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Bibliographics for the 983 eprints in the live archives of E-LIS : trends and status report up to 7th July 2004, based on author-self-archiving metadata
No full textThe priority for ideas and philosophy related to "Network Theory" have been traced back and documented by Braun(2004),and credit goes to Karinthy(1929).The IT has empowered to realise it, as the most practical phenomena and it is no more a humour. The OAI (Open Archives Initiatives)and ACIS (Academic Contributor Information System)are progressive in the direction ,which may lead to realise the "Collective Genius" at global level. Focus of present study is on Author-Self-Archiving (A-S-A)Metadata of the 983 Eprints in the Live Archives of the E-LIS (EPrints of Library and Information Science),which were approved till 7th July 2004.The A-S-A Metadata was used for librametric analysis. Self-explanatory bibliographics are illustrated.The highlights include: Conference papers (34%); highest approval, June 2004 (28%); published archives (76%);not refereed (52%); not in public domain (60%); highest self-archiving-author (De Robbio, Antonella).The Nos. of EPrints having single JITA domain specifications were: Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information(27); Information use and sociology of information(80);Users,literacy and reading(13);Libraries as physical collections(30);Publishing and legal issues(57);Management(13);Industry, profession and education(36);Information sources, supports, channels(113) ; Information treatment for information services, Information functions and techniques (101); Technical services libraries, archives and museums(25); Housing technologies(1); Information technology and library technology(92); and Inter-domainery (395) i.e. having specifications of two or more than two JITA classes
INSPEC database analysis for Knowledge Management records
No full textThe study deals with the Knowledge Management papers covered in the INSPEC, an international database on Information Science, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Computer Sciences. The papers have been analysed in terms of their content and other scientometric parameters
sj-docx-1-pie-10.1177_09544089221150703 - Supplemental material for Investigations on erosion performance of carbon fiber–epoxy-based composite adhesion on 16Cr5Ni steel
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-pie-10.1177_09544089221150703 for Investigations on erosion performance
of carbon fiber–epoxy-based composite adhesion on 16Cr5Ni steel by Mithlesh Sharma, Deepak Kumar Goyal, Anuj Bansal, Anil Kumar Singla, Neel Kanth Grover, Munish Kumar Gupta and Navneet Khanna in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
Recent development in the strategies projected for chikungunya vaccine in humans
No full textManu Goyal,1 Anil Chauhan,2 Vishavdeep Goyal,3 Nishant Jaiswal,1,2 Shreya Singh,4 Meenu Singh1,2 1Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; 2Indian Council of Medical Research Advanced Centre for Evidence Based Child Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; 3Apollo Hospitals International Limited, Ahmedabad, India; 4Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Abstract: The unprecedented epidemic spread of chikungunya worldwide illustrates the critical need for potent vaccines and therapeutic interventions. The morbidity and mortality associated with this arboviral infection has become a major public health problem in many countries across different continents. Increasing public–private partnerships have opened new avenues in research and development of vaccines. This review mainly focuses on the recent advances in patented approaches for chikungunya vaccine development and the forthcoming challenges. Keywords: chikungunya, epidemics, CHIKV vaccine candidates, clinical trials, human
Effect of a diabetes education camp on perception of insulin therapy in patients of type-2 diabetes mellitus
No full textIntroduction: Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus is a pandemic now and most of the patients are treated on OHAs. There are very specific indications to initiate insulin therapy. However, very often, physician's attempt to introduce insulin is met with stiff resistance from the patient. Methods: This was a single-centre, cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey study, conducted in order to assess the perception of Insulin therapy among patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as well to see the effects of a structured 'Diabetes Education Program' on this perception. Pre-Education & Post-Education data was compiled and analyzed. Result: Out of 88 subjects, 60 were males and 28 females. 14 subjects were on non-pharmaceutical management, 67 were on OHAs only and 7 were taking OHAs+Insulins. Worst Pre-Education perceptions were about: feeling fault of self (in the sense of inability to control diabetes), feeling that insulin therapy means that disease has become much worse. Younger patients and better educated patients had better perceptions about insulin therapy. There was significant Post-Education improvement was found in perception, across all four groups. Conclusion: This Study could identify the worst perception problems for initiation of insulin therapy in patients of type-2 diabetes. A structured 'Diabetes Education Program was highly effective in improving patients' perception about insulin therapy. Patient's education level and availability of 'Diabetes Education Program' were the two most important factors in determining the level of perception of insulin therapy in serving soldiers & their families
Bounded Rationality and Repeated Network Formation
No full textWe define a finite-horizon repeated network formation game with consent, and study the differences induced by different levels of individual rationality. We prove that perfectly rational players will remain unconnected at the equilibrium, while nonempty equilibrium networks may form when, following Neyman (1985), players are assumed to behave as finite automata. We define two types of equilibria, namely the Repeated Nash Network (RNN), in which the same network forms at each period, and the Repeated Nash Equilibrium (RNE), in which different networks may form. We state a sufficient condition under which a given network may be implemented as a RNN. Then, we provide structural properties of RNE. For instance, players may form totally different networks at each period, or the networks within a given RNE may exhibit a total order relationship. Finally we investigate the question of efficiency for both Bentham and Pareto criteria.Repeated Network Formation Game, Two-sided Link Formation Costs, Bounded Rationality, Automata
Introducing uncertainty into evacuation modeling via dynamic traffic assignment with probabilistic demand and capacity constraints
No full textEmergency evacuations are low-probability-high-consequence events that have attracted the attention of researchers since 1960s. An evacuation process can be triggered by various natural (hurricane, flood, tsunami etc.) and man-made (industrial accidents, terrorist attack etc.) events. Regardless of the threat, the nature of the evacuation process involves a very high utilization of the transportation network and searching for plans/strategies to move large number of people to a safe place in the shortest possible time. Researchers from different disciplines approach to the evacuation problem from different perspectives. Two major components of any evacuation event are estimation of the evacuation demand and traffic analysis to make planning inferences about the evacuation performance measures such as clearance time. Although related studies and real-life practices show a significant uncertainty regarding the evacuation demand due to the unpredictability of human behavior and changing roadway as a result of disaster impacts, the state-of-the-practice does not consider this type of randomness. This dissertation aims to address this important gap by proposing a dynamic traffic assignment formulation with probabilistic constraints that takes into account uncertainties in demand and roadway capacities. The proposed model uses a cell transmission model based system optimal dynamic traffic assignment formulation. The demand and roadway capacities are assumed to follow a discrete random distribution and the p-level efficient points approach [115] is employed to solve the proposed model. Two numerical examples regarding the use of the model are provided. The numerical examples also discuss the implications using individual chance constraints vs. joint chance constraints which provide different interpretations for the reliability of the results. Overall, the proposed formulation generates evacuation time performance measures that can be interpreted within reliability measures rather than single deterministic point estimates that would not be necessarily observed during a real life test, mainly due to high level of uncertainty created by human behavior and capacity impacts of the disaster.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Mustafa Anil Yazic
Eurydice mohani Anil & Jayaraj 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Eurydice mohani</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figures 6–9)</p> <p> <i>Material examined</i></p> <p> <i>Holotype.</i> Male (3.5 mm), sta. Corbyns Cove (low-tide zone), 11.37′483°N, 92.45′140°E, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, intertidal sand, coll. Pathan Anil, 18 November 2016 (Reg. no. PUMB 3585).</p> <p> <i>Paratypes.</i> 1 male (3.4 mm), 3 females (3.3, 3.4, 3.4 mm), same data as holotype (Reg. no. PUMB 3586). 1 male (3.4 mm), 2 females (3.3, 3.4 mm): sta Marina Park (low-tide zone), 11.40′18°N, 092.44′58°E, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, intertidal sand, coll. Pathan Anil, 9 December 2016 (Reg. no. PUMB 3587; Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2704, 2705).</p> <p> <i>Description of male holotype.</i> Body about 2.3 times as long as greatest width; maximum width at pereonites 4 and 6. Cephalon anterior median margin weakly produced, with minute rostral point. Eyes prominent. Coxae 2–3 posteriorly sub-acute with minute setae, posterolateral angles of coxae 6–7 acute with minute setae, not produced. Pleonite 1 concealed by pereonite 7, ventral margins of pleonites 2–4 produced with acute points. Pleotelson about 82% as long as pleon in lateral view; lateral distal margins are sinuate; pleotelson posterior margin 20% of pleotelson anterior width, convex, subtruncate with 6 PMS and 4 RS, dorsally with minute thin setae; anterodorsal surface without distinct depression.</p> <p>Antennula peduncle article 1 anteriorly with 1 simple, 1 pappose setae; article 2 slightly shorter (0.83 times) than 3; article 2 posterodistal angle with 2 simple, 1 pappose setae, anterodistal angle with 1 simple seta; article 3 anterodistal angle with 4 simple short setae; flagellum about 0.8 times as long as peduncle, with 5 articles, article 1 of which is longest, about 1.7 times as long as article 2; flagellum extending to anterior of pereonite 1. Antenna peduncle article 1 dorsal posterior margin with 1 seta, article 2 anterodistal angle with 2 slender simple setae; article 3 short and wide, about 0.9 times as long as wide and about 1.5 times as long as article 2, anterior margin with 8 simple long setae, posterior distal margin with 1 simple long seta; article 4 longest about 2.3 times as long as 3, anterior margin with 4 clusters of 2, 2, 2 and 2 simple long setae, posterior margin with 3 long simple setae and 1 brush-tipped seta; flagellum extending to mid-pereonite 5, composed of about 12 articles.</p> <p>Frontal lamina distinct; clypeus blade prominent. Mandible spine row with 7 spines; molar process anterior margin with about 21 teeth; article 2 with 4 simple long setae; article 3 apically with 3 simple long setae. Maxillule lateral lobe with 12 RS, medial lobe with 3 CPS and 1 simple seta. Maxilla lateral lobe with 3 stiff simple setae, middle lobe with 5 weakly serrate setae, medial lobe with 5 simple setae and 3 CPS. Maxilliped article 2 medial distal margin with 5 long setae, lateral margin with 1 long seta; article 3 medial distal margin with 4 long setae, lateral margin with 1 long seta; article 4 medial distal margin with 4 long setae, lateral margin with 1 long seta; article 5 apically 6 long setae; endite with 1 CPS and 3 simple setae.</p> <p>Pereopod 1 basis 3.3 times as long as greatest width, superior proximal margin with 3 small sensory palmate setae, distal margin with 3 long setae, inferior margin with 10 long setae; ischium 0.7 times as long as basis, superior distal margin with 8 long setae, dorsal posterior margin with 3 long setae, inferior margin with 8 long setae; merus inferior margin with 3 RS and 7 long setae, dorsal medial margin with 2 simple long setae and 1 short RS, superior distal margin with 6 long setae; carpus inferior margin with 1 RS and 6 simple long setae; propodus 3.8 times as long as width, inferior margin with 3 RS and 9 long setae; dactylus about half as long as propodus, robust seta opposing dactylus extending to accessory unguis; accessory unguis slender, 0.8 times length of unguis.</p> <p>Pereopod 2 basis about 3.9 times as long as wide, superior margin with 3 small sensory palmate setae, inferior distal angle with 18 long setae; ischium 2.2 times as long as basis, inferior margin with 2 RS and 11 long setae,dorsal posterior margin with 4 long setae,superior distal margin with 8 long setae; merus inferior margin with 5 RS and 9 long setae, superior distal angle with 8 long setae; carpus inferior distal angle with 2 RS and 5 long setae;propodus 4.1 times as long as width, inferior margin with 3 RS and 8 long setae, dorsal posterior margin with 1 short RS; dactylus about half as long as propodus; robust seta opposing dactylus extending to accessory unguis; accessory unguis 0.9 times length of unguis.</p> <p>Pereopod 3 basis superior margin with 3 small sensory palmate setae, inferior margin with 13 long setae; ischium inferior margin with 2 RS and 12 long setae, dorsal medial margin with 5 long setae, superior distal angle with 9 long setae; merus inferior margin with 6 RS and 9 long setae, superior distal angle with 7 long setae; carpus inferior distal angle with 2 RS and 5 long setae; propodus inferior margin with 3 RS and 10 long setae; dactylus less than half as long as propodus; robust seta opposing dactylus extending near to accessory unguis. Pereopods 5–7 similar to each other.</p> <p>Pereopod 6 basis 5.6 times as long as wide, superior margin with 2 small sensory palmate setae and 6 long setae, inferior margin with 13 long setae; ischium 0.8 times as long as basis, inferior margin with 15 RS and 11 long setae, superior margin with 4 RS and 11 long setae; merus 0.5 times as long as ischium, 1.8 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 5 RS and 2 long setae, superior margin with 4 RS and 7 long setae; carpus 0.9 times as long as ischium, 2.5 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 6 RS, 1 uni-serrate seta and 1 long seta, superior margin with 5 RS, 1 uni-serrate seta and 4 simple long setae; propodus 0.6 times as long as ischium, 4.9 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 10 RS and 2 long setae, superior margin with 5 RS and 4 long setae; dactylus 0.6 times as long as propodus.</p> <p>Pereopod 7 basis 5.8 times as long as wide, superior margin with 4 small sensory palmate setae and 3 long setae, inferior margin with 10 long setae and 1 long uni-serrate seta; ischium 0.9 times as long as basis, inferior margin with 7 RS and 11 long setae, superior margin with 3 RS and 9 long setae; merus 0.7 times as long as ischium, 1.9 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 4 RS, 3 bi-serrate setae and 3 long setae, superior margin with 2 bi-serrate setae, 1 RS and 5 long setae; carpus 0.9 times as long as ischium, 2.7 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 6 RS, 1 bi-serrate seta and 6 long setae, superior margin with 7 RS, 1 uni-serrate seta and 4 long setae; propodus 0.8 times as long as ischium, 5.1 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 14 RS and 1 bi-serrate seta, superior margin with 10 RS and 8 long setae.</p> <p>Penes 1.6 times as long as basal width, distal margin rounded.</p> <p>Pleopod 1 exopod 1.6 times as long as wide, lateral margin weakly convex, distally narrowly rounded with oblique medial margin, mesial margin strongly convex, with PMS from distal one-fourth, with 20 PMS; endopod 2.2 times as long as wide, distally narrowly rounded, lateral margin weakly convex, with PMS from distal one-third, mesial margin with PMS from distal one-sixth, endopod with 10 PMS; peduncle 0.8 times as wide as long, mesial margin with 4 coupling setae, 2 plumose setae and 1 short setae. Pleopod 2 exopod with 20 PMS, endopod with 9 PMS; appendix masculina arises from medial margin of the endopod, lateral margin with a sinuate notch and apex is rounded, appendix masculina 0.4 times as long as endopod, projecting beyond mid-region of endopod by 0.02 of its length. Pleopod 3 exopod with 20 PMS, endopod with 9 PMS. Pleopod 4 exopod with 24 PMS, endopod with 8 PMS. Pleopod 5 exopod with 22 PMS. Pleopods 3–5 exopods with complete sutures.</p> <p>Uropod peduncle lateral margin with 5 stiff PMS and 1 RS; exopod rounded, about 0.9 times as long as length of endopod lateral margin, medial margin with about 12 PMS and 3 RS; endopod lateral margin straight, with 2 setae, medial margin obliquely truncate, with 2 small RS and 20 PMS.</p> <p> <i>Female.</i> As for male but body slightly broader, about 1.5 times as long as greatest width; antennulae shorter reaching mid-region of the eye; antennae shorter, reaching posterior margin of pereonite 4; pleotelson about 80% as long as pleon in lateral view.</p> <p> <i>Colour.</i> Body white; black chromatophores occur densely on the dorsal surface of the pereion, pleon and pleotelson.</p> <p> <i>Remarks.</i> <i>Eurydice mohani</i> sp. nov. can be identified by the pleotelson posterior margin being 20% of pleotelson anterior width, with 6 plumose marginal setae, anterodorsal surface without distinct depression; appendix masculina 0.4 times as long as endopod, projecting beyond mid-region of endopod by 0.02 of its length, lateral margin with a sinuate notch and apex is rounded; the antennal flagellum is relatively short, extending to mid-length of pereonite 5.</p> <p> <i>Eurydice mohani</i> sp. nov. is separated from <i>Eurydice andamanensis</i> sp. nov. by the antennula flagellum extending to anterior of pereonite 1 (vs posterior of pereonite 1), posterior margin of pleotelson one-fifth of pleotelson anterior width, with 6 plumose marginal setae (vs one-fourth and 11 plumose marginal setae), pleotelson anterodorsal surface without distinct depression (vs distinct depression), appendix masculina lateral margin with a sinuate notch (vs lacking), appendix masculina 0.4 times as long as endopod, projecting beyond mid-region of endopod by 0.02 of its length (vs 0.8 long as endopod, projecting slightly beyond by one-third of its length), uropodal exopod medial margin rounded (vs obliquely subtruncate).</p> <p> <i>Eurydice mohani</i> sp. nov. is similar to <i>Eurydice barnardi</i> Bruce and Soares, 1996, which was described from the Atlantic coast of South Africa and shares some characters such as cephalon anterior median margin with minute rostral point, coxae 2–3 posteriorly sub-acute, posterolateral angles of coxae 6–7 acute, not produced, and pleotelson anterodorsal surface without depression, but <i>E. mohani</i> sp. nov. differs from <i>E. barnardi</i> in the pleotelson posterior margin 20% of width (vs 5% of width), pleotelson posterior margin with 4 robust setae and 6 plumose marginal setae (vs 2 robust setae and 3 plumose marginal setae), appendix masculina lateral margin with sinuate notch (vs lacking).</p> <p> <i>Eurydice mohani</i> sp. nov. can be separated from <i>Eurydice indicis</i> by convex pleotelson posterior margin, with 6 plumose marginal setae (vs straight with 8 plumose marginal setae), pleotelson anterodorsal surface without distinct depression (vs distinct depression), appendix masculina lateral margin with sinuate notch (vs lacking notch).</p> <p> <i>Eurydice mohani</i> sp. nov. also differs from <i>Eurydice peraticis</i> in pleotelson posterior margin convex with 6 plumose marginal setae (vs almost straight with 13 plumose marginal setae), appendix masculina lateral margin with sinuate notch (vs lacking notch).</p> <p> <i>Distribution.</i> Known only from the type locality: South Andaman, Andaman Islands.</p> <p> <i>Etymology.</i> This species is named in honour of Dr P.M. Mohan, Professor, Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry Central University, the DC member of the first author (Pathan Anil) and a well-known benthologist, taxonomist and ecologist in India.</p>Published as part of <i>Anil, Pathan & Jayaraj, K. A., 2023, Two new species of Eurydice Leach, 1815 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Andaman Islands, northern Indian Ocean, pp. 976-995 in Journal of Natural History 57 (13 - 16)</i> on pages 986-993, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.2017046, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8221408">http://zenodo.org/record/8221408</a>
Steering the State: the politics of institutional change in the pharmaceutical and telecommunications sectors in post-reform India
No full textWhen, how and under what conditions do countries engage in dramatic policy and institutional changes? This research question is addressed in this dissertation. Explanations in the literature emphasize pressures from the international arena, domestic political compulsions and so forth. I argue that by examining institutional change in the Indian pharmaceutical and telecommunications sectors in post-1991 India, elite IAS bureaucrats in key nodal ministries of the Government of India exercised choices that strategically generated long-term policy changes, effectively transforming their functions into the political power to shape the direction and content of institutional change. This is not to argue that the elite bureaucracy is an absolutist power but rather that during important phases of policy shifts, they effectively but discreetly exercise functions that are often veto-proof, and make choices with long-standing effects on sectors. Bureaucrats in policy change-initiating “nodal ministries” set the agenda and direction of policy changes keeping in view international treaty commitments. Elite officials direct a systematic consultative process for policy inputs involving a range of other Central ministries of the Government of India and non-state actors; these inputs may be selectively rejected, integrated or modified depending on the discretionary powers of senior bureaucrats in the nodal ministry before being incorporated into Bills subsequently submitted to Parliament. A key finding of this study is the operation of the systematic policy-making process in the Indian telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors. Data for this study was obtained over 18 months of field research in India and a range of original government documents from 1994-2005 based on files from the Ministry of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Commerce obtained through provisions under India’s Right to Information Act, 2005. These documented precisely who, when, how and why institutional and policy changes were considered, discussed and adopted. This study thus elucidates the entire policy cycle from ideation to legislation and contributes to future studies of policy change in India and other developing countries.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Anil G. Jaco
Conference papers of Barc Scientists and engineers : a citation based study
No full textThis paper highlights the importance of conference papers in the scientific communication process. Carried out a citation analysis of 474 (8.52%) conference papers of BARC Scientists and Engineers published during 1999-2007 as per Scopus database. The highest number of papers (117) were published in 2004 and these papers have received the highest (183) number of citations. The average number of papers published per year was 52.66 and the average number of citations per paper was 1.81. Identified highly cited authors and highly cited conference papers. Concludes that conference literature has to be integrated with the databases so as to avoid the missing link in the knowledge development process
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