Technology Adoption Behaviour of Jasmine Growers – A Critical Analysis

Jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is one of the oldest fragrant flowers cultivated by man. The flower is used for various purposes viz., making garlands, bouquets, decorating hair of women, religious offerings etc. Scientific cultivation of jasmine is one of the important prerequisites for increasing the production and productivity among the jasmine growers. The technology adoption of jasmine cultivation by the jasmine growers has not received the attention of both the extension functionaries of State Department of Horticulture and Agriculture to the required level and hence, the present study was undertaken with the objective to study the adoption behavior of jasmine growers in Tiurnelveli District. Vallioor block of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu was selected purposively for the study based on more area under jasmine cultivation with a sample size of 120. The respondents were selected based on proportionate random sampling method. The data were collected from each respondent through pre-tested interview schedule. The results of the study revealed that majority of the jasmine growers had adopted local variety (Ramanathapuram), pest management practices for blossom midge and bud worm, right time of harvest, application of inorganic fertilizers, water management, weed management and application of manure after pruning. One-third of the respondents had adopted the technologies like optimum spacing, application of FYM and root rot disease management. Based on the findings , the paper suggests concerted dissemination efforts by the change agents in the region, for improving jasmine productivit

Neonatal Intensive Care Units Nurses' Attitude Toward Advantages and Disadvantages of Open vs Closed Endotracheal Suction

Background: The vital issue of protecting the airway and maintaining ventilation in preterm infants makes tracheal suctioning an important procedure. The decision to use closed or open endotracheal suction method depends on the clinical status of infants and the nurses’ skills and preferences. Objectives: The current study aimed to compare the two methods based on the perceptions of the nurses working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Patients and Methods: A comparative-descriptive study carried out on 35 NICU nurses in Taleghani and Al-Zahra teaching hospitals in Tabriz, Iran, in 2013. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaire (13 Items). Data analysis, including t-test was performed using SPSS Ver. 13. A P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically sig­nificant. Results: According to the nurses’ point of view, there are differences between characteristics of open and closed endotracheal suctioning methods (P < 0.001). By using closed endotracheal suction, the risk of traumatizing airway, developing pneumonia, increasing intracranial pressure, prolonging emergency suctioning, developing intra-ventricular hemorrhage, blood stream infection, physiological instability and lowering positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) are reduced. Meanwhile, lower cost, lower risk of extubation, comfort and easy washing procedure were reported as advantages of open suction. Conclusion: Closed endotracheal suctioning was evaluated to be better than the open method in the preterm neonates. More studies, especially experimental and efficient cost analysis, are recommended

Prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder among female undergraduate medical students having eating disorder

BACK GROUND: Eating disorders are psychological disorders characterized by abnormal eating habits that affect the person’s physical or mental health or both. Disorders included in this classification are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and obesity. Anxiety disorders, depressive disorders and substance abuse disorders are commonly associated with eating disorders. Approximately 2/3rds of eating disorder patients have co morbid anxiety disorders. Around 42 percent of individuals with eating disorders have developed anxiety disorder at childhood itself. Generalized anxiety disorder is prevalent in 11 to 14 % of patients with anorexia nervosa. Social phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder ranks top most in the anxiety disorders which are prevalent in eating disorder patients. AIM OF THE STUDY: 1. To assess the prevalence of anxiety disorder among students having eating disorders. 2. To compare the various socio demographic variables and the degree of severity of anxiety. METHODS: The study design which will be employed is descriptive cross sectional study. A sample of 200 female students doing MBBS at Thanjavur Medical College will be selected by random sampling method. After obtaining permission from the Head of the institution, students will be approached to collect the data. Inclusion Criteria: Female students aged 18to 22 years of age will be included in the study. Exclusion criteria: Subjects who refuse to participate in the study or if a student who is absent on the day of study or not be able to be contacted even after two visits. Tools used: a. Semi structured socio demographic Proforma, b. Eating Attitude test- 26, c. Generalized Anxiety Disorder- 7 scale. d. Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Eating Attitude Test 26 will be applied to screen for eating disorders. Following that Generalized anxiety Disorder -7 scale will be applied for screening Generalized Anxiety Disorder from the screened individuals. The degree of severity of anxiety in them will be assessed by Hamilton anxiety rating scale. Socio demographic variables will be assessed by a semi structured proforma. Univariate Analysis will be performed and the Chi-square test was used to find the correlation between Anxiety and their associated socio-demographic variables .Data will be expressed in terms of proportion or percentage. Level of significance is set at ρ < 0.05. RESULTS: There was no significant correlation between the various socio demographic variables and the components of EAT - 26 and GAD -7.The prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Undegraduate Female Medical students with eating disorder (abnormal Eating Attitude) is 6.25% CONCLUSION: This may be due to the under reporting of the symptoms of the students who were given the EAT 26 scale. Prevalence of increased generalized anxiety may be higher in these students due to academic and other pressures. This must be taken into consideration in the future and measures have to be made to alleviate these problems by the administrative personals. Students with significant EAT 26 scoring must be approached discretely and they have to be confronted and helped to come out of their problems after getting the permission from the parents or the guardians

Detection of Malware in Large Networks using Deep Auto Encoders

Data mining and machine learning have been heavily studied in recent years with the purpose of detecting sophisticated malware. The majority of these approaches rely on architectures that do not involve deeply enough into the learning process, despite the fact that they have yielded excellent results. This is because deep learning is finding increasing application in both business and academia thanks due to its skills in feature learning. In this paper, we develop a Deep Auto Encoder (DAE) based detection mechanism to detect the malwares crawling in the large scale networks. The DAE act as an unsupervised deep learning model that helps in detecting the malwares. The simulation is conducted on two different datasets to test the robustness of the model. The results show that the proposed method has higher rate of accuracy in detecting the attacks than other methods

Weight Status and Satisfaction With Healthcare Received in the U.S. And Georgia

Background: Two-thirds of the U.S. population is overweight or obese, and, in Georgia, adult obesity rates are among the highest. Obesity is a risk factor for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer, and adherence to treatment of such disease conditions is affected by patients’ perception of healthcare received. The present study examined the association between weight status and satisfaction with healthcare received in the U.S. and in Georgia. Methods: The association between weight status and satisfaction with healthcare received in the U.S. and Georgia was examined using multiple logistic regression analyses, controlling for demographic and other healthcare-related variables. The data used were from the 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) dataset. Results: There were 265,468 complete cases for the U.S., 66% (181,911) were overweight or obese. The odds of being very satisfied with healthcare received was lower for the underweight, overweight, and obese groups by 11.8% (p \u3c0.001), 2.4% (p = 0.022), and 10.1% (p \u3c0.001), respectively, compared to the normal group. Of the 5,947 complete cases for Georgia, 62% (3698) were overweight or obese. The odds of being very satisfied with healthcare received was lower for the overweight and obese groups by 15.1% (p = 0.023) and 18.3% (p = 0.006), respectively, compared to the normal group. Conclusions: The probability of being very satisfied with healthcare received is lower for obese and overweight patients. Improvements in healthcare services provided to these individuals are needed to ensure satisfaction and adherence to treatment of chronic diseases, including weight loss treatment and management

Marketing Behaviour of Jasmine Growers

The present study was conducted in select villages of Tirunelveli district of TamilNadu in order to know the marketing behaviour of jasmine growers with a sample size of 120 respondents. The respondents were selected based on proportionate random sampling method. The results of the study revealed that majority of the jasmine growers were using polythene bags for packing the produce and sold their produce through commission agents. More than two - fifths sold their produce in the villages. Majority of the respondents considered ‘immediate payment’ as the main criterion for the selection of market. Majority of the respondents had reported that they were not having sufficient marketing facility

“There is a Fabulous Play in the House of Cards:” Gender and Memory-Mapping in the Film Tasher Ghawr

The pandemic's collective memory features large-scale destruction in the public and private realms. This paper studies the latter by speculating on the complex interrelationship between gender, media, and collective memory. By foregrounding the potential of fictional experientialities to engage with real-life phenomena, the paper analyzes the movie Tasher Ghawr as an epitome of women’s experience of the COVID-19 lockdown. This movie was selected pertaining to its current relevance. The paper undertakes a qualitative investigation through a textual analysis of the movie’s narrative. The researchers use theories such as collective memory, gender performativity, affect, and counter-memory to illustrate how the protagonist Sujatha’s individual gendered memory constantly constructs and deconstructs the collective memory of women as it pertains to the pandemic. The notion of collective memory is highlighted as complexly entangled and dialogically engaged with the memories of the individuals. This paper demonstrates this by constructing Sujatha as a subject defined by the norms embedded in the female collective memory and then shedding light on her subversive brilliance in questioning the stronghold of these discourses. This act of subversion produces a new strand of collective memory where women are no longer simply victims. The results of this study indicate that while women are constructed as subjects through collective memory processes, they also demonstrate a potential to subvert and question the stronghold of this collective memory that presupposes their submissiveness and servility. For future researchers, this movie provides ample critical space to discuss the notion of traumatic memory

Optimization of dye transfer inhibition properties of polyvinyl pyrolidine for reactive dye on cotton fabric

This study focuses on the optimization of the amount of dye transfer inhibition (DTI) agent in the in-wash liquor using response surface methodology. Polyvinyl pyrrolidone, one of the DTI polymers, has been used to analyse its dye transfer inhibition properties on reactive dyed cotton fabric against the commercial detergent. The box and Benkhen experimental design has been adapted to study the optimum concentration of DTI and washing condition for the better dye transfer inhibition. The CIELAB color difference (ΔE) and color strength (K/S) values are studied for the cotton fabric used in the in-wash liquor. The result shows that the higher the DTI polymer concentration the better is the dye transfer inhibition property. The performance of the DTI agent is majorly influenced by the surfactant present in the detergent powder due to its ionic nature. The influence of washing pH on the efficacy of the DTI is observed as minimal. The developed model shows higher values of R2 for the selected parameters, around 0.82 for color difference and 0.91 for color strength. The optimum values of process parameters for the improved performance of DTI polymer with minimum quantity are found to be DTI polymer concentration 0.24 g/l, detergent concentration 2.9 g/l, alkaline pH level in one liter of water, and 3% (owm) of reactive dye. The washing efficiency analysis shows that the stain removal percentage of detergent remains the same in presence of DTI polymer. The water hardness property has a major influence on the DTI performance. The environmental impact of the DTI polymer is found negligible, except the chemical oxygen demand

Influence of spin fluctuations near the Mott transition: a DMFT study

Dynamics of magnetic moments near the Mott metal-insulator transition is investigated by a combined slave-rotor and Dynamical Mean-Field Theory solution of the Hubbard model with additional fully-frustrated random Heisenberg couplings. In the paramagnetic Mott state, the spinon decomposition allows to generate a Sachdev-Ye spin liquid in place of the collection of independent local moments that typically occurs in the absence of magnetic correlations. Cooling down into the spin-liquid phase, the onset of deviations from pure Curie behavior in the spin susceptibility is found to be correlated to the temperature scale at which the Mott transition lines experience a marked bending. We also demonstrate a weakening of the effective exchange energy upon approaching the Mott boundary from the Heisenberg limit, due to quantum fluctuations associated to zero and doubly occupied sites.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. V3 was largely expande

Effect of glenohumeral mobilization and exercises combined with scapular taping on pain and function in patients with sub-acromial impingement Syndrome: An experimental study

INTRODUCTION : Sub-acromial impingement is characterized clinically by pain with abduction (painful arc) and signs of impingement. The sub-acromial bursae have been shown to contain free nerve endings, ruffini endings and pacinian corpuscles most of which are located on roof side of bursae facing acromion. It is believed that these nociceptors relay stimuli caused by impingement that are interpreted as pain. Shoulder impingement syndrome is a chronic condition caused by repetitive overhead activities that damages glenoid labrum, long head of biceps brachii and acromial bursae. Impingement syndrome includes pathologies of rotator cuff disease such as sub-acromial bursitis, partial rotator cuff tear and bicipital tendinosis. OBJECTIVES : To study the effect of glenohumeral mobilization and exercises combined with scapular taping on pain and function in patients with sub-acromial impingement syndrome. METHODS : Study Design - Pre-test and Post- test Experimental group study design. Study Setting - Study will be conducted at Department of Physiotherapy, KG Hospital and K.G Pain relief centre, K.G. College of Physiotherapy, Coimbatore. Study Duration - Total study duration is one year. Treatment duration for each patient is six weeks. Sampling - 30 patients who fulfilled the predetermined inclusive and exclusive criteria were selected and divided into three groups by convenience sampling method. Each group consists of 10 patients. Groups are named as Group A, Group B and Group C. RESULTS : This study showed that scapula taping, glenohumeral mobilization and exercises is effective in reduction of pain and improvement of function in patients with sub-acromial impingement syndrome. CONCLUSION : This study concluded that scapular taping, glenohumeral mobilization, exercises group was more effective than glenohumeral mobilization and exercises group and exercises only group in reducing pain and improving function in subacromial impingement syndrome