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Bangladesh’s Agricultural Growth and Development Over Fifty Years
No full textAgriculture is the primary economic sector of Bangladesh employed almost 60% of the labour force and contributed nearly 30% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2000 (Husain 2003). After 20 years, these stand now at 40% and 25%, respectively (PC 2020). In spite of a gradual increase in agricultural production, its relative share of the GDP has been declining, too, due to expansion of other areas of the economy. Nevertheless, the economic development of the country is intricately linked with the development of agriculture, which will remain, directly or indirectly, the key sector, at least for the next decade or two to come. Rice production, a staple food, for example, has been increasing sustainably over the last two decades. Rice crops have dominated the agriculture sector, as discussed in this chapter, over the last 50 years. In spite of natural, technological, and socio-economic constraints, Bangladeshi agriculture has been making good progress. The pace of progress has been quite impressive since the mid-1990s. In this development process, the farmers are playing a vital role. In both the crop and non-crop sub-sectors, they are showing a high degree of resilience and innovation. They have started responding to market forces and technological changes. They have also learnt to respond to natural calamities by shifting cropping patterns. A process of transformation has started away from purely subsistence agriculture to increasing diversification, leading to specialization.No Full Tex
Why EU promotion is at odds with successful crisis management: public relations, news coverage, and the Aceh Monitoring Mission. EU Centre in Singapore Working Paper No. 10, September 2012
No full textThe EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and its accompanying Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions can be tools used to increase the international profile of the European Union. Nevertheless, CSDP missions garner little news coverage. This article argues that the very nature of the missions themselves makes them poor vehicles for EU promotion for political, institutional, and logistical reasons. By definition, they are conducted in the middle of crises, making news coverage politically sensitive. The very act of reporting could undermine the mission. Institutionally, all CSDP missions are intergovernmental, making press statements slow, overly bureaucratic, and of little interest to journalists. Logistically, the missions are often located in remote, undeveloped parts of the world, making it difficult and expensive for European and international journalists to cover. Moreover, these regions in crisis seldom have a thriving, local free press. Using the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) as a case study, the author concludes that although a mission may do good, CSDP missions cannot fulfil the political function of raising the profile of the EU
Spontaneous music : the first generation British free improvisers
No full textThe British free improvisation scene originated in London and Sheffield during the
mid 1960s. In groups such as AMM, the Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Joseph
Holbrooke, a distinctive and ambitious musicality developed that still occupies most
of its protagonists forty years later.
Marked stylistic contrasts developed within the genre, notably the `atomistic' and
`laminar' methods of interaction. Nonetheless, a consistency of principle and practice
was also apparent that defined British free improvisation as unique. In some respects
the genre resembled its German, Dutch and American counterparts, and also the jazz
and classical avant-gardes that had inspired them. Both conceptually and practically,
however, clear differences remained.
The British free improvisers refined a method and an aesthetic of musical creativity,
which suggested an intimate perspective and a detailed analysis of that which we
accept as `music'. Its techniques and results were unconventional, but remained
consistent with music's defining concepts and experiences. As such, British free
improvisation suggested a more inclusive model of musicality than is common, and
implied a broad critique of the cultural values that define `music' at all. Though the
free improvisers themselves did not explicitly state the connection, their work may be
viewed in the context of Deconstruction: the post-structuralist analytical strategy
associated with philosopher Jacques Derrida.
British free improvisation culminated from innovations within the twentieth century
avant-garde. Referencing styles such as atonality and free jazz, it challenged the
aesthetic, technical and hierarchical standards of Western tradition in a form that was
striking and extreme, but also of logical development and focus. Free improvisation
owed explicit debt to a variety of other musics; its most singular achievement
however, was the redefinition of `rhythm' by which it disguised this fact.
The music of the first generation British free improvisers is reliant upon precise
conceptual and practical execution. But though this has enabled the genre to be
musically innovative, in the long term it has also become a logical problem. With
British free improvisation as its subject, the scrutiny of Deconstruction reveals
significant discrepancies between what `free improvisation' implies and what it
actually represents
Mission not so impossible: the AMM and the transition from conflict to peace in Aceh, 2005-2006
No full textThis paper discusses the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) and the role it played with respect to the peace process in Aceh. The author examines the factors that led to the Mission's success in the Indonesian region. The paper concludes that without the AMM's expertise the peace process might have collapsed early on
CASE STUDIES IN ASYNCHRONOUS DESIGN. PART I: AMM ARCHITECTURE PART II: A 4 STROKE AMM
No full textPART I: There seems to be a real need for fully-worked, moderately-sized case
studies in asynchronous design which show, explain, compare and
contrast the various common design styles. In a series of reports we
will describe, specify and implement a variant of Sutherland's
MOVE machine in CCS in a number of popular design styles: "4-stroke",
"2-stroke", and combined (control in 2-stroke, datapath in 4-stroke),
without and then with pipelining. In each case we will show that our
designs possess certain desirable properties (neither deadlocks nor
livelocks, ...) and that they conform to their specifications. In this
first document, we describe our variant of the MOVE machine together
with some typical programs.
PART II: This is an early draft of a tutorial document which
seeks to explain the
bread-and-butter design of simple micro. We specify and implement a
simple 4 stroke variant of Sutherland's MOVE machine in CCS. We explain
the 4 stroke design style, specify a sufficient library of cells, give
a "bread and butter" implementation of AMM, and show that it conforms to its
specification and possesses several desirable safety and liveness properties.We are currently acquiring citations for the work deposited into this collection. We recognize the distribution rights of this item may have been assigned to another entity, other than the author(s) of the work.If you can provide the citation for this work or you think you own the distribution rights to this work please contact the Institutional Repository Administrator at [email protected]
Forest plot: Sensitivity.
No full textThreshold for G6PDd is calculated based on the site-specific AMM. Study ID is identified by first author, country of sample collection, and type of blood used. AMM, adjusted male median; G6PDd, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.</p
Forest plot: Specificity.
No full textThreshold for G6PDd is calculated based on the site-specific AMM. Study ID is identified by first author, country of sample collection, and type of blood used. AMM, adjusted male median; G6PDd, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.</p
Still in the “Drivers’ Seat”, But for How Long? ASEAN’s Capacity for Leadership in East-Asian International Relations
No full textThis paper assesses the capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to moderate great-power relations in East Asia, especially in light of recent regional developments that have challenged ASEAN’s traditional modus operandi and its corporate cohesion. The first of three sections argues that capacity emerges not from institutional arrangements but rather the social relationships that give rise to particular institutions, and therefore can only be understood relationally. A number of key relationships are highlighted and explored in the rest of the paper. First, the relationships among regional great powers, which are considered in section two. Second, the relationships among ASEAN states, and between ASEAN states and their own societies, which are considered in section three. The paper's basic argument is that the first set of relationships is essentially what gives ASEAN its capacity to play a wider regional role. However, it also sets profound constraints for what this role can involve in practical terms. The second set of relationships also creates serious and deep constraints that are often not well understood. However, despite the serious limitations on ASEAN’s leadership role, unless the first set of relationships change, this role is likely to continue, regardless of how frustrating or ineffectual it might be
On Anatolios in the Geoponika: one author or three?
No full textAbstractMost scholars believe that the “Anatolios” appearing in the Geoponika is Vindanius Anatolius of Berytus (Beirut) and the prefect of Illyricum of that name from Berytus mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus. In this paper we shall examine the hypothesis that Cassianus probably identified Οὐϊνδανιώνιος, ᾿Aνατόλιος and Βηρύτιος as three authors, and that Photios by mistake interpreted Οὐϊνδανιώνιος, ᾿Aνατόλιος and Βηρύτιος as one author. Finally, we can conclude from the considerations of 494 chapter headings appearing in the Geoponika that Vindanios Anatolios Berytos is actually an erroneous composite for the names of three different persons, and that the Anatolios in the Geoponika cannot be identified with the man mentioned in Amm. 19, 11, 2 and Eun. vit. soph. 85.</jats:p
Nipple or areolar reduction with simultaneous breast augmentation [8] (multiple letters)
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