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"Land of Persepolis" Il Rapporto Preliminare della Campagna 2019
No full textL'articolo presenta le metodologie, i dati raccolti e i risultati ottenuti durante la prima campagne del progetto LOP, 'Land of Persepolis', realizzato nell'ambito della Missione Archeologica Congiunta Irano-Italiana nel Fars (Joint Iranian-Italian Archaeological Mission in Fars) di RICHT, Università di Shiraz, Università di Bologna e ISMEO, condiretta da A. Askari Chaverdi (Shiraz University) e P. Callieri (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna). Il progetto LOP, condiretto da Luca Colliva ed Emad Matin, si pone come obiettivo è quello di studiare il paesaggio urbano del sito di Persepoli e ottenere, attraverso un approccio fortemente multidisciplinare, la prima ricostruzione diacronica e complessiva del paesaggio archeologico dell’area di Persepoli a partire dal periodo protoachemenide
Faysal Matin oral history interview, 2013
No full textFaysal Matin oral history interview conducted by Kevin Kosanovich on February 20, 2013. Faysal Matin '14 is a DJ. Topics include: McClean, Virginia; William & Mary hip-hop culture; Streetz G4G; role of the DJ; crate digging; Serato vs. traditional DJing
Tamukkan: yek “eqâmatgâh-e saltanati” barây-e edâreh-ye xalij-e Fârs dar doreh-ye Haxâmaneši? [Tamukkan: a ‘royal residence’ for controlling the Persian Gulf during the Achaemenid period?].
No full textبقایای آنچه به عنوان جاینام باستانی تموکّن در متون هخامنشی میشناسیم، در شهرستان دشتستان استان بوشهر و در نزدیکی شهر برازجان شناسایی شده است. نویسنده متن حاضر، به تازگی، در مقالهای، نشان داده است که این محوطههای باستانی مربوط به شهری است که مانند پاسارگاد و پارسه به روش «شهرسازی پراکنده» هخامنشی ساخته شده است ( Matin 2020). تموکّن در نزدیکی خلیج فارس و در انتهای راهی بوده که دریای خزر را به خلیج فارس متصل میکرده است.
منطقۀ پارسه یا فارس هخامنشی علاوه بر استان فارس امروزی قسمتهایی از استانهای اصفهان، یزد، کرمان، بوشهر و خوزستان را نیز شامل میشده است. در واقع تموکّن یکی از «اقامتگاه سلطنتی» و یا مراکز شاهنشاهی واقع در فارس هخامنشی است که نقش مرکز زیرساتراپ یا زیراستان را داشتهاند. این مراکز شاهنشاهی، دارای سیستم اداری، نظامی و اقتصادی و نهادهای دیگر مانند خزانه و بایگانی بودند که طریق آنها منطقۀ تحت نظارت خود را اداره میکردند. مطالعات جدید باستان شناسی تأیید میکنند که سواحل جنوبی خلیج فارس نیز قسمتی از قلمرو هخامنشیان بوده اند و پارسیان تمام خلیج فارس را کنترل میکردند. «اقامتگاه سلطنتی» تموکّن در فاصله ۴۰ کیلومتری خلیج فارس قرار داشته، از طریق یک کانال آب به این خلیج مرتبط بوده و حداقل بخشی از خلیج فارس بخشی از قلمرو تحت کنترل این شهر بوده است. در این مقاله، با در نظر گرفتن منابع ذکر شده، نقش احتمالی تموکّن در کنترل و اداره راه های آبی خلیج فارس در دوره هخامنشی بررسی میشود
Hapanjuurisämpylän tuotekehitys : Matin ja Maijan Majatalon aamiaisleivän tuotekehitys
No full textOpinnäytetyön tavoitteena oli kehittää toimiva hapanjuurisämpyläresepti Hämeenlinnassa toimivalle Matin ja Maijan Majatalolle. Hapanjuurileivonnalla on pitkät perinteet Suomessa ja nyt se on taas noussut trendiksi. Hapanjuurileivonta on trendikästä, mutta leivällä on myös terveyshyötyjä. Juurella leivottaessa ei käytetä hiivaa ja hapanjuuren pitkän prosessin avulla leivästä tulee terveellisempää ja ravinteikkaampaa. Tutkimusongelmiksi nousi juurileivonnan sovittaminen majatalon arkeen ja perustella toimivan reseptin muuttaminen hapanjuurella tehtäväksi. Kehittämistyössä käytettiin tuotekehittämisen teoriaa ja aistinvaraista arviointia.
Työn aikana kehitettiin kolme uutta reseptiä sämpylöille, joita vertailtiin vanhalla reseptillä tehdyn sämpylän kanssa sokkona. Kaikkien koe-erien reseptit olivat samat, ainoastaan leivontaprosessin pituus muuttui. Kaikki tuotteet olivat hyviä, mutta parhaaksi valikoitui perinteisellä pitkällä hapanjuuri-prosessilla valmistettu sämpylä. Toiseksi parhaaksi raati valitsi vanhalla reseptillä tehdyn leivän. Tärkeimmiksi valintaperusteiksi nousi leivän kuohkeus ja mieto maku. Leivän kuoren rapeus ja tummuus jakoivat raadissa mielipiteitä.
Hapanjuurileivonnan prosessi vie aikaa ja vaatii kontaktia taikinan kanssa. Se vaatii enemmän työntekijältä kuin hiivalla tehtävä aamiaisleipä. Majatalon päätettäväksi jää, haluavatko he käyttää hapanjuureen aikaa ja kokevatko he sen tuovan lisäarvoa yritykselleen. Ehdotuksena on luoda asiakaskysely nyt valmiista tuotteesta, saavatko asiakkaat hapanjuurisämpylästä lisäarvoa vai ei.The purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis was to create a functional sourdough -based recipe for a breakfast roll. The recipe was created for Bed and Breakfast Matin ja Maijan which is located in Hämeenlinna. Sourdough has long roots in Finnish baking and now it has become a trend to bake with it once again. Baking with sourdough makes the process longer which makes the bread more digestible and nourishing. The aim was to find a suitable baking process for the bread and a reason for changing the recipe from yeasted dough to sourdough.
Three new recipes were created during the process of product development. The new recipes followed the old recipe with yeast. Only the baking process was different, and yeast was replaced with sourdough starter. Finished products were coded so the test crew could not tell which one was which. All of the products were good, but the best one turned out to be the one with the most traditional sourdough baking process. The second one was the yeasted bread roll. The criteria for the test rolls were airy and open crumb and a mild taste. The caramelization and the crunchiness of the crust divided the test crew.
The sourdough process takes time and contact with the dough. It requires more from the employee than the yeasted dough. Based on the results of the study, the owners of the Bed and Breakfast have to decide whether to continue making the sourdough breakfast roll, and whether the added value justifies the extra work involved. It is suggested that a survey should be conducted for the customers of the Bed and Breakfast if they would appreciate the sourdough bread
Persepolis West: Evidence for a Pigment Production Site and Its Connections with Achaemenid Royal-Official Buildings
No full textThis paper aims at elaborating the potential existence of craft production site(s) for manufacturing the colouring materials in the Persepolis area. In doing so, the paper discusses the colour pigments and elements used for decorating the Achaemenid royal-official buildings, the ancient contexts in which raw materials for colouring have been discovered and the parts of the Persepolis area in which the indication of possible craft production sites have been reported. Particular attention is paid to recently published archaeometric analyses which dealt with the scientific characterization of certain pigments unearthed in Persepolis West. By gathering all the aforementioned information, the author confirms the production of raw materials for colouring in the Persepolis West craft zone. Furthermore, the paper includes a detailed discussion on the exact functions of this craft production site and shows that Persia, together with Egypt, Greece, southern Italy, and eastern Anatolia, was one of the few places in which the production of Egyptian blue is evidenced
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Iran’s New Protests Explained - Interview with Kamran Matin
No full textAfter years of economic decline, sanctions, and political repression, protests have once again spread across Iran. What began with demonstrations by bazaar merchants in Tehran over the collapse of the national currency has expanded into a broader wave of unrest across dozens of cities, with reports of deaths, arrests, and growing pressure on the state.In this in-depth interview, Mahtab Mahboub, contributor to The Amargi, speaks with Kamran Matin, Reader in International Relations at the University of Sussex, about the structural forces driving Iran’s latest protests.Drawing on Iran’s political economy, regional geopolitics, and the aftermath of recent military escalation, Matin argues that the current unrest is shaped not only by economic hardship, but by a deeper crisis of legitimacy following intensified sanctions, the suspension of nuclear diplomacy, and the fallout from the June 12-day war.In this video, we explore:Why the protests began in Tehran’s bazaar, and what that signals about the regime’s social baseHow sanctions, inflation, and diplomatic deadlock have closed off prospects for economic reliefThe long-term role of foreign policy in sustaining the Islamic Republic’s internal legitimacyHow the collapse of Iran’s regional power projection has weakened that strategyComparisons between the current protests and earlier waves in 2017, 2019, and the Jin Jiyan Azadi movementThe rise of monarchist narratives around Reza Pahlavi, and their limits inside IranWhether cracks within Iran’s security apparatus resemble early dynamics of the 1979 revolutionAbout the guest:Kamran Matin is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex and the author of Recasting Iranian Modernity: International Relations and Social Change. He writes extensively on Iranian, Kurdish, and Middle Eastern politics, focusing on the intersection of domestic crises and international power structures.Watch the full conversation for a grounded analysis of why Iran’s current protest wave reflects a more profound crisis within the post-revolutionary order and why its outcome remains deeply uncertain.</p
Genetically Modified Crops, Corporate Pricing Strategies, and Farmers' Adoption: The Case of Bt Cotton in Argentina
No full textThis article analyzes adoption and impacts of Bt cotton in Argentina against the background of monopoly pricing. Based on survey data, it is shown that the technology significantly reduces insecticide applications and increases yields; however, these advantages are curbed by the high price charged for genetically modified seeds. Using the contingent valuation method, it is shown that farmers' average willingness to pay is less than half the actual technology price. A lower price would not only increase benefits for growers, but could also multiply company profits, thus, resulting in a Pareto improvement. Implications of the sub-optimal pricing strategy are discussed. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.
Agricultural biotechnology policies and research investments in Mexico
No full textThis paper examines the agricultural biotechnology research situation in Mexico. In addition to providing insights into the institutional and policy evolution, it analyses a quantitative survey of biotechnology investments in the 14 most important national public and private research organisations from 1985 to 1997. During this time period, Mexico experienced a noteworthy biotechnology development and the R&D expenditures were expanded significantly. But as the number of researchers grew much faster, the expenditures per researcher shrank. Also the commercial effectiveness of domestic agricultural biotechnology research remains quite limited thus far. The main reason is probably that there are not enough incentives to orient academic research towards producing practical results and - related to this - the lack of cooperation between upstream and downstream research. A national biotechnology policy with clearly defined priorities is needed in Mexico to amend this situation
Globalisation of agrifood systems and sustainable nutrition
No full textThe globalisation of agrifood systems is a mega-trend with potentially profound nutritional implications. This paper describes various facets of this globalisation process and reviews studies on nutritional effects with a particular focus on developing countries. Results show that global trade and technological change in agriculture have substantially improved food security in recent decades, although intensified production systems have also contributed to environmental problems in some regions. New agricultural technologies and policies need to place more emphasis on promoting dietary diversity and reducing environmental externalities. Globalising agrifood systems also involve changing supply-chain structures, with a rapid rise of modern retailing, new food safety and food quality standards, and higher levels of vertical integration. Studies show that emerging high-value supply chains can contribute to income growth in the small farm sector and improved access to food for rural and urban populations. However, there is also evidence that the retail revolution in developing countries, with its growing role of supermarkets and processed foods, can contribute to overweight and obesity among consumers. The multi-faceted linkages between changing agrifood systems and nutrition are a new field of interdisciplinary research, combining agricultural, nutritional, economics and social sciences perspectives. The number of studies on specific aspects is still limited, so the evidence is not yet conclusive. A review at this early stage can help to better understand important relationships and encourage follow-up work
Potential Benefits of Agricultural Biotechnology: An Example from the Mexican Potato Sector
No full textThe study analyzes ex ante the socioeconomic effects of transgenic virus resistance technology for potatoes in Mexico. All groups of potato growers could significantly gain from the transgenic varieties to be introduced, and the technology could even improve income distribution. Nonetheless, public support is needed to fully harness this potential. Different policy alternatives are tested within scenario calculations in order to supply information on how to optimize the technological outcome, both from an efficiency and an equity perspective. Transgenic disease resistance is a promising technology for developing countries. Providing these countries with better access to biotechnology should be given higher political priority
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