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Satish Sharma ¹, Deepti Parashar ², Pooja ², Richa ³, Sanjay Sharma ⁴

Affiliations
1 ITS Paramedical College, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, IN
2 Faridabad Institute of Technology, Faridabad, IN
3 CMC Indian Air Force, Subroto Park, IN
4 International Regulatory Affairs, Dabur India Limited, IN

Abstract

Background: Lack of studies with appropriate research design and methodology on sleep improvement with exercise, it has not been possible to draw firm conclusions about the effect of resistance exercises over aerobic exercises in improving the quality of sleep in older adults. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of resistance exercises over aerobic exercises in improving quality of sleep in community dwelling older adults thereby improving the physical fitness and preventing falls.

Materials and Method: Forty five subjects with poor sleep and actively living in community were recruited for the study. Subjects were divided into three groups- Aerobic exercise, Resistance training and control group. Resistance training group received exercises like arm curls, bench press, rowing, shoulder press, leg extension and leg press. Aerobic exercise group received activities like elbow flexion, elbow extension, shoulder abduction and adduction, side stepping, cycling etc. Control group was given no training. All the subjects were treated for 5 days a week for 6 weeks and follow-up was taken after 2 weeks. Outcome measures included Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Berg Balance Scale.

Results: Overall, subjects in both the resistance and aerobic groups improved over 6 weeks training as compared to control group. A statistical significant difference was observed between the Resistance and Aerobic groups in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Conclusion: In subjects with poor sleep, addition of resistance training proved to be effective than Aerobic exercises in improving quality of sleep in older adults.

Keywords

Sleep, Resistance Exercise, Aerobic Exercises, Abbreviations, Pittsberg Sleep Quality Index, Berg Balance Scale, Mini Mental State Examination

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Satish Sharma ¹, Alok M. Lall ², Akash Sharma ³, A. K. Singh ³, Mamta Sharma ³

Affiliations
1 Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Biotechnology Section, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (J), Jammu (J&K), IN
2 Department of Biochemistry, Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University, Allahabad (U.P.), IN
3 Department of Biochemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu (J&K), IN

Abstract

The experiment was carried out to study the interaction between molybdenum and carbofuran on physical and biochemical levels of greengram. On the basis of findings, it is concluded that the treatment combination T₇ i.e. 2 kg Mo+5.6kg carbofuran/ha showed the best performance particularly with respect to plant height, crop yield and protein content, while maximum nodules formation was recorded in T₆ i.e. 2kg Mo+0kg carbofuran.

Keywords

Greengram, Molybdenum, Carbofuran, Growth, Yield, Test Weight and Protein Content.

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Arup Roy Chowdhury ¹, Arup Banerjee ¹, S. R. Joshi ¹, Moumita Dutta ¹, Ankush Kumar ¹, Satadru Bhattacharya ¹, Amitabh ¹, Sami Ur Rehman ¹, Sunil Bhati ¹, J. C. Karelia ¹, Amiya Biswas ¹, Anish R. Saxena ¹, Satish Sharma ¹, Sandip R. Somani ¹, H. V. Bhagat ¹, Jitendra Sharma ¹, D. N. Ghonia ¹, B. B. Bokarwadia ¹, Ajay Parasar ¹

Affiliations
1 Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, IN

Abstract

Imaging Infrared Spectrometer (IIRS) is an imaging hyperspectral instrument for mineralogy of the lunar surface (including the hydroxyl signature). IIRS operates in the 0.8–5 μm spectral range with about 250 contiguous bands. It has 80 m ground sampling distance and 20 km swath at nadir from 100 km orbit altitude. Optical design is based on fore-optics and Offner (convex multi-blazed grating)-type spectrometer. Focal plane array is HgCdTe (mercury–cadmium–telluride)- based actively cooled to 90 K, having 500 × 256 pixels format with 30 μm pixel size. Electronics comprises proximity, logic and control, power supply and cooler drive electronics. Mechanical system is realized to house various subsystems, namely optics, detector, electronics and thermal components meeting the structural, opto-mechanical thermal component and alignment requirements. Thermal system is designed such that the instrument is cooled and maintained at fixed temperature to reduce and control instrument background. Aluminum-based mirror, grating and housing are developed to maintain structural as well as opto-mechanical and thermal requirements. This article presents IIRS realization and spectroradoimetric performance.

Keywords

Hyperspectral Imaging, Infrared Spectrometer, Moon, Orbiter.

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Arup Roy Chowdhury ¹, Vishnukumar D. Patel ¹, S. R. Joshi ¹, A. S. Arya ¹, Ankush Kumar ¹, Sukamal Paul ¹, Dhrupesh Shah ¹, Pradeep Soni ¹, J. C. Karelia ¹, Minal Sampat ¹, Satish Sharma ¹, Sandip Somani ¹, H. V. Bhagat ¹, Jitendra Sharma ¹, Amitabh ¹, K. Suresh ¹, R. P. Rajasekhar ¹, B. B. Bokarwadia ¹, Mukesh Kumar ¹, D. N. Ghonia ¹

Affiliations
1 Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, IN

Abstract

The paper presents the design and development of Terrain Mapping Camera-2 (TMC-2) for Chandrayaan- 2 including science objectives; system and sub-system configuration along with the realized performance of the camera; payload characterization; aspects related to data products, etc. TMC-2, onboard Chandrayaan-2 orbiter-craft is a follow-on of the Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) onboard Chandrayaan- 1. It operates in visible panchromatic band. It comprises three identical electro-optical chains aligned for three views (–25, 0 and +25 degree) along track direction for generation of stereo images. It provides data with 5 m horizontal ground sampling distance to generate digital elevation model. TMC-2 based on the new configuration and sub-system designs has reduction in mass and power by more than 40% compared to TMC, without compromising the performance.

Keywords

Digital Elevation Model, Light Transfer Characteristics, Relative Spectral Response, Signal-to-noise Ratio, Stereo Imaging, Square Wave Response, Terrain Mapping Camera-2.

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