bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Linear Path Combined MAC Based Routing for Improving the Energy Efficiency in Underwater Acoustic Network
Authors:   Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, St.Martin’s Engineering College, Hyderabad, India., Kalaiselvan* S. A. , kumar P. Udaya ,   Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, St.Martin’s Engineering College, Hyderabad, India., Muruganantham R. ,   Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, St.Martin’s Engineering College, Hyderabad, India., Satheesh N. ,   Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, St.Martin’s Engineering College, Hyderabad, India., Joseph Teena ,   Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India.
Published: February 2020

Energy is one of the important major constraints in all kinds of networks. Sensor nodes meets very less energy, it causes node death, where it creates various problems in data transmission. In this paper it is aimed to improve the energy efficiency by reducing the energy consumption. To do this, a linear path is constructed between end-points, nodes mode is changed into Sleep and Awake, Awake and Sleep and scheduling is applied. These three functionalities provide a very good data transmission with less energy consumption. Simulation of this proposed approach is carried out in NS2 software and the performance is verified in terms of Energy, throughput and delay.
An Assessment of Non Consumable Welded Joint- Friction Stir Spot Welding
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Dundigal Village, Hyderabad, India., Kumar* C. Labesh , Bharathiraja G. ,   Associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Published: February 2020

Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is a pressure weldingprocess where the workpieces are operated below their melting points. FSSW is one of the processes derived from Friction Stir Welding (FSW) Technology. Friction stir welding was invented by The Welding Institute (TWI) in 1991 and proven experimentally. FSSW is found to be environment friendly and a very efficient process. This process is rapidly growing and is replacing the resistance spot welding. FSSW have various applications which include industries like automobile, aerospace, ship building, construction and electrical.FSSW has been successfullyused to join several materials used in the above mentioned industries. Inthis review, FSSW studies are briefly summarised in terms different parameters for joining processes.
The Unsteady Free Convective Flow over Rotating Disk under the Existence of Chemical Reaction, Soret and Dufour Effects
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India., Buragohain* Bismeeta , Dutta Nabajyoti ,   Department of Mathematics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India., Sharma B. R. ,   Department of Mathematics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
Published: February 2020

In this article, the unsteady free convective flow through a rotating disk was discussed under the influence of the chemical reaction, Dufour effect and Soret effect. Similarity transformation is used to change the unsteady non-linear boundary equations to a set of ordinary differential equations. Then we used the MATLAB’s bvp4c solver to solve these differential equations. Temperature as well as concentration profiles are drawn for different flow parameters of flow such as Soret Effect, Dufour Effect and also parameter of Chemical Reaction. We have also discussed the Nusselt number graph and values are given in a tabular form for different kinds of flow parameters.
Optimized Framework for QoS Efficient Routing Scheme in Wireless Mesh Network
Authors:   Research Scholar, Visvesvaraya Technological University Belagavi, Karnataka, India., T.H* Naveen , G Vasanth ,   Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science & Engineering Government Engineering College, Krishnarajpet, Mandya District, Karnataka, India and affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Published: February 2020

Adoption of Wireless Mesh Network offers cost effective data transmission system; however, there is always a problems associated with larger scale of deployment where resource consumption is inevitable and beyond control. After reviewing the existing approaches toward improving the routing operation in Wireless Mesh Network, it has been seen that there are still a larger scope in improvement. Therefore, the proposed study introduces an optimized framework for quality of service that jointly works towards resolving hidden terminal problem as well as performs enhance data delivery in presence of challenging traffic scenario. The proposed system uses analytical modeling approach for channel occupancy is formulated and it performs computation of channel capacity. Further, an improved scheduling approach has been formulated in order to ensure superior saving of energy by considering various novel ranges of empirical parameters. Simulated in MATLAB, the proposed system highlights that it offers reduced delay, increased throughput, and highly controlled energy efficiency when compared with the existing routing protocols claims of traffic management in wireless mesh network.
Improved Clustering with Optimization and Intelligent Path Selection
Authors:   Department of Information Technology, Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India., Deepika* J.
Published: February 2020

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are widely used networking paradigm in research areas and clustering is one of the trusted mechanism for storing and processing data among the nodes in the network. The clustering makes use of a single node for transferring data to the sink node with sustaining the energy of all other nodes in the network and does the procedure of storing and processing of data using an optimization technique called as Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). The ACO is proposed in accordance along clustering which is the optimization technique used for robust communication between source node and destination node. The clustering mechanism used for sending data along the best path among the source and destination in the network so that the data can reach the destination rapidly and that helps in availing the faster response between source node and destination node. The ACO will greatly influence the dropped packets and that the delay occurring in the network based on the traffic available among the nodes in the network.
Effects on Reinforced Concrete Slabs by Environmental Loads
Authors:   Facultad de Ingeniería “Arturo Narro Siller”, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México, Loaiza* Aurora Martínez , Medrano María Teresa Sánchez ,   Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
Published: February 2020

Throughout the development of accelerated testing procedures, the behavior of pure concrete specimens was evaluated for a comparison in the different effects that are generated between concrete specimens with resistance to the compression of 20 MPa (200 kg/cm2) regarding water/cement (w/c) 0.62, being this compressive the employee minimum value according to Mexican regulations and which is currently used in the construction of structural elements of the housing and specimens with compressive strength of 25 MPa (250 kg/cm2) with ratio water/cement (w/ c) of 0.55, considering that this resistance corresponds to the recommended minimum value according to criteria of durability in coastal areas to the same regulations. The different concrete structures early deterioration has been the cause of constant study in recent years, finding that their durability differs as specified in the Mexican regulations. Damages that occur in elements directly exposed to environmental influences, as in the case of roof slabs, are attributed, mainly, to errors and defects in the design stages or execution in the construction process and not to the effect of these charges. Visualizing the effect of conditions of moisture, temperature, and solar radiation on this type of structure requires years of direct observation. The mass loss and degradation of the exposed surface, as well as the penetration of the carbonation front, were established as measurement parameters. The significant mass loss registred was 0.374% in the specimens with an f’c of 20 MPa and a minor value of 0.046% in the specimens with an f’c of 25 MPa. Regarding the carbonatation front, a value of 10.7 mm was registered in the short edges of the trial specimens with an f´c of 20 MPa and 7.3 mm for the specimens with an f´c of 25 MPa. Even though the mass loss percentages were less than 1%, and considering that carbonatation triggers corrosion processes that lead to the early deterioration of reinforced concrete structures, the results obtained indicated that the increase to the compressive strength by decreasing the w/c relation, besides favoring the concrete mechanical properties, it can also increase its durability; demonstrating the necessity of designing concrete mixtures that attend the local weather conditions, and even more in the significant exposed elements such as roof slabs.
Efficient & Flawless Output in Engineering Drawing, Through Pat Software Tools
Authors:   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram (A.P.) India, Ranganath* L. , Koteswararao Basam. ,   Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maddawalabu university, Bale robe, Ethiopia, Sharma Marut Dev ,   Assistant Professor, college of Engineering, Maddawalabu university, Bale robe, Etiopia, Appalraju P. ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram (A.P.) India, Vijay P. ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram (A.P.) India
Published: February 2020

Perception, Analyzing skills and cogitating levels of the 21st century students makes them to stand one step ahead of the yesteryear's practices of teaching. 20th century was an era wherein it was a mandate for everyone to have a teacher or instructor to guide and make a student learn the concept as well train them as an expertise in that domain. The traditional way teaching concepts still holds it upper hand or supremacy in most of the domains of engineering subjects. Areas like Engineering Drawing not only needs the traditional methods but also the aid of software's as virtual approach plays a vital role in bringing accurate output & helps for a better understanding. The traditional method of chart and scale is never an outdated one, its the pioneer in drawing but the need of the hour has changed as the student is thinking through a creative aura of imagination/virtual reality, and which can be easily executed in less time, through the software, than the traditional method. Moreover its been evident that the 21st century students and highly inclined towards the Practical Learning, through a survey conducted on 75 students who were taught with both traditional and applied approaches. This paper's purpose is to elevate this concept. Understanding and executing is very important in drawing, but efficacy is the most important ingredient in achieving the accurate result which can be possible with the aid of, a variety of soft ware tools. This improvisation of efficacy is possible at both ends, Instructor as well the Learner. Finally this paper aims at discussing the usage of 10 possible software tools that were already tested and used for effective teaching of Engineering Graphics.
Novel Framework for Secure Handover Authentication Protocol for 5G Mobile Network
Authors:   Department of Communication Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Abdelhady* Mohamed S. , Anis Wagdy R. ,   Department of Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Abdel-Hafez Ahmed A. ,   Department of Communication Engineering, Military Technical Collage, Cairo, Egypt, Eldemerdash Haitham D. ,   Department of Communication Engineering, Military Technical Collage, Cairo, Egypt, Abdelaziz Amr ,   Department of Communication Engineering, Military Technical Collage, Cairo, Egypt
Published: February 2020

This paper presents a comprehensive solution for secret key generation and user authentication for 5G mobile networks. Our solution exploits the integration between physical layer and cryptographic security primitives. The presented secure secret key generation and authentication protocol based on exploiting physical layer attributes Angle of Arrival (AoA) and merges between cryptography and non-cryptography techniques (physical layer security) to obtain secure and fast handover in 5G mobile network. Huge increasing of the exchanging data and the lack of the current usable spectrum (several hundred megahertz and a few gigahertz) led to the adoption of millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G mobile networks. The opportunity of the un usable spectrum in the millimeter wave (mmwave) range from 30~300 GHz mandates the utility of small cells with base stations (BS) equipped with large numbers of antennas massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO). This new architecture achieves better spectral and energy efficiencies, meanwhile, it also brings new challenges in security provisioning and new stringent latency requirements and potential risk of some security attacks. Impersonation and man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks are examples of security vulnerabilities originated from the probable recurrent handovers and authentication processes in small cells architecture and Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets). The assessment and simulation for the proposed protocol has been proved using AVISPA tool against (MitM) attack and MATLAB tool against impersonation attack. The proposed protocol has the ability to mitigate these attacks with no extra communications overhead, yet, with tolerable delay of estimation process.
An Implementation of Double Slope Basin Solar Still Plant Design to Predict the Distillate Yield and Instantaneous Efficiency
Authors:   Mathemathics Department S.D.Bansal College of Technology,Umariya , Indore (M. P.) India, Yadav* Neha , Raich Vivek ,   Research Center of Mathematics, Govt Holkar Science College, Indore (M.P.) India
Published: February 2020

70% of the earth is covered with water but not all the available water is drinking water. Among only 3-5% of water is drinkable. In addition of due to global environmental changes and effect of global warming researchers are motivated to find the alternative sources of water purification. In this context the water distillation plants are helpful for providing the pure drinkable water. The proposed work is an effort for designing the solar distillation plant. Among them double slop water treatment technique is efficient as compared to single slop water still plants. Therefore the proposed work is intended to design a double slop distillation plant. In addition of to monitor the plant performance a predictive technique using the liner regression is proposed. The proposed technique usages the temperature attributes and corresponding obtained distillated yield and instantaneous efficiency. According to the obtained experimental results the proposed technique found superior as compared to traditional predictive techniques.
Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation Based Speed Control of Induction Motor using Fifteen Level Diode Clamped Multilevel Inverter
Authors:   Ph.d, Department of electrical and electronics engineering, Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal, Sumathi* Dr. S. , Bhavani C. ,   Pg Student, ME control system Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal
Published: February 2020

The main purpose of this work is to use a fifteen-stage diode clamped multi-level inverter that is able to control the speed of an induction motor. To get reduced synchronization and high quality sine curve output voltage. The proposed plan for the diode clamped multilevel inverter is controlled using multicarrier SPWM control. An open circle speed control can be accomplished by utilizing the V/ƒ strategy. This strategy can be executed by changing the recurrence utilized in the three-stage induction motor at the stock voltage and the consistent rate. The proposed system, which results in a poor driver performance, is a useful alternative to the conventional method with high transient losses. Simulation depicts an improved drive performance by reducing the Total Harmonic Distortion resulting from the simulation and effectively controlling the motor speed.
Information and Communication Technologies in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Authors:   Department of Computer Languages and Systems and Software Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Sánchez* Ricardo Naranjo , Valverde Ricardo ,   Department of Computer Science, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Normand Loïc Martínez ,   Department of Computer Languages and Systems and Software Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Published: February 2020

The following document is a systematic review regarding the usage of Information and Communication Technologies in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). For this a thorough search in five different online databases until September 2019 was done. A total of 348 articles were found in which duplicates were discarded. After using the inclusion and exclusion properties a total of 21 final published articles since the year 1995 until the year 2018 were left. In the articles the methods to procure the necessary data, the different types of created or used technologies and the outcomes were investigated. Different technologies like databases for tests or researches, controlled environments like virtual environments or physical environments to test reactions or different behaviors, web pages, social media, video games like internet games or virtual reality games and other empirical researches were found. Some interesting suggestions to help both components, meaning Computer Technology and OCD, arose regarding this systematic review for future researches.
Developing Augmented Reality Hybrid Marker using Pictorial Quick Response Code for Community Products
Authors:   Assistant Professor in Information Technology Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand., Nuanmeesri* Sumitra
Published: February 2020

Applying augmented reality technology correctly helps businesses grow and attract more consumers, but using the marker that is the QR code does not directly interpret. On the other hand, if using pictorial markers, although they can convey meaning, it still takes time to process to extract the hidden information. This paper proposes to develop the hybrid marker for augmented reality by mixing the community brand image with the QR code for community product entrepreneurs, and develop the mobile application for scanning the hybrid marker then respond to the augmented reality content in several styles. The hybrid marker was generated into two modes. The opacity layer mode was set the opacity value of QR code to 55%. And overlapping mode is designed to invert the pixel color between pictorial band image and QR code. This system was evaluated in black-box testing. As a result, the efficiency of the hybrid marker and mobile application is the highest level of user acceptance while being used in this system.
Improving Accuracy of Sentiment Analysis for Depression Recommendation using Multi-Domain Fuzzy Rules
Authors:   Information Technology Department, Terna Engineering College, Navi Mumbai, India., Mamtora* Roopal , Ragha Dr. Lata ,   Computer Engineering Department, FCRIT, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, India.
Published: February 2020

Social media & e-commerce has opened up the doors for human behavioral analysis in ways which were not possible before. Companies have the ability to track user’s mood and suggest advertisements which can trigger buying decisions based on it. This is possible due to user’s real time social media updates. Users nowadays are willing to provide information like their location, their age, nearby friends information, their mood, their buying patterns, etc. Companies do not intentionally collect all this information, but it has become a matter of social pride to post it as social media status and updates. The information available can be put to use in multiple forms- predict election results, movie success, product liking/disliking, travel destination recommendation, health care, etc. In our work, we utilize this textual information posted by different users and analyze their depression level focusing on negative sentiments. In order to perform this task, we have considered user’s tweets, any links which they might have posted, the time of the tweet, their age group and any previous depression history of the user. All these parameters are given to a novel fuzzy decision tree that uses sentiment analysis and game theory-based scoring in order to evaluate the depression score for the user. We analyzed the system on different real-time users, and observed that the system predicts depression level with more than 90% accuracy. Our work can be used to generate a prototype to identify if a person is in a depressive state and figure out the intensity of his/her depression.
Support Vector Machine and Long Short-term Memory using Multivariate Models for Wind Power Forecasting
Authors:   Dept. Of Information and Communication Engineering, Honam University, Gwang-Ju Korea., Kang Eun-Ju , Son* Nam-Rye ,   Dept. Of Information and Communication Engineering, Honam University, Gwang-Ju Korea.
Published: February 2020

Renewable energy has recently gained considerable attention. In particular, interest in wind energy is rapidly increasing globally. However, the characteristics of instability and volatility in wind energy systems also have a significant on power systems. To address these issues, numerous studies have been carried out to predict wind speed and power. Methods used to forecast wind energy are divided into three categories: physical, data-driven (statistical and artificial intelligence methods), and hybrid methods. In this study, among artificial intelligence methods, we compare short-term wind power using a support vector machine (SVM) and long short-term memory (LSTM). The method using an SVM is a short-term wind power forecast that considers the wind speed and direction on Jeju Island, whereas the method using LSTM does not consider the wind speed and direction. As the experiment results indicate, the SVM method achieves an excellent performance when considering the wind speed and direction.
Neural Network Based Fault Diagnostics in Multi Phase Induction Machine
Authors:   Research Scholar, Dept. of EEE, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India., Annamalai* Balamurugan , Swaminathan Sivakumaran Thangavel ,   Professor & Principal, Dept. of EEE, Sasurie College of Engineering, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Published: February 2020

This article proposes a new method for solving the diagnosis of faults in a multiphase induction motor using a least-squares filter (LMS) and a neural network. The proposed hybrid fault diagnosis method includes an efficient LMS-based feature extractor and an artificial neural network fault classifier. First, the LMS method is used to obtain efficient functions. The performance and efficiency of the presented neural network hybrid classifier is evaluated by testing a total of 600 samples, which are modeled on a failure model. The average correct classification is 96.17% for different fault signals, respectively. The result obtained from the simulation analysis shows the effectiveness of the proposed neural network for the diagnosis of faults in the multiphase induction motor.
Wavelet Transform Based Estimation of 1 Dimensional Signal
Authors:   Assistant Professor of ECE, CIET, Guntur, AP,India., Mallaparapu* Koteswara Rao , Ramarao Dr.K.V. ,   Associate Professor of ECE, CIET, Guntur,AP, India., Masthan Shaik ,   Assistant Professor of ECE, CIET, Guntur, AP,India.
Published: February 2020

The key idea of this manuscript is denoising of noisy biological signals. For this wavelet thresholding technique is suggested. To eliminate the noise existing in the signal, mixed thresholding function is considered which is the median of Hard, Soft and Garrote functions. The mixed thresholding function is applied by degraded white gaussian noise Electrocardiogram signal. Two methods that are used to calculate the threshold value is FDR technique and Visu shrink technique. The outcomes of mixed functions are compared with remaining functions using Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and Mean Square Error (MSE). It is obvious that the mixed function performs superior than remaining functions using Visu shrink technique and performs better than only Hard function using FDR technique.
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, VITAL SIGNS, AND BOWEL VIABILITY IN
PEDIATRIC INTUSSUSCEPTION
Authors: Siregar Erwin
Published: February 2020

INTRODUCTION: Intussusception is a condition in which part of the intestine slides into an adjacent part
of the intestine. Intussusception is an important cause of an acute abdomen and the second most
common cause of bowel obstruction in children. The classic triad of intussusception, including vomiting, abdominal colic pain,
and bloody stool. However, the triad has only been reported in <50% cases. This study is aimed to evaluate the clinical
manifestation, vital signs, and bowel viability in pediatric intussusception.
METHODS: This is an observational retrospective study with total sampling.
RESULTS: Based on clinical characteristics, there were 44.44% subjects who had manifestations for 2-3 days. Ileocolic was the
most common location (77.78%). Majority of the subjects did not have the classic triad (66.67%), had red currant jelly stool
(62.96%), did not have abdominal mass (59.26%), complained of abdominal pain (70.37%), did not have abdominal distention
(74.07%), did not vomit (55.5%), was lethargic (59.26%), and had viable bowel (62.96%).
CONCLUSION: This study found that the most common manifestations of intussusception in children were abdominal pain, red
currant jelly stool, and lethargy, with viable bowel and located at ileocolic.
A STATISTICAL STUDY TO ACCESS AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE
REGARDING HIV / AIDS TRANSMISSION IN WOMEN ATTENDING URBAN
HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE OF UDAIPUR IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN
Authors: Kaushik* Pratap Bhan , Solanki Ajit Singh , Singh Neeraj Pal , Fatehpuria Chandan Mal
Published: February 2020

INTRODUCTION: HIV causes morbidity and mortality in infants and children, pertaining to its Parent- tochildtransmission(PPTCT)risk.PPTCTis responsiblefor90%childhoodHIVinfection.Existingstudywasdone
tomeasuretheawarenessregardingHIV/AIDStransmissioninwomenandtheirattitudetowardspeoplelivingwithHIV/AIDS(PLHA).
METHODOLOGY: It was a facility based cross-sectional study conducted on women attending general OPD at Urban health
training centre (UHTC) attached with MB Hospital & R.N.T Medical College, Udaipur. 360 women interviewed by a semi
structured questionnaire for duration of 6 months.
RESULTS : Out of 360 women majority were of age group 21-30 years ,64.4% were housewives.79.7% women knew that HIV is
transmitted by sexual route. 29.4% of the mothers thought that one could get infected by just touching an HIV positive people. The
association of knowledge score with educational status and occupation is highly signicant (p<0.001).
ANAESTHETIC CHALLENGES & MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT FOR
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA EXCISION - CASE REPORT
Authors: Dubey* Ishaan , Patel Alpa , Khara Birva
Published: February 2020

BACKGROUND: Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine producing tumor of the adrenal gland. The
anaesthetic management of the tumor can be challenging because of hemodynamic uctuations
encountered preoperatively, during induction of anaesthesia, manipulation of tumor & after the excision.
OBJECTIVE: To report perioperative anaesthetic management of a 63-year old female with pheochromocytoma for surgical
excision, the major challenges were uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes with history of ischaemic heart disease.
METHOD: Combined general and epidural anaesthesia was used in this patient. Preoperatively, the patient presented with
high blood pressure which was adequately controlled with alpha and beta blockers. Intra- operatively she developed severe
hypertension during manipulation of the tumor which was managed pharmacologically with nitroglycerin, esmolol,
magnesium sulphate & epidural anaesthesia while hypotension that developed after the excision of the tumor was managed
with intravenous uid, packed cell volume and noradrenaline. Post operatively she was transferred to intensive care unit for
monitoring and pain management and she made an uncomplicated recovery.
CONCLUSION: Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor with its management being challenging and patient is at signicant risk for
major adverse cardiac as well as neurological complications. Successful management requires careful preoperative
optimization, intra operative planning, post operative close supervision and hemodynamic management with thorough
knowledge of the physiology & pharmacology of drugs will lead to good outcome.
CONFRONT ISSUES ON EDUCATION OF TRANSGENDERS IN INDIA
Authors: Balu A.
Published: February 2020

The spirit of the Indian Constitution is to provide equal opportunity to every citizen to grow and attain their
potential, irrespective of caste, religion or gender. Everyone has a gender identity. In India there are three
gender; male, female and transgender. The Transgender community is a part of the social order and they have an equal right in
everything that is available to all others in the world. The presence of such transgender is not new and is etched in history from
time immemorial. Transgenders were respected earlier in the society but situation has changed and they now face
discrimination and harassment. Now, transgenders will study in schools and colleges with all facility approving their admission
under the category of "disadvantaged group" dened by the Right to Education Act2009 (RTE). Transgenders are eligible for
twenty ve percent reservation under the economically weaker section (EWS) and disadvantaged students category for
admission.Many members of the transgender community were torch bearers of changes in the events of history even if they
aren't specically noted. Their discrimination has been a perennial issue and has only proven to be more spurious with time.
The discrimination the members of the transgender community face based on their class and gender make them one of the
most disempowered groups in Indian Society. The Supreme Court said they will be given educational and employment
reservation as OBCs.Transgenders are deprived of social and cultural participation, are shunned by family and society.The
paper has analysed the present educational, social and employment status of transgender community in India.
A STUDY ON VULNERABLE AND RESILIENT POPULATION OF KRISHNA
DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH
Authors: Gangadhar Kocherla
Published: February 2020

Vulnerability conditions not only depend on the exposure and susceptibility of physical elements in
hazard-prone areas but also on the socio-economic fragility and lack of social resilience and abilities to
cope. Hence, vulnerability has to be understood from a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective encompassing
exposure, susceptibility and lack of resilience. These factors capture conditions for the direct physical impacts (exposure and
susceptibility), as well as for indirect and at times intangible impacts (socio-economic fragility and lack of resilience), of potential
hazard events.
KNOWLEDGE OF YOUTH ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(SDGS)
Authors: Annadurai D. Prince
Published: February 2020

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the successor to the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) and is widely known as Agenda 2030, and it should have been attained globally. This study was
conducted with an aim to access the knowledge of youth on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to know the awareness on
SDGs, to nd out the contributions towards SDGs and to nd out whether any difference exists between gender and age groups
with regard to their awareness on SDGs. The study was conducted in three districts of Tamil Nadu and was descriptive in nature.
An interview schedule was used as tool of data collection. The total sample size was 628. Four Hundred young boys and girls
(School students) in the age group of 11-18 years were selected from the schools by using Simple Random Lottery method.
Then, 258 young boys and girls in the age group of 18-25 years were selected from out of schools by using Purposive sampling.
The main ndings of the study were, the awareness about SDGs was very low among the respondents. There was no difference
between male and female respondents in their ignorance of SDGs. The same is for different age groups. None of the
respondents contribute to SDGs mainly due to lack of awareness. It was suggested that the school teachers and PHC staff have
crucial roles to play in creating awareness as well as providing SDGs and the services to young people both inside and outside
schools
A STUDY ON IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDIAN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
Authors: Prabhu S.
Published: February 2020

After Independence our country followed the task of nation building through the doctrine of centralized
planning. India at that time was a doctrinaire of the state controlled economy. Therefore it opted the
concept of mixed economy in which both public and private sector co-existed. The public sector reached the commanding
heights of economy and private was strictly under the control of state centralized planning mechanism. The licensing and
control had placed great powers in the hands of bureaucrats and politicians. In the year P.V.Narsimha Rao government was
announced the New Economic Policy by making radical departure from Nehruvian philosophy and heralding the era of
liberalization and free market economy and government which devalued the rupee and announced far reaching reforms in
trade, Industrial and scal area. The liberalization and globalization of Indian economy under new economic policy re dened
the role of government and bureaucracy in the form of downsizing or right sizing of the government based on this strength of
staff in many departments and some of the ofces were closed . In the context of globalization private sector assume greater
importance, therefore our country have to create regulatory bureaucracy on the model of Independent Regulatory Commission
of USA. But enough attention is not being paid to this question by the government. Our current bureaucratic system do not have
the expertise to undertake the new tasks effectively in the context of liberalization and globalization in Indian public
administration in order to give better service delivery.
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS : Nation Building,
A STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC AND
METABOLIC LIKE SYNDROME IN STABLE COPD PATIENTS
Authors: Gupta Sachin Kumar , Singh Aashish Kumar , Meena Amit Singh , Bajpai Ankita
Published: February 2020

BACKGROUND: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is associated with several extrapulmonary systemic manifestations including metabolic and metabolic like syndrome. The objective of
study was to assess prevalence of metabolic like syndrome among COPD patients.
METHODS: This study was conducted from April 2017 to March 2018. Total 67 COPD patients were classied according to GOLD
guideline. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) guideline was used for metabolic syndrome(MetS).
RESULTS: Prevalence of MetS was 29.85%, highest (47.06%) in GOLD stage-II. If central obesity was excluded than prevalence
of metabolic like syndrome was 55.27%, highest(70%) in stage-IV .
CONCLUSIONS: MetS is missed in advance stages of COPD due to absence of central obesity. Therefore “Metabolic Like
Syndrome” should be coined in COPD where waist circumference is not an included.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF GRID CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC
SYSTEM USING TRNSYS 17
Authors: N Balasubramani , P* Ashwin Aditya , R Kalaiselvan , M Nithishwaran
Published: February 2020

1The depletion of fossil fuel resources on a worldwide basis has necessitated an urgent search for
alternative energy sources to meet up the present day demands. Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) is one
of the most promising applications of PV systems. The amount of incident solar radiation signicantly determines the
electricity produced by photovoltaic (PV) systems. The paper examines the performance as well as economic feasibility of 1kWp
grid-connected PV systems installed at kovilpatti. Further, possible plant capacity is estimated for an arbitrarily chosen area.
The modelling and simulation has been done using TRNSYS 17 which helps for an accurate prediction of long term
performance. Results obtained from the eld test and simulation results from TRNSYS 17 are to be correlated aimed to attain
maximum performance of the system.
SOCIO ECONOMIC AND HEALTH CONDITION OF WOMEN
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN THIRUVARUR DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU
Authors: Meenakshi J. Raja , P Sigamani,
Published: February 2020

Economic well being of India depends on the agricultural development since the livelihood of 60 per cent
of the population is based on Agriculture and allied occupation. Women workers make a mammoth
contribution in agricultural development but the socio economic condition of them is not quite appreciatable due to cultural and
political reasons. Women face various issues at both work place and house for being women. This study has made an attempt to
study the socio economic and health condition of women agricultural workers those who work in the eld of land owners and get
daily wages.This study was conducted in Srivanjiyam village of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu.The result reveals that the 40.0
per cent of the respondents are illiterate and majority of them suffer with back pain, joint pain, leg pain and skin irritation.
EFFECT OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS OF CHRONIC
OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: A HOSPITAL BASED CROSS
SECTIONAL STUDY
Authors: Dubey Ashish Kumar , Mishra* Ravi Shankar
Published: February 2020

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) is an obstructive and progressive
airway disease associated with reduction in daily physical activity and psychological problems related
to patient's disability and poor quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation(PR) plays an essential role in the management of
COPD, by breaking the vicious circle of dyspnea–decreased activity–deconditioning–isolation.
AIM: This study aimed to highlight the impact of PR on COPD patients while focusing on the clinical usefulness of PR.
MATERIALS & METHODS: This study was done over a period of 1.5 years including all the diagnosed cases of COPD (both
OPD and IPD) who did not have any acute exacerbation requiring oxygen, not associated with other medical conditions such as
heart disease, neurological disease, lumbar spondylitis or osteoarthritis or those unable to perform PFT after taking proper
consent. The study was completed with a follow up schedule, monthly, for 3 months. Proforma for the study included
demographics, history, examination, dyspnea grading using modied Borg scale as well as CAT questionnaire along with a
six-minute walk test and spirometry. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS Version 20 (Chicago Inc., USA). Data
comparison was done by applying specic statistical tests to nd out the statistical signicance of the comparisons.
Quantitative variables were compared using mean values and qualitative variables using proportions. Signicance level was
xed at P < 0.05.
RESULTS: Out of total 227 cases, only 71 completed the 3-month monthly follow up and hence were used for the statistical
analysis. The results showed male:female ratio 80.3:19.7. As per Borg scale, mean fever, chest pain, cough, expectoration and
dyspnea score decreased over subsequent follow-up. Rate of hospitalisation was seen more in 61-70 year age group. Mean sixminute walk test value increased continuously during the duration of follow up.
CONCLUSION: Effective pulmonary rehabilitation that incorporates exercise schedules and patient education compreh
ensively can encompass treatment and improve the quality of life of patients suffering with COPD.
COMPARISON OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IN INFECTED AND NON-INFECTED
CHILDREN WITH SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH
Authors: Sianturi Esfayanti , Pasaribu* Syahril , Pasaribu Ayodhia Pitaloka
Published: February 2020

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection can cause decreasing physical tness in children, but the
evidence available is limited. The aim to compare physical tness in infected and non-infected children
with STH. A cross-sectional study was done in school children in Talawi districts, Batubara regency, North Sumatera province,
Indonesia. The study was conducted from July to September 2018. Physical tness was assessed consisted of a
cardiorespiratory component by measuring the consumption of oxygen uptake (VO max), and musculoskeletal component by 2
measuring muscular strength and exibility. Statistical analysis using chi-square and Mann-Whitney test to assess physical
tness between groups. There were 140 school children enrolled in divided equally infected and non-infected children.
Muscular strength and exibility were signicantly different between infected and non-infected school children. However, there
was no different in VO max between groups. Muscular strength and exibility are weaker in infected school children compare to 2
non-infected children.
A STUDY ON RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN INDIA
Authors: Prabhu S.
Published: February 2020

Every year, Millions of children are reported as victims of abuse, crime, kidnapping, violent attacks
,exploitation, child labor etc., in all over the world. But Urbanization in India leads to many problems in
our society against children including health issues like malnutrition and high infant mortality rate and rise in disseat burden
and crime against children in India. Children who are living in rural areas have limited access to healthcare, education and
protection. Our country has formulated many safeguards against child in order to protect the rights of children. Diversity of
culture and and disparities in India is a most barrier for working together of goal of translating dream of child rights into a reality.
But continuing violations against children in available reports proved that all these safeguards against children are not properly
enforced due to lack of awareness and loopholes in the legal safeguard mechanism in India.
A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS PATIENTS
IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Authors: Kavitha N , Elavarasan* C
Published: February 2020

Constrictive pericarditis is a syndrome characterised by thick, brotic and rigid pericardium caused by a
wide spectrum of cardiac and non-cardiac conditions resulting in impaired diastolic lling with a high
prevelance of morbidity and mortality. We sought to determine the etiology, age distribution, gender prediliction,
symptomatology, surgical outcome and complications of constrictive pericarditis in our institute. A total of 11 patients who
underwent pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis over a 3year period were studied retrospectively. The commonest
etiology was idiopathic in 45.4% patients followed by tuberculosis in 27.3%. Age distribution was between 17 years and 64 years.
Males ( 81.2 %) were more affected than females. The Surgical approach was through left anterolateral thoracotomy in 4
patients and through median sternotomy in 7 patients. Cardiopulmonary bypass was used in 1 patient. Perioperative mortality
was 18.2 % causes being severe low cardiac output syndrome and bleeding. One year survival rate was 72.7%.
PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CARDIAC TROPONINI IN ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC
OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Authors: Imam Ahraz Ali , Singh* M.P.
Published: February 2020

Background:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity.It is the fourth
leading cause of death worldwide.Acute exacerbations of COPD are common and are associated with worsening lung
function and mortality. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of elevation of cTnI in patients admitted with acute
exacerbation of COPD and to study its association with the need for ventilator support,duration of hospital stay,and inhospital mortality. Methods: In a prospective design, 50 patients admitted to our hospital with acute exacerbation of
COPD were included.cTnI was assayed in a blood sample obtained at admission and 24 h later.Levels above 0.017 µg/L
were taken as positive. The following data were also recorded–demographic data, pattern of tobacco use, clinical
symptoms and signs, comorbidities, Glasgow Coma Scale, arterial blood gas, electrocardiogram/two-dimensional
echocardiography, chest X-ray, and peak expiratory flow rate. Results: Among the 50 patients, 4 were females, and 46
were males. cTnI was positive in 32% of patients with a mean value of 0.272. Patients with cTnI positive were taken as
Group I and those with negative were included in Group II. Prevalence of comorbidities was higher in cTnI positive
group, so was the duration of COPD. cTnI elevation correlated significantly with the need for ICU admission and
ventilator support.No significant difference was found in the duration of ventilator support,hospital stay,and in-hospital
mortality.Conclusion: cTnI is elevated in a significant subset of patients with acute exacerbation of COPD.Duration of
their illness was longer, higher incidence of ischemic heart disease was also found in these patients. Patients with cTnI
elevation are more likely to require ICU care and ventilator support. However, it did not predict in-hospital mortality.
Thus,it can be used as a marker to identify high-risk patients during acute exacerbation of COPD.
A STUDY ON SOCIO- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
AND PROBLEMS OF STREET VENDORS IN
COIMBATORE CITY
Authors: Jayanthi G , A* Baranipriya , Sreeanandan Sreeanandan
Published: February 2020

Street vending is a global phenomenon and the most visible aspect. Like other informal sector, street vending is
characterized by low level of income, easy of entry, self employed and it involves large number of people. The study
examines socio economic condition and problems faced by the street vendors in Coimbatore city.This study has been
used Percentage and Garrett Ranking Technique.The result reveals that,female's contribution in this sector is lesser than
the male respondents and they were facing problems like health issues, wastage of unsold goods, and insecurity in
employment.Therefore, the government should take some corrective measures to improve their socio- economic and
living conditions of street vendors.
A STUDY ON CONSUMER ADOPTION OF
MOBILE WALLET WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO EMPLOYEES OF IT SECTOR IN
COIMBATORE
Authors: Jayanthi G , Sreeanandan Sreeanandan , A Baranipriya
Published: February 2020

In the world,the digital payment sector is one of the sectors that develop in every second;it gives unimaginable services
through internet. Banking sector is the main stream which benefits positively helps to make transactions any time. At
present so many payment systems are available,among them mobile wallet play a significant role.The paper studies the
adoption of mobile wallet among the IT sector employees in Coimbatore.The study reveals security issues,identity theft,
delay in payment are the main problem which was found during transaction.Apart from these issues the convenience,
accessibility, and ease of use have gained a credit to mobile wallet.As the youth population adapt to latest technology
quickly so M-wallet service providers must consider the needs of the customers.