Nutritional status of children in districts of Haryana an analysis from National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4 and 5)

Malnutrition in early life either undernutrition or particularly obesity, can be the underlying cause of many non‐communicable diseases. Nowadays child growth failure phenomena are an enduring public health concern in lower and middle-income countries like India. DBM (Double burden of malnutrition) that is underweight and overweight is also a global concern. Recently, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-21 of India, data reported that 35.5 % of children age less than 5 years are stunted or they are too short for their age; 20% of children are too thin for their height (wasted) and 32% under 5 children are underweight.  The district-level data of nutritional status of children indices were extracted from the district fact sheets of Haryana state, published by NFHS, India. This study is based upon two-time frames of the NFHS (NFHS-4 and NFHS-5) series. District wise change detection of nutritional status of children. Results found that the prevalence of stunted children is still present and increased in 4 districts of Haryana whereas wasted and underweight decreased from previous Survey in all districts of Haryana. As per data reported in the NFHS-5 fact sheet, there are 11 districts in Haryana which shows increased in overweight in children. This study may beneficial for health policy and program makers to understand the dynamic trends of changes in nutritional status of children of under 5 years of age group across the various districts of Haryana.

Decision-Making in Real-Life Industrial Environment through Graph Theory Approach

The approach called as “graph theory and matrix approach” has been well employed in numerous research studies with a view to perform the decision-making while the situation is becoming perplexed type or where there is a very strong relative importance of one parameter over another. In such cases, the said graph theory and matrix method provides very suitable and fruitful solutions to make the decision to its final effective extent. The further improvements and the outcome enhancement can also be revealed through the use of combined practice of graph theory results along with some artificial intelligence-inspired logics and practices such as fuzzy logic, artificial neural network, etc. The significance and applicability of said method in vast fields of science, engineering, and research are also proved. Nowadays, our manufacturing sectors are getting up to date through the applications of artificial intelligence and several software-based directions. This is all to enhance the overall machine system performance with a view to improve desired performance characteristics of the process under the study. Few sections of this chapter has also elaborated the utility of the artificial intelligence-inspired fuzzy logic-based decision system which has already been a part of previous researches

Translating genetic findings to epigenetics: identifying the mechanisms associated with aging after high-radiation exposure on earth and in space

PurposeExposure to radiation is a health concern within and beyond the Earth's atmosphere for aircrew and astronauts in their respective austere environments. The biological effects of radiation exposure from a multiomics standpoint are relatively unexplored and stand to shed light on tailored monitoring and treatment for those in these career fields. To establish a reference variable for genetic damage, biological age seems to be closely associated with the effect of radiation. Following a genetic-based study, this study explores the epigenetic landscape of radiation exposure along with its associative effects on aging processes.MethodsWe imported the results of the genetics-based study that was a secondary analysis of five publicly available datasets (noted as Data1). The overlap of these genes with new data involving methylation data from two datasets (noted as Data2) following similar secondary analysis procedures is the basis of this study. We performed the standard statistical analysis on these datasets along with supervised and unsupervised learning to create preranked gene lists used for functional analysis in Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA).ResultsThere were 664 genes of interest from Data1 and 577 genes from Data2. There were 40 statistically significant methylation probes within 500 base pairs of the gene's transcription start site and 10 probes within 100 base pairs, which are discussed in depth. IPA yielded 21 significant pathways involving metabolism, cellular development, cell death, and diseases. Compared to gold standards for gestational age, we observed relatively low error and standard deviation using newly identified biomarkers.ConclusionWe have identified 17 methylated genes that exhibited particular interest and potential in future studies. This study suggests that there are common trends in oxidative stress, cell development, and metabolism that indicate an association between aging processes and the effects of ionizing radiation exposure

Design of Human Powered Directories using Mobile Agents

ABSTRACT The Internet is a worldwide mechanism for information dissemination, a medium for collaboration and communication between individuals and their computers from local to global scope. Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via Internet. Web contains billions of visible pages and it is not easy for a user to search for a specific web page. Search Engines help users to search for specific web page out of huge collection of pages. Human powered directories depend on humans to create a repository. In this paper we present use of mobile agents in designing Human powered directories

Influence of process parameters on mechanical and microstructural property of dissimilar friction stir welded joints of armor aluminium alloys AA7039 and AA5083

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an innovative, green and energy-efficient solid-state welding process. Which has been resolved the problems of defects related to microstructure and mechanical properties of welding joints of soft materials. FSW is also capable to join dissimilar materials of different melting points together with adequate efficiency and effectiveness. Present research work is an attempt to join the two dissimilar armor grad aluminium alloys i.e. AA7039 and AA5083 by FSW. Both materials are utilized as armor materials in defence. The process parameters such as tool rotation speed (RS), welding speed (WS) and tool tilt angle (TA) were utilized for variation at different five levels for experimentation. The experiments were designed by center composite design (CCD) of response surface methodology (RSM). The fabricated joints were examined for the variation in mechanical properties such as ultimate tensile strength (UTS), yield tensile strength (YTS) and percentage elongation (EL). Effects of the inputs parameters on the variation of the responses were validated by analysis of variance (ANOVA). The obtained results of aforesaid properties were utilized for the optimization of input parameters in the desirability approach. The desirability approach revealed that 1440 RPM of tool rotation, 32.1 welding speed and 2.4 tilt angle as an optimized set of parameters, which can fabricate the joint with 263.02 MPa UTS, 211.90 MPa YTS and 14.7% EL. The results of ANOVA and optimization were also verified by a change in the microstructure of FSWed joints

A Critical Model for Achieving the Global Quality in ISO 9001 Certified Engineering Educational Institutions

810-813The technical institutes of India are seeking to create enough engineering graduates needed by employers. However, the capability to improve the quality of the average Indian engineering graduates has not yet been disclosed. The researchers of this paper suggested a critical model of integrated quality management systems (IQMS) with twenty key elements (IQMS 20-KE), which is nothing more than a package of global management concepts such as ISO 9001: 2015 QMS, ISO 14001: 2015 EMS, ISO 45001 OH & SM, Knowledge Management (KM), Lean Management (LM), 6-σ (DMAIC methodology) and TQM concepts. In general, the outcome of IQMS is to meet customer expectations and improve the work culture of the institution. Efforts have been made to elucidate the applications of IQMS model in the engineering education

Impact of Quality Management System Dimensions on Organizational Effectiveness of Engineering Institutions in India

148-155The aim of this study was to examine the role of Quality Management System (QMS) dimensions and to analyse interrelationships and their combined impact on the organizational effectiveness of engineering institutes of India. This study was carried through an extensive literature survey, descriptive and exploratory research, case studies and interviews. A pilot-tested structured questionnaire investigates three hundred and sixty-five faculty members from fifty engineering institutes of India's National Capital Region (NCR). Fifteen hypotheses have been analysed through quantitative data analysis, regression analysis using SmartPLS 3.0 software. The findings of the complete investigation indicated the correlation between eight QMS parameters, which positively and significantly affect the quality of engineering institutes. The study shows eight critical quality factors that need attention from the top management to establish quality in engineering education. The enablers include leadership, people, processes, infrastructure and policies. The results mainly focus on people results, user results and key performance results. The findings also reveal that leadership enabler positively impacts people results, institute results, and social satisfaction. The institute's top management leadership and policy & strategy were the main driving forces for developing a sound QMS in engineering educational institutes. The research can be utilized as a base model to assess the interrelationships of QMS dimensions and their impact on organizational effectiveness in any engineering institution in India

Role of pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy in epithelial ovarian cancers

Background: Lymphadenectomy in epithelial ovarian cancers has remained a controversial subject. Lack of robust evidence on survival benefits and surgical morbidity associated questions its role in the era of adjuvant chemotherapy. The present study assessed pelvic and para-aortic lymph node removal in epithelial ovarian cancer in Indian women and tried to find clinicopathological correlation of nodal involvement and postoperative implications of lymphadenectomy.Methods: Thirty patients with diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer posted for primary debulking surgery were recruited and underwent staging laparotomy along with pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy. Nodal involvement was confirmed on histopathology and various parameters which could predict nodal metastasis were assessed. Patients were followed up for 12 months post-surgery.Results: Nodal yield was ten for pelvic and four for paraaortic nodes. Pelvic node involvement was seen in 26.6% (8/30) of the patients and para-aortic in 15% (3/20) of the patients. Serous histology, higher grade, stage 3 and above, positive peritoneal cytology, omental involvement showed a higher lymph node involvement though not statistically significant. Para-aortic lymphadenectomy was associated with increased operating time, blood loss and longer hospital stay.Conclusions: Lymphadenectomy increases morbidity and decision should be based on predictors of nodal involvement

A Critical Model for Achieving the Global Quality in ISO 9001 Certified Engineering Educational Institutions

The technical institutes of India are seeking to create enough engineering graduates needed by employers. However, the capability to improve the quality of the average Indian engineering graduates has not yet been disclosed. The researchers of this paper suggested a critical model of integrated quality management systems (IQMS) with twenty key elements (IQMS 20-KE), which is nothing more than a package of global management concepts such as ISO 9001: 2015 QMS, ISO 14001: 2015 EMS, ISO 45001 OH & SM, Knowledge Management (KM), Lean Management (LM), 6-σ (DMAIC methodology) and TQM concepts. In general, the outcome of IQMS is to meet customer expectations and improve the work culture of the institution. Efforts have been made to elucidate the applications of IQMS model in the engineering education