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Turbulent transformations and urban undesirables: Revanchist urban transition and street-based sex work in Bangalore
No full textJean Cleymans A Life for Physics
No full textThis special issue memorial volume is dedicated to the late Professor Jean Cleymans, who made a visible contribution to high-energy nuclear physics and the search for the primordial matter of quarks and gluons, called quark-gluon plasma (QGP). An extraordinary scientist, educator and motivator, Prof. Cleymans, is known for his fundamental contributions to describing the matter created in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions for the creation of QGP in the laboratory, using a two-parameter statistical hadron resonance gas model, which accurately describes and predicts the abundance of different hadronic species and their transverse momentum distributions along with providing a robust confirmation of thermal and chemical equilibrium of the process of particle production. This memorial volume has scientific contributions from stalwarts in the field, who were extremely fortunate and privileged to have a Colleague and Collaborator like Prof. Cleymans
Southward Ho! Demographic Change, the North-South Divide and Internal Migration in India
No full textThe Role of MSMEs in shipbuilding and future naval technologies: Strategy to transition from atmanirbharta to atmanirbhar by 2047
No full textHappiness in India
No full textIndia is the most populous nation in the world. It has the fifth largest economy, ranked by gross domestic product. It has the largest concentration of Hindus. It is a diverse nation with more than 20 national languages. This makes India an interesting and important topic of study for wellbeing researchers. In this chapter, we discuss happiness in India by reporting data from international surveys and from a range of smaller studies conducted with Indians from a wide range of demographic backgrounds. We also provide an in-depth discussion of the links between Indian culture and happiness. Specifically, we discuss research and theory on the role that emotion and cognition play in happiness and the ways that these, in turn, are influenced by Indian cultural norms. We conclude with the suggestion that wellbeing should be emphasized as a policy objective
Precision crop mapping: within plant canopy discrimination of crop and soil using multi-sensor hyperspectral imagery
No full textThe Teaching profession in India: Growth, diversification, and feminization
No full textThe teaching workforce in India at 9.5 million is among the largest in the world and is highly segmented and differentiated. Fifty percent work in the state system and about 40% in private sector schools with starkly different employment terms. Marked interstate differences between government and private and gender, social category, and age profiles of teachers show the impact of differential development, state policy, and private sector practices toward teacher recruitment. We begin with presenting the diversity in the teaching workforce by profiling them by gender, social category, employment terms, and the type of school and region in which they work. We contextualize the features of the workforce and the teaching profession in India in the region's culture and history, politics, and economy, specifically discussing cultural mores that lead to the profession being aspirational and having social respectability while growing influences of state policy and market are leading to the profession being devalued, offering poor service conditions and pay, and overall becoming feminized. We note the complexities arising in the sector on account of the contradictions in these intersecting fields and their impact on the profession, aspiration to become a teacher, and the workforce
Quantification and spatial analysis of gridded (0.1° × 0.1°) emission of indirect GHGs/Air pollutants from anthropogenic sources in India
No full textIndirect greenhouse gases (GHGs) play a key role in modulating both regional and global atmospheric chemistry and act as air pollutants that degrade air quality. The rising number of premature deaths and notable health hazards could be linked to increasing concentration of these air pollutants in the atmosphere. As a developing nation, India is often regarded as one of the most polluting countries due to increasing anthropogenic activities. Therefore, identifying the sources of these indirect GHGs gases such as CO, NOx, VOC and SO2 and quantifying their emissions has become a critical requirement for understanding regional atmospheric chemistry. In this study, we developed a comprehensive, technology-driven gridded emission inventory for India at a high resolution (0.1°×0.1°) for the base year 2020. Using the IPCC bottom-up approach, the study estimated the total emissions of CO (45 Tg/yr), NOx (22.8 Tg/yr), VOC (10.8 Tg/yr) and SO2 (15.1 Tg/yr) from all the dominating sources. Vehicle exhaust contributes the most NOx and VOC whereas the residential and power sectors are the highest emitters of CO and SO2, respectively. This newly reported surface emission data would be an essential tool for policymakers in formulating mitigation strategies and will also serve as a vital input for atmospheric chemistry and climate studies
An Experimental Study of Iron-Smelting Techniques Used in the Nathara-Ki-Pal and Iswal, India: Results for the Reconstruction of Ancient Metallurgical Processes
Get PDFThis paper is an attempt to explain the theory and principles involved in the experiment of the iron smelting process. In the process of iron smelting, furnaces are broken, and the tuyeres are removed to recover the bloom. New furnaces may then be constructed either on the same spot as the previous one or adjacent to it. In the context of archaeological sites, several overlapping sequences of furnaces may be interpreted in diverse ways, e.g. successive cultural phases, different phases of occupation, etc. Here, we examine this question by looking at the process of furnace construction and destruction in ethnographic and experimental studies. This is then contrasted with the furnace distribution pattern at the early historic site of Iswal and Nathara-ki-Pal, Rajasthan. The study revolves around the number of furnaces and correlation with each other in terms of spatial distribution and furnaces versus demography. It also probes into the relationship of furnaces to tuyeres and the importance of the latter in terms of use/reuse
