56 research outputs found
Baloch Nationalism and the Geopolitics of Energy Resources: The Changing Context of Separatism in Pakistan
Get PDFThe author examines the energy context of the simmering Baloch separatist insurgency that has surfaced in recent years in Pakistan’s sprawling Balochistan province. In particular, he looks at how Pakistan’s mounting energy insecurity--a product of rapid increase in demand coupled with rising scarcity and the region’s intensified energy rivalry--has both magnified the economic and strategic importance of this province while at the same time complicating Pakistan’s efforts to cope with the province’s resurgent tribal separatism. The author concludes that Pakistan’s government needs to overhaul its counterinsurgent policies to avoid protracted conflict and to enlist the Baloch as partners in energy development, not antagonists of it.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/1646/thumbnail.jp
Sonographic evaluation of fetal abnormalities in a baloch population cohort
No full textObjective: To determine the sonographic frequency and spectrum of fetal abnormalities in a cohort of baloch population presenting at civil hospital karachiDesign: An observational study.Duration and setting: Radiology department, duhs/chk from august 1999 to june 2001 and front october 2002 to december 2004.Methodology: 1507 pregnant ladies of baloch racial origin registered with antenatal clinic and delivered at labor room chk during the study period were enrolled.+ level 11 screening antenatal ultrasound was carried out and findings were recorded the new barns were followed up for confirmation of diagnosed anomaly, checking if an anomaly was missed on ultrasound and definitive diagnosis and treatment.Results: Out of 1507 cases, anomalies were detected in 25 cases (1.6%). hydrops fetalis was seen in 15 (60%), central nervous system (cns) anomalies in 07 (28%) and alimentary tract (git) anomalies were seen in 03 (6%). there were two cardiovascular anomalies which were missed on ultrasound including a small septum secundum type ventricular septal defect and other being a patentductus arteriosus.Conclusion: The population under study had hydrops fetalis as the commonest antenatally detected anomaly followed by cns and gjt anomalies. cardiovascular anomalies which were mimicking a physiological variation are more likely to be missed
Erratum: What is the source? Identifying the cause of septic shock in a patient (Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2020) 17 (236-239) DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201907-562CC)
Get PDFCopyright © 2020 by the American Thoracic Society. The authors would like to correct the author order in their article published in the February 2020 issue of AnnalsATS (1). The correct author order should be as follows: Nimrita Sidhu, Noor Ul-Ain Baloch, and Yonatan Greenstein. For the convenience of our readers, AnnalsATS is replacing the online version of the article with a corrected version; we apologize for the error
Case Study of the Baloch National Liberation Movement in Pakistan
No full textCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie powodów powstania oraz rozwoju ruchu narodowowyzwoleńczego w Beludżystanie. W opracowaniu na podstawie analizy dostępnych materiałów źródłowych oraz literatury przedmiotu udzielono odpowiedzi na następujące pytania: dlaczego rząd centralny próbował narzucić obowiązek utożsamiania się z Pakistanem? Dlaczego powstał Beludżystański Ruch Narodowy, Front Wyzwolenia Beludżystanu oraz Armia Wyzwoleńcza? Jakie oczekiwania wobec władz Pakistanu mają Beludżowie? W opracowaniu została zastosowana analiza literatury, dostępnych materiałów źródłowych, wypowiedzi założyciela Pakistanu, co pozwoliło na ustalenie faktów i chronologiczne przedstawienie procesu powstawania Beludżystańskiego Ruchu Wyzwoleńczego. Oprócz analizy jako metoda badawcza została wykorzystana synteza, która pozwoliła na sformułowanie wniosków. Problemem w rozważaniach na temat Beludżystanu jest dostęp do materiałów źródłowych – utrudniony nawet dla naukowców w Pakistanie. Granice prowincji można przekroczyć jedynie za zgodą tamtejszych władz, na zaproszenie lokalnego mieszkańca oraz wyłącznie z ochroną zapewnianą przez wojsko. Badania nad tą tematyką są istotne dla rozważań nad stabilnością Islamskiej Republiki Pakistanu, będą także płaszczyzną do dalszych badań nad Beludżystanem.The paper aims to analyze the development of national and liberation organizations in Baluchistan. The author attempts to answer the following questions: Why had pakistanyiat become obligatory to all people wanting to live in Pakistan? What were the reasons behind the formation of the Baluchistan National Movement, the Baloch Liberation Front, and the Liberation Army? What does the Baloch society expect from the authorities? The study was based on a critical review of the literature and other available and valuable sources such as Jinnah’s speeches. Another method used in the study was a synthesis that allowed the author to form conclusions. Studying Baluchistan means limited access to sources and materials since traveling to the land of Baluchistan is restricted by specific rules, and one can only visit the place under certain circumstances. Research on Baluchistan is relevant for studies of national liberation movements and current internal conflicts
Book review: Sindhi Studies Culture and History
No full textJiskani, Lal Baksh, Sindhi Studies Culture and History, Karachi, Peacock Publishers, 2020, 264 pages. Book review by Saba Sindhri (CEIAS-EHES) Sindh Studies Culture and History is a recent publication (2020) by Peacock Publishers, Karachi authored by Sindhi historian, Lal Baksh Jiskani. He has worked with other Sindhi scholars like Dr. Hamida Khuro and Dr. N. A. Baloch and started the academic journal Grassroots, published from the Pakistani Study Center at the University of Sindh. He is asso..
Go and Heal Our Kinship System
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Dr. Grace L. Dillon is an academic and author. She is an Anishinaabe professor in the indigenous nations studies program, in the school of gender, race, and nations, at Portland State University. Dr. Dillon is best known for coining the term indigenous futurism, which is a movement consisting of art, literature, and other forms of media which express indigenous perspectives of the past, present, and future in the context of science fiction and related sub-genres. Dr. Dillon is the editor of walking the clouds: an anthology of indigenous science fiction, which is the first anthology of indigenous science fiction short stories, published by the University of Arizona press in 2012.
Join us for our annual Solidarity Town Hall program, an anchor discussion as part of Arabic American National Museum’s theme for Fall 2021 – Spring 2022: Istiqbal al Mustaqbal (Welcoming the Future). This year, the Town Hall is themed Imagining Decolonized Futures, highlighting futurist and sci-fi narratives as we imagine a world without colonial concepts. The Town Hall will feature keynote speaker: Anishinaabe academic and author Grace Dillon; and panelists: British Palestinian fiction writer Selma Dabbagh, multidisciplinary Afrofuturist artist Bryce Detroit, Canadian and Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson; with moderator Hina Baloch, leader of the Research & Analytics team at GM. This is a virtual event taking place via Zoom
Channel Equalization Using Multilayer Perceptron Networks
No full textIn most digital communication systems, bandwidth limited channel along with multipath propagation
causes ISI (Inter Symbol Interference) to occur. This phenomenon causes distortion of the given transmitted
symbol due to other transmitted symbols. With the help of equalization ISI can be reduced. This paper
presents a solution to the ISI problem by performing blind equalization using ANN (Artificial Neural
Networks). The simulated network is a multilayer feedforward Perceptron ANN, which has been trained
by utilizing the error back-propagation algorithm. The weights of the network are updated in accordance
with training of the network. This paper presents a very effective method for blind channel equalization,
being more efficient than the pre-existing algorithms. The obtained results show a visible reduction in
the noise content
A ESCOLA DE COPENHAGUE E A (NÃO) DISCUSSÃO SOBRE O GÊNERO: OS CRIMES DE “HONRA” NO PAQUISTÃO E O CASO DE QANDEEL BALOCH
Get PDFThe Copenhagen School stands out in security studies mainly for its concepts of social security and securitization, and puts itself as an alternative perspective to traditional security studies (Buzan; Hansen, 2012). Even so, this theoretical perspective carries criticisms, as Lene Hansen (2000) shows when she discusses the absence of gender discussions at the Copenhagen School. For the author, gender insecurity is not only related to the redistribution and reorganization of society, but also to fundamental questions of survival. With that in mind, the work intends to discuss honour killings in Pakistan from a critical analysis of the Copenhagen School, in the context of discursive security. An analysis will be carried out on the case of Qandeel Baloch, murdered by her brother in 2016 in the name of family honour, which demonstrates the scenario of intense violence against Pakistani women. It is noticed, at the end of the research, that the Copenhagen School distanced itself from its initial goal as a theory with a societal bias, as its theoretical assumptions end up ignoring the dynamics of violent and patriarchal societies, such as Pakistan, where there are silencing and naturalization of honour crimes against women.A Escola de Copenhague se destaca nos Estudos de Segurança principalmente pelos seus conceitos de segurança social e securitização, ao mesmo tempo que se coloca como uma perspectiva alternativa aos estudos tradicionais de segurança (Buzan; Hansen, 2012). Ainda assim, essa perspectiva teórica não está isenta de críticas, como mostra Lene Hansen (2000) ao abordar a ausência de discussões de gênero na Escola de Copenhague. Para ela, a insegurança de gênero não diz respeito apenas à redistribuição e reorganização da sociedade, mas também a questões fundamentais de sobrevivência. Tendo isso em vista, o trabalho pretende discutir os crimes de honra no Paquistão a partir de uma análise crítica da Escola de Copenhague, no âmbito da segurança discursiva. Será realizada análise do caso de Qandeel Baloch, assassinada por seu irmão em 2016 em nome da honra familiar, e que demonstra o cenário de intensa violência contra as mulheres paquistanesas. Percebe-se, ao final da pesquisa, que a Escola de Copenhague se distanciou de sua proposta inicial de teoria com viés societal, pois seus pressupostos teóricos acabam por ignorar dinâmicas de sociedades violentas e patriarcais, como o Paquistão, onde há silenciamentos e naturalização dos crimes de honra contra as mulheres
A whole genome DArTseq and SNP analysis for genetic diversity assessment in durum wheat from central fertile crescent
No full textPubMedID: 28099442Until now, little attention has been paid to the geographic distribution and evaluation of genetic diversity of durum wheat from the Central Fertile Crescent (modern-day Turkey and Syria). Turkey and Syria are considered as primary centers of wheat diversity, and thousands of locally adapted wheat landraces are still present in the farmers' small fields. We planned this study to evaluate the genetic diversity of durum wheat landraces from the Central Fertile Crescent by genotyping based on DArTseq and SNP analysis. A total of 39,568 DArTseq and 20,661 SNP markers were used to characterize the genetic characteristic of 91 durum wheat land races. Clustering based on Neighbor joining analysis, principal coordinate as well as Bayesian model implemented in structure, clearly showed that the grouping pattern is not associated with the geographical distribution of the durum wheat due to the mixing of the Turkish and Syrian landraces. Significant correlation between DArTseq and SNP markers was observed in the Mantel test. However, we detected a non-significant relationship between geographical coordinates and DArTseq (r = -0.085) and SNP (r = -0.039) loci. These results showed that unconscious farmer selection and lack of the commercial varieties might have resulted in the exchange of genetic material and this was apparent in the genetic structure of durum wheat in Turkey and Syria. The genomic characterization presented here is an essential step towards a future exploitation of the available durum wheat genetic resources in genomic and breeding programs. The results of this study have also depicted a clear insight about the genetic diversity of wheat accessions from the Central Fertile Crescent. © 2017 Baloch et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
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No full textWe are pleased to present the English translation of a short story written in Balochi, together with an introduction to the life and work of the author. We also include the Balochi text of the story in Latin and Arabic script. It is our hope that this story will be a wake-up call to many who want to see change in Balochistan, but are reluctant to sacrifice their own comfort to help bring about that change.Taj Baloch and Carina Jahani have translated a short story written by Azgar Lal in Balochi to EnglishThe Balochi Language Projec
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