Breaking the Caste Ceiling: Dalit Feminism in Bollywood

The Status of Dalit Women in India’s Caste Based System

Breaking the Catheterization Laboratory Ceiling.

A t my first Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference a few years ago, I came upon a shocking discovery, which had nothing to do with novel stents or valves. Upon exiting the 1,000-seat main auditorium, I bumped into a massive line for the men’s bathroom—and there was no one in line for the women’s bathroom. I skipped with glee into a stall, but then started to wonder, do all ...

Breaking the glass ceiling: hollow OmniGuide fibers

We argue that OmniGuide fibers, which guide light within a hollow core by concentric multilayer films having the property of omnidirectional reflection, have the potential to lift several physical limitations of silica fibers. We show how the strong confinement in OmniGuide fibers greatly suppresses the properties of the cladding materials: even if highly lossy and nonlinear materials are emplo...

Automatic Music Transcription: Breaking the Glass Ceiling

Automatic music transcription is considered by many to be the Holy Grail in the field of music signal analysis. However, the performance of transcription systems is still significantly below that of a human expert, and accuracies reported in recent years seem to have reached a limit, although the field is still very active. In this paper we analyse limitations of current methods and identify pr...

Does women’s caste make a significant contribution to adolescent pregnancy in Nepal? A study of Dalit and non-Dalit adolescents and young adults in Rupandehi district

BACKGROUND Adolescent pregnancy is a public health concern worldwide. There are disparities in the occurrence of adolescence pregnancy in different social groups and settings; however, few studies have focused on the contribution of a woman's caste in early pregnancy in Nepal. This study aimed to examine the association between caste and adolescent pregnancy; and investigate factors that influe...