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The widespread domain of the application of the shear walls in the technological arena has paved ... more The widespread domain of the application of the shear walls in the technological arena has paved the way for the number of research works concerning their seismic behavior. It is highly essential to study the seismic behaviour of such structural components to determine their stability and suitability during earthquake of varying intensities. This present chapter deals with the previous studies on seismic behaviour of shear walls.Guidelines for Epoxy Grouted Dowels on Seismic Strengthening Projects [Wylli Jr. 1988]: This study is a guide to epoxy grouted knees in earthquake strengthening projects. Often, it is necessary to strengthen existing concrete structures to improve earthquakes, either after a devastating earthquake or to prepare for the next stage. This work often involves the installation of new concrete or metal parts on existing buildings. Doxy crushed pellets are suitable for this purpose because of the strength and flexibility of the installation of epoxy resins on ancho...

Cantilever structural element is a standout amongst the most imperative structures in designing a... more Cantilever structural element is a standout amongst the most imperative structures in designing applications. An endeavour has been made to provide a comprehensive advanced feasible or best ergonomic design response for the size of cantilever strut. In this examination, improvement of cantilever pillar or strut has been done. Examinations were planned utilizing Taguchi’s L9 symmetrical cluster-based array. Thinking about various structural defined geometrical parameters, a well known numerical approach, i.e. finite element investigation of cantilever pillar is analyzed for internal resisting force and bending phenomenon. These outcomes are examined utilizing Taguchi strategy and Utility idea. In this manner, the best ergonomic feasible and optimize bar is additionally approved with numeric finite element approach-based examinations’ results and is observed to be in nearer co-ordinate. The business mercantile bundles utilized are MINITAB 15.0 version. The result shows that altitude o...

Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism (New York, NY: Penguin), 2014,... more Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism (New York, NY: Penguin), 2014, 640 pp., £28 (Hb). Walter Johnson, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), 2013, 515 pp., £15 (Hb). Edward Baptist, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of Capitalism (New York, NY: Basic Books), 2014, 560 pp., £44 (Hb).

Canada has a long tradition of leading practice-changing clinical trials in oncology. Here, we de... more Canada has a long tradition of leading practice-changing clinical trials in oncology. Here, we describe methodology, results, and interpretation of oncology RCTs with Canadian involvement compared to RCTs from other high-income countries (HICs). A literature search identified all RCTs evaluating anti-cancer therapies published 2014–2017. RCTs were classified based on the country affiliation of first authors. The study cohort included 636 HIC-led RCTs; 155 (24%) had Canadian authors. Three-quarters (112/155, 72%) of Canadian RCTs were conducted in the palliative setting, compared to two thirds (299/481, 62%) of RCTs from other HICs (p = 0.022). Canadian RCTs were more likely than those from other HICs to be supported by industry (85% vs. 69%, p < 0.001). The proportion of positive Canadian trials that met the ESMO-MCBS threshold for substantial clinical benefit was comparable to RCTs without Canadian authors (29% vs. 32%, p = 0.137). Thirteen percent (20/155) of all Canadian trial...

Polymers

In polymer composites, synthetic fibers are primarily used as a chief reinforcing material, with ... more In polymer composites, synthetic fibers are primarily used as a chief reinforcing material, with a wide range of applications, and are therefore essential to study. In the present work, we carried out the erosive wear of natural and synthetic fiber-based polymer composites. Glass fiber with jute and Grewia optiva fiber was reinforced in three different polymer resins: epoxy, vinyl ester and polyester. The hand lay-up method was used for the fabrication of composites. L16 orthogonal array of Taguchi method used to identify the most significant parameters (impact velocity, fiber content, and impingement angle) in the analysis of erosive wear. ANOVA analysis revealed that the most influential parameter was in the erosive wear analysis was impact velocity followed by fiber content and impingement angle. It was also observed that polyester-based composites exhibited the highest erosive wear followed by vinyl ester-based composites, and epoxy-based composites showed the lowest erosive wea...

Lung cancer is one of the most invasive cancer affecting over a million of population. Non-small ... more Lung cancer is one of the most invasive cancer affecting over a million of population. Non-small cell lung cancer constitutes up to 85% of all lung cancer cases. Therefore, it is important to identify prognostic biomarkers of NSCLC for therapeutic purpose. The complex behaviour of the NSCLC gene-regulatory network interaction is investigated using a network theoretical approach. We used eight NSCLC microarray datasets GSE19188, GSE118370, GSE10072, GSE101929, GSE7670, GSE33532, GSE31547, GSE31210 and meta analyse them to find differentially expressed genes (DEGs), construct protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, analysed its topological properties, significant modules using network analyser with MCODE, construct a PPI-MCODE network using the genes of the significant modules. We used topological properties such as Maximal Clique Centrality (MCC) and bottleneck from the PPI-MCODE network. We compare them with hub genes (those with highest degrees) to find key regulator (KR) gene. ...

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Abstract It is an inevitable trend of sustainable manufacturing to replace flood and dry machinin... more Abstract It is an inevitable trend of sustainable manufacturing to replace flood and dry machining with minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) technology. Nevertheless, for aeronautical difficult-to-machine materials, MQL couldn’t meet the high demand of cooling and lubrication due to high heat generation during machining. Nano-biolubricants, especially non-toxic carbon group nano-enhancers (CGNs) are used, can solve this technical bottleneck. However, the machining mechanisms under lubrication of CGNs are unclear at complex interface between tool and workpiece, which characterized by high temperature, pressure, and speed, limited its application in factories and necessitates in-depth understanding. To fill this gap, this study concentrates on the comprehensive quantitative assessment of tribological characteristics based on force, tool wear, chip, and surface integrity in titanium alloy and nickel alloy machining and attempts to answer mechanisms systematically. First, to establish evaluation standard, the cutting mechanisms and performance improvement behavior covering antifriction, antiwear, tool failure, material removal, and surface formation of MQL were revealed. Second, the unique film formation and lubrication behaviors of CGNs in MQL turning, milling, and grinding are concluded. The influence law of molecular structure and micromorphology of CGNs was also answered and optimized options were recommended by considering diverse boundary conditions. Finally, in view of CGNs limitations in MQL, the future development direction is proposed, which needs to be improved in thermal stability of lubricant, activity of CGNs, controllable atomization and transportation methods, and intelligent formation of processing technology solutions.

…, 2006

Current European and US guidelines for recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (rHBV) after hematopoietic... more Current European and US guidelines for recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (rHBV) after hematopoietic-cell transplantation (HCT) vary. The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) recommends rHBV starting 6 to 12 months after HCT. Immunization is optional in ...

Indian pediatrics, 1996

A multicentric, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled parallel study was designed to obser... more A multicentric, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled parallel study was designed to observe a rise in serum prolactin (PRL) levels (primary outcome variable). The other variables studied included weight gain of infant, decrease in volume and frequency of ...

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms(SNP) are the foremost common type of genetic variation in human c... more Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms(SNP) are the foremost common type of genetic variation in human comprising nearly1/1,000 th of the typical human genome. SNP offer the foremost complete information for genome-wide association studies. We tend to propose a process methodology to quickly notice true SNPs in public-available leukemia cancer database. Much analysis has been specializing in various genetic models to spot genes that may predict the disease status. However, increasing the amount of SNPs generates large amount of combined genetic outcomes to be tested. Classification could be a data processing technique to predict cluster membership for data instances. The ACO could be a probabilistic technique for computational issues which may be reduced to finding sensible ways through graphs. In this research paper data mining classification techniques linear classifier are analyzed with ACO on leukemia cancer dataset. Performance of these techniques is compared by accuracy, Sensitivity and Specificity. The experimental results show that Linear classifier with ACO is able to distinguish cancer diseases from normal with the maximum accuracy of 73.20%, Sensitivity of 69.21% and specificity of 65% whereas SVM are 70.00% of accuracy, 65.20% of sensitivity and specificity of 63.53%.

Applied Sciences

Dumpers or dump trucks are used all over the world to move overburden from many opencast mines. D... more Dumpers or dump trucks are used all over the world to move overburden from many opencast mines. Diesel engines are the main driving force behind the trucks. The frequency of damage due to the failure of diesel engines is enormous. Therefore, efforts are necessary to analyze failure to reduce the downtime periods. A detailed analysis of engine failure at the subsystem level needs to be done. Reliability analysis and maintenance planning remain the norm in this regard. The obstacle faced while analysing the reliability of dumpers was the availability of a large number of data failures. In this paper, this issue is addressed by using Common Beta Hypothesis test and Meta-analysis test. The engine is divided into five subsystems. The result shows that all five subsystems pass the CBH test and Meta-analysis test. Accordingly, the failure data is grouped. The trend test of grouped failure data shows that the Failure data of two subsystems follows the independent and identically distributed...

Polymers

Fused filament fabrication (FFF) has numerous process parameters that influence the mechanical st... more Fused filament fabrication (FFF) has numerous process parameters that influence the mechanical strength of parts. Hence, many optimization studies are performed using conventional tools and algorithms. Although studies have also been performed using advanced algorithms, limited research has been reported in which variants of the naked mole-rat algorithm (NMRA) are implemented for solving the optimization issues of manufacturing processes. This study was performed to scrutinize optimum parameters and their levels to attain maximum impact strength, flexural strength and tensile strength based on five different FFF process parameters. The algorithm yielded better results than other studies and successfully achieved a maximum response, which may be helpful to enhance the mechanical strength of FFF parts. The study opens a plethora of research prospects for implementing NMRA in manufacturing. Moreover, the findings may help identify critical parametric levels for the fabrication of custo...

2019 International Conference on Machine Learning, Big Data, Cloud and Parallel Computing (COMITCon)

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

This paper unveils a sustainable energy plan for optimal utilization of available electrical ener... more This paper unveils a sustainable energy plan for optimal utilization of available electrical energy resources for an energy-deficient village. The chosen village is Nangal, near Barnala, Punjab, India. Primarily, the requirements of electric energy are recorded and elaborated for around 450 households. Aiming this, the potential to harness electric power and its effective utilization has been identified from the available resources of energy: biomass, agriculture waste and solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. In order to achieve this, a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) model is proposed whose performance is evaluated by implementing it in hybrid optimization model for electric renewable (HOMER) software. HOMER software provides optimal solution for a commercial biogas plant for catering cooking gas demand. Also, a coordinated solution for solar PV-operated water pumps used for irrigation, village water supply and solar PV street lights is presented and analyzed. In this way, the...

Root system architecture (RSAch) is central to drought management in plants. In this study, the m... more Root system architecture (RSAch) is central to drought management in plants. In this study, the mechanism of paclobutrazol (PBZ)-mediated improvement in tolerance to water deficit using five maize varieties was investigated. Comprehensive pot experiments were conducted during 2017, 2018 and 2019 and maize plants were subjected to 60% of evapotranspiration demand both in early deficit (EDI) and terminal deficit (TDI) irrigation regimes. Findings revealed that application of PBZ decreased plant height; while traits like stem diameter, root biomass, root length and root surface area under EDI and TDI improved significantly. Structural equation modelling of root traits revealed PBZ induced increase in root surface area (RSA) and length of seminal roots in EDI. For TDI, PBZ induced changes in RSA, length of seminal and brace roots and several reproductive attributes of the plant. Altogether, these findings propose improvement of root traits as an effective strategy to increase Water Use ...

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

YouTube is a boon, and through it people can educate, entertain, and express themselves about var... more YouTube is a boon, and through it people can educate, entertain, and express themselves about various topics. YouTube India currently has millions of active users. As there are millions of active users it can be understood that the data present on the YouTube will be large. With India being a very diverse country, many people are multilingual. People express their opinions in a code-mix form. Code-mix form is the mixing of two or more languages. It has become a necessity to perform Sentiment Analysis on the code-mix languages as there is not much research on Indian code-mix language data. In this paper, Sentiment Analysis (SA) is carried out on the Marglish (Marathi + English) as well as Devanagari Marathi comments which are extracted from the YouTube API from top Marathi channels. Several machine-learning models are applied on the dataset along with 3 different vectorizing techniques. Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) with Count vectorizer provides the best accuracy of 62.68% on the Marg...

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Background As stroke is a catastrophic illness, knowing its risk factors, early signs and symptom... more Background As stroke is a catastrophic illness, knowing its risk factors, early signs and symptoms, and management strategies could potentially prevent morbidity and mortality among the people. Objectives The aim of this study is to determine the public cognizance of risk factors, signs and symptoms, and early treatment options available for stroke with particular emphases on thrombolysis, and its window period. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional telephonic interview-based survey was conducted in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh of North India from August 2017 to December 2017. Results Of 350 respondents those participated in the survey with a mean age ± standard deviation of 39.93 ± 13.41 years, hypertension was found to be the most common risk factor among the study participants (n = 205, 58.57%) and 28.85% of the study participants were not aware of the risk factors, whereas 46% of the participants were not aware of warning signs of stroke. The window per...

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

The widespread domain of the application of the shear walls in the technological arena has paved ... more The widespread domain of the application of the shear walls in the technological arena has paved the way for the number of research works concerning their seismic behavior. It is highly essential to study the seismic behaviour of such structural components to determine their stability and suitability during earthquake of varying intensities. This present chapter deals with the previous studies on seismic behaviour of shear walls.Guidelines for Epoxy Grouted Dowels on Seismic Strengthening Projects [Wylli Jr. 1988]: This study is a guide to epoxy grouted knees in earthquake strengthening projects. Often, it is necessary to strengthen existing concrete structures to improve earthquakes, either after a devastating earthquake or to prepare for the next stage. This work often involves the installation of new concrete or metal parts on existing buildings. Doxy crushed pellets are suitable for this purpose because of the strength and flexibility of the installation of epoxy resins on ancho...

Cantilever structural element is a standout amongst the most imperative structures in designing a... more Cantilever structural element is a standout amongst the most imperative structures in designing applications. An endeavour has been made to provide a comprehensive advanced feasible or best ergonomic design response for the size of cantilever strut. In this examination, improvement of cantilever pillar or strut has been done. Examinations were planned utilizing Taguchi’s L9 symmetrical cluster-based array. Thinking about various structural defined geometrical parameters, a well known numerical approach, i.e. finite element investigation of cantilever pillar is analyzed for internal resisting force and bending phenomenon. These outcomes are examined utilizing Taguchi strategy and Utility idea. In this manner, the best ergonomic feasible and optimize bar is additionally approved with numeric finite element approach-based examinations’ results and is observed to be in nearer co-ordinate. The business mercantile bundles utilized are MINITAB 15.0 version. The result shows that altitude o...

Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism (New York, NY: Penguin), 2014,... more Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism (New York, NY: Penguin), 2014, 640 pp., £28 (Hb). Walter Johnson, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), 2013, 515 pp., £15 (Hb). Edward Baptist, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of Capitalism (New York, NY: Basic Books), 2014, 560 pp., £44 (Hb).

Canada has a long tradition of leading practice-changing clinical trials in oncology. Here, we de... more Canada has a long tradition of leading practice-changing clinical trials in oncology. Here, we describe methodology, results, and interpretation of oncology RCTs with Canadian involvement compared to RCTs from other high-income countries (HICs). A literature search identified all RCTs evaluating anti-cancer therapies published 2014–2017. RCTs were classified based on the country affiliation of first authors. The study cohort included 636 HIC-led RCTs; 155 (24%) had Canadian authors. Three-quarters (112/155, 72%) of Canadian RCTs were conducted in the palliative setting, compared to two thirds (299/481, 62%) of RCTs from other HICs (p = 0.022). Canadian RCTs were more likely than those from other HICs to be supported by industry (85% vs. 69%, p < 0.001). The proportion of positive Canadian trials that met the ESMO-MCBS threshold for substantial clinical benefit was comparable to RCTs without Canadian authors (29% vs. 32%, p = 0.137). Thirteen percent (20/155) of all Canadian trial...

Polymers

In polymer composites, synthetic fibers are primarily used as a chief reinforcing material, with ... more In polymer composites, synthetic fibers are primarily used as a chief reinforcing material, with a wide range of applications, and are therefore essential to study. In the present work, we carried out the erosive wear of natural and synthetic fiber-based polymer composites. Glass fiber with jute and Grewia optiva fiber was reinforced in three different polymer resins: epoxy, vinyl ester and polyester. The hand lay-up method was used for the fabrication of composites. L16 orthogonal array of Taguchi method used to identify the most significant parameters (impact velocity, fiber content, and impingement angle) in the analysis of erosive wear. ANOVA analysis revealed that the most influential parameter was in the erosive wear analysis was impact velocity followed by fiber content and impingement angle. It was also observed that polyester-based composites exhibited the highest erosive wear followed by vinyl ester-based composites, and epoxy-based composites showed the lowest erosive wea...

Lung cancer is one of the most invasive cancer affecting over a million of population. Non-small ... more Lung cancer is one of the most invasive cancer affecting over a million of population. Non-small cell lung cancer constitutes up to 85% of all lung cancer cases. Therefore, it is important to identify prognostic biomarkers of NSCLC for therapeutic purpose. The complex behaviour of the NSCLC gene-regulatory network interaction is investigated using a network theoretical approach. We used eight NSCLC microarray datasets GSE19188, GSE118370, GSE10072, GSE101929, GSE7670, GSE33532, GSE31547, GSE31210 and meta analyse them to find differentially expressed genes (DEGs), construct protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, analysed its topological properties, significant modules using network analyser with MCODE, construct a PPI-MCODE network using the genes of the significant modules. We used topological properties such as Maximal Clique Centrality (MCC) and bottleneck from the PPI-MCODE network. We compare them with hub genes (those with highest degrees) to find key regulator (KR) gene. ...

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Abstract It is an inevitable trend of sustainable manufacturing to replace flood and dry machinin... more Abstract It is an inevitable trend of sustainable manufacturing to replace flood and dry machining with minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) technology. Nevertheless, for aeronautical difficult-to-machine materials, MQL couldn’t meet the high demand of cooling and lubrication due to high heat generation during machining. Nano-biolubricants, especially non-toxic carbon group nano-enhancers (CGNs) are used, can solve this technical bottleneck. However, the machining mechanisms under lubrication of CGNs are unclear at complex interface between tool and workpiece, which characterized by high temperature, pressure, and speed, limited its application in factories and necessitates in-depth understanding. To fill this gap, this study concentrates on the comprehensive quantitative assessment of tribological characteristics based on force, tool wear, chip, and surface integrity in titanium alloy and nickel alloy machining and attempts to answer mechanisms systematically. First, to establish evaluation standard, the cutting mechanisms and performance improvement behavior covering antifriction, antiwear, tool failure, material removal, and surface formation of MQL were revealed. Second, the unique film formation and lubrication behaviors of CGNs in MQL turning, milling, and grinding are concluded. The influence law of molecular structure and micromorphology of CGNs was also answered and optimized options were recommended by considering diverse boundary conditions. Finally, in view of CGNs limitations in MQL, the future development direction is proposed, which needs to be improved in thermal stability of lubricant, activity of CGNs, controllable atomization and transportation methods, and intelligent formation of processing technology solutions.

…, 2006

Current European and US guidelines for recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (rHBV) after hematopoietic... more Current European and US guidelines for recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (rHBV) after hematopoietic-cell transplantation (HCT) vary. The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) recommends rHBV starting 6 to 12 months after HCT. Immunization is optional in ...

Indian pediatrics, 1996

A multicentric, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled parallel study was designed to obser... more A multicentric, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled parallel study was designed to observe a rise in serum prolactin (PRL) levels (primary outcome variable). The other variables studied included weight gain of infant, decrease in volume and frequency of ...

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms(SNP) are the foremost common type of genetic variation in human c... more Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms(SNP) are the foremost common type of genetic variation in human comprising nearly1/1,000 th of the typical human genome. SNP offer the foremost complete information for genome-wide association studies. We tend to propose a process methodology to quickly notice true SNPs in public-available leukemia cancer database. Much analysis has been specializing in various genetic models to spot genes that may predict the disease status. However, increasing the amount of SNPs generates large amount of combined genetic outcomes to be tested. Classification could be a data processing technique to predict cluster membership for data instances. The ACO could be a probabilistic technique for computational issues which may be reduced to finding sensible ways through graphs. In this research paper data mining classification techniques linear classifier are analyzed with ACO on leukemia cancer dataset. Performance of these techniques is compared by accuracy, Sensitivity and Specificity. The experimental results show that Linear classifier with ACO is able to distinguish cancer diseases from normal with the maximum accuracy of 73.20%, Sensitivity of 69.21% and specificity of 65% whereas SVM are 70.00% of accuracy, 65.20% of sensitivity and specificity of 63.53%.

Applied Sciences

Dumpers or dump trucks are used all over the world to move overburden from many opencast mines. D... more Dumpers or dump trucks are used all over the world to move overburden from many opencast mines. Diesel engines are the main driving force behind the trucks. The frequency of damage due to the failure of diesel engines is enormous. Therefore, efforts are necessary to analyze failure to reduce the downtime periods. A detailed analysis of engine failure at the subsystem level needs to be done. Reliability analysis and maintenance planning remain the norm in this regard. The obstacle faced while analysing the reliability of dumpers was the availability of a large number of data failures. In this paper, this issue is addressed by using Common Beta Hypothesis test and Meta-analysis test. The engine is divided into five subsystems. The result shows that all five subsystems pass the CBH test and Meta-analysis test. Accordingly, the failure data is grouped. The trend test of grouped failure data shows that the Failure data of two subsystems follows the independent and identically distributed...

Polymers

Fused filament fabrication (FFF) has numerous process parameters that influence the mechanical st... more Fused filament fabrication (FFF) has numerous process parameters that influence the mechanical strength of parts. Hence, many optimization studies are performed using conventional tools and algorithms. Although studies have also been performed using advanced algorithms, limited research has been reported in which variants of the naked mole-rat algorithm (NMRA) are implemented for solving the optimization issues of manufacturing processes. This study was performed to scrutinize optimum parameters and their levels to attain maximum impact strength, flexural strength and tensile strength based on five different FFF process parameters. The algorithm yielded better results than other studies and successfully achieved a maximum response, which may be helpful to enhance the mechanical strength of FFF parts. The study opens a plethora of research prospects for implementing NMRA in manufacturing. Moreover, the findings may help identify critical parametric levels for the fabrication of custo...

2019 International Conference on Machine Learning, Big Data, Cloud and Parallel Computing (COMITCon)

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

This paper unveils a sustainable energy plan for optimal utilization of available electrical ener... more This paper unveils a sustainable energy plan for optimal utilization of available electrical energy resources for an energy-deficient village. The chosen village is Nangal, near Barnala, Punjab, India. Primarily, the requirements of electric energy are recorded and elaborated for around 450 households. Aiming this, the potential to harness electric power and its effective utilization has been identified from the available resources of energy: biomass, agriculture waste and solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. In order to achieve this, a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) model is proposed whose performance is evaluated by implementing it in hybrid optimization model for electric renewable (HOMER) software. HOMER software provides optimal solution for a commercial biogas plant for catering cooking gas demand. Also, a coordinated solution for solar PV-operated water pumps used for irrigation, village water supply and solar PV street lights is presented and analyzed. In this way, the...

Root system architecture (RSAch) is central to drought management in plants. In this study, the m... more Root system architecture (RSAch) is central to drought management in plants. In this study, the mechanism of paclobutrazol (PBZ)-mediated improvement in tolerance to water deficit using five maize varieties was investigated. Comprehensive pot experiments were conducted during 2017, 2018 and 2019 and maize plants were subjected to 60% of evapotranspiration demand both in early deficit (EDI) and terminal deficit (TDI) irrigation regimes. Findings revealed that application of PBZ decreased plant height; while traits like stem diameter, root biomass, root length and root surface area under EDI and TDI improved significantly. Structural equation modelling of root traits revealed PBZ induced increase in root surface area (RSA) and length of seminal roots in EDI. For TDI, PBZ induced changes in RSA, length of seminal and brace roots and several reproductive attributes of the plant. Altogether, these findings propose improvement of root traits as an effective strategy to increase Water Use ...

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

YouTube is a boon, and through it people can educate, entertain, and express themselves about var... more YouTube is a boon, and through it people can educate, entertain, and express themselves about various topics. YouTube India currently has millions of active users. As there are millions of active users it can be understood that the data present on the YouTube will be large. With India being a very diverse country, many people are multilingual. People express their opinions in a code-mix form. Code-mix form is the mixing of two or more languages. It has become a necessity to perform Sentiment Analysis on the code-mix languages as there is not much research on Indian code-mix language data. In this paper, Sentiment Analysis (SA) is carried out on the Marglish (Marathi + English) as well as Devanagari Marathi comments which are extracted from the YouTube API from top Marathi channels. Several machine-learning models are applied on the dataset along with 3 different vectorizing techniques. Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) with Count vectorizer provides the best accuracy of 62.68% on the Marg...

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Background As stroke is a catastrophic illness, knowing its risk factors, early signs and symptom... more Background As stroke is a catastrophic illness, knowing its risk factors, early signs and symptoms, and management strategies could potentially prevent morbidity and mortality among the people. Objectives The aim of this study is to determine the public cognizance of risk factors, signs and symptoms, and early treatment options available for stroke with particular emphases on thrombolysis, and its window period. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional telephonic interview-based survey was conducted in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh of North India from August 2017 to December 2017. Results Of 350 respondents those participated in the survey with a mean age ± standard deviation of 39.93 ± 13.41 years, hypertension was found to be the most common risk factor among the study participants (n = 205, 58.57%) and 28.85% of the study participants were not aware of the risk factors, whereas 46% of the participants were not aware of warning signs of stroke. The window per...

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry