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    Racializing white residues: seditious Anglo-Indians and others

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    My dissertation interrogates the discursive residues of the Anglo-Indian question in decolonized India. To problematize these residues, I structure my dissertation as a fragmented genealogy of colonial and post-colonial perceptions of Anglo-Indians. I open my dissertation by showing how, since the late-nineteenth century, Anglo-Indians were claimed to be only of part-European racial provenance, and tautologically had their bodies deemed sexually deviant. Their bodies being, like those of their non-Anglo-Indian counterparts, in fact of uncertain racial intermixture, I argue that Anglo-Indians inhabit mongrel bodies—bodies in a state of continual flux of class and race, inhabiting a multiplicity of pluralized communities. The ethical end of the decolonized Indian nation-state, I accordingly suggest, is to facilitate the recognition of mongrelism as an inevitable phenomenon across groups—one that fractures monolithic conceptions of race and community. To flesh out this argument, I conduct readings from an archive of novels, historiographic treatises, short stories, memoirs, films, and cartoons. The figures whose texts I examine include, among others, colonial Anglo-Indian ‘prostitute’ Amelia Horne, Anglo-Indian anti-racism activist Cedric Dover, Bengali novelist Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, diasporic English writer Aubrey Menen, Indian cartoonist Mario Miranda, Bengali film director Satyajit Ray, Anglo-Indian politician and historiographer Frank Anthony, and British-Indian writer Ruskin Bond.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-08-01The student, Debojoy Chanda, accepted the attached license on 2018-07-04 at 01:48.The student, Debojoy Chanda, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2018-07-04 at 02:33.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2018-07-06 at 10:04.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #12728 on 2018-09-27 at 11:16:29Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-27T16:30:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 CHANDA-DISSERTATION-2018.pdf: 5797174 bytes, checksum: 1ff79a8fa9d3c7c88dbbf0087da57f6d (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4211 bytes, checksum: f787c41b81daa460345c59decf36ec07 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-07-06Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 107771 Lift date: 2020-09-27T16:30:34Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemEmbargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 107771 Lift date: 2020-09-27T16:31:43Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemEmbargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 107771 Lift date: 2020-09-27T16:34:29Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemU of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 107771 on 2020-09-28T09:15:16Z

    Content delivery in software defined networks

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    Information Centric Architectures view content as the narrow waist of the networking stack. This abstraction allows routing based on the content name, rather than the network locator of the content consumer and producer. We present ContentFlow, an Information Centric network architecture which supports content routing by mapping the content name to a OpenFlow de ned ow based on TCP and IP semantics. And, thus enables the use of OpenFlow switches to achieve content routing over a legacy IP architecture. ContentFlow is viewed as an evolutionary step between the current IP networking architecture, and a full edged ICN architecture. It supports content man- agement, content caching and content routing at the network layer, while using a legacy OpenFlow infrastructure and a modi ed controller. By e ciently using the content in- formation available in the network, ContentFlow supports e cient tra c engineering. Also, ContentFlow is transparent from the point of view of the client and the server, and can be inserted in between without modi cation at either end. The architecture and implementation of ContentFlow on top of the existing OpenFlow software de ned networking framework is described. Performance of ContentFlow is evaluated using a prototype implementation of an enterprise SDN network with Floodlight controller and multiple virtualized OpenFlow switches. The results show that ContentFlow does result in reduced content access delay in comparison to a legacy architectures.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Abhishek Chand

    Alternative flood protections

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    BASIC CONSIDERATIONS Living in the Fringe (Gilles Saussier) Bangladesh: Local Strategies to Cope with a Hazardous Environment (Susanne Zumstein) CASE STUDIES Alternative Flood Protection Measures: A Critical Outlook (Fazlul Huq Ripon, JCOP) Participatory Wetland Management in Chanda Beel (Saleemul Huq, BCAS) Fisheries Management and Habitat Restoration (Aminullslam, UNOP/CNRS) FURTHER AFIELD Appropriate Disaster Mitigation: Community Participation, Appropriate Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge (Nick Hall/ John Twigg, IT) RESULTSOF THE WORKING GROUPS Working Group 1: LocoI and Technical Strategies for Flood Protection Working Group 2:People's ParticipationKWP-collectio

    Social Challenges and Learners' Academic Performance: A Case of Selected Primary Schools in Lusaka District, Zambia

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    Abstract: Social issues, also called social problem, a state of affairs that negatively affects the personal or social lives of individuals or the well-being of communities or larger groups within a society and about which there is usually public disagreement as to its nature, causes, or solution. Social challenges are common problems in present-day society and one that many people strive to solve. Social challenges are those conditions or behaviors that have negative consequences at the personal and work level. In addition, social challenges are issues and problems facing human beings today. Hence, the study aimed at examining the effects of social challenges on learners’ academic performance in some selected primary schools of Lusaka district, Zambia. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: (a) To identify the common types of social challenges exhibited by learners in selected primary schools of Lusaka district, (b) To examine the effects of social challenges on learners’ academic performance in selected primary schools of Lusaka district and (c) To offer recommendations on how best social challenges can be dealt with in selected primary schools of Lusaka district. Purposive sampling of the site was preferred to select the research area from which respondents participated in this study with a sample size of 140. The study employed both the qualitative and quantitative methods that sampled head teachers, primary teachers, pupils and community members. Interview guides were used to obtain qualitative data which was analyzed using thematic analysis while quantitative data were collected using questionnaires which were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study found out that, most exhibited social challenges in primary schools were; peer pressure, drug abuse, child abuse, economic background and media influence. The study therefore recommended that teachers should pay special attention and identify different types of social problems among their leaners. Also, the study suggested that leaners should be sensitized fully on how to protect themselves from social challenges, more specifically from issues of child abuse. Keywords: Academic Performance, Child Abuse, Effect, Learners School and Social Challenges. Title: Social Challenges and Learners’ Academic Performance: A Case of Selected Primary Schools in Lusaka District, Zambia Author: Chanda Chansa Thelma International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences ISSN 2394-9694 Vol. 10, Issue 5, September 2023 - October 2023 Page No: 38-49 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 16-September-2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8351325 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/Social%20Challenges%20and%20Learners’%20Academic-16092023-4.pdfInternational Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences, ISSN 2394-9694, Novelty Journals, Website: www.noveltyjournals.co

    Rights vs Rules: A Commentary on Nathan Mubanga (Suing as the Father and Next Friend of a Minor CM) and Anor v Attorney General (2023/HP/0403) ZMHC3 (19 February 2025)

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    The High Court of Zambia upheld a school\u27s refusal to admit a Rastafari child with dreadlocks. The author argues that the Court erred by failing to consider regional jurisprudence, international human rights trends, and the historical context of discrimination against natural African hair. The piece contends that requiring Rastafari children to cut their dreadlocks to access public education effectively denies them their rights to education, freedom of religion, and protection from discrimination

    The effect of leukemia inhibitory factor on preimplantation mouse embryo development in vitro

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    This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field

    Comparative Performance Study and Analysis on Different Edge based Image Segmentation Techniques of Thermal Images

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    In this work, authors have been tried to analyse the edge-based approach for thermal image segmentation. Here, author?s have used different thermal images for the edge based analysis of image segmentation. Author?s have given studies regarding different edge operators like Prewitt, Sobel, LoG, and Canny edge detection operators for segmentation purposes and analyze their performance. This paper compares each of these operators by the manner of checking Peak signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Mean Squared Error (MSE) of resultant image. It evaluates the performance of each algorithm using image quality analysis. This paper presents a comparative analysis of different edge based thermal image segmentation techniques
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