ICT Model (e-Kapas Network) for Dissemination of Cotton Agro-Advisory for Vidharbha region
Information and communication technology in agriculture (ICT in agriculture), also known as e-agriculture, focuses on the enhancement of agricultural and rural development through improved information and communication processes. Mobile Phone has emerged the scenario of communication. It is a fast and reliable source of communication for dissemination of Information related to new innovation or alter for upcoming calamities. Recent year the mobiles are becoming affordable and useful tool for farming community. Poor accesses to agricultural information are the major constraints in the growth of agricultural productivity in India. In this context e-Kapas Network Project under Technical Mission on cotton (TMC MM-1.6) ensures the availability of right information at right time at the doorstep of clients. ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur has introduced the novel extension mechanisms e-Kapas Network project nationally since April 2012. The AICCIP center of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola was also one of participating center of this project with specific assignments to be completed in the various stages. These ICT Model were succeeded as the opportunities to the cotton growers to get relevant, location specific, timely agro-advisory services along with powerful platform for cotton scientists deliver appropriate cotton technologies to farmers to improve the efficiency of current manual system by saving time, money and making technologies available ‘anywhere & anytime’ to users. AICCIP, Akola under Dr. PDKV, Akola center has actively registered their participation by registering about 15,930 farmers from Vidharbha region along with document with fifty two FAQs and developed the script for documentary on rainfed cotton cultivation. The favorable attitude of farmers towards ICT as an effective and efficient information support tool would lead to stronger conviction and efficient extension programme planning in changing agri-rural environment.
Published by: Dr. Vaibhav V. Ujjainkar, Dr. T. H. Rathod, Dr. P. W. Nemade, Dr. S. B. Deshmukh, Dr. A. N. Paslawar
Author: Dr. Vaibhav V. Ujjainkar
Paper ID: V6I3-1647
Paper Status: published
Published: June 29, 2020
A correlational and comparative study of perceived stress, intolerance of uncertainty and resilience among students and working individuals during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study is aimed at investigating the correlation and comparison of perceived stress, intolerance of uncertainty and resilience among students as well as working individuals. The two main objectives of the research are to see if these three variables correlate with each other significantly; as well as to see the if there is a difference in the perception of intolerance of uncertainty, perceived stress and resilience between students and working individuals. The total sample consisted of 373 individuals falling between 18-40 years of age. Methodology consisted of snowball and purposive sampling. Descriptive, correlational and comparative research designs were used. Standardized tools of Perceived Stress Scale, Resilience Scale-14 and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale were used for data collection in order to assess perceived stress, intolerance of uncertainty and resilience. The parametric measure of Pearson product moment correlation, independent sample t-test as well as regression were used for data analysis. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between intolerance of uncertainty and perceived stress and a significantly negative correlation between resilience and intolerance of uncertainty and resilience and perceived stress ( significant at 0.01 level). There is also a significant difference between perceived stress and resilience of the students and working individuals ( significant at 0.05 level).
Published by: Ketaki Joshi, Shruti Kate, Shreya Shitole, Shachi Kashikar, Pranita Date
Author: Ketaki Joshi
Paper ID: V6I3-1656
Paper Status: published
Published: June 28, 2020
Prevalence of Dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls of Govt. Senior Secondary Schools of District Mandi, H.P.
Adolescence is most important stage of human life, particularly in adolescent girls as it lays down the conditions for healthy and safe procreation. Many girls face problems in their menstrual cycle including dysmenorrhea, which has figured less in past research studies. To find out the prevalence of dysmenorrhea among adolescent school girls, to determine the association between the dysmenorrhea and quality of life as well as with other selected variables. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 378 adolescent Senior Secondary School girls of 13-18 years of age, selected through multistage sampling technique using structured pretested questionnaire. The data was computed and analyzed in SPSS 23 version. Results: The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 65.3%. Most of the students were in the age group of 15-16 years. The mean age of respondents was 15.26±1.293 years while it was 13.41±.682 for menarche. The most common symptoms reported were backache in 66.7% and irritability in 40.7% of the cases. The study found positive association between dysmenorrhea and family history and fruit intake. Dysmenorrhea was also found related with school absenteeism, poor exam grades, poor interpersonal relationship, decreased concentration in class and day-to-day activity. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls was relatively high. The pain suffered could be severe that affected school absenteeism, social and academic performance and day-to-day activities. Association of dysmenorrhea was found to be significantly associated with age of menarche while it was highly significant with family history and fruits.
Published by: Aruna Kumari, Dr. H. S. Chauhan, Dr. NL Gupta, Anureet Sohal
Author: Aruna Kumari
Paper ID: V6I3-1636
Paper Status: published
Published: June 26, 2020
To investigate potential target based phytochemicals against COX 2 & STAT 3 protein of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head & Neck using In-Silico approach
Cancer is not just one disease but many diseases affecting the world over. Carcinoma is a type of cancer arise from epithelial cells. Squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) represents a heterogeneous disease entity, with various etiological factors implicated in the genesis of distinct molecular subsets of tumors, which exhibit different biological and clinical behavior. Historically, SCCHN has been about twice as common in men as in women and more frequent in people over 50 with growing incidence reported among younger people. Alcohol and tobacco are common etiologic factors for SCCHN, linked to at least 75% of cases. Systems biology emphasizes the need for molecular characterization of cancer development. Molecular tools are screened as means of candidate biomarkers leading to cancer. Overexpression of proteins causing tumorigenesis is better understood by studying their role in cancer proliferation. COX 2 and STAT3 are pathway-mediated bioagents in head and neck cancer considered as targetable protein. Phytochemicals such as Rutin, Quercetin and Ellagic acid are well-known inhibitors of both COX 2 and STAT3 proteins. In-silico approach was used to analyze binding interactions of phytochemicals against selected protein structures of COX 2 and STAT3 using docking studies thereby forming drug able agents. The main objective is to find an alternative treatment to chemoprevention therapy. This research work aims to carry out systematic review of head and neck cancer in order to develop potential target-based therapy. Therefore, Rutin against 5IKR, 5F19, Quercetin against 6NJS and Ellagic acid against 6QHD may be considered to be potential anti-cancer against SCCHN target which further needs to be explored for drug development process.
Published by: Priyankal D. Sharma, Aparna Hiren Patil Kose, Chintan Navnit Shah
Author: Priyankal D. Sharma
Paper ID: V6I3-1627
Paper Status: published
Published: June 26, 2020
A descriptive study to assess the knowledge and attitude of cervical cancer and its prevention among the married women residing in selected Bhattakuffer area, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Cervical cancer remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women worldwide and an issue of significant public health concern. HPV is a necessary cause of cervical cancer, but it is not a sufficient cause. The burden of cervical cancer in India is enormous accounting for about 20 percent of all cancer-related deaths in women and is the number one cause of death in the middle age of Indian women. Objectives of the study were to (1) To assess the knowledge of married women regarding cervical cancer. (2) To assess the attitude of married women regarding cervical cancer. (3) To find out the association between attitude and knowledge score related to cervical cancer with their socio-demographic variables. Methods: The descriptive research design was adopted to collect the data from 100 married women residing in the selected community area of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh via using a random sampling technique. The data was collected by a self-structured questionnaire and by using a 5-Point Likert scale. Result: The findings of the study show that about 79% of women were having moderate knowledge who scored (21-31marks) and 11 % were inadequate who scored (11-20marks) and 10% (0-10 marks) of the married women were having adequate knowledge regarding cervical cancer and its prevention. The majority of the married women were having a neutral attitude (71%), and (29%) of the women were having a positive attitude towards cervical cancer and its prevention. cer
Published by: Diksha Sharma, Chanchal Sharma
Author: Diksha Sharma
Paper ID: V6I3-1620
Paper Status: published
Published: June 26, 2020
Photocatalytic decolourization of congo red dye from aqueous solution by fungal biomass doped copper oxide nanoparticles
Dye-containing wastewater discharged from several industrial activities is a serious threat to the water bodies around industrial areas, because these toxic, organic or synthetic, dyes can affect plant life and human life indirectly affecting the ecosystem of the environment. The study was aimed to enhance the capacity of the biosorption process by doping copper oxide on to fungal biomass for dye remediation. The isolated fungal strain is Aspergillus flavus. Copper oxide nanoparticles are synthesized by green synthetic pathway and Coriandrum sativum was utilized as 0.04 M Copper oxide and fungal biomass
Published by: Praveen Kumar, Evanjalin Monica
Author: Praveen Kumar
Paper ID: V6I3-1578
Paper Status: published
Published: June 26, 2020
