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High Economic Growth, Equity and Sustainable Energy Development of India
No full textIndia has been experiencing sustained high economic growth in the recentyears. However, there exists substantial amount of unacceptable poverty among the people in the country. The expressions of symptoms of such poverty include among others inadequate educational and health attainment of the people and lack of access to basic amenities like modern clean energy, safe water and sanitation which are crucial determinants of capability development. There exists in fact significant amount of energy poverty among the people, particularly in the rural India which has more than 70% share of its population, in the form of use of traditional inefficient biomass as the primary fuel with injurious health effect and the lack of connectivity of the households with electricity. The eleventh five year plan of India which has recently been initiated has taken the approach of inclusive faster growth for the development of the Indian economy. This paper analyses the implications of this high inclusive growth in respect of the twin challenges of environmental sustainability of the energy use required by such growth and the removal of energy poverty, which have to be addressed in India's energy planning. The paper defines the concept of sustainable development and points out its resource accounting implications in respect of energy related resource use. It focuses in this context on the instrumental role of the efficiency of energy use and energy supply, fuel composition and technology in determining the strength of the linkage between the GDP growth and the growth of energy use and that between the energy use and the pollution intensity of energy. The paper also defines, on the other hand, the notion of energy poverty and discusses the problem of equity and energy development in a dual society like that of India. It then reviews the past trend and pattern of energy use and the future projections of energy requirement and supply with special reference to the twin issues of equity and environmental sustainability. In this context it makes a decomposition analysis of the past energy use and CO2 emissions in India for examining its environmental sustainability and if economic reforms of India could make any impact on it. It makes further a brief review of the methodologies of projections and policy planning for the future energy sector development in India as existing in the recent literature. Finally, the paper discusses certain selected issues of energy security and macroeconomic viability of such energy development in the background of the sustained steep rise of oil prices and high cost of carbon free new technologies. It concludes by highlighting certain policy issues relating to pricing, technology and institution for the attainability of inclusive growth and particularly for meeting the gaps in such attainment that would possibly remain as per the existing alternative projections for the future. However, this paper does not pay any special attention to the climate change related global policy issues that would affect India and gives priority to the national level issues relating to energy equity and energy related environmental sustainability of Indian development.
A certain class of Poincare series on Sp n, II
No full textWe compute the Petersson scalar product of certain Poincare series introduced in our previous paper against a Siegel cusp form and show that it can be written as a certain averaged cycle integral. This generalizes earlier work by Katok, Zagier and the first named author in the case of genus 1.departmental bulletin pape
Pricing Derivatives: The Financial Concepts Underlying the Mathematics of Pricing Derivatives
No full textA fresh, fundamentals-based approach for accurate derivative pricing
Pricing Derivatives presents a specialized approach to accurately pricing derivatives by stressing the conceptual foundations underlying the mathematics. Noted mathematics professor and investing consultant Ambar Sengupta provides a sound understanding of the essential topics of derivative pricing and outlines methodologies for arriving at exact pricing formulas based on the fundamental relationship between price and probability.
Short, to-the-point chapters present original ideas and approaches for pricing derivative products, supplying professional money managers and institutional investors with the foundation they need to: Integrate both the theoretical and mathematical foundations of pricing derivatives Establish optimal prices in terms of the no-arbitrage principle Derive model-independent pricing formulas for options, futures, forwards, and other key derivatives
Experience has shown that derivative traders must focus on conceptual, as opposed to trading, issues if they are to improve trading accuracy and profitability. Pricing Derivatives presents conceptually sound approaches for pricing derivatives and shows how to use them to compute specific pricing formulas.
Pricing Derivatives unveils a fundamentally clear-cut approach to accurate derivative pricing. Based upon author Ambar Sengupta\u27s years of consulting experience working with derivatives traders to hone their trading performance, it steers around the mechanics of popular financial models to focus on the conceptual foundations and underlying mathematics of pricing derivatives as well as other financial instruments.
Exploring the relationshipbetween price and probability, Pricing Derivatives demonstrates methods for determining model-independent pricing formulas and applying them to specific market models for more distinct and applicable pricing formulas.https://repository.lsu.edu/facultybooks/1593/thumbnail.jp
Assessment of dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a C. elegans model of Parkinson's disease
No full textTransgenic Caenorhabditis elegans that expresses the full-length wild-type human α-synuclein in dopaminergic neurons provides a well-established Parkinson's disease (PD) nematode model. Here, we present a detailed protocol to monitor and dissect the molecular underpinnings of age-associated neurodegeneration using this PD nematode model. This protocol includes preparation of nematode growth media and bacterial food sources, as well as procedures for nematode growth, synchronization, and treatment. We then describe procedures to assess dopaminergic neuronal death in vivo using fluorescence imaging. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to SenGupta et al. (2021). © 2022 The Author(s
Financial Management of Globalization of Developing Countries
No full texthuman development, economic growth, globalization, inequality, poverty
Free vibration analysis of composite right angle triangular plate using a shear flexible element
No full text© 2003 SAGE Publications A high precision triangular plate bending element proposed by the second author of this paper has been upgraded for the free vibration analysis of laminated composite right angle triangular plates. The effect of shear deformation has been incorporated. An efficient mass lumping scheme with rotary inertia has been recommended. Numerical examples of composite triangular plates having different thickness ratios, side ratios, fibre-orientations, number of layers and boundary conditions have been solved by this element. For validation of the present formulation and element few results on isotropic and orthotropic plates have been compared with those obtained from literatures. The results on composite plates have been presented as new results. S. Haldar, D. Sengupta, and A. H. Sheik
Dataset to accompany "Deposition of brown carbon onto snow: changes of snow optical and radiative properties" by Beres et al., 2020
No full textThis dataset, organized in an Excel spreadsheet, accompanies:
Beres, N. D., Sengupta, D., Samburova, V., Khlystov, A. Y., and Moosmüller, H.: Deposition of brown carbon onto snow: changes in snow optical and radiative properties, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 6095–6114, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-6095-2020, 2020.
Each tab of the spreadsheet represents data presented in Tables and Figures of the manuscript, which allows for the replication of the figure or for use in calculations presented throughout the manuscript.
Any questions or comments should be forwarded to the corresponding author
Projection of orbits and K multiplicities
No full textAbstractIn this article we give an explicit formula for the push forward of the Liouville measure of regular coadjoint orbits of connected, noncompact, semisimple Lie groups under the moment map arising from the Hamiltonian action of a maximal compact subgroup. We also discuss its connection with Frobenius reciprocity
MICROWAVE SPECTRUM AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF CIS-1,2-DIFLUOROCYCLOPROPANE
No full text S.K. Sengupta and V.W. Laurie, Paper TGS, 32nd Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio (1977).Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Oberlin College; Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Department of Chemistry, Temple UniversityThe microwave spectrum of a carbon-13 isotope of cis-1,2-difluorocyclopropane,, has been assigned in natural abundance. The normal and deuterium isotopic rotational constants reported were combined with the carbon-13 data to partially determine the molecular structure. The parameters are and . These structural parameters will be compared to the trans isomer of 1,2-difluorocyclopropane as well as to related geometrical pairs of fluorinated three-membered rings. The results will also be discussed in terms of recent theoretical studies of these ring systems
“Eyes on the Street”: Estimating Natural Surveillance Along Amsterdam’s City Streets Using Street-Level Imagery
No full textNeighborhood safety and its perception are important determinants of citizens’ health and well-being. Contemporary urban design guidelines often advocate urban forms that encourage natural surveillance or “eyes on the street” to promote community safety. However, assessing a neighborhood’s level of natural surveillance is challenging due to its subjective nature and a lack of relevant data. We propose a method for measuring natural surveillance at scale by employing a combination of street-level imagery and computer vision techniques. We detect windows on building facades and calculate sightlines from the street level and surrounding buildings across forty neighborhoods in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. By correlating our measurements with the city’s Safety Index, we also validate how our method can be used as an estimator of neighborhood safety. We show how perceived safety varies with window level and building distance from the street, and we find a non-linear relationship between natural surveillance and (perceived) safety.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Human-Centred Artificial IntelligenceInternet of Thing
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