AN attempt has been made elsewhere1 to show that the output of any individual working by
hand is the resultant of a large number of random influences. As a first approximation these …

This paper considers the implications of minimising the upper bound of the chance of a
dread event, when the information available about the joint probability distribution of future …

THERE appears to exist to-day a fairly widespread conviction that if each individual were
paid what he is worth, the distribution of incomes in any community would look like the …

This article suggests that Asia’s groundwater socio‐ecology is at an impasse. Rapid growth
in groundwater irrigation in South Asia and the North China plains during the period 1970–…

Small newborns are vulnerable to mortality and lifelong loss of human capital. Measures of
vulnerability previously focused on liveborn low-birthweight (LBW) babies, yet LBW reduction …

Background Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving for healthcare services. Higher cognitive
thinking in AI refers to the ability of the system to perform advanced cognitive processes, such …

The synthesis of ultrasmall supported bimetallic nanoparticles (between 1 and 3 nanometers
in diameter) with well-defined stoichiometry and intimacy between constituent metals …

Serine carboxypeptidase-like (SCPL) proteins have recently emerged as a new group of
plant acyltransferases. These enzymes share homology with peptidases but lack protease …

Introduction of prnA, the halogenase gene from pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis, into Streptomyces
coeruleorubidus resulted in efficient in situ chlorination of the uridyl peptide antibotic …

Groundwater is the backbone of irrigated agriculture in India. Consequent upon the advent
of Green Revolution in India, the use of groundwater has become very intensive. Despite …