Examining Industrial Clusters from an Ecological Perspective: Evidences from North-East China

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-84
Author(s):  
Ge Li ◽  
Ramudu Bhanugopan ◽  
Alan Fish
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Logistic Model ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Regional Cluster ◽  
Key Factor

Industrial clusters are increasingly seen as essential in effectively combining, developing and enhancing like-minded businesses. Industrial clusters irrespective of their location are providing positive outcomes for ecological derivatives in supporting effective industrial developments. This perspective is addressed within this paper via employing the ‘Logistic Model of Ecology’; through the application of differential equations. This paper explains key interspecies relationships; competition, predation and symbiosis, operating within a regional cluster in the Jilin Province in the north-east of The Peoples’ Republic of China. The paper draws the conclusion that ‘intense competition’ is the key factor contributing to the successful existence of the cluster.

scholarly journals Perspectives of barley breeding for the conditions of the Volgo-Vyatka region (analytical review)

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
I. N. Shchennikova ◽  
L. P. Kokina
Keyword(s):  
Grain Quality ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Key Factor

The article is devoted to the analysis of the structure of sown areas and characteristics of barley varieties zoned in the Kirov region for 2020. In 2019 in the Kirov region the varieties cultivated in production for more than 20 years had the largest specific weight – 50.1 % of the acreage occupied with barley. Those cultivated for more than 10 years had 36.1 %; from 5 to 10 years – 13.8 %. Certified sowings varied from year to year in percentage to the occupied area. There is a gradual decrease in unsorted sowings of barley from 3.0 thousand hectares in 2017 up to 1.18 thousand hectares in 2019. The areas sown with barley varieties bred in Federal Agricultural Research Center of the North East named N. V. Rudnitsky (FARC North-East) in the structure of sown areas in 2019 were from 21.5 % in the southern zone up to 57.8 % in the northern zone of the Kirov region. For the whole of the region the greatest distribution was recorded among Belarussian cultivars Zazersky 85 (39.3 % of the areas sown with barley), and cultivars bred in FARC North-East: Ecolog (10.8 %), Rodnik Prikamiya (7.1 %) and Novichok (7.0 %). In northern districts of the region the ratio changed: Ecolog – 27.2 %, Rodnik Prikamiya – 18.9 %, Novichok – 9.0 %, Zazersky 85 – 7.7 %. High productivity (4.22-4.79 t/ha in average), resistance to lodging and diseases characterize the zoned cultivars. The main disadvantage of barley assortment offered for zoning is the lack of stable yield and differences in duration of the growing season among the varieties. All cultivars belong to the group of mid-season, except for the mid-late cultivar Zazersky 85. The region is short of the sources of high-quality raw materials for forage production; only 30.7 % of all assortment of barley in the region are presented by cultivars with high grain quality (Ecolog, Belgorodsky 100, Rodnik Prikamiya and Pamyati Rodinoy). Currently, the trend for developing high-yield early, resistant to lodging and diseases barley varieties of high grain quality is to become the key factor in breeding work.

The Great Buddha of the Khalkha River

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
Thomas Nivison Haining
Keyword(s):  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
North East ◽  
The North

The Khalkha River (Khalkhin Gol), which forms part of the north-east frontier between the Mongolian People–s Republic (MPR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC), is famous in Mongolian history for the 1939 Battle of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan), in which joint Mongolian-Soviet forces finally repulsed the attempted invasion of the MPR by the Japanese Army of Manchukuo. Less well known, however, is the existence on the left bank of that river of one of Mongolia's most interesting religious antiquities, the remains of a gigantic Buddhist statue, known as the Great Buddha (Ikh Burkhan).

Why the Sino–Indian Border Dispute is Still Unresolved after 50 Years: A Recapitulation

China Report ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neville Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Armed Force ◽  
North West ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Border Dispute ◽  
Territorial Claims ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Government

In its dying days the British Empire in India launched an aggressive annexation of what it recognised to be legally Chinese territory. The government of independent India inherited that border dispute and intensified it, completing the annexation and ignoring China’s protests. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) government, acquiescing in the loss of territory, offered diplomatic legalisation of the new boundary India had imposed in its North-East but the Nehru government refused to negotiate. It then developed and advanced a claim to Chinese territory in the north-west, again refusing to submit the claim to negotiation. Persistent Indian attempts to implement its territorial claims by armed force led to the 1962 border war. The Indian defeat did not lead to any change of policy; both the claims and the refusal to negotiate were maintained. The dead-locked Sino–Indian dispute and armed confrontation are thus the consequence of Indian expansionism and intransigence.

scholarly journals Issues of quality and professionalism of library volunteers

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-126
Author(s):  
Biddy Casselden ◽  
Geoff Walton ◽  
Alison Pickard ◽  
Julie Mcleod
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Key Staff

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the preliminary findings arising from two case study library authorities in the North East of England, examining current volunteer use in Public Libraries. Specific reference to quality and professionalism will be discussed, to identify key trends and ways forward. Design/methodology/approach This research involved a series of interviews with key staff, a staff survey, user survey and volunteer focus groups. Findings The early-stage results of the qualitative analysis are reported, including key emergent themes relating to quality and professionalism. Triangulation of the key stakeholder opinions will be carried out. Research limitations/implications This research relates to an area that is a key factor of modern public library provision, and helps to illustrate the complex environment that exists. Practical implications Volunteer use in public libraries is a feature of the hybrid model of library provision in the twenty-first century, and the need to ensure quality and professionalism to improve service provision is even more critical. Social implications This research considers current thinking amongst stakeholders within public libraries and attempts to move the debate about volunteer use in library service provision forward. Originality/value It provides initial thoughts on what features are essential for successful volunteer use in public libraries, with regard to quality and professionalism.

scholarly journals Namaste care in the home setting: developing initial realist explanatory theories and uncovering unintended outcomes

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. e033046
Author(s):  
Sonia Michelle Dalkin ◽  
Monique Lhussier ◽  
Nicola Kendall ◽  
Joanne Atkinson ◽  
Sharron Tolman
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Person With Dementia

IntroductionThe End-of-Life Namaste Care Program for People with Dementia, challenges the misconception that people with dementia are a ‘shell’; it provides a holistic approach using the five senses, which can provide positive ways of communicating and emotional responses. It is proposed Namaste Care can improve communication and the relationships families and friends have with the person with dementia. Previously used in care homes, this study is the first to explore the pioneering use of Namaste Care in people’s own homes.ObjectiveTo develop initial programme theories detailing if, how and under which circumstances Namaste Care works when implemented at home.DesignA qualitative realist approach following the RAMESES II guidelines was employed to understand not only whether Namaste Care has positive outcomes, but also how these are generated, for whom they happen and in which circumstances.SettingA hospice in the North East of England, operating in the community, through volunteers.ParticipantsProgramme theories were developed from three focus groups with volunteers implementing Namaste Care (n=8; n=8; n=11) and eight interviews with family carers (n=8).ResultsFour refined explanatory theories are presented: increasing engagement, respite for family carers, importance of matched volunteers and increasing social interaction. It was identified that while Namaste Care achieved some of the same goals in the home setting as it does in the care home setting, it could also function in a different way that promoted socialisation.ConclusionsNamaste Care provides holistic and personalised care to people with both moderate and advanced dementia, improving engagement and reducing social isolation. In the present study carers often chose to use Namaste Care sessions as respite. This was often linked to their frustration of the unavoidable dominance of task-focussed care in daily life. Individualised Namaste Care activities thus led to positive outcomes for both those with dementia and their carers.

Ras al Khaimah: further archaeological discoveries

Antiquity ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 50 (200) ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
Beatrice De Cardi
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
The State ◽  
Focused Attention ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

Ras a1 Khaimah is the most northerly of the seven states comprising the United Arab Emirates and its Ruler, H. H. Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qasimi, is keenly interested in the history of the state and its people. Survey carried out there jointly with Dr D. B. Doe in 1968 had focused attention on the site of JuIfar which lies just north of the present town of Ras a1 Khaimah (de Cardi, 1971, 230-2). Julfar was in existence in Abbasid times and its importance as an entrep6t during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-the Portuguese Period-is reflected by the quantity and variety of imported wares to be found among the ruins of the city. Most of the sites discovered during the survey dated from that period but a group of cairns near Ghalilah and some long gabled graves in the Shimal area to the north-east of the date-groves behind Ras a1 Khaimah (map, FIG. I) clearly represented a more distant past.

Lichens in the North-East regions of Cyprus

1999 ◽  
Vol 110 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 455-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Güvenç ◽  
Ş Öztürk
Keyword(s):  
North East ◽  
The North

TBE in Italy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Tagliapietra ◽  
Flavia Riccardo ◽  
Giovanni Rezza
Keyword(s):  
Case Series ◽  
East Part ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis ◽  
Low Incidence

Italy is considered a low incidence country for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Europe. Areas at higher risk for TBE in Italy are geographically clustered in the forested and mountainous regions and provinces in the north east part of the country, as suggested by TBE case series published over the last decade.

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