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Gender and climate change framework for analysis, policy & action
No full text"This paper by Jyoti Parikh provides a framework to anlayse gender and climate change concerns keeping in view the strengths and vulnerability of poor ‐ women in particular. The author also provides policy recommendations for policies and actions.
Methods to improve quality and diversity of language-vision models
No full textSubmission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01The student, Jyoti Aneja, accepted the attached license on 2021-12-03 at 00:27.The student, Jyoti Aneja, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2021-12-03 at 00:36.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2021-12-03 at 13:22.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #17379 on 2022-04-06 at 17:17:47Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T21:46:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemAuthor requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemU of I OnlyHumans can describe images and, more generally, the world around them in an evocative manner using vivid language constructs. Designing neural network models that can attain results similar to those of humans on tasks like image-captioning and image-generation is a worthy goal in the overall pursuit of artificial general intelligence. Notwithstanding the tremendous recent progress in this area, current systems still cannot describe objects and scenes as creatively and accurately as humans. As a step in the direction of bridging this gap, this thesis proposes architectures and algorithms for generating high-quality, diverse outputs for the tasks of image-captioning and image-generation
From Jyoti to Jasmine: Mukherjee's Quest for Hybrid Identity in Jasmine
No full textAbstract: The present paper investigates the empowering force of
hybridity in female diasporant in Bharati Mukherjee’s outstanding novel
Jasmine. The novel depicts Jasmine’s journey of transformation from a
passive, traditional girl at the mercy of fate in a village in India to an active,
modern, and most importantly cross-cultural hybrid woman in America. All
through the novel, her identity is transformed in line with shifts in her name
from Jyoti to Jasmine to Jazzy to Jane. Accordingly, she stands in-between two
cultures, shuttles between identities, welds opposing identities, enters the third
space and emerges as a hybrid. The present study in the light of Homi Bhabha's
insights seeks to demonstrate that immigrating, experiencing displacement and
in-betweenness, and being positioned in the third space pave the way for
Jasmine’s becoming a hybrid and being liberated. Besides, the study is to
depict by creating a hybrid character, Bharati Mukherjee, the author, alludes to
her own very hybridity
Preliminary Assessment of Hydrogen Peroxide Gel as an Oxidizer in a Catalyst Ignited Hybrid Thruster
No full textIn regard to propulsion system applications, the stability of liquid propellants in long-term storage is of increasing importance, and this had led to a greater interest in gelation technology. As part of a preliminary test to determine the feasibility of using a gel propellant in a rocket with a catalyst bed, a hybrid rocket with a catalyst reactor using a gel propellant as an oxidizer was tested for the first time in this study. Experiments were conducted with two different oxidizers: one with liquid phase hydrogen peroxide and the other with gel phase hydrogen peroxide, as well as high-density polyethylene as fuel for a 250N class hybrid thruster performance test. The thruster was designed with the catalyst ignition system, and a catalyst was manufactured to be inserted into the catalyst reactor to facilitate oxidizer decomposition. While the test result with neat hydrogen peroxide indicated sufficient decomposition efficiency using a manganese dioxide/alumina catalyst and successful autoignition of the fuel via the decomposed product, gel hydrogen peroxide exhibited insufficient decomposition and there were difficulties in operating the thruster as a part of the catalyst was covered in the gelling agent. This preliminary study identifies the potential challenges of using a gel phase oxidizer in a catalyst ignited hybrid thruster and discusses the technical issues that should be addressed in regard to a gel propellant hybrid thruster design with a catalyst reactor.Space Systems Egineerin
Dermoscopic pattern of pityriasis versicolor
No full textMahesh Mathur,* Prakash Acharya,* Alina Karki, Nisha KC, Jyoti ShahDepartment of Dermatology, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal*These authors contributed equally to this workBackground: Pityriasis versicolor (PV) is essentially a clinical diagnosis characterized by hypopigmented or hyperpigmented patches on the skin. Dermoscopy is gaining popularity as a noninvasive procedure for the diagnosis of different pigmentary and inflammatory disorders. However, scarce evidence exists on the dermoscopic pattern of PV.Objective: To describe the dermoscopic features of hypopigmented and hyperpigmented lesions of PV.Methods: Dermoscopic images of PV lesions located on different body sites were retrospectively evaluated for the presence of predefined criteria.Results: A total of 178 lesions from 125 patients were included in the study among which 164 lesions were hypopigmented and 14 lesions were hyperpigmented. Nonuniform pigmentation was the most common dermoscopic feature seen in both hypopigmented lesions (n=152, 92.68%) and hyperpigmented lesions (n=14, 100%). Scales were seen in 142 hypopigmented lesions (86.56%) and 13 hyperpigmented lesions (92.86%). Patchy scaling was more common in hypopigmented lesions (n=95, 57.92%) while scaling in the furrows was more common in the dermoscopy of hyperpigmented lesions (n=5, 35.71%). Inconspicuous ridges and furrows and perilesional hyperpigmentation were other significant features seen in dermoscopy of the lesions.Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first study describing the dermoscopic features of PV in such a large number of patients. Description of these new features adds valuable information and may help to establish dermoscopy as an important auxiliary tool for the diagnosis of PV.Keywords: dermoscopy, dermatoscopy, tinea versicolor, diagnosis, hypopigmented patche
Genetic and biochemical variability among Moringa oleifera Lam. accessions collected from different agro-ecological zones
No full textGenomic DNA polymorphism and variation in biologically active components of Moringa oleifera were investigated by two different techniques: RAPD-PCR and HPLC analysis. The concentrations of phenolic compounds (cinnamic, caffeic, ferulic, and coumaric acids) and the content of flavonoids (rutin) were quantified by HPLC analysis. Among 20 RAPD primers, 13 were selected to generate polymorphic amplicons producing an average of 5028 bands, of which 83.7% were found to be polymorphic among 57 accessions of M. oleifera (MO 1 to MO 57) and one outgroup (ACB 58) from Banasthali region, India. In total, 57 accessions were clustered into five major groups within the dendrogram. The results of this analysis were further confirmed by principal coordinate analysis (PCoA). There was also high diversity in the concentration of active compounds in the collected samples as revealed by HPLC analysis. The data revealed that the content of polyphenolic compounds varied between 0.06 (sample KVKB) and 210.5 mg/kg (sample BG). The results suggest that there is a strong correlation between phytochemical variables and DNA polymorphism. The study concludes that the results of the genetic, morphological, and phytochemical diversity could be used to select the best accessions of M. oleifera for agricultural cultivation and breeding.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
OM Kidz
No full textThis is two books bound together, each with a separate ISBN number and separate pagination. Each book has five stories, 12 to 22 pages in length. Both feature heavy paper and large print. The stories are well told. The first book contains these five: The Clever Fox and the Goat; TH; and GGE; The Hungry Fox and the Shepherds; and The Ungrateful Traveller. The first extends the usual fable by having the fox spend a full night in the well. In TH, the tortoise has a mantra: I always finish what I have started (19). The hare thinks There would be no harm in sleeping for a little bit (28). In GGE, a poor couple, vegetable farmers, put their pennies together to get one goose and thus some eggs to eat. Too much greed always leads to great loss (47). I ask: is there some such thing as just enough greed? A great illustration here (45) shows the goose's misgiving as she overhears the couple talking about getting all the eggs at once. The Hungry Fox and the Shepherds has a long build-up to the fox's discovery of lunches in the tree hollow, where the shepherds have stored them. The moral is surprisingly simple: Excess is bad (63). The Ungrateful Traveller is better known, I believe, in terms of a plane tree used by travellers for shade on a hot day. The conflict of this fable goes on between the two travellers, one of whom finds the tree useless, while the other is grateful for its shade. Then the tree gets into the conversation. In the second volume, titled Moral Stories, Jackal Learns a Lesson pairs the jackal with the tiger. This story is new to me. Tiger tries to keep jackal from harm, but jackal misconstrues him into an enemy. The Glass of Milk is given by a woman to a male teen-ager; he repays it years later as doctor to the now elderly sick woman. The woman's bill reads One glass of milk, now paid in full. This story provides the book's cover. William thinks that a stranger sitting next to him on a bench is eating up his cookies. The truth is that he has been eating the stranger's cookies! The last story seems silly to me. The head of a family discovers thieves in his house in the night and goes to a fortune-teller rather than to the police! This story on 69 has through where it needs thought.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Second printin
Author response: Multiple short windows of calcium-dependent protein kinase 4 activity coordinate distinct cell cycle events during Plasmodium gametogenesis
No full textMalaria transmission relies on the production of gametes following ingestion by a mosquito. Here, we show that Ca2+-dependent protein kinase 4 controls three processes essential to progress from a single haploid microgametocyte to the release of eight flagellated microgametes in Plasmodium berghei. A myristoylated isoform is activated by Ca2+ to initiate a first genome replication within twenty seconds of activation. This role is mediated by a protein of the SAPS-domain family involved in S-phase entry. At the same time, CDPK4 is required for the assembly of the subsequent mitotic spindle and to phosphorylate a microtubule-associated protein important for mitotic spindle formation. Finally, a non-myristoylated isoform is essential to complete cytokinesis by activating motility of the male flagellum. This role has been linked to phosphorylation of an uncharacterised flagellar protein. Altogether, this study reveals how a kinase integrates and transduces multiple signals to control key cell-cycle transitions during Plasmodium gametogenesis.</jats:p
Does distance matter?: The effect of geographic isolation on productivity levels
No full textThe author is grateful to Jyoti Rahman, David Gruen, Lewis Evans, Ben Dolman, Robert Ewing, Graeme Davis, Janine Murphy, Gene Tunny, Dave Turner and Sveinbjörn Blöndal for helpful comments in preparing this paper. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Treasury or the Australian Government.
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