Lifestyle diseases and effects of the treatment expenditure on family finances

Health is among the basic capabilities that give value to human life. Good health is a prerequisite to successful human endeavor and core to financial growth and activity. The lifestyle diseases are associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Irregular food habits, physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyles, tobacco, alcohol, high intake of salts and low intake of fruits and vegetables, causes lifestyle diseases. This study was focused on framing the effects of the lifestyle disease treatment’s expenditure on the family finances. A survey of 120 respondents in Hyderabad and Secunderabad cities was conducted. Some of the effects mentioned by the respondents were “Inability to meet daily needs, incapable of meeting specific needs (newspaper, internet connection, etc.), fiddle with the amount spent for entertainment, kill the amount spent for family shopping, trim down the amount spent on educational activities of children, negotiate with children’s needs, helpless to save for the future planning of the family, inept to pay insurance policies, obtain loan in order to meet the treatment costs, sell assets to meet the treatment expenditure. ”Statistical analysis was carried out by using chi- square tests. The study found that 49% of the families were unable to meet daily needs,54% of them negotiated with children’s needs, 65% of them were helpless to save for the family’s future. The result showed significant association between family finances and the cost of lifestyle disease treatment expenditures based on income levels

Confidential Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Coding Theory

Wireless sensor networks are recently receiving substantial attention due to their unlimited potency. The data aggregation scheme provides better security as cluster head perform aggregation on cipher text directly without decryption, accordingly transmission overhead is reduced. We propose the aggregation scheme based on coding theory. McEliece public key encryption based on coding is providing the best alternate for cryptosystem. They leverage error correcting codes as a mechanism for encryption. Different from RSA and ELGAMAL, quantum computer cannot break the McEliece public key cryptosystem and here encryption and decryption operations are more efficient and even secure against chosen cipher text attacks

Clinical Spectrum and Neuroimaging Findings in Children with Seizures: A five-year Retrospective Study

ObjectivesSeizures are the most common neurological illness in the pediatric population and account for 1% of all emergency department (ED) visits and 2% of all visits to children’s hospital EDs. Pediatric epilepsy presents with various diagnostic challenges. Neuroimaging, especially structural neuroimaging and preferably MRI brain, plays an essential role in diagnosing, managing, and guiding pediatric epilepsy treatment.The study aimed to estimate the clinical spectrum of seizures in children and examine the neuroimaging findings in children with seizures. Materials & MethodsThe study was a hospital-based retrospective observational study. The hospital case records of all children belonging to the age group 1 month to 12 years with ‘seizures’ were reviewed for 5 years from Jan 2016 to Dec 2020. Clinicodemographic profiles and neuroimaging (CT/MRI) findings were obtained, and descriptive statistics wereapplied.ResultsA total of 838(11%) children in the age group 1 to 144 months (mean±SD: 32.57±32.65) presented with seizures, of whom 515(61.5%) were boys and 323(38.5%) girls. Of 596(71.1%) children under five years, 409(68.6%) had febrile seizures. Generalized onset-motor seizures were the predominant type of seizures seen in 666(79.4%) children, of whom 434(65.1%) had febrile seizures.Neuroimaging (CT/MRI) was normal in 335(40%) and abnormal in 124(14.8%) children. Perinatal insult (7%) was the most common abnormality, followed by CNS infections (2.8%).ConclusionNeuroimaging, preferably MRI brain, is the most helpful tool for theetiological diagnosis of afebrile seizures. In our study, seizures secondary to perinatal insult/hypoxic insult followed by infections were major causes. Improvement in peripartum and perinatal care coupled with a targeted Tuberculosis control program may help in reducing these potentially preventable cause

Efficacy of biowaste and bioagent on the growth of coriander and rumex plants.

This investigation was carried out to examine the effect of biowaste (Used Tea powder) and bioagent Trichoderma harzianum (NFCCI 2241) both alone and in combinations on the emergence of seedlings, growth and biomass of Coriander  (Coriandrum sativum) and Green sorrel (Rumex acetosa) plants in a pot experiment. The biowaste and bioagent treatments were compared with chemical fertilizer treatment and control. There is a significant variation in the results among the treatments. Germination percentage of Green sorrel was more in the treatments of T2, T3, T4 when compared with T1 treatment. In Coriander, similar trend was observed but the percentage of emergence of seedlings was very much less when compared with Green sorrel. The growth of root and shoot in length in Rumex plants was recorded more with T3 and T1 treatments in coriander plants, whereas root growth was maximum with T3 and T5. For shoot growth, it was maximum in T1, T2 and T3 treatments. Biomass recorded maximum with T3, T4 and T1 treatments in coriander and Rumex plants. Trichoderma harzianum in combination with used tea powder (biowaste) i.e., T3 treatment showed significant effect on the growth and productivity of coriander and Rumex plants

Study to evaluate the changes in polycystic ovarian morphology after naturopathic and yogic interventions

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the commonest endocrine disorders in women, with a prevalence ranging from 2.2% to 26% in India and 9.13% in South India. The present prospective pre post experimental controlled study was aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of Naturopathy and Yoga (N & Y) interventions on morphological changes in the ovaries in PCOS patients in 12 weeks duration. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: The study was conducted at Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India. The study was a single blinded prospective, pre post experimental controlled trial. METHODOLOGY: A total of ninety PCOS patients, of age between 18 and 35 years were recruited and allocated to three groups as per convenient sampling, control group (n=30), Yoga intervention group (n=30) and N & Y intervention group (n=30). After satisfying the inclusion criteria of the study and according to their immediate participation, they were allocated to either of the interventions group or in the wait listed control group. The three groups were assessed at baseline and after 12 weeks for changes in polycystic ovarian morphology, and were assessed at baseline, after every 4 weeks and after 12 weeks for anthropometry and menstrual frequency. During these 12 weeks, the N & Y intervention group was exposed to the intervention, the Yoga intervention group was exposed to Yoga practice of the intervention protocol for 6 days per week and the control group was wait listed. RESULTS: Significant improvement was observed in the ovarian morphology (P < 0.05), except for ovarian thickness (P = 0.27), anthropometry (P < 0.001), except for waist hip ratio (P=0.23) and menstrual frequency - in the interval of days between the second and third consecutive menstrual cycle (P < 0.001), except for the interval of days between LMP and first consecutive menstrual cycle (P = 0.66) and between first and second consecutive menstrual cycle (P=0.76), between the three groups. CONCLUSION: The findings of the study indicate that N & Y interventions are efficient in bringing about beneficial changes in polycystic ovarian morphology and anthropometry. Longer duration of intervention might be required to regulate the frequency of menstrual cycle. Hormonal assessment can be performed in future study for further validation

A Modified Symmetric Key Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme Based on Read-Muller Code

Homomorphic encryption became popular and powerful cryptographic primitive for various cloud computing applications. In the recent decades several developments has been made. Few schemes based on coding theory have been proposed but none of them support unlimited operations with security.   We propose a modified Reed-Muller Code based symmetric key fully homomorphic encryption to improve its security by using message expansion technique. Message expansion with prepended random fixed length string provides one-to-many mapping between message and codeword, thus one-to many mapping between plaintext and ciphertext. The proposed scheme supports both (MOD 2) additive and multiplication operations unlimitedly.   We make an effort to prove the security of the scheme under indistinguishability under chosen-plaintext attack (IND-CPA) through a game-based security proof. The security proof gives a mathematical analysis and its complexity of hardness. Also, it presents security analysis against all the known attacks with respect to the message expansion and homomorphic operations

Efficacy of Major Plant Extracts/Molecules on Field Insect Pests

Insect pests are considered the major hurdle in enhancing the production and productivity of any farming system. The use of conventional synthetic pesticides has led to the emergence of pesticide-resistant insects, environmental pollution, and negative effects on natural enemies, which have caused an ecological imbalance of the predator-prey ratio and human health hazards; therefore, eco-friendly alternative strategies are required. The plant kingdom, a rich repertoire of secondary metabolites, can be tapped as an alternative for insect pest management strategies. A number of plants have been documented to have insecticidal properties against various orders of insects in vitro by acting as antifeedants, repellents, sterilant and oviposition deterrents, etc. However, only a few plant compounds are applicable at the field level or presently commercialised. Here, we have provided an overview of the broad-spectrum insecticidal activity of plant compounds from neem, Annona, Pongamia, and Jatropha. Additionally, the impact of medicinal plants, herbs, spices, and essential oils has been reviewed briefl