This book explores the what, the why, and the how of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan almost 20 years after their removal from power. It examines how the U.S. discourses on War on Terror and state-building in Afghanistan have taken shape, became dominant over the past two decades, and to delineate their consequences
This paper investigates the role that prefixes played in the development of the Slavic aspect category utilizing concepts from dynamic systems theory.
Feng Menglong (1574-1646) diakui sebagai penikmat sastra populer paling berpengetahuan pada masanya. Dia dikenal saat ini karena menyusun tiga kumpulan cerpen vernakular yang terkenal, masing-masing berisi empat puluh cerita, yang secara kolektif dikenal sebagai Sanyan. Apropriasi dan Representasi mengadaptasi konsep ventriloquism dan dialogisme dari Bakhtin dan Holquist untuk mengeksplorasi me…
Before new interventions can be used in disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in “field trials”, which may be complex and expensive undertakings. Descriptions of the detailed procedures and methods used in trials that have been conducted in the past have generally not been published.
The relational complexity of urban and rural landscapes in space and in time. The development of historical geographical information systems (HGIS) and other methods from the digital humanities have revolutionised historical research on cultural landscapes. Additionally, the opening up of increasingly diverse collections of source material, often incomplete and difficult to interpret, has led t…
In this paper, the wine quality was evaluated by experienced judges who scored the wine on the base of a 0-10 scale, with 0 meaning very bad and 10 excellent, so, the resulting variable was categorical. The models applied to predict this variable provide the prediction of the occurrence probabilities of each of its categories
Microalgae were the basis of life into the planet, but only recently these microorganisms are exploited at a commercial scale. Thus, the production of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, feed, and foods from microalgae is today a commercial reality increasing year by year. Additionally, microalgae have been proposed to be used to enhance the sustainability of existing industrial activities, as wastewat…
Perlindungan dan pemeliharaan sumber daya lingkungan untuk generasi mendatang memerlukan interaksi yang bertanggung jawab antara manusia dan lingkungan untuk menghindari pemborosan sumber daya alam. Menurut pepatah penduduk asli Amerika kuno, "Kita tidak mewarisi Bumi dari nenek moyang kita; kita meminjamnya dari anak-anak kita."Kearifan asli ini berpotensi memainkan peran penting dalam mendefi…
The application of Precision Agriculture strategies represents an opportunity for farmers to obtain economic benefits given by the optimization of inputs and the reduction of the pressure exerted by agricultural systems on the environment, especially in coastal areas.
This paper deals with Michael Marullus Tarchaniota’s early childhood years marked by exile from the recently fallen Despotate of Morea, a short and unconfirmed stay in Dubrovnik and, finally, by his arrival in Naples. A vast array of heterogeneous sources have been sifted in order to elucidate Marullus’ life before his arrival in Naples, i.e. in the turbulent period marked with Ottoman adva…