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Rental Values and Students’ Satisfaction in Private Hostels Proximate to the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Authors: Bello Victoria Amietsenwu , Ezeokoli Nnaemeka Bethel
Published: March 2021

Property rental values are readily influenced by a multitude of interrelated factors such as the state of the economy, neighbourhood amenities and property characteristics. However, there is always an expectation that rental value reflects the occupier’s satisfaction from the neighbourhood and property. As such, this study examines the satisfaction of students with private hostel facilities surrounding the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), and the effect these facilities have on the rental values of the off-campus students’ hostels. There are 17,307 students who reside in the private hostels off-campus, of which 392 students were randomly selected from the total population of residents living around FUTA South Gate and given questionnaires. Of the 392 questionnaires administered, 390 were retrieved for analysis, thus representing a 99.5% response rate. The data collected was then analyzed using the Weighted Mean Score (WMS), T-test Statistics, Spearman Rank Correlation and the Multiple Regression Analyses. The findings reveal that there is a significant difference in the rental price paid by satisfied and unsatisfied students. Thus, the satisfied students pay higher rents than the non-satisfied students for a single, self-contained apartment. These occupiers are found to be satisfied with facilities such as the toilet, bathroom, fencing and water supply system in the building. There is a positive relationship between students’ rent satisfaction and their satisfaction with hostel facilities provided. The regression analysis further reveals that rental value is a function of neighbourhood amenities and property characteristics. The study recommends that private hostel developers make adequate provision for functional facilities as these can increase students’ satisfaction as well as enhance residential property rental values.
Impact of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and autonomic disorders on Parkinson's disease: a review
Authors: Oliveira Pérola de , Cardoso Francisco
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACT Parkinson's disease (PD) has heterogeneous clinical manifestations and prognoses. It is accompanied by a group of motor and non-motor symptoms ranging from independence to total disability, limiting work and personal care activities. Currently, disease subtype markers for informing prognosis remain elusive. However, some studies have reported an association between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and faster motor and non-motor symptom progression, including autonomic dysfunction and cognitive decline. Moreover, since autonomic dysfunction has been described in idiopathic forms of RBD, and they share some central regulatory pathways, it remains unclear whether they have a primary association or if they are more severe in patients with PD and RBD, and thus are a disease subtype marker. This article aimed at critically reviewing the literature on the controversies about the prevalence of RBD in PD, the higher incidence of PD non-motor symptoms associated with RBD, the evidence of faster motor worsening in parkinsonian patients with this parasomnia, and the main pathophysiological hypotheses that support these findings.
Exposure to electromagnetic field, cell phone use behaviors, SAR values, and changes in health following exposure in adolescent university students
Authors: İkinci keleş Ayşe , Uzun Şahin Ceyda
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACT Background: The use of technological devices is growing rapidly, and the use of cell phones increases in parallel. Dependence on technological devices is a particular factor in this increased exposure. Many studies have been performed on this electromagnetic field, but no definite conclusions have been drawn. Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate exposure to electromagnetic field, cell phone use behaviors, the specific absorption rate (SAR) values, and changes in health occurring after exposure in university students. Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 1,019 volunteer students aged 18–24 years at the Niğde Ömer Halisdemir and Recep Tayip Erdoğan Universities in 2018–2019. The questions were based on a survey of the literature. Results: The students spent an average 4–8 hours per day on their cell phones, and findings such as headache (p=0.002), concentration deficit (p=0.001), tiredness on waking in the morning (p=0.001), hyperactivity (p=0.001), general feeling of fatigue (p=0.001), and lethargy (p=0.001) increased in a statistically significant manner with length of use. Conclusions: Participants exhibited high levels of cell phone use and experienced biological, behavioral, and sleep problems. They also had very little knowledge about specific SAR values, an important criterion concerning cell phones.
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the sleep quality of medical professionals in Brazil
Authors: Brito-Marques Janaína Mariana de Araújo Miranda , Franco Clélia Maria Ribeiro , Brito-Marques Paulo Roberto de , Martinez Sandra Cristina Gonçalves , Prado Gilmar Fernandes do
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACT Introduction: Coronavirus pandemic began in China in 2019 (COVID-19), causing not only public health problems but also great psychological distress, especially for physicians involved in coping with the virus or those of the risk group in social isolation, and this represents a challenge for the psychological resilience in the world population. Studies showed that health professionals had psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, stress, among others. Objectives: To investigate the quality of sleep and the prevalence rate of sleeping disorders among physicians during COVID-19 pandemic, and identify the psychological and social factors associated with the condition. Methods: A cross-sectional study of an online questionnaire was applied for physicians in Brazil. Among the 332 participants included, 227 were women. Sociodemographic assessment was used in the questionnaire, as well as the scale of impact on the events of modifications caused by COVID-19, assessment on sleep quality (PSQI), presence and severity of insomnia (ISI), depressive symptoms (PHQ-9), and anxiety (GAD-7). Results: Most physicians (65.6%) had changes in sleep. Poor sleep quality was reported by 73.1%, depressive symptoms were present in 75.8%, and anxiety in 73.4%. Conclusion: Our study found that more than 70% of the physicians assessed had impaired sleep quality, characterizing insomnia symptoms during COVID-19 outbreak. Related factors included an environment of isolation, concerns about COVID-19 outbreak and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Special interventions are needed to promote health professionals’ mental well-being and implement changes in this scenario.
Production and validation of educational technology on nursing care for syphilis prevention
Authors: Silva Policardo Gonçalves da , Araújo Luana Matos Silva , Terçariol César Augusto Sangaletti , Souza Camilla Borges Lopes , Andrade Raquel Dully , Reis Renata Karina , Rabeh Soraia Assad Nasbine
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACT Objectives: Validate script and storyboard of a video for educational intervention on nursing care for the prevention and management of syphilis. Methods: Methodological design study, with quantitative analysis approach. The content and appearance of the educational video script and storyboard was validated by a committee of experts on the subject and video. They were considered validated from the agreement of 78%, calculated by means of the Content Validity Index. Results: There were suggestions, which were analyzed; and, where relevant, the script and storyboard were changed. The degree of agreement among the expert judges on the subject obtained a Content Validity Index (CVI) of 100%, while, with the technical experts in video, all the questions in the educational material obtained the percentage above the recommended minimum of 78%. Conclusion: The validated video is an important technological production and could be used in the context of health care.
Coffea canephora breeding: estimated and achieved gains from selection in the Western Amazon, Brazil
Authors: Rocha Rodrigo Barros , Teixeira Alexsandro Lara , Ramalho Andre Rostand , Espindula Marcelo Curitiba , Lunz Aureny Maria Pereira , Souza Flavio de França
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACT: Gain from selection is an important criterion in quantifying the efficiency of breeding programs. This study quantified the selection gain estimated under experimental conditions and realized gain achieved in the field, seeking to interpret the efficiency of the Coffea canephora selection. For that purpose, we considered experiments that began in 2004 with directed hybridizations to obtain new hybrid progenies. From a breeding population composed of 288 hybrid individuals, 12 genotypes were selected in experimental conditions from 2005 to 2012, with amplitude in the estimated gains from 127.70 to−19.19%. Those genotypes were evaluated from 2012 to 2018 in clonal tests in four environments of the Western Amazon. The environment that exhibited the greatest correlation between the predicted genetic values and the realized genetic gain observed in the field was the environment of Ouro Preto do Oeste, RO (0.67), the location in which the plants were selected, followed by the environments of Alta FlorestaD´Oeste, RO (0.44), Rio Branco, AC (0.43), and Porto Velho, RO (0.37).Experimental conditions showed that the effect due to dominance deviations was approximately three times greater than the additive effect. Nine clones exhibited higher genetic gains in the experimental conditions and at field, and two clones exhibited lower estimated gains and lower field performance.The clone G17-P7 exhibited high genetic gain under experimental conditions and low field performance. The selection in experimental conditions was positively correlated with plant performance in the field (r=0.55), which allows reduction of the original breeding population to a set of more promising clones to be grown in multiple environments, optimizing time and resources.
Analysis of farmers’ perceptions and behavioral response to rural living environment renovation in a major rice-producing area: a case of Dongting Lake Wetland, China
Authors: Deng Zhenghua , Dai Liqi , Deng Liping , Peng Pingfeng
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACT: This article combines influencing factors of farmers’ participation in the Rural Living Environment Renovation Project (RLERP) and conceptualizes a model that depicts the relationships between the demographic characteristics of farmers and their perceptions and behavioral response to RLERP. Using a questionnaire survey to collect empirical data, we found (1) A total of 92% of farmers have fully realized the importance of rural living environment, but most people have adopted a wait-and-see attitude and a lack of motivation to participate. (2) A total of 65% of farmers participate in the collection and classification of domestic waste, 22% of the farmers participate in captivity livestock behavior, and 19% of farmers participate in the response behavior of domestic sewage treatment. (3) A significant positive correlation occurs between income level and farmers’ cognition and behavior response. (4) The education standards of the public are not correlated with the farmers’ cognition but is significantly correlated with farmers’ behavioral response. (5) The cognitive and behavioral response of females to RLERP is significantly higher than that of men. 6) In the process from cognition to the action response, farmers’ cognition is positively correlated with action response. On this basis, some measures and suggestions to improve the response of farmers to rural living environment renovation are put forward.
Especial Globo 50 anos: da rememoração à historicidade mediada
Authors: Borges Juliana Vieira , Viana Humberto Junio Alves , Musse Christina Ferraz , Rezende Daniel Carvalho de
Published: March 2021

Resumo Em 2015, na ocasião de seu cinquentenário, a Rede Globo desenvolveu programas que visavam a rememorar sua trajetória institucional. Um desses programas foi intitulado de “Especial Globo 50 anos” e fez um retrospecto dos principais setores da emissora. O artigo que se segue propõe, dessa forma, analisar o programa a fim de perceber como a narrativa memorialística reafirmou o lugar de importância da emissora e ressaltou um legado perante seus receptores. Com o propósito de atender a esses objetivos utilizou-se metodologicamente da “análise da materialidade audiovisual” e do termo “historicidade mediada” proposto por Thompson. Os resultados alcançados demonstraram que o aniversário da instituição foi fundamental para o constructo de um processo de rememoração que se materializou por meio de uma gama de programas. Estes, em especial o programa analisado, definiram um lugar na História, enquanto mérito, ocupado e ressignificado pela emissora.
Produções digitais nos 50 anos do Golpe de 1964: especiais multimídias em sites jornalísticos brasileiros
Authors: Martins Allysson Viana
Published: March 2021

Resumo Os jornais representam uma inscrição da realidade histórica e da memória coletiva de determinada época. Este artigo discute o papel das produções jornalísticas digitais na constituição e na estabilização da história do Golpe de 1964, em seus 50 anos, uma vez que as digitalizações da memória e do jornalismo trazem novas configurações para ambos. Averiguam-se as produções dos sites jornalísticos de dois veículos relevantes no período do golpe e de dois nativos digitais. Os especiais concebem, com narrativa padrão, o golpe e a ditadura militar como algo negativo e pernicioso para a história do país, com alguma complacência aos golpistas por G1 e O Estado de S. Paulo; a exceção deste de São Paulo, os outros três especiais trazem um tom didático e histórico, com cronologia, fontes e referências.
Estigmatização: consequências e possibilidades de enfrentamento em Centros de Convivência e Cooperativas
Authors: Leão Adriana , Lussi Isabela Aparecida de Oliveira
Published: March 2021

Os efeitos negativos do estigma são um problema significativo em todo o mundo e, para tanto, busca-se aumentar a conscientização e a compreensão das estratégias mais eficazes para combater os estigmas. No âmbito das políticas públicas de saúde, a convivência que promove e intensifica o contato entre as pessoas, com ou sem vulnerabilidades específicas, é intencionalmente promovida pelos Centros de Convivência e Cooperativas (Ceccos). Objetivamos nesse artigo compreender as concepções acerca do processo de estigmatização por meio da visão de profissionais. A análise do discurso resultou em unidades de significação, entre as quais as compreensões em torno de tipos, consequências e possibilidades para o enfrentamento dos estigmas. Não obstante os problemas estruturais e macrossociais presentes, há persistência no trabalho cotidiano diante das possibilidades de transformações observadas no contexto do serviço.
La inclusión educativa del estudiantado universitario en situación de discapacidad en Honduras
Authors: Paz-Maldonado Eddy
Published: March 2021

Resumen Actualmente la mayoría de las universidades en América Latina enfrentan distintos desafíos con el fin de conseguir implementar un enfoque que posibilite desarrollar una Educación con mayor inclusión en los diferentes espacios de aprendizaje y en todas sus disciplinas. Alcanzar esta visión y lograr obtener una universidad más inclusiva no es tarea fácil, dado que requiere múltiples esfuerzos por parte de toda la comunidad universitaria. El objetivo del presente artículo es analizar desde una perspectiva teórica el estado actual de la inclusión educativa del estudiantado universitario en situación de discapacidad en la Enseñanza Superior pública de Honduras. Dicho análisis se realiza a partir de diversos elementos como las concepciones actuales de inclusión educativa y discapacidad, las barreras que existen en los establecimientos educativos para impulsar este aspecto, el profesorado y los retos que deben asumir los centros con el propósito de generar una verdadera formación inclusiva. En conclusión, es urgente que las instituciones universitarias lleven a cabo procesos inclusivos de admisión, permanencia y egreso dirigidos hacia los estudiantes en situación de discapacidad.
The influence of waste composition on biogas generation model parameters
Authors: Datta Sampurna , Zekkos Dimitrios
Published: March 2021

Three landfill gas generation models following two established kinetic pathways – first-order decay (Landfill Gas Emissions Model and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and sigmoidal growth (modified Gompertz) – are considered and fitted against a range of methane generation data generated from large-scale degradation experiments of seven well-characterised municipal solid waste specimens that were operated in an identical manner. The parameter values are obtained for specimens with significantly different compositions, ranging from ‘waste-rich’ to ‘soil-rich’. Model parameters related to the methane yield potential, mass of degraded decomposable organic carbon and daily methane yield are found to be proportional to the biodegradability of the specimens. However, parameters related to the decay rate and time lag in the methane generation process are not significantly influenced by waste composition. This study contributes to guiding estimates of biogas generation model parameters based on waste composition data.
Effect of soil permeability on soil–structure and structure–soil–structure interaction of low-rise structures
Authors: Qi Shengwenjun , Knappett Jonathan Adam
Published: March 2021

Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction can generate excessive damage to building structures due to significant reduction in soil effective stress. With increasing urbanisation and population growth, the performance of closely spaced buildings, such as those in towns and cities, is of greater concern where structure–soil–structure interaction (SSSI) may occur in conjunction with full or partial liquefaction. This study investigates the seismic performance of isolated and adjacent structures built on shallow foundations on soils of different permeability (i.e. with different amounts of drainage and therefore generating different amounts of excess pore water pressure) using a combination of dynamic centrifuge modelling and finite-element modelling. The results demonstrate that the reduction in free-field ground surface intensity measure (specifically, Housner intensity) due to increasing liquefaction can be correlated to an index which is the normalised integral of excess pore pressure ratio (ru) with depth. This index can express the amount of liquefaction uniquely, even when full liquefaction occurs to only partial depth, or where excess pore water pressures are increased but below the level of full liquefaction at all depths. This underlying correlation means that structural demand reduction (e.g. reduction in inter-storey drift ratio) with liquefaction (SSI effect) can be linked to either: (a) the ru–depth index; (b) the depth of the liquefaction front, which can be estimated from a liquefaction triggering analysis; or (c) the ground surface intensity amplification/attenuation in the free field from the results of one-dimensional free-field soil column analyses. Where there are adjacent structures, a strongly beneficial SSSI effect on co-seismic settlement and a detrimental effect on drift in non-liquefied soil, as observed in this and previous studies, reduced towards a null effect in both cases with increased liquefaction, with liquefaction appearing to isolate the structures from each other (at least for the configuration considered herein). This has also been linked to the amount of amplification/attenuation of surface ground motion in the free field (or amount of liquefaction) as a simple indicator of the likely importance of SSSI effects in liquefiable soil.
Identifying and realising the benefits of smart infrastructure and construction
Authors: Pocock David
Published: March 2021

The Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at Cambridge University in the UK is developing and demonstrating an exciting range of applications of ‘smart’ technology applications in infrastructure and construction. Infrastructure developers, operators and users face a wide range of risks, to which the centre’s achievements can be applied, yielding valuable benefits throughout the continuous asset lifecycle. Benefits are derived in the design phase by avoiding over-design; in the construction phase by validating as-built quality and performance; and in the operational phase by better use of existing assets, diagnosis of cracking, and intelligent assets that sense and respond to their own condition. This paper identifies how are derived through direct cost savings and a wide range of potential indirect routes, both to developers and managers of existing assets, and ultimately to the end users. Most of the indirect benefits can also be monetised to some extent, to compare with the cost of the intervention as benefit:cost ratios. Further possibilities exist for avoiding costs in service through combining smart technology with engineering knowledge of the expected behaviour, deterioration and failure patterns of assets in service.
Algoritmo para paramentação, desparamentação e prevenção de lesões faciais: Covid-19
Authors: Salomé Geraldo Magela
Published: March 2021

OBJETIVO: Elaborar algoritmos para orientar os profissionais da saúde na correta utilização dos Equipamentos de Proteção Individual e oferecer medidas preventivas relacionadas às lesões de pele facial causadas pelo uso inadequado dos equipamentos de proteção individual durante a pandemia da SARS-CoV-2. MÉTODO: revisão integrativa da literatura junto às bases de dados das Ciências da Saúde, MEDLINE, SciELO e LILACS, no período de 2015 a 2020, sendo utilizados para a busca os descritores: COVID-19, Lesão por pressão relacionada a dispositivo médico e Equipamentos e provisões. RESULTADOS: Foram desenvolvidos três algoritmos que descrevem as técnicas de paramentação, de desparamentação dos equipamentos de proteção individual e as medidas preventivas para evitar as lesões faciais causadas pelo uso inadequado dos equipamentos de proteção individual. CONCLUSÃO: Os algoritmos construídos oferecem ao profissional de saúde a descrição de técnicas do uso dos equipamentos de proteção individual e medidas preventivas para lesão facial causada pelo uso dos equipamentos de proteção individual, assim como possibilitam ao profissional uma melhor visualização, praticidade e entendimento do procedimento a ser realizado.
Stillbirth in Canada: anachronistic definition and registration processes impede public health surveillance and clinical care
Authors: Joseph K.S. , Lee Lily , Arbour Laura , Auger Nathalie , Darling Elizabeth K. , Evans Jane , Little Julian , McDonald Sarah D. , Moore Aideen , Murphy Phil A. , Ray Joel G. , Scott Heather , Shah Prakesh , VanDenHof Michiel , Kramer Michael S.
Published: March 2021

The archaic definition and registration processes for stillbirth currently prevalent in Canada impede both clinical care and public health. The situation is fraught because of definitional problems related to the inclusion of induced abortions at ≥20 weeks’ gestation as stillbirths: widespread uptake of prenatal diagnosis and induced abortion for serious congenital anomalies has resulted in an artefactual temporal increase in stillbirth rates in Canada and placed the country in an unfavourable position in international (stillbirth) rankings. Other problems with the Canadian stillbirth definition and registration processes extend to the inclusion of fetal reductions (for multi-fetal pregnancy) as stillbirths, and the use of inconsistent viability criteria for reporting stillbirth. This paper reviews the history of stillbirth registration in Canada, provides a rationale for updating the definition of fetal death and recommends a new definition and improved processes for fetal death registration. The recommendations proposed are intended to serve as a starting point for reformulating issues related to stillbirth, with the hope that building a consensus regarding a definition and registration procedures will facilitate clinical care and public health.
Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas - A rare entity with emphasis on the differential diagnosis.
Authors:   Professor, Department of Pathology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi., Khan Dr. Sabina , Trisal Dr. Monal ,   Demonstrator, Department of Pathology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi., Husain Dr. Musharraf ,   Professor and Head of Department, Department of Surgery, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi., Khetrapal Dr. Shaan ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi., Hassan Dr. Mohd. Jaseem ,   Professor, Department of Pathology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi., Jetley Dr. Sujata ,   Professor and Head of Department, Department of Pathology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
Published: March 2021

Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of Pancreas (SPNP) is a rare, low-grade malignant solid-cysticneoplasm with papillary architecture. It accounts for 2% to 3% of pancreatic neoplasms and 0.9% to2.7% of exocrine pancreatic neoplasms. It occurs almost exclusively in young women and has anexcellent postsurgical curative rate. Metastasis is rare although it may be locally aggressive. Thesolid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas pose a diagnostic challenge both clinically andradiologically as it has a nonspecific clinical presentation with vague radiologic features.Histopathological evaluation and immunohistochemistry remains the gold standard in reaching adefinitive diagnosis. Due to its low incidence, the clinical and pathologic features of SPNP have notbeen extensively studied. We report a case of a 32-year-old lady with solid pseudopapillaryneoplasm of the pancreas that was suspected on abdominal CECT as a well-defined mass in theampullary-periampullary region abutting head of the pancreas and confirmed on histopathologicalevaluation with immunohistochemistry.
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: WHAT IS BEHIND ECONOMIC MIRACLE?
Authors: Ignatiev P.
Published: March 2021

The United Arab Emirates is situated simultaneously in southern region of the Persian Gulf and on the Coast of the Gulf of Oman next to Saudi Arabia and Oman and remain the closest maritime neighbour of powerful Iran. This fact defines geopolitical importance of the country. But environment here is not conductive for economic development. It is distinguished by some of the highest temperatures in the world during warm season and by extreme humidity because of two surrounding bodies of water. It lacks permanent lakes and rivers and the whole area is prone to severe sandstorms. The native population of the UAE is rather small, what forces Emirati rulers to invite foreign workers in growing numbers. Despite domination of crude oil in foreign trade, the ruling elite took a strategic step towards service economy, what represents an interesting example to follow because of the apparent success of such policy. In this article the author makes an attempt to find out what measures at state level made the UAE the most prosperous country in the Gulf. Key words: UAE, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, airlines, free economic zones, ports, tourism, property.
REGULATORY FOCUS MODERATES THE EFFECTS OF FEEDBACK VALENCE ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION
Authors: Dogruyol Burak
Published: March 2021

Previous studies have mainly examined the effect of regulatory fit in the context of single goal-pursuit. However, the dynamics for multiple goal-pursuits have been left largely unexamined. Therefore, two studies were conducted to explore the role of regulatory fit under the different goal-pursuit conditions. First study, using bogus feedback following regulatory orientation framing for solving anagram tasks, revealed that the fit between prevention focus and negative feedback increased motivation in the post-feedback session. In the second study, participants allocated limited time between the two imaginary goals following regulatory orientation priming. Results showed that participants allocated higher levels of resources when they experience regulatory fit. Results highlighted the importance of the fit experience on resource allocation in the multiple-goal context.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF ULTIMATE REALITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF VIVEKANANDA
Authors: Chowdhury Dr. Parmita
Published: March 2021

Vivekananda is one of the Neo-Vedantin or contemporary Indian Philosophers who has got influenced by the Vedānta philosophy and used its philosophy in practical life for human welfare. Vivekananda considers the metaphysical question regarding the status of the Ultimate Reality as an important matter of discussion without which human life would be purposeless. Such metaphysical knowledge comes to man when he goes beyond the circle of reason or physical plane. Vivekananda’s Neo-Vedanta is a discussion of such metaphysical views. The concept of Ultimate Reality is here understood in the sense of both nirguṇa and saguṇa Brahman i.e., God without name and form and with name and form. However, in the present paper, the aim is to focus on the concept of Ultimate Reality both from the transcendental and empirical standpoint and to check whether the status of the nirguṇa Brahman and saguṇa Brahman are identical or different.
AREA AND POWER OPTIMIZED D-FLIP FLOP AND SUBTRACTOR
Authors: K. Babulu T. Subhashini, M. Kamaraju,
Published: March 2021

Low power is essential in today’s technology. It is most significant with high speed, small size and stability. So, power reduction is most important in modern technology using VLSI design techniques. Today most of the market necessities require low power, long run time and market which also deserve small size and high speed. In this paper several logic circuits DFF with 5 transistors and sub tractor circuit using powerless XOR gate and Groundless XNOR gates are implemented. In the proposed DFF, the area can be decreased by 62% & substarctor circuit, area decreased by 80% and power consumption of DFF and subtractor circuit are 15.4µW and 13.76µW respectively, but these are very less as compared to existing techniques.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHICAL ROUTING PROTOCOL IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK
Authors: Abdullahi Mujaheed Saleh, Hasliza Binti Hashim Omar Faruque, Tadiwa Elisha Nyamasvisva,
Published: March 2021

Wireless technology has brought a very advanced change in the field of the internet. It has given rise to many new applications. In recent years, a lot of work has been done in the field of Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) which makes it so popular in the area of research work. MANET is an infrastructure-less, dynamic network that consists of a collection of wireless mobile nodes, and the communication between these nodes has been carried out without any centralized authority. There are several network performance metrics, Packet Loss and End-to-End Delay which can be taken into account, for getting a general idea about the performance of the Geographical Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks. The proposed research will evaluate the parameters which affect the communication in the Geographical Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.
A NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION OF ATTRIBUTE BASED ENCRYPTION FOR QUERY OPTIMIZATION IN BIG DATA USING MAPREDUCE
Authors: N. Sowjanya Kumari Dr. P. Vijaya Bharati, R. Ravi,
Published: March 2021

Data increased daily and has a significant role in every field, like industries, medical, etc. The data is captured, stored, and it is processed to retrieve the necessary data. Security and privacy play an essential role when critical data is shared among users in a distributed environment. These challenges are to be addressed. Mainly they are highly required during sharing and storing vast amounts of data. This paper presents a novel solution to secure the vast data with Attribute-based encryption (ABE), providing access control that prevents unauthorized user's access. Moreover, query optimization is provided in this paper to retrieve the required encrypted data from the big data quickly.
HYPER-ELLIPTIC CURVE BASED SIGNCRYPTION SCHEMES FOR RESOURCE CONSTRAINT DEVICES IN IOT
Authors: Prof. Vladmir poulkov. Santosh P. Jadhav, Prof. Georgi Balabanov,
Published: March 2021

The Internet of things has become part of our day to day life as many more devices are connecting to the internet, the number is increasing rapidly. IoT devices have become the element in our day to day life. Such as many tiny devices are continuously monitoring our health homes and providing sensitive information which can be analyzed and help for decision making. This important data must have enough security. Hence, the security and efficiency of these IoT devices play an important role therefore various efforts are made to make these resource constraint devices highly secure and efficient. Signcryption is one of the techniques to increase efficiency as compare to traditional signature then encryption schemes. Signcryption along with the hyper-elliptic curve (HECC) can reduce the computational cost of the encryption schemes along with the provision of higher security.
A Study on the Problems and Prospects of Women Entrepreneurs with Special Reference to Guwahati City
Authors: Sharma Priyanka
Published: March 2021

Women entrepreneur is a person who accepts challenging role to meet her personal needs and become economically independent. Entrepreneurship is an economic activity that involves designing, launching and running a new business enterprise in order to earn the profit by fully and efficiently utilizing the resources.The present paper tries to highlight the problems and prospects of women entrepreneurs with special reference to Guwahati city and makes analysis on the basis of the following criteria viz,age of the respondents, marital status of the respondents, educational qualification,years of experience,type of family,caste of the respondents,reason to start the business,motivation to start the business, marketing and financial problems faced by the women entrepreneurs, family-work conflict,production constraint faced by the women entrepreneurs, steps to be undertaken for development of women entrepreneurs etc and for analysis the researcher has conducted its study on the basis of primary data where the information were collected through well framed questionnaire meant for women entrepreneurs and secondary sources like journals,books,articles,websites etc.The paper also present certain findings of the study and also provide certain suggestions for improving the status of women entrepreneurs in the city.
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTWEIGHT ENCRYPTION (EELWE) ALGORITHM FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Authors: Narasinga Rao M R, Somu Venkateswarlu Radhika Rani Chintala,
Published: March 2021

Proportional to the growth in the usage of Human Sensor Networks (HSN), the volume of the data exchange between Sensor devices is increasing at a rapid pace. In HSNs, the sensors are either implanted or placed on the human body which are responsible for sensing the health data such as BP, Sugar level, Heart rate, etc. All this collected information is processed by the base station and is sent to the HSN servers via internet. Medical assistants who will have access to servers will analyze the health data of the patient and suggest appropriate medication. This will allow the doctors to have continuous monitoring on patient’s health condition. Since the data is related to patient’s health, it should be secured and confidential. In this paper, we have proposed an Energy Efficient Lightweight Encryption (EELWE) algorithm for providing the confidentiality of data at sensor level, particularly suitable for resource-constrained environments. Results obtained have proved that an EELWE consumes less energy relative to present lightweight ciphers and it supports multiple block sizes of 32-bit, 48-bit and 64-bit.
IMPACT ANALYSIS OF PROFILE INJECTION ATTACKS IN RECOMMENDER SYSTEM
Authors: Harkesh Sehrawat M Ashish Kumar, Yudhvir Singh, Vikas Siwach,
Published: March 2021

Recommender systems are the backbone of all the prediction-based service platforms e.g. Facebook, Amazon, LinkedIn etc. Even companies now a days are using the recommender systems to show users personalized ads. These service providers capture the right audience for their services/ products and hence, improve overall sales. Social networking platforms are using recommender systems for connecting people of similar interests which is almost impossible without recommender systems.  Collaborative filtering-based recommender system is most widely used recommender system. It is used in this research to predict the rating for a specific movie. Accuracy of the prediction define the performance of the overall system. The quality of predictions is degraded by the attackers by injection of fake profiles. In this paper, the various types of profile injection attacks are explained and the attack scenario gets extended to measure the performance of these attacks. Empirical results on the real world publicly available data set shows that these attacks are highly vulnerable. The impact of these attacks in several conditions has been measured and it is tried to find the scenarios where these attacks are more powerful.
Integral transforms of (p,s,k) Mittag-Leffler function pEρ,sk,θ,θ(z)
Authors: Shobha Shukla, Subhash Chandra Shrivastava Preeti Chhattry,
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we evaluate Melin-Barnes integral representation of (p,s,k) Mittag Leffler function. Sumudu transform have been used in the generaliztion of Mittag Leffler function Also we establish some corollary of a special cases. Some new result are our finding.
PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR CONTRACTOR COMPANIES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES AND FUZZY LOGIC
Authors: Ehsan Allah Zeyghami Hossein Kheyraie, S. Mohammad Mirhosseini,
Published: March 2021

Project portfolio management is an integrated way to achieve the strategic goals of the organization through the evaluation, prioritization, selection and management of projects, plans and other related tasks based on their involvement in the organization’s strategies and goals. Contractor companies in construction industry, that have different strategic goals and projects, always face high uncertainties in their projects; But they all have one thing in common, which it is not possible for them to implement all projects at the same time due to the limitations of resources (financial resources, human resources, equipment and machinery); Therefore they should try to achieve their strategic goals by identifying, evaluating, prioritizing and selecting the right projects by using portfolio management processes.

Mentioning this necessity, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive and realistic model for portfolio management of contractor companies in construction industry. So that each construction company with its unique strategic goals and constraints, can apply it. The proposed model has three basic steps of project identification, evaluation and selection; In the first step, all the organization’s strategic goals, criteria and projects of the organization are identified, then in the second step, using a combination of AHP and SAW methods and fuzzy logic, a multi-objective decision problem to prioritizing projects based on goals (Each goal represents a group) is addressed; finally in the third stage, using the event tree (ET) method, all possible scenarios from the project’s combinations (probable portfolios) are identified and according to the limitations and points of each scenario , the best scenarios are selected.
Incidence of Contamination of Water Resources in the Development of Livestock Activities in the Lower Area of the Coata River Watershed, Peru
Authors: Et al. Julio Cesar Quispe-Mamani
Published: March 2021

The objective of the research was to determine the main environmental pollutants affecting the water resource of the lower Coata watershed, for which the descriptive, correlal and explanatory methodology was applied, using The Multinomial Logit regression with survey information applied to 380 heads of families. It was determined that the existence of water pollution has an impact on the volume of production of livestock activity in the lower part of the watershed in a negative manner, this is supported by the dumping of pathogens into the river, which affects 4 units of sheep and cattle heads. The practice of livestock activity directly influences the economic income of families in the lower part of the watershed and explains in 4.12 soles and the main environmental pollutants affecting the water resource in the lower part of the watershed are fecal coliforms and arsenic at a high level.
Sentiment Analysis Extensively to Harness Every Aspect of Primary School Education
Authors: Dr. G. Santhi Bhawna Tiwari,
Published: March 2021

The primary education sector is facing a significant transition to keep up to expectations in today's dynamic environment. Any part of primary school requires positive improvements. The paper highlights the importance of Opinion Analysis in the field of education in the Big Data era. With the generation of bulk data in recent years, innovations have been developed that make data collection and processing even simpler. A vast variety of data sets can be compiled, mined and made usable for sentiment analysis. Various target users, including the tutor, the pupil and the educational institution, have been discussed. The embodiment of human capital, tools and strategies , the education sector should make effective use of Sentiment Analysis to take account of all facets of primary school education. Thus, various algorithm are Naive Bayes, Complement Naive Bayes (CNB).
GINI SIMPSON INDEX FOR PICTURE FUZZY SETS WITH THEIR APPLICATION IN MULTI -ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING PROCESS
Authors: Satish Kumar Sunit Kumar,
Published: March 2021

In present paper, we proposed a Gini Simpson index for picture fuzzy set with their application in MADM and discuss it’s properties which are investigated in a mathematical framework. We developed an algorithm based on TODIM(An acronym in Portuguess for interactive multi-attribute decision making) which we applied ton the proposed entropy to solve the MADM problems under the picture fuzzy environment when the criteria weights are completely known. With took a numerical example on Muthoot Finance Limited to demonstrate the applicability and feasibility of the proposed approach.
COVID-19 SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PROFIT MAXIMIZATION INVENTORY MODEL WITH OVERAGE
Authors: N. Ramila Gandhi Nivetha Martin, A. Aleeswari ,P. Pandiammal,
Published: March 2021

Goal: This research work aims in presenting the impacts of social distancing on the societal domain in particularly with the special focus on inventory management, the accelerating fuel of the production sectors. A profit maximization inventory model comprises of overage management, waste disposal and product propagation is proposed.

Design / Methodology / Approach: A mathematical model with the objective of profit maximization and overage management is developed to cater the needs of the production sectors at times of pandemic situation.

Results: This model yields the optimal quantity (Qα) that maximizes the expected aggregate profit per unit of time.

Limitations of the investigation: This research is of exploratory kind and the lack of similar research in the literature locks the opportunity of comparison, also the proposed model is a more generalized in nature.

Practical implications: The proposed maximization model will certainly assist the decision makers to handle the situations of overage caused by pandemic social distancing.

Originality/Value: The combination of profit maximization, overage management in the context of COVID 19 social distancing is modelled to benefit the production sectors and this is the novel approach of this article.
ENHANCING CUSTOMER RETENTION IN RETAIL INDUSTRY
Authors: Somjani Avinash
Published: March 2021

With the pandemic grabbing up places all over the world, the decline in businesses, macro and micro, is inevitable. Among these businesses is the retail sector which plays an important role for any economy. Retail sector covers all the basic necessities that a human being needs.

Retail sector is dependent on many factors that drive the sales of a company and the most vital one is the customer retention. With eruption of technology it is highly important to underscore the importance of social media and advanced technology.   The main reason for that is the number of options the customers have. Due to this the switching cost is low. From the porter’s analysis, we can clearly conclude that the bargaining power of the buyer is high for most retail commodities.

Many customers are loyal towards a brand because of the brand image, so it is highly important that a company fulfills its CSR programs in a way that can grab the attention of the customers and glue them to the brand. This brand image can also be connected to the store ambience.

This study is based on various factors that are perceived by the customers as of value and how these factors can enhance the customer retention.
THE COVID-19 MORATORIUM: A REPRIEVE AND NOT A WAIVER
Authors: Lohia Palak
Published: March 2021

In the first MPC meeting held on 27.03.20, Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman and the Governor of RBI, Shaktikanta Das announced a moratorium of three months on all loans and credit card instalments due between 1st March and 31st May initially, which was later extended to 31st August, in order to provide relief to the borrowers in the economy, in the current scenario of losses. Loans being on moratorium are supposed to have zero impact on the credit history of the borrower concerned, which means a no default situation.

Now, banking sector, which is the backbone of any economy, will have to carry the burden of this year for many more years to come. In this paper, it has been attempted to study the impact of the decision of putting the loans on moratorium on the banking industry of India, adding to the ever existing issue of high NPAs.
UNDERSTANDING ADOPTION FACTORS OF SUBSCRIPTION BASED ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES AMONG CONSUMERS IN INDIA
Authors: Khatri Tanya
Published: March 2021

The market of subscription-based entertainment services in India has grown in the last few years, due to the changing lifestyle, preferences and the deluge of choices that are there for the customers. There has been a substantial increase in Customer acquisition especially in paid streaming video, music and gaming subscriptions.  People are adding new services to have access to new and diversified content which is more personalized and offer them a more enriching experience. The market for subscription model-based entertainment services in India has seen growing trends and offers an opportunity to understand the consumer preferences better. A trend in Indian customers has shown the preference of streaming services over buying or downloading it. The objective of this paper is to identify the factors influencing the subscribing intention of the entertainment services in India. In this paper, quantitative descriptive cross-sectional research design has been used, a hundred and fifty-four people were chosen through a systematic random sampling technique from different demographics. The people were categorised into different age groups such as Gen-Z (14-23 years), Millennials (24-37 years) and Gen-X (38-54 years) and then their preferences were studied based on their answers in survey questionnaire. Along with age there were other demographic factors that were taken into consideration to draw the conclusions. In general, descriptive results show that the interviewed consumers have subscribed to these channels and the consumer base for these services is here to stay.