Kalanchoe ×gildenhuysii (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a new nothospecies derived from K. millotii and K. tomentosa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 442 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
GIDEON F. SMITH ◽  
ESTRELA FIGUEIREDO
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
The World ◽  
High Species Diversity ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa ◽  
Species Hybrids

The majority of the species of Kalanchoe Adanson (1763: 248) in cultivation in, especially, mild-climate parts of the world originates from Madagascar, a present-day centre of high species diversity for the genus (Gehrig et al. 2001; Descoings 2003; Smith & Figueiredo 2018). Of 45 species, hybrids, and cultivars of Kalanchoe listed by Springate (1995: 178–185) as being cultivated in Europe, both out-of-doors and under glass, 29 (~64%) are either from Madagascar or are based on material originally collected from that country, with the remaining 16 being mainly from eastern and southern Africa, as well as from the Middle East, Socotra, India, and east Asia.

English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issue of proficiency

English Today ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsley Bolton
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Outer Circle ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Issue

ABSTRACTThe contemporary visibility and importance of English throughout the Asian region coupled with the emergence and development of distinct varieties of Asian Englishes have played an important part in the global story of English in recent years. Across Asia, the numbers of people having at least a functional command of the language have grown exponentially over the last four decades, and current changes in the sociolinguistic realities of the region are often so rapid that it is difficult for academic commentators to keep pace. One basic issue in the telling of this story is the question of what it is we mean by the term ‘Asia’, itself a word of contested etymology, whose geographical reference has ranged in application from the Middle East to Central Asia, and from the Indian sub-continent to Japan and Korea. In this article, my discussion will focus on the countries of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, as it is in these regions that we find not only the greatest concentration of ‘outer-circle’ English-using societies but also a number of the most populous English-learning and English-knowing nations in the world.

The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mandelbaum
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Political Liberty ◽  
The World

In the twenty-five years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. To be sure, wars took place in this era, but less frequently and on a far smaller scale than in previous periods. The peace ended because three major countries – Vladimir Putin’s Russia in Europe, Xi Jinping’s China in East Asia, and the Shia clerics’ Iran in the Middle East – put an end to it with aggressive nationalist policies aimed at overturning the prevailing political arrangements in their respective regions. The three leaders had a common motive: their need to survive in a democratic age with their countries’ prospects for economic growth uncertain. The key to the return of peace lies in the advent of genuine democracy, including free elections and the protection of religious, economic, and political liberty. Recent history has shown, however, that democracy cannot be imposed from the outside, leading to a paradox: the world has a formula for peace, but the world has no way to put it into practice.

Autonomieforderungen und Sezessionsbestrebungen in Europa und der Welt

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
South Tyrol ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Future Status

The current crisis in Catalonia and the issue of its future status is a well-known example of challenges which can be observed throughout Europe and the world: demands for autonomy and tendencies towards secession. The chapters in this volume deal with various examples of such phenomena in Europe (Catalonia, Corsica, Cyprus, Flanders, Scotland, South Tyrol, the former Czechoslovakia) and in other parts of the world: the Middle East (the case of the Kurdish people), North America (Québec and the USA) and East Asia (Hong Kong) With contributions by Elisabeth Alber, Heinz-Jürgen Axt, Helga E. Bories-Sawala, Frédéric Falkenhagen, Horst Förster, Martin Große Hüttmann, Rudolf Hrbek, Lukas Mariacher, Simon Meisch, Peter Pawelka, Sebastian Relitz, Sabine Riedel, Georg Schild, Markus Stoffels, Gunter Schubert

scholarly journals "Euroslam" - is it ridda or time consuming?

2005 ◽  
pp. 22-39
Author(s):  
T. Hazyr-Ogly
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
North Africa ◽  
The State ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Monitoring Center ◽  
Muslim Communities

Islam is now professed by the population of many countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe. According to the World Islamic League, as of 2004, there were 1.2 billion Islamic followers in different countries (around 120 countries). In 35 countries, Muslims now make up 95-99 percent of the population, in 17 countries Islam is the state religion, and in 25 states, Muslims are an influential minority. Muslim communities are overwhelmed in Asia and North Africa. But they are also present in Europe, the US and Japan. According to statistics from the European Monitoring Center and Xenophobia (EUMC), Islam is the only religious religion in the world over the past 100 years, from 13 to 19.5 percent.

The United States and Regional Security Orders in the Middle East, East Asia, and Europe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Overhaus
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
The World ◽  
American Hegemony ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Trump Administration

The USA is still the only power with the capability to have a major impact—for better or for worse—on the security orders in all major geographical regions of the world, most notably the Near/Middle East, East Asia, and Europe. A review of the major dynamics in regional orders shows that seven decades of American hegemony have always been short of the liberal ideal-type expectations—well before Donald Trump entered the scene. However, the Trump administration sees the international and regional security orders primarily as arenas for power competition in which economic and military might are the most relevant currencies. While the erosion of regional security orders is not primarily the result of the deeds and omissions in Washington, the missing liberal hegemon will make it much harder to reverse the trend and to rebuild these orders from within and from the outside.

scholarly journals Disability and HIV: What drives this relationship in Eastern and Southern Africa?

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Hanass-Hancock ◽  
Ilaria Regondi ◽  
Kerisha Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Disability Prevalence ◽  
World Report ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

The Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region is the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic and also home to a large number of people with disabilities. Both HIV and Disability are significant public health issues. While they are generally viewed as distinct and unrelated phenomena data seems to suggest that they are particularly closely intertwined in ESA.For the first time in history, by using the same disability indicator consistently, the publication of the World Report on Disability in 2011 has allowed for the comparison of disability data between countries, and across regions. This has the potential to shed some light on the relationship between disability and socio-economic markers and other health conditions in a way that was not possible previously. In the absence of disability and HIV-specific population-based surveys, this paper uses global socio-economic and HIV datasets and compares them to data contained in the most recent World Report on Disability.The analysis suggests that disability prevalence may be related to HIV-prevalence in ESA (Pearson 0.87). It identifies research and policy gaps and seeks to shed light on the relationship between the two phenomena. It concludes that, more than any other region in the world, ESA needs to ensure better data collection on disability and the inclusion of disability throughout its HIV programmes in order to provide a comprehensive and appropriate response to the epidemic. 

scholarly journals Floristics of flowering plants from the understory of Atlantic remnants in central and southern Bahia, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-184
Author(s):  
Rodrigo L. Borges ◽  
Patrícia A. Ferreira ◽  
Blandina F. Viana ◽  
Maria L.S. Guedes ◽  
Nádia Roque
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Floristic Inventory ◽  
The World ◽  
High Species Diversity ◽  
Southern Bahia ◽  
Taxonomic Novelties ◽  
State Records

The Atlantic Rainforest has high species diversity and endemism and is one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world. However, the rainforest understory stratum is regarded as the least studied and understood with regards to biodiversity. The aim of our study was to develop an up-to-date checklist of flowering plants collected in 10 Atlantic Rainforest remnants in Southern Bahia, Brazil. The floristic inventory recorded 49 families, 103 genera, and 170 species. The richest families were Rubiaceae (34 spp.), Melastomataceae (16), Bromeliaceae, Poaceae (8 spp.), Cyperaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Marantaceae, Myrtaceae, and Piperaceae (7). We record 10 new state records for Bahia and two new taxonomic novelties (Bertolonia sp. nov. and Palicourea sp. nov.) were discovered. The species composition is very exclusive with 85% of species occurring in only one of the studied areas and 27% being endemic to this biome region.

scholarly journals Vegetative Morphology and Starch Production Among Sago Plants (Metroxylon spp.) in Kepulauan Meranti District, Riau, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Liska Ayulia ◽  
MHB Djoefrie ◽  
Yunus Arifien
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Starch Content ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Sago Starch ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
The World ◽  
High Species Diversity ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Starch Production

Sago (Metroxylon spp.) is the world’s highest starch producer that have high productivity. Sago starch, however, is still underutilized compared to other starch. Sago can produce dry starch of 20-40 ton per ha per year. Indonesia has the largest sago area in the world with more than 90% of the world’s total sago area. Sago have high species diversity and not all of them have the same starch-producing capability. This research was conducted to gather information on the morphological characters and starch production potentials of several types of sago in Meranti Islands Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia, especially in Bandul, Mengkirau, Tanjung Peranap, and Bagan Melibur. Three different types of sago in Kepulauan Meranti Regency, Riau, has been identified, namely Beremban, Meranti and Sangka. The morphology and starch production of different types of sago vary depending on environmental conditions, including soil types. Beremban Sago collected from Bandul Village were found to have the highest starch content, therefore it has potentials to be developed for starch production in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Urogynaecology Training in South East Asia (SEA) and Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ng Kwok Weng Roy
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The West ◽  
The Third ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
The World ◽  
Land Mass

South East Asia (SEA) is made up of 11 countries (Viet-nam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia and Timor Leste) from Myanmar in the northwest to Timor Leste in the far south east. It is one of the most far flung region in Asia, with a land mass of 4.5 million km2 and theitspopulation of 641 million makes it the third most populous geographical region in the world after South Asia and East Asia. Asia is the world’s largest most populous continent stretching from the Middle East in the west to Japan in the east with a population of 4.567 billion.

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