Evaluation of micronutrient status of sandy clay loam as influenced by sulphur fertilization on blackgram

Secondary nutrient deficiency especially sulphur (S) in blackgram has imparted poor grain setting percentage and yield as well. Interest on S availability in soils has increased due to acute shortage production of quality blackgram. Therefore, an attempt was made to assess the three SO4-2- S sources (Gypsum, Ammonium sulphate and Potassium sulphate) and two S levels (10 and 20 kg S ha-1) under irrigated condition. This experimental trial was replicated three times along with randomized block design at farmer field of Thenamallur village, T. Kallikudi block, Madurai district. S treatments were also evaluated by two methods of fertilizer amendment such as, soil application (as basal dose) and foliar spray (0.5 % K2SO4) on 30th and 45th days after sowing and its combinations. Soil analysis is good method to assess the S nutritional status of soil under tropical areas. The results revealed that the S and micronutrient content was low in single soil application or foliar spray and irrespective of source and level. Foliar spray treatment plants recovered limited S concentration. We could found that the better higher S concentration among the combination treatments. Soil application of K2SO4 @ 20 kg ha-1 + foliar spray was increased the soil available S and DTPA - extractable Micronutrient (Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu) status. Our study explains that the treatment combinations had synergistic effect and it may be concluded that the combinations (soil + foliar spray) are increased soil available S and micronutrient status. Further, future studies are required to confirm the results of S fertilizers in alkaline soil

A study to assess the effectiveness of mirror therapy to improve upper extremity motor function in stroke patients at PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore.

Stroke is a global health problem. It is the second commonest cause of death and fourth leading cause of disability worldwide. Mirror therapy is a relatively new approach in rehabilitation used in different neurological disorders including stroke. In mirror therapy, a mirror is placed beside the unaffected limb, blocking the view of the affected limb.Objective: The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mirror therapy on motor function of upper extremity in intervention group and sham therapy in comparison group. Methods: The research design adopted was True experimental pre test post test design. The sample size was 30 stroke patients with impaired upper extremity motor function in PSG hospitals. Purposive sampling technique was used in this study. Patients were randomly assigned into 15 in the intervention group and 15 in the comparison group. Brunnstrom motor recovery scale III and IV stage patients were selected for this study. Fugl- Meyer Assessment tool were used to assess upper extremity motor performance, sensory function, passive joint motion and joint pain. Pre test data were collected on the first day of intervention in both groups using Fugl-Meyer Assessment. Post test I and post test II data were collected at the 7th and 14th day of intervention in both groups using Fugl-Meyer Assessment. Mirror therapy was administered 30 minutes/ day and 7 times a week for minimum 2 weeks and maximum till the discharge for intervention group. Sham therapy was administered 30 minutes/ day and 7 times a week for minimum 2 weeks and maximum till the discharge for comparison group. Major findings of the study: There was a significant improvement of motor performance in intervention group than comparison group in patients with stroke (t=10.05, p<0.05). There was a significant improvement of sensory function in intervention group than comparison group in patients with stroke (t=8.67, p<0.05). There was a statistically significant improvement of passive joint motion in intervention group than comparison group in patients with stroke (t=8.50, p<0.05). There was a significant improvement of joint pain in intervention group than comparison group in patients with stroke (t=10.83, p<0.05). Conclusion: Mirror therapy was an effective, inexpensive and non pharmacological measure for improving upper extremity motor function. The study result showed that there was a significant improvement in upper extremity motor function involving motor performance, sensory function, passive joint motion and joint pain among stroke patients in intervention group compared with sham therapy group

Comparison of corneal topography with automated refractometry in the astigmatism of keratoconus.

Keratoconus is a non inflammatory degenerative disease that compromises the structural integrity of the collagen matrix within the corneal stroma17. The hallmark characteristic is the development of a localized cone shaped ectasia that is accompanied by thinning of the stroma in the area of the cone. This leads to increasingly irregular astigmatism as well as a steeper corneal curvature. This causes retinal image blur and poor visual acuity. Keratoconus causes mild to severe loss of vision. The incidence of keratoconus in the general population is approximately 2 per 100,000 (0.002%)5. The prevalence rate of keratoconus is 54.5 per 100,000 (0.05%) It is a general rule that whatever test for keratoconus is performed in one eye it should always be done in the fellow eye and the results are compared. The incidence of keratoconus in the general population is approximately 2 per 100,000 (0.002%)5. The prevalence rate of keratoconus is 54.5 per 100,000 (0.05%) It is a general rule that whatever test for keratoconus is performed in one eye it should always be done in the fellow eye and the results are compared. CONCLUSION This study clearly demonstrates that the corneal topographic assessment of astigmatism shows higher values, which are not acceptable to the patients. Astigmatism correction with Automated Refractometry derived cylindrical values, were accepted well by the study group. This is probably because the cylindrical value assessed by corneal topography is confounded by the position of the cone with reference to the visual axis, whereas that obtained by AR is the one that is at the visual axis. This proves the usefulness of Automated Refractometry in astigmatism correction in keratoconus, even though Corneal Topography has the advantages of early detection of this condition. In centers where a video-keratoscope is not available, the AR machine can be used for visual rehabilitation

Electronic Properties and Vibratational Analysis of Synthesized g-C3N4 nanoparticles using Density Functional Theory

In the present work, Polymeric metal free Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nano particle was synthesized by thermal pyrolysis method without any additives or surfactants. XRD and SEM micrographs clearly show the formation of hexagonal phase of the as prepared g-CN nanoparticles. Calculated FT-IR, FT-Raman and UV-Vis spectra of the g-CN have been analyzed. HOMO LUMO and density of states of the title compound were calculated by density functional theory. Hyper polarizability of the graphitic carbon nitride was calculated by Hartee Fock and density functional method at 6-31G (d,p) basis set. The Natural bonding orbital of graphitic carbon nitride were analysed.Â

Automatic Detection of Road Cracks using EfficientNet with Residual U-Net-based Segmentation and YOLOv5-based Detection

The main factor affecting road performance is pavement damage. One of the difficulties in maintaining roads is pavement cracking. Credible and reliable inspection of heritage structural health relies heavily on crack detection on road surfaces. To achieve intelligent operation and maintenance, intelligent crack detection is essential to traffic safety. The detection of road pavement cracks using computer vision has gained popularity in recent years. Recent technological breakthroughs in general deep learning algorithms have resulted in improved results in the discipline of crack detection. In this paper, two techniques for object identification and segmentation are proposed. The EfficientNet with residual U-Net technique is suggested for segmentation, while the YOLO v5 algorithm is offered for crack detection. To correctly separate the pavement cracks, a crack segmentation network is used. Road crack identification and segmentation accuracy were enhanced by optimising the model's hyperparameters and increasing the feature extraction structure. The suggested algorithm's performance is compared to state-of-the-art algorithms. The suggested work achieves 99.35% accuracy

The Impact of Hypothyroidism on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Introduction: Hypothyroidism either subclinical (SCH) or overt is independently associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). The combined effects of SCH and overt hypothyroidism on clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are largely unknown. Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the impact of subclinical and overt hypothyroidism among patients presenting with CAD undergoing PCI. Materials and Methods: A total of 102 patients who were referred to the Madras Medical Mission Hospital for PCI from September 2020 to March 2021 were enrolled in the study. These patients were categorized into three groups. Each group has 34 patients and was followed for one year. Group 1: Patients with normal TSH levels (TSH-0.45 -5mlU/Liter) and euthyroid at T3, T4 levels. Group 2: Patients with subclinical hypothyroidism with elevated TSH levels (TSH=5-15mlU/liter) and normal thyroid with T3, T4 levels. Group 3: Patients with a family history of overt hypothyroidism or high TSH levels(&lt;15mlU/liter) and low T3 and T4 levels [16]. Results: We applied ANOVA to find the PCI outcomes. A p-value of &lt;0.05 was accepted as significant. Age (p-0.03), recent myocardial infarction (p-0.04), diabetes mellitus (p&lt;0.001), HbA1C (p-0.012), and systolic blood pressure (p-0.04) were found to be significant. Post-PCI bleeding complications (p&lt;0.001) during one month, six months, and one-year follow-up were the main observation of the study. Conclusion: The prior history of DM and elevated HbA1c levels observed in the overt hypothyroid group indicate that DM was one of the key factors associated with overt hypothyroidism. Despite the fact that PCI was safe for patients with hypothyroidism, the risk of early post-PCI bleeding was of concern

Bluetooth based Face-to-Face Proximity Estimation on Smart Mobile

The availability of “always-on” communications has tremendous implications for a way individuals move socially. Above all, sociologists have an interest within the question if such pervasive access will increase or decreases face-to-face interactions. In contrast to triangulation that seeks to exactly outline position, the question of face-to-face interaction reduces to at least one of proximity, i.e., square measure the people inside a particular distance? What is more, the matter of proximity estimation is sophisticated by the very fact that the measuring should be quite precise (1-1.5 m) and might cover a large kind of environments. Existing approaches like GPS and Wi-Fi triangulation square measure insufficient to fulfill the wants of accuracy and adaptability. In distinction, Bluetooth, that is often obtainable on most smartphones, provides a compelling different for proximity estimation. During this paper, we have a tendency to demonstrate through experimental studies the effectiveness of Bluetooth for this precise purpose

Epidemiology of soil transmitted helminths and risk analysis of hookworm infections in the community: Results from the DeWorm3 Trial in southern India.

Since 2015, India has coordinated the largest school-based deworming program globally, targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in ~250 million children aged 1 to 19 years twice yearly. Despite substantial progress in reduction of morbidity associated with STH, reinfection rates in endemic communities remain high. We conducted a community based parasitological survey in Tamil Nadu as part of the DeWorm3 Project-a cluster-randomised trial evaluating the feasibility of interrupting STH transmission at three geographically distinct sites in Africa and Asia-allowing the estimation of STH prevalence and analysis of associated factors. In India, following a comprehensive census, enumerating 140,932 individuals in 36,536 households along with geospatial mapping of households, an age-stratified sample of individuals was recruited into a longitudinal monitoring cohort (December 2017-February 2018) to be followed for five years. At enrolment, a total of 6089 consenting individuals across 40 study clusters provided a single adequate stool sample for analysis using the Kato-Katz method, as well as answering a questionnaire covering individual and household level factors. The unweighted STH prevalence was 17.0% (95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 16.0-17.9%), increasing to 21.4% when weighted by age and cluster size. Hookworm was the predominant species, with a weighted infection prevalence of 21.0%, the majority of which (92.9%) were light intensity infections. Factors associated with hookworm infection were modelled using mixed-effects multilevel logistic regression for presence of infection and mixed-effects negative binomial regression for intensity. The prevalence of both Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections were rare (<1%) and risk factors were therefore not assessed. Increasing age (multivariable odds ratio [mOR] 21.4, 95%CI: 12.3-37.2, p<0.001 for adult age-groups versus pre-school children) and higher vegetation were associated with an increased odds of hookworm infection, whereas recent deworming (mOR 0.3, 95%CI: 0.2-0.5, p<0.001) and belonging to households with higher socioeconomic status (mOR 0.3, 95%CI: 0.2-0.5, p<0.001) and higher education level of the household head (mOR 0.4, 95%CI: 0.3-0.6, p<0.001) were associated with lower odds of hookworm infection in the multilevel model. The same factors were associated with intensity of infection, with the use of improved sanitation facilities also correlated to lower infection intensities (multivariable infection intensity ratio [mIIR] 0.6, 95%CI: 0.4-0.9, p<0.016). Our findings suggest that a community-based approach is required to address the high hookworm burden in adults in this setting. Socioeconomic, education and sanitation improvements alongside mass drug administration would likely accelerate the drive to elimination in these communities. Trial Registration: NCT03014167

An Efficient Secure Data Transmission for Adaptive Hello Messaging Scheme in Manet

Abstract: In mobile ad-hoc networks, a hello protocol is generally used to maintain neighbor relationship between the nodes. According to this, each node broadcasts hello packets at regular intervals to discover its intermediate nodes to forward a packet. When the node moves into an inactive region, the transmission of hello packets to those nodes get wasted which results in energy loss. In this paper, We implement a dynamic hello protocol to suppress those inessential hello packets without affecting the link failure detection. Our simulation results implies that the proposed design decreases the energy consumption and delay without any major difference in throughput