Analysis of Image Processing Strategies Dedicated to Underwater Scenarios

Underwater images undergo quality degradation issues of an image, like blur image, poor contrast, non-uniform illumination etc. Therefore, to process these degraded images, image processing come into existence. In this paper, two important image processing methods namely Image restoration and Image enhancement are compared. This paper also discusses the quality measures parameters of image processing which will be helpful to see clear images

Impact Of Membership Of Financial Institutions On Rural Saving: A Micro-Level Study

In developing countries like India, mobilization of rural saving is necessary for inclusive growth. This micro study, aims at ascertaining the significance of financial institutions in mobilizing financial saving of rural/ semi-urban households. It is based on the primary data collected from full scale sample survey conducted in five villages and two suburban areas of National Capital Region, India. A hierarchal regression carried out on this data identified that the membership of financial institutions, specifically that of banks, insurance and informal financial institutions explains significant proportion of the variation in the rural household financial saving

Genotoxic and Carcinogenic Effect of Gutkha: A Fast-growing Smokeless Tobacco

Oral cancer is a highly lethal disease and one of the most debilitating and disfiguring of all malignancies in the world. According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2010 report, 60% of tobacco users in India use only smokeless tobacco. Among 206 million smokeless tobacco users, 65.1 million are consuming gutkha. In recent years, gutkha is recognized as a life threatening disorder with the serious health consequences. The aim of this review is to increase the attention to complete ban of tobacco use, awareness, knowledge, and beliefs of public about the harms of not only gutkha but also all other tobacco products and also to promote the intentions to quit the habits

A cross-sectional study to evaluate the cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings in eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia patients and its clinical correlation

Background: Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia remains a high contributor towards maternal mortality and morbidity and also the poor perinatal outcome. Thus, timely prediction of the onset of eclampsia and starting appropriate treatment as early as possible is important for favourable maternal and perinatal outcome. However, there is a dearth of studies, especially in the Indian scenario which correlates the severity of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and the cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, therefore, this study was planned to fill the lacuna. Material and Methods: A total of forty patients admitted in the department, of forty, twenty patients were diagnosed with eclampsia and twenty patients with severe pre-eclampsia. MRI was performed in all these 40 patients and they were divided into two groups. Group I (MRI findings positive n = 17) and Group II (MRI findings negative n = 23), the patients once had agreed to (with consent) were sent to MRI centre for MRI to be performed. All the data required along with the patients' sign and symptom were recorded in the pro foma designed for this study. Results: The difference in the study groups was statistically significant regarding headache, seizures, depression of consciousness and visual disorder (P = 0.0085, <0.0001, <0.0001, and <0.0001, respectively). In MRI positive findings patients, the occipital cortex was involved in 100% of patients, parietal cortex in 58.82%, frontal cortex in 58.82% and temporal cortex in only 11.77% of patients. Basal ganglia had an infarct in 11.77%. Conclusion: We have observed patients suffering from severe pre-eclampsia and having positive cerebral findings on MRI scan, However employing MRI for screening is not cost-effective and large-scale randomised control trials are needed to further confirm the role of MRI in severe pre-eclampsia

Criminalisation of Adivasis and the Indian Legal System

Table of Contents: Acknowledgements (i) -- Abbreviations (iii) -- Glossary of Terms (ix) -- List of Tables (xiii) -- List of Case Stories (xiv) -- Chapter 1: An Introduction: The Rights and Wrongs of Criminality (p. 1) -- Chapter 2: History: A Witness to the Alienation of the Adivasis (p. 9) -- Chapter 3: A Radical Break From the Past: The Constitution of India and its Interpretations (p. 19) -- Chapter 4: A Norm of Criminality: Adivasis' Interface with the Criminal Justice System as Accused Persons (p. 45) -- Chapter 5: Authority, Criminality, and the Law in Forests (p. 77) -- Chapter 6: Redefining the Forest and Reinventing the Conflict (p. 119) -- Chapter 7: Security Laws and Impunity (p. 133) -- Chapter 8: Violence Against Adivasi Women: An Unraveling of the Social Structure (p. 169) -- Chapter 9: Prisons and the Adivasi in India (p. 181) -- Chapter 10: Adivasis and Protective Legislations: Interface With the Criminal Justice System as Complainant (p. 207) -- Chapter 11: In Conclusion: The Beginning of a Study in Criminality (p. 236) -- Epilogue (p. 241) -- Annexures (p. 247) -- Bibliography (p. 269)UT Librarie

Incidence of cord around the neck and its effects on labour and neonatal outcome

Background: The umbilical cord is a narrow tube-like structure that connects the developing baby to the placenta. Most of the nuchal cords diagnosed in early pregnancy get spontaneously uncoiled. This study was carried out to show that such natural occurrence does not have significant effect on pregnancy, labour and neonates if proper intra-partum foetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring could be provided by a caregiver. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner (Rajasthan). For completing 100 cases with nuchal cord, we had to observe 506 cases and by which we took out the incidence of nuchal cord and which was separately categorised into single, double, triple and four and more than four groups. Results: The present study showed mean cord length also increases with number of loops (50.93 cm in single loop as compared to 72.33 cm) in cases with four loops and showed that patients having tight nuchal cord have higher incidence of caesarean as well as forceps delivery, but these were not statistically significant (P = 0.56 and P= 0.57) and Apgar score <7 at 1 min, FHR deceleration and meconium staining of liquor were statistically higher significant (P = 0.001,P= 0.0001 and P= 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: At present, expertise to diagnose multiple and tight loops on ultrasound are limited, which should be the aim for future. Multicentric and large studies are further required in association with more specific and sensitive diagnostic aid for tight and multiple loops so as to provide the best perinatal management with good foetal outcome

Comparison of hematological parameters in anemia of chronic disease and chronic periodontitis

Background: Periodontitis is a localized, chronic inflammatory reaction, induced by bacteria, and effect healthy periodontium.&nbsp;The third highest prevalence of periodontal disease in the world is in Asia.6 Infections, malignant cells, and autoimmune dysregulation these all factors lead to the activate the immune system and start production of cytokines. Chronic periodontitis can be a cause of anemia of chronic diseases. Materials and Methods: The study population consisted of 160 individuals between the age groups of 20-70 years,&nbsp;Hemoglobin concentration, Erythrocyte count, Mean corpuscular volume, Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration was measured using an automated hematology analyser.&nbsp; ESR was estimated using Westergren’s method. Serum ferritin was measured on ELISA kit by a semi automated analyser on LISA SCAN. Students “t” test was used for comparing the mean Hb, erythrocyte count, MCV, MCH, MCHC, ESR, and ferritin between the two groups. Results:&nbsp; The comparison of blood parameters was done among study and control males. Mean value of hemoglobin, RBC, MCH, MCHC, ESR and Serum Ferritin were statistically significant(P&lt;0.001) whereas mean value of MCV was statistically insignificant. The comparison of blood parameters was done among study and control females