- J. S. Kennedy
- Baljeet Kaur
- J. Venkata Subramanian
- A. Pandian
- K. Usha Kingsly Devi
- Ramesh Raju
- D. Palanisamy
- D. Arulkirubakaran
- N. Naresh
- J. S. Binoj
- S. Sree Sabari
- R. L. Krupakaran
- K. C. Varaprasad
- A. Vinita Mary
- K. Pavithra
- M. Nathiya
- R. Kesavan
- S. Vijayakumar
- Sudhir Kumar Rajpoot
- R. Jayakumara Varadan
- J. P. Singh
- Dibyendu Chatterjee
- Sumanta Chatterjee
- Santosha Rathod
- Anil Kumar Choudhary
- Adarsh Kumar
- International Journal of Plant Protection
- Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy-An International Journal
- Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering
- Research Journal of Engineering and Technology
- Manufacturing Technology Today
- Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
- Current Science
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Manikandan, N.
- Influence of Temperature on Egg Hatching and Development Time of Brown Plant Hopper
Authors
1 Department of Agricultural Meteorology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore T.N., IN
2 Department of Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore T.N., IN
Source
International Journal of Plant Protection, Vol 6, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 376-378Abstract
Temperature is probably the most important environmental factor influencing the insect behaviour, distribution, development, survival and reproduction. Climate change, especially temperature increase, will affect insect physiology, behaviour, and development as well as species distribution and abundance, evidenced by changes in the number of generations a year, increasing survival rates in winter, and the earlier appearance of some insects. An investigation was taken up to understand the effect of different constant temperatures (28.3°C, 30.6°C, 32.7°C, 34.3°C and 36°C) on the egg hatching and development time of brown plant hopper (BPH). The results revealed that the temperature above 32.7°C was detrimental for the oviposoition by BPH females. Eggs hatching also decreased drastically with increase in temperatures. The development time taken by different stages of BPH varied significantly at different temperatures. Development time taken by different stages decreased considerably when the temperature increased. Longevity of the male and female adults also decreased with increasing temperature.Keywords
Brown Plant Hopper, Climate Change, Development Time, Egg, Global Warming, Temperature- Effect of Auditory Feedback on Lower Limb Weight Bearing Symmetry and Gait Parameters in Patients with Hemiparesis
Authors
1 Dept. of Physiotherapy, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy-An International Journal, Vol 3, No 3 (2009), Pagination: 1-5Abstract
Background and purposeTo assess the effect of auditory feedback along with the conventional methods in improving the weight bearing symmetry of lower limbs and spatial temporal gait parameters in stroke patients.
Design
Non- randomized control trial.
Setting
Kasturba Hospital, Manipal and S.D.M. Ayurvedic Hospital, Udyavara, Karnataka.
Subjects
30 stroke patients (15 in experimental group and 15 in control group).
Interventions
Conventional weight bearing exercises was given for control group while the same was supplemented with auditory feedback device called "Ped Alert" for the experimental group. Exercises were given one hour per day, five days a week for two weeks.
Main measures
Weight bearing symmetry, spatial parameters (step and stride lengths), and temporal parameters (single and double limb support time, gait velocity, cadence, asymmetry ratio), of gait and Wisconsin Gait Scale (WGS).
Result
Within group comparison showed significant improvement in weight bearing symmetry, unaffected single limb support duration (SLSD), cadence, asymmetry ratio and WGS for the control group and significant improvement in velocity, cadence, affected step length, unaffected step length, affected stride length, unaffected stride length, WGS and weight bearing symmetry in the experimental group. Between groups comparison showed significant improvement in velocity (p=0.021), unaffected step length (p=0.013), unaffected stride length (p=0.048) and WGS (p=0.026).
Conclusion
Auditory feedback training has an additional role in improving unaffected step and stride lengths and gait velocity. However it may be as effective as conventional treatment in improving other spatial and temporal parameters of gait.
Keywords
Stroke, Gait, Weight Bearing, Auditory FeedbackReferences
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- Determining Efficacy of Treatments Categorized by Diseases
Authors
1 SRM University, Chennai, IN
Source
Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering, Vol 4, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 93-99Abstract
The Search Engine process has become the most reliable in the research for any domain. As people believe that the extraction of their search is highly reliable and they follow according to it. The most reliable search is the Google. As, in this project we are getting the search in the medical domain. It has to be taken an extra step in for the research of our project. The empirical domain of automatic learning is used in tasks such as medical decision support, medical imaging, protein-protein interaction, extraction of medical knowledge, and for overall patient management care. Machine Learning field has gained its momentum in almost any domain of research and just recently has become a reliable tool in the medical domain. It is envisioned as a tool by which computer-based systems can be integrated in the healthcare field in order to get a better, more efficient medical care. In this project, we provide the users all their needs about the Disease treatment relation such as Cure, Prevention, Side-effects, Symptoms, Medicine and the Doctors. When the user is in need of their health, they can get the immediate access to patient diagnoses, allergies, and lab test results that enable better and time-efficient medical decisions. Our evaluation results for these tasks show that the proposed methodology obtains reliable outcomes that could be integrated in an application to be used in the medical care domain. And we prove that the search has gained more impact and outperformed the existing project.- Automatic Detection and Classification of Pulmonary Nodules on CT Images
Authors
1 Applied Electronics, Regional Centre Anna University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, IN
2 Applied Electronics, Regional Centre of Anna University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, IN
Source
Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol 5, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 68-76Abstract
Computer-aided detection (CAD) systems are convenient for the automatic lung nodule detection in computed tomographic (CT) images, as the sheer volume of information present in CT datasets is overwhelming for radiologists to process. First, segmentation scheme is used as a preprocessing step for enhancement. Then, the nodule candidates are detected by Eigen value decomposition of hessian matrix and Multi-scale dot enhancement filtering. After the initial detection of nodule candidates using filtering technique, feature descriptors were extracted. The feature descriptor is refined using the process of wall detection and eradication. An Evolutionary Support Vector Machine (ESVM) is trained to classify nodules and non-nodules. The proposed CAD system is validated on Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC) data. Experimental results show that the detection scheme achieves 98.3% sensitivity with only 11 false positives per scan.Keywords
CT, Pulmonary Nodule Detection, CAD, Feature Extraction.- Experimental Investigations on Spark Erosion Machining of Haste Alloy C-276 Using Taguchi’s Approach
Authors
1 Dept of Mechanical Engg, Sree Vidyanikethan Engg College (Autonomous), Tirupati, AP, IN
2 Dept of Mechanical Engg, Santhiram Engg College, Nandyal, Kurnool, AP, IN
3 Dept of Mechanical Engg, Adhi College of Engg & Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, IN
Source
Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol 16, No 11 (2017), Pagination: 3-11Abstract
Haste Alloy C276 is a hard to machine superalloy and extensively used in various engineering applications such as aerospace, nuclear reactor and gas turbine industries. Haste Alloy C-276 possess good strength and lower thermal conductivity results in decreased tool life and poor machinability by conventional machining methods. Advanced machining processes have developed over a period to fulfill such kind of demands and claimed to be an appropriate alternative method to traditional metal removal processes. Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is one of the advanced machining process which has been employed for machining of hard materials. Electrical Discharge Drilling is one of the variants in EDM process considered as an auspicious method in various engineering applications. This present article details an investigation on electrical discharge machining of nickel based superalloy - Haste Alloy C276 by Taguchi’s methodology. The experiments are devised by Taguchi’s design of experiments approach. A statistical tool Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) has been employed to ascertain the importance of independent process variables on the desired dependent variables.Keywords
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), Haste Alloy, Taguchi’s Methodology, Form and Orientation Tolerances, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).References
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- Palanisamy, D, and P. Senthil. Optimization on turning parameters of 15-5PH stainless steel using Taguchi based grey approach and TOPSIS. Archive of Mechanical Engineering. 63(3), (2016) 397-412
- Application of Desirability Based Hybrid Anfis Model for Optimization of Electro Discharge Machining of Hastealloy C-276
Authors
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IN
Source
Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol 17, No 7 (2018), Pagination: 32-43Abstract
Hastealloy C-276 is a difficult to machine superalloy and comprehensively employed in various engineering fields such as nuclear applications, aerospace and gas turbines. Hastealloy C-276 having better strength and poor thermal conductivity makes them difficult to machine materials which results in reduced life of the cutting tool and poor machinability by conventional methods of material removal. Advanced metal removal methods have evolved to accomplish those kind of needs and appealed to be an opposite alternative approach to traditional machining. Electro Discharge Machining (EDM) is considered as one of the nontraditional metal removal process which is especially adopted for machining of hard to machine materials. In this present investigation Spark Erosion Machining has been employed for machining of Haste Alloy C-276 with copper electrode by using Taguchi’s experimental design approach. Applied current (A), pulse on time (TON) and pulse off time (TOFF) were considered as the input process variables and the performance of spark erosion machining has been assessed by considering the performance measures such as material removal rate, surface roughness, overcut, form and orientation tolerance errors. The significance of process variables were analyzed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Multi objective optimization has been performed by desirability function analysis to obtain better machining performance. In addition DFA based Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) have been evolved to optimize the desired performance characteristics.Keywords
EDM, Haste Alloy, Taguchi’s Design, Desirability Function Analysis, ANFIS.References
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- Experimental Investigations on Wire Edm of AI-SiC Composite Using Taguchi’s Approach
Authors
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Autonomous), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IN
Source
Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol 17, No 9 (2018), Pagination: 12-20Abstract
The machinability study on Wire Electro Discharge Machining (WEDM) of Al6061/20%SiC has been investigated in the present exploration. The objective of this present investigation is to determine the best possible process parameter to obtain better machining performance during wire EDM of Al6061 matrix reinforced with 20 wt. % SiC which is fabricated through the stir casting processes. The machining parameters such as pulse on time, pulse off time (delay time) and servo voltage are deemed as input process variables. Rate of material removal and roughness of the machined surface were considered as performance measures under this investigation. Taguchi’s design of experiment approach has been adopted for designing the experimental runs and L9 orthogonal array has been selected for conducting the experiments. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is adopted for ascertaining the significance of process parameters. Taguchi’s response analysis has been employed to determine the ascendancy of process parameters and the optimum process parameters were determined to obtain better machining performance.Keywords
Al-SiC Composites, WEDM, Taguchi’s Approach, Orthogonal Array, ANOVA, Optimization.References
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- Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms among Incognizant Patients Visiting a Hospital
Authors
1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, IN
2 Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol 11, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 207-211Abstract
This article depicts about depressive symptoms among patients visiting a hospital. Depression is the most common mental illness among people in many parts of the world. A person who suffers from depression experiences many symptoms which affects their day to day life to study the contributing factors associated with various levels of depression, a survey was conducted among patients visiting a private dental college at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Convenience sampling technique was used for the survey. The patients were categorised according to their age, gender, education and employment status. Socio-economic status of the family head was also assessed in the survey. Marital status of an individual and any medical problems presented was also interviewed in the questionnaire. A list of PHQ-9 questionnaire was used to assess the associating factors among various level of depression.Keywords
Depression, Patients, Socio-Economic Status, Prevalence, Mental Health.- Extreme Temperature and Rainfall Event Trends in the Middle Gangetic Plains From 1980 to 2018
Authors
1 ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad 500 030, India; ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 753 006, India., IN
2 Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India., IN
3 ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad 500 059, India., IN
4 ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744 101, India., IN
5 ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 753 006, India., IN
6 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA., US
7 ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad 500 030, India., IN
8 ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla 171 001, India; ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India., IN
9 ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Mau Nath Bhanjan 275 103, India., IN
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Current Science, Vol 124, No 11 (2023), Pagination: 1300-1307Abstract
Regional-level studies aimed at identifying and assessing various types of extreme weather events and comprehending their effects on various sectors are crucial. In the present study, we have utilized the RClimDex software to compute the trend in temperature and precipitation extreme events in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India, from 1980 to 2018. We employed both Mann–Kendall test and linear regression to test the statistical significance of the computed trend. Out of 13 temperature indices, 8 showed a significant trend while the remaining showed a non-significant trend. The annual mean maximum temperature, warm days, diurnal temperature range and a monthly minimum of maximum temperature had decreased significantly by 0.029ºC, 0.159 days, 0.032ºC and 0.122ºC/yr respectively, whereas cool days and cold spell duration had increased significantly by 0.264ºC and 0.372 days/yr respectively, indicating an increased cooling effect over the study area. Similarly, out of the 11 rainfall indices, only two showed a significant trend, while the remaining showed a non-significant trend. The increasing drought over the study area is evident as the number of rainy days and consecutive wet days have decreased significantly by 0.262 days and 0.058 days/yr respectively, with a non-significant increase in consecutive dry days during the same period. The weak negative non-significant trend of a maximum of five consecutive days of rainfall, very heavy rainfall days and total annual precipitation indicate the decreasing trend of floods. This study stresses the development of adaptation plans to overcome the adverse consequences of extreme weather events in Varanasi district.Keywords
Adaptation Plans, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Temperature and Rainfall, Statistical Significance, Trends.References
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