Baby incubator monitoring system using global system for mobile technology

Giving birth to a child is one of the precious moments in life. Every second a life is brought into the world and not many children are lucky enough to be healthy. Monitoring the health conditions of a baby in the incubator is a critical medical issue. Many researchers are working in this area to improve the safety of newborn babies. As far as the study that we proceeded with, there exists a fundamental issue in ensuring whether the doctor has attended the emergency or not. In this paper, a system is proposed to monitor the baby inside the incubator using a global system for mobile technology (GSM). The proposed system detects the baby’s temperature, heartbeat, weight, and baby’s sound inside the incubator. If there are any changes in the above-said parameters beyond the threshold level, an intimation will be sent to the concerned doctor through the GSM. The system will keep sending the alert message to the doctor every minute until the doctor acknowledges the baby’s condition. This system will enhance the safety of newborn babies by addressing the above-said issue, thereby reducing the risk involved in monitoring the babies inside the incubator. A prototype is developed and it was tested for functional verification

Optimized Biomethanization Of Grinded Organic Waste Using Catalyst

Research work was conducted to investigate the production of biogas using mesophilic anaerobic digestions. The organic waste utilized for bio gas appeared to produce less bio gas in the initial state up to 5 days due to temperature changes, then the gas production gradually increases. From the experimental set up, it was discovered that biogas generation was not uniform. Cow dung, food waste and agriculture wastes were used as organic waste for loading the anaerobic digester. Catalyst such as lime, hydrogen peroxide and silica gel were added to enhance the reaction. From above investigation, it is conceivable that the COD reduced gradually in the digester. Biogas production were fluctuating throughout the study period. The ideal measure of gas production in the range of 320 mg/l was obtained by adding hydrogen peroxide but for a period of 30 days experiment cumulative bio gas production measure is 4697 mg/l, which is achieved by adding lime as catalyst. Efficient bio methanation of grinded organic waste can be achieved by adding lime in most economical way

Unusual case of isolated biventricular non-compaction presenting with stroke

Prominent ventricular trabeculations are seen in a fetal heart. Isolated ventricular non-compaction (IVNC) is a rare form of primary cardiomyopathy. It usually presents with heart failure, arrhythmias and very rarely with thrombo-embolic manifestation. The left ventricle is involved in the majority of the cases. Echocardiography is the principal modality for the diagnosis of this condition. IVNC may be misdiagnosed as dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy wherein the prognosis and management do differ significantly. We report a case of a 38-year-old male with IVNC involving both the ventricles, who presented very unusually as stroke resulting from a cardiogenic embolus

Stalin John, M.R.,

Abstract: Monitoring and Modeling of river water quality is one of the key elements in the global environmental monitoring policy and management. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have been used for modeling hydrological elements that are highly non-linear in both spatial and temporal scales. With the help of the available data on the physico-chemical characteristics, an attempt has been made to model the concentrations of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in the Cauvery River of approximately 40km stretch from Bhavani to Noyyal. The validation of the neural network model showed good agreement for predictions of the TDS concentrations between observed and predicted values. The coefficient of correlation during the validation process was found to be 0.951 and the mean squared error was 0.015. In conclusion, the work supports the concept that the neural network approach is a successful method of modelling such complex and nonlinear behaviour of TDS in the river with different environmental conditions

Hypopituitarism as unusual sequelae to central nervous system tuberculosis

Neurological tuberculosis can very rarely involve the hypophysis cerebri. We report a case of an eighteen year old female who presented with five months duration of generalised apathy, secondary amenorrhea and weight gain. She was on irregular treatment for tuberculosis of the central nervous system for the last five months. Neuroimaging revealed sellar and suprasellar tuberculomas and communicating hydrocephalus requiring emergency decompression. Endocrinological investigation showed hypopituitarism manifesting as pituitary hypothyroidism, hypocortisolism, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and hyperprolactinemia. Restarting anti-tuberculosis treatment, hormone replacement therapy, and a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt surgery led to remarkable improvement in the general condition of the patient

Unusual case of isolated biventricular non-compaction presenting with stroke

Prominent ventricular trabeculations are seen in a fetal heart. Isolated ventricular non-compaction (IVNC) is a rare form of primary cardiomyopathy. It usually presents with heart failure, arrhythmias and very rarely with thrombo-embolic manifestation. The left ventricle is involved in the majority of the cases. Echocardiography is the principal modality for the diagnosis of this condition. IVNC may be misdiagnosed as dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy wherein the prognosis and management do differ significantly. We report a case of a 38-year-old male with IVNC involving both the ventricles, who presented very unusually as stroke resulting from a cardiogenic embolus