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Development and efficacy of creativity enhancement programme for adolescents with specific learning disability
Adolescents with Specific Learning Disability (SLD) face academic and emotional challenges in their school life. Creativity is a skill which helps adolescents to approach problems of daily life differently. That would help them to explore and nurture their self-esteem. Though there is a debate on whether creativity is innate or learned, activities are still required for children to recognize and nurture the creative skills in children. Studies show that creative tasks develop self-esteem in children and also decrease depression in children with SLD. Creativity Enhancement Programme (CrEP) is developed as part of the study in consultation with experts in the field based on Torrance’s Theory of Creativity. The Programme tested the efficacy in improving the creativity and the self-esteem as well as reducing anxiety and depression of 100 adolescents with SLD. The adolescents with SLD, studying in class sixth to ninth in five schools that follow the state syllabus and English medium of instruction, which are situated in South Bengaluru were selected. Initial screening consisted of an assessment of SLD and intelligence to select participants. Out of 100 students with SLD, 50 students each were randomly allocated to experimental and control groups. -
Development and efficacy of creativity enhancement programme for adolescents with specific learning disability
Adolescents with Specific Learning Disability (SLD) face academic and emotional challenges in their school life. Creativity is a skill which helps adolescents to approach problems of daily life differently. That would help them to explore and nurture their self-esteem. Though there is a debate on whether creativity is innate or learned, activities are still required for children to recognize and nurture the creative skills in children. Studies show that creative tasks develop self-esteem in children and also decrease depression in children with SLD. Creativity newlineEnhancement Programme (CrEP) is developed as part of the study in consultation with experts in the field based on Torrance s Theory of Creativity. The Programme tested newlinethe efficacy in improving the creativity and the self-esteem as well as reducing anxiety and depression of 100 adolescents with SLD. The adolescents with SLD, studying in class sixth to ninth in five schools that follow newlinethe state syllabus and English medium of instruction, which are situated in South Bengaluru were selected. Initial screening consisted of an assessment of SLD and newlineintelligence to select participants. Out of 100 students with SLD, 50 students each were randomly allocated to experimental and control groups. The intervention programme consisted of creativity enhancement activities such as drawing, bridge construction, sand art, best out of waste, and find a friend. Baqer Mehdi Test of Creative Thinking and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale at were used as assessment tools and measured the study variable before, after and three months after the intervention. newlineResults showed CrEP could improve non-verbal newlinecreativity: Elaboration and Self-esteem. Similarly, this intervention could reduce depression. CrEP is useful in helping adolescents with SLD to explore and nurture their creativity, which would help them build their self-esteem and reduce the risk of mental health problems. -
Validation of localised coastal wind forecasts for artisan fishers of southwestern India
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Building Global Teaching Capacity Among Pre-Service Teachers: Epistemological and Positional Framing in an Internationally Paired, Authentic Practicum
Building the capacity of pre-service teachers to work in globalized cross-cultural environments is essential to cope with the challenges of the 21st century. This study establishes the value of internationally paired, authentically collaborative practicums with strong epistemological and positional framing in pursuing such capacity development. It was conducted among 90 pre-service teachers from three different universities in Australia and India who participated in a three-week paired practicum in three schools in India. The practicum included the collaborative production of an integrated Australian and Indian combined theme presented in a whole school forum. Mixed methods and a design-based research approach yielded data affirming that such a model did indeed provide pre-service teachers with the confidence to teach in increasingly diverse classrooms and contexts, while also identifying which aspects of this practicum model were most influential in this regard. 2021 European Association for International Education. -
Nitrogen-rich dual linker MOF catalyst for room temperature fixation of CO2 via cyclic carbonate synthesis: DFT assisted mechanistic study
The benign synthesis of a novel Zn based Lewis acid-base bifunctional metal-organic framework (ITH-1) and its room temperature catalytic ability for the chemical fixation of carbon dioxide via cyclic carbonate synthesis is reported herein. ITH-1 is characterized by the presence of mono coordinated pendant imidazole groups throughout the framework inducing Lewis basicity. The synthesized material is crystallized in the monoclinic space group as revealed by the Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Analysis and possesses a 2 D non-planar interdigitated network wherein the neighbouring sheets are connected via strong hydrogen bonding (1.947 . ITH-1 was characterized thoroughly via various physicochemical analyses such as XRD, FT-IR, Raman, FE-SEM, CHN, ICP, TGA and was found thermally stable up to 300 ?C. The co-existence of accessible and active Lewis acid (Zn) Lewis base (imidazole) moieties rendered ITH-1 the potential to catalyse the cycloaddition of CO2 with propylene oxide under solvent and co-catalyst free conditions (~95% conversion) at moderate temperatures with remarkable reusable performance (over 5 times). ITH-1 manifested excellent CO2 conversion even under room temperature and 1 bar pressure in the presence of a co-catalyst. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations utilizing M06 functional were exercised to envisage the mechanism behind the successful CO2 conversion by ITH-1 at room temperature and were found to be in clear agreement with the experimental results. 2022 Elsevier Ltd -
Development and psychometric validation of the three dimensional grit scale
This manuscript reports the development and validation of the three-dimensional Grit Scale (3-D Grit Scale). The psychometric measure developed has three factors, Perseverance-Commitment (PC), Interest-Passion (IP), and Goal-directed Resilience (GR) through a series of five studies; study 1 (n = 409) for item analysis, study 2 (n = 334) for exploratory factor analysis, study 3 (n = 514) for confirmatory factor analysis and study 4 (n = 214) and 5 (n = 107) to assess the validity. The sample included students and working professionals aged between 18 and 25, residing in different parts of India. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the scale excellently fits in the three-correlated factor model and the two-level hierarchical model indexing grit as a total of three first-order factors. The final 17-item 3-D Grit Scale showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbachs ? = 0.86), and split-half reliability (Spearman-brown = 0.80, Guttman = 0.80). Validation studies showed that the scores of the 3-D Grit Scale were moderately correlated with (a) 12 item grit scale (Duckworth et al., 2007) and the brief resilience scale (smith et al., 2008), indicating good concurrent and convergent validities (b) conscientiousness revealing that both the constructs are mutually exclusive. 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. -
Curcumin Analogues as Organic Fluorophores for Latent Fingerprint Imaging
Synthesis and characterization of two curcumin analogues BAA and Br-AA via a condensation reaction was reported. Both the synthesized organic luminophores exhibited aggregation-induced emission (AIE) with bright yellow and green emission respectively. Increase in the water% enhanced the emission by both the compounds confirmed the AIE property. A detailed study of latent fingerprints visualization was also carried out for both the analogues. Both the compounds showed good to normal capability to develop latent fingerprints (LFPs). Compound BAA performed better as a fluorescent material to develop LFPs compared to Br-AA. The LFPs developed were analyzed to obtain 13 level of fingerprint patterns under UV 365 nm illumination. The LFPs developed using BAA exhibited excellent efficiency, sensitivity, high contrast with low background interreference. All three levels of fingerprint patterns were identified by BAA. However, Br-AA showed inability to develop high clarity images of latent fingerprints. The solid-state emission nature of the analogues was also evaluated from their emission spectra and CIE coordinates were found to be were (0,187, 0.518) and (0.265, 0.484) for BAA and Br-AA respectively. 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH. -
Building a sustainable relationship between customers and marketers
Finding new customers is costlier than retaining the existing customers for the business. Therefore, building a strong relationship with customers helps marketers to retain their existing customers. Incorporating ethical and moral values into marketing activities offer a way to build a strong relationship. This study identifies the factors that bind customers and marketers into a sustainable relationship in the Indian context. This study constitutes a framework to understand and apply sustainable relationship marketing in the personal care industry. This study touches certain marketing disciplines such as marketing mix policy, transparency in trades, building trust, product delivery, promises delivery, and sustainable relationship. The convenience sampling technique used for the selection of respondents from the Mohali City of Punjab, and interview them. The finding suggests that promises delivery is the most important factor for a sustainable relationship. If promises are delivered effectively then the life of the relationship will be longer. Copyright 2024 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. -
Theoretical Studies ond(?,p)n atAstrophysical Energies
The photonuclear reactions using deuterium target finds application in nuclear physics, laser physics and astrophysics. The studies related to deuteron photodisintegration using polarized photons has been the focus of interest since 1998 which influenced many experimental studies which were carried out using 100% linearly polarized photons at Duke free electron Laser laboratory. Theoretical study on deuteron photodisintegration was carried out and in these studies the possibility of 3 different E1v amplitudes leading to the final n-p state in the continuum was discussed. As there is experimental evidence about the splitting of 3 E1vp- wave amplitudes at slightly higher energies, we hope that the same may be true at near threshold energies also. As the spin dependent variables are more sensitive to theoretical inputs and the data obtained on polarization observables are more sensitive to theoretical calculations, there is a considerable interest on studies related to the reaction. More recently, neutron polarization in d(?,n)p was studied at near threshold energies. In this regard the purpose of the present contribution is to extend this study to discuss proton polarization in d(?,p)n reaction using model independent irreducible tensor formalism at near threshold energies of interest to astrophysics. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024. -
Model independent approach to proton polarization in photodisintegration of deuteron
In addition to other photonuclear reactions, the study of photonuclear reactions on deuterium targets is important for laser physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and a number of applications, including nondestructive testing of nuclear materials. In this paper, we have carried out a model independent analysis of proton polarization in photodisintegration of deuterons with initially unpolarized beam and unpolarized target. The angular dependence of the polarization is studied by expressing it in terms of multipole amplitudes. 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. -
Synthetic Biology Tools for Genome and Transcriptome Engineering of Solventogenic Clostridium
Strains of Clostridium genus are used for production of various value-added products including fuels and chemicals. Development of any commercially viable production process requires a combination of both strain and fermentation process development strategies. The strain development in Clostridium sp. could be achieved by random mutagenesis, and targeted gene alteration methods. However, strain improvement in Clostridium sp. by targeted gene alteration method was challenging due to the lack of efficient tools for genome and transcriptome engineering in this organism. Recently, various synthetic biology tools have been developed to facilitate the strain engineering of solventogenic Clostridium. In this review, we consolidated the recent advancements in toolbox development for genome and transcriptome engineering in solventogenic Clostridium. Here we reviewed the genome-engineering tools employing mobile group II intron, pyrE alleles exchange, and CRISPR/Cas9 with their application for strain development of Clostridium sp. Next, transcriptome engineering tools such as untranslated region (UTR) engineering and synthetic sRNA techniques were also discussed in context of Clostridium strain engineering. Application of any of these discussed techniques will facilitate the metabolic engineering of clostridia for development of improved strains with respect to requisite functional attributes. This might lead to the development of an economically viable butanol production process with improved titer, yield and productivity. Copyright 2020 Kwon, Paari, Malaviya and Jang. -
Executives Perception about Project Management Practices in BEML Bangalore
International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT & Management Vol.2, No. 7, pp 69-74, ISSN No. 2231-5756 -
Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement among College Students
Indian Journal of Applied Psychology Vol. 50, pp. 78-81, ISSN No. 0019-5073 -
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Hunter Prey Optimization for Optimal Allocation of Photovoltaic Units in Radial Distribution System for Real Power Loss and Voltage Stability Optimization
Renewable Energy (RE) based Distribution Generation (DG), is a widely accepted eco-friendly alternative to conventional energy production. On the basic note, a DG is used to provide a part of or all of a customers real power demand and/or as a standby supply, and of all various existing types of DG technologies, Photovoltaic (PV) type distribution generation is considered for the study. The location of distributed generation is defined as the installation and operation of electric power generation modules connected directly to the distribution network or the network on the customer side of the meter, hence signifying the optimal location and size of the DGs used. This paper proposes a new algorithm of Hunter-Prey Optimization (HPO) to determine the optimal allocation of PV integration in the radial distribution systems (RDS). HPO is a new population-based algorithm inspired by the hunting behavior of a carnivore. The optimal sizing and siting of the PVs are determined by the proposed algorithm of HPO and are tested in MATLABR2021b on standard IEEE-33 and 69 test bus systems. On the basic of comparative study with literature, HPO is performed efficiently for solving multi-variable complex optimization problem. Also, the performance of RDSs is significantly improved with optimal PV allocations. 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
A Pre-trained YOLO-v5 model and an Image Subtraction Approach for Printed Circuit Board Defect Detection
Almost every electronic product used regularly contains printed circuit boards, which in addition to being used for business purposes are also used for security applications. Manual visual inspection of anomalies and faults in circuit boards during manufacture and usage is extremely challenging. Due to a shortage of training data and the uncertainty of new abnormalities, identifying undiscovered flaws continues to be complicated. The YOLO-v5 technique on a customized PCB dataset is used in the study to incorporate computer vision to detect six potential PCB defects. The algorithm is designed to be feasible, deliver precise findings, and operate at a considerable pace to be effective. A technique of image subtraction is also implemented to detect flaws in printed circuit boards. The structural similarity index, a perception-based method, gauges how similar non-defective and defective PCB images are to one another. 2023 IEEE. -
Extraction of Web News from Web Pages Using a Ternary Tree Approach
The spread of information available in the World Wide Web, it appears that the pursuit of quality data is effortless and simple but it has been a significant matter of concern. Various extractors, wrappers systems with advanced techniques have been studied that retrieves the desired data from a collection of web pages. In this paper we propose a method for extracting the news content from multiple news web sites considering the occurrence of similar pattern in their representation such as date, place and the content of the news that overcomes the cost and space constraint observed in previous studies which work on single web document at a time. The method is an unsupervised web extraction technique which builds a pattern representing the structure of the pages using the extraction rules learned from the web pages by creating a ternary tree which expands when a series of common tags are found in the web pages. The pattern can then be used to extract news from other new web pages. The analysis and the results on real time web sites validate the effectiveness of our approach. 2015 IEEE. -
Engineering applications of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved rapidly over the past few decades, permeating various aspects of our lives and transforming industries. This chapter explores the emerging applications of AI across diverse fields, including healthcare, finance, transportation, education, and entertainment. In healthcare, AI is revolutionizing diagnostics, drug discovery, personalized medicine, and patient care. In finance, AI-powered algorithms are enhancing trading strategies, risk assessment, fraud detection, and customer service. The transportation sector is witnessing advancements in autonomous vehicles, traffic management, and logistics optimization through AI technologies. AI is also reshaping education with adaptive learning platforms, personalized tutoring, and educational analytics. Moreover, in the entertainment industry, AI is driving content creation, recommendation systems, and virtual experiences. Despite the remarkable progress, challenges such as ethical concerns, bias mitigation, data privacy, and regulatory frameworks need to be addressed for the responsible deployment of AI. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
In Vitro Production of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Cell Culture
Secondary metabolites (SMs) are bioactive compounds widely used in various industries as pharmaceutical agents and food additives and serve as precursor substances for the synthesis of commercially important products. These natural bioactive metabolites are quickly replacing chemicals as efficient coloring, flavoring, texturizing, and preservative agents. Productions of these SMs are hampered due to physiological and technological parameters. Although SMs do not have any significant role in the growth and development of the organisms where they are found, they have commercial importance. Humankind has harnessed its application in every walk of their life. In the medical field, SMs are used as antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral, metabolic inhibitors, anticancer agents, and many more. The biological and pharmacological benefits of medicinal plants are attributed to SM produced by subsidiary pathways that are highly specific to target molecules. Most pharmaceuticals are either directly or indirectly derived from plant sources. Production of SMs from field plants suffers from various limitations like seasonal production, choosing specific plant organs for specific metabolites, low yield, cost of purification, and seasonal variations. Biotechnological approaches such as plant cell, tissue, and organ cultures are the best alternative methods for commercial production. The current chapter focuses on establishment of plant cell culture system for the production of SMs, strategies to improve biomass yield and metabolite content, and biosynthetic pathways. The chapter also emphasizes elicitation strategies, application of CRISPR Cas9 in metabolite synthesis, large-scale production, and commercial aspects of SMs. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022. -
In Vitro Production of Tocopherols
Tocopherols are an essential dietary nutrient for mammals and photosynthetic products produced by green plants. Tocopherols commonly referred to as vitamin E exist in four forms (?-, ?-, ?-, and ?-tocopherol). Synthetic ?-tocopherol is a mixture of eight racemic forms and is less effective than natural tocopherol, thus the demand for plant-derived tocopherols is high. Tocopherols are lipophilic antioxidant and extensively used as therapeutic agents such as anti-inflammatory, anti-infection, anticancer, immune-stimulant, and nephro-protectant. They are also used as food additives and nutraceuticals. Plant cell and tissue culture is one of the promising techniques for mass production of tocopherols to meet the commercial demand. Optimizing physical and chemical factors for in vitro culture system has resulted in better accumulation of the product. Moreover, using bioreactors, precursor feeding, elicitation, biotransformation, and metabolic engineering approaches have resulted in enhanced yield of tocopherols from in vitro cultures. The present chapter deals with various important aspects of tocopherol in vitro production such as biosynthesis of tocopherol with special emphasis on key enzymes involved in the pathway whose modulation in expression can increase the yield of the product. Topics discussed include production of tocopherol from callus, cell and organ culture, metabolic engineering for mass production, different methods employed for extraction and quantification of tocopherols, and their biological activities and commercial applications. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.