Capital Punishment and the ‘Acnestis’ of its Modern Reformation

The term “Capital Punishment” encompasses any penalizing punishment that results in the death of people accused of committing a crime.1 This damnation dates back to the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the “Code of Hammurabi,” a misemployed code that ensured the death penalty for twenty-five distinct crimes. People convicted of crimes were made to suffer for their actions in horrific ways, including being burnt alive and drowning.2 Since then, death by hanging has been the conventional method for capital punishment in most of the world

Cooperative Planning System for Self-Separation in En-route Airspace

The increase in flight density and the need to integrate Unmanned Areal Vehicles into the National Airspace demands higher flexibility. Distributing the conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) functions among the aircraft ensures a greater flexibility in the flight plans for the aircraft. A co-operative planning system is proposed for separation assurance by distributing the CD&R in the en-route airspace among a fully-connected network of aircraft. The aircraft cooperate to achieve the common goal of conflict-free trajectories, while attempting to reduce the disruptions from their original flight plans. A pairwise CD&R algorithm is developed through heuristics which is then implemented iteratively to obtain the solution. Coordination of the aircraft maneuvers in the distributed CD&R algorithm is ensured implicitly through geometric criteria and explicitly through communication for multiple conflicts. Furthermore, a novel robust aircraft trajectory model using cubic Bezier parametric curves is developed, which gives an accurate, minimalistic representation of flight paths for the algorithm to act on and modify for new resolutions. The algorithm is validated by sweeping through different parameters for a two aircraft configuration and also compared with a benchmark tactical CD&R algorithm. Furthermore, the planning system is shown to be feasible for implementation with the current ADS-B surveillance technology

Role of HR and the entire organization in talent management in the upcoming 4th Industrial Revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution depicts the accelerated alterations as to how we live, work, and relate to each other due to the implementation of computer network-physical systems, the Artificial intelligence, and IoT. In our manufacturing plants and places of work, as we incorporate smart innovations, networked systems interact, conceptualize the entire production chain, and make independent decisions. It is anticipated that such a revolution will influence all professions, sectors, and markets. Even as this is in some ways an expansion of the 3rd Industrial Revolution (Digital Revolution) technology and automation due to speed, scope and system impact of the fourth revolution changes, it is considered the new and next age. With skill replacement by Artificial Intelligence being inevitable, role of Human Resource (HR) has become more challenging and crucial. With higher competition, human workforce is locking horns with technology and system to stay ahead in the race. The expectations of organisations are ever rising with cost reduction and increased productivity, HR has been the linking bridge between organisations and manpower. The outcome of this report is to understand the impact 4th Industrial Revolution has on the workforce, how HR has developed different procedures and process to attract new talent and retain existing talent. The methodologies HR has to undertake to develop knowledge and skills of the current talent are also explained in this report

“Zealous” Professional Ethics: The Transcendence of Natural Law, Legal Positivism, and the Ethical Stage in the U.S. Legal Ethics System and the Moral Dilemma that Surround Zealous Representation

The zealous pursuit of law has its own ideals and dogma that sets it apart from the other rules in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Decades after many enactments and amendments, there still exists many debates considering its operation as to whether an attorney owes a duty toward society over the representation of the client. This is a Delphi method that has made even the best seasoned ‘Justiciar’ and ‘Legislator’ unable to find the proper guidelines to implement upon the Legal Superstructure. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct attempt to clear the fog around the existing principle of Zealous Representation, but clouded grey areas of the rules still exist. In many ways, unraveling this knot is similar to picking apart a spider’s web without damaging its intricate design. This paper tries to unknot the Gordian Knot of zealous representation and offers an overview of the complex relationship between Natural Law, Legal Positivism, and the General Principles of Morality with Legal Ethics and the conflict that arises between the inherent sense of justice and fairness with the Model Rules during a lawyer’s representation of clients. In addition, this paper offers some tentative suggestions that attorneys should be aware of the ethical constraints of their profession and should not exceed the scope of their authority when representing their clients. To ensure proper representation of their clients, attorneys must understand and adhere to the ethical boundaries of their profession. The authors attempt to apply existing citations and precedents to point out the boundary of zealous representation

A Study on The Mediating Effect of GDP on Relationship Between Gross Advances And NPA Of Indian SCBS

The study investigates the role of GDP as a mediating variable in explaining the relationship between gross advances and NPA of Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks with particular emphasis on SBI & Associates, Nationalized Banks and Public Sector Banks during the period 2000-01 to 2011-12. The study also investigates whether the effect of GDP as a mediating variable differs before (2000-01 2006-07) and after the financial crisis (2007-08 to 2011-12). NPA is explained using Gross NPA and Additions to NPA. The relationship of variables is explained using a linear regression equation with interaction effect. The findings of the study reveal that the interaction effect is highly significant in explaining the relationship between gross advances and NPA of the selected bank groups. A scatter diagram and trend line is used to determine effect of interaction before and after the crisis. The significance of interaction on credit risk may be utilized by regulatory authorities for effective management of NPA in Indian SCBs. For SBI& Associates, the interaction significantly varies before and after the financial crisis. Keywords: NPA, Gross Advances, Intermediation effect, Regression test

On Optimal Route Computation of Mobile Sink in a Wireless Sensor Network

There is evidence of a range of sensor networks applications where a mobile sink entity (node) is utilised for data collection from statically positioned sensor nodes in a sensor field. The mobile sink is typically required to cover the sensor field by physical motion in order to obtain the values from the sensor nodes in a periodic fashion. This characteristic leads to a very interesting problem of determining the optimal route of the mobile sink, in terms of distance travelled, to accomplish the data collection from all the sensor nodes. This minimum distance problem that is spanned from the design nature of the network has very intriguing and motivating connections with a set of classic computational problems. These cohesions and similarities are explored in this paper, and the computational complexity is analysed. The applicability of numerical solutions to the current problem is discussed and a numerical heuristic is provided to arrive at an approximate answer that is 'close' to the actual solution. An evaluation of the proposed approach is also provided through experimental results

A First Principle Study on Iron Substituted LiNi(BO3) to use as Cathode Material for Li-ion Batteries

In this work, the structural stability and the electronic properties of LiNiBO 3 and LiFe x Ni (1-x) BO 3 are studied using first principle calculations based on density functional theory. The calculated structural parameters are in good agreement with the available theoretical data. The most stable phases of the Fe substituted systems are predicted from the formation energy hull generated using the cluster expansion method. The 66% of Fe substitution at the Ni site gives the most stable structure among all the Fe substituted systems. The bonding mechanisms of the considered systems are discussed based on the density of states (DOS) and charge density plot. The detailed analysis of the stability, electronic structure, and the bonding mechanisms suggests that the systems can be a promising cathode material for Li ion battery applications

The Moderating Role of Bank Performance Indicators on Credit Risk of Indian Public Sector Banks

Credit risk is inherent in banking. With its pervasive impact, it poses significant threat to the existence, stability and growth of the banking industry. The present study investigates the moderating role of various bank performance indicators on the relationship between lending and credit risk, i.e., Non Performing Assets (NPA) during the period 2000-01 to 2011-12. The study concentrates on Indian Public Sector Banks. Basically, NPA results from advances. This relationship is often more complex because it is modified by the changes in both bank performance indicators and macroeconomic indicators. The bank performance indicators moderate the relationship between advances and NPA. In order to achieve the stated objectives, the study utilized correlation, regression and ANOVA with moderation effect. The study revealed that the selected bank performance variables exercise a moderating role in the relationship between advances and NPA. The conclusion derived from the analysis can be utilized to improve the credit risk management in banks. Keywords: Non Performing Assets, Advances, Moderation, Performance Indicator