Infrastructure, through its direct and indirect effects, has a bearing on growth, equity and overall development of a country. Widening inequality has significant implications for growth and macroeconomic stability leading to suboptimal use of human resources and concentration of decision-making in the hands of a few. This article discusses the relationship between growth and infrastructure inequality in India since the 1990s. Tracing three dimensions of infrastructure inequality over time, this study tests the existence of its nonlinear relationship with growth. Empirical estimates reject the inverted U-shaped and U-shaped patterns between disparity in infrastructure and economic growth. Accelerated decline in infrastructure inequality is depicted with growth in India across infrastructure sectors of transport, energy and communication. Policymakers need to sustain efforts to eradicate infrastructure disparity by following a growth-oriented approach.
Glaucoma is an ocular disorder resulting in optic nerve damage or loss to the field of vision, in many patients caused by a clinically characterized pressure buildup in regards to the fluid of the eye i.e. intraocular pressure-associated optic neuropathy. Optic nerve damage and visual field damage caused by glaucoma are essentially progressive and irreversible. Hence if the condition is detected early enough, it is possible to arrest the development or slow the progression with medical and surgical means. In this paper wavelet texture features are extracted using daubechies, symlets and reverse biorthogonal wavelet filters. Extracted energy signatures are given to the neural networks and hence discriminate between normal and glaucomatous images. Finally segmentation methods based on optimal thresholding by clustering are used to exactly spot the region of disease.
Following an introduction reflecting on undergraduate student publishing by Mark Swartz, Scholarly Publishing Librarian at Queen’s University, the panelists introduced the scope of their respective journals, Qapsule, Queen's Law Journal, and Politicus, and what motivates each journal representative to contribute to publishing initiatives at Queen’s University.
Questions posed by the moderator to the panelists facilitated discussion and addressed the various aspects of the journal publishing process including the article review process, journal awareness and marking strategies, and undergraduate student publishing opportunities. The audience participated by asking questions of the panelists throughout the session.
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