The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the demand for money (namely, narrow money demand and broad money demand) and optimal economic uncertainty index; in addition to the optimal economic uncertainty index, two control variables are included in the money demand function, namely exchange rate and inflation; note that the optimal economic uncertainty index is a summary information of economic uncertainty for the future state of the economy. The optimal economic uncertainty index applies in this research is an optimal algorithm approach. The relationships between the demand for money and the optimal economic uncertainty index, the real exchange rate, the real income, the real interest rate and the inflation are examined by using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) dynamic heterogeneous panel cointegration test. Four selected developed countries and five selected developing countries are taken up as samples in this research. Using the panel cointegra.....

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Konnakkol (or South Indian vocal percussion) is an important part of the classical music curriculum in South India. In that tradition, every music student (instrumentalists and vocalists alike) must be familiar with its concepts and theory. The unique aspect of this pedagogical tool is that it is also a performance medium on its own. Classical concerts in India have featured a konnakkol soloist performing a vocal percussion solo in the same way that a jazz concert may feature a drum solo. As a student of mridangam (the predominant percussion instrument in South Indian or Carnatic music), I have discovered that the rhythmic ideas of konnakkol are very relevant for a global music curriculum and have used these ideas in my teaching of Western musicianship at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (National University of Singapore). Although there have been books published specifically about konnakkol as a South Indian art, there has not been much written about how this art could be applied in the.....

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