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    Desai\u27s Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard as Global Literature

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    In her article Desai\u27s Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard as Global Literature Erin M. Fehskens argues that scholars readily recognize Kiran Desai\u27s Booker Prize winning second novel The Inheritance of Loss as world literature following David Damrosch\u27s and Franco Moretti\u27s notions. However, Desai\u27s first novel Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is often overlooked. Although Hullabaloo\u27s focus is narrow and local, its allegorical implications encode the processes of globalization and resistance to it into the novel. Thus, the novel can be read as an example of global literature, which uses the discontinuous nature of allegory to critique the de-differentiating practices of globalization and the specter of difference that accompanies these practices. Desai uses the return of Coca-Cola to India to illustrate the effects of multinational companies on the social and ecological landscapes of the Global South

    Rao V.K.R.V., Desai P.B. — Greater Delhi. A Study in Urbanization 1940-1957

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    M. J. Rao V.K.R.V., Desai P.B. — Greater Delhi. A Study in Urbanization 1940-1957. In: Population, 22ᵉ année, n°2, 1967. p. 338

    Rao V.K.R.V., Desai P.B. — Greater Delhi. A Study in Urbanization 1940-1957

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    M. J. Rao V.K.R.V., Desai P.B. — Greater Delhi. A Study in Urbanization 1940-1957. In: Population, 22ᵉ année, n°2, 1967. p. 338

    Rosa Luxemburg’s critique of Marx’s schemes of reproduction: a re-evaluation and a possible generalisation

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    Rosa Luxemburg's critique of Marx's Schemes of Reproduction is the only genuinely immanent critique of Marxian dynamics. But it needs to be brought up to date. To this end, in this paper it is placed in the context of more modern discussions of dual instability, in order to gain a better understanding of the role of price - as against quantity - adjustment in tackling instability. This allows us to discuss the path of prices as well as of quantities which have been the sole subject of controversy hitherto. Our approach also allows us to tackle the money circuit of capital parallel to the value circuit as outlined in the first part of Capital Vol 2.Rosa Luxemburg; accumulation; dynamic instability; linear models.

    J. W. Mellor et G. M. Desai, Agricultural change and rural poverty

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    Étienne Gilbert. J. W. Mellor et G. M. Desai, Agricultural change and rural poverty. In: Tiers-Monde, tome 29, n°116, 1988. Le logement des pauvres dans les grandes villes du Tiers Monde, sous la direction de Michel Rochefort. pp. 1268-1269

    Towards the Holy Grail: combining system dynamics and discrete-event simulation in healthcare

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    The idea of combining discrete-event simulation and system dynamics has been a topic of debate in theoperations research community for over a decade. Many authors have considered the potential benefits ofsuch an approach from a methodological or practical standpoint. However, despite numerous examples ofmodels with both discrete and continuous parameters in the computer science and engineering literature,nobody in the OR field has yet succeeded in developing a genuinely hybrid approach which truly integratesthe philosophical approach and technical merits of both DES and SD in a single model. In this paperwe consider some of the reasons for this and describe two practical healthcare examples of combinedDES/SD models, which nevertheless fall short of the “holy grail” which has been so widely discussed inthe literature over the past decade

    Identifying the 3FHL Catalog. III. Results of the CTIO-COSMOS Optical Spectroscopy Campaign

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    Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with their relativistic jets pointed toward the observer form a subclass of luminous gamma-ray sources commonly known as blazars. The study of blazars is essential to improve our understanding of the AGNs emission mechanisms and evolution, as well as to map the extragalactic background light. To do so, however, one needs to classify and measure a redshift for a large sample of these sources correctly. The Third Fermi-LAT Catalog of High-Energy Sources (3FHL) contains approximate to 1160 blazars reported at energies greater than 10 GeV. However, similar to 25% of these sources are unclassified and similar to 50% lack redshift information. To increase the spectral completeness of the 3FHL catalog, we are working on an optical spectroscopic follow-up campaign using 4 m and 8 m telescopes. In this paper, we present the results of the second part of this campaign, where we observed 23 blazars using the 4 m telescope at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile. We report that all the 23 sources are classified as BL Lacs, a confirmed redshift measurement for three sources, a redshift lower limit for two sources, and a tentative redshift measurement for three sources

    Can Russia Compete?

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    Russia has joined the club of rapidly growing economies, driven by rising prices for oil and gas. Russian authorities are concerned about sustaining this economic performance, however. Thus they have sought to diversify and broaden the basis for growth beyond the profitable natural resource sector and to build an economy that will be able to compete in the twenty-first century. This book presents the case that Russia’s neglected manufacturing sector is in need of human capital andpolicy reforms that will unleash its innovative potential. Can Russia Compete? quantifies and benchmarks the relative strengths and weaknesses of that sector, identifying opportunities to increase Russian productivity and competitiveness. Drawing on original survey data from Russian firms of all sizes, the authors formulate proposals that aim to enhance the innovative potential of Russian firms,upgrade the skills of their workforces, and develop a business-friendly climate with lower administrative costs and greater policy certainty. The original research and analysis of Raj Desai, Itzhak Goldberg, and their colleagues will be of use to anyone interested in the problems of building manufacturing competitiveness in a globally integrated economy. It will also be of interest to organizations planning to do business or invest in Russia
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