423 research outputs found
Kepentingan Amerika Serikat dalam Proses Denuklirisasi Korea Utara. BY AUTHOR: Javira Ardiani Bima Jon Nanda Zulkifli Harza
No full textKepentingan Amerika Serikat dalam Proses Denuklirisasi Korea Utara. BY AUTHOR: Javira Ardiani Bima Jon Nanda Zulkifli Harz
Growth and cycles in Australia's wine industry : a statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013 /
No full textAnother magisterial statistical compendium from Kym Anderson, with the assistance of Nanda Aryal: surely no nation's wine endeavours have ever been more precisely tracked through history than Australia's are here. The depth and intricacy of the global context, too, makes fascinating and often enlightening reading for any student of wine.Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-82).Another magisterial statistical compendium from Kym Anderson, with the assistance of Nanda Aryal: surely no nation's wine endeavours have ever been more precisely tracked through history than Australia's are here. The depth and intricacy of the global context, too, makes fascinating and often enlightening reading for any student of wine.Print version record.JSTO
Coupled effects of wind shear and bed absorption on sediment transport in wetland
No full textWetlands play a vital role in sustaining ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, and controlling environmental degradation. Sedimentation in wetlands has emerged as a critical research area due to its relevance in flood management, water purification, and geophysical applications. Despite its importance, the combined effects of wind shear and bed absorption on sediment transport remain underexplored. This study investigates sediment removal efficiency in wetland flow influenced by wind shear, absorbent beds, and particle settling. The time-dependent convection-diffusion equation is solved using a hybrid approach, combining Aris's method of integral moments with a finite difference implicit scheme. Analytical expressions for two-dimensional spatial concentration distributions are derived via Gill's series expansion. Key parameters, including wind direction (W), relative wind strength ( Er), bed absorption coefficient ( β), vegetation parameter ( α), and settling velocity ( ω), are analyzed to determine their impact on dispersion characteristics like the dispersion coefficient, concentration distribution, skewness, and kurtosis. Results show that wind shear enhances sediment dispersion when aligned with the flow ( W=+1) but induces backflow and reduces dispersion within a certain wind strength range when opposing it ( W=−1). Bed absorption accelerates stabilization by trapping particles, limiting their dispersion capacity. Settling velocity further influences dispersion by reducing the suspension of the particles, with higher ω accelerating stabilization but suppressing long-term dispersion. Dense vegetation reduces wind-induced variations, improving flow stability by dampening momentum transfer. This study provides new insights into coupled wind-absorbent bed-settling velocity interactions, offering a framework for optimizing wetland design, pollutant removal, and environmental sustainability. This proposed model can be applied to optimize wetland restoration strategies, enhance sediment management in aquatic ecosystems, and improve pollutant filtration efficiency in natural and engineered water systems.The authors wish to express their sincere thanks to the Chief Editor, Associate Editor, and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions for the improvement of the present research. The first author, Saugata Dutta (NTA Ref. No. 211610066362), expresses sincere gratitude to the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, for providing financial support to undertake this work. The author, Nanda Poddar, gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Irish Research Council (now Research Ireland) (Project No. GOIPD/2024/226) for this research work.peer-reviewe
Analisis Strategi Bersaing PT. Kosoema Nanda Putra
No full textThe purpose of this research is to analyze the implementation of
competitive strategy of PT Kosoema Nanda Putra in textile industry by analyzing
the company internal and external factors. PT Kosoema Nanda Putra chosen as an
sample because the company is able to maintain sustainability during this tight
national textile competition. However in the middle of this dynamic change, the
company has to be able to anticipate by analyzing the internal and external factors
in order to formulate an adequate competitive strategy to conquer the competition.
Analytical method employed in this research refer to external
environmental analysis comprises of macro environmental analysis, five forces
model porter, and key success factor analysis. Meanwhile internal analysis
comprises of core competence and value chain analysis.
The research result shows that the cost leadership strategy employed by
PT. Kosoema Nanda Putra is appropriate to compete among other textile company
because of the limitation of product differentiation in textile industry. Even
though, the strategy employed is appropriate, author suggests the company should
assign special division to handle information technology to adapt current
condition of which is based on information technology. This can strengthen
company competence to compete among competitors in this tight national textile
competition
Alpinist adaptive potential and the dynamics of adaptation in Janusz Klarner’s „Nanda Devi”
No full textWyprawa alpinistów na Nanda Devi była pierwszą polską pomyślnie zakończoną wędrówką w Himalajach. Nanda Devi była bardzo trudnym wyzwaniem dla polskiej ekipy, ale po wielu niebezpiecznych sytuacjach w końcu osiągnęli szczyt. W kolejnym kroku alpiniści chcieli zdobyć szczyt Tirsuli. Niestety, dwóch ekspedytorów zostało zasypanych lawiną na zboczach lodowca. Janusz Klarner (członek ekipy polskich alpinistów) po kilku latach napisał książkę Nanda Devi, opartą na jego prywatnym dzienniku ekspedycyjnym. Główną tezą artykułu jest to, że dotarcie do Nanda Devi było możliwe dzięki odpowiedniej szybkości adaptacji. Himalaje były zupełnie nieznanym miejscem dla polskich alpinistów. Okoliczności wymagały adaptacji do nowych, wymagających warunków. W artykule autor analizuje te adaptacje. Niektóre z nich miały wymiar symboliczny, inne: kulturowy, techniczny oraz aksjologiczny. Korzystając z ustaleń Deleuze'a z Bergsonizmu, autor uznaje, że zdolność do odpowiednio dynamicznej adaptacji jest wynikiem odpowiedniego uporządkowania występującego w danym momencie. Podsumowując, autor rozważa różne powiązania wzorców kulturowych, przyczynowości osobistej i względów środowiskowychAlpinist expedition to the Nanda Devi was the first Polish successfully ended hiking in the Himalaya. Nanda Devi was a very tough challenge for Polish team but after many dangerous situations they finally reached the peak. As a next step alpinists wanted to reach Tirsuli peak. Unluckily, two of the expeditors were buried in an avalanche on the slopes of a glacier. Janusz Klarner (the member of the Polish alpinists team) after few years wrote a book Nanda Devi which is based on his private expedition journal. The main thesis of the article is that reaching Nanda Devi was possible by the accurate speed of adaptation. The Himalaya was a completely different and unknown place for Polish alpinists. Alpinists were forced to various adaptations in many different situations. In the article author analyses emerging changes and adaptations. Among them are symbolic, cultural, technical and axiological adaptations. Using Deleuze's findings from Bergsonizm, the author recognizes that the capacity for appropriately dynamic adaptation is the result of an appropriate arrangement occurring at a point in time. To sum up, an author considers various connections between cultural patterns, personal causality and environmental considerations
Towards Agent-Based Models of Rumours in Organizations: A Social Practice Theory Approach
No full textRumour is a collective emergent phenomenon with a potential for provoking a crisis. Modelling approaches have been deployed since five decades ago; however, the focus was mostly on epidemic behaviour of the rumours which does not take into account the differences between agents. We use social practice theory to model agent decision-making in organizational rumourmongering. Such an approach provides us with an opportunity to model rumourmongering agents with a layer of cognitive realism and study the impacts of various intervention strategies for prevention and control of rumours in organizations.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Policy AnalysisInformation and Communication TechnologyInteractive Intelligenc
The Royal pilgrimage of the Goddess Nanda
No full textOnce every twelve years, when it is thought that some calamity has taken place because of the curse of the goddess Nanda Devi, a four-horned ram is born in the fields of the former king of Garhwal, an erstwhile Central Himalayan kingdom in north India (see map of Garhwal). This four-horned ram leads a procession of priests and pilgrims on the most dangerous and spectacular pilgrimage in all of India: a three-week, barefoot journey of one-hundred and sixty-four miles, during some of the worst weather of the year, at the end of the rainy season. The procession reaches Rupkund, a small pond located at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, which is surrounded by human skeletons, and from there it goes yet further, to Homkund, the ‘Lake of the Fire Sacrifice’. According to the faithful, the four-horned ram leaves the procession at that point and finds its way, unaided, to the summit of Mount Trishul. As its name suggests, the Royal Procession is closely associated with the ruler of this erstwhile Himalayan kingdom: he attends its inaugural rituals, the bones that litter the shores of Rupkund are believed to be those of one of his ancestors, and the chief sponsor of the event is a local ‘Prince’ who is thought to be descended from the first kings of Garhwal. This Prince traverses the domain of his ancestors and thereby lays claim to it in the name of the goddess Nanda, who is not only his lineage goddess but was also the royal goddess of the neighbouring kingdom of Kumaon, in pre-colonial times. Although the Royal Procession ideally fosters social integration, it was disrupted in 1987 by a quarrel between two factions of priests. The goddess’s itinerary, the culminating date of the pilgrimage, the type of sacrifice to be performed, the order of procession, the participation of previously excluded persons, and the competency of certain ritual specialists—all were subjects of heated dispute between the rival groups. What was the reason for this quarrel? The whole idea of the Progress was to create unity, yet in the event they were torn apart by an acrimonious dispute. So why were they quarrelling if it was ‘only’ a ritual, a matter of mere symbols? Although we often distinguish between the realms of ‘politics’ and ‘ritual’, and although many social scientists would balk at the idea that they are one and the same, in many cases – as the author argues in this article – they pervade each other: ritual is politics and politics is ritual
The Royal pilgrimage of the Goddess Nanda
No full textOnce every twelve years, when it is thought that some calamity has taken place because of the curse of the goddess Nanda Devi, a four-horned ram is born in the fields of the former king of Garhwal, an erstwhile Central Himalayan kingdom in north India (see map of Garhwal). This four-horned ram leads a procession of priests and pilgrims on the most dangerous and spectacular pilgrimage in all of India: a three-week, barefoot journey of one-hundred and sixty-four miles, during some of the worst weather of the year, at the end of the rainy season. The procession reaches Rupkund, a small pond located at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, which is surrounded by human skeletons, and from there it goes yet further, to Homkund, the ‘Lake of the Fire Sacrifice’. According to the faithful, the four-horned ram leaves the procession at that point and finds its way, unaided, to the summit of Mount Trishul. As its name suggests, the Royal Procession is closely associated with the ruler of this erstwhile Himalayan kingdom: he attends its inaugural rituals, the bones that litter the shores of Rupkund are believed to be those of one of his ancestors, and the chief sponsor of the event is a local ‘Prince’ who is thought to be descended from the first kings of Garhwal. This Prince traverses the domain of his ancestors and thereby lays claim to it in the name of the goddess Nanda, who is not only his lineage goddess but was also the royal goddess of the neighbouring kingdom of Kumaon, in pre-colonial times. Although the Royal Procession ideally fosters social integration, it was disrupted in 1987 by a quarrel between two factions of priests. The goddess’s itinerary, the culminating date of the pilgrimage, the type of sacrifice to be performed, the order of procession, the participation of previously excluded persons, and the competency of certain ritual specialists—all were subjects of heated dispute between the rival groups. What was the reason for this quarrel? The whole idea of the Progress was to create unity, yet in the event they were torn apart by an acrimonious dispute. So why were they quarrelling if it was ‘only’ a ritual, a matter of mere symbols? Although we often distinguish between the realms of ‘politics’ and ‘ritual’, and although many social scientists would balk at the idea that they are one and the same, in many cases – as the author argues in this article – they pervade each other: ritual is politics and politics is ritual
Discrete Morse theory for Filtrations
No full textThe central result of this dissertation is an extension of discrete Morse theory to filtered cell complexes. Discrete Morse theory imposes a pairing on some cells of a complex X and uses that pairing to introduce a new complex M – called the Morse complex – consisting of the unpaired cells of X along with a boundary operator constructed from the incidence relations of the paired cells. It turns out that the homology groups of X and M are isomorphic. Now assume that the complex X admits a filtration by sub-complexes {X k}K 1 as follows X 1 ⊂ X 2 ⊂... ⊂ XK = X. Our theory constructs a pairing subordinate to this filtration, and hence produces a Morse complex M which is also filtered by subcomplexes {Mk}K 1 so that not only are each X k and Mk homologically isomorphic, but the map induced o
An Analysis of Women’s Language Features Used by Indonesian Female Author in the Book of Dear Tomorrow by Maudy Ayunda
No full textThe study deals with women’s language features used by Indonesian
female author in the book of Dear Tomorrow by Maudy Ayunda(DTMA). The
aim of the study were to describe the use of women’s language features and
language function in DTMA based on types of women’s language features by
Robinn Lakoff. The source of data was collected from two chapters of DTMA.
Documentation method was used in collecting the data. This study used
descriptive qualitative method for analyzing the data and to describe the findings.
The findings showed that not all types of women’s language features were used
by those two chapters of DTMA. There were 66 utterances from six types of
women’s language features that occured in DTMA, they were 19 lexical hedges or
fillers, 1 empty adjective, 17 intensifier, 10 hypercorrect grammar, 1 superpolite,
and 18 emphatic stress. Based the amount of the dominant type used of women’s
language features in DTMA was lexical hedges or fillers. Kind of language
function that used in DTMA was express function, metalinguistic function, and
directive function
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