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Characteristics of Anupam Sud's art
No full textAnupam Sud is considered as one of the greatest contemporary artists in India. The author makes polish readers more familiar with this artist. We focused on Sud's main works – graphics, paintings and even a sculpture. The article contains discussion about one of Sud’s most widely used motifs– a woman in search of shakti. Moreover, it covers issues of human depravity, one’s contempt for another, and primarily it points out main problem being faced by Hindu women in a patriarchal society. We draw attention to the most characteristic features of Anupam Sud’s work – artwork as manifested (by which Sud tries to draw attention to the Hindu woman’s situation), chiaroscuro and anatomy.Anupam Sud jest zaliczana do grona najwybitniejszych współczesnych artystów w Indiach. Autorka w swoim tekście przybliża postać mało znaną polskiemu czytelnikowi. Omawia główne jej dzieła – graficzne, malarskie i jedną rzeźbiarską. Snuje rozważania na temat jednego z popularnych typów przedstawień kobiecych, chętnie ukazywanego przez artystkę – kobiety, która poszukuje śakti. Ponadto porusza problem zepsucia człowieka, gardzenia drugim, a przede wszystkim wskazuje na problemy, jakie towarzyszą Induskom w patriarchalnym społeczeństwie. Autorka prezentuje najbardziej charakterystyczne cechy twórczości Anupam Sud: szczegółowe przedstawianie anatomii, mistrzowskie operowanie światłocieniem oraz dzieła-manifesty, którymi graficzka stara się zwrócić uwagę odbiorców na sytuację kobiet w Indiach
A parameter back-calculation technique for pavements under moving loads
No full textMaintenance and rehabilitation strategies of pavements are usually made based on the results of performance evaluation. An efficient tool for pavement structural evaluation at network level is the traffic speed deflectometer (TSD) test. In order to deal with TSD measurements, this paper proposes a parameter back-calculation technique. Firstly, the sensitivity of the surface response for an elastic pavement structure with hysteretic damping to different structural parameters is investigated. Then, the ability of the parameter backcalculation technique is verified by conducting a case study. The results show that the proposed technique is able to back-calculate the structural parameters of pavements by analysing TSD measurements. The presented work contributes to the development of parameter back-calculation techniques for the TSD test.Accepted author manuscriptPavement EngineeringDynamics of Structure
All-norms and all-Lp-norms approximation algorithms
Get PDFwork was done while the author was at Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany
The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World in Commerce
Get PDFOn the ancient Silk Road, treasure-laden caravans made their arduous way through deserts and mountain passes, establishing trade between Asia and the civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean. Today’s electronic Silk Roads ferry information across continents, enabling individuals and corporations anywhere to provide or receive services without obtaining a visa. But the legal infrastructure for such trade is yet rudimentary and uncertain. If an event in cyberspace occurs at once everywhere and nowhere, what law applies? How can consumers be protected when engaging with companies across the world?
In this accessible book, cyber-law expert Anupam Chander provides the first thorough discussion of the law that relates to global Internet commerce. Addressing up-to-the-minute examples, such as Google’s struggles with China, the Pirate Bay’s skirmishes with Hollywood, and the outsourcing of services to India, the author insightfully analyzes the difficulties of regulating Internet trade. Chander then lays out a framework for future policies, showing how countries can dismantle barriers while still protecting consumer interests
A generic domain specific language for financial contracts
No full textFinancial contracts require management, such as valuation, scheduling and generating legal documents. The current approach for managing financial contracts is inefficient, for lack of a universal language for representing contracts. Peyton Jones et al.'s proposed such a language, even though contracts are diverse and new ones are introduced often. We verify that Peyton Jones et al.'s language is expressive enough by using it to represent two new contracts: credit default swap and power reverse dual currency swap. We demonstrate its advantage by using the same
program to value all contracts represented. More generally, we need only one program for each contract management task.M.S.Includes bibliographical references (p. 46)
Fiscal deficits and government debt in India: Implications for growth and stabilisation.
Get PDFThis paper examines the long term profile of fiscal deficit and debt relative to GDP in India, with a view to analysing debt-deficit sustainability issues along with the considerations relevant for determining suitable medium and short-term fiscal policy stance. The impact of debt and fiscal deficit on growth and interest rates that arises from their effect on saving and investment are critical in any examination of sustainability of debt and deficit. It is argued that large structural primary deficits and interest payments relative to GDP have had an adverse effect on growth in recent years. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget management Act (FRBMA) of the central government has certain positive features. While the fiscal deficit target has been defined, it should be considered in conjunction with a target debt-GDP ratio. Further, the central FRBMA should be supplemented by state level fiscal responsibility legislations and an effective hard budget constraint on subnational borrowing. There is a clear need to bring down the combined debt-GDP ratio from its current level, which is in excess of 80 percent of GDP. The process of adjustment can be considered in two phases: adjustment phase and stabilisation phase. In the adjustment phase, fiscal deficit should be reduced in each successive year until revenue deficit, and correspondingly, government dissaving, is eliminated. In the second phase, fiscal deficit could be stabilised at 6 percent of GDP. The debt-GDP ratio would eventually stabilise at 56 percent. In this process, the ratio of interest payments to revenue receipts will fall, enabling a progressively larger amount of primary revenue expenditure to be incurred on the social sectors.Fiscal deficit ; Economic growth
Advances in PGPR research/ edited by Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India, Birinchi Kumar Sarma, Banaras Hindu University, India, Chetan Keswani, Banaras Hindu University, India.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.This book includes 25 contributions from vastly experienced, global experts in PGPR research in a comprehensive and influential manner, with the most recent facts and extended case studies. Also, the chapters address the current global issues in biopesticide research.Mechanisms of Growth Promotion by Members of the Rhizosphere Fungal Genus Trichoderma / Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, Guillermo Nogueira-L opez, Fabiola Padilla Arizmendi, Natalia Cripps-Guazzone, Mar ia Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo, Robert Lawry, Diwakar Kandula, Fatima Berenice Salazar-Badillo, Silvia Salas-Mu noz, Jorge Armando Mauricio-Castillo, Robert Hill, Alison Stewart and Johanna Steyaert -- Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Phytostimulation / Randy Ortiz-Castro, Jes us Salvador L opez-Bucio and Jos e L opez-Bucio -- Real-time PCR as a Tool towards Understanding Microbial Community Dynamics in Rhizosphere / Gautam Anand, Upma Singh, Abhineet Sain, Virendra S. Bisaria and Shilpi Sharma -- Biosafety Evaluation: A Necessary Process Ensuring the Equitable Beneficial Effects of PGPR / Juan Ignacio V ilchez, Richard Daniel Lally and Rafael Jorge Le on Morcillo -- ^Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Remediation / Rama Kant Dubey, Vishal Tripathi, Sheikh Adil Edrisi, Mansi Bakshi, Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Ajeet Singh, Jay Prakash Verma, Akanksha Singh, B.K. Sarma, Amitava Rakshit, D.P. Singh, H.B. Singh and P.C. Abhilash -- Pseudomonas Communities in Soil Agroecosystems / Betina Cecilia Agaras, Luis Gabriel Wall and Claudio Valverde -- Management of Soilborne Plant Pathogens with Beneficial Root-Colonizing Pseudomonas / Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Mingming Yang, Olga V. Mavrodi and Shanshan Wen -- Rhizosphere, Mycorrhizosphere and Hyphosphere as Unique Niches for Soil-Inhabiting Bacteria and Micromycetes / Elena Voronina and Irina Sidorova -- ^The Rhizospheres of Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems are a Source of Microorganisms with Growth-Promoting Potential / Fatima Berenice Salazar-Badillo, Silvia Salas-Mu noz, Jorge Armando Mauricio-Castillo, Jorge S aenz-Mata, Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, Maria Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo and Johanna Steyaert -- Rhizosphere Colonization by Plant-Beneficial Pseudomonas spp.: Thriving in a Heterogeneous and Challenging Environment / Antoine Zboralski, Adrien Biessy and Martin Filion -- Endophytomicrobiont: A Multifaceted Beneficial Interaction / Shatrupa Ray, Vivek Singh, Kartikay Bisen, Chetan Keswani, Surendra Singh and H.B. Singh -- Contribution of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria to the Maize Yield / Vivian Jaskiw Szilagyi Zecchin, Angela Cristina Ikeda and Atila Francisco M ogor -- The Potential of Mycorrhiza Helper Bacteria as PGPR / Marieta Marin Bruzos -- Methods for Evaluating Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Traits / Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa and E.J. Bedmar -- ^The Rhizosphere Microbial Community and Methods of its Analysis / Mukesh Meena, Manish Kumar Dubey, Prashant Swapnil, Andleeb Zehra, Shalini Singh, Punam Kumari and R.S. Upadhyay -- Improving Crop Performance under Heat Stress using Thermotolerant Agriculturally Important Microorganisms / M.K. Chitara, Chetan Keswani, Kartikay Bisen, Vivek Singh, S.P. Singh, B.K. Sarma and H.B. Singh -- Phytoremediation and the Key Role of PGPR / Elisabetta Franchi and Gianniantonio Petruzzelli -- Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) in Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds and Allelochemicals / Deepika Goyal, Janmejay Pandey and Om Prakash -- Harnessing Bio-priming for Integrated Resource Management under Changing Climate / Deepranjan Sarkar, Sumita Pal, H.B. Singh, Ranjeet Singh Yadav and Amitava Rakshit -- ^Unravelling the Dual Applications of Trichoderma spp. as Biopesticide and Biofertilizer / Vivek Singh, Shatrupa Ray, Kartikay Bisen, Chetan Keswani, R.S. Upadhyay, B.K. Sarma and H.B. Singh -- 21 Genome Insights into Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, an Important Component of Rhizosphere Microbiome / Vasvi Chaudhry, Niladri Chaudhry and Shrikant S. Mantri -- Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Mechanism, Role in Crop Improvement and Sustainable Agriculture / Pallavi Mittal, Madhu Kamle, Shubhangini Sharma, Pooja Choudhary, Devendra Pratap Rao and Pradeep Kumar -- PGPR: A Good Step to Control Several of Plant Pathogens / Laith K. Tawfeeq Al-Ani -- Role of Trichoderma Secondary Metabolites in Plant Growth Promotion and Biological Control / Jyoti Singh, Rahul Singh Rajput, Kartikay Bisen, Surendra Singh and H.B. Singh -- ^PGPR-Mediated Defence Responses in Plants under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses / Gagan Kumar, Jai Singh Patel, Anupam Maharshi, Arpan Mukherjee, Chetan Keswani, S.P. Singh, H.B. Singh and B.K. Sarma.1 online resourc
Predicting traction return current in electric railway systems through physics-informed neural networks
No full textThis paper addresses the problem of determining the distribution of the return current in electric railway traction systems. The dynamics of traction return current are simulated in all three space dimensions by informing the neural networks with the Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) known as telegraph equations. In addition, this work proposes a method of choosing optimal activation functions for training the physics-informed neural network to solve higher-dimensional PDEs. We propose a Monte Carlo based framework to choose the activation function in lower dimensions, mitigating the need for ensemble training in higher dimensions. To further strengthen the applicability of the Monte Carlo based framework, experiments are presented under two loss functions governed by L2 and L∞ norms. The presented method efficiently simulates the traction return current for electric railway systems, even for three-dimensional problems.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Railway Engineerin
Computational Modeling of Multilevel Organisational Learning: From Conceptual to Computational Mechanisms
Get PDFThis paper addresses formalization and computational modeling of multilevel organizational learning, which is one of the major challenges for the area of organizational learning. It is discussed how various conceptual mechanisms in multilevel organizational learning as identified in the literature, can be formalized by computational mechanisms which provide mathematical formalizations that enable computer simulation. The formalizations have been expressed using a self-modeling network modeling approach.</p
Ageing effect on the relaxation properties of bitumen
No full textThe ageing of bitumen has a significant impact on the mechanical behavior of asphalt concrete. In this study, Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) tests were utilized to investigate the effect of ageing on the relaxation properties of bituminous materials. PEN 70/100 bitumen films with thickness of 2 mm were exposed to laboratory ageing at various conditions. Specifically, different combinations of ageing time, temperature and pressure were applied on the bitumen films. Three evaluation indices, explicitly the shear stress at 0 s and 100 s, the ratio of shear stress at 0 s and 100 s and the time that shear stress reduces to 50% and 25% of the initial value, were used to determine the evolution of the relaxation properties of bitumen. The results show that, in comparison to fresh bitumen, aged samples show higher residual shear stresses after relaxation and are more susceptible to stress accumulation thus cracking. In addition, temperature, followed by pressure and ageing time, was found to have the stronger impact on bitumen ageing.Pavement Engineerin
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