Slaves of water : indigenous knowledge of fisheries on the floodplain of Bangladesh.

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Quantitative rational approximation on spheres

We prove a quantitative theorem for Diophantine approximation by rational points on spheres. Our results are valid for arbitrary unimodular lattices and we further prove 'spiraling' results for the direction of approximates. These results are quantitative generalizations of the Khintchine-type theorem on spheres proved by Kleinbock and Merrill.Comment: Minor change

Equidistribution on homogeneous spaces and the distribution of approximates in Diophantine approximation

The present paper is concerned with equidistribution results for certain flows on homogeneous spaces and related questions in Diophantine approximation. Firstly, we answer in the affirmative, a question raised by Kleinbock, Shi and Weiss regarding equidistribution of orbits of arbitrary lattices under diagonal flows and with respect to unbounded functions. We then consider the problem of Diophantine approximation with respect to rationals in a fixed number field. We prove a number field analogue of a famous result of W. M.Schmidt which counts the number of approximates to Diophantine inequalities for a certain class of approximating functions. Further we prove "spiraling" results for the distribution of approximates of Diophantine inequalities in number fields. This generalizes the work of Athreya, Ghosh and Tseng as well as Kleinbock, Shi and Weiss.Comment: Minor changes following referee report. This is the final version. To appear in the Transactions of the AM

KanSched2 user's manual

Rogers, Danny H. and Mahbub Alam, KanSched2: An ET-Based Irrigation Scheduling Tool, Kansas State University, February 2007

Workers' Satisfaction with Grievance-Handling Procedure: A Study on the Selected Garment Factories in Bangladesh

Employees are the most important asset in the organization. There should always be a good relationship between employer and employee. If employees are happy in the organization, then the organization can move towards success. Satisfaction towards grievance handling procedure is important in this regard since one of the most important consequences of mishandling of grievances is labor unrest. An employee’s grievance can be over the wage and salary, working hours, condition of work premises, employment conditions, etc. Keeping the views in mind, this study was conducted to examine the level of satisfaction towards different dimensions of grievance handling procedure and its influence on overall satisfaction among workers in some selected factories in the Readymade Garments (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. Data was collected using the Grievance Handling Procedure Questionnaire. A total of 284 garment workers from different garment factories located in Dhaka, Gazipur, and Narayanganj took part in the survey. Measures of central tendency, dispersion, and association have been used as part of descriptive statistics while multiple linear regression analysis has been used to identify significant predictors of turnover intention. The results indicated that four dimensions of grievance handling procedure, i.e., a decision given, time taken for solving grievance, follow up mechanism, and attitude of supervisors significantly predict workers’ overall satisfaction. However, structural features of the grievance procedure were found statistically insignificant. Finally, it was concluded that if managers and supervisors are well trained and workers’ grievances are handled effectively, they will be encouraged, assured, and will have positive feelings towards their organization and this would increase their overall satisfaction and, thereby, productivity

Higher moment formulae and limiting distributions of lattice points

We prove functional limit theorems for lattice point counting for affine and congruence lattices using the method of moments. Our main tools are higher moment formulae for Siegel transforms on the corresponding homogeneous spaces, which we believe to be of independent interest.Comment: 32 page

Design criteria: urban WSS Bangladesh

Design criteria: urban WSS Banglades

ASSESSING AURAL COMFORT OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT DWELLERS IN THE TROPICS

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