Volume 8 | Issue 11 |

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Abstract :- The ethanol extract of the roots of Cassia auriculata was studied for its nephroprotective activity in cisplatin- and gentamicin-induced renal injury in male albino rats. In the cisplatin model, the extract at doses of 300 and 600 mg/kg body wt. reduced elevated blood urea and serum creatinine and normalized the histopathological changes in the curative regimen. In the gentamicin model, the ethanol extract at a dose of 600 mg/kg body wt. reduced blood urea and serum creatinine effectively in both the curative and the preventive regimen. The extract had a marked nitric oxide free-radical-scavenging effect. The findings suggest that the probable mechanism of nephroprotection by C. auriculata against cisplatin- and gentamicin-induced renal injury could be due to its antioxidant and free-radical-scavenging property.

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Keywords: Cassia auriculata; Cisplatin; Gentamicin; Nephrotoxicity; Nephroprotection

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Abstract: - The present study deals with the seasonal limnological investigation related to physico-chemical characteristics of water of the Maya Sarovar (Bodhgaya Pond) at Bodhgaya, Bihar, India. Besides temperature and meteorological data, 11 limnological parameters were tested following standard methods at 5 sampling sites/stations of the lake. The physico-chemical parameters (pH, DO, BOD, HCO3, TDS, Chloride, Nitrate, TH, Ca, Mg and SO4 etc.) showed distinct variation in thesites. Keywords: Limnology, Physico-chemical parameters, Maya Sarovar (Bodhgaya Pond) at Bodhgaya, Bihar, India

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Key Words :- Limnological, physico-chemical, Maya Sarovar (Bodhgaya Pond).

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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an adolescent as any person between ages 10 and 19. An important transitional phase between the growth and development from childhood to adulthood. Adolescents were selected for conducting this study as it is a period where final growth spurt occurs and where changes in physical, biochemical and emotional development is seen. Since food habits adopted during adolescents are likely to be maintained during adulthood, it is important to identify the correlates of adolescent dietary behaviors to prevent adolescent obesity. Objective was to study the frequency consumption of convenience food, purchasing pattern and source of purchase, along with a comparison in 2009 and 2019. The survey was conducted in Mysore (2009) among 260 subjects and among 104 subjects in Bangalore (2019). Both male and female were included between age 14-20years. A detailed questionnaire was used for collecting the data. Results showed that majority (89%) were staying in hostel in 2019 compared to 2009 (23%). Food pattern was almost similar being non-vegetarians. Convenience food consumption showed, tea/coffee was used daily and no change was observed, soft drinks was consumed fortnightly. There was increase in alcohol consumption in a decade. Fresh fruit-juice was used fairly. Bakery stuff remained the same which was used weekly. Similarly, chocolates were consumed every-day. The weekly consumption of chats (masala-puri, pani-puri, churmuri) had increased from 2009 to 2019. Chips which is supposed to be a favorite snack among youngsters was consumed by majority of subjects which didn�t change. There was an increase in fried-food consumption with average 90%. Consumption of fast-food like noodles and gobi - manchurian was reduced from weekly (50% average) to monthly. Pizza and burger were used fortnightly in 2009 but it had gone down to monthly in 2019. It was important to know the source of purchase of these foods which showed that maximum 91% was from bakeries and then was snack bar (79%) respectively. Very limited subjects used supermarkets and restaurants. But 52% still preferred home food. It was observed that in 2019 maximum expenditure was >500rs per month and 42% had an expense of 50-100rs per day indicating an increase in purchasing power. Thus it was observed that adolescents are more prone to eating outside rather than consuming a proper, healthy and nutritious food which seemed to remain and few had an increase since a decade. Food choices of adolescents have become increasingly unhealthy placing them at increased risk of malnutrition and chronic diseases in the future. Hence adolescents need encouragement and guidance for developing a habit of healthy eating. Teachers and parents can play a major role in bringing a positive and healthy change among adolescents.

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Adolescents, Convenience foods, Eating Habits

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Abstract-With the increase in the evolution of technology, the likelihood of occurrence of various natural and man-made calamities have also drastically risen. Forest fires have become a prominent disaster in recent times. Forest fires not only destroy animal life and vegetation but also affect the overall groundwork of a community. Global warming and climate change have resulted in a spike in the forest fire occurrences over the globe. Forest fires are gaining a lot of attention due to the large-scale destruction that they cause worldwide. Pollution is a subsequent product of forest fires and will directly contribute to the overall deteriorating climate crisis. As of now there isn't any standard fire warning system being implemented for early detection of forest fires. Hence the warning message to fire rescue authorities are often long delayed. Various methods such as sensing the fire using fire sensor, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) and satellite-based techniques have been experimented on, previously. We propose a Technique where a classification-based algorithm is used for the detection of forest fires and it is implemented in the following stages. Initially the model is trained on CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) classification algorithm. Background subtraction method is applied to the frames extracted from the video, to detect the region that contains movement. Color detection is then performed on the specific frames. The trained model is then utilized to predict the fire and non-fire probabilities.

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Convolution neural network (CNN), Background subtraction, Color Detection, Region of Interest

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In 2014, India banned the testing of cosmetic products on animals, becoming the first South-Asian country to do so. In 2016, the Indian Mica industry came into the limelight for employing children as young as 5 years old, in the mica mining industry. Several big cosmetic giants like Estee Lauder, Unilever, Procter, and Gamble were found sourcing mica from these mines. This gave rise to a new label called �Ethical Makeup�. However, there are no laws yet that require ethical sourcing of ingredients, making companies �cruel� towards their employees or the environment. Through this research, the level of awareness of Indian Consumers about �cruelty-free�, �ethical�, �vegan� cosmetics, and their likeliness to shift towards newer, �ethical� cosmetic brands was aimed to be established. After studying 309 respondents, it was found that 52.4% of the respondents had no clue that the brands they currently used tested on animals and/or were unethical. This proved that an average Indian Consumer has little to zero levels of awareness about the dark secrets of the cosmetic industry. However, not everything is disheartening as 67% of the respondents strongly believed they would shift towards ethical cosmetics while 12.6% were neutral about it.

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Cruelty-free, Cosmetics, Vegan, Ethical, Awareness, Indian Consumer, Consumer Behaviour

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Arduino, Android, Photoplethysmography

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Ethiopia has been experiencing a fast rate of urbanization resulting in a considerable transformation of its urban landscape. Considering this rapid urbanization, a deeper understanding is needed of what determines Ethiopian urbanization trends. Thus, the purpose of this research is to investigate the determinants of urbanization in Ethiopia. This research provides new insights for Ethiopian urban studies by applying a mixed-method approach - an interdisciplinary approach combining qualitative, quantitative, and semi-systematic literature review. This research adopted confidence level approach for characterizing the degree of certainty in key findings and to assess findings from the multi-method approach. Results show that proximity to large urban centers, administrative hierarchy of the urban centers, and urban centers� administrative location (emerging regions vs. the rest of the country) are key determinants of rapid urbanization in Ethiopia with a very high confidence level. In addition, employment opportunities, roads and railway infrastructure, population growth, and policy framework were rated with a high confidence level as determinants of urbanization. Meanwhile, the manufacturing industry and economic growth played an average role in Ethiopian urbanization which was rated with medium level confidence. This indicates the weak relationship between the manufacturing industry and economic growth on the one hand and urbanization on the other in the Ethiopian context.

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Urbanization, Determinants of urbanization, Ethiopia, Multi-method approach, Confidence level, Agreement level

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In this paper, we study the latest methodologies and methods of object detection and image classification. Object detection is a method for computer vision to identify instances of objects in pictures or videos and Image classification is a complicated process that relies on different variables. Algorithms for object detection usually use machine learning or deep learning to generate useful results. When humans look at photographs or videos, within a matter of moments, we can identify and locate objects of interest. The purpose of object detection is to use a computer to reproduce this intelligence. Here, we speak about the latest methods, challenges, as well as image classification prospects. The main emphasis will be on advanced methods of classification that are used to increase the precision of classification. Furthermore, some major problems related to classification results are also addressed.

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Support Vector Machine (SVM), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Firebase-Ml KIT, Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR).

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Abstract: Most of the people in this world are known to gestures, which is a means of communication amongst humans. They say actions speak louder than words, hence communicating using gestures is also a strong method. Robots are used for industrial and domestic purpose which are often controlled by the remote controllers. The employment of gestures as one of the way to manage people providing ease and will be more useful for the physically challenged. Gestures provide a special correlative manner to speech for expressing their objective. The main purpose of gesture recognition is that to associate a specific human gesture and convey information to the user with respect to individual gesture. Gesture recognition from hand motions or postures may be a lively area in gesture recognition research for Human Computer Interaction (HCI). We propose a gesture controlled wireless robot that performs the task of a spy robot serving security and monitoring purpose. The aim of gesture recognition is to spot a specific human gesture and convey information to the user regarding each gesture. Image processing is the foremost effective method accustomed process image signals. Training Image Classifier using Tensor flow Object Detection API (application programming interface) is followed where Convolution Neural Network (CNN) technique, coordinate value based algorithm is involved. Wireless interface is developed between controller and the robot that allows it to work in directions like front, back, right and left as per the commands received.

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Faster R CNN, Oblong detection boxes, Region Proposal Network (RPN), Region of Interest (ROI)

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