Open defecation free Odisha: achievable or a pipe dream? An analysis of sanitation promotions in Odisha, India

India has the largest number of people practising open defecation in the world; hence progress made by India is of crucial importance to meet the global MDGs and the post 2015 agenda. The state of Odisha has the second largest proportion of people practising open defecation in India. The paper analyses the policy, socio-cultural norms and dynamics affecting the state of Odisha and its struggle to eliminate open defecation. It covers the historical perspective on the approaches used by the Government of India and Odisha. Based on the results and the acquired insights, policy recommendations are provided to achieve an open defecation free state

Database and Data Mining in Social Networking

Today’s data driven world exploiting the latest trends of database and its allied technologies like Data Warehouse and Data Mining. Data Mining in recent years emerged as one of the most efficient database technique proved to be very reliable almost in every organisation enabling to find previously unknown hidden data patterns for the benefit of organisation. At the same time it is imposing serious problems concerned to data privacy and its potential misuse

Synthesis and Study of Electrical Properties of Di Ethylene Glycol Embedded ZrO2 Films as a Gas Sensor

In this paper, the effects of Di ethylene glycol (DEG) embedded Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) microstructure and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) Sensing characteristics of ZrO2 thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis method were investigated. The films are prepared at X wt. % concentrations (X= 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) of Di ethylene Glycol. Microstructure of ZrO2 thin film was drastically changed by the addition of DEG, indicating that the addition of DEG was effective to prevent the agglomeration of ZrO2 particles. The high material and phase purities are found from the characterization studies in all as-prepared films. The better sensitivity factor (SF) values SF ~102 (at T = 450C) and SF = 100 (at T = 37oC) are obtained at 1 wt. % and 5 wt. % of Di ethylene Glycol respectively. It is observed that the gas sensing characteristics of these films are strongly influenced by the optimum concentration of DEG due to the high surface area of nano-sized ZrO2 particles

Analysis of Labour Productivity in Construction Sector around Mumbai region

Productivity is an important aspect of construction industry that may be used as an index for efficiency of production. Efficient management of construction resources can lead to higher productivity which can help to achieve cost and time saving. Construction is labour oriented industry. It heavily relies on the skills of its workforce. The labour is industry’s most valuable asset. It is important to improve efficiency of production by improving productivity of labour. Aim of this paper is to give the data collection for calculation of labour productivity. The data have been collected by using time study technique in Mumbai region. Method study for placing and binding the reinforcement of column has been done previously. Applying the changes in method the data have been again collected and analysis for productivity have done which results in saving of project time, labour cost with maintaining quality of work

Artificial intelligence and higher education: a systematic visualizations based review

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving quickly, and its applications are attracting attention on a global scale. They have the potential to revolutionize many dimensions of human life, including education. AI has reformed various teaching methodologies, assessment methods and by enhancing their competitiveness and adaptability. In the current era, after the pandemic most preferably the AI and Education have interwoven and is continued to grab the attention of Academicians, Tutors, Instructors, the government, and students so that the research keeps AI and education intermingled for the benefit of society at large. The goal of our work is to present a visualization in form of the research trends and bibliometric analysis of research on the implementation of AI in HE during the 20 years. The study involves various parameters to include and exclude the research articles, we assessed 314 publications written by scientists in 67 different countries over the course of the last 20 years and included in the Scopus database. The study used word analysis and a variety of bibliometric markers to look at emerging patterns. In order to visualize the prominent research trends by locating keywords utilized inside AI in HE, VOSviewer was used..

Impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular testing in the United States versus the rest of the world

Objectives: This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-US institutions during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the care of many non-COVID-19 illnesses. Reductions in diagnostic cardiovascular testing around the world have led to concerns over the implications of reduced testing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data were submitted to the INCAPS-COVID (International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19), a multinational registry comprising 909 institutions in 108 countries (including 155 facilities in 40 U.S. states), assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of diagnostic cardiovascular procedures. Data were obtained for April 2020 and compared with volumes of baseline procedures from March 2019. We compared laboratory characteristics, practices, and procedure volumes between U.S. and non-U.S. facilities and between U.S. geographic regions and identified factors associated with volume reduction in the United States. Results: Reductions in the volumes of procedures in the United States were similar to those in non-U.S. facilities (68% vs. 63%, respectively; p = 0.237), although U.S. facilities reported greater reductions in invasive coronary angiography (69% vs. 53%, respectively; p < 0.001). Significantly more U.S. facilities reported increased use of telehealth and patient screening measures than non-U.S. facilities, such as temperature checks, symptom screenings, and COVID-19 testing. Reductions in volumes of procedures differed between U.S. regions, with larger declines observed in the Northeast (76%) and Midwest (74%) than in the South (62%) and West (44%). Prevalence of COVID-19, staff redeployments, outpatient centers, and urban centers were associated with greater reductions in volume in U.S. facilities in a multivariable analysis. Conclusions: We observed marked reductions in U.S. cardiovascular testing in the early phase of the pandemic and significant variability between U.S. regions. The association between reductions of volumes and COVID-19 prevalence in the United States highlighted the need for proactive efforts to maintain access to cardiovascular testing in areas most affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 infection

A Comparison of Two Types of Warm-Up to Improve Cricket Bowler\u27s Speed

Recent changes in international cricket strategies are exposing cricket players, especially fast bowlers, to increased physical and psychological stress. Conditioning should be implemented to cope with these increased physical demands. The purpose of this study is to compare two types of warm-ups to see which best improve cricket bowlers speed. It was hypothesized that when compared to a traditional warm-up, a heavy resistance warm-up exercise with 5 repetitions of 80 % of 1RM Bench Press will have a greater enhancing effect on the speed of cricket bowling. Fifteen male players between age of 18 to 40 years, who have at least 2 years of bowling experience, and baseline bowling speed of 100 kilometers per hour, participated in this research study. Data collected in three sessions separated by at least 2 days. During the first session age, height, weight, 1RM BP, and baseline bowling speed were calculated. During the second session participants were randomly assigned to one of the warm-up protocols between A (traditional warm-up) and B (high resistance warm-up). During the third session, participants who initially performed protocol A, performed protocol B and vice versa. One way repeated measures ANOVA conducted to determine difference between the baseline bowling speed and bowling speed measured after performing one of the warm-up protocols demonstrated no statistically significant improvement after heavy resistance warm-up over traditional warm-up (p\u3e0.05). The outcome of this research study failed to support the use of heavy resistance warm-up instead of traditional warm-up to significantly improve cricket bowler\u27s performance. Though the exact reason is unclear, it is likely because of the lower training status of the recreationally trained participants, and less likely because of the selection of the low intensity resistance exercise or inappropriate recovery time

Confidential Data Sharing in Cloud using Anonymous Assignment Key

ABSTRACT: An algorithm for anonymous sharing of confidential data among parties is developed. This technique is used iteratively to assign these nodes key numbers ranging from 1 to N. This assignment is anonymous in that the identities received are unknown to the other members of the group. Resistance to collusion among other members is verified in an information theoretic sense when confidential communication channels are used. This assignment of serial numbers allows more complex data to be shared and has applications to other problems in confidential data mining, collision avoidance in communications and distributed database access. The required computations are distributed without using a trusted central authority. Existing and new algorithms for assigning anonymous keys are examined with respect to trade-offs between communication and computational requirements. The new algorithms are built on top of a secure sum data mining operation using Newton&apos;s identities and Sturm&apos;s theorem. An algorithm for distributed solution of certain polynomials over finite fields enhances the scalability of the algorithms. Markov chain representations are used to find statistics on the number of iterations required, and computer algebra gives closed form results for the completion rates

INVESTIGATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTY OF VARIOUS MIX DESIGN IN CONCRETE BY REPLACING FINE SAND WITH FOUNDRY SAND

Nowadays, concrete become most widely used material in construction. The demand of concrete increases day by day. Other way, Foundry sand is the byproduct of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metal casting foundries where the river sand is used many times for the core and mould production with the binders. After a time these sand become unusual for the core production n called waste foundry sand. In this research paper, replacement of fine sand of concrete is done with the foundry sand, so the disposal problem related with the foundries have to be reduce so minor environmental issues create and the cost of concrete also reduced so with the increase in the strength of concrete by using foundry sand in it. Mix design of M30 and M25 were adopted for the replacement of fine sand. The fine sand has been replaced by foundry sand accordingly at replacement of 10%, 20% &amp; 30% by weight for M-30 and M-25 Grade concrete. Concrete mixtures were produced, tested and compared in terms of different strength and different grade with the conventional concrete. Testing of these samples were carried out to calculate the Compressive strength for 7, 14 and 28 days. As a result, the compressive increased up to 20% addition of used foundry sand in M-30 grade and for M-25 the strength increment noticed at 1% replacement. This research work is anxious with experimental investigation on strength of concrete and optimum percentage of the partial replacement of foundry sand by replacing fine aggregate via 10%, 20%, and 30% with M30 and M-25 Grade. Keeping all this view, the aim of investigation is the behavior of concrete while adding of waste foundry sand with various proportions of various mix in concrete by replacing fine sand using tests on various strength

Galvano static deposition of conducting poly (o-toluidine -co-o-anisidine) coating on low carbon steel and its corrosion performance

Conducting poly(o-toluidine -co-o-anisidine) coatings were synthesized on low carbon steel by electrochemical polymerization of o-toluidine and o- anisidine in aqueous oxalic acid by using galvano static method. The characterization of these coatings were carried out by using Scanning electron microscopy. The corrosion protection performance of these coatings were evaluated by using Potentiodynamic polarization technique. It was found that uniform and adherent conducting poly (o-toluidine -co-oanisidine)coating can be obtained on low carbon steel using galvano static technique. The potentiodynamic polarization study reveals that the coating offers significant corrosion protection to low carbon steel in acidic medium