319 research outputs found
Dilip Kumar: autor-aktor
No full textDilip Kumar has been praised for his sublime dialog delivery, for his restrained gestures, and for his measured and controlled underplay of emotions in tragic stories as well as in light-hearted comedies. His debut in 1944 with Jwar Bhata (Ebb and Tide) met with less-than-flattering reviews. So did the next three films until his 1948 film, Jugnu (Firefly), which brought him recognition and success. Unlike his contemporaries such as Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand, who propelled their careers by launching their own production companies, Dilip Kumar relied on his talent, his unique approach to characterization, and his immersion in the projects he undertook. In the course of his career that spanned six decades, Kumar made only 62 films. However, his work is a textbook for other actors that followed. Not only did he bring respectability to a profession that had been shunned by the upper classes in India as a profession for “pimps and prostitutes,” but he also elevated film-acting and filmmaking to an academic discipline, making him worthy of the title ‘Professor Emeritus of Acting’. Rooted in the theoretical framework of Howard S. Becker’s work on the “production of culture” and “doing things together,” this paper discusses Kumar’s approach to acting, character development, and the level of his involvement and commitment to each of his projects. The author of this article argues that more than the creative control as a producer or a director, it is the artistic involvement and commitment of the main actors that shape great works of art in cinema. Dilip Kumar demonstrated it repeatedly.Dilip Kumar był chwalony za wysublimowane prowadzenie dialogów, opanowaną gestykulację oraz za wyważone i kontrolowane wyrażanie emocji zarówno w opowieściach tragicznych, jak też w beztroskich komediach. Jego debiut w 1944 w Jwar Bhata (Odpływy i przypływy) spotkał się z niezbyt pochlebnymi recenzjami. Podobnie było z kolejnymi trzema filmami, aż do filmu Jugnu (Świetlik) z 1948 roku, który przyniósł mu uznanie i sukces. W przeciwieństwie do swoich rówieśników, jak Raj Kapoor iDev Anand, którzy napędzali kariery, uruchamiając własne firmy produkcyjne, Dilip Kumar polegał na swoim talencie, unikalnym podejściu do charakteryzacji i zaangażowaniu w projekty, których się podjął. W ciągu swojej sześćdziesięcioletniej kariery Kumar nakręcił tylko 62 filmy. Jednak jego praca jest podręcznikowa dla młodszych aktorów. Nie tylko przyniósł szacunek zawodowi aktora, traktowanemu przez indyjskie klasy wyższe jako zawód „alfonsów i prostytutek”, ale także podniósł aktorstwo filmowe i filmowanie do dyscypliny akademickiej, co uczyniło Kumara godnym tytułu emerytowanego profesora aktorstwa. Artykuł ten, zakorzeniony w ramach teoretycznych pracy Howarda S. Beckera nad „produkcją kultury” i „robieniem rzeczy razem”, omawia podejście Kumara do aktorstwa i rozwoju postaci oraz poziom jego zaangażowania w każdy ze swoich projektów. Autor tego artykułu przekonuje, że to artystyczne zaangażowanie i poświęcenie głównych aktorów kształtują wielkie dzieła sztuki w kinie bardziej niż kontrola twórcza producenta czy reżysera. Dilip Kumar wielokrotnie to zademonstrował
Shifting paradigm of regional integration in Asia
No full textThe objective of this paper is to examine the prospects for and progress in economic interdependence and regional integration in Asia. In particular it focuses on the changing scenario in integration of South Asia into the rest of dynamic East and Southeast Asia. With India emerging as a rapidly growing economy and with enhanced interest in sub-regional and regional integration taken by the South Asian economies, novel intra-regional economic ties have been evolving.
During the last millennium, different geographic Asian economic regions had fairly good economic relations, albeit they were not economically integrated in the modern economic meaning of the term. Smooth trade flows and active commercial activity led to prosperity in many parts of Asia. Historical evidence is available to show that the Eastern, Southeastern and Southern regions of Asia continually interacted economically with each other and a good deal of commercial activity existed among them for centuries. To be sure, there were periods when this mutually profitable commercial interaction broke down and periods of hiatus and those of isolation of specific economies followed. Integration of Asian economies, particularly those from the South, East and Southeast Asia is neither a novel concept nor a new phenomenon. If the various sub-groups or sub-regions of Asian economies are now attempting to integrate, they are trying to return to their past
Chemodosimetric Detection of the Acetate Anion by Using the Template Reaction Method via a Fluorescence “Turn-Off” Signal
No full textThe compartmental ligand 2,6-bis[2-(N-ethyl)thiopheneiminomethyl]-
4-chlorophenol (HL) undergoes Cu(ClO4)2 induced
partial hydrolysis to yield a monoamine ligand
4-chloro-2-formyl-6-[2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyliminomethyl]-
phenol (HL ). On further reaction with Cu(ClO4)2, HL produces
a dinuclear complex, [Cu2(L )2(ClO4)2] (2), which has
been characterized in solution by UV/Vis, ATR, NMR, and
ESI-MS spectral techniques and in the solid state by X-ray
single-crystal structure analysis. The in situ generated 2 is highly fluorescent
Analyzing microbes : manual of molecular biology techniques / Dilip Kumar Arora, Surajit Das, Mesapogu Sukumar, editors.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.xi, 352 p.
Global trends, practices, and challenges in contemporary tourism and hospitality management/ Debasish Batabyal and Dillip Kumar Das, Editors.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."This book examines changes and issues involved in global tourism practices. It analyzes new trends in the tourism, hospitality, and transport sectors. It also explores the influence and use of technology in the tourism industry"--Chapter 1. Impacts of anthropogenic and tourism activities on river water quality: a case study of Betwa River stretch, Madhya Pradesh, India -- Chapter 2. Revaluing saltscapes in Portugal: ecotourism, ecomuseums, and environmental education -- Chapter 3. Guest retention through automation: an analysis of emerging trends in hotels in Indian sub-continent -- Chapter 4. Restaurant management system (RMS) and digital conversion: a descriptive study for the new era -- Chapter 5. Urban and rural ecotourism in and around bolpur: a study of destination marketing and challenges ecotourism practices in West Bengal, India -- Chapter 6. Sustainable development and ecotourism consciousness: an empirical analysis for Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India -- Chapter 7. Understanding the importance of the banking system in the Romanian tourism and hospitality industry -- Chapter 8. Indian tourism industry: current trends and future outlook -- Chapter 9. Pricing for hill tourism destination: an empirical analysis of Sikkim Himalaya, India linear price model for Himalayan Hill Station -- Chapter 10. Fibras as a tool for investment diversification in the Mexican hotel sector: the case of FIBRA inn -- Chapter 11. Christianity and tourism development in Nigeria: a socio-economic discourse -- Chapter 12. Assessment of the internal control system in the accommodation firm and its relation to performance -- Chapter 13. Academic tourism: a segment on the rise.1 online resource (24 PDFs (xxii, 318 pages)
Public bus transportation system network analysis for improved accessibility in a South African city: a case of Durban.
No full textDoctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.A significant goal of developing cities in developing countries, particularly in South Africa, is to develop a sustainable public transportation infrastructure. Significant efforts have made to augment the public transportation system and provide greater accessibility to the people in several major cities in South Africa, including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, and Durban. However, the public transport system, involving mainly bus transportation, remains secondary to predominantly private transportation by means of individually driven cars and public transportation by taxis operated by private agencies. Furthermore, the public transportation system has been observed to be under-utilised. It has been argued that the challenges include inadequate route networks, the configuration of the routes, frequency of buses, location of bus stops (nodes), availability of information, social inclusiveness and bus fare, which engender challenges of accessibility. Furthermore, numerous suburbs with a disproportionately lower socioeconomic profile have restricted access to public bus transit. In other words, due to inadequate route networks, the public bus transit system is insufficiently accessible. Therefore, using the study context of the current public bus transportation system of Durban City of South Africa, the factors related to the route network which influence accessibility were examined in this study and how the accessibility of the public bus transportation system could be improved and become inclusive was explored. To achieve this, the spatial design of the current public transport network was evaluated, a network analysis of commuters’ accessibility was performed, the social inclusiveness of commuters using the public bus network was examined, and a model was developed to simulate scenarios that would make it possible to improve the accessibility of the public bus network. A field observation methodology was adopted to collect data about public transport and users. Further spatial and network-related data were collected by using a geographic information system. In addition, the eThekwini Transport Authority provided secondary data on both geographical land use and the public transit network. A geographic information system method was used to make spatial analyses of the public transportation system. The study was conducted using both spatial analysis and statistical methods. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to examine the relationship between various spatial, public bus transportation network and user factors. Relevant statistical modelling, such as the Negative Binomial Regression Model, was used to examine the influence of various parameters of public bus transportation accessibility on the model. The findings revealed that the suburbs on the outskirts and townships on the city's outskirts lacked proper access to the city's public transit system. This implied that more infrastructure consisting of roads and nodes (bus stops) should be extended to those locations. The findings also confirmed that commuters from these locations combined walking, biking, and using lifts to reach their bus stops. The simulations showed further that positive increments in the parameters of accessibility (Bus usage, Frequency, Cost, walking time and social inclusivity) indicated improvement in the accessibility of public bus transportation, while negative values indicated no accessibility. The study helps to a better knowledge of the numerous accessibility problems that residents in different suburbs of Durban, South Africa's eThekwini metropolis, encounter. The novelty of the study lies in the incorporation of social inclusivity in the public bus transportation accessibility model, specifically in the South African context of Durban. The findings are useful because they may be used to help reconfigure and upgrade the public transportation network in Durban, South Africa, to improve accessibility for individuals living in the city's outskirts. Furthermore, public transportation companies can identify more efficient routes and send more of their vehicles to them. The findings of the study can be utilized to help design policies and strategies for the positioning of bus stops in order to improve people's accessibility, as well as alternative and efficient public transportation routes. In addition, the study used a geographic information system-based spatial methodology with probabilistic modeling to analyze the public transportation route network, providing an alternate method for assessing problems of public transportation accessibility
Long-term management of rice agroecosystem towards climate change mitigation
No full textThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognize to agriculture the responsibility for about 15 % of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing to global warming. The increasing nutrient inputs in industrial agriculture affect the GHG concentration in the atmosphere and varies substantially due to rate and type of fertilizers applied to the crops, making the management more or less sustainable. In this perspective, this study has investigated at small scale the effect of different adjusted agricultural management practices, based on different nutrient dosage, to optimize the effect of rice cropping systems on carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Farmyard manure (FYM), rice stubbles and Azolla integrated with chemical fertilizers have been correlated with microbial and enzymatic activities, and with different carbon and nitrogen fractions in acid Inceptisol. Results have revealed that the integrated nutrient management used in rice-rice agroecosystem yielded a peak for CO2 and CH4 emissions, whereas two peaks for N2O emission. This study has shown an increase in greenhouse gas emission intensity (GHGI) and grain yield of rice in the following order: rice stubbles > FYM > Azolla and it has confirmed CH4 emission as the dominant contributor to GHGI from the rice-rice agroecosystem. When analyzed together GHGs emission and soil properties, a positive correlation was found with biological properties as well as with the different carbon and nitrogen fractions in soil. The highest GHGI has been highlighted in the treatment where recommended dose of chemical fertilizers has been combined with rice stubbles, primarily due to the increase in CH4 emissions. In contrast, the lowest GHGI has been exhibited in Azolla treated plot, probably due to the cumulative effects of the photosynthetic rate of Azolla, the release of oxygen from the Azolla roots, and the physical protection capacity of the Azolla cover, which partially avoid the CH4 diffusion from the standing water. The seasonality did not affect the estimated rates of GHGI that have been lower both in case of winter and autumn rice compared to previous studies, probably for dissimilarities in management practices. Further research is required in other cropping sequences for addressing the ecological contribution of smallholder agriculture to help reducing GHG emissions, thus, mitigating global warming with actions at local scale
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