Aspirations of Youth in R.K. Narayan’s The Guide and Its Cinematic Adaptation

R. K. Narayan was leading writer of Indian literature in English. In his writing we saw various issues of Indian Society. He has touched some of the sensitive issues in his works like poverty, caste system, and lack of education. R.K. Narayan’s most famous novel entitled the Guide explores the aspirations Indian society and Indian youth. The movie Guide is an adaptation of the novel Guide presents aspiration of youth and Indian society. Literature always attracts cinema, various movies are based on the books. R. K. Narayan tried to show aspirations of Indian youth in the novel, this issue had attracted film maker. The paper presents the aspirations and beliefs of the main protagonist Raju. The main theme of the novel and movie is transformation of Raju from scoundrel to a sadhu. The paper concludes with a comparative study of The Guide and its cinematic adaptation

Faculty mentoring in residence halls: an experiential learning process

2012 Summer.Includes bibliographical references.As more demands are being placed on faculty inside of the classroom, the debate surrounding the feasibility of faculty having the time and resources to be involved outside the classroom continues. At the same time there is a growing concern that in light of current advancements in technology; oral communication skills, basic to human existence is going by the wayside and the ability to use the fire of conversation can no longer be taken for granted. Campuses also have the challenge of helping students develop their communication, life, and learning skills. In the 21st century, where information is instantly available 24/7 on the internet, critical thinking and life skills need to be stressed and developed (Marques, 2011). White (2011) recommended faculty mentors assist their student mentees in developing problem-solving skills, branching outside their comfort zone, addressing unfamiliar situations, and exploring further self-discovery by guiding versus doing it for them. The research design for this study utilized a large number of questions taken from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), to solicit feedback on student engagement on an institutional level, along with additional questions supplied by the researcher (referred to as non-NSSE constructs) in order to solicit student and faculty feedback on the impact of faculty mentoring on personal development and experiential learning. This comparative study explored the relationship between faculty mentoring and student engagement (i.e. NSSE constructs), and faculty mentoring and student development and learning (i.e. non-NSSE constructs) in an experiential learning environment (i.e. on-campus residence halls). Students who responded to the open ended question on the survey indicated that the mentor/mentee relationship impacted them in a significant way. Students' introspective comments are reflective and point to an in-depth personal and applied learning experience, where students with mentors found ways to integrate new information from mentors into their own experience. The theoretical population for this study included students living in an on-campus residence hall that offered a faculty mentoring program. Also, the survey sample population involved one public institution in each of the following states: Illinois, California, and Texas. The total number of participants involved in the study was 364. The results of the study suggest that faculty-student interaction outside of the classroom does have an impact on student's personal development and learning. Also, the research revealed that gender had a significant effect on sensitivity to diversity, effective communication, personal growth, personal and social development. Ethnicity had a significant effect on sensitivity to diversity, effective communication, personal growth, personal and social development, support for student success, and reflective learning. In addition, there are a number of practical implications based on the outcome of the survey that can be used by campuses wanting to implement a faculty mentor program or renew and revive an existing one

Human Behaviour Recognition using Fuzzy System in Videos

Human behavior can be detected and analyzed using video sequence is a latest research topic in computer vision & machine learning. Human behavior is used as a basis for many modern applications, such as video surveillance, content-based information retrieval from videos etc. HBA (Human behaviour analysis) is tricky to design and develop due to uncertainty and ambiguity involved in people’s daily activities. To address this gap, we propose hierarchical structure combining TDNN, tracking algorithms, and fuzzy systems. As a result, HBA system performance will be improved in terms of robustness, effectiveness and scalability

Vitamin B12 Deficiency due to Chlorofluorocarbon: A Case Report

Background. Vitamin B12 is vital for optimal functioning of various organ systems but more importantly the central nervous system and the hematological system. Deficiency of vitamin B12 clinically manifests as excessive daytime fatigue, memory difficulties, encephalopathy, myelopathy, peripheral neuropathy, and optic neuropathy. In occupational medicine, vitamin B12 deficiency has been reported with exposure to nitrous oxide in health care workers. However, not much is known about exposure to Freons in other industries and vitamin B12 deficiency. Aim. We are reporting a case of vitamin B12 deficiency in the setting of exposure to chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases. Case Report. A 55-year-old male refrigerator mechanic experienced recurrent visual symptoms, which included diplopia and blurring. A complete workup was done and was significant of vitamin B12 deficiency. However, his B12 levels were refractory to supplementation. Appropriate precautions at workplace improved patient's symptoms and were associated with significant improvement in B12 levels. Conclusion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of vitamin B12 deficiency (that remains refractory to supplementation) in the setting of exposure to Freon gases

A Survey On Securing User Data in Social Networks Using Privacy Preserving Options

Privacy is one of greatest rubbing focuses that rises when interchanges get interceded in Online Social Networks (OSNs).different groups of software engineering analysts have been surrounded the 'OSN security issue' as one of the observation, institutional or social protection. On account of handling these issues they have likewise treated them as though they were free. The principle contends is that the diverse security issues are snared and that the examination on protection in OSNs would profit from a more all encompassing methodology. In this paper, we first give a prologue to the observation and social security viewpoint stressing the account that the educate them, and their suspicions, objectives and techniques. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.15022

Genomics based methodology of cell-culture media formulation for improved biotherapeutic productivity and quality consistency

Biosimilar drugs are emerging very fast as the patents of innovator’s drugs are expiring. Media formulation development has to be carried out for each bio similar, which takes up a significant amount of time and generally, a random approach is taken to meet comparability requirement and improve the product titer. A targeted approach with genome information of host cell as a function of media composition can provide useful information to explain the product titer variability and comparability. A 2-step correlation model explaining relationship between cell-culture productivity and quality, and media compositions taking gene expression as intermediate attributes can provide a precise and robust platform. Experimental design was conducted for different media compositions having different productivity enhancer components to get a wide range of product titer. Gene expression data obtained from the above cell culture samples shows significant differences among these samples. This is an on-going work. Expected outcome of this work is the development of a novel mechanistic model based on gene expression data, which will potentially decrease the time for media formulation and is expected to be applicable to different types of cell clones