title: A Personality study of university students beginning transcendental meditation

authors: Crawford, Bruce Cameron

abstract: Transcendental meditation (TM), as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is now being practised by hundreds1 of New Zealand University students. This meditation form, which is defined as "a simple, natural process which involves the progressive refinement of the nervous system through the regular alternation of deep rest and activity" (Katz 1968, p 2) is claimed to be easily taught and universally applicable. 
 From the research point of view it has a number of advantages: 
(1) Large numbers of subjects are being taught at the same time. 
(2) The effects are said to become apparent from the beginning of practice. 
(3) Practice starts at the beginning of a short (4 days) "training" period. 
(4) No concentration or effort of any kind is involved. 
(5) Subject can practice in any comparatively quiet environment for as little as 15 minutes twice a day. 
These considerations allow the practice of transcendental meditation to be scientifically investigated with comparative ease. Physiological measurements on practitioners have already been carried out.

text: A Personality study of university students beginning transcendental meditation Transcendental meditation (TM), as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is now being practised by hundreds1 of New Zealand University students. This meditation form, which is defined as "a simple, natural process which involves the progressive refinement of the nervous system through the regular alternation of deep rest and activity" (Katz 1968, p 2) is claimed to be easily taught and universally applicable. 
 From the research point of view it has a number of advantages: 
(1) Large numbers of subjects are being taught at the same time. 
(2) The effects are said to become apparent from the beginning of practice. 
(3) Practice starts at the beginning of a short (4 days) "training" period. 
(4) No concentration or effort of any kind is involved. 
(5) Subject can practice in any comparatively quiet environment for as little as 15 minutes twice a day. 
These considerations allow the practice of transcendental meditation to be scientifically investigated with comparative ease. Physiological measurements on practitioners have already been carried out.

year: 1972

title: A review on treatment processes of chicken manure

authors: Manogaran, M. Devendran

abstract: The poultry industry is a fast-growing industry fuelled by overwhelming customer demand. Of the different poultry meat options, chicken is arguably the most popular as it is the second most staple food item in Malaysia after rice. Consequently, due to the overwhelming demand for chicken meat, chicken manure is produced in abundance. In fact, a chicken produces 80 g to 100 g of manure daily, corresponding to 3-4% of its body weight. Utilizing the raw manure as an organic fertilizer without any prior treatment results in adverse environmental consequences as this common practice acts as a vector for propagation of pathogens, attracting flies and pests as well as contributing to odour problems. Treatment methods using pesticides, effective microorganisms and daily collection and disposal have been adopted by the farmers but these techniques are relatively costly and associated with potential environmental threats. Other techniques such as composting, pyrolysis, gasification, anaerobic digestion, hydrothermal liquefaction and torrefaction are drawing interest due to their ability to convert waste to value-added products. Approximately, 77,209 tonnes of chicken manure produced per day in Malaysia in 2014 can potentially generate up to 3.86 million m3 of methane from anaerobic digestion, equivalent to potential generation of 139.5 TJ of heat or 38.7 GWh of electricity theoretically. This paper reviews the technical and practical aspects of the techniques mentioned above in terms of operation, performance and limitations. This paper also examines the preferential treatment techniques in relation to the product outputs with good market potential while being environmentally sustainable.

text: A review on treatment processes of chicken manure The poultry industry is a fast-growing industry fuelled by overwhelming customer demand. Of the different poultry meat options, chicken is arguably the most popular as it is the second most staple food item in Malaysia after rice. Consequently, due to the overwhelming demand for chicken meat, chicken manure is produced in abundance. In fact, a chicken produces 80 g to 100 g of manure daily, corresponding to 3-4% of its body weight. Utilizing the raw manure as an organic fertilizer without any prior treatment results in adverse environmental consequences as this common practice acts as a vector for propagation of pathogens, attracting flies and pests as well as contributing to odour problems. Treatment methods using pesticides, effective microorganisms and daily collection and disposal have been adopted by the farmers but these techniques are relatively costly and associated with potential environmental threats. Other techniques such as composting, pyrolysis, gasification, anaerobic digestion, hydrothermal liquefaction and torrefaction are drawing interest due to their ability to convert waste to value-added products. Approximately, 77,209 tonnes of chicken manure produced per day in Malaysia in 2014 can potentially generate up to 3.86 million m3 of methane from anaerobic digestion, equivalent to potential generation of 139.5 TJ of heat or 38.7 GWh of electricity theoretically. This paper reviews the technical and practical aspects of the techniques mentioned above in terms of operation, performance and limitations. This paper also examines the preferential treatment techniques in relation to the product outputs with good market potential while being environmentally sustainable.

year: 2022

title: Nga taonga o Te Urewera

authors: Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia

subjects: Maori

abstract: This report sets out to establish that Te Urewera and Tuhoe - the place, the people -
are synonymous. It is argued by two discrete approaches - cultural property and the
significance of place. These are both enmeshed in the Tuhoe concept of
matemateaone, which is defined and demonstrated throughout the text. Issues of
Tuhoe heritage and cultural property are positioned within the international
indigenous context, and considered in detail with reference to the United Nations
Report on the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples tabled in June 1995.
A Tuhoe response to the nine sections of this document form the basis of this
submission, as they clearly reflect the intentions and principles that configure the
articles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

text: Nga taonga o Te Urewera This report sets out to establish that Te Urewera and Tuhoe - the place, the people -
are synonymous. It is argued by two discrete approaches - cultural property and the
significance of place. These are both enmeshed in the Tuhoe concept of
matemateaone, which is defined and demonstrated throughout the text. Issues of
Tuhoe heritage and cultural property are positioned within the international
indigenous context, and considered in detail with reference to the United Nations
Report on the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples tabled in June 1995.
A Tuhoe response to the nine sections of this document form the basis of this
submission, as they clearly reflect the intentions and principles that configure the
articles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

year: 2003-08