Showing papers by "SNDT Women's University published in 2018"
TL;DR: This review critically examines the available evidence assessing the effect of almonds on dyslipidemia in the South Asian (particularly Indian) context and provides information about the use of this simple nutritional strategy which may help manage known major risk factors for heart disease, such as high LDL-C and low HDL-C levels especially in the context of South Asians.
Abstract: Several preventive strategies to reduce dyslipidemia have been suggested, of which dietary modification features as an important one. Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and strategies to manage dyslipidemia have been shown to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although there are proven pharmacological therapies to help manage this condition, nutritional interventions are a safer option to help prevent and manage dyslipidemia. Addition of almonds in the daily diet has been proposed to beneficially impact the lipid profile. This review critically examines the available evidence assessing the effect of almonds on dyslipidemia in the South Asian (particularly Indian) context. An extensive review comprised of epidemiological studies, clinical trials, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews was conducted from published literature from across the world. Studies examining the effect of almonds on different aspects of dyslipidemia viz. high low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), triglyceridaemia, and high total cholesterol levels have been included. In several studies, almonds have been shown to reduce LDL-C—which is a known risk factor for CHD—and the effect of almonds has been well documented in systematic reviews and meta-analysis of clinical trials. Addition of almonds in the diet has been shown to not only to reduce LDL-C levels, but also to maintain HDL-C levels. This review provides information about the use of this simple nutritional strategy which may help manage known major risk factors for heart disease, such as high LDL-C and low HDL-C levels especially in the context of South Asians.
41 citations
TL;DR: Hot melt extrusion has been used to produce a solid dispersion of the thermolabile drug artemisinin and addition of 5% citric acid as a pH modifier was found to suppress the degradation.
Abstract: Hot melt extrusion has been used to produce a solid dispersion of the thermolabile drug artemisinin. Formulation and process conditions were optimized prior to evaluation of dissolution and biopharmaceutical performance. Soluplus®, a low Tg amphiphilic polymer especially designed for solid dispersions enabled melt extrusion at 110 °C although some drug-polymer incompatibility was observed. Addition of 5% citric acid as a pH modifier was found to suppress the degradation. The area under plasma concentration time curve (AUC0–24h) and peak plasma concentration (Cmax) were four times higher for the modified solid dispersion compared to that of pure artemisinin.
19 citations
TL;DR: Correlation coefficient between two antennas elements is near to zero proves antenna is suitable for diversity performance and shows that, ultra wide bandwidth can be achieved with good isolation and maximum simulated gain of 6 dBi and maximum efficiency 83%.
Abstract: Two element UWB diversity antenna with defected ground structure and parasitic elements with high gain is proposed. Total antenna size of designed two elements multiple input multiple output system is reduced by sharing radiator between two circular antenna elements. The shape of ground plane is optimised to achieve ultra wide band characteristics (2.43---12 GHz). With the utility of defected ground structure effective area of antenna is reduced as well as there is suppression of cross polar fields. Reduction in mutual coupling is studied by using parasitic element. Simulated and measured results shows that, ultra wide bandwidth can be achieved with good isolation (S12 < ź 15 dB), maximum simulated gain of 6 dBi and maximum efficiency 83%. Correlation coefficient between two antennas elements is near to zero proves antenna is suitable for diversity performance. The compact size of antenna with dimensions 50 mm × 40 mm exhibit nearly omnidirectional pattern in H plane.
8 citations
01 Aug 2018
TL;DR: This study has developed a smart parking proposal using queuing theory approach which can be model the parking system as a queue and the evaluation parameter like wait time for user in a queue or in a system can be estimated.
Abstract: The development of devices that can connect to the Internet and transmit data has been a source of inspiration for smart city designs. in a metropolitan cities where the smart cities project are working in progress there are various approaches for making the cities smarter, one of the key features is smart parking, at a peak hour rush it is v difficult for driver to find a parking spaces with an increase and order of traffic, causing traffic congestion and result in wastage of fuel, energy etc. there are various work done,. With liberalization of economy number of vehicle on the road have increased leading to illegal, unorganized parking behavior in at public place, private building, educational campus, corporate campus. Thus, Our main objective is to avoid this unorganized parking system and so for this we can provide the intelligences to parking system which can solved the real time problem of organized and unorganized parking. In this study we have developed a smart parking proposal using queuing theory approach which can be model the parking system as a queue and the evaluation parameter like wait time for user in a queue or in a system can be estimated. Also by using IOT concept, by using wireless sensor node and infrared sensor to provide the real time status of parking lot for user on IOT and suggest the parking lot to avoid wait time in peak hour. The parking space closest to the current location can be found using multiple server single queue system and optimizing the existing system for better user experiences.
8 citations
TL;DR: The present work provides referential information for the correct identification and standardisation of the plant as per I. P and WHO guidelines.
Abstract: Objective: To conduct pharmacognostic standardisation and chromatographic fingerprinting of leaves and fruits of Zanthoxylum rhetsa. Methods: The macroscopic, microscopic and physicochemical evaluation of the crude drugs were conducted as per I. P and WHO guidelines. The chromatographic fingerprint was also developed for the leaves and fruits. Results: The microscopic characteristics of leaves exhibited anomocytic stomata, fibrovascular tissue, lignfied pericyclic fibers and pitted xylem vessels. The fruits exhibited pericarp, oil cells, stone cells, xylem and endosperm. The physicochemical analysis was also conducted. The leaf and fruit powders complied with WHO prescribed limits for microbial load NMT 1× 10 5 CFU/ml and were found to be free from pathogenic organisms. The HPTLC fingerprint was established for methanol extract of leaves and fruits using Dichloromethane: chloroform: ethanol (4:4:1) as solvent and 10% methanolic sulphuric acid as spray reagent. Conclusion: The present work provides referential information for the correct identification and standardisation of the plant.
8 citations
01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, a planar two-element spanner shape ultra-wideband multiple input multiple output antenna for UWB applications is proposed, which comprises two spanner-shaped radiators separated by distance of 0.25λ with microstrip line feed.
Abstract: A compact planar two-element spanner shape ultra-wideband multiple input multiple output antenna for UWB applications is proposed. The investigated MIMO antenna comprises two spanner shape radiators separated by distance of 0.25λ with microstrip line feed. The monopole configuration is used to achieve UWB requirement. The antenna prototype is fabricated using FR4 substrate. The antenna is electrically small in size (59.5 mm × 52 mm). The final design of monopole MIMO antenna has return loss less than −10 dB and isolation below −15 dB over the range of 2–12 GHz covering ultra-wideband frequency range. The correlation coefficient between two antenna elements is less than 0.02. The peak gain of antenna is 6.79 dBi for wireless application with efficiency around 90%. The significant improvement in bandwidth, return loss, VSWR, gain, efficiency and envelope correlation coefficient is observed in investigated antenna in comparision with single-element spanner shape antenna. Simulated results are in accordance with measured one.
7 citations
06 Apr 2018
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed an Internet of Things (IOT) based system to purify air quality using indoor plants, which are re-silent and require very less maintenance.
Abstract: Efficient and cost effective technology based solutions helps to achieve prosperity of people on the planet. Good health of the people depend on good air quality. In this paper we propose, Internet of things (IOT) based system to purify air quality using indoor plants. Air purification ability of Sansevieria trifasciata and Chlorophytum comosum plant is analyzed in closed environment. These plants are re-silent and requires very less maintenance. Use of these indoor plants in a office, home purifies air quality. The proposed Internet of Things based study, suggests an inexpensive and green way of having healthier lifestyle. Experimental results of this study concludes that, Sansevieria trifasciata and Chlorophytum comosum plants are effective and very low cost solution to purify indoor air quality.
5 citations
01 Jul 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors traced the origins of family therapy and highlighted the key differences in Indian vis-a-vis Western approaches to family therapy, addressing some of the unique problems that are encountered in our country.
Abstract: Origins of family therapy are traced, acknowledging that this is in fact a group of therapeutic approaches. An overview of work done at major mental health centers in India is followed by an attempt at outlining key differences in Indian vis-a-vis Western approaches to family therapy, addressing some of the unique problems that are encountered in our country. Traditional systems of arranged marriage and a joint family, in vitro fertilization interventions and the family pressures to have a baby, the impact of work on family life and the onslaught of social media and family migrations across the globe are some of the issues outlined. Major approaches to family therapy are selected, and their key features are highlighted. Specifically, Minuchin's structural family therapy and Virginia Satir's conjoint family therapy are described. Touching very briefly on Milton Erickson's strategic family therapy, the article moves on to White and Epston's narrative family therapy; and each approach is described vis-a-vis its strengths when applied to an Indian family setup. The article ends on preventive, promotive, and rehabilitative approaches espoused by the author as also by many therapists in India. Behavioral family interventions by Sanders are outlined as is the positive parenting program and its Indian avatar in Palakshaala. Preventive approaches such as functional family therapy by Sexton and Alexander are described. Rehabilitative work with patients and caregivers is outlined, citing examples. The article ends by highlighting some recent changes in the social fabric that seem to be deeply affecting family structures.
4 citations
TL;DR: This research presents a novel probabilistic approach to estimating the number of mitochondria in the response of the immune system to certain types of infectious disease.
Abstract: [This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2017.00039.].
3 citations
3 citations
01 Dec 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, a three element overlapped elliptical shape MIMO antenna is designed and fabricated for WLAN, C-band downlink, and Ku band operations, which uses a partial ground plane for antenna miniaturization.
Abstract: A three element overlapped elliptical shape MIMO antenna is designed and fabricated for ‘ISM band’, ‘WLAN’, ‘C-band downlink’ and ‘Ku band’ operations. It uses a partial ground plane for antenna miniaturization. Each radiating element of antenna is excited by a simple line feeding technique. Total size of the fabricated diversity antenna is $40\ \mathbf{mm} \times 40$ mm. The fabricated prototype is tested using vector network analyzer. Measurement results are found in a good agreement with simulation results. Radiation patterns are stable over resonating frequency. The correlation-coefficient is near to zero over operating band. This configuration gives a mutual coupling less than −10 dB over operating band. High-gain of antenna is achieved by modifying a rhombus-shaped antenna as overlapped elliptical shape by increasing the effective area of radiating elements.
TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to find out the Life Satisfaction, Personal Growth Initiative and the role of hope in Alcoholics, the statistical analysis was carried out using MS-Excel operation.
Abstract: The study was conducted to find out the Life Satisfaction, Personal Growth Initiative and the role of Hope in Alcoholics. The sample population chosen for this study was, 50 adults diagnosed with alcoholism aged 20-50 years The tools of assessment used were Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985); The Personal Growth Initiative Scale (Robitschek, 1998); and the Adult Trait Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991). The statistical tool used for the study was Pearson Product Moment correlation. The statistical analysis was carried out using MS-Excel operation. It was found that there were also strong correlations established within the dependent variables of the study, namely Life Satisfaction, Personal Growth Initiative and Hope.
TL;DR: A new technique inspired by LSA, denoted as “High Precision Latent Semantic Evaluation” (HPLSE), LSA has been modified to overcome some of the limitations; this has also increased precision.
Abstract: This paper proposes an approach to evaluate student’s descriptive answers, using comparison-based approach in which student’s answer is compared with the standard answer. The standard answers contains domain specific knowledge as per the category (how, why, what, etc.) of questions asked in the examination. Several state-of-art claims that LSA correlates with the human assessor’s way of evaluation. With this as background, we investigated evaluation of students’ descriptive answer using Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA). In the course of research, it was discovered that standard LSA has limitations like: LSA research usually involves heterogeneous text (text from various domains) which may include irrelevant terms that are highly susceptible to noisy, missing and inconsistent data. We propose a new technique inspired by LSA, denoted as “High Precision Latent Semantic Evaluation” (HPLSE), LSA has been modified to overcome some of the limitations; this has also increased precision. By using the proposed technique (HPLSE), for the same datasets, average score difference and standard deviation between a human assessor and computer assessor has reduced and the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) has increased considerably. The new technique has been discussed and demonstrates on various problem classes.
TL;DR: This paper explored the complexity of contemporary race relations between the South Asian and the African communities, as well as its legacy in Africa, the Caribbean, and the India Ocean through literary and cultural narratives.
Abstract: In today’s western multicultural societies, Eurocentric notions of ‘black’ and ‘white’ have polarised the debate about racial relations and effaced the complexities of interaction between South Asian migrant communities and people of other ethnic and racial backgrounds. This special issue is geared toward exploring how the complexity of contemporary race relations between the South Asian and the African communities, as well as its legacy in Africa, the Caribbean, and the India Ocean, find expression through literary and cultural narratives. Engaging with a variety of colonial and postcolonial contexts – namely Mauritius, South Africa, Bengal, Barbados, Kenya, and Trinidad – our contributors attempt to address gaps in the exploration of race relations from within the South Asian diasporic imaginary and to understand race relations in the context of British colonial-capitalist expansion and of its postcolonial and global inflections.
01 Jan 2018
01 Sep 2018
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the relationship between Peer victimization, Personal growth initiative (PGI) and perceived social support among adolescents, and found a significant negative relationship between peer victimization and Personal Growth Initiative (r= -0.31, p = 0.31).
Abstract: Peer victimization includes being bullied and experiences of being the target of physical, social, emotional, or psychological harm from a peer. Personal growth initiative is an individual’s will to change, develop and evolve as a person. Perceived social support refers to how an individual perceives the support or the encouragement that he gets from his/her society, friends and others. Thus, the purpose of this research was to study the relationship between Peer victimization, Personal growth initiative (PGI) and Perceived social support among adolescents. The population for this study consisted of 100 participants, males and females both between the age range of 13-19 years. The statistical analysis used was Pearson’s product moment correlation. The findings revealed significant negative relationship between Peer Victimization and Personal Growth Initiative (r= -0.31, p
18 Jun 2018
TL;DR: The authors investigates the interaction between Asian settlers and the indigenous women with whom they came into direct contact in East Africa from the early 20th century onward, and investigates the hitherto unexplored interaction between Asians and indigenous women.
Abstract: This paper investigates the hitherto unexplored interaction between Asian settlers and the indigenous women with whom they came into direct contact in East Africa from the early 20th century onward...
TL;DR: In this article, Desai's pioneering effort to introduce women's studies into the university system was born out of her commitment to women's equality, and she visualized women’s studies as a movement within the a...
Abstract: Neera Desai’s pioneering effort to introduce women’s studies into the university system was born out of her commitment to women’s equality. She visualized women’s studies as a movement within the a...