Smart Turmeric Harvester

Turmeric is a very important spice in India, which produces nearly the world’s crop and uses 80% of it. Harvesting is the process of gathering ripened crops from the field. The general practice of harvesting is to dig out the rhizome manually with the help of hand tools. This type of harvesting causes damage to rhizomes. It is a difficult task for the farmers to get the required labor force during the harvesting season. Delay in the harvesting process results loss in the yield and also the quality of rhizomes is affected adversely. So, it is necessitate the need to develop a suitable mechanical harvester for turmeric, which helps farmer to harvest turmeric with minimum losses within a specific time by reducing the human effort as compared to manual effort. This machine consists of digging blade, wheel, motor and blade driving unit. The machine starts moving as soon as the device is powered up. This harvesting technique leads to the development of mini tractor in order to reduce the efforts of human beings and also it increases the digging efficiency.

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Formulating biossay data of chemicals and environmental water

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2000.0367 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 42 (3-4) ◽

pp. 115-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

R. Shoji ◽

A. Sakoda ◽

Y. Sakai ◽

M. Suzuki

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Low Density Lipoprotein ◽

Water Environment ◽

Density Lipoprotein ◽

Environmental Water ◽

Toxicity Data ◽

Human Beings ◽

Environmental Waters ◽

Bodies Of Water

The quality of environmental waters such as rivers is often deteriorated by various kinds of trace and unidentified chemicals despite the recent development of sewage systems and wastewater treatment technologies. In addition to contamination by particular toxicants, complex toxicity due to multi-component chemicals could be much more serious. The environmental situation in bodies of water in Japan led us to apply bioassays for monitoring the water quality of environmental waters in order to express the direct and potential toxicity to human beings and ecosystems rather than determinating concentrations of particular chemicals. However, problems arose from the fact that bioassays for pharmaceutical purposes generally required complicated, time-consuming, expert procedures. Also, a methodology for feedback of the resultant toxicity data to water environment management has not been established yet. To this end, we developed a novel bioassay based on the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) uptake activity of human hepatoblastoma cells. The assay enabled us to directly detect the toxicity of environmental waters within 4 hours of exposure. This is a significantly quick and easy procedure as compared to that of conventional bioassays. The toxicity data for 255 selected chemicals and environmental waters obtained by this method were organized by a mathematical equation in order to make those data much more effectively and practically useful to the management of environmental waters. Our methodology represents a promising example of applying bioassays to monitor environmental water quality and generating potential solutions to the toxicity problems encountered.

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Yoga and Wellness—Key Insights from the Study on General Yoga Programme

NHRD Network Journal ◽

10.1177/2631454120979763 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 51-63

Author(s):

Rabindra Acharya ◽

Gopal P. Mahapatra ◽

Kadamibini Acharya

Keyword(s):

Relevant Literature ◽

Health And Wellness ◽

Human Beings ◽

Recent Past ◽

Facilitative Role ◽

Quality Of Living ◽

The Impact ◽

Simplified Form

Human beings have always strived towards excellence and progress since time immemorial. Industrialisation, automation and technological disruptions have led to increased comfort and quality of living of human beings and enhanced output, productivity and efficiency. Consequently, of late, health and wellness are receiving increased attention globally. Stress and stress-related diseases and workplace-related ailments have significantly increased over the last few decades and gained attention from society and industrial organisations. In the recent past, in the coronavirus pandemic context, wellness has been focused upon in many countries, communities and organisations worldwide. Yoga has been part of the Indian ethos for centuries. In this article, the authors discuss the General Yoga Programme (GYP), its broad coverage, and the impact it has had on the participants in terms of their wellness. With the help of a survey of the participants and linking it to relevant literature and research in the field, the authors highlight how GYP is a useful tool for enhancing various wellness dimensions. They recommend that GYP in its simplified form can be extended to the workplace; and also, HR professionals can play a facilitative role in the process.

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Making Sense of Water Quality: Multispecies Encounters on the Mystic River

Worldviews Global Religions Culture and Ecology ◽

10.1163/15685357-01702006 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 150-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Caterina Scaramelli

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Quality Data ◽

Human Beings ◽

Water Lily ◽

Water Quality Data ◽

Water Flows ◽

Making Sense ◽

Quality Of Water

This paper takes water quality as an ethnographic subject. It looks at how water quality monitors in Boston make sense of the quality of water through mundane engagement with three non-human beings who they encounter during their monitoring activities: herring, bacteria and water lily. Each of these organisms suggests a different understanding of water quality for the monitors and poses a dilemma. Water quality monitors who contribute to the production of water quality data come to know water quality as through direct interactions with these beings, mediated by both sensorial experience and laboratory data. These experiences, at the same time, confuse and redraw relationships between science, water flows, non-human vitality, including that of invasive species, and people.

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Current Nanocarrier Strategies Improve Vitamin B12 Pharmacokinetics, Ameliorate Patients’ Lives, and Reduce Costs

Nanomaterials ◽

10.3390/nano11030743 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 743

Author(s):

Marco Fidaleo ◽

Stefano Tacconi ◽

Carolina Sbarigia ◽

Daniele Passeri ◽

Marco Rossi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Vitamin B12 ◽

Memory Performance ◽

Oral Route ◽

High Dose ◽

Human Beings ◽

Inborn Errors ◽

Essential Nutrient

Vitamin B12 (VitB12) is a naturally occurring compound produced by microorganisms and an essential nutrient for humans. Several papers highlight the role of VitB12 deficiency in bone and heart health, depression, memory performance, fertility, embryo development, and cancer, while VitB12 treatment is crucial for survival in inborn errors of VitB12 metabolism. VitB12 is administrated through intramuscular injection, thus impacting the patients’ lifestyle, although it is known that oral administration may meet the specific requirement even in the case of malabsorption. Furthermore, the high-dose injection of VitB12 does not ensure a constant dosage, while the oral route allows only 1.2% of the vitamin to be absorbed in human beings. Nanocarriers are promising nanotechnology that can enable therapies to be improved, reducing side effects. Today, nanocarrier strategies applied at VitB12 delivery are at the initial phase and aim to simplify administration, reduce costs, improve pharmacokinetics, and ameliorate the quality of patients’ lives. The safety of nanotechnologies is still under investigation and few treatments involving nanocarriers have been approved, so far. Here, we highlight the role of VitB12 in human metabolism and diseases, and the issues linked to its molecule properties, and discuss how nanocarriers can improve the therapy and supplementation of the vitamin and reduce possible side effects and limits.

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Improving the Quality of Children’s Mental Health Care with Progress Measures: A Mixed-Methods Study of PCIT Therapist Attitudes

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research ◽

10.1007/s10488-021-01156-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Corinna C. Klein ◽

B. Erika Luis Sanchez ◽

Miya L. Barnett

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

General Practice ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Behavioral Observation ◽

Parent Report ◽

Therapist Attitudes ◽

Child Interaction ◽

Report Measure

AbstractProgress measures are an evidence-based technique for improving the quality of mental health care, however, clinicians rarely incorporate them into treatment. Research into how measure type impacts clinician preference has been recommended to help improve measure implementation. Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an assessment-driven treatment that serves as an ideal intervention through which to investigate measure preferences given its routine use of two types of assessments, a behavioral observation (the Dyadic Parent–Child Interaction Coding System) and a parent-report measure (the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory). This study investigated PCIT therapist attitudes towards progress measures used within PCIT and children’s mental health treatment generally. A mixed-method (QUAN + QUAL) study design examined PCIT therapist attitudes towards two types of progress measures and measures used in two contexts (PCIT and general practice). Multi-level modeling of a survey distributed to 324 PCIT therapists identified predictors of therapist attitudes towards measures, while qualitative interviews with 23 therapists expanded and clarified the rationale for differing perceptions. PCIT therapists reported more positive attitudes towards a behavioral observation measure, the DPICS, than a parent-report measure, the ECBI, and towards measures used in PCIT than in general practice. Clinician race/ethnicity was significantly related to measure-specific attitudes. Qualitative interviews highlighted how perceptions of measure reliability, type of data offered, ease of use, utility in guiding sessions and motivating clients, and embeddedness in treatment protocol impact therapist preferences. Efforts to implement progress monitoring should consider preferences for particular types of measures, as well as how therapists are trained to embed measures in treatment.

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