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Bahmani Sultanate
No full textThe Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1538) was a Muslim-ruled state in central India that emerged out of the Delhi Sultanate. The Bahmani Sultanate was facing challenges from its expansionist neighbors, which facilitated the incorporation of local Muslim and non-Muslim elites. Military pressure encouraged the recruitment of foreign Muslims, who created a distinct elite group increasingly at odds with local elites; this hostility became endemic to the sultanate. During the middle of the 15th century, the sultanate became an important intellectual and cultural center and reached its largest extent. From the 1480s, internal conflicts and controversial centralizing policies led to rebellions and fast disintegration
Declarative Entity Resolution Via Matching Dependencies and Combining Matching Dependencies With Machine Learning for Entity Resolution
No full textEntity resolution (ER) is an important problem in data cleaning. It is about iden- tifying and merging records in a database that represent the same external entity. Relatively recently, declarative rules called matching dependencies (MDs) have been proposed for specifying similarity conditions under which attribute values in database records are merged. An ER process supported by MDs over a dirty instance may lead to multiple clean instances.In this thesis, we first present disjunctive answer set programs that capture through their models the class of alternative clean instances obtained after an ER process based on MDs. With these programs, we can obtain clean answers to queries by skeptically reasoning from the program. As an important practical case of ER, we provide a declarative reconstruction of the so-called union-case ER methodology, as presented through a generic approach to ER, the so-called Swoosh approach. We extend our ASP-based account of the union-case of Swoosh with negative rules.In this work, we extend MDs to relational MDs, which capture more application semantics, and identify classes of relational MDs for which the proposed declarative specifications for ER via MDs can be automatically rewritten into stratified Datalog programs.We also show the process and the benefits of integrating four components of ER: (a) Building a classifier for duplicate/non-duplicate record pairs using machine learn- ing (ML) techniques; (b) Use of relational MDs for supporting the blocking phase of ML; (c) Record merging on the basis of the classifier results; and (d) The use of the declarative language LogiQL -an extended form of Datalog supported by the LogicBlox platform- for all activities related to data processing, and the specification and enforcement of MDs
Cultural life in deccan during Bahmani rule
No full textBahmani rule provided a new dimension to the social and cultural institutions and activities of Deccan. The Bahmani rulers accorded a place of prominence to the Sufis both at Gulbarga and Bidar. The political and economic institutions of Bahmani Kingdom were largely based on the pattern of its north Indian predecessors but the social and cultural affairs revolved round the Sufis who enabled the mystics to gain an upper hand.
The Bahmani rulers invited scholars, saints, architects and other eminent statesmen in order enrich the social, educational, cultural and economic foundations of Deccan. The Persian literature, art, architecture and culture had definite bearing on the Deccan. The architectural and artistic evidence suggests that both religious bonds and the long-standing commercial links between Persia and the Deccan provided important conduits for cultural traditions
‘Iyani, a Shirazi poet and historian in the Bahmani Deccan
No full textThis paper examines MS D. 92 of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras/Chennai, which contains the works of ‘Iyani, a late fifteenth century Shirazi poet and historian. ‘Iyani had migrated to the Deccan, and wrote in Persian in the Bahmani sultanate (1347–1528), receiving the patronage of both Sultan Mahmud Shah (r. 1482–924) and Habib al-Din Muhibballah, a descendant of the Sufi saint Shah Ni‘matallah Vali of Kirman. The paper investigates ‘Iyani’s works, which comprise qasidas, ghazals, ruba‘iyyat and two mathnavīs, the Jangnama-i Shahrukh and the Fathnama-i Mahmud Shahi. The latter, recording the defeat of a rebellion led by the Abyssinian commander in Gulbarga, Dastur Dinar, sheds new light on the political and factional environment in the final stages of Bahmani rule. ‘Iyani’s works represent a new source for the cultural, literary and political history of the fifteenth century Deccan.Peer reviewe
Investigation of fracture toughness for a polycrystalline graphite under combined tensile-tear deformation
No full textIn the present contribution, mixed mode I/III fracture toughness of a polycrystalline graphite is studied experimentally, numerically and theoretically using a new designed test specimen. A simple disc shape specimen subjected to three-point bending named herein edge notched disc bend (ENDB), is successfully employed for fracture toughness experiments on graphite. This specimen can introduce full combination of modes I and III including pure mode I, pure mode III and complete intermediate mode mixities. Fracture toughness values (KIc and KIIIc) of investigated graphite are obtained for six different mode mixities for and the obtained experimental data are compared with theoretical predictions of two conventional mixed mode I/III fracture theories namely: maximum tangential stress (MTS) and maximum tangential strain energy density (MTSED). It has been observed that the fracture toughness results are in good agreement with the mixed mode I/III curve of MTSED criterion. Consequently, the suggested ENDB specimen can be proposed as a suitable specimen for mixed mode I/III fracture toughness study of based on graphite materials. © 2017 Elsevier Lt
Arabic as a language of the South Asian Chancery : Bahmani communications to the Mamluk Sultanate
No full textAbstract: A growing body of literature on trade and cultural exchange between the Indian Ocean regions has already contributed significantly to our understanding of these processes and the role of language and writing within them. Yet, the question remains how Arabic correspondence played a part in communications between South Asian powers and the rulers in the Red Sea region. In order to begin filling this lacuna, this article studies epistolary writings from the Bahmani Sultanate (748/1347-934/1528) to the Mamluk Sultanate (648/1250-922/1517) during the second half of the ninth/fifteenth century. The contextualisation and discussion of three letters render insight both into the (up to now unstudied) issues at play in Bahmani-Mamluk relations and into the nature of these Arabic texts
A Novel Method Based on a Non-Stationary Discrete Markov Chain for Tracking Variations in the Quantity of Reserved Energy and the Number of Electric Vehicles
No full textSince the initial suggestion that electrically propelled vehicles could be used on the grid-side, numerous significant investigations have been conducted to showcase the capabilities of these technologies, which have proven to be highly advantageous. Nevertheless, there are still many uncertainties surrounding the integration of electric vehicles into the power grid, which is why it has been likened to a black box. These uncertainties include the number of electric vehicles that will be connected to the grid at any given time, the amount of energy that will be stored in their batteries during both the daytime and overnight, and the impact that their charging profiles will have on the overall load placed on the power system. In addition, there are several unanswered questions that need to be addressed. This article presents a novel model that effectively addresses these uncertainties. It is based on a non-stationary Markov chain, and it was introduced in this paper. The findings of the model provide fascinating insights into the number of electric vehicles connected to the grid and the amount of energy saved over the course of a day, as demonstrated by a case study. In addition, this article analyzes and evaluates the ability of the model to accurately represent the load modeling of electric vehicle charging
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Bahmani Coinage, and Deccani and North Indian Metrological and Monetary Considerations, 1200-1600.
No full textChapter I is a survey of the coinage of northern and Deccani South Asia and its historical context in the period under discussion. It is accompanied by photographs. Chapter II is a detailed examination of Bahmani coinage. Accompanying that chapter are Appendices I, a catalogue of Bahmani legend types, and II, the transliteration and translation of those legends. The first parts of the chapter concern different types of information in the coin legends and compare them with the materials in Ferishta and Tabataba, the two major historians of the Bahmanis. The last part of the chapter contains an examination of the weights of Bahmani coins and is accompanied by Appendices III, frequency tables for copper coins, and IV, summaries of gold and silver weights. It is concluded that Bahmani coinage went through a major reform in the 1420s and copper coinage was directly linked to silver coinage on the basis of value. Chapter III concerns the meaning of the word gani during the sultanate period, and it is concluded that it indicated value, rather than weight as previously believed. In addition, it is shown that the billon coins of most of the period were actually fractional silver pieces issued in a number of different denominations. Chapter IV, accompanied by Appendices V through VIII (frequency tables for the sultanate, early Mughal, Suri and Akbari periods) concerns metrological and monetary problems. It is concluded that the pre-Mughal metrological system was surprisingly uniform; that Akbar's reforms were based on the old system; that the changes which he made greatly enriched the treasury.PhDAsian historyUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/157954/1/8025724.pd
Morphological and Functional Characteristics of the Right Ventricle Functioning as a Systemic Ventricle for Decades After an Atrial Switch Procedure for Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries
No full textDue to copyright restrictions full text access from Treasures at UT Dallas is restricted to current UTD affiliates (use the provided Link to Article).Described herein are certain clinical and cardiac morphologic findings in 4 adults with complete transposition of the great arteries who underwent the Mustard procedure in the newborn period or in childhood and each lived >30 years thereafter before either having orthotopic heart transplantation (3 patients) or dying while awaiting orthotopic heart transplantation. Compared with the wall of the left ventricle, the wall of the right ventricle (the systemic one) was much thicker, the myofibers much larger, and either grossly-visible or microscopic-sized scars were present in its wall. Additionally, some intramural coronary arteries in the right ventricular wall were numerous, large, had thick walls, and often narrowed lumens. That the Mustard operation provided the necessary time for the right ventricle (the systemic one) to develop to its fullest is a tribute to this procedure. ©2019 The AuthorsSchool of Natural Sciences and Mathematic
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