The culture of little magazines in India came into being with the publication of Sabuj Patra in 1914 and became popular in other Indian languages in the 1950s. These “noncommercial” and ephemeral presses not only created the “modern” literary canon, which was chiefly “non-conformist”, but also defamiliarized the notion of the “text” through its material discontinuity. Little magazines in India served as the counter site of “new” literary movements and “unheard voices” from the margin. Thus, l...

Efficient coal extraction from underground mines is largely dependent on the stability of coal pillars, especially in the presence of geological discontinuities that weaken their strength. In Indian coalfields, traditional empirical formulas for pillar strength often neglect these discontinuities, focusing instead on pillar dimensions and coal strength. This study employs numerical simulations to evaluate the impact of multilayer weak bedding planes, placed at various positions within the pil...

A numerical simulation study is carried out for assessment of stability of coal pillars having dirt bands by varying its size and depths. Physico-mechanical properties of dirt bands including thickness and its position in pillar system are varied in the simulation study. Results of the simulation study are correlated with the available empirical approaches of pillar strength are validated with field observations. It is observed that the presence of weak dirt bands significantly influences the...

The education system has evolved through various discipline-wise segregation and policies over the years. The Ancient Greek and Roman civilisations practised a holistic knowledge system that merged the arts and sciences for the overall development of a child, similar to ancient Indian learning. After the European scientific revolution, the education system underwent strict division for pursuing various streams of knowledge. The re-emergence of multidisciplinary studies circles back to the cha...

In the present capitalist world system, the human approach to nature is utilitarian: it has been reduced to mere resources whose significance is equivalent to the surplus value it produces for the betterment of a section of mankind. This mechanistic view and commodification of nature is traced back to Western reductionist philosophies that deny agency to nature and the non-human and place humans at the top of the hierarchical ‘Great Chain of Being.’ The non-human turn in the Humanities, inspi...

Public spaces refer to those social spaces that are open and accessible to all, as well as spaces where the sharing of activities takes place. They help to create and strengthen external relationships, interactions, and social activities. Public spaces include parks, plazas, squares, gardens, beaches, waterfronts, streets, markets, libraries, community centres, sports facilities, and playgrounds. The design of any public space contributes to developing a sense of pride and belonging among the...

Urbanization in cities is striding at an incomparable and irreversible rate and is mostly driven by the population migration, which eventually imparts a significant pressure on the local environment, weather and climate in many ways. Therefore, the study on urban meteorology, climatology, and extreme weather is quite important in the current scenario as the country is evolving towards becoming an advanced economy. In this context, urban growth dynamics and future projection over Indian cities...

Building classification is pivotal in various applications, such as urban planning, navigation, and campus management. This paper presents a novel approach for building classification using a transformer-based model. The proposed framework integrates convolutional neural networks and selfattention mechanisms, leveraging the capabilities of both local and non-local feature extraction. We have curated a diverse dataset by taking images of various buildings at the National Institute of Technolog...

People are more concerned about their health these days, and the accuracy of medical information has come into focus. Since medical data frequently contains missing values, the field of medical data imputation has recently seen a surge in activity. This work presents a method that combines data imputation and clustering optimization to handle these challenges. Missing values are filled using matrix factorization with Truncated Singular Value Decomposition (SVD), which estimates the missing en...

Mammography is crucial for detecting breast cancer, but noise can hinder accurate interpretation. This paper proposes a two-stage hybrid de-noising algorithm for digital mammograms. First, the Adaptive Modified Median Filter (AMMF) removes noise, and then Guided Filter (GF) is applied to preserve edges and details. Experiments on Mammographic Image Analysis Society (MIAS) dataset show the filter effectively removes salt-and pepper noise. Performance is evaluated using metrics like Mean Square...

Agriculture robot has emerged as a transformation field, promising to revolutionize traditional farming practices by enhancing efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. Weed free condition during the critical period of crop is absolute important for getting maximum yield. Weeds can be effectively managed by physical, chemical, and biological method. Among all those methods, hand weeding is an effective method of weed management. At the same time, increased labour wages and unavailability ...

Leaf protein contains up to 48% soluble proteins but is difficult to extract using conventional methods due to rigid cell wall structure. Therefore, mechanical pretreatment could be a better option to increase the protein yield. Meanwhile, Moringa oleifera leaves are a rich source of protein and contain an adequate amount of amino acid (AA). Hence, moringa leaf flour was subjected to ball milling (BM) for 1, 3, and 5 h and measured the effect of BM on the protein yield, structural and functio...

Among different legume proteins, guar germ proteins is underexplored. So, isolated guar germ proteins were treated with cold plasma (CP) to understand the impact on nutritional, functional properties, and rheological behaviour. Moderate CP treatment improves digestibility and has a minor impact on amino acids. The higher applied voltage could induce the formation of protein aggregates, as observed in the SDS-PAGE model. At the same time, noticeable changes in functional properties were identi...

Load flow analysis is an essential computational technique used for purposes such as power system design, expansion, and efficient control. The results of a load flow analysis consist of voltage phasors at network buses, active and reactive power flow in transmission lines, and reactive power injections at generator buses. However, it is imperative to calculate the power system frequency for a specific loading condition, a task that none of the load flow techniques have tackled. This work pre...

India’s rapid transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is driven by government initiatives, environmental concerns, and technological advancements. A robust EV charging infrastructure is critical for sustaining this shift. Utility score analysis provides a systematic method to evaluate the effectiveness of charging stations by assessing factors such as accessibility, energy availability, and cost efficiency. This study highlights the unique challenges of deploying EV infrastructure in India and ...

Purpose/Motivation: Sustainability has become an increasingly important consideration for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they navigate the complex and dynamic entrepreneurial landscape of an organisations. The present study investigates the critical components of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems for small and medium enterprises. Recognizing SME’s vital role in economic development and sustainability, the research identifies and prioritizes key factors that contribute to lo...

Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials have drawn a lot of interest from the scientific community due to their numerous device applications in electronic and optoelectronic industries. Lead-based ferroelectric materials are widely used for various device applications. The toxic nature of lead is known to cause hazardous and irreversible damages to kidney, brain and nervous systems. Thus lead-free ferroelectric perovskite materials are being actively researched upon to replace lead based on...

Hydrogen storage technology is crucial for the rapidly expanding hydrogen-based energy infrastructure, production, and delivery. Among the numerous efforts to develop safe hydrogen storage solutions, solid-state hydrogen storage using metal hydrides is widely favored due to its high hydrogen storage capacity (e.g., MgH~7 wt.% and LiH~12.6 wt.%) and significant reaction kinetics. However, developing a solid-state storage system is challenging due to the effect of numerous parameters. The metal...

Polycrystalline samples of Y1-xSmxCrO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3) are synthesized through an ethylene glycol-assisted sol-gel auto-combustion route. All the samples crystallize in orthorhombic structure with Pnma symmetry. Magnetic measurement shows intriguing properties, i.e. spin reorientation (SR) followed by exchange bias (EB) effect below TSR. This result is attributed to competing interaction between the Sm and Cr below TSR. Moreover, magnetic transition temperature (TN) is shifted towards higher te...