Experimental Validation of an IoT Based Device Selective Power Cut mechanism Using Power Line Carrier Communication for Smart Management of Electricity

Sumit Kumar Jindal,Kishan Kumar,Shulin Saraswat,Ajay Kumar,Sanjeev Kumar Raghuwanshi 대한전기학회 2021 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.16 No.1

There is a huge diff erence between electricity production and its demand. In order to meet the requirements, a selective power cut is carried out which is currently based on area and time. Although this is a simplistic solution, it has many drawbacks such as the area gets completely deprived of even the very basic appliances such as lights and fans, which do not contribute signifi cantly to the power consumption. This creates a need to come up with a solution so that no one gets deprived of using basic appliances at any time and still be able to reduce power consumption to fulfi ll the ever-growing demand. This work has dealt with the same by implementing a device selective protocol which can selectively cut power of particular devices depending on their energy rating, power rating, manufacturer etc. by the use of power line carrier communication. Hence, revolutionizing the whole concept of area selective power cut to device selective power cut. Since, IoT refers to a network of devices or “Things”, this work incorporates the basic principles of IoT by essentially creating a network of devices which can communicate with each other, over low bandwidth.

Molecular Characterization of Rathi and Tharparkar Indigenous Cattle (Bos indicus) Breeds by RAPD-PCR

Sharma, Amit Kumar,Bhushan, Bharat,Kumar, Sanjeev,Kumar, Pushpendra,Sharma, Arjava,Kumar, Satish Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2004 Animal Bioscience Vol.17 No.9

Random amplification of polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RAPD-PCR) analysis was carried out using DNA samples of 30 animals of Rathi cattle and 42 animals of Tharparkar cattle. Genomic DNA was isolated as per standard protocol and evaluated for its quality, purity and concentration. Twenty three random primers were screened out of which 15 primers yielded satisfactory amplifications and were used for further analysis. Average numbers of polymorphic fragments per primer were 7.07${\pm}$0.86 in Rathi and 6.80${\pm}$0.61 in Tharparkar cattle. The percentage of polymorphic bands in these two cattle breeds were 86 and 87%, respectively. Within breed genetic similarities for pooled over primers in the animals of Rathi and Tharparkar breeds were .577${\pm}$0.30 and 0.531${\pm}$0.02, respectively on the basis of band frequency (BF) and 0.645${\pm}$0.04 and 0.534${\pm}$0.04, respectively on the basis of band sharing (BS). Averages of between breed genetic similarities for pooled over primers were 0.97 and 0.92 according to BF and BS, respectively, which reflect higher degree of genetic similarity between Rathi and Tharparkar cattle breeds. Index of genetic distance based on BF and BS for pooled over primers was 0.030${\pm}$0.011 and 0.088${\pm}$0.031, respectively. Percentage of polymorphic bands and within-breed genetic similarities on the basis of band frequency (BF) and band sharing (BS) for pooled over primers revealed higher genetic similarity in Rathi than Tharparkar cattle population. High estimates of between breed genetic similarities for pooled over primers indicated that either Rathi is having decent from Tharparkar or both the cattle breeds are having common descent. Low value of Index of genetic distances between these two cattle breeds may be due to the fact that Rathi and Tharparkar cattle breeds are the native of Thar Desert in Northwest India. The results of between breed genetic distances also confirm the existence of high degree of genetic similarity between these two breeds of cattle.

Changes in patterns of plastic surgery emergencies at a level I trauma center in India during the COVID-19 pandemic

( Veena Singh ),( Ansarul Haq ),( Sarsij Sharma ),( Sanjeev Kumar ),( Aditya Kumar ),( Amarjeet Kumar ),( Neeraj Kumar ),( Anil Kumar ) 대한외상학회 2022 大韓外傷學會誌 Vol.35 No.2

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had major effects worldwide, including sudden and forceful setbacks to the healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic has also led to changes in the plastic and reconstructive management of emergency cases, including those due to road traffic accidents. This study analyzed changes in patterns of plastic surgery emergencies and modifications in consultation policies to minimize the exposure of healthcare workers. Methods: Data on plastic surgery emergency calls received from the trauma and emergency department were collected for a period of 2 months before and during lockdown. The data were then analyzed with respect to the cause, mechanism, and site of the injury, as well as other variables. Results: During lockdown, there was a 40.4% overall decrease in the plastic surgery emergency case volume (168 vs. 100). The average daily number of consultations before lockdown was 2.8 as compared to 1.6 during lockdown. Road traffic accidents remained the most common mechanism of injury in both groups (45.8% vs. 39.0%) but decreased in number during the lockdown (77 vs. 39). Household accidents, including burns, were the second most common cause of injury in both phases (7.7% vs. 20.0%), but their proportion increased significantly from 7.7.% to 20.0% in the lockdown phase (P=0.003). The percentage of minor procedures done in the emergency department increased from 53.5% to 72.0% during lockdown (P=0.002). Procedures in the operating room decreased by 73.1% during lockdown (67 vs. 18, P=0.001). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown orders in India greatly influenced trends in traumatic emergencies as observed by the plastic surgery team at our tertiary care center. Amidst all the chaos and limitations of the pandemic period, providing safe and prompt care to the patients presenting to the emergency room was our foremost priority.

Synthesis of Some 2-Amino-5-Substituted-1,3,4-Oxadiazoles Through the Electrooxidation of Semicarbazone

Kumar, Sanjeev Korean Chemical Society 2009 대한화학회지 Vol.53 No.2

2-Amino-5-Substituted-1,3,4-Oxadiazoles의 합성은 비분활된 셀에서 포텐셜 전기분해의 제어하에 백금전극의 세미카바존 전기적 산화로부터 수행되었다. 이것은 유기화학 합성분야에서 환경적으로 양호한 방법이다. 아세트산 및 아세트니트릴, 무수용매와 리튬 과염소산염 이 전기적 산화에서 전기분해을 위하여 사용 되어졌다. 생성물은 IR, $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR 그리고 원소분석을 통해 구조분석 하였다. The synthesis of 2-amino-5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazoles 4 were carried out from the electrooxidation of semicarbazone 3 at the platinum electrode under controlled potential electrolysis in an undivided cell. This is an environmentally benign method in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The non-aqueous solvents acetic acid and acetonitrile and a supporting electrolyte lithium perchlorate were used for the electrolysis in the electrooxidation. The products were structurally charecterised by IR, $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR and elemental analysis.

Detection of Microcalcification Using the Wavelet Based Adaptive Sigmoid Function and Neural Network

( Sanjeev Kumar ),( Mahesh Chandra ) 한국정보처리학회 2017 Journal of information processing systems Vol.13 No.4

Mammogram images are sensitive in nature and even a minor change in the environment affects the quality of the images. Due to the lack of expert radiologists, it is difficult to interpret the mammogram images. In this paper an algorithm is proposed for a computer-aided diagnosis system, which is based on the wavelet based adaptive sigmoid function. The cascade feed-forward back propagation technique has been used for training and testing purposes. Due to the poor contrast in digital mammogram images it is difficult to process the images directly. Thus, the images were first processed using the wavelet based adaptive sigmoid function and then the suspicious regions were selected to extract the features. A combination of texture features and graylevel co-occurrence matrix features were extracted and used for training and testing purposes. The system was trained with 150 images, while a total 100 mammogram images were used for testing. A classification accuracy of more than 95% was obtained with our proposed method.

Functional synapse formation between compartmentalized cortical neurons cultured inside microfluidic devices

Sanjeev Kumar Mahto,송휴섭,이석우 한국바이오칩학회 2011 BioChip Journal Vol.5 No.4

In this work, the formation of functional synapses between compartmentalized cortical neurons cultured inside three-compartment microfluidic devices in a controlled fashion is described. The proposed device can direct axons in an isolated compartment and, thus, facilitates isolated axons forming functional synapses with dendrites of other neurons in an isolated microenvironment. This microfluidic approach allows continuous real-time monitoring of neuronal processes and fluorescently tagged biomolecules involved in synapse formation, and provides an easy, simple, cost effective, and efficient method to develop and manipulate synapses in an isolated microenvironment without using surface patterning techniques or electrical stimulation. The results presented here suggest that this microfluidic approach could be used as an alternative method for the formation of functional synapses and their exhaustive examinations.

Expression of procaspase 3 and activated caspase 3 and its relevance in hormone-responsive gallbladder carcinoma chemotherapy

( Sanjeev Kumar Maurya ),( Mallika Tewari ),( Bechan Sharma ),( Hari Shanker Shukla ) 대한내과학회 2013 The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine Vol.28 No.5

Background/Aims: The higher incidence of gallbladder cancer (GBC) in females has been accredited to the involvement of hormones. The clinical implications of sex hormone receptors in GBC are well established. Cysteine proteases (such as caspase-3-9, etc.) are known to play a central role in the apoptotic pathway. Of these, the downstream enzyme caspase-3 is often activated in the apoptotic pathway. The aim of this work was to examine the status of apoptosis (which directly correlated with the level of active caspase-3) in hormone-responsive GBC. Methods: We used 10 androgen receptor (AR)-positive, 14 estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, 12 HER/neu-positive, eight triple positive, and 10 triple negative malignant GBC human tissue samples. We isolated the total cellular protein from tumor tissues and carried out Western blotting using antipro-caspase-3 and anti-activated caspase-3 antibodies. Results: ER and HER/neu-positive GBC exhibited high caspase-3 activity and low procaspase-3 activity, whereas AR-positive GBC showed no significant level of apoptosis. We also evaluated the apoptosis status of triple positive GBC and triple negative GBC, and found significant apoptosis in triple positive GBC. Conclusions: The results indicate that ER and HER/neu-positive GBCs had active apoptosis, whereas AR-positive GBC was highly resistant to apoptosis.

Mechanism of ultraviolet photoconductivity in zinc oxide nanoneedles

Kumar, Sanjeev,Kim, Gil-Ho,Sreenivas, K,Tandon, R P IOP Pub 2007 Journal of Physics, Condensed Matter Vol.19 No.47

<P>Ultraviolet photoconductivity in zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoneedles grown on the surface of a multilayer structure comprised of ZnO film (50 nm)/Zn layer (20 nm)/ZnO film (2 µm) fabricated on a stainless steel substrate using an unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique is reported. It was observed that the multilayered structure with ZnO nanoneedles exhibited enhanced ultraviolet photoconductivity in comparison to the ZnO films that were without nanoneedles. The enhancement in the photoconductivity is attributed to the increase in the quantum yield of the photogenerated charge carriers due to the presence of nanoneedles. A successive slow photoresponse transient following after a fast rise is due to the establishment of equilibrium between the charge carriers in the conduction band and the trapping centers created due to the shallow defects in the ZnO film. The observed photoresponse is critically analyzed on the basis of trapping levels created by the oxygen species during the high pressure deposition of the ZnO multilayer. Results show the promise of ZnO nanostructures in ultraviolet detection applications.</P>

Study of electroless template synthesized ZnSe nanowires and its characterization

Kumar, Sunil,Kang, T. W.,Khan, P. Yousaf,Kumar, Sanjeev,Goyal, Manju,Choubey, Ravi Kant Springer-Verlag 2014 Journal of materials science Materials in electron Vol.25 No.2

Identification and SWOT analysis of ecological and security issues of battery electric vehicles

Sanjeev Kumar,Amit Pal Techno-Press 2022 Advances in energy research Vol.8 No.3

Environmental sustainability is critical; else, the whole planet would face climatic disasters in the near future. A transportation system based on electric vehicles is assumed to be capable of providing long-term mobility. However, despite several attempts by national and international authorities, a great aim could not be met in India or the rest of the globe. Existing electric cars have a number of limits and obstacles. This report highlighted significant environmental and safety-related constraints that contribute to the low adoption rate of BEVs in India. A SWOT analysis was also carried out to identify the important elements influencing the future of BEV penetration in India.