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Modelling profitability of Indian banks
This paper identifies the key determinants of profitability of Indian banks. It integrates the macroeconomic environment and industry level variables of India for predicting profitability of Indian banks. A simultaneous equation system has been formulated to derive the estimates of net interest income (NII) and Credit for the banking system as a whole. Net interest income as well as efficiency ratio have significant role in determining profitability in Indian banking scenario. The Net interest income reacts inversely to bond yields and positively to credit. This stems from the inverse relationship of credit demand to bond yields and positive relationship of GDP with credit creation. Further, Deposit mix (higher share of low cost deposit in the total deposits) has favourable impact on NII%.Profitability, Net Interest Income, GDP, Interest Rate, Efficiency Ratio
Minimum Bias, MPI and DPS, Diffractive and Exclusive measurements at CMS
We present recent results on Minimum Bias, MPI and DPS, Diffractive and
Exclusive studies using data collected during Run 1 of the LHC. The
measurements include data collected in pp collisions at , and
TeV by the CMS Collaboration. Double parton scattering is investigated in
several final states including vector bosons and jets, and the effective cross
section results are compared to other experiments and to MPI models tuned to
recent underlying event measurements at CMS. Inclusive diffractive cross
sections are discussed and compared to models, while searches and measurements
of central exclusive processes are presented. The results from the first
combined measurement by the CMS+TOTEM collaborations of the pseudorapidity
distribution of charged particles at 8 TeV are also discussed, and are compared
to models and to lower energy measurements
Conserved number fluctuations under global rotation in a hadron resonance gas model
Net-charge, net-strangeness and net-baryon number fluctuations measured in
ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions may reveal details and insights into
the quark-hadron transition, hadrochemical freeze-out and possibly aid in the
search of the QCD critical point. By controlling the collision energy, some
current and upcoming heavy-ion facilities aim to study high energy
nucleus-nucleus collisions in the finite net-baryon density regime where the
effects of rapid global rotation are also expected to be strong for the
peripheral collisions. We discuss the ratios of conserved number
susceptibilities that are experimentally measurable via products of the moments
of the corresponding distributions and compute the relevant theoretical results
in the framework of a rotating hadron resonance gas (rHRG) model.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Modelling profitability of Indian banks
This paper identifies the key determinants of profitability of Indian banks. It integrates the macroeconomic environment and industry level variables of India for predicting profitability of Indian banks. A simultaneous equation system has been formulated to derive the estimates of net interest income (NII) and Credit for the banking system as a whole. Net interest income as well as efficiency ratio have significant role in determining profitability in Indian banking scenario. The Net interest income reacts inversely to bond yields and positively to credit. This stems from the inverse relationship of credit demand to bond yields and positive relationship of GDP with credit creation. Further, Deposit mix (higher share of low cost deposit in the total deposits) has favourable impact on NII%
Modelling profitability of Indian banks
This paper identifies the key determinants of profitability of Indian banks. It integrates the macroeconomic environment and industry level variables of India for predicting profitability of Indian banks. A simultaneous equation system has been formulated to derive the estimates of net interest income (NII) and Credit for the banking system as a whole. Net interest income as well as efficiency ratio have significant role in determining profitability in Indian banking scenario. The Net interest income reacts inversely to bond yields and positively to credit. This stems from the inverse relationship of credit demand to bond yields and positive relationship of GDP with credit creation. Further, Deposit mix (higher share of low cost deposit in the total deposits) has favourable impact on NII%
Meteorological Trend Analysis in Western Rajasthan (India) using Geographical Information System and Statistical Techniques
The present study focuses on the long term trends of meteorological parameters like precipitation, temperature, solar radiation, wind direction etc. of Udaipur district, Rajasthan which is mainly located in semi-arid zone in India. Meteorological parameters have been taken for this study to find out the annual variability using Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s slope estimator. Yearly long term trend has been identified for thirty one years of data. There are both increasing and decreasing trends of meteorological parameters obtained by this MK test, suggesting overall significant changes in the study area. Keywords: Trend analysis, Meteorological parameters, Mann-Kendall test, Sen’s slope.
High-mass dimuon resonances in Pb-Pb collisions at 5.5 TeV in CMS
The measurement of the charmonium (, ) and bottomonium
(, , ) resonances and boson in
nucleus-nucleus collisions provides crucial information on high density QCD
matter. The observation of anomalous suppression of at the CERN-SPS
and RHIC is well established but the clarification of some important questions
requires equivalent studies of the family, only possible at LHC
energies. The boson will be produced for the first time in heavy-ion
collisions at the LHC and, since its dominant production channel is through
fusion, it is an excellent probe of the nuclear modification of
quark distribution functions. This paper reports the capabilities of the CMS
detector to study quarkonium and production in Pb-Pb collisions at 5.5
TeV, through the dimuon decay channel.Comment: 4 pages 3 figure
Preconception Health Knowledge among Undergraduate Women
Preconception health is a woman’s health before she becomes pregnant. It means knowing and understanding how preexisting health conditions and risk factors could affect a woman or her unborn child if she becomes pregnant (Office on Women’s Health, 2010). This study examined undergraduate students’ knowledge of recommended preconception health practices. A paper survey was distributed to general education classes in health, sociology, and family consumer science. This 33-item survey assessed demographics, barriers to practicing recommended preconception health behaviors, and knowledge of preconception health practices. Analyses included frequencies, independent t-test, and ANOVA. Respondents had a mean score of 42.85 (2.68) on the knowledge section of the survey; indicating that respondents had a high level of knowledge regarding preconception health practices and information. Respondents’ knowledge scores were statistically correlated with their preconception health practices and behaviors (r=.176, p=.000). As knowledge scores increased, preconception health practice and behaviors scores also increased. When analyzing participants’ current health behaviors as they relate to preconception health, it was found that most students are engaging in healthy behaviors
Valence and spin situations in isomeric [(bpy)Ru(Q′)2]n (Q′ = 3,5-di-tert- butyl-N-aryl-1,2-benzoquinonemonoimine). An experimental and DFT analysis
The article deals with the ruthenium complexes, [(bpy)Ru(Q′)2] (1–3)
incorporating two unsymmetrical redox-noninnocent iminoquinone moieties [bpy =
2,2′-bipyridine; Q′ = 3,5-di-tert-butyl-N-aryl-1,2-benzoquinonemonoimine, aryl
= C6H5 (Q′1), 1; m-Cl2C6H3 (Q′2), 2; m-(OCH3)2C6H3 (Q′3), 3]. 1 and 3 have
been preferentially stabilised in the cc-isomeric form while both the ct- and
cc-isomeric forms of 2 are isolated [ct: cis and trans and cc: cis and cis
with respect to the mutual orientations of O and N donors of two Q′]. The
isomeric identities of 1–3 have been authenticated by their single-crystal
X-ray structures. The collective consideration of crystallographic and DFT
data along with other analytical events reveals that 1–3 exhibit the valence
configuration of [(bpy)RuII(Q′Sq)2]. The magnetization studies reveal a
ferromagnetic response at 300 K and virtual diamagnetic behaviour at 2 K. DFT
calculations on representative 2a and 2b predict that the excited triplet (S =
1) state is lying close to the singlet (S = 0) ground state with
singlet–triplet separation of 0.038 eV and 0.075 eV, respectively. In
corroboration with the paramagnetic features the complexes exhibit free
radical EPR signals with g [similar]2 and 1HNMR spectra with broad aromatic
proton signals associated with the Q′ at 300 K. Experimental results in
conjunction with the DFT (for representative 2a and 2b) reveal iminoquinone
based preferential electron-transfer processes leaving the ruthenium(II) ion
mostly as a redox insensitive entity: [(bpy)RuII(Q′Q)2]2+ (12+–32+)
[leftrightharpoons] [(bpy)RuII(Q′Sq)(Q′Q)]+ (1+–3+) [leftrightharpoons]
[(bpy)RuII(Q′Sq)2] (1–3) [leftrightharpoons]
[(bpy)RuII(Q′Sq)(Q′Cat)]−/[(bpy)RuIII(Q′Cat)2]− (1−–3−). The diamagnetic
doubly oxidised state, [(bpy)RuII(Q′Q)2]2+ in 12+–32+ has been authenticated
further by the crystal structure determination of the representative
[(bpy)RuII(Q′3)2](ClO4)2 [3](ClO4)2 as well as by its sharp 1H NMR spectrum.
The key electronic transitions in each redox state of 1n–3n have been assigned
by TD–DFT calculations on representative 2a and 2b
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