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Since the early 1950s East Asia (China, Taiwan and South Korea) and
South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) have,
despite war and other challenges, managed to transform the lives of
their people, whereas South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Sri Lanka) has lagged behind. The success of East and South-East
Asia has not been accidental - it has been driven by action to
reduce rural poverty, by the provision of decent education and
health services to the people, and by high quality physical and
institutional infrastructure, such as roads, ports and railways,
and targeted support from the State to develop particular
industries. In contrast, Pakistan has never confronted the problem
of rural poverty, nor invested in public services. This failure is
a reflection of the power of the landed class and its urban allies.
This has now taken the form of widespread rent-seeking in the
economy with the country's ruling elite sharing out the spoils
amongst themselves rather than taking measures to grow the size of
the economy so that all might share in the resulting prosperity.
Rentier Capitalism sheds light on the reasons behind Pakistan's
failure to bring prosperity to its people when compared to other
East Asian and South-East Asian countries.
A lively debate is currently being conducted in the social sciences
around the concepts of "tribe", "segmentary societies" and "Islam
in society". This wide-ranging collection by thirteen distinguished
anthropologists contributes to the debate by examining various
segmentary Islamic tribal societies from Morocco to Pakistan.
Can West and East ever understand each other? In this extraordinary
book one of the world's leading Muslim scholars explores an area
which has been almost entirely neglected by scholars in the field -
the area of postmodernism and Islam. This landmark work is
startling and constantly perceptive in its exploration of Western
and Islamic culture. Emphasizing the role of the mass media in
shaping our understanding of East-West relations, Akbar S. Ahmed
analyses the ways in which the media turned events like the Salman
Rushdie affair and the Gulf war into a carnival of spectacle and
entertainment. He makes use of the postmodern theme of the
displaced, circulating image to show how images are used to tell
stories - stories which are not always helpful or accurate. In this
new, revised edition, Akbar S. Ahmed includes a remarkable and
stimulating new preface, in which he reconsiders this topic in the
light of the contemporary, post September 11th, world.
Can West and East ever understand each other? In this extraordinary
book one of the world's leading Muslim scholars explores an area
which has been almost entirely neglected by scholars in the field -
the area of postmodernism and Islam. This landmark work is
startling and constantly perceptive in its exploration of Western
and Islamic culture. Emphasizing the role of the mass media in
shaping our understanding of East-West relations, Akbar S. Ahmed
analyses the ways in which the media turned events like the Salmon
Rushdie affair and the Gulf war into a carnival of spectacle and
entertainment. He makes use of the postmodern theme of the
displaced, circulating image to show how images are used to tell
stories - stories which are not always helpful or accurate. In this
new, revised edition, Akbar S. Ahmed includes a remarkable and
stimulating new preface, in which he reconsiders this topic in the
light of the contemporary, post September 11th, world.
Instructive, entertaining and even stimulating. - Middle East International
Through an exploration of his experiences as a Muslim and his personal search for understanding, (Akbar Ahmed) sets before us the kindlier face of Islam and the dynamics of its history. - History Today
This is a most readable book which will set Muslims and non-Muslims thinking. - Islam, Christian and Muslim Relations
An in-depth analysis of Islamic history and society... required reading for students and researchers. - Colonel Ghulam Sarwar, The Voice of Islam
Events in the last decade have transformed the Muslim world: the
Iranian Revolution, the Rushdie affair, the Gulf War. Other
influences on Muslim society have perhaps been more penetrating but
less obvious. The outside world now reaches into even the most
closeted Muslim home through the various channels of the mass
media. Processes of globalization have hit traditional cultures so
hard and in such a way that they have raised issues for Muslims
which can no longer be ignored; Muslims are now forced to engage
these issues and to formulate responses to them. Matters which in
the past might have been considered by the well-informed few are
now debated throughout society by people at every level of social
organization. This book examines how Muslims across the globe have
responded to these changes and contradictions. It tries to capture
and explore some of the debate, uncertainty and conflict which they
have generated as Islam moves towards the 21st century. The case
studies presented - of Turkish, Trinidadian, Malaysian, Pakistani,
Egyptian, North American, Middle Eastern and British Islam -
describe both the general global processes now affecting Muslims
everywhere.
Sustainable development is a very prevalent concept of modern
society. This concept has appeared as a critical force in combining
a special focus on development and growth by maintaining a balance
of using human resources and the ecosystem in which we are living.
The development of new and advanced materials is one of the
powerful examples in establishing this concept. Green and
sustainable advanced materials are the newly synthesized material
or existing modified material having superior and special
properties. These fulfil today's growing demand for equipment,
machines and devices with better quality for an extensive range of
applications in various sectors such as paper, biomedical, textile,
and much more. Volume 1 gives overviews on a variety of topics of
characterization of green and sustainable advanced materials
including biopolymers, biocomposites, nanomaterials, polymeric
materials, green functional textiles materials and hybrid
materials, as well as processing chapters on the design and process
aspects of nanofabrication.
A lively debate is currently being conducted in the social sciences
around the concepts of "tribe", "segmentary societies" and "Islam
in society". This wide-ranging collection by thirteen distinguished
anthropologists contributes to the debate by examining various
segmentary Islamic tribal societies from Morocco to Pakistan.
This analysis of Muslim unrest is based on an extended case study
of northwestern Pakistan. Professor Ahmed examines power,
authority, and religious status as the critical intermediary level
of society: that of the district or Agency, which was the key unit
of administration in British India. Amhed has joined his insights
as anthropologist with his experience as a political agent in
Waziristan to produce an innovative and detailed work. The book
focuses on the emergence of a mullah in Waziristan who challenges
the state. A religious leader's challenge of the state is not new;
but contemporary Muslim society's widespread concern over these
conflicts reveals that the influence of religion in a traditional
society undergoing modernization is greater than many scholars have
assumed. The author identifies three types of leaders: traditional
leaders, usually elders; representatives of the established state
authority; and religious functionaries. From this analysis he
constructs an 'Islamic district paradigm, ' which he uses not only
in making sense of contemporary Muslim society, but also in
understanding some aspects of the legacy of the colonial encounter.
This book examines the cultural responses of Muslims to the transformations, contradictions and challenges confronting contemporary Islam as it moves towards the twentieth-first century. The diffusion of populations, the globalization of culture and teh forces of postmodernity have shaken the world like never before. These developments have generated a debate among Muslims which as, the contributors to this volume show, will have far-reaching consequences not just for the Muslim world, but for relations between Islam and the West more generally.
Composites are materials made from two or more constituent
materials with significantly different physical or chemical
properties. The two materials combine together to give a new
material with higher strength, toughness, stiffness, but also a
higher resistance to creep, corrosion, wear or fatigue compared to
conventional materials. It is composed primarily of a matrix i.e. a
continuous phase which is armoured with secondary discontinues
reinforcement phase. These materials have been used in a variety of
products viz. spacecrafts, sporting goods, catalyst, sensors,
actuators, biomedical materials, batteries, cars, furniture,
aircraft components, etc. This book focusses on processing,
properties of various types of composite materials, as well as
their environmental engineering applications. This book examines
the current state of art, new challenges, and opportunities of
composites in environmental engineering. The chapters in this book
covers nearly every topic related to composites in environmental
engineering in four broad perspectives: (i) classification of
composites (ii) green/hybrid synthesis and characterization of nano
and biocomposites (iii) processing of composite materials (iv)
state-of-the-art in fabricating the composites - nano and
biocomposites - for environmental applications.
Thanks to the meticulous and enthusiastic work of insect collectors
and taxonomists over the past hundred years and more, we have today
a large amount of information on the feeding habits and life styles
of sev eral hundred thousands of insect species. Insects that feed
on plants during at least one of their life stages constitute about
half of the three-quarters of a million described species. Their
numbers both in terms of species and individuals together with
their small but macroscopic sizes makes the insect-plant biological
interface perhaps the most conspicuous, diverse and largest
assemblage of intimate interspecies interactions in existence. It
is also perhaps the most important biological interface be cause of
the plants' role as primary producers upon which all other forms of
earthly life depend, thereby bringing herbivorous insects
occasionally into direct competition with human food and fiber
production. Early enthusiasm revealed many remarkable
specializations and associ ations between insects and plants, and
occasionally assigned chemical me diators for them. However, the
modern practices of large scale crop pro tection by synthetic
pesticides and their attendant problems, particularly with
resistance in "pests" and destruction of natural enemies, have been
in large measure responsible for drawing our attention to the
mechanisms whereby plants control insect populations and insects
adapt to the plants' defenses. These practices have also brought
home the importance of chemical mediators in practically all
aspects of insect activities and, in parti cular, the importance of
plant allelochemicals in maintaining and balan cing insect-plant
associations."
How can people in the West make sense of contemporary unrest in the
Muslim world? Is Islamic fundamentalism to be understood purely in
religious terms? In Resistance and Control in Pakistan, one of the
world's leading authorities on Islam, Akbar S. Ahmed, illuminates
what is happening in the Muslim world today and assesses the
underlying causes. He does this by telling the dramatic story of
the revolt of the Mullah of Waziristan in northwest Pakistan and by
placing it within the context of other movements occurring
elsewhere in the Islamic world. He also examines the social
structure and operative principles in Muslim society and
scrutinizes the influence of religion in a society that is
undergoing modernization. Till now, there has been little available
literature on this topic. This book, written by an eminent scholar
with an international reputation fills this gap, giving students of
politics, sociology and Asian studies a revealing examination of
the Muslim world today.
Electromagnetic Pulse Simulations Using Finite-Difference
Time-Domain Method Discover the utility of the FDTD approach to
solving electromagnetic problems with this powerful new resource
Electromagnetic Pulse Simulations Using Finite-Difference
Time-Domain Method delivers a comprehensive overview of the
generation and propagation of ultra-wideband electromagnetic
pulses. The book provides a broad cross-section of studies of
electromagnetic waves and their propagation in free space,
dielectric media, complex media, and within guiding structures,
like waveguide lines, transmission lines, and antennae. The
distinguished author offers readers a fresh new approach for
analyzing electromagnetic modes for pulsed electromagnetic systems
designed to improve the reader's understanding of the
electromagnetic modes responsible for radiating far-fields. The
book also provides a wide variety of computer programs, data
analysis techniques, and visualization tools with state-of-the-art
packages in MATLAB(R) and Octave. Following an introduction and
clarification of basic electromagnetics and the frequency and time
domain approach, the book delivers explanations of different
numerical methods frequently used in computational electromagnetics
and the necessity for the time domain treatment. In addition to a
discussion of the Finite-difference Time-domain (FDTD) approach,
readers will also enjoy: A thorough introduction to electromagnetic
pulses (EMPs) and basic electromagnetics, including common
applications of electromagnetics and EMP coupling and its effects
An exploration of time and frequency domain analysis in
electromagnetics, including Maxwell's equations and their practical
implications A discussion of electromagnetic waves and propagation,
including waves in free space, dielectric mediums, complex mediums,
and guiding structures A treatment of computational
electromagnetics, including an explanation of why we need modeling
and simulations Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students
taking courses in physics and electrical and electronic
engineering, Electromagnetic Pulse Simulations Using
Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method will also earn a place in the
libraries of scientists and engineers working in electromagnetic
research, RF and microwave design, and electromagnetic
interference.
Alginate is a hydrophilic, biocompatible, biodegradable, and
relatively economical polymer generally found in marine brown
algae. The modification in the alginate molecule after
polymerization has shown strong potential in biomedical,
pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications such as wound
dressing, drug delivery, dental treatment, in cell culture and
tissue engineering. Besides this, alginates have industrial
applications too in the paper and food industries as plasticizers
and additives. The few books that have been published on alginates
focus more on their biology. This current book focuses on the
exploration of alginates and their modification, characterization,
derivatives, composites, hydrogels as well as the new and emerging
applications.
Instructive, entertaining and even stimulating. - Middle East International
Through an exploration of his experiences as a Muslim and his personal search for understanding, (Akbar Ahmed) sets before us the kindlier face of Islam and the dynamics of its history. - History Today
This is a most readable book which will set Muslims and non-Muslims thinking. - Islam, Christian and Muslim Relations
An in-depth analysis of Islamic history and society... required reading for students and researchers. - Colonel Ghulam Sarwar, The Voice of Islam
Rice is staple food for more than half of the world population but
the pest insects play havoc with the crop and in case of severe
infestation failure of the crop occurs. Amongst these notorious
insect pests, leaffolder and stem borer attained their peak
occurrence in September while whitebacked planthopper, green
leafhopper and white leafhopper in October. However, the maximum
and minimum temperature (except stem borer having positive effect)
and rainfall (except green leafhopper having positive effect) were
proved vital for bringing a change in the population of green
leafhopper, leaffolder, stem borer, whitebacked planthopper and
white leafhopper. Similarly, relative humidity has shown a positive
response on their population. Curaterr 3G @ 10 kg/ acre gave
effective control of leaffolder who attained the economic threshold
level of 4 larvae/ hill than Asomido 60SL @ 400 ml/ acre under the
calendar-based schedule as compared to need-based control with more
yield and better cost-benefit ratio (1:5.53). The present findings
will be helpful in understanding the behavior of the captioned
insect pests in relation to their environment and ultimately their
control.
Unique book presenting the latest advancements and applications of
chitosan-based hydrogels and composite materials in biotechnology,
environmental studies, food, medicine, water treatments, drug
delivery. This book delves deeply in to the preparation,
characterization and multiple applications of chitin and chitosan.
The 17 chapters written by leading experts is an excellent
reference source and state-of-the-art review for researchers and
scientists using chitosan or biopolymers in their respective areas.
This book is divided into following sections: Production and
derivatives of chitosan Chitosan in the textile and food industries
Chitosan in biomedical applications Chitosan in agriculture and
water treatment The book is practical and readers will be able to
see descriptions of chitosan production methods as well as
techniques that can be used to estimate and modify their physical
and chemical properties. It provides a full description not only of
the traditional and recent developments in the applications of
chitosan in the fields of biotechnology, environmental studies,
food, medicine, water treatments, drug delivery, but it includes
all of the therapeutic usages as well.
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