Directed self-placement (DSP) is considered useful in linguistically and culturally diverse writing programs, but questions of self-efficacy institutional knowledge sustain hesitancy using DSP with English as an additional language (EAL) writers. This interview study grounded sociocultural literacy theory explores multilingual, international students’ engagement placement courses, showcasing tw...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian pupuk organik cair hasil biokonversi lalat Hermetia illucens terhadap kandungan kalsium (Ca) dan Fosfor (P) rumput Panicum maximum cv. Mombasa. berlangsung dari November 2019 sampai Januari 2020, bertempat di Laboratorium Tanaman Makanan Ternak, Fakultas Peternakan, Universitas Padjadjaran serta analisis Ca P Departemen Ilmu Tanah Sum...

The use of right-to-left scripts in Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) has presented several challenges. This memo provides a new Bidi rule for Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA) labels, based on the encountered problems with some scripts and some shortcomings in the 2003 IDNA Bidi criterion. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to pr...

This document summarizes our findings on informal workers’ organizations in India. There is relatively little research that has been done on informal workers’ organizations in India. My own work on organization efforts among Indian informal workers in construction, tobacco (or bidi), textiles, street vending, and waste picking suggests that the lack of research is not indicative of lack of acti...

Inspired by Jon Kabat-Zinn's suggestion that mindfulness is best captured in poetry, this paper reflects upon performed poetry as a contemplative practice for audiences. It discusses the paradoxes of words and dharma, silence, draws on work Iain McGilchrist to examine role in, as, practice. @font-face{font-family:Arial;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-fo...

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This paper examines the effects of alcohol prohibition on the consumption of alcohol and other addictive goods. Using a series of household expenditure surveys for India, it finds that alcohol prohibition had differential effects on alcohol consumption by alcohol type and sector. In particular prohibition reduced consumption of arrack, IMFL, and beer in both urban and rural sectors, although it...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate risk factors for cancer of the buccal and labial mucosa in Kerala, southern India. DESIGN The investigation was a case-control study. SETTING Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, and local teaching hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Cases were all those registered with oral cancers at the Regional Cancer Centre during 1983 and 1984 (n = 414). Control...

BACKGROUND Research findings on the predictors of smoking cessation behavior identified in Western countries may not be generalizable to smokers in the Southeast Asian countries (i.e., Bangladesh). This study examined the factors associated with smoking cessation behavior (quit attempts and smoking cessation) among a representative sample of Bangladeshi adults. METHODS Data from Wave 1 (2009)...