OF LAND, LEGISLATION AND LITIGATION: FOREST LEASES, AGRARIAN REFORM, LEGAL AMBIGUITY AND LANDSCAPE ANOMALY IN THE NILGIRIS, 1969-2007

Of land, legislation and litigation: Forest leases, agrarian reform, legal ambiguity and landscape anomaly in the Nilgiris, 1969-2007

This paper provides a history and sociology of how and why the Janmam Act, an apparently well-intended scheme of agrarian reform in Gudalur, South India, has had unintended social, legal and ecological consequences.The Act sought to abolish a largely forested janmam Cutters (Zamindari) estate and reform its tenures.Some of its provisions pertaining

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Application of new external cooling cycles in technological scheme of helium extraction and natural gas liquefaction

The paper presents the results of studying a combination of new technological solutions in the processes of natural gas liquefaction and helium extraction.The most common and effective way to ensure cooling capacity in the natural gas liquefaction process is to use a cascade cycle Configuration Board on mixed refrigerant (MFC) as external cooling.T

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The cardiovascular changes underlying a low cardiac output with exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

The significant morbidity and premature mortality of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is largely associated with its cardiovascular consequences.Focus has long been on the arterial atheromatosis of DM giving rise to early stroke and myocardial infarctions, whereas less attention has been given to its non-ischemic cardiovascular consequences.Irrespec

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