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Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Library Operation: An Overview
No full textThis paper discusses the different dimension of the ICTs. It gives an awareness of technology in library and why there is a need to understand the use of ICT in the library for rendering enhanced library services and information to users. The current study highlights the areas where ICT can be applied. Basically, the paper explains different technologies and their use in the library operation. How library services are prompted with the use of technology like RemoteXs, RFID Technology, QR Code, etc. have discoursed in the study. The present study discusses various library operations using library automation. In this paper, the benefits of institutional repositories have been discussed for archiving the library resources. The very purpose of this study is to express the usefulness of the different ICT for quickest and approachable information dissemination
Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Library Operation: An Overview
No full textThis paper discusses the different dimension of the ICTs. It gives an awareness of technology in library and why there is a need to understand the use of ICT in the library for rendering enhanced library services and information to users. The current study highlights the areas where ICT can be applied. Basically, the paper explains different technologies and their use in the library operation. How library services are prompted with the use of technology like RemoteXs, RFID Technology, QR Code, etc. have discoursed in the study. The present study discusses various library operations using library automation. In this paper, the benefits of institutional repositories have been discussed for archiving the library resources. The very purpose of this study is to express the usefulness of the different ICT for quickest and approachable information dissemination
Ankrd2 modulates NF-kB mediated inflammatory responses during muscle differentiation
Full text linkAdaptive responses of skeletal muscle regulate the nuclear shuttling of the sarcomeric protein Ankrd2 that can transduce different stimuli into specific adaptations by interacting with both structural and regulatory proteins. In a genome-wide expression study on Ankrd2 knockout or overexpressing primary proliferating or differentiating myoblasts, we found an inverse correlation between Ankrd2 levels and the expression of proinflammatory genes and identified Ankrd2 as a potent repressor of inflammatory responses through direct interaction with the NF-kB repressor subunit p50. In particular, we identified Gsk3ß as a novel direct target of the p50:Ankrd2 repressosome dimer and found that the recruitment of p50 by Ankrd2 is dependent on Akt2-mediated phosphorylation of Ankrd2 upon oxidative stress during myogenic differentiation. Surprisingly, the absence of Ankrd2 in slow muscle negatively affected the expression of cytokines and key calcineurin-dependent genes associated with the slow-twitch muscle program. Thus, our findings support a model in which alterations in Ankrd2 protein and phosphorylation levels modulate the balance between physiological and pathological inflammatory responses in muscle
An Analytical Study on Research Data Management in Higher Educational Institutions with Special Reference to India
No full textThe present era witnesses an exponential growth in research data generated by Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) across the globe. As this data becomes increasingly critical for advancing scientific knowledge, it is essential to ensure its efficient management, preservation, and accessibility. This Ph.D. thesis titled "An Analytical Study on Research Data Management in Higher Educational Institutions with Special Reference to India" addresses the pressing need for effective research data management practices in Indian HEIs.
Under the esteemed guidance of Dr. Biswanath Dutta, Associate Professor at the Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Bangalore, the researcher embarks on an in-depth exploration of research data management practices within the context of Indian higher education.
The primary objective of this Ph.D. thesis is to conduct an analytical study to understand the current state of research data management practices in Indian HEIs. The research will delve into identifying the existing infrastructural capabilities, policies, and frameworks governing research data management in these institutions. Furthermore, the study aims to evaluate the adoption of best practices among researchers, faculty, and other stakeholders involved in research data management.
Intellectual Property Rights Statement: The ideas presented in this Ph.D. thesis project belong to Narendra Kumar Bhoi and are protected by copyright laws. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, or adaptation of the content without proper acknowledgment or permission is strictly prohibited. All rights are reserved by the author
Automated Geo-Spatial Hazard Warning System GEOWARNS: Italian Case Study
No full textHazard warning is an area of research that requires both hazard evaluation and warning dissemination. At present, no such system carrying out both hazard evaluation and warning communication directly to the user community exists. Thus, there has been a need to develop an automated integrated system to categorize hazard and issue warning that reaches users directly. The objective of this paper is to develop an integrated, independent, generalized, and automated geo-hazard warning system, making use of geo-spatial data under popular usage platform. Thus, in this paper, development of GEOWARNS, an automated geo-spatial hazard warning system, has been elaborated. Testing and validation of the developed system has been carried out for landslide hazard evaluation and its warning dissemination pertaining to a comprehensive case study in Italy. The functionality of GEOWARNS is modular in architecture, having input, understanding, rainfall prediction, expert, output, and warning modules. The categories of hazard zones that have been evaluated by GEOWARNS show discrepancy of 5.9% in high hazard zones, nearly approximately 1.1 and 3.8% in moderate- and low-hazard zones, respectively, in comparison with the in situ expert evaluation. Further, the message dissemination through local cellular network has been found to be immediate with a maximum time lag recorded of 50 s, a minimum of 5 s, and an average of 15 s within the acceptable limits as indicated by the authorities in the United Nations (UN). Thus, it can be concluded that an automated hazard warning system has been developed. However, other scopes are needed to develop it furthe
A landslide hazard warning system
No full textHazard warning is necessary for effective mitigation due to disaster. People moving into a hazard prone area need to be made aware of the level of threat. In this study, a system to warn against hazard is being proposed. It aims to be independent, fast and pervasive. It is designed to be a generalized system that could be deployed across any region. The system is modular in structure consisting of four functional units and gets activated once it is fed with threat level with geo-location. The existing cellular network is being utilized for disseminating hazard information as short messages. Currently the system is built for warning hazard due to landslides and classification accuracy was previously tested in this domain. Now the message permeability is shown to be virtually instantaneous with a maximum time lag recorded as 50 seconds, minimum of 10 seconds. On an average, the perceived threat message whether high, moderate or low threat, reaches a mobile user within 30 seconds. Such a handy system could be very useful in a densely populated country like India where existing governmental policies to reach effected people is time consuming leaving the people unaware of the impending hazard. The system is light on resources and expenditure and thus, offers a trade-off between accuracy and usability. The system can be accommodated with any kind of hazard simply by replacing the kernel domain knowledg
Dr. Narendra KUMAR
No full textSéjour : du 27/05/2011 au 17/06/2011 K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit & Monoritis Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi – 110 025 Thème de recherche : Understanding Social Exclusion of Romans in Franc
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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