Published in Digital Biomarkers
We conducted a pilot study using a passive radio-wave-based home monitor in individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) with a focus on gait, home activity, and time in bed. We enrolled 7 ambulatory individuals to have the device installed in the bedroom of their homes over 8 weeks and performed standard PD assessments at baseline. We evaluated the abi...
The objective of this report is to reiterate some of the ideas on payment-surcharge, put forth the learnings demonstrated from the findings of Vistara/IRCTC, and formulate some salient guidance for policy. We hope that the findings of this report would benefit consumer education and protection initiatives of the government and RBI through some prud...
To promote small ticket debit card merchant transactions up to Rs 2000, the government during the calendar years 2018 and 2019 made merchant discount rate (MDR) zero for the merchants, and provided banks a monetary support, towards MDR, @ 0.4%. In contrast, effective January 1, 2020, the government made MDR zero for every transaction using RuPay de...
With reference to Section 10A of the Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act, 2007, and the prescribed electronic mode of payment, the Unified Payment Interface (in short UPI), we address a simple query. Is it that banks and system providers are required by law not to charge upon any person making or receiving a payment using the UPI? An answer to...
Published in Microorganisms
Escherichia coli are commensal bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, but some strains have acquired Shiga-toxins and can cause enterohemorrhagic diarrhoea and kidney failure in humans. Shiga-toxigenic E. coli (STEC) strains such as E. coli O157:H7 and some non-O157 strains also contain other virulence traits, some of which contribute t...
We look into issues and concerns arising out of the recent payment system initiative on MDR for RuPay debit cards and BHIM-UPI. Some suggestions are given as corrective measures.
This article proposes a framework for studying and understanding how people make claims to land and other natural resources. We argue that a focus on claim-making practices of actors (individuals, groups, institutions, companies, the state), and the processes of appropriation, accessing and contestation that come along with it, best responds to Sik...
Published in The European Physical Journal C
This document corrects two errors in Eur. Phys. J. C77 (2017) no. 8, 56: the incorrect referencing of Fig. 1 labels in three paragraphs in the results section and a missing acknowledgements section.
