51 research outputs found
Karadi 3
No full textMusic, poetry, storytelling, and lively color come together to make each of these book/cassette pairs attractive. Each tape starts with a song in which Karadi introduces himself as a teller of stories. Here Kapi, the good king of the monkeys, has warned them not to let any mangoes float downriver towards Benares. Korung, a bad monkey, lets one float down, and soon enough the king has sent boats upriver to find this wonderful fruit. When the king and his hunters arrive, Kapi understands that he must form part of a bridge to freedom for his threatened people. He does this, and the king in admiration stops his men from firing arrows at Kapi. Korung, the last across, dashes Kapi down, but he revives. When the king assures Kapi that his people can return, he forgives Korung and welcomes him back. The book and audio cassette come together in a cellophane package. Though I will list each pair under both books and audio cassettes, I will keep them together in their packages under books.Script & Direction by Shobha Viswanat
Macrothrix laticornis, s.lat.
No full text(63) Macrothrix laticornis (Jurine, 1820) s.lat. Indian records. Andhra Pradesh— Karuthapandi et al. (2012); Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (2000a); Assam —Sharma S. (2008a, b); Jammu & Kashmir— Brehm (1936), Raina & Vass (1993); Jharkhand — Chandrasekhar & Chatterjee (2008); Kerala —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Maharashtra —Gaikwad et al. (2008), Koli & Muley (2012); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Meghalaya —Hatter et al. (2004), Sharma S (2010b); Rajasthan —Sharma V. et al. (2012); Tamil Nadu —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman (1999b), Raghunathan (1983), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009); West Bengal — Datta (2011); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003). Remarks. Described from Switzerland (Jurine 1820). The Indian record needs to be checked, probably, they belong to M. vietnamensis Silva-Briano, Dieu & Dumont, 1999. Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003) listed Macrothrix laticornis (Fischer) in their checklist, but the author was represented in the wrong way. Distribution. M. laticornis s.str. is "reliably known from most of Europe, and extending east across most of temperate Asia, with outlying populations occurring as far as Central Nepal " (Silva-Briano et al. 1999). Macrothrix capensis monodi Gauthier, 1930 Indian records. Maharashtra — Rane (2005b); Goa— Rane (2008); Tripura —Venkataraman (1994); General record— Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003). Remarks. Described from Algeria (Gauthier 1930). Junior synonym of M. odiosa (Kotov et al. 2005).Published as part of CHATTERJEE, TAPAS, KOTOV, ALEXEY A., DAMME, KAY VAN, CHANDRASEKHAR, S. V. A. & PADHYE, SAMEER, 2013, An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 3667 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3667.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/526620
Grimaldina brazzai Richard 1892
No full text(60) Grimaldina brazzai Richard, 1892 Indian records. Assam —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008a, b); Madhya Pradesh — Rane (1984c); Rajasthan — Venkataraman (1990b); Tamil Nadu — Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009); West Bengal — Venkataraman & Das (1993), Venkataraman (1998c), Venkataraman et al. (2000); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984); Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003). Remarks. Valid taxon described from Gabon, West Africa (Richard 1892). It probably consists of a series of cryptic species (H. J. Dumont, pers. comm.). Venkataraman (1998) recorded this species from West Bengal and claim that it is the first report from India, later Venkataraman & Das (1993) again said they had found the first record, although Rane (1984c) already found this taxon before. Distribution. At the time, regarded as circumtropical (Smirnov 1992; Kotov & Ferrari 2010). Guernella ceylonica Daday, 1898 Indian records. General record— Brehm (1953), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003). Remarks. Described from Sri Lanka (Daday 1898). Junior synonym of G. raphaelis Richard, 1892 (Smirnov 1976, 1992), also listed as such in Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988). However, G. raphaelis is described from West Africa, and ceylonica is an available name for Oriental populations if these would indeed prove to belong to a separate species. Guernella odiosa (Gurney, 1916) Indian records. General record— Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003). Remarks. Raghunathan and Kumar (2003) listed this combination as apparent mistake. In reality, this combination was never proposed by any other author in cladoceran taxonomy. Sometimes Macrothrix odiosa was placed to the genus Gurneyella Brehm, 1930 (see Biswas 1971), not Guernella Richard, 1892. If Guernella is a valid taxon, which is indeed very different from Macrothrix (Smirnov 1976, 1992), Gurneyella is an apparent junior synonym of Macrothrix (Kotov et al. 2005). See Macrothrix odiosa for further comments.Published as part of CHATTERJEE, TAPAS, KOTOV, ALEXEY A., DAMME, KAY VAN, CHANDRASEKHAR, S. V. A. & PADHYE, SAMEER, 2013, An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 3667 (1) on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3667.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/526620
Sahyadriana keshari Pati & Thackeray 2021, n. sp.
No full textSahyadriana keshari n. sp. (Figs 3E; 8 A-D; 9 A-H) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 548CA624-C80A-48BF-86D0-19F9B835609E TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. India • ♂ (CW 13.96 mm, CL 10.88 mm, CH 6.38 mm, FW 4.98 mm); Maharashtra: Nashik district: Bramhagiri, near Trimbak; 19°54’46”N, 73°31’4”E; alt. 1048 m; 17.VIII.2017; Tejas Thackeray leg.; ZSI-WRC C.2007. Paratypes. India • ♂ (CW 13.97 mm, CL 11.02 mm, CH 6.24 mm, FW 5.06 mm), ♀ (CW 15.92 mm, CL 12.16 mm, CH 6.35 mm, FW 5.74 mm); same data as for holotype; ZSI-WRC C.2008 • 5 ♂ (CW 12.44-14.18 mm, CL 9.55-11.01 mm, CH 5.58-7.16 mm, FW 4.46-4.94 mm), 5 ♀ (CW 12.11-15.53 mm, CL 9.39-11.73 mm, CH 6.14-7.23 mm, FW 4.44-5.44 mm); same data as for holotype; ZSI-WRC C.2009. TYPE LOCALITY. — India: Maharashtra: Nashik district: Bramhagiri, near Trimbak; 19°54’46”N, 73°31’4”E; alt. 1048 m. DIAGNOSIS. — Carapace in adult slightly broader than long (CW/ CL = 1.3), moderately to strongly deep (CH /CL = 0.5-0.7); epibranchial tooth visible as relative distinct notch; branchial regions inflated; epistome posterior margin with gently concave lateral lobes (Fig. 8 A-C). Third maxilliped lacking flagellum on exopod (Fig. 9A). Chelipeds with pointed fingertips (Figs 8A, D; 9B). Ambulatory legs with densely setose dactylus and propodus (Fig. 8A, D). Male sternopleonal cavity long, extending beyond imaginary line joining bases of third maxillipeds (Figs 8D; 9C). Male pleon relatively broad, T-shaped; pleonal somite 5 with concave lateral margins; pleonal somite 6 subquadrate, broader than long, subequal in length to telson, lateral margins strongly convex (Figs 8D; 9C). Male telson short (Figs 8D; 9C). G1 distinctly stout, almost straight; terminal segment relatively slender, subcylindrical, distally gently curved inwards, relatively short, c. 0.4 times length of subterminal segment; subterminal segment distinctly stout, triangular, distally relatively broad, with convex inner margin (Fig. 9D, E). G2 very short, with very short distal segment (Fig. 9F). Female pleon in adult broadly subtriangular (Fig. 9G). Vulvae in adult positioned apart from each other (VD/SW = c. 0.4), each suborbicular in shape, relatively large, occupying c. 0.5 times length of S6, positioned close to S5/S6 (Fig. 9H). ETYMOLOGY. — The species name, derived from the Marathi language for orange coloured, refers to live colouration of the crab. The name is used as a Latin noun in apposition. COLOUR IN LIFE. — Carapace, chelipeds, and ambulatory legs all are completely orange in colour (Fig. 3E). The orange colour on the ventral side of the carapace, however, is relatively faint. ECOLOGICAL NOTES. — Sahyadriana keshari n. sp. dwells on the walls of high mountainous cliffs (1048 m above a.s.l.), which host ephemeral waterfalls. Crabs gather in large numbers during the daytime on these exposed walls between the downpour. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. — Sahyadriana keshari n. sp. is currently known only from Bramhagiri, an isolated high mountain of the Western Ghats in Nashik district of Maharashtra state, India. The new species is very likely to occur on the adjacent mountainous peak “Anjneri” of the same district because the second author (TT) once saw a dead crab of the species there. REMARKS The carapace of S. keshari n. sp. most resembles to that of S. waghi (Pati in Pati, Thackeray & Khaire, 2016) mainly due to the relatively distinct notch between the epibranchial tooth and the external orbital angle (Fig. 8A, B; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 11A; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29A), the gently concave lateral lobes of the epistome posterior margin (Fig. 8C; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 11B; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29B), and the pointed fingertips of the chelipeds (Figs 8A, D; 9B; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 11A, C, D; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29A, C). In the G1 structure, S. keshari n. sp. is most similar to S. waghi and S. triangulus because all have a distinctly stout G1, with the relatively slenderer, subcylindrical terminal segment (Fig. 9D, E; see Pati & Sharma 2014: fig. 7E-G; Pati et al. 2016: fig. 12A-C; Pati & Thackeray 2018: figs 28D, E, H; 29D-G, I-K). Both S. keshari n. sp. and S. waghi can be differentiated from S. triangulus by the relatively distinct notch between the epibranchial tooth and the external orbital angle (Fig. 8A, B; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 11A; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29A) (vs indistinct notch between the epibranchial tooth and the external orbital angle in S. triangulus; see Pati & Sharma 2014: fig. 6A; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 28A), the gently concave lateral lobes of the epistome posterior margin (Fig. 8C; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 11B; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29B) (vs strongly concave lateral lobes of the epistome posterior margin in S. triangulus; see Pati & Sharma 2014: fig. 6B; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 28B), the relatively shorter G1 terminal segment, c. 0.4 times the length of the subterminal segment, with the gently inwardly curved distal portion (Fig. 9D; see Pati & Thackeray 2018: figs 29I-K) (vs relatively longer G1 terminal segment, c. 0.5 times the length of the subterminal segment, with the distinctly outwardly curved distal portion in S. triangulus; see Pati & Sharma 2014: fig. 7E-G; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 28D, E, H), and the convex inner margin of the G1 subterminal segment (Fig. 9D, E; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 12A, B; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29D, F, I-K) (vs almost straight inner margin of the G1 subterminal segment in S. triangulus; see Pati & Sharma 2014: fig. 7E, F; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 28D, E, H). Sahyadriana keshari n. sp. can be further separated from S. waghi by the relatively stouter G1 terminal segment (Fig. 9D) (vs relatively slenderer G1 terminal segment; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 12A; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29D, I-K), the relatively broader distal portion of the G1 subterminal segment (Fig. 9D) (vs relatively narrower distal portion of the G1 subterminal segment; see Pati et al. 2016: fig. 12A; Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29D, I-K), and the relatively larger adult vulva that occupies c. 0.5 times the length of the S6 and is positioned close to S5/S6 (Fig. 9H) (vs relatively smaller adult vulva that occupies c. 0.4 times the length of the S6 and is positioned a clear distance from S5/S6; see Pati & Thackeray 2018: fig. 29M).Published as part of Pati, Sameer K. & Thackeray, Tejas, 2021, Five new species of freshwater crabs of the genera Ghatiana Pati & Sharma, 2014 and Sahyadriana Pati & Thackeray, 2018 from India (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), pp. 627-647 in Zoosystema 43 (26) on pages 639-642, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a26, http://zenodo.org/record/560029
Deep Recurrent Neural Network Assisted Stress Detection System for Working Professionals
No full textPredicting the stress levels of working professionals is one of the most time-consuming and difficult research topics of current day. As a result, estimating working professionals’ stress levels is critical in order to assist them in growing and developing professionally. Numerous machine learning and deep learning algorithms have been developed for this purpose in previous papers. They do, however, have some disadvantages, including increased design complexity, a high rate of misclassification, a high rate of errors, and decreased efficiency. To address these concerns, the purpose of this research is to forecast the stress levels of working professionals using a sophisticated deep learning model called the Deep Recurrent Neural Network (DRNN). The model proposed here comprises dataset preparation, feature extraction, optimal feature selection, and classification using DRNNs. Preprocessing the original dataset removes duplicate attributes and fills in missing values
Stress Detection System for Working Pregnant Women Using an Improved Deep Recurrent Neural Network
No full textStress is a concerning issue in today’s world. Stress in pregnancy harms both the development of children and the health of pregnant women. As a result, assessing the stress levels of working pregnant women is crucial to aid them in developing and growing professionally and personally. In the past, many machine-learning (ML) and deep-learning (DL) algorithms have been made to predict the stress of women. It does, however, have some problems, such as a more complicated design, a high chance of misclassification, a high chance of making mistakes, and less efficiency. With these considerations in mind, our article will use a deep-learning model known as the deep recurrent neural network (DRNN) to predict the stress levels of working pregnant women. Dataset preparation, feature extraction, optimal feature selection, and classification with DRNNs are all included in this framework. Duplicate attributes are removed, and missing values are filled in during the preprocessing of the dataset
Resource Allocation, Scheduling and Planning of a Multi Storeyed Residential Building
No full textFor the purpose of minimising and managing project delays, effective planning and scheduling are essential elements of construction projects. Globalisation has led to an increase in the scale and complexity of construction projects. With the help of project management software, the quantity of paperwork and time required for such initiatives can be reduced. A warning system must be accessible throughout the project to alert the organisation to potential achievements and failures. Today's market offers a variety of computer software applications for project management, including MSP, Primavera P6, and others. Primavera has made it simple to assess the real progress of a construction project to the expected pace of the task. The project management tool Primavera P6 gathers, documents, monitors, regulates, and publishes data on project performance. Planning, allocating, and scheduling resources for a G+4 residential development are all part of this project. This study highlights the value of scheduling and interferes with the software by working on a construction project for a commercial building. This paper effectively demonstrates all the crucial steps, such as generating an EPS, developing a WBS, connecting tasks in accordance with their dependency and resource availability, and determining the Critical Path
An approach for modern gardening through monitoring and maintenance of plant health
Get PDFThe study explores the use of internet of things (IoT) devices in agriculture to improve sustainable practices and environmental concerns. It uses the ESP8266 microcontroller and the Blynk platform to create a revolutionary plant health monitoring and automated care system. The system is designed to handle continuous monitoring and plant maintenance in various environmental conditions. Sensors measuring light, temperature, humidity, and soil moisture are strategically placed to receive real-time data. The ESP8266 microcontroller analyzes this information and links it to the Blynk cloud for accessibility via mobile or web applications. The system is effective in monitoring ideal growing conditions, such as soil moisture and weather conditions. Automated care elements like irrigation and supplemental lighting have been shown to improve plant growth and health. The study contributes to smart farming by offering an affordable and easy way to automate and monitor plant health, demonstrating how IoT technologies can enhance agricultural practices, conserve resources, and enable remote management of plant ecosystems
Helpi – An Automated Healthcare Chatbot
No full textDue to technological advancements, the healthcare industry has witnessed the emergence of innovative solutions, and one such solution is the healthcare Chatbot. The primary objective of this paper is to create a healthcare Chatbot capable of offering medical assistance to patients. The healthcare Chatbot serves as an AI-based conversational program designed to assist both patients and healthcare providers. The proposed Chatbot, named “HELPI,” functions as a round-the-clock healthcare provider. It utilizes Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms such as decision trees to analyse user-provided symptoms and accurately detect specific illnesses or diseases. Subsequently, it offers appropriate healthcare recommendations and suggests relevant medications. This broadens HELPI’s capability to address various healthcare-related concerns. In essence, HELPI aims to alleviate the burden on healthcare providers by providing an alternative platform for basic medical advice and support. The success of the HELPI Chatbot lays the foundation for future enhancements. Additional features, such as appointment scheduling, guidance on lifestyle modifications, and medication reminders, could be incorporated to further enhance the Chatbot’s functionality
High body temperature detection solution through touchless machine for health monitoring
Get PDFThe demand for reliable health monitoring systems has surged in today's health-conscious society. Body temperature monitoring is crucial for preserving health and preventing infectious disease outbreaks. In this study an Arduino uno hardware board with a touchless temperature sensor is proposed to detect elevated body temperature, indicating fever and early signs of illness. The system prioritizes real-time health surveillance, accessibility, and usability, blending seamlessly with normal life. Arduino's versatility allows the system to function covertly, uphold privacy and autonomy, and foster wellbeing. The goal is to highlight the system's ability to function covertly, uphold privacy and autonomy, and foster wellbeing. This technology exemplifies the synergy between personal wellness and contemporary technologies, offering a useful and adaptable fever detection solution for various contexts, including homes and public areas
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