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What can we learn from missed opportunities in the transition to open access?
No full textIn this Q&A, Madhan, director of libraries at Jindal Global University, discusses institutional repositories, author-pay open access, publish-review-curate, and the “expensive distraction” of India’s One Nation One Subscription deal
Revisiting the Indus Water Treaty in turbulent times
Get PDFIndia can consider re-evaluating and reforming the treaty in the backdrop of continuing cross-border terrorism
Against the Grid: urbanity and infrastructure in indian sequential narratives
No full textThe present article, situated at the intersection of comics studies and urban studies, aims to critically explore how urbanity as a condition is represented and transgressed in select Indian sequential narratives. Urbanisation in India has often been described as messy and a perpetual disaster, as cities often extend their peripheries to form slums and other informal settlements using innovative infrastructural developments. Highlighting the relevance of infrastructure for Indian urban comics, this study approaches the urban in terms of differential modes of engagement, constituting a rhizomatic network critical to the openness of the form. In the process, the study analyses infrastructural parallelism between comics and the urban form, to explore how does the form of sequential narrative align with the fluidity of urban narratives in India. Through a selection of graphic narratives, this essay seeks to underscore how these narratives uncover, politicise, and destabilise rigid and regularising appropriations of modern cityscapes, suggesting the improbability of navigating Indian cities through conventional gridding. Drawing on theoretical insights from Thierry Groensteen, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, Ananya Roy, and others, this paper argues that urban comics in India has taken infrastructure as the departure point to critique narratives of urban modernisation and infrastructural development
Quantitative and qualitative tremor evaluation after MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy
Get PDFIntroduction: Tremor syndromes are common neurological disorders, usually distinguished by clinical examination. Ordinal rating scales are widely used to rate tremor severity but are limited by subjective observation, interrater reliability, ceiling effects and lack of knowledge about sensitivity to change emphasizing the relevance of quantitative methods. Methods: To assess tremor characteristics in essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease tremor (PT) quantitatively, we used a wearable triaxial accelerometer in comparison to a common clinical rating scale. Furthermore, different activation conditions and changes after treatment with MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) were examined concomitantly. Patients with disabling, medication-refractory ET (n = 35) or PT (n = 21) undergoing unilateral MRgFUS thalamotomy were assessed before, 1, 6 and 12 months after MRgFUS treatment. Clinical assessments included the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor (CRST) and accelerometric recordings at rest, posture and kinetic movement. Peak frequencies (fp), frequency width at half maximum (FWHM), tremor stability index (TSI), and half-width power (HWP) were extracted from the power spectrum of acceleration and compared to the CRST. Results: We observed moderate to strong correlations between CRST subscores and log-transformed HWP, whereas significant correlations were only evident in ET when groups were evaluated separately. Fp, FWHM and TSI showed no differences between groups and conditions. Further, repeated measurements after MRgFUS treatment revealed significant changes of tremor severity in both, clinical rating and accelerometric recordings. Discussion: Tremor assessment using accelerometric recordings provided a fast and investigator independent method for tremor characterization and quantitative assessment, which were sensitive to changes after therapeutic interventions
Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and Assessment Practices : Teachers' PCK and Their Assessment Practices and Their Influences on Student Learning Outcomes
No full textThis study explores the impact of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) on assessment practices and their subsequent influence on student learning outcomes. Through case studies of three educators—Ms. Sarah Thompson at Lincoln Middle School, Mr. David Martinez at Crestwood High School, and Ms. Emily Chen at Brookfield Elementary School—the research examines how deep subject matter expertise and pedagogical strategies shape both formative and summative assessments. The findings reveal that effective integration of PCK into assessment practices enhances student performance, engagement, and feedback quality. Despite these insights, the study acknowledges limitations such as context-specific findings and qualitative data reliance, suggesting the need for further research across diverse settings and methodologies. The study highlights the importance of PCK in creating equitable and effective assessments and provides implications for educational practice, professional development, and policy
Impact of Workplace Social Connections on Employee Wellbeing and Happiness
No full textSocial connections in the workplace significantly impact employee wellbeing and job satisfaction. This chapter explores how relationships with colleagues and mentors influence various aspects of work life, including engagement, performance, and mental health. Through an examination of case studies and research findings, the chapter highlights the benefits of fostering positive social interactions and identifies strategies for overcoming barriers. It addresses the role of technology, hybrid work models, and diversity initiatives in shaping social connections. The chapter also considers future trends and ethical considerations in managing workplace relationships. By prioritizing and measuring social connections, organizations can enhance employee satisfaction and drive overall success
Social and Environmental Impacts of Urbanisation in Indian Non-Metros
No full textThis chapter engages with the impact of urbanisation on river water drawing on evidence from three non-metro contexts in the state of Tamil Nadu. It explores four themes: the impact of urbanisation on water sources; the effects of the changes to water bodies on different users, especially women; the state interventions to restore water bodies; and the role of courts in shaping Zero Liquid waste Discharge (ZLD) policy. The chapter shows the ongoing patterns of urbanisation in river towns are adversely affecting women, increasing their work burden. Additionally, the chapter highlights amongst others the importance of managing land and water as a unified system. Contemporary State practices of urban development have a predominant focus on land, and water-related issues such as conservation, protection of water sources and equity in distribution are overlooked. Further, current strategies for financing urban development view land primarily as an economic resource for extracting wealth and not as an ecological resource. It is argued that this inherently promotes mindless conversion of land and erstwhile water sources for speculative urban real estate. The chapter concludes by noting that, although the significance of incorporating ecological aspects of planning is acknowledged in planning theory, it is yet to be translated into practice
Promoting Corporate Sustainable Development via Supply Chain Finance—An Empirical Study Against the Background of Digital Transition
No full textIn the era of the rapidly expanding digital economy, supply chain finance (SCF) has emerged as a pivotal force in fortifying supply chain relationships and optimizing resource allocation. More importantly, it serves as a catalyst for corporate sustainable development (SD). However, a pressing question remains unanswered: Can corporates effectively align the resources, capabilities, and competitive advantages of SCF with SD, especially when bolstered by digital transition (DT)? Drawing on information asymmetry and synergy theory, this study reveals the intricate mechanisms through which SCF influences corporate SD and highlights the financial and supply chain effects, as well as the moderating role of DT. Leveraging the generalized method of moments, we conduct a rigorous empirical analysis using data from A-share listed companies spanning 2010–2021. Our findings robustly affirm that SCF significantly propels corporate SD, and this conclusion is reinforced by extensive robustness checks and endogeneity analyses. Delving deeper, we establish that SCF not only alleviates financing constraints but also enhances relationship embedding, thereby driving SD. Notably, these pathways exhibit marked variations across different types of enterprises. Intriguingly, our research further reveals that advancements in corporate DT amplify the positive impact of SCF on SD, while also augmenting the financial and supply chain effects of SCF. These insights not only offer a novel lens for evaluating the economic ramifications of SCF but also provide compelling empirical evidence that SCF, when synergized with DT, becomes a powerful enabler of corporate SD. Our findings are of considerable significance for sustainable business practices in the digital age
AI adoption in enterprises for enhanced strategic human resource management practices: benefiting the employee engagement and experience
No full textPurpose: The primary objective of this research is to discern the (sequential mediating) roles of strategic intent (SI) and strategic human resource management practices (SHRMP) in enabling artificial intelligence adoption in human resources (AIAHR) to foster employee engagement (EENG) and experience (EEXP).
Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 208 HR professionals working in various industries in the United States using a quantitative research design. PLS-structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized relationships.
Findings: This study’s results indicate that strategic intent and strategic HRM practices act as mediating mechanisms to channel the effect of AI adoption in HR on enhancing employee engagement and experience. In addition to individual meditation, the strategic intent and strategic HRM practices sequentially mediate the adoption of AI in HR and employee engagement and employee experiences.
Practical implications: This study highlights the importance of developing a clear strategic intent for AI adoption, implementing strategic HRM practices that align with the strategic intent and prioritizing employee engagement and experience in AI adoption efforts.
Originality/value: The current research significantly enhances the prevailing literature by proposing a model that integrates the key factors influencing AI adoption in HR and provides empirical evidence of the mediating roles of strategic intent (SI) and strategic HRM practices (SHRMP) in this relationship. This study provides practical guidance for HR practitioners and organizational leaders to facilitate successful AI adoption and integration in HR
Identity, Dispossession and Resilience of the Subaltern : a study of marginalised communities in kashmir
No full textPashtuns in Kashmir (Kashmiri Pathans) have settled in the Kashmir Valley since the 1930s after immigrating from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region of present-day Pakistan. However, strict adherence to the basic tenets of Pashtunwali made this minority group culturally and linguistically distinct vis-à-vis the majority Kashmiri population; the Pashtuns, as a collective, experience social and spatial marginalisation. Subjected to forces of modernity, state legal institutions and pressures of assimilation, Pashtuns are experiencing disruption in traditional social, cultural and economic practices. Terming their traditional institutions, such as ‘Jirga’, as primordial, state institutions declare their customary practices null and void. Sharing the spaces and everyday business transactions with the Kashmiri-speaking populace and political discourse of self-determination pressurises the Pashto community to identify with a more significant ‘Kashmiri Muslim identity’, which in turn prey upon their ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage. To resist cultural assimilation, the Pashtun community uses intergenerational identity by transferring the rich history, folklore, linguistic traditions and traditional knowledge of medicinal herbs to the younger generation. While negotiating with modernity, Pashtuns in Kashmir have managed to preserve their linguistic and cultural traditions by redefining and reinventing their cultural institutions. Through the ethnography of a small settlement in the Pashto community in the Ganderbal district of the Kashmir Valley, this chapter examines how the community retained ‘Pashto cultural habits’ such as language, dress and food while negotiating social spaces and everyday economic activities with the Kashmiri-speaking population. Ultimately, this chapter argues that despite pressures of cultural assimilation, which endangers their cultural and linguistic heritage, the Pashtun of Kashmir are resilient in preserving their traditions by reinventing cultural institutions