This is a study of Soviet relations with developing countries up to the mid-1980s. The focus of the research is on the Soviet development assistance programme, or 'economic and technical cooperation' as it is called in the Soviet Union. Cooperation has been used to build over 2,…
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Treatment of human milk fat globules with pronase gave a soluble sialoglycopeptide mixture which was fractionated on Sephadex G-50 to give two major hexose-sialic acid peaks I and II. Material corresponding to peak II was treated with alkaline borohydride when an oligosaccharide…
The Kohistan batholith is the most north-westerly part of the Trans-Himalayan batholith which extends in an arcuate linear belt from Lhasa in the east to Pakistan in the west. Detailed fieldwork of an area of 2500 square kms, centered on the town of Gilgit, has shown that the ba…
The aim of the study is to investigate some of the relationships between site conditions and the composition, structure and hollow decay in the Mixed Dipterocarp Forest of Sarawak. Knowledge of these relationships could be of practical value and enable refinement of silvicultura…
Resting on the Cretaceous pillow lavas of the Troodos Massif, interpreted as an uplifted slice of ridge-generated ocean floor, there is a thick sequence of predominantly pelagic sediments, ranging in age from Campanian to Mid- Tertiary. The earliest pelagic sediments are umbers:…
Various aspects of the micropropagation of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) from shoot tips and from single mesophyll cells were investigated. 1. The conditions affecting shoot proliferation were studied in two types of tip culture experiments : one without subculturing for …
Termites are predominantly tropical insects and the greatest abundance of species and genera occurs in the humid tropics. In Peninsular Malaysia, as in other countries, they are known pests of agricultural crops, timbers in service, and forest trees. On the other hand, they are …
Some soils set to a hard structureless mass on drying and this behaviour may limit crop productivity. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which soil management and soil properties influence hard-setting behaviour in order to identify those soil properties which…
The Cyprus problem started in 1963 with the first coup of the Greeks. The second coup in 1974 by the Greeks aimed to annex Cyprus to Greece and the counter intervention of Turkey led Cyprus being divided into two. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in the North and t…
In surveys of sweet potato crops in Kenya, viruses were found to be prevalent and to occur in complexes in all production areas. Kenyan isolates of sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV), sweet potato mild mottle virus (SPMMV) and sweet potato caulimo-like virus (SPC-LV) wer…
Index number is useful when the measurements are in different units, and it can be applied to different sectors of economic activity, as well as having many other applications. A main aim of this study is to construct national index numbers for both the agricultural production a…
This study seeks to critically examine India's relations with the Middle East in terms of India's political, security and economic interests in the region between 1947 and 1986. It tries to define India's general foreign policy objectives and the means and strategies she adopted…
Technology is important to the process of development and is as essential an aspect of the process of investment as the accumulation of financial resources. LDCs typically obtain this technology from advanced countries rather than by creating it themselves. This thesis examines …
Insurance affects a substantial number of the Nigerian population who take out insurance cover for protection against fortuitous risks or as a form of financial investment and security. This has led to a growing insurance industry in Nigeria. Over the years, a number of common l…
Sub-Saharan Africa entered the 1980s faced with a crisis of unprecedented proportions. The economies of the region which were already in decline by the late 1970s, were in danger of collapse. The severity of the crisis was also reflected in rising indebtedness, social decay and …
This study is prompted by two factors which thus provide the respective bases for the two parts to which it is divided. The first is the Post-1960 international emphasis on economic development of the 'Third World' and the central role capital resources, flowing from the develop…
This study focuses on how the country embraces the new technology of the Internet and its attendant effects while at the same time protecting the values and traditions which define the Saudi identity. This study also examines a range of theoretical and contextual debates that ar…
This thesis explores the processes of interpersonal communication and influence and its impact on the purchase of durable goods by Saudi consumers. It attempts to develop grounded theory about these processes and their effects on the purchase decision, using a qualitative method…