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What is Behind Yinshun’s Re-statement of the Nature of the Mūlamadhyamakakā: Debates on the Creation of a New Mahāyāna in Twentieth-century China (2012)
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Travagnin, S. (2012). What is Behind Yinshun’s Re-statement of the Nature of the Mūlamadhyamakakā: Debates on the Creation of a New Mahāyāna in Twentieth-century China. Buddhist Studies Review, 29(2), 251-272. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v29i2.251-272

Yinshun (1906–2005) is regarded as one of the most eminent monks in twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism. Previous research has argued that Yinshun especially undertook the mission of writing new commentaries on Madhyamaka texts. His efforts provoked a... Read More about What is Behind Yinshun’s Re-statement of the Nature of the Mūlamadhyamakakā: Debates on the Creation of a New Mahāyāna in Twentieth-century China.

Review of: Wing-Cheong Chan, Barry Wright, Stanley Yeo (eds): Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code: The Legacies and Modern Challenges of Criminal Law Reform (2012)
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Sharma, K. (2013). Review of: Wing-Cheong Chan, Barry Wright, Stanley Yeo (eds): Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code: The Legacies and Modern Challenges of Criminal Law Reform. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, 26(4), 957-962. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-012-9299-0

What is Life Worth? A Rough Guide to Valuation (2012)
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Davis, C. (2012). What is Life Worth? A Rough Guide to Valuation. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 26(4), 503-517. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12004

In this speculative article, the aim is to elaborate a definition of life that is not biological, and a valuation of it that is not commodified. This is undertaken by the
development of an understanding of death as a process which is embedded in the... Read More about What is Life Worth? A Rough Guide to Valuation.

Gender–age systems and social change: a Haugaardian power analysis based on research from northern Uganda (2012)
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Harris, C. Gender–age systems and social change: a Haugaardian power analysis based on research from northern Uganda. Journal of Political Power, 5(3), 475-492. https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2012.735119

This paper studies power through data focusing on gender–age relations gathered ethnographically among the Acholi of northern Uganda. It analyses these data through a framework combining Haugaard’s notions of dispositional, episodic and discursive/ta... Read More about Gender–age systems and social change: a Haugaardian power analysis based on research from northern Uganda.

CUSAS 17 no. 61 (2012)
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George, A. (2012). CUSAS 17 no. 61. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2012(4), 99-100

For God and La Patrie: Antonin Jaussen, Dominican Priest and and French Intelligence Agent in the Middle East (2012)
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Mazza, R., & Ouhes, I. (2012). For God and La Patrie: Antonin Jaussen, Dominican Priest and and French Intelligence Agent in the Middle East. First World War Studies, 3(2), 145-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2012.728735

The study of the First World War in the Middle East has been dominated by diplomatic and military scholars. A new breed of historians and sociologists has attempted to look at the ways in which Middle Eastern societies were reshaped by the war. This... Read More about For God and La Patrie: Antonin Jaussen, Dominican Priest and and French Intelligence Agent in the Middle East.

Estimating potential yield of wheat production in China based on cross-scale data-model fusion (2012)
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Tian, Z., Zhong, H., Shi, R., Sun, L., Fischer, G., & Liang, Z. (2012). Estimating potential yield of wheat production in China based on cross-scale data-model fusion. Frontiers of Earth Science, 6(4), 364-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-012-0332-0

The response of the agro-ecological system to the environment includes the response of individual crop 19s
physiologic process and the adaption of the crop community
to the environment. Observation and simulation at the
single scale level cannot f... Read More about Estimating potential yield of wheat production in China based on cross-scale data-model fusion.

The Subclassification of Songhay and its Historical Implications (2012)
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Souag, L. (2012). The Subclassification of Songhay and its Historical Implications. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 33(2), 181-213. https://doi.org/10.1515/jall-2012-0008

This paper seeks to establish the first cladistic subgrouping of Songhay explicitly based on shared arbitrary innovations, a prerequisite both for distinguishing recent loans from valid extra-Songhay comparanda and for determining how Songhay spread.... Read More about The Subclassification of Songhay and its Historical Implications.

The GCC and the Nuclear Question (2012)
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El-Katiri, L. (2012). The GCC and the Nuclear Question

For a long time, nuclear energy appeared to be an unlikely scenario for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. However, the late 2000s have seen a policy U-turn in the GCC’s attitude toward nuclear power, with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi A... Read More about The GCC and the Nuclear Question.

A Revolution in 140 Characters? Reflecting on the Role of Social Networking Technologies in the 2009 Iranian Post-Election Protests (2012)
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Muller, P. S., & van Huellen, S. (2012). A Revolution in 140 Characters? Reflecting on the Role of Social Networking Technologies in the 2009 Iranian Post-Election Protests. Policy & Internet, 4(3-4), 184-205. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.16

The 2009 post-election protests in Tehran in Iran are colloquially referred to as the “Twitter revolution.” Mainstream public opinion assumed that the use of social media, such as Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and especially Twitter, significantly affec... Read More about A Revolution in 140 Characters? Reflecting on the Role of Social Networking Technologies in the 2009 Iranian Post-Election Protests.

Introduction to Special Issue: Learning, Livelihoods and Social Mobility (2012)
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Froerer, P., & Portisch, A. (2012). Introduction to Special Issue: Learning, Livelihoods and Social Mobility. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 43(4), 332-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1492.2012.01188.x

This special issue explores a variety of learning and educational strategies, their local meanings and relevance, and how these articulate with livelihood options within changing politico-economic conditions. By considering diverse ethnographic conte... Read More about Introduction to Special Issue: Learning, Livelihoods and Social Mobility.