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The Responsibility to Protect: Norms, Laws and the Use of Force in International Politics
No full textThis volume is a collection of the key writings of Professor Ramesh Thakur on norms and laws regulating the international use of force. The adoption of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle by world leaders assembled at the UN summit in 2005 is widely acknowledged to represent one of the great normative advances in international politics since 1945. The author has been involved in this shift from the dominant norm of non-intervention to R2P as an actor, public intellectual and academic and has been a key thinker in this process. These essays represent the author's writings on R2P, including reference to test cases as they arose, such as with Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar in 2008. Comprising essays by a key thinker and agent in the Responsibility to Protect debates, this book will be of much interest to students of international politics, human rights, international law, war and conflict studies, international security and IR in general
The Life Model of Nisargadatta Maharaj as Interpreted by Ramesh Balsekar
No full textRamesh Balsekar (1917–2009) was a disciple of Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981). Nisargadatta Maharaj lived in Bombay and taught what he realized: For doing our dharma everything is provided for us. Thus we can focus our attention on discovering “Who one is“ and let life flow. In 1996 the author of this article had a short conversation with Ramesh Balsekar, who presented his way of understanding the teaching of Nisargadatta Maharaj
Tribologoical Properties of Vinyl Ester Based Hybrid Composite with Tio2, Al2o3 and Mos2 Fillers
No full textComposite materials play a vital role in many industrial applications. Researchers are working on fabrication of new composite materials worldwide to enhance the applicability of these materials. In view of this the mechanical performance of the composite material is essential. The aim of this project is to assist in the main objective of optimizing the quantity of the filler material Al2O3, TiO2 and MoS2. Thus the mechanical properties as well as the wear properties of 7.5 , 10 and 12.5 of the filler material as mentioned above has been investigated to obtain an optimum composition for the application in suitable fields. The purpose of this project is to perform an experimental study of the pin on disc wear of neat Vinyl Ester and Al2O3, TiO2 and MoS2 filler of 7.5 , 10 and 12.5 filled particulate reinforced composites have been investigated along with the subsequent study of the Wear Properties of the material with the intention to contribute to the final aim of optimizing the composition of the composite material. The investigation is carried out by mixing different weight percentages of the powder with the polyester resin and preparing individual samples. After CSM preparation, the materials were properly mixed using the hand lay techniques and different specimens were prepared with different compositions of the powder. After all the samples were prepared, Wear Testing is done by pin on disc Wear Testing Machine in ASTM G99 standard using abrasive paper. The load applied 1KN , 2KN and 3KN in this experiment with sliding distances of 353.25m , 706.5 and 1059.75m respectively. Mr. Kuruba Harish | Mr. D. Harshavardhan | Mr. A. Ramesh "Tribologoical Properties of Vinyl Ester Based Hybrid Composite with Tio2, Al2o3 & Mos2 Fillers" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-2 , February 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd21385.pd
A novel design for an RF MEMS resistive switch on PCB substrate
No full textCopyright @ 2008 Stimulation Action on MEM
On the derived functors of the third symmetric-power functor
No full textWe compute the derived functors of the third symmetric-power functor and their cross-effects for certain values. These calculations match predictions by the first named author and largely prove them in general
Importance of marriage for Asian Indian women in the U.S.: an exploratory study
No full textThroughout the past century and across various cultures, the concept of marriage has significantly changed from being a union between two families to a union between two individuals. The change has penetrated South Asia, despite collectivism being the norm in Asian Indian culture. The current exploratory study was done to investigate an unexamined area of research namely, the pressure experienced by unmarried Asian Indian women in the United States. A qualitative research design combining ethnographic and grounded theory was used. Ten interviews were conducted with heterosexual, Asian Indian, Hindu women, above the age of 25, and raised in the United States. Four main research questions were addressed: (1) What pressures do family and community put on Asian Indian women to get married (2) What effect does remaining unmarried have on Asian Indian women (3) How do certain factors (i.e., past relationships, religion, skin color, and education) affect how desirable these women are to others, and how desirable they feel? and (4) What are Asian Indian women’s perspectives on marriage? The interview data collected were analyzed to uncover qualitative themes. These themes included the following: the women interviewed felt that all Asian Indian women were born to be brides, that Asian Indian women did not go through a process of separation-individuation as defined in Western psychology, that parents experienced a great deal of shame if their daughters remained unmarried, that a great amount of interpersonal conflict with family and friends resulted from staying single, and that most women had felt that they needed to get married before the age of thirty. Although several of the women interviewed stated that they were ambivalent about the idea of marrying someone of Indian origin, the women felt that several factors affected how desirable they were to other members of the Indian community. The findings of this study suggest important implications for clinical psychology training for mental health clinicians. The study suggests that therapists should have an increased understanding of the difference in separation-individuation between Western and Asian Indian culture, the importance of an Asian Indian woman’s external presentation, and the extreme shame that these women may experience by remaining single.Psy. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Snigdha Ramesh Ratho
Automated detection of ultrastructural features at neuronal synapses
No full textSynaptic vesicles are the ultracellular structures responsible for carrying chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters from inside the axon of a neuron to the synaptic junction outside. The variation in size and location of these structures is important in the study of their use and reuse in neurons. We propose a method to locate and estimate the diameter of vesicles in electron microscope images of synapses. We train a U-Net inspired model to perform pixel-wise segmentation of the vesicles against background pixels. We then use contour detection on the resulting segmentation maps to determine individual vesicle centers and effective diameters. To our knowledge, there are no baselines in this task so we establish one on an in-house dataset. Our results show that the proposed model performed well on this task.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2022-05-01The student, Ashwin Ramesh, accepted the attached license on 2020-05-12 at 19:48.The student, Ashwin Ramesh, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-05-12 at 20:03.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2020-05-13 at 10:06.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15370 on 2020-08-25 at 17:31:20Made available in DSpace on 2020-08-26T23:58:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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A Field Ion Microscope Study of Interfaces
No full textTitle: A Field Ion Microscope Study of Interfaces, Author: Ramesh Rajagopal, Location: ThodeThis investigation is concerned with the observation of interfaces between f.c.c. and b.c.c. crystals in the field ion microscope. A high vacuum field ion microscope was designed and constructed to operate under liquid nitrogen cooling and helium gas imaging, with facilities for vapour deposition. Platinum and iridium were deposited on tungsten field ion emitters by shadow vapour deposition. The nature and contrast of deposits obtained under various experimental conditions are examined. The atomic matching observed at interfaces is discussed within the limitations of the existing interfacial contrast theory.ThesisMaster of Engineering (ME
The Two-Dimensional Development and Analysis of Blade Profiles Having Larger Turning Angles
No full textTitle: The Two-Dimensional Development and Analysis of Blade Profiles Having Larger Turning Angles, Author: Ramesh K. Malhotra, Location: ThodeThe advances in gas turbine technoloqy in recent years
has focussed attention on problems associated with the attainment of
high work output. This led to the consideration of high work output
per blade, and thereby to the consideration of designing the blades
with large turning angles. The blade's profile, pressure distribution, pressure gradients and
velocity triangles are drawn for each set of blades. The theoretical performance
of the blades has been examined over a range of incidence angles
from zero to nine degrees.ThesisMaster of Engineering (ME
Correction to: Visual acuity correlates with multimodal imaging-based categories of central serous chorioretinopathy (Eye, (2021), 10.1038/s41433-021-01788-4)
No full textIn this article the author name Ramesh Venkatesh was incorrectly written as Ramesh Vankatesh. The original article has been corrected
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