Nomadic pastoral systems in Inner Asia are facing sweeping changes. Designing new development models for the sustainable utilization of rangelands requires a better understanding of nomadic pastoral systems. Owen Lattimore’s writings, based on his experiences in Inner Asia in the 1920s and 1930s, are a valuable resource for those interested in nomads and pastoral development in Inner Asia. The ...

Inspired by his own Ž eldwork with Torguud nomads in Mongolia, Francisco Gil-White’s article “Sorting is not categorization” contributes to a long-running discussion about the speciŽ city of Brazilian racial categories in opposition to other racial categories such as those in the United States. He questions the heuristic value of Marvin Harris’ methodology and therefore doubts the substantive h...

At the time, Prof. Kemal Akishev drew attention to the considerable similarity of European Scythians culture and Asian Sakas [1], thus laying the foundation for the study of their transcontinental communications. Indeed, the very nomadic ordained main areas of communicative activity of Early Nomads in the entire Eurasian steppe zone. Cultural and economic type of their life estimated duration (...

This study presents an inventory model to determine an optimal ordering policy for non-deteriorating items and timedependent demand rate with delay in payments permitted by the supplier under inflation and time discounting. Mathematical models have been derived under two different situations, i.e. Case I: The permissible delay period is less than or equal to replenishment cycle period for settl...

It is well known that the permeability and density of an aggregate decreases with its size, affecting its settling velocity and coagulation rate (rate of particle capture) with other particles. This change in aggregate density with size can be described by fractal scaling relationships. Two distinctly different fractal scaling approaches, however, have been used to describe aggregate permeabili...

The issues of organization and functioning fair trade in a nomadic society are studied on the example Kalmyk steppe second half 19th — early 20th centuries. source base was documentary materials from funds State Archives Astrakhan Region National Republic Kalmykia, revealing record keeping practice People’s Administration ulus departments events steppe. author, based historical geographical app...

Introduction: In a switch-capacitor realisation of the multiplying digitalto-analogue converter (MDAC) used in algorithmic and pipeline analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs), the settling behaviour of the opamp determines the speed and accuracy of the ADC. Fast settling requires high unity gain bandwidth, while accurate settling requires a high DC gain. As gate lengths continue to shorten, high...

Finite settling time control of the double integrator is considered. The approach taken is to design a compensator based on a virtual lossless absorber which is tuned so that, at some predetermined time, the virtual subsystem possesses all of the system’s energy. At this time the controller is turned off, and the double integrator remains at rest at the origin. This strategy gives the appearanc...