Enrolment Scenario of Library and Information Science Education in India: An Overview

Purpose: The study is based on secondary data of all India Survey on Higher Education in India, conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt., of India and attempts to assess the overall enrolment scenario of Library and Information Education in India. The study evaluates the enrolment data of seven years viz., for the period 2011-12 through 2017-18, retrieved from the official website of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt., of India. Methodology and Scope: The study is based on the survey data collected by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt., of India under all India Survey on Higher Education. The data are available in open access format and can be accessed from its official website. The data used for the study is for seven years and lasts for the period 2011-12 to 2017-18. The scope of the study is limited to Library and Information Science Education in India and the findings of the study cannot be generalized at the global or any other level. However, the findings of this study can give a better idea about the scenario of LIS education across the world, as India is one of largest countries in the world producing the largest number of LIS graduates Findings: The results of the study revealed that of the total enrolments made in higher education in India across different subject disciplines during the period of study, meager 0.36% of students were enrolled in Library and Information Science. The enrolment in Library and Information Science in India during the period of study recorded a negative -5.38% Average Annual Corresponding Growth (AACG), which is quite worrisome, while as, the overall enrolment of the country registered an AACG of 3.31%. The results indicate that LIS education in India is quite popular among female students, as compared 47.70% male students, 52.30% female students were enrolled in LIS courses during the period of study. Given the distribution of students across different LIS programmes, it appears that LIS courses with nomenclature BLISc and MLISc are more popular among the students than the course with conventional nomenclature like B.Lib.Sc and M.Lib.Sc. These and many more aspects related to Library and Information Education in India were evaluated and discussed

Microorganisms’ Effects and Mechanisms in Ocular Infections: A Systematic Review

In the world, microorganisms are the main cause of eye illnesses. Common bacterial infections of the eye, if untreated, can damage the eye\u27s structures and lead to blindness and other visual impairments. The eye may get infected from the outside or as a result of bloodstream-borne germs invading the eye. Infectious bacteria can cause eye infections. Blepharitis, conjunctivitis, Listeriosis, keratitis, dacryocystitis, etc. are some of the frequent eye illnesses brought on by bacterial and fungal pathogens. The information on the variety of ocular surface microorganisms has been significantly increased by the series of genome-based methods through 16S rRNA gene-based identification. According to this research, a sufficient number of bacteria have a substantial part in the pathophysiology of eye illnesses, even though certain bacteria contribute to normal ocular processes. As a result, those with good vision can shed light on the intricacy of the ocular microflora and learn more about some visual requirements in addition to their vital contribution to the regular operation of the eye. Under these conditions, it is crucial to establish a quick, dependable, and affordable procedure that will eventually become a standard diagnostic process. In this literature review, many databases have searched, and the review has been methodically conducted to produce specific results for the hard eye infection disorders

Doctoral dissertations in humanities in Indian universities during 2010-2014

Based on the bibliographic data pertaining to 5229 doctoral dissertations produced in humanities by 127 institutions during 2010 to 2014, leading institutions, subject areas, states, etc., have been identified. The dissertations belonged to 45 different subject disciplines, at an average of 116.2 doctoral dissertations in each subject field. About 1046 doctoral dissertations were produced each year at an average of about 8 dissertations from each institution. Languages & literature is the leading subject field, in which 3611 dissertations were produced. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi produced the maximum number of doctoral dissertations

Impact of COVID -19 on Healthy Life of People in India

The COVID-19 pandemic is not the first, and certainly not the last, to strike the world. COVID-19 has conjointly been a serious concern in higher-income countries, with several European countries and over eleven million individuals in the Republic of India had been infected with COVID-19. Though some countries and regions are seeing improvements in hospitalization and death rates, COVID-19 remains a significant concern for vulnerable and underserved populations globally. The COVID-19 pandemic is unexampled and heavy, and numerous of the policy measures taken to mitigate and contain it were necessary and comprehensible. Factors associated with difficulty in accessing medicine due to the COVID-19 situation With the diversion of human resources to COVID-19 work, active case finding for TB has been postponed by a number of states in India. Though regulative authorities in many countries have approved one or a lot of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use, necessary challenges remain in mass manufacturing and distributing vaccines in developing countries. The national authorities need to arrange for the challenges associated with the health of their population coincidental with combating the COVID-19 pandemic. It's unclear, however, whether the twin impacts of COVID-19 and also the health care disruptions have an effect on these people within the semi-permanent

Returns on Library Investment: A Study of the Leading Engineering and Technology Institutes in India

The study is based on the secondary data compiled by the Ministry of Human Resource & Development, Govt., of India for the period 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15 and was released as the ranking list of Institutes of Engineering and Technology in India for the year 2016. The study aims to assess the Returns on Investment (ROI) of the twenty leading libraries of the Institutes of Engineering and Technology in India in the form of institutional research output. An attempted has also been made to rank the each individual library on the basis of seven different parameters chosen for the study and worked out the difference between their ascribed rank as per the MHRD list and the achieved ranks worked out on the basis of chosen. The rankings have been calculated on the basis of scores earned by each individual library against each individual parameter. The results showed that the Institutes of Engineering and Technology in India concentrate more on procurement of electronic resources in their libraries, spending nearly three-fourth of their budget on the procurement of electronic documents mostly in thr form of online journals and eBooks. While evaluating the ascribed and achieved ranking, 95% libraries under study faced shuffle, as 55% libraries slipped in their rank, while as 45 % improved and 5% showed no change. The study gives a clear idea about the importance of libraries and the part these sub-institutions’ play in the overall ranking of their institution

Journal Packing Density of Subject Disciplines at the Continental level: A study

Purpose: -The present study has been undertaken with the view to assess the Journal Packing Density (JPD) of research journals published in different subject disciplines across different continents of the world. The study evaluates the average number of research articles published in each volume of a research journal published in a particular subject discipline. The other aspects evaluated in the study include, the subject disciplines with leading JPD at the continental level, the existing difference in the JPD among subject disciplines at the continental level, leading subject disciplines having maximum JPD at the global level and more. An overall comparison has been drawn of the JPD of subject disciplines at the continental level. Scope and Methodology: - The study is global in nature and encompasses the27 major subject disciplines across six different continents of the world. The study is based on the secondary data retrieved from the SCImago Journal and Country Ranking for the period 2013-15. Findings: - On the date of data retrieval, 36081 research journals were found indexed by the SCImago across different continents. Of the total journals indexed by the SCOPUS, Europe emerged the leading continent to have 20336 (56.36%) research journals indexed, followed by North America with 10224 (33.48%) and Asia with 3746 (10.38%) journal indexed. The average Journal Packing Density at the global level is 101.84 research articles per journal per volume. North America leads in the average JPD with an average of 120.33 research articles per journal per volume. Asia and Europe are the other two leading continents having an average JPD of 111.81 and 95.14 research articles per journal per volume. The average JPD of South America is 55.32 research articles, Africa 46.58 research articles and Oceania 46.50 research articles per journal per volume. Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy and Multidisciplinary journals are the three leading subject disciplines to have the maximum average JPD of 266.66, 253.92 and 242.53 research articles per journal per volume. Research Implication: - There is a considerable difference in the JPD of the research journals published among different subject discipline across different continents. The indexing of lesser number of research journals from the continents like Africa, Australia and South America can be owed to the poor quality of research journals published from various countries of these continents. Given the number of research journals indexed from continents like, Asia, Europe and North America, somewhere reflects the research prowess of these continents

Relative Result And Design Analysis of SPV Tracking System on Simulink Platform

The paper describes a tracking mechanism that was implemented on the simulink stage. This review shows the distinctions in current and voltage for static and following Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) power plants. This research also includes a comparative evaluation of alternative panel placements (static force plant). The study also included the whole model, including the tracking model of sun, static SPV model, sensor (like LDR) model, and direct current motor model. The main purpose of this research is to deconstruct the results of the static force plant. The static force plants on the tiltaion edges are 30 ̊, 60 ̊, and 90 ̊. Simulation findings as well as the impact of the tiltation point are also included. The greater effectiveness as a result of the tracking approach is mentioned in the final comment

Diagnosis of COVID-19 Using Chest X-ray

Covid-19 is also a wide spreading infective agent disease that infects humans. A clinical study of COVID-19 infected patients has shown that these kinds of patients are square measure principally infected from a respiratory organ infection when come in contact with this disease. Chest xray (i.e., radiography) a less complicated imaging technique for identification respiratory organ connected issues. Deep learning is that the foremost undefeated technique of machine learning, that provides helpful analysis to review an oversize quantity of chest x-ray pictures which may critically impact on screening of Covid-19. Throughout this work, we have taken the PA read of chest x-ray scans for covid-19 affected patients conjointly as healthy patients. We have used deep learning-based CNN models and compared their performance. We have equate ResNeXt models and inspect their precision to investigate the model presentation, 6432 chest x-ray scans samples square measure collected from the Kaggle repository. This work solely core on potential ways of cluster covid-19 infected patients

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF FLOATING BEADS OF DILTIAZEM HCL

Objective: Diltiazem, a benzothiazepine calcium channel blocker, is used alone or with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, to treat hypertension, chronic stable angina pectoris, and Prinzmetal's variant angina. The elimination half-life of Diltiazem is 3 to 4.5 h. In the present research work multiple units floating drug delivery systems of Diltiazem Hydrochloride were prepared by using sodium alginate, mustard oil and olive oil. Methods: The floating systems were prepared by using emulsion gelation technique to improve gastric retention. The prepared beads were evaluated for physical characterization floating lag time, total floating time, swelling index and in vitro drug release studies. The prepared beads were found to be spherical, free flowing and remain buoyant for 24 h with a short floating lag time. Results: Percentage drug content of beads in the formulation F9 For olive oil and H8 for mustard oil was found to be in the range of 95.89 to 54.08%. Swelling properties of all formulation increased as the concentration of SCMC increased. The particle size increased as the amount of polymer was increased in each formulation. Conclusion: Floating beads of Diltiazem HCL could prompt a potential sustained drug delivery over an extend period of time that can reduce dose frequency. It was also found that the cumulative drug release from all formulations was found to be between 94.93 to 100.042