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From Multidimensional non-Markovian Rate Theory to Diffusion-Entropy Scaling and Investigations into the validity of Hydrodynamic Stokes Law
Multidimensional rate theory provides a theoretical framework for understanding chemical reactions that occur in systems with more than one reaction coordinate, such as isomerization reactions, protein folding, or electron ... -
Exploring Fairness and Causality in Online Decision-Making
Online decision-making under uncertainty is a fundamental aspect of numerous real-world problems across various domains, including online resource allocation, crowd-sourcing, and online advertising. Multi-Armed Bandits ... -
Development of Dual Converters with DC Circuit breaker for DC Distribution Systems
Solar energy is rapidly gaining popularity due to its sustainability, clean, and wide availability. Adopting solar energy on a global scale can pave the way for a greener and more sustainable world, aligning with the goals ... -
Revisiting the General Circulation of the Tropics
This thesis examines some aspects of the tropical general circulation. First, we consider the zonal momentum budget of the tropical upper troposphere. Our motivation is the zonal inhomogeneity of the Earth that presents ... -
Structural insight into unique features of the Translational apparatus in Plants
Plants are constantly challenged with a variety of biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Being sessile, plants cannot evade these conditions. Most of these sudden changes in environmental conditions require a quick change ... -
Design and Development of Optical Modality-based Probe for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Breast Cancer is the leading cause of mortality among women worldwide. The key to efficiently controlling cancer on a larger scale is effective diagnosis at an early stage by distinguishing the vital signatures of the ... -
Multi-component Gas Mixture Separation: Fundamental Studies to Pilot Scale Development and Characterization
Climate change has become one of the significant challenges of the 21st century resulting in increased demand for low-carbon energy carriers to achieve a sustainable future. Thermo-chemical conversion of environmentally ... -
Nanoscale spatial and temporal response of lipid membranes interacting with biomolecules and nanoparticles
The cell membrane is the first point of interaction whenever any external biomolecule or nanoparticle encounters a cell. Thus the nature of interactions between the cell membrane and various proteins, nanoparticles, and ... -
Automatic Speech Recognition Solutions For Resource Constrained Devices
The current realm of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems, pivotal in applications ranging from voice assistants to transcription services and assistive technologies, requires an improvement when confronted with ... -
Design and Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Devices for Aerospace Applications
Optical sensors are becoming increasingly popular and gradually replacing electrical sensors due to their faster response, higher sensitivity, immunity to electromagnetic interference and electrical sparking. The advancements ... -
Role of PdtaS-PdtaR two component signalling system in metabolic adaptation in Mycobacterium spp.
The ability to perceive and adapt to environmental fluctuations, both internal and external, is a fundamental characteristic of life across diverse organisms. Within the context of pathogenic bacteria such as Mycobacterium ... -
Developmental Studies on a Multistage Induction Coilgun-Based Electromagnetic Launcher
The archetypal chemical propellant-based launchers (e.g., guns, missiles, spacecraft launchers, etc.) with their hot trailing plume (hence, known as the “hot-launching system”) has been widely deployed over the decades by ... -
Arabian Sea High Salinity Core in the Bay of Bengal
The Summer Monsoon Current (SMC) advects high salinity water from the Arabian Sea into the Bay of Bengal (BoB) during the summer monsoon. This high salinity water subducts and enters the BoB as a subsurface high salinity ... -
Rational Secure Computation: New Definitions and Constructions
Cryptography and Game Theory are two fascinating areas of modern computing, and there have been numerous works since the early 2000s to bridge these. While cryptography provides mechanisms to detect deviations, game theory ... -
Role of the unstructured N-terminal region and interacting proteins on the function of Mycobacterium tuberculosis σA
A distinctive feature of the bacterial RNA polymerase is the modular organization. The core of this enzyme, comprised of a dimer of the α subunit assembles with the β, β', and ω subunit. The core RNA polymerase enzyme ... -
Event-Related Potential Interpretation Approaches for Neonatal Hearing Screening
Biopotentials are the electrical discharges generated from the human body. They reflect the status underlying the phenomenon and are frequently used to assess the real-time physiological status of the human body. ... -
Integration of Drones/Uavs into Indian Civil National Airspace System, Regulatory Framework for Commercial Usage of Drones
Tremendous growth has occurred in drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) usage in the military and civilian sector over the past several years, and this burgeoning industry brings tremendous potential economic and social ... -
Stable Isotope and Geochemical Approaches for Hydrological Characterization and Estimation of Seasonal Groundwater Inputs in the Humid to Semi-Arid Reach of the Kabini River, South India
In tropical catchments, like the Kabini region of South India, understanding the intricate contributions of baseflow is essential for sustainable water management and ecosystem preservation. Baseflow, which is predominantly ... -
Syntheses and Structural Investigations of Iron(III) Ternary Complexes And Cu(II) Binary Complexes of Nucleotide and its Constituents
Nucleotide is the monomeric unit of DNA and RNA, being the building block of nucleic acid, it plays important roles in many biological processes. For example, Adenosine tri phosphate (ATP) acts as a storage and transporter ... -
Bandit Algorithms: Fairness, Welfare, and Applications in Causal Inference
We study regret in online learning from a welfarist perspective and explore an application of bandit algorithms in causal inference. We introduce Nash regret, which measures the difference between the optimal action ...