Eigenvalue extensions of Bohr's inequality

We present a weak majorization inequality and apply it to prove eigenvalue and unitarily invariant norm extensions of a version of the Bohr's inequality due to Vasi\'c and Ke\v{c}ki\'c.Comment: 8 pages, to appear in Linear Algebra App

Simulation of Implementing RFID in Supply Chain Management

This paper discusses the implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Supply Chain Management (SCM) to control inventory, tracking of object, supply chain management in warehouses, stores, etc. and benefits of RFID Technology. Various RFID systems can be obtained by combining different tags, readers, frequencies and levels of tagging, etc

A fixed point theorem and a norm inequality for operator means

AbstractThere is one to one correspondence between positive operator monotone functions on (0, ∞) and operator connections. For a symmetric connection σ, it is proved that the map X → (AσX)σ⊥(BσX) from positive operators on a Hilbert space to itself, has a unique fixed point. Here σ⊥ denotes the dual of σ. It is also proved that |||AσB||| ⩽ |||A|||σ|||B||| for all unitarily invariant norms ||| · ||| and for all positive operators A,B

Stopped Flow Kinetics of MnII Catalysed Periodate Oxidation of 2, 3- dimethylaniline - Evaluation of Stability Constant of the Ternary Intermediate Complex

The formation of ternary intermediate unstable complex during the oxidation of aromatic amines by periodate ion catalysed by MnII has been proposed in case of some anilines. This paper is the first report on stopped-flow kinetic study and evaluation of stability constant of ternary complex forming in the MnII - catalysed periodate oxidation of 2, 3-dimethylaniline (D) in acetone-water medium. Stop-flow spectrophotometric method was used to study the ternary complex formation and to determine its stability constant. The stop-flow trace shows the reaction to occur in two steps. The first step, which is presumably the formation of ternary complex, is relatively fast while the second stage is relatively quite slow. The stability constant evaluated for D - MnII - IO4- ternary complex by determining equilibrium absorbance is (2.2 ± 1.0) × 105. Kinetics of ternary complex formation was defined by the rate law(A) under pseudo first order conditions. ln{[C2]eq / ( [C2]eq -[C2])} = kobs . t (A) where, kobs is the pseudo first order rate constant, [C2] is concentration of ternary complex at given time t, and [C2]eq is the equilibrium concentration of ternary complex. © 2015 BCREC UNDIP. All rights reserve

EVALUATION OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY AMONG SUB-ELITE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the emotional maturity among the school, college and club level sub-elite football players. For this purpose total three hundred (N=300) football players (100 school level, 100 college level and 100 club level) were selected to collect the data from various football centers of Punjab. The age of players ranged between 15 to 25 years. Emotional Maturity of the football players was assessed with the help of Emotional Maturity Scale given by Singh and Bhargava (1990). The results of One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed significant differences (p<0.05) on sub-variable personality disintegration among school, college and club level football players. Post-hoc analysis revealed that college level football players had significantly better mean score on personality disintegration (p<0.05) than the school level football players. However, no significant differences were reported on emotional instability, emotional regression, social maladjustment, lack of independence and emotional maturity (total) among the school, college and club level football players. As per need of modern competitive sports that it is recommended to introduce systematic psychological training to school, college and club level players for better performance in their game or event.  Article visualizations

Negotiating Ambivalent Gender Space for Collective and Individual Empowerment: Sikh Women\u27s Life Writing in the Diaspora

In order to examine gender and identity within Sikh literature and culture and to understand the construction of gender and the practice of Sikhi within the contemporary Sikh diaspora in the US, I analyze a selection from creative non-fiction pieces, variously termed essays, personal narrative, or life writing, in Meeta Kaur’s edited collection, Her Name is Kaur: Sikh American Women Write About Love, Courage, and Faith. Gender, understood as a social construct (Butler, among others), is almost always inconsistent and is related to religion, which, too, is a construct and is also almost always inconsistent in many ways. Therefore, my reading critically engages with the following questions regarding life writing through a postcolonial feminist and intersectional lens: What are lived religions and how are the practices, narratives, activities and performances of ‘being’ Sikh imagined differently in the diaspora as represent in my chosen essays? What are some of the tenets of Sikhism, viewed predominantly as patriarchal within dominant cultural spaces, and how do women resist or appropriate some of them to reconstruct their own ideas of being a Sikh? In Kaur’s collection of essays, there are elements of traditional autobiography, such as the construction of the individual self, along with the formation of communal identity, in the postcolonial life writing. I will critique four narrative in Kaur’s anthology as testimonies to bear witness and to uncover Sikh women’s hybrid cultural and religious practices as reimagined and practiced by the female Sikh writers

Development of Standardized Scientific Temper Tool

The prime aim of the present paper was to develop a standardized tool to measure scientific temper. For this purpose, the investigators organized three workshops with experts in the field of science and social sciences and the tool is developed in three phases. In the first phase, the term scientific temper had been operationally defined and four dimensions, i.e. spirit of enquiry, rational thinking, cause and effect relationship and scientific information were finalized to measure the scientific temper among people. This scientific temper tool was developed in the form of a questionnaire. The items related to above four dimensions were collected and shuffled well to prepare initial draft of the schedule. Thus the initial draft contained 70 items in it. The questionnaire was prepared in three parts, designated as FORM A, FORM B and FORM C. In the FORM A responses were recorded on Likert-scale while in FORM B questions were kept open-ended and the responses in FORM C, which constituted the core of Scientific Temper Questionnaire (STQ), were categorized into three options, from scientific to superstitious. It should be noted that all the three parts contianed identical indicators.In the second phase, the initial draft of STQ was administered on a sample of 120 students in order to determine the discriminative value and popularity value of each item for the purpose of item analysis. The reliability was established through Kuder Richardson formula and content and concurrent validity were also established. In order to develo

A Review for Digital Microscope Using Raspberry Pi

This paper provides the way of digitization of the microscope by using the raspberry pi kit which includes the touch screen and the Pi camera. We demonstrate the use of the raspberry pi 2 kit as an alternative to the USB camera so as to directly view the data and analyze. The raspberry pi kit would lead to the instant detection and the review of the sample which could be sent directly through internet. The main concern in this paper is to decrease the work of a biologist and getting a better view for the sample to demonstrate and examine the sample