Automated Pulse-Based Diagnosis: Role of TIM Diagnostic Features

Joshi, Rajani R.

doi:10.4236/jbise.2014.710076

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“…Three gunas and effect on legislative financial probity Denotatively, the Sanskrit terminology guna means quality (Prabhupada, 2014;Kumari et al, 2016;Sridhar and Balasubramanian, 2013;Joshi, 2014;Agarwalla et al, 2015;Padhy, 2014;Mathew, 2011). The three gunas refer to the three qualities of the material world (Wolf, 1999(Wolf, , pp.…”

Section: Low Self-controlmentioning

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Legislative kleptocracy in Nigeria: systems approach

Das

2018

JMLC

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore legislative kleptocracy, specifically, budget padding, in Nigeria’s budding democracy, using systems thinking approach for a positive social change. Nigeria’s legislature is not free from the problem of kleptocracy inasmuch as some legislators have been charged with kleptocratic activities. The multifariousness of kleptocracy rooted in its differential coefficient in the Nigeria’s legislature does not underplay its sophistication. Design/methodology/approach In this qualitative analysis, the author generated data through a systematic analysis of documents. Findings The findings show that unexplored organismic factors or forces within the living being such as the inability of legislators to control their mind, low self-control, cheating propensity, identity crisis, etc., play vital roles in contributing to legislative kleptocracy. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of the study is that it is not generalizable. Practical implications The practical implication of the study is that implementation of the study recommendations is pragmatic, cost-effective and time-effective, and it would ensure legislative transformation and mitigate kleptocracy. Social implications The social implication of the study is if the Nigerian legislature implements the recommendation(s) of the study, there will be a legislative positive social change because financial crimes would have been mitigated. Originality/value This study filled the lacuna in the financial crime literature because it is the first of its kind in the discipline, and hence its originality cannot be disputed.

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Section: Low Self-controlmentioning

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Legislative kleptocracy in Nigeria: systems approach

Das

2018

JMLC

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“…Mounting evidence suggest that rajas or "qualitative" passion and tamas or the mode of ignorance which are intrinsic in living beings are triggers to corruption (Kumari, Akhilesh, and Nagendra, 2016;Prabhupada, 2014;Sridhar and Balasubramanian, 2013;Joshi, 2014;Agarwalla et al, 2015;Padhy, 2014;Mathew, 2011). A judicial officer, to wit, a justice, prosecutor or registrar overwhelmed by the mode of passion would do everything humanly possible to "collect" money from plaintiffs and/or defendants, or accused persons, to satiate he/she corrupt whim, whereas a judicial officer under the auspice of the mode of ignorance is just happy to see the suffering of plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigations or accused persons in criminal cases.…”

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Judicial corruption: the case of Nigeria

Das

2018

JFC

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to diagnostically explore the phenomenon of judicial corruption in Nigeria, its causative factors and generate strategies such as sonic therapeutic intervention, among others, that would facilitate an amelioration of the situation. The judiciary which is supposed to be last hope of justice for the Nigerian citizenry has been proven beyond reasonable doubt to have been infected with the virus of corruption, and therefore, an urgent call for action to rectify the situation is imperative. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a qualitative approach rooted in case study tradition. Findings The findings showed that power and testosterone, cheating proclivity, family pressure, qualitative passion and ignorance, low self-control, inordinate kleptocratic desire, unrestrained mind and sensory modalities, phenomenological mindset and identity crisis as endogenous contributive factors of judicial corruption in Nigeria. Research limitations/implications The limitation of the study stemmed from the fact that inasmuch as a perception of corruption and corruption are cultural phenomena, the study results cannot be generalizable. Practical implications The practical implication of the research is rooted in the fact that the Nigerian judiciary can gain from the study results and recommendation(s) if implemented without fear or favor for the overall renewal of the judiciary and the nation at large. Social implications The study is geared toward ameliorating the Nigerian corrupt judiciary or repositioning the judiciary on its pivotal dignity, and hence, its social implication cannot be overemphasized inasmuch as a positive social change would prevail if the study results and recommendation(s) are aligned with and implemented. Originality/value Inquiry on judicial corruption through the lens of qualitative research with Nigeria as a case study is highly understudied, and hence, this research fills the gap in the financial crime literature.

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“…Pulse diagnosis in Chinese medicine (CM) is also an essential diagnostic tool [6]. A well training Chinese physician presses the patient's radial arteries in left or right wrist to read the pulse wave patterns by fingertip sensations for understanding the patient's health condition.…”

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Development and Testing of a Prototype for 3D Radial Pulse Image Measurement and Compatible With 1D Pulse Wave Analysis

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This study proposes the prototype of a wrist pulse acquisition device with three-dimensional pulse image (3DPI) obtained at the radial artery. The proposed prototype is designed with mechanical and electronic circuit hardware as well as the control and data acquisition software to have fourteen degrees of movement freedom against the sophisticated geometry of the wrist radial artery for accurate pulse-taking. Three robot fingers with nine degrees of movement freedom and a wrist fixer with two degrees of rotation freedom and one degree of manual movement freedom are designed to mimic the fine pulse-taking skill of a Chinese medicine physician. The customer-designed array sensors with 5 × 5-1 sensing elements in an array are attached on the robot fingertips to get 3DPI with spatial information for direct translation of pulse feeling patterns in Chinese medicine texts, in addition to being compatible with 1D pulse wave analysis. To check reliability of the prototype, adopted is SphygmoCor with pulse data correlation. Consequently, the prototype passes safety tests and has high correlation of pulse data (waveform and peripheral augmented index) with those obtained by SphygmoCor. The automatic multi-depth pulse-taking with robot fingers attached array sensors on their tips can get acceptably repeatable pulse data with coefficient of variation less than 10%. By simultaneous pulse-taking at Cun-Guan-Chi positions, 3DPIs demonstrate great different stereoscopic waveshapes against almost unchanged single temporal pulse waveshape. Hence, the proposed prototype may be a useful tool to perform array pulse-taking for Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis and pulse wave analysis for cardiovascular examination.INDEX TERMS Radial pulse measurements, three-dimensional pulse image (3DPI), pulse wave analysis (PWA), Chinese medicine (CM), medical instrumentation, biomedical engineering.

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Automated Pulse-Based Diagnosis: Role of TIM Diagnostic Features

Cited by 5 publications

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Legislative kleptocracy in Nigeria: systems approach

Legislative kleptocracy in Nigeria: systems approach

Judicial corruption: the case of Nigeria

Development and Testing of a Prototype for 3D Radial Pulse Image Measurement and Compatible With 1D Pulse Wave Analysis

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