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A Review of Theorizing the Superhero: Performativity and Politics by Aditya Misra
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In their introduction to What is a Superhero? (2013), Robin S. Rosenberg and Peter Coogan ventured into the question: “what is a superhero?” and, while indecisively renouncing the enigmatic quality of the question surprisingly remarks: “Maybe; maybe not” (Rosenberg and Coogan 20). In the progression of the book, they have attempted twenty-five different ways to anchor the question into the harbour called superhero. Whether it\u27s a generic question, a philosophical question, a cultural question or something else, the question has gained the status of a ‘definitional impasse’. The culture of hero worship and idolization are one of the main driving forces behind the rise of the superhero comics as a genre and it comes with a great risk. When we idolize or worship an entity as a superhero, we eventually venerate him and confer him a status of perfection. Sans any imperfection, flaw, and shortcomings, he sits besides the gods and as a being of flesh and blood, loses the potential to grow and outgrow his own crucial past. Fixation (not in the Freudian sense) shrouds him and the inability to overcome the superannuation cast him into a state of ‘inertia’. This is a historical, philosophical blunder in the case of superhero comics and to address this blunder or philosophical excess Aditya Misra in his monograph Theorizing the Superhero: Performativity and Politics searched around almost all the philosophical, conceptual possibilities and redefined the superhero comics, setting it free from the rigid, narrow, commodified existence of the product-based comic book and cultural industry
Investment arbitration and human rights: From the lens of a MFN clause
No full textThere has been a lot of discussion on the role of Human Rights in Investment Arbitration. The standard approach of investment tribunals is to rule that Human Rights claims are beyond their jurisdiction as they are only concerned with violations of the investment treaty between the parties. This article aims to address the overlap between Investor-State arbitration and Human Rights from the lens of the MFN clause. MFN clause allows the investors to rope in treatments accorded to other investors in third treaties. The defining scope of this article is to analyse the extent of the MFN clause of the investment treaties and whether they could be extended to Human Rights treaties. The article highlights several factors that may enable International Investment Tribunals to accomplish their responsibility of promoting an effective Human Rights framework by resorting to the MFN clauses in Investment treaties. The article is divided into four parts. Firstly, the article introduces the overlap between human right claims and investment arbitration. Secondly, the article deliberates upon the scope of the MFN clause and its restrictions. Thirdly, the article discusses the manner in which the MFN clause may be used to incorporate human rights claims in investment arbitration. Lastly, the article concludesthe discussion by delving into the recent casesin which the tribunals have addressed human rights claims and opened the door for the same in investment arbitration
Dentigerous Cyst
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Dental School Radiology Presentation : Dentigerous Cyst
Author : Tadinada, Aditya
Medical Subject : Dentigerous Cyst, Odontogenic Cysts
Clinical Presentation Description : Radiolucency arising from the CEJ of an unerupted tooth
Location of Abnormality : Posterior Mandible
Radiological Features : Radiolucency arising from the CEJ of an unerupted tooth
DDx Description : Dentigerous cyst, odontogenic keratocyst, ameloblastoma
Type of Image : Panoramic Radiograph
Digital Publisher : UCONN Health Center : Kilham, Jessica
Format : jpg
Date : 201
Design, modeling and real-time monitoring of continuous powder mixing processes
No full textContinuous processing is an advantageous alternative for the current methods used in the pharmaceutical manufacturing. Important advantages that it offers include smaller equipment footprint, reduced efforts in the scale-up work, and the potential to utilize already continuous processes to make the entire manufacturing more efficient. In the current pharmaceutical manufacturing environment, powder mixing process is carried out in the batch mode. The necessary methods and guidelines to design an equivalent continuous process are not well established. The work presented in this dissertation focuses on the characterization, design and optimization of a continuous powder mixing process for pharmaceutical powders. A systematic study was performed of the effects of process and design variables, and material properties involved in the continuous powder mixing process. The bulk powder flow behavior was characterized using the residence time distribution (RTD) measurement approach. Impeller speed, material bulk density and impeller design greatly influenced the mean residence time. With increasing impeller speed, mechanical fluidization was observed, which significantly affected axial dispersion coefficients. Intermediate rotation rates exerted maximum strain on the material, which leads to maximum homogenization. The strain measurements correlated well with the properties of tablets including content uniformity and tablet hardness. Mixing performance was largely dominated by the material properties of the mixture, and the blend uniformity measurement was affected by the sample size analyzed. An experimental protocol was developed to measure the blend uniformity in the in-line mode, and a methodology was further built to quantitatively relate the in-line NIR measurements with the off-line wet chemistry measurements. Considering the shear limitations of the continuous bladed mixer, alternative blending strategies, suitable for blending of cohesive materials were also demonstrated. A combination of a high-shear mixing followed by a low-shear mixing process provided the optimal mixing performance. The predictive understanding of the continuous powder mixing process developed in this dissertation can assist towards the design and development of a fully controlled continuous manufacturing process.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Aditya U. Vanaras
Energy and angular distributions of the low-energy electron emission in collisions of 4 MeV/u bare F ions with He atoms
No full textThe energy and angular distributions of double-differential cross sections (DDCS) of electron emission from He in collisions with 4 MeV/u F9 + ions are reported. The derived single-differential distributions and the total cross sections are also reported. The measured distributions of the low-energy electrons between 1 and 400 eV over a wide angular range between 20° and 160° are compared with the state-of-the-art quantum mechanical models. The first Born (B1) and the continuum distorted wave-eikonal initial state (CDW-EIS) approximations are used for this purpose. The DDCS for a given angle was found to fall by a few orders of magnitude over the electron energy range studied. The CDW-EIS model provides excellent agreement with the energy distributions and the angular distributions. The electron energy dependence of the forward?backward asymmetry parameter shows monotonically increasing behaviour. This has been explained very well in terms of the CDW-EIS model, which includes the two-centre effect. A large deviation from the B1 is also observed. We have also derived the single-differential distributions in terms of the angle as well as the electron energy. These distributions are also well reproduced by the CDW-EIS model.Fil: Misra, Deepankar. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; IndiaFil: Kelkar, Aditya H.. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; IndiaFil: Fainstein, Pablo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Area de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); ArgentinaFil: Tribedi, Lokesh C.. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; Indi
Crystal Dynamics and Anharmonic Properties of Bi-Pb-Tl Alloys
No full textTitle: Crystal Dynamics and Anharmonic Properties of Bi-Pb-Tl Alloys, Author: Aditya P. Roy, Location: ThodeThe crystal dynamics and anharmonic properties have
been investigated in disordered alloys of Bi-Pb-Tl using slow
neutron spectrometry. Damping of phonons caused by phonon-phonon
interaction and the effect of the force constant
disorder on the lifetime of the phonons have been studied in
the alloys. Measurements of the coefficients of thermal
expansion are reported. An experimental method of determining
the lattice frequency spectra by coherent inelastic scattering
of neutrons from polycrystalline materials is described.ThesisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD
On the two-potential constitutive modelling of rubber viscoelastic materials
No full textU of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 93166 on 2018-07-08T09:15:36Z."This work lays out the specialization of the two-potential constitutive framework --- also known as the ""generalized standard materials'' framework --- to rubber viscoelasticity. Inter alia, it is shown that a number of popular rubber viscoelasticity formulations, introduced over the years following different approaches, are special cases of this framework. As a first application of practical relevance, the framework is utilized to put forth a new objective and thermodynamically consistent rubber viscoelastic model for incompressible isotropic elastomers. The model accounts for the non-Gaussian elasticity of elastomers, as well as for the deformation-enhanced shear thinning of their viscous dissipation governed by reptation dynamics. The descriptive and predictive capabilities of the model are illustrated via comparisons with experimental data available from the literature for two commercially significant elastomers."Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01The student, Aditya Kumar, accepted the attached license on 2016-04-21 at 16:42.The student, Aditya Kumar, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-04-21 at 17:40.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-04-25 at 13:53.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9421 on 2016-07-07 at 13:50:34Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T20:27:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Stitches: Blending landscape fabric through the golden threads of spatial identity in San Riku coastline, Otsuchi, Iwate, Japan
No full textDisaster prevention and coastal protection of Otsuchi have affected the livelihood and the daily pattern of lifestyle of the regular Otsuchian. This work represents the alternative to a typical top down prefectural level demand for a line based infrastructural solution to disaster prevention and creates the required importance of livelihood, culture and identity of a place over the protection structure. While in the design of such critical areas it is important to place protection of the citizens at a high level, it is also a necessity to understand the situation of each city as different from each other. In this way, the genius loci of a place is founded. Along the San Riku coastline where the tsunami and earthquake hit the hardest due to the landscape features and the proximity to the epicenter the government has set a list of top down governed structures that have impacted the urban fabric of the city, This document looks at one of these towns “Otsuchi” and how alternate solutions based on the historical and landscape features of the district can help create landscapes of livelihood for the citizens. Otsuchi among many other Japanese cities faces the issue of a shrinking population due to a lack of economy, a lack of education in the rural areas and a lack of opportunities. The design document also looks at how Identity crisis in a Rias coastline/ Aditya Athreya Rao/ TU Delft 1 landscape can create a set of cyclical opportunities for the people to develop their town responsibly and sustain-ably as they see fit. Landscape design seeks to provide opportunity to the stakeholders to further create, it provides the platform for this creation and the thesis looks at ideas and solutions on ways this can be done. Keywords: Landscape Infrastructure, Identity, Contextual Design Genius Loci, Landscape Design, New landscapesFlowscapesArchitecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architectur
Navigating the Second Victim Experience in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Colonoscopy.
No full textThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2025 The Author(s). JGH Open: An open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology published by Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and
John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
Evaluating model free policy optimization strategies for non linear systems
No full textThe Iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator (ILQR), a variant of Differential Dynamic Programming (DDP) is a tool for optimizing both open-loop trajectories and guiding feedback controllers using dynamics information that can be inferred from data. This technique assumes linear dynamics and quadratic cost functions and improves the control policy iteratively until convergence. We demonstrate the capabilities of this framework in designing controllers for regulating both natural and custom behavior on a simple pendulum, the primitive non linear system. The method's assumptions limit its validity to smaller regions of the state space. Direct Policy Search methods use Reinforcement Learning to develop controllers for such scenarios. Nevertheless, these methods require numerous samples to generate an optimal policy and often converge to poor local optima. Guided Policy Search (GPS) is a new technique that optimizes complex non-linear policies, such as those represented through deep neural networks, without computing policy gradients in high dimensional parameter space. It trains the policy in a "supervised" fashion using numerous locally valid controllers produced by ILQR. GPS provides appealing improvement and convergence guarantees in simple convex and linear settings and bounds the error in a non-linear setting. We apply Guided Policy Search to generate control policies for locomotion of a tensegrity robot, producing closed-loop motion that could not be achieved with previous methods.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Aditya H. Chukk
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