293 research outputs found
Kana Basu Mishra’s storytelling : A Discussion/ কণা বসু মিশ্রের গল্পভুবন : একটি আলোচনা
No full textKona Basu Mishra has been writing literature since the seventies, yet she remains in the background of the Bengali readership. He entered the world of Bengali literature by writing short stories. She wrote three hundred short story and many novels. Woman are the centre of she story writing. A woman writer, she feels, can’t talk about girls the way male writers can. Countless woman have flocked to she novel and short stories. Those Woman have a different-difficulties in life and suffering. Even though women’s words are predominant in the writer pen, Kana Basu Mishra cannot be called a feminist writer; Rather she is a woman-loving writer. The woman in her stories are modern but do not cross the boundaries of social reform beliefs. Her story is an unheard story of the tireless woman solders suffering from the war called duty in the helpless, deprived, degraded world of woman. Besides, he has revealed various problems of society in her story. Social ill like superstition, religion are the subject of her story. Her stories are romantic at the beginning of creation. But with mature age there is a change in the romantic mind. Even under the same roof, the aspects of love, complications, bitterness, conflict of married in an educated civil society is depicted in her stories. Also she wrote stories for children. Basically, he created juvenile literature. The adventures of the teenage mind, the curiosity to unravel the detective-like mystery, the reckless mentality aspects come out her stories. Kana Basu Mishra’s varied story dynamics will be discussed in detail below.  
Experimental Evaluation of Commercial OTN Transceivers under Emulated Weak Turbulence
No full textIn next-generation networks, the integration of satellite network segments within the existing terrestrial ones represents a key element to deliver high-speed connectivity with increased coverage, scalability, and reliability. The development of optical satellite links could be eased by taking advantage of the mature technology deployed in fiber-based networks. Differently from fiber optics propagation, laser beams traveling across the atmosphere experience turbulence-induced fading. Considering that commercial hardware has been designed to work in the static fiber channel, degradation of the communication performance is expected when the same devices are employed in scintillation-affected links. We present the first experimental performance assessment of commercial Optical Transport Network (OTN) equipment under the effect of scintillation. Our study focuses on a pre-amplified receiver employing coherent 100G and IM/DD 10G transceivers. We setup a testbed that emulates weak turbulence, reproducing the scintillation statistics at the receiver typical of feeder links. Our results highlight differences between 100G coherent and 10G IM/DD transceivers in terms of reliability, providing insights for hardware optimization and network design in future optical feeder links systems
RF/Optical High Data Rates Intra/Inter-Orbit Satellites Links in Future NTNs
No full textThis paper addresses the feasibility, using either
RF or optical technology, of high data rates (from 1Gbps to
more than 10Gbps) intra-orbit and inter-orbit satellite links in
future Non Terrestrial Networks. In the framework of the 3D
Non Terrestrial Networks architectures consisting of different
aerial nodes, the feasibility of high data rates links among
satellites in the same orbits or different orbits enables novel
communication architectures able to meet the more and more
stringent communication requirements in terms of data rate,
latency and service availability. This paper presents some of those
architectures and presents a preliminary analysis of the feasibility
of RF and/or optical links, highlighting the technological hurdles
that must be overcome for each approach
Constructing indicators from patent specifications: What they reveal and what they imply?
No full textThe study distinguishes some of the rich sources of information that can be extracted from a patent document and can act as an indicator to measure some of the technological features of patenting activity of a firm/country. The paper attempts to highlight this through empirical examination of patents granted to Indian institutions in the US. The applicability of the indicators that are distinguished and meaning they can convey are addressed in this study
Pharmacogenomic and mechanistic studies on dietary factors in chemoprevention of cancer
No full textPharmacogenomic profiling of cancer has recently seen much activity with the accessibility of the newest generation of high-throughput platforms and technologies. A myriad of mechanistic studies have been devoted to identifying dietary factors that can help prevent cancer, with evidence gleaned from epidemiologic studies revealing an inverse correlation between the intake of cruciferous vegetables and the risk of certain types of cancer. To develop a comprehensive understanding of cancer pathogenesis, and potential for chemopreventive intervention with dietary factors, an integrated approach that encompasses both pharmacogenomic and mechanistic aspects is desirable. Our transcriptomic profiling of butylated hydroxyanisole-induced Nuclear Factor-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-dependent genes in Nrf2-deficient mice identified several germane molecular targets for prevention. Toxicogenomic analyses of endoplasmic reticulum stress inducer tunicamycin in Nrf2-deficient mice elucidated Nrf2-regulated unfolded protein response effects. Mechanistic studies on a combination of sulforaphane and (-) epigallocatechin-3-gallate in HT-29 AP-1 (Activator Protein-1) cells revealed a synergy in colon cancer chemoprevention. Pharmacogenomic studies of this combination in PC-3 AP-1 cells provided a discursive framework for understanding putative crosstalk between Nrf2 and AP-1 in prostate cancer chemoprevention. Regulatory potential for concerted modulation of Nrf2 and Nuclear Factor-κB (Nfκb1) in inflammation and carcinogenesis was delineated by bioinformatic analyses. Metabolomic approaches identified potential prognostic biomarkers in human prostate cancer. Differential biological networks in prostate cancer were elicited in androgen-dependent 22Rv1 cells, androgen- and estrogen-dependent LNCaP cells and androgen-independent DU 145 and PC-3 cells. Taken together, our identification of Nrf2-regulated molecular targets by expression profiling using dietary factors, synergistic effects in combinatorial use of dietary factors in colon cancer, regulatory studies on crosstalk between Nrf2 and AP-1 in prostate cancer, bioinformatic analyses of concerted modulation of Nrf2 and Nfkb1 in inflammation and carcinogenesis, metabolomic identification of biomarkers, and delineation of target hubs in differential prostate cancer biological networks, greatly enhance our understanding of the transcriptional circuitry in cancer and important master regulatory nodes including Nrf2 that might potentially be exploited for chemopreventive intervention with dietary factors.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-331)
Universal access, cost recovery, and payment services
No full textWe suggest a subtle, yet far- reaching, tension in the objectives specified by the Monetary Control Act of 1980 (MCA) for the Federal Reserve’s role in providing retail payment services, such as check processing. Specifically, we argue that the requirement of an overall cost-revenue match, coupled with the goal of ensuring equitable access on a universal basis, partially shifted the burden of cost recovery from high-cost to low-cost service points during the MCA’s early years, thereby allowing private-sector competitors to enter the low-cost segment of the market and undercut the relatively uniform prices charged by the Fed. To illustrate this conflict, we develop a voter model for what begins as a monopoly setting in which a regulatory regime that establishes a uniform price irrespective of cost differences, and restricts total profits to zero, initially dominates through majority rule both deregulation and regulation that sets price equal to cost on a bank-by-bank basis. Uniform pricing is dropped in this model once cream skimming has subsumed half the market. These results help illumine the Federal Reserve’s experience in retail payments under the MCA, particularly the movement over time to a less uniform fee structure for check processing.Payment systems ; Check collection systems
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