Monitoring Unscheduled Leaves using IVR

Leaves are inherent part of a work and employees do take leaves at some point of this work life. Different types of leaves are provided by various employers in India. Some leaves are more informal in nature (also called as unscheduled leaves) compared to formal type of leaves (also called as scheduled leaves), one such unscheduled type of leave is Causal Leave (CL). These leaves are availed by employees in case some causality occurs with him/her or in his/her known ones. As the nature of CL is more of informal, it is believed that employee can take it as and when required and inform the authorities when he/she resumes his/her work. Currently most of the leave applications available are either in form of proforma (paper based) or web-based (online system). Many employees at the time of taking CL do not have both this options available, so even if they wish to inform about their leaves they have no mechanism to do so. Through this paper, we will to explore Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based Leave Management wherein we can provided a third option by high he/she can register his/her CL in his/her organization

Monitoring Unscheduled Leaves using IVR

Leaves are inherent part of a work and employees do take leaves at some point of this work life. Different types of leaves are provided by various employers in India. Some leaves are more informal in nature (also called as unscheduled leaves) compared to formal type of leaves (also called as scheduled leaves), one such unscheduled type of leave is Causal Leave (CL). These leaves are availed by employees in case some causality occurs with him/her or in his/her known ones. As the nature of CL is more of informal, it is believed that employee can take it as and when required and inform the authorities when he/she resumes his/her work. Currently most of the leave applications available are either in form of proforma (paper based) or web-based (online system). Many employees at the time of taking CL do not have both this options available, so even if they wish to inform about their leaves they have no mechanism to do so. Through this paper, we will to explore Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based Leave Management wherein we can provided a third option by high he/she can register his/her CL in his/her organization

Recent Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Engineering Problems

In the last few decades, uncertainty quantification (UQ) methods have been used widely to ensure the robustness of engineering designs. This chapter aims to detail recent advances in popular uncertainty quantification methods used in engineering applications. This chapter describes the two most popular meta-modeling methods for uncertainty quantification suitable for engineering applications (Polynomial Chaos Method and Gaussian Process). Further, the UQ methods are applied to an engineering test problem under multiple uncertainties. The test problem considered here is a supersonic nozzle under operational uncertainties. For the deterministic solution, an open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver SU2 is used. The UQ methods are developed in Matlab and are further combined with SU2 for the uncertainty and sensitivity estimates. The results are presented in terms of the mean and standard deviation of the output quantities

Correlation of duration of diabetes with upper limb musculoskeletal problems

Long standing uncontrolled diabetes is associated with many clinical problems and it frequently involves hands and shoulder causing stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger), Dupuytren\u27s contracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, limited joint mobility and shoulder capsulitis. The prevalence of hand symptoms has been variable in different studies. Data from our part of world is scares. Our study aimed at looking at frequency of these hand symptoms with duration of the diabetes

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF DURABILITY AND STRENGTH OF SANDSTONE AND SHALE OF UNITED MINERAL COAL COMPANY SOR-RANGE, BALOCHISTAN

Mining operations deal mainly with hard and soft rocks with different mechanical properties and varying strengths. The aim of the slake durability test is to present an index related to degradation resistance of rock when exposed to standard cycles of wetting and drying. Research in geology and rock mechanics is done to explain the influence of the rock index properties in determining the strength, durability and pulse velocity of the rock. This paper enlightens the prediction of the rock’s behavior and nature of the degradation of rocks The index values obtained for sandstone are varying from 97.36 to 99.04% and for shale it ranges from 10.21 to 14.06%. The slake durability index test for sandstone sample indicates that it is high durable and the shale indicates very low durability. The average value of uniaxial compressive strength was calculated to be 83.144 MPa

Postoperative Wound Pain and Hospital Stay in Patients of Open Lumbar Discectomy (OLD) Versus Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (ELD) in Lumbar Disc Herniation (LDH)

Background: Endoscopic lumbar discectomy is also beneficial regarding relieving wound pain, less hospital stay and smaller incisions. We compared visual analog scores (VAS) and hospital stay in patients treated with either endoscopic lumbar discectomy or open lumbar discectomy postoperatively.Material and Methods: Half patients underwent open lumbar discectomy – OLD (group A) and half operated with endoscopic lumbar discectomy – ELD (group B). The pain was quantified through visual analog score (VAS) observation in all patients. A preoperative medical management included prescribing a combination of an analgesic and a muscle relaxant along with physiotherapy with an avoidance of lifting heavy loads. Mann- Whitney (U) tests were applied for the comparison of postoperative VAS and hospital stay between groups.Results: 85% patients were having left sided prolapsed paracentral disc, and 15% were having right sided prolapsed paracentral disc. The mean postoperative VAS was 4 in patients treated with ELD and it was 1.32 in patients treated with OLD. The mean hospital stay was 1.5 days in ELD treatment, whereas, it was 2.5 days in OLD treatment. A significant difference (p=0.037) was found in the comparison of mean post-operative VAS between two vertebral levels (i.e., L4-L5 & L5-S1). The post-operative VAS and hospital stay (days) in ELD group were statistically significantly higher than the OLD group (p values 0.000).Conclusion: ELD procedure was effective as compared to open lumbar discectomy in terms of postoperative wound site pain and hospital stay. Endoscopic Lumbar discectomy is a minimally invasive procedure for discectomy

End-to-End Motion Classification Using Smartwatch Sensor Data

Analysis of smart devices’ sensor data for the classification of human activities has become increasingly targeted by industry and motion research. With the popularization of smartwatches, this data becomes available to everyone. The user’s data from accelerometers and gyroscopes is conventionally analyzed as a multivariate time series to obtain reliable information about the user’s activity at a specific moment. Due to the particular sampling rate instabilities of each device, previous approaches mainly work with feature extraction methods to generalize the information independently of the gear, which requires a lot of time and expertise. To overcome this problem, we present an end-to-end model for activity classification based on convolutional neural networks of different dimensions without extensive feature extraction. The data preprocessing is not computationally intensive and the model can deal with the irregularities of the data. By representing the input as twofold – both, interpolated 1D time series and encoded time series as images with the help of Gramian Angular Summation Fields – the use of computer vision techniques is enabled. In addition, an online prediction is possible and the accuracy is comparable to feature extraction approaches. The model is validated with random 10-fold and leave-one-user-out cross-validation showing improvement regarding the generalization of the task

The constant threat of terrorism: stress levels and coping strategies amongst university students of Karachi

OBJECTIVES: To assess the levels of stress in the face of terrorism and the adopted coping strategies, amongst the student population of universities in Karachi . METHODS: A descriptive, cross sectional study was conducted on undergraduate students from four universities of Karachi. Self-administered questionnaires were filled out by 291 students. Pearson Chi-Square test was used to assess associations between stress levels and different variables at a level of significance of 0.05% . RESULTS: A total of 65.8% of the students had mild stress levels, 91.5% of university students were exposed to terrorism through television, while only 26.5% students reported personal exposure to terrorism. 67.4% students were forbidden by their parents to go out (p = 0.002). Most of those who had self exposure to an attack were the ones whose parents forbade them from going out (p = 0.00). Most commonly used coping strategy was increased faith in religion. Irritability was the most common stress symptom . CONCLUSION: A majority of students studying in universities of Karachi had mild stress levels due to the constant threat of terrorism whereas a minority had severe stress levels. Possible reasons for resilience and only mild stress levels could be the history of Karachi\u27s internal conflicts and its prolonged duration of being exposed to terrorism. These students who are positive for stress need to be targeted for counseling either through the media or through their universities. More extensive research is needed in this area