14 research outputs found
Alternative Dispute Resolution in India - ADR: status/effectiveness study
This study focuses on the effectiveness of Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms in India. The broad targets included (a) a comparative analysis of institutional ADRs and ad-hoc ADR, (b) cost and time benefit analysis of ADRs in comparison with adjudication through courts; (c) study of the effectiveness of pre-trial mediation centres; and (e) to make concrete suggestions. The study proves that ADR in India has not been that effective when compared to adjudication through courts. The report favored institutional ADRs given the high rate of corruption and bureaucratic hitches prevalent in ad-hoc ADRs. The study also found that pre-trial mediation centres were developing in the right track
Machine-Part cell formation through visual decipherable clustering of Self Organizing Map
Machine-part cell formation is used in cellular manufacturing in order to
process a large variety, quality, lower work in process levels, reducing
manufacturing lead-time and customer response time while retaining flexibility
for new products. This paper presents a new and novel approach for obtaining
machine cells and part families. In the cellular manufacturing the fundamental
problem is the formation of part families and machine cells. The present paper
deals with the Self Organising Map (SOM) method an unsupervised learning
algorithm in Artificial Intelligence, and has been used as a visually
decipherable clustering tool of machine-part cell formation. The objective of
the paper is to cluster the binary machine-part matrix through visually
decipherable cluster of SOM color-coding and labelling via the SOM map nodes in
such a way that the part families are processed in that machine cells. The
Umatrix, component plane, principal component projection, scatter plot and
histogram of SOM have been reported in the present work for the successful
visualization of the machine-part cell formation. Computational result with the
proposed algorithm on a set of group technology problems available in the
literature is also presented. The proposed SOM approach produced solutions with
a grouping efficacy that is at least as good as any results earlier reported in
the literature and improved the grouping efficacy for 70% of the problems and
found immensely useful to both industry practitioners and researchers.Comment: 18 pages,3 table, 4 figure
New Insights into the Mechanism of Visible Light Photocatalysis
ABSTRACT: In recent years, the area of developing visible-lightactive photocatalysts based on titanium dioxide has been enormously investigated due to its wide range of applications in energy and environment related fields. Various strategies have been designed to efficiently utilize the solar radiation and to enhance the efficiency of photocatalytic processes. Building on the fundamental strategies to improve the visible light activity of TiO2-based photocatalysts, this Perspective aims to give an insight into many contemporary developments in the field of visible-light-active photocatalysis. Various examples of advanced TiO2 composites have been discussed in relation to their visible light induced photoconversion efficiency, dynamics of electron− hole separation, and decomposition of organic and inorganic pollutants, which suggest the critical need for further development of these types of materials for energy conversion and environmental remediation purposes
Impact of International Norms on Criminal Justice Administration
This study is an attempt to look at the impact of international norms on the criminal justice administration in India. It has been confined to the criminal justice administration since it is here that the concept of sovereignty is affected the most. The study is intended to give a fair idea as to the position India holds in the matter of implementation of international norms in the area of criminal justice administration and the areas that require urgent attention. The study suggests that the country’s system is on the right track towards the implementation of the international norms. The position of law in India and the requirements under international norms with respect to criminal justice administration have been studied by considering the same at three stages – pre trial, trial and post trial stages. The question as to whether they comply with the international standards and the approaches of the court has been inquired into this stud
International Human Rights Movements and Protection of Women's Rights
This thesis is an attempt to explore the problems faced by Indian
Women and to examine the ways in which the human rights of women could be
better protected in the light of international movements with special reference
to national legislation and judicial decisions.The evolution of human rights from early period to Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 is traced in the first chapter. The second
chapter deals with the evolution of human rights in India. The evolution of
fundamental rights and directive principles and the role played by the Indian
Judiciary in enforcing the human rights enumerated in various international
instruments dealing with human rights are also dealt with in this chapter. The
rights guaranteed to women under the various international documents have
been dealt with in the third chapter.It is noticed that the international documents have had their impact in
India leading to creation of machinery for protection of human rights.
Organised violations of women's rights such as prostitution, devadasi system,
domestic violence, sexual harassment at workplaces, the evil of dowry, female
infanticide etc. have been analysed in the light of existing laws and decisional
jurisprudence in the fourth chapter. The fifth chapter analyses the decisions and
consensus that emerged from the world conferences on women and their
impact on the Indian Society and Judiciary. The constitutional provisions and
legislative provisions protecting the rights of women have been critically
examined in the sixth chapter. Chapter seven deals with various mechanisms
evolved to protect the human rights of women. The eighth chapter contains
conclusions and suggestions.School of Legal
Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technolog