Predicting a T20 cricket match result while the match is in progress

There has been research done on ODI and Test match cricket but very few on T20 cricket, which is currently more favorite than its older brothers. And that’s why we decided to do research on this format of the game. The result of a T20 cricket match depends on lots of in game and pre-game attributes. Pre-game attributes like condition, venue, pitch, team strength etc. and in game attributes like wickets in hand, run rate, total run, strike rate etc. influence a match result predominantly. We gave more emphasis on in game attributes as our prediction will be when match is in progress. Our intentions would be to finding out the attributes which is most affecting the result in different phases of the game. We broke an innings into three phases: Power-play (1-6 overs), Mid-overs (7- 16) and final overs (17-20). Prediction will be active till the last over of mid overs phase. We consider an entire cycle of process of data mining, decision making and preparing a model to predict. Mining the data according to the attributes and different phases we have divided important to construct meaningful statistics. Modeling a problem for prediction requires several intelligent assumptions and molding the problem with collected data-sets. As we already mentioned cricket is a game of uncertainty and T20 format is the most unpredictable format rather than the other two format because it is the shortest format of the game and one over can change the result of a game. In this project we tried to design a prediction model which can go with this unpredictability and try to make a result prediction

Enumeration of N-rooted maps using quantum field theory

A one-to-one correspondence is proved between the N-rooted ribbon graphs, or maps, with e edges and the (e-N+1)-loop Feynman diagrams of a certain quantum field theory. This result is used to obtain explicit expressions and relations for the generating functions of N-rooted maps and for the numbers of N-rooted maps with a given number of edges using the path integral approach applied to the corresponding quantum field theory.Comment: 27 pages, 7 figure

Determination of geotechnical properties of seafloor sediment using a free fall penetrometer

A study was conducted to determine the penetration behavior of a cylindrical probe free falling to the seafloor and to utilize the data obtained to evaluate the engineering properties of surficial sediment. Two experimental probes, each equipped with accelerometers, pressure sensors and optical backscatter sensors were deployed in different sediment regimes. The data collected was used to derive the sediment type and determine physical properties such as undrained shear strength, coefficient of consolidation and shear modulus for soft fine-grained sediment. Acceleration signals from drops of a free fall penetrometer contain information about the nature of the seafloor. A simple sediment classification model was proposed using data from field deployment tests as well as literature. This model, though applicable only to the probes used in this study, presents an approach that can expand the usage of free fall penetrometers. Rapid penetration with rigid probes in saturated sediments usually results in an increase in measured penetration resistance. This effect, called the strain rate effect, was studied for soft fine-grained sediments by formulating a model to determine undrained shear strength profiles. Excess pore pressure dissipation seen in post-arrest pressure sensor signals in fine-grained sediments were studied to predict the coefficient of consolidation and by extension permeability and shear modulus. A dissipation model using a cylindrical cavity expansion method was formulated for this purpose. A field study was conducted to validate the sediment classification model and undrained shear strength models. Field vane shear tests at the location of the probe drops were used to validate the strain rate dependent strength model. This work facilitates the expanded use of free fall penetrometers as part of geotechnical, geophysical and geological studies of the seafloor

Crack opening stretch concept in relation to low cycle fatigue

This report summarizes the results of an exploratory experimental investigation into the possibility of the use of crack opening stretch concept in low cycle fatigue studies of high strength materials

Comparison of Potential Salmonella Portals of Entry and Tissue Distribution Following Challenge of Poultry

The following studies evaluated our hypothesis that transmission by the fecal-respiratory route may be a viable portal of entry for Salmonella and could explain some clinical impressions of relatively low-dose infectivity under field conditions in relation to the requisite high oral challenge dose that is typically required for infection of poultry through the oral route in laboratory studies. Initial field reports indicating tracheal sampling to be a sensitive tool for monitoring Salmonella infection in commercial flocks, suggested that tracheal contamination could be a good indicator of Salmonella infection under commercial conditions. Further, a usual assumption regarding airborne Salmonella reaching the upper respiratory tract, would ultimately involve oral ingestion, due to the presence of the mucociliary clearance was evaluated. Suspension in 1% mucin failed to increase the infectivity at any dose of Salmonella when compared to OR administration without mucin and intratracheal (IT) challenge, which was also recovered from lung tissue. IT administration was more effective or at least as effective at colonizing the ceca of 7d chickens, suggesting that the respiratory tract may be an overlooked potential portal of entry for Salmonellae. Finally, the hypothesis was evaluated through IT administration of Salmonella, in comparison with oral administration. A significantly higher or equivalent cecal recovery of Salmonella, with a clear dose response curve, with the IT groups as compared to groups challenged OR, added further support to the hypothesis. Both the cecal CFU recovery data and organ invasion incidence data from these experiments provided evidence for the subsequent fate of Salmonella exposed to the respiratory system, potentially involving a systemic route. Overall, our data suggests that the respiratory route might be a viable portal of entry for Salmonella in poultry. Clarification of the potential importance of the respiratory tract for Salmonella transmission under field conditions may be of critical importance as efforts to develop intervention strategies to reduce transmission of these pathogens in poultry continue

Plagiarism Checker

The Turnitin Plagiarism Checker App is a program that helps users to check their written content for plagiarism. This project is important because plagiarism is a major issue in academia and other fields, where it can lead to academic misconduct, professional repercussions, and legal issues. This application is designed to solve the problem of plagiarism by making it easier for users to check their work for originality before submitting it. The app uses Selenium and Beautiful Soup to automate the process of uploading files and retrieving plagiarism reports from the Turnitin website. The application is an enhancement of an existing service provided by Turnitin, a popular plagiarism detection service used by many educational institutions. The application uses a Python script to automate the process of submitting written content to the Turnitin website, retrieving the plagiarism report, and saving the report to a local file. The application can handle multiple files and provides an average plagiarism score for the submitted content. The application is applicable to anyone who needs to submit written work, including students, academics, and professionals. It is particularly useful for educational institutions that need to check large volumes of written work for plagiarism. The application is compatible with various file formats, including DOCX, PDF, and TXT. The application is released under an open-source license, meaning it is freely available to anyone who wishes to use it

Nanoencapsulated Drug-Carrying System for Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT)

The purpose of this study is to develop nanoparticulate drug-carrying systems that are capable of directly delivering photodynamic antimicrobial agents to treat patients with chronic wounds. Chronic wounds are considered as a pandemic health problem. Approximately 1% to 2% of the population in developing countries has experienced a chronic wound during their lifetime. In the United State States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, the expense of treating chronic wounds constitutes over half of the total cost for all skin diseases, which exceeds $10 billion annually. For the last decade extensive basic science and clinical research in chronic wounds have suggested that pathogenic biofilm is the primary hindrance to the wound healing.Biofilms are highly organized, poly-species bacterial communities living within a protective extracellular matrix that they produce. They are difficult to detect and highly resistant to the host immune system or to antimicrobial elimination.Studies have shown that they can be up to 500 times more resistant to antibiotics than planktonic (unattached, freely living) cells. Owing to bacterial species within biofilms being exceptionally resistant to many traditional therapies, Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT) can provide an effective alternative for chronic wound treatment. The principle of PACT is derived from traditional photodynamic therapy, which is a technique that uses the combination of light and nontoxic drugs (photosensitizers) to destroy specific targeted cells. After the inactive, nontoxic drug is applied topically or injected, it can only be activated by irradiation with a certain wavelength of light. The light switches on the drug; once the drugs are activated they can produce highly reactive intermediates to destroy the targeted cells without damaging the surrounding healthy tissues. Once the irradiation is removed, the photosensitive drug will return to its stable, non-harmful state. The main advantage of PACT would be that it is very unlikely for bacteria to develop resistance to reactive oxygen species However, the main limitation of this technique would be the uptake kinetics of the photosensitizers in microorganisms. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to find a nanoencapsulated drug-carrying system that can easily penetrate into the polymicrobial species habitat within biofilms