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Class, caste and conspicuous consumption in India

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract Using nationally representative household‐level panel data from India, we study status‐signalling through conspicuous consumption across castes, religions and income classes. Conditional on permanent income, scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) Hindu households spend more, while religious minorities spend less on visible consumption ...
Aruni Mitra, Ronit Mukherji
wiley   +1 more source

Jesuit Schools and Missions in the Orient [PDF]

, 2012
On 27th February 1540, the Papal Bull Regimini Militantis Eclesiae estabilished the oficial institution of The Society of Jesus, centred on Ignacio de Layola.
Manso, Maria de Deus, Seabra, Leonor
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Evaluating and Advancing the Use of Shore‐Based Observers for Scientific Sampling and Catch Verification in High‐Volume Fisheries

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shore‐based observers are increasingly being used in place of at‐sea observers to monitor and sample commercial fisheries catch. However, few evaluations assess whether these programs meet their stated goals or how to optimize them, and industry data are rarely tested for accuracy despite serving as the foundation for catch accounting. Using a
Christian Gredzens, Andy Kingham, Jason E. Jannot   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing User Authentication: An Approach Utilizing Context-Based Fingerprinting With Random Forest Algorithm

IEEE Access
In the evolving world of Cyber Attacks, this research presents an innovative approach aimed at fortifying user authentication within the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Ecosystem.
Akram Al-Rumaim, Jyoti D. Pawar
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Bandung and Belgrade: Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, A Forgotten Indian Voice for World Peace

Peace &Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dr. Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907–1966) was an Indian polymath best known for his intellectual contributions in a dizzyingly wide range of fields: mathematics, statistics, genetics, numismatics, history, and literature. His enduring reputation seems to have been posthumously sealed as the father of Marxist historiography in India. What has
Suchintan Das
wiley   +1 more source

Complications of Different Types of Cranioplasty and Identification of Risk Factors Associated with Cranioplasty at a Tertiary Care Centre: A Prospective Observational Study

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Objective Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is an urgent procedure which is done to decrease intracranial pressure. A study of the complications would suggest measures to improve the care.
Yatendra Shukla, Ponraj Kamatchi Sundaram, Jinendra Kumar Ramalingam, Jorson D. Costa, Amey Parab, Subhash Jakhar, Ganesh Chauhan, Rohit Bharti   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation energies by the generator coordinate method: computational aspects for quadrupolar deformations

, 2003
We investigate truncation schemes to reduce the computational cost of calculating correlations by the generator coordinate method based on mean-field wave functions.
A. Góźdź, D. Baye, F. Villars, G. F. Bertsch, L. Prochniak, M. Bender, P. Bonche, P.-H. Heenen, S. Islam   +8 more
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“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Preventing and reducing corruption has proven to be an enormous challenge. An important step in this process is to produce and use good metrics to identify where anti‐corruption resources would be most beneficial. Most measures of corruption, however, rely on surveys of perceptions or bribery incidence.
Ina Kubbe, Bonnie J. Palifka, Lasse Buschmann Alsbirk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy Efficient Clustering Based Network Protocol Stack for 3D Airborne Monitoring System

Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, 2017
Wireless Sensor Network consists of large number of nodes densely deployed in ad hoc manner. Usually, most of the application areas of WSNs require two-dimensional (2D) topology. Various emerging application areas such as airborne networks and underwater
Abhishek Joshi, Sarang Dhongdi, Rishabh Sethunathan, Pritish Nahar, K. R. Anupama   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source