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Barriers to and Facilitators for Using Nutrition Apps: Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework
Authors: König Laura Maria , Attig Christiane , Franke Thomas , Renner Britta
Published: July 2021

Background

Nutrition apps are effective in changing eating behavior and diet-related health risk factors. However, while they may curb growing overweight and obesity rates, widespread adoption is yet to be achieved. Hence, profound knowledge regarding factors motivating and hindering (long-term) nutrition app use is crucial for developing design guidelines aimed at supporting uptake and prolonged use of nutrition apps.

Objective

In this systematic review, we synthesized the literature on barriers to and facilitators for nutrition app use across disciplines including empirical qualitative and quantitative studies with current users, ex-users, and nonusers of nutrition apps.

Methods

A systematic literature search including 6 databases (PubMed, Web of Science, PsychINFO, PSYNDEX, PsycArticles, and SPORTDiscus) as well as backward and forward citation search was conducted. Search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the planned data extraction process were preregistered. All empirical qualitative and quantitative studies published in German or English were eligible for inclusion if they examined adolescents (aged 13-18) or adults who were either current users, ex-users, and nonusers of nutrition apps. Based on qualitative content analysis, extracted individual barriers and facilitators were grouped into categories.

Results

A total of 28 publications were identified as eligible. A framework with a 3-level hierarchy was designed which grouped 328 individual barriers and facilitators into 23 subcategories, 12 categories, and 4 clusters that focus on either the individual user (goal setting and goal striving, motivation, routines, lack of awareness of knowledge), different aspects of the app and the smartphone (features, usability of the app or food database, technical issues, data security, accuracy/trustworthiness, costs), positive and negative outcomes of nutrition app use, or interactions between the user and their social environment.

Conclusions

The resulting conceptual framework underlines a pronounced diversity of reasons for (not) using nutrition apps, indicating that there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach for uptake and prolonged use of nutrition apps. Hence, tailoring nutrition apps to needs of specific user groups seems promising for increasing engagement.
Auto-activity: Decolonization and the Politics of Knowledge in Early Postwar Indonesia, ca.1920-1955
Authors: Broere Sebastiaan
Published: July 2021

This article presents a history of decolonization and its politics of knowledge by examining rural reconstruction programs in the first decade of Indonesian independence. It traces the roots of Indonesia’s first two agricultural development schemes to late-colonial criticism of state policy. In these criticisms and schemes, “auto-activity” emerged as a key concept. This paper argues that in the writings of planners and politicians, “auto-activity” facilitated the process of decolonization in various ways. The notion of auto-activity affirmed Indonesian know-how over foreign technical assistance; those who developed it would overcome subjective legacies of colonial subjugation; it encouraged the institutionalization of a benevolent state that helped rural communities to help themselves, and would thus contribute to the materialization of a fair and just society. This article concludes that despite these practices of decolonization, programs of “auto-activity” also opened up possibilities to overrule farmers’s individual choices in new ways.
Midwives and Dukun Beranak, the Choices for Handling Childbirth
Authors: Janti Nur
Published: July 2021

Since the colonial era, there have been attempts to provide clinical childbirth services by establishing midwifery schools. Although these schools were closed, reorganized then re-opened several times, in an effort to graduate native midwives in the colony. The majority of the European doctors believed the existence of native midwives could reduce mortality rates for difficult deliveries. The colonial government also tried to replace dukun beranak (local midwives) with graduate midwives, as many doctors considered dukun beranak practices unsafe and unhygienic. Of note, even though midwifery school graduates provided childbirth services, most of the population preferred to use dukun beranak. This situation continued until independence. Dukun beranak remained the preferred provider of assistance among the working and lower class. The continued popularity of the dukun beranak can be seen as a colonial failure to replace them. After the proclamation of Indonesian independence, midwives who supported the Indonesian Republic, still provided childbearing assistance although with limited infrastructure and inadequate personnel during the independence war. Midwives also founded a midwifes association, rebuilt the national midwifery system, and discontinued colonial elements. This transformation can be interpreted as the decolonisation of midwifery. Midwives and dukun beranak were the available options for assisting in the labour of an Indonesian woman. The Indonesian government had a different approach to the colonial government toward society and dukun beranak and built cooperation between midwives and the dukun beranak. The cooperative work among midwives and dukun beranak changed awareness of Indonesian women’s reproductive health matters. This article traces efforts to provide safer childbirth services by looking at the problem through the lens of midwives and dukun beranak relations. The evolution of this relationship shows the decolonisation process inside midwifery and childbearing services.
The Making of the “Chinese Problem”: Indonesian Local Agencies’ Perceptions of Ethnic Chinese and Communist China, 1950-1979
Authors: Kwartanada Didi
Published: July 2021

When Indonesia gained its independence, it knew almost nothing about its Chinese population of more than 2 million. During the Dutch colonial and Japanese occupation periods, the authorities established offices for Chinese Affairs staffed by sinologists; however, the young Republic of Indonesia did not have such experts. By the early 1950s, the Foreign Ministry set up its “School of Sinology”. The school’s founder was suspicious of Communist China and therefore viewed that Indonesia must be cautious, with the overseas Chinese in Indonesia constituting a “sumber subversi” (source of subversion). Its first class had twenty students and with the conduct of its first class can be regarded as the earliest effort to study China and the ethnic Chinese by the Indonesian authorities. In the turbulent 1950s and 1960s, the Chinese were considered a problem, and so the term “Chinese problem” (“Masalah Cina”) was created, which then became commonly used throughout the New Order period. This paper explores how perceptions about the Chinese and Communist China were shaped by local agencies during 1950-1979, who the agencies were, and their publications.. The paper looks at how scholars, journalists, intelligence bureau and publishing houses contributed to the construction of the perceived “Chinese Problem”. Particular focus is also given to sinology-trained military officer and their works, in shaping perceptions towards the Chinese in Indonesia and also mainland China.
Barreras de comunicación del paciente sordo en el ámbito hospitalario. Una revisión narrativa
Authors: Rivera-Montiel Brenda , Agama-Sarabia Adiel
Published: July 2021

Introducción. Dentro del ámbito hospitalario en México, existe un desconocimiento sobre la Lengua de Señas Mexicana, considerada la lengua materna por la cual se comunican las personas sordas. Ante esta situación, existe la necesidad de incluir, en las instituciones médicas, esta forma de comunicación viso-gestual llevada a cabo a través del uso de las manos y otros componentes para establecer una comunicación efectiva. Objetivo. Presentar una revisión narrativa de las barreras de comunicación que encuentran las personas sordas al acudir a instancias hospitalarias. Desarrollo. Se realizó una revisión de la literatura en la cual se muestra el panorama internacional y nacional que encuentran las personas sordas al acudir a instituciones médicas y las barreras de comunicación a las que se enfrentan. Conclusiones. La falta de comunicación con el personal de salud debido al desconocimiento de la lengua de los pacientes y su cultura, ocasiona la carencia de comunicación efectiva entre enfermero y paciente, afectando la atención y el tratamiento médico.
To the Choice of the Source of the Closing Power at Implementing the Fore Closure of Elements of the Planetary Continuously Adjustable Transmission
Authors: Dan’kov A M
Published: July 2021

Силовое замыкание - широко используемый наряду с геометрическим замыканием прием обеспечения неразмыкания (постоянного контакта) рабочих поверхностей высших кинематических пар. В распространенном механизме с высшей кинематической парой - зубчатой передаче с постоянным передаточным отношением - традиционно с большим успехом используется геометрическое замыкание, обеспечивающее в наиболее распространенной эвольвентной передаче как постоянство межосевого расстояния, так и наличие необходимых зазоров (радиального и бокового) в зацеплении. При этом реализация ее функционального назначения не создает никаких предпосылок для применения силового замыкания элементов. В специфической планетарной плавнорегулируемой передаче реализация функционального назначения (изменения передаточного отношения передачи) происходит в результате синхронного радиального перемещения сателлита и секторов центрального зубчатого колеса, сопровождаемого изменением межосевого расстояния. В этом случае также может быть реализовано геометрическое замыкание рабочих поверхностей, но это потребует создания сложного механизма. Силовое замыкание сателлита и секторов центрального зубчатого колеса обеспечивает значительное упрощение конструкции передачи, позволяя при изменении передаточного отношения передачи сообщать управляющее воздействие только одному из ее элементов - сателлиту или секторам центрального зубчатого колеса. Инверсия их кинематических функций (фиксация сателлита от вращения вокруг собственной оси и сообщение центральному зубчатому колесу выходного движения) одновременно развивает тенденцию упрощения конструкции передачи и диктует необходимость, во-первых, использования типа зацепления, исключающего двухпрофильный контакт, и, во-вторых, использования в качестве источника замыкающей силы упругого элемента, не требующего для выполнения своей функции связи с окружающей средой. Если замена в планетарной плавнорегулируемой передаче типа зацепления не является проблемой, то выбор вида и конструкции упругого элемента для силового замыкания представляет собой сложную задачу. В статье описано влияние на конструкцию передачи упругих элементов различных типов: с пружинами сжатия, общим для всех зубчатых секторов торсионом, индивидуальными торсионами, поворотным гидродвигателем.
Integration of InSAR Technology in the Stability Assessment of Load Bearing Structures
Authors: Orban Zoltan , Kovacs István Peter , Ronczyk Levente , Dormany Andras , Kovacs Daniel Marton
Published: July 2021

Неразрушающий контроль зданий и сооружений является актуальной проблемой в современном строительстве. Несмотря на то, что за последние десятилетия было разработано много измерительных методов, все же остаются некоторые пробелы в системе оценки состояния зданий и сооружений. Одна из основных проблем заключается в том, что измеряемые параметры оцениваются лишь время от времени. Существует ограниченное количество доступных методов, которые могут обеспечить непрерывный мониторинг технического состояния строительных сооружений и предоставить информацию об их устойчивости во временном ряду. Основная цель данной статьи - представить диагностический метод, который может преодолеть упомянутые недостатки, сочетая периодические неразрушающие измерения с непрерывным мониторингом, получаемым путем применения спутникового дистанционного зондирования. Радар с синтезированной апертурой (SAR) имеет много преимуществ, которые стоит учитывать инженерам-строителям в практике оценки устойчивости зданий и сооружений. Наша задача - дать представление о теории интерферометрических радаров с синтезированной апертурой (InSAR) и продемонстрировать их совместное применение с другими методами оценки состояния зданий на конкретных примерах. Эффективность предложенной методики была продемонстрирована сравнением результатов смещения водонапорной башни, полученных с помощью мониторинга InSAR, традиционной геодезической съемки и численного анализа.
Least Squares Parameters Estimation in Infocommunication Systems
Authors: Sherstneva A A
Published: July 2021

Целью статьи является решение задач прогнозирования тренда данных для расчета параметров инфокоммуникационных систем. В результате предложено решение задачи определения изменяющихся значений интересующего временного ряда; предполагается, что он имеет линейную связь с другим временным рядом в моделях инфокоммуникационных систем. Регрессионный анализ применяется для определения значения параметров функции по набору данных наблюдений. При линейной регрессии функция представляет собой линейное уравнение. В статье рассматривается степенная и экспоненциальная регрессия. Для проверки адекватности авторегрессионных моделей можно использовать программы математического моделирования, разработанные для моделей множественной регрессии на основании того, что задачи оценивания параметров множественной линейной регрессии по методу наименьших квадратов не имеют существенных различий с авторегрессией p-го порядка. При этом частные корреляции между компонентами ряда, отстоящими друг от друга более чем на пять тактов, равны нулю. Рассмотренная методология вызывает интерес, поскольку современные инфокоммуникационные системы представляют собой комплексные системы со множеством состояний и созависимостей между ними. Поэтому задача краткосрочного прогнозирования посредством программы математического моделирования упрощает процесс нахождения параметров инфокоммуникационной системы. Программная реализация решения задачи осуществляется в MatLab. Для каждой модели приведены сгенерированные экспериментальные данные, и в графическом виде показана соответствующая реконструированная кривая данных. Результаты программного моделирования подтверждают корректность МНК-оценки моделей. В ходе программной реализации были смоделированы прогнозные значения входящего потока вызовов в систему.
Practical Synthesis of Compact Strip Filters in the Range 430 MHz - 15 GHz
Authors: Kopersky V V , Shyrokykh S A , Shishakov K V
Published: July 2021

Приведено описание практического опыта по выбору и синтезу удобных в изготовлении и компактных по размерам полосно-пропускающих полосковых фильтров с высоким уровнем частотной селективности для разных частотных полос, расположенных в диапазоне частот 430 МГц - 15 ГГц. При выборе топологий синтезируемых фильтров приоритет отдается получению не только компактных размеров, но и удобству для практического самостоятельного изготовления с учетом пониженных требований к точности производства. В результате были синтезированы, промоделированы, изготовлены и практически исследованы свойства шести разных вариантов полосно-пропускающих полосковых фильтров с отличающимися типами топологий: многорезонаторного фильтра третьего порядка с центральной частотой 437 МГц и относительной полосой пропускания менее 10%; фильтров со встречно-штыревой конструкцией проводников - двухслойного второго порядка для центральной частоты 440 МГц с полосой 20 % и шестого порядка для центральной частоты 610 МГц с полосой 30 %, а также трехслойного четвертого порядка для центральной частоты 1,22 ГГц с полосой 30 %; структуры каскадного соединения двух решетчатых фильтров для центральной частоты 2,44 ГГц с относительной полосой 30 %; фильтра на параллельносвязанных полуволновых микрополосковых резонаторах для центральной частоты 14,8 ГГц с относительной полосой менее 10 %. Представление результатов выполнено в виде амплитудно-частотных характеристик фильтров, через которые оцениваются их основные селективные свойства: ширина рабочей полосы пропускания по уровню -3 дБ и величина потерь внутри ее, а также уровни подавления в боковых полосах заграждения и ширина высокочастотной полосы заграждения, простирающейся до побочной полосы пропускания фильтра. Подтверждена высокая эффективность и приемлемость моделирования для начального параметрического синтеза фильтров. Для этого использована программа AWR Design Environment с учетом накопленного опыта по ее настройке на практическое производство. Измерения характеристик фильтров выполнены на векторных анализаторах цепей компаний National Instruments и Rohde&Schwarz. Практически отработаны относительно новые фильтры уменьшенных размеров для низкочастотной области СВЧ, имеющие размеры до пяти раз меньшие по сравнению с фильтрами на четвертьволновых резонаторах. Полученные результаты не ограничиваются конкретными изготовленными фильтрами, так как могут быть обобщены и на другие центральные частоты путем соответствующего изменения размеров конструкций пропорционально изменению длины волны сверхвысоких частот.
Effects of Micro Silica & Flyash on Strength & Durability Parameters of High Strength Concrete
Authors: Karavadra Hiral
Published: July 2021

High strength concrete is a term used to describe concrete with special properties not attributed to normal concrete. High-performance means that the concrete has one or more of the following properties: low shrinkage, low permeability, a high modulus of elasticity, or high strength. The application of nanotechnology in concrete has added a new dimension to the efforts to improve properties of High strength concrete. Nano materials, by virtue of their very small particle size can affect the concrete properties by altering the microstructure. Concrete can deteriorate for a variety of reasons, and concrete damage is often as result of combination of factors. This causes stresses in the concrete, which can eventually have resulted in cracking, delamination, and spalling. Concrete resists weathering action, chemical attack, and abrasion while maintaining its desired engineering properties throughout its lifespan. Different concretes require different degrees of durability depending on the exposure of environment and the properties desired. Durable concrete will retain its original form, quality and serviceability when exposed to its environment. The main characteristics influencing the durability of concrete is its permeability to the ingress of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, chloride, sulphate and other deleterious substances. It became necessary to impart knowledge about durability of concrete and factors affecting durability to the society, as the wide use of concrete as a material in the constructions. This study concerns with the use of Nano silica of size 12 nm in M60 grade of concrete to improve the compressive strength of concrete and study on various durability parameters of High strength concrete. An experimental investigation is planned to carry out with different amount of Fly ash as 15% ,20%, 25%,30% and Micro silica as 5.5%,7%,8.5%,10% in concrete by weight of concrete. have been planned to carry out are workability, compressive test, flexural test, split tensile test. To study durability parameters of High strength concrete with nano silica Rapid chloride penetration test (RCPT), Water Sorptivity test, Acid attack test, Sulphate attack test are conduct. In this study it was observed that t the durability, strength and workability are increase as the percentage of fly ash & micro silica increses
High Voltage Gain Interleaved Boost Converter with Neural Network Based MPPT Controller for Fuel Cell Based Electric Vehicle Applications
Authors: Kawale Praniali Surendra
Published: July 2021

As a result of the strict regulations on carbon emissions and the fuel economy, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) vehicles are becoming increasingly popular in the automotive industry. This paper provides the Neural Network Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controller of the 1.26 kW Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), which provides electric vehicle powertrain using DC-DC power converters. The proposed neural network controls the MPPT Radial Basis Function Network (RBFN) using the PEMFC Maximum PowerPoint (MPP) tracking algorithm. High frequency switching and high DC-DC converting power are important for FCEV continuity. For maximum power gain, a three-phase power supply interleaved boost converter (IBC) is also designed for the FCEV system. The interleaving process reduces the current input pressure and electrical pressure in semiconductor electrical equipment. FCEV system performance analysis with RBFN based MPPT control compared to fuzzy logic controllers (FLC) on the MATLAB / Simulink platform.
Image Steganography using 3 ways of Encryption for Highly Secured Data Transmission
Authors: Tamboli Meera
Published: July 2021

Steganography exists from many years in a variety of forms and has been used in a variety of domains. There are various types of steganographic techniques that are used to hide data in various file formats. The proposed model uses three layers of security using three algorithms namely, LSB, DES and AES. The software allows the user to encrypt the secret message which gets protected by undergoing three layers of encryption. The output of the encryption process which is the steno image can be sent across through any medium along with the secret key to decrypt. The end user then uses a unique key to extract and decrypt the secret message from the image. There are many reasons to hide data but the simplest is the need to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing the secret information.
Design and Analysis of Microchannel for Plasma Separation from Blood
Authors: Phalke Rushikesh P.
Published: July 2021

Microchannel device is important and having great use in field of biological research. The micro channels having some advantages like reduction in the sample processing time, consumption of costly reagents and sample volumes. The current work for microchannel is based on the Zwiefach- fung bifurcation law which used to study for separation process. The microchannel based plasma separation is far better and rapid than conventional plasma separation techniques like centrifugation, filtration. Microchannel flow simulation is carried out using CFD software. The analysis is done for different type channel with combination of various sets of different shape and size of obstacles placed along the channel walls. For this analysis we used computational fluid dynamic tool known as COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS 5.0, to study different configurations on pressure and velocity drop. Also, the effect of geometry, cross sectional area are studied. While analysis different obstacles placed along the channel like rectangular, semicircle and triangular are used. The analysis is done for each shape obstacle and observation are recorded while analysis it is observed of that pressure is decreases with increase in number of obstacles.
IOT Based Prepaid Electricity Billing System
Authors: Padmasree M.
Published: July 2021

Any country’s growth and development are deeply linked with the efficient way of resources available in their land. The population growth and increase in the needs of people will lead to decrease in the resources available making it depleted for the future generation. Energy sources are one of the widely used resources in present day for electricity consumption, as fuels for transportation or cooking, etc. These energy sources will deplete one day or other so saving them is necessary. Technology has advanced for leaps and bounds within a century and no one knows how much it will advance coming century. Numerous electrical appliances were introduced along with the dependency on them increasing the electricity consumption of people. The huge amount of usage and requirement of electricity is making it difficult for the utilities in collecting the electricity bill. One does not know how many units of power is being burnt in a month and how much it is affecting in preserving the energy sources. Humans have the tendency to control their expenditure and savings proportionately. But with the current technology in electricity consumption, it is not possible to increase or decrease according to one’s wish. Taking this as the problem statement we have chosen to make this project with different features to make the usage of consumers simple and easy. The major goal of this project is to create a system that aids in the reduction of electricity usage while also increasing openness between the Electricity Board and consumers. The metre should be recharged similarly to a DTH, with payment made via an app that also allows us to track the amount deducted, energy use, frequency, voltage, and power fluctuations.Users can also cut off the power from a remote location when not needed. The energy measurement and billing system in this project is automated without any human’s intervention.
Comparative Study of Image Processing and Transfer Learning Techniques for an Automated PCB Fault Detection System
Authors: Rajput Muskaan
Published: July 2021

Printed circuit board (PCB) is one of the most crucial components in most electronic devices. PCBs are manufactured in large quantities, and therefore, maintaining the quality of such large numbers of PCBs is important. An automated inspection system can help in the aspect of quality maintenance. Such a system is able to overcome the limitations of manual inspection for a large number of PCBs. It provides fast detection of defects and hence can prove to be an asset in the manufacturing process. This project aims to achieve fault detection of bare PCBs through two different methods; the traditional algorithmic approach using image processing, which makes use of image subtraction method, and a transfer learning approach, which involves the pre-trained CNN VGG16 model. A comparative study of both the methods is done.
IoT: Smart Helmet for Bike Rider
Authors: Chintawar Kshiti
Published: July 2021

Road accidents are increasing in our country, most of them are caused due to negligence of not wearing the helmet, drink and drive and over speeding which many leads to death or severe injuries due to lack of medical treatments provided to the injured person at right time. This motivates us to think about making a system which ensures the safety of biker, by making it mandatory to wear the helmet by the rider to prevent head injuries that may lead to immediate death, prevent drink and drive scenario by testing the breath of the rider before the ride, prevent over speeding and rash riding by alerting the rider and also to provide proper medical attention, if met with an accident by notifying the concerned person with the location details.
Social Networks for Threat Perception and Analysis
Authors: Bharsakle Pragati Dnyaneshwar
Published: July 2021

In the current era of massive knowledge, high volumes of valuable knowledge is simply collected and generated. Social networks square measure samples of generating sources of those huge knowledge. Users in these social networks square measure usually coupled by some interdependency like friendly relationship. As these huge social networks continue to grow, there square measure things during which Associate in Nursing individual user needs to seek out common teams of friends so he will suggest a similar teams to alternative users. Many users of social Network are not aware about the number of security risks in networks such as identity theft, privacy violations, sexual harassment etc,. Recent studies says that most of the social network users expose their personal information like their date of birth, email address, phone number, relationship status. If this type of data reached to the wrong person, then person used that information to harm the users. If the children are users of social network, then these risks become serious. In this paper we present an alternative data analytic solution by using pattern matching solution.
Movie Recommendation System
Authors: Shishodia Dinesh
Published: July 2021

This paper represents the overview of Approaches and techniques used in Movie Recommendation system. Recommendation system is used by many companies like Netflix, Amazon, Flipkart etc. It makes the user experience better and decrease the user efforts. It plays a very vital role in our day-to-day life. It is used in recommending Movies, Articles, News, Books, Music, Videos, People (Online Dating) etc. It learns from the user past behavior and based on that behavior it recommends item to the user. Likewise, in Movie Recommendation system movie is recommended to the user on the basis of movies watched, liked, rated by the user. In year 2020, approximate 10,000 movie were launched according to IDMB data. It saves a lot of times and efforts of the user by suggesting movies according to user taste and user don’t have to select a movie from a large set of movies.
Reduction in Heat Loss of Flat Plate Solar Water Heater by Modification in Material and Properties - A Review
Authors: Baviskar Vaibhav G.
Published: July 2021

Efficiency of solar water heater is in the range of 25-35% as out of 100% solar insolation, only 45% solar insolation can be used for heating purpose while 55% was getting waste due to heat loss by conduction, convection, transmittance, absorbance and radiation through absorber plate, collector glass, insulation material, piping, support structure etc. Heat losses from the panel are considerable (more than 50 components) due to prolonged withstanding of heat & cool cycles, physio-chemical reaction, lumpy insulation, gasket rupture, heat and cool cycles, poor water chemistry, ambient factors like wind/rain etc., pipe internal scales, acid and scales formation, radiation, conduction and convection losses through solar panel, gasket erosion due to condensate and UV light cracking etc.Heat gain can be achieved if temp. difference reduced (i.e. heat gain equals to product of heat removal factor ,transmissivity and absorptivity factor with removal of product of heat coefficient with difference of inlet temperature , ambient temperature therefore efficiency increased up to 69 % as per calculation improving the variables and control without sacrificing the performance, going towards ideal Carnot cycle. The passive system design is preferred (as there is no external energy input neither the pumps for increasing velocity). There is tremendous scope for improvement of efficiency by reduction of heat loss by use/substitution of non-thermal conducting materials, changing the material of solar water heater with better characteristics, changing orientation, geometry etc. There are about three main areas to be worked out i.e. solar collector panel, water tank and the inlet and outlet piping network along with water quality and taps, fittings etc. Major advantages of efficiency improvement are like reduction in electricity consumption for domestic water heating by 70%, reduction in conventional energy problems like global warming, pollution, acid rain etc.( as no fossil fuel required), cheap energy cost (i.e. less expensive than natural gas), easiness in source availability i.e. (average solar radiation by earth in energy equals to 722 W/m2 as for every 20 minutes the Sun produce enough energy to supply earth its need of entire year which can be converted to heat), energy security, benefit of accelerated depreciation/tax saving, meeting of renewable energy obligation, low operating and maintenance cost, possibility of direct conversion of solar energy(using PV cells ), inexhaustibility, ease for transport etc.
Movie Recommendation System using Machine Learning
Authors: M Shobana
Published: July 2021

A movie recommendation is important in our social life due to its strength in providing enhanced entertainment. Such a system can suggest a set of movies to users based on their interest, or the popularities of the movies. A recommendation system is used for the purpose of suggesting items to purchase or to see. They direct users towards those items which can meet their needs through cutting down large database of Information. A recommender system, or a recommendation system (sometimes replacing 'system' with a synonym such as platform or engine), is a subclass of information filtering system that seeks to predict the "rating" or "preference" a user would give to an item. They are primarily used in commercial applications. MOVREC also help users to find the movies of their choices based on the movie experience of other users in efficient and effective manner without wasting much time in useless browsing
Iot Based System to Avoid Open Spitting and Defeacation
Authors: Mudda Dr Mallikarjun
Published: July 2021

This project discusses about splitting and defecation at public places or in open environment that impact environmental or the health. So to avoid this case study is to be made by Examining the existing literature, legislation, case law, and other sources of information practise, as well as analysing and proposing remedies is a far more prevalent practise than is often acknowledged. The most important attempts have been concentrated on preventing these as a tool to evade the environmental impact assessment EIA, but it is a much more complex subject, with many ways of dividing or defecating as well as reasons for doing so. Increasing the effectiveness of strategic environmental assessments For example, a higher engagement of the approving authority, precise laws, case-by-case investigations rather than thresholds, required scoping, and the avoidance of project components being excluded during the EIA are all actions that should be taken to avoid this practise. Defecation and open splits can pollute the environment and cause health issues. So the project is designed using moisture sensors that are place at a location along with ESP 32 WiFi module with camera to send picture images of the person doing so of either splitting or defecation. The system immediately takes the picture image of the person doing so and sends it to the concern authorities through IOT to the BLYNK app of the mobile. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical items that employs sensors, electronics, software, and connections to share data. There is no need for humans to interface with these systems. The way real-world systems are interconnected through the internet has been transformed by Internet of Things (IoT)-based solutions. At this time, the use of IoT-based systems has expanded to include real-time detection and warning systems. Cost, on the other hand, has been a major consideration in the development and deployment of IoT systems.
Creation of Knowledge, Innovation & Invention for Building Nation
Authors: Nafde Dr. Mrs. Tanuja
Published: July 2021

This paper explores the views on the creation of knowledge, innovations, and inventions from the Bhagavad-Gita and its significance in today’s context. A review of literature on Bhagavad-Gita shows that a number of studies have been done on the Bhagvad Gita from various perspectives; however, very few have been done to integrate the Bhagvad-Gita’s interpretation of knowledge, self-knowledge, innovations, and inventions as a necessity in the contemporary world. As a result, this paper not only interprets the literature but also provides some significance and insights on the contents of Bhagvad Gita and from the ancient Indian philosophical perspective. Chinmayananda asserted that an ancient philosophical scripture like the Bhagavad-Gita needs intelligent re-interpretation to apply effectively in the context of modern times. This paper is based on published literature and its interpretations, a qualitative research methodology that involves the study, understanding, and interpretation of ancient classical scripture. The Bhagavad-Gita is more than 5,000 years old and is written in the Sanskrit language. In a nutshell, the Bhagavad-Gita provides an inside-out approach to knowledge, innovations, inventions management, unlike the outside-in western perspective. The Shrimad Bhagavad-Gita is one of the most popular ancient religious scriptures not only amongst the Indians but also throughout the world. It speaks to the mind that has fought in life, a mind that is dissatisfied, a mind that is alert and thinking and that has many conflicts. Bhagavad Gita inspires the mind and provides strength, moral courage, and clarity of thought with which one can steer through the struggle.
Psychological Perspectives of Gender Parity
Authors: Nafde Dr. Mrs. Tanuja
Published: July 2021

Gender difference is a prominent feature not only in human beings but also in every living species. Personality is an added facet and also one of the most important psychological dimensions that contribute to what make an individual unique as well as classify him/her under a common class. India has one of the fastest growing educated youth populations in the world. Girls below age of 19 years of age comprise one-quarter of India's rapidly growing population. In spite of India's tradition and culture of respecting women, to an extent to treat her as a goddess, the moment a baby is born, the first thing comes to mind is “boy or girl”? The differences are beyond just being biological but more cultural and social. This paper evaluates and examines the implication of various psychological issues and constructs that are important in the life of a baby “girl” born in our country.
Relevance of Music in Vedic Traditions and Contemporary Context
Authors: Nafde Dr. Mrs. Tanuja
Published: July 2021

Indian classical music has a very long-accumulated heritage of centuries. The origin of Indian music can be traced back to nearly two thousand years ago. It is undisputedly believed that the sage Narada introduced the art of music to the Earth, also it is said that the sound that pervades the whole universe, i.e. Nadabrahma, itself represents divinity. Scientifically structured Indian music owes its origin to the Samaveda. The Veda scriptures describe all the seven notes of the raga karaharpriya in descending order, which is a favorite research topic theory and treatise writers to explore, how the core sound ‘Om’ gave rise to the various notes. The first evidential reference to music dates back to 500 BC by Panini and the first reference to musical theory dates back to 400 BC found in Rikpratisakhya. Bharata’s Natya Shastra dating 4th Century AD contains several chapters on music. This is the first known work that clearly elaborated the octave of its structured characteristics for various applications. There is an eternal statement about the history of Indian Music, that "classical Indian music is derived from the Vedas". Although no one can say that this statement is false, it is deceptively simplistic, when discussing the Relevance of Music in Vedic Traditions and contemporary context.
Nationalism and Music
Authors: Nafde Dr. Mrs. Tanuja
Published: July 2021

It is a well-known fact, that music alone of all the arts and sciences has that dominating note of supreme mastership which compels unquestioned universal recognition. In painting, in sculpture, in architecture, in poetry, and in general literature in all its varying and varied moods and modes of expression, Indian music has won fame and occupied the highest place of appreciation in the world. It is admitted that Music is the last art to develop in any civilization, it must also be admitted that Indian civilization and culture have reached a point that would predicate a degree of development in Music, commensurate with our progress in other and kindred fields of creative activity.
Blood Group Detection using Image Processing MATLAB
Authors: Sagar P. Hansik
Published: July 2021

Blood grouping is one of the common and most essentiality for many of the major healthcare applications. Traditional way to determine the blood group involve human such as trained medical professionals which generally lead to human error. One of the solutions to overcome this issue is to automate and digitize this method. Image processing and computer vision techniques can be used for this purpose. Therefore, in this paper, we investigate the blood group detection using image processing techniques. For this purpose, experiment starts by taking images of sample blood slide as input and convert it into gray scale followed by binarization and canny edge detection. Finally, it decided the agglutination by counting detected edges. Performance of method is tested on real- time blood sample dataset. Experimental results show the accuracy of proposed method is comparable to real- time test.
Real Time Heart Rate Monitoring from Facial Video using Independent Component Analysis Algorithm
Authors: Navateja Raparthi
Published: July 2021

Heart Rate (HR) is one of the most important Physiological parameter and a vital indicator of people’s physiological state and is therefore important to monitor. Monitoring of HR often involves high costs and complex application of sensors and sensor systems. Research progressing during last decade focuses more on noncontact based systems which are simple, low-cost and comfortable to use. Still most of the noncontact based systems are fit for lab environments in offline situation but needs to progress considerably before they can be applied in real time applications. This project presents a real time HR monitoring method using a webcam of a laptop computer. The heart rate is obtained through facial skin color variation caused by blood circulation. Some of the signal processing methods such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Independent Component Analysis (ICA) have been applied on the color channels in video recordings and the blood volume pulse (BVP) is extracted from the facial regions. The obtained results show that there is a high degrees of agreement between the proposed experiments and reference measurements. This technology has significant potential for advancing personal health care and telemedicine. Further improvements of the proposed algorithm considering environmental illumination and movement can be very useful in many real time applications such as driver monitoring. This can be used for gaming purpose where the real heart rate of the person can be felt for the character present in game.
A Study on Municipal Solid Waste Management
Authors: Mohite Prof. Snehal
Published: July 2021

In India, the worst problem is population. In day-by-day it is increasing along with that construction sites or buildings also increase. This is affected to the free space. For doing the construction people cuts the trees and finishes the forest. People also occupy the place which is reserve for the waste management. So that we are doing the project on Solid waste management. There are various methods to manage the waste. In our project we use the technique called Pyrolysis. In pyrolysis process consist of both simultaneous and successive reactions when carbon rich organic material is heated in a non-reactive atmosphere. Pyrolysis is the thermal degradation of organic materials in the absence of oxygen. The main products obtained from pyrolysis of municipal wastes are a high calorific value gas (synthesis gas or syngas), a biofuel (bio-oil or pyrolysis oil) and a solid residue (char). Pyrolysis can be performed at relatively small-scale which may help in reducing transport costs and handling costs.
Personalized Event Recommendation System
Authors: Bhavsar Vikram
Published: July 2021

Many times, we receive a large number of notifications about various events, exhibitions, and meetups happening all around us that are irrelevant to us because we simply are not interested in them. Various people have their importance of things that they are interested in and be notified of all these events and from them searching for something that might interest them will take a lot of time and sometimes does not provide any meaningful information. In today’s world, there is no such existing facility that notifies us about the various events that are tailored to our interest strictly based on our web browsing history. Thus, we aim to create a Personalized Event Recommendation System that recommends the events that are sorted according to the user based on his/her interests using their browser history.
Augmented Reality Implementation for Interior Designing and Virtual Furniture
Authors: Hegde Arpita M
Published: July 2021

The Real environment is supplemented or augmented with the computer-generated virtual objects or image is known as Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality adds thing to the existing world. It is an enhancement of real world where we mix the real world with the virtual objects. In this paper we are implementing a methodology that builds preview of the interior designs of the room which contains the virtual object alongside the real environment. Using this application user can place the selected objects such as furniture, lamps, vase etc in their personal space. This eventually reduces the challenging task of purchasing and adjusting non suitable objects to his or her room as user gets the preview before purchasing the actual item. This application is more suitable for this busy and digitalizing world.
Analysis of Multi-Storied Building with Prestressed Beam using ETABS
Authors: Prakash Arya
Published: July 2021

Concrete is good in compression and weak in tension and the steel is strong in tension. So the use of reinforced concrete to resist compression and to hold bars in position and to the steel resist tension. In India RCC structures are commonly used in residential as well as business buildings. Nowadays the Post Tensioning method is widely used due to its advantages. Post tensioning is a form of prestressing, that means the steel is stressed before the concrete has to support the service loads. In this paper is exposed to the assessment of execution of Reinforced concrete beam (RCC beam) and Post-Tensioning beam (PT beam) multistoried building structure framework with seismic load using ETABS software. And also evaluate the performance of PT beam under different seismic zone (zone I, zone II) evaluate the performance of PT beam under soil type (medium soil) and compare the performance of RCC deep beam and PT beam with multistory building system with seismic loading performance.
Transceiver Controlled Spy Robot
Authors: Inamdar Sharan
Published: July 2021

Our project proposes a robotic vehicle that can be controlled via wireless system of transceiver using radio frequency(RF) and Infrared frequency (IF) .The robotic vehicle may then be operated as desired as commanded through the receiver end of transceiver.This robot is designed with the best optimized architecture consisting of open source hardware ,, colour sensor which is used as a part of camouflaging feature of robot, ESP32 camera module and transceiver module.The transmitter part is connected to the robot and the receiver is with the user by which the person can control the robotic vehicle.Thus in this project our robot will be performing an important application of spying intruders by getting disguised in surrounding and detecting any proximity near it and sending the data to the user. The proposed system consists of a wireless camera for live video streaming surveillance and it will also guard the area from any foreign access using proximity sensor.
Embedded Based Heart Rate Measuring Device Using Fingertip
Authors: D L Lakshmi
Published: July 2021

In this paper, we designed a device to measure a heartbeat using fingertip and we also designed to measure the body temperature. Notwithstanding, the issues that happen in wellbeing administrations is that clinical staff need quite a while to look at patients, patient information recovery is still traditional, and gear utilized as yet utilizing the link media. To tackle the issue, this proposes a pulse observing framework and internal heat level utilizing Raspberry Pi. This examination intends to calm the weight of clinical work force in observing the patient, shorten the time in taking patient data and diminish the occasion of misdiagnosis.