Fundamental Aspects of Vedic Sciences by Yajna Vijnan and Mantra Therapy: An Interdisciplinary Study in Light of the Second Wave of the Pandemic

The article discusses various scientific aspects of Indian Vedic Agnihotra Vijnan and Mantra therapy. It has been scientifically proven in many recent experiments and literature that Homa therapy is effective in diseases control through inhaling therapy, generates negative ions responsible for happiness, organic homa krishi (farming) is best for humans, and it is a boon for mental and physical fitness. The authors present a series of small experiments in support of few of the above results and confident enough that gradually this therapy will be popular and accepted globally by one and all. Indian culture and science is scientific and full of components to uplift the human consciousness and ease life. The present study supports this fact by visualizations and sensor-based experiments. In the 21st century, it is crucial to accept with open minded the good features this alternate therapy in view of the multiple waves of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 and other global threats. Copyright © 2022, IGI Global.

Measuring Happiness Index and Electronic Gadgets Radiations on AI IoT Systems: Return to Indian Scriptures and Science for Mental Fitness During Global Threats

The World Health Organization has unanimously accepted the four dimensions of complete human health: mental, physical, social, and spiritual. Due to the present pandemic of COVID-19, the mental and spiritual health of an individual is completely disturbed. The article is a trial enough to establish the effect of Sanskrit Vedic Mantra and Yajna, an ancient Hindu science of upliftment of consciousness and to heal self by sound science and heat and light. The article demonstrates the effect of mantra chanting on different ages and genders, rural and urban, and different age groups on human consciousness and mental peace and spiritual wellbeing. It presents the effect of sound science and mantra science over the human mind and body to relax after the stress of COVID-19, a nightmare for the world of the 21st century. Copyright © 2022, IGI Global.

GreenNotes: a smart utility tool to keep track of regular goals in the 21st century for smart cities and people

GreenNotes is a browser extension that allows you to take notes rapidly. These notes may be used for a variety of things in your everyday life, like saving significant meeting discussion points, vital data for future reference, and so on. It allows you to make notes using a variety of techniques, including a WYSIWYG editor, a Markdown editor, and voice-to-text. This project seeks to create a note-taking Chrome extension with a reminder function that provides a convenient experience for users by giving rapid access and a simple UI. Current online solutions or programs either lack some functionality or are too pricey for those who only want basic services. GreenNotes, on the other hand, was created with freemium users in mind. GreenNotes is a Chrome extension built on Angular that allows you to take notes by typing or converting speech to text. Additionally, the app's reminder function was created to assist users in being on time for meetings or stand-up calls in the online context, which has become more prevalent since COVID-19. Copyright © 2023 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Statistical Analysis of Online Voting System Through Blockchain and ML Techniques: A Sustainable Approach for 21st Century Life Style and Smart Cities

A digital voting system is a process that allows people to vote while sitting at their homes and is based on their face recognition identification. The votes will be counted and saved in a blockchain-based structure which is secure and immutable, thus giving availability with security in a system. The traditional voting system does not allow people to vote sitting at their home. Considering the situation of covid, everything is going digital. Questions on EVM from losing parties regarding some malfunctioning. Copyright © 2022, IGI Global.

Computational Analysis of the Impact of Yoga on QoL and Body Flexibility

This research paper is an initiative to provide insight into the health and quality of life (QoL) benefits of yoga. The investigation aims to study the ancient therapy for de-stressing occupational stress and improving employees' quality of life by examining the intervention of yoga exercise on physiological health and quality of life (QoL). To find the impact of yoga and light aerobic exercise on the flexibility of the body muscles and quality of life intervention of yoga, light aerobic exercise was conducted on employees of PPS International at Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), India, a manufacturer of high-tech equipment for Indian railway and metro trains and related industries. After seeking permission for the study from the founder and promoter, the research team randomly selected 120 subjects of age group 35-45 years, all males. To establish the result, a computational analysis of the recorded data was done. The t-test was applied to analyse descriptive statistics, pre-test, post-test, mean scores, and standard deviation of three different groups with N=40 in each group. © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Guarantors of Brain.

Effects of Yoga on the Cardio-Respiratory System: Socio-Technical Effect to Reduce the Impact of the Pandemic on Indian Employees

This research paper is an initiative to provide insight associated with the physiological health of employees by examining the interventions of yogic exercise on physiological health. The investigation was done to study the impact of Yoga and Pranayama on functioning of lungs (vital capacity) and functioning of heart (resting heart rate) as an ancient therapy. The study found the effect of aerobic exercise and yogic practices on resting pulse rate and vital capacity among employees of a private organization engaged in production of technical equipment for Indian railway and metro trains and other related industries. After taking due consent from the promoter and founder of PPS International, the researchers randomly selected 120 subjects, all males of age group 25-35 years. Yoga helps to improve the lives of all age groups irrespective of gender. It can be adopted at any stage of life or started at any age;yoga has shown excellent results on the physiological health-related variable of stressed working professionals. Copyright © 2022, IGI Global.

Role of chest radiograph in predicting the need for ventilator support in COVID-19 patients.

Background: COVID-19 disease, a pandemic for more than two years, has major morbidity and mortality related to pulmonary involvement. Chest radiography is the main imaging tool for critically ill patients. As the availability of arterial blood gas analysis is limited in the Level I and II healthcare centres, which are major partners in providing healthcare in resource-limited times, we planned the present study. Objectives: To assess the role of chest radiography in predicting the need for oxygen/ventilator support in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Methods: This hospital-based, retrospective study included 135 patients who needed oxygen/ventilator support and had optimal-quality chest radiographs at admission. All the chest X-rays were evaluated and a severity score was calculated on a predesigned pro forma. Statistical evaluation of the data obtained was done using appropriate tools and methods. Results: Males outnumbered females, with a mean age of 54.35 ± 14.49 years. More than 72% of patients included in our study needed ventilator support while the rest needed oxygen support. There was a significant statistical correlation between the chest radiograph severity score and SPO2 /PaO2 levels in our study. Using a cut-off value >8 for the chest radiograph severity score in predicting the need for ventilator support in a Covid-19 patient, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy was 85.7%, 92.5% and 89.5%, respectively. Conclusion: Chest radiography remains the mainstay of imaging in critically ill COVID-19 patients when they are on multiple life-support systems. Though arterial blood gas analysis is the gold standard tool for assessing the need for oxygen/ventilator support in these patients, the severity score obtained from the initial chest radiograph at the time of admission may also be used as a screening tool. Chest radiography may predict the need for oxygen/ventilator support, allowing time for patients to be moved to an appropriate-level healthcare centre, thus limiting morbidity and mortality.

Block Chain Application for E-Voting Process Using ML for South Asian Continent

A digital voting system which allows people to vote sitting at their home based on their face recognition. The votes will be counted and saved in a blockchain, based structure which is secure and immutable, thus giving availability with security in a system. The traditional voting system does not allow people to vote sitting at their home. Considering the situation of covid everything is going digital. Questions on EVM from losing parties regarding some malfunctioning. Digital, secure, reliable, user friendly and a low-cost system. Standing in long queues during voting is a tiring and time-consuming process. DDoS assaults, polling booth capturing, vote tampering and manipulation, malware attacks, and other security issues are all present in today's voting systems. The voting process may be made safer, more transparent, immutable, and dependable by utilizing blockchain technology. Our current voting system is questioned by a variety of stakeholders, including political parties and ordinary citizens, because votes are manipulated, citizens find voting a time-consuming task, and, most importantly, the current pandemic situation has digitized almost all areas of interest in our county. As a result, to resolve the issue produced by the physical voting system. © 2022 ACM.

NFC-enabled packaging to detect tampering and prevent counterfeiting: Enabling a complete supply chain using blockchain and CPS

Medicines play a vital role in human lives and that’s why the market size of medicines is quite large. Amid the pandemic of COVID-19 in the 21st century, the governments of many countries as well as healthcare industries, hospitals, doctors, and patients are facing a crucial threat of tampering and counterfeiting of vaccines and drugs. This is not an issue that can be ignored easily, as it troubles all of society in a significant way. New technology such as near field communication (NFC), combined with the latest technologies such as Hyperledger, blockchain, and the Internet of Things have given efficient results. The methodology used in this research manuscript (the authors named it “AKSHAT”) is that an NFC chip will be installed in the caps of medicines. When a consumer scans the label on a product with a phone or any NFC-enabled device, the device authenticates the product and informs as to whether it is a genuine product. When a consumer finds that the NFC seal is broken or if it looks intact but NFC data cannot be read, then apparently the product has been tampered with. In NFC, all data and information can be stored and cannot be changed again. The research results presented here establish that NFC is time-efficient, cost-effective, secure, and accurate. With the use of NFC tags, registered transactions on a private network and the tracing of the vaccine are very easy. The authors’ team has demonstrated this as a product that can currently store every transaction as immutable and transparent. The proposed anticounterfeiting solution “AKSHAT” uses NTAG-213 based tags, which are cost-effective as well as have a mutual understanding with all NFC-enabled smartphones. This provides the option for all product manufacturers and brand owners to integrate NFC technology at a fraction of the money. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Analytical study of the effect of agnihotra on AQI and its psycho-social impacts: a perspective amidst second wave of pandemic challenges in National Capital Region of Indian subcontinents

This research paper is a step towards the study to see how Vedic Homa Therapy is an effective natural approach for treatment of any pollution, heavy PM 2.5 and PM 10 particles and the use of mango wood, cow dung and bargad wood in the cure of ailment, depression, pollution control by just focusing on its lyrics, sound, diction when done continuously. By performing Yagya, two energies are produced. Heat energy from fire of Yagya and the sound energy from vibration of the Vedic mantras;both the energies are combined to give self-healing results on any disease and its ionisation produces a vital role in curbing polluting particles. The study has done comparative analysis on emission of gaseous particles after Yagya post-second wave of COVID-19 and also through ML algorithms and statistical analysis;it demonstrates the auto correlation and high correlation on different parameters responsible for pollution measurement and for AQI.

High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) thorax in Covid-19 Pneumonia

Background: Covid-19 disease has become a dreadful and deadly disease over last one year with numerous methods described in recent medical literature for early diagnosis ad monitory the course of disease. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) thorax findings in Covid-19 pneumonia have been described with high specificity & moderate sensitivity. Aims & Objectives: We conducted this study with the aim and objectives of determining the common pulmonary radiological findings in HRCT thorax of Covid-19 patients and their relationship with category of clinical symptoms as well as correlation with CT severity score. Materials and Methods:This retrospective, observational & cross-sectional study included HRCT thorax of 100 cases proven to be RT-PCR positive for Covid-19 disease. The spectrum of pulmonary findings was noted along with their frequency in different symptom category of patients. CT severity score was also correlated with category of symptoms. Results: Approximately two-third patients in our study revealed radiological findings on HRCT thorax with GGO being the commonest finding followed by consolidation & characteristic signs in the decreasing order of frequency. More than half of patients in mild and more than 90% patients in moderate category revealed findings on HRCT thorax with average CT severity score of <10 in mild and >11 in moderate category of symptoms. Conclusions: Though HRCT thorax cannot be used as a screening tool for diagnosis of Covid-19 disease owing to its moderate sensitivity yet its high degree of specificity especially in moderate category of patients makes it useful in objective assessment during treatment as well as in predicting the prognosis of patients high CT severity score.

Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Veterans with COVID-19 and Comorbid OSA

Introduction: A hgher proportion of African American US veterans, compared to other racial-ethnic groups, with a high number of comorbidities was admtted to the John D. Dingell as there were no available sleep studies in this group. Results: Data on 50 patients are submtted here. Among 50 consecutive patents hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 differences 0 had a diag c osis of OSA. significant predictor of hospital LOS was BMI (p=0.04), after adjusting for age, African-American (AA) race, chronic heart disease and the presence of OSA (model R-squared=0.15). saturation or time spent with SaO2<90% and the outcomes. Conclusion: Elevated BMI seemed to predict longer hospitalizations among COVID-19 veterans. Additional data collection is needed to assess the predictors of negative clinical outcomes in veterans with COVID-19 and OSA.

AI-based analysis for novel covid-19 and its treatment through yajna and mantra science: An indian vedic science to cure various diseases

In the present crisis, the novel COVID-19, which started spreading from Wuhan on 29th Dec. 2019 has now taken the whole world into its grip. The Ancient Rishi and Muni were wise enough, and they knew how to kill the bacteria and virus of the atmosphere through Vedic Science of Mantra and Yajna. The present article is an effort to validate the process in a congenial and constrained environment. Through different presented concepts, we can easily understand the importance of Mantra and Yajna Sciences, and with the help of statistical tools and artificial intelligence concepts, the efficacy of this ancient Indian science has been established. The article also elaborates the effect of Vedic verses and Sanskrit sutra on human consciousness and mental health. The manuscript also shows the effect of Yajna and Mantra over the radiations of electronic gadgets. It also helps the study of ancient Hindu culture and its processes on human spiritual health and mental peace after the tearful worst stress of COVID-19 in the 21st-century world. © 2020, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.

Recent trends in Indian higher education system

Indian higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China. Since independence, India as a developing nation is continuously progressing in the education field and has witnessed a tremendous increase in the number of Universities/University level Institutions & Colleges. Although there have been lot of challenges to higher education system of India but equally have lot of opportunities to overcome these challenges and to make higher education system much better. The biggest challenge for higher education system in the post COVID-19 Pandemic period will be to develop courses specifically for on-line distance learning and to design policies to attract overseas students. Higher Education in India had been accorded prime importance from the very beginning. However there has been rising demand for higher education induced by liberalization, privatization, globalization and the need of skilled work force. In the light of increasing demand for higher education, the government has also taken up measures to ensure quality in the system while accommodating the increasing demand. © 2020 SERSC.