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A framework for optimizing immunotherapy for long-term control of HIV
HIV infects around 1 million people every year. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is used to suppress viral replication and control disease progression but it cannot eradicate the virus. ART is therefore lifelong. Today, e ... -
A Framework to Measure the Socio-Economic Impact of Development Programs Using Malmquist Index
(2018-06-08)The main objective of this research is to evaluate the socio economic impact of the development programs like MGNREGA, JnNURM and development of Roads project, on the intended target area. The entire thesis can be divided ... -
Frequency Analysis of Floods - A Nanoparametric Approach
(2018-04-18)Floods cause widespread damage to property and life in different parts of the world. Hence there is a paramount need to develop effective methods for design flood estimation to alleviate risk associated with these extreme ... -
Frequency-Tuning and Dynamic Simulation of Electrostatically Actuated Beams
(2018-01-03)The resonance frequency of electrostatically actuated micromachined beams can be tuned substantially by applying a DC voltage bias, first by decreasing the frequency until the onset of pull-in and then by increasing it by ... -
From Particles to People: Vicsek-Inspired Behavioural Modelling Frameworks
In this thesis, we develop different modelling frameworks to capture the processes of opinion formation and disease spread. The common theme binding them is a nearest-neighbour-based interaction rule; while the closeness ... -
Fuel Drop Splashing on Heated Solid Surfaces
Droplet-wall interactions on heated surfaces are significantly encountered in applications such as fuel spray impingement in combustors and spray cooling. The present thesis is focused on the splashing of fuel drops on ... -
Fuel Filim Visualization And Measurement In The Inlet Manifold Of A Carbureted Spark-Ignition Engine
(2013-10-01)In order to meet future emission norms for small carbureted SI engines, such as those used on motorcycles in India, there is a need to study mixture preparation, specifically the two-phase flow exiting the carburetor and ... -
A Fundamental Investigation Of Discrete Liquid, Gas And Fines Flow In A Random Packed Bed Along With Applications
The discontinuous nature of liquid flow in a random packed bed is observed in many chemical engineering and metallurgical applications like blast furnace and heap leaching. So, to model the liquid flow in these systems, ... -
Fundamental Studies On Tribological Response Of Titanium And Copper
(2007-08-22)Friction and wear have been observed m mechanical systems when there is a relative motion between two solid bodies Friction mainly results in loss of energy and wear results in matenal loss The proper understanding of ... -
Fuzzy Dynamic Wave Models For Flow Routing And Flow Control In Open Channels
(2011-01-10)The dynamic wave model (the complete form of the saint-Venant equations), as applied to flow routing in irrigation canals or flood routing in natural channels, is associated with parameter and model uncertainties. The ... -
Fuzzy State Reservoir Operation Models For Irrigation
(2017-05-04)Efficient management of limited water resources in an irrigation reservoir system is necessary to increase crop productivity. To achieve this, a reservoir release policy should be integrated with an optimal crop water ... -
Gaze Estimation in the Wild - Models, Datasets and Usability
Human eye gaze estimation research has numerous applications in diverse fields from Human Computer Interaction (HCI) to aviation. Non-intrusive video oculography based methods are classified into two categories based on ... -
A Generalised Modelling of Piezoelectric Composite Shells and Plates using Variational Asymptotic Method
In several fields of engineering, researchers are actively pursuing the possibility to use smart materials such as piezoelectric composites in order to make the structure smart. Piezoelectric materials have the capability ... -
Generalized Circular and Elliptical Honeycomb Structures/Bundled Tubes : Effective Transverse Elastic Moduli
(2018-01-01)Omnipresence of heterogeneity is conspicuous in all creations of nature. Heterogeneity manifests itself in many forms at different scales, both in time and space. Engineering domain being an exotic fusion of human creativity ... -
Generation, Characterization and Control of Nanoscale Surface Roughness
(2018-01-11)Surface roughness exists at many length scales-from atomic dimensions to meters. At sub-micron scale, the distribution of roughness is largely dependent on the process that generates the surface through the mechanisms of ...