56 research outputs found
THE PASSAGE: Enquiry into the Ephemeral Absence of Social Construct During Transitions
No full text“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between them, there are doors.” ― William Blake. This thesis support paper presents my artistic research on the ephemeral nature of absence in social constructs while relocating myself to new places. I am interrogating a fluid positionality that is continuously shifting, leading me to contextualise the research stance in the between and betwixt of Passage. I am examining the experience of passing from one place, condition, or stage to another and highlight the in-between space made visible through artwork produced with various methods and processes. Throughout, absence is indicated via aesthetics, materiality, and immateriality pointing to subtle boundaries between play and seriousness, the real and imaginary, the ephemeral and permanent. Themes of travel, constraint, absence, liminality, and human consciousness are explored through performative installations, architectural spaces, and different degrees of audience participation. The research generates a dialogue between performance, space, and time which involves bodily experience, live actions with mixed media installations, and time-based works. The choice of media and symbols revolve around various conceptual ideas inspired by academic and non-academic sources — contemporary art, spiritual texts, psychology, lucid visions while meditating — which become the artistic expression's metaphorical core. Anchoring in an auto-ethnographic methodology of resisting mastery, the research was conducted by allowing space for unknowns to reveal their contours through silent being and doing by not doing
The development of latent fingerprints by zinc oxide and tin oxide nanoparticles prepared by precipitation technique
No full textStory of The Black and White Devils- Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis: A Distinct Entity with Rising Clinical Presentation in COVID Era
No full textBackground: Background: Fungal rhino-sinusitis is a rare, rapidly progressing, life-threatening opportunistic infection, primarily affecting immunocompromised patients, such as those with diabetes and lung diseases, recently observed in post-COVID pneumonia cases. Clinically, it presents with partial neurological dysfunction and progressive necrosis secondary to blood vessel invasion and thrombosis, potentially involving the cranium, increasing morbidity and mortality. First-line treatment includes antifungal therapy, followed by surgical intervention.
Aim: To emphasize the significance of timely diagnosis and treatment strategies for Rhino-orbital-cerebral Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis.
Methods: Since the coronavirus outbreak in India, our hospital has treated thousands of patients, including nine confirmed cases of invasive fungal rhino-sinusitis from April to July 2021. We collected data from electronic records to ensure accuracy, with diagnoses based on clinical presentation, nasal endoscopy, imaging, KOH mount, fungal culture, and histopathology. Our team provided tailored medical and surgical management to meet each patient’s needs, demonstrating our commitment to high-quality care during this challenging time.
Results: Five out of nine patients survived our treatment; the mortality rate was reported as 37.5%, with one patient lost to follow-up.
Conclusion: Timely surgical intervention, effective debridement, and appropriate antifungal therapy can significantly reduce mortality and morbidity in patients with Rhino-orbital-cerebral Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis
Conceptual Study of Mutravaha Srotomula with Modern Insights
No full textBackground: Ayurveda describes Purusha as Srotomaya, emphasizing the role of Srotas in maintaining the balance of Dosha, Dhatu, and Mala. Among them, Mutravaha Srotas holds special importance as the proper elimination of urine is vital for metabolism. Ancient Acharyas have explained Mutravaha Srotomula differently: Sushruta identified Basti (urinary bladder) and Medra (urethra), while Charaka and Vagbhata considered Basti and Vankshana (groin). Such variations highlight the need to clarify both the anatomical and functional perspectives of Srotas.
Aim and Objectives: This study aims to revisit and analyze the concept of Mutravaha Srotomula as explained in Ayurvedic classics, and to correlate it with modern anatomical and physiological perspectives for better understanding of urinary functions and disorders.
Materials and Methods: A comprehensive review of Ayurvedic texts including Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, and Ashtanga Hridaya, along with their commentaries, was undertaken. Supplementary references were gathered from modern anatomical literature, published research, and online databases to establish conceptual and clinical correlations.
Results and Discussion: Basti is recognized as the principal site for urine collection and a central location for manifestations of Srotodushti such as Atipravritti (excessive flow) and Sanga (retention). Clinical conditions like cystitis, overflow incontinence, and bladder rupture align with these descriptions. Vankshana, corresponding to the inguinal region, emerges as a site where referred pain, lymphadenopathy, and related urinary pathologies manifest. Medra, representing the urethra, serves as the passage and expression site, with disorders such as strictures, BPH, and trauma validating its role.
Conclusion: The Ayurvedic delineation of Mutravaha Srotomula demonstrates remarkable correlation with modern anatomy of the bladder, groin, and urethra. This integrated understanding provides a comprehensive framework for interpreting urinary physiology, pathogenesis, and clinical management from both Ayurvedic and contemporary perspectives
Ayurvedic Insights into Agni and GI System
No full textThe concept of the gastrointestinal (GI) system has been extensively discussed in classical Ayurvedic literature. Ancient texts such as the Atreya Samhita, as cited in Vaidyaka-Shabda Sindhu, provide detailed and systematic anatomical and physiological descriptions of the gastrointestinal tract. In Ayurveda, various terminologies such as Mahasrotas, Annavaha Srotas, and Kostha are employed to describe different dimensions of the GI system. Among them, the Annavaha Srotas refers specifically to the channels involved in the transportation and transformation of consumed food. These Srotasas not only serve as physical pathways but also represent the functional systems involved in digestion, absorption, and the formation of Rasa Dhatu, the primary nourishing fluid of the body.
According to Sushruta, the Amashaya (stomach) is a critical component of the GI tract, while Charaka extends this understanding by including both the stomach and small intestine. The Annavaha Srotas encompasses the organs and processes related to both mechanical and enzymatic digestion, beginning in the oral cavity and continuing through the stomach and small intestine. It also plays a crucial role in nutrient absorption, leading to the formation of Rasa Dhatu, the first of the seven Dhatus (bodily tissues). Central to this process are components such as Agni (digestive fire), Pitta, and Grahani, all of which collectively regulate proper digestion and metabolism.
This article aims to explore the Ayurvedic view of the GI system by analyzing the role of Annavaha Srotas and the physiological concept of Agni in the transformation and assimilation of food
Thermal behaviour and structural features of chemically and bio-chemically modified jute substrate
No full text355-365Effects of NaOH treatment, conventional hot H₂O₂ bleaching, H₂O₂ and K₂S₂O₈ combined room-temperature bleaching, mixed enzyme treatment and N-methylol resin finishing on thermal behaviour and structural features of jute substrate have been studied. Differential scanning calorimetric study under nitrogen cover reveals distinct peaks for thermal degradation of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin components of chemically and bio-chemically modified jute, showing some positive or negative shifts of thermal degradation temperatures for each of the three major constituents of jute owing to alkaline / oxidative or enzymolytic degradation or resinification of the jute components. Thiourea formaldehyde (TUF)-resin treatment renders the jute substrate with maximum thermal stability. There is a measurable increase in the crystallinilty percentage for 1-5% NaOH treatment, and the same is decreased on oxidative or enzyme treatment and remains almost unaffected for AMF-resin or TUF-resin treatment. Observed chemical changes / interactions have been explained by the analysis of FTIR spectra and copper number of differently treated jute substrate. Higher copper number is observed for room-temperature bleaching than that for conventional H2O2 bleaching. Changes in the overall surface morphology of the treated fabrics have also been characterized by scanning electron microscopic study. Room-temperature bleaching followed by mixed enzyme treatment shows maximum surface cleanliness with a smooth and less hairy surface appearance. Both AMF-resin and TUF-resin treatments show a surface coverage with a resin film
A Comprehensive Study on Geotechnical Characteristics of Lime and Waste Quarry Dust Treated Black Cotton Soil
No full textEffect of selective pretreatments and subsequent mixed enzyme treatment on properties of jute-cotton union fabric
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16.0pt;font-family:Fd1490491-Identity-H;mso-bidi-font-family:Fd1490491-Identity-H">Jute-cotton
(75:25) union furnishing fabric has been treated with varying dose of mixed
enzyme (cellulase, xylanase and pectinase) system with or without selective pretreatments
and the consequent changes in important textile-related properties of the
fabric evaluated. For untreated jute-cotton union fabric, 4% (owf) mixed enzyme
treatment at 55°C for 2 h using pH 4.8-5.0 is found to be optimum. Between
cotton (warp) and jute (weft), enzyme action is found to be more pronounced in
cotton than in jute. However, the degree of enzymatic hydrolysis and associated
weight loss for jute are found to increase if the mixed enzyme treatment is
done after selective pretreatments. 1 % NaOH pretreatment at 30°C for 30 min
offers some unique advantages, except browning of surface colour, when
subsequently treated with 4% (owf) mixed enzyme. Steaming of wetted jute-cotton union fabric at 130°C for 5 min
shows almost negligible weight loss and marginal or no strength loss, although
the reduction in stiffness in jute is poor and inadequate. Conventional
scouring followed by 2% H2O2 bleaching with stabilizer A
WNI instead of sodium metasilicate makes the fabric most suited for subsequent
4% mixed enzyme treatment. The use of 5 steel balls in the rotating beaker of
the launder-O-meter during the enzyme treatment is found to be very useful for
the removal of surface fuzz. Changes in functional group pattern and chemical
composition of jute have also been analyzed after the treatments. Scanning
electron microscopic and X-ray crystallographic studies respectively reveal the
changes in the surface morphological features and fine structure of differently
treated jute component of jutecotton union fabric. There is apparent increase
or decrease in X-ray crystallinity due to associated mass loss from
noncrystalline
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Context Specific Lexicon for Hindi Reviews
No full textAbstractIn the era of social networking, immense amount of posts, comments and tweets generated every second are increasing the size of social database. The analysis of this voluminous data is necessary for exploring the orientation of people's opinion about a particular entity. Most of the online data are in English language, but due to increase in technology and improved awareness of people, the online data available in Indian languages are gradually increasing. Sentiment analysis of English language alone is not sufficient to know the inclination of people towards an entity, other Indian language sentiment analysis is a must, their contribution is also important for us. The available sentiment classification lexicon resources like Hindi SentiWordNet are generic in nature and hence results in average sentiment classification accuracy due to contextual dependency. To improve the sentiment classification accuracy, we present an improvised lexicon resource for Hindi language for Hotel and Movie domains. The improvised polarity lexicon has been built reflecting context sensitivity and to increase coverage it has been expanded used synonyms based approach. The built polarity lexicon resource showcases an improvement in accuracy of 42% and 78% in Movie and Hotel domain, respectively, compared to the existing Hindi SentiWordNet lexicon resource
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