246 research outputs found
Mutation Breeding in Chickpea: Perspectives and Prospects for Food Security
No full textThe book by M. Imran Kozgar aims to cover the problems of mutation breeding in pulse crops in the light of issues related to food insecurity and malnutrition, which according to FAO are the major threats at the present time. So far the research on induction of mutation in pulse crops is negligible compared to cereal crops, though the pulse crops and especially the chickpea are the largest grown crops in India. The main objective of the book is to reveal and explore the possibility of inducing genetic variability in early generations of mutated chickpea, describe the positive aspects of mutagenic treatments, evaluate the content of mineral elements (iron, manganese, zinc and copper) and physiological parameters of isolated high yielding mutant lines. The author hopes that his book will help to advance studies on pulse crops, and that in the long term it will help to reduce the food insecurity and malnutrition problems presently persisting in various developing countries, including India
Cooperative negawatt P2P energy trading for low-voltage distribution networks
No full textIn this paper, the formation and feasibility of negawatt (nW) peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading in a grid-connected energy network are studied. In particular, a framework is presented to introduce nW P2P trading concept in the local electricity market in order to provide cost savings to each participating prosumer. To capture the decision-making strategy of various nW prosumers, a coalition game model is proposed whereby prosumers can trade energy frequently in a collaborative way. The proposed nW P2P trading framework satisfies the beneficial criterion of the coalition game. Also, it confirms the stability and prosumer-focused feature of the structured coalition. To distribute the total coalition payoff between nW prosumers, Shapley value and Nucleolus are used. Finally, simulation results are provided to examine the effectiveness of the developed nW P2P trading on an actual distribution network. The simulation results emphasise that the proposed nW P2P trading can (1) enable prosumers to minimise notable portion of their electricity costs compared to the grid's-facilitated demand response scheme, (2) keep total power loss and voltage profiles within permissible ranges, and (3) avoid network protection arrangements required for voltage regulation as opposed to kilowatt P2P trading.Full Tex
Investigating the impact of P2P trading on power losses in grid-connected networks with prosumers
No full textThe extensive financial benefit that a prosumer can reap from participating in P2P trading has been shown to be unprecedented by many recent studies. However, since the actual transfer of electricity occurs over the physical network, a key question that yet to answer is: what is the repercussion of P2P trading on the power losses in grid-connected electricity networks? To this end, this paper presents a detailed physical layer analysis of P2P trading to investigate its impact on the network losses. In this paper, P2P transaction losses is defined as one part of network losses and a strategy is proposed to trace P2P transaction losses using effective nodes’ area concept. The other portion of network losses is labelled as grid contributed losses incurred due to the power supplied by the grid to satisfy other customers within and outside effective nodes’ area. Finally, this paper utilises IEEE 8500-node distribution test feeder to capture the large-scale performance of P2P trading in comparison with the existing case, in which there is no P2P trading. Several case studies are considered and the first category of simulation results demonstrate that the P2P transactions do not change the network losses, compared to the non-P2P scenario, if prosumers do not have power dispatch flexibility. Further, It is observed from the second category of simulation results that flexible power dispatch of P2P prosumers can change the network losses at some time instants of a typical day. However, the variation in 24 h network losses between P2P and non-P2P cases is found to be insignificant for a large-sized distribution network with notable residential customers for a typical sunny day
Monobazus Distant
No full textMonobazus Distant Remarks. A review of this genus is in preparation by the second author and C.A. Viraktamath. Monobazus dissimilis (Distant), comb. nov. (Plate 1, d; Fig. 4). Deltocephalus fuscovarius Distant. Syn. nov. Material examined. Pakistan: 213, 4 Ƥ, Sindh Prov., Tando Jam, 7.xi.07. India: several specimens from throughout India and Sri Lanka, including the syntypeƤ of Xestocephalus dissimilis and 2 Ƥ syntypes of Deltocephalus fuscovarius (BMNH). Remarks. This species is similar to Osbornellus (Mavromoustaca) macchiae (see below) in having a pair of long basal paraphyses of the aedeagus (Figs 4 k-m) but these are dorsal rather than ventral and its subgenital plate is distinctive in being very long with its apical part digitate and lightly sclerotised, macrosetae relatively slender, and with both marginal and dorsal long fine setae.Published as part of Khatri, Imran & Webb, Michael D., 2010, The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2365 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19365
Mukaria Distant
No full text<i>Mukaria</i> Distant new record <p> <i>Mukaria</i> Distant 1908: 269. Type species: <i>M. penthimioides</i> Distant</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Oriental.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> Although this genus is recorded for the first time from Pakistan its current presence is uncertain as its food plant, bamboo (from which the following species was collected), is now unknown to the first author in Pakistan.</p>Published as part of <i>Khatri, Imran & Webb, Michael D., 2011, On the identity of Benglebra Mahmood & Ahmad, and other Mukariini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Bangladesh and Pakistan, pp. 14-22 in Zootaxa 2885</i> on page 18, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/202933">10.5281/zenodo.202933</a>
Retraction Note: Refining Parkinson’s neurological disorder identification through deep transfer learning (Neural Computing and Applications, (2020), 32, 3, (839-854), 10.1007/s00521-019-04069-0)
No full textThe Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation's findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article. The authors Imran Razzak and Saeeda Naz disagree with this retraction. The author Muhammad Imran has not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction. The Publisher has not been able to obtain a current email address for the authors Amina Naseer, Monail Rani, and Guandong Xu
Relevansi nilai-nilai pendidikan akhlak dalam Surah Ali Imran : 159-160 perspektif Tafsir al Misbah dengan masyarakat modern
No full textINDONESIA:
Nilai nilai pendidikan akhlak di kalangan masyarakat mengalami kemerosotan, baik di kalangan pelajar, maupun masyarakat umum. Fenomena tersebut menunjukkan bahwa pendidikan yang berlangsung hingga saat ini belum mampu memberikan kontribusi pada manusia untuk meningkatkan derajatnya sebgaimana yang dicontohkan oleh Nabi Muhammad SAW. Hal ini terjadi karena kurangnya kesadaran masyarakat terutama umat Islam untuk mempelajari Al-Qur’an dan Hadits sebagai pedoman hidup. Berangkat dari sinilah penulis tertarik untuk mengkaji lebih dalam mengenai nilai-nilai pendidikan akhlak yang terkandung dalam Al-Qur’an terkhusus dalam Surah Ali Imran : 159-160. Kemudian agar pembahasan lebih mudah untuk dipahami, penulis mengambil perspektif Tafsir al Misbah karya M. Quraish Shihab. Fokus penelitian ini adalah apa saja nilai-nilai pendidikan akhlak dalam surah Ali Imran : 159-160 perspektif Tafsir al Misbah? Dan bagaiman relevansi nilai-nilai pendidikan akhlak yang terkandung dalam surah Ali Imran : 159-160 perspektif Tafsir al Misbah dengan masyarakat modern?
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kepustakaan (library research). Sumber data primernya adalah kitab Tafsir al Misbah yang membahas tafsir Qur’an Surah Ali Imran 159-160. Sedangkan data sekundernya berupa buku, jurnal, artikel, maupun karya-karya tulis ilmiah lainnya yang berhubungan dengan pokok penelitian ini. Untuk menganalisis data yang terkumpul, diklarifikasikan sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan analisis dengan cara yang tepat. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan content analysis yang disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan dan cara yang tepat.
Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa nilai-nilai pendidikan akhlak yang terkandung dalam surah Ali Imran : 159-160 perspektif Tafsir al Misbah adalah akhlak kepada masyarakat yang berupa lemah lembut, pemaaf, dan musyarawah. Kemudian juga terdapat nilai akhlak kepada Allah yang berupa tawakal. Nilai-nilai pendidikan akhlak yang terkandung dalam Surah Ali Imran :159-160 perspektif tafsir al Misbah masih sangat relevan dengan kehidupan masyarakat sekarang sebagai acuan berperilaku untuk menyikapi hal-hal kekinian yang didalamnya juga terdapat nilai-nilai diluar syariat dan kewajaran yang menimbulkan kemerosotan akhlak dalam masyarakat.
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The values moral education in the community has decreased, both among students and in the general public community. This phenomenon shows that education has taken place until now has not been able to contribute to humans to increase their degree as exemplified by the Prophet Muhammad. This happens because of the lack of public awareness, especially Muslims, to study the Al-Qur'an and Hadith as a guide for life. Starting from this, the author is interested in examining more deeply the values of moral education contained in the Qur'an, especially in Surah Al Imran: 159-160. Then, for make the discussion easier to understand, the wraiter takes the perspective Tafsir al Misbah creation M. Quraish Shihab. The research focus of this research is what are the values of moral education in Surah Ali Imran: 159-160 from the perspective of Tafsir al Misbah? And how is the relevance of the values of moral education contained in Surah Ali Imran: 159-160 from the perspective of Tafsir al Misbah with modern society?
The research is library research. The primary data source is the book Tafsir al Misbah which discusses interpretation the Qur'an Surah Ali Imran 159-160. Meanwhile, secondary data are books, journals, articles, and other scientific papers related to the subject of this research. To analyze the collected data, it is clarified according to needs and analyzed in an appropriate manner. In analyzing the data, the technique used is content analysis.
The results this research indicate that the values moral education contained in the Surah Ali Imron: 159-160 Tafsir al Misbah perspective include: morals to the community in the form of gentle, forgiving, and Duscusion. Then there is also a moral value to Allah in the form of tawakal. Educational values the morals contained in Surah Ali Imran :159-160 perspective of al-Misbah interpretation is still very relevant to people's lives today as a reference for behavior to address things in the present, in which there are also values outside the Shari'a and fairness that cause a decline in morals in society.
ARABIC:
خلفية البحث على ظاهرة تدهور قيمة التربية الأخلاقية في المجتمع. هذه الظاهرة تدل على أن التعليم الآن لم يستطع أن يساهم للإنسان في زيادة درجته كما تجلى في النبي محمد. يحدث هذا بسبب نقص الوعي العام, وخاصة المسلمين, بدراسة القرآن والحديث كدليل للحياة. انطلاقًا من هذا, يهتم الباحثة بفحص قيم التربية الأخلاقية الواردة في القرآن بعمق, وخاصة في سورة العمران: 159 – 160 ثم من لتسهيل فهم الباحثة تأخذ منظور تفسير المصباح للمخرج محمد قريش شهاب محور هذا البحث . ما هي قيم التربية الأخلاقية في سورة علي عمران: 159-160 من منظور تفسير المصباح؟ وما مدى ارتباط قيم التربية الأخلاقية الواردة في سورة علي عمران: 159-160 من منظور تفسير المصباح بالمجتمع الحديث؟
البحث بحثية مكتبية. مصادر البيانات الأساسي هو كتاب تفسير المصباح يناقش التفسير القرآني لسورة العمران159 – 160. البيانات الثانوية في شكل كتب ومجلة ومقبلة وأوراق علمية أخرى تتعلق بموضوع هذا البحث. لتحليل البيانات جمعها, لتوضيحها وفقًا للاحتياجات وتحليلها بطريقة مناسبة. في تحليل البيانات, الأسلوب المستخدم هو تحليل المحتوى.
نتائج البحث أن قيم التربية الأخلاقية الواردة في سورة الععمران: 159-160 على منظور تفسير المصباح تشمل: أخلاق المجتمع في صورة اللطيف والمتسامح والمصيروة. هناك قيمة أخلاقية عند الله في التوكل القيم التربوية الأخلاق الواردة في سورة علي عمران: منظور 159-160 لتفسير المصباح لا يزال وثيق الصلة بحياة الناس اليوم كمرجع للسلوك للرد في الوقت الحاضر ، حيث توجد أيضًا قيم خارج الشريعة والعدالة تؤدي إلى تدهور الأخلاق في المجتم
Coalition graph game-based P2P energy trading with local voltage management
No full textIn this paper, the feasibility of peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading in a voltage-constrained grid-connected network is studied. In particular, a local voltage management scheme is proposed that takes network constraints into consideration to instruct the prosumers to trade energy frequently in the P2P market. A coalition graph game-based P2P energy trading framework is developed, in which prosumers can form the coalition to negotiate and decide on the energy trading parameters, such as trading quantities and prices. The Myerson value rule is used to allocate the total payoff of the proposed game fairly among the participating prosumers. Further, the stability of the proposed coalition structure is confirmed. Several simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the developed P2P trading model. The simulation results show that the proposed P2P trading framework can enable prosumers to export power without causing high voltage problem in the network, and help prosumers cut down a significant portion of their overall electricity costs compared to the feed-in-tariff and coalition game model without mutual negotiations.Full Tex
Proposal for a New Economic Framework Based On Islamic Principles
No full textThis book provides a holistic socio-economic framework working in conformity with the Islamic principles. Chapter 2 builds the ground for the proposed framework by discussing the foundations of the ethical precepts of Islam. It discusses the thesis of religion, answers some of the questions in the comparative study of religion and tries to resolve few of the misconceptions about the faith of Islam. Chapter 3 outlines the economic teachings of Islam with regard to earning and spending. It discusses at length the ideals Islam set before its adherents in the ethical sphere of life. The ethical principles are discussed based on the study of relevant Quranic text and the narrations of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Chapter 4 studies the comparative economic systems. It analyzes Capitalism, Socialism, Mixed Economy and Islamic economic system. Chapter 5 introduces the salient features of the proposed economic framework with special focus on fiscal reforms. It discusses the potential of the institution of Zakat to meet fiscal needs of the government and to assist it in doing away with deficit financing, fiscal bleeding, crowding out private sector and reducing deadweight loss by parting the way with private sector so as to ensure market economy operating on its own as far as possible and playing an active regulatory role. Chapter 6 introduces the monetary reforms. It discusses how savings would feature despite discontinuation of interest, how inflation will be checked with central banks not having at their disposal conventional OMO, how liquidity will be managed in banking sector when a central bank wants to inject liquidity or mop up funds. How and to what extent the institution of Zakat would enable the government to meet its fiscal targets and does not crowd out private sector with public borrowing. How balance of payments and exchange rate stability can be managed in an interest free economy. If in the short term, the government or central bank needs alternative source of revenue other than Zakat, they can issue GDP linked bonds. This could replace T-bill and provide a base instrument for OMO and liquidity management in the banking and financial sector. Chapter 7 introduces the currently practiced Islamic Banking and Finance. Since Islamic economic principles have more prominently been used in banking and finance, much of the discussion centers on Islamic banking and finance in lieu of analyzing the existing practices and then in the next chapter, preferable alternatives in areas where shortcoming is observed and need for improvement is felt are suggested. Chapter 8 discusses the financial system in the proposed framework with the role of institutions and the discussion on comprehensive need fulfillment mechanisms to serve every major need of a sophisticated contemporary financial system. Some important novel changes are recommended, such as introduction of options in mortgage financing, which will allow the bank to separate the tenancy and sale contract in a distinctive way. This will still ensure that it locks the sale with the borrower or with the third party without making both contracts dependent on each other. It will benefit the bank as well as the borrower, who will have an option but not an obligation to buy the asset at maturity. The modified role of bank entering in a Mudarabah contract as a “Rabb-ul-maal” (investor) will ensure that the bank takes on operational risk. It will enable the resources to go into productive avenues rather than in financial instruments. This modification will generate employment and productive activities in the economy in a more direct manner. The division of Mudarabah corporate and Mudarabah consumer will target two very distinct markets and will result in channeling of funds from saving surplus units to saving-deficient units. Reforms in equity markets and alternatives for insurance are also suggested. Chapter 9 introduces feasibility and structure of Micro credit as an alternative for interest based micro finance. It discusses how the potential obstacles in the form of lack of trust, funding commitment, lack of collateral arrangement, lack of documentation etc would be handled.Interest Free Economy, Islamic Economy, Islamic Economic System, Islamic Monetary Policy, Islamic Fiscal Policy, Interest, Zakat, Riba, Usury, Development, Redistribution, Economic Systems, Financial System, Financial Intermediation, Saving, Investment.
Exact solutions for n-layer concentric flow of PTT fluids through a cylindrical pipe
No full textFlows of multiple layers of fluids are encountered in many industrial and manufacturing processes. This paper investigates the concentric n-layer flow for PTT fluids through a cylindrical pipe. Finitely many immiscible non-Newtonian fluids are considered to be flowing concentrically in a tube. The flow is modelled using the exponential PTT fluid model and exact solutions for velocity fields and volume flow rates are computed. \textcolor{red}{It has been shown that the corresponding results for linear PTT fluid model as well as Newtonian fluids can be deduced from the obtained expressions, and that they match with present literature. It has also been observed that for such layered flow, the non-Newtonian parameters significantly affect the flow of fluids in adjacent layers. The effects of involved parameters on the velocity profiles are also shown graphically. We also show that a unique velocity maximum exists along the axis of the pipe. Moreover, it is also observed with the help of an example that layer thickness can be adjusted in order to obtain maximal flow rate with a given pressure gradient.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
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