Hindutva and participation of castes in power

Weekly "VIVEK" recently conducted a survey of the opinions of its readers. One of the readers wrote, 'I am a devotee of Shri Ram; I belong to a certain caste; the concept of Hindutva may be all right for you; but how is this Hindutva beneficial to my caste?" This question may be regarded as either very basic or childish. It is basic because its answer devolves on the proper concept of Hin-dutva and it is childish because it displays the ignorance of the reader of the fact that Hindutva encompasses the well-being of all the different section of people. A person like me, having imbibed the concept of Hindutva in its totality, would be quick to answer that different casts cannot have any special consideration for them. Hindutva is a casteless concept. In fact the removal of caste consciousness and caste identities is the raison d'etre of Hindutva. Since Hindutva incorporates the well-being of every single Hindu the question of any special consideration of any particular caste does not arise. Of course this is simple for a person like me who is steeped in the Hindutva concept. It may not be so simple for someone who has come up in the present political environment. Serious consideration must be given to Hindutva against the background of pre-sent atmosphere of caste consciousness. This would narrow and finally eliminate the chasm between ideals and practice. Such a chasm would be a great impedi-ment to the general acceptance of true nationalism

The Role of Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) and Prothrombin Time (PT) in Evaluating Outcome Among Hospitalized Patients with Snake Bite

Background: The considerable morbidity and death caused by snakebite envenomation is a global public health concern. Coagulopathy is a frequent complication in snakebite cases, although research on how well it predicts clinical outcomes is lacking. Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) and Prothrombin Time (PT), in particular, are the focus of this study's investigation of the relevance of coagulation tests in evaluating outcomes for hospitalized snakebite patients. Methods: A retrospective cohort study with 200 patients who had been bitten by snakes and 200 controls was carried out. Clinical outcomes, such as severe bleeding, organ failure, and mortality, were evaluated together with the collection of APTT and PT data. The predictive usefulness of APTT and PT was assessed using statistical methods, such as logistic regression and ROC curve analysis. Results: When compared to controls, patients who had been bitten by snakes had significantly extended APTT and PT values. Extreme bleeding, organ failure, and mortality were all associated with abnormal APTT and PT readings. The most suitable cutoff values for risk stratification were determined through ROC curve analysis. Conclusion: The clinical importance of coagulopathy in snakebite envenomation is highlighted in this study's conclusion. The prognostic indicators APTT and PT show promise for identifying patients at higher risk of adverse outcomes, guiding prompt therapies, and enhancing patient care

Atmospheric Cold Plasma Interactions With Microbiological Risks In Fresh Food Processing

Atmospheric cold plasma (ACP) is a novel emerging non-thermal technology that has attracted attention as a decontamination tool in several industrial, food and healthcare sectors. This study investigated the anti-microbial efficacy of ACP against microbiological risks associated with fresh foods. Treatment was performed using in-package ‘dry’ ACP technology and plasma functionalised liquid to decontaminate microorganisms, exploring the responses to real and challenging microbiological risks pertinent to both fresh foods themselves as well as the effluents generated from food processing industry. A range of critical control process parameters were investigated with respect to key pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms commonly implicated in the food environment. The inactivation efficacy of ACP against all applied bacterial strains was depended on applied voltage, treatment time and post treatment storage time (PTST). Greater inactivation was obtained at 80 kV with 24 h of PTST providing greater interaction between the bacteria and the reactive species. Bacterial biofilms were significantly susceptible to ACP. Viable and metabolic active cells in mono and dual biofilms were inactivated within short treatment time. Different inactivation rate was observed, depending on physiological state of the bacteria (planktonic or biofilms, mono or mixed culture). An extended time was required to reduce the challenge mixed culture biofilm formed on lettuce at environmental stress conditions. The study demonstrated that produce storage conditions, such as temperature and storage time had interactive effects on bacterial proliferation, stress response and susceptibility to the ACP treatment, highlighting the importance of preventive measures as key factors for the assurance of microbiological safety of fresh produce. Further, to ascertain the effect of stress conditions on ACP’s bacterial inactivation efficacy, L. monocytogenes and its knockout mutants associated with stress were treated with sub-lethal stress conditions. The gene expression of stress associated genes were significantly increased after 1 min treatment, while long treatment time reduced the gene expression and some cases down-regulated prfA and gadD3 gene expression. By comparing the response of mutants under ACP exposure to key processing parameters, the experimental results presented here provide a baseline for understanding the bacterial genetic response and resistance to plasma stress and offers promising insights for optimizing ACP applications. The impact of the ACP technology on model food surface and wash-water generated from fresh produce processing was also investigated. The ACP treatment reduced microbial load showing similar efficacy as chlorine, providing further advantage of continuously treating the lettuce wash water. Micro-bubbling along with agitation assisted bacterial detachment and distribution of reactive species, thus increasing bacterial inactivation efficacy from fresh produce and wash water. Liquid media complexity was explored as a factor in cold plasma decontamination efficacy for microbiologically safe effluents from food processing. The high nutritive components in the model effluents exerted a protective effect during treatment, showing higher inactivation in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) than in nutrient rich wastewater effluents. ACP was effective to inactivate principle indicator bacteria (mono and mixed culture planktonic bacteria and spores) from model dairy and meat wastewaters. This study also investigated the eco-toxicological impact of cold plasma treatment of the model wastewater using a range of aquatic bioassays. Differing sensitivities were observed to ACP treated effluents across the different test bio-assays; with greater sensitivity retained to plasma treated meat effluent than dairy effluent. The toxic effects were dependent on concentration and treatment time of the ACP treated effluents. ACP shows potential as an efficient decontamination approach against bacteria in their most resistant, biofilm or spore form associated with complex and nutritious food products during food production to wastewaters generated by the food industries

Energy efficiency in small and medium scale foundry industry

In this paper, the research results of surveys which were conducted in an Indian foundry cluster which are potential members of such sectors are presented. These results indicate that there is an enough potential improvement in the energy use. The use of energy efficient practices can result in their energy use effectively as well as cost reduction. The key findings about the energy pattern are a lack of energy efficient practices. The suggested recommendations can contribute to an increase in energy efficiency in such cluster

A Long Reach Bidirectional WDM-PON Upstream and Downstream Data rate 10Gbps by using Mode Locked Laser and RSOA

This paper presents Long Reach Wavelength Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) system capable of delivering downstream 40 Gbit/s data and upstream 40 Gbit/s data on a single wavelength. The optical source for downstream data and upstream data is mode locked laser at central office and reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) at each optical network unit. We use four RSOAs at each optical network unit for the 40-Gb/s upstream transmission. The operating wavelengths of these RSOAs are separated by the free-spectral range of the optical demultiplexer at the central office and remote node (RN) for demultiplexing the WDM channels. We extend the maximum reach of this WDM PON to be 50 km by using Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers at the RN. Bit error rate, were measured to demonstrate the proposed scheme. In this paper Long reach and large data service aspects of a WDM-PON is presented. The results show that the error-free transmission can be achieved for all WDM channels with sufficient power margins. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.150313

SOME STUDIES ON ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS AND IDENTIFICATION OF SUITABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN INDIAN FOUNDRY INDUSTRIES

The Indian foundry industry is the second largest in the world. There are more than 6,000 foundries in India. Most foundries (nearly 90%) in India fall under the small and medium scale category and are located in clusters. The foundry industry is energy intensive and has an important role to play from an environmental point of view whilst seeking to develop and play an important role in the nation’s continued economic development. In foundries energy accounting is necessary to determine where and how energy is being consumed and how efficient is the energy management system. There are many opportunities for improving energy efficiency in most foundries. Some of these, such as optimizing the efficiency of ancillary services can be achieved at minimal cost and make a valuable improvement to the bottom line. Reports from many foundries suggest that energy efficiency is one of the most significant cleaner production options still to be addressed in the industries. The study reveals that the two thirds of the energy consumed in a foundry is used for metal casting and holding operation. Considerable energy saving can be achieved by proper attention to this process with proper energy management. This paper presents a need of energy saving in Indian foundries. This gives an idea of the current energy consumption of the foundries, which can be compared with standard norms and can be used to implement in Indian foundries

Analysis of College by Using Data Mining and Security

Since its been few years social media has captured the attention of the entire world as it is thundering fast in sending thoughts across globe, user friendly Opinion and reviews are the most critical factor in formulating views and influencing the success product or services. Though it is difficult to analyze these information based on opinions and reviews because of humongous or disorganized nature. With rapid growth in user of Social Media in recent years, the researcher get attracted towards the use of social media data for sentiments analysis of people or particular product or person or event

Ultrasound and Doppler evaluation of salivary gland pathology

Background: Lesions of salivary gland are very commonly encountered in clinical practice. Only by Clinical examination alone it is difficult to differentiate between them and know its exact cause and etiology. It would definitely benefit the patient as well as the doctor if they could get an idea of the exact type of lesion affecting the salivary gland. Hence, this study was undertaken to demonstrate as how high resolution ultrasound imaging and use of colour Doppler can be useful in evaluation of salivary gland lesions.Methods: Duration of study was1yearwith sample size of 30 patients. This study has been conducted in the department of Radiodiagnosis JNMC, Sawangi, Wardha all cases irrespective of age and sex referred to the department were evaluated. Aloka Prosound Alpha 7 USG machine with a high resolution probe linear transducer was used. The lesions were evaluated by high resolution real time ultrasound and colour Doppler.Results: Most of the patients were in the age group 41-50years and had male preponderance. Most presented with unilateral swelling which was tender and firm in consistency. Amongst the study group saladenitis was most frequent finding followed by pleomorphic adenoma and carcinoma. Pleomorphic adenoma was most common neoplasm having predilection for the parotid gland. Saladenitis was most common in submandibular gland. The commonest histopathological finding was pleomorphic adenoma.Conclusions: The study concludes that High resolution ultrasound can differentiate various salivary gland lesions. Addition with colour Doppler ultrasound can increase its diagnostic accuracy. High resolution ultrasound with colour Doppler sonography should be first line of imaging modality in suspected cases of salivary gland lesions