Archives-May 2016

To determine the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, etiology, treatment and clinical course of oral ulcerations and erosions in these patients in order to improvetheirtherapeutic management. A prospective study for a period of one year, including patients with oral ulcers. Wemainlystudied the circumstances of appearance of harm and the delay of consultation, Semiologicalcharacteristics of lesions, association withotherdermatological or not dermatologicalsigns, etiologicalfeatures, therapeutic and evolutionary patterns of thesediseases. 33 patients (21 women, 12 men) with oral erosions and / or ulcerswereincluded ; theirmeanage of 47.5 years. The diagnosiswas an auto-immune bullousdermatosis, in 15 cases (45.4%). Behçet'sdisease and recurrentaphthousstomatitisin 8 cases (24.2%). A drugeruptionin 7 cases and, a systemicdiseasein 3 cases (9.1%). Oral lesionswere apparent between 2 days and 20 years. The mostcommon sites were the endojugaleregion and the inner surface of the lips, eachpresent The oral healthstatuswaspoor in most patients (80.6%). Favoredtreatment of systemiccorticosteroidsin 18 patients (54.5%) including five patients withautoimmunebullousdermatosis, followed by topicalsteroidsin 17 patients (51.5%), azathioprinewasusedin 9 cases (27.3%), particularly in the PV (8/11) and colchicine has been prescribedin 5 patients (15.2%) of which 3 withBehçet'sdisease. Other comparative studies of favoringfactors to appear the oral erosions and ulcers as well as their long-termevolutionwouldbringadded value to the management of these patients.

Bivalve and gastropod molluscs undergo large changes in external environmental conditions, as well as in internal state. Cardiac responses to these changing conditions have been recorded in a variety of species. There is a general tendency for heart rate, and presumably cardiac output, to increase in response to situations that would increase the load on respiratory and excretory systems. Changes in molluscan heart function in many cases appear not to be mediated directly by cardiac nerves, but rather by such indirect mechanisms as changes in blood constituents or mechanical, homodynamic affects the endogenous factors but the change in exogenous factors to affects the cardiac response. In the present investigation the heart beat rate was maximum in monsoon and minimum in winter season which is correlated few environmental factors. Key words: heart beat, Lamellidens corrianus and seasons.

The objective of this study is to explore the groundwater availability in the Gadilam River basin mainly for agriculture. Remote sensing data and geographic information system were used to locate Prospective zones of groundwater in the Gadilam River basin. Various maps (i.e., Base, Hydrogeomorphology, Lithology, Drainage, Drainage density, Lineament, Lineament density, Slope and Land Use/Land Cover) were prepared using the Remote sensing data along with the existing maps. The groundwater availability of the Gadilam River basin is quantitatively classified into different classes based on its Hydrogeomorphological conditions. The land use/land cover map was prepared using IRC-1C LISS III, PAN satellite data and other collateral information. Using a digital classification technique with the limited ground truth verification for irrigated area in the Gadilam river basin. The alluvial plain, filled valley, flood plain and deeply buried pediplain were successfully delineated. It demarcates highly prospective Zones of groundwater accumulation in the study area. The overall results demonstrate that the use of remote sensing and GIS techniques provide powerful tools for groundwater development and the design of a suitable exploration plan of the study area. Keywords: Groundwater prospective zones map, Remote Sensing and GIS, Gadilam river basin, satellite data, thematic mapping ArcGIS.

Classification is an important Data Mining Technique with broad applications in every walk of life. It is termed as classifying each item in a set of data into one of predefined set of classes or groups. The present study compares the performance evaluation of Naïve Bayes, Random Forest, k Star, Multilayer Preceptron, j48 classification algorithm and Rough Set Theory. The paper presents the experimental results about classification accuracy and explores that the accuracy of Rough Set Theory is improved than other algorithms. Keywords: Rough Set Theory, Naïve Bayes, Random Forest, k Star, Multilayer Precepron and j48.

Entire world is leading towards development in the phase of globalization. Progressive nations are busy in striving to attain a better wellbeing and achieving more equitable distribution of wealth within and among generations but this development had raised issues like global warming, deforestation, changing weather and exhaustion of natural resources. To endure a sustainable wellbeing and a superior equitable distribution of wealth through time, the political will, social attitude, and well-defined economic goals have to be effectively integrated. Hence framing those practices which would endeavor sustainable economic growth but not at the cost of exhaustion of natural resources and environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to implement green marketing practices for achieving sustainable environment and economic growth. In other words, achieving sustainability is not possible, and will not be successful over the long run unless it takes into account all the relevant factors, including the environment. The area of study is Dal Lake. Dal Lake is a Himalayan urban lake, famous for its pristine beauty which attracts thousands of tourists every year. The Dal Lake is also one of only very few water bodies in the world having permanent human settlements within its confines. It is an important source of livelihood for above 60,000 local people residing in 125 hamlets, 602 houseboats and 272 doongas (smaller boats for ferrying people and goods) though the services like tourism, water sports, fishery, cultivation of vegetables on the ‘floating gardens, providing a variety of products like lotus seeds and rhizomes, vegetables and fruits etc. Dal Lake has historically been the center of Kashmiri civilization and has played a major role in the economy of Kashmir through its attraction of tourists as well as its utilization as a source of food and water. Preservation of world famous Dal Lake hence, is need of period. Thus incorporating green marketing practices with in the vicinity of Dal Lake can function as cradle for its conservation and sustainable environment.

Absorbed dose rate and annual effective dose estimated for occupational workers for Goldmines in Ghana that uses nuclear gauges in their operations and external ionizing radiation exposure during cargo radiographic inspections were measured as part of the authorization process for the use of ionizing radiations sources in Ghana. The measurements reported in this paper were made with portable radiation monitor which employed GM tube and was calibrated against secondary standard dosimetry system and a data for a five-year period (2010-2014) was compiled from the RAIS of the Ghana Radiation Protection Board. The average absorbed dose rate in air for Goldmine workers was 0.73µSv/h with an annual effective dose of 1.45 mSv while the average external radiation dose for workers and members of the public during cargo inspection was 0.23 µSv/h for Cobalt 60 scanners and 0.1 µSv/h for x-ray scanners and the annual effective dose for both workers and members of the public for Cobalt-60 and X-ray scanners were 0.46mSv and 0.2mSv respectively. It was concluded that the prevalent radiation levels did not pose any significant radiological health hazard to workers and members of the public.

Handwritten signatures are considered as the most natural method of authenticating a person’s identity. Human signatures can be handled as an image and used in a scanned document is a promising facility for many banking and insurance related business activities. The signatures of the same person vary with time, age of the person and also because of the emotional state of a person. This paper present an off-line human signature recognition system based on histogram analysis. The main steps of constructing a signature recognition system are discussed and experiments on the values of cumulative distribution function (CDF). The off-line signature recognition and verification is implemented using MATLAB.

Underwater images have a wide range of applications in different fields. But underwater images have poor visibility, low contrast and diminishing colors. These all problems erupt as a result of the haze present in underwater images which seriously lowers the quality of underwater images. So, underwater image dehazing or haze removal is important. Haze removal is a challenging and complex problem because it is based on unknown depth information. This paper has reviewed various techniques for haze removal in underwater images. Every technique has its own advantages and limitations. This paper has also discussed the methods, advantages and limitations of various underwater image haze removal techniques.

A field experiment was conducted at Jammu during 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 to evaluate the effect of two establishment methods (conventional sowing and zero tillage) in wheat (Triticum aestivum ) and four establishment methods (conventional transplanting of 25 days seedling, dry seeding @ 40 Kg/ha, wet seeding after puddling @ 40 kg/ha and SRI methods) and 4 sowing schedules (15th May, 25th May, 5th June and 15th June) in rice (Oryza sativa) under rice-wheat cropping system. Rice establishment methods and sowing schedules had significant impact on growth, yield attributes and yield of rice. Both the direct seeded methods of rice, being at par, recorded significantly higher mean grain yield and other growth parameters of rice as compared to conventional transplanting or SRI method. Similarly, 15th June rice sowing schedule resulted in marked increased in all the growth parameters, yield attributes and grain yield of rice as compared with other sowing schedules. However, both the establishment methods of wheat failed to cause any significant effect on growth and yield of succeeding wheat crop. Establishment methods of wheat and rice as well as sowing schedules of hybrid rice did not cause marked effect on soil physico-chemical parameters as well as available nutrient (N, P and K) content after completion of rice-wheat cycle. However, bulk density of soil at 0-15 and 15-30 cm depths was observed considerably higher with zero tilled wheat, while the minimum in system of rice intensification (SRI) method. Higher net returns and benefit cost ratio were recorded when wheat was established through zero tillage and rice through wet seeded sown on 15th of June in rice-wheat cropping system.

Osmotic dehydration of mango fruits (Mangifer indica L.) is directed towards reduction of its seasonal losses at glut. Effects of sucrose concentrations; 40 to 65°Brix; temperatures; 30 to 50 ºC and time of immersion between 0 to 180 min were studied using samples of diced mango cubes of 2 cm3 dimensions. The measured response variables of water loss, solute gain and performance ratio were subjected to statistical analysis. The results were modelled and optimised on the premise of maximum WL and minimum SG and maximum PR as constraints using the modified distance approach of the response surface methodology (Design Expert 6.08). Optimal osmotic dehydration evaluated were 59.19oBx, 32.06oC and 156.min. of 53.03°Bx sucrose concentration yielded 42.32% WL, 3.41% SG and PR of 10.69 with a desirability of about 89.73%. The results showed that all the input process variables had a significant effect at 5% level of significance (P < 0.05). Optimal process conditions adopted in a semi-continuous pilot plant yielded about 47 (%) water loss and 7.1 (%) solute gain of the initial sample content. The system proved efficient in the treatment of mango with performance ratio in the range of 3 – 7 and could be used in the food industry for the preservation of fruits. More so, the model could be used to predict operational conditions for the OD of other similar fruits. Running title: Optimal osmotic dehydration of mango cubes