The Proposal for an Indo-Pacific Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation: a Critical Reassessment

The emergence of the Indo- Pacific construct brings about interesting avenues for cooperation among states in the region. Characterised by the intertwining geographies of the Indian and the Pacific Oceans, the Indo- Pacific region is home to some of the most diverse peoples and economies in the world. In a speech delivered at the CSIS, Washington in 2013, the former Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegwa outlined the need for an “Indo- Pacific Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation”. In efforts to continue to address the prospects and challenges for a treaty among the major powers in the Indo- Pacific region, the article argues that a treaty would be necessary step and but should be concluded when sufficient groundwork for it is concluded. The article also argues that, the Indo – pacific concept would be best addressed if there is increased institutionalization of the concept and increased cooperation among middle powers such as India, Indonesia and Australia

Pico Processor Using Verilog HDL

© ASEE 2009The Pico processor is a scaled down RISC processor hence the name “Pico”. Pico processors form an integral part in a network. They act as co-processors to Network processors. The network processors are in-charge of various complex functions such as routing, packet switching, queuing, encryption, decryption, pattern matching, computation and other such tasks. Many Pico processors work in parallel with the network processor, which leads to reduced computing time and improved performance (speed). This in turn increases the processing power of the network processor. One of the main uses of the Pico processor is to take care of the computation part of the network processor. Our project aims to further improve the performance of the network processor by increasing the processing speed of the Pico processor. We can do this by altering the architecture of the current Pico processors to accommodate a five stage pipeline. By doing so, we can manage to increase the speed of execution of each instruction by up to five times. The five stages which we have incorporated in our architecture are Instruction Fetch, Instruction Decode, Execute, Memory I/O and Write Back. The Pico processor is designed and simulated with ModelSim 6.2c. The logic synthesis of the Pico processor is performed using Quartus II software. The simulation results demonstrate the correct functions of the designed Pico processor. Significant performance enhancement has been observed in the designed Pico processor

Avoiding Drunken Driving Road Accidents by using Alcoholic Sensors

The purpose of this work is to avoid drunken driving accident by using alcohol detecting sensor. The uncontrolled many accidents were happened because of influence of alcohol during driving. To avoid such accidents, we have proposed alcoholic sensor in the vehicle ignition system. This system is integrating the alcohol sensor with microcontroller, relay switch and battery. The alcohol sensor used in this project is MQ-3 which detects the presence of alcohol content in human breath. Vehicle ignition system gets power from battery through relay switch. The ignition system will operate based on the level of Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) in human breath detected by the alcohol sensor and the signal will send to microcontroller, which will supply power to spark plug

Comparison of the Old Commentaries

Tolkappiyam is a great grammar and the grammar books that appeared before the Tolkappiyam have perished in the flood of that time. Tolkappiyam has been protected by the writers and it is the major reason for its survival. Sollathikaram, in Tolkappiyam alone has six Old Commentaries namely Ilampuranar, Saenavaraiyar, Deyvaccilaiyar, Naccinarkkiniyar, Kallatanar, Palaiyavuraikarar. If one of these texts is compared to other texts, it will greatly contribute to the development of knowledge and the study of truth. Thus, the article compares the discourses and histories shown by the speakers in the series Punariya Nilaiid Purunilai Kudanavum, which focuses on the distinction between words and the meaning

Hypoglycaemia unawareness

Hypoglycaemia is the most frequent and serious complication of insulin therapy and is three times more common in those who are intensively treated. Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia is a major limitation to achieving tight diabetes. Asymptomatic biochemical hypoglycaemia occurs more frequently during routine blood glucose monitoring and this should alert the clinician that the individual is developing hypoglycaemic unawareness. Though the etiology of hypoglycaemic unawareness is multifactorial, possible mechanisms include chronic exposure to low blood glucose, antecedent hypoglycaemia, recurrent severe hypoglycaemia and the failure of counter-regulatory hormones. Diabetic patients with history of impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia perform poorly on cognitive function testing and this may be restored by relaxation of glycaemic control. The question of whether human insulin produces hypoglycaemia awareness has been hotly debated but this does not appear to be a major problem considering the number of patients on human insulin. The decision to use one or other of the insulins therefore rests entirely with the physician. Low blood glucose awareness training programmes can help to identify and prevent hypoglycaemia unawareness. Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia can probably be reversed by scrupulous avoidance of hypoglycaemia

Macro and microscopic evaluation of Gmelina arborea Roxb. – A botanical pharmacognostic approach for quality control of raw drug material

Gmelina arborea Roxb. of family Verbenaceae, is one of the highly valued medicinal plant used in numerous traditional medical formulations. It belongs to the ‘Dasamoola’ group of ayurvedic medicinal plants and hence widely exploited. Pharmacognostic techniques involving macroscopic, microscopic and also dry powder analysis serve as botanical methods which help in the correct identification of the crude drug. Leaf constants such as stomatal number, stomatal index, vein islet number, vein termination number also have been determined. Better quality control practices in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries demand the correct identification of the dried plants or powdered drug thereby detects and prevents the adulterations, if any. The challenge ahead of this investigation is to validate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of the plant following standard methodology

An illustrative case report emphasizing the biological plating of a comminuted intra-articular fracture

Comminuted intra-articular fractures are very common in high energy traumas, conventional open reduction and plate fixation has been associated with many complications as they disturb the fracture biology and hence minimally invasive plating came into existence. We are reporting a 17 year old boy who met with road traffic accident sustained an AO type 33C2 injury to left femur with severe metaphyseal comminution treated by minimal invasive plate osteosynthesis technique who achieved full radiological union at the end of 4 months and full functional recovery at 8 months follow-up. This case emphasizes the need for preservation of fracture biology which is of paramount importance in healing of comminuted fractures

Determining Functional Outcomes Following Proximal Humerus Interlocking System (Philos) Plating in Displaced Proximal Humerus Fractures: A Comprehensive Evaluation

Displaced fractures of the proximal humerus pose a significant challenge in orthopaedic practice, particularly in the aging population. The Proximal Humerus Interlocking System (PHILOS) plating has emerged as a promising surgical approach for managing these fractures. This study aims to evaluate the functional outcomes associated with PHILOS plating in displaced proximal humerus fractures. The classification of fracture types was inconsistent and thus the selection of surgical approaches varied. Various surgical procedures have been performed, but the recent trend towards internal fixation has shifted to locking plates. AIM AND OBJECTIVES The current study is being conducted to evaluate the functional outcome and complications of displaced proximal humeral fractures treated with locking compression plates. MATERIALS AND METHODS The proposed study is prospective study cantered in VINAYKA MISSION’S KIRUPANANDA VARIYER MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, SALEM, TAMILNADU during the term between November 2020 to November 2022 over period of 2 years.  In the proposed study a minimum of 20 cases presenting with displaced proximal humerus fractures are evaluated clinically, radiologically and treated by ORIF with LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATES (PHILOS). functional outcomes were assessed with the use of NEER’S SHOULDER SCORE at the end of the study. RESULTS The study included 20 patients, with a predominance of males. Road traffic accidents (RTA) were identified as the most common cause of injury among young individuals, while falls at home were predominant among the elderly population. Fracture classification revealed a spectrum of injuries, including two-part, three-part, and four-part fractures of displaced Proximal humerus