Singapore (1950-1953).
Creators: name: Aljunied, Syed Muhd Khairudin
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2008

description: This thesis examines the genesis, outbreak and far-reaching effects of the first among a series of incidents of mass violence which determined the course of British colonial rule in post World War Two Singapore. I argue that the Maria Hertogh riots stemmed from British failure to address four crucial factors which shaped the Singapore Muslim community's attitudes towards the colonial regime: the influence of radical ideas, the effects of socio-economic marginalisation, press sensationalisation of the legal controversy, and the ineffectiveness of the police force. The outbreak of the riots had a negative effect on the image and role of the British colonial administration in Singapore, which jeopardised diplomatic ties between the British Empire, The Netherlands and the Muslim World. In response, the British utilised a symbiotic combination of proscription, surveillance, self-criticism, reconciliation and reform. Through these strategies, they sought to redeem their tarnished image, mitigate the negative effects of the riots, and anticipate similar outbreaks arising from racial and religious dissent. The politics, resistance, collaboration and ramifications upon minorities in Singapore arising from each of these five strategies will be brought to the fore. This thesis contributes to the wider history of colonial Southeast Asia by initiating a shift beyond the study of the causes of riots towards an examination of the wide-ranging effects and crises faced in the aftermath. Secondly, it will illuminate the linkages between the British colonial administration in Singapore and policymakers and officials in the Home Government and other outlying colonies. Thirdly, a more nuanced understanding of British management of mass violence in Southeast Asia will be provided. Fourthly, it proposes new ways of analysing forms of resistance that were employed by Southeast Asian communities in confronting colonial rule. Last of all, this study extends and refines the corpus of literature pertaining to religious minorities in colonial Southeast Asia.
title: Aspects of the reign of Muzaffar al-Din Shah of Persia 1896-1907.
Creators: name: Burrell, Robert Michael
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1979

description: This thesis is concerned with certain aspects of the reign of Muzaffar al-Din Shah of Persia from 1896 to 1907; during the last year of which Persia ceased to be an absolute monarchy and adopted a constitution. The thesis first of all discusses the value of various British archives for the study of this period. It goes on to consider the character of Muzaffar al-Din and the nature of government during his reign. Two particular organs of government are-studied in detail: the army and the Customs administration, which was then undergoing reform at the hands of Belgian experts. The diffusion of cholera throughout Persia in 1904 is described, and the effects of that epidemic are discussed. The thesis then turns to a study of the political and economic circumstances which prevailed in the two important provinces of Fars and Isfahan. The thesis shows that there was much discontent in Persia, and it notes that few of the sources of that discontent were new., It is seen that members of the religious classes played an important part in events throughout the period. It is shown that the government of Muzaffar al- Din Shah was weak, that it failed to exercise effective central control, and that it was incapable of meeting the demands made upon it. It is argued that Anglo-Russian rivalry had a considerable impact on domestic events, and that that rivalry increased the problems facing the country, while at the same time it revealed to many Persians the extent of the government's weakness. It is concluded that although many demands were being made of the Shah and his government, they were not essentially incompatible with the continuation of absolute rule.
Ricerche su Delottococcus euphorbiae (Ezzat & McConnell) (Homoptera Coccoidea Pseudococcidae) II. Osservazioni bio-etologiche
Creators: name: Marotta, Salvatore
name: Pagano, Gabriella
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: STUDIES ON DELOTOCOCCUS EUPHORBIAE (EZZAT & MCCONNELL) (HOMOPTERA COCCOIDEA PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) II. BIO-ETHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

Delottococcus euphorbiae (Ezzat & McConnell) is a South African mealybug living on geranium and succulent plants. For several years its harmful presence was reported in some Italian regions and in Southern France.

In the years 1990-1992, life cycle and ethology were studied on specimens reared on geranium, placed on the terrace of the Department of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology of Portici, Naples.

The species is biparental, oviparous and polivoltine. It shows four generations per year, overwintering as fecunded female.

Geographical distribution and host plants are reported.

Ethological observations (active dispersal, developmental and feeding sites, mating and oviposi- tion behaviour) and biological data (length of generations, presence time of specimens totality on the host plant for each generation, duration of oviposition and incubation, fecundity, male deve- lopment) studied under field conditions are given.

Some criteria for the chemical control and a key to identify the Italian mealybugs living on geranium are also given.

Key words: life history, behavior, biological parameters.

Delottococcus euphorbiae (Ezzat & McConnell) é uno pseudococcino di origine sudafricana vivente su gerani e piante succulente. Da diversi anni la sua presenza dannosa é stata segnalata in alcune regioni italiane e nel sud della Francia. Uno studio sul ciclo vitale e sulla etologia della specie é stato effettuato negli anni 1990-1992 su colonie allevate su gerani in vaso e situati sul terrazzo del Dipartimento di Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Napoli.

La specie é anfigonica, ovipara e polivoltina. Compie quattro generazioni all’anno e sverna da femmina adulta fecondata.

Si riportano osservazioni sul comportamento dei singoli stadi (dispersione attiva, siti di sviluppo e di alimentazione, accoppiamento, ovideposizione) e dati biologici della specie (durata delle generazioni, tempo di presenza della totalità degli esemplari di ciascuna generazione sulla pianta ospite, durata della ovideposizione ed incubazione, fecondità, sviluppo postneanidale e longevità maschile) studiati in campo.

Infine, vengono forniti alcuni criteri per il controllo chimico della specie e una chiave per il riconoscimento degli pseudococcidi viventi sui gerani in Italia.

Parole chiave: cocciniglia, ciclo biologico, parametri biologici, geranio.
description: Entomologica, Vol 31 (1997)
title: A structural analysis of Moroccan Arabic and English intra-sentential code switching.
Creators: name: Benchiba, Najat
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2008

description: A phenomenon of language contact between different speech communities is that of code switching which is a result of language contact between speakers of diverse language(s) and/or dialect(s). The aim of this thesis is to quantitatively and qualitatively detail the grammatical outcomes of intra-sentential code switching in natural parsing by bilingual speakers of Moroccan Arabic and English in the UK and to assess the way in which the Matrix Language Frame Model (MLF) (Myers-Scotton 1993b, 2002) is a suitable linguistic model for bilingual discourse. Such natural switching is highly regularized and syntactic features are maintained through normal grammatical constraints as will be detailed. A description of grammatical approaches to code switching is outlined with focus on one particular model, the Matrix Language Frame the concept of which was first pioneered by Joshi (1985) and elaborated upon in further detail by Myers-Scotton (1993b, 2002). I also draw upon the Minimalist model MacSwan (1999) for further analysis of inter-language parameters and language universals with regard to constraints on code switching as well as comparisons made with the Monolingual Structure Approach (Boumans, 1998). It is not the aim of this thesis to advocate a one-size-fits-all approach to constraints on code switching as this has proved to be the Achilles heel of all theoretical approaches to code switching over the last few decades (Pfaff 1979, Poplack 1980, Di Sciullo, Muysken & Singh 1986, Bentahila & Davies 1983) but to validate and corroborate the viability of the Matrix Language Frame Model. Natural data of Moroccan Arabic and English code switched discourse collated for this thesis provide further empirical support required to test the validity of the Matrix Language Frame model well as providing a quantitative database for further research. I advocate my own set of eleven generalizations pertaining to intra-sentential code switching and highlight a new emerging speech style amongst second and third generation speakers I have termed Reactive Syntax where it becomes evident that innovative speech styles and syntactic strings of utterances highlight creativity amongst these generational groups. This thesis concludes with an evaluation of the data collated together with an examination of the suitability of the Matrix Language Frame Model and suggestions for further research.
title: Death, dying and bereavement in a British Hindu community.
Creators: name: Firth, Shirley
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1994

description: This thesis explores beliefs and practices concerning dying, death and bereavement in the Hindu community in Westmouth (a pseudonym), with the aim of furthering understanding of Hindu belief and practice, particularly for medical and social work professionals. The Hindu model of a good death may be difficult to facilitate in British hospitals if medical staff are unaware of Hindu needs and if communication is inadequate. Funerals are arranged by professionals rather than the family, and there are delays because of bureaucracy, post mortems or lack of space in the crematorium. Priests, when available, may not be accustomed to conducting funeral rituals, and have to work within constraints of time and place, with more of the funeral taking place in the home than would be the case in India. All this has caused major changes in the traditional patterns of death rituals and mourning. Despite these changes there is strong family and community support at times of crisis, reinforcing social bonds and religious and cultural traditions. Religious beliefs help to make sense of the experience. This thesis has three parts. Part I sets the context of the study, fieldwork and methodology, introducing the Hindu community in Britain and in Westmouth. Beliefs about death, the afterlife, and the good and bad death are discussed. Part II explores nine stages of Hindu death rituals, from before death to the annual sraddha, comparing scriptural sources with practice in India and Britain to elucidate areas of change and continuity. Part III examines issues of hospital deaths and bureaucracy, mourning, and psychological aspects of bereavement. Hindus cope with and adjust to loss most satisfactorily when they are empowered to follow their chosen practices, have adequate social support, and find religious meaning in their understanding of death. Finally the implications of this research for Hindus themselves and for professional health care workers in Britain are examined.
Survey of Steinernema and Heterorhabditis (Rhabditida: Nematoda) in Southern Italian soils
Creators: name: Tarasco, Eustachio
name: Triggiani, Oreste
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: The occurrence of Steinernematid and Heterorhabditid entomopathogenic nematodes was pointed out in samples of soil collected from cultivated and uncultivated habitats in Southern Italy. Nematodes were isolated from samples of soil by “baiting” with larvae of Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Galleriidae). Entomopathogenic nematodes were obtained from 26 (13.82%) of 188 soil samples collected: Steinernema was located in 16 sites (8.51%), Heterorhabditis in 10 sites (5.32%). The Steinernema strains were identified as S. feltiae (Filipjev, 1934) (50%), S. anomali (Kozodoi, 1984) (25%) and as S. affinis (Bovien, 1937) (25%). The Heterorhabditis strains were identified as H. bacteriophora Poinar, 1976. This is the first report of S. anomali and S. affinis in Italy; the presence of S. anomali in the soil of salt pan borders with 3,550 mg of Cl- /100 g of soil is extremely interesting.

Key words: Entomopathogenic nematodes, occurrence, Steinernema feltiae, S. anomali, S. affinis, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.

INDAGINI SU STEINERNEMA E HETERORHABDITIS (RHABDITIDA: NEMATODA) NEI TERRENI DELL’ITALIA MERIDIONALE

È stata effettuata una indagine per valutare la presenza e la distribuzione di nematodi entomopatogeni (Steinernema ed Heterorhabditis) in campioni di terreno provenienti da diversi habitat dell’Italia meridionale. I nematodi sono stati estratti dai campioni di terreno utilizzando larve di Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Galleriidae), come insetto esca. La presenza di nematodi entomopatogeni è stata accertata in 26 campioni (13,82%) su 188 esaminati: gli Steinernema sono stati rinvenuti in 16 campioni (8,51%), Heterorhabditis in 10 (5,32%). Tra gli isolati di Steinernema sono state identificate 3 specie: S. feltiae Filipjev, 1934 (=S. bibionis) (Bovien, 1937) (50%), S. anomali (Kozodoi, 1984) (25%) e S. affinis (Bovien, 1937) (25%). I ceppi di Heterorhabditis sono risultati appartenere alla specie H. bacteriophora Poinar, 1976. La presenza di S. anomali e S. affinis viene segnalata per la prima volta in Italia. Di particolare interesse è il ritrovamento di un isolato di S. anomali in un terreno con Cl- /100 g di 3.550 mg.

Parole chiave: nematodi entomopatogeni, distribuzione, Steinernema feltiae, S. anomali, S. affi- nis, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.
description: Entomologica, Vol 31 (1997)
Records of freedeveloping gall midges in Italy, with the description of four new species (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)
Creators: name: Mamaev, Boris
name: Zaitzev, Alexander
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Twenty six species of Lestremiinae, Porricondylinae and Cecidomyiinae are recorded in Italy, 19 of them are new for Italian fauna, four species (Polyardis pontignanorum, Peromyia mica, Neurepidosis solinasi, Stomatosema spinellosa spp. n.) are described as new.

Key words: Italy, freedeveloping gall midges, fauna, new species.

SEGNALAZIONI PER L’ITALIA DI CECIDOMIIDI (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) A REGIME DI VITA LIBERA, CON DESCRIZIONE DI QUATTRO SPECIE NUOVE

Sono riportate 26 specie viventi in Italia, appartenenti alle sottofamiglie Lestremiinae, Porricondylinae e Cecidomyiinae. Diciannove di esse risultano nuove per la fauna italiana.

Quattro specie (Polyardis pontignaniiorum, Peromyia mica, Neurepidosis solinasi, Stomatosema spinellosa) sono nuove per la Scienza.

Parole chiave: Italia, Cecidomiidi non galligeni, fauna, nuove specie.
description: Entomologica, Vol 31 (1997)
sj-pdf-1-wso-10.1177_1747493020929944 - Supplemental material for Economic evaluation of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit
Creators: name: Joosup Kim
name: Easton, Damien
name: Zhao, Henry
name: Coote, Skye
name: Garveeta Sookram
name: Smith, Karen
name: Stephenson, Michael
name: Bernard, Stephen
name: Parsons, Mark W
name: Yan, Bernard
name: Desmond, Patricia M
name: Mitchell, Peter J
name: Campbell, Bruce CV
name: Donnan, Geoffrey A
name: Davis, Stephen M
name: Cadilhac, Dominique A
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-wso-10.1177_1747493020929944 for Economic evaluation of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit by Joosup Kim, Damien Easton, Henry Zhao, Skye Coote, Garveeta Sookram, Karen Smith, Michael Stephenson, Stephen Bernard, Mark W Parsons, Bernard Yan, Patricia M Desmond, Peter J Mitchell, Bruce CV Campbell, Geoffrey A Donnan, Stephen M Davis and Dominique A Cadilhac in International Journal of Stroke
title: Shifting central-provincial relations in China: The politics of fixed asset investment in Shanghai and Guangdong, 1978-1993.
Creators: name: Lei, Chilan
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1995

description: This dissertation argues that an interactive and dialectical model best explains the political economy of central-provincial relations in contemporary China. It rejects the "centrist" perspective of the state capacity paradigm so dominant in the existing literature on central-provincial relations in China. The centrist perspective, it is argued, disables analysts from explaining prevalent bargaining activity and discretionary behaviour by the provinces, other than in its precarious speculation on the disintegration of the Chinese state. It also precludes any hypothetical possibility of qualitative change within the central-provincial relationship, and is biased towards a static interpretation. This dissertation employs a concept of power originated by Talcott Parsons, and discusses the process whereby the Centre and the provinces- Guangdong and Shanghai as two case studies-bargain with and manipulate one another. I thus adopt a rational-choice-institutional approach that emphasizes the coexistence of institutional constraints and actors' choice. The case data shows that whilst provincial discretionary behaviour is heavily influenced by central policies, the provinces are by no means merely the passive respondents to central stimuli. They exercise discretionary behaviour and multiple compliance strategies. The Centre and provinces constrain one another and are locked in a perpetual positive-sum game of bargaining. This dissertation suggests that the central-provincial interface is like all of decision "points" in the Chinese political system-fluid and prone to pertpetual bargaining. However, central-provincial interdependence compels both parties to compromise in order that their own interests can be maximized and advanced. The central-provincial relationship is not, therefore, a zero-sum game. As conflicts between the Centre and the province become more intense since the reform, each is obliged to acknowledge that the only way to enhance its own interests is through recognizing the legitimacy of the other's interests. Normative interactive behaviour in spatial politics is thus forged, and a devolution of power is cast.
sj-pdf-2-cep-10.1177_0333102420933571 - Supplemental material for Impaired wound healing in a migraine patient as a possible side effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antibody treatment: A case report
Creators: name: Wurthmann, Sebastian
name: Nägel, Steffen
name: Hadaschik, Eva
name: Schlott, Swantje
name: Scheffler, Armin
name: Kleinschnitz, Christoph
name: Holle, Dagny
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-cep-10.1177_0333102420933571 for Impaired wound healing in a migraine patient as a possible side effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antibody treatment: A case report by Sebastian Wurthmann, Steffen Nägel, Eva Hadaschik, Swantje Schlott, Armin Scheffler, Christoph Kleinschnitz and Dagny Holle in Cephalalgia
New Eriophyoid Mites (Acari Eriophyoidea) from Italy. III
Creators: name: De Lillo, Enrico
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: A new eriophyoid species is described and illustrated, both with drawings and scanning electron micrographs. Asetadiptacus salvifoliae n. sp. (Diptilomiopidae, Diptilomiopinae) was collected in Veneto (Northern Italy); observed as a vagrant on the leaves of Cistus salvifolius L. (Fam. Cistaceae). New eriophyoid reports for the Italian fauna and new host plant records are listed.

An addendum to the checklist of the Italian fauna is given.

Key words: Actinedida, phytophagous, faunistic.

ACARI ERIOFIOIDEI (ACARI ERIOPHYOIDEA) NUOVI PER L’ITALIA. III

Una nuova specie di eriofioideo è descritta e illustrata anche mediante l’utilizzazione del microscopio elettronico a scansione. Asetadiptacus salvifoliae sp. n. (Diptilomiopidae, Diptilomiopinae) è stata raccolta in Veneto come vagante su foglie di Cistus salvifolius L. (Fam. Cistaceae).

Vengono segnalate alcune specie di Eriofidi nuove per la fauna italiana.
 In addendum viene aggiornata la checklist delle specie della fauna italiana.

Parole chiave: Actinedida, fitofagi, faunistica.
description: Entomologica, Vol 31 (1997)
title: Women's consciousness and assertion in colonial India: Gender, social reform and politics in Maharashtra, c.1870-c.1920.
Creators: name: Anagol-McGinn, Padma
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1994

description: This thesis explores the complexities of an emergent feminist consciousness among Maharashtrian women in the context of the socio-religious reform movements in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century India. It analyses how self- assertion was articulated through a gendered critique of Hindu religion and society. In constant interaction and at times in tension with the text-based colonial and indigenous discourses, their ideology it is argued was informed by experience. Critical of Eurocentric models of feminism, this study adopts alternative methods of reading and defining colonial women's perceptions and protests. Thus, the study takes as its starting- point the view of the Maharashtrian woman herself as she engages with the state and Indian men. In the first chapter the attempts of female converts to Christianity in negotiating with the changing world around them is studied. Christian women's pioneering welfare schemes are studied in detail showing how their feminist critiques and alternative lifestyles provided inspiration to women of their time. It is argued that their feminism was a result of their analysis of Hinduism and ultimate rejection of it. How Hindu women gained partial autonomy is studied through their separate female institution building programmes. However, it is argued that Hindu women's critique of Indian society and Hinduism and their action was constrained by their decision to stay within the Hindu structures. In the third and fourth chapters on women's resistance various individual and collective forms of dissent by women against the state and Indian males are outlined which primarily point to survival issues being the core of resistance. A case-study of infanticide in chapter four shows women resisting cultural practices like the ban on widow-remarriage. In the last two chapters, a study of the movement for higher education of females, legislation on restitution of conjugal rights, divorce and the age of consent is undertaken. While it demonstrates the participation of women in popular protest movements of the nineteenth century it also reveals a great divergence in the precepts and practices of the state and Indian men highlighting their unwillingness to hand over decision-making processes to women over gender-related issues. The thesis concludes by attributing the fruition in feminist consciousness of women to a selective appropriation of dominant discourses of the time, namely those of the missionary, religious revivalist, orientalist and reformist. Finally, it is suggested that women themselves chose to join the nationalist politics of early twentieth century rather than being led into it by influential leaders like Gandhi.
title: Days of the Endless Corvette
Creators: name: Martin, Emanuel
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2007

description: Set in mythical Humble County, Georgia, Days of the Endless Corvette tells the story of Earl Mulvaney, a high-school dropout and auto mechanic. Earl loves Ellen, the brainy and beautiful girl next door, who unfortunately must marry Troy, the star of the high school football team. Throughout the book Earl labors on his “Endless Corvette,” a project as impossible as trying to build a perpetual motion machine. Earl has noticed that each time he takes something apart and rebuilds it, there are leftover parts. He reasons that by disassembling and reassembling his boss’s ’59 Corvette, and saving the leftover pieces each time, eventually he will have enough parts to build an entire car, leaving the original behind. The novel ends with the suggestion that perhaps Earl has succeeded at his project, which stands as a metaphor not only for Earl’s hopeless love, but other searches for answers to life’s perplexities.
Occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi in soils in Southern Italy
Creators: name: Tarasco, Eustachio
name: De Bievre, C.
name: Papierok, B.
name: Poliseno, Michele
name: Triggiani, Oreste
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: The natural occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi was investigated in Southern Italian soils using larvae of Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Galleriidae) as “bait insect”. Since September (1996) to March (1997) 188 samples of soil were collected from different habitats (woodland, orchard, field, seacoast, grassland, uncultivated land and salt pan). Parasitic fungi were obtained from 14.9% of the soil samples. There were 3 entomopathogenic species: Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin, Paecilomyces lilacinus (Thom) Samson and Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin. The most common fungal pathogen was B. bassiana. Both M. anisopliae and P. lilaci- nus were isolated only once. The occurrence of B. bassiana seems to be affected by the soil type and the habitat.

Key words: survey, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Paecilomyces lilacinus.

FUNGHI ENTOMOPATOGENI NEI TERRENI DELL’ITALIA MERIDIONALE

È stata effettuata un’indagine per valutare la presenza e la distribuzione di funghi entomopatogeni nei terreni dell’Italia meridionale utilizzando larve di Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Galleriidae) come insetto esca. Da settembre 1996 a marzo 1997, sono stati esaminati 188 cam- pioni di terreno provenienti da diversi biotopi. Sono state rinvenute larve infettate da funghi in 28 campioni (14,9%) e sono state identificate 10 specie di funghi parassiti di cui 3 propriamente entomopatogeni: Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin, Paecilomyces lilacinus (Thom) Samson e Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin. Il fungo patogeno rinvenuto con maggior frequenza è risultato essere B. bassiana. La sua presenza sembra correlata alle caratteristiche del suolo e dell’habitat.

Parole chiave: indagine, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Paecilomyces lilacinus.
description: Entomologica, Vol 31 (1997)
Supplementary_File – Supplemental material for The Effect of Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Creators: name: Meiring, Rebecca Mary
name: Tanimukai, Kento
name: Lynley Bradnam
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_File for The Effect of Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Rebecca Mary Meiring, Kento Tanimukai and Lynley Bradnam in Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
IMEX methods for thin-film equations and Cahn-Hilliard equations with variable mobility
Creators: name: Orizaga, Saulo
name: Witelski, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore a class of splitting schemes employing implicit-explicit (IMEX) time-stepping to achieve accurate and energy-stable solutions for thin-film equations and Cahn-Hilliard models with variable mobility. This splitting method incorporates a linear, constant coefficient implicit step, facilitating efficient computational implementation. We investigate the influence of stabilizing splitting parameters on the numerical solution computationally, considering various initial conditions. Furthermore, we generate energy-stability plots for the proposed methods, examining different choices of splitting parameter values and timestep sizes. These methods enhance the accuracy of the original bi-harmonic-modified (BHM) approach, while preserving its energy-decreasing property and achieving second-order accuracy. We present numerical experiments to illustrate the performance of the proposed methods.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures, accepted in 2024
title: Two images of Maitreya: Fu Hsi and Pu-tai Ho-shang.
Creators: name: Hsiao, Bea-Hui
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1995

description: This study is undertaken in the hope that the Chinese depictions of its subjects, the layman Fu Hsi and the monk Pu-tai, may serve as a gateway to a wider perception and deeper understanding of Chinese religion. In particular, this study aims to shed light on the influence of Chinese culture and religion on Buddhist tendencies in the sixth century and on the development of Chinese Zen Buddhism in the tenth. These two personages have long been regarded in Chinese Buddhist history as pre-incarnations of Bodhisattva Maitreya, Within this context the present study provides the necessary background to the Maitreya tradition in order to establish the relevant connections between these two figures, and summarizes the Buddhist background during their lifetimes. In addition, two conspectuses of the available biographical sources on Fu Hsi and Pu-tai are also presented. After unveiling Fu Hsi's biography, an in-depth analysis of Buddhist practice in early medieval China is provided to shed light on Fu Hsi's life. Every effort has been made to analyze what is represented as Fu Hsi's thought and evaluate his supposed doctrinal contributions to the Eight Schools of Chinese Buddhism. Furthermore, an endeavour has been made to delve into the enigmas of Pu-tai's life and incidents to trace Buddhist doctrinal development. Eventually, an evaluation of the influence of these two figures on various social substrata of Chinese culture is undertaken, and a comparison of the affinities and differences between these two is drawn.
sj-pdf-1-gaz-10.1177_1748048520926654 - Supplemental material for International expansion of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) curricular evaluation program
Creators: name: Blom, Robin
name: Bowe, Brian J
name: Davenport, Lucinda
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-gaz-10.1177_1748048520926654 for International expansion of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) curricular evaluation program by Robin Blom, Brian J Bowe and Lucinda Davenport in International Communication Gazette
title: Identity in Vietnamese diasporic cinema.
Creators: name: Soldavini, Irene
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2010

description: French and American cinema has portrayed Viet Nam and the Vietnamese in narratives which, broadly-speaking, are reflective of French and American ideologies. The Vietnamese, in these productions, have generally been presented as the object, and not as the subject. However, since the 1980s, an interesting and significant cinematic counter-narrative to the Western idea of Viet Nam has been constructed. This is because the Vietnamese diaspora in France and in the United States has started making films about its own experiences of French colonial rule, the Vietnamese-American conflict, the Vietnamese Communist regime, exilic journeys, contemporary Viet Nam, and the generational conflicts among the Vietnamese diaspora. The identities of the diasporic Vietnamese- particularly the younger generations- have, inevitably, been strongly shaped by these themes, but, at the same time, are also clearly influenced by the culture and values of the new country. The thesis demonstrates how diasporic Vietnamese film makers construct narratives which clearly express hybridized identity: their output presents both aspects of a traditional Western discourse and, significantly, elements not seen in American and French productions.
sj-pdf-1-ueg-10.1177_2050640620934911 - Supplemental material for European Guideline on IgG4-related digestive disease – UEG and SGF evidence-based recommendations
Creators: name: J-Matthias Löhr
name: Beuers, Ulrich
name: Vujasinovic, Miroslav
name: Alvaro, Domenico
name: Frøkjær, Jens Brøndum
name: Buttgereit, Frank
name: Capurso, Gabriele
name: Culver, Emma L
name: De-Madaria, Enrique
name: Della-Torre, Emanuel
name: Detlefsen, Sönke
name: Dominguez-Muñoz, Enrique
name: Czubkowski, Piotr
name: Ewald, Nils
name: Frulloni, Luca
name: Gubergrits, Natalya
name: Duman, Deniz Guney
name: Hackert, Thilo
name: Iglesias-Garcia, Julio
name: Kartalis, Nikolaos
name: Laghi, Andrea
name: Lammert, Frank
name: Lindgren, Fredrik
name: Okhlobystin, Alexey
name: Oracz, Grzegorz
name: Parniczky, Andrea
name: Mucelli, Raffaella Maria Pozzi
name: Rebours, Vinciane
name: Rosendahl, Jonas
name: Schleinitz, Nicolas
name: Schneider, Alexander
name: Bommel, Eric FH Van
name: Verbeke, Caroline Sophie
name: Vullierme, Marie Pierre
name: Witt, Heiko
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-ueg-10.1177_2050640620934911 for European Guideline on IgG4-related digestive disease – UEG and SGF evidence-based recommendations by J-Matthias Löhr, Ulrich Beuers, Miroslav Vujasinovic, Domenico Alvaro, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær, Frank Buttgereit, Gabriele Capurso, Emma L Culver, Enrique de-Madaria, Emanuel Della-Torre, Sönke Detlefsen, Enrique Dominguez-Muñoz, Piotr Czubkowski, Nils Ewald, Luca Frulloni, Natalya Gubergrits, Deniz Guney Duman, Thilo Hackert, Julio Iglesias-Garcia, Nikolaos Kartalis, Andrea Laghi, Frank Lammert, Fredrik Lindgren, Alexey Okhlobystin, Grzegorz Oracz, Andrea Parniczky, Raffaella Maria Pozzi Mucelli, Vinciane Rebours, Jonas Rosendahl, Nicolas Schleinitz, Alexander Schneider, Eric FH van Bommel, Caroline Sophie Verbeke, Marie Pierre Vullierme, Heiko Witt and the UEG guideline working group in United European Gastroenterology Journal
MPEC 2024-P145 : 2019 CQ31
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2019 CQ31

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
title: IMF macroeconomic stabilisation and adjustment programmes: Rhetoric, scholarship and policy.
Creators: name: Hailu, Degol
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2004

description: This thesis is about the macroeconomics of IMF stabilisation and adjustment programs which, according to official statements, are designed to "get macroeconomic fundamentals right and dismantle government-imposed distortions or put in place various institutional features of a modem market economy". From the resulting macroeconomic stability and market liberalisation, high rates of growth and reduction in poverty are to be achieved. However, experience has shown without a doubt the inadequacy of IMF programs to achieve these objectives. This thesis argues the failure lies in the IMF's underlying view of state-society relations. The IMF introduced the original financial programming (FP) model, but has since picked up neoclassical supply-side theory to address long-term structural issues. However, both in absolute terms and relative to concomitant best practice, the macroeconomic theory and rationale underlying IMF programmes have been inadequate, especially in the context of developmental needs beyond low inflation and positive growth rates. IMF programmes have failed to link the short run measures with long run objectives, and are totally inappropriate for addressing issues of structural transformation as the Ethiopian and Ugandan case studies demonstrate. Despite justifiable criticisms as well as inconclusive empirical work on the impact of its programmes, the IMF's response is increasingly to search for developments in neo-liberal political theory to vindicate its standpoint. Interest-group pressure and lack of political commitment are seen as causes of failure and policy non-adoption, which have left the major weaknesses of the programmes unexposed. Zealous approach to financial austerity and neglect of systematic intervention and the specificities attached to individual countries have set aside the developmental role of the state, despite conclusive evidence that it has contributed to industrialisation in other parts of the world, not least East Asia. Under the guise of being faithful to the market, IMF programmes are smokescreens behind which highly interventionist policies alter state-society relations, yielding a set of confusing paradigms in the study of development.
checkcif – Supplemental material for Exploiting a new europium(III) coordination polymer based on a zwitterionic ligand as a fluorescent probe for uranyl cations
Creators: name: Cai, Bin
name: Meng, Yu-Ning
name: Meng-En Zhu
name: Youming Yang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, checkcif for Exploiting a new europium(III) coordination polymer based on a zwitterionic ligand as a fluorescent probe for uranyl cations by Bin Cai, Yu-Ning Meng, Meng-En Zhu and Youming Yang in Journal of Chemical Research
title: Early Buddhist ballads and their relation to the older Upanishadic literature.
Creators: name: Katre, S. M.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1931

description: The Thesis is an attempt to study the early Buddhist ballads as they occur in the Pali canon and their connection with the ancient Upanishads. In view of the vast extent of this material the SUTTANIPATA is taken as the main source of the enquiry from the Buddhist side; the Upanishads are those translated by Hume under the title:- "The Thirteen Principal Upanishads." The work is divided into four principal parts. The first part deals with the nature, growth and origin of the ballads, and the social conditions of that period; the second is devoted to the character of the parallel passages and the literature known to the ballads. In the third section the history of the fundamental ideas in the Upanishads and the ballads is given, and in the last a comparative table of the most important terms in both the literatures, supplemented by Asokan Inscriptions. The final chapter makes a brief survey of the whole work and gives a summary of the results.
checkcif – Supplemental material for A new perimidine-based fluorescent turn-on chemosensor for selective detection of Cu2+ ions
Creators: name: Ge, Yanning
name: Zhang, Dehua
name: Zhang, Xiaoyan
name: Liu, Yang
name: Du, Longfei
name: Wang, Yingying
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, checkcif for A new perimidine-based fluorescent turn-on chemosensor for selective detection of Cu2+ ions by Yanning Ge, Dehua Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yang Liu, Longfei Du and Yingying Wang in Journal of Chemical Research
title: Thai nationalism and the Catholic experience, 1909-47.
Creators: name: Monthienvichienchai, Apisake
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This thesis examines the development of the Mission of Siam during the period 1909-47, when it was still being administered by the French missionary order, the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (M.E.P.). Under the leadership of Vicar-Apostolic Rene Perros, the Mission of Siam expanded its missionary efforts for the first time to the north of Thailand and strengthened its reputation and networks in local society through the construction, upgrade, and maintenance of social works such as clinics, hospitals, and schools. However, problems were also encountered. The Mission was badly affected by the economic depression of the 1930s, while some of its administrative practices, in particular the ceding of jurisdiction over the northeast of Thailand to the Mission of Laos, aggravated tensions between the missionaries, the government, and elements of the local community. The thesis also examines the concurrent development and effects of Thai nationalism during the period 1909-47 on the Mission of Siam. Concepts of Thai national identity underwent major transformations during this period, and its effects on the Church were unpredictable. As the first Pibul government geared itself to seize former Siamese territories from French Indochina, anti-French rhetoric reached its height. At the same time, the move to make Buddhism a sine qua non of Thai identity was made. Together, the two factors unleashed a wave of persecution on the Thai Catholic population from 1940-45. Yet, the inconsistencies of the persecution suggest that there was more at stake than just nationalist pride; ulterior local political and economic motives, along with pre-existing tensions between the Catholic and non-Catholic communities also played a part in prolonging the persecutions. For the Church, the persecution of the 1940s gave it eight martyrs and accelerated the handover of the Missions to the local clergy, thereby spelling the formal end of the Mission. Meanwhile, the state was left, once again, to grapple with what it meant to be a Thai and the consequences of a violated Constitution; consequences that echo, arguably, down to the present day.
sj-pdf-3-pie-10.1177_0954408920931688 - Supplemental material for An experimental study & analysis of effects of different parameters of microwave in production of bio-diesel
Creators: name: Garg, Naveen Kumar
name: Pal, Amit
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-pie-10.1177_0954408920931688 for An experimental study & analysis of effects of different parameters of microwave in production of bio-diesel by Naveen Kumar Garg and Amit Pal in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering