Shrinking Space of Academic Freedom in India – Violation of Human Right
Author: Dr. Mrs. Anjali Gaidhane
Abstract
Academic freedom is considered to be one of the most important pillars of educational institutions. It is a prerequisite for quality education and essential for complete development of human personality. However, what is a matter of genuine concern is that academic freedom has been subjected to constant restraint from both governmental and non- governmental entities. This is shrinking space of academic freedom and is detrimental to overall cultural health of the society tarnishing reputation of the country internationally. Violation of academic freedom also leads to breach of human right as both are interlinked with one another and protection of human right is only possible if it is accompanied with academic freedom.
Design Thinking Approach for the Study on Prevention of Stagnated Rain Water
Authors: Vallapureddy Srikanth Reddy, Pothina Madhukar, Pilla Chitti Hemanth Kumar, Sade Anurag Sagar, Velupula Mahadev, Veerini Manoj, Gonthina Madhuri, L.Venkat
Abstract
The removal of stagnated rain water in cities is very important to overcome the problems like traffic jams, breeding of mosquitoes, etc. that are faced by people during the rainy season. Stagnation is also causes discomfort and nuisance to passengers using the area. Stagnation occurs due to improper drainage system, improper slopes to the road pavement, improper maintenance of ground. This study is restricted to the market area, local roads, and streets of a city. A design thinking approach has been implemented to understand the situation and propose a viable solution to eradicate the difficulties faced by public. A detailed primary survey is carried out to understand the situation of streets, local roads of Visakhapatnam city. A secondary survey is also done to know the extent of work carried out in the present problem. Based on the responses of primary survey and literature survey a prototype model is proposed as part of this study to reduce the water stagnation on the streets and roads. Proposed prototype seems have low economical impact on the system and easily implementable. Some of the proposed prototypes are change in slope of roads, constructing the convex roads, Permeable pavement material, introducing a mesh like structure in market place, etc. These changes will definitely make users comfortable.
Automatic Detection of Genetic Diseases in Pediatric Age Using Pupillometry
Authors: Dr. Jafar Ali Ibrahim S, D Ajay Kumar, T Mahendra Reddy, M Yaswanth, D Venkata Sai Saketh, T Siva Kumar Reddy
Abstract
Severe vision impairments in children are caused by inherited retinal disorders. As a result of these illnesses, many children go blind in childhood. Diagnosing this type of sickness can be difficult, given the variety of clinical and genetic factors involved (with over 200 causative genes). Chromatic Pupillometry, a method increasingly utilized to measure outer and inner retinal functioning, offers a distinct approach. Using a specific medical device (pupillometer) and a proprietary machine learning decision support system, a hybrid solution is suggested. Features collected from pupillometric data are classified by means of two Support Vector Machines (SVMs), one for each eye Retinitis Pigmentosa in paediatric patients has been diagnosed using the CDSS. By merging two SVMs into an ensemble model, the system achieves 0.846 accuracy, 0.937 sensitivity, and 0.786 specificity, which are excellent results. Using pupillometric data, this is the first study to apply machine learning in order to identify a hereditary illness in children under the age of 18.