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title: New wine in old bottles: The figure painting of Ren Bonian (1840-1895) in the context of nineteenth century Shanghai.
Creators: name: Yang, Chia-Lin
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2005

description: Ren Yi, self-styled Bonian (1840-1895), is rightly considered as one of the most prolific painters in late nineteenth century Shanghai. Like many of his contemporaries, the life of Ren Bonian was much entangled with social and economic change in the international city where new and old, local and foreign enterprises were assembled at that time. On this account his paintings often present a strong visual effect and delightful mood, as well as novelty, popularity and diversity to attract audience and facilitate commerce. This dissertation poses three broad questions: what was the relationship between the changes in society and artistic directions? What role do Ren Bonian's figure paintings play in the social relations of power, including those of class and gender? How do these help us to understand the artistic trends in Shanghai at that time'.' With equal attention given to history and art history, this dissertation provides a solid biography of Ren Bonian and a survey of the world in which painters such as Ren Bonian and his contemporaries lived in the first two chapters. In the third chapter, we explore the sources of Ren Bonian's learning, the roots of and the inspirations for his artistic language. Taking three types of his figure painting as examples, in the following chapter, our concern includes the popular literature, patronage and sexuality that possibly inspired Ren Bonian's choice of subject matter and visual performance. In the fifth chapter, we discuss the influences of both traditional training and the foreign stimuli on Ren Bonian's portraiture. The sixth chapter focuses on the serious problem of forgeries in relation to the rapid growth of his fame brought by Shen Bao and other media through the reproductions of his painting. A seal index and a chronological list of Ren's figure paintings are provided as appendices.
title: The licensing and interpretation of coronality: A new approach.
Creators: name: Rubin, Dominic
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2004

description: This thesis presents a new approach to the behavior of coronal segments. It examines seven aspects of coronal uniqueness; (i) the interaction of coronal consonants with front vowels, (ii) the confinement of liquids to coronal Place, (iii) the preference of "weak" syllabic sites for coronal Place, the processes of (iv) palatalization and (v) coronalization of coronal and non-coronal consonants by palatal glides and front vowels, (vi) the confinement of consonant harmony processes to consonants of coronal Place, and finally, (vii) the frequency and subplace richness of the coronal Place. It is argued that this range of behavior can be given a unified analysis if coronality is represented by the Government Phonological element [I]. Further, this element is argued to be the head of a Resonance Phrase in an element-geometric tree which is divided into a Resonance, Manner and Laryngeal Phrase. The headship of [I] gives this element greater powers to license other (Place, Manner and Laryngeal) elements, so deriving the behavior noted. This is contrasted with approaches which underspecify coronal Place, or try to capture coronal anomalies by recourse to phonetic context. The headship or dependency of elements drives element combinations, and thus derives the structure of phonemic inventories. This is traced to functional underpinnings, drawing on phonetic theories which argue for the optimality of segments based on the acoustically integrative effects of the articulations by which they are executed. The interpretation of [I] is thus investigated in some detail. At the level of segment generation, therefore, it is argued that there are formal and functional constraints operating. Finally, the distribution of coronal segments in the word is looked at in a broad range of typologically diverse languages. This is modeled using the above tools, in conjunction with a Government Phonology approach to syllabic structure and licensing.
title: Patterns of rural development in Tamil Nadu.
Creators: name: Bradnock, R.W.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1977

description: The thesis examines the question of the processes through which regional contrasts in rural development have operated in the State of Tamil Nadu, South India. It falls into three main parts. In the first two Chapters general theoretical and empirical questions relating to regional problems of rural development are discussed, and the analytical approach adopted in the thesis is introduced. In Chapters Three, Four and Five relevant features of the physical, social and economic environment are examined with reference to their bearing on macro-level patterns of rural development in Tamil Nadu, focussing on the period since India's Independence in 1947. In Chapters Six, Seven and Eight the analytical focus shifts to the study of village level patterns of change with respect to a limited number of agricultural and consumer variables. A sample of villages selected on a stratified random basis from the whole State serves as the data base for an empirical testing of hypotheses relating the spatial processes of change to accessibility. Concepts of accessibility are discussed, several definitions are proposed and the significance of alternative forms of accessibility for the spatial process of development are examined.
title: The phonetic and phonological development of a Thai baby, from early communicative interaction to speech.
Creators: name: Tuaycharoen, Pintip
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1977

description: The present thesis aims to give a phonetic and phonological account of how the speech of a Thai baby, aged 3-18 months, emerges from early vocalizations. The phonological description is made within the framework of 'prosodic analysis'. The introduction includes information on related literature, a brief outline of Thai phonology, the method of collecting data, the theoretical basis of prosodic phonology, the background of the child and adults concerned in the study, and a glossary of notations and terms used in the thesis. The phonetic and phonological development is presented in Section I where the 10 stages of speech development are described with reference to phonetic development, vocal play, relationship between adult models and baby's responses, and phonological development. Adult-baby interaction and adult language addressed to the baby are described in Appendix 1. The findings of the study are summarized in the conclusion and discussion section where a general picture of the speech development and the acquisition of features of the Thai language; tones, aspiration, and final glottalization, are discussed. Examples of adult-baby 'dialogues' as well as of the baby's vocalizations and vocabulary are given in Appendix 2.
Scaling up archival text analysis with the blockmodeling of n-gram networks -- A case study of Bulgaria's representation in the Osservatore Romano (January-May 1877)
Creators: name: Telarico, Fabio Ashtar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Other Statistics (stat.OT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.7; H.5; J.5
subject: 05C15, 68U15, 90C35 05C90, 62P99

description: This paper seeks to bridge the gap between archival text analysis and network analysis by applying network clustering methods to analyze the coverage of Bulgaria in 123 issues of the newspaper Osservatore Romano published between January and May 1877. Utilizing optical character recognition and generalized homogeneity blockmodeling, the study constructs networks of relevant keywords. Those including the sets Bulgaria and Russia are rather isomorphic and they largely overlap with those for Germany, Britain, and War. In structural terms, the blockmodel of the two networks exhibits a clear core-semiperiphery-periphery structure that reflects relations between concepts in the newpaper's coverage. The newspaper's lexical choices effectively delegitimised the Bulgarian national revival, highlighting the influence of the Holy See on the newspaper's editorial line.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures, 1 table
title: Idiomatic expressions in Hebrew and Akkadian relating to the head.
Creators: name: Baker, David Weston
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1976

description: This study sets out to determine the meanings of a limited number of gestures in Hebrew and Akkadian and to compare them intra- and interlinguistically. The first chapter presents the anthropological and linguistic approaches to a study of these gestures recorded in texts, and concludes that the only method available at the moment which can determine their meanings is to analyse each in the context in which it occurs. Chapters II - IV analyse a number' of these gestures, namely those in which the object of the verb is either the head, face, forehead, cheek, or hair. It is noted that the gestures are used literally, metaphorically, symbolically, and idiomatically. In Chapter V a comparison of the gestures in each and both languages is undertaken. First, the various contexts in which the gestures are found are studied, with a note being made of the different gestures sharing the same context, or semantic field. Then a study is made of the semantic range, or range of meaning of the various gestures. Conclusions are then drawn concerning the viability of, the methodology employed in a study of phrases of this kind, as well as the assistance which can be derived by a comparative study of the gestures in providing support for an interpretion or for suggesting other possible meanings, Note is then made of the new interpretations and other information obtained by this study.
title: The Federal Land Development Authority: National planning and national unity in peninsular Malaysia.
Creators: name: Huby, Christopher Geoffrey
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1982

description: National socio-economic development planning in Peninsular Malaysia is guided by the New Development strategy which resulted from the race-riots of May 1969 - events which were themselves clear indication that Peninsular Malaysia lacked national unity. The New Development Strategy has two components, Rukun Negsira (the National Ideology) and the New Economic Policy. The New Economic Policy aims to eradicate poverty and to restructure the socio-economic system in order to remove the inter-communal imbalances which were identified as the root causes of disharmony in the country. In this way it is hoped to create national unity in Peninsular Malaysia. A major weapon in the government's bid to implement the New Economic Policy is the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA). Since its establishment in 1956, FELDA has become not merely Peninsular Malaysia's foremost land developer, but has been raised by the Malaysian government to premier status among agencies implementing national socio-economic development policy.;The present study assesses the ability of the Federal Land Development Authority to comply with the Malaysian government's requirement that through land development FELDA be a major contributor to the attainment of national unity in Peninsular Malaysia. The assessment is undertaken by first analysing the reasons why planning failed to create national unity before 1969, and - in the light of the knowledge gained from this analysis - by then assessing FELDA's qualifications for meeting the responsibilities placed upon it by the post-1969 Plans designed to rectify the situation of socio-economic imbalance. The study considers the nature of inter-communal imbalance in Peninsular Malaysia, and indicates the political and other constraints which govern planning approaches. The study concludes by presenting the main findings regarding the Federal Land Development Authority's ability to contribute to the attainment of national unity in Peninsular Malaysia, with particular attention paid to FELDA's ability to contribute to the implementation of the government's New Economic Policy in the Malay-dominated rural areas.
title: The woodcarvers of Kitawa and their canoes: A linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia.
Creators: name: Scoditti, Giancarlo Massimo Giuseppe
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1982

description: The present thesis is concerned with problems of aesthetic and symbolic interpretation presented by the analysis of the graphic signs carved on the prows of the ceremonial canoes of Kitawa, one of the so-called kula ring islands (Milne Bay, Melanesia). These canoes are specially made for periodic ritual voyages to other islands in search of valuable objects.;The analysis is based on two periods of field-work in Kitawa (undertaken in 1973-74 and 1976) in the course of which the author learnt the principal language of the island and recorded his discussions with the local carvers about their art. The most important of these sound recordings have been transcribed, analysed and translated, and the texts are submitted as an appendix to the thesis.;In his analysis of the prows the author has adapted the Danish linguist L. Hjelmslev's theory on the structure of a sign to make it appropriate for aesthetic and symbolic interpretation. He is also indebted to the work of J. Mukarovsk.;of the Linguistic Circle of Prague. In particular he has adoptedHjelmslev's articulation of a sign into a content plane and an expression plane. The latter is considered to be the privileged one, at which a non-verbal sign (e.g. a graphic sign carved on a prow) expresses its aesthetic values. Granted that, it is possible to comprehend the aesthetic meanings of a graphic sign, either taken by itself, or in relation to the whole surface of the prow. These meanings are self- contained, i.e. they are independent of elements which are extra-contextual to the prow.;The latter (e.g. myths, tales, semantic values, etc.) have been considered only when the author has interpreted a graphic sign symbolically. To do this he has worked on the content plane of a word which designates a graphic sign. That is, a meaning, or set of meanings, expressed by such a word has been interpreted as a metaphor for something else and this metaphorical value has been linked with that graphic sign. That the distinction between the aesthetic and the symbolic interpretation of a graphic sign which has been made by the author - on the basis of both Hjelmslev's theory and Mukatovsk's methodology - receives independent support from the Kitawa wood carvers themselves, is shown in the 'Aesthetic Conversations' given in the Appendix (Volume II), even if this is sometimes stated metaphorically.
Radial and vertical constraints on the icy origin of H$_{2}$CO in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk
Creators: name: Hernández-Vera, Claudio
name: Guzmán, Viviana V.
name: de la Villarmois, Elizabeth Artur
name: Öberg, Karin I.
name: Cleeves, L. Ilsedore
name: Hogerheijde, Michiel R.
name: Qi, Chunhua
name: Carpenter, John
name: Fayolle, Edith C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: H$_2$CO is a small organic molecule widely detected in protoplanetary disks. As a precursor to grain-surface formation of CH$_3$OH, H$_2$CO is considered an important precursor of O-bearing organic molecules that are locked in ices. Still, since gas-phase reactions can also form H$_2$CO, there remains an open question on the channels by which organics form in disks, and how much the grain versus the gas pathways impact the overall organic reservoir. We present spectrally and spatially resolved Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of several ortho- and para-H$_2$CO transitions toward the bright protoplanetary disk around the Herbig Ae star HD 163296. We derive column density, excitation temperature, and ortho-to-para ratio (OPR) radial profiles for H$_2$CO, as well as disk-averaged values of $N_{\mathrm{T}}\sim4\times 10^{12}$ cm$^{-2}$, $T_{\mathrm{ex}}\sim20$ K, and $\mathrm{OPR}\sim2.7$, respectively. We empirically determine the vertical structure of the emission, finding vertical heights of $z/r\sim0.1$. From the profiles, we find a relatively constant $\mathrm{OPR}\sim2.7$ with radius, but still consistent with $3.0$ among the uncertainties, a secondary increase of $N_{\mathrm{T}}$ in the outer disk, and low $T_{\mathrm{ex}}$ values that decrease with disk radius. Our resulting radial, vertical, and OPR constraints suggest an increased UV penetration beyond the dust millimeter edge, consistent with an icy origin but also with cold gas-phase chemistry. This Herbig disk contrasts previous results for the T Tauri disk, TW Hya, which had a larger contribution from cold gas-phase chemistry. More observations of other sources are needed to disentangle the dominant formation pathway of H$_2$CO in protoplanetary disks.
description: 21 pages, 4 tables, 10 figures; V2: minor changes, matches the published version in ApJ
Appendix – Supplemental material for Leading Employees of Different Genders: The Importance of Gender for the Leadership‒Motivation Relationship
Creators: name: Fjendbo, Trine H.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 160509 Public Administration

description: Supplemental material, Appendix for Leading Employees of Different Genders: The Importance of Gender for the Leadership‒Motivation Relationship by Trine H. Fjendbo in Review of Public Personnel Administration
title: Natpat and Ordo: A study of the way of life and military organization of the Khitan emperors and their people.
Creators: name: Fu, Lo-huan
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1950

description: The present thesis is a study of the life of the emperors of the Khitan-Liao dynasty and its influence on the Liao institutions--in particular, the Shu-mi Yuan, the dual Chancellery administration system. After their conquest of a portion of China, the Liao emperors continued to pursue their original nomadic way of life, spending the whole of each year in seasonal camps, or na-po (natpat)--as they were called at that time. For the administration of their Khitan and Chinese subjects, who led different ways of life, the Liao rulers established two Chancelleries, one for their Khitan subjects and the other for the Chinese. Thus, contrary to the general assumption that the Khitan were sinicized, the Khitan-Liao Empire actually consisted of two nations of different cultures.;The study of the institutions of the Liao na-po throws light not only on the Liao administration but also on the life of the rulers and institutions of the succeeding Jurchin-Chin, Mongol Yuan, and Manchu-Ch'ing dynasties.;The main body of the thesis discusses a number of problems each of which is examined in greater detail in a subsequent section. "Some remarks on the office of the Shu-mi Shih" traces the rise and development of that office which has so far been mistakenly taken as an organ concerning, merely with military affairs. It was actually, in the first stage of its development, a post comparable to that of chiefminister. "The theory of legitimacy" explains the reasons why the history of the non-Chinese dynasties have been neglected by the Chinese people. The section on Peking, explains the role played by Peking in Chinese history as the link between the Chinese and non-Chinese worlds. The section "Ordos" is a study of the Khitan military organisation, All these have either not been dealt with before or not been adequately explained.
title: "Abhidarma-dipa-Vibhasha-prabha-vritti": A critical edition and an introduction on its authorship and its relation to the "Abhidarma-kosa-Bhashya" of Vasubandhu.
Creators: name: Jaini, Padmanabha Shrivarma
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1958

description: The thesis consists of two parts: Introduction (Part I) and the Text (Part II). Part II contains a critical edition of the Abhidharma-dipa (with its commentary called the Vibhasha-prabha-vritti) based on the photographs brought by Pandit Rahula Samkrityayana of a MS. discovered in Tibet in 1937. This hitherto unknown work belongs to the Kasmira Vaibhashika school and is written on the model and in refutation of the Abhidharma-kosa (and the Bhashya) of Vasubandhu. It has the distinction of being the only work written against Vasubandhu the Kosakara that has survived in its original form, and thus has a unique value in furnishing us -with the orthodox Vaibhashika reactions to the Abhidharma-kosa and the Bhashya. part I - INTRODUCTION The first chapter contains a brief description of the MS., notes on the correspondence between the karikas of the Abhidharma-dipa and the Abhidharma-kosa, and also a brief summary of the contents of the Abhidharma-dipa and its Vritti. The second chapter deals with the meaning and interpretation of the terms Sutra and Abhidharma. An attempt has been made to trace the beginning of the Abhidharma to the S?tras, particularly to those which deal with the thirty-seven bodhipakshika-dharmas. It also contains a comparison of several Matrika lists showing the identity of the subject-matter of the Abhidharma of all Abhidharmika sohools. The third chapter deals with the divergence between the Sautrantika and the Abhidharmika interpretations of the main items of the Abhidharma, as they are found in the Pali commentaries, particularly in the Vibhanga-Atthakatha, and in the Abhidharma-Kosa-Bhashya. The fourth chapter deals with thirteen major controversies between the Sautrantika Kosakara and the Vaibhashika Dipakara (the author of the Abhidharma-dipa). An attempt has been made to trace the origin of these controversies to the Pali Scriptures and to their Atthakathas. The last chapter deals with the problem of the date and authorship of the Text.
title: Political and military developments within Morocco during the early Alawi Period (1659-1727).
Creators: name: Mercer, Patricia Ann
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1974

description: This thesis has two aims: firstly, to provide a summary of Moroccan political history over the years 1659-1727, which saw the Alaui dynasty established; and secondly, by making use, for the most part, of contemporary source material, to provide a critique of indigenous tradition concerning the period, as summed up in the nineteenth century "Kitab al-Istiasa." Contemporary material suggests that the Alawi dynasty was effectively launched from Fes, the metropolitan base of the parvenu sultan al-Rashid. Thereafter came imperial emancipation from Fasi tutelage, and the inauguration of a deteriorating relationship between sultan and metropolis. Ismail, al-Rashid's successor, moved his capital to Meknes. There he fostered a personal military and magnate following, developed along culturally standard lines. This won him dynastic victory, and brief military ascendancy in the critical regions of the Sus and Algerine march, tricked out with easy gains from a prestige programme of mujahid warfare. Ismail's tide turned in 1692, with Algerine invasion of his territory. The subsequent decade was characterised by renewed and strenuous efforts at maintaining territorial maxima. The empire was scoured for slave recruits to the standing army. This swollen army failed to save the sultan, in 1701, from the Algerine trouncing which precipitated his retirement from personal campaigning. Thereafter, Ismail was a palace ruler of fluctuating territory, and the object of repeated filial challenge. Assets which shored up his central authority were; a link with the commerce of a debilitated Fes; a continuing working relationship with tribute-bearing magnates, involving gross power-delegation; and a force of troops held in reserve as a military deterrent. Contemporary evidence eliminates the view of Ismail as a swingeing monarch who, by 1692, had reduced all his provinces to orderly submission. By emphasising his latter-day problems, it points to his longevity as the key to the establishment of the Alawi dynasty.
title: A study of the novels of Mom Luang Buppha Nimmanheminda (pseud. Dokmaisot).
Creators: name: Rakpongse, Kwandee
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1975

description: This thesis is a first attempt to make an extended study of the life and work of a single Thai novelist. Chapter I supplies the need for a statement about the contemporary setting in which the author worked and about the development of the novel. Although Dokmaisot is an outstanding figure in modern Thai literature, she remains somewhat apart from her contemporaries and material on which contrasts can be based is required. The starting point is taken as 1900. This is convenient because at this time literary magazines printing original work heralding the emergence of the novel were beginning to appear. An account of Dokmaisot's life is then given. She was the first Thai female professional novelist and it is important to relate her personal life and that of her family to the development of her work. Chapters III to VIII contain a treatment, descriptive and critical, of thirteen novels. In general a progression through time is followed but this has been departed from in some instances in the interests of showing the novelist's development more clearly. Dokmaisot's last and unfinished novel is given separate treatment in Chapter IX. It represents a departure in motive, attitude, and tone from her previous writing even though some characters, appearing in an earlier work, are used again. A political motive and criticism directed against the Thai Government, especially in its social policies, appear overtly for the first time. Chapter X takes the world of Dokmaisot which has emerged through fourteen novels involving at least two hundred characters and summarizes its attitudes in sections which deal with religious, social, and external influences such as that of the West. The thesis concludes with an appendix in which the twenty-two other works of Dokmaisot, including four poems and a play, are briefly considered. A second appendix is a list of life ceremonies referred to in the novels. Appendix three contains comment on Thai terms for "novel".
Supplementary_File_1._character_of_patients_who_refused – Supplemental material for Factors Influencing Functional Exercise Capacity After Lung Resection for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Creators: name: Oikawa, Masato
name: Hanada, Masatoshi
name: Nagura, Hiroki
name: Tomoshi Tsuchiya
name: Keitaro Matsumoto
name: Miyazaki, Takuro
name: Terumitsu Sawai
name: Yamasaki, Naoya
name: Nagayasu, Takeshi
name: Kozu, Ryo
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_File_1._character_of_patients_who_refused for Factors Influencing Functional Exercise Capacity After Lung Resection for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer by Masato Oikawa, Masatoshi Hanada, Hiroki Nagura, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Keitaro Matsumoto, Takuro Miyazaki, Terumitsu Sawai, Naoya Yamasaki, Takeshi Nagayasu and Ryo Kozu in Integrative Cancer Therapies
title: Saljuq metalwork and its significance in Iranian art.
Creators: name: Bayani, Sussan
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1972

description: The thesis embraces the Saljuq period within which the artistic culture of Iran was studied in relation to the historical development, religious and social aspects, and in addition, consideration was given to ancient Iranian metalwork, and its roots in the past, especially of the Sasanian period. The scope of the subject covers the geographical, historical, technological, epigraphic and stylistic aspects of metalwork and has been treated in relation to other branches of Islamic decorative arts. Amongst the numerous examples of metalwork during this period, we have chosen some objects, most of which are unpublished, and attempted to establish their typology and whenever possible their chronology. We also tried to categorize the typical decorative elements that repeatedly appear on these metal objects. In addition to the documentary material, several photographs of metal objects in public and private collections all over the world have been assembled. Some ornamental motifs, figural subjects and inscriptions decorating the objects have been singled out to be presented in line drawings for the purpose of comparative and iconographic studies. When the origin and the date are not known, the objects have been either compared to a dated object or the style and iconography have been investigated in order to date them. The thesis also contains a map. This is designed to illustrate the distribution of the metalwork centres. The lists of the illustrations, which gives all the important information, including the places where the objects were acquired, is aimed to serve as corroborative evidence for the labelling of some objects. Since archaeologists regard the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum as some of the world's main centres of research, most of its metal objects are already studied, Thus we have generalised our study to world-wide research. It is hoped that the thesis is just the beginning of a new series of research projects into world-wide collections, and these will present the collection's material as extensively as possible. Such a short thesis could hardly provide enough space to present the full studies of all objects, but it is hoped that at a later date, a more extensive publication will include more data. Occasionally the Candidate's opinion differs from those of some experts, but perhaps the evidence brought forward proves the candidate's theories. The interest in all forms of Saljuq art has been growing for a long time but Saljuq metalware is a rather neglected subject. A greater knowledge about the shape, technique and style of the Iranian Saljuq metalwork enables us to differentiate between Saljuq pieces and later copies. Technical information on this matter can be extremely Valuable. In any case, such information must be collected and published in detail so that other investigators can make use of it.
title: The "Bodhisattvapitaka": Its doctrines, practices and their position in Mahayana literature.
Creators: name: Pagel, Ulrich
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1992

description: This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive study of the Bodhisattvapitaka with specific emphasis on the bodhisattva ideal. The content of the Bodhisattvapitaka indicates that its exposition belongs to the earliest treatises on the bodhisattva. The practices and doctrines that are expounded are invariably rudimentary and show little of the complexities that characterise their discussions in later bodhisattva literature. The Bodhisattvapitaka's inclusion into the Maharatnakuta rested probably on its pioneering account of the bodhisattvacarya. Being by far the longest work on the bodhisattva in the whole collection, it expounds important practices and constitutes the hub for the remaining bodhisattva writings in the Mahdratnakuta. The study falls into five parts. The first chapter considers the position of the Bodhisattvapitaka in Mahayana literature. It investigates the various usages of the term Bodhisattvapitaka, it considers the relationship between Bodhisattvapitaka and Aksayamatinirdesa and discusses the scholastic affiliation of the Bodhisattvapitaka. In addition, exploring the contents and evolution of the Mahdratnakuta collection, it establishes the scriptural context in which the Bodhisattvapitaka is placed. The second chapter provides an analysis of the Bodhisattvapitaka. It examines the structural and literary traits of the Bodhisattvapitaka, its chapter organisation and some aspects of the bodhisattva path in the Bodhisattvapitaka. Chapter three discusses the bodhisattva ideal in the Mahdratnakuta collection. It distinguishes between the various categories of bodhisattva sutras in the Mahdratnakuta, it examines the bodhisattva practices and investigates whether there is evidence of a premeditated design that might have influenced the compilation of the Maharatnakuta sutras into one collection. Chapter four considers the bodhisattva doctrine as it is propounded in the Bodhisattvapitaka within the context of other scriptural traditions. It discusses the evolution of the concepts of the cittotpada, apramana, paramita and samgrahvastu and assesses the contribution of the Bodhisattvapitaka to that process. Chapter five consists of a translation of the eleventh chapter of the Bodhisattvapitaka.
High spin axion insulator
Creators: name: Li, Shuai
name: Gong, Ming
name: Li, Yu-Hang
name: Jiang, Hua
name: Xie, X. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Axion insulators possess a quantized axion field $θ=π$ protected by combined lattice and time-reversal symmetry, holding great potential for device applications in layertronics and quantum computing. Here, we propose a high-spin axion insulator (HSAI) defined in large spin-$s$ representation, which maintains the same inherent symmetry but possesses a notable axion field $θ=(s+1/2)^2π$. Such distinct axion field is confirmed independently by the direct calculation of the axion term using hybrid Wannier functions, layer-resolved Chern numbers, as well as the topological magneto-electric effect. We show that the guaranteed gapless quasi-particle excitation is absent at the boundary of the HSAI despite its integer surface Chern number, hinting an unusual quantum anomaly violating the conventional bulk-boundary correspondence. Furthermore, we ascertain that the axion field $θ$ can be precisely tuned through an external magnetic field, enabling the manipulation of bonded transport properties. The HSAI proposed here can be experimentally verified in ultra-cold atoms by the quantized non-reciprocal conductance or topological magnetoelectric response. Our work enriches the understanding of axion insulators in condensed matter physics, paving the way for future device applications.
description: To appear in Nature Communications
SI.Narc.04.27.20 – Supplemental material for Narcissism in Political Participation
Creators: name: Fazekas, Zoltán
name: Hatemi, Peter K.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, SI.Narc.04.27.20 for Narcissism in Political Participation by Zoltán Fazekas and Peter K. Hatemi in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
title: The paintings and prints of Uzo Egonu: 20th century Nigerian artist.
Creators: name: Oguibe, Oluchukwu Olu
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1992

description: This work is as much about ways of looking at 20th century African art as it is a study of one artist and his work. The central thesis is that 20th century African art cannot be fully comprehended using deterministic frames and rigid categories. It begins by tracing the emergence of new art forms in Africa - Nigeria in particular - especially from the turn of the 19th century, a process underlined not by a capitulation to the cultural domination of colonialism but by a nationalist determination to undermine its ideological bases by disproving the artistic superiority of the white man. It then looks briefly at the life of Uzo Egonu, the Nigerian painter and printmaker whose work is the focus of the study. To set out a theoretical frame for studying the artist's art, the dissertation posits that a successful appreciation of 20th century African art is possible not by constructing and imposing grand narratives from outside, but by observing closely, systems of reading and appreciation within African societies. It then advances an alternative theory which ciraws from the Masquerade, a central topos in most African cultures as well as a complex interpretative system. Like the Masquerade, posits this theory, 20th century African art is mutative, fundamentally eclectic, and essentially transgressive, and any tool which ignores this is ineffectual. Also, because the work of art, like the Masquerade, operates on several different levels and defies the linear perspective, no interpretation is absolute. Because art is a masquerading act, reading must remain speculative and open. The work offers an appreciation of aspects of Egonu's oeuvre, tracing his development of a personal language, his strong sense of community, and the diversity of his production and concerns, demonstrating through these the poverty of current approaches to the study of 20th century African art.
title: Measuring the luminous and spectral characteristics of light transmitted through a beech tree indoors: a case study
Creators: name: Lambeck, Carolin
name: Balakrishnan, Priji
Publisher: name: TU Ilmenau
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 621.3

description: This paper examines the impact of a deciduous Beech tree on indoor daylight quality in a room where the window is fully obscured by the tree. Trees, with their complex geometries, act as fenestration systems that modulate the quantities and spectral characteristics of daylight. The Beech tree's geometry and leaf colour change with the seasons, losing leaves in winter and changing leaf colour from summer to autumn. To capture these variations and understand how a Beech tree modulates daylight, the study measures luminance, spectral irradiance, and spectral radiance across spring, summer, winter, and autumn. Findings illustrate how the spectral and photometric qualities of daylight change with the tree's seasonal variations.
description: Lux junior 2024: 17. Internationales Forum für den lichttechnischen Nachwuchs, 6. – 8. September 2024, Ilmenau : Tagungsband, p. 157
title: Ghana's textile sector: Cost structure and efficiency.
Creators: name: Millet, Adib. F.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1993

description: The Ghanaian textile sector, after decades of protection, is today operating in a free trade environment. This means that it is now having to compete with imports in terms of price and quality. Thus, in this study, it is argued that efficiency of production and cost cutting measures are important in aiding the textile sector in Ghana to become more competitive with imports. The efficiency and cost structure of the Ghanaian textile sector are therefore examined in an attempt to estimate the degree of technical inefficiency and the effect of cost cutting measure on the price of individual textile firms' output. Technical inefficiency is estimated using a stochastic frontier approach. The main findings are that firms' technical inefficiency declined to relatively low levels as they became more exposed to foreign competition. Also, the competitive position of Ghanaian textile firms, as far as competition with imports is concerned, can be greatly enhanced as a result of the various cost cutting measures looked at. This resulted in some firms achieving an export potential as a result of the potential reduction in their price. Finally, some policy options are explored. These include: change in tax policies; change in fuel water and power charges; a devaluation of the exchange rate; and incentives for capital investment.
title: The Government of India under Lord Chelmsford, 1916-1921, with special reference to the policies adopted towards constitutional change and political agitation in British India.
Creators: name: Robb, Peter Graham
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1971

description: This thesis examines the established view of Chelmsford's administration in the light of documentary evidence only recently available. It questions such assumptions as that policy originated in London, that the Government of Inaia were hostile to Chang's, and that Chelmsford was without influence. It is arranged as an analysis of policy, describing Chelmsford's method and its application to politics and reform. The conclusion is that underlying policy there was a coherent idea, formulated in India from the Government's enunciation of the goal of Indian self-government within the Empire. The Government, it is found, had decided they must begin to resolve the contradictions between bureaucracy and Indian advancement, and give positive expression to their acceptance of the goal. Thus, it is shown, the Government worked with collective responsibility in consultation with local governments, legislators and public - as befitted their changing role. They attacked racial discrimination, internal and international, as inappropriate to the Indians' future status. In spite of the dangers of popular activism, they evolved a tactic of non-interference with national politicians, partly because of an admission that Indian aspirations, if not methods, were basically legitimate. They repressed political 'crime' and disorders, but saw them as exceptional and as counterproductive to Indian progress; and, though the repressive habit persisted in the 'Rowlatt' Act, the 1919 atrocities were a local aberration repudiated by Chelmsford. Finally, the Government presided over constitutional reforms in which they tried for the first time to prepare for a future transfer of power. The thesis recognises different influences on policy, limitations to Chelmsford's vision, the obscurity of his personal contribution, and the exceptional unpopularity of his rule. Failures are not disputed, but positive achievements are also presented for scrutiny. It is suggested that they encompassed a fundamental commitment to the future.
Entropy production of run-and-tumble particles
Creators: name: Paoluzzi, Matteo
name: Puglisi, Andrea
name: Angelani, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the entropy production in run-and-tumble models. After presenting the general formalism in the framework of the Fokker-Planck equations in one space dimension, we derive some known exact results in simple physical situations (free run-and-tumble particles and harmonic confinement). We then extend the calculation to the case of anisotropic motion (different speeds and tumbling rates for right and left oriented particles), obtaining exact expressions of the entropy production rate. We conclude by discussing the general case of heterogeneous run-and-tumble motion described by space-dependent parameters and extending the analysis to the case of d-dimensional motions.
description: 9 pages, 1 figure
sj-pdf-2-dhj-10.1177_2055207620930118 - Supplemental material for Community health alliances as social enterprises that digitally engage citizens and integrate services: A case study in Southwestern Sydney (protocol)
Creators: name: Godinho, Myron Anthony
name: Md Mahfuz Ashraf
name: Padmanesan Narasimhan
name: Siaw-Teng Liaw
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Science Policy
subject: 160512 Social Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-dhj-10.1177_2055207620930118 for Community health alliances as social enterprises that digitally engage citizens and integrate services: A case study in Southwestern Sydney (protocol) by Myron Anthony Godinho, Md Mahfuz Ashraf, Padmanesan Narasimhan and Siaw-Teng Liaw in Digital Health
title: Brahman beliefs and practices in Maharashtra.
Creators: name: Mullins, Esther Molleson
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1962

description: The thesis falls into four parts. I. The Maharastra Brahmans. Firstly, their subdivisions and in what parts of Maharastra they are to be found; and secondly, their theological background - their Vedic Sakhas and Caranas, and the mass of Vedic and Samskrta literature which the various Caranas have in their keeping. 2. The ritual practice of the orthodox Brahman of Maharastra. The Snana-Sandhya, the Pancamahayajna, the ritual of the morning meal. A chapter on the Hindu Calendar, and its bearing on ritual and observances. The Karma toward gods and toward ancestors, and the sixteen bodily Samskaras, the chief of which are the Sacred Thread Ceremony, and the Rite of Marriage, involving the horoscope calculations, and the rites and propitiations incidental to the wedding ceremony, and the carrying of the Grhyagni (the domestic fire) from the wedding altar to the house of the bridegroom. Then a description of the Brahman home, and the Brahman woman as bride, wife, and mother. The last (sixteenth) Samskara, the obsequial rite, ends this section. 3. The major deities - the Vedic gods, then the Puranic Triad, and Visnu's incarnations, and gods other than the Triad. Vaissava and Saiva Holy places in Maharastra. Then a description of the Attendant Celestial powers, beneficent, and demon, in air, earth, and the nether regions. Modern Maharastra. The decline in ritual practice, curtailment of the main rites to suit the speed of modern life, the critical outlook toward antiquity, the decline in Samskrta studies and the recommendations of the Samskrta Commission, the Tenancy Act, and effect on country Brahman landowners, the revival of Vedic sacrifice for national motives, the removal of untouchability, and the new aim of cultivating the 'inner values and social service'.
Reviewer_1_v.1 – Supplemental material for Cytological-energy analysis of pleural effusions with predominance of neutrophils
Creators: name: Matuchova, Inka
name: Kelbich, Petr
name: Kubalik, Jan
name: Hanuljakova, Eva
name: Stanek, Ivan
name: Maly, Vilem
name: Karpjuk, Ondrej
name: Krejsek, Jan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Reviewer_1_v.1 for Cytological-energy analysis of pleural effusions with predominance of neutrophils by Inka Matuchova, Petr Kelbich, Jan Kubalik, Eva Hanuljakova, Ivan Stanek, Vilem Maly, Ondrej Karpjuk and Jan Krejsek in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Reviewer_1_v.3 – Supplemental material for Cytological-energy analysis of pleural effusions with predominance of neutrophils
Creators: name: Matuchova, Inka
name: Kelbich, Petr
name: Kubalik, Jan
name: Hanuljakova, Eva
name: Stanek, Ivan
name: Maly, Vilem
name: Karpjuk, Ondrej
name: Krejsek, Jan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Reviewer_1_v.3 for Cytological-energy analysis of pleural effusions with predominance of neutrophils by Inka Matuchova, Petr Kelbich, Jan Kubalik, Eva Hanuljakova, Ivan Stanek, Vilem Maly, Ondrej Karpjuk and Jan Krejsek in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease