Towards Comparative Analysis of Resumption Techniques in ETL

Data warehouses are loaded with data from sources such as operational data bases. Failure of loading process or failure of any of the process such as extraction or transformation is expensive because of the non-availability of data for analysis. With the advent of e-commerce and many real time application analysis of data in real time becomes a norm and hence any misses while the data is being loaded into data warehouse needs to be handled in an efficient and optimized way. The techniques to handle failure of process to populate the data are very much important as the actual loading process. Alternative arrangement needs to be made for in case of failure so that processes of populating the data warehouse are done in time. This paper explores the various ways through which a failed process of populating the data warehouse could be resumed. Various resumption techniques are compared and a novel block based technique is proposed to improve one of the existing resumption techniques

Novel Survey on Email Spam Filtering Methods

Spam emails are causing major resource wastage by unnecessarily flooding the network links.The cost of spam is borne mostly by the recipient, so it is a form of postage due advertising. This paper describes how different methods can be used for spam filtering.To protect against unsolicited e-mails there are number of techniques presented with goal of efficient, accurate spam filtering. Few previous spam filters can meet the requirements of being user-friendly, attack-resilient, and personalized. This paper presents a literature survey into the state of research on spam filtering methods and how it is useful for user’s lives

Rising incidence of unwed mothers in India; associated social parameters & institutional guidelines for managing them

Background: Globally the incidence of unwed mothers is rising. While the incidence is higher in western countries, developing countries like India are soon catching up.Methods: Ours is a retrospective study from January 2009 to December 2013 analyzing 51 cases of unwed mothers for - changing incidence of unwed mothers in India, to look for predisposing social & family pressures which may have led to the pregnancy, to study neonatal outcomes in such mothers & to analyze the role of social worker intervention in the management of such pregnancies.Results: Our study showed a 50% rise in the incidence of unwed mothers in our institute over the years with a majority (49%) of them being teenaged girls. 68% unwed mothers were uneducated or had only primary education & 58.9% unwed mothers had some predisposing factor which might have contributed to the pregnancy. 52% unwed mothers (who delivered) opted for institutional admission till term and 35.4% of these underwent a caesarean section at term (higher than institute LSCS rates). 21.5% unwed mother united with father with social worker intervention.Conclusions: Social and demographic parameters play a significant role in the incidence of unwed mothers. Several of these parameters are subject to external regulation & can reduce incidence of unwed mothers. Also the role of a social worker is priceless in management of these patients

Drug utilization study of antihypertensive drugs in hypertensive diabetic patients in a tertiary care hospital

Background: Diabetes along with hypertension is a very common ailment afflicting millions of people worldwide. The socio-economic stress caused by the morbidity and mortality associated with it is mind boggling. Hence, this study was undertaken to study the utilization of antihypertensive drugs in hypertensive diabetic patients.Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 100 hypertensive diabetic patients aged between 18 and 90 years of either gender attending Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Kalaburagi. The data collected were statistically analyzed and presented as counts and percentages.Results: In our study, we found that majority (63%) were male patients and majority belonged to 51-70 years age group. The majority of the patients were prescribed angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) alone (19%), followed by a combination of ACEIs and calcium channel blockers (9%). The generic prescribing was only 23%, and patient’s knowledge of correct dosage was 64%.Conclusion: In this study, it has been observed that the antihypertensives drugs were prescribed rationally, but the generic prescribing was only 23% which is inappropriate prescribing behavior. Hence, physicians should be educated to prescribe drugs in the generic name so that the cost of drugs is reduced

Prescription pattern of cardiovascular drugs in intensive cardiac care unit patients in a tertiary care hospital

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) account for high morbidity and mortality all over the world. A study of prescription pattern ensures rational pharmacotherapy and assures quality medical care to the patients. The aim was to observe the prescribing pattern of cardiovascular drugs among the patients admitted to intensive cardiac care unit (ICCU).Methods: Prior permission from the Institutional Ethics Committee was obtained, and a prospective study of cardiovascular drugs was conducted on 100 consecutive patients admitted in ICCU of the Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Gulbarga. The duration of the study will be of 12 months from June 2012 to May 2013. The prescriptions of the patient who are treated during the course of the study will be audited prospectively using a specially designed form to record the required information. The data were statistically analyzed and presented as counts and percentages.Results: Majority of the patients were male (59%), and most of the patients belonged to age group of 51-60 years. Most common drug class was antianginal drugs with aspirin and clopidogrel being the mostly used combination drug. Most of the drugs were prescribed rationally.Conclusion: The present study concluded that most of the drugs were prescribed rationally according to current guidelines. In addition to prescribing drugs, patients should be educated about the risk factors of CVD and how they can be prevented

Rainfall Prediction based on Rainfall Statistical Data

The paper describes the development of a system to provide information on rainfall characteristics of rainfall and its prediction from the historical data sets, and selection of crops based on the forecast on taluka basis, with a case study of Bijapur district of Karnataka State, India. The analysis of rainfall viz. month wise, Nakshatra-wise, week-wise and year-wise is carried out. The developed system, evolved from the analysis of 20 years’ rainfall data collected from the Agricultural Research Station, Bijapur is very useful to agrometeorologists. The performance of the prediction system is encouraging and the accuracy of the prediction varies between 80% and 90%

Exploration of Regional Agrowastes for the Production of Pectinase by Aspergillus niger

Svrha je ovog istraživanja procjena lokalno dostupnog poljoprivrednog otpada bogatog pektinom, i to korice limuna, stabljike sirka i glavice suncokreta, kao supstrata za proizvodnju pektinaze submerznim uzgojem plijesni Aspergillus niger DMF 27 i površinskim uzgojem plijesni A. niger DMF 45 na čvrstoj podlozi. Maksimalna količina endopektinaze (4,8 U/g) i egzopektinaze (17,2 U/g) dobivena je površinskim uzgojem na čvrstoj podlozi od glavica suncokreta, a nešto manje (endopektinaze 2,0 i egzopektinaze 10,2 U/g) na podlozi od korice limuna. Dodatkom izvora ugljika i dušika poljoprivrednom otpadu povećana je proizvodnja pektinaze, pri čemu je dodatak saharoze imao veći učinak od dodatka glukoze pri uzgoju na čvrstoj podlozi. Međutim, pri submerznom uzgoju dodatak glukoze povećao je prinos pektinaze. Amonijev sulfat kao izvor dušika povećao je proizvodnju pektinaze u oba postupka uzgoja.The aim of this study was to evaluate locally available pectin rich agrowastes, viz. lemon peel, sorghum stem and sunflower head, as substrates for the production of pectinase by Aspergillus niger DMF 27 and A. niger DMF 45 in submerged fermentation (SmF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF) systems, respectively. The maximum amount of endo- (4.8 U/g) and exopectinases (17.2 U/g) was obtained from sunflower head followed by lemon peel (endopectinase 2.0 and exopectinase 10.2 U/g) in solid-state system. The increased level in the production of pectinases was noticed when the agrowastes were supplemented with additional carbon and nitrogen sources, and supplementation of sucrose was more effective than glucose in SSF. But, glucose yielded more pectinases in SmF. Among the nitrogen sources, ammonium sulphate raised the production level of pectinases from all the substrates in both SmF and SSF systems

Study of maternal and fetal outcome in pregnancy beyond 40 weeks: a prospective observational study at a tertiary institute

Background: Prolonged pregnancy is one that exceeds 42 0/7weeks. Management of prolonged pregnancy is very challenging in modern obstetrics.Methods: It is prospective observational study in department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shri B.M Patil medical college and Research center, deemed to be University, Vijayapur, North karnataka. Study period was from January 2018 to January 2019.Results: Total of 186 pregnant women were included in the study. Results in terms of age, gravidity, gestational age, time of induction, mode of delivery, neonatal outcome and maternal complications.Conclusion: Pregnancies beyond 40 weeks require early detection, effective fetal monitoring and proper planning of labour. In pregnancies beyond 40 weeks, decision of induction should be taken cautiously as early induction leads to failure of induction and increased rates of lower (uterine) segment Caesarean section (LSCS), while delayed induction leads to increased fetal complications

Finite element modelling and dynamic characteristic analysis of the human CTL-Spine

Persistent exposure to whole body vibrations is the fundamental cause for lower back pain and disc degeneration. With an increasing amount of population exposed to whole body vibrations, a significant number of people experience fatal spine diseases. Substantial research is carried out to reduce the risk of spinal injuries. The dynamic characteristics of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar (CTL) region are studied extensively as individual sections of the spine. Few studies have focused on the CTL spine as an assembly of the three segments. In the present work, an authentic three dimensional geometrical model of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine is developed in mimics considering its natural curvature and the intervertebral discs are modeled in Design modeler. The natural frequency and mode shapes of the CTL spine are extracted using free vibration modal analysis considering 4.5 kg point mass on C1 vertebra and distributed mass of 40 kg on the CTL spine in Ansys Workbench. Six natural frequencies and their corresponding vibration modes are obtained from the finite element model. The results of this study aims to provide a reliable model for further biomechanical analysis and ergonomics