Capacitance Scaling Based Energy Efficient and Tera Hertz Design of Malayalam Unicode Reader on FPGA

Amanpreet Kaur,Furqan Fazili,Sunny Singh,Vaishali Sharma,Amandeep Singh,Md Hashim Minver 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of u- and e- Service, Scienc Vol.8 No.8

Malayalam is Kerala's official language, south-western region of India mainly speak this language, and very less research has been done for designing Malayalam Unicode reader. The Unicode range of characters for Malayalam script is 0D00–0D7F. In this work, we are focusing on the script of Malayalam language and its Unicode required for coding in Hardware Descriptive Language. This paper covers the hardware design and implementation of Malayalam Unicode Reader (MUR) for Kairali scripts on Virtex-6 FPGA. This MUR design was tested with the device operating at frequency of 1THz, Capacitance has been varied from 1pF to 25pF with SSTL family (Stub Series Terminated Logic) with an interval of 5pf.

Utility of screening tools to differentiate beta thalassemia trait and iron-deficiency anemia - do they serve a purpose in blood donors?

Amanpreet Sundh,Paramjit Kaur,Anshu Palta,Gagandeep Kaur 대한혈액학회 2020 Blood Research Vol.55 No.3

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the beta thalassemia trait (BTT) and differentiate it from iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) among blood donors.MethodsA total of 1,000 samples from blood donors were subjected to complete hemogram with red blood cell indices. Further, Mentzer index (MI) was calculated for samples with mean corpuscular volume (MCV) below 80 fL and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) below 27 pg. Samples with Mentzer index <12 were subjected to naked-eye single-tube red cell osmotic fragility test (NESTROFT) followed by hemoglobin electrophoresis in positive cases. Serum ferritin was assessed in NESTROFT-negative cases.ResultsThe prevalence of BTT among blood donors was 3.7% and that of microcytosis among donors was 8.6%. The prevalence of BTT among microcytic donors was 41.8% while that among those with IDA was 11.6%. A value of MI <13 was highly sensitive in the diagnosis of BTT. MI >13 was found to have both high specificity and high sensitivity for diagnosing IDA.ConclusionA moderately high prevalence of BTT was observed among blood donors. Presently, no screening program is mandatory for screening of BTT among blood donors. Indices like MCV, MCH, and Mentzer Index were thus found to be effective to screen for BTT and IDA among blood donors, and NESTROFT was a cost-effective mass screening method to differentiate BTT and IDA.

Memory Cell Designs with QCA Implementations: A Review

Amanpreet Sandhu,Sheifali Gupta 보안공학연구지원센터 2016 International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Vol.11 No.10

Quantum-dot-cellular-automata is a potential technology for low power and high density memory designs. In this paper a comprehensive review of parallel and serial QCA memory-cell designs are presented. It is shown that a loop-based serial memory-cell design is better in terms of latency, clocking and timing, hardware requirement.

RFID in textile and clothing manufacturing: technology and challenges

Rajkishore Nayak,Amanpreet Singh,Rajiv Padhye,Lijing Wang 한국의류학회 2015 Fashion and Textiles Vol.2 No.1

In the field of textile and clothing, radio frequency identification (RFID), which is one of the most promising technological innovations, is used in manufacturing, inventory control, warehousing, distribution, logistics, automatic object tracking and supply chain management. Various retailers and manufacturers (of clothing as well as consumer goods) such as CVS, Tesco, Prada, Benetten, Wal-mart and Procter & Gamble, are now implementing the technology and exploring the impact of the technology on their business. RFID technologies may improve the potential benefits of supply chain management through reduction of inventory losses, increase of the efficiency and speed of processes and improvement of information accuracy. The basic of success lies in understanding the technology and other features to minimize the potential problems. Although the technology existed for several years, the technological challenges and cost issues are the major hurdles for the widespread use of RFID. In this paper, the authors have addressed the technology of RFID and various applications related to inventory management, production control, retail management, brand segregation etc. in textile and clothing industry. In addition, the disadvantages, challenges and future directions of RFID technology have also been highlighted.

Effect of Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants in a Mouse Model of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Shrinivas K. Kulkarni,Amanpreet Singh,Pattipati S. Naidu,Saraswati Gupta 한국식품영양과학회 2002 Journal of medicinal food Vol.5 No.4

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness characterized by persistent and relapsing fa-tigue, often accompanied by numerous symptoms involving various body systems. The eti-ology of CFS remains unclear; however, a number of studies have shown that oxidative stressmay be involved in its pathogenesis. In the present study, a mouse model of CFS was usedin which mice were forced to swim for one 6-minute session on each day for 15 days and theimmobility period was recorded. There was a significant increase in immobility period insaline-treated mice on successive days. Intraperitoneal treatment with the potent antioxidantscarvedilol (5 mg/kg) and melatonin (5 mg/kg) produced a significant reduction in immobil-ity period. Similar results were observed with herbal preparations administered orally: With-ania somnifera (10 mg/kg), quercetin (50 mg/kg), and St. John’ s wort (Hypericum perforatumL., 10 mg/kg). Biochemical analysis revealed that chronic swimming significantly inducedlipid peroxidation and decreased glutathione (GSH) levels in the brains of mice. The rats alsoshowed decreased levels of antioxidant defense enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), andcatalase. Co-administration of antioxidants carvedilol, melatonin, W. somnifera , quercetin orSt. John’ s wort significantly reduced lipid peroxidation and restored the GSH levels decreasedby chronic swimming in mice. Further, the treatment increased levels of SOD in the forebrainand of catalase. The findings strongly suggest that oxidative stress plays a significant role inthe pathophysiology of CFS and that antioxidants could be useful in the treatment of CFS.21

Effect of Withania somnifera Root Extract on Haloperidol-Induced Orofacial Dyskinesia: Possible Mechanisms of Action

Shrinivas K. Kulkarni,Pattipati S. Naidu,Amanpreet Singh 한국식품영양과학회 2003 Journal of medicinal food Vol.6 No.2

We investigated the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of haloperidol (HP)-in-duced orofacial dyskinesia and evaluated the beneficial effect of Withania somnifera (Ws)root extract in the amelioration of HP-induced vacuous chewing movements (VCMs) andtongue protrusions in the rat model for TD. Rats were treated for 21 days with intraperitonealHP (1 mg/kg); on day 22, VCMs and tongue protrusions were counted during a 5-minute ob-servation period. HP-treated rats significantly developed these extrapyramidal symptoms, butcoadministration of Ws root extract (10 300 mg/kg) dose-dependent ly reduced them. Bio-chemical analysis revealed that chronic HP treatment significantly increased lipid peroxida-tion and decreased forebrain levels of glutathione and the antioxidant defense enzymes, su-peroxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase. Coadministration of Ws extract significantly reducedthe lipid peroxidation and significantly reversed the decrease in forebrain SOD and catalaselevels but had no significant effect on the HP-induced decrease in forebrain glutathione lev-els. These findings strongly suggest that oxidative stress plays a significant role in HP-in-duced orofacial dyskinesia and that Ws could be effective in preventing neuroleptic-induce dextrapyramidal side effects.107

A facile route to ionic liquids-functionalized ZnO nanorods for the fluorometric sensing of thiabendazole drug

Kaur, Narinder,Raj, Pushap,Singh, Amanpreet,Singh, Narinder,Kim, Deuk Young Elsevier 2018 Journal of molecular liquids Vol.261 No.-

<P>In this report, we introduce a simple and cost-effective hydrothermal method for the functionalization of ZnO nanorods with three different ionic liquids (ILs (1-3)) to check their sensing response with various drugs including thiabendazole, phenylbutazone, chloramphenicol, neomycin, and theophylline through fluorescence spectroscopy. The rod like-microstructure and hexagonal wurtzite structure of synthesized ZnO nanorods were examined with SEM-EDS and XRD techniques. On the other hand, ionic liquids-functionalized ZnO nanorods (ILs (1-3)/ZnO) exhibited various self-organized (layered-sheet similar to IL1, distorted nanorods similar to IL2, peanut beaded surface similar to IL3/ZnO) structures due to the intercalation of ILs on the surface of ZnO nanorods. Compared to ZnO nanorods, similar to ILs (1-3)/ZnO nanorods showed a blue shift in UV-absorption band which resulted to the variation in optical bandgap values. Ionic liquids-functionalized nanorods samples (ILs (1-3)/ZnO) have been selected for their recognition behaviour with available drug molecules using fluorescence spectroscopic technique. Interestingly, with the addition of thiabendazole drug molecules to two samples (ILs (1,3)/ZnO), a significant response corresponding to the peaks at similar to 350 nm and similar to 357 nm was observed, which led to the development of fluorescent sensors with a detection limit of 12 and 304 nM, respectively. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</P>

Comparative Efficacy of Synthetic and Natural Tenderizers on Quality Characteristics of Restructured Spent Hen Meat Slices (RSHS)

Rushikesh Ambadasrao Kantale,Pavan Kumar,Nitin Mehta,Manish Kumar Chatli,Om Prakash Malav,Amanpreet Kaur,Rajesh Vishwanath Wagh 한국축산식품학회 2019 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.39 No.1

In the present study, comparative efficacy of natural as well as synthetic tenderizers on the quality characteristics of restructured spent hen meat slices (RSHS) was studied. Four different batches of RSHS viz. Control (without any tenderizer), T1 (1.25% calcium chloride replacing salt in formulation), T2 and T3 (1.5% each of pineapple rind and fig powder, replacing binder in the formulation) were developed in pre-standardized formulation. Vacuum tumbling was performed for 2.5 h and cooked product (RSHS) was assayed for quality attributes. Samples were packaged in aerobic conditions, stored for 21 days under refrigeration (4±1℃) and were evaluated for pH, oxidative and microbial quality parameters at regular interval of 7 days. Water holding capacity of T2 was recorded the highest and significantly higher (p<0.05) than all other samples. The textural attributes of T2 were comparable to T1 but significantly higher (p<0.05) than C and T3. The colour attributes (L*, a*, and b* value) of T2 and T3 were improved due to use of natural tenderizers. During sensory evaluation, tenderness scores for T2 samples were recorded the highest. Throughout storage period, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), free fatty acids (FFA) and peroxide value (PV) followed an increasing trend for control as well as treated products; however, T2 showed a significantly (p<0.05) lower value than control and other treated samples. It can be concluded that good quality RSHS with better storage stability could be prepared by utilizing 1.5% pineapple rind powder as natural tenderizer.