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On the Xiapu Ritual Manual Mani the Buddha of Light

Religions, 2018
This paper first introduces Mani the Buddha of Light—a collection of ritual manuals of the Religion of Light from Xiapu county, Fujian Province, China and Diagram of the Universe—a Manichaean painting produced in South China in the late 14th to early ...
Xiaohe Ma, Chuan Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Many-to-many matching and price discrimination [PDF]

, 2014
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Gomes, Renato, Pavan, Alessandro
openaire   +6 more sources

Use of supervised machine learning algorithms for predictions of values theoretically [PDF]

, 2022
The work has discussed the use of machine learning algorithms in the development of automated models such that they will be able to provide a great deal of assistance to humans and remove the dependency on the human being.
Bhattarai, Mani
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Obligation, Exemption and Remission: The Multi‐Layered Functioning of the Poll Tax (Cizye) in Ottoman Governance during the Long Eighteenth Century

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the poll tax (Ottoman Turkish cizye; Arabic jizya) levied on non‐Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire, not as a fixed, one‐dimensional tax item within the Ottoman fiscal system but as a multi‐layered administrative instrument organized around obligation, exemption and remission.
ÖZLEM BAŞARIR
wiley   +1 more source

Letter of condolence to P.R.S. Mani’s sister, Girija Karthikeyan, from Ranjan Mathai, Indian Foreign Secretary, 2011

, 2014
Letter of condolence to Smt. Girija Karthikeyan (sister of P.R.S. Mani), from Ranjan Mathai, on behalf of the Indian Foreign Service regarding Mani’s passing, dated 3 September ...
Goodall, H, P.R.S. Mani
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Opium Cultivation Imperilling Endangered Species in Northern Laos

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
To avoid government eradication efforts, farmers in northeastern Laos shifted opium cultivation deep into a national park, causing a > 1000% increase in protected forest cleared for the crop between 2018 and 2022. This displacement directly threatened endangered species like white‐cheeked gibbons, elephants, and dholes by causing a rise in hunting ...
Jay White, Khamphui Invixay, Akchousanh Rasphone, Vincent Nijman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Getting on the grid: A field experiment on bottom‐up political pressure and access to essential public services

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Water is essential for human life, yet governments frequently leave vulnerable citizens to rely on informal channels for access. What can motivate governments to provide public services such as water to citizens trapped in informality?
Nikhar Gaikwad, Anjali Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

Ausgewählte physiologische Schriften. Edited by Nikolaus Mani

, 1966
AUSGEWÄHLTE PHYSIOLOGISCHE SCHRIFTEN. EDITED BY NIKOLAUS MANI Ausgewählte physiologische Schriften. Edited by Nikolaus Mani (-
Bernard, Claude
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Supplement document to job application to Indian Foreign Service from P.R.S. Mani, [1947?]

, 2014
Document titled Mr P.R.S. Mani, 24. Additional Remarks, annotated “Supplement to application for job in IFS” (Indian Foreign Service). This is significant because it is a valuable account of Mani’s perceptions of his career to that point.
Goodall, H, P.R.S. Mani
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Bureaucrat assignments as instruments of political control: Theory and evidence from land administration officials in India

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how politicians use the assignment of officials to geographical posts—a personnel system found in many countries—as a system of incentives to control, and possibly corrupt, bureaucratic behavior. The argument is developed with a matching model and tested with a nationwide survey of Indian officials who administer land ...
Anustubh Agnihotri, Aditya Dasgupta, Devesh Kapur   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source