Prevalence, clinical, and hematological profile of sickle cell disease in South Rajasthan

Objectives: To know the prevalence of sickle cell disease in 0-15 years old children of tribal area and to study its clinical andhematological profile. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted between May 2014 and December2015 in children below 15 years of age from tribal area of Sirohi and Udaipur district in South Rajasthan. Results: A total of 1090children in tribal area were screened for sickle cell disease. Prevalence of sickle cell disease was found to be 8.53% of which 0.77%children were suffering from sickle cell anemia (HbSS), whereas 7.7% were having sickle cell traits (HbAS). Common morbiditieswere anemia, pain, infection, and splenomegaly. Conclusion: Sickle cell disease is prevalent in this area. Screening for sickling inthis area is suggested for early diagnosis and to promote preventive measures so as to decrease morbidity and mortality

An efficient model for secure data publishing

Data Mining is the field of extracting and analyzing the data from large datasets. Exchange of databases is very important to get financial benefits now a day. To review business strategies and to get maximum benefit data analytics is needed. Data stored at distributed sites are integrated and published by data publisher. Data Publishing is the technique in which the data is released to others for the use. In addition to privacy preserving data size and security is also a challenge while publishing and transmitting the database. So there is a requirement of a technique which can reduce the size of database efficiently and transfer it in a secure manner. This paper proposes an efficient model for secure data publishing by using both compression and color encryption thus introducing a new approach. A new algorithm is designed and a tool is developed for implementing the proposed work

An efficient model for secure data publishing

Data Mining is the field of extracting and analyzing the data from large datasets. Exchange of databases is very important to get financial benefits now a day. To review business strategies and to get maximum benefit data analytics is needed. Data stored at distributed sites are integrated and published by data publisher. Data Publishing is the technique in which the data is released to others for the use. In addition to privacy preserving data size and security is also a challenge while publishing and transmitting the database. So there is a requirement of a technique which can reduce the size of database efficiently and transfer it in a secure manner. This paper proposes an efficient model for secure data publishing by using both compression and color encryption thus introducing a new approach. A new algorithm is designed and a tool is developed for implementing the proposed work

Acute hemorrhagic edema: Rare variety of leukocytoclastic vasculitis

A 12-month-old boy presented with swelling all over body, reddish brown lesions over both lower extremities, and mild fever. On examination, pallor was present, vitals were stable, and child appeared well-except for edema and rashes. Pitting edema was present over all extremities and periorbital region. There was no edema over scrotum and abdominal wall. Skin examination showed erythematous, palpable, purpuric lesions (0.5–3 cm in diameter) over buttocks and lower limbs sparing trunk, face, and upper limbs. All other systems were within normal limits. Skin biopsy showed the features suggestive of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Diagnosis of acute hemorrhagic edema was made on the basis of clinical examination and skin biopsy. The child responded to steroids

Comparison of Life Cycle Assessment of Two Toasters

The objective of this paper is to determine and compare the environmental impacts of two toasters: standard and eco-friendly. The most rapidly growing sector for the e-waste world comes from Electronic household products. More than 2 million tons of electronic products are disposed off as solid waste to landfills in the US alone. The demand for energy supplies has been rapidly increasing in the past decade. Strict legislative measures should be enforced to protect the environment by making industries collect back the manufactured products at the End-of-Life (EOL) from the users and recycle the products. If these necessary steps are not taken, then these e-wastes will impose serious threat to society and the environment. In order to re-design environmentally friendly products and facilitate sustainable take-back planning, current products need to be evaluated for their environmental impacts. One of the widely used methodologies to assess the environmental impacts of a product is called Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a cradle to grave approach for assessing the environmental impacts of a product. The cradle to grave approach includes raw material phase, manufacturing and assembly phase, use phase, recovery phase and disposal phase. The system boundary for LCA presented in this paper includes material phase, manufacturing phase, use-phase and disposal phase. The functional unit for the LCA is entire life of the toaster which is one year based on manufacturer’s warranty which also includes the rate of usage. The environmental impacts from the two toasters as presented in this paper include eutrophication, acidification, energy-use and global warming. The use phase energy impact is experimentally determined.</jats:p

A Novel Transition Region Representation for Additive Manufacturing for Graded Materials, Structures and Tolerances

Additive manufacturing (AM) has enabled control over heterogeneous materials in ways that were not previously possible. This paper presents a novel method for representing and communicating heterogeneous materials based structures that include tolerancing of geometry and material together. AM has expanded design possibilities to include specified material heterogeneities, including functionally graded materials. The aim of the paper is to propose a means to specify nominal materials and allowable material variations in parts, including (a) explicit material transitions and (b) functional transitions to support single and multiple material behaviors. The transition region combines bounded regions (volumes and surfaces) and material distribution equations. Tolerancing is defined at two levels, that of the geometry including bounded regions and that of the materials. Material tolerances are defined as allowable material variations from nominal material fractions within a unit volume at a given location computed using material distribution equations. The method is described thorough several case studies of abrupt transitions, lattice based transitions, and multi-material transitions.</jats:p

Towards a Design Framework for Bi-Level Estimation of Turning Energy for Parts and Assemblies

This paper presents a computational framework for calculating turning energy for parts and assemblies, at two levels — early design stage and manufacturing stage. At the early design stage such energy estimation can be used to redesign the part and assemblies for manufacturing energy efficiency. At the manufacturing stage, allocation of resources based on energy efficient process planning and scheduling aids in reducing the carbon emissions of the product due to manufacturing energy production. For computing the turning energy, at the early design stage, first removal volume for turning operations for a part is identified. Then, material data and the removal volume are used to calculate a range of turning energy for manufacturing the part. If dealing with an assembly, then the above computations are applied to each individual parts and total turning energy is computed for the assembly. Energy hogging parts/features are identified based on percent contribution, which is then used to suggest parts for re-design. Application of statistical analysis and allocation of turning energy for identifying re-design parts is also explored. Re-design at the early design stage is performed at two levels — form (geometry and shape) and material. At the manufacturing stage, turning energy calculations can be utilized for optimizing the process plans. Although the framework presented in this paper is applied only to turned parts and assemblies, it can also be applied to machined parts and assemblies.</jats:p