Pavan K. Varma, The Great Indian Middle Class

Manuela Pavan

Novel molecular descriptors based on a leverage matrix similar to that defined in statistics and usually used for regression diagnostics are presented. This leverage matrix, called Molecular Influence Matrix (MIM), is here proposed as a new molecular representation easily calculated from the spatial coordinates of the molecule atoms in a chosen conformation. The proposed molecular descriptors a...

Worshipping the Great Moderniser: King Chulalongkorn, Patron Saint of the Thai Middle Class

The great Indian invisible railroad disaster.

doi:10.1017/S1049023X12000544 As traffic accidents occupy center stage in injury discussions, Forsberg and colleagues’ report ‘‘One hundred years of railway disasters and recent trends’’ made interesting reading. With trains traveling at higher and higher speeds, the authors correctly recommend injury prevention and safety mechanisms to decrease the risk of mass-casualty events. The robust Emer...

Economic stress and the great recession in Ireland: polarization, individualization or ‘middle class squeeze’?

Following an unprecedented boom that attracted the label ‘Celtic Tiger’, since 2008 Ireland has experienced the most severe economic and labour market crisis since the foundation of the State. The rapid deterioration in the labour market, alongside stringent austerity measures, had a widespread impact. Considerable debate persists as to where the heaviest burden has fallen. Conventional measure...

theoretical understanding of the middle class

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