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title: The teaching of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as a neo-Hindu version of Sankara's Vedanta : A modern stage in the development of Vedantic ideas.
Creators: name: Rhally, Marie-Christine
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1983

description: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is an Indian spiritual teacher who has had a considerable influence in the West over the past twenty years. His teaching has two aspects, practical (the practice of Transcendental Meditation) and theoretical. As a philosopher, Maharishi claims to be an exponent of the Advaita Vedanta according to Sankara, yet his presentation is modern and practical. This thesis examines the question how far Maharishi's claim to be an authentic exponent of Sankara's Vedanta can be sustained, and concludes that although his teaching does essentially agree with that of Sankara, it differs from this in emphasis; in addition Maharishi has introduced a number of apparent innovations, probably owing to modern Western influences. In this respect Maharishi's theoretical approach also differs from that of other neo-hindu movements in the West, most of which are either very traditional, or more overtly devotional and religious.
title: Growth, comparative advantage and the economic effects of government: A case study of Ghana.
Creators: name: Teal, Francis John
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1984

description: Economic historians of West Africa have argued that market principles have determined economic organisation in the area. In Ghana such market principles have been associated with long periods of growth in the cocoa sector. However, this growth has not led to incomes comparable with those of developed countries. Our central question in this thesis is why have markets failed to produce such levels of income? A first step to answering this question is provided in chapter 2 where we set out a model for the growth of the cocoa sector in Ghana to examine how markets have succeeded in generating growth and to analyse the factors limiting growth. Chapters 3 and test the implications of the model for both the major periods of growth in the cocoa sector and extend the analysis to the whole economy. Rapid aggregate per capita growth is shown to have occurred until 1939, in contrast to stagnation after 1950. Growth and productivity in the cocoa sector is examined in detail. In chapters 5 and 6 we investigate the role of market failure in limiting the growth process already documented. We argue in chapter 5 that one rationale for public sector intervention offered in development economics is an assertion of the empirical importance of market failure, particularly in labour, trade and investment markets. We show that while some of these aspects of market failure were present they were not empirically important. The market failure that was important for the cocoa sector, analysed in chapter 6, was in the market for technical knowledge. We show that the causes of poverty in Ghana before 1939 are due to this market failure, while after 1950 the cause must be sought in the public sector's unwillingness for rational political reasons to operate through markets. A final chapter summarises the argument.
title: International boundaries and inter-state relations in the Nile Basin.
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Talaat Ahmed
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1984

description: The thesis examines the international boundaries of the Nile Basin and discusses them in the context of inter-state cooperation. The first aim of the study is to decide how far the boundaries have or have not been responsible for any difficulties in relations between the various states. This question is a central one in political geography. Many writers have noted that the rapid and arbitrary nature of boundary-making by European colonial powers in Africa has left independent African states with serious and intractable problems associated with their unsatisfactory colonial boundaries, drawn up with little or no reference to the geographical realities - both physical and human - in an area. While some writers suggest that the international boundaries can actually cause inter-state conflict - others argue that such conflict is unlikely ever to result from the nature of the boundary itself. The present study aims to examine the evidence about this issue in a specific geographical area in Africa - the Nile Basin - where the circumstances, both physical and human, surrounding the international boundaries are very varied and where there are several classic instances of so-called 'bad' boundaries which ignore natural and human considerations and so create tension between states. The second aim of the thesis is to place the evidence and conclusions about the significance of international boundaries in the context of inter-state relations and cooperation in the Nile Basin. How can governments ensure that their boundaries function solely as the territorial limits of administration and not as barriers to all movement and contact between states? This question is examined with reference to attempts at inter-state cooperation for the use of the Nile waters and, more generally, within the context of regional and supra-regional organizations, notably the Organization of African Unity.
title: Syntax and epistemology in the Kitab al-Tarbi Wal-Tadwir of al-Jahiz.
Creators: name: Malkmus, Mary Elizabeth
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1983

description: This thesis contains eleven chapters; introduction, nine chapters on various aspects of the Kitab Al-Tarbi Wal-Tadwir of Jahiz, and conclusion. The Arabic text referred to is Charles Pellat's edition (Damas, 1955), which has been photocopied and added as appendix. The Introduction discusses the form known as adab, and Chapter One deals with Jahiz's version of it in this risala. Using syntagmatic analyses, and the identification of registers of discourse, an overall coherent texture is postulated. Chapters Two and Three analyse the structure of passages of direct discourse, worded either by question or by report. Syntactic patterns are compared, as are semic fields, in an approach which will be followed throughout the thesis. Chapters Four and Five isolate sections identified as indirect discourse, as argumentation presented through the problems of language. Chapters Six, Seven, and Eight deal with the intrusion of recipient, author, and text, and postulate a sophisticated literary function for these elements. In Chapter Nine, on the basis of the primary identifications, the textual interdependence of discourse registers is treated by comparison with that in other literary forms, both ancient and modern. In the Conclusion, based on the re-assembling of elements isolated in the analyses of Chapters One to Eight, the function and raison d'etre of this particular form is presented as a hypothesis about its relationship to expression of paradigmatic change.
title: Pawns and power: evaluating chess as a cultural movement in the diplomatic history of Russia
Creators: name: Castelao, Emily Loren
Year: 2024

description: Schach kann auf eine über 2000 Jahre alte Kulturgeschichte zurückblicken. Das Spiel, das seinen Ursprung in Indien als Chaturanga hat, entwickelte sich zu einer internationalen Sportart, die von Menschen aller Altersgruppen ausgeübt wird, und insbesondere in Russland zu einem sozialen Phänomen mit einer sehr starken Gemeinschaft herangewachsen ist. Diese Gemeinschaft umfasst nicht nur die Spieler:innen selbst, sondern auch Personen, die sich mit der Analyse, dem Unterricht und der Logik sowie der Argumentation rund um das Schachspiel beschäftigen. Weiters ist die damit einhergehende Kultur von großer Bedeutung, die sich durch die progressive Integration des sportlichen Aspekts in die diplomatischen Bemühungen einiger Staaten widerspiegelt. Allerdings ist die Erforschung der historischen und kulturellen Aspekte des Schachspiels, sowie seiner Geschichte und Rolle in der Kulturdiplomatie noch am Anfang. Die vorliegende Arbeit präsentiert eine historische Betrachtung über die Anfänge des Schachs, ausgehend von den Ursprüngen in Moskau bis in die Gegenwart. Die Analyse zeigt die Entwicklung des Schachspiels von einem einheimischen Kulturphänomen zu einer internationalen Sportart mit potenziell diplomatischem Einfluss. Durch das Verständnis dieser historischen und kulturellen Geschichte lässt sich die Rolle des Sports im Hinblick auf geopolitische Strategien von Nationen besser einordnen. Letztlich gewährt diese Historie Einsicht in einen Sport, dessen Geschichte eine wesentliche Rolle in den diplomatischen Bemühungen auf und neben dem Schachbrett einnimmt.
description: Chess is a game with over 2000 years of cultural history. Starting in India as Chaturanga, the game has transformed into a sport played by young and old on an international scale. In its history though, chess has become more than just a game. As the game developed, specifically in Russia, it developed a dedicated community that came together not only through the lives of its top players, but through analysis, teaching, logic and reasoning. The culture that came to be created around chess has also come to describe the ways in which some states integrate the sport into their diplomatic efforts. Recent historical and cultural studies have only just begun to understand chess, its history and the role it plays in cultural diplomacy. This thesis explores the early history of chess in Russia from early Muscovy until today. This analysis demonstrates how over time chess evolved from a domestic cultural phenomenon to one that works on an international diplomatic level through the cultural diplomacy of the International Chess Federation. Understanding this historical and cultural narrative means that we are able to better comprehend the role that sports, and other cultural pursuits play in larger state geopolitical agendas. Additionally, this history offers a window into a sport whose history plays a key role in diplomatic efforts on and off the board.
Enallhelia octasepta Löser, Werner & Darga, 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Löser, Hannes
name: Werner, Winfried
name: Darga, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Stylinidae
Enallhelia
Enallhelia octasepta

description: Enallhelia octasepta sp. nov.
Plate 12: figs 7, 8
Derivatio nominis.
The new species has a remarkable octameral symmetry of septa.
Holotype.
LFU 8336 SG 015215 # 1 with one thin section.
Locus typicus.
Germany, Bavaria, community of Lenggries, Roßsteinalmen.
Stratum typicum.
Cretaceous, middle Cenomanian, Branderfleck Fm.
Paratype.
LFU 8336 SG 015215 # 2 with one thin section.
Material.
Holotype and paratype.
Diagnosis.
 Enallhelia with an octameral septal symmetry, two septal cycles, a small corallite diameter of 1.1–1.2 mm and a larger corallite diameter of 1.4 - 1.7 mm.
Description.
Plocoid colony growing in the form of branches which show corallites only on one face. Corallite outline slightly elliptical. Symmetry of septa radial and regularly octameral, two septal cycles. Septa of the first cycle are thicker and longer than septa of the second cycle. Septa compact, with occasional auriculae at their inner margins. Pali absent. Costae present, non - confluent. Columella styliform. Endotheca consists of thin tabulae. Wall compact, probably septothecal. Coenosteum broad.
Remarks.
The genus has, to date, a stratigraphical range from the Oxfordian to the lower Albian. It is more common in the Upper Jurassic than the Lower Cretaceous. The present two specimens constitute the youngest occurrence of the genus.
Relationship.
 Enallhelia has generally a hexameral septal symmetry. There are no formally established species with an octameral septal symmetry as in the present material.
Dimensions.
(LFU 8336 SG 015215 # 1).
description: Published as part of Löser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version, pp. 89-147 in Zitteliana 97 on pages 89-147, DOI: 10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
title: Spanish Arabic dialects: Dialect overlap and creolization from 711 to 1614 AD, a morpho-syntactic study.
Creators: name: Berge, Heliane Jill
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1984

description: This thesis is an attempt to follow, at the level of syntax, the complete process, from the onset to the close, of a contact situation that existed in the Iberian Peninsula between the dialects of two language families, the Latin-based or Romance and the Semitic, illustrated primarily by Arabic. Part I contains the socio-historical background in which attitudes to prestige and colloquial varieties have been investigated and the population of speakers quantified. Measurement is discussed in Part II. A framework had to be found to cope with variation in its several aspects: change, evolution, borrowing, convergence and divergence; all of which inform the various Spanish Arabic dialects, Mozarabic, Aljamia, Judesmo, Ladino and Iberian Romance. This new approach made it possible to bring together these varieties which up to now had been treated separately. Part III deals with the study of Arabic texts. A number of dated texts have been collected from different regions of Spain to assess parallel change or divergence in documents of a similar nature for a given period. Part IV considers the impact of Arabic on Latin-based dialects in a number of texts over the same period. A translation follows each. The study provides a detailed analysis of the demise of the Arabic language in Spain. Since the emphasis is on spoken varieties, the analysis has a contribution to make to the better understanding of several regional dialects of this language in the Peninsula. This is illustrated by 24 tables. Finally, simplification as a linguistic concept has been further specified and an order of exit for patterns established. Supplementary material will be found in the appendices where the remaining deeds from the Arabic collection of Nuestra Senora del Pilar, Zaragoza, are translated and considered for their legal Jargon, together with the Lord's Prayer in several dialects, and an article submitted as a contribution to the subject of this study.
title: The "Caurasi Pada": A Radhavallabhi text in medieval Hindi.
Creators: name: Snell, Rupert
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1984

description: The Caurasi pada (CP), often entitled Hita caurasi in modern sources, is a Krsnaite text in Braj bhasa attributed to the 16th century poet Hita Harivamsa, Since Hita Harivamsa is regarded as the 'founder' of the Vrindaban-based Radhavallabha sampradaya (a bhakti sect whose allegiance is directed nominally to Krsna, but essentially to Radha), the CP has a canonical status and is the subject of many commentaries; it is also widely imitated in the later sectarian literature. The purpose of the thesis is to illuminate the transmission of the text. An introductory chapter discusses the sectarian background to the CP and the hagiography of Hita Harivamsa, and discusses other texts attributed to the poet. Then follows an assessment of the sources which form the basis for the edition of the CP, and a survey of the language of the text. The critically edited text is based on 13 sources, comprising 11 manuscripts (with and without tika) and two printed editions; it is accompanied by a full apparatus criticus, and followed by a literal English translation. Annotations to the translation assess textual variants, discuss semantic and syntactic points, and seek to show how interpretations of the text have developed along sectarian lines through tikas of the 17th, 18th and 20th centuries. Discussion of prosody follows in a separate chapter, where antecedents for metrical forms appearing on the text are sought in Apabhramsa metrics, and correspondences of metrical structure with musical tala are analysed on the basis of recordings of samaja (the temple hymnody). The final chapter discusses the authorship of the text (of which various stanzas are also attributed to other poets), and analyses its composition, raga allocations and sectarian interpretation. Appendices include extracts from the early CP commentaries, and a select glossary.
title: A study of the "Pali Vinaya Mahavagga" in comparison with the corresponding sections of the Gilgit manuscripts.
Creators: name: Bhikku, Jinananda
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1953

description: The object of the thesis is-to investigate the position of the Mahavagga in early Baddhism by a comparative study. The method of comparison is to consider (a) internal evidence in relation to its composition and to other parts of the Canon, and (b) external evidence in relation to identical products of the Mulasarvastivadins. Occasionally reference has been made to varieus literary works of a similar type. The whole work is divided into three main sections, viz., an Introduction; (2) a study of the Gilgit Manuscripts, and (3) the Conclusion. The introductory section deals with the ten chapters of the Mahavagga, their general character, contents, arrangement, respective importance and inter relation, and a short comment on the Gilgit Manuscripts. The second section is a comparative study of the ten vastus of the Gilgit Manuscripts which are the Sanskrit versions of the corresponding ten chapters of the Pali Mahavagga, and on which our main interest has been concentrated in the course of our investigation. The summary at the end of each vastu points out the most marked agreements and differences between the two versions. The final chapter of the thesis attempts to define the position of the Gilgit Manuscripts in the Vinaya tradition, as represented by the Pali as well as Buddhist Sanskrit and Chinese, and dwells upon its specific Avadana character, as contrasted with the simplicity of the Pali Mahavagga.
title: Martial poetry among the Arabs in the Jahiliyah.
Creators: name: Gindi, Ali Muhammad Ali
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1952

description: This is a study, collected from numerous reference books, of anthologies and diwans in which any pre-Islamic poetry is mentioned. My study is confined to poetry dealing with warfare. No less than 150 poets have been brought under review and no less than 5,080 verses have been analysed, documented or discussed. The study is based primarily on statistics, and from these it endeavours to analyse the ideas, thoughts and imagery of the pre-Islamic poets in their martial poetry; it also shows the underlying effect of war on social life and conditions of the time. This study could be a basis for further research into the martial poetry of later periods, so that the development of poetic imagination and thought could be followed throughout the course of Arabic history. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first two describe the general historical background, while the others deal specifically with the poetry. The first chapter portrays the life and environment of the pre-Islamic Arabs, showing that these conditions were conducive to war. The second chapter concerns the 'Ayyam al-'Arab', illustrating the osuses of feuds and the modes of campaigning. The chapter concludes by showing the influence of the 'Ayyam' on the literature. The third, and largest chapter, analyses the collection. It is divided according to the themes discussed by the poets. In the section on description emphasis was laid on the imagery, details of which are classified and appended. The last chapter is a general criticism of the subjects analysed in the previous chapter, together with a discussion of poetic imagery, emotion and style. It continues by mentioning the role played by women. The chapter concludes by attempting to show how such poetry can help us to form a clear idea about the Arab's attitude to war, and his behaviour therein. The Arabic appendix in which the similes and metaphors used by the Arab poets are systematically grouped will, it is hoped, serve as a guide to students of early Arabic poetry. When read with the text of the thesis, the appendix should throw light on many of the obscure expressions which the poets use and illustrate the way in which a literary convention came into being.
Associations between Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) and common native species in an African savanna
Creators: name: Ssali, Fredrick
name: Baluku, Robert
name: Drileyo, Gilbert
name: Muhumuza, Moses
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Invasive species
Vegetation recovery
grassland
species composition
abundance
large herbivores

description: Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) is recognised as a problematic invasive alien plant species in many parts of the world. To eradicate or control this global invader, we need to understand the drivers of its spread and impacts and the potential for native recovery after the invader has been removed.

Here, we tested for species associations between L. camara and native plant species and large herbivores in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. We inventoried 40 100-m2 nested plots spread over a 1 × 1-km grid cell in the park's savanna landscape, with 11 plots located in uninvaded areas. Most of the plots (30 of 40) had been affected by fire. 

Lantana camara covered 29 (73%) plots, 11 (38%) of which were in open grassland. Of the large herbivores that frequented areas free of L. camara, the Ugandan kob Adenota kob thomasi Sclater tended to avoid the areas invaded. The floristic composition of invaded areas differed significantly from that of noninvaded areas, with several palatable species rare or absent from L. camara-invaded areas. 

Practical implication: These observations indicate the presence of potential recovery constraints that will need to be overcome after L. camara has been removed. Sustained efforts will be needed to suppress the invader and subsequently enrich and bolster native recovery.
description: Funding provided by: Uganda Wildlife Research and Training Institute (UWRTI)*Crossref Funder Registry ID: Award Number:
Supplementary Material from Zebrafish reveal new roles for Fam83f in hatching and the DNA damage-mediated autophagic response
Creators: name: Jones, Rebecca Ann
name: Cooper, Fay
name: Kelly, Gavin
name: Barry, David
name: Renshaw, Matthew J.
name: SAPKOTA, Gopal P
name: smith, jim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 310404
subject: Evolution of developmental systems

description: Table S2 Genotypes of fam83fa mutants.docx
title: A critical edition of Chapters 1-18 of the "Bhesajja Manjusa" with extracts from the commentary, notes, and an essay on its position in the Ayurvedic medical literature of Ceylon.
Creators: name: Beneragama, D. C. P.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1953

description: The present thesis consists of five parts: I. Introduction giving a biographical sketch of the author and the commentator; II, the Text which is the only medical work in the Pali language; III. Extracts from the commentary of Sangharaja Saranamkara; IV. Notes on the Text and matter arising therefrom; V. an Essay dealing with the beginnings of the Ayurveda, its practice in Ceylon from the earliest to modern times, the Ayurvedic medical literature of Ceylon, and lastly, magic medicine and rituals connected with medical practice in Ceylon. The Bhesajja Manjusa consists of sixty chapters (about 4,700 gathas), each chapter being subdivided into several sections. The text was written especially for the Buddhist Order of monks and as such it does not contain references to women's diseases or children's ailments. Two editions of the text in Sinhalese character have previously been attempted by Sinhalese scholars but these ventures unfortunately failed, only nine chapters having been published out of a total of sixty. Even these editions are very rare today and have been out of print for a long time. A summary of the commentary has been rendered into Sinhalese verse for the benefit of physicians practising the Ayurveda. Apart from any scientific value which this text may possess, it is the only known medical work in the Pali language and it provides the philologist with a considerable number of hitherto unlisted Pali scientific terms. The notes and explanations in the present thesis are generally treated from a philological rather than a scientific point of view: any scientific explanations made are made in the light of comparison with standard Sanskrit authors such as Caraka and Susruta. Very little is known about the author. As regards the commentator I have been able to obtain some valuable material, so far unknown, from Mss. in the British Museum Library. The Essay attempts to bring together material which has not up to now been viewed fully or uniformly.
Ommata andina Clarke 2010
Creators: name: Clarke, Robin O. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Ommata
Ommata andina

description: Ommata andina Clarke, 2010
 Ommata andina Clarke in Santos-Silva, Martins & Clarke, 2010:604; Monné & Bezark, 2012:161 (checklist).
 Material examined: BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, Provincia Florida, Floripondio (west), 18°08’S / 63°45’W, 1893 m, 1 male (Holotype), on/flying to flowers of “Lloque colorado”, 01. XI.2009 (MNKM).
 Comment: Santos-Silva et al. (2010) incorrectly state that the holotype is deposited in RCSZ private collection; it is deposited in MNKM.
description: Published as part of Clarke, Robin O. S., 2013, Bolivian Rhinotragini Vii: Provisional Report Of Higher Altitude Species (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) With Descriptions Of New Taxa, pp. 373-406 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 53 (28) on pages 373-406, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492013002800001, http://zenodo.org/record/13153121
การให้บริการสาธารณะด้านสังคมสงเคราะห์และพัฒนาคุณภาพชีวิต โดยใช้หลักพุทธธรรมของเทศบาลในประเทศไทย
Creators: name: สุชาดา โพธิ์จักร์
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต
Year: 2016
Subjects: การให้บริการสาธารณะ, พุทธธรรม, เทศบาล

description: วารสารรังสิตบัณฑิตศึกษาในกลุ่มธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์, 2, 1
title: Hagia Koryphe (Jabal Musa) in Sinai, Egypt.
Creators: name: Manginis, Georgios
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2010

description: The present thesis examines the history of Hagia Koiyphe, a mountain peak above the Monastery of Saint Catherine at South Sinai. It has been known for centuries as 'Mount Sinai,' the place where Moses received the Law from God, as described in Exodus. The thesis explores the ways in which the landscape of Hagia Koiyphe was experienced and transformed, using textual criticism, historical analysis, art historical appreciation and, for the first time, archaeological interpretation. The narrative begins in the third century AD, when the identification of the Biblical 'Mount Sinai' with Hagia Koiyphe was made, and extends to World War I. Chapter 1 deals with the aims, method and problems of the research, the toponymy and natural environment. Chapter 2 examines the Bedouin, the anchorites and their relationship. An analysis of the material record from and textual references to Hagia Koiyphe in the Early Christian period follows. Chapter 3 delves into the building programme of the emperor Justinian (mid-sixth century). It presents written sources on and describes the imperial foundations. Earlier research on the basilica of Hagia Koiyphe and the programme's impact on locals are discussed. Chapter 4 covers the years between the 630s and 1822: the continuation of earlier ways of life and the changes due to the coming of Islam, the importance of Hagia Koiyphe in Muslim tradition, the collapse of the summit basilica and the cult of Saint Catherine. The medieval period was dominated by the pilgrimage phenomenon and the patronage of Muslim rulers. In Ottoman times the Monastery was consolidated within Orthodox hierarchy and the era of pilgrimage ended. Chapter 5 examines the 'Mount of the Law controversy' and the scholarly, artistic and tourist phenomenon of nineteenth-century Sinai. The Epilogue focuses on the future of Hagia Koiyphe at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
title: News production practices in Indian television: An ethnography of Star News and Star Ananda.
Creators: name: Batabyal, Somnath
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This thesis is the result of ethnographic research carried out in television newsrooms in two Indian cities; Kolkata (previously Calcutta) and Mumbai (previously Bombay). The research was situated in Star Ananda in Kolkata and in Star News in the city of Mumbai, both channels part of the Rupert Murdoch owned Star group. The fieldwork was conducted through 2006 and the early part of 2007. The central research question this thesis tries to answer is: Doordarshan, the state run television channel, enforced a hegemonic, unitary notion of India since its inception. Has the proliferation of private news channels in India in every regional language given rise to a pluarility in how the nation is articulated in Indian television channels? Methodologically, this thesis is an ethnographic study. It uses participant observation and depth interview techniques as research methods. With over 90 recorded interviews with senior journalists and media managers, this thesis will provide rich empirical material and in depth case studies. It sets out to test the "orthodoxies" of media theory that has been influenced by ethnographic studies conducted mostly in the West. This work makes three overarching claims. Firstly, the assumed traditional divide between corporate and editorial no longer holds in Indian television. Each also does the job of the other and a distinction between them is purely rhetorical. Secondly, journalists imagine themselves as the audience and produce content they think they and their families will like. Given that these professionals mostly come from wealthy backgrounds, across television channels in India a singular narrative in content and a hegemonic understanding of an affluent "nation" is achieved. Connected with this is my third claim: news channels and advertisers targeting affluent audiences promote a notion of a prosperous "nation". Though catering to different audience groups - Hindi and Bengali speakers - by targeting the affluent Star News and Star Ananda produce a similar, unvarying content that promotes an idea of a unitary "India.".
การศึกษาปัจจัยส่วนประสมการค้าปลีกที่มีผลต่อการตัดสินใจซื้อยาแผนไทย กรณีศึกษา ร้านนราโอสถ (หมอบัว) ในเขตจังหวัดระยอง
Creators: name: วีรวิชญ์ กำกัดวงษ์ และลัดดาวัลย์ เลขมาศ
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต
Year: 2016
Subjects: ส่วนประสมการค้าปลีก, พฤติกรรมผู้บริโภค, การตัดสินใจซื้อ, ยาแผนไทย, นราโอสถ (หมอบัว)

description: วารสารรังสิตบัณฑิตศึกษาในกลุ่มธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์, 2, 1
title: Text, Power, and Kingship in Medieval Gujarat, c. 1398 -1511.
Creators: name: Kapadia, Aparna
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: Despite the growing interest in the region of Gujarat, its pre-colonial history remains a neglected area of research. The dissertation is an attempt at redressing this gap, as well as at developing an understanding of the role of literary culture in the making of local polities in pre-modern South Asia. The dissertation explores the relationship between literary texts and political power. It specifically focuses on the fifteenth century, which coincides with the rise of the regional sultanate, which, along with the sultanates of Malwa, Deccan, and the kingdoms of Mewad and Marwar, emerged as an important power in the politics of South Asia in this period. As the sultans consolidated their influence in Gujarat, they were forced to negotiate with a variety of locally powerful chieftains. These negotiations lie at the heart of the narratives studied here. Organised as a series of case studies, the main body of the dissertation focuses on epic poems in Old Gujarati and Sanskrit produced in the courts of these chieftains, as well as an epic poem from the court of Sultan Mahmud Begada (1458-1511). In the latter part of the dissertation, the focus shifts to another literary terrain, also associated with the warrior elite of Gujarat. It analyses the oral 'bardic' narratives as presented by Alexander Forbes (1821-1865) in his Ras Mala: Hindoo Annals of the Province of Goozerat in Western India (1856). Through the analysis of these narratives from the medieval and colonial periods, the dissertation considers different aspects of power and kingship as constructed in the literary traditions of Old Gujarati and Sanskrit, Aparna Kapadia SOAS, London 2009.
ความพึงพอใจของผู้ประกอบการต่อพาณิชย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ เว็บไซต์ Otoptoday
Creators: name: ภัควรินทร์  ณรงค์วุฒิภัสร์ และสุมาลี สว่าง
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต
Year: 2016
Subjects: พาณิชย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์, หนึ่งตำบลหนึ่งผลิตภัณฑ์

description: วารสารรังสิตบัณฑิตศึกษาในกลุ่มธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์, 2, 1
การศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความพึงพอใจด้านส่วนประสมการค้าปลีก และพฤติกรรมการบริโภคของลูกค้ากับแนวโน้มการใช้บริการร้านสุวรรณ
Creators: name: จิราภรณ์ สุวรรณ และฐิติกานท์ สัจจะบุตร
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต
Year: 2016
Subjects: ส่วนประสมการค้าปลีก

description: วารสารรังสิตบัณฑิตศึกษาในกลุ่มธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์, 2, 1
ความจงรักภักดีตราสินค้าของผู้ใช้บริการ ธนาคาร ธนชาต จังหวัดอุบลราชธานี
Creators: name: สุรศักดิ์ อาปตาคม และรัตพงษ์ สอนสุภาพ
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต
Year: 2016
Subjects: ความจงรักภักดี, ตราสินค้า, ผลิตภัณฑ์, ธนาคารธนชาต, จังหวัดอุบลราชธานี

description: วารสารรังสิตบัณฑิตศึกษาในกลุ่มธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์, 2, 1
Sleep_Dys_Mood – Supplemental material for Sleep Dysfunction and Mood in Collegiate Soccer Athletes
Creators: name: Benjamin, Courteney L.
name: Curtis, Ryan M.
name: Huggins, Robert A.
name: Sekiguchi, Yasuki
name: Rajat K. Jain
name: McFadden, Bridget A.
name: Casa, Douglas J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine

description: Supplemental material, Sleep_Dys_Mood for Sleep Dysfunction and Mood in Collegiate Soccer Athletes by Courteney L. Benjamin, Ryan M. Curtis, Robert A. Huggins, Yasuki Sekiguchi, Rajat K. Jain, Bridget A. McFadden and Douglas J. Casa in Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach
title: Exploring suicidality in African American adolescents
title: The role of alcohol and racism
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hernandez, Brianna Gloria
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: African American teenagers--Suicidal behavior
African American teenagers--Alcohol use
Race discrimination--Psychological aspects

description: Suicide among youth is a public health crisis. Although suicide rates are a leading cause of death in youth, recent literature has not determined specific risk factors for African American youth, an underserved and understudied population. The current study used the Family and Community Health Study (FACHS) data to examine moderating effects of the role of alcohol use and racial discrimination on suicidal and death ideation among African American adolescents. Tension reduction and alcohol myopia theories were used to guide and combine alcohol use and racial discrimination as risk factors to suicidal ideation. The analysis consisted of seven models that used binary logistic regression to examine main and interaction effects of alcohol use and racial discrimination as indicators of suicidal ideation. Although the main hypotheses that adolescents who report higher levels of racial discrimination or alcohol use would report higher levels of suicidal ideation were not supported, a significant three-way interaction was found between sex, racial discrimination, and alcohol use. Separate analyses indicated that there were sex differences in suicide risk for adolescents who reported both alcohol use and racial discrimination. Future prevention efforts should focus on racial discrimination as a risk factor to suicide and coping strategies among African American youth.
title: Down and out and denied in London: Appropriate and inappropriate dispute processes for homeless applicants.
Creators: name: Ng, Patricia Siu Won
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: The principal question addressed in this thesis is: how do the vulnerable homeless people in London fare when they experience problems with their homeless applications? Legal and other discourses on alternative dispute resolution have hitherto given very little attention to the issue of access to justice for homeless people. In addition, the idea of 'appropriate' dispute processing in relation to homeless applicants is a neglected area in the literature and in practice. The present study shows that in London homeless applicants do not fare well when they attempt to claim their potential emergency housing entitlement through the civil justice system for three main reasons. First, the homeless application process itself is complex, and often difficult for people to cope without advice, guidance and sometimes representation. Secondly, the first stage appeal internal review is not an appropriate dispute process for homeless applicants with an unsatisfactory homelessness decision. Thirdly, the use of homelessness mediation by local authorities is potentially a homeless application containment device. The methodology adopted for this study includes the collection and analysis of case studies, the carrying out and assessment of in-depth interviews, an examination of relevant strands of literature, as well as corpus of laws. Not all problems transform into a dispute between homeless applicants and housing authorities. There are several reasons for this, including various problems that accompany homelessness. It would be helpful if the homelessness legislation were to be simplified. Housing law practitioners are only one type of professional from whom homeless applicants seek help. With the deplorable state of legal aid, applicants would be in a better position if they were able to seek redress with minimum advice and guidance and without the help of a representative. Homelessness mediation might enable homeless people to gain greater access to justice provided mediation is made available to all potentially homeless people. However, the core processes of facilitative mediation, as well as the principles of mediation (confidentiality, voluntary participation, fair process, impartiality) would need to be respected in a manner in which they are not at present. This study argues, however, that the interrogatory approach of the ombudsperson in an enhanced scheme as an external reviewer to replace the internal review is the most appropriate match for applicants wishing to review unsatisfactory homelessness decisions.
Strongest nonlocal sets with minimum cardinality in tripartite systems
Creators: name: Zhen, Xiao-Fan
name: Li, Mao-Sheng
name: Zuo, Hui-Juan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strong nonlocality, proposed by Halder {\it et al}. [\href{https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.040403}{Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{122}, 040403 (2019)}], is a stronger manifestation than quantum nonlocality. Subsequently, Shi {\it et al}. presented the concept of the strongest nonlocality [\href{https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-01-05-619}{Quantum \textbf{6}, 619 (2022)}].
 Recently, Li and Wang [\href{https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2023-09-07-1101}{Quantum \textbf{7}, 1101 (2023)}] posed the conjecture about a lower bound to the cardinality of the strongest nonlocal set $\mathcal{S}$ in $\otimes _{i=1}^{n}\mathbb{C}^{d_i}$, i.e., $|\mathcal{S}|\leq \max_{i}\{\prod_{j=1}^{n}d_j/d_i+1\}$. In this work, we construct the strongest nonlocal set of size $d^2+1$ in $\mathbb{C}^{d}\otimes \mathbb{C}^{d}\otimes \mathbb{C}^{d}$. Furthermore, we obtain the strongest nonlocal set of size $d_{2}d_{3}+1$ in $\mathbb{C}^{d_1}\otimes \mathbb{C}^{d_2}\otimes \mathbb{C}^{d_3}$. Our construction reaches the lower bound, which provides an affirmative solution to Li and Wang's conjecture. In particular, the strongest nonlocal sets we present here contain the least number of orthogonal states among the available results.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
Factors Affecting Performance of GPS Receiver and Solutions for Sustainable Signal
Creators: name: Pathak, Nikhil
name: Basetti, Rajitha
name: Thatikonda, Mounish
name: Kovuri, Nithin
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2016

description: Published article is related to research presented on May 12, 2016 at the Second Annual Graduate Research Symposium at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland.
description: This study deals with the factors that affects the functionality of GPS receivers. It intends to give an overview of the potential sources that are causing interference to the GPS signal on the receiver side. It also focuses on the techniques that make an impact in reducing interference level or make them apart. The study procures a quantitative comprehension of the impact of major types of interference. Most of the interfering sources are going to be analyzed with their technical characteristics and the rejection requirements to make them isolated and to keep the good performance of the receiver. Superior methods and circuit designs for GPS signal processing are included which eliminate interference.
description: https://edupediapublications.org/journals/index.php/IJR/article/view/4364
title: Failing freeters: Young men, masculinity and adulthood in Japan.
Creators: name: Cook, Emma Elizabeth
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: Normative ideals of masculinity in Japan continue to largely revolve around the figure of the 'salaryman': the responsible (middle-class) salaried worker, breadwinner and father. Although this model of adult manhood is becoming less attainable for many young men, the social and self expectations of many remain focused on these very ideals, as do normative ideals of adulthood. But what happens to young men who are unable or unwilling to attain salaried work? This thesis explores the lives of freeters: officially defined as part-time workers aged between fifteen and thirty-four, who, by their employment status, are almost the antithesis of the steady, productive salaryman. Freeters are often depicted in popular discourse as either lazy unmotivated youth or the victims of a changing economic climate. The vast majority of studies on freeters come from sociology, education and labour economics. These are generally data-rich, but people-poor, and most seek to structurally understand why people become freeters and the role that education and changing economic structures play in this. Little focus is given to the role of gender or issues of agency or the ways in which cultural notions of adulthood, selfhood and gender intertwine. Yet these are intimately tied into the discourse on freeters and to their lifestyles. Much of the concern surrounding the freeter 'issue' focuses on male freeters who are perceived to be failing to be proper productive citizens through their irregular working styles, low (or absent) payments into the social welfare system, and their comparatively modest marriage rate. Indeed, failure was never far from the thoughts of male freeters, though for differing reasons. They felt that by continued pursuit of their non-mainstream aspirations they were failing at being 'proper' adult men because of their inability to become core breadwinners and provide familial stability. Yet, they also felt that they would be failing themselves by shelving their aspirations and succumbing to a lifestyle that many had been seeking to move away from. By ethnographically exploring the lives of freeters I seek a different perspective from previous studies. By examining the interplay between cultural (gendered) notions of maturity and selfhood, and normative ideals of masculinity in Japan, it is possible to see how individuals' attempts to create more meaningful lives for themselves are mediated by gendered notions (created and maintained by both men and women) of what it means to be an adult man in Japan.
Harnessing the anti-inflammatory potential of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.: a comprehensive study on a leafless parasitic weed using chromatographic, in silico, and in vitro methods
Creators: name: Ahmed, Rosy
name: Bhattacharya, Kunal
name: Dutta, Koushik Nandan
name: Das, Dibyajyoti
name: Sahariah, Bhargab Jyoti
name: Deka, Satyendra
name: Bora, Nilutpal Sharma
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Cuscuta reflexa Roxb., a parasitic weed of the Convolvulaceae family, relies entirely on host plants for nutrients but possesses notable medicinal properties. This study explored the biologically active compounds in Cuscuta reflexa using traditional pharmacognostic methods combined with modern chromatographic, in vitro, and in silico techniques. After collection, authentication, and extraction, preliminary screenings identified the ethyl acetate extract as the most promising. Chromatographic analyses (HPTLC and HRLC–MS) revealed 14 potential phytochemicals, including quercetin and bopindolol. In silico studies showed these compounds to have strong anti-inflammatory activity, targeting COX-II and Interleukin-6. In vitro assays, such as protein denaturation and HRBC membrane stabilisation, validated these findings, demonstrating significant anti-inflammatory effects. The results highlight Cuscuta reflexa’s potential as a source of anti-inflammatory agents, particularly quercetin and bopindolol, offering natural alternatives to synthetic drugs and contributing to the development of novel therapeutic approaches. The plant’s pharmacological potential opens avenues for future medicinal research.
title: The life and work of Juan Mascaro 1898-1987, Mallorcan translator of the "Bhagavad Gita".
Creators: name: Mourato, Nuno Miguel Courela
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2010

description: There is considerable agreement that the publication of Edward W. Said's Orientalism in 1978 inaugurated the field known as "postcolonial studies." Building upon the work of Said and other historians and translation theorists, who have written on the social and cultural implications of European colonialism, this doctoral thesis attempts to place the English, Catalan and Spanish writings of the Mallorcan Orientalist and translator Juan Mascaro (1897-1987) - in particular- his translation of the Bhagavad Gita for the Penguin Classics series - in their proper context and thus provide a more comprehensive understanding of the Oriental- ist/Eurocentric premises underlying his work. Though best known for his translations from the Sanskrit and Pali, Mascaro was also a prolific letter-writer whose letters, manuscripts, diaries and notebooks are preserved in three different archives. The principal motivation for pm-suing this PhD project lies in the realization that Mascaro has never received any critical attention in England and that an assessment of his work can contribute to broaden the terms of the debate over the question of Orientalism and Western appropriations of non-European cultures. The thesis is divided into five chapters, preceded by a general introduction and followed by a short conclusion. The first chapter examines the period Mascaro spend as vice-principal of a Hindu college in the British colony of Ceylon; the second studies Mascaro's Orientalist conceptions of Indian culture; the third gives an overview of Western and Indian inteipretations of the Bhagavad Gita and analyses Mascaro's reading of the text within this larger hermeneutical enterprise; the fourth presents a theoretical and practical study of Mascaro's translation of the Gita; the fifth and last chapter covers several subjects, but is mainly concerned with Mascaro's religious viewpoint and his involvement in the inter-faith dialogue. Although the association of Orientalism with Western colonial aspirations does not seem evident in the case of a Catalan-speaking Orientalist, Mascaro's writings attest to the universalist tendencies of Orientalism and are pail of this hegemonic European movement.