The topic of this article is the transformation of Thailand from an agrarian into an industrial society. This kind of transformation – or development is far more difficult to realise than is generally assumed, and for quite other reasons than often thought. The main theory – based on ideas of the British anthropologist Ernest Gellner – is that there is a fundamental gap, in the political, socia...

Emergency surgeon: “ last of the mohicans” 2014-2016 editorial policy WSESWJES: position papers, guidelines, courses, books and original research; from WJES impact factor to WSES congress impact factor Fausto Catena, Frederick Moore, Luca Ansaloni, Ari Leppäniemi, Massimo Sartelli, Andrew B Peitzmann, Walt Biffl, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Belinda De Simone, Michele Pisano and Ern...

M ost people agree that computer science will play a significant role in the global information society. But what will that role be? Analyzing the part knowledge played in the agrarian, industrial, and information societies—which correspond roughly to the past, present, and future—can help answer this question. In an agrarian society, people provide the main source of energy, in the sense that ...

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1 State University of São Paulo, Department of Animal Science, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Science Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 University of Sao Paulo, Department of Animal Nutrition and Production, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Pirassununga, Sao Paulo, Brazil 3 Federal University of Viçosa, Department of Animal Science, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4 Federal Unive...

We investigate the existence of an inverse relationship (IR) between farm size and technical efficiency in Philippine brackishwater pond aquaculture. The study is motivated by the exemption of fish ponds from the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Laws and suggestions in the literature of inefficient management of fish farms. The analysis of technical efficiency is based on the estimation of a multi...

This third volume in our ISCANEE (International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economics) / ISLET (Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends) series places the phenomenon of interest-bearing debt in its historical context by tracing its dynamics from Sumer down through the neo-Babylonian epoch, and relating what is known about early Egypt, Nuzi and other neighboring regi...

In a recent editorial in Biostatistics, Peng (2009) introduced a system for making data and computer code from papers in the journal publicly available so that other researchers can reproduce the statistical analyses in the paper. The editors explain in a short accompanying note (Diggle and Zeger, 2009) that ‘we wish to encourage the practice of making research published in the journal reproduc...

To this day, poverty strikes about one in four Paraguayans. This study sought to explore the determinants of poverty in Paraguay and to find which household characteristics were related to poverty status. By finding these possible determinants of poverty, policymakers can design improved social policies that target poverty more effectively. To analyze the determinants of poverty both an ordinar...