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Harleen Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Shree Atam Vallabh Jain College, Hussainpura, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Turbulent globalised business environment has necessitated the dedicated performance of employees. It is the human resources which can make or mar the organisation. Employees' effectiveness is based on his knowledge, talent, interpersonal skills and experience in organisation. Earlier intelligent quotient was the criterion for selection of employees, but now their emotional intelligence (i.e. how they handle and manage their own as well as others' emotions) has become more prominent in their effectiveness at job. Present study has tried to explore the influence of emotional intelligence on on-the-job behaviour of employees. On-the-job behaviour has been studied on four dimensions namely, positive work behaviour, physical withdrawal behaviour, psychological withdrawal behaviour and antagonistic work behaviour. Sample for the study comprised 311 employees from service sector. Study has confirmed the relationship and influence of emotional intelligence on positive work behaviour, psychological withdrawal behaviour, physical withdrawal behaviour and antagonistic work behaviour. Study further analysed the demographic analysis of employees regarding emotional intelligence and on-the-job behaviour on the basis of age, gender, educational qualification and total work experience of employees.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Positive Work Behaviour, Psychological Withdrawal Behaviour, Physical Withdrawal Behaviour, Antagonistic Work Behaviour.

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Seema Maini ¹, Harleen Kaur ¹, Poonam G. Kohli ¹

Affiliations
1 Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Background: Meditation has a number of positive effects on physiology of human body. It has shown to reduce blood pressure, heart rate and serum cholesterol levels thus reducing the risk of coronary artery disease.

Objectives: The present study is contemplated to highlight the hemodynamic and biochemical effects of Rajyoga meditation by studying its impact on serum cholesterol and serum HDL levels of the individuals.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 100 healthy people selected from Brahma Kumari Ashram Amritsar. Group I included 50 subjects meditation regularly for at least 1 hour a day for last 2-5 yrs, Group II included 50 subjects in the same age group who did not perform any meditation technique. Serum cholesterol and HDL were measured by the respective kits. Results were analysed statistically.

Results: This data shows that mean value of serum cholesterol in case of meditator males and females was significantly lower than in non meditators Also, the mean values for the S.Cholesterol/HDL ratio were also significantly lower in meditators and non meditators.

Conclusions: Persons practising Rajayoga Meditation regularly are at a lower risk of developing cardiovascular diseases as compared to those who do not perform any meditation at all. So it can be safely conclude that meditation has a positive effect on cardiovascular system and with regular practice of meditation reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.

Keywords

Meditation, Lipid Profile, Cardiovascular Disease.

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Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Harleen Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the perceptions of adolescents regarding the prevalence of various Psycho-Social Morbidities, viz.. Depression, Attention and Thought Problems, Somatic Complaints, Aggression, Delinquent Behaviour, Social Problems and Withdrawn Behaviour in the present day society. The study was based upon the sample of 200 adolescents (100 boys and 100 girls) drawn equally from randomly selected Senior Secondary Schools of Ludhiana City. The Socio-economic Status Scale by Sharma (2010) was administered to ascertain the middle socio-economic status of the sample adolescents. Thereafter, a self- structured questionnaire in Punjabi vernacular adapted from Youth Self Report (YSR) Inventory by Achenbach (2001) was administered to the sampled adolescents to obtain the information pertaining to their perceptions regarding prevalent psycho-social morbidities. The results revealed that 'Social Problems' followed by 'Attention and Thought Problems' were the major threat to the psychological well-being of the youth in contemporary society whereas, 'Aggression and Delinquent Behaviour' were perceived as the least existent. Also, significant gender differences were observed in 'Aggression and Delinquent Behaviour' dimension of psycho-social morbidities with significantly more number of boys experiencing 'average' and 'high' level of'Aggression and Delinquent Behaviour' as compared to their female counterparts. These trends call for an urgent attention towards preserving the physical and psychological well-being of youth through the resolution of the sporadic struggle and mental conflicts which adolescents reportedly face in the present day society.

Keywords

Adolescents, Psycho-Social, Physical and Mental Wellbeing, Morbidities.

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Ajay Chhabra ¹, Varun Jindal ¹, Gurkirat Singh Grewal ¹, Harleen Kaur ¹, Sashi Paul ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Conservative Dentistry, Bhojia Dental College and Hospital, Distt. Solan, Himachal Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The determination of working length in one of the most important steps in ischolar_main canal treatment. Failure in determining the correct working length increases the failure probability of RCT. The anatomic apical constriction is located approximately 0.5-1 mm short of major foramen and this makes it difficult to accurately localize the foramen and constriction radiographically. Electronic apex locators are a boon in locating anatomic apex. However it requires intensive practical exercises, before performing endodontic procedures on patients for the first time. The major challenge is to simulate a condition that helps students to transfer their knowledge acquired from pre-clinical labs to the clinical setups. The aim of this study is to develop an accurate, reliable endodontic teaching model which enables the use of EAIs to allow accurate evaluation of endodontic working length.

Keywords

Tooth Apex, Electronics, Radiography.

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Harleen Kaur ¹, Harmandeep Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, IN

Abstract

The most hardest and common problem in today's Internet is the Denial of Service (DoS) attack. These attacks deprived off the resources and the services of the user connected over Internet within a short period of time and with very ease. The effect of the attack is depend upon the attacker's will, so it is easy for an attacker to organize an attack with destructive results. These attacks have severe impact on the operating system (OS) of a system. So the operating system must protect itself from the security gaps. In client-server communication, a DoS attack may be lanced by sending many useless requests to the server. These useless requests results in depriving off server's resources and stopping it from responding legitimate client requests. In this paper, the approach used to prevent these attacks and some OS specific host based attacks are discussed.

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Harleen Kaur ¹, Kanwardeep Singh ²

Affiliations
1 M.Tech student, Department of Electrical Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, 141006, IN
2 Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, 141006, IN

Abstract

This paper proposes an approach for the modification in existing Two Part Tariff (TPT) structure incorporating the effect of Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP). LMP can represent economic signal for instant to instant variation of generation, transmission and load scenarios. Conventionally TPT consists of fixed and operating prices, obtained on annual basis. In this paper, it has been proposed to replace the operating price of TPT by LMP. LMP at various buses which represents the actual price of power delivery, can be obtained from the solution of AC optimal power flow. LMP value at any bus is added to fixed price to obtain the modified TPT structure at that bus. The load payments are obtained by utilizing modified TPT for an Indian utility 62-bus system, and the results are compared with and without considering loading and considering the effect of energy conservation. The simulated results show that huge benefit is obtained by modified TPT structure as compared to existing TPT structure in case when line loading and energy conservation are considered. Moreover with modified TPT structure costumers will be able to respond more accurately according to the prevailing electricity market scenarios.

Keywords

AC optimal power flow, locational marginal pricing, two part tariff

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