Volume 8 | Issue 6 |

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Amongst the crucial challenges faced by the developing countries, competent and quality shelter for all people is one of those. The main objective of our research is to decrease the cost and time period of building by using economical and advanced materials like AAC (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) blocks and without affecting the strength of the structures and improving the quality of work . During building construction masonry work and plaster work are considered as one of the most important aspect to lower the construction cost. We studied that at present both the cost effective and conventional techniques are available in residential construction field. Among these, the cost effective technology has the upper hand over economy in construction. So it can be said that cost effective technology can be taken as a permanent solution to overcome the severe housing inadequacy in the country.

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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Block work, Checklist

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The original KNN algorithm takes into account the K nearest neighbours of a testing point, and that class or label is assigned to the testing point which holds a majority among the selected K points. But the algorithm does not take into account the classes or labels of the closest neighbours of each of the K selected points. If we also take this parameter into account, we can increase the accuracy of the KNN algorithm. The modified algorithm, has been implemented in [1]. We have taken the same algorithm and applied it on a customer classification dataset, and varied the parameters to increase accuracy and determine their most optimum values.

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K � nearest neighbours, clustering, validity, Euclidean distance

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Love and sex are no longer regarded taboo in Indian society, at least by the younger generation. The society has come of age and can talk openly, boldly and with confidence about love and sex. Eroticism has always been there in Indian literature but in refined ways. It is invariably described in implicit terms. It is really an irony that in the land of the Kamasutra, any discussion on love and sex was derided till very recently. But many of the present generation of Indian English writers are going global in their presentation of love and sex in the writings. They have appeal for the international audience in analyzing and presenting human relation under the perspective of sex, love and marriage. The present paper is a humble attempt to present a brief outline of how Chetan Bhagat, one of the most popular writers of the contemporary young generation, has a free and frank portrayal of love and sex in three of his novels--- One Night @ the Call Centre, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, and in 2 States: The Story of My Marriage. Pre-marriage sex is no more a taboo and the young India can talk of it, indulge in it and celebrate it paying proper attention to safe sex. The paper is an attempt to analyse the sexual relation and physical intimacy between characters as portrayed by Bhagat in the said novels.

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Love, Sex, Marriage, young generation, India

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Most universities face many educational problems and obstacles that technology can help to overcome in this pandemic of COVID-19. An open source, such as Zoom, Google meet platform, has been implemented at many Schools and universities. Many E-learning platforms could be used as an aid to deliver e-content and to provide various possibilities for implementing asynchronous e-learning web-based modules. This paper shows that the use of interactive features of e-learning increases the motivation of the students for the learning process in this COVID-19 period.

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e-learning, motivation, web-based education

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In the current Era, there are such a large number of advancements in the field of automatons. Additionally, the military and business uses of automatons, there is no uncertainty in their productivity in the event of supporting crisis calamity activities. This paper assesses a few encounters and portrays a few activities utilizing automatons to help crisis debacle tasks. It concentrates for the most part in crisis tasks, similar to action following the event of a debacle like atomic mishaps, risky material discharges, floods, seismic tremors. For unique salvage groups, the automaton can help much in a fast area determination, identifying constant circumstance, tallying number of individuals or guys and females. Floods are commonplace for a moderate beginning debacle. Interestingly, overseeing floods is a mind boggling and troublesome errand. It requires consistent observing of dykes, overflowed and compromised zones. Automaton can help chiefs to a great extent holding a region under perception. Automaton can be utilized for fire location, intercession observing and furthermore for post-fire checking. In the event of atomic mishap or unsafe material spillage drone is likewise a compelling or can be the just one device for supporting crisis tasks.

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Drone, GPS, Raspberry Pi

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Mahabharata is one of the vital Indian antique scriptures namely Vedas, Puranas, and Upanishads. It guides us by showing numerous divine ways through which we can increase self-knowledge with inner-peace. Mahabharata evocative, there were Shakuni the maternal uncle of the Kauravas, and Krishna the maternal cousin of the Pandavas, who has revealed the avatar of a Hindu God in Hinduism. Together, these two characters explain on a diversity of managerial policies that could be of practical doctrinaire worth today. This is specifically important since it gives Indians a candid path of perceiving the world. It is very substantial to the source of advancement. This research paper shows that how the role of Krishna in Mahabharata impacts the life of modern civilization. It also tries to analyze and highlight, how Mahabharata cares and grows certain management concepts and beliefs, which has shaped a standard in the modern era as the main source for success to an individual.

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Krishna, Mahabharata, Arjuna, Pandava, Duryodhana, Bhishma, Avatar.

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A work was carried out to study the diversity of medicinal plant at Annallur Kole lands of Chalakudy, Thrissur. The main aim of the study was to identify the medicinal plants of the kole land , their uses , wetland plant diversity, importance of wetlands and to create awareness about it. Work was done from the period of September to December 2019. Frequent field visit were made, plants were collected and identified with the help of standard flora and with the help of experts from the field of taxonomy. It was observed that the area is rich in plant diversity . We observed 53 plants belonging to 25 families. The medicinal use of each plant were also examined and tabulated. In the present analysis of kole land flora, members of the family Asteraceae were predominant with Eight genus then Convolvulaceae followed by Fabaceae with five and four members respectively.. Then by Cyperaceae,Amaranthaceae, Onagraceae ,Acanthaceae,Euphorbiaceae and Malvaceae members were also there. The data compiled in this study highlights the diversity and abundance of plants with medicinal properties in this wetland system. This necessarily leads to create a better understanding of medicinal plants of kole lands to the present community.

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Wetland, medicinal plants, diversity, koleland, taxonomy

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Biological disaster is not unsavoury in the contemporary world. The nipah virus and corona virus are worst affected biological disasters across the globe. The psychosocial support and care is one of the pertinent factors for reducing vulnerability in biological disasters. The current paper focuses on reducing vulnerability in biological disasters through different social work approaches. Social work practice helps to solve the social problems or issues through different social work methods, each method has different tactics to solve the individual, family and community related problems. The social work methods are practically used in every type of disaster management and it enhances the social wellbeing and resilience to each and every individual. In biological disaster phase, social work practice is associated with health profession and jointly works together for reducing the vulnerability situations. The psychosocial wellbeing of every individual in the community is the main focus of social work profession. The current paper concludes that the social work practice helps in reducing the vulnerability in biological disasters and to enhance resilience and wellbeing among individuals in community.

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Biological disaster, vulnerability, social work methods.

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Objective: Number of infection per unit population of country and related deaths due to COVID-19 is being reported different in all countries, seems not related with population density of country or hygiene level of country as anticipated. Factors contributing for different infection rates is not completely understood. This study is aimed at analyzing the correlation of COVID-19 infection by statistical method using open source data available with demographic and environmental parameters including EMF radiation of mobile and broadband with wi-fi router. Statistical analysis design: Open source data on target parameter COVID-19 infections per unit population and related mortality were analysed for correlation with open source data on 14 various predictor parameters like Population Density, Net Migrants, Median Age, Vegetarian diet (%), % Urban Population, % Mobile Penetration in country, Mobile Connection Speed, Number of Fixed Broad Band Subscriptions in the country with wi-fi router, Fixed Broad Band Speed, Average February � March Temperature, % BCG Immunization Coverage, % Total & Urban Population using at least basic sanitation services and Per Capita CO2 Emissions. For statistical analysis, both actual data and average of data within sets of ranging infections per unit population have been considered. Also a mathematical model is generated for prediction of infections, using regression technique on best correlated parameter and also using combination of highly correlated parameters. This regression model could be used to calculate expected infections in the country under influence of set of parameters. Additionally, difference between actual infection and predicted infection calculated by this model, could be useful for finding out effectiveness of implementing other measures by the country to control infection below expected value and vice versa. Results: with respect to target parameter total infection cases per unit population, top 7 predictor parameters in descending order of correlation coefficient values (?) are: Net Migrant / 1M Population (0.784), Fixed Broad Band Speed (0.749), Number of Fixed Broad Band with wi-fi router Subscriptions per unit population (0.694), Per Capita CO2 Emission (0.689), Median Age (0.637), % Urban Population (0.598) and % Total Population using at least basic sanitation services (0.597). Also with respect to another target parameter i.e. death per unit cases in the country, relatively lower ? values are obtained. Top 5 parameters in descending order of correlation coefficient values (?) are: Number of Fixed Broad Band with wi-fi router Subscriptions per unit population (0.678), Tot cases/ 1M population (0.623), % BCG Immunization Coverage (-0.576; negative directional), Median Age (0.552) and Fixed Broad Band Speed (0.503). Additionally regression analysis helped in generating mathematical model of finding a combined parameters with higher correlation ? value 0.846. The regression equation helped to calculate expected infection numbers and difference with actual could be utilized to access effectiveness of country in controlling infection by other means. Conclusion: Statistical analysis showed highest correlation on COVID-19 infection and related deaths with use of high speed broadband services with wi-fi router, may be due to ill effects on health and immune power of electromagnetic radiation. There is need for further research on mechanism by which electromagnetic radiation influences COVID-19 infection. Also need to find out whether the effect of EMF radiation is temporary or permanent i.e. if radiation is reduced; infections and deaths are reduces or not.

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COVID-19, Corona Virus, Statistical correlation analysis, statistical regression analysis, Environmental effect, mobile radiation effect, broadband with wi-fi router radiation effect, electromagnetic (EMF) effect.

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In a recent years, modification of cement composites by a Nano particles has attracted intense attention among researchers. Concrete, as the most popular cement composite in practical applications, was also subjected to modification by replacing a portion of binder with Nano particles such as Nano silica and Nano fly ash. Human activities often generate solid wastes such as egg shell waste. Disposal of these waste is usually a problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using Nano materials (Nano silica and Nano Fly ash) and egg shell together with white cement in the production of floor tiles. The use of Nano particles in developing materials with desired properties has gained popularity and is being applied in the construction field. Nano-technology potentially offers the opportunity to improve the properties of concrete to suit the specific requirements.

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Floor Tiles, Egg Shell waste, Nano Silica, Nano Fly ash, Physical and Mechanical Characteristics.

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