scholarly journals Lower Eocene (Middle Ilerdian) brachiopods from the Campo region, Central Pyrenees, north-eas tern Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Maria Aleksandra Bitner
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Soft Substrate ◽  
Lower Eocene ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Established Species ◽  
Hard Substrates ◽  
Central Pyrenees

Three brachiopod species, Terebratulina tenuistriata (Leymerie, 1846), Argyrotheca vidali (Mallada, 1878), and "Terebratula" n. sp., are recognized in the marls and calcareous silts of the Lower Eocene Puebla Formation of the Campo region in the Central Pyrenees, north-eastern Spain. The rich and well preserved material of T. tenuistriata and A. vidali allows to recognize the range of their morphological variability and to evaluate the status of earlier established species. The investigated assemblage is characterized by the small, pedunculate taxa adapted to life on a soft bottom anchoring directly in a soft substrate or attaching to very small, hard substrates. 

Foundations and Introduction of Islamic Economics: Role and Trends

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-138
Author(s):  
Dr. Bilal Ahmad Khan
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Islamic Philosophy ◽  
Moral Training ◽  
Human Ability ◽  
The Status ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Specific Concept ◽  
The Individual

Islamic economics based on specific concept of universe and the creation of man is contradictory to the concept adopted and accepted by modern science. Islamic economics postulates although ability and expertise is required for progress and growth but distribution of resources completely dependent on it would be cruel, inhuman and bereft of kindness, and lead to oppression. Islamic economics does not favor making human ability and expertise the fulcrum of resource distribution. It should be kind, considerate and based on justice and fairness. This is because according to Islamic philosophy, ownership is considered to be a trust from Allah which has been bestowed on the rich so that they may utilize it correctly. In Islamic economics the role of the individual, has inclinations and his aims and objectives occupy a central position and are vitally important. He is definitely a rational being but his level of rationality is not confined to the calculations of cost and profit. An individual does not want merely to obtain monetary profit and physical pleasure and leisure but he also wants and aims for something beyond what the material world has to offer. The main aim of the study is to find out the relationship between Islam and economics. In Islamic economics the comprehensive moral training of the individual, his technical and educational ability, his aims and his priorities are of primary importance. According to Islamic economics the means of acquiring wealth has the same importance as wealth itself. Dishonesty, abuse of trust and earning of wealth through fraudulent ways and means may perhaps increase the status of an individual but the society suffers because of it on the whole. This leads to an unjust and oppressive economic system.

New Devonian microconchids (Tentaculita) from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Zatoń ◽  
Wojciech Krawczyński
Keyword(s):  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Holy Cross Mountains ◽  
Competition For Space ◽  
High Sedimentation ◽  
New Material ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Hard Substrates

Tentaculitoid microconchid tubeworms from Devonian (uppermost Emsian-upper Givetian) deposits of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, include three new species from stratigraphically well-constrained lithological units:Polonoconchus skalensisn. gen. n. sp.,Palaeoconchus sanctacrucensisn. sp. andMicroconchus vinnin. sp. The microconchids inhabited fully marine environments during transgressive pulses, as is evidenced from facies and associated fossils.Polonoconchus skalensisn. gen. n. sp. andPalaeoconchus sanctacrucensisn. sp. inhabited secondary firm- to hard-substrates in deeper-water, soft-bottom environments. They developed planispiral, completely substrate-cemented tubes and planispiral tubes with elevated apertures, which is indicative of environments where sedimentation rate is low but competition for space (by overgrowth) may be high.Microconchus vinnin. sp., on the other hand, developed a helically coiled distal portion of the tube as a response to a high sedimentation rate. As the taxonomic composition of Devonian microconchids is poorly recognized at both regional and global scales, this new material contributes significantly to our understanding of the diversity of these extinct tube-dwelling encrusters.

Nouveaux taxons et synonymies dans le groupe de Liptena opaca (Kirby, 1890) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Libert
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Status ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Specific Rank

New taxa and synonymies in the group of Liptena opaca (Kirby, 1890) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae). A lectotype of Liptena opaca (Kirby, 1890) is designated, and the status of three of its subspecies are revised: ugandana Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974, is raised to specific rank, centralis Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974, is synonymized with L. opaca gabunica, and sankuru Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974, becomes a subspecies of L. albomacula Hawker-Smith, 1933. Liptena ouesso Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974, is synonymized with L. immaculata Grünberg, 1910. Six new species are described, four from Cameroon (L. arnouxi n. sp., L. laguerrei n. sp., L. mariae n. sp. and L. perconfusa n. sp.), one from eastern Nigeria (L. brophyi n. sp.), and one species (L. restricta n. sp.) as well as a new subspecies (L. immaculata orientis n. ssp.) from north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ecology of terrace wet rice-fish environment and role of periphyton

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 102-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surjya Kumar Saikia ◽  
Debangshu Narayan Das
Keyword(s):  
Rice Fields ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2 ◽  
Rice Fish ◽  
Water Canals ◽  
Key Words Rice

The waterlogged terrace wet rice-fields of Apatani Plateau located at an altitude of 1500msl in Arunachal Pradesh of the north eastern India are stocked with fish Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L) for several decades. The fishes are not fed with supplementary feeds because of the rich organic nature of the rice-fields. The study on water and soil of these fields revealed a strong co-relation to such organic nature. The wet rice-fish integrated fields exhibited the characters of shallow wet ecosystems. The water canals traversed through the rice fields were found inundated with water up to 50m showing the nature of Deep Water Rice fields (DWR) at least for one month. Significant (p<0.001) variations of water were observed for dissolved oxygen (DO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to diurnal and seasonal changes. Alkalinity of the fields intends to play a role towards its productivity which is otherwise played by DO in other aquatic systems. Soil nitrogen reflected a gradual increasing trend of organic nature. Role of periphyton may not be ignored to the high phosphorus level of the soil at later flood phases in these fields. Key words: Rice-fish; aquatic ecosystem; organic practice; plankton; periphyton DOI: 10.3126/jowe.v4i0.2585Journal of Wetlands Ecology, (2010) Vol. 4, pp 102-111

Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India

2017 ◽  
pp. 34-52
Author(s):  
Supriya Dam
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Tibet Autonomous Region ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Look

India's North Eastern Region (NER) stretches from the foothills of the Himalayas in the eastern range and is surrounded by international borders with countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet Autonomous Region), Nepal, and Myanmar. The landlocked region is constrained by a brief spell of insurgency, and dismal unemployment has affected the region's progress since 1947. The advent of the Look East Policy coupled with a number of South Asia sub-regional arrangements with neighboring countries opened a “Pandora's Box” for this region. The SASEC initiatives of ADB helped to improve the status of tourism and infrastructure, including roads, air connectivity, and also opened cross-border land routes and roads within the North East (NE). The present study takes stock of tourism development from a sustainability perspective and examines the implementation of the SASEC tourism project in eight NE States of India with a view to suggest priority areas for action for promotion of tourism in this region.

Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India

2020 ◽  
pp. 690-709
Author(s):  
Supriya Dam
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Tibet Autonomous Region ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Look

India's North Eastern Region (NER) stretches from the foothills of the Himalayas in the eastern range and is surrounded by international borders with countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet Autonomous Region), Nepal, and Myanmar. The landlocked region is constrained by a brief spell of insurgency, and dismal unemployment has affected the region's progress since 1947. The advent of the Look East Policy coupled with a number of South Asia sub-regional arrangements with neighboring countries opened a “Pandora's Box” for this region. The SASEC initiatives of ADB helped to improve the status of tourism and infrastructure, including roads, air connectivity, and also opened cross-border land routes and roads within the North East (NE). The present study takes stock of tourism development from a sustainability perspective and examines the implementation of the SASEC tourism project in eight NE States of India with a view to suggest priority areas for action for promotion of tourism in this region.

scholarly journals MIXING OF QUANTUM WALKS ON GENERALIZED HYPERCUBES

2008 ◽  
Vol 06 (06) ◽  
pp. 1135-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA BEST ◽  
MARKUS KLIEGL ◽  
SHAWN MEAD-GLUCHACKI ◽  
CHRISTINO TAMON
Keyword(s):  
Mixing Time ◽  
Quantum Walk ◽  
Circulant Matrix ◽  
Quantum Walks ◽  
Spectral Structure ◽  
The Status ◽  
Time Quantum ◽  
Hamming Graphs ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Fourier Transform

We study continuous-time quantum walks on graphs which generalize the hypercube. The only known family of graphs whose quantum walk instantaneously mixes to uniform is the Hamming graphs with small arities. We show that quantum uniform mixing on the hypercube is robust under the addition of perfect matchings but not much else. Our specific results include: • The graph obtained by augmenting the hypercube with an additive matching x ↦ x ⊕ η is instantaneous uniform mixing whenever |η| is even, but with a slower mixing time. This strictly includes the result of Moore and Russell1 on the hypercube. • The class of Hamming graphs H(n,q) is not uniform mixing if and only if q ≥ 5. This is a tight characterization of quantum uniform mixing on Hamming graphs; previously, only the status of H(n,q) with q < 5 was known. • The bunkbed graph [Formula: see text] whose adjacency matrix is I ⊗ Qn + X ⊗ Af, where Af is a [Formula: see text]-circulant matrix defined by a Boolean function f, is not uniform mixing if the Fourier transform of f has support of size smaller than 2n-1. This explains why the hypercube is uniform mixing and why the join of two hypercubes is not. Our work exploits the rich spectral structure of the generalized hypercubes and relies heavily on Fourier analysis of group-circulants.

scholarly journals Alien shades of grey: new occurrences and relevant spread of Sciurus carolinensis in Italy

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiliano Mori ◽  
Rachele Amerini ◽  
Giuseppe Mazza ◽  
Sandro Bertolino ◽  
Roberto Battiston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Sciurus Carolinensis ◽  
Grey Squirrel ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Status ◽  
Lactating Females ◽  
Rapid Removal

Abstract The eastern grey squirrel is listed among the worst invasive species throughout the world. This species of American origin is currently replacing the native Eurasian red squirrel in most of the Great Britain, as well as in parts of Ireland and Italy. It may debark trees and exert damages to woodlands and tree plantations. Therefore, its spread may be deleterious for biodiversity and environment, emphasising the need for a rapid detection in new areas of occurrence. In this work, we reported for the first time, the presence of new populations of this invasive species in Tuscany (Central Italy) and some updates and analyses regarding the status of this species in Veneto (North-Eastern Italy). Occurrences were collected through citizen-science contributory approach supported by photos, road-kills, and/or hair-tube sampling. Field investigations ad hoc were carried out in Veneto and Tuscany to confirm the repeated reports in the surroundings of Arezzo and in the province of Siena. Although records can be possibly related to erratic or single individuals escaped from captivity, reproductive nuclei have also been detected in both regions, with the observations of juveniles and/or lactating females. The occurrence of the species in these regions is still scarce and localised, but considering the surrounding favourable wooded habitats, a rapid removal of the animals would be required to prevent their spread.

scholarly journals The Anthropo-scene: A guide for the perplexed

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Lorimer
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Systems Science ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Scientific Question ◽  
Earth Systems ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Disciplinary Diversity

The scientific proposal that the Earth has entered a new epoch as a result of human activities – the Anthropocene – has catalysed a flurry of intellectual activity. I introduce and review the rich, inchoate and multi-disciplinary diversity of this Anthropo-scene. I identify five ways in which the concept of the Anthropocene has been mobilized: scientific question, intellectual zeitgeist, ideological provocation, new ontologies and science fiction. This typology offers an analytical framework for parsing this diversity, for understanding the interactions between different ways of thinking in the Anthropo-scene, and thus for comprehending elements of its particular and peculiar sociabilities. Here I deploy this framework to situate Earth Systems Science within the Anthropo-scene, exploring both the status afforded science in discussions of this new epoch, and the various ways in which the other means of engaging with the concept come to shape the conduct, content and politics of this scientific enquiry. In conclusion the paper reflects on the potential of the Anthropocene for new modes of academic praxis.

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