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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
ROLE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL (AM) FUNGI ON GROWTH AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF SOME LEGUMES
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Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
in Partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
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PLANT PATHOLOGYA pot experiment was conducted in the net house of the Department of Plant
Pathology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural Unive~lty, Dhal?a during the period
from May 2006 to December 2006 with a view to study the role of Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal ~i\M) fungi on growth and nutrient uptobe of some legumes. A
positive growth responseto AM was observed in all the selected legumes. The
seedling emergence, plant height, shoot length and root length of inoculated
legumes were comparatively higher then that of uninoculated control. The
mycorrhizal inoculation suppressedroot rot, damping off and leaf blight disease
of BARI Mungbean and suppressedroot rot, damping off, leaf blight and leaf
spot disease of Lentil and ChicRpea. The inoculated plants showed early
flowering and fruiting in comparison to uninoculated control. Mycorrhizal root
colonization differed among the crops ranging from 20.00 to 49.75% and
mycorrhizal dependency varied from 8.85 to 55.22%. Increasednutrient (N, P, K,
$, 8 and Zn) uptal?e was recorded with the inoculated plants. Among the
inoculated legumes comparatively higher N, P and K nutrient uptal?e was
observed in Pigeonpea, Cowpea and ChicRpea respectively; where as S in
Pigeonpea, B in Cowpea and Zn in Soybean
The role of doping on the crystal structure and mixed electronic-ionic properties of Ba-Fe based oxides
Full text link名古屋工業大学博士(工学)Doctor of Engineering主査：籠宮 功doctoral thesi
A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF MARINE FISHERIES PRODUCTION IN BANGLADESH: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Full text linkMarine fishery in the Bay of Bengal and in the surrounding coastal areas is a highly valued renewable natural resource in the agricultural sub-sector of Bangladesh. It bestows the national economy with ample employments, food security, export earning, and is a safety net for the people who possess little. Its capture fishery Bangladesh in the Bangladesh chapter is placed third at the global level reflecting its economic significance of sustainable use. The essay makes an effort towards a quantitative analysis of marine fisheries development and tries to draw some qualitative implications of fisheries development in Bangladesh. In the time series analysis, it is found that both effort level and investment in marine fisheries must have reached a saturation level. While existing poverty may exacerbate overfishing phenomenon in capture areas, the fishing right arrangements require certain over-hauling including effort-control and the joint conservation practices
Interpretation of a Seismic Reflection Survey and Geophysical Well Logs in Jay County, Indiana: Orientation and Composition of a Carbonate Layer Below the Mount Simon Sandstone
Get PDFIn August 2017, a dynamite-sourced 2D seismic reflection survey was conducted along a gravel road northwest of Portland, Indiana. The main focus of the survey was to determine the orientation of a lithologic unit previously identified by Welder (2014) on a similar 2D seismic reflection survey in the same area. Drillers logs of two wells within this area identified a limestone layer below the Mt. Simon Sandstone, and a similar limestone layer was identified in a well drilled in Clark County, Ohio. As the focus of this study, this limestone layer will be informally named the `Votaw limestone\u27. The seismic line studied by Welder (2014) was oriented west-east; the seismic line utilized in this study is oriented north-south and crosses the previous one. Together, these seismic lines allow the true orientation of the Votaw limestone to be determined. Geophysical logs from nearby wells and two distant ones (north central Indiana and western Ohio) were used to produce synthetic seismograms which together with drillers logs were used identify the top of Eden, Trenton, Knox, Eau Claire, Mt. Simon, and Middle Run formations. The top of the Votaw limestone was associated with a reflection in the seismic data using the synthetics and the driller\u27s logs for the nearby wells. Importantly, where the Middle Run Formation exists, the Votaw limestone occurs below the top of the Middle Run. The Votaw limestone is horizontal in both north-south and west-east seismic lines, confirming that it is truly horizontal in this area. This limestone could be present beneath the Middle Run in Warren County, Ohio, based on similar seismic characteristics of reflectors. The pre-stack CDP\u27s were used to analyze the Amplitude Variation with Offset (AVO) response of the limestone layer. The limestone reflector primarily exhibited a negative gradient with some variations suggesting an impurity of the limestone. The limestone reflector in the area is parallel to the overlying Paleozoic reflectors suggesting the lack of any Grenville deformation. For all these reasons, the site could be a prime candidate for drilling and coring of the entire lithologic sequence beneath the Mt. Simon Sandstone
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Management accounting, control and microfinance operation—three papers
No full textThis thesis concerns the ideas of management accounting and control, as it examines poverty management, oral accounts and social control perspectives in a Bangladeshi Microfinance Institution (MFI). It traces how poverty management technologies are put in place and traditional oral accounts and social control mechanisms are expropriated for microfinance operation in the village. It ultimately seeks to understand how an alternative form of management accounting and control was made operable in a rural setting.
The research involved intensive ethnographic fieldwork with in-depth interviews, direct observations, and documentation reviews. Drawing on the theoretical notions of the ‘society of control’ and ‘ethopolitics’, it illustrates how microfinance technologies are put in place to work especially in the emerging terrain of a control society; whether microfinance toolkits form a set of disciplinary and biopolitical mechanisms for the management of poverty; how local networks, social relations etc. are materialised in the making of a particular version of control society; how oral accounts are produced in such settings; how community ethos and values act as important aspects of ethopolitical social control systems; and how social controls are accommodated, reproduced and sustained for management control purposes in microfinance operation. It was the emergence of MFIs that integrated management accounting and control with household and village exchange relations, their social structures, and associated values and beliefs.
This analysis makes several contributions to management accounting and control: first, by revealing poverty management technologies that MFIs design, modify and retain to monitor, report and evaluate the lives of poor people; second, to the discussion of accounting presence and absence; third, to the oral and verbal use of accounting; fourth, to the discussion of social control mechanisms; and finally, to the issues of microfinance in accounting. The thesis also has some theoretical contributions: first, it adds to the discussion of accounting in post-panopticon organisations; second, it shows the existence of alternative mechanisms of control while the organisation is in the becoming process; and finally, it employs ethopolitics as a governmental strategy which is unique in the accounting literature
Incidence and Longitudinal Changes in the Prevalence of Diabetes among Rural Residents of Saskatchewan, Canada
No full textBackground: Saskatchewan is one of the largest rurally populated provinces in Canada with a high prevalence of diabetes in the rural population. Current knowledge about risk factors of diabetes prevalence among the rural residents and the First Nations populations in Saskatchewan is primarily based on cross-sectional studies. Additionally, information regarding risk factors associated with the incidence of diabetes among Canadian rural and First Nation populations is limited.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to extensively assess predictors and longitudinal changes associated with the incidence and prevalence of diabetes among rural residents and First Nations in Saskatchewan, Canada. Additionally, we wanted to determine differences in rates and risk factors of diabetes between First Nations and rural residents in Saskatchewan.
Methods: Both the Saskatchewan rural health study (SRHS) and First Nation Lung Health Project (FNLHP) were prospective cohort studies. SRHS was conducted in two phases: a baseline survey (2010, n=8261) and a follow-up survey (2014, n=4867). The FNLHP was also conducted in two phases: baseline survey (2012/13, n=874) and a follow-up survey (2016, n=839)
Results: The prevalence of diabetes increased from the baseline to follow-up in rural residents and First Nation populations, and non-farm rural residents had a higher prevalence of diabetes than rural farm residents. Apart from common modifiable risk factors, agricultural chemical-related exposures were responsible for the high prevalence of diabetes among rural residents but proven non-significant for the incidence of diabetes. A unique finding of our study was that sleep apnea significantly increases the risk of developing new diabetes cases among rural residents, which is non-significant for the prevalence of diabetes. Additionally, diabetes was prevalent among First Nation women, compared to men, and the finding was reversed for rural residents. Unemployment and high BMI were the most significant factors for the high prevalence of diabetes among First Nation Populations. However, severe perceived discrimination acted as a protective factor for diabetes prevalence, and the underlying mechanism was unclear.
Conclusion: Both individual and contextual factors were responsible for the high incidence and prevalence of diabetes among the rural residents and First Nation populations of Saskatchewan, which demands urgent long term and population-based community health initiatives
China-Bangladesh Relation: a Quest for Bangladesh’s Integrating into Sino-Myanmar Connectivity
No full textThis paper attempts to investigate the necessity of improved China-Bangladesh relation tointegrating into Sino-Myanmar connectivity following qualitative research methodology andsecondary literature. To realise Bangladesh\u27s economic dream and attain its geostrategicpriority, she needs to extend her connectivity with the Southeast and East Asian countries.Though Bangladesh maintains excellent relationships with her giant neighbour India, it isconjectured that sole reliance of Bangladesh over India is perhaps not enough to fulfil her vision.However, to reach out to the east, she needs to fortify her relationship with her other neighbourMyanmar as the gateway. A sustained and stable relation with Myanmar opens the scope forBangladesh to tread into Sino-Myanmar connectivity, which will eventually assist Bangladesh toattain her dream. Here comes the role of China, which traditionally has a time-tested bond withMyanmar. Bangladesh has a deep-rooted historical tie with China which leaves room forBangladesh to exploit in the fields of economy, foreign policy, energy security and geostrategicissues. Bangladesh has much to gain from China by integrating herself into a good number ofChina-led regional initiatives. Good relation with China is essential for Bangladesh to integrateinto Sino-Myanmar connectivity, which is vital to realise her dream. However, while Bangladeshneeds to make India believe that whatever relations she is fostering with China is only for hereconomic progress, not for challenging India’s hegemony
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