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Article (Accepted Version) http://sro.sussex.ac.uk Zaman, Tahir (2020) Neighbourliness, conviviality, and the sacred in Athens' refugee squats. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 45 (3). pp. 529-541.

The rise in the number of interventions by faith-based organisations in the humanitarian field has reignited debate about the role of religion in the public sphere. This paper presents a nuanced examination of the part played by religious institutions and networks in the strategies of forced migrants in urban contexts. Furthermore, it considers how such organisations work to integrate displaced populations into their new surroundings. Drawing on two case studies and ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews with Iraqi refugees and refugee service providers in Damascus, Syria, carried out between March 2010 and March 2011, it evaluates how Iraqi refugees, as active social agents, utilise religious institutions and networks in conjunction with established international humanitarian organisations to produce a distinctive geography of exile. In addition, it draws attention to how the Syrian state exerts influence over religious actors and how ultimately this affects the decision-making of forced migrants.

Analysis of the anomalous magnetic mineral intensities and geochemistry for placer gold deposits are presented for those of the Attock area at the confluence of the Indus and Kabul rivers in northwestern Pakistan. Two grids covering an area of 10x18 m 2 and 8x10 m 2 were analyzed using a G-858 Cesium Vapor Magnetometer. The anomalous zones obtained were plotted on contour maps, 2D and 3D magnetic intensity maps. Based on the magnetic anomalies, grid-1 of the study area was sampled at three different anomalous zones for geochemical analysis. These zones contain gold concentrations, ranging from 2.11 ppm to 6.109 ppm with an average of 4.01 ppm. Increase in gold concentration in the subsurface within the anomalous zones indicates that magnetometer survey followed by a geochemical analysis can potentially narrow down the gold-bearing anomalous zones.

In current research the structural, optoelectronic, elastic, and thermoelectric properties of NaMF3 (M = Si and Ge) ternary perovskites (Halide Perovskites) compounds using first-principle modeling are computed within the DFT framework. The obtained results of phonons dispersion curves and the tolerance factor is calculated for NaSiF3 and NaGeF3 and is found to be 1.001 and 1.004 respectively, which reveals that these compounds are structurally and thermodynamically stable in cubic phase. The elastic constants and other parameters demonstrates that these compounds are mechanically stable, hard to scratch, ductile, anisotropic and possesses resistance to plastic distortion. The band structure and density of states (DOS) demonstrate the semiconducting nature for the NaSiF3 and NaGeF3 compounds with direct band gap of 1.15 eV and 3.31 eV respectively from “R-R” symmetries points. The optical properties are investigated and it is observed that the selected compounds possess strong optical conduction and absorption coefficient and are transparent at low incident photons energy ranges and led us to the conclusion that for high frequency UV device these compounds possesses suitable applications. The thermoelectric properties indicate that both the materials possesses notable power factor and figure of merit (ZT), due to which its applications in solar cells can be deemed. To our knowledge, this is first NaMF3 (M= Si and Ge) theoretical computational systematic study of structural, optoelectronic, elastic, and thermoelectric properties which will experimentally validated. Our findings add comprehensive insight in predicting fabricating high performance hetero-junction solar cells.