Bio-signals compression using auto-encoder

Latest developments in wearable devices permits un-damageable and cheapest way for gathering of medical data such as bio-signals like ECG, Respiration, Blood pressure etc. Gathering and analysis of various biomarkers are considered to provide anticipatory healthcare through customized applications for medical purpose. Wearable devices will rely on size, resources and battery capacity; we need a novel algorithm to robustly control memory and the energy of the device. The rapid growth of the technology has led to numerous auto encoders that guarantee the results by extracting feature selection from time and frequency domain in an efficient way. The main aim is to train the hidden layer to reconstruct the data similar to that of input. In the previous works, to accomplish the compression all features were needed but in our proposed framework bio-signals compression using auto-encoder (BCAE) will perform task by taking only important features and compress it. By doing this it can reduce power consumption at the source end and hence increases battery life. The performance of the result comparison is done for the 3 parameters compression ratio, reconstruction error and power consumption. Our proposed work outperforms with respect to the SURF method

One Pot Synthesis of Acridine Analogues from 1,2-Diols as Key Reagents

Lead tetraacetate have been demonstrated to be efficient, low cost and mild reagents for the one pot synthesis of acridine derivatives from a variety of 1,2-diols. 1,2-Diols are oxidised in situ to aldehydes, which in turn undergo reaction with dimedone and ammonium acetate to yield acridine derivatives. The attractive features of this process are mild reaction conditions, short reaction times, broad functional group tolerance, easy isolation of products and excellent yields. Thus, the current method utilises 1,2-diols instead of benzaldehydes to synthesise acridines derivatives

One-Pot Synthesis of 2,4,5-Triphenyl Imidazoles from 1,2-Diols as Key Reagents

A simple one-pot procedure for the preparation of 2,4,5-triphenyl imidazole derivatives is presented. The procedure involves the lead tetraacetate oxidation of 1,2-diols to give aldehydes in situ, which then undergo a three-component reaction with benzil and ammonium acetate to yield the imidazole derivatives. © 2017 The Chemical Society Located in Taipei & Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinhei

Effect of Alternanthera brasiliana in experimentally induced inflammatory bowel disease in albino rats

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract with limited therapeutic options. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana in acetic acid-induced inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in albino rats.Methods: A total of 36 animals were included in the study. Animals were divided into six groups (n = 6 ): group I - control (normal saline), group II-AA+ normal saline, group III-Sulfasalazine (360mg/kg)+AA, group IV A-methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana (300 mg/kg), group IV B-methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana (600 mg/kg)+AA, group IV C-methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana (900 mg/kg)+AA. Group IV was divided into three subgroups, namely IVA, IV B and IV C, on the basis of different doses of methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana. After completion of 7 days of treatment, rats were sacrificed under ether anesthesia for assessment of intestinal inflammation using parameters namely colon weight change, macroscopic and histopathological evaluation.Results: There was a statistically significant decrease in colonic weight, macroscopic scores and microscopic scores in groups treated with methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana at a dose of 600 mg/kg.Conclusions: The present study indicates the efficacy of methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana in acetic acid-induced IBD. The effects are more pronounced at a dose of 600 mg/kg than at 300 mg/kg and 900 mg/kg of methanolic extract of Alternanthera brasiliana

Possible observation of coulomb blockade at room temperature

We have studied the (I-V) characteristics of the tunnel junction formed between the tip and the substrate in an STM at room temperature. We find that in such an arrangement it may be possible to get a junction capacitance ⋍10−19 F and junction conductance < 1 μs. When the junction conductance is < 1 μs strong nonlinearity is observed in the (I-V) characteristics. We explain this nonlinearity as onset of coulomb blockade of tunneling electrons

Case Study of Landslide in NH –13 at Kethikal Near Mangalore – India

The disastrous slope failure occurred at the Kethikal hill, in the outskirts of Mangalore city in NH 13, India, during the month of June 1998 soon after the heavy and continuous monsoon rains. Many closely built dwelling houses at the top of hill are damaged and the traffic along the road is also diverted for some duration. Typical stratified slope with three layers is considered for the stability analysis and the general computer program is developed in C language for optimization of factor of safety. The factor of safety is calculated using Janbu’s generalized procedure of slices and Davidon-Fletcher-Powel (DFP) technique for optimization. The road is acting as a berm in Kethikal slope. The program gives factor of safety and the co ordinates of critical slip surface. The program is modified to take the effect of tension crack and the effect of berm. The automated stability analysis program gave least value of factor of safety in base failure with tension crack and a berm. The obtained result matches with the field observation. Kethikal landslide is due to the development of high pore pressure in soil

4-Bromomethyl-6-tert-butyl-2H-chromen-2-one

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C14H15BrO2, weak C - H...O interactions link the molecules into zigzag chains extending along the c-axis direction. These chains are further assembled into (100) layers via Ï-Ï stacking interactions between inversion-related chromenone fragments interplanar distance = 3.376 (2) Ã

Crystal structure of 4-azido-methyl-6-isopropyl-2H-chromen-2-one

In the title mol-ecule, C13H13N3O2, the benzo-pyran ring system is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.017 (1) Å. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol-ecules into ladders along [010]. In addition, π-π inter-actions between inversion-related mol-ecules, with centroid-centroid distances in the range 3.679 (2)-3.876 (2) Å, complete a two-dimensional network parallel to (001)

Crystal structure of 10-[(3-oxo-3H-benzo[f]chromen-1-yl)methyl]-2-trifluoromethyl-9a,10-dihydrobenz[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4(5aH)-one

Crystal structure of 10-[(3-oxo-3H-benzo[f]chromen-1-yl)methyl]-2-trifluoromethyl-9a,10-dihydrobenz[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4(5aH)-on