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Sri Lankan hybrid cultural remarks, revivals, and colonialism: based on Sri Lankan southern province temples’ murals

Sri Lanka has been an independent nation since ancient times. Historical sources attest to the fact that Sri Lanka was mainly inhabited by the Sinhala Buddhists and the Hindus under the political and economic conditions inherent in the country have changed due to the British occupation of the country. It had a profound effect on the cultural and religious conditions, especially the customs and traditions that promoted the local identity. It can be seen that the local people have been in a lot of trouble as upper-class people of this country who had worked with foreigners. The temple murals can be identified as an opportunity for the oppressed people of this country, led by the monks, to stand up against it, and through the visual media to show the oppression of the people and the catastrophic situation in the governing body. This research explores the challenges posed to the local culture through the art of temple murals. It will be very important to be able to control the present adverse conditions by finding solutions through history to the problems that are especially affecting the Buddhist Culture.

Published by: Wasantha Mendis

Author: Wasantha Mendis

Paper ID: V7I4-1888

Paper Status: published

Published: August 30, 2021

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Training of a robot manipulator model by three reinforcement learning algorithms (TRPO, PPO2, and ACKTR), use cases, and comparative studies

A model of the manipulator robot is available. It presents properties necessary for its integration in a reinforcement learning loop. This is the subject of the article [1]. Three reinforcement learning algorithms are used, TRPO, PPO2, and ACKTR. The first two algorithms learn well, but for the third one, the reward curve fails to find an increasing variation. Rather an erratic variation is observed. Experiments or use cases of the policy functions in controlling the robot were carried out. It is ok for the first two. The robot moves and reaches the targets presented after some iteration. For ACKTR there is no complete convergence but an oscillation around a fixed position.

Published by: Narilala Daniel Ranaivoson, Soloniaina Rakotomiraho, Rivo Randriamaroson

Author: Narilala Daniel Ranaivoson

Paper ID: V7I4-1884

Paper Status: published

Published: August 30, 2021

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ph-metric studies of formation constants of the complexes of substituted thiazolyl Schiff’s bases with some lanthanide metal ions in 70% ethanol-water mixture

The Present work is undertaken to make a systematic solution study of the complex formation of La(III), Pr(III), and Sm (III) with 2-[3-(4-methoxy phenyl)-1-(4-phenyl-thiazol-2-ylimino)-allyl]-phenol. And 2-[3-phenyl-1-(4-phenyl-thiazol-2-ylimino)-allyl]-phenol. have been determined by the pH-metric method in media of 70% ethanol-water mixture at 0.1 M ionic strength and at (30 ± 0.1)oC temperature.

Published by: Dr. Rupali S. Talegaonkar

Author: Dr. Rupali S. Talegaonkar

Paper ID: V7I4-1848

Paper Status: published

Published: August 30, 2021

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Redesigning rice cultivar (Oryza Sativa L.) Uma as saline tolerant cultivar through marker-assisted precision breeding

Rice is the only crop adaptable for cultivation in the marshy saline coastal agroecosystem. Salinity is the second major abiotic stress that limits rice production. The widely cultivated rice variety Uma in Kerala is the best yielder, but only having moderate tolerance to salinity due to partial introgression of Saltol QTL from Pokkali being the male parent of Uma. In this study, complete introgression of Saltol QTL was effected through a Marker Assisted Precision Breeding using the donor parent FL-478 and confirmed through genotyping and phenotyping. The gene sequence of polymorphic foreground marker SKC-10, the key marker for salinity tolerance, was introgressed into Uma, to tailor it into a saline tolerant variety. The background genome recovery of Saltol introgressed inbred lines of Uma was assessed using genome-wide polymorphic SSR markers between the parents covering all the 12 chromosomes. The aim of the present study was to improve the salinity tolerance level of the most popular elite rice cultivar Uma of Kerala by applying precision molecular breeding techniques.

Published by: Gincy Devasia, Dr. Shylaraj K. S.

Author: Gincy Devasia

Paper ID: V7I4-1873

Paper Status: published

Published: August 28, 2021

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Longevity of the antimicrobial effect of Silver Diamond Fluoride on cariogenic bacteria in children- A Systematic review

To critically evaluate the effect of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) on the bacterial load of cariogenic bacteria in children. Electronic databases were searched from Google Scholar, PubMed, Wiley online library, SciELO, Science Direct, Scopus, Cochrane from 2013 till the 15th of August 2020 to list out studies undertaken to evaluate the effect of silver diamine fluoride on cariogenic bacteria in children from 2 to 10 years. Abstracts and subsequently eligible full-text articles were screened. Results: Six hundred sixty-five studies were obtained from all the databases. After a thorough screening, five studies met all the inclusion criteria. Four studies assessed the bacterial load with the microbiological culture method, two studies assessed bacteria with Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bio-luminometer. Conclusion: Peak antimicrobial action of SDF was appreciated from the 3rd -30th day of post-application.

Published by: Deepika U., Kanika Chopra, Susmita Murmu, Prasanna Kumar Sahoo, Prayas Ray

Author: Deepika U.

Paper ID: V7I4-1695

Paper Status: published

Published: August 28, 2021

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A study on micro-units’ Development and Refinance Agency Limited in India – (Mudra)

In this paper study the objectives, features, achievements, eligibility, etc., of Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Limited in India. It was registered as a Company in March 2015 under the Companies Act 2013 and as a Non-Banking Finance Institution with the RBI on 07 April 2015. MUDRA was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 08 April 2015. Mudra Bank is for ‘funding’ the ‘unfunded’. It is a loan scheme initiated by the Government of India too offers loan amount up to Rs. 10 lakh for individuals to start their new business or for existing businesses, without demanding any collateral or security. According to the latest Government data, the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has disbursed 93 percent of the loan amount sanctioned as of November 13, 2020, for the current financial year 2020-21.

Published by: Dr. R. Angamuthu

Author: Dr. R. Angamuthu

Paper ID: V7I4-1843

Paper Status: published

Published: August 28, 2021

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