Abstract Security scholars have traditionally viewed emergency as a state of exception that triggers struggle for survival, justifying the breaking rules and excesses power. While there been attempts to decouple security from its survivalist logic, has remained an analytical blind spot in studies. The dominance elite-centric, exceptionalist paradigm study foreclosed possibility alternative conc...

It is now more than a quarter century since Leonard Primiano’s seminal article “Vernacular Religion and the Search for Method in Religious Folklife” launched concept of Vernacular to denote study “religion as it lived: human beings encounter, understand, interpret, practice it” (Primiano 1995: 44). demands that scholars take seriously minutiae how people live their religion particular contexts,...

effects of neglecting climatic patterns in buildings are more intense in severe climates such as tropical. it isresulting an excessive consumption of fossil fuels and consequently environmental pollutions in and after modern era. the objective of this research is to find climate-oriented intentions and solutions in tropical areas and compare them with dezful and bandar-e-lenge vernacular houses...

Vernacular languages have served as media of science education in colonial and postcolonial South Asia, but how was modern scientific knowledge translated into these made available for non-English reading publics? This article draws attention to the overlooked genre glossary technical terminology, conceived source list very words needed vernacular discourse. Focusing on Nagari Pracharini Sabha’...

We analyse the strategies used in formulating situated informal location descriptions, by identifying geospatial expressions contained therein and annotating each for properties such as geospatial granularity and identifiability. Analysis of the annotations leads to insights such as the predominance of suburb-level expressions, and prevalence of vernacular expressions.

Andrographis paniculata Nees, Andrographis alata Nees and Andrographis lineate Nees. (Acanthaceae) are important medicinal plants useful in the treatment of various human ailments. Nomenclatural confusion prevails with regards to these medicinal plants in India medical literature and vernacular nomenclature. This nomenclatural confusion has been clarified in the present paper.

The Affordable Care Act enters its fifth year firmly entrenched in our national consciousness. One method that has entered the vernacular for achieving cost savings is accountable care. There are other approaches that are less well known. The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative has the potential to significantly impact neurointerventionalists. We review that initiative here.