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Locally managed tropical forests
No full textUniversity of Michigan School of Natural Resources professor Arun Agrawal and post doctoral candidate Lauren Persha talk about what makes people managed forests more biodiverse and sustainable. U-M researchers say local management increases biodiversity podcast with arun agrawal and lauren pershahttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93335/1/forest_mar_11.mp
Arun Agrawal. Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets, and Community Among a Migrant Pastoral People. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1998. 219 pages. Price not given.
Get PDFMost literature on political economy, both in Economics and
Political Science, has tended to ignore migrant communities. But these
communities pose interesting questions for academics. Migrant
communities tend to face hostile environments in which they have to
survive. Not only do governments “encourage” them to settle down, they
also get marginalised in the politics of the regions in which they tend
to move (or “settle down”). Arun Agrawal addresses some of these
interesting questions in his book. Arun Agrawal is Assistant Professor
of Political Science at Yale University. This work, which started in
1989 and then formed a part of his doctoral dissertation at Duke
University, has taken a decade to come out as a book. Some parts of it
have also appeared earlier as journal articles
Arun_openpractices_disclosure – Supplemental material for Reading Increases the Compositionality of Visual Word Representations
No full textSupplemental material, Arun_openpractices_disclosure for Reading Increases the Compositionality of Visual Word Representations by Aakash Agrawal, K. V. S. Hari and S. P. Arun in Psychological Science</p
Arun_Supplemental_Material_rev – Supplemental material for Reading Increases the Compositionality of Visual Word Representations
No full textSupplemental material, Arun_Supplemental_Material_rev for Reading Increases the Compositionality of Visual Word Representations by Aakash Agrawal, K. V. S. Hari and S. P. Arun in Psychological Science</p
agrawal2019_readingfMRI
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Agrawal A, Hari KVS & Arun SP (2019) Reading Increases the Compositionality of Visual Word Representations, Psychological Science 30: 1707-172
agrawal2020_jumbledwordsfMRI
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Agrawal A, Hari KVS & Arun SP (2020) A compositional neural code in high-level visual cortex can explain jumbled word reading. eLife 9:e5484
Design of Bio-inspired Flexible Wings for Flapping Wing Micro sized Air Vehicle Applications
No full textThe unmatched performance of insect flight is a motivation for bio-inspired designs of synthetic wings that can undergo large deformations in flapping flight. In this paper, we experimentally study the aerodynamic performance of a bio-inspired flexible flapping wing, which has the static load- deformation characteristics of a hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) wing, and compare it with a similar geometry rigid wing. The bio- inspired wing is designed using finite element analysis, coupled with an optimization solver, to match the static load- deflection characteristics of the synthetic wing with that of real hawkmoth wings. A flexible synthetic wing is constructed using a combination of materials (carbon, nylon and rubber) for the veins and a latex membrane. The aerodynamic performance of the synthetic deformable wing is tested on a robotic flapper, using commonly observed kinematic templates of insect flapping (and rotation). Our results show increased thrust by the flexible wing for all kinematic patterns in comparison to the rigid wing. A host of important advantages provided by wing flexibility are mentioned in the context of flapping flight. (C) Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden and The Robotics Society of Japan, 200
Intersubjective meaning and collective action in'fragile'societies : theory, evidence and policy implications
Get PDFThe capacity to act collectively is not just a matter of groups sharing interests, incentives and values (or being sufficiently small), as standard economic theory predicts, but a prior and shared understanding of the constituent elements of problem(s) and possible solutions. From this standpoint, the failure to act collectively can stem at least in part from relevant groups failing to ascribe a common intersubjective meaning to situations, processes and events. Though this is a general phenomenon, it is particularly salient in countries characterized by societal fragility and endemic conflict. We develop a conceptual account of intersubjective meanings, explain its relevance to development practice and research, and examine its implications for development work related to building the rule of law and managing common pool resources.Corporate Law,Public Sector Corruption&Anticorruption Measures,Cultural Policy,Labor Policies,Population Policies
Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care Research (TPPCR) 2023; Issue #7: Commentary on Agrawal et al.
No full textThis TPPCR commentary discusses the 2023 paper by Agrawal et al., “Challenges and opportunities in providing palliative care services to children with a life-limiting illness: A systematic review” published in The National Medical Journal of India
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