Volume 14 | Issue 5 |

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This paper presents a smart attendance system using face recognition and fingerprint sensor for secure and automated attendance management. The system uses multimodal biometric authentication to reduce proxy attendance and improve accuracy. Face recognition is used for primary identification while fingerprint acts as secondary verification. The system ensures reliable, efficient and real-time attendance recording.

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Smart Attendance System, Face Recognition, Fingerprint Sensor, Biometric Authentication, Automation

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The learning environment plays a vital role in shaping students' academic progress and examination participation. Students' absenteeism during examinations has become a critical problem at the national and global levels. This study examined the relationship between the learning environment and students' absenteeism in examinations. Student absenteeism was studied on the basis of gender and social category, and the perception of the parents was also analyzed. Bhadrak district, having 7 blocks, and from each block 2 secondary schools were selected purposefully [7*2=14 secondary schools]. Unstructured interview schedules were used for the collection of data, and data were analyzed qualitatively. The findings revealed that factors such as classroom climate, teacher support, assessment practices, academic stress, and institutional infrastructure significantly influence students' decision to appear in the examination. The study concluded that conducive learning environment and the cooperation between parents and teachers play the significant role to minimize absenteeism during examinations and enhance academic performance of the learners.

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Learning environment, Students' absenteeism, Classroom climate, awareness of parents, Assessment practices.

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This chapter examines Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer through the ecofeminist framework of Vandana Shiva, focusing on the interconnections between food production, biodiversity, women's embodied knowledge, and resistance to chemical-based agribusiness. Kingsolver's narrative critiques monocultural farming, pesticide dependency, and technological domination of land, while foregrounding ecological reciprocity and community-based agriculture. Through characters such as Nannie Rawley and Garnett Walker, the novel stages a philosophical conflict between industrial modernity and ecological humility. Drawing on Shiva's concepts of biodiversity, seed sovereignty, and patriarchal control over nature, this study argues that Prodigal Summer articulates a literary model of resistance grounded in care, sustainability, and environmental justice. Kingsolver ultimately positions women's ecological knowledge as central to restoring balance between humans and the natural world.

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Ecofeminism, Vandana Shiva, biodiversity, pesticide critique, agribusiness, Barbara Kingsolver, food ethics, environmental justice

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Conflict resolution is vital for maintaining peace and social order in traditional societies. For the kukis of Northeast India, traditional methods of settling disputes have historically been key to peace, focusing on reconciliation instead of punishment. These practices are based on customary laws, family connections, and shared morals, operating under the leadership of the Haosa (village chief) and the Semang Pachong (council of elders). However, the rise of modernization, state legal systems and political changes has put pressure on the relevance and authority of these traditional practices. Even with these shifts, traditional conflict resolution methods still reflect the moral and cultural identity of the Kuki people. This paper investigates the structure, process, and importance of Kuki customary conflict resolution systems, assesses their effectiveness in today's world, and looks at how these indigenous systems can be combined with modern legal and democratic frameworks while maintaining their core values of harmony, forgiveness, and community unity.

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Kuki society, conflict resolution, chieftainship, customary law, reconciliation, restorative justice

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Fractures are common musculoskeletal injuries, with Colle's fracture (Bahirprakoshtasthi Bhagna) frequently affecting elderly women due to osteoporosis and accidental falls. Ayurveda, through Bhagna Chikitsa as described by Acharya Sushruta, recommends methods like Anchana (traction), Peedana (compression), Samkshepana (approximation), Bandhana (immobilisation), and internal Sandhaneeya (bone-healing) medicines. A clinical trial was conducted comparing Rasonadiyoga -- a classical formulation from Bhaishajya Ratnavali containing Rasona, Madhu, Laksha, ghrit, and sita -- with standard calcium and vitamin D3 supplements in Type 1 & 2 Colle's fractures.The study observed faster pain relief by day 14, early callus formation by day 28, and complete fracture union by day 42 in the Rasonadiyoga group. No side effects were reported. The formulation proved to be a safe, effective, and economical alternative for fracture healing, validating the classical principles of Ayurvedic Bhagna Chikitsa

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Bhagna, Colle's fracture, Bahirprakoshtasthi bhagna, Rasonadiyoga, Bhagna chikitsa

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ABSTRACT Air transport has become one of the most vital modes of transportation in the modern world, offering speed, convenience, and global connectivity. With the expansion of globalization, international trade, and tourism, the demand for air travel has increased significantly. However, the choice of air travel is influenced by several factors such as cost, safety, service quality, flight frequency, accessibility, and overall travel experience. Although air transport offers significant benefits in terms of speed, comfort, and connectivity, travelers often encounter challenges such as high-ticket prices, flight delays, security concerns, limited route options, and environmental impacts, all of which can influence their preferences and overall travel experience. The study aims to examine the key factors influencing passengers' choice of air transport and the major problems encountered in the process. To analyze the factors influencing the choice of air transport, Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance (Kendall's W) was applied, while the Weighted Average Ranking method was used to identify and rank the problems faced by travelers. The study concluded that ticket fare, ease of the booking process, and baggage handling are the most significant factors influencing the choice of air transport. Conversely, flight delays, cancellations, and high ticket pricing emerged as the main challenges faced by passengers.

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Airlines, passengers preferences and challenges faced

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This study presents the effect of gender on smartphone addiction and happiness. In the era of technology, smartphone addiction is very common and today finding happiness and being happy is not so easy. The study was conducted to explore the comparison of smartphone addiction and happiness among gender (boys & girls). This study was conducted in MGKVP, Varanasi (U.P.), on a sample of 52 students from Economics department of MGKVP. The data was divided in to two groups- boys & girls on the basis of gender. Both groups had equal no. of respondents. Smartphone addiction scale (SAS) and Happiness scale (HS) were used to collect data. Data was analysed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The main conclusion is that boys have more smartphone addiction than girls.

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Smartphone addiction, happiness, wellbeing, technology

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Madhubani Art, Mithila Painting, Indian Folk Art, Cultural Heritage, Women Empowerment, Traditional Motifs.

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In Thermal power plants Rotating Equipment plays a vital role, the structural integrity of rotating machinery is critical for safe and efficient operation, Rotor lifetime and safety primarily depends on the level of rotor vibration. In order to avoid unwanted consequences for the plant due to rotor damage and to meet the highest requirements of design reliability, accurate rotor dynamic predictions are mandatory. Having the correct rotor model is critical issue in dynamics prediction. Often research activities are focused only on the rotor-bearing system analysis. However, generally the whole system, which includes the rotor, bearings, casing and structural supports should be considered. Special attention should be paid to the influence of structural supports which reveals when the rotor is supported with ball bearings because of low damping and high bearing stiffness. The approach presented in this paper allows to simulate the influence of structural supports on rotor dynamics response and as a result, the full picture of rotor-bearing-support system resonances can be analysed to avoid potential problems. The methodology is based on support vibrations modal reduction technics. According to the approach, the natural frequencies and their mode shapes should be calculated for the separate support structure applying a three dimensional finite element model and the relative displacements at bearing location points are measured. Supports' normalized model characteristics (model mass and model stiffness) for each vibration mode should then be imported in a rotor dynamics algorithm for rotor unbalance response analysis.

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Mitigation of pipe stress and Base related issues.

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Secure communication is essential with the growth of digital data transmission. Unlike cryptography, which hides the content of a message, steganography hides the existence of the message itself. This paper presents an audio steganography method that embeds secret text into an audio file using the Low Bit Encoding technique. A key file based on ASCII values is used to enhance security during embedding. The system includes embedding and extraction modules to hide and retrieve the message while preserving the audio file's quality.

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Audio Steganography, Data Hiding, Low Bit Encoding (LSB), Secure Communication, Information Security, Secret Message Embedding, Audio Signal Processing, Data Extraction

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