Travel Demand Modelling of work trips for Nashik city, Maharashtra, India

Models based on trip have been developed over a period of time. This models which is based on trips uses the individual trips as the major factor for analysis in modelling. In this paper four step trip based model developed for the Nashik. In first step Pilot study was conducted in city to collect the necessary data after that multiple regression method is used to derive trip production regression equation. This is used for calculating existing and projected trip production. In second step existing and projected trip distribution is calculated and mapped. In third step for modal split analysis binary logit model is used to calculate mode choice. In last step the shortest path between zones is drawn from network analysis in Arc-GIS.Based on the travel demand modelling for work trip shows that maximum number of peoples are using private mode of transportation for trip rather than public transport

An Assessment of Land Use Changes Influenced By Urbanization: Implication with Spatial Distribution of Land Using Remote Sensing Technique

Rapid urbanization caused by land-use changes is one of the major concerns provoked by human beings, which has become a tailback to hamper the provincial civilization and economy's defensible development. To establish the root causes subsidized to land poverty, the insinuations will be rendered by altitudinal land distribution using the Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques used as remote sensing. The shift of land use/land cover (LULC) is one of the root causes of the global environmental shift. Over recent years, recognizing the global climate impact of LULC has become a hot-discussed topic around the globe. Many studies have explored the impact of LULC on the regional climate in specific cities, regions, or agricultural areas. However, the fast-urbanized areas that are highly influenced by human activity have the most extreme land-use shifts in developing countries, so their infrastructural effects cannot be overlooked. The results showed that the transition in land use had a growing influence on the sample area's regional temperature, while the impacts on land-use zoning were not so large. In consideration of the development of national land transition, the studies can provide valuable knowledge of urban planning policy. This work uses the Remote Sensing Approach and the spatial distribution implications to analyze land-use transition as influenced by rapid urbanization in Nasik City between 1985 and 2012. Methods / Statistical Analysis: This research focuses on the accessibility evaluation of th e study region using spatial analysis, gravity accessibility test is used to evaluate accessibility along with map digitization in a GIS environment. Transport improvements along with the efficiency of a zoning framework to evaluate the potential of the accessibility test for evaluating the impacts of mobility on land usage. Applications / Improvements: The verdicts referred to the activities of discovery. Realistically showed the connection between land use and sprawl. The current study aims to explain the Spatio- temporal features of urban growth and its consequences for the hydro-meteorological parameters in the Indian state of Maharashtra's Nasik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is considered one of the most important anthropogenic shifts in the environmental system. The paper's empirical approach is based on changes in land use/land cover (LULC) and a standardized built-up difference index (SDBI) based on remote sensing and GIS techniques. Spatiotemporal satellite images and traditional evidence are used to describe the phase of urban growth, while unregulated classification methodology is focused and used to alter LULC. The interpolation method of Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) is used for spatial allocation of land use and study of services. It is noted that in the last decades the overall metropolitan built-up region has risen with variations in depth of groundwater rates on the city's north, northwest, and southwest side. Notably, there have been built-up developments from the north-east to the south-east. There are pieces of evidence of urban sprawl or shrinkage suggesting that the built-up region is increasing and thus creating environmental degradation in the urban area. While the methodology used in the paper has the potential to understand the process of urbanization, the findings have significant implications for designing policies and regulations that are necessary. Such research assists the spatial allocation of land that is affected through automated technologies by rapid urbanization

Unveiling Novel insights in healthcare through exploring knowledge, Attitude, and practice (KAP) toward Covid-19: A Cross sectional study among Nepalese College students

Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practise of college students in Lalitpur, Nepal, and to investigate how these factors relate to sociodemo graphic factors. Design/Methodology/Approach: College students were surveyed through questionnaire to learn more about their understanding, attitudes, and COVID-19-related behaviours. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the association between these variables. Findings: The survey found that a fair amount of people had a general understanding of COVID-19 symptoms (29.32%), whereas a smaller number had a good understanding of preventive actions (16.42%). It was discovered that students' knowledge of COVID-19 was highly influenced by income, education, and age. The majority of those surveyed (82.11%) thought that following preventive guidelines was very helpful in limiting the spread of the virus. Students' perceptions towards COVID-19 were found to be highly influenced by their age, education, and income. A considerable percentage of the students avoided large gatherings in practise (88.26%), showing the influence of age, education, income, and occupation on preventive practises. However, there was no discernible connection between marital status and COVID-19 preventive strategies. Originality/Value: This study advances knowledge of college students' beliefs, practises, and knowledge of COVID-19. In order to effectively stop the virus from spreading among college students, it emphasises the significance of focused interventions and educational campaigns that emphasise knowledge enhancement, the promotion of preventative measures, and consideration of socio-demographic factors

Development of Stilling Basin Models with Appurtenances

This research paper describes about the experimental work leading to the sustainable  hydraulic structures by developing new stilling basin model as compared to USBR VI stilling basin model for pipe outlet using with sills.  The experimental study was carried out for three Froude numbers namely 3.85, 2.85 and 1.85 for non-circular pipe outlet. Performance index (PI) has been used to evaluate the performance of stilling basin models tested using same sand base material and test run time. The scour pattern was measured for each test run and flow pattern was also observed.  After 21 tests runs, it was found that the performance of stilling basin model improved even by reducing the length of basin from 8.4 d to 6 d by introducing  intermediate sill of square cross section along with USBR VI impact wall and end sill. Performance of this model was found to be better than USBR VI impact basin for similar flow condition at reduced length of 6 d from 8.4d where d is the equivalent diameter of pipe outlet

Weyl Metal Phase in Delafossite Oxide PtNiO2_2

On the basis of density functional theory calculations we predict Weyl points in rhombohedral structure of PtNiO$_2$ having symmorphic symmetry. From the formation energy and phonon calculations, PtNiO$_2$ is found to be structurally stable. The magnetic ground state is ferromagnetic with an effective magnetic moment of 1.01 $\mu_B$ per unit cell. The electronic structure shows major contributions from Pt-$5d$, Ni-$3d$ and O-$2p$ orbitals with band crossing close to the Fermi level. The orbital contribution around 8 eV above the Fermi level are from the Pt-$s,p$ orbitals forming a kagome like electronic structure confirmed by surface Fermi surface spectral function. We found 20 pairs of confirmed Weyl nodes along the magnetic easy axis [100]. These results are expected to provide a useful and exciting platform for exploring and understanding the magnetic Weyl physics in delafossites.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome in a Patient with Bipolar Affective Disorder

Introduction: Kluver and Bucy described a behavioral syndrome in rhesus monkeys following bilateral temporal lobectomy which included psychic blindness, hyperorality, hypermetamorphosis, hypersexuality, and emotional unresponsiveness. Case report: A 44 years old right handed male of Indo-aryan origin, blacksmith by profession, had presented in manic phase of bipolar illness. He had hypersexuality, hypermetamorphosis, hyperorality, and altered dietary habits along with amnesia and fleeting misrecognition of even his close relatives. MRI of the patient showed mild cerebral atrophy with right temporal lobe atrophy. The patient was treated with lithium and olanzapine along with benzodiazepines. The symptoms resolved gradually with resolution of the manic phase. Patient had similar features in the previous manic episode as well that resolved with resolution of mania. Conclusion: The symptoms of Kluver-Bucy syndrome like increased libido, increased activity might be confused with that of mania. Other features of Kluver-Bucy syndrome and the overt hypersexuality could help identify it even during manic phase of bipolar illness

Hepatitis B and C Virus Infections among Blood Donors in Blood Transfusion Center, Pokhara, Nepal: Seroprevalence and its Associated Risk Factors

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infections lead to chronic diseases and are the most common causes of liver cirrhosis and cancer in developing countries like Nepal. The study is carried out to determine the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV by using a Rapid kit method and Elisa Method to find out its risk factors. The cross-sectional study was done among blood donating people from 16th August 2016 to 19th November 2016. Blood donors in Pokhara Valley were screened for anti-HCV antibodies, anti-HBV antibodies using third generation ELISA kits and automated ELISA Processor in serology laboratory at Central Blood Transfusion Service (CBTS) of Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) in Pokhara, Nepal. 1777 (87.2%) units were male blood donors and 260 (12.6%) units were female donors out of 2037 participants. Gender wise, the ratio between male and female was 1:0.1. HBV and HCV infection rate in blood donors were detected at 0.7% (15/2037) and 0.5% (8/2037) respectively. HBV infection rate in volunteer blood donor people was 0.7% (14/1881) which was higher than the replacement donors i.e. 0.6% (1/156). Similarly, in HCV infection rate in volunteer donor were 0.4% (8/1881). HBV infected people are detected higher than the HCV infected people among the blood donors. In addition, there was no significant relationship between positive results of HBV and HCV tests with the gender, age, tattoo, donor type

Outcome analysis of Cohen’s cross trigonal ureteric reimplantation in paediatric age group

Introduction: Cohen’s cross trigonal ureteric reimplantation is the gold standard for surgical management of vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) in children with high success rate. The objective of this study was to evaluate and assess the outcome of open Cohen’s procedure in children with VUR.  Methods: A retrospective review of all patients with VUR who underwent Cohen’s procedure between March 2010 and February 2020 was done. The following were recorded for each patient: age, sex, grade of reflux, operative time, outcome and complications.  Results: The series consisted of 40 patients (25 girls and 15 boys) who underwent Cohen’s procedure with a mean age of 32 months (6 months to 8 years). Bilateral repairs were performed in 16 patients (40%) in the same setting and unilateral repair in 24 patients (60%). Twenty-two patients (55%) had grade IV VUR, 13 patients (32.5%) had grade V VUR and 05 patients (12.5%) had grade III VUR. Mean operative time for bilateral repairs was 249.4(200-290) minutes and 158.3(130-180) minutes for unilateral repair respectively. The mean length of hospital stay was 10.55 (7-15) days. Major complications included two persistent VURs, and one case of bladder hematoma. Postoperative ultrasound abdomen in all patients and micturating cystourethrogram in few patients was obtained, in which 38 patients (95%) had normal study. Conclusion: Cohen’s uretric reimplantation is a standard procedure in paediatric VUR. For better outcome, patient selection and refinement of operative technique should be pursued

Outcome analysis of Cohen’s cross trigonal ureteric reimplantation in paediatric age group

Introduction: Cohen’s cross trigonal ureteric reimplantation is the gold standard for surgical management of vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) in children with high success rate. The objective of this study was to evaluate and assess the outcome of open Cohen’s procedure in children with VUR.  Methods: A retrospective review of all patients with VUR who underwent Cohen’s procedure between March 2010 and February 2020 was done. The following were recorded for each patient: age, sex, grade of reflux, operative time, outcome and complications.  Results: The series consisted of 40 patients (25 girls and 15 boys) who underwent Cohen’s procedure with a mean age of 32 months (6 months to 8 years). Bilateral repairs were performed in 16 patients (40%) in the same setting and unilateral repair in 24 patients (60%). Twenty-two patients (55%) had grade IV VUR, 13 patients (32.5%) had grade V VUR and 05 patients (12.5%) had grade III VUR. Mean operative time for bilateral repairs was 249.4(200-290) minutes and 158.3(130-180) minutes for unilateral repair respectively. The mean length of hospital stay was 10.55 (7-15) days. Major complications included two persistent VURs, and one case of bladder hematoma. Postoperative ultrasound abdomen in all patients and micturating cystourethrogram in few patients was obtained, in which 38 patients (95%) had normal study. Conclusion: Cohen’s uretric reimplantation is a standard procedure in paediatric VUR. For better outcome, patient selection and refinement of operative technique should be pursued