E-commerce Utility and Service Quality Enablers: A TISM Approach

Dhanya Manayath,Dulari S S 한국경영정보학회 2024 Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems Vol.34 No.1

Consumer demand for e-commerce services has skyrocketed due to the introduction of social distancing standards and lockdown measures that countries have taken to combat the pandemic. There has been a notable surge in the popularity of on-demand delivery services, with a significant influx of new users turning to the e-platform for assistance. This research paper tries to identify the enablers of E-commerce Utility and Service Quality and establish a connection using total interpretive structural modelling (TISM). Enablers are the building blocks for providing customers with an enhanced and more consistent service experience contributing to service quality. The enablers and the linkages thus established hold valuable insights for e-commerce marketers, aiding them in effectively reaching their customers, and achieving desired growth outcomes. The TISM- based model and the MICMAC analysis identified two barriers; website design and personalization as the decisive attributes of e-commerce service quality, possessing strong driving power and weak dependence. Furthermore, the factors of reliability, responsiveness, information, and ease of use form the linkage zone, indicating that any action taken on these factors would not only influence other factors but also have a reciprocal effect on them.

Modeling the Fresh and Hardened Stage Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete using Random Kitchen Sink Algorithm

Dhanya Sathyan,Kalpathy Balakrishnan Anand,Aravind Jaya Prakash,Bhavukam Premjith 한국콘크리트학회 2018 International Journal of Concrete Structures and M Vol.12 No.3

High performance concrete especially self compacting concrete (SCC) has got wide popularity in construction industry because of its ability to flow through congested reinforcement without segregation and bleeding. Even though European Federation of National Associations Representing for Concrete (EFNARC) guidelines are available for the mix design of SCC, large number of trials are required for obtaining an SCC mix with the desired engineering properties. The material and time requirement is more to conduct such large number of trials. The main objective of the study presented in this paper is to demonstrate use of regularized least square algorithm (RLS) along with random kitchen sink algorithm (RKS) to effectively predict the fresh and hardened stage properties of SCC. The database for testing and training the algorithm was prepared by conducting tests on 40 SCC mixes. Parametric variation in the SCC mixes were the quantities of fine and coarse aggregates, superplasticizer dosage, its family and water content. Out of 40 test results, 32 results were used for training and 8 set results were used for testing the algorithm. Modelling of both fresh state properties viz., flowing ability (Slump Flow), passing ability (J Ring), segregation resistance (V funnel at 5 min) as well as hardened stage property (compressive strength) of the SCC mix was carried out using RLS and RKS algorithm. Accuracy of the model was checked by comparing the predicted and measured values. The model could accurately predict the properties of the SCC within the experimental domain.

Traditional methods of food habits and dietary preparations in Ayurveda—the Indian system of medicine

Dhanya S.,Ramesh N V,Abhayakumar Mishra 한국식품연구원 2019 Journal of Ethnic Foods Vol.6 No.-

Ayurveda (the science of life) is one of the branches of Vedas. It is regarded as upaveda of Atharva Veda. It is a steam of knowledge coming down from generation to generation since eternity parallel to Vedic literature which is why its emergence has been said to be from the creator (Brahman) himself prior to the creation. It is taken as eternal because nobody knows when it was not there. In Ayurveda, food is considered to affect the mind as well as the body. By understanding how to prepare foods best suited to our minds and bodies, we can utilize nutrition as a source of healing. Food is the most essential to sustain a good life and the same food if consumed inappropriately becomes the root cause of many diseases. So, proper knowledge about food and its importance should be known by all human beings to have better benefits from it.

Formulation of a novel bacterial consortium for the effective biodegradation of phenol

Dhanya, V. Techno-Press 2020 Advances in environmental research Vol.9 No.2

Phenol is frequently present as the hazardous pollutant in petrochemical and pesticide industry wastewater. Because of its high toxicity and carcinogenic potential, a proper treatment is needed to reduce the hazards of phenol carrying effluent before being discharged into the environment. Phenol biodegradation with microbial consortium offers a very promising approach now a day's. This study focused on the formulation of phenol degrading bacterial consortium with three bacterial isolates. The bacterial strains Bacillus cereus strain VCRC B540, Bacillus cereus strain BRL02-43 and Oxalobacteraceae strain CC11D were isolated from detergent contaminated soil by soil enrichment technique and was identified by 16s rDNA sequence analysis. Individual cultures were degrade 100 μl phenol in 72 hrs. The formulated bacterial consortium was very effective in degrading 250 μl of phenol at a pH 7 with in 48 hrs. The study further focused on the analysis of the products of biodegradation with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT/IR) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). The analysis showed the complete degradation of phenol and the production of Benzene di-carboxylic acid mono (2-ethylhexyl) ester and Ethane 1,2- Diethoxy- as metabolic intermediates. Biodegradation with the aid of microorganisms is a potential approach in terms of cost-effectiveness and elimination of secondary pollutions. The present study established the efficiency of bacterial consortium to degrade phenol. Optimization of biodegradation conditions and construction of a bioreactor can be further exploited for large scale industrial applications.

The Genetic Relatedness Analysis of Male Sterile and Their Maintainer Lines of Onion (Allium cepa L.) by Using RAPD Primers

Shivnanajappa, Dhanya,Chinnappareddy, Lakshmana Reddy Dhoranalapalli,Gowda, Verre,Antharamiah, Sreedhara Sindughatta,Chennareddy, Aswath 한국작물학회 2013 Journal of crop science and biotechnology Vol.16 No.1

RAPD markers analysis was performed to investigate genetic relatedness among nine sterile (A), maintainer lines (B), and male parents (C) of onion. Initially, 180 arbitrary decamer primers were screened; of these 20 primers were selected which yielded 812 bands, 45.34% of which were found to be polymorphic. Squared-Euclidean Distance matrix revealed a minimum genetic distance between the genotypes MS 48A and MF 65C and a maximum genetic distance between the genotypes MLT 84C and MF 65B. Cluster analysis grouped the nine onion genotypes into two major clusters. The first cluster consisted of two male sterile groups, i.e. MS-65 (Arka Lalima) and MS-48 (Arka Kirthiman) of single bulb onions. The second cluster consists of MLT (Multiplier) group. PCA re-confirmed the results of the dendrogram, revealing the precision in estimation of genetic relatedness among the genotypes tested. None of the primers produced unique banding patterns to distinguish all nine genotypes. This information about genetic relatedness among the nine genotypes would be better utilized in further onion breeding programs.

Vowel Context Effect on the Perception of Stop Consonants in Malayalam and Its Role in Determining Syllable Frequency

Mohan Dhanya,Maruthy Sandeep 대한청각학회 2021 Journal of Audiology & Otology Vol.25 No.3

Background and Objectives: The study investigated vowel context effects on the perception of stop consonants in Malayalam. It also probed into the role of vowel context effects in determining the frequency of occurrence of various consonant-vowel (CV) syllables in Malayalam.Subjects and Methods: The study used a cross-sectional pre-experimental post-test only research design on 30 individuals with normal hearing, who were native speakers of Malayalam. The stimuli included three stop consonants, each spoken in three different vowel contexts. The resultant nine syllables were presented in original form and five gating conditions. The consonant recognition in different vowel contexts of the participants was assessed. The frequency of occurrence of the nine target syllables in the spoken corpus of Malayalam was also systematically derived.Results: The consonant recognition score was better in the /u/ vowel context compared with /i/ and /a/ contexts. The frequency of occurrence of the target syllables derived from the spoken corpus of Malayalam showed that the three stop consonants occurred more frequently with the vowel /a/ compared with /u/ and /i/.Conclusions: The findings show a definite vowel context effect on the perception of the Malayalam stop consonants. This context effect observed is different from that in other languages. Stop consonants are perceived better in the context of /u/ compared with the /a/ and /i/ contexts. Furthermore, the vowel context effects do not appear to determine the frequency of occurrence of different CV syllables in Malayalam.

Global millimeter VLBI array survey of ultracompact extragalactic radio sources at 86 GHz

Nair, Dhanya G.,Lobanov, Andrei P.,Krichbaum, Thomas P.,Ros, Eduardo,Zensus, Johann Anton,Kovalev, Yuri Y.,Lee, Sang-Sung,Mertens, Florent,Hagiwara, Yoshiaki,Bremer, Michael,Lindqvist, Michael,de Vice Springer-Verlag 2019 Astronomy and astrophysics Vol.622 No.-

<P><I>Context</I>. Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations at 86 GHz (wavelength, <I>λ</I> = 3 mm) reach a resolution of about 50 <I>μ</I>as, probing the collimation and acceleration regions of relativistic outflows in active galactic nuclei (AGN). The physical conditions in these regions can be studied by performing 86 GHz VLBI surveys of representative samples of compact extragalactic radio sources.</P><P><I>Aims</I>. To extend the statistical studies of compact extragalactic jets, a large global 86 GHz VLBI survey of 162 compact radio sources was conducted in 2010-2011 using the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA).</P><P><I>Methods</I>. The survey observations were made in a snapshot mode, with up to five scans per target spread over a range of hour angles in order to optimize the visibility coverage. The survey data attained a typical baseline sensitivity of 0.1 Jy and a typical image sensitivity of 5 mJy beam<SUP>−1</SUP>, providing successful detections and images for all of the survey targets. For 138 objects, the survey provides the first ever VLBI images made at 86 GHz. Gaussian model fitting of the visibility data was applied to represent the structure of the observed sources and to estimate the flux densities and sizes of distinct emitting regions (components) in their jets. These estimates were used for calculating the brightness temperature (<I>T</I>b) at the jet base (core) and in one or more moving regions (jet components) downstream from the core. These model-fit-based estimates of <I>T</I>b were compared to the estimates of brightness temperature limits made directly from the visibility data, demonstrating a good agreement between the two methods.</P><P><I>Results</I>. The apparent brightness temperature estimates for the jet cores in our sample range from 2.5 × 10<SUP>9</SUP> K to 1.3 × 10<SUP>12</SUP> K, with the mean value of 1.8 × 10<SUP>11</SUP> K. The apparent brightness temperature estimates for the inner jet components in our sample range from 7.0 × 10<SUP>7</SUP> K to 4.0 × 10<SUP>11</SUP> K. A simple population model with a single intrinsic value of brightness temperature, <I>T</I>0, is applied to reproduce the observed distribution. It yields <I>T</I>0 = (3.77−0.14<SUP>+0.10</SUP>) × 10<SUP>11</SUP> K for the jet cores, implying that the inverse Compton losses dominate the emission. In the nearest jet components, <I>T</I>0 = (1.42−0.19<SUP>+0.16</SUP>) × 10<SUP>11</SUP> K is found, which is slightly higher than the equipartition limit of ∼5 × 10<SUP>10</SUP> K expected for these jet regions. For objects with sufficient structural detail detected, the adiabatic energy losses are shown to dominate the observed changes of brightness temperature along the jet.</P>

Automorphism group of lattice of fuzzy generalized topologies

P. M. Dhanya 원광대학교 기초자연과학연구소 2017 ANNALS OF FUZZY MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS Vol.13 No.4

In this paper we determine the automorphism group of lattice of all fuzzy generalized topologies $LFGT(X,L)$, when $X$ is an arbitrary nonempty set and $L$ is a finite chain.

Immunochromatographic Assessment of Salivary Cotinine and Its Correlation With Nicotine Dependence in Tobacco Chewers

Asha V,Dhanya M 대한암예방학회 2015 Journal of cancer prevention Vol.20 No.2

Background:This study assessed the correlation between nicotine dependence and salivary cotinine levels in tobacco chewers and checked the reliability of Fagerstorm test in tobacco cessation programmes. Methods:The study sample included 75 tobacco chewers aged between 20 to 50 years. Self-reported nicotine dependence was evaluated using Fagerstorm Test for Nicotine dependence-smokeless tobacco questionnaire. Patients were categorized into low, moderate andhigh dependent chewers based on their answers to the questionnaire. The unstimulated salivary cotinine levels were measured by immunochromatographic assay using the NicAlert saliva test. Data was analysed using the chi-square test for testing intra-group variation, analysis of variance for testing between-groups variation, and the Spearman coefficient for assessing the association between variables. Results:No statistically significant association was seen between salivary cotinine levels and nicotine dependence. A weak positive correlation was noted between the above variables (r = 0.230). In the group studied, it was evident that the patients were under-reporting the nicotine dependence. Conclusions:The measurement of salivary cotinine by immunochromatographic assay using NicAlert saliva test is a useful and convenient method for studying the nicotine dependence in tobacco chewers. Immunochromatography-based cotinine test strips are an easy method of detecting salivary cotinine in a dental setup. From this study we are of the opinion that a simple questionnaire like Fagerstorm test can give a less adequate analysis of patient’s dependence especially in countries like India, where patients tend to under-report their dependency. Immediate feedback from a chairside test can help both the dentists and patients during a tobacco cessation programme.

Molecular mechanisms of anticancer activity of deoxyelephantopin in cancer cells

Farha Arakkaveettil Kabeer,Dhanya Sethumadhavan Rajalekshmi,Mangalam Sivasankaran Nair,Remani Prathapan 한국한의학연구원 2017 Integrative Medicine Research Vol.6 No.2

Background: Deoxyelephantopin (DOE) is a natural bioactive sesquiterpene lactone from Elephantopus scaber, a traditionally relevant herb in Chinese and Indian medicine. It has shown promising anticancer effects against a broad spectrum of cancers. Methods: We examined the effect of DOE on growth, autophagy, apoptosis, cell cycle progression, metastasis, and various molecular signaling pathways in cancer cells, and endeavored to decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying its effect. The cytotoxicity of DOE was examined by MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) and colony formation assays. The antimetastatic potential of DOE was identified by wound closure, as well as invasion and migration assays. The expression of mRNAs and proteins related to cytotoxicity in cancer cells induced by DOE was investigated using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, flow cytometry, and Western blot analysis. Results: DOE showed significant cytotoxicity and induced apoptosis in cancer cells. DOE promoted the autophagy of HCT 116 and K562 cells. DOE arrested cell cycle progression in the G2/M phase. DOE treatment caused activation of caspase-8, -9, -3 and -7, reactive oxygen species production, and cleavage of cleavage of poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP), the markers of apoptosis. Moreover, apoptosis induction was associated with mitochondrial permeability and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Treatment of cancer cells with DOE inhibited mitogen-activated protein kinases, nuclear factor-kappa B, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K/Akt), and β-catenin signaling. Furthermore, treatment of DOE increased the expression of p53, phospho-Jun amino-terminal kinases (p-JNK), and p-p38 and decreased the expression of phospho-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (p-STAT3) and phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin (p-mTOR) in cancer cells. DOE downregulated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2) and MMP-9, urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), and urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) mRNA levels in cancer cells. Conclusion: These findings concluded that DOE may be useful as a chemotherapeutic agent against cancer.