There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.

Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

I and i

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Power Aware Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

A super-peer is a node in a peer-to-peer network that operates both as a server to a set of clients, and as an equal in a network of super-peers. Super-peer networks strike a balance between the efficiency of centralized search, and the autonomy, load balancing and robustness to attacks provided by distributed search. Furthermore, they take advantage of the heterogeneity of capabilities (e.g., bandwidth, processing power) across peers, which recent studies have shown to be enormous. Hence, new and old P2P systems like KaZaA and Gnutella are adopting super-peers in their design. Despite their growing popularity, the behavior of super-peer networks is not well understood. For example, what are the potential drawbacks of super-peer networks? How can super-peers be made more reliable? How many clients should a super-peer take on to maximize efficiency? we examine super-peer networks in detail, gaming an understanding of their fundamental characteristics and performance tradeoffs. We also present practical guidelines and a general procedure for the design of an efficient super-peer network.

Designing an Super-Peer Network

Introduction:
The battle of attendance and absenteeism has long plagued both students and faculty alike, often being a factor which bars students from attempting examinations if they have not met the necessary prescribed course attendance criteria The objective of this study is to identify and understand the perceptions of medical students on reasons as to why absenteeism occurs and the factors to improve absenteeism
Methods:
A cross-sectional observational study was conducted from August- September 2018 at Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College, Mauritius
 
Results:
Out of 700 students, 503 students participated in the study, which gives an overall response of 7185% Factors for absenteeism were weather 67%, lack of motivation 533%, self-studying 575 %, health problems 561 % and lecture timetables 613% 534% of South African students attributed homesickness to be a factor which precipitates absenteeism Factors that reduced absenteeism were student counselling 658%, active lecture engagement 915%, clear and logical lectures 968%, reduced teaching hours 839%, peer mentoring by classmates and senior students 592% and seminars conducted by students with high absentee rates of 6421% It was found that the female cohort quantified peer mentoring by classmates and senior students aOR 1506[ 1046- 2170], monthly counselling by the department aOR 1122[ 0771-1631], seminars conducted by students with high absentee rate will improve their attendance aOR1262[0870-1831] as compared to male students
Conclusion:
The factors that reduce absenteeism should be employed more readily, and precipitate absenteeism is rectified and seen This being implemented with the sole purpose of producing capable and viable graduates

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Indrajit Banerjee

Papers

Medical students’ perception on absenteeism: A situational analysis from a medical college in Mauritius