- J. Venkatachalam
- Anil J. Purty
- Zile Singh
- S. B. Abraham
- G. R. Sathya
- Natesan Bhumika
- Joy Bazroy
- Swati Patil
- S. Prabhu
- C. I. Jolly
- S. R. Naik
- V. Joshi
- C. I . Jolly
- S. Karthikeyan
- Xianguo Hu
- P. A. Jeeva
- S. Harikumar
- D. Jagadeesan
- G. Asha
- E. R. Naganathan
- K. Ramesh Kumar
- Burra Karuna Kumar
- Dega Nagaraju
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Narayanan, S.
- Prevalence of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in a Rural Population of South India
Authors
1 Department of Community Medicine, PIMS, Puducherry,, IN
2 PG Department of Community Medicine, PIMS, Puducherry,, IN
3 Department of Physiology, PIMS, Puducherry,, IN
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International Journal of Contemporary Medicine, Vol 2, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 55-61Abstract
Globally, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which also bear the greatest morbidity and mortality, is rising in developing countries. Demographic and epidemiological transitions taking place in the developing countries of Asia is shifting the disease burden from communicable towards non-communicable disease. India's poor are at heightened risk of acquiring NCDs owing to high rate of smoking and tobacco use. So this paper analyses the links between socioeconomic status and non communicable diseases in rural area.
Objectives:
1. To study the prevalence of NCDs among study population.
2. To study the association between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of NCDs.
Material and Method: Cross sectional study was carried out in our field practice area of Chunampet, Kancheepuram district among 1200 consenting population who were above 20 years with the help of semi structured and pretested questionnaire. Association between NCDs risk factors and socio economic status was studied. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16.0 version.
Results: Out of 1200, 100(8.6%) of the respondents were found to have diabetes. 149(12.4%) were hypertensive, 82(6.8%) had cardiovascular diseases, 259(21.6%) were obese and 285(23.8%) were overweight. 899 (74.9%) of the study population had high salt intake in diet, 126(10.5%) were smokers, 178(14.8) consumed alcohol. Ischemic heart disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, high salt intake were statistically higher in lower socioeconomic group (p<0.05) than upper and also high burden was found among illiterate population than literates (p<0.005).
Conclusion: NCDs were high in lower socioeconomic groups and illiterates. Hence policy and programme should focus among these populations.
Keywords
Non-communicable Diseases, NCDs Risk Factors, Diabetes And Hypertension
- Antibacterial and Anti-Diarrhoel Activities of Flowers of Punica granatum Linn
Authors
1 Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, K M Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Cuffe parade, Mumbai-400 005, IN
2 K M Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Cuffe parade, Mumbai, IN
3 Orchid Research Laboratories Ltd. Chennai, IN
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Research Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics, Vol 1, No 2 (2009), Pagination: 87-89Abstract
Different extracts of Punica granatum flowers (Variety: Gulnar) were tested for antibacterial and anti-diarrhoeal activities. All the extracts showed good antibacterial activity which was comparable to that of cold water extract of Punica granatum fruit rind. Cold extracts showed better anti-diarrhoeal activity than soxhlet extracts in castor oil induced diarrhoea in rats as a model. Their anti-diarrhoeal activity was comparable to that of loperamide hydrochloride.Keywords
Punica Granatum, Antibacterial Activity, Anti-Diarrhoeal Activity.References
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- Effect of Acacia catechu and Rotula aquatica on the DNA: Implications for Cancer Therapy
Authors
1 Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Principal K M Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai-400 005, IN
2 Principal, Singhgad's Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kusgaon (BK), Lonavala, IN
3 Department of Genetics, BARC, Mumbai, IN
4 Orchid Research Laboratories Ltd. 476, Chennai 600119, IN
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Research Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics, Vol 1, No 1 (2009), Pagination: 31-34Abstract
Ethnobotanical search has revealed the use of water extracts of bark of Acacia catechu and Rotula aquatica in the treatment of cancer. The aqueous extracts of both above mentioned plants were evaluated for antimitotic activity using the meristamatic cells of Allium cepa ischolar_mains. The results showed inhibition of prophase stages in cell division. The A.catechu and R. aquatica treated ischolar_mains of A.cepa were treated with tritiated thymidine. DNA was extracted from these ischolar_main tips. The total DNA was then counted in a scintillation counter. The results were compared with a positive control Methotrexate, a known anticancer drug. Roots treated with Plain water were used as negative control. The total DNA count from the treated ischolar_mains and that from Methotrexate treated ischolar_mains was less than that of Plain water. The extracted DNA was subjected to gel electrophoresis. DNA from ischolar_mains treated with extracts and from Methotrexate treated ischolar_mains showed fragmentation where as that from the Plain water was intact.Keywords
Acacia catechu, Rotula aquatica, Allium cepa, Antimitotic Activity, DNA Isolation.References
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- The Inhibitive Action of Tolyl-3,3 Dimethyl Thiourea on the Corrosion of Mild Steel in Brine Water
Authors
1 Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore-632 014, IN
2 Institute of Tribology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui-230 009, CN
3 School of Mechanical & Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore-632 014, IN
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Journal of Surface Science and Technology, Vol 28, No 3-4 (2012), Pagination: 101-110Abstract
The inhibitive action of Tolyl-3,3 dimethyl thiourea (TDMTU) on corrosion of mild steel in brine water (5% NaCl) has been studied using weight loss, gasometric measurements, potentiodynamic polarization and impedance studies. The studies clearly indicated that TDMTU acted as cathodic inhibitor. The adsorption of the compound on mild steel surface obeyed Temkin's adsorption isotherm. Diffused reflectance spectra and SEM images confirmed the formation of adsorbed film of inhibitor on metal.Keywords
Corrosion Inhibitor, Thio Compounds, Impedance Measurements, Adsorption.- Efficient Load Sharing using Multipath Channel Awareness Routing in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Authors
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and Management Studies, Chittoor - 517127, Andhra Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Adhiparasakthi College of Engineering, Kalavai, Vellore District - 632 506, Tamil Nadu, IN
3 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram - 631561, Tamil Nadu, IN
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 8, No 15 (2015), Pagination:Abstract
Objectives: To develop a new multipath load sharing algorithm using channels sensing, node energy level analysis and malicious node detection. It aims at finding an efficient load sharing technique that gives better throughput delivery, less delay and security for data transformation. Methods/Analysis: A channel sensing between the nodes is performed to measure the signal to noise ratio and reject the path if the noise strength is greater than the signal strength. Prior energy level analysis is done for consistent data transmission over a period of time without any interrupt. A watchdog timer method is adopted for malicious node identification and removal. Findings: The quality of service in MANETs has been improved such as throughput has been increased 15% and packet delivery ratio has been increased 20% and the overall delay has been minimized 27%. Conclusion/Application: We proposed an efficient best path selection load sharing algorithm, which involves channel sensing, node energy level analysis and malicious node removal for security concern.Keywords
Attacks, Channel Awareness, Channel Sensing, Load Sharing, Malicious, Noisy PathFull Text
- Graphgain:A Proposed Measure for Ranking Mined Subgraph
Authors
1 Department of Computer Applications, Velammal College of Management and Computer Studies, Ambattur-Redhills Road, Chennai – 600066 Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Dept. of Computer Sci. & Engg., Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, IN
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Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering, Vol 2, No 7 (2010), Pagination: 135-139Abstract
Frequent itemset discovery algorithms have been used to solve various interesting problems over the year. As data mining techniques are being introduced and widely applied to non-traditional itemsets, existing approaches for finding frequent itemsets cannot be used as they cannot model the requirement of these domains. An alternate way of modeling the objects in these data sets, is to use a graph to model the database objects. Within that model, the problem of finding frequent patterns becomes that of finding subgraphs that occur frequently over the entire set of graphs. Modeling objects using graphs allows us to represne tarbitrary relations among entities. In this paper we present a computationally efficient algorithm for finding the ranking of such frequent subgraphs. The subgraph finding method may follow any one of the existing algorithm. In order to find out the ranking of subgraphs we present a new method called “graphgain”. A graphgain is the normalization technique applied at each position for a chosen value of Discounted Cumulative Gain (DCG) of a subgraph. The DCG alone cannot be used to achieve the performance from one query to the next in the search engine’s algorithm. To obtain the graphgain an ideal ordering of DCG (IDCG) at each position is to be found out. For this, a Modified Dicounted Cumulative Gain using “lift” is introduced here and IDCG is also evaluated. Then the graphgain is evaluated. Finally, the graphgain for all rules can be averaged to obtain a measure of the average performance of a search engine’s ranking algorithm. And also the ordering of graphgain will provide the order of evaluation of rules which gives in turn the efficient ranking of subgraph process.
Keywords
Graphgain, Lift, Discounted Cumulative Gain.- Supply Chain Coordination Models: A Literature Review
Authors
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Gudlavalleru - 521356, Andhra Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Manufacturing Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore - 632014, Tamil Nadu, IN
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9, No 38 (2016), Pagination:Abstract
Background/Objectives: The objective of the work carried out in this paper is to present the literature based on different Supply Chain (SC) coordination mechanisms. Also, it is intended to explore various coordination models proposed by various researchers from the literature. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The literature is reviewed by considering 142 articles published from 2000 to till date and classified as two-level models and three-level models. All these articles are further discussed based on few coordination mechanisms such as trade credit, quantity discounts, revenue sharing contract and information sharing. In addition, the literature is reviewed on Vendor Managed Inventory and price dependent demand variations and the coordination issues are discussed. Findings: From the findings of this research, it is observed that sufficient volume of papers reported the coordination mechanism in a two-level SC. The number of papers discussing three-level SC coordination is few in number. Especially, in the perspective of trade credit and quantity discount option, very few articles are reported discussing coordination in a three-level SC. Further, it is also found that most of the articles addressed the coordination mechanism incorporating ordering and carrying costs. Very few articles addressed the implications of transportation cost in SC coordination mechanism. Application/Improvement: From the outcomes of this work, it is observed that study of the effect of space cost and advertisement cost on SC performance is highly significant. The use of simulation is highly emphasized as the activities of SC are becoming highly dynamic and challenging with the ever growing global competition.Keywords
Coordination Mechanisms, Global Competition, Inventory, Three-Level Models, Two-Level Models.Full Text