Volume 8 | Issue 3

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It is really fascinating to blend up the portrait of women in Indian literature because when put together, the picture collectively makes up for a captivating and thought provocative reading. Women in India are still caught between the cultural milieu with traditions deeply seated into her veins and the approaching modern life. Combating with the burden of domestic and social life, mothering, child bearing, struggling with the conventions, women have first to survive this harsh world. The question of equality and equal opportunity arises afterwards. In such compromising times, it is essential to identify the new areas of trouble and to check the disproportion which arises just after her marriage. The transition from girlhood to womanhood marks a great change in her life and hence the beginning of a completely new phase. Among the present-day Indian women writers in English, Shashi Deshpande stands out as a dominant name. In this paper I�ve taken up stories depicting the paltry condition of a woman, most of the times as a wife and also at times as a mother or even a daughter. The short stories included are beautifully carved out in an exquisite style. Deshpande�s writing style is simple and reasonable, devoid of any fabrication and deception. The paper is a prudent attempt to analyze the image of woman in a self-denial mode. The use of the first-person narrator gives an outline of credibility to the actions and situations and brings the protagonist closer to the reader. The stories essentially are woman-centered, women in their different roles of daughter, mother and wife, who find themselves trapped and enclosed in the institution of marriage in this patriarchal society and who unfailingly suffer from alienation and a sense of guilt and loss. Though Shashi Deshpande does not define herself as a feminist writer, and she has no intention of becoming the spokeswoman of the predicament of the middle-class Indian woman still her novels and short-stories portray social reality the way it is. Of the selected several short stories, 1 has a mythical background, with characters taken from the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. The others portray common daily life situations an Indian woman has to deal with in the world that strictly predefines her roles. All the female characters share a deep feeling of confinement and frustration. However, none of them will put into danger their family�s peace and stability. The female characters are alienated in their own private worlds and inner rooms, away from their husbands who find them insignificant and take them for granted.

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Women, relationships, Culture, tradition, institution of marriage, mothering, child-bearing, social-conventions, short-stories, middle-class women, shashi deshpande, fiction, reality, mass-group, marital-rape, extra-marital relationships

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This present paper deals with the concrete mix of M25 grade which was made using OPC 53 grade of cement and in which rice husk ash, recycled aggregates and steel fibers are used to replacing the cement, natural coarse aggregates and natural fine aggregates. Rice husk ash in structural concrete is a sustainable solution to dealing with solid waste. This technology reduces the serious impact on ecological environments caused by a shortage of natural mineral resources. The aim of the present study is to investigate the coupling effects of incorporating rice husk ash on the compressive and split tensile performances of selected M25 grade concrete. Casting of Cubes and Cylindrical Specimens of (150*150 mm) and (150 mm diameter and 300 mm Height) in Sizes to find out the fresh and hardened properties of M25 grade concrete mix for 7 and 28 days

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Rice husk ash, recycled aggregates, steel fibers, Concrete Mix, Compressive strength, Split Tensile strength and Ordinary Portland Cement.

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Background: Surgical site infections are a major complication of surgery and a potential indicator of causative organisms and the percentage of multi-resistant bacteria. Materials and methods: This is a six-month prospective study in the general surgery department of Mohammed VI University Hospital. All subjects who underwent general surgery between 01 March 2018 and 31 August 2018 were included and monitored 30 days after the intervention. Risk factors such as age, ASA sore, type of intervention and duration of operation were collected. All infected patients benefited from samples for bacteriological study. Results: During the 6-month period, 736 patients were included in the study. their ages ranged from 15 to 94 years, with an average of 48.5 years. A total of 39 SSIs was confirmed (incidence rate of 5.29%). The distribution according to the site of infection showed 27 superficial infections, 10 deep infections, and 2 space infections. Urgency, age, Altemeyer contamination class, type of intervention and duration of surgery were the main risk factors. The SSIs stratified rate on the NNIS index ranged from 2.7%(NNIS=0) to 12% (NNIS= 3) The causative organisms in order of frequency were: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Conclusion: The high frequency of SSIs makes it necessary to reinforce the hygiene measures during the operative procedure, and to reinforce regular monitoring according to standardized procedures in the surgical departments.

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Surgical Site Infections, Risk factors, National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance, General surgery, Multiresistant bacteria, Quality of healthcare.

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This paper analyzes the design and construction of a satellite receiver station whose purpose is to receive meteorological signals transmitted from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Satellites. This is done through an arrangement consisting of an SDR (Software Defined Radio), an adaptive antenna on the VHF band and web and FTP servers for analysing the obtained images remotely. The SDR maintains connection with the satellite in the specified time period. The paper also further analyzes the decoding of the thus obtained image. The enhanced image is further studied. These images can be used for clear meteorological monitoring with the only intention of effectively analysing and preventing climatic events in particular regions.

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Gambhari is one of the Indian medicinal plants, from the family Verbenaceae. In English it is known as �Candahar tree� or �White teak�. Sanskrit is known as �Pitarohini� due to �beautiful flowers� and commonly known as �Kashmarya�. It is well explained in classical texts used to treat various disorders. The plant is known for its Vatapittahara action. It contains a plethora of chemical constituents claimed for their specific medicinal properties. The preliminary phytochemical results of Gmelina arborea Roxb. indicated the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, and glycosides. The aim of the study is to develop the High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) profile of Gmelina arborea Roxb. flower. In this technique, the separation of the active constituents in extracts has been developed using solvent system Toluene: Ethyl acetate: Acetic acid (7:2:1). The analysis revealed 16, 11 peaks at different Rf values in 254 and 366nm respectively. HPTLC profiling is the easy and rapid resulting tool in the identification and quality control of the drug and ensures the therapeutic efficacy of the plants.

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Gmelina arborea Roxb., HPTLC, Flower, Phytochemical

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This present paper deals with the concrete mix of M25 grade which was made using OPC 53 grade of cement and in which rubber particles, recycled aggregates and steel fibers are used to replacing the cement, natural coarse aggregates and natural fine aggregates. Rubber particles in structural concrete is a sustainable solution to dealing with solid waste. This technology reduces the serious impact on ecological environments caused by a shortage of natural mineral resources. The aim of the present study is to investigate the coupling effects of incorporating rubber particles on the compressive and split tensile performances of selected M25 grade concrete. Casting of Cubes and Cylindrical Specimens of (150*150 mm) and (150 mm diameter and 300 mm Height) in Sizes to find out the fresh and hardened properties of M25 grade concrete mix for 7 and 28 days.

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Rubber particles, recycled aggregates, steel fibers, Concrete Mix, Compressive strength, Split Tensile strength and Ordinary Portland Cement.

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Falls have serious consequences and are prevalent in acute hospitals and nursing homes caring for older people Fall lead to many adverse consequences for the patients apart from physical injuries such as anxiety, depression and loss of independence. Technological interventions to reduce the risk of falling aim to monitor automatically monitor bed-exit events and subsequently alert healthcare personnel to provide timely supervisions. In that sense, the present work proposes an innovative IoT-based system for detecting falls of elderly people in indoor environments, which takes advantages of low-power wireless sensor networks and smart devices. For this purpose, we recognize the potential to employ a low resolution acceleration sensing modality in contrast to powering and sensing with a conventional MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) accelerometer. A 3D-axis passive accelerometer with gyroscope embedded into a wearable sensor device is used, which is responsible for collecting data from movements of elderly people in real-time. The accelerometer data from the devices are continuously sent to a multithreaded server which hosts a pre- trained machine learning model that analyzes the data to determine whether a fall has occurred or not. Finally this system provides service built on cloud. If a fall is detected, an alert is activated and the system reacts automatically by sending notifications to the groups responsible for the care of the elderly people.

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Bed-exit events, 3D-axis accelerometer and gyroscope, IoT- based system, cloud.

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Abstract� The whole world is focusing on the utilization of renewable energy sources in order to mitigate the world power crisis. Power electronics is being used in a large scale for the renewable energy conversion in a more efficient manner. It has a great impact on controlling as well as interfacing the renewable system with both the grid and standalone applications. Hence more and more emphasis is given on design and control of power converters. In this paper different renewable energy systems (wind, solar) with different aspects of their power conversion have been discussed. Some basic principles of their operations with their recent technology advancements are reviewed. It is the reality that power electronics plays a vital part on interfacing and hence increasing the overall performance.

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Power electronics; Renewable energy systems; Wind energy conversion system; Photo voltaic system.

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The present study was conducted to see the effect of cow urine on fertility levels and cow urine spray on growth and yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum). Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the important crop in the whole world and is consumed by nearly 65% of the Indian population. Among different organic sources cow urine is very unique product obtained from dairy and it has a high potential to prove as a organic fertilizer ,antimicrobial agent and disinfectant.The cow urine has proved to be a boon in the areas of agriculture, science and technology, industry, energy, medicine etc. for the development of any nation, there is a need in addition being eco-friendly in nature. Cow urine contains 95% water, 2.5% mineral salts and enzymes and remaining 2.5% contains the urea.In organic farming cow urine is used for enhancing the fertility level of plant and also the soil fertility. The nutritional effect of cow urine on plant growth was also tested with Wheat (Triticum aestivum) plant and protein and chlorophyll content was also estimated.

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Cow urine, Biofertilizer, Soil fertility, Antimicrobial agent,Organic farming

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This paper reviews the power electronic applications for wind energy systems. Various wind turbine systems with differ- ent generators and power electronic converters are described, and different technical features are compared. The electrical topolo- gies of wind farms with different wind turbines are summarized and the possible uses of power electronic converters with wind farms are shown. Finally, the possible methods of using the power electronic technology for improving wind turbine performance in power systems to meet the main grid connection requirements are discussed. Index Terms

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Fault ride-through, grid connection, power elec- tronics converters, reactive power compensation, wind energy con- version, wind farms, wind turbine control.

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The flat plate slab is gaining popularity among architects. The flat plate slab provides a way for architect to achieve completely flat ceiling with no beam protrusion. There is also improvement in the construction speed and cost savings from using this system which requires only simple formwork. But when load acting on the slab is large or clear span between columns is more so it is required to increase the slab thickness; hence the self-weight of slab is increased due to increased volume of slab and also more amount of steel is required to resist this increased weight of slab. 2This paper deals with voided slabs using U-boot beton technology made by recycled polypropylene. The technology is designs for light weight slabs in RCC. It is solution to build slabs of large spans with more bearing capacity.

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U Boot Beton, Flat Slab, Voided Slab, Design of slab, Weight Reduction.

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The steady increase in population and overcrowding has become an unavoidable factor in any public gathering or on the street during any festive occasions. The development in technology has made monitoring smart and methods of tracking humans has advanced. In order to provide an aid to this problem, our project is proposing to provide technical support to manage the crowd by detecting humans and keeping in track the count of the people in the scene. In our study, we develop a system using Raspberry Pi 3 board that consists of ARMv8 CPU that detects the human heads and provide a count of humans in the region using OpenCV-Python. A Haar cascade classifier is trained for human head detection. Human tracking is achieved by indicating the direction of movement of the person. The results of the analysis will be helpful in managing the crowd in any area with high density of crowds.

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haar cascade classifier, adaboost algorithm, head count

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Current Cloud Computing is primarily based on proprietary data centres, where hundreds of thousands of dedicated servers are setup to host the cloud services. In addition to the huge number of dedicated servers deployed in data centres, there are billions of underutilized Personal Computers (PCs), usually used only for a few hours per day, owned by individuals and organizations worldwide. The vast untapped compute and storage capacities of the under- utilized PCs can be consolidated as alternative cloud fabrics to provision broad cloud services, primarily infrastructure as a service. This approach, thus referred to as �no data centre� approach, complements the data centre based cloud provision model. In this paper, we discuss our opportunistic Cloud Computing system, called ADK that runs on scavenged resources of underutilized PCs within an organization/community- namely our college. Our system tries to identify that the �no data centre� solution indeed works.

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Cloud Computing, Peer-to-peer network, Virtual Data Centre, ADK

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Women safety, An Arduinocontrollers, mobile phone, GPS module, GSM module, sound recognition sensor.

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In this study, work has been carried out to investigate tensile, hardness and impact properties of composite of material constitutes sugarcane bagasse powder and epoxy resin. These composite are adhered using epoxy resin HY951 resin and LY551 hardener suitably mixed in appropriate volume. Hybrid composites were prepared using sugarcane bagasse powder, while overall powder weight fraction was fixed as 20gram. Here for preparing samples Hand layup method is used, specimens are prepared. This constitute have good tensile & bending strength & their density. These composites can be used in various purposes because of its unique features of waste utilization, environment friendly, bio-degradability, good strength and a good alternative to plastics.

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Sugarcane bagasse powder, epoxy resin-HY951, Hardener-LY551.

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The main objective of seismic engineering is to design the buildings to resist the force generated from ground motion in a safe manner, which prevents the total damage of the building. When the earthquake motion occurs, it was observed that the structure may not totally collapse, but there is a damage level to structures, economic loss because of inability of the building function, and the cost of repair were unpredictably high. Existing seismic codes are forced based controlled design, using the base shear concept. The need for changes in the existing seismic design methodology existing in seismic codes has been widely recognized. One of the major developments in seismic design over the past 10 years has been increased emphasis on limit states design, now generally termed Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD). Performance based seismic design is aimed at controlling the structural damage based on precise estimations of proper response of the structure using nonlinear analysis in seismic design. This paper discusses seismic capacity of structure to resist earthquake force for moment resisting frames with medium ductility class using (PBSD) by the capacity spectrum method and obtaining the performance factor (P-Factor) for different levels of damage that can be used in seismic design instead of response modification factor (R-Factor) to overcome the limitation in response modification factor and to represent real performance of the structure.

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Seismic Performance, Nonlinear analysis, Pushover analysis, Capacity Spectrum Method.

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Abstract Upliftment of all is the priority of any democratic state like India. Sarvodaya Movement means a way to make an ideal society with equality, justice and freedom for all. The concept of Sarvodaya was first advocated by Gandhiji in 1908 as the title of his Gujrati translation of John Ruskin�s �Unto this Last�. Today, Sarvodaya has become a synonym for Gandhian thought. The literary meaning of Sarvodaya is the welfare of all. Sarvodaya is an ideal as well as a movement to uplift all. It is considered as an Indian solution to World problems, Gandhian panacea for socio-economic evils. As the ardent follower of Gandhi, JP and Vinoba Bhave started to practice Sarvodaya in action for making a Sarvodaya Society in India. To make the Indian Nation based on equality, justice and freedom for all, Vinoba launched the Bhoodan Movement to help landless poor and JP left the Socialist Party to support Vinoba�s movement in 1954. It is said that take the name of Vinoba and all the rest is said about Sarvodaya. Samya-yoga is another name for Sarvodaya has come to Vinoba profoundly. He breathes and lives in the spirit of Samya-yoga to bring a progressive change in society. In the Post-Independence India, both Vinoba and JP devoted themselves to Sarvodaya to reconstruct India for the progress of all, especially for the downtrodden people. This study will focus on the contributions of Vinoba and JP for the Sarvodaya Movement after M.K Gandhi to establish People�s Socialism against power politics. JP�s Total Revolution was an active step to bring a positive social change in India.

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Keywords: Sarvodaya, Equality, Justice, Right, Bhoodan, social change, total revolution.

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Traf?c accidents are particularly serious on a rainy day, a dark night, an overcast and/or rainy night, a foggy day, and many other times with low visibility conditions. Present vision driver assistance systems are designed to perform under good-natured weather conditions . Classi?cation is a methodology to identify the type of optical characteristics for vision enhancement algorithms to make them more ef?cient. To improve machine vision in bad weather situations , a multi-class weather classi?cation method is presented based on multiple weather features and supervised learning. First, underlying visual features are extracted from multi-traf?c scene images, and then the feature was expressed as an eight-dimensions feature matrix. Second, two supervised learning algorithms are used to train classi?ers. The analysis shows that extracted features can accurately describe the image semantics , and the classi?ers have high recognition accuracy rate and adaptive ability. The proposed method provides the basis for further enhancing the detection of anterior vehicle detection during night time illumination changes, as well as enhancing the driver�s ?eld of vision on a foggy day.

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Underlying visual features, supervised learning, intelligent vehicle, complex weather conditions, classi?cation

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Since the wheel was invented back in the Stone Age, it was the primary component used in all forms of mechanical transportation. Even today it is the component of choice for almost any type of moving machine like cars. However, the wheel has always had a major disadvantage with short instant elevation changes like stairs. For most uses, climbing stairs or steep jagged rock piles is not a problem which is why the wheel is still almost always used. For the other applications, people looked at animal and human legs which are already proven to work effectively on this type of terrain. The two most effective leg mechanisms are currently Joe Klann�s mechanism which resembles a spider leg and Theo Jansen�s mechanism which resembles a human leg. We have chosen Joe Klann mechanism which has more advantage than Jansen mechanism. The main objective of our paper is to replace the function of wheel with an alternative in order to overcome the difficulty of travelling in uneven terrain. This paper is useful in hazardous material handling, clearing minefields or secures an area without putting anyone at risk.

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Joe Klann�s Mechanism, Theo Jansen�s Mechanism, Steep Jagged Rock piles, Material Handling.

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Petals of Blood depicts the disparity, hypocrisy and infidelity of elite classes towards the poor peasants and the workers in post-independence Kenya. The work is a derogatory condemnation of corruption and gluttony of Kenya's political, economic and social elite, who even after regaining independence are perpetuating the social injustice and economic inequity, the very features of colonial repression. The novel is a bitter critique of the economic system of capitalism and its destructive, alienating effects on conventional Kenyan civilization.

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Capitalism, Post-colonialism, Neo-colonialism, Proletarian Revolution.

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