195,544 research outputs found
Revitalization of College Libraries with Computer Assistance
No full textAvailability and utilization in teaching learning process; of up-to-date information on topics dealt in colleges is essential to maintain the quality and relevance of college education. The study observes that presently the college libraries in India are not organized in a way in which they can provide information services of required quality. The collections are not properly classified and catalogued. Reference collections lack required source materials. Qualified and competent staff is not available. Improving the situation is costly and time consuming. The paper examines how library automation process can improve library management, collection development, adding reference sources in electronic media in a cost effective way and introduce new and innovative services. Points out that the effects of computerizing college library will give immediate results in the way in which library delivers information, in modes of preparation of lectures by teachers and in the methods of learning by students
R (on the application of Best) v Chief Land Registrar [2015] EWCA Civ 17, Court of Appeal
No full textEssential Cases: Land Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (on the application of Best) v Chief Land Registrar [2015] EWCA Civ 17, Court of Appeal. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Aruna Nair.</p
An investigative and evaluative study of factors affecting quality of agricultural and farm information services in Kerala
No full textAgriculture is not only a country’s backbone of food, livelihood and ecological security systems, but is also the very soul of its sovereignty. In Kerala population density is high and land is scarce. To achieve sustainable advancement in quality of human life, meeting the domestic food requirement is to be given foremost priority in development plans. As the area of cultivation cannot be increased and growth of population cannot be controlled growth in food production is to be achieved by qualitative improvement in farming. This requires improvements in material inputs, farming techniques, storage technology and research. Effective integration of these factors is tied closely to adequate information flow, which can be ensured only by an efficient information system for agricultural education, research, extension and development. So evaluation and improvement of existing information services is very crucial for sustainable agricultural growth. The study evaluates the existing information resources, facilities, services, possibilities for resource sharing, accessibility of external sources, and the factors that affect the quality and efficiency of information services in agricultural sector. Coverage is limited to the State of Kerala. Sample consist 105 institutions of different levels, and information users consisting of 426 scientists and 220 farmers. Different sets of questionnaires and interview schedule were used to elicit information. The study found that agricultural research conducted at various institutions in the region at huge public expense has generated knowledge for improving production. Along with these huge collections of acquired content is also stored in the sector. But when a farmer, an extension worker, a scientist or an administrator needs information it is not easily accessible. The study found that agricultural sector fails to effectively bank on information resources available due to the lack of an information system and network. Recommends an Agricultural and Farm Information System for Kerala. Suggests a model plan for a computer communication network for resource sharing between the agricultural institutions in the State, which will also ensure, smooth flow of results of research down to the grassroots level to achieve maximum productivity in agriculture
Role of public libraries in the national movement in Kerala
No full textHigh degree of participation by all classes of people at various levels was the distinctive feature of national movement in Kerala. This was made possible by the wide public library network that existed in the region. In Kerala the national movement evolved from a series of movements. Most of them were geared up by groups of people connected to library movement. The village libraries acted as discussion forums for the common man by extending the reach of the regional press, regularly conducting classes on political and social aspects, and organizing cultural and literary programmes. By following a participatory governing system the libraries trained the people in democratic form of government also. With the libraries enabling the emergence and marshaling of peoples’ opinion, all classes of people in Kerala exhibited a high degree of political and social consciousness. The rural libraries thus helped the national movement go far beyond its original elite intellectual confines. The entry of the masses into active political life, which they facilitated, helped the quick elimination of princely states in Kerala, and establishment of parliamentary democracy based on universal franchise. The class character of the national movement in Kerala was more or less based on the proletarian characters and that aspect was responsible for bringing leftists into political power for which contribution of the village libraries was unique. [Extended abstract and full paper available in archive
NAIR SERVICE SOCIETY AND THE EMANCIPATION OF TARAVAD WOMEN
No full textAll caste and communities had many problems on their way to progress. To reform their caste they organised movements under their caste. As an organisation Nair Service Society was formed on 31st October 1914 under its headquarters at Perunna in Kottayam district. Before as an organisation a group of leaders in Nair community worked hardly for the reforms of the Nairs. The main contribution of Nair Service Society was the empowerment of women especially in taravads. Taravad is a matrilinial joint family system followed by people in Kerala especially Nairs, consisting of above 50 members. Taravad was under the strict control of karanavar and the women and the junior members have no power. The condition of women in taravads was like slaves. Nair Service Society and its leader Mannathu Padmanabhan worked against the autocratic power of karanavar and influenced the women in taravads. Under the influence of Nair Service Society a number of laws were passed to protect the Nair women
Reply to "comment on 'observation of higher-order diffraction features in self-assembled photonic crystals' "
No full textIn this Reply, we show that the authors of the preceding Comment have not contested any of the major results presented in our original paper [R. V. Nair and R. Vijaya, Phys. Rev. A 76, 053805 (2007)], since the defects have not been quantified in their calculations and the extinction may also arise from factors other than those mentioned in the Comment
Predictive haemodynamics in a one-dimensional human carotid artery bifurcation. Part II: application to graft design
No full textA Bayesian surrogate modelling technique is proposed that may be able to predict an optimal bypass graft configuration for patients suffering with stenosis in the internal carotid artery (ICA). At the outset, this statistical technique is considered as a means for identifying key geometric parameters influencing haemodynamics in the human carotid bifurcation. This methodology uses a design of experiments (DoE) technique to generate candidate geometries for flow analysis. A pulsatile one dimensional Navier-Stokes solver incorporating fluid-wall interactions for a Newtonian fluid which predicts pressure and flow in the carotid bifurcation (comprising a stenosed segment in the internal carotid artery) is used for the numerical simulations. Two metrics, pressure variation factor (PVF) and maximum pressure (pm) are employed to directly compare the global and local effects, respectively, of variations in the geometry. The values of PVF and pm are then used to construct two Bayesian surrogate models. These models are statistically analysed to visualise how each geometric parameter influences PVF and pm. Percentage of stenosis is found to influence these pressure based metrics more than any other geometric parameter. Later, we identify bypass grafts with optimal geometric and material properties which have low values of PVF on five test cases with 70%, 75%, 80%, 85% and 90% stenosis in the ICA, respectively
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