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Freedom of choice or force of circumstance? : Eastern European sex-workers in the Republic of Cyprus ; paper for the conference 'Alltag der Globalisierung. Perspektiven einer transnationalen Anthropologie', January 16-18, 2003, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
No full textThis paper focuses on Eastern European migrants who, since the beginning of the 1990s, are entering the Republic Cyprus as “artistes”. This is a visa permit status as well as an euphemism for short-term work permits in the local sex industry. In addition to exploring the migrational experiences of these women and their living and working conditions in the Republic of Cyprus, the paper reconstructs, empirically and analyt ically, the connection between immigration and the local sex industry. Here, several categories of social actors and institutions in Cyprus are actively involved. The rhetoric of government representatives, entrepreneurs and clients in the sex business on the one hand is contrasted with the discourse of local NGO representatives concerned with immigrants’ rights on the other hand. The paper comes to the conclusion that all of these discursive positions ultimately do not do justice to the complex process of decisionmaking that women undergo who migrate into the sex industry. Either, freedom of choice is emphasized – such as by entrepreneurs and the government – or the domination of women – as in the public statements of the NGO. In order to analyze the ambivalent tension between freedom of choice and submission to force by which the women’s decision is characterized, the author employs Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality, which describes forms of political regulation that use the individual’s freedom of action as an instrument to exercise power
Need of a Digital Library for Indian Theses and Dissertations : a model on par with the ETD initiatives at International Level
Get PDFIn India, a strong move to digitize the internal sources of libraries in universities and other academic institutions yet to take place, which have a rich, precious and unique sources of information is hidden, even unlocked, like theses and dissertations. The idea of E- Theses and Dissertations (ETD) is coming up in International scenario, which can be easily located, readily accessible and delivered over the web. INFLIBNET as the only agency to take care the automation of academic libraries, established by UGC, has to further the existing achievements and to play a role in creating digital library of theses and dissertation to start with. In this paper the works done by INFLIBNET so far in this direction are cited with a proposal for a digital library of Indian theses and dissertations
Altering Trends in Indian Women in Jhumpa Lahiri's Novel the Lowland
No full textAll these demographic deviations have pretentious the Indian family. Some studies have shown that the Dual household is the idealized pattern, but was never a noticeable marvel in reality. Every family experiences in its life cycle a period when more than two groups, or siblings with their wives and children, live together but it is a historical phase. With the rising rates of organization, lengthy families are getting disjointed physically. Thus, while family ties remain, the fact of co home is attainment confined more and more to nuclear families.The women's issues are manifold. They have competed for recognition of their brains, their prowess and their managerial instincts. Women have fought for equal rights in decision making at home as well as in the society, by way of representation in governing bodies. In all these issues, women have identified men to be their antagonists. It is patriarchy, male chauvinism and many more such attitudes of society that women have been considering as hindrance to their growth as individuals. G. Shalini | M. Sheela Devi "Altering Trends in Indian Women in Jhumpa Lahiri's Novel the Lowland" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd11286.pd
Feed thickener for infants up to six months of age with gastro-oesophageal reflux (Review)
Get PDFBackground\ud
Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is common in infants, and feed thickeners are often used to manage it in infants as they are simple to use and perceived to be harmless. However, conflicting evidence exists to support the use of feed thickeners.\ud
Objectives\ud
To evaluate the use of feed thickeners in infants up to six months of age with GOR in terms of reduction in a) signs and symptoms of GOR, b) reflux episodes on pH probe monitoring or intraluminal impedance or a combination of both, or c) histological evidence of oesophagitis.\ud
Search methods\ud
We used the standard search strategy of the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group to search the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL 2016, Issue 2), MEDLINE via PubMed (1966 to 22 November 2016), Embase (1980 to 22 November 2016), and CINAHL (1982 to 22 November 2016). We also searched clinical trials databases, conference proceedings, and the reference lists of retrieved articles for randomised controlled trials.\ud
Selection criteria\ud
We included randomised controlled trials if they examined the effects of feed thickeners as compared to unthickened feeds (no treatment or placebo) in treating GOR in term infants up to six months of age or six months of corrected gestational age for those born preterm.\ud
Data collection and analysis\ud
Two review authors independently identified eligible studies from the literature search. Two review authors independently performed data extraction and quality assessments of the eligible studies. Differences in opinion were resolved by discussion with a third review author, and consensus was reached among all three review authors.We used the GRADE approach to assess the quality of the evidence.\ud
Main results\ud
Eight trials recruiting a total of 637 infants met the inclusion criteria for the systematic review. The infants included in the review were mainly formula-fed term infants. The trials were of variable methodological quality. Formula-fed term infants with GOR on feed thickeners had nearly two fewer episodes of regurgitation per day (mean difference -1.97 episodes per day, 95% confidence interval (CI) -2.32 to -1.61; 6 studies, 442 infants, moderate-certainty evidence) and were 2.5 times more likely to be asymptomatic from regurgitation at the end of the intervention period (risk ratio 2.50, 95% CI 1.38 to 4.51; number needed to treat for an additional beneficial outcome 5, 95% CI 4 to 13; 2 studies, 186 infants, low-certainty evidence) when compared to infants with GOR on unthickened feeds. No studies reported failure to thrive as an outcome. We found low-certainty evidence based on 2 studies recruiting\ud
116 infants that use of feed thickeners improved the oesophageal pH probe parameters of reflux index (i.e. percentage of time pH < 4), number of reflux episodes lasting longer than 5 minutes, and duration of longest reflux episode. No major side effects were reported with the use of feed thickeners. Information was insufficient to conclude which type of feed thickener is superior.\ud
Authors’ conclusions\ud
Gastro-oesophageal reflux is a physiological self resolving phenomenon in infants that does not necessarily require any treatment. However, we found moderate-certainty evidence that feed thickeners should be considered if regurgitation symptoms persist in term bottle-fed infants. The reduction of two episodes of regurgitation per day is likely to be of clinical significance to caregivers. Due to the limited information available, we were unable to assess the use of feed thickeners in infants who are breastfeeding or preterm nor could we conclude which type of feed thickener is superior
Women Entrepreneurship in India. A work-Life Balance Perspective
No full textThe purpose of this empirical study is to study women entrepreneurs’ psychological well being as supported by their family members in terms of support network so that effect of role overload and dependent care could be minimized. In any society, women receive relatively less support in order to fulfill their career aspirations. The study is using the scale developed by Mathew and Panchanatham (2011) to examine the factors of work life balance for women entrepreneurs in South India. These researchers have noted that role overload, dependent care, quality of health, problems in time management and lack of proper social support are the major factors influencing the WLB of women entrepreneurs in India. We observed the few limitations of the study carried out by Mathew and Panchanatham (2011) due to which we felt a strong need to conduct another study in this area. First, the study was limited to southern part of India, so we would like to validate it in northern India due to a significant difference in the culture of south and north India. Second, they explored factors of work life balance for women entrepreneurs while we are more interested in exploring the moderating impact of support network on the relationship of role overload and dependent care on quality of health and time management. Thus we are more interested in the causal relationship among the factors explored by Mathew and Panchanatham (2011) on a sample of women entrepreneurs in North India. Results showed the significant moderating impact of support network on the relationship between predictor and criterion variables on a sample of 130 women entrepreneurs in Delhi region. Implications are discussed for women in Indian society
Hardware and software for WINC2R cognitive radio platform
No full textEmerging wireless technologies and standards require inter-operability between devices whose infrastructure has been built using different radio access technologies and which operate in different spectrum bands. In this thesis, we study the feasibility of building such a multi-protocol platform - the WINC2R platform. WINC2R is a platform for cognitive radio applications that has the agility needed for the per-packet protocol adaptation across the protocol layers and flexible enough to support the future evolution of the wireless communication protocols.
The WINC2R platform concept is based on the generic processing engines that each handles processing for the computationally intensive physical and MAC layer functions. They are augmented with a software programmable processor that can handle the differences between the standards and future changes of those functions. The microprocessor
environment forms one of the processing engines and can support additional functions
with a suffciently low complexity without sacrificing the performance in terms of latency and throughput. The WINC2R architecture satisfies the requirements of low latency and fast context switching as required by the multi-layer protocol processing.
The WINC2R system consists of three distinct layers: the data layer, the interconnection layer and the control layer. The data layer handles all the processing engines and its functionalities. Flexibility and programmability is achieved through the interconnections between the processing engines. In this thesis, we work with the control layer which consists of the underlying hardware that supports the control functions
like handling interrupts from the processing engines, synchronizing the tasks, etc. The
underlying hardware is customizable for system connectivity, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and data processing applications which are required for the physical layer. The control functions are used to maintain the WINC2R system integrity and manage the wireless protocols. They also enable communication among the functional modules themselves. We examine the overall system and task processing flow. The interconnection layer deals with interconnecting the processing engines together which is handled by the Unit Control Module (UCM).
At the heart of every processing engine lies the UCM that assigns and schedules tasks to and from the functional blocks with the help of a centralized data structure. It is in charge of scheduling the tasks to the module that it is associated with, assigning the task, monitoring the task completion, and communicating with the other modules in the system for task sequencing. The UCM is analyzed, and we study the feasibility of various tasks occurring in time. We propose a timeline for the occurrence of data and control tasks in different scenarios and study the feasibility of these scenarios.M.S.Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60)
JCB914537 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for Comparison of Tmax values between full- and half-dose gadolinium perfusion studies
No full textSupplemental material, JCB914537 Supplemental Material for Comparison of Tmax values between full- and half-dose gadolinium perfusion studies by Søren Christensen, Shalini Amukotuwa, Maarten G Lansberg, Stephanie Kemp, Jeremy J Heit, Michael Mlynash, Michael P Marks, Greg W Albers and Roland Bammer in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism</p
A framework for multi-modal input in a pervasive computing environment
Get PDFThesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.In this thesis, we propose a framework that uses multiple-domains and multi-modal techniques to disambiguate a variety of natural human input modes. This system is based on the input needs of pervasive computing users. The work extends the Galaxy architecture developed by the Spoken Language Systems group at MIT. Just as speech recognition disambiguates an input wave form by using a grammar to find the best matching phrase, we use the same mechanism to disambiguate other input forms, T9 in particular. A skeleton version of the framework was implemented to show this framework is possible and to explore some of the issues that might arise. The system currently works for both T9 and Speech modes. The framework also includes potential for any other type of input for which a recognizer can be built such as graffiti input.by Shalini Agarwal.M.Eng
Neutrosophic Vague Binary G – subalgebra of G – algebra
Get PDFNowadays, human society is using artificial intelligence in a large manner so as to
upgrade the present existing applicational criteria’s and tools. Logic is the underlying principle to
these works. Algebra is inevitably inter-connected with logic. Hence its achievements to the
scientific research outputs have to be addressed. For these reasons, nowadays, research on various
algebraic structures are going on wide. Crisp set has also got developed in a parallel way in the
forms as fuzzy, intuitionistic fuzzy, rough, vague, neutrosophic, plithogenic etc. Sets with one or
more algebraic operations will form different new algebraic structures for giving assistance to these
logics, which in turn acts to as, a support to artificial intelligence. BCH/BCI/BCK- are some algebras
developed in the first phase of algebraic development output. After that, so many outputs got
flashed out, individually and in combinations in no time. Q- algebra and QS –algebra are some of
these and could be showed as such kind of productions. G- algebra is considered as an extension to
QS – algebra. In this paper neutrosophic vague binary G – subalgebra of G – algebra is generated
with example. Notions like, 0 – commutative G - subalgebra, minimal element, normal subset etc.
are investigated. Conditions to define derivation and regular derivation for this novel concept are
clearly presented with example. Constant of G – algebra can’t be treated as the identity element,
generally. In this paper, it is well explained with example. Cosets for neutrosophic vague binary
G – subalgebra of G - algebra is developed with proper explanation. Homomorphism for this new
concept has been also got commented. Its kernel, monomorphism and isomorphism are also have
discussed with proper attention
Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review)
Get PDFBackgroundWeaning refers to the period of introduction of solid food to complement breast milk or formula milk. Preterm infants are known to acquire extrauterine growth restriction by the time of discharge from neonatal units. Hence, the postdischarge and weaning period are crucial for optimal growth. Optimisation of nutrition during weaning may have long‐term impacts on outcomes in preterm infants. Family members of preterm infants may require nutrition education to promote ideal nutrition practices surrounding weaning in preterm infants who are at high risk of nutritional deficit.ObjectivesTo investigate the role of nutrition education of family members in supporting weaning in preterm infants with respect to their growth and neurodevelopment compared with conventional management.Search methodsWe used the standard search strategy of Cochrane Neonatal to search the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL 2018, Issue 5), MEDLINE via PubMed (1966 to 26 June 2018), Embase (1980 to 26 June 2018), and CINAHL (1982 to 26 June 2018). We also searched clinical trials databases, conference proceedings, and the reference lists of retrieved articles for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi‐RCTs.Selection criteriaRCTs and quasi‐RCTs were eligible for inclusion if they examined the effects of nutrition education of family members as compared to conventional management for weaning of preterm infants up to one year of corrected gestational age. We defined prematurity as less than 37 completed weeks of gestation.Data collection and analysisAt least two review authors independently screened potential studies for inclusion and planned to identify, extract data, and assess the quality of eligible studies. We resolved any differences in opinion through discussion with a third review author and consensus among all three review authors.Main resultsNo eligible trials looking at the impact of nutrition education of family members in weaning of preterm infants fulfilled the inclusion criteria of this systematic review. Two studies investigating the ideal timing for weaning in premature infants reported conflicting results,Authors' conclusionsWe were unable to assess the impact of nutrition education of family members in weaning of preterm infants as there were no eligible studies. This may be due to the lack of evidence to determine the ideal weaning strategies for preterm infants with regards to the time of initiating weaning and type of solids to introduce. Trials are needed to assess the many aspects of infant weaning in preterm infants. Long‐term neurodevelopment and metabolic outcomes should also be assessed in addition to growth parameters
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