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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discourse of Islamism

open access: yesДискурс Пи, 2017
The author considers the discourse of Islamism as a multifaceted phenomenon, which includes many elements. There are structural elements such as: fundamentalism, jihadism, salafism, Wahhabism, Islamofascism, Islamic integrism, political Islam ...
A.S. Isacov
doaj   +1 more source

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP ON ‘ISLAMIC’ DISCOURSE : AN EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

open access: yesAnalisa: Jurnal Pengkajian Masalah Sosial Keagamaan, 2016
The events of 9/11 era had a number of dramatic results for ‘Islam’ and the Muslim world; and one such result was a surplus of endeavours through various mediums to conceptualise, hypothesise, and posit an ostensible ‘divide’ between ‘Islam’ (as a ...
tauseef ahmad parray
doaj   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terrorism and religious fundamentalism: Prospects for a predictive paradigm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Although fundamentalism is neither new nor limited to one culture, globalized communications and recent political events have highlighted Christian and Muslim forms.
Pratt, Douglas
core   +2 more sources

A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Islam and Europe - Views from the Arab Mediterranean states and Turkey. CEPS Working Document, No. 264, 10 April 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The social, political and economic power of moderate Middle East and North African Islamist movements has been growing for a generation or so. The question of how to deal with Islamists who reject violence, embrace democracy and outperform their ...
Springborg, Robert.
core  

Moderation through exclusion? The journey of the Tunisian Ennahda from fundamentalist to conservative party [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The success of processes of democratic change is often predicated on the moderation of anti-systemic and extremist parties. The literature on such parties argues that such moderation, namely the acceptance of democratic procedures, human rights, and a ...
Cavatorta, Francesco, Merone, Fabio
core   +2 more sources

Pan-Islamism: Ideas and Their Influence on Education in West Java

open access: yesAdabuna
Pan-Islamism is an ideological movement that emerged as a reaction to colonialism, political fragmentation, and modernization, with the aim of uniting Muslims throughout the world. In the 20th century, Pan-Islamism exerted a significant influence in West
Eky Diaz Nurul Agustina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Hybrid Transfer Learning Framework for Brain Tumor Diagnosis

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A novel hybrid transfer learning approach for brain tumor classification achieves 99.47% accuracy using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. By combining image preprocessing, ensemble deep learning, and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) techniques like gradient‐weighted class activation mapping and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), the ...
Sadia Islam Tonni   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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