357 research outputs found
China’s military modernization and quest for energy: implications for India / Parth Sharma
No full textRise of china is a global reality. Never in history has a country’s economy grown as fast and for such sustained period as that of china. Today, china is the second largest economy of the world after US, one of the acknowledged nuclear power and a permanent member of Security Council. China is rapidly modernizing its military .There has been a double digit increase in china’s defence budget. The 2006 white paper of china’s military affairs reiterates that mechanization would be the “foundation” and “informalization” as the driving force of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) china is also upgrading its infrastructure in its bordering regions like Xing Xiang and Tibet. Though, this modernization is not explicitly directed against India but could be, if required in future. In its drive for energy security it has opened a number of ports around Indian neighbouring countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. These could be converted into military hotspots. This paper will attempt to explore this multidimensional nature of china’s rise. It’s aggressive quest for energy security, military modernization and its implications for India. the paper will try to come out with suggestions that India could take so as to withstand this Chinese challenge. The paper will be concluded with suggestions that India could take so as to withstand this Chinese challenge
Centrifugal forming and mechanical properties of silicone-based elastomers for soft robotic actuators
No full textThis thesis describes the centrifugal forming and resulting mechanical properties of silicone-based elastomers for the manufacture of soft robotic actuators. This process is effective at removing bubbles that get entrapped within 3D-printed, enclosed molds. Conventional methods for rapid prototyping of soft robotic actuators to remove entrapped bubbles typically involve degassing under vacuum, with open-faced molds that limit the layout of formed parts to raised 2D geometries. As the functionality and complexity of soft robots increase, there is a need to mold complete 3D structures with controlled thicknesses or curvatures on multiples surfaces. In addition, characterization of the mechanical properties of common elastomers for these soft robots has lagged the development of new designs. As such, relationships between resulting material properties and processing parameters are virtually non-existent. One of the goals of this thesis is to provide guidelines and physical insights to relate the design, processing conditions, and resulting properties of soft robotic components to each other. Centrifugal forming with accelerations on the order of 100 g’s is capable of forming bubble-free, true 3D components for soft robotic actuators, and resulting demonstrations in this work include an aquatic locomotor, soft gripper, and an actuator that straightens when pressurized. Finally, this work shows that the measured mechanical properties of 3D geometries fabricated within enclosed molds through centrifugal forming possess comparable mechanical properties to vacuumed materials formed from open-faced molds with raised 2D features.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Parth Kulkarn
Supplemental Material, Supp_Material - Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow Up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Practice from the PERT Consortium
No full textSupplemental Material, Supp_Material for Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow Up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Practice from the PERT Consortium by Belinda Rivera-Lebron, Michael McDaniel, Kamran Ahrar, Abdulah Alrifai, David M. Dudzinski, Christina Fanola, Danielle Blais, David Janicke, Roman Melamed, Kerry Mohrien, Elizabeth Rozycki, Charles B. Ross, Andrew J. Klein, Parth Rali, Nicholas R. Teman, Leoara Yarboro, Eugene Ichinose, Aditya M. Sharma, Jason A. Bartos, Mahir Elder, Brent Keeling, Harold Palevsky, Soophia Naydenov, Parijat Sen, Nancy Amoroso, Josanna M. Rodriguez-Lopez, George A. Davis, Rachel Rosovsky, Kenneth Rosenfield, Christopher Kabrhel, James Horowitz, Jay S. Giri, Victor Tapson, Richard Channick and the PERT Consortium in Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis</p
Knowledge engineering for modern information systems: methods, models and tools De Gruyter series on smart computing applications ;, v. 3./ edited by Anand Sharma, Sandeep Kautish, Prateek Agrawal, Vishu Madaan, Charu Gupta, Saurav Nanda.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Knowledge Engineering (KE) is a field within artificial intelligence that develops knowledge based systems. KE is the process of imitating how a human expert in a specific domain would act and take decisions. It contains large amounts of knowledge, like metadata and information about a data object that describes characteristics such as content, quality, and format, structure and processes. Such systems are computer programs that are the basis of how a decision is made or a conclusion is reached. It is having all the rules and reasoning mechanisms to provide solutions to real-world problems. This book presents an extensive collection of the recent findings and innovative research in the information system and KE domain. Highlighting the challenges and difficulties in implementing these approaches, this book is a critical reference source for academicians, professionals, engineers, technology designers, analysts, undergraduate and postgraduate students in computing science and related disciplines such as Information systems, Knowledge Engineering, Intelligent Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Robotics. In addition, anyone who is interested or involved in sophisticated information systems and knowledge engineering developments will find this book a valuable source of ideas and guidance.P. Megaladevi -- Saikat Samanta, Achyuth Sarkar, Charu Gupta, Aditi Sharma -- Kudirat Abiola Adegoke, Akor P. Usman, Mohamed Bitagi -- Anagha Shenoy R, Bhoomika M, Annaiah H -- Neeraj Bhanot, Parth Padalkar -- Shubhika Gaur, Vibha Maheshwari -- Sanjive Saxena -- Ria Rawal, Kartik Goel, Akshay Gulati, Shivang Sharma, Palak Girdhar, Charu Gupta, Prateek Agrawal -- A. Ilmudeen -- Andualem Walelign Lale -- Hazik Mohamed -- Priyanka Jain, Ram Bhavsar, B.V. Pawar, N.K. Jain, Hemant Darbari, Virendrakumar C. Bhavsar. Knowledge engineering for industrial expert systems / Machine learning integrated blockchain model for Industry 4.0 smart applications / Prototyping the expectancy disconfirmation theory model for quality service delivery in federal university libraries in Nigeria / Design of chatbot using natural language processing / Algorithm development based on an integrated approach for identifying cause and effect relationships between different factors / Risk analysis and management in projects / Assessing and managing risks in smart computing applications / COVID-19 visualization and exploratory data analysis / Business intelligence and decision support systems: business applications in the modern information system era / Business intelligence implementation in different organizational setup evidence from reviewed literatures / Conceptualization of a modern digital-driven health-care management information system (HMIS) / Knowledge engine for a Hindi text-to-scene generation system /1 online resource (vi, 232 pages)
Characterization and optimization of UAV power system for aerial and submersible multi-medium multirotor vehicle
No full textEven as an emerging technology, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have had a tremendous impact on the world. From the way wars are fought, to the way we take selfies, drones are well on their way to revolutionizing our daily lives. One of the most innovative applications of these vehicles in the Naviator submersible-UAV. This unique multirotor is capable of aerial flight and underwater operations with seamless Air-Water transitions. In this thesis, the power system of a multirotor UAS is characterized using standard performance models with the goal of designing and optimizing the systems of a new Naviator V5 prototype. Test beds were created to collect data on BLDC motors and propellers and their performance was assessed in air and water. Theoretical models using BEM theory and the 3-constant motor model were validated for their accuracy. Experiments found that RC air propellers are similarly efficient in air and water and BLDC motor performance is partially diminished due to the higher viscosity of water. The effects of input voltage, throttle, Kv rating, and motor size were also evaluated using motor torque curves. Using this data, an optimal power system for the Naviator V5 prototype was designed, tested, and evaluated.M.S.T.Includes bibliographical referencesby Parth V. Son
Evacuation of Kobylnice village in extraordinary event
No full textCílem této práce je sestavení evakuačního plánu pro obec Kobylnice. Teoretická část přibližuje problematiku mimořádných událostí a možných následků, zpracovává dostupnou literaturu a uvádí zákony a vyhlášky spojené s evakuačním plánováním. V praktické části se autor zmiňuje o programech, které jsou použitelné při mimořádných a krizových situacích a sestavuje plán evakuace.The aim of this work is evacuation plan setup for Kobylnice Corporation. The theoretical parth explains issue of extraordinary events and possible consequences, processes available information and shows the laws and public notices are being used in evacuative planning. In the practical parth author presents programs, which are applicability to extraordinary events and crisis situations. She draws a plan of evacuation.Institut bezpečnostních technologiíobhájen
Bad Boy Bias: Linguistic Bias in the Law
No full textThis paper seeks to establish and put in use methodology capable of analyzing the significant linguistic bias found within American jurisprudence. It summarizes the limited preexisting empirical work done and adds a new original empirical study on linguistic bias in the courtroom. It examines a large number of cases through various software and examines the prevalence of certain labels (badges of bias). In doing so, this paper seeks to find the most common labels and seeks to determine the amount of emotional variability present within the courtroom. Based on these results, the paper provides recommendations, answering how best to efficiently minimize the effects of linguistic bias on jury impartiality
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