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Gossip Codes for Fingerprinting: Construction, Erasure Analysis and Pirate Tracing
This work presents two new construction techniques for q-ary Gossip codes
from tdesigns and Traceability schemes. These Gossip codes achieve the shortest
code length specified in terms of code parameters and can withstand erasures in
digital fingerprinting applications. This work presents the construction of
embedded Gossip codes for extending an existing Gossip code into a bigger code.
It discusses the construction of concatenated codes and realisation of erasure
model through concatenated codes.Comment: 28 page
Energetics and economics of green gram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] as influenced by varying land configuration and nutrient management
Field experiments were carried out at the Agronomy Main Research Farm, O.U.A.T. Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India during 2019 and 2020 to find out energetics and economics of green gram as influenced by varying land configuration and nutrient management practices. Split-plot Design was adopted with three replications. Results of the experiment showed that raised bed method with PDM-139 cultivar in combination with F6 treatment gave the highest pooled yield (522.84 kg ha-1 and 455.29 kg ha-1) respectively. Similar trend was observed in Energy productivity (0.358kg MJ/ha and 0.335 kg/MJ respectively) and efficiency (1.42 kg MJ ha-1 and 1.17 MJ ha-1respectively). Economic analysis also revealed that flat bed with PDM-139 with F6 treatment combination gave the highest pooled B: C ratio (1.75) during the years of investigation
The Role of the IMF in Future Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Report of the Annenberg House Expert Group
A meeting of international finance and insolvency experts was held on November 2, 2013 at the Annenberg House in Santa Monica, California. The meeting was co-hosted by the USC Law School and the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands. The goal was to solicit the views of experts on the implications of the IMF’s April 26, 2013 paper captioned “Sovereign Debt Restructuring -- Recent Developments and Implications for the Fund’s Legal and Policy Framework”. The April 26 paper may signal a shift in IMF policies in the area of sovereign debt workouts. Although the Expert Group discussed a number of the ideas contained in the April 26 paper, attention focused on paragraph 32 of that paper. That paragraph states in relevant part: “There may be a case for exploring additional ways to limit the risk that Fund resources will simply be used to bail out private creditors. For example, a presumption could be established that some form of a creditor bail-in measure would be implemented as a condition for Fund lending in cases where, although no clear-cut determination has been made that the debt is unsustainable, the member has lost market access and prospects for regaining market access are uncertain.”
This Report summarizes the consensus views of the Expert Group on the practical implications of the suggestions contained in paragraph 32 of the April 26 paper
Advanced biopolymer-coated drug-releasing titania nanotubes (TNTs) implants with simultaneously enhanced osteoblast adhesion and antibacterial properties
Abstract not availableTushar Kumeria, Htwe Mon, Moom Sinn Aw, Karan Gulati, Abel Santos, Hans J. Griesser, Dusan Losi
Automated Determination of Stellar Parameters from Simulated Dispersed Images for DIVA
We have assessed how well stellar parameters (T_eff, logg and [Fe/H]) can be
retrieved from low-resolution dispersed images to be obtained by the DIVA
satellite. Although DIVA is primarily an all-sky astrometric mission, it will
also obtain spectrophotometric information for about 13 million stars
(operational limiting magnitude V ~ 13.5 mag). Constructional studies foresee a
grating system yielding a dispersion of ~200nm/mm on the focal plane (first
spectral order). For astrometric reasons there will be no cross dispersion
which results in the overlapping of the first to third diffraction orders. The
one-dimensional, position related intensity function is called a DISPI
(DISPersed Intensity). We simulated DISPIS from synthetic spectra (...) for a
limited range of metallicites i.e. our results are for [Fe/H] in the range -0.3
to 1 dex. We show that there is no need to deconvolve these low resolution
signals in order to obtain basic stellar parameters. Using neural network
methods and by including simulated data of DIVA's UV telescope, we can
determine T_eff to an average accuracy of about 2% for DISPIS from stars with
2000 K < T_eff < 20000 K and visual magnitudes of V=13 mag (end of mission
data). logg can be determined for all temperatures with an accuracy better than
0.25 dex for magnitudes brighter than V=12 mag. For low temperature stars with
2000 K < T_eff < 5000 K and for metallicities in the range -0.3 to +1 dex a
determination of [Fe/H] is possible (to better than 0.2 dex) for these
magnitudes. Additionally we examined the effects of extinction E(B-V) on DISPIS
and found that it can be determined to better than 0.07 mag for magnitudes
brighter than V=14 mag if the UV information is included.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in A&
Agricultural Diversification in India
The dietary mix and its flavour are changing fast on the plate of
Indian consumers. For more than two decades, India has registered
a growth rate of 5 to 6 per cent per annum in GDP. With declining
growth rate in population, the per capita income has grown by about
3.5 per cent per annum over this long period. This sustained growth
is shifting the consumption patterns in the economy, away from basic
staples and inching towards high-value agricultural products such as
fruits and vegetables, and dairy, poultry and fishery products. The
interesting feature of this change is that it is happening in the lower
income brackets....
Vertical Coordination in High-Value Food Commodities
In most of the South and Southeast Asia, and in much of the SubSahara
Africa, agriculture is dominated by smallholders, who derive
their livelihood s by cultivating small pieces of land and
supplementing their incomes with dairy, poultry or fish farming. And,
the number of such small-sized holdings has been steadily increasing
under the growing population pressure. For instance, in India, the
share of smallholdings « 2 ha) has increased from 70 per cent in
1971 to 80 per cent in 1995 (Gol, 2003) ; it is expected to reach 83
per cent by 2010 aha, 2001) . In such a scenario, the fundamental
issues that need to..
Diarrhea, CD4 counts and enteric infections in a hospital - based cohort of HIV-infected patients around Varanasi, India
Background: As most of the studies in HIV patients with diarrhea were cross sectional, focusing on the etiological agents, we are
reporting data on the rate of diarrhea, associations between diarrhea and CD4 counts and variation in frequency of identifying a pathogen
with consistency of diarrhea and duration in a prospective hospital based study. Methods: Stool specimens were obtained between Jan
2001 and April 2003 from HIV infected adults with diarrhea presenting to Infectious Disease clinic, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. In
all patients with diarrhea, specimens were examined by microscopy and cultures to identify pathogens. Results: During the study, 630
person years of observations with diarrhea were analyzed. 140 stool samples were collected representing 43% of episodes of reported
diarrhea. Positivity of finding a pathogen from watery stools and formed stools were 40%&24% respectively (p < 0.01) probably
due to associated inflammation is more in watery diarrhea. Patients having chronic diarrhea are 2.25 (95%CI 1.52-2.81) times at more risk
of developing other opportunistic infections compared to those who don't have. However this is not true with the acute diarrhea where risk
of harboring the opportunistic infections remain same. Conclusion: Diarrhea was most strongly associated with low CD4 counts. Over
two-thirds of diarrheal episodes were undiagnosed, suggesting that unidentified agents or primary HIV enteropathy are important causes of
diarrhea in this population. There is a strong negative association between duration of diarrhea and CD4 levels
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