Neikkuri Examination in Thamaraga Noi / Iruthu Rogam: A Condition of Cardiac Diseases (Ischemic Heart Disease)

Neikkuri examination in Thamaraga Noi/ Iruthu Rogam i.e in Iyya ThamaragaNoi – IHD has revealed the involvement of uyirthathu or life force ‘Vatham’ and ‘Pitham’ been altered. This manifestation facilitates the detection of current status of the ailment and to treat it according to the deranged humours. Based on Neikkuri examination in this study, it was observed a pattern of “Pitham” to show up the moment the oil drop is instilled in 59% of samples. So this humour which appeared first is considered to be the predominant one to be manifested in the pattern of Neikkuri. The next pattern developing from the original pattern reveals the secondary humour involved. In that group, the Pitham was followed by Pithavatham and ended in Pithathil pitham. The remaining cases in this study, 39.44% of samples showed Vatham humour at the moment and followed by Pitham. This supports the literary saying “Vaayuvinale Valarumappa Rudrarogam”. But Pitham, Pithavatham and Pithathil Pitham has been observed more than Vatham since it is closely related to the region of Heart (Iruthaya sthaanam) and also due to involvement in hematological system. The deranged humours seems to be dispelled through the urine. And the remaining humour Kabam though naturally feeble was able to be felt through Naadi examination predominantly. Other diagnostic parameters such as Naadi, Sparisam,Naa, Niram, Mozhi, Vizhi and Malam does not show much significance as this study done in very small population. By this study, the author concludes that in the cases of Thamaraga Noi (Iyya Thamaraga Noi – IHD) the humours Vatham and Pitham get affected and therefore get excreted through urine which could be detected through Neikkuri examination. And the remaining humour Kabam is felt predominantly in the Naadi examination. If the study would be conducted with a larger sample size, it will yield more significant results

Themes in Mullai Songs

Inorder to know the literary traditions and principles of the ancient Tamil people Mutharporul, Uriporul and Karuporul must be placed. Naboothanar has explained well the theme of Mullai songs which is one among the Patuppattu text. Mullai song contains both internal and external meanings. Although it is believed that Pandiyan Nedunchezhiyan is the protagonist of the text but it is not officially mentioned in the text. Although Mullai songs are about both internal discipline and external discipline, it first gave importance to the internal discipline. Mullai songs contains Mutharporul, Uriporul and karuporul and this article particularly deals with Karuporul (themes)

Comparison Of Modified Dual Ternary Indexing And Multi-Key Hashing Algorithms For Music Information Retrieval

In this work we have compared two indexing algorithms that have been used to index and retrieve Carnatic music songs. We have compared a modified algorithm of the Dual ternary indexing algorithm for music indexing and retrieval with the multi-key hashing indexing algorithm proposed by us. The modification in the dual ternary algorithm was essential to handle variable length query phrase and to accommodate features specific to Carnatic music. The dual ternary indexing algorithm is adapted for Carnatic music by segmenting using the segmentation technique for Carnatic music. The dual ternary algorithm is compared with the multi-key hashing algorithm designed by us for indexing and retrieval in which features like MFCC, spectral flux, melody string and spectral centroid are used as features for indexing data into a hash table. The way in which collision resolution was handled by this hash table is different than the normal hash table approaches. It was observed that multi-key hashing based retrieval had a lesser time complexity than dual-ternary based indexing The algorithms were also compared for their precision and recall in which multi-key hashing had a better recall than modified dual ternary indexing for the sample data considered.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure

Plant Growth Regulators in Mulberry

Plant growth regulators are organic compounds synthesized in specified plant parts in small quantity and are transported to the place of requirement leading to a change in physiological responses. Plant growth regulators can be classified into growth promoters and growth retardants. Plant growth regulators are auxins, gibberellin, cytokinin and growth retardants are Abscisic acid and ethylene. The latest one added to the growth promoter is Brassinosteroid, used to translocate the nitrogen and phosphorus. Triacontanol is one of the commercial formulations and used to increase the moisture and protein content of leaves, which ultimately built the disease resistance in silkworm. Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria stimulates the plant growth regulators like auxins, gibberellins etc., and help in better nutrient uptake and increase tolerance. Vermicompost also contains some plant growth regulators. The combined effect of different plant growth regulators will give positive result in mulberry growth