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No full text"Lakshmi"
A) Kimono robe of lavender silk. Hand-painted image of Lakshmi on back with lotus blossom in left hand and bird on right hand. A elephant head figure adorns the center front of Lakshmi's robe. Center front opening with floral and elephant head figures a bottom hems of sides. Slits at side seams for belt.
B) Tie belt matching robe
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
A Hierarchical Control Plane Framework for Integrated SDN-SFC Management in Multi-tenant Cloud Datacenters
No full textCloud data centers represent one of the most complex and dynamic environments in terms of
network management. The multitude of hosted applications in such centers share the same
fabric and yet demand easy and fast service deployment and management of independent logical
networks. Applications, often belonging to di erent tenants, have di erent needs in terms
of performance, isolation, security, and tra c optimization based on which incoming and outgoing
tra c is serviced. Traditionally, cloud service providers satisfy these requirements by
means of purpose-built specialized hardware equipment providing network services called middleboxes.
End-to-end delivery of services is realized by physically connecting the middleboxes
in the required sequence called Service Function Chains (SFC), and steering tra c through
them. However, the lack of extensibility and scalability of these closed systems hinders dynamic
provisioning of services and leads to network ossi cation. With the emergence of Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) where the service functions were implemented in software, and
Software-De ned Networking (SDN) which enabled programmatic con guration of networks,
the provisioning of di erentiated services was made easier.
However, current SDN implementations have certain shortcomings with respect to SFC
management. Most SDN control plane implementations handle the forwarding rule generation
based on the L2/L3 layer's information. Also, SDN extensions for SFCs have exploited the
central entity of control only to generate forwarding rules to stitch the service functions (SFs)
to form SFCs. In cloud networks where application service requirements change dynamically,
autonomous management of SFC is essential. This can be achieved only if the controller's view
expands beyond the forwarding devices to include the SFs and SFCs.
In the rst part of this work, we motivate the need for a central control plane that can
handle SFC management along with packet forwarding. Current research mostly focuses on
using the SDN controller solely to generate and install forwarding rules into the data plane to
realize SFCs. SDN controllers deal with only the L2/L3 layers of the network stack. However,
SFs often involve higher L4-L7 layer functionality. To e ectively manage the SFs through a
centralized point of control, the controller must be able to understand the semantics of the
higher layers. This means the controller must be aware of the functionality provided by the
SFs and be capable of interpreting state information of SFs which involve the higher layer
meta-data. This work highlights the need for a cooperative SDN-SFC control plane. We
try to understand the challenges involved in realizing such a control plane by implementing
an integrated controller based on POX which handles both tra c routing as well as SFC
management. Among the challenges, the issue of controller scalability was visible. The impact
of this integration on the scalability of the controller is captured by measuring the incoming
tra c at the controller. The controller is evaluated over a simulated data center scale network.
We present results showing an increase in load at the controller end. Also, results showing an
increase in workload at the controller with an increase in the number of SFs in the network are
presented. A workload characterization at the controller is experimentally derived to analyze
the correlation of controller workload with the variability in SFC related components.
In the second part of this work, we try to address the controller scalability issue by redesigning
the controller. We propose a hierarchical integrated controller capable of absorbing
the increased workload. The controller includes multiple instances of controllers arranged in
a two-level hierarchy. The controller separates the control plane functionality across the two
tiers and also across the controllers within the same tier such that only control messages required
for building the network global view are handled by the higher tiers while those that
handle tenant level information are managed by the lower layer instances. This framework organically
supports multi-tenancy by providing the required tenant isolation through dedicated
sub-controller instances. The controller also allows intelligent reuse of SFs and SFCs across
tenants with consideration to the tenant isolation requirements. The hierarchical structure of
the controller o ers the ability to adapt to expanding network sizes by absorbing the control
state more e ciently at each tier. We evaluate our framework by comparing the load at the
proposed controller, with that of centralized and distributed implementations of the integrated
controller. We quantify and compare the packet loss metrics and the
ow setup latencies of the
di erent controllers by subjecting them to the same infrastructure and application deployment
setup on a simulated network. Results show that the workload at each controller instance of
the proposed controller is lower than its centralized and distributed counter-parts. Also, the
percentage packet loss of the proposed controller is reduced by 20% and 10% in comparison
to the centralized and distributed controllers. The observed
ow setup latencies also indicate
that the proposed hierarchical architecture performs better than the other two controller architectures
in large multi-tenant networks. Finally, we characterize the workload at the proposed
controller architecture and compare it with the characterization derived from the centralized
controller
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Ecocritical Concerns in Lakshmi Kannan’s Short Stories “Muniyakka,” “Nandanvan,” and “Because”
No full textThe relationship between nature and mankind has been inextricable since time immemorial. Writers down the ages in almost all cultures of the world have presented nature in its splendour and beauty. Hence it becomes important to study how literature represents the essential human relationship with nature and also the role of nature as a nurturer. This paper attempts to examine how nature and environment appear as tropes in three short stories of Lakshmi Kannan namely “Muniyakka,” “Nandanvan,” and “Because.” These stories have been translated from Tamil into English by the author herself. The paper aims to highlight the ecocritical vein that runs through these selected short stories in the light of the theory of ecocriticism. Ecocriticism is an interdisciplinary study that aims at analysing texts that illustrate environmental concerns and it examines the various ways literature treats the subject of nature. The paper further argues that the relationship between nature and mankind is one of reciprocity
Supplementary Material 1 - Supplemental material for Do Stringent Bankruptcy Laws Always Deter Entrepreneurial Activities? A Study of Cultural Influences
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary Material 1, for Do Stringent Bankruptcy Laws Always Deter Entrepreneurial Activities? A Study of Cultural Influences by Naga Lakshmi Damaraju, Jay B. Barney and Gregory G. Dess in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice</p
<b style=""> </b> <b style="font-size: 14pt;">Therapeutic potential of <i style="">Ganoderma lucidum </i>(Fr.) P. Karst.</b><i style=""> </i>
No full text382-386Mushrooms represent a major and untapped source of potent new pharmaceutical
products. The antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antinociceptive, antimutagenic,
anticarcinogenic, antitumour, hepatoprotective, nephroprotective and
cardioprotective activities of the methanolic extract of Ganoderma lucidum (Fr.) P. Karst. collected from tropical South India were evaluated for the revalidation of its
utilization in Chinese folklore medicine. Review of results is presented in this
paper.</b
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
No full textNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
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