A Church-Growth Strategy for Revitalizing the Kolhapur Church

The task of this dissertation was to study the factors that have affected the growth of the Kolhapur church in south Maharashtra and to develop a strategy to revitalize the church. Twenty-five years ago, Seventh-day Adventist churches in Maharashtra were spiritually lively and active. But in recent years the churches have become weak; the attendance is nominal and there is little vibrancy. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kolhapur was viewed through the dynamics of church-growth principles, especially those applicable in the Indian context. The history of the church, together with membership statistics, provided information on the church over the last decade. The opinions of present and former members, as well as former pastors, were consulted to obtain information on the church and factors affecting its growth. For the sake of comparison, three growing churches in Maharashtra were studied. Based on church-growth theory and the analysis of the Kolhapur Church, a growth strategy was devised. This strategy places emphasis on revival, accompanied by improvements in the worship services and preaching. It suggests celebrations and conventions as appropriate means to attain both qualitative and quantitative growth. The strategy also recommends the formation of small groups, a women\u27s group, and house churches. Following this strategy should help revitalize the church. It should also provide for qualitative and quantitative growth, with prepared lay persons leading out in worship and evangelism. The pastoral force will be encouraged and young people will be inspired to enter pastoral training

Failed tubectomy procedures: a retrospective study

Background: It is difficult to understand the nature of factors leading to failure of sterilization from single institute. Knowing the factors, we can take preventive measures. Those data were of women who filed claims under Family Planning Indemnity Scheme, 2013 (revised 2016). The scheme was not reached at grassroots; therefore, not enough women got the benefit of this scheme. We gave the list of documents as well, which help medical fraternity working in rural area.Methods: Retrospective study of 32 women of failed tubal ligation over a period of four years (from 2016 to 2019). The variables under consideration of study were, parity and age at the time of tubectomy. Time and method of tubectomy. Interval between tubectomy and subsequent pregnancy. Outcome of subsequent pregnancy and further contraceptive acceptance. Descriptive statistics used for frequency analysis.Results: Median age of women was 26 years during tubal sterilization. Seventy two percent women were accepted sterilization on two children. Sixty nine percent of tubal sterilization were performed in puerperium; concurrent with caesarean section and medical termination of pregnancy, while 31% were during interval period. Thirty four percent of women became pregnant within 24 months(2years) of sterilization and cumulative 75% within 60 months (5 years) after sterilization. Sixty nine percent of women had intrauterine pregnancies and 31% ectopic pregnancies. Fifty six percent women accepted medical termination of pregnancy and 53% chosen repeat tubal sterilization. Four women (12%) gave live births. Two of them accepted repeat sterilization and another two intrauterine contraceptive devices. Thirty one percent women had ectopic pregnancy; nine of them came as ruptured ectopic, therefore, exploratory laparotomy with bilateral total salpingectomy were to be performed.Conclusions: Failed tubal sterilization is common when it was performed at younger age and in puerperium. Missed period after sterilization should have high index of suspicion of ectopic pregnancy, which leads to severe maternal morbidity

Histopathological study of tapeworm infection in Ovis bharal (L.) from Solapur district (M.S) India

Histopathological study of cestode parasite has been studied to find the pathological changes and extent of damage of the intestinal layers of Ovis bharal (L.). The worm Stilesia shindei is having scolex with four suckers, which is large, rounded, which are used for attachment of worm to the intestine of host Ovis bharal (L). The heavy infection of Stilesia shindei damage the intestinal layers i.e. mucosa, submucosa, and lamina propria, submucosa with profuse infiltration of eosinophils, lymphocytes and the plasma cells. When host-parasites equilibrium is disturbed, serious disease in host is the consequence, resulting in depletion or weakening of host

Access Control Using 3 Level Authentications For E-Banking

E-banking is used by a number of users in their day to day lives, still a lot of people refrain to use it considering its security threats. This study evaluates the potential of biometric authentication for online banking as a way of improving and making online banking more secure. Biometric verification is any means by which a person can be uniquely evaluated one or more distinguishing biological traits. Unique identifiers include fingerprints, hand geometry, iris, retina, voice waves, dna, signatures.These biometrics features can be used to make computer systems more secure for authentication purpose in computer based security systems. The ID can be stolen; passwords can be forgotten or cracked but the physical characteristics of a person cannot be stolen or hacked. The biometric identification overcomes all the above. The process that we are using includes face detection from the biometric domain

Genetic divergence in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

A study of genetic divergence in 40 brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) genotypes for various characters to study the diversity based on qualitative and quantitative characters. Significant variations were observed among the brinjal lines for all the parameters under study. Based on D2 values, the accessions were grouped into seven clusters. Average intra- and inter-cluster D2 values among 40 genotypes revealed that cluster II showed a minimum intra-cluster value of 3.793, indicating that the genotypes within this cluster were similar, while the cluster I showed maximum intra-cluster D2 value (4.681) revealing the existence of diverse genotypes in these clusters. The inter-cluster D2 values ranged from 4.657 to 7.174. The minimum inter-cluster D2 value was observed between cluster III and IV (4.657), indicating the close relationship among the genotypes included in these clusters. The maximum inter-cluster value was observed between cluster V and II (7.174), indicating that the genotypes included in these clusters had maximum divergence. Hence, hybridization between the genotypes included in these different clusters may give high heterotic responses and thus better segrigants are greatly suggested for selection and improvement of brinjal crop with good consumer preference and high fruit yield

Hybrid vigour for yield and quality traits in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

An experiment on heterosis for yield and other component characters of 50 F1 hybrids of tomato derived from the crosses between 10 lines and 5 testers through line x tester technique was conducted at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during 2012-13 and 2013-14. The analysis of variance indicated significantly higher amount of differences among treatments for all the characters studied, suggesting the presence of genetic variation among the studied genotypes. In this study, among crosses, the cross Punjab Varkha Bahar-2 x Hisar Lalit (0.400), EC 620383 x Palam Pink (0.383) and BBWR-10-3-18 x Hisar Lalit (0.382) showed higher early fruit yield per plant (kg) as compared to standard checks. The cross EC 620380 x Punjab Chhuhara (0.133 kg) produced the minimum early yield and the cross EC 620391 x Punjab Chhuhara (0.886 kg) the maximum total yield per plant, manifesting higher heterosis for yield per plant. The cross EC 620533 x Arka Meghali exhibited positive desirable heterosis over best parent for ascorbic acid content (30.58%) and the cross EC 620391 x Arka Vikas (54.25%) for total soluble solids . The cross EC 620380 x Arka Vikas showed the highest negative heterosis over best parent for acidity (-17.12%) and the cross Punjab Varkha Bahar-2 x Hisar Lalit (33.78%) exhibited the significantly highest positive heterosis over best parent for acidity

Automatically Identifying Animals Using Deep Learning

Having accurate, detailed, and upto-date information about wildlife location and behavior across broad geographic areas would revolutionize our ability to study, conserve, and manage species and ecosystems. Currently, such data are mostly gathered manually at great expense, and thus are sparsely and infrequently collected. Here we investigate the ability to automatically collect such data, which could transform many fields of biology, ecology, and zoology into big data sciences. In areas like an airportor the agricultural areas placed near the forest many animals destroy the crops or even attack on people therefore there is a need of system which detects the animal presence and gives warning about that in the view of safety purpose. In this project, we demonstrate that such data can be automatically extracted by deep neural networks (deep learning), which is a cutting-edge type of artificial intelligence. Thus,the aim is to train neural networks that automatically identifiesanimals

Effect of heavy metal model mixture on haematological parameters of Labeo rohita from Gharni Dam Nalegaon, Latur

The present study of heavy metal model mixture on fish experimental changes in blood haematological parameters (Viz. WBC, RBC and Haematocript) of the laboratory acclimatized fish Labeo rohita, exposed to different heavy metals mixture model were studied. Erythrocyte count decreased significantly (p < 0.005) in the blood of fish exposed to almost all Heavy metal model mixture concentrations studied while alterations of haematocrit level depended on Heavy metal model mixture concentration. The highest concentration of Heavy metal model mixture (21.79%) induced a drop in haematocrit level meanwhile the level of haematocrit in blood of fish exposed to all lower Heavy metal model mixture concentrations was higher as compared to control. Erythrocyte count in the blood of Heavy metal model mixture-exposed fish was significantly lower as compared to control, even in fish exposed to the lowest concentration of Heavy metal model mixture (1.1%)

Effect of spacing, fertilizers and varieties on growth and yield parameters of okra (Abelmoschus esculantus (L.) Moench)

The experiment was conducted during spring summer seasons of 2013 and 2014 conducted at Research Farm of Vegetable Science, CCS HAU, in summer season. There were three spacing, three fertilizer levels and two varieties in split-split plot design with three replications. Growth parameters of okra crop were significantly affectedby spacing, fertilizer and varieties. Highest plants were observed in wider spacing with fertilizer application of 187.5 kg N + 75kg P2O5 + 60 kg K2O per hectare in variety HBT-49-1. However, numbers of branches were highest in variety Hisar Unnat. Yield attributes like first fruiting node, intermodal length, fruit length and diameter etc. were highest in variety HBT-49-1 resulting in highest fruit yield (q/ha) in spacing 30 cm x 10 cm with the application of 187.5 kg N+75 kg P2O5 + 60 kg K2O per hectare. The seed yield attributes and yield was significantly affected by spacing, fertilizer and varieties. Finally, spacing 30 cm × 10 cm resulted in higher growth parameters, yield attributes and yield with the application of 187.5 kg N +75 kg P2O5 + 60 K2O in variety HBT-49-1 of okra

“Design, Synthesis, And Characterization Of Novel Benzimidazole Derivatives And Their Biological Evaluation”

Because of their various biological functions and possible therapeutic uses, benzimidazole derivatives have drawn a lot of interest in medicinal chemistry. Our goal was to create, manufacture, and assess a number of new benzimidazole derivatives with improved pharmacological properties in this work. In order to maximize target interactions with particular biological targets, the benzimidazole scaffold was logically modified during the design process. A multistep synthetic process was used to create the novel derivatives, allowing for the integration of various functional groups. The effective synthesis of the intended chemicals was confirmed by characterizing techniques such nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy. The produced compounds were then evaluated using an in vitro techniques. Human cell lines were used in preliminary cytotoxicity tests to get knowledge about the derivatives' possible safety characteristics. This study's findings identified a number of benzimidazole compounds with significant biological properties and possible medicinal uses. In conclusion, a number of substances with remarkable therapeutic potential have been produced as a result of the design, synthesis, and assessment of novel benzimidazole derivatives