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Automated Test Generation and Performance Improvement using Dynamic Program Analysis
Software development process consists of various stages like design, implementation, and testing. Since programmers are considerably involved in these stages, their intuition and expertise play a vital role in the success ... -
Aβ42-mediated dendritic spine loss in an in-vitro model of Alzheimer’s disease
The results from this study establish the molecular mechanism underlying the Aβ42-mediated dendritic spine loss observed in the APP/PS1 mouse model of AD. Further, this study highlights the role of Aβ42 in altering the ... -
Bayesian Techniques for Joint Sparse Signal Recovery: Theory and Algorithms
This thesis contributes new theoretical results, solution concepts, and algorithms concerning the Bayesian recovery of multiple joint sparse vectors from noisy and underdetermined linear measurements. The thesis is written ... -
Bearings-Only Information Based Guidance Law for Trajectory Shaping Applications
Munitions like projectiles and artillery mortars follow ballistic trajectory to hit the target. However, unguided munitions may miss the target due to external disturbances or errors in aerodynamic modeling. A guided ... -
Behaviour of Granular Materials Under Shock and Blast Loading - A Shock Tube Investigation
Granular and porous materials based protective layers have proven to be very good shock absorbing medium. Although sand material is widely used (as sand bags) till date in civil and military applications as a blast mitigating ... -
Binaural Source Localization using subband reliability and interaural time difference patterns
Machine localization of sound sources is necessary for a wide range of appli- cations, including human-robot interaction, surveillance and hearing aids. Robot sound localization algorithms have been proposed using ... -
Biochemical and functional characterisation of cyclic AMP-binding, universal stress proteins from mycobacteria
The genus Mycobacterium harbours several pathogenic species, including M. tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, which alone is responsible for nearly 1.3 million deaths globally every year. Understanding the ... -
Biochemical and functional characterization of the enigmatic MPPED1/MPPED2 metallophosphodiesterases
Evolutionarily conserved genes in nature have been known to perform critical functions inside the cell. Earlier bioinformatic analysis performed in our laboratory identified mammalian orthologs of Rv0805, a novel class III ... -
Biochemical and Functional Characterization of the Mycobacterial PdtaS-PdtaR Two Component System
Two-Component Systems (TCSs) are primarily prokaryotic modes of cell signaling involving a receptor sensor kinase (SK) that senses stimuli and a response regulator (RR) that effects a response, usually at the level of ... -
Biofilm Reactors for Greywater Treatment
Greywater (GW) is the fraction of wastewater discharged in houses that has not been contaminated with faeces. The average volumes of greywater generated in the households of Bengaluru varies between 40-70 litres/cap/day ... -
Blade Flutter in a Linear Cascade: Unsteady Loads and Flow Features in Subsonic and Transonic Flows
Vibration related issues like flutter can significantly limit the performance of aircraft engines and cause unwarranted cost and time overruns. The increased demand for more powerful yet compact engines has resulted in the ... -
Blocker-tolerant Receiver Design Suitable for Software-defined and Cognitive Radio Applications
The ever growing demand for higher data rates and the heavy usage of wireless communication devices have created frequency congestion on certain bands of the radio spectrum. The push has been towards new standards that can ... -
Blue and Red Shifting H-Bonding in X−H···Y(X=C, O: Y = O, N, S) Complexes: A Gas Phase FTIR and ab initio Study
Regular H-bonding is essential for sustenance of many chemical and biochemical processes and has been investigated thoroughly since its discovery in the 1920’s. However, experimental finding of blue shifting of X-H stretching ... -
Carbon nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications
Environmental pollution and energy storage are two important issues in the modern day society. In this regard, Carbon nanomaterials have attained immense importance, due to their high surface area and electrical conductivity ... -
Carbon-Carbon and Carbon Heteroatom Bond Forming Reactions: From Organocatalysts to Quantum Dots
Butenolides containing stereogenic centers on the ring, are commonly encountered structural motifs, found in many natural products. Consequently, there has been considerable interest in efficient and stereoselective ... -
Catalytic Asymmetric Direct and Vinylogous Aldol, Michael and Alkylation Reactions
Pyrazoles and pyrazolones are a highly explored and privileged class of aza-heterocycles with a wide range of applications, thereby rendering a recurring interest in their synthesis and functionalization. Majority of the ... -
Characteristics of Convective Clouds Over the Indian Monsoon Zone from Weather Radar Data
Deep convective clouds play an important role in global energy balance through vertical transport of water vapor, momentum and energy, altering radiation and also influence hydrological cycle via precipitation. These clouds ... -
Characterization of a large scale hypersonic shock tunnel and investigation of the effect of roughness on a large cone boundary layer flow
High speed flight is ridden with engineering challenges, some of which have been studied for decades with only minor improvements. Boundary layer transition to turbulence in highMach number flow is one such topic, which, ... -
Characterization of Corneal Lens of Drosophila melanogaster and its Genetic Mutants using Atomic Force Microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope
Drosophila melanogaster (the fruit fly) is a widely used model organism for the study of human disease condition and genetic pathways due to the high degree of gene conservation between fly and human. The compound eyes of ... -
Characterization of Divergence resulting from Workload, Memory and Control-Flow behavior in GPGPU Applications
GPGPUs have emerged as high-performance computing platforms and are used for boosting the performance of general non-graphics applications from various scientifi c domains. These applications span varied areas like social ...