Sign Language Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Abstract-Sign language is a lingua among the speech and the hearing impaired community. It is hard for most people who are not familiar with sign language to communicate without an interpreter. Sign language recognition appertains to track and recognize the meaningful emotion of human made with fingers, hands, head, arms, face etc. The technique that has been proposed in this work, transcribes the gestures from a sign language to a spoken language which is easily understood by the hearing. The gestures that have been translated include alphabets, words from static images. This becomes more important for the people who completely rely on the gestural sign language for communication tries to communicate with a person who does not understand the sign language. We aim at representing features which will be learned by a technique known as convolutional neural networks (CNN), contains four types of layers: convolution layers, pooling/subsampling layers, non-linear layers, and fully connected layers. The new representation is expected to capture various image features and complex non-linear feature interactions. A softmax layer will be used to recognize signs

Chitosan/Modified Banana Epidermis Starch Composite Films for Food Packaging Applications

Banana epidermis is a waste material and starchier, it can be used to made biodegradable composite film and their properties were characterized. The aim of this study was to develop biodegradable composite films based on modified banana epidermis starch. The role of modified banana epidermis starch (MBES) particle loadings were analyzed on chitosan semi-crystalline structure, in addition to studying the composite film properties such as barrier, thermal and mechanical properties. Antimicrobial activity of the composite films is developed based on chitosan and MBES particle. The composite films are produced by solution casting method. The composites exhibit a significantly good in the mechanical and thermal stability. The resulting Chitosan/MBES films exhibit better oxygen permeation rate while compared with normal commercial films. The new prepared composite films have a high potential, mechanical, morphological, antimicrobial activity, and to improve their long-lasting antimicrobial efficiency for food packaging applications

The Virtues shown by Rama in the Nalaiyira Divya Prabandham

Virtue, wealth, happiness, and home/body are considered important for the lives of the people of the world. The first of them is a virtue. Morality is essential for individual life. All Tamil literature is based on the emphasis on morality. In Ramaavatharam, the incarnation of Tirumal, in his way of life, it is mentioned in the article on the virtue of Rama in his life, about his love and brotherhood without getting angry, to make sacrifices with love and brotherhood, to be friendly with good people, and to the manner in which he attains the Lord in the way of grace, and the manner in which he attains to the Lord in the way of grace, and the manner in which Rama has performed a hymn in his life, and how the Azhwars composed the hymns of the Lord as their refuge. The morality of the eleven scriptures found in the Pathinen Kilkanakku books is explained as evidence. The concepts of virtue and the semantic explanation of virtue are given. The virtues found in the shrines where the Azhwars sang imagining Thirumala as Rama is explained

Folk Literature in Nalayira Divya Prabandham

Folk literature is the mirror of society. Folk literature reflects the experiences and feelings of the rural people. The customs, rituals, ceremonies and traditions of the country people are expressed in folk literature. The nature of folk literature is seen in many ways. One of them is Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the Vaishnava literatry work. The Alwars composed hymns describing the virtues of Tirumal's marriage and incarnations and showed it up in folk literature. Alwars also sung many lullabies. They have sung a folk song called "Pallandu Vaalththu”. The nature of a woman who is in love with God can be known through the proverbs. Alwars have shown that they celebrated festivals two thousand years ago itself. The repetition of a word in folk literature is one of its characteristics. The opinions of scholars related to folklore are explained in this article. This article reflects the nature of folk literature in Nalayira Divya Prabandham

Optimization of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Filament 3D Printing Process Parameters based on Mechanical Test

This research paper\u27s main goal is to improve the printing parameters that can be used in the 3D Printing Material Extrusion production method in order to get the best printing parameters for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) filament with the tensile test in the shortest possible time. The printing parameters that can be employed on 3D printing material extrusion machines include the extruder temperature, layer height, printing speed, and shell count. Also, tensile specimens in accordance with the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) D638 standard were created utilizing ABS filament and the aforementioned adjusted printing settings. The most effective printing settings for ABS products were established using the production time and the results of a post-production tensile test. As a result, this research can be used to determine the ideal ABS filament printing parameters and their timing

Challenges and Opportunities in 4D Printing -An Application Perspective

Over the last ten years, 3D printing technology has played a pivotal role in transforming the manufacturing industry. A recent advancement within the realm of 3D printing has introduced time as a fourth dimension, enabling the creation of 4D printing components. While a 3D-printed design remains static, a 4D-printed design has the remarkable ability to change its shape in response to environmental conditions. This paper also examines various applications of 4D printing across diverse fields such as electronics, renewable energy, aerospace, food, healthcare, and fashion. The review addresses research gaps, the current obstacles in 4D printing, and the future prospects of this technology

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITES OF COW DUNG EXTRACTS AGAINST HUMAN PATHOGENS

Objective: For control of microbial infections and diseases, various synthetic drugs and chemical formulations are currently in use. But due to the problem of microbial drug resistance, new alternative synthetic drugs have been explored. Similarly, antimicrobial activities of so many natural products have also been explored. Methods: In this various study extracts of cow dung possessed antimicrobial property against human pathogens like Klebsiella pneumonia and Escherichia coli. Results: The Indian cow dung extracted possessed superior antimicrobial activity than other cow dung types and showed antimicrobial property against all the test microorganisms. Since cow dung and buffalo dung are abundant in nature, which make the process cost effective with processing ease and thus are a promising solution for a variety of health problems in the near future. Conclusion: The medicinal properties of these cow dung and buffalo dung can be exploited to formulate drugs for several diseases caused by antibiotic resistant pathogenic microorganisms

An Open Label Balance Randomized Two Treatment Two Secevence Two Period, Singledose Crose Over Oral Biogelivalence Study of Trimebutine 200mg and Digedrat In 48 Healthy Adult Human Subject Under Fasting Conditions.

The present study to investigate the bioequivalence of Trimebutine 200 mg capsules (Product Test).and Digedrat® (Product Reference) 200 mg capsules in 48 healthy, adult, human, male and non-pregnant female subjects under fasting conditions. To monitor adverse events and ensure safety of the subjects. The study, Trimebutine 200 mg (test) and Digedrat 200 mg (reference) capsules were evaluated for the safety upon single dose administration to normal healthy adult male and non pregnant females subjects under fasting conditions. There was a washout period of 5 days between the two periods. The overall duration of the study was 09 days including the wash out period. This study was conducted to establish the drugs concentration versus time profile and the results of the pharmacokinetic analysis of Trimebutine of the test(T) product were compared with the reference(R) product. The Means Plasma Concentration Vs various time points of both the Test and Reference products (Trimebutine), were similar,at all the scheduled time points. Analysis of variance for Ln-transformed pharmacokinetic parameters revealed that there was no significant variation between test and reference formulation for these three primary pharmacokinetic parameters Cmax and AUC0-t, & AUC0-�. The 90% confidence intervals of the T/R ratio of Ln- transformed Cmax, and AUC0-t , AUC0-� were within the bioequivalence range of 80%-125%. In conclusion, in the present study, Trimebutine 200 mg capsule is bioequivalent to Digedrat (Trimebutine) 200 mg tablet in 48 healthy subjects under fasting conditions. Trimebutine 200 mg capsule was well tolerated

Influence of rootstock scion combinations on morpho-physiological traits in Coffee

An experiment was conducted using coffee seedlings to find out the influence of rootstock scion interactions on morpho-physiological traits. Commercially important arabica cultivars such as S.795, Sln.10 and S.4202 were grafted on drought tolerant rootstocks of arabica cultivars such as Sln.9, Sln.5 (B), Sln.11and two high vigour robusta cultivars like S.274 and C x R. Results on morpho-physiological traits indicated significant differences between rootstock scion combinations. The interaction effects in comparison with pure line seedlings of scion materials indicated that, the robusta rootstocks being diploid species (2n=22), significantly reduced the growth of tetraploid (2n=44) arabica scion materials. Results on physiological and morphological traits indicated that the higher vigour in arabica/arabica combinations compared to robusta/arabica and self graft combinations might be due to the influence of genetically divergent rootstocks of same species. Correlation analysis indicated significant positive relationship between specific leaf area and absolute growth rate (r=0.560), net assimilation rate (r=0.498) and relative leaf growth rate (r=0.587) and also leaf area duration with absolute growth rate (r=0.753) indicating role of specific leaf area and leaf area duration in governing growth and development of coffee graft combinations. The Sln.9 and Sln.5B rootstocks for S.4202 scion, Sln.5B and Sln.11 for Sln.10 scion and Sln.9 and Sln.5B rootstocks for S.795 scion were found to be efficient and could be field evaluated for yielding performance

Performance Comparison of New Heuristic With Genetic Algorithm in Parallel Flow Line Set Up

A new heuristic has been developed to solve the problem in parallel flow line scheduling. It involves the minimization of the makespan by the optimal allocation of a finite number of jobs to finite number of lines in the first phase and the optimal sequencing of allocated jobs in each line in the second phase. Here new heuristic and genetic algorithm for analyzing the parallel flow line scheduling are discussed and executed on a set of randomly generated problems. The results obtained for the test problems suggest that the developed new heuristic can be used successfully to solve large scale parallel flow line scheduling problems