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Assessment of digital literacy and use of smart phones among Central Indian dental students.

Abstract: Objectives Education has largely been digitalized. More so, for professional education, keeping updated in this fast paced world has become a necessary requisite and dentistry has not been left untouched. This cross sectional questionnaire based study aimed to assess the digital literacy and smartphone usage amongst the 260 Central Indian dental students including their perspicacity about smartphone/internet usage for learning purposes. The students’ attitude for implementation of digital technology in study programs/education system was also evaluated. Methods The questionnaire was distributed among total 260 dental students from different dental institutes of Central India. The data was collected and analyzed using SPSS software. Results Out of 260 students, 250 were internet users, out of which 56% had internet access all time. 94.23% students owned a smartphone. 46.53% (114/245) students had some app related to the dentistry in their smartphone device. The commonest site for surfing related to knowledge seeking was google scholar (72%) followed by Pubmed and others. Nearly 80% dental students believed that social media helps them in their professional course studies. Post graduate students showed statistitically significant difference from undergraduates and interns in terms of knowledge of keywords, dental apps and reading research journals. 89.23% students were keen for implementation of e-learning in their curriculum. Conclusion This study reflects willingness of dental students to adopt digital revolution in dental education which in turn may present an opportunity for educators and policy makers to modify educational methods and thereby advance student’s current learning approaches.

Bright harmony of environmental management initiatives for achieving corporate social responsibility authenticity and legitimacy: Glimpse of hotel and tourism industry

Abstract: The study aims to find out the effect of environmental management initiatives (EMI) on corporate social responsibility (CSR) authenticity and CSR legitimacy. The current study also examines the influence of CSR authenticity on CSR legitimacy and mediating effect of CSR authenticity in the connection between EMI and CSR legitimacy. Data were collected from 309 managers of hotels and tourism industries. Statistical techniques such as correlation and regression were used through AMOS 7.0 software for data analysis. Results reveal that EMI positively predicts CSR authenticity. Moreover, CSR authenticity significantly predicts the CSR legitimacy. The direct link between EMI and CSR legitimacy is also positive and significant. The findings also reveal that CSR authenticity mediates the relationship between both EMI and CSR legitimacy links. These findings suggested that managers in hotel and tourism industry should participate in CSR activities and well‐being of the societies using the organizational resources for attaining CSR legitimacy.

A digital image analysis to evaluate delamination factor for wind turbine composite laminate blade

Abstract: Kinetic energy of wind is converted into useful power by the rotation of blades that are fabricated using glass fiber reinforced composite. Bolted connections are used to fasten the spares with composite shells of the blades. In order the effect this fastening, holes of appropriate size are drilled in the composite laminates. Drilling in composite material is a common phenomena. However the damage caused in the material during drilling results in a drastical reduction of the performance of the component. A newer quantitative digital measurement model is generated using Buckingham’s π theorem to characterize the damage level, termed as refined delamination factor (FDR). Along with FDR, a comparison of FD and FDA is presented. Experimental results are used to validate the accuracy of proposed criteria.