Nomadic pastoral systems in Inner Asia are facing sweeping changes. Designing new development models for the sustainable utilization of rangelands requires a better understanding of nomadic pastoral systems. Owen Lattimore’s writings, based on his experiences in Inner Asia in the 1920s and 1930s, are a valuable resource for those interested in nomads and pastoral development in Inner Asia. The ...

Abstract This paper presents the results of a detailed review research literature on how nomadic pastoralists are being affected by climate change, they adapting, and challenges with using traditional knowledge in adaptation. It focuses that investigates local, particularly traditional, water, pasture, their variability, livestock. underpins livelihoods, so is foundation for effective Changes t...

The FernUniversität in Hagen uses the web-based collaborative learning platform CURE to implement different collaborative learning scenarios such as seminars or lab courses. In these scenarios, students form groups and collaboratively solve tasks given by the teachers. Interviews with students that have used CURE showed major interest in using CURE nomadically without the need for permanent int...

The aim of this contribution is to introduce three livestock species of Oman – camels, goats and horses. Even though cattle and sheep are nowadays very numerous in Oman, too, the three mentioned species were identified as being part of the country’s long tradition of nomadic and semi-nomadic livestock keeping and can thus be called the most important livestock species of Oman. FAO data from 200...

This paper presents a pragmatic approach to protect the integrity of execution of an application in a nomadic business environment. Applications run in such contexts are based on the federation of appliances collaborating through direct communication as well as through the distribution of mobile pieces of code. Securing the operation of an application means protecting mobile code since executio...

Still missing, however, is full support of nomadic computing at the applications layer. This white paper describes a new paradigm that extends nomadic computing to the applications layer. Adoption of this paradigm will enable a new level of powerful applications to attract value-driven users, creating tremendous business development opportunities for enterprises to offer electronic customer rel...