Saliency Detection using Boundary Aware Regional Contrast Based Seam-map

Most of the saliency detection methods use the contrast and boundary prior to extract the salient region of an input image. These two approaches are followed in Boundary Aware Regional Contrast Based Visual Saliency Detection (BARC) [1] along with spatial distance information to achieve state of the art result. In this research, a more interesting cue is introduced to extract the salient region from an input image. Here, a combination of seam map and BARC [1] is presented to produce the saliency output. Seam importance map with boundary prior is also presented to measure the performance of this combination. Experiments with ten state of the art methods reveal that we get better saliency output by combining seam information of an input image with BARC [1] .International Conference on Innovation in Engineering and Technology(ICIET) 2018, 27 - 28 December, 2018, Dhaka, Banglades

Public health risk assessment of chromium intake from vegetable grown in the wastewater irrigated site in Bangladesh

There are many potential risks to human health from heavy metal contamination of vegetables resulting from wastewater irrigated sites. This study was carried out to assess the concentration of chromium (Cr) and the risk to human health by chromium through the intake of locally grown vegetables collected from wastewater irrigated agricultural fields. Twenty-seven samples of 9 (nine) different types of vegetables were analyzed by an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) (Varian AAS 240 F S). The range of chromium concentration in wastewater irrigated vegetables was ND (Not detected) - 4.14mg/kg. The highest mean concentration of chromium (4.14 mg/kg) was detected in radish. The mean concentration of chromium in all the vegetables was within the safe limits of WHO/FAO except radish which was much higher than the standard. Health risk index for chromium contamination in all vegetables was less than 1 for both adults and children which cause no risk to the local population. Among all vegetables tested, the highest intake value of chromium was from consumption of radish for both adults and children. The lower values of health risk index indicated chromium contamination in the wastewater irrigated vegetables that cause less negative impact on human health

Comparative studies of elemental composition in leaves and flowers of Catharanthus roseus growing in Bangladesh

Objective: To investigate the elemental composition of the leaves and flowers of Catharanthus roseus (C. roseus) due to the plant's wide application in the indigenous medicinal system and its chemical constituents' importance. Methods: The atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used for quantitative analysis of various elements. Results: Total 13 important elements were analyzed in leaves and flowers of C. roseus. Results indicated the presence of Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cr, Fe, Zn, Al, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd and Mn in both leaves and flowers. The most important finding of the work was that, leaves of C. roseus showed high concentration of all elements except K and Zn while flowers of C. roseus showed higher concentration of K and Zn. Conclusions: The elemental composition in both leaves and flowers of C. roseus were found to be different. Therefore, different parts of this medicinal plant are enriched in some micro and macro nutrients like Fe, Ca, Na, K, Zn, which are very important for biological metabolic system as well as human health