In 2016, free SIM card of Reliance Jio which provided unlimited 4G data changed the debate around the technological aspects of the communication and consumption of media in India. I vividly remember all these queues before the mobile shops where people stand in a line and collect a free Jio SIM so that they can stream YouTube videos or even IPL matches without any concerns about the data cap. The memory is an important occurrence in the Indian broadcasting history. However, even greater than...

Forest fires are a recurring feature of India’s forest landscapes and are widely regarded as one of the central drivers of forest degradation and socio-economic vulnerability among forest-dependent communities. In recent years, increasing satellite-based detections of forest fires in Central India have prompted management responses that largely prioritize fire suppression and control. However, there is limited empirical research that combines spatial analysis of forest fires with community-le...

Cancer is one of the primary causes of death, with 20 million new cases and 9.7 million deaths reported in the year 2022 globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicted over 35 million new cancer cases to be reported in the year 2035, estimating an increase of 77% from 2022. Among all cancers, prostate cancer (PCa) accounts for 1.46 million new cases and 3.96 lakh deaths worldwide, thus being the second most diagnosed cancer in men. The increase in the number of cases of prostate canc...

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes gastrointestinal infections and is associated with rising antibiotic resistance worldwide. Increasing antibiotic resistance necessitates the exploration of alternative therapeutic approaches that target the virulence mechanisms of Salmonella. Among these, outer membrane proteins (OMPs) and outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) play a crucial role in mediating host-pathogen interaction, immune invasion, and pathogenesis....

Snow and glacier meltwater are critical hydrological components in the glacierized and snow-covered basins of the Himalaya-Karakoram (HK), yet their accurate quantification remains challenging due to limited in-situ observations in this remote and rugged terrain. This thesis aims to advance the understanding of meltwater dynamics, improve modelling approaches, and enhance glacier monitoring techniques using remote sensing to better assess hydrological responses of glacierized basins to climat...

Flood frequency analysis (FFA) is typically conducted using univariate analysis of peaks, relying on the best-fit distribution of annual maxima series (AMS). However, additional flood characteristics such as volume and duration are crucial, providing a more comprehensive understanding of flood events. This study performs both univariate and bivariate FFA. Further, it investigates the joint behavior of key pairs of flood characteristics specifically peak volume (P-V), volume duration (V-D), an...

This paper presents the measurement of the isolated prompt photon inclusive production cross section in pp and p–Pb collisions by the ALICE Collaboration at the LHC. The measurement is performed in p–Pb collisions at centre-of-mass energies per nucleon pair of sNN=5.02TeV and 8.16 TeV, as well as in pp collisions at s=5.02TeV and 8 TeV. The cross section is obtained at midrapidity (|y|<0.7) using a charged-track based isolation momentum pTiso, ch<1.5GeV/c in a cone with radius R=0.4. The data...

The current network device architecture lacks a comprehensive framework for deploying machine learning (ML) network functions in the data plane. This letter presents a primitive-based ML framework for deploying network functions directly onto the programmable dataplane. The ML primitives are introduced as modular building blocks that enable software-to-hardware model translation. We demonstrate the framework’s functionality by defining primitives for an Artificial Neural Network model. Additi...