338 research outputs found
The Cassandras in Exile: A Study of the Diasporic Sensibility in the Poetry of Meena Alexander, Sujata Bhatt, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Moniza Alvi and Jean Arasanayagam
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Topology-aware distributed graph processing for tightly-coupled clusters
Get PDFCloud applications have burgeoned over the last few years, but they are typically written for loosely-coupled clusters such as datacenters. In this thesis we investigate how one can run cloud applications in tightly-coupled clusters and network topologies, namely super-computers. Specifically, we look at a class of distributed machine learning systems called distributed graph processing systems, and run them on NCSA Blue Waters. Partitioning the graph is key to achieving performance in distributed graph processing systems. We present new topology-aware partitioning techniques that better exploit the structure of the network topologies in supercomputers. Compared to existing work, our new Restricted Oblivious and Grid Centroid partitioning approaches produce 25-33% improvement in makespan, along with a sizable reduction in network traffic. We also discuss optimizations such as smart network buffers that further amplify the improvement. To help operators select the best graph partitioning technique, we culminate our experimental results into a decision tree.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-05-01The student, Mayank Bhatt, accepted the attached license on 2018-04-23 at 17:13.The student, Mayank Bhatt, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2018-04-23 at 17:20.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2018-04-24 at 15:21.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #12435 on 2018-08-31 at 17:21:19Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-04T20:36:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Erratum: Hybrid group recommendation using modified termite colony algorithm: A context towards big data (Journal of Physical Chemistry (2018) 17:2 (1850019) DOI: 10.1142/S0219649218500193)
No full textWe would like to make the following correction to this article. The third author a±liation should be read as follows: Chintan Bhatt U. & P. U. Patel Department of Computer Engineering Charotar University of Science and Technology Changa, Gujarat 388421, India [email protected]
The Dementia Dilemma in India: Addressing the Care Challenges with a Layered Interventional Model (LIM)
No full textThis project presents a literature review focused on the growing public health challenge of dementia in India. With the aging population increasing rapidly, the burden of dementia-related care is expected to intensify in coming decades. The review examines existing research, health system gaps, and sociocultural challenges related to dementia care across urban and rural settings.
The core contribution of this work is a proposed layered interventional model designed to strengthen dementia care through a combination of community-based services, caregiver support, primary health integration, and policy-level reforms.
The goal of this project is to:
Highlight critical gaps in dementia care infrastructure and awareness
Synthesize research on existing care models and interventions
Propose a strategic, layered approach to improve dementia outcomes in India.
Author: Jessica Bhatt
Affiliation: Independent Researcher
Date: May 2025
Tags: Dementia, Care Pathway, India, Challenges, Potential Solutions, Geriatric Care, Health Systems, Literature Revie
A short glossary of inclusive language
Get PDF© The Author(s), 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Craig, S. E., & Bhatt, E. A short glossary of inclusive language. Oceanography, 34(2), (2021), https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.207.Words matter—that old adage that many of us may have heard as children,
Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words will never hurt me,
is a harmful fallacy. In reality, the language we use has tremendous power to alienate, exclude, deride, humiliate, and wound
A Carbon Footprint of Medical Faculties in B J Medical College, Ahmedabad City, Gujarat, India
No full textIntroduction: A Carbon footprint measures human consumption of natural resources in comparison to Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate them. It represents the human impact on the Earth in a clear manner.
Material & methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among faculty members of B.J Medical College & Hospital Ah- medabad, Gujarat, India. The study was conducted in month of June to October 2011. Study Participants included 125 medical doctors of different departments of the college and hospital inter- viewed by pre-designed and a pre-tested questionnaire. Coded data were analyzed in Epi info version 3.5.1. Percentages have been presented.
Results: Male: female ratio 56:44.Their carbon foot-print was poor because 88% of them didn’t use share-based vehicles or public transport. Only 5.6% had solar devices at home. Housing-footprint was good as 100% of them used water-saving-techniques at home. Use of elevator (40.6%) was found common. 62.4% never used or- ganic food. Goods & service foot-print was poor; only 13.6% didn’t use plastic bags on daily basis. 23.2% never bothered about usage of mobile phones, 12.8% were not interested in tree- plantation
Mapping and Visualizing Research of COVID-19 with Immunology: A Bibliometric Study
Get PDFThis paper aims to demonstrate the World’s scientific contribution to COVID-19 and Immunology research for 2020–2022 and the emerging research pattern using various bibliometric parameters. The research publications were
retrieved from the SCOPUS database and analyzed using MS Excel, R Studio, and VOS Viewer software. The VOS Viewer software is mainly used for networking and visualization to understand the research pattern better. A total of 2877 documents were retrieved from SCOPUS using the search topic
COVID-19 and Immunology. The research found that DIAO B was a prolific author in COVID-19 and Immunology research, with 1247 publications. The most productive countries and institutions in this field were the USA (555 publications) and Huazhong university of science and technology (409
publications). The five hot author keywords are COVID-19, Sars-cov-2, Vaccine, Coronavirus and Antibody. The present study provides various networking map of research publications regarding the immune response
during COVID-19 infection. The results benefit researchers and practitioners in India and worldwide for understanding the pattern of research on COVID19 and identifying the potential immune response against SARS-CoV-
A Scientometric Exploration of Global Publications of Yoga Research from 2002-2021
Get PDFThe paper aims to provide an in-depth evaluation of the research output of Yoga for a period of 20 years, from 2002-2021. A total of 3498 documents retrieved from the Web of Science(WoS) database are considered for this analysis. The research finds that Cramer, H. was a most prolific author in Yoga scientific research with the highest 79 publications and top 2980 global citations. The most productive country is the USA, with 23967 publications, followed by India (5822) and Australia (2258). There was a significant increase in publications during the period of study. Most articles were published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. The highest number of Yoga research papers were contributed by two Indian institutions: All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences. Cramer H’ published the highest number of papers. The present study will be helpful for other researchers for further studies on Yoga research and policymakers for funding decisions and strategies
Bilingual interactions, linguistic choices, and the nature of bilingual grammar: Korean students in the United States
Get PDFThe goal of this dissertation is to make empirical and theoretical contributions to the understanding of the nature of the sociolinguistic grammar of bilingual language use. Specifically the main goal will test the claims of a theoretical methodology—that is, Optimality Theory (OT)-inspired—that imposes order on the vast array of sociolinguistic functions of code-switching and reach for generalizations, i.e., to what extent (or whether) Bhatt and Bolonyai’s (2011) model of OPTIMIZATION in code-switching generalizes over Korean-English bilingual data.
In the dissertation, the Korean-English bilingual data demonstrate the operation of the five constraints of Bhatt and Bolonyai (2011): FAITH, POWER, SOLIDARITY, PERSPECTIVE, and FACE. In other words, these universal constraints find empirical presence in the data analyzed in this dissertation. The Korean Heritage Students (KHS) data demonstrate that the interaction and optimal satisfaction of the five constraints yields a grammar that shows a complete domination-hierarchy among the following constraints, a desirable result, given OT: FAITH>>PERPSPECTIVE >>FACE>>SOLIDARITY>>POWER. Bhatt and Bolonyai (2011) had argued that the ideal in an OT-inspired account—where all constraints are potentially in conflict with each other—would be a grammar that resolves the conflict in a strict domination hierarchy. The Korean Early Study Abroaders (KESA) data also demonstrate the presence of a ranked grammar as follows; FAITH>> {PERSPECTIVE, FACE}>> POWER>> SOLIDARITY. The result of a preliminary data analysis of the KHS-KESA interactions indicates that the grammar of KHS acquiesces to KESA as follows, which could be an act of sociolinguistic accommodation; FAITH>> {PERSPECTIVE, FACE}>>POWER>>SOLIDARITY. This result, however, is counterintuitive considering the
stableness of the grammar of KHS compared to KESA’s. However, this is an interesting issue left for future research.
The research of the nature and design of a sociolinguistic grammar of bilingual interaction, that is, patterns of language use, contributes to the field of code-switching by shifting the theoretical focus of a study of bilinguals’ linguistic choices, i.e., code-switching, from monolingualism (or double monolingualism) to bilingualism—from monolingual grammars to bilingual grammars. This is not a new approach to bilingualism. Ferguson (1979) and Kachru (1987) already suggested in their early studies on multi-/bilingualism. In addition, the results of the research empirically validate the theoretical framework of OPTIMIZATION as a key construct of a sociolinguistic grammar (of bilingual language use); the Korean-English bilinguals data demonstrate the operations of five constraints and their interactions to build up a particular ranking for the optimal bilingual grammar of KHS and KESA. Finally, the domain of interaction across groups of quite similar (but not the same) bilinguals, KHS and KESA, shows that there might (must) be an interaction: that OT-grammars are mutable, in that domain. This is another research project for future that could bring an answer to the question of “How (and when/ where) do “processes” of linguistic accommodation, identification, and stance-taking interact with OPITMIZATION?”Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2017-12-01The student, Young-Sun Lee, accepted the attached license on 2015-11-17 at 15:43.The student, Young-Sun Lee, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2015-11-17 at 16:24.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2015-11-18 at 14:15.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #8799 on 2016-03-02 at 14:05:50Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-02T20:23:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Engineering ethics and the Drexel University Library : a collaborative teaching partnership
No full textAt Drexel University, the present undergraduate engineering curriculum has evolved from the Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project and the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition, both National Science Foundation (NSF) funded initiatives to re-engineer undergraduate engineering education. Since its institutionalization in 1994, the curriculum has served as a model for an integrated lower-division engineering curriculum. One aspect of engineering education proposed in this curriculum was “addressing ethics in the context of an engineering issue”. To accomplish this goal, courses were designed with engineering ethics topics embedded within the syllabus. In parallel, the past decade has seen extensive growth in the number of electronic journals such as those from the IEEE, and electronic books available as subscription based library electronic resources. Along with the web, this has created an information overload that is now a major source of confusion among students. This paper discusses an effort to integrate these resources into coursework, as collaborative partnerships among the faculty, the library and students. We describe various materials used for teaching ethics, library created web-based instruction, librarian consultations with students to help them find various sources of information for engineering ethics, and in the process target ABET requirements of lifelong learning
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