Some geographical factors in the Northern Appalachian coalfield

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The Company of Scotland : Trading to Africa and the Indies. By Groege Pratt Insh., D.Litt. F.E.I.S. Author of Scottish Colonial Schemes, 1620–1686, and Editor of Darien Shipping Papers, 1695–1707. (Scottish History Society.) London and New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Price 12s. 6d.

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Some peculiarities of altitudinal distribution of atomic oxygen at low latitudes during magnetic storms

Several storms were examined during the period of the ESRO-4 mission to study the altitudinal behaviour of atomic oxygen and molecular nitrogen at low latitudes. A special method of data reduction was applied to distinguish composition changes due to thermal expansion and those which resulted from some non-thermal process. It was shown that in the majority of cases studied there exists some latitudinal interval where changes of the N₂/O ratio from quiet to storm days are small compared with that observed in the purely thermal case. This latitudinal interval was found to be displaced to the winter hemisphere (not always across the equator) during solstice cases and the corresponding altitudinal interval was sometimes equal to the whole height range covered by the satellite. The effective temperature of atomic oxygen turned out to be greater than that deduced from the altitudinal distribution of N₂. This implies that there exists a non-thermal component of the [O] increase on a storm day at low latitudes and thus [O] is distributed in a non-barometric way. A possible mechanism responsible for this behaviour is downwelling due to the disturbed global thermospheric circulation.     

Apparent and actual disease landscapes. Some reflections on the geographical definition of health and disease

Like geographical analysis in general, medical geography is based on the assumption that location is the first clue to causal analysis. Against a background of two empirical studies, one dealing with a group of ALS cases and the other with a group of leukaemia cases, this paper argues that it is insufficient to define disease occurrence in spatial terms, referring to patients' places of residence at the time of onset. Since exposure and effect are related to both time and place, geographical studies of ill health in modern society are complicated by high mobility, long periods of latency and environmental change which might cause a distortion between cause and effect. Therefore a different approach is required.     

The Interface of Agricultural and Industrial Growth in the Development Process: Some Facets of the Indian Experience

This paper uses national, regional and sub-regional time series and cross-sectional data to show that the direct statistical relationship between agricultural and industrial growth is weaker than would be expected. To explain the gap between theoretical expectations and empirical results, the roles of lagged responses, the terms of trade effect, wage-price movements, initial agricultural productivity, income distribution and some non-agricultural factors as determinants of industrial growth are assessed. Adequate agricultural growth is important for price stabilization policy and has direct welfare implications for poorer segments of the population. Further, an appropriate policy towards non-agricultural determinants of industrial growth is needed in order to maximize the impact of agricultural growth on industrial development.     

海外印度移民及印度政府的侨务政策

作为人口大国之一 ,印度与中国一样 ,有着庞大的海外移民群体及其后裔。目前 ,海外印度人已超过二千万人 ,分布在 1 1 0个国家和地区。上世纪 90年代以来 ,随着海外印度人对所在国和印度影响的增强 ,海外印度人在印度及海外都引起了比以前更多的关注。印度政府采取了一系列措施 ,以吸引更多的海外印度人投身印度国内的经济建设 ,为印度的发展作贡献。本文概述海外印度移民的基本情况 ,分析海外印度人与印度的联系及对印度的影响以及印度政府对海外移民的政策 ,希望从中能得到某些启示 ,从而对中国的侨务政策提供某些参考和借鉴。     

Proceedings of the royal Scottish geographical society

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Skara Brae : A Pictish Village in Orkney. By V. Gordon Childe, B.Litt., Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology in Edinburgh University, author of The Most Ancient East, The Aryans, The Dawn of European Civilisation, etc. With chapters by Professor T. H. Bryce, F.R.S., and Professor D. M. S. Watson, F.R.S. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd., 1931. Price 31s. 6d.

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Land of Wonder and Fear. By F. A. Mitchell‐Hedges. London : Duckworth and Co. Ltd., 1931. Price 18s.

A Yankee in Patagonia. Edward Chace: His Thirty Years There, 1898–1928. By Robert and Katharine Barrett. Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons Ltd., 1931. Price 12s. 6d.

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Proceedings of the Royal Scottish geographical society

The supply of statistics continues to expand sharply as new research turns up great quantities of valuable material. A need may be demonstrated for a device to make possible the storage of related statistical matters in a spatially ordered set of patterns on maps. A sequence of these maps would then be readily available for reference purpose.

Four aims suggest themselves in such an exercise. First, there should be good unit area comparability or a method to show the varying base size of most statistical reporting units. Second, a multi‐component, multi‐dimensional representation of the data is essential. Third, a comparison of input and output data patterns should be possible. Fourth, there must be general retrievability of the statistical sources.

A large amount of annual census data in Scotland has provided the main raw material for the development of the number patterns. In this instance the relationship of grain crops to the regularly croppable area is used as the subject. Any relateable populations may be prepared and stored in the same way. The result is a valuable store of reference material which reveals the major patterns over a sequence of years. No decoding is necessary and the approach lends itself to machine scribing on maps.     

Proceedings of the royal Scottish geographical society

Itinerant merchants have been an integral part of world trade since at least the time of the earliest Silk Route from China to the West. Today a group of traders from Nepal maintain this tradition. Today their travel is by economy jet and inexpensive train. The countries involved are primarily thos6 with historic ties to the mercenary Ghurka forces under the British. The traders are well organized and limited to a few‐families, primarily from the Pokhara Valley in Nepal. Their goods begin with products from Nepal and Tibet, but they also move goods gathered along their route. They represent a charming anomaly in the modern world, a touch of the old Asia.