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Intra-Cavitary Brachytherapy practice in COVID times: A prospective analysis of time durations of various procedural steps in the practice

Background and purpose During the COVID19 pandemic many radiotherapy centers have found it difficult to continue with their brachytherapy program. The apprehension was that the brachytherapy procedures may become unacceptably cumbersome, unsafe, and time-consuming under the prevailing pandemic. We undertook the present study to estimate and analyze the time durations of various steps during the high dose rate (HDR) intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) procedure for carcinoma cervix while adhering to the safety protocols. Material and methods The study was conducted at a government-run hospital from Jan till Apr 2021. We prospectively estimated the time durations of each step of the HDR-ICBT procedure starting from the time a patient was taken into the operation theater till sent to the ward. Institutional safety protocols were followed. A total of 70 consecutive ICBT procedures involving 18 patients were included in the study. In all 1048 time-duration measurements were done. Results The average time-durations were 24 minutes, 54 minutes, 54 minutes, 63 minutes, and 26 minutes for induction of spinal epidural anesthesia, completion of brachytherapy applicator placement, CT/MRI imaging and patient transport to the brachytherapy room, completion of planning and execution of treatment, and for applicator removal, respectively. The average time duration for the entire brachytherapy procedure till the patient reached to ward was 4 hrs. Conclusion The average time of four hours for completion of an HDR-ICBT procedure with Covid-19 restrictions is reasonable and has scope for further reduction. Radiotherapy centers having adequate logistic and related support may, therefore, consider continuing with their ICBT program during the pandemic.

Published by: Ashok Kumar, M. K. Semwal, Nikhil Thakur, Rajhans, Manish Sandhu, Bhanu Prakash, Prabhjeet Singh Bhatla, Roshan Sharma, Manish Kumar, Nilima Mishra

Author: Ashok Kumar

Paper ID: V8I1-1363

Paper Status: published

Published: February 7, 2022

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Integration of digital devices and data streaming by Network Slicing Methods in IoT in 5G networks – A review

The IoT has a large scale of integration of Digital devices in various fields of Engineering & Technology. It Provides effective communication of sensing the objects which are placed remotely. The Integration of devices is playing a major role in data transfer effectively with Accuracy, Data Integrity & Latency while making the network safely. Especially in smart devices connectivity is the emerging trend in IoT which will be focused on 5G networks. In this paper, the proposed study will be very supportive of effective utilization of devices & provide more secure & QoS services while communication among any devices through a common network

Published by: Dr. Velumani P. S.

Author: Dr. Velumani P. S.

Paper ID: V8I1-1362

Paper Status: published

Published: February 7, 2022

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Academic Achievement on Psychological Stress of Higher Secondary Students in relation to Gender and Locality of Students

Students in higher secondary education settings face a wide range of ongoing stressors related to academic demands. Previous research indicates that academic-related stress can reduce academic achievement, decrease motivation and increase the risk of school dropout. This data demonstrates that academic achievement is a significant source of stress to students. The objective of the study was to find out whether there is any significant difference between psychological stress and its dimensions with respect to gender and locality of students. Approximately 188 students as samples were taken for the study. The sample was delimited to higher secondary students Chengalpattu district is taken for the study. The descriptive survey method was used in this study. The investigator used the Psychological Stress Scale which was developed by (Rangasami P, 2018).To find out the academic achievement, the researcher prepared a self-made standardized tool. This study used percentage analysis, ‘t-test, and correlation using the SPSS package for analyzing the data. The findings of the study are that (i) majority of the higher secondary students have a moderate level of academic performance with reference to background variables (ii) therebetween boys and girls in their psychological stress and its dimensions such as depression, perceived stress, self-esteem, and academic achievement. (iii) there is a significant difference between students' locality is rural and urban with respect to academic achievement. (iv) there is a significant positive correlation exist between psychological stress and its dimensions such as depression, perceived stress, self-esteem, and academic achievement of higher secondary students with respect to gender.

Published by: N. Ramachandran, Dr. M. Manivannan

Author: N. Ramachandran

Paper ID: V8I1-1281

Paper Status: published

Published: February 4, 2022

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Design and simulation of body wearable antenna

The fast development of wearable low power devices has increased the requirement of WBAN implementations. Also, there is a need to reduce the device dimensions and improve power consumption. It is also important to work on flexible antennae that may be integrated into a wide variety of applications. This paper mainly deals with remote monitoring of the elderly and athletes that affects their activities by not blending with their routine. So the main objective is to design an antenna that would be comfortable for them. A literature review on existing antenna was made and a wearable antenna is designed with size optimization. The antenna is designed using ANSYS High-Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) that works at an operating frequency of the ISM band(2.45 GHz). A rectangular patch made up of a Perfect Electrical Conductor (PEC) is used as a radiating patch and the ground is also made with a Perfect Electrical Conductor (PEC). The substrate material used is polyester with a relative permeability of 3.27 and a loss tangent of 0.00786. The size of the antenna is 40mm*34mm*1.51mm which is optimized. The properties such as gain(3.57 dB), directivity(3.62 dB), VSWR(1.47), reflection coefficient (-11.78 dB) are studied for the designed antenna.

Published by: Sahaya Reshma J., Shravya R, Pavithra R, Shanthi M

Author: Sahaya Reshma J.

Paper ID: V8I1-1204

Paper Status: published

Published: February 3, 2022

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Research Paper

Analysis of vehicle body

The software technology is growing at a large scale, which make things like CFD Testing, Air Drag simulation very easy, time-saving, and pocket friendly. The industry has given us such a good piece of technologies such as ansys, autodesk fusion 360 etc, which should be put to good and innovative ideas to execute. They should also be used to make some modification in present day things to get a better understanding on how the thing would work in real life with some software modifications. The project focuses on less air drag for better aerodynamics and better fuel efficiency. In the old age, industry was not aware of such technology would ever exist, to design a certain part in software and play simulation to get best results to save manufacturing cost and time which highly reduces the flaw detection in real life. By doing modification in a car which was not able to succeed in the market could put this technology of simulation testing to best use. Computer simulation is need for the hour and is the future!

Published by: Aniket Shivaji Redekar, Devendra Dilip Khandare, Agrahari Tanuj Kumar Ganga Prasad, Rohit Suresh Thorve

Author: Aniket Shivaji Redekar

Paper ID: V8I1-1335

Paper Status: published

Published: February 3, 2022

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Studies on the gastrointestinal parasite of local chicken (Gallus Gallus Domestica) in Sangamner region, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra

In the present study for determining the popularity of Gastrointestinal parasites of Local chickens(Gallus-Gallus Domestica), A sample of 90 Gastrointestinal tracts (Male and Female) were collected from the local market. The breed is like the Gavthi chicken, Broiler chicken, and R.R.chicken, a total of 30 samples of infected intestines were get dissected from each breed. Amongst them, the highest infection of parasites is observed in local Gavthi chicken (96.66%), in Broiler (53.33%), and the lowest infection is in R.R. Chicken (13.33%). The cestode and nematodes were found the mixed infection. The helminthes parasites were found amongst them the species A: Raillietina aqurdritesticulata spp. And B : Raillietina cesticillus spp. get observed in more range.

Published by: Dilip K. Ahire, Kanchan S. Ruptake

Author: Dilip K. Ahire

Paper ID: V8I1-1324

Paper Status: published

Published: February 2, 2022

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