Framework for opinion as a service on review data of customer using semantics based analytics

At Opinion mining plays a significant role in representing the original and unbiased perception of the products/services. However, there are various challenges associated with performing an effective opinion mining in the present era of distributed computing system with dynamic behaviour of users. Existing approaches is more laborious towards extracting knowledge from the reviews of user which is further subjected to various rounds of operation with complex procedures. The proposed system addresses the problem by introducing a novel framework called as Opinion-as-a-Service which is meant for direct utilization of the extracted knowledge in most user friendly manner. The proposed system introduces a set of three sequential algorithm that performs aggregated of incoming stream of opinion data, performing indexing, followed by applying semantics for extracting knowledge. The study outcome shows that proposed system is better than existing system in mining performance

Real-Time Streaming Analytics using Big Data Paradigm and Predictive Modelling based on Deep Learning

With the evolution of distributed streaming platforms analysing humongous time series data, which is streamed continuously from IoT devices become lot easier. In most of the IoT networks the data are in motion or in data centre/cloud. It is possible to process this data in real time similar to edge devices using the big data framework.  In data intensive applications predictive analytics require more resources to perform complex computations. Apache Flink framework is capable of performing real time streaming of schema less data and scales very high in distributed environment with low latency, it is used to collect and store the data in the cloud. This work suggests a suitable environment to collect, transport, preprocess and aggregate the data stream to perform predictive analytics using deep learning models. Deep learning automatically extracts features and builds models after training, it has the potential to solve problems that can't be solved by conventional machine learning models. Therefore, the use of algorithms based on deep learning is recommended for forecasting temporal data. Also, we discuss a number of different deep learning forecasting models and analyse the performance of different deep learning forecasting models in order to determine which one is the effective model for single step, multi step and multi variant methods based on error functions with respect to streamed sensor data

Antioxidant and antitubercular activities of leaf extracts of Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) and Amischophacelus axillaris (L.)

244-249Modern civilization is facing hundreds of disorders associated with free radicals. The natural antioxidants from non-edible plants are gaining importance to fight against these disorders. One such commonly seen disorder is tuberculosis, which is responsible for about 8 million deaths annually worldwide. This study intends to evaluate the ethanol extracts of Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) and ethyl acetate extracts of Amischophacelus axillaris (L.) for antioxidant and antitubercular activities. The antioxidant activity of the extracts has been evaluated using DPPH radical scavenging methods. The results of the study indicated that ethanol extract of C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and ethyl acetate extract of A. axillaris (L.) possess promising DPPH radical scavenging activity. The antitubercular activity of ethanol extract of C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and ethyl acetate extract of A. axillaris (L.) have been evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H73Rv strain using Microplate Alamar Blue Assay (MABA). The activity was documented within the MIC range of 0.8 to 12.5 µg/mL for C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and 0.8 to 50 µg/mL for A. axillaris (L.). The results of MABA showed that both the plant extracts exhibited excellent antitubercular activity. The present investigation suggests that C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and A. axillaris (L.) possess remarkable antioxidant and antitubercular activity

Antioxidant and antitubercular activities of leaf extracts of Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) and Amischophacelus axillaris (L.)

Modern civilization is facing hundreds of disorders associated with free radicals. The natural antioxidants from non-edible plants are gaining importance to fight against these disorders. One such commonly seen disorder is tuberculosis, which is responsible for about 8 million deaths annually worldwide. This study intends to evaluate the ethanol extracts of Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) and ethyl acetate extracts of Amischophacelus axillaris (L.) for antioxidant and antitubercular activities. The antioxidant activity of the extracts has been evaluated using DPPH radical scavenging methods. The results of the study indicated that ethanol extract of C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and ethyl acetate extract of A. axillaris (L.) possess promising DPPH radical scavenging activity. The antitubercular activity of ethanol extract of C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and ethyl acetate extract of A. axillaris (L.) have been evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H73Rv strain using Microplate Alamar Blue Assay (MABA). The activity was documented within the MIC range of 0.8 to 12.5 µg/mL for C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and 0.8 to 50 µg/mL for A. axillaris (L.). The results of MABA showed that both the plant extracts exhibited excellent antitubercular activity. The present investigation suggests that C. dicoccum (Gaertn.) and A. axillaris (L.) possess remarkable antioxidant and antitubercular activity

The Changing Paradigm in Gender Constructed Texts in Media-A Semiotic Approach

In arguing on ‘The Politics of Truth’ Foucault put forward two significant, simple relative terms namely ‘truth’ and ‘power’ which are a base of hegemonic discourse. What society perceives as a truth is nothing but a power for the prevailing section. In modern world, the omnipresence of media presents multiple truths before us, yet signifying one, which would become a leading truth. The impact of media on culture is very potent and is all pervasive since three centuries. It is a major driving force in shaping societal structures and operations. In this course, media platforms create and endorse gender and gender norms through usage of powerful and striking images and messages, these in a way consciously or subconsciously are associated with the attributes of male or female characteristics. These gender codes shape the way in which society views gender and assists in determining as to what acceptable gender performance is. It is through media's reinforcement of gender stereotypes, codes, symbols and gender displays that shape the way in which society perceives and constructs genders. Mass media becomes a primary tool that introduces and encourages individuals (especially young individuals) to participate in a gendered world (Krijen et al, 169). Repeatedly, the roles of genders take a new shape conveniently to suit the aspirations of socio-political time frame of a period. Through this paper the researchers would like to explore the changing construct of the gender by media in current scenario. This is the era of feather touch technology, where everything around us is getting smarter so does the conceptual image of women in media advertisements. However, what we need to look at is whether it as smart in reality too? Or it is just an old wine in a new bottle? In this media super highway, creation of consent also takes place in smarter way. The politics of polished words and swanky images reinforcing the age-old gender image is interesting to study. We agree to the fact that media has potential to hegemonize the ideas, identities and roles. Daniel Chandler (Television and Gender Roles) states that television still perpetuates traditional gender stereotypes because it reflects dominant social values and attitudes in the society and reinforcement of such values is seen as ‘natural’. Thus, the ‘male gaze’, who objectifies & commodifies women is viewed ‘unmarked’ which is invisible and largely unquestioned bias. In this respect, researchers would like to present the perspective and ideas on construction of gender identities in Indian media more so, in advertisements where the semiotics of underlying images are more vocal than the verbal text

Analysis of new media usage in Karnataka assembly elections 2013n.

The traditional functions of mass media have been challenged bynew media, which is changing the participation habits of the audiences.The emergence of new media as a potential force and the impact ithas on all the discourse of human life which has not left no stoneunturned is interesting to study. Mass media’s influence in electionscannot be denied. In this present study, the researchers look into thenew media usage trend in General Elections to the LegislativeAssembly in the state of Karnataka which was held during 2013 for224 constituencies. The paper studies the use of digital media in theKarnataka State Assembly elections 2013 and analyse the degree ofnew media penetration which was put to use in electioneering duringthis tim

Analysis of new media usage in Karnataka assembly elections 2013

The traditional functions of mass media have been challenged bynew media, which is changing the participation habits of the audiences.The emergence of new media as a potential force and the impact ithas on all the discourse of human life which has not left no stoneunturned is interesting to study. Mass media’s influence in electionscannot be denied. In this present study, the researchers look into thenew media usage trend in General Elections to the LegislativeAssembly in the state of Karnataka which was held during 2013 for224 constituencies. The paper studies the use of digital media in theKarnataka State Assembly elections 2013 and analyse the degree ofnew media penetration which was put to use in electioneering duringthis time

Carbon Quantum dots doped Chitosan/HPMC nano composites and their Functional, Structural, Morphological, Dielectric and Tensile properties

Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) were prepared from modified hydrothermal method using Citric acid and ethane diamine as a source material. The synthesized CQDs were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fluorescence Studies (FL), Atomic force microscopy (AFM). The particle size is conformed from Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) analysis. The synthesized CQDs were doped in polymer blend with various weight percentages and the further characterizations were carried out for X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), dielectric properties, and tensile properties at room temperature and higher temperatures with the help of Universal Testing Mission (UTM). The dielectric behavior of Chitosan/HPMC/CQDs polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) were studied in the range of 50 Hz to 5 MHz frequency and the temperature ranging from 30-100 °C, using LCR meter. The dielectric constant (ε'), dielectric loss (ε') are found with different wt% of CQDs in the PNCs

An analysis of the impact of media orientation workshop on journalists

Media plays a constructive role in any society. It is rightly dubbedas the catalyst in social transformation. This social transformation isonly possible with awareness and proper education. Mass media asrightly pointed out by Marshall McLuhan are ‘extensions of man’.This is true because media as a tool, transfer information, ideas to itsviewers, readers and listeners and there by enhance humans ability tocommunicate messages and spread knowledge which are pivotal forany society's overall development. The study assumes significancefor the fact that it aims to study how media can play a role inperforming the role of a catalyst in the society where poverty andunequal political power influence the lives of the common people. Inthis direction, it becomes imperative for the journalists who aresteering the responsibility to spread awareness to understand thevarious perspectives of Right to Education to create awareness aboutuniversalization of education in India. Through this survey analysisthe researchers trie to evaluate the impact of orientation cum workshopheld in Tumkur in Karnataka on rural journalists. The study is animpact analysis of workshop on journalists to perceive the level ofawareness and sensitivity on issues like RTE- Right to Education toachieve universalization of education to reach the children of poorand underprivileged in the society. Further, the study throws insightinto the potentialities of journalists working for rural media to increasemedia intervention in promoting social agenda