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Self presentation in online environments: a study of Indian Muslim matrimonial profiles
(Asian Journal of Communication, 2013)
This study examines the self presentation practices of Indian Muslim men and women in online matrimonial advertisements. Findings indicate that while Indian Muslims are using the new medium to adhere to traditional cultural ...
Meenachil Konkretes: Persuading Without Power
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
Contradictions of Employee Participation in Worker Cooperatives
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
This study will explore employee involvement (EI) and its variations in creating a
worker cooperative (and sustaining it) from a family business that went bankrupt
and hence deserted by the owners. Using an in-depth ...
Alcohol, babies and the death penalty: Saving lives by analysing the shape of the brain
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)
Alcohol can damage the brains of unborn babies. Shape analysis can assess the damage in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Kanti Mardia, Fred Bookstein and John Kent explain how it works, and how it can help babies and even ...
Posterior consistency of bayesian quantile regression based on the misspecied asymmetric laplace density
(International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2013)
We explore an asymptotic justication for the widely used and em-pirically veried approach of assuming an asymmetric Laplace distribution (ALD) for the response in Bayesian Quantile Regression. Based on empirical ndings, ...
Creativity in research and development laboratories: A new scale for leader behaviours
(2013)
In this paper, we report an inventory of leader behaviours that can promote creativity among R&D professionals. Specifically, we constructed and quantitatively validated a scale that was previously developed using a ...
Methods and models for costing carbon mitigation
(2013)
Using the results of more than 20 different global models with a particular emphasis on two rapidly growing large countries (China and India), this paper discusses the cost estimation methods that are used in setting up ...
The transition of childbirth practices among tribal women in Gujarat, India - A grounded theory approach
(2013)
Background: Under the National Rural Health Mission, the current emphasis is on achieving universal institutional births through incentive schemes as part of reforms related to childbirth in India. There has been rapid ...
The limitations of markets
(Morris, Sebastian (2013) "The limitations of markets "Farmers’ Forum, 13, 4 (2013) , 20 - 36
https://issuu.com/Farmersforum/docs/ff_aug-sep_2013_final_full_low_res, 2013)
Influential multilateral agencies and
economists have for long been urging
laissez-faire in agriculture that has met with
limited success even in the rich countries.
This is despite commitments under the WTO.
Worse, ...
The effect of Self-Help Groups on access to maternal health services: Evidence from rural India
(2013)
Introduction. The main challenge for achieving universal health coverage in India is ensuring effective coverage of poor and vulnerable communities in the face of high levels of income and gender inequity in access to ...