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Deep Learning-Based Dynamic Vision: Classifying Hand Gestures
In the field of hand gesture recognition, this research introduces novel approaches by utilising a variety of state-of-the-art deep learning models, including YOLOv6, YOLOv8, VGG16, VGG19, and ResNet50. Our work involved rigorous dataset annotation and preprocessing, coupled with custom data augmentation techniques tailored for real-world scenarios. The results were excellent, as YOLOv6 exhibited remarkable precision, achieving an impressive Average Precision (AP) of 97.4% and recall (AR) of 90%. Meanwhile, YOLOv8s prowess shone in specific classes, where it attained a remarkable mean Average Precision (mAP) of 89%. We further explored the capabilities of classical Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) such as VGG16 and VGG19. These models demonstrated solid performance with an average accuracy of 74 and 67%, respectively. Our study also explored the utilization of ResNet50, which, despite its popularity in other computer vision tasks, showed a lower accuracy of 33% in the context of hand gesture recognition. This research showcases a significant leap beyond the conventional CNN-based research in hand gesture recognition, as we integrated both object detection and image classification models into the evaluation framework. Looking ahead, our research opens doors to exploring ensemble models that synergize the strengths of YOLOv6, YOLOv8, VGG16, and VGG19, promising a harmonized performance across all classes. Moreover, we advocate for further research into transfer learning techniques, anticipating even higher accuracy levels in scenarios constrained by limited training data. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025. -
Delhi and Its Perpetual State of Impermanence
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Paradigms of posthumanism on screen: A study of films in Bollywood
Fine arts and cultural studies contribute greatly to the popular understanding of posthumanism. The ideas that are encapsulated under the umbrella of the term "posthumanism" help break away from the discourses that place the human at the center and expand to include dialogues against similar totalizing concepts. A movement towards posthumanism in Indian films can be observed in Bollywood's growing repository. This chapter studies the paradigms of posthumanism in Bollywood and its understanding in the Southeast Asian country. Environmental humanities, sci-fi, and horror act as the most fertile fields of study of the tenets of posthumanism as they grapple with societal debates. The chapter undertakes the study of posthumanism in Bollywood through an analysis of movies under Maddock films, namely Go Goa Gone, Bhediya, and Munjya. 2025, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Teaching as a political act: The role of critical pedagogical practices and curriculum /
Human Affairs, Vol.26, ISSN: 1337-401X. -
Rethinking interdisciplinarity in social sciences: Is it a new revolution or paradox? /
Journal Of Interdisciplinary Studies In Eductaion, Vol.4, Issue 2, pp.44-66, ISSN: 2166-2681 (Print), 2690-0408 (Online). -
Decolonizing social psychology in India: Exploring its role as emancipatory social science /
Psychology & Society, Vol.8, Issue 1, pp.57-74, ISSN: 2041-5893. -
The social representations of academic achievement and failure /
Psychological Studies, Vol.60, Issue 2, pp.231-241, ISSN No: 0974-9861 (Online) 0033-2968 (Print) -
Rethinking the place of socioeconomic status identity in students' academic achievement /
European Journal of Psychology & Educational Studies, Vol.2, Issue 2, pp.242-249, ISSN No: 2395-2555 (Online) -
Learners' intention to adopt virtual experiences in higher education
Virtual- experience technologies enable the creation of virtual classrooms and immersive learning experiences that are more engaging and effective than traditional methods. The chapter has made use of a descriptive research design, which utilizes a purposive sampling technique to collect data from the students of Higher Education Institutions in the National Capital Region of India. Primary data was collected with the help of a formalized and concealed questionnaire having closed- ended multiple- choice questions on a five- point Likert scale. It was found that digital citizenship, experience, Self- efficacy, and institutional support influence the adoption of virtual experiences in Higher education. Gender has no influence on the adoption intention, but people belonging to different age brackets have different opinions on the adoption of technology, and a greater inclination has been witnessed among the younger generation respondents. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
A smart attendance system and method for permission inventory during the class /
Patent Number: 202111060922, Applicant: Shivani Chaudhry.
A smart attendance system (1). The system (1) comprises a smart lecture stand (2), which having an electronic unit (2A) which is connected to the other smart door, smart bench, and smart chair of the system; a smart bench (3), which having an electronic unit (3A), which is connected to the other smart door, smart stand, and smart chair of the system; a smart chair (4) comprises which having an electronic unit (4A); which is connected to the other smart door, smart bench, and smart stand of the system; a smart door (5) comprises a electronic unit (5A), which is connected to the other smart door, smart bench, and smart chair of the system. -
Marketing intelligence, part A: Understanding customers in the era of digitalization
Digitalization has completely transformed marketing. It has changed consumption habits, consumer behaviour, and purchasing processes. This work provides the most up-to-date research on the challenges connected with the expanding ground of digitalization and marketing. 2025 Mudita Sinha, Arabinda Bhandari, Samant Shant Priya and Sajal Kabiraj. All rights reserved. -
Marketing intelligence, part B: AI, trust, and innovation in the modern business landscape
Digitalization has completely transformed marketing. It has changed consumption habits, consumer behaviour, and purchasing processes. This work provides the most up-to-date research on the challenges connected with the expanding ground of digitalization and marketing. 2025 Mudita Sinha, Arabinda Bhandari, Samant Shant Priya and Sajal Kabiraj. All rights reserved. -
Factors Affecting Digital Visibility of Small and Medium Enterprises in India
This study sketches the importance of social media, integrated marketing communication, social customer relationship management and its transformation in the small and medium enterprises (SME). These factors can increase interaction and communication of SMEs with its customers. This study incorporates empirical method to elaborate how SMEs can increase visibility and reachability by gaining value through the usage of social media. Findings of the study highlight the challenges faced by SMEs with respect to visibility, examines the usage of different digital platforms by Indian SMEs which can resolve these difficulties and its impact on the business for improved visibility of SMEs when competition is hitting hard on all businesses. 2025 MDI. -
Driving customer brand engagement through augmented reality-induced influencer content among Gen Z: The moderating role of credibility
The present study investigates the impact of Augmented reality-induced influencer content moderated by the influencers credibility, steering to word of mouth trailed by purchase intentions of Gen Z in the fashion industry. This study employs a conceptual model grounded on the theory of social power and the S-O-R model with the moderating role of credibility. Data was gathered from 423 samples. To test the dimensionality of Augmented reality-induced influencer content, exploratory factor analysis with principal component analysis and Varimax orthogonal rotation was adopted. SPSS version 22.0 and AMOS version 20 were used for data analysis. The studys findings indicate that following influencers generates favorable brand effects, such as increased social power and higher purchase intentions, by fostering familiarity and internalizing behavioral intents. Credibility is vital in influencing views and promoting electronic word-of-mouth through interactions between audiences and influencers. Brands have significant chances to engage Generation Z with genuine content by utilizing influencer marketing facilitated by augmented reality. Therefore, the study concludes that Augmented reality-induced influencer content encourages consumers to engage actively and positively drives them toward brand outcomes. 2025 Korean Scholars of Marketing Science. -
Models of cuber security and data privacy analysis for Indian consumer's e-commerce decision making /
Patent Number: 202211043969, Applicant: Priyanka Kaushik.
Even though it is clear that e-commerce meets the requirements of customers, businesses and the clients they serve continue to be susceptible to cyberattacks, which may already be in progress against them. In this study, a comprehension of the antecedent elements that generate concerns among Indian consumers while using ecommerce websites is presented. It seeks to quantify the perceived hazards and data privacy issues that influence an individual's approach to making a risk-informed purchasing decision. The sake of this investigation, a quantitative method of approach has been used. -
Excess and Otherness: Fat, Queer, and Neurodivergent Bodies under Ethnonationalism in Postwar Studio Ghibli
This study examines intersectional representation in animated films through the characters of the Witch of the Waste (Howls Moving Castle) and Yubaba (Spirited Away), positioning them within discourses on fatness, queerness, and the reimagining of witchcraft as a metaphor for neurodivergence. Both characters reify camp aesthetics (a style characterised by excess, artifice, and a self-aware sense of extravagance) through exaggerated mannerisms, grandiose expressions, and theatrical speech, a feat made possible by the medium of animation, which enhances these characteristics beyond what live-action film can achieve. They are perceived as Other because their bodies are rendered disruptive to dominant social norms. Drawing on Sara Ahmeds Cultural Politics of Emotion, this study explores how these witches evoke fear, disgust and discomfort, mainly through their unruly corporeality and deviation from socially sanctioned expression. Fatness, neurodivergence, and queerness, like the abject, exist on the threshold of the acceptable, simultaneously provoking fascination and repulsion. These traits are further entangled with the logic of ethnonationalism, which upholds idealised bodily forms as markers of morality, and national superiority. This study reveals how Studio Ghiblis witches challenge dominant norms while also reflecting broader cultural anxieties about bodies that refuse to conform. The witches also channel the contradictions of the postwar maternal body, tasked with care, burdened with trauma, and shaped by national expectations of productivity and restraint. Ultimately, they offer a lens into how animated media navigates the politics of the body, excess, and deviance, contributing to broader discussions of intersectional representation in film and television. 2025 Australian National University, Dept. of Gender, Media and Cultural Studies. All rights reserved. -
JUSTICE BEYOND COURTS: EXPLORING FEMINIST AND DIGITAL APPROACHES TO RESTORATIVE PRACTICE IN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been a worldwide problem that has been quite hard to handle with traditional justice systems that lack the capacity to address the intricate needs of victims. The present paper aims to discuss how using restorative justice (RJ) based on feminist theory and driven by digital innovations, a different route to justice other than the traditional courts can be pursued. The research involves integrative qualitative method of synthesizing the results of peer-reviewed literature, policy reports on the assessment of such programs as Project Restore (New Zealand), NYC Blueprint (USA), and Open Circle (Australia), and online interventions, such as AR storytelling and digital mediation sites. This review shows that feminist models of RJ are based on the safety and empowerment of the survivor providing results that criminal courts can hardly provide. Nonetheless, these models do not have an easy time scaling because of resource limitations. Digital technologies, nevertheless, make RJ more accessible and anonymous, but at the same time they have ethical risks, including questions of privacy and algorithmic bias. The paper argues that such problems may be solved through the combination of feminist ethics and responsible digital design to create survivor-led and technology-enabling RJ systems. The results can be used in theory and policy formulation through the suggested model that will combine feminist and digital methods to make justice innovative, but ethically sound. This is an interdisciplinary approach that holds transformative prospects in the context of dealing with IPV worldwide. 2025. -
The Rise of Defi: Functional Applications and Its Comparison With Conventional Finance
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is rapidly transforming the traditional financial system by introducing a permissionless, transparent, and trustless financial ecosystem powered by blockchain technology. It eliminates intermediaries by utilizing smart contracts on public blockchains like Ethereum, thereby promoting financial inclusion and operational efficiency. This paper explores the fundamental concepts of DeFi, the underlying technology including Ethereum, smart contracts, and Layer 2 solutions, and the wide array of its applications such as (DEXs), lending/borrowing platforms, yield farming, and stablecoins. In addition to examining the functional advantages of DeFi like reduced transaction costs and increased accessibility, the paper also critically analyzes the potential risks including smart contract vulnerabilities, regulatory concerns, and systemic dependencies. A special focus is given to the Indian regulatory framework and how it compares with global jurisdictions. The paper concludes with a discussion on the future prospects of DeFi. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Protecting Cultural Knowledge in the Digital Era: Legal Dimensions of Intellectual Property in AI- Powered Immersive Learning and the Metaverse
The rapid expansion of AI- driven metaverse environments has challenged traditional intellectual property frameworks, leaving indigenous and cultural heritage vulnerable to unauthorized use and misrepresentation. This study analyzes legal gaps in the protection of cultural knowledge in immersive digital platforms, highlighting risks posed by generative AI and decentralized governance. We evaluate emerging solutions such as blockchain- based ownership verification and NFT licensing-against ethical concerns of profit- sharing and moral rights. Drawing on comparative legal research, we propose an international framework integrating digital rights management and sui generis protections for cultural assets. Our recommendations stress collaboration among governments, international organizations, and technology developers, alongside the inclusion of digital heritage law in academic curricula, to empower indigenous communities to safeguard their cultural rights. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.