Quality testing of staple yarn by an instrument with dual sensing and its comparative study with capacitive sensing

An instrument employing both image processing and optical sensing in a single run has been developed to evaluate yarn quality parameters such as irregularity, imperfections and hairiness. Dedicated software, inbuilt within the system, is also developed, which measures the attributes from both the sensors, and a best fit representation is made. The irregularity and imperfections obtained from proposed instrument are compared with those obtained from universally accepted capacitive sensing Uster tester, whereas hairs/meter are compared with Zweigle tester. The cotton, cotton-polyester blended and jute yarns have been tested in all the systems. The repeatability and reliability of results in both image processing and optical sensing are found insignificant in 5% confidence level. It is observed that the yarns with diameter value up to 0.65 mm can be evaluated by optical sensor, but above this threshold, image processing may be done successfully. Uster tester result mostly corroborates with image processing. Optical sensor shows higher values than image processing

INSULIN RESISTANCE IN END STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) PATIENTS IN EASTERN INDIA: A POPULATION BASED OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Background & Objective: Despite considerable advances made in the field of medicine in general, and nephrology in particular, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) remain public health challenges of enormous proportion. Aim: Considering that the association between Insulin resistance and CKD and ESRD has been established in studies conducted abroad, we propose to verify the association in Indian setting i.e. among ESRD patients in eastern India. Materials and Methods: 95 patients were included in control group and 97 patients were included in ESRD group. Only consenting individuals chosen through the filters of appropriate inclusion and exclusion criteria were made part of the study. Results: The statistical software Minitab 16 was used to analyze the data. Serum fasting Insulin level, HOMA-IR, serum hsCRP, serum urea, serum creatinine levels were significantly higher in ESRD patients compared to age and sex matched control individuals. Conclusion: Our study confirms the association between ESRD and IR found in other studies. Although the association between ESRD and IR has been established, the causality relation between them is not very clear. Further exploration of the issue is warranted. Keywords: End Stage Renal Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Insulin Resistanc

Quality testing of staple yarn by an instrument with dual sensing and its comparative study with capacitive sensing

269-276An instrument employing both image processing and optical sensing in a single run has been developed to evaluate yarn quality parameters such as irregularity, imperfections and hairiness. Dedicated software, inbuilt within the system, is also developed, which measures the attributes from both the sensors, and a best fit representation is made. The irregularity and imperfections obtained from proposed instrument are compared with those obtained from universally accepted capacitive sensing Uster tester, whereas hairs/meter are compared with Zweigle tester. The cotton, cotton-polyester blended and jute yarns have been tested in all the systems. The repeatability and reliability of results in both image processing and optical sensing are found insignificant in 5% confidence level. It is observed that the yarns with diameter value up to 0.65 mm can be evaluated by optical sensor, but above this threshold, image processing may be done successfully. Uster tester result mostly corroborates with image processing. Optical sensor shows higher values than image processing

A New Authentication Protocol for Multi-tag RFID Applicable to Passive Tag

AbstractBar code technology is no more the best candidate for identification of any object. RFID replaces the bar code technology due to its efficient detection capability. However, only one RFID tag in an object reveals less detection rate and hence the need to have more RFID tags in an object. An object tagged with multiple number of tags aligned with proper angle with each other can be detected easily. We have proposed an authentication scheme which uses these extra resources for enhancing the security during authentication