Towards a psychoanalytic theory of financial corruption

Freud maintained that psychoanalysis was not only to be a clinical discourse of the interpersonal and the subjective, however dynamic and necessary therapeutically, but that its principles could be taken from those contexts and applied to wider global, societal, and cultural issues. Since the 1960s, financial corruption has grown into what has become a serious and entrenched problem, albeit this is seldom addressed in psychoanalytic terms. The ultimate aim of this research study is to enquire into the psychoanalytic roots of financial corruption and to ask whether it is possible to attempt a psychoanalytic investigation and explanation of acts of financial corruption committed in particular given circumstances, such as those existing in a developing, emerging, or transitional society, more precisely in the historical period of 1960s Africa. To address this, particular attention will be paid to writings pertaining to Nigeria in its period of decolonisation, when the issue of financial corruption began gain international attention. However, a series of initial steps are necessary in order to approach these issues. In the line of argumentation that this thesis will follow, two main aspects of financial corruption will be examined in depth: firstly, ‘money’, in its multi-layered significance and secondly, the internal desires of the individual with respect to ‘money’ and the external social environment within which this individual is located. Thus, first of all this dissertation will begin by asking two interrelated questions. What has been a psychoanalytic theory on ‘money’? And how did psychoanalysis determine the role that ‘money’ played in the unconscious? The first three chapters of the thesis are devoted to answering these and following a survey of the field, return to pre-World War Two classical psychoanalytic theoretical writings, the correspondence of pioneering psychoanalysts and Ferenczi’s Clinical Diary, in order to arrive at a starting point for a further examination of psychoanalysis and financial corruption. Centrally, the status of the ‘anal theory of money’, derived from Freud’s indicative papers on anal erotism and elaborated by Ferenczi and others, will be put to the test. Close readings of classical psychoanalytic writings led to the central argument of this thesis: that there arises the possibility of contesting the enshrined status of the relation of faeces to ‘money’ on the grounds of this not being a truly unconscious symbolic relation, as ‘money’ is a construct that has to be taught. It is argued that the theorists of the classical period did not do justice to the possible connections between orality and ‘money’ – despite strong pointers within their writings to the oral developmental stage. The final chapters attempt to close a gap by setting out an alternative hypothesis to anality based on the unconscious and orality. Karl Abraham’s work provides a key theoretical scaffolding in this respect. An oral hypothesis, taking seriously the actual and fantasmatic aspects of hunger and greed, is argued to be important for the psychoanalytic understanding of the unconscious motivations and impulses that could underlie financial corruption. With recourse to both the anal theory and the alternative oral hypothesis, which taken together enable a deeper analysis, a reading is undertaken of selected texts on 1960s’ corruption in order to explore the question of what could have been taking place psychoanalytically and to lay the building blocks towards a psychoanalytic theory of financial corruption

Math Search for the Masses: Multimodal Search Interfaces and Appearance-Based Retrieval

We summarize math search engines and search interfaces produced by the Document and Pattern Recognition Lab in recent years, and in particular the min math search interface and the Tangent search engine. Source code for both systems are publicly available. "The Masses" refers to our emphasis on creating systems for mathematical non-experts, who may be looking to define unfamiliar notation, or browse documents based on the visual appearance of formulae rather than their mathematical semantics.Comment: Paper for Invited Talk at 2015 Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics (July, Washington DC

Two dimensional switched beam antenna at 28 GHz for fifth generation wireless system

Fifth generation (5G) wireless system is expected to enable new device-to-device (D2D) and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications that will impact both consumers and industry. Moreover, for efficient M2M communication, both one dimensional (1-D) and two dimensional (2-D) beam switching is highly needed for high data-rate wireless radio links. A planar array with 2-D beam switching capabilities is highly desirable in 5G system. This thesis proposes a new technique of achieving simple and cost effective 2-D beam switching array antenna at 28 GHz for 5G wireless system. The technique involves lateral cascading of Butler matrix (BM) beamforming network (BFN). However, designing a planar BM at 28 GHz that will allow K-connector is not a trivial issue because the distances between the ports are X/4 electrical length apart. Nevertheless, two branch line coupler (BLC) with unequal ports separation at 28 GHz on a single substrate are designed and applied to design 1-D switched beam antennas based on BLC and 4 * 4 BM. Then two of these antennas are laterally cascaded to achieve 2-D beam switching antenna. This novel concept is the basis for choosing BM BFN in the design. The proposed 1-D array antennas on BLC and BM have wide measured impedance bandwidth of 18.9% (5.3 GHz) and 21.7% (6.1 GHz) and highest gain of 14.6 dBi and 15.9 dBi, respectively. The 2-D switched beam antenna on cascaded BLC has highest realized gain of 14.9 dB, radiation efficiency of 86%, 86.8%, 85.5%, and 83.4% at ports 1 to 4, respectively. The switching range of from -25o to +18° in the x-z plane and from -18o to 24o in the y-z plane, while the 2-D switched beam antenna based on cascaded 4 * 4 BM has switching range of -41o to 43o in the x-z plane and -43o to 42o in the y-z plane with highest realized gain of 14.4 dBi. The proposed antennas have great potentials for 5G wireless communication system applications

Switched-beam array antenna at 28 GHz for 5G wireless system based on butler matrix beamforming network

This work presents a compact, switched-beam array antenna on 4 × 4 Butler Matrix (BM) beamforming network (BFN) at 28 GHz for fifth generation (5G) wireless system. A single layer has been chosen to ensure low cost and ease fabrication. The four input ports of the designed antenna have the capability of producing four independent directional beam patterns at 13.8°, -43.5°, 44° and -14°, when P1, P2, P3 and P4, respectively are excited. The radiation efficiency obtained from each of the four ports is well above 80% at the designated frequency. The peak antenna gain of 15.9 dBi is obtained at port 1 and 4. The design is verified by measurement and all results have a good correlation with simulation.Keywords: Array antenna, Butler matrix, millimetre wave, switched-beam antenna, 5

Two dimensional switched beam antenna based on cascaded butler matrix beamforming network

This paper presents a low cost, two dimensional (2-D) millimetre wave switched-beam array antenna attained by feeding a planar array antenna with a cascaded 4 x 4 Butler matrix (BM) beam forming network (BFN). To minimise the surface current, ensure low cost and ease fabrication, a single layer has been implemented. The prototype is fabricated and measured results presented. According to the results, the maximum beam scanning of from -41ᵒ to +42ᵒ, and a maximum antenna gain of 13.8 dBi are obtained in the x-z plane. While the maximum beam scanning of from -43ᵒ to +41ᵒ and the maximum antenna gain of 13.7 dBi are realized in the y-z plane. With a single pole multiple throw switches, switching the various matrix terminals on the BM in the horizontal plane gives the beams in the x-z plane, while switching the BM in the vertical plane gives the beams in the y-z plane. All experimental and numerical results are in good agreement which can be practically used for fifth generation (5G) wireless systems.Keywords: Cascaded Butler matrix, Beamforming Network, switched-beam antenna, 5

Analytics and Artificial Intelligence: Deep Learning for Anomaly Detection - A case study from the financial sector with application to process safety

PresentationThis presentation reports on a case study from the financial sector with application to challenges in the field of process safety. Banks collect massive amounts of data from routine financial transactions. Some of the data is anomalous, is corrupt, or represents a signal that warrants follow-up attention from subject matter experts. Currently, review of such data is often a manual inspection which is time consuming, expensive, and limited to representative data sets. In this case study, we employ machine learning, deep learning to rapidly review historical data and tag anomalous data that represents a signal for follow-up attention. With this methodology, we are able to automate the manual process, quickly finding anomalies, dramatically reducing assessment time, expanding the range and volume of data that can be reviewed, and finding signals that previously would likely be missed. Benefits to the financial institution include major cost reductions and improvements in detection of fraud. Application of the machine learning/data assessment approach to process safety challenges may provide safety and cost-reduction benefits as well

Effects of diet supplementation with copper sulphate on growth performance and heamatological parameters of broiler chickens

Diets of ninety-six day-old Abor-acre chicks were supplemented with different levels of copper sulphate (CuSO4) to assess the growth performance and haematological parameters. The birds were conventionally brooded for two weeks after which they got allotted to; T1 (control), T2 (100 mg CuSO4 kg-1), T3 (200 mg CuSO4 kg-1), and T4 (300 mg CuSO4 kg-1 of diet), in a completely randomized design. Each treatment had three replicates (n = 8). The supplements were given for 49 days during which feed intake and weekly weight gain were recorded. At the 49th day (63 day old), blood was aseptically collected via the wing vein using sterile syringe and needle for haematological studies. All data were subjected to analysis of variance and means separated using Duncan’s New Multiple Range Test. The results showed that T3 had superior (p<0.05) weight gain and best FCR with enhanced feed intake similar (p>0.05) to T1 and T2 but differed (p<0.05) from T4 that had the worst growth performance. PCV, Hb and RBC of treated groups differed (p<0.05) from T1 that recorded the least haematological values. The WBC and its differentials did not statistically differ (p>0.05) except eosinophils where T3 spiked above others though statistically similar to T1 and T4 whereas T2 was the least. It could be concluded that CuSO4 supplementations at 100 and 200 mg kg-1 diets had beneficial effects on growth performance whereas there was no detrimental effect of CuSO4 supplementations on all the haematological parameters of the broilers

Development of a web-based broadband mapping application

Broadband mapping plays an intricate part in broadband availability. With a variety of methods existing in achieving broadband mapping, a more compact approach that is both easy to use and cost effective is necessary. Exploring the software approach using a web application, it becomes plausible to carry out broadband mapping. A three-in-one web-based broadband mapping application (www.speedtester.com.ng) capable of detecting the mapping location and measuring the speed of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) was developed. It also provides a facility for data storage and display on a map. The developed application was tested against an existing software to confirm its accuracy. The developed application showed significant accuracy, flexibility of usage along with its cost-effective implementation. In addition, the performance of three different ISPs at selected locations were evaluated using the developed application. The result shows that the minimum broadband speed benchmark set by the National Broadband Committee has not been realized for some ISPs. Hence, for optimal internet services, users can make informed decisions on the ISP services to utilize

Combination of CaCO 3

Acid mine drainage (AMD) has characteristic very low pH solution and containing metal ions in high concentration. This paper presents the use of CaCO3, Ca(OH)2 and the combination of both to increase the pH and decreased the concentration of Fe and Mn ions for acid mine drainage. The research variables are the effect of reactant dosage, contact time and temperature by batch studies. The AMD before treatment has pH solution of 3.38, Fe and Mn ions concentration of 44.6 and 7.19 mg/L, respectively. The dosage of CaCO3 to increased pH solution about 7.0 was found 2400 mg/L at contact time 60 minutes and temperature 40 °C. The amount of Ca(OH)2 for the neutralization of AMD solution smaller than CaCO3 is 210 mg/L at contact time 45 minutes and temperature 40 °C. The combination dosage of CaCO3 1000 mg/L and Ca(OH)2 90 mg/L can increased the pH of AMD solution to 7.10 and reduction concentration of Fe to 3.53 and Mn to 4.51 mg/L. Therefore, the integrated of CaCO3 and Ca(OH)2 has the potential to be applied to treatment acid mine drainage