the present study attempts to explore how the so far mainly literary issue of the unreliable narratives/narrators, can be formulated and dealt with in cinema. thus, in order to analyze the form and function of such narratives/narrators in cinema, the present paper tries to discover how the author(s) of the cinematic narrative (the overall collaboration of the screenwriter, the director, the cin...

Since long Rajahmundry town, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India is endemic for transmission of lymphatic filariasis1. Due to unplanned rapid urbanisation, unreliable water supply, open drainage system and water storage practices among the people of Rajahmundry town, heavy breeding of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera : Culicidae), the vector of filariasis and Aedes aegypti (Diptera :...

This paper presents the research and development activities within ”SolarMesh Energy-Efficient, Autonomous, Wide-Area Wireless Voice and Data Network”, a R&D project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project, bringing together expertise from academia and industry in Germany, is specifically dedicated to develop reliable wireless communications infrastructure f...

We consider the problem of locating two unknown elements x; y using group testing devices. Assuming that up to a given number E of tests out of Q can give erroneous feedback, we provide optimal algorithms to search for x and y.

We consider the verification of a particular class of infinite-state systems, namely systems consisting of finite-state processes that communicate via unbounded lossy FIFO channels. This class is able to model, e.g., link protocols such as the Alternating Bit Protocol and HDLC. For this class of systems, we show that several interesting verification problems are decidable by giving algorithms f...

Traditional information theory and communication theory assume that decoders are noiseless and operate without transient or permanent faults. Decoders are also traditionally assumed to be unconstrained in physical resources like materiel, memory, and energy. This thesis studies how constraining reliability and resources in the decoder limits the performance of communication systems. Five commun...

The monetary base typically is defined as a measure of the money-supply "impulse" originating from the stock of high-powered, central-bank money. In addition to nonbanks' demand for hand-to-hand currency, banks have demanded base money in the United States since 1913 to satisfy two needs. One is a reserve need, to fulfill a Federal Reserve regulatory requirement. The other is an operational nee...

Due to its complex nature, after-sales service support for systems such as aircraft engines is commonly outsourced to the vendor. A key input to contracting for such support is system reliability. When producttechnology is new, the vendor often knows more about reliability than the buyer, potentially leading to contractual inefficiencies. This paper examines the role of after-sales contracts as...

The large number of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills and the many hazardous materials which they contain pose a serious threat to both surrounding environment and human populations. Once waste is deposited at the landfill, pollution can arise from the percolation of leachate to the porous ground surface. Contamination of groundwater by such leachate renders it and the associated aquifer un...