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Imagining Economics Otherwise: encounters with identity/difference
No full textIt is possible to be ‘irrational’ without being ‘uneconomic’? What is the link between ‘Value’ and ‘values’? What do economists do when they ‘explain’? We live in times when the economic logic has become unquestionable and all-powerful so that our quotidian economic experiences are defined by their scientific construal. This book is the result of a multifaceted investigation into the nature of knowledge produced by economics, and the construction of the category that is termed ‘economic’ with its implied exclusions. It is an attempt to think economics Otherwise, that is, a questioning of economics as if difference mattered.
Nitasha Kaul re-examines certain understood ways of thinking about economics as a discipline, especially in elation to questions of identity and difference. This book explores the notion that economics is not a timeless, universal, objective science but a changing response to the problems of knowledge and administration. The epistemological inheritance of economics is ‘rooted’ in the enlightenment, and it also inherits the liberal paradoxes of that age. Kaul argues that the juxtaposition of identity with economic (culture/economy) is essential, and can only be achieved by critiquing establishment economists’ discourse on identity, and taking feminist poststructural and postcolonial work seriously. The author challenges the assumption that there is a simple linkage between the category economic, the entity economy and the study of economics. She envisions an economics in the plural: contextual, social, political―econo-mixes.
The book brings together some of the most urgent topics of the day―the power of economics as a discipline, the questions of difference and the politics of identity, and feminist perspectives on this. It will be particularly relevant to heterodox economists, feminist theorists, postcolonial studies scholars, social and cultural theorists, philosophers and history of ideas or intellectual history of thought scholars
Book Reviews
No full textAuthor: LONG, NORMAN; Development Sociology: Actor Perspectives; Reviewer: Jan Kees van Donge; Editors: ADGER, W. NEIL, P. MICK KELLY and NGUYEN HUU NINH; Living with Environmental Change: Social Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in Vietnam; Reviewer: Michael J.G. Parnwell; Editors: MOSER, CAROLINE O.N., and FIONA C. CLARK; Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence; Reviewer: Helen Hintjens; Author: WORLD BANK POLICY RESEARCH REPORT; Engendering Development: Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice; Reviewer: Nitasha Kaul; Authors: ALAUDDIN, MOHAMMAD, and MOSHARAFF HOSSAIN; Environment and Agriculture in a Developing Economy: Problems and Prospects for Bangladesh; Reviewer: Andrew Palfreman; Editors: HUQ, MOZAMMEL, and JIM LOVE; Strategies for Industrialization: The Case of Bangladesh; Reviewer: E. Abdul Azeez; Author: McWILLIAM, MICHAEL; The Development Business: A History of the Commonwealth Development Corporation; Reviewer: Mike Faber; Author: LEFTWICH, ADRIAN; States of Development: On the Primacy of Politics in Development; Reviewer: Francis Adams; Authors: McCULLOCH, NEIL, L. ALAN WINTERS and XAVIER CIRERA; Trade Liberalization and Poverty: A Handbook; Reviewer: Guntur Sugiuarto; Author: WALLE, NICOLAS VAN DER; African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999; Reviewer: Jan Kees van Donge; Author: EASTERLY, WILLIAM; The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics; Reviewer: Frank Ellis; Author: WRIGHT, GRAHAM; Microfinance Systems; Reviewer: Asif Dowla; Author: GOETZ, ANNE MARIE; Women Development Workers: Implementing Rural Credit Programmes in Bangladesh; Reviewer: Asif Dowla; Editors: FINE, BEN, COSTAS LAPAVITSAS and JONATHAN PINCUS; Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the Washington Consensus; Reviewer: Barry Riddell; Editors: CHOWDHURY, ANIS, and IYANATUL ISLAM; Beyond the Asian Crisis: Pathways to Sustainable Growth; Reviewer: Marie-Aimee Tourres; Editors: KWON, O. YUL, and WILLIAM SHEPHERD; Korea's Economic Prospects: From Financial Crisis to Prosperity; Reviewer: Marie-Aimee TourresReview Books,
Propagation and delay-optimal safety messaging in vehicular networks
No full textVehicles that talk to each other are expected to unleash a broad spectrum of applications that will make road travel safer, faster, efficient and more entertaining. We study safety messaging, which enables applications that provide different levels of driver assistance to improve on-road safety, for different vehicular network scenarios. Initial deployments of safety applications in vehicles are expected to be sparse with support for event-driven messaging over a few wireless hops, for example, a car broadcasting messages when in distress. We propose GeoMAC, a protocol that exploits spatial diversity of forwarder nodes, and a geo-backoff mechanism to resolve contention between them, and achieves message delivery with smaller latency and jitter, and greater reliability. Eventually, all on-road vehicles will broadcast their state information, such as location and velocity, many times a second. Each vehicle’s state must be received in a timely manner and be refreshed periodically at all other vehicles of interest. The network objective of minimizing the system age, which we define, is then explored for single and multi-hop networks. For single-hop networks we assume a carrier-sense-multiple-access (CSMA) based sharing of the wireless medium. We show that the minimum system age cannot be achieved in 802.11 networks through pure MAC techniques. We propose, and evaluate on ORBIT, an application broadcast rate adaptation algorithm that allows nodes to locally adapt their messaging rate to keep the system age to a minimum. Next, we explore the benefits of a multi-hop wireless connectivity for a given physical network of on-road vehicles, when nodes can piggyback other nodes’ states. The system age optimization is formulated for arbitrary network graphs and round robin schedules. We show that, under certain conditions, significant improvements in system age may be obtained. For tree topologies, an algorithm that gives schedules that minimize system age is proposed. We end our study on messaging with an empirical evaluation of how enabling location prediction can help reduce rate of messaging and hence channel congestion. Finally, we measure and model the effect of a car’s own geometry, antenna placement, and of other cars in vicinity, on the vehicle-to-vehicle link and the network.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Sanjit Krishnan Kau
Didanosine (ddl) and stavudine (d4T): absence of peripheral neurotoxicity in rabbits
No full textSome 20 male New Zealand White rabbits (five/group) were given either didanosine (ddl) or stavudine (d4T) at 750 and 1500 mg/kg body weight/day by oral intubation for 24 wk. An additional group was given 300 mg/kg body weight/day zidovudine (AZT) as a negative control. After 13 weeks the high dose of ddl was lowered from 1500 to 1000 mg/kg body weight/day following the death of one rabbit and continued inappetence in the dose group. The rabbits were observed daily, plasma drug levels were monitored, and electrophysiological measurements of peripheral nerve conduction were performed during the study. Additionally, body weight and food intake were recorded, and clinicopathological parameters were evaluated. Sections of selected peripheral nerves, and dorsal and ventral spinal nerve roots were examined by light and transmission electron microscopy. Although peripheral neuropathy has been reported in rabbits with the nucleoside analogue zalcitabine (ddC), based on clinical observations, electrophysiological measurements, and light and electron microscopy, no evidence of peripheral neurotoxicity was observed in rabbits given either ddl or d4T.PT: J; CR: ANDERSON T, 1992, TOXICOLOGY LETT S, V191 ANDERSON TD, 1992, LAB INVEST, V66, P63 BERGER AR, 1993, NEUROLOGY, V43, P358 BOZZETTE SA, 1991, J ACQ IMMUN DEF SYND, V4, P851 DUNKLE L, 1990, ANTIVIRAL RES S, V1, P116 FALLOON J, 1990, EAR NOSE THROAT J, V69, P487 FELDMAN D, 1992, LAB INVEST, V66, P75 KAUL S, 1989, PHARMACEUT RES, V6, P895 RACHLIS A, 1993, DRUG SAFETY, V8, P312 SHELTON MJ, 1992, ANN PHARMACOTHER, V26, P660 SIMPSON MV, 1989, BIOCHEM PHARMACOL, V38, P1033 YARCHOAN R, 1988, LANCET 0116, V1, P76 YARCHOAN R, 1990, ANN NY ACAD SCI, V616, P328 YARCHOAN R, 1990, LANCET, V336, P526; NR: 14; TC: 6; J9: FOOD CHEM TOXICOL; PG: 4; GA: TL611Source type: Electronic(1
On the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition in amorphous iron-rich Fe<SUB>100-x</SUB>zr<SUB>x</SUB> (x=8,9,10) alloys
No full textWith a view to resolving the controversy (see Kaul, 1987; Fish and Rhyne, 1987) surrounding the nature of the magnetic transition. Tc in amorphous (a-)Fe100-xZrx alloys with x=8, 9, 10, published magnetisation data on a-Fe92Zr8 and a-Fe91Zr9 alloys have been reanalysed and detailed bulk magnetisation measurements in the critical region have been performed on a-Fe90Zr10. Other workers have claimed that the critical exponents for spontaneous magnetisation, initial susceptibility and critical isotherm, i.e. beta , gamma and delta , respectively, have anomalously large values for a-Fe92Zr8 and a-Fe90Zr10 alloys, but the authors' data analysis demonstrates that for all the glassy alloys in question the critical exponents beta , gamma and delta possess values that are very close to the three-dimensional Heisenberg values and obey the Widom scaling relation, beta delta = beta + gamma . Consistent with this result, magnetisation data in the critical region do satisfy the magnetic equation of state characteristic of a second-order phase transition. A coherent explanation has been provided for the seemingly contradictory neutron diffraction and magnetisation results within the framework of a model previously proposed by the author. Moreover, recently published thermoelectric power and electrical resistivity data on a-Fe90Zr10 and a-Fe92Zr88, respectively, have also been discussed in the light of the present findings
The use of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease and pre-existing advanced liver disease
No full textEnd-stage renal disease (ESRD) associated with pre-existing advanced liver disease (ALD) has increased the risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the outcome following the use of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in ESRD patients with ALD. A retrospective case-controlled study was performed on 16 patients with ALD and ESRD (ESRD-ALD) and 27 control patients with ESRD but without liver disease (ESRD); both groups were started on CAPD during the same period. No major complications were observed in either group in the immediate post-surgical period and, after an average break in period of 11.3 days, the cases and controls were started on regular CAPD. The average duration of follow-up was 8 ± 2.3 months in the ESRD-ALD group compared with 20 ± 1.3 months in the ESRD group. The overall peritonitis rates were 1.26/treatment year in the ESRD-ALD group and 0.63 in the ESRD group. The 6- and 12-month survivals among ESRD-ALD patients were 63.75% and 38.75%, respectively. Patients with ESRD-ALD had significantly lower baseline serum protein and albumin levels at the time of initiation of CAPD. On follow-up, the hemoglobin levels improved in both the groups along with an improvement in the serum protein and albumin levels. Fourteen of the 16 ESRD-ALD patients died at the end of the 3-year follow-up period; deaths were due to terminal liver failure in nine patients and peritonitis in five patients. Patients who died in the ESRD-ALD group had lower serum albumin, lower body mass index (BMI) (median BMI 18.2 vs. 25.6) and higher grades of liver disease [child Pugh grade B (8), grade C (6) vs. grade B (2)] at initiation of CAPD. Our study suggests that CAPD is a safe modality in patients with ESRD-ALD and that it does not carry any major risk for bleeding tendencies, technique failure or worsening of nutritional status. Low serum albumin, lower BMI and higher grade of liver disease at initiation are associated with higher mortality in these patients
Electrical transport in amorphous Fe-Mn-Zr alloys
No full textPT: J; CR: FERT A, 1979, J APPL PHYS, V50, P1886 FISH GE, 1987, J APPL PHYS, V61, P454 KAUL SN, 1987, J APPL PHYS, V61, P451 SHEN BG, 1991, PHYS REV B B, V43, P11005 SHIRAKAWA K, 1983, SCI REP RES TOHOKU A, V31, P54 SRINIVAS V, UNPUB; NR: 6; TC: 5; J9: J APPL PHYS; PN: Part 2; PG: 3; GA: PT848Source type: Electronic(1
Isolation of Methionine Enriched Fraction from Sunflower Protein.
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
Studies on the Hypocholesterolemic Efficacy of Whey Protein Hydrolysate
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Optimization of methods for the extraction of proteins from pigeon pea milling by-products.
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
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