Listening to Earth Stories: An Interview with Swarnalatha Rangarajan

In this interview with Dr. Swarnalatha Rangarajan, a well known Indian ecocritic and a pioneer of Indian ecocriticism, discusses ecocriticism, her novel The Final Instructions, and a wide range of Indian environmental writing

Detection of Malignant Tumour in Mammography Images Using Artificial Neural Networks with Fuzzy Rules

Breast cancer is a collection of cancer cells that starts in the breast cells and it expands from tissue of breast. Now a day Mammogram is one technique to detect the breast cancer earlyusing x-ray image of breast and it is used to reduce the deaths of breast cancer. This breast cancer disease is curable if discovered starting stage. This paper studies different methods utilized for the detection of breast cancer using mammogram classification. In this paper, the feature extraction and classification of mammogram image can be done by the artificial neural networks. Different kinds of feature extraction from mammogram image to detecting the bread cancer contains shape, position and surface features etc., this image feature extraction is significant in classification of image. By utilizing the image processing these image features are extracted. Image segmentation is performed for feature extraction of mammogram image, in this process image is partitioned into multiple segments, therefore when change the image representation into something that is more significant and simple to examine. Here the fuzzy rules are introduced to process the related data from cases of breast cancer in mammogram image in order to give the risk diagnosis of breast cancer. The preprocessing method is used to sustain an effectiveness of image by correct and adjusting the mammogram image and also it is used to improve the image quality and create it ready for additional working by reducing the unrelated noise to provide new brightness value in output image it is called as filtration and unwanted parts of background of mammogram image is eliminated. Some techniques are discussed for mammogram image classification to earlier detection of breast cancer

Total Quality Management in transportation

Transportation associations, especially open transport organizations, have not taken after the lead of assembling or other administration ventures in receiving Total Quality Administration (TQM). As of late, quality has turned into a critical aggressive procedure in the worldwide market. In not so distant future, because of World Trade Organization understandings, globalization, and intensity, transport associations have no decision other than receiving TQM for their survival. This article shows a foundation on TQM and locations the objectives of utilizing this system in transport associations. The article looks at add up to quality transportation (TQT) and its hierarchical structure and execution show in connection to Deming's 14 focuses. The model displayed in this exploration gives improved strategies for transportation quality and consumer loyalty

Worship of Goddess Kalaimagal (Saraswathi) in Tamil Tradition

Kalaimagal is worshipped as the God of education and the arts. In the early days, Kalaimagal worship was not part of the Tamil tradition. However, Goddess Kalaimagal worship has become inevitable in modern worship. The number of students praying and worshipping Goddess Saraswathi to pass the exams has increased today. This study examines the Koothanur temple, which is dedicated to Goddess Kalaimagal in Tamil Nadu, the worship practices performed there, and the views expressed by Kambar, Kumaragurubarar, Ottakoothar, Bharathiar, etc., who were the best in life by praising Kalaimagal and, thus, got rid of their sufferings in their lives. In today's context, it has been suggested that the worship of Kalaimagal occupies an essential place in the tradition of worship of the Tamils