1,723,746 research outputs found
The Poet's School: A History of Patha-Bhavana and Siksha-Satra
No full textIn this book, the authors trace the institutional history of the Patha-Bhavana and the Siksha-Satra, two schools founded by Rabindranath Tagore which would grow into the famed Visva-Bharati, or the ‘world school’. Weaving together narrative threads connecting personalities from across the world who gathered at the Santiniketan ashram, the book maps the growth of these educational institutions against the backdrop of Tagore’s evolving philosophy of education. Translated from the original Bengali, The Poet’s School charts the growth of the poet’s vision of an alternative educational system that challenged the social mores of a society under colonial rule. It captures the history of a unique experiment in education geared towards a life of free-thinking, social service, creativity, and self-sufficiency for its students
Critical Review of Bhavana Processes with special reference to its Utility in Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics
Full text linkBackground: Bhavana is a process of wet grinding in which a powdered drug of herbal, animal or mineral origin are ground with particular liquid media (expressed juice, decoction, urine etc.) for a specific period. This process of trituration is followed by drying and is carried out till attainment of Subhavit Lakshana and complete absorption of liquid into the powder and drying of the mixture is done. Objectives: To have the critical review of Bhavana process with reference to the changes taking place during Bhavana and to study its utility in Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics. Materials and Methods: The physical, chemical and biological changes are noted; Processes involved and role of Bhavana Dravyas are also noted; role of Bhavana Dravyas, use of Bhavana in Rasaushadhi preparation; different types of Bhavana are discussed. Griffith Theory in Particle Size Reduction is also discussed in this research article. Results: Bhavana performed through Levigation or soaking method along with the prescribed liquid media imparts certain physical, chemical and biological changes. The processes involved offer multiple benefits to the Bhavana Dravyas. Conclusion: Bhavana is one of the most scientific methods described in the Ayurvedic texts. It is one of the Samskaras which potentiates the therapeutic properties and thus is most useful process in the Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics
Detailed Comparative Pharmacognostical and Physicochemical Evaluation of Chirabilvadiyoga w.s.r. to Bhavana (Trituration)
Full text linkChirabilvadi Yoga is a combination of four drugs Chirabilva, Arjuna, Jyotishmati and Kakanasa in powder form, each of these ingredients has solid base of previous experimental studies for their individual analgesic activity. Bhavana (trituration) is an important Samskara (process) mentioned in Ayurvedic classics by which drug may be made very potent to produce a positive results. Till date no data available on this combination Bhavita Chirabilvadi Yoga triturated seven times with Chirabilva Patra Swarasa and made dried powder. Present study is to screen the differences in pharmacognostical and pharmaceutical profile of the Chirabilvadi Yoga before and after Bhavana. After Bhavana significant changes were found in the pharmacognostical parameters like deformated rosette crystals and cluster crystal of Arjuna and broken stone cells of Arjuna, which are rarely found before Bhavana of the drug and also evaluate the differences in the pharmaceutical profile before and after Bhavana like loss on drying, ash value, acid insoluble ash, water soluble extract, methanol soluble extract, pH and HPTLC
Bhavana Spiritual Cultivation and Creative Flow
Full text linkBhavana is a mixed media meditation exhibition with a short film screening, a gallery of art made by me and other collaborators, as well as community submitted artworks. Theres is a yoga class on Friday Nov. 22nd at 4:30-6pm. The practical component will be a short (10-15page) thesis essay about the vision, intention, and journey of creating Bhavana. My project is closely connected to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's theory of Flow. Flow state is an interesting place that many have experienced before- where time seems to melt away, and a person is totally engaged with that which they are working with whether it be creative like painting, drawing, dance, or athletic like skiing, yoga, or anything in between. A life of Flow promotes overall well-being, and creative flow does this specifically with creative and therapeutic intentions of approaching work or a project. Purchase College SUNYMedia, Society and the ArtsBachelor of ArtsRungoo, Ush
Constant-rate Non-malleable Codes and their Applications
No full textNon-malleable codes(NMC) introduced by Dziembowski, Pietrzak and Wichs in ITCS 2010,
provide powerful security guarantees where error-correcting codes can not provide any guarantee: a decoding of tampered codeword is either the same or completely independent of the
underlying message. One of the most important families of tampering functions is the t-splitstate family, where, the adversary tampers each of the t blocks (called state) of a codeword,
independently. In this thesis, we construct the first explicit constant-rate and constant-state
non-malleable code. In particular, we construct an efficient non-malleable code in the t-splitstate model, for t = 4, that achieves a constant rate of 1
3+ζ
, for any constant ζ > 0 and error
2
−Ω(`/logc+1`)
, where ` is the length of the message and c > 0 is an arbitrary constant.
We then focus on the fascinating problem of privacy amplification introduced by Bennett
et.al in 1988. A privacy amplification(PA) protocol allows two parties, Alice and Bob, who
a-priori share a weak secret w, to agree on a uniform secret key, in the presence of a computationally unbounded adversary Eve. Specifically, we show how to construct a constant round
privacy amplification protocol from any augmented split-state non-malleable code. Existentially, this gives us another primitive (in addition to optimal non-malleable extractors) whose
optimal construction would result in a privacy amplification protocol with optimal entropy
loss and min-entropy requirement. Instantiating our code with the NMC due to Li (STOC
2017), gives us an 8-round privacy amplification protocol with entropy loss O(log(n) +κ log(κ))
and min-entropy requirement Ω(log(n) + κ log(κ)), where κ is the security parameter and n
is the length of the shared weak secret. In fact, for our result, even the weaker primitive of
Non-malleable Randomness Encoders suffice.
We view this result as an exciting connection between two of the most fascinating and
well-studied information theoretic primitives, non-malleable codes and privacy amplification
Promoting development of critical thinking through work-integrated learning
No full textThe context:
Associated with WIL for 25 years, specifically cooperative education, professional practice, and Industry Engaged Learning.
Do not currently have students in WIL.
However, Unitec is undergoing a huge makeover in implementing Applied Practice—virtually all postgraduate programs and qualifications will have organisational and community projects. Includes a major reconceptualisation and delivery of dissertations, masters, thesis, and PhDs.
Bhavana Mehta just completed her masters thesis on the state of the art of CT learning in New Zealand tertiary sector.
Citation from http://www.nzace.ac.nz/2016-conference-takapuna/
Promoting Development of Critical Thinking Through Work-Integrated Learning*
Jay Hays, Bhavana Meth
Locally Reconstructable Non-Malleable Secret Sharing
Full text linkNon-malleable secret sharing (NMSS) schemes, introduced by Goyal and Kumar (STOC 2018), ensure that a secret m can be distributed into shares m₁,⋯,m_n (for some n), such that any t (a parameter ≤ n) shares can be reconstructed to recover the secret m, any t-1 shares doesn't leak information about m and even if the shares that are used for reconstruction are tampered, it is guaranteed that the reconstruction of these tampered shares will either result in the original m or something independent of m. Since their introduction, non-malleable secret sharing schemes sparked a very impressive line of research.
In this work, we introduce a feature of local reconstructability in NMSS, which allows reconstruction of any portion of a secret by reading just a few locations of the shares. This is a useful feature, especially when the secret is long or when the shares are stored in a distributed manner on a communication network. In this work, we give a compiler that takes in any non-malleable secret sharing scheme and compiles it into a locally reconstructable non-malleable secret sharing scheme. To secret share a message consisting of k blocks of length ρ each, our scheme would only require reading ρ + log k bits (in addition to a few more bits, whose quantity is independent of ρ and k) from each party’s share (of a reconstruction set) to locally reconstruct a single block of the message.
We show an application of our locally reconstructable non-malleable secret sharing scheme to a computational non-malleable secure message transmission scheme in the pre-processing model, with an improved communication complexity, when transmitting multiple messages
Religious Experience When Practicing Vipassana Bhavana
No full textThis research is a qualitative-phenomenological research that aims to see the description of
religious experience when practicing Vipassana Bhavana. Many previous studies related to
Vipassana Bhavana, but no one has examined religious experience in depthly. The sampling
technique in this study used purposive sampling method. The sample amounted to 3 people
with different levels, college students, householders, and Sangha members. The subjects in
this study have studied and attended Vipassana meditation retreats intensively for 10 days.
The method of data collection is using interviews. The data obtained were analyzed by
following the Miles and Huberman qualitative data analysis procedure. The research data
were examined based on aspects of religious experience from Compton and Hoffman's theory.
The results showed that there are differences in the religious experience of each individual,
which proves that religious experience is subjective. In addition, of the five aspects of
Compton and Hoffman's religious experience, there is one aspect that is not experienced by
the three subjects, namely numinous experiences. The religious experience experienced by
the three subjects proves that there are changes in both the physical body, feelings, and
thoughts.145 PagesSkripsi Sarjan
THE ROLE OF THE LITERACY HOUSE "GUBUK BHAVANA" IN FOSTERING LITERACY CULTURE IN THE NGEPANREJO VILLAGE
Full text linkThe literacy culture in Ngepanrejo Village still needs to be more profound. One effective way to raise awareness of the importance of literacy was creating a literacy house. This article aims to describe the role of the "Gubuk Bhavana" Literacy House in fostering a literacy culture in the Ngepanrejo Village community. This program used some methods, such as lectures, tutoring, problem-based learning, direct one-on-one communication, and focus group discussion. The role of the "Gubuk Bhavana" Literacy House in fostering a culture of literacy in the community is as follows: first, facilitate a reading place in the Literacy House located in Posong Hamlet and 5 Literacy Corners spread across the village as attractive as possible to create a comfortable atmosphere. Second, a collection of books tailored to the target readership was provided, such as those tailored to the work of the people of Ngepanrejo Village, from elementary and middle school students homemakers, and farmers. Third, conducted teaching to elementary school students and regular discussions with film screenings. Fourth, new skills training for homemakers was conducted. Fifth, the formation of an information-aware community. In the future, "Gubuk Bhavana" needs the involvement of religious figures to share the vision of this program so it could maximize the effectiveness of "Gubuk Bhavana" Literacy House
Effect of Bhavana on Qualitative Phytochemical Profile and Elemental Composition of Shilajathu: A Comparative Pharmaceutical Study With Ekanayaka Kwatha Bhavitha Shilajathu
Full text linkShilajathu, a revered Ayurvedic Rasayana, is subjected to Bhavana, a traditional processing technique. This study investigates the effect of Bhavana on Shilajathu\u27s phytochemical profile and elemental composition using Ekanayak Kwatha Bhavitha Shilajathu. Ekanayaka (Salacia chinensis) is a prominently featured drug in various Kashayas recommended for Prameha Chikitsa in esteemed Kerala texts, such as Sahasrayoga and Chikitsamanjari. Ekanayaka Kwatha Bhavitha Shilajathu was prepared through a seven-fold Bhavana process. Phytochemical screening revealed a diverse profile of bioactive compounds. HPTLC analysis confirmed the presence of Mangiferin, a standard biomarker for Ekanayaka in Ekanayak Kwatha Bhavitha Shilajathu, and also revealed enhanced bioactive compounds in Bhavitha Shilajathu compared to Shilajathu before Bhavana. Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis showed increased weight % of certain elements, C, Na, Mg, Cl, and K in Bhavitha Shilajathu. The findings demonstrate enhanced absorption of Ekanayaka Kwatha\u27s active principles into Shilajathu during Bhavana. The formulation\u27s safety was confirmed by detecting heavy metal levels within permissible limits. The study provides insights into the Ayurvedic concept of Bhavana and its effects on Shilajathu\u27s phytochemical and elemental composition
- …
