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Potential of defatted Delonix regia seed cake as alternative feed for ruminant animals

The most widely available low-cost feed for ruminants in major developing countries is usually native pastures but there is the limitation in their availability as they kept reducing in quantities and qualities all year round while the high cost associated with conventional cereals and legumes made them to be discouraged. The aim of this article is to investigate the potential of defatted Delonix regia seed cake as ruminant animals alternative feed. The properties of D. regia seeds were determined using the method (Idowu et al., 2012). The oil available in the seeds was extracted using cold maceration method. The proximate composition of the defatted seed cake was determined using (AOAC, 2016) methods while its elemental mineral component was analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) following (AOAC, 2016) methods. Its anti-nutrient content was determined following the method of (Akaninwor and Okechukwu, 2004). The average for the length, width, and thickness of D. regia seeds obtained in this study are 17mm, 5mm and 3.8mm respectively. The proximate composition showed that the seed cake has high protein content with the value of 39.57% while the concentration for the mineral composition goes in the following order: (Fe>Zn>K>Mg>Mn>Cu>Co>Na>Ca). The anti-nutrient content showed that oxalate (0.85mg/100g) has the highest value while phytate (0.34mg/100g) has the least value. This study has demonstrated that defatted Delonix regia seed cake usually known to be waste could be useful in compounding animal feed.

Published by: Bello Adunola Abosede, Omole Oluwafemi Akinsola, Akinola Alice Oluwemimo, Aeneas Nebert Ulteino, Ajisebiolola Bolanle Eunice, Igwe Chima Cartney

Author: Bello Adunola Abosede

Paper ID: V5I1-1249

Paper Status: published

Published: February 7, 2019

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Occupational therapy rehabilitation and video gaming for hand injury

Neurological and musculoskeletal injuries may cause impairment of the upper extremity functions. There is significant evidence that physical training improves skills and reduces disability. However, these approaches typically require extreme dedication and are often repetitive and boring. Several studies have provided preliminary descriptions of the benefits of virtual reality and video games in rehabilitation training but most have demonstrated this through high cost video game like Wii and others. The current study taken up to find if low cost, modified games. Objective: To document the improvement in the range of motion of hand and the make the patient functionally independent through use of the modified video gaming. Methodology: The participant in this study would be all adults and children above the age 3 years, with limited wrist movements. The participants will be randomly assigned to the two groups. The video gaming will be administered in the intervention group in addition to the conventional treatment while the control group will be getting only the conventional treatment. Result and conclusion: improvement in conventional and experimental group equally in their range of motion and functional independency level. Interesting way of the therapy methods is important for improving the patients faster. interactive methods or gamin would be the best methods for rehabilitation of hand injury patients low cost video gaming methods would be the good option in rural area where the costly therapy centre would not possible to set.

Published by: Deepak Ganjiwale, Ranjit Pathak, Amitabh Dwivedi

Author: Deepak Ganjiwale

Paper ID: V5I1-1264

Paper Status: published

Published: February 7, 2019

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Integrated platform and response system for healthcare using Alexa

This paper presents a healthcare system by providing virtual personal assistance using the Amazon Alexa. Amazon Alexa is an application program that understands voice commands and completes that commands for the user. Amazon Echo is not only a smart speaker but operates as an intelligent personal virtual assistant. Alexa is Hands-free that can allow easier access to the medical information. Alexa has been programmed with the information about the patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacy details, events and general information about the Healthcare. Users can interact with the Alexa to find out the scheduled appointments, availability of the doctor, availability of the rooms, etc.

Published by: Sakthivel V., Kesaven P., Martin William J., Madan Kumar S. K.

Author: Sakthivel V.

Paper ID: V5I1-1262

Paper Status: published

Published: February 7, 2019

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Enhancing the accuracy of digit recognition using machine learning algorithms

Handwritten character recognition is one of the important issues in pattern recognition applications. The applications of digit recognition include postal mail sorting, bank check processing, data entry form, pin code identification, identify the doctors' prescriptions etc. The conversion of an image based on the digit into letter codes for further use in a computer or text processing application is the first step in an off-line handwriting recognition system. This paper presents an approach of (MLP) Multilayer Perceptron neural network to recognize and predict handwritten digits from 0 to 9. MLP is a class of feed-forward artificial neural network. It consists of at least three layers of nodes having an input layer, a hidden layer, and an output layer. Each node is a neuron that uses a nonlinear activation function. The MNIST database is a large database of handwritten digits that is commonly used for training various image processing systems contain 60,000 training images and 10,000 testing images. The dataset was trained using gradient descent back-propagation algorithm and further tested using the feed-forward algorithm. The system performance is observed by varying the number of hidden layers. Various algorithms used for image processing have been discussed. The main objective of this paper is to ensure effective and reliable approaches for recognition of handwritten digits.

Published by: Meera Madhu, Dr. N. Yuvaraj, Indhumathi P., Gokula Priya S.

Author: Meera Madhu

Paper ID: V5I1-1274

Paper Status: published

Published: February 6, 2019

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Review Paper

Smart factory: A methodology for adaptation

The purpose of this paper is to find from literature, (a) why ‘smart factory’ is an appropriate development to the factory system now, and (b) what is a smart factory, and what are its constituents and governing principles of design. The findings are used to propose a methodology for retrofitting or designing a smart factory. In the first step, the prevailing factory system and its weaknesses are identified. In the next step the technological developments, that are conducive to form the smart factory, which outperforms the existing factory system, are reviewed. In the third step the smart factory definitions are analyzed and in the fourth step the constituents, governing design principles, as identified from the literature are collected, analyzed and categorized. In the final step, we used the findings to propose a methodology to retrofit an existing factory or design a new smart factory. The literature concerning ‘smart factory’ is abundant, and a strict selection scheme was used, to choose the literature for the study. This might have eliminated some relevant literature. Smart Factory is a disruptive development to the existing factory system, and as such the findings first assist to identify the ‘advanced knowledge in science and technology’ that is needed for success (sensors, IoT, storing and processing a huge amount of data and data analytics). It then identifies various possible technologies that can constitute to specific smart factory implementations and guide with the design principles. The value of this research is the proposed methodology, which can guide anyone planning to move forward in the smart factory path.

Published by: Iman AbdulWaheed, Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, Khalifa Harib

Author: Iman AbdulWaheed

Paper ID: V5I1-1272

Paper Status: published

Published: February 6, 2019

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Juvenile Recurrent Parotitis

It is a rare condition and characterized by multiple episodes of parotid swelling and/or pain associated with fever or malaise over a period of years. Juvenile recurrent parotitis (JRP) is defined as recurrent inflammatory parotitis in children of unknown etiology.1 Salivary gland diseases in children are rare, apart from viral-induced diseases. Clinical diagnostics and especially the surgical treatment are influenced by a stringent indication and a less invasive strategy. Due to the rarity of tumors of the salivary glands in children, it is recommended to treat them in a specialized center with greater surgical experience. In most cases, the symptoms resolve spontaneously after puberty but all children should be screened to exclude Sjogren’s syndrome, lymphoma, and immunodeficiency including human immunodeficiency virus. Parotid abscess results as a complication of primary parotitis and are very rare in the pediatric population, we present a 6-year-old girl who had 15 episodes of recurrent parotid swelling over past 3 months.

Published by: Dr. Abhishek Kumar, Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Author: Dr. Abhishek Kumar

Paper ID: V5I1-1284

Paper Status: published

Published: February 6, 2019

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