East-West and North-South Relations

North–north, North–south, and South–south Relations

East Sensor North Sensor East Motor North Motor South Motor

Robots are generally composed of multiple sensors , actuators and electromechanical parts. The overall behavior of a robot is emergent from coordination among its various parts and its interaction with its environment. Designing a `correct' robot which does`the right thing' in a given environment is an important and challenging problem. The question posed in the title is decomposed into two que...

East is East and west is west.

This position paper addresses the long-standing criticism that the International Baccalaureate (IB) is too closely associated with Western values and, despite its title, does not enable students to see the world from a truly international perspective. Considering evidence from different authorities, it analyses the IB learner profile and asks how appropriate it is for the cultures of East Asia....

Orbitally driven east–west antiphasing of South American precipitation

precipitation changes in the region on orbital timescales. 22 The Nordeste, a semi-arid region in northeastern Brazil, 23 is known for its severe and recurrent droughts, which cause 24 socioeconomic problems for millions of people. Observational and 25 modelling studies have convincingly linked below-normal rainfall 26 in the Nordeste during the rainy season (February, March and 27 April) to pe...

The Achaemenid Expansion to the Indus and Alexander’s Invasion of North-West South Asia

There is a range of evidence that informs us about the organisation of the Achaemenid Empire, but our understanding ofthe eastern-most reaches of the empire, which lie within the bounds of modern-day Pakistan is relatively limited. Whilethere is evidence for the eastern provinces in imperial art and references to them in Achaemenid Royal inscriptions, thearchaeological record in the subcontinen...