An Optimized Input Sorting Algorithm

One of the fundamental issues in compute science is ordering a list of items. Although there is a huge number of sorting algorithms, sorting problem has attracted a great deal of research, because efficient sorting is important to optimize the use of other algorithms. Sorting involves rearranging information into either ascending or descending order. This paper presents a new sorting algorithm called Input Sort. This new algorithm is analyzed, implemented, tested and compared and results were promising

A morphology and histological study of placenta in normal and diabetic pregnancies

Background: The placenta is a vital organ for developing foetus, and it is also the most accessible organ of human body, pregnancy in a diabetogenic state by virtue of various physiological changes which cause insulin resistance. In normal pregnancy, glucose tolerance decreases by third trimester, though plasma levels of insulin increase. Aim was to study comparison of placenta of normal pregnancy with placenta of diabetic pregnancy and it the possible outcome of pregnancy.Methods: The present study was case-control and conducted on cases of 50 Specimens of placenta with intact umbilical cord were collected from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.Results: Variation in the shape and weight of the placenta were observed. The mean placenta weight in control group was found to be 452.80 grams with standard deviation 140.93 grams while in the case group; it was 406.00 grams with standard deviation of 210.31 grams. The random blood sugar of mother in control group was significantly higher than cases (t=2.91, p<0.01).Conclusions: The present study shown that there was a tendency of increase in placental weight and weight of new born in complicated pregnancies as compared to the normal pregnancies. This indicated the earlier diagnosis and strict to treatment plan in diabetic pregnancies

Entropy-driven global best selection in particle swarm optimization for many-objective software package restructuring

Many real-world optimization problems usually require a large number of conflicting objectives to be optimized simultaneously to obtain solution. It has been observed that these kinds of many-objective optimization problems (MaOPs) often pose several performance challenges to the traditional multi-objective optimization algorithms. To address the performance issue caused by the different types of MaOPs, recently, a variety of many-objective particle swarm optimization (MaOPSO) has been proposed. However, external archive maintenance and selection of leaders for designing the MaOPSO to real-world MaOPs are still challenging issues. This work presents a MaOPSO based on entropy-driven global best selection strategy (called EMPSO) to solve the many-objective software package restructuring (MaOSPR) problem. EMPSO makes use of the entropy and quality indicator for the selection of global best particle. To evaluate the performance of the proposed approach, we applied it over the five MaOSPR problems. We compared it with eight variants of MaOPSO, which are based on eight different global best selection strategies. The results indicate that the proposed EMPSO is competitive with respect to the existing global best selection strategies based on variants of MaOPSO approaches.publishedVersio

High accuracy PN and NR comparisons involving higher modes for eccentric BBHs and a dominant mode eccentric IMR model

Spherical harmonic modes of gravitational waveforms for inspiraling compact binaries in eccentric orbits from post-Newtonian (PN) theory accurate to third post-Newtonian order, and those extracted from Numerical Relativity (NR) simulations for binary black holes (BBHs) are compared. We combine results from the two approaches (PN and NR) to construct time-domain hybrid waveforms that describe the complete evolution of BBH mergers through inspiral(I), merger(M) and the ringdown(R) stages. These hybrids are then used in constructing a fully analytical dominant mode (l=2, |m|=2) eccentric IMR model. Overlaps with quasi-circular IMR waveform models including the effect of higher modes, maximized over a time- and phase-shift, hint at the importance (mismatches > 1%) of including eccentricity in gravitational waveforms when analysing BBHs lighter than ~ 80 M_sun, irrespective of the binary's eccentricity (as it enters the LIGO bands), or mass-ratio. Combined impact of eccentricity and higher modes seems to become more apparent through smaller overlaps with increasing inclination angles and mass ratios. Finally, we show that the state-of-the-art quasi-circular models including the effect of higher modes will not be adequate in extracting source properties for signals with initial eccentricities e0 >= 0.1

Uterine inversion: a shocking aftermath of mismanaged third stage of labour

Background: To study the incidence, causes, clinical presentations, management and maternal morbidity and mortality associated with acute puerperal inversion of uterus.Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, from March 2008 to March 2013. All the women who developed acute puerperal inversion of uterus either in or outside our hospital were included in the study.Results: Majority of women presenting with inversion belonged to age group 20-35 years, were multigravida (68.2%), came from rural set-up (81.4%) and were unbooked (81.8%). Majority of deliveries complicated by inversion took place at home (50%), delivered by dais (46%). Mismanaged 3rd stage of labour proved to be an important factor (36.4%) leading to inversion uterus followed by atonicity of uterus. 90% of women suffered due to delay in management at PHC and CHC, 68%women succumbed to delay in diagnosis at the place of delivery by untrained staff, whereas 45% women suffered due to delay in transport facility. 13.63% women suffered from sepsis in post-operative period, 22.72% from renal failure whereas 18.18% died.Conclusion: Proper education and training regarding active management of third stage of labour, diagnosis and management of uterine inversion should be imparted to traditional birth attendants, so that this potentially life-threatening obstetric emergency could be averted