1,114 research outputs found
Cannabinoid Medical Science and Political Ecology: Psychoactive Substances and Mental Distress
No full textLecture delivered at Humboldt State University on April 21, 2014 by Sunil Kumar Aggarwal, Ph.D., M.D.,Executive Science Director at the Center for the Sutdy of Cannabis and Social Policy. Part of the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research speaker series sponsored by the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the College of Professional Studies, and the College of Natural Resources and Sciences
Cannabinoid Medical Science and Political Ecology: Psychoactive Substances and Mental Distress
No full textLecture delivered at Humboldt State University on April 21, 2014 by Sunil Kumar Aggarwal, Ph.D., M.D.,Executive Science Director at the Center for the Sutdy of Cannabis and Social Policy. Part of the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research speaker series sponsored by the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the College of Professional Studies, and the College of Natural Resources and Sciences
sj-docx-1-pie-10.1177_09544089211050156 - Supplemental material for Investigation of magnetorheological fluid-based finishing process for improving the functional performance of hydraulic cylinder
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-pie-10.1177_09544089211050156 for Investigation of magnetorheological fluid-based finishing process for improving the functional performance of hydraulic cylinder by Sunil Kumar Paswan, Ankit Aggarwal and Anant Kumar Singh in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
sj-docx-2-pie-10.1177_09544089211050156 - Supplemental material for Investigation of magnetorheological fluid-based finishing process for improving the functional performance of hydraulic cylinder
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-2-pie-10.1177_09544089211050156 for Investigation of magnetorheological fluid-based finishing process for improving the functional performance of hydraulic cylinder by Sunil Kumar Paswan, Ankit Aggarwal and Anant Kumar Singh in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
Plurality, Identity, Democracy, Globalization... A conversation with Sunil Khilnani
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Rossella Ciocca interviews Sunil Khilnani author of the much appraised The Idea of India: one of the best non-fictional introductions to the complexities of politics in contemporary India. The strengths and weaknesses of present-day uneven modernity are discussed around a few strategic topics. First of all plurality, which in its linguistic, cultural, religious, ethnic variety has been vindicated since Independence as a foundational value, is seen as the quintessential resource for achosen practice of syncretism but also in danger of becoming the very source of fragmentation and implosion in a country increasingly maimed by fundamentalism and fanaticism. Democracy is then interrogated between the comfortable perspective of the firmly established and normally operating mechanisms of democratic routine, on the one hand, and the flawsof a still dramatically unjust system of distribution of rights and opportunities, on the other. Identity politics is in turn analysed both in its positive action of mobilizing society around the problem of social upgrading and in its unwelcome side effects of increasing practices of rigid and restricted classification fomenting division and violent sectarianism. In the end Indian growing cultural appeal upon the globalized scene is questioned in its complex relationship with the country’s quest for a role of protagonist in political as well as economic affairs upon a new multilateral international stage
Zero Knowledge Proofs and Their Applications in Cryptography
No full textZero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs), cryptographic protocols that allow a party to authenticate a transaction to another without disclosing additional information beyond the authenticity of the transaction, continue to have a significant impact on privacy, security, and integrity in applications. It addresses constraints such as computing costs, trust dimensions, and integration complexity, and proposes possible methods and techniques for future research. It emphasizes the importance of ZKP for improving privacy and security in digital systems highlights, the article emphasizes the importance of continuous innovation and further development of their standardization efforts. Proofs (ZKPs) have emerged as a powerful tool in cryptography, offering innovative solutions to privacy, security, and authentication challenges. This article provides an in-depth review of ZKPs, exploring their progress, challenges and future prospects in cryptography. It examines the basic concepts of ZKPs, their applications, and their impact on cryptographic protocols
The Fight Against Government Secrecy
No full textLocal journalist and author Miranda Spivack has a new book out, Backroom Deals in Our Backyard: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back. Sunil Dasgupta talks to Spivack about the book, why transparency has been a persistent problem in government, and how the public can fight back. Music by Washington art-pop rock band Catscan!https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UrBdTiUInvcV3xXgjK1R
The Long and Continuing Fight to Save Public Education
No full textEpisode · I Hate Politics Podcast · With school boards around the country under attack from right-wing extremists, a veteran Silver-Spring based education reporter and author, Karen Chenoweth, has founded a resource to help school board candidates and school board members fight back. Sunil Dasgupta talks to Chenoweth about her website democracy-education.org and her mission. Music from Finster.https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gUiArNXgofhVTx1vweJE
On Barthes’ biography
No full textThis article presents an interview with Tiphaine Samoyault, author of Roland Barthes, Biographie (Éditions du Seuil, 2015). There is always a difficulty in approaching the biography of Roland Barthes, who famously gave us the thesis of the ‘death of the author’. Nonetheless, Samoyault’s lengthy study can be considered the closest thing to an ‘official’ biography. Unlike other biographers, she was given access to and granted permission to cite from a wide range of private papers and materials. This inside view has not stopped her from detailing some of the more sensitive sides of Barthes’ life, and importantly she has been able to reassess aspects of his writings and relationship to other key thinkers of the time and the wider politics. As part of the interview, various extracts from the biography are woven into the dialogue, allowing those unfamiliar with it to gain more direct access to the book itself
What AMZN HQ2 Search Tells Us About Government Transparency
No full textThere is a long tradition in political philosophy where democracy and transparency are equated. A new article in the Policy Studies Journal, by UMBC colleagues UMBC’s Eric Stokan, Ian Anson, University of Texas Austin’s Nathan Jensen studied the impact of government transparency on Amazon’s search for its second headquarters to find surprising conclusions: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.70016 . Sunil Dasgupta talks with lead author Eric Stokan. Music by Frederick, MD,- based country-folk singer-songwriter Susanna Laird.https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bNPVzoK9pPWHkFYzINHU
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