scholarly journals Method and device for treating sinus pain at acupressure points

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya L ◽  
Ramesh S ◽  
S. Aarthi ◽  
S. M. Preethi ◽  
T. Monisha
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Nasal Polyps ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
Nasal Passage ◽  
Muscular Pain ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
The World ◽  
User Friendly

Abstract Sinusitis is an inflammation caused in the nasal passage due to cold, allergies or by nasal polyps. Sinusitis is a major problem among one in eight people around the world. People are interested more in ailment of natural treatments than antibiotic and other medicines. The objective of this work is to provide relief from sinusitis pain through acupressure points. The proposed methodology of sinusitis treatment can be done by applying heating cooling effect and massaging action simultaneously. This paper deals with both the methods of treating the sinusitis. This system integrates an android mobile application with a hardware device that serves this purpose. A face mask which consists of motors and heating and cooling system embedded which can be controlled using user friendly mobile application. The similar methodology can be used for other applications like back pain, muscular pain and knee pain relief.

Nano-based Masks, Disinfectants and Sanitizers Effectively Combat Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humera Kausar
Keyword(s):  
Protein Denaturation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
The Body ◽  
World Health ◽  
Nasal Passage ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

COVID-19 is an infectious viral disease caused by novel coronavirus to SARS-CoV-2 which emerged from Wuhan, China at the end of year 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic due to highly contagious nature of SARS-CoV-2. Till date COVID-19 has infected and claimed lives of millions of people around the world. The virus is mainly transmitted through droplets from symptomatic patients; however, there are many cases of infection from asymptomatic people, wherein the virus is transmitted even before the symptoms appear. Therefore, it has been strategized to control the spread of virus from one person to another. Moreover, inadequate medical facilities, high cost of treatment and lack of effective medication against novel COVID-19, non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) can help mitigate the transmission such as wearing face masks, face shields, protective clothing and practicing social distancing. However, these standard protective equipment (PE) are not effective in preventing the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, nano-based products are of huge help in effectively preventing COVID-19 outbreak. Face-mask is a cost effective first line of defense against COVID-19 as mask helps prevent the entry of small sized particles. However, commonly used facial masks are incapable of preventing the entry of small sized corona virus, which gets stuck in mask and can live on it for up to 9 days. Moreover, if such mask worn for longer period of time, virus can enter inside the body via mouth and nasal passage. Therefore, masks should be designed such that they are effective, antiviral and comfortable to use. Recently a research showed that nanoceutical N95 mask made with Zinc Oxide nanoflower cotton fabrics were comfortable, washable, porous and light-weight which solved the common problem of carbon dioxide rebreathing and prevented the spread of virus through the pores. Nanotechnology also offers a lot of opportunities for the development of more effective and promising disinfectant systems. In Prague, nano-polymer disinfectants were sprayed on few public vehicles to check its efficiency. It was found that Nano-polymer disinfectant can work for almost 21 days as compared to traditional disinfectants. Moreover, it was also found that copper nanoparticles incorporated disinfectants could be really effective against COVID-19. Coronavirus estimated half-life on stainless steel is 5.6h and on plastics 6.8h therefore copper can be used to inactivate virus. Additionally, the efficiency of hand sanitizers could also be enhanced by introducing nanoparticles like copper, silver, gold, and quaternary ammonium cations (QUATs) due to their antiviral properties. These metals and metal oxides can be used to create a surface coating to protect the body against the covid-19 because they possess the ability to stops the binding of viral proteins with human epithelial cells and leads to the viral protein denaturation. Scaling-up these for commercial use could help in effectively preventing COVID-19 spread. These various available nano-based products help equip people for combating COVID-19. Dr. Humera Kausar Associate Professor Kinnaird College for Women University Lahore, Pakistan

scholarly journals Home Automation using Esp-8266

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 59-63
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Hand Gesture ◽  
Home Automation ◽  
Automated Control ◽  
The World ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
User Friendly

Home automation is advancing in most sectors of the world, people are finding ways to make their life simpler and more efficient. Most of the home automation devices use raspberry pi and various sensors. Many of the device are inculcated with hand gesture recognition algorithms in order to make them more user friendly. This system is based on Wi-Fi signals and communication takes place over a particular bandwidth of the Wi-Fi. The system takes into usage a Wi-Fi technology thus it provides universal access to the system for automated control of appliance. ESP-8266 is the vital component of this project that helps in communication using Wi-Fi protocol. The main objective that lies behind this project is the inspection of controlling of the home appliances distantly while keeping it cost effective. The motivation behind the project was to enable users to make their home automatic and have distantly unanimous control. The home gadgets controller framework with an operational expense was viewed as fabricated that ought to be transferrable giving removed access controlling plan to the machines. Thus the analysis comprises the working of the Wi-Fi module along with various censors and IC’s. ESP-8266 helps the user to control the device from anywhere around the globe using the mobile application.

India Goes Digital..Smartphone is the New Shopping Destination

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Shankar Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Mobile Commerce ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
User Friendly

Despite being in nascent stage m-commerce is gaining momentum in India. The explosive growth of smart-phone users has made India much loved business destination for whole world. Indian internet user is becoming the second largest in the world next to China surpassing US, which throws open plenty of e-commerce opportunities, not only for Indian players, offshore players as well. Mobile commerce is likely to overtake e-commerce in the next few years, spurred by the continued uptrend in online shopping and increasing use of mobile apps.The optimism comes from the fact that people accessing the Internet through their mobiles had jumped 33 per cent in 2014 to 173 million and is expected to grow 21 per cent year-on-year till 2019 to touch 457 million. e-Commerce brands are eyeing on the mobile app segment by developing user-friendly and secure mobile apps offering a risk-free and easy shopping experience to its users. Budget 4G smart phones coupled with affordable plans, can very well drive 4G growth in India.

EVALUATION OF THE EFECTS OF EMBEDDING THERAPY AND ELECTRONIC ACUPUNCTURE COMBINED WITH “DOC HOAT TANG KY SINH” REMEDY IN THE TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN BY OSTEOARTHRITIS

2016 ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Thi Ngoc Dung Thai ◽  
Thi Tan Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Good Level ◽  
Embedding Therapy ◽  
The World ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Group 1

Background: Low back pain by osteoarthristis is one of the most common diseases in the world as well as in Vietnam, estimated 70-85% people in the world have low back pain sometime in their lives. Obiectives: To evaluate the effects of embedding therapy and electronic acupuncture combined with “Doc hoat tang ky sinh” remedy in the treatment of low back pain by spondylosis. Materials and methods: 72 patients diagnosed of low back pain by spondylosis, were examined and treated at Phu Yen Traditional Medicine Hospital, divided equally into 2 groups (group 1 and group 2). Results: In group 1: Effective treatment at good and fair good level accounted for 41.7% and 41.7%. In group 2: Good level occupied 33.3% and fair good level occupied 55.6%. Conclusion: The ratios of good and fair good in 2 groups were equal (p >0.05) Key words: Low back pain, spondylosis, embedding therapy, electronic acupuncture

scholarly journals Numerical Evaluation of a HVAC System Based on a High-Performance Heat Transfer Fluid

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3298
Author(s):  
Gianpiero Colangelo ◽  
Brenda Raho ◽  
Marco Milanese ◽  
Arturo de Risi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Heat Transfer Fluid ◽  
Hvac System ◽  
Dynamic Simulations ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
The University

Nanofluids have great potential to improve the heat transfer properties of liquids, as demonstrated by recent studies. This paper presents a novel idea of utilizing nanofluid. It analyzes the performance of a HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) system using a high-performance heat transfer fluid (water-glycol nanofluid with nanoparticles of Al2O3), in the university campus of Lecce, Italy. The work describes the dynamic model of the building and its heating and cooling system, realized through the simulation software TRNSYS 17. The use of heat transfer fluid inseminated by nanoparticles in a real HVAC system is an innovative application that is difficult to find in the scientific literature so far. This work focuses on comparing the efficiency of the system working with a traditional water-glycol mixture with the same system that uses Al2O3-nanofluid. The results obtained by means of the dynamic simulations have confirmed what theoretically assumed, indicating the working conditions of the HVAC system that lead to lower operating costs and higher COP and EER, guaranteeing the optimal conditions of thermo-hygrometric comfort inside the building. Finally, the results showed that the use of a nanofluid based on water-glycol mixture and alumina increases the efficiency about 10% and at the same time reduces the electrical energy consumption of the HVAC system.

Thermal performance of a radiant wall heating and cooling system with pipes attached to thermally insulating bricks

2021 ◽  
pp. 111122
Author(s):  
Michal Krajčík ◽  
Martin Šimko ◽  
Ondřej Šikula ◽  
Daniel Szabó ◽  
Dušan Petráš
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Wall Heating

scholarly journals Increased Emergency Calls during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A National Retrospective Study

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Wathinani ◽  
Attila J. Hertelendy ◽  
Sultana Alhurishi ◽  
Abdulmajeed Mobrad ◽  
Riyadh Alhazmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Emergency Medical Services ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Emergency Calls ◽  
The World ◽  
Staffing Patterns ◽  
The Impact

The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has a direct and indirect effect on the different healthcare systems around the world. In this study, we aim to describe the impact on the utilization of emergency medical services (EMS) in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied cumulative data from emergency calls collected from the SRCA. Data were separated into three periods: before COVID-19 (1 January–29 February 2020), during COVID-19 (1 March–23 April 2020), and during the Holy Month of Ramadan (24 April–23 May 2020). A marked increase of cases was handled during the COVID-19 period compared to the number before pandemic. Increases in all types of cases, except for those related to trauma, occurred during COVID-19, with all regions experiencing increased call volumes during COVID-19 compared with before pandemic. Demand for EMS significantly increased throughout Saudi Arabia during the pandemic period. Use of the mobile application ASAFNY to request an ambulance almost doubled during the pandemic but remained a small fraction of total calls. Altered weekly call patterns and increased call volume during the pandemic indicated not only a need for increased staff but an alteration in staffing patterns.

scholarly journals WattScale

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Srinivasan Iyengar ◽  
Stephen Lee ◽  
David Irwin ◽  
Prashant Shenoy ◽  
Benjamin Weil
Keyword(s):  
Cooling System ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Ground Truth Data ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Data Driven Approach ◽  
Execution Mode ◽  
The Individual

Buildings consume over 40% of the total energy in modern societies, and improving their energy efficiency can significantly reduce our energy footprint. In this article, we present WattScale, a data-driven approach to identify the least energy-efficient buildings from a large population of buildings in a city or a region. Unlike previous methods such as least-squares that use point estimates, WattScale uses Bayesian inference to capture the stochasticity in the daily energy usage by estimating the distribution of parameters that affect a building. Further, it compares them with similar homes in a given population. WattScale also incorporates a fault detection algorithm to identify the underlying causes of energy inefficiency. We validate our approach using ground truth data from different geographical locations, which showcases its applicability in various settings. WattScale has two execution modes—(i) individual and (ii) region-based, which we highlight using two case studies. For the individual execution mode, we present results from a city containing >10,000 buildings and show that more than half of the buildings are inefficient in one way or another indicating a significant potential from energy improvement measures. Additionally, we provide probable cause of inefficiency and find that 41%, 23.73%, and 0.51% homes have poor building envelope, heating, and cooling system faults, respectively. For the region-based execution mode, we show that WattScale can be extended to millions of homes in the U.S. due to the recent availability of representative energy datasets.

scholarly journals Grammar writing for a grammar-reading audience

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Noonan
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Endangered Languages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
User Friendly

Thousands of languages are currently in danger of extinction without having been adequately documented by linguists. This fact represents a tragedy for communities in which endangered languages are spoken, for linguistics as a discipline and for all of humanity. One major role of the field of linguistics is to describe languages accurately and thoroughly for the benefit of all concerned. This paper presents the results of an informal survey of major users of grammatical descriptions and gives lists of dos and don’ts for those contemplating a descriptive study of one of the many endangered languages of the world. Concrete suggestions are provided that will help grammar writers produce user-friendly, thorough and useful grammatical descriptions.

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