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Kaur, G.
- Sustainable Development and Cybernetic Control Model of Indian Coastal Tourism
Authors
1 Department of Production Engg., BIT-Mesra.
2 ICFAI National College, Ranchi.
Source
Journal of Hospitality Application and Research, Vol 3, No 2 (2008), Pagination: 7-17Abstract
Tourism is one of the favourite pastimes of tourists from across the world and is rated as the most important tourist segments all over the world. It has diversified into various products and packages. Costal tourism is recognized as a highly valuable revenue earner. India's coastal areas have a huge economic potential and they attract tourists from all over the world due to immense scenic beauty. Obviously, this fastest growing industry also has an impact on local development and related environment, e.g. the marine environment is put under immense pressure by this. Healthy and sustainable coastal tourism requires attractive, safe and functional recreational beaches, clean coastal waters and healthy coastal eco-systems.The present paper aims on what need to be done to move towards more sustainable coastal tourism. The important actors recognized for this are training of frontline service workers for improving the performance of "emotional labour", exploiting the food and beverage segment in context with Indian FMCG industry. Finally, a cybernetic model has been suggested for effective communication and control of the major activities related to Indian coastal tourism. The model suggest to divide the Indian coastal activities into various modules based on the geographical topography and considers the effectiveness of information flow-and particularly, the nature of filters and relative time lags around these module loops. The recursive characteristic of the model makes it competent for any such related activities. It is believed that the present paper will be highly useful to understand the role of various underlying actors necessary to achieve sustainable coastal tourism in India.
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- Development of Jewellery from Solid Waste
Authors
1 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, LUDHIANA (PUNJAB), IN
Source
Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 10, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 190-195Abstract
The investigation entitled development of jewellery from solid waste was carried out in Ludhiana city. An interview schedule was employed to study the preferences of ninety respondents between the age group of 17-25 years, selected through purposive random sampling technique from three colleges of Ludhiana city. The results of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were students between age group of 17-21 and were higher secondary, belonging to nuclear families and had monthly family income ranging between Rs. 25,000-50,000. Majority of the respondents, i.e. 87.78 per cent were aware of jewellery developed from solid waste and 64.44 per cent were interested to reusing it. Whereas, 66.67 per cent of the respondents were interested in purchasing jewellery.Most of the solid waste was collected by the investigator. On the basis of the preferences of respondents, two jewellery miniatures of each waste were developed and were shown to panel of judges. On the basis of the judges preferences, the most preferred designs were used to develop the jewellery.Keywords
Jewellery, Solid Waste, Miniatures.- Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin to Rice Leaf Folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee)
Authors
1 Department of Botany, Andhra University Visakhapatnam 530003, Andhra Pradesh, IN
Source
Journal of Biological Control, Vol 15, No 2 (2001), Pagination: 201-203Abstract
Pathogenicity, entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin has been recorded for the first time on rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Effective control of the pest was recorded under field conditions after application of spore suspension of Metarhizium anisopliae in gelatin (1 %) at 1 × 108 spores/ml on the infested rice crop. Between 5 to 7 days after treatment, 60-70 per cent mortality was recorded.Keywords
Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, Metarhizium anisoptiae, Pathogenicity.Full Text
- Paediatric Anthropometry:A Longitudinal Study of 0-3 Years of Male and Female Children
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1 Department of Anatomy, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, IN
2 Department of Anatomy, Deshmesh Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Faridkot, IN
3 Department of Paediatrics, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College & Hospital, Faridkot, IN
Source
SMU Medical Journal, Vol 4, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 88-94Abstract
Growth is a continuous process commencing at conception and progressing at a varying pace till its completion about 2 decades later, with closure of epiphysis. The process of ‘Growth’ is accompanied with increase in body size and or mass at varying rates. It is multi factorial and complex, still remarkably predictable. Boys and girls grow differently and each child has his or her distinct growth pattern.
To study growth pattern of male and female infants, a longitudinal study, a total 320 Jat Sikh and Bania infants (Male 160; Female 160), aged birth-36 months were taken. Body weight and length of all children measured at birth and where after, at quarterly age intervals with time tolerance to ±5 days by the same investigator up to 24 months of life & then half yearly till 36 months.Comparing the data of males & females it was observed that males of both groups were taller than their females counterparts. Inter group comparison showed that the difference for weight between Jat sikh & Bania male were highly significant (p< 0.001) from birth to 18th month whereas no significant difference were found in females of both groups. Jat sikh males & females had comparatively higher value of height than Baina males & females. The children of the present study are heavier when compared to their counterparts in other states of India.
Keywords
Height, Weight, Growth, Children, Male, Female.Full Text
- To increase the efficiency of Underwater Network Using Vector Based Technique
Authors
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar -144411,Punjab, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9, No 48 (2016), Pagination:Abstract
For the improvement in underwater acoustic sensor networks, vector based technique is used to increase the efficiency of network and reduce the chances of link failure. It is also improve robustness and scalability of the network. Underwater acoustic are used sensor nodes and autonomous vehicles to communicate from one place to another under the ocean and also used a surface station. They create a link to on-shore control center. UANs are different from terrestrial networks. These are used in different fields like military and commercial fields. Underwater networks are connected with number of vehicles and sensors which are used to monitor the underwater activities. This paper evaluates the research problems of underwater acoustic networks like energy consumption and different layers are used to solve the issues which occur in UANs.Keywords
Different Layers Design Energy Efficiency Robustness, Scalability,Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, Vector Pipeline Technique.Full Text
- Fusion in Multimodal Biometric System: A Review
Authors
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurtala – 144603, Punjab, IN
2 Department of CSE, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran – 140307, Punjab, IN
3 Department of CSE, Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Chandigarh – 160019, IN
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 10, No 28 (2017), Pagination:Abstract
Objectives: The use of multimodal biometric has been introduced recently owing to use of multiple biometric modalities. Here we perform in-depth review of the various methods used for multimodal biometric technology. Methods/ Statistical Analysis: Here we present a systematic review of various methods used for fusing multiple biometric modalites. Specifically, fusing at various levels such as, before matching and after matching. Score level, feature level, rank level and decision fusion is followed by feature optimization using methods such as genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks. Findings: Single biometric based methods suffer from lack of security and efficiency. This leads to advent of multimodal biometric systems. However, fusing various biometric modalities is being persued with very high interest. We describe the granular nature of several methods used to fuse multiple biometric modalities. A wide range of methods are being employed to fuse biometric data. These methods vary in efficiency and are highly dependant upon the selection of type of biometric chosen for fusion. Application/Improvements: As computational efficiency increases, there increase in more secure and efficient biometric systems that use multiple sources of biometric identification and access authorization.Keywords
Biometric Modality, Fusion, Multimodal Biometric, OptimizationFull Text