529 research outputs found
Replication Data for: Bird’s Decision to Shift the Direction of Migration Path Depends on the Position of Sun as well as Moon: A Directional Statistical Inference
No full textDataset for: Bird’s Decision to Shift the Direction of Migration
Path Depends on the Position of the Sun as well as Moon:
A Directional Statistical Inference
(Author: Prithwish Ghosh, Debashis Chatterjee, Amlan Banerjee
O Exercício da Liderança em Ambiente Universitário Público Estadual – O Relato de uma Experiência
No full textEste ensaio trata das questões relativas a líder e liderança, focadas dentro e na perspectiva fenomenológica [VAN MANEN (1990); GADAMER (1997); SEIDMAN (1998)]. O objetivo é identificar conceitos sobre líder e liderança desenvolvidos e praticados, dentro de uma experiência vivenciada, num contexto de uma universidade pública estadual brasileira, por um professor no exercício do cargo de reitor. O tema é apresentado como uma investigação empírica dos modelos de liderança a partir de literatura pertinente [BASS & STOGDILL’s (1990); CHATTERJEE (2001); HEIFETZ (1994); ISAACS (1999)]. Reconstrói-se a experiência na perspectiva fenomenológica utilizando-se a metodologia de entrevista proposta por SEIDMAN (1998). A partir da reflexão dos enunciados sobre líder e liderança busca-se interpretar sua presença no relato da experiência Os resultados apresentados foram de que os conceitos quando focados a partir do exercício da liderança apresentam convergências e contornos próximos àqueles encontrados na literatura especializada sobre liderança. Por outro lado, o estudo também identificou que: (a) na sua construção cotidiana dentro da experiência relatada, emergem especificidades únicas e singulares; (b) a liderança emerge como um processo de aprimorar a consciência daquilo que aspiramos até o último sentido. Os resultados obtidos, a partir da experiência relatada servem como indicativo de que mais pesquisas devem ser conduzidas no sentido proposto, junto a mais experiências da mesma natureza, confirmando ou refutando os resultados aqui verificados
Pritam Banerjee, Debashis Chakraborty et Dipankar Sengupta, Dir., Beyond The Transition Phase Of WTO - An Indian Perspective On Emerging Issues, New Delhi, Academic Foundation, 2006
No full textBalmelli Tiziano. Pritam Banerjee, Debashis Chakraborty et Dipankar Sengupta, Dir., Beyond The Transition Phase Of WTO - An Indian Perspective On Emerging Issues, New Delhi, Academic Foundation, 2006. In: Revue Québécoise de droit international, volume 21-2, 2008. pp. 471-477
Dew Computing-Based Sustainable Internet of Vehicular Things
No full textThe present chapter investigates some future research cases, themes, and directions in vehicular dew computing. Dew computing is a paradigm for organizing the software and hardware of on-premises computers in a cloud computing architecture. The on-the-spot computer offers services that work independently from the cloud. It seeks to maximize the capabilities of computers on-site and cloud services. Thus it combines the concept of cloud computing with edge computing. Cloud/Fog/Edge depends on Internet connectivity. Today’s transportation and routing decisions depend on intelligent technologies. In dynamic vehicle routing and procurement planning, the Internet connectivity problem is the most important because we make a decision depending on real time, and its availability in rural/semi-urban areas is limited. To address these challenges, this investigation proposes a novel dew-caching architecture under the cloud using the Internet of vehicular things (IoVs) in different practical applications such as smart logistic routing, disaster management, etc. Also, dew computing plays a significant role in this situation. This allows the user to access the services, files, and resources when there is disrupted Internet connectivity, and then the files and resources are synced back to the cloud server when the connection is made again. The end-user gets additional freedom to retrieve essential data using dew computing. When Internet access is available, the data is synced with the master copy at the cloud server as well as in the dew server located on the user’s device. Users can read, write, update, and remove data on their smartphone, which functions as a localized version of a real server. The present study gives some novel areas of applications in dew computing utilizing caching in the Internet of vehicular things.</p
The Structural Relationship between Current and Capital Account Balance in India: A Time Series Analysis
No full textThe long run relationship between current account balance (CAB) and capital account balance (KAB) and the repercussions of capital account convertibility (KAC) on growth process of a country is a much debated issue. In particular, in the aftermath of the Southeast Asian crisis, the limitation of the liberal capital regime for a developing country like India is often highlighted in the literature. However, the probable impact of introducing KAC on CAB in India generally is discussed theoretically. Though some of the existing studies in India have earlier focused on this research question, they have done so by exogenously assuming the existence of a single structural break in the interrelationship between CAB and KAB. The present study intends to bridge the gap in the literature by raising two empirical questions: first, how far KAC is likely to destabilize the CAB and second, measuring the strength of the interrelationship between CAB and KAB. The current paper also contributes to the literature by incorporating multiple endogenous structural breaks in the empirical analysis. The empirical findings do not support any long term relationship between capital and current account balance and reveals that two significant structural breaks are observed in 1993-94 and 2003-04.International Capital Movements, Foreign Exchange, Current Account Adjustment
India’s Recent Infrastructure Development Initiatives: A Comparative Analysis of South and Southeast Asia
No full textSince the early 1990s, the number of Regional Trade Agreements has increased considerably across continents. This is resulting into increasing regional integration with substantial importance being given to cross-border connectivity development. India, a late subscriber of active RTA strategy, is enthusiastically venturing into cross-border connectivity exercises to enhance its trade integration with the neighbouring countries in recent period. Developing cross-border connectivity is currently receiving salience in the regional forums like SAARC, though limited progress has been made so far. In contrast, ASEAN is the only forum in Asia where substantial progress in integration through cross-border infrastructure augmentation has been witnessed. India has recently entered into FTA with ASEAN and is involved in several infrastructure augmentation projects in several ASEAN member countries. Given this background, the current paper seeks to analyze the Indian infrastructure development initiatives in the immediate and Southeastern neighborhood. The discussion covers the SAARC and ASEAN initiatives towards building physical infrastructure, as well as the recent aid for trade initiatives being undertaken in South and Southeast Asia. The paper concludes by drawing the lessons for SAARC members from the ASEAN experience.Economic Integration; Infrastructure
Dynamic coercivity of Mo-doped FINEMETs
No full textThe structure and the dc magnetic behavior of FINEMET-type alloys doped with molybdenum have been recently reported. Most commercial applications of these materials are, however, not at dc but at high magnetizing frequencies. Therefore, we report a study of the frequency dependence of coercivity, Hc(f), in amorphous and nanocrystalline ribbons of composition Fe73.5Si13.5Nb3−xMoxB9Cu1 (x=0, 1.5 and 3) in the frequency range from 0.5 to 1.3 kHz. The nature of Hc(f) measurements revealed the influence of eddy currents in the magnetization of samples. The frequency dependence of coercivity did not vary with the molybdenum content in the amorphous samples. All the alloys exhibited a systematic improvement in the coercivity after nanocrystallization and it was found that this improvement was better as more Nb was replaced by Mo.Fil: Srimoy, Chakraborty. S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences; IndiaFil: Kalyan, Mandal. S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences; IndiaFil: Debashis, Sakar. S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences; IndiaFil: Cremaschi, Victoria Juliana. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ingenieria. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Sólidos Amorfos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Tecnologías y Ciencias de la Ingeniería; Argentina; ArgentinaFil: Silveyra, Josefina María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Tecnologías y Ciencias de la Ingeniería; Argentina; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ingenieria. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Sólidos Amorfos; Argentin
Arsenic and its speciation analysis in biological and environmental samples using ICP techniques
No full textArsenic (As) is one of the common cancers causing contaminant in groundwater of West Bengal, India along with other regions of the world. Scientists believe that As contamination in groundwater of these region are because of the reductive dissolution of iron oxyhydroxide and the oxidation of organic matter. However, our research shows that a combination of carbonate mineral dissolution and the reduction of iron oxyhydroxides accounts for the high As concentration in groundwater. Thus the people of this region are exposed daily to high levels of As through various pathways. Our study on saliva shows that this biofluid is a good biomarker of As exposure. Moreover, by measuring the various forms of As in saliva, individual susceptibility to arsenic related diseases can be understood. Lastly, we propose nano Zero Valent iron doped onto montmorillonite as an effective material to reduce high levels of As in water quickly and efficientlyL'arsènic (As) és un dels contaminants cancerígens més comuns en les aigües subterrànies de Bengala Occidental, Índia, així com d’altres regions. Els científics creuen que la contaminació en arsènic en l'aigua subterrània d'aquesta regió és deguda a la dissolució reductiva dels oxihidròxids de ferro i a l'oxidació de la matèria orgànica. No obstant, la nostra investigació mostra que una combinació de la dissolució mineral de carbonat i la reducció dels oxihidròxids de ferro en són la causa. Com a conseqüència la població d'aquesta regió estan exposats a nivells alts d'As. El nostre estudi mostra que la saliva és un bon biomarcador d'exposició a l’arsènic. A més, mitjançant la determinació de l’especiació d’As en saliva es pot comprendre la susceptibilitat individual a malalties relacionades amb aquest element. Finalment, proposem la utilització de montmorillonita dopada amb nanopartícules de ferro metàl·lic com un material eficaç per reduir els alts nivells d'As en l'aigu
Pollution assessment of arsenic in groundwater: geochemistry and analytical aspects
No full textApart from the geological controls that can cause As mobilization in groundwater in the Bengal Delta Plain, local anthropogenic factors may also contribute to some extent. Investigations showed that As(III) get enriched in the groundwater after the monsoonal season. This could be due to the enhanced reducing conditions in the aquifer post-monsoonal recharge. The larger inorganic colloids were responsible to scavenge As(III) and the smaller organic/organo-metallic colloids were found to scavenge As(V). A study was carried out to improve the Solar Oxidation and Removal of Arsenic (SORAS) for rural population, using tomatoes instead of lemons, showing that tomato was more efficient and cost-effective than lemon or lime. A novel technique combining hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction (HF-LPME) with Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) for the determination and speciation of As in groundwater was developed. The results in the laboratory samples were found encouraging and applied to natural samples successfullyAdemás de los controles geológicos, los factores antropogénicos contribuyen también a la movilización de arsénico en el agua subterránea del Bengal Delta Plain. La concentración de As(III) aumenta después de la temporada del monzón, debido a las condiciones más reductoras en el acuífero. El As(III) se encuentra asociado a coloides inorgánicos de mayor tamaño mientras que los coloides orgánicos/organometálicos más pequeños contienen As(V). Se llevó a cabo un estudio para mejorar el proceso SORAS (Solar Oxidation and Removal of Arsenic) comparando diferentes fuentes de citrato, y demostrando que el tomate es más eficiente y económico que el limón o la lima. Se ha desarrollado un método novedoso para la determinación y especiación de As basado en microextracción en fase líquida en fibra hueca (HF-LPME) combinados con fluorescencia de rayos X con reflexión total (TXRF), y que ha sido aplicado con éxito en diferentes muestras de aguas naturale
Privatization in oligopoly : the impact of the shadow cost of public funds
No full textThe aim of this paper is to investigate the welfare effect of privatization in oligopoly when the government takes into account the distortionary effect of raising funds by taxation (shadow cost of public funds). We analyze the impact of the change in ownership not only on the objective function of the firms, but also on the timing of competition by endogenizing the determination of simultaneous (Nash-Cournot) versus sequential (Stackelberg) games. We show that, absent efficiency gains, privatization never increases welfare. Moreover, even when large efficiency gains are realized, an inefficient public firm may be preferred
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