Ajay Kumar

Data-driven decision making has become paramount in today's competitive business landscape, leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning to extract insights from vast datasets. This paper explores the significance of data-driven approaches in empowering businesses to make informed decisions swiftly and effectively. By harnessing the power of...

The increasing popularity of online data storage and access has raised concerns about security and privacy in the face of growing online threats. However, with the rise of online threats, security and privacy have become major concerns. Intrusion detection systems (IDS) play an important role in protecting data integrity by identifying and quaranti...

Tsunami buoy systems are one of the critical components of the tsunami warning chain, which are immensely helpful for confirmation of an impending tsunami and reducing the possibility of false tsunami alerts. The DART-II tsunami buoys are widely used robust observational platforms and involve complex and time-bound deployment procedures. This buoy...

Enhanced Deployment Strategies and Best Practices for DART-II Tsunami Monitoring Buoys

Almost half of the world's population is women, so how can it be possible that any discipline is one-sided or only male-oriented? Similarly, all meta-theories cannot impose rules and regulations on the whole world as international relations theories just by being malevolent. In this case, the only alternative is to foster feminist theory, not ignor...

Introduction: Neck imaging has always been a diagnostic challenge. High-resolution sonography being inexpensive and safe has become the initial investigation of choice for neck pathologies; it provides information regarding the origin and extent of the lesion. Computed tomography (CT) has a unique capacity for displaying soft tissue, bone and airwa...

Purpose To detect tuberculosis (TB) at an early stage by analyzing chest X-ray images using a deep neural network, and to evaluate the efficacy of proposed model by comparing it with existing studies. Material and methods For the study, an open-source X-ray images were used. Dataset consisted of two types of images, i.e., standard and tuberculosis...

Billions of contact-based fingerprint images have been acquired in large databases. Contactless 2D fingerprint identification systems have emerged to provide more hygienic and secured alternatives and are highly sought under the current pandemic. The success of such an alternative requires high match accuracy, not just for the contactless-to-contac...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared in May 2021 that SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted not only by close contact with infectious respiratory fluids from infected people or contaminated materials but also indirectly through air. Airborne transmission has serious implications for the control measures we can deploy, given the emergence of more transm...

The present study on extracting molecules with organic matter from plant debris and their eventual use in the creation of novel goods and/or activities are the focus of this recent issue of biomaterials. Vegetation, whether directly as essential crops in the world or secondarily as livestock feed, are the primary source of iron in human nutrition....

Praziquantel was subjected to forced degradation studies under various conditions of hydrolysis (acidic, alkaline, and neutral/water), oxidation, photolysis, and thermal as prescribed by International Conference on Harmonization guideline Q1A (R2). A short and simple reversed phase UHPLC method was developed for the Praziquantel API. The method was...

Billions of fingerprint images are acquired and matched to protect the national borders and in a range of egovernance applications. Fast and accurate minutiae detection from fingerprint images is the key to advance fingerprint matching algorithms for large-scale applications. However, currently available fingerprint minutiae extraction methods are...

We consider here, propagation loss analysis for fundamental mode and higher order modes (HOMs) in large mode area single-mode fibers with trench using beam propagation based on collocation method with gradual absorbing boundary condition.

Lifitegrast API was subjected to forced degradation studies under various conditions of hydrolysis (acidic, alkaline, and neutral/water), oxidation, photolysis, and thermal as prescribed by International Conference on Harmonisation guideline Q1A (R2). A short and simple reversed phase HPLC method was developed. The method was developed on a Shimadz...

Unconventional structures are getting more popular in recent days. Largespan roofs are used for many structures, such as airports, stadiums, and conventional halls. Identifying the pressure distribution and wind load acting on those structures is essential. This paper offers a collaborative study of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations an...

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Half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) is used to determine the potency of a drug against a variety of enzymes/ biological targets associated with the pathogenesis of multiple disorders. The IC50 values can be depicted in multiple ways, which makes it difficult to analyze the results presented in different concentrations. Representing data in...

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is one of the key enzyme targets that have been used clinically for the management of Alzheimer's Disorder (AD). Numerous reports in the literature predict and demonstrate in-vitro, and in-silico anticholinergic activity of synthetic and herbal molecules, however, the majority of them failed to reproduce the results in p...

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections have rapidly spread throughout the world, and the virus has acquired an ability to spread via aerosols even at long distances. Hand washing, face-masking, and social distancing are the primary preventive measures against infections. With mounting scientific evidence, World Health Organisation...

Biofuel production from waste aids in waste reduction, effective treatment, and disposal. Bioenergy, a cost-effective and ecologically friendly fuel derived from renewable feedstock has been regarded as a long-term substitute and remedy for the negative consequences of fossil-fuel extraction and usage. Organic compounds, like lignocellulose, lignin...

This paper describes the performance assessment of paint manufacturing (PM) unit using stochastic Petri Nets modelling method. The Petri Nets-based modelling method provides more realistic availability results in the performance assessment of complex industrial systems. The ability to deal with multiple failures in the system simultaneously makes t...

Authors attempted to study the quality of Ganges water from Rishikesh to Prayagraj during October-November 2019 based on quality parameter tools. The Ganges water was examined for various physio-chemical parameters such as pH, TDS, DO, EC and elements such as Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg). Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR), K...

The Petri nets modeling method is a powerful tool for the performance analysis of industrial systems. The main factor which makes it more effective among the various popular simulation methods is the ability to deal with the real working conditions. The data obtained from such a manufacturing system is generally full of uncertainties and the Petri...

The present work reports a cost-effective way of fabricating porous Titanium (Ti)/Silica (SiO2) composite scaffold with tailored pore microstructure through powder metallurgy technique, considering the aspect of implants where low bearing load is required with low elastic modulus. Rice husk (RH) powder of different size range was used as fugitive p...

This paper depicts about the cooling system of battery module. The battery module comprised of 12 cylindrical 18,650 type batteries. In this paper, a three-dimensional CFD study is presented for cell-to-cell heat generation in the battery module. Large spacing is assumed for safer removal of cell reaction gases in modules. The cell heat generation...

Introduction: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the most common problems among women of all age groups. Endometrial sampling is a frequently performed procedure by the gynecologist that offers an opportunity to diagnose pathological conditions in the endometrium to accurately evaluate and diagnose the etiology. A study of the endometrium wi...

The widely used cancer treatment, chemotherapy, causes severe long-term neuropathic pain in 30–40% cases, the condition clinically known as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Approved conventional analgesics are sometimes ineffective, while others like opioids have undesirable side effects like addiction, seizures, and respiratory m...

Who on earth doesn't like to be free? Every individual would defend himself when someone tries to control him/her. Similarly, users of internet also argue that they should be given freedom to use any website, at any time, on any platform for any use without having being controlled or charged extra. With US FCC (Federal Communication Commission) bri...

Time-domain reflectometry plays a crucial role in slope stability. Slope stability factors are an important parameter in the mining regions over opencast mine slope failure. Conventional methods are oldest as well as poorest risk assessments for monitoring and predication over slope failure conditions. Time-domain reflectometry application has been...

In the present study, graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized by modified Hummers method, and the synthesized GO was characterized and confirmed by XRD, TEM and FTIR analysis. The effect of small (0–1.5 wt%) addition of synthesized GO on the properties of dry pressed green alumina (Al2O3) compacts was studied. The compaction and packing behaviour was c...

Abstract Natural Language Processing is a field that is concerned with interactions between humans and computers using the natural language or the language that humans use. It focuses on making the computers understand the language of humans and to process it to collect information. This field has proved to be very useful in several areas. In this...

Background: Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is common in the Indian pediatric population and is an under-researched topic. It is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Objective: The objective of this study was to review the clinicoepidemiological profile of PLA in children and to evaluate the outcome in terms of mortality, prolonged hospital...

Abstract: In this paper, we have explored the sequential testing procedure for the left truncated exponential distribution (LTED). Also we have obtained the expressions of operating characteristic (OC) and average sample number (ASN) functions for left truncated exponential distribution.These results are presented through tables and graphs. The seq...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease, is the most common form of dementia. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a common strategy for the treatment of AD. In this study, aqueous, hydro-methanolic, and methanolic extracts of five potent herbal extracts were tested for their in vitro anti-AChE activity. Among all, the Tinospo...

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In this project, remote measurement of temperature is introduced by using the virtual instrument and a Data Acquisition/Switch Unit. The program system and programming environment of virtual instrument is Lab VIEW. The design thoughts and the whole structure on which the virtual instrument was built are described in detail, and a temperature measur...

Introduction: Compromised skin barrier increases the susceptibility of high-risk preterm neonates to nosocomial sepsis. Thus, topical oil application may be a promising strategy for improving neonatal outcomes. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to study the effect of topical oil application on the incidence of nosocomial sepsis and skin...

In this work, the variable-coefficient modified Burgers-KdV equation, which arises in modeling various physical phenomena, is studied for exact and numerical solution based on Lie symmetry. The infinitesimals of the group of transformations which leaves this equation invariant are furnished along with the admissible forms of the variable coefficien...

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with increased incidence of thyroid dysfunction (TD). The coexistence of thyroid dysfunction in T2DM patient is an important barrier in achieving treatment goal. The study regarding prevalence of TD in T2DM has not been done in patients of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The present study was aimed t...

Contactless personal identification using biometrics characteristics brings multifaceted advantages with improved hygiene, user security and the convenience. Such imaging also generates deformation-free palmprint images which can lead to higher matching accuracy as the ground truth information is better preserved as compared to those from contact-b...

Objective: The objective is to study the clinico-epidemiological profile and risk factors associated with failure of conservative therapy in pediatric empyema patients and to correlate the Light’s criteria in the same. Materials and Methods: A hospital-based prospective observational study was performed in the pediatric department of a tertiary car...

Advancements in genetic engineering and related technologies have enhanced food quality and its production as they improve the agronomic, organoleptic, and processing characteristics of food. The range of genetic modification methods employed to alter the genetic composition of microbes, plants, and animals include the targeted manipulation of gene...

Scrub typhus, a mite-borne zoonotic disease, is endemic in several parts of India. It may cause multisystemic disease involving lungs, heart, spleen, liver, hematological system, and nervous system. Neurological involvement may include meningoencephalitis, cerebellitis, cranial nerve palsies, plexopathy, transverse myelitis, muscle dysfunction, neu...

Neuromyelitis optica (also known as Devic's disease or Devic's syndrome) is an uncommon disorder in pediatric age group, and is characterized by acute or subacute optic neuritis and transverse myelitis. Here we report an 11-year- old female child with relapsing Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) confirmed by positive NMO- IgG antibody and had clinical reco...

Novel magnetic quaternary BiOCl/g-C3N4/Cu2O/Fe3O4 (BGC-F) nano-heterojunction with excellent photocatalytic activity was prepared by facile co-precipitation method. The visible photodegradation activity of the junction was analyzed for sulfamethoxazole (SME) as target pollutant. BGC-F with a dosage of 0.2gL-1 exhibits high photocatalytic activity w...

Increasing fears of fossil fuel attenuation and tough emission protocols compel the research community to explore alternative renewable fuels for diesel engines. Butanol is desirable among renewable fuels due to its properties favorable to diesel engines. This study focused on the suitability of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and optimum injection...

Trafficking and co-localization of Lf-A647 with intraphagosomal M.tb H37Ra-GFP.

Objective: Recent work in rodents has demonstrated that basal activity of local sympathetic nervous system is critical for maintaining brown adipocyte phenotypes in classic brown (BAT) and white adipose tissue (WAT). Accordingly, we sought to assess the relationship between sympathetic innervation and cold-induced activation of BAT and WAT, and it...

Context: An extensive body of literature indicates a relationship between insulin resistance and the up-regulation of the kynurenine pathway, i.e. the preferential conversion of tryptophan to kynurenine, with subsequent overproduction of diabetogenic downstream metabolites, such as kynurenic acid. Case description: We have measured the concentra...

Wireless Networks are becoming popular due to the concept of ?3 any?-any person, anywhere and anytime. Technological advancements in wireless communication paved way to the development of tiny low-cost, low-power and multifunctional sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks. The network layer deals with routing issues in sensor networks. Since radio...

In this study, a conventional compression ignition (CI) engine is modified to operate in dual fuel mode with biogas and diesel as the main and pilot fuels respectively. The effect of biogas flow rate on engine performance was studied. The viability of using cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles as a diesel additive was also investigated. Compared to di...

Technological advances in wireless communication paved way to the development of tiny low-cost, low-power and multifunctional sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks. Wireless Networks are becoming popular due to the concept of “3 any”- any person, anywhere and anytime. The design of sensor network is influenced by factors like scalability, energy...

The correct numerical modelling of the prototype structure leads to correct results. These anomalies in numerical modelling are due to the assumptions considered during modelling like the difference in on-site material and laboratory material properties, differences in the joint restraint conditions and limited modelling possibilities. Therefore, a...

The structure that exists in real world is true one and not the virtual numerical-model of the prototype. The accurate numerical-model of a prototype leads to accurate design and solution. However, it is difficult to make a numerical model exactly similar to that of the prototype of it. There will always be certain differences in the response of th...

Background: Typhoid fever is a systemic infection caused by Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (S. typhi). It is a major health problem in India. It carries significant morbidity and mortality. Antimicrobial therapy is critical for the management of typhoid fever. Emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and nalidixic acid-resi...

GOSSYPIBOMA or Textiloma is used to describe a retained surgical swab in the body after an operation.Inadvertent retention of a foreign body in the abdomen often requires another surgery.This increases morbidity and mortality of the patient, cost of treatment, and medicolegal problems.

Classical automata theory can not deal with uncertainty. To deal with uncertainty in system modeling, fuzzy automata come into the existence. Fuzzy automaton depends on membership value. For finding the membership degree of strings in fuzzy automata, the concept of max – min automaton and min – max automaton can be used. Many researchers have used...

Cloud computing is a pool of ample of resources for the users accessed through internet. It has emerged as a computing standard where the computing infrastructure is served as internet services and has made a great change in the way of computation and services for its customers. Such a cloud is needed which doesn't compromise with any of the follow...

The complex topographical features of the Indian sub continent such as the high Himalayan ranges have started showing the affects of global climate change. Himalaya modulates weather over the entire northern belt of the Indian sub-continent. It also influences the Western Disturbances (WDs) during winter over the region. Some recent trends in the p...

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common condition that affects 0.3% of the general population in which excessive production of PTH is there. With changing trends it is diagnosed early and asymptomatically with the improvements in routine biochemical tests and radiological procedures. The late bony complications of the disease have therefore started...

Rainbow tables are basically huge tables filled with hash values and are used to find required password. Rainbow Table is used by the hackers to find the password by reversing the hashing function. Hashing the plaintext or password is a 1-way function which implies that hash can't be decrypted to find the required password[10]. To authenticate the...

A fuzzy system can uniformly approximate any real continuous function on a compact domain to any degree of accuracy. Such results can be viewed as an existence of optimal fuzzy systems. Li-Xin Wang discussed a similar problem using Gaussian membership function and Stone-Weierstrass Theorem. He established that fuzzy systems, with product inference,...

In this paper, an all-optical AND logic scheme which exploits the cross-phase modulation (XPM) effect in semiconductor-optical-amplifier-assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (SOA-MZI), is proposed, performance analyzed and parameters optimized. The proposal is validated and the system performance under various parameters is examined through numeric...

Blunt trauma to the chest resulting in rupture of a major bronchus is rare. These injuries are often fatal because of respiratory distress; difficulties in establishing an airway, and the high frequency of associated multiple organ injuries. We report the anesthetic and intensive care management of a patient with bronchopleural fistula following bl...

To analyse the risk factors, trends in incidence and aetiology of stroke in young adults in a hospital-based population in South Auckland, New Zealand. A retrospective review of patients aged 15 years to 45 years with a discharge diagnosis of ischaemic stroke (ICD 10 Codes I63 - I65, G46, I672, I675-I679, I694- I694) from June 1 2004 to December 31...

Poverty is an economic as well as social phenomenon hence the tools to deal with poverty must inculcate socio-economic tilt. Self-help Groups are plugged with all possibilities regarding this tilt. This study relates the existence of Self-help Groups as a poverty eliminating tool. It is an attempt to check the viability of Self-help Groups in pover...

In North India, due to the geomorphology, high altitude and different orientations of Western Himalayan mountain ranges, prediction of weather parameters becomes a complex problem. During winter, a large amount of precipitation is received in this region due to Western Disturbances (WDs). This area is also avalanche prone. The information of the si...

Melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare malignant disease. On account of the presence at relatively obscure areas in the oral cavity, most of oral malignant melanomas are diagnosed at a late stage. Early diagnosis is essential for successful treatment and perhaps is the key factor in improving the prognosis of oral malignant melanoma. However, no lar...

The present study was conducted on 5698 cases (4133 cattle and 1565 buffaloes) presented to Veterinary Teaching Hospital from January 2002 to December 2009 for various disorders with a primary aim to assess the present epidemiological status of mastitis in bovines of tarai regions of Uttarakhand. The overall incidence of mastitis in bovine was (21....

Radioactive quartz-pebble conglomerates have been located at the base of Iron-Ore Group sediments of Koira basin and Mahagiri Hill Range in Daitari basin of Sundargarh and Jajpur districts of Orissa respectively. These QPC occurrences have varying dimensions with variable U and Th content. Petrographic study reveals similarity in composition with r...

Three different greenhouse structures were tested for tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L. Mill. nom. Cons.) cultivation during 2005-07 to find out suitable greenhouse for crop production in mid hills of north-west Himalaya. The, greenhouse effectiveness in providing the congenial environment for the crop was evaluated. All the 3 greenhouses could ra...

Periodic orbits belonging to the stromgren families A, B and C around the collinear libration points in the restricted three body problem have been studied when the smaller primary is a triaxial rigid body and more massive body is a source of radiation pressure. These families are determined in three different cases: (i) classical case, (ii) when b...