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Emotional Intelligence and Attitude Extremity
No full textAssociated publication: Irvin, R. L., Krishnakumar, S., & Robinson, M. D. (in press). Evaluation experts: Relations between ability emotional intelligence and attitude strength indicators. Emotion
Emotional Intelligence and Attitude Extremity
No full textAssociated publication: Irvin, R. L., Krishnakumar, S., & Robinson, M. D. (in press). Evaluation experts: Relations between ability emotional intelligence and attitude strength indicators. Emotion
In Defense of the Debt Limit Statute
No full textThe debt limit statute is a critical feature of the federal budget process and prompts frequent legislation to increase the government\u27s borrowing authority. In this Article, Professor Anita S. Krishnakumar examines the history of the debt limit statute as well as its function in the fiscal constitution. The Article deconstructs several popular criticisms of the debt limit statute, arguing that the criticisms exaggerate and that the statute in fact serves two important roles: first, the statute is the last remnant of congressional control and accountability over the national debt; second, it acts as an important institutional check on party and interest group politics. The Article ends by suggesting several reforms to the existing debt statute framework, aimed at increasing congressional accountability for the debt consequences of federal spending and taxing choices, as well as at curbing some of the dangers associated with the current framework
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In Defense of the Debt Limit Statute
No full textThe debt limit statute is a critical feature of the federal budget process and prompts frequent legislation to increase the government\u27s borrowing authority. In this Article, Professor Anita S. Krishnakumar examines the history of the debt limit statute as well as its function in the fiscal constitution. The Article deconstructs several popular criticisms of the debt limit statute, arguing that the criticisms exaggerate and that the statute in fact serves two important roles: first, the statute is the last remnant of congressional control and accountability over the national debt; second, it acts as an important institutional check on party and interest group politics. The Article ends by suggesting several reforms to the existing debt statute framework, aimed at increasing congressional accountability for the debt consequences of federal spending and taxing choices, as well as at curbing some of the dangers associated with the current framework
Floor plan extraction from digital building models
No full textTauscher, H., Krishnakumar, S., & Heigener D. (2022). Floor plan extraction from digital building models.
In: Minghini, M., Liu, P., Li, H., Grinberger, A.Y., & Juhász, L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Academic Track at State of the Map 2022, Florence, Italy, 19-21 August 2022. Available at https://zenodo.org/communities/sotm-2
Coordination of psychosocial activities at the Jaffna District level in Sri Lanka
No full textIn response to pressing needs, a mechanism for coordinating psychosocial activities evolved organically in the Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka following the Asian tsunami of 2004. The Mental Health Task Force attempted to coordinate both governmental and nongovernmental organizations, local and international, which were involved in psychosocial work. In time, the District Psychosocial Forum took over the role of coordination under the direction of the Regional Director of Health Services and District Psychiatrist. With the resurgence of the civil war, the forum has had to respond to the urgent psychosocial needs arising from the conflict situation. The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) delineates guidelines for coordinating psychosocial responses of agencies to emergencies due to natural disasters and war that was remarkably similar to the development functioning of the Mental Health Task Force and Psychosocial Forum and their experiences and the lessons learnt.G. Krishnakumar, S. Sivayokan & D. Somasundara
To What Extent does Disability Discourage from Going on the Job Market? Evidence from Italy
No full textPurpose: To investigate the extent to which disability discourages an individual from going on the job market, using data from an Italian survey.
Design/Methodology/Approach: We use an extended definition of labour force participation based on being employed or currently seeking work even if the persons declare themselves as housewives, students, retired or in any other condition other- wise. We use probit, sequential and multinomial logit models for analysing labour force participation and outcomes. We distinguish between the impact of disability in its strict sense and chronic illness explaining the difference.
Findings: In all variants we find that chronic illness is a stronger deterrent for labour force participation than disability. Women are more discouraged compared to men. Intellectual disability is the strongest barrier and hearing the least influential. In a sequential decision-making process, we find that disability affects both labour force participation decision and the ability to be employed but not so much the choice between part-time and full-time.
Originality/value: We have a unique data set from a survey which was specifically targeted at people who were identified as disabled in a previous survey. The Italian context is also special due to its high legal employment quotas and non-compliance sanctions.
Practical implications: Policies providing tailored solutions for improved access to education and health care for disabled persons will enhance their work opportunities.
Research limitations: Data set is cross-sectional and characterised by attrition. It would be interesting to compare results with a longitudinal and more representative data set
Influence of carotid tortuosity on the hemodynamics in cerebral aneurysms
No full textClinical observations indicate that the shape and tortuosity of the carotid siphon are some of the contributing factors to the initiation and growth of an aneurysm. The present study explores the validity of this observation by performing systematic numerical simulations. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based calculations are performed to compare and contrast four different types of patient-specific carotid siphons, viz., C-, S-, U-, and helical shape, to investigate the hemodynamic influences on flow features, secondary flow patterns, and helicity. Fewer curved regions and the presence of local acute curvature were found to result in higher velocity magnitude, leading to giant sidewall aneurysms in the distal end of this curvature. In contrast, a larger number of curved regions in the parent vessel resulted in disturbed flow and reduced maximum streamwise velocity. When the velocity is lower, smaller aneurysms are observed at the bifurcation carina. The influence of siphon tortuosity, which is exemplified through the Dean number and linked to secondary flows, causes higher helicity when the vessel is more tortuous. It is hypothesized that a highly tortuous vessel protects the further growth of an aneurysm. This is in contrast to a less tortuous vessel with single acute curvature and prone to further expansile behavior of an aneurysm
Integrated nutrient management and LCC based nitrogen management on soil fertility and yield of rice (Oryza Sativa L.)
No full textThe experiment was conducted at lowland series of wet lands, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Farm, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. The rice variety PSBRc 82 was raised during wet season (June – October), and the experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four replications. There were eleven treatments viz., control, recommended NPK fertilizer, -N, -P, -K, LCC 3, LCC 4, LCC 5, 100% N as fresh rice straw, 50% N through rice straw compost and 50% N as poultry manure and 50% N as combined organic manures (RSC + PM). The P and K were applied to all the treatments except -P and –K treatments, respectively. The fertilizer N @ 90 kg ha-1, P2O5 @ 40 kg ha-1 and K2O @ 60 kg ha-1 were applied in the form of urea, super phosphate and muriate of potash respectively. The application of N at 90 kg level as 50% through RSC + 50% N as PM registered higher available N, P and K contents of soil during different growth stages as compared to the other treatment combinations including recommended NPK fertilizers. The growth and yield attributes were also found to be improved by the above treatment resulting in more grain and straw yield. With regard to N management, LCC 4 and 5 based N applications recorded higher grain yield as a result of higher soil available nutrients during the critical growth stages.Srinivasagam Krishnakumar and Stephan Haefel
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