An idealized visual pigment absorbance spectrum is used together with a Framers-tionig dispersion relation to calculate the contribution of the visual pigment to the refractive index of the fly photoreceptor. It appears that an absorption coeftcient of OGlO pm’ results in a refractive index variation of less than 5 x IO-*. The effect of this smali variation on waveguide properties of the fly ph...

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India -"Hindustan" literally means the land of Hindus. It is a secular nation since 1950. Officially, there is no place for religious, cultural or caste segregation in the society. However, the framers of the Indian Constitution decided to give special benefits to the backward classes and women by forming a reservation policy that was included in the Constitution itself. This paper tries to loo...

Max Farrand’s Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 shed light on the intricacies of the debates of the framers over the text of the Constitution. They do not, however, provide authoritative evidence of constitutional meaning. The Philadelphia Convention, after all, was conducted in secret, and the ratifiers, operating in thirteen distinct conventions in culturally and politically diverse s...

This paper focuses on the analysis and the design of families of interval observers for linear systems with a point-wise delay. First, it is proved that classical interval observers for systems without delays are not robust with respect to the presence of delays, no matter how small delays are. Next, it is shown that, in general, for linear systems with delay, the classical interval observers e...

In 2008, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) promulgated the Triple Aim, which advocates simultaneous improvements in patient experiences, improved population health and lower cost per capita. In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) promised quality, affordable health care for all Americans. It's fair to assume that the framers of ACA were aware of the Triple Ai...