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A Poetic Record of the Rajput Rebellion, c. 1680
No full textAbstractThrough comparison of three poetic texts describing the career of Rana Raj Singh of Mewar (r. 1652–1680), this paper demonstrates how representations of Aurangzeb could vary dramatically even when they were produced for the same Rajput court. Much of the paper focuses on Rāj-vilās, a vernacular-language work with a lengthy account of conflict between Aurangzeb and the Rajput lords of Marwar and Mewar. Rāj-vilās is also noteworthy for its negative portrayal of the Mughal emperor, whom it castigates as a wicked killer of kin who was duplicitous and vengeful. Sometimes thought to be modern constructions, the criticisms of Aurangzeb found in Rāj-vilās reveal that certain ideas about Indian historical figures have continued to be deployed and repurposed over the centuries. Yet Rajput views during Aurangzeb's lifetime were not uniformly unfavourable, as the Sanskrit texts Rāja-ratnākara and Rāja-praśasti attest. Although these two works resembled Rāj-vilās in covering the reign of Rana Raj Singh and were written at roughly the same time, they cast Aurangzeb in a considerably more positive light. This difference can be attributed to the fluctuating political relationship between the Mughal empire and the Mewar kingdom in the decade between 1677 and 1687, underscoring the need to carefully identify the historical contexts within which representations of Aurangzeb were produced and circulated.</jats:p
Orthographic influences, vocabulary development and phonological awareness in deaf children who use cochlear implants
No full textIn the current study, we explore the influence of orthographic knowledge on phonological awareness in children with cochlear implants and compare developmental associations to those found for hearing children matched for word reading level or chronological age. We show an influence of orthographic knowledge on syllable and phoneme awareness in deaf and hearing children, but no orthographic effect on rhyme awareness. Nonorthographic rhyme awareness was a significant predictor of reading outcomes for all groups. However, whereas receptive vocabulary knowledge was the most important predictor of word reading variance in the cochlear implant group, rhyme awareness was the only important predictor of word reading variance in the reading level matched hearing group. Both vocabulary and rhyme awareness were equally important in predicting reading in the chronological age-matched hearing group. The data suggest that both deaf and hearing children are influenced by orthography when making phonological judgments, and that phonological awareness and vocabulary are both important for reading developmen
Steering control and Kalman filter position estimation comparison for an autonomous underwater vehicle
No full textAutonomous vehicles for sub-sea exploration are gaining in popularity. They offer longer operational time, can reach a wider and deeper area of the sea with low risk of failure. The control system and the localization system are two of the most important components that ensure the success of the mission. However, the performance of these subsystems is affected by external noise and disturbances. This thesis presents a Hierarchical rule-based reduction fuzzy controller as a solution to control systems suffering from noisy feedback and affected by external current flow disturbances. Performance comparisons with LQR and Pure Pursuit controllers show that under these conditions, the hierarchical rule-base reduction fuzzy logic controller is able to reject disturbances and sensor noises better than its counterparts. Furthermore, this research observes the performance of all three controllers under challenging path trajectories. As the complexity of the path increased, the LQR controller's performance was observed to be better than that of Fuzzy and Pure Pursuit controllers. It is suggested under uncertain dynamics and noisy sensor conditions, a fuzzy controller should be used because of its higher ability to filter out noises and reject disturbances. Challenges in localization are addressed using the Unscented version of the Kalman filter, in which reduced order dynamic model predictions are fused with measurements. When compared to the Extended Kalman filter, the Unscented Kalman Filter was observed to suppress noise much better; its performance was observed to be robust as the noise in sensor data increased. The EKF was observed to have a lower error covariance matrix value than the UKF, suggesting higher confidence in the EKF value. The UKF values were well within the acceptable limits.Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2021-09-16 without embargo termsThe student, Ayush Rajput, accepted the attached license on 2021-04-27 at 09:31.The student, Ayush Rajput, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2021-04-27 at 09:46.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2021-04-28 at 16:45.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #16579 on 2021-09-16 at 16:48:35Made available in DSpace on 2021-09-17T01:13:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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sj-docx-9-pie-10.1177_09544089221107295 - Supplemental material for Unsteady thermally radiative Prandtl fluid flow past a magnetized inclined porous stretching device with double-diffusion, viscous dissipation, and Joule heating
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-9-pie-10.1177_09544089221107295 for Unsteady thermally radiative Prandtl fluid flow past a magnetized inclined porous stretching device with double-diffusion, viscous dissipation, and Joule heating by Amar B. Patil, Nalini S. Patil, Vishwambhar S. Patil, Pooja P. Humane and Govind R Rajput in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
sj-docx-6-pie-10.1177_09544089211050715 - Supplemental material for Thermally and chemically reacted MHD Maxwell nanofluid flow past an inclined permeable stretching surface
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-6-pie-10.1177_09544089211050715 for Thermally and chemically reacted MHD Maxwell nanofluid flow past an inclined permeable stretching surface by Amar B. Patil, Vishwambhar S. Patil, Pooja P. Humane and
Nalini S. Patil, Govind R. Rajput in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
sj-docx-14-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 - Supplemental material for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-14-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet by Pooja P. Humane, Vishwambhar S. Patil, Amar B. Patil, MD. Shamshuddin and Govind R. Rajput in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
Genetic variation at the apolipoprotein B gene and associations with coronary heart disease and its factors.
No full textPhDCoronary heart disease (CED) is the major cause of mortality in Western societies.
The main risk factors are plasma lipoprotein concentrations, smoking, blood pressure and
family history. The effect of family history implies a genetic contribution to the aetiology,
support for which has also come from twin, and other heritability studies. The genetic
component of CHID may be studied by the candidate gene approach, whereby the genes of
products most likely to be involved in the processes leading to CHD, and in its risk factors,
are analysed. The plasma concentration of apolipoprotein (apo) B, the major protein
component of low density lipoprotein (LDL), is positively correlated with the risk of
developing CHD.
In this research, the gene for apo B was analysed for restriction enzyme fragment
length polymorphisms (RFLPs). A RFLP is caused by a sequence change in the DNA, and
results in length variation in the fragments. RFLPs for apo B have been shown to be
associated with CHD and the plasma concentrations of cholesterol, triglycerides and apo B
in some population studies. However, other studies have failed to confirm these relations.
The work described in this thesis was designed to overcome some of the problems which
niay have produced these inconsistencies. A random sample of 300 men, aged 49-65 years,
residing in South Wales was studied. RFLPs determined in these individuals were used to
generate genotypes and haplotypes (arrangements of specific alleles on a single
chromosome). Significant associations were found between some genotypes and some
haplotypes with altered concentrations of plasma total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol and
with risk of CHD and/or with obesity. Presence of Xbal site (X2X2 genotype) was
significantly associated with higher concentrations of plasma LDL cholesterol (p=0.0 19).
Absence of Mspl site (M 1) was associated with significantly elevated concentrations of
plasma total and LDL cholesterol (p < 0.05) by both the techniques of genotype and
haplotype analysis. EcoRl RFLP (absence of the site - El) was the minimum haplotype
necessary to detect a significant association with decreased plasma cholesterol
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concentrations (p < 0.05). Genotypes generated from alleles defined by the Mspl-EcoRl
RFLPs were associated with significant variation in serum cholesterol concentration (p <
0.03), showing a stratification of concentration with the highest being associated with loss
of the Mspl site and the lowest with the presence of the EcoRl site. Both these RFLPs result
in charged aminoacid alterations, and lie close to the LDL receptor binding domain of apo
B. The minimum haplotype necessary for detection of apo B with CHD was Xbal-Mspl (p
< 0.05). The minimum haplotype associated with obesity was the RFLP pair Pvull-Xbal (p
< 0.05).
Further examination for mutations of the CpG dinucleotide which may influence
cholesterol metabolism was undertaken by screening around the putative LDL receptorbinding
domain (RBD) of the apo B gene. One variant was detected for aminoacid residue
3500 (Arg,,,,, 4 Gln) mutation, and two variants for aminoacid residue 3611 which also
corresponds to the MspI mutation (Arg,,, ,4
Gln)
sj-docx-15-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 - Supplemental material for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-15-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet by Pooja P. Humane, Vishwambhar S. Patil, Amar B. Patil, MD. Shamshuddin and Govind R. Rajput in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
sj-docx-13-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 - Supplemental material for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-13-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet by Pooja P. Humane, Vishwambhar S. Patil, Amar B. Patil, MD. Shamshuddin and Govind R. Rajput in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
sj-docx-6-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 - Supplemental material for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-6-pie-10.1177_09544089221078153 for Dynamics of multiple slip boundaries effect on MHD Casson-Williamson double-diffusive nanofluid flow past an inclined magnetic stretching sheet by Pooja P. Humane, Vishwambhar S. Patil, Amar B. Patil, MD. Shamshuddin and Govind R. Rajput in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
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