466 research outputs found
REPRESENTASI SUARA SUBALTERN DALAM NOVEL THE GLORY OF SRI SRI GANESH KARYA MAHASWETA DEVI
No full textThis research explains about representation of subaltern�s voice in The
Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh, a novel written by Mahasweta Devi. That action aims to
develop a deeper analysis about subaltern phenomenon in the novel, regardless of
the descriptive analysis. In addition, this research also aims to construct a critical
reading.
The critical reading in this research will be done by using the concept of
subalternity proposed by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. According to her
definition, subaltern is a position without any identity and there is no space from
which the subaltern as subject can speak. In finding out how Mahasweta Devi
represents the subalternity through The Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh, aside from using
the subaltern theory, the writer also uses the deconstruction reading method. With
the discovery of the binary oppositions, it will be seen that one side of the unit is
the privileged opposition, hierarchical, and other are the marginalized.
In this novel, the hierarchical oppositional forces shape the dominant
structure which describes the social life of low class citizen in India. Mahasweta
Devi not only develops the dominant structure through characters and sequence of
events but she also represent another perspective where subaltern can speak and
do something better toward their life with actions of rebellion. The representation
of subaltern�s voice in this novel is being questioned by interrogating the author�s
hierarchy reversal of dominant structures in the novel. Thus, it would be revealed
another data that it is likely to contradict the author's description of her own
hierarchy reversal
“Beyond Cultural Aphasia. A Conversation with Ganesh Devy on Indian Adivasis”
No full textA conversation with Ganesh devi on Adivasi cultural and social conditions
Symmetrical Fault Detection During Power Swing Based on dq-Wavelet Packet Entropy
No full textDistance relay trips unnecessarily under power swing condition and it is considered as the significant circumstance for power system blackouts. To prevent the hazard of misoperation of distance relay, a scheme is essential so as to block circuit breaker tripping during power swing and to detect a fault during power swing condition. In Power system faults, unsymmetrical faults are unbalanced signals which have negative & zero sequence components, and these sequence components help to identify the faults during the power swing. Whereas, these components are absent during symmetrical fault since power swing and symmetrical fault are balanced phenomena. Symmetrical fault detection under power swing condition is a critical issue. Hence, Power system protection due to symmetrical fault during power swing is difficult. In this regard, a proposed scheme based on Direct axis - Quadrature axis transformation and Wavelet packet entropy to identify symmetrical faults occurring with power swing is proposed. The proposed technique is investigated for various power swing and fault conditions on two-machine system, distribution system with distributed generation and WSCC 9-bus system using Matlab software. This scheme provides better results irrespective of various fault locations, fault inception angle, and power swing frequencies. This scheme can also detect asymmetrical faults with high impedance during power swing
Re-Imaging Indian Womanhood: The Multiple Mythologies of Phoolan Devi
No full textThis dissertation examines the work of three artists, Rekha Rodwittiya, Chitra Ganesh and Sangeeta Sandrasegar, and their images of Phoolan Devi, India’s Bandit Queen. By contextualizing each object within the artists’ oeuvres and through careful analysis of individual images, this dissertation reveals how Phoolan Devi becomes a new model of Indian womanhood in late twentieth-century India.
Additionally, mythologization is reconsidered by examining how the meaning of the term has shifted in the context of late twentieth-century India. Mythology becomes a brand symbol that projects a seamless image of a modern and traditional India. The artworks, by addressing power relationships and the dichotomy between tradition and modernity, reveal how each work disrupts the illusion of a stable brand for the nation, thus constructing a new, more complex model of Indian womanhood that challenges the fixed meaning of a brand symbol.
Rekha Rodwittiya’s print, Untitled (Phoolan Devi), 2001, reveals themes explored in the artist’s body of work: violence against women, domesticity, a sisterhood of all women and woman-as-goddess. This imaging of Phoolan Devi’s life comments on these themes and the tension between modernity and tradition.
Chitra Ganesh’s paintings, Phoolan Devi’s Other Life, 1998, alongside the masking theories of Joan Riviere, Homi K. Bhabha and Frantz Fanon, reveal how the use of masking can disrupt societal status quo and shifts power relations from the dominant to the oppressed group. This masking of Phoolan Devi presents late twentieth-century Indian womanhood to be an unstable sign that can be read in multiple manners.
Sangeeta Sandrasegar’s series, Goddess of Flowers, 2003, is a multi-media installation that addresses the tension between opposites. By taking into consideration the domestic craft materials, the violent and unstable subject of Phoolan Devi, and modernity and tradition, the works reveal the complex and shifting sign of Indian womanhood in late twentieth-century India.
This project contributes to the discourse on late twentieth-century South Asian women artists as they are situated within debates on modernity in postcolonial contexts, allowing for a new, critical reading of the representation of Indian womanhood
"More Societal than Generational": Examining the Construction and Resistance of Generational Messages in the Workplace
No full textAuthor email: [email protected] Millennial generation, those born between 1980-2000, have drawn vast, sometimes fanatical, criticism in popular media. Slated as narcissistic praise hounds, they are cast as demanding graduate divas who are about to attack the workplace and everything ‘you hold sacred’ (Clark, 2008; Safer, 2007). The abundance of such messages about this generation in formats ‘tailored, targeted, and consumed’ by the public is problematic given that generational constructs are by many perceived as sacrosanct (Myers et al, 2010).
The proliferation of such criticism is by no means innocuous given the very likely impact that they will have on Millennial work opportunities. For many scholars the field of Millennial research suffers from a lack of empirical and cross sectional data to establish more calculated and careful generational constructs, – instead relying on or reacting to popular negative stereotypes. While some Millennial scholarship has begun to move beyond criticisms of popular media, Millennial research is by many considered contradictory at best and confusing at worst (Kowske et al, 2010). Additional difficulties arise when the scramble to publish more research-based work has led to methodologies which are inherently flawed because they reinforce the very same monolithic generational categories they are supposed to assess.
This study, undertaken in New Zealand, explores critical approaches as a means of examining the construction of generational messages and the establishment of generational difference. As a starting point, this small-scale examination analyses the very way in which generational messages are constructed and resisted within the workplace through an analysis of interviews undertaken with 26 employees of a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) in the information technology sector.
Unlike many generational studies, this project did not seek to draw conclusions by framing differences and measuring responses across generational lines, but rather took a bottom-up approach to understand how participants themselves constructed and resisted messages about generational difference. The project asked two research questions: First, how are generational messages constructed in the context of the workplace? And second, how are generational messages resisted in the workplace? Through axial coding this research categorized five themes under which participants constructed generational difference. These five themes are Technology, Voice, Fairness, Informality, and Stimulus. Broadly speaking, these themes were underpinned by a belief that Millennials have a great demand for respect, democratic process, and the reduction of power distances.
Given the critical approach, the study also observed resistance as a component of the discursive process. As such this research outlines the partiality of resistance and outlines strategies of resistance employed by employees. In line with the idea that construction and resistance are mutually implicated as negotiation, participants were frequently observed simultaneously constructing and resisting generational difference, both synchronically and diachronically. Through axial coding this study also categorized three strategies of resistance. These three strategies are established as Dismissal, the Third Person Effect, and the Decline Metaphor.
This research highlights the usefulness of adopting critical approaches by illustrating the way in which generational meaning is perpetually produced, reproduced, negotiated, and resisted by participants (Murphy, 1998). While there are several factors which are indicative of the Millennial generation, this thesis establishes the hegemonic character of most constructions of generational difference. Given the fragmented and complex state of society, this thesis posits that the usefulness of the monolithic birth-cohort generation has long since passed and we should instead look to understanding generations in terms of their consumption of similar cultural capital
Journal Of The Nepal Medical Association
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NEPAL MEDICAL COUNCIL
CONFERENCE AND SEMINARS
SYMPOSIUM
MEDICLA NEWS
BIRTHDAY AWARDS
CENTRAL BODY
KATHMANDU BRANCH
BIRATNAGAR BRANCH
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Discovering Copper Uptake in Aquatic Organisms by Analytical Chemistry and Study of Bioaccumulation, Toxicity, and Ecological Implications
No full textCopper is an essential trace metal, but in elevated concentrations, it can be toxic to aquatic organisms. Understanding its uptake, bioaccumulation, and ecological effects is crucial for assessing environmental health. The concentrations of heavy metal Copper (accumulation) in Tilapia fish organs (muscle, gills, kidney and liver) were investigated. Fish organs from Varal Devi Lake showed greater concentrations of studied metal than those from the standard value.The amount of copper absorbed by kidney is much higher than the other organs. The order of organs infected by Copper metals are as follows.
Kidney>Liver>Gills = Abdominal Muscles
Kidney and Liver of Tilapia contained the highest concentration of the detected heavy metal, while muscles and gills exhibit the same amount and least amount of absorption. This study were carried out during the Ganesh Chaturti festival period as this lake is used for Idol immersion activity. Tilapia caught from this Lake may pose health hazards for consumers.
KEYWORDS Copper, Fish Organs,Varal Devi Lake, Spectrophotometer
Influence of geometric parameters on 3D periodic lattice effective properties
No full textLattice materials are generated by tessellating a unit cell, composed of a specific truss configurations, in an infinite periodicity to combine the effect of bulk material properties and geometric periodicity. They offer enhanced mechanical and dynamic properties per unit mass, and the ability to engineer the material response by optimizing the unit cell. Characterizing lattice properties through experiments can be a time consuming and costly process, so analytical and numerical methods are crucial. Specifically, the Bloch-wave homogenization approach allows one to characterize the effective static properties of the lattice unit cell while simultaneously analyzing wave propagation properties. While this analysis has been used for some time, a thorough study of this approach on 3D lattice materials with different symmetries and geometries is presented here. Using Bloch-wave homogenization, multiple periodic lattices with cubic, transversely isotropic, and tetragonal symmetry, including an auxetic geometry, over a wide range of relative densities are analyzed within a finite element framework. The effect of geometric parameters on lattice properties is discussed and a comparison between lattices based on their anisotropy index is presented. Method studied in this thesis can be extended for designing multifunctional metamaterials with optimized static and dynamic properties simultaneously. This work can also serve as the basis for nondestructive evaluation of metamaterials properties using ultrasonic velocity measurements.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2021-05-01The student, Ganesh Patil, accepted the attached license on 2019-04-24 at 19:00.The student, Ganesh Patil, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-04-24 at 19:11.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2019-04-25 at 12:03.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #13897 on 2019-08-22 at 15:08:33Made available in DSpace on 2019-08-23T20:36:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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A learning hierarchy for classification and regression
No full textThesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2016.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-53).This thesis explores the problems of learning analysis of variance (ANOVA) decompositions over GF(2) and R, as well as a general regression setup. For the problem of learning ANOVA decompositions, we obtain fundamental limits in the case of GF(2) under both sparsity and degree structures. We show how the degree or sparsity level is a useful measure of the complexity of such models, and in particular how the statistical complexity ranges from linear to exponential in the dimension, thus forming a "learning hierarchy". Furthermore, we discuss the problem in both an "adaptive" as well as a "one-shot" setting, where in the adaptive case query choice can depend on the entire past history. Somewhat surprisingly, we show that the "adaptive" setting does not yield significant statistical gains. In the case of R, under query access, we demonstrate an approach that achieves a similar hierarchy of complexity with respect to the dimension. For the general regression setting, we outline a viewpoint that captures a variety of popular methods based on locality and partitioning of some kind. We demonstrate how "data independent" partitioning may still yield statistically consistent estimators, and illustrate this by a lattice based partitioning approach.by Ganesh Ajjanagadde.M. Eng
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