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Abstract Decolonial theory (DT) has been advanced as a strategy for decolonisation alternative to 20th‐century anticolonialism, positioning decolonisation as an epistemic project rather than a historical‐material one. Here, I examine DT's arguments about anticolonialism: that it had a dogmatic bias towards nationalism and postcolonial state formation ...
Lavanya Nott
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Time and Change in Advaita—Gauḍapāda in Dialogue with Vasiṣṭha and Nāgārjuna
In the classical philosophical landscape of India, the Advaita of Śaṅkara occupies central stage. Besides the Upaniṣadic literature, the Gauḍapāda-kārikā (GK) of Gauḍapāda is the primary text in this school.
Sthaneshwar Timalsina
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African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation
Abstract Antipode has become a key platform for engaging with decolonial and anticolonial scholarship, as well as adjacent fields such as Black geographies, Indigenous studies, Latin American feminism, and work on settler‐colonialism. African reference points in this literature, however, have been far less common, both in the journal and more broadly ...
Patricia Daley +10 more
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Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Are Climate‐Smart Practices Important in Burkina Faso?
ABSTRACT In Burkina Faso, smallholder farmers rely heavily on rain‐fed agriculture, which is affected by climate change. The adoption of climate‐smart practices is essential to strengthen the resilience of agricultural systems to climate change and improve household food security and, consequently, global food security.
Benoit Bado +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the combined effect of insecurity‐related shocks and livestock sales on the food security of rural households in Burkina Faso. Using data from 3855 households collected through the 2023 National Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Survey, the analysis employs an ordered probit model alongside instrumental variable ...
Bienlo Annick Marina Pare +1 more
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Succulent Euphorbia costatoalata sp. nov. (Euphorbiaceae) from southern India
Euphorbia costatoalata sp. nov. is allied to Euphorbia tortilis but differs from the latter in having prominent ribbing and up to five wings; segments longer, thinner, usually not in a spiral; cymes fewer per axil; glands trapezoidal, humped convexly upwards; ovaries flattened with non‐connate styles; capsules concave on top; and seeds dark brown with ...
Bruce E. De Jong +3 more
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Utilizing traditional literature to triangulate the ecological history of a tropical savanna
Abstract The ecological history of tropical savannas remains a subject of intense debate and of high conservation relevance. Despite emerging evidence suggesting the antiquity of tropical savannas, the misconception that all tropical savannas are products of anthropogenic deforestation still dominates public and policy spheres.
Ashish N. Nerlekar, Digvijay Patil
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Retropupillary Iris-Claw Intraocular Lenses: A Literature Review
Mithun Thulasidas Cataract and Glaucoma services, Sankara Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641035, IndiaCorrespondence: Mithun ThulasidasCataract and Glaucoma services, Sankara Eye Hospital, Sathy Road, Sivanandapuram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641035,
Thulasidas M
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We propose a lightweight deep‐learning framework for efficient retinal disease diagnosis using optical coherence tomography images, combining lite convolution and global‐local fusion blocks for enhanced feature extraction. Achieving up to 99.70% accuracy on benchmark datasets with only 0.27M parameters, the model ensures high performance, low ...
Utsab Saha +3 more
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