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Racializing white residues: seditious Anglo-Indians and others
No full textMy dissertation interrogates the discursive residues of the Anglo-Indian question in decolonized India. To problematize these residues, I structure my dissertation as a fragmented genealogy of colonial and post-colonial perceptions of Anglo-Indians. I open my dissertation by showing how, since the late-nineteenth century, Anglo-Indians were claimed to be only of part-European racial provenance, and tautologically had their bodies deemed sexually deviant. Their bodies being, like those of their non-Anglo-Indian counterparts, in fact of uncertain racial intermixture, I argue that Anglo-Indians inhabit mongrel bodies—bodies in a state of continual flux of class and race, inhabiting a multiplicity of pluralized communities. The ethical end of the decolonized Indian nation-state, I accordingly suggest, is to facilitate the recognition of mongrelism as an inevitable phenomenon across groups—one that fractures monolithic conceptions of race and community. To flesh out this argument, I conduct readings from an archive of novels, historiographic treatises, short stories, memoirs, films, and cartoons. The figures whose texts I examine include, among others, colonial Anglo-Indian ‘prostitute’ Amelia Horne, Anglo-Indian anti-racism activist Cedric Dover, Bengali novelist Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, diasporic English writer Aubrey Menen, Indian cartoonist Mario Miranda, Bengali film director Satyajit Ray, Anglo-Indian politician and historiographer Frank Anthony, and British-Indian writer Ruskin Bond.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-08-01The student, Debojoy Chanda, accepted the attached license on 2018-07-04 at 01:48.The student, Debojoy Chanda, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2018-07-04 at 02:33.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2018-07-06 at 10:04.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #12728 on 2018-09-27 at 11:16:29Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-27T16:30:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Content delivery in software defined networks
No full textInformation Centric Architectures view content as the narrow waist of the networking stack. This abstraction allows routing based on the content name, rather than the network locator of the content consumer and producer. We present ContentFlow, an Information Centric network architecture which supports content routing by mapping the content name to a OpenFlow de ned ow based on TCP and IP semantics. And, thus enables the use of OpenFlow switches to achieve content routing over a legacy IP architecture. ContentFlow is viewed as an evolutionary step between the current IP networking architecture, and a full edged ICN architecture. It supports content man- agement, content caching and content routing at the network layer, while using a legacy OpenFlow infrastructure and a modi ed controller. By e ciently using the content in- formation available in the network, ContentFlow supports e cient tra c engineering. Also, ContentFlow is transparent from the point of view of the client and the server, and can be inserted in between without modi cation at either end. The architecture and implementation of ContentFlow on top of the existing OpenFlow software de ned networking framework is described. Performance of ContentFlow is evaluated using a prototype implementation of an enterprise SDN network with Floodlight controller and multiple virtualized OpenFlow switches. The results show that ContentFlow does result in reduced content access delay in comparison to a legacy architectures.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Abhishek Chand
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Linking classroom learning and research to advance ideas about social-ecological resilience
No full textThere is an increasing demand in higher education institutions for training in complex environmental problems. Such training requires a careful mix of conventional methods and innovative solutions, a task not always easy to accomplish. In this paper we review literature on this theme, highlight relevant advances in the pedagogical literature, and report on some examples resulting from our recent efforts to teach complex environmental issues. The examples range from full credit courses in sustainable development and research methods to project-based and in-class activity units. A consensus from the literature is that lectures are not sufficient to fully engage students in these issues. A conclusion from the review of examples is that problem-based and project-based, e.g., through case studies, experiential learning opportunities, or real-world applications, learning offers much promise. This could greatly be facilitated by online hubs through which teachers, students, and other members of the practitioner and academic community share experiences in teaching and research, the way that we have done here
Alternative flood protections
No full textBASIC CONSIDERATIONS Living in the Fringe (Gilles Saussier) Bangladesh: Local Strategies to Cope with a Hazardous Environment (Susanne Zumstein) CASE STUDIES Alternative Flood Protection Measures: A Critical Outlook (Fazlul Huq Ripon, JCOP) Participatory Wetland Management in Chanda Beel (Saleemul Huq, BCAS) Fisheries Management and Habitat Restoration (Aminullslam, UNOP/CNRS) FURTHER AFIELD Appropriate Disaster Mitigation: Community Participation, Appropriate Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge (Nick Hall/ John Twigg, IT) RESULTSOF THE WORKING GROUPS Working Group 1: LocoI and Technical Strategies for Flood Protection Working Group 2:People's ParticipationKWP-collectio
Social Challenges and Learners' Academic Performance: A Case of Selected Primary Schools in Lusaka District, Zambia
No full textAbstract: Social issues, also called social problem, a state of affairs that negatively affects the personal or social lives of individuals or the well-being of communities or larger groups within a society and about which there is usually public disagreement as to its nature, causes, or solution. Social challenges are common problems in present-day society and one that many people strive to solve. Social challenges are those conditions or behaviors that have negative consequences at the personal and work level. In addition, social challenges are issues and problems facing human beings today. Hence, the study aimed at examining the effects of social challenges on learners’ academic performance in some selected primary schools of Lusaka district, Zambia. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: (a) To identify the common types of social challenges exhibited by learners in selected primary schools of Lusaka district, (b) To examine the effects of social challenges on learners’ academic performance in selected primary schools of Lusaka district and (c) To offer recommendations on how best social challenges can be dealt with in selected primary schools of Lusaka district. Purposive sampling of the site was preferred to select the research area from which respondents participated in this study with a sample size of 140. The study employed both the qualitative and quantitative methods that sampled head teachers, primary teachers, pupils and community members. Interview guides were used to obtain qualitative data which was analyzed using thematic analysis while quantitative data were collected using questionnaires which were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study found out that, most exhibited social challenges in primary schools were; peer pressure, drug abuse, child abuse, economic background and media influence. The study therefore recommended that teachers should pay special attention and identify different types of social problems among their leaners. Also, the study suggested that leaners should be sensitized fully on how to protect themselves from social challenges, more specifically from issues of child abuse.
Keywords: Academic Performance, Child Abuse, Effect, Learners School and Social Challenges.
Title: Social Challenges and Learners’ Academic Performance: A Case of Selected Primary Schools in Lusaka District, Zambia
Author: Chanda Chansa Thelma
International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences
ISSN 2394-9694
Vol. 10, Issue 5, September 2023 - October 2023
Page No: 38-49
Novelty Journals
Website: www.noveltyjournals.com
Published Date: 16-September-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8351325
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Self-consistent response of a galactic disc to vertical perturbations
No full textWe study the self-consistent, linear response of a galactic disc to vertical perturbations as induced say by a tidal interaction. We calculate the self-gravitational potential corresponding to a non-axisymmetric, self-consistent density response of the disc using the Green's function method. The response potential is shown to oppose the perturbation potential because the self-gravity of the disc resists the imposed potential, and this resistence is stronger in the inner parts of a galactic disc. For the m=1 azimuthal wavenumber, the disc response opposes the imposed perturbation upto a radius that spans a range of 4-6 disc scale-lengths, so that the disc shows a net warp only beyond this region. This physically explains the well-known but so far unexplained observation (Briggs 1990) that warps typically set in beyond this range of radii. We show that the inclusion of a dark matter halo in the calculation only marginally changes (by ~ 10 %) the radius for the onset of warps. For perturbations with higher azimuthal wavenumbers, the net signature of the vertical perturbations can only be seen at larger radii - for example beyond 7 exponential disc scale-lengths for m=10. Also, for high m cases, the magnitude of the negative disc response due to the disc self-gravity is much smaller. This is shown to result in corrugations of the mid-plane density, which explains the puzzling scalloping with m=10 detected in HI in the outermost regions ~ 30 kpc in the Galaxy by Kulkarni et al. (1982)
Influence of ACE inhibitors on the ECG of acute renal hypertension induced rats
No full textThe present study was designed to assess the influence of ACE inhibitors on the electrocardiograph of acute renal hypertensive rats. Acute Renal Hypertension (ARH) was induced in healthy Wistar male rats by clamping/occluding the left renal artery for 4 h. The ECG of the control (normotensive), sham-Operated, hypertensive and ARH Induced rats, treated with ramipril (2.5 mg/kg b.w. p.o) and captopril (4 mg/kg b.w. p.o.) were recorded using the computerized ECG recording system (NIVIQURE). The RR intervals in hypertensive rats were increased significantly when compared to control group. Ramipril increased the RR interval significantly (P < 0.001). However, captopril did not show statistically significant decrease in RR interval. The amplitude of the QRS complex in the hypertensive group was increased when compared to control group. There was a significant decrease in the amplitude of the QRS complex with ramipril and captopril (P < 0.001) treated ARH rats, when compared with hypertensive group. Blockade of the RAAS system is highly effective in preventing both hypertension and changes in the generation of impulse in the pacemaker and its conduction of the cardiac impulses, which is attributed by the deflections of ECG: P, QRS and T waves.Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aire
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