Prevalence, clinical, and hematological profile of sickle cell disease in South Rajasthan

Objectives: To know the prevalence of sickle cell disease in 0-15 years old children of tribal area and to study its clinical andhematological profile. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted between May 2014 and December2015 in children below 15 years of age from tribal area of Sirohi and Udaipur district in South Rajasthan. Results: A total of 1090children in tribal area were screened for sickle cell disease. Prevalence of sickle cell disease was found to be 8.53% of which 0.77%children were suffering from sickle cell anemia (HbSS), whereas 7.7% were having sickle cell traits (HbAS). Common morbiditieswere anemia, pain, infection, and splenomegaly. Conclusion: Sickle cell disease is prevalent in this area. Screening for sickling inthis area is suggested for early diagnosis and to promote preventive measures so as to decrease morbidity and mortality

An efficient model for secure data publishing

Data Mining is the field of extracting and analyzing the data from large datasets. Exchange of databases is very important to get financial benefits now a day. To review business strategies and to get maximum benefit data analytics is needed. Data stored at distributed sites are integrated and published by data publisher. Data Publishing is the technique in which the data is released to others for the use. In addition to privacy preserving data size and security is also a challenge while publishing and transmitting the database. So there is a requirement of a technique which can reduce the size of database efficiently and transfer it in a secure manner. This paper proposes an efficient model for secure data publishing by using both compression and color encryption thus introducing a new approach. A new algorithm is designed and a tool is developed for implementing the proposed work

An efficient model for secure data publishing

Data Mining is the field of extracting and analyzing the data from large datasets. Exchange of databases is very important to get financial benefits now a day. To review business strategies and to get maximum benefit data analytics is needed. Data stored at distributed sites are integrated and published by data publisher. Data Publishing is the technique in which the data is released to others for the use. In addition to privacy preserving data size and security is also a challenge while publishing and transmitting the database. So there is a requirement of a technique which can reduce the size of database efficiently and transfer it in a secure manner. This paper proposes an efficient model for secure data publishing by using both compression and color encryption thus introducing a new approach. A new algorithm is designed and a tool is developed for implementing the proposed work

Acute hemorrhagic edema: Rare variety of leukocytoclastic vasculitis

A 12-month-old boy presented with swelling all over body, reddish brown lesions over both lower extremities, and mild fever. On examination, pallor was present, vitals were stable, and child appeared well-except for edema and rashes. Pitting edema was present over all extremities and periorbital region. There was no edema over scrotum and abdominal wall. Skin examination showed erythematous, palpable, purpuric lesions (0.5–3 cm in diameter) over buttocks and lower limbs sparing trunk, face, and upper limbs. All other systems were within normal limits. Skin biopsy showed the features suggestive of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Diagnosis of acute hemorrhagic edema was made on the basis of clinical examination and skin biopsy. The child responded to steroids

Comparison of Life Cycle Assessment of Two Toasters

The objective of this paper is to determine and compare the environmental impacts of two toasters: standard and eco-friendly. The most rapidly growing sector for the e-waste world comes from Electronic household products. More than 2 million tons of electronic products are disposed off as solid waste to landfills in the US alone. The demand for energy supplies has been rapidly increasing in the past decade. Strict legislative measures should be enforced to protect the environment by making industries collect back the manufactured products at the End-of-Life (EOL) from the users and recycle the products. If these necessary steps are not taken, then these e-wastes will impose serious threat to society and the environment. In order to re-design environmentally friendly products and facilitate sustainable take-back planning, current products need to be evaluated for their environmental impacts. One of the widely used methodologies to assess the environmental impacts of a product is called Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a cradle to grave approach for assessing the environmental impacts of a product. The cradle to grave approach includes raw material phase, manufacturing and assembly phase, use phase, recovery phase and disposal phase. The system boundary for LCA presented in this paper includes material phase, manufacturing phase, use-phase and disposal phase. The functional unit for the LCA is entire life of the toaster which is one year based on manufacturer’s warranty which also includes the rate of usage. The environmental impacts from the two toasters as presented in this paper include eutrophication, acidification, energy-use and global warming. The use phase energy impact is experimentally determined.</jats:p

A Novel Transition Region Representation for Additive Manufacturing for Graded Materials, Structures and Tolerances

Additive manufacturing (AM) has enabled control over heterogeneous materials in ways that were not previously possible. This paper presents a novel method for representing and communicating heterogeneous materials based structures that include tolerancing of geometry and material together. AM has expanded design possibilities to include specified material heterogeneities, including functionally graded materials. The aim of the paper is to propose a means to specify nominal materials and allowable material variations in parts, including (a) explicit material transitions and (b) functional transitions to support single and multiple material behaviors. The transition region combines bounded regions (volumes and surfaces) and material distribution equations. Tolerancing is defined at two levels, that of the geometry including bounded regions and that of the materials. Material tolerances are defined as allowable material variations from nominal material fractions within a unit volume at a given location computed using material distribution equations. The method is described thorough several case studies of abrupt transitions, lattice based transitions, and multi-material transitions.</jats:p

Life-Cycle Assessment of Electric Rice Cooker: A Case Study

Nowadays, almost every family has one electric rice cooker, thus making electric rice cooker one of the most popular household appliance in our society. If the product is not designed ecologically and is used heavily, then the product may lead to large ecological impact to our environment. To assess a product’s environmental impacts, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology is utilized. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, for one such technology (electric rice cooker), no complete LCA studies have existed by far. Therefore, the question about the electric rice cooker’s environmental performance is still open. This paper presents an LCA study for the complete life cycle of an electric rice cooker with the power 500Watts as the functional unit. In order to conduct LCA study, the whole life cycle of electric rice cooker was divided into four primary phases: raw materials acquisition, product manufacturing, product utilization and final disposal. To facilitate the data collection and LCA implementation, the whole life cycle system was classified as two subsystems — background system and foreground system. Based on the proposed method, primary data and environmental impact calculation was aided by Simapro 7.2 software. In the light of the Ecoindicator-99 methodology, eleven impact categories (Carcinogens, Resp. organics, Resp. inorganics, Climate change, Radiation, Ozone layer, Ecotoxicity, Acidification, Land use, Minerals, Fossil fuels) were used for the classification and characterization of the life cycle impact assessment. In this paper, the LCA study was found as a very helpful tool to define ecodesign measures for this product. Several measures are suggested to the manufacturers to implement the ecodesign in the future: 1) Use recyclable plastics in the minor parts and hidden components, such as switcher, handle etc.; 2) Reduce the number of different materials in packaging; 3) Avoid incompatible plastics during recycling; 4) Minimize the volume of the heat plate on the premise of meeting the rated heating power.</jats:p