388 research outputs found
Analýza projevů Mahua Moitra 2020-2021 v Lok Sabha
No full textWomen in parliament long seem to be limited to addressing only certain topics and issues - mostly those that have a 'female-centric' focus. This perspective has been backed by the idea that being women, they are more empathetic, compassionate, honest and liberal. This gives them a better insight into what females want and they are therefore better equipped to address these issues compared to their male counterparts. It is my perspective that female politicians should be looked at beyond this limited scope and addressed as legislators who represent the voice of all people and not only a specific demographic. Using the grounded theory through an exploratory case study method, this thesis focuses on Mahua Moitra and the speeches she made in the Lok Sabha in 2020- 2021. Through this analysis, the thesis gathers what she has contributed to the developing narrative of female political representation in India. Keywords Mahua Moitra, Speech Analysis, Lok Sabha, Female Political Representation in India, Female MPZdá se, že ženy v politice byly dlouho omezovány na řešení pouze určitých témat a problémů - většinou těch, které se zaměřují na ženy. Tento pohled byl podpořen myšlenkou, že političky jakožto ženy jsou empatičtější, soucitnější, čestnější a liberálnější.Tyto vlastnosti jsou předpokladem k tomu, že političky vědí, co ženy chtějí, a jsou proto lépe vybaveny k řešení těchto problémů ve srovnání s jejich mužskými protějšky. Zastávám názor, že na političky by se mělo přestat pohlížet prizmatem tohoto omezeného rámce, a naopak by se k nim mělo přistupovat jako k zákonodárcům, kteří zastupují hlas všech lidí, nejen pouze jedné konkrétní demografické skupiny. S využitím zakotvené teorie a prostřednictvím metody výzkumné případové studie se tato práce zaměřuje na Mahuau Moitru a její politické projevy v Lok Sabha v letech 2020-2021. Prostřednictvím této analýzy má prácepředstavuje, jakým způsobem Mahua Moitra přispěla k rozvoji narativu ženské politické reprezentace v Indii. Klíčová slova: Mahua Moitra, analýza řeči, Lok Sabha, ženská politická reprezentace v Indii, poslankyněDepartment of SociologyKatedra sociologieFakulta sociálních vědFaculty of Social Science
Historical Cultures under Conditions of Deindustrialization Working Group Report
No full textCrumbling smokestacks, shuttered furnaces, and abandoned quarries are all striking representations of deindustrialization. These and other images construct a discourse whose ideological undertones, far from confining them to the realm of symbolic nostalgia, have profound effects on contemporary societies. In 2015, within the European Labor History Network (ELHN), a working group on historical cultures of labor under conditions of deindustrialization (working group) began to critically study and reflect on this nascent theme. It grew from a small group of researchers to a network of academics across Europe and beyond. Though the study of deindustrialization is not new, contemporary work offers insights into the continuing struggle over the meaning of classical industrial work and its loss, revealing unresolved social, cultural, and political tensions. Yet, existing representations of deindustrialization have been criticized as “smokestack nostalgia.” In order to chart how we understand contemporary industrial decay in our political, cultural, and economic climate, the working group explores representations and more-than representations of loss and regeneration in deindustrialized regions, primarily in Europe but widening to include a growing global network
Accurate Description of Photoionization Dynamical Parameters
No full textCalculation of dynamical parameters for photoionization requires an accurate description of the initial and final states of the system, as well as of the outgoing electron. We show that using a linear combination of atomic orbitals B-spline density functional theory (DFT) method to describe the outgoing electron, in combination with correlated equation of motion coupled cluster singles and double Dyson orbitals, gives good agreement with experiment and outperforms other simpler approaches, like plane and Coulomb waves, used to describe the photoelectron. Results are presented for cross-sections, angular distributions, and dichroic parameters in chiral molecules, as well as for photoionization from excited states. We also present a comparison with the results obtained using Hartree-Fock and DFT molecular orbitals selected according to Koopmans' theorem for the bound states
Cardiac Arrest in the Operating Room: Resuscitation and Management for the Anesthesiologist Part 1
No full textMoitra VK, Einav S, Thies K-C, et al. Cardiac Arrest in the Operating Room: Resuscitation and Management for the Anesthesiologist Part 1. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2018;127(3):e49-e50
Vertex sparsifiers : new results from old techniques
No full textGiven a capacitated graph and a set of terminals , how should we produce a graph only on the terminals so that every (multicommodity) flow between the terminals in could be supported in with low congestion, and vice versa? (Such a graph is called a flow sparsifier for .) What if we want to be a “simple” graph? What if we allow to be a convex combination of simple graphs? Improving on results of Moitra [Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, 2009, pp. 3--12] and Leighton and Moitra [Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, ACM, New York, 2010, pp. 47--56], we give efficient algorithms for constructing (a) a flow sparsifier that maintains congestion up to a factor of , where ; (b) a convex combination of trees over the terminals that maintains congestion up to a factor of ; (c) for a planar graph , a convex combination of planar graphs that maintains congestion up to a constant factor. This requires us to give a new algorithm for the 0-extension problem, the first one in which the preimages of each terminal are connected in . Moreover, this result extends to minor-closed families of graphs. Our bounds immediately imply improved approximation guarantees for several terminal-based cut and ordering problems
Reference values of impulse oscillometry (IOS) for healthy Indian adults
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Simulating weak-field attosecond processes with a Lanczos reduced basis approach to time-dependent equation-of-motion coupled-cluster theory
No full textA time-dependent equation-of-motion coupled-cluster singles and doubles (TD-EOM-CCSD) method is implemented, which uses a reduced basis calculated with the asymmetric band Lanczos algorithm. The approach is used to study weak-field processes in small molecules induced by ultrashort valence pump and core probe pulses. We assess the reliability of the procedure by comparing TD-EOM-CCSD absorption spectra to spectra obtained from the time-dependent coupled-cluster singles and doubles method, and observe that spectral features can be reproduced for several molecules, at much lower computational times. We discuss how multiphoton absorption and symmetry can be handled in the method, and general features of the core-valence separation projection technique. We also model the transient absorption of an attosecond x-ray probe pulse by the glycine molecule
A Fine-grained Characterization of PAC Learnability
No full textIn the multiclass PAC setting, even when full learnability is unattainable, meaningful information can often be extracted to guide predictions. However, classical learning theory has mainly focused on the dichotomy “learnable vs. non-learnable”, leaving notions of partial learnability largely unexplored. Indeed, even for a non-learnable class, a learner may still achieve partial success-for example, by making reliable predictions whenever the true label belongs to a fixed subset of the label space, even if it fails otherwise. Similarly, the rigid nature of PAC learnability makes it impossible to distinguish between classes where one can achieve favorable trade-offs between, say, false-positive and false-negative rates, and classes where such trade-offs are fundamentally unattainable. In a nutshell, standard PAC learnability precludes a fine-grained exploration of learnability. To overcome this limitation, we develop a fine-grained theory of PAC learnability. For any hypothesis class H, given a loss function (which quantifies the penalty for predicting y^ instead of the true label y) and a target loss threshold z, our theory determines whether it is possible to achieve a loss of at most z. In contrast, classical PAC learning considers only the special case of the zero-one loss and z=0, corresponding to a near perfect classification guarantee. We give a complete characterization of all attainable guarantees, captured by a \emph{finite family} of combinatorial dimensions, which we term the \emph{J-cube dimensions} of H. These dimensions are defined for every subset J of at least two labels. This extends the fundamental theorem of realizable PAC learning based on the VC dimension. In fact, our results hold in a more general multi-objective setting where we fully characterize the Pareto frontier of guarantees attainable for the class H
Reference equations for oscillometry and their differences among populations: a systematic scoping review
No full textRespiratory oscillometry is gaining global attention over traditional pulmonary function tests for its sensitivity in detecting small airway obstructions. However, its use in clinical settings as a diagnostic tool is limited because oscillometry lacks globally accepted reference values. In this scoping review, we systematically assessed the differences between selected oscillometric reference equations with the hypothesis that significant heterogeneity existed between them. We searched bibliographic databases, registries and references for studies that developed equations for healthy adult populations according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A widely used Caucasian model was used as the standard reference and compared against other models using Bland–Altman and Lin's concordance correlational analyses. We screened 1202 titles and abstracts, and after a full-text review of 67 studies, we included 10 in our analyses. Of these, three models had a low-to-moderate agreement with the reference model, particularly those developed from non-Caucasian populations. Although the other six models had a moderate-to-high agreement with the standard model, there were still significant sex-specific variations. This is the first systematic analysis of the heterogeneity between oscillometric reference models and warrants the validation of appropriate equations in clinical applications of oscillometry to avoid diagnostic errors
Aclidinium bromide/formoterol fixed-dose combination therapy for COPD: the evidence to date
No full textSubhabrata Moitra,1 Arvind B Bhome,2 Bill B Brashier1 1Chest Research Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra, India; 2Indian Coalition of Obstructive Lung Diseases (ICOLD) Network, Pune, Maharashtra, India Abstract: The quest for the right combination of bronchodilators with different mechanisms of action such as long-acting muscarinic antagonists and long-acting β-agonists in the management of stable moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a topic of intense research activity currently, given the rising morbidity and mortality due to this disease. The fixed-dose combination of aclidinium bromide and formoterol fumarate in a single inhaler seems to offer superior advantages over either drugs given alone or as separate inhalers concurrently. Since the fixed-dose combination needs to be given twice daily, it is likely to achieve control of symptoms most crucial to the quality of life in COPD, namely, the morning hours. This is reflected in significant trough FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) improvements after the dose. This paper reviews the various studies related to this combination put in the perspective of its safety and efficacy and potential benefits over other therapeutic options. However, there is a dearth of data on the long-term safety and efficacy in terms of improvement in lung function. This combination could emerge as an excellent option in the management of stable COPD if data on exacerbation rates and patient-reported outcomes become available from longer-term studies. Moreover, we need some more studies to define the ideal phenotype of COPD best suited for the use of this combination. Keywords: aclidinium, formoterol, COPD, lung function, bronchodilators, combination therap
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