Developing visual associations through filmmaking

Associations are embedded in many aspects of filmmaking. It is this artist's goal to analyze visual associations in the process and product of an original narrative video piece called Discretion. Character relationships and plot structure are examples of nonconcrete visuals developed in preproduction. Family trees and plot diagrams provide a structural map for the film and are helpful tools to communicate with the cast and crew. Art direction and wardrobe are examples of concrete visuals developed during production. For example, wardrobe with certain colors may be assigned to each character in the film. Editing and compositing allow further development in the postproduction phase. Juxtaposing scenes and imagery results in a more complex web of connections for the viewer to discover. In effect, this thesis is meant to explore the filmmaking process with a special emphasis given to visual associations. In this discussion, the video will be referred to as a film to relate concepts to other films and to the filmmaking process. However, it is important to note that interchanging these words is a common practice that is not acceptable in many industry settings

Effect of Imidacloprid on Bacterial Soil Isolate Bacillus weihenstephanensis

Imidacloprid is a chloronicotinyl insecticide used widely to control biting and sucking insects. The over accumulation of this pesticide in environment requires higher awareness about this pesticide. Present investigation was carried out to analyze the effect of imidacloprid on antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase in soil isolate Bacillus weihenstephanensis isolated after laboratory and field studies on the toxic effect of imidacloprid. Further, the genes for the three enzymes involved in the antioxidant defense process in soil isolate Bacillus weihenstephanensis were sequenced and identified. Study on the effect of 10–7 to 10–3 molar concentrations of imidacloprid for a period of 24, 48, 72 and 96 h on three antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase in Bacillus weihenstephanensis showed that there was an increase in the activity of all the three antioxidant enzymes. The enzyme activity increased with an increase in the concentration of insecticide proving that the inhibitory effect is dose-dependent. Further, sequencing revealed that Fe/MnSOD (sod A), hydroxyperoxidase HP(II) (Kat E) and glutathione peroxidase genes were expressed in response to stress induced by imidacloprid treatment in Bacillus weihenstephanensis. The present investigation indicates that imidacloprid induces the expression of antioxidant enzymes in the soil isolate Bacillus weihenstephanensis. The synthesis of antioxidant enzymes may be helping Bacillus weihenstephanensis in resisting the toxic effects of imidacloprid

Uterine Didelphys with Pregnancy and Obstructed Labor: Intrapartum Course Complicated by a Rare Uterine Anomaly

Mullerian duct anomalies (MDAs) are congenital anatomic abnormalities of the female genital tract that arise from nondevelopment or non-fusion of the mullerian ducts or failed resorption of the uterine septum, with a reported incidence of 0.1-10.0%. MDAs are clinically important because they are associated with an increased incidence of impaired fertility, menstrual disorders and obstetric complications. We hereby report a case of a primigravida with full-term pregnancy with obstructed labor referred from a primary health center. During the course of examination, she was found to have congenital abnormality of uterus and vagina. She underwent an emergency cesarean section with good perinatal outcome. Women with uterus didelphys belong to a high-risk group, although pregnancy outcome is comparatively good

An evaluation of knowledge, attitude and perception about adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance among intern doctors in a medical college teaching hospital of Sangli

Background: Underreporting of various adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by consultants is a common incurable problem. National pharmacovigilance program is one of the ongoing programs to monitor the adverse drug reactions & reporting at the earliest to the nearby AMCs. As medical interns are budding doctors, the focus of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and perception about ADRs and pharmacovigilance in them.Methods: A cross section questionnaire-based study was conducted after approval by our institutional ethics committee pretested and validated questions consisting of 20 questions (knowledge, attitude, perception) were administrated to medical interns. The filled questionnaires were collected and analysed.Results: In our study, medical interns have fair enough idea about ADR and pharmacovigilance. In knowledge domain they were aware of term ADRs (100%), pharmacovigilance (72.6%). In attitude domain majority of interns (80.6%) known availability of ADR forms, compulsory of pharmacovigilance unit (90.3%). In perception domain very poor response from interns, not even a single intern had reported any ADR filled form and they don’t know meaning of re-challenge and de-challenge, very few interns (9.7%) know how to manage the ADRs in emergency conditions.Conclusions: Under reporting problem can be improved by doing more teaching activities at undergraduate level and intern’s level including various workshops, CMEs, problem-based teaching of adverse reactions in their curriculum. These exercises will improve their reporting frequency and sensitize the interns from the undergraduate days itself in their upcoming clinical practice in community

Techniques for Detection and Measurement of Tartrazine in Food Products 2008 To 2022: A Review

Tartrazine is one of the most commonly used food colourants. It is a synthetic lemon-yellow dye belonging to the azo group. The Acceptable Daily Intake of tartrazine according to the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives [JECFA] and the EU Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) is 7.5mg/kg/body weight. However, excessive usage of tartrazine in humans has been shown to have a number of adverse health effects. The detection and estimation of tartrazine is of paramount importance due to its potential impact on consumer health and safety. Chromatographic techniques, such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC), have emerged as robust tools for tartrazine detection. Furthermore, recent advancements in hyphenated techniques HPLC-MS, enhance detection sensitivity and specificity. This abstract outlines the methodologies involving chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques for the sensitive and accurate analysis of tartrazine in various consumables. Chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques offer diverse and complementary approaches for accurate tartrazine analysis, catering to the increasing demand for regulatory compliance and consumer well-being. As technology continues to evolve, these methods are poised to play an essential role in maintaining the integrity of food and beverage products

Effect of Addition of Rosemary Leaves Powder on the Rheological Characteristics of Dough in Addition to the Quality Attributes of Bread Manufactured from to Local Wheat

        أضيفت تراكيز مختلفة من مسحوق نبات اكليل بنسب (2,5% و 5% و 7,5%) إلى دقيق الحنطة المحلية (استخلاص 80%) لمعرفة تاثير اضافة هذه النسب على الخواص الريولوجية باستخدام جهاز الفارينوجراف وقورنت النتائج مع دقيق القمح المحلي بدون اضافه. أوضحت النتائج المتحصلة أن دقيق القمح المحلي كان مقارب فى نسبة ثباتية العجبنة ونسبة الامتصاصية وزمن الوصول. بعد اضافة تركيزات (2,5% و5%) من مسحوق نبات اكليل الجبل وتحسنت صفات العجينة الناتجة من حيث الثباتية والامتصاصية ومدى تحمل العجينة للخلط. ويمكن ان نستنتج بان مسحوق أوراق إكليل الجبل له القدرة على تحسين الخصائص الريولوجية لطحين القمح المحلي عند (2.5٪و5٪) والى رغيف ذو مواصفات جيده.Different percentages (2.5%, 5% and 7.5%) of  rosemary leaves powder were added to local wheat flour(80% extraction), to study the result of adding this herb on the rheological properties of dough. To reach this target, Farinograph  was used to study the water absorption, dough development time, dough stability and degree of dough softening, the out come was compared with local wheat flour with out addition. The obtained results showed that local wheat had values of water absorption, dough stability approximate to those of the local wheat flour after adding the percent of 2.5 and 5% of degree dough softening from rosemary leaves powder. The water absorption, dough development time of local wheat flour was improved as a function of adding rosemary to the flour. The increase rosemary is forming, which helped include The water absorption, dough development time of local wheat flour. It can be concluded that rosemary leaves powder was able to improve the rheological properties of local wheat flour at (2.5% and 5%)and a good quality loaf

Electrocardiogram and 2-Dimensional Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiogram Changes in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

With high morbidity and death, acute ischemic stroke is a serious public health issue. The complex relationship between acute ischemic stroke and cardiovascular parameters, particularly alterations in the electrocardiogram (ECG) and 2-Dimensional Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiogram (2D-TTE), has come to light in recent investigations. 96 individuals who had been hospitalized to Krishna Hospital's intensive care unit with a confirmed acute ischemic stroke participated in this prospective observational study. Within 72 hours of hospitalization, 2D-TTE and ECG tests were performed. To obtain a precise stroke diagnosis, thorough clinical examinations and medical histories were conducted. Arrhythmias (26%) and ST-segment alterations (33.3%) were among the ECG results. T-wave abnormalities (19.8%) were also present. Regional wall motion abnormalities were seen in 43.8% of patients during 2D-TTE assessments, whereas valve abnormalities such as mitral regurgitation (18.8%) and aortic stenosis (8.3%) were also found. In 30.2% of patients, enlargement of the left atrium was noted. Different prevalence rates of ECG and 2D-TTE alterations were seen in comparative study by stroke etiology. ECG and 2D-TTE changes are related to acute ischemic stroke, showing the complex interaction between cerebral events and cardiovascular parameters. These findings highlight the necessity of thorough cardiac evaluations and careful cardiac monitoring in stroke patients, which may help to inform early therapies and enhance patient outcomes. Further study should clarify the molecular relationships between stroke and cardiac dysfunction to enable more specialized therapy strategies

Nubes: Towards building a Secure and Scalable Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. April 2021. Major: Computer Science. Advisor: David Du. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 111 pages.Industry accepted definition of Hybrid Cloud is an infrastructure which spans Public Cloud, off premise from customer’s data center and Private Cloud, on premise to the customer’s data center. Public Cloud has sustainable economics of scale (cost) and ubiquitous easy access advantage over Private Cloud whereas, Private Cloud has secu- rity, privacy and predictable performance and availability advantage over Public Cloud. A Hybrid Cloud conceptually can combine the advantages of both Private and Public Cloud however, there are number of challenges especially with the Storage technologies to provide secure and scalable Hybrid Cloud infrastructure. In this thesis, we propose a framework to build secure and scalable hybrid cloud infrastructure.With the advent of Server Virtualization, it is possible to move applications between the Private and Public Cloud. With the advent of Container technologies and Micro- Services based paradigm for application development it is possible to burst compute needs from private cloud to public on an on-demand basis. However, Storage infras- tructure pose considerable technical challenges to realize the Hybrid Cloud vision in practice. There are two major issues with Storage in Hybrid Cloud: (1) Storage has Gravity and (2) Storage Protocols are inherently insecure. In the first part of the thesis, we will first examine the issues with workload mo- bility. Application migrations or bursting within Hybrid Cloud is bottlenecked by the Storage infrastructure. It is not commercially viable to keep a mirrored copy of all data between the Private and Public clouds simultaneously to enable workload migration through Virtual Machine Migration or Containers Micro-Services. The amount of data which needs to be transferred between Private and Public cloud is too large. The simple access pattern based heuristic based model to determine the data to move between ele- ments of Hybrid Cloud is computationally prohibitive. In order to address these storage migration challenges, we will propose machine learning (Support Vector Machine) based solution. In the second part of the thesis, we will examine the known security vulnerabilities of each Storage protocols used in Hybrid Cloud, namely: a) Block Storage (iSCSI), b) File Protocol (NFS) and c) Object Protocol (S3). These storage protocols were designed assimple point to point inter-connect technologies and in time haven’t evolved beyond just the performance optimization. The protocols are susceptible to simple vulnerabilities such as man in the middle attacks and more. And in this part of the thesis, we will provide a new Storage Protocols paradigm using Location Based Services to enhance the security model for data access. And finally, in the third part of the thesis, we propose a Secure and Scalable Hybrid Storage (SSHS) framework by combining the Machine Learning techniques for Storage Mobility and Location Based Services to enhance Security overcomes the major barriers in adoption and deployment of the Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure. The experimental results demonstrate the framework to self-learn and self-manage data mobility based on the workload in Hybrid Cloud and also demonstrates the power of integration of location-based services with the Storage protocol to secure chain of trust data access from Application to Storage.Shetti, Milan. (2021). Nubes: Towards building a Secure and Scalable Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/220623

Advanced Bank locker system using RFID and GSM technology

The main objective of this paper is to design andimplement a secure advanced bank locker system based on RFID and GSM technology which can be organized in banks, offices or even in homes. In this designed project the authenticated personcan only recover the thing present inside the locker. Thetraditional locker systems using mechanical and key mechanismare replaced by new advanced techniques of locking system. These techniques are an integration of mechanical and electronic devicesand are highly intelligent, simple and high efficiency. Here, we have implemented bank security system consisting of door locksystem based on RFID and GSM which can activate, authenticate,and validate the user and give the access for the door in real time. This system consists of a microcontroller, RFID and its reader, lcd display, keyboard, GSM module and a relay. The main advantage of using passive RFID and GSM is for two step authentication and to make system more secure than the others. On other hand it also has advantage of generating real time password. In this system, the RFID reader reads the id number from passive tag and later itwill be checked by the microcontroller, if id number matches it sends a message to the registered phone number to generate a password in the real time. Then it will provide you an option to enter thegenerated password on the keyboard present at the locker. If bothpassword matches the door will get unlocked otherwise it denies theaccess and the user cannot make furtheruse of locker