Volume 11 | Issue 5 |

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The love, memories, and nostalgia associated with food find embodiment in the figure of the mother across various narratives. Many Malayalam films depict the mother figure, emphasizing her culinary skills and showcasing some of her signature dishes. Consequently, a loving and nurturing mother is often defined by her culinary expertise. This paper explores how films contribute to the gendering of cooking by perpetuating the notion of an 'ideal' mother who is deeply rooted in her culinary prowess. Interestingly, the act of 'women eating' is rarely depicted in films, which predominantly focus on idealized mothers and idyllic wives. Consequently, this paper also seeks to examine instances of women eating onscreen to understand better how eating practices have become gendered, sexualized and stigmatized. The simple act of 'women eating' itself becomes an act of resistance since women have historically been associated with cooking, serving, and being in the background both on and off the screen.

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Keywords: Culinary, Malayalam Cinema, Gender, Eating

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Since its 1994 signing, the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement has significantly influenced the development of the world's patent system. TRIPS implementation, however, has been a contentious topic, particularly in underdeveloped nations where obtaining affordable medications continues to be difficult. This paper examines the impact of TRIPS Agreement (Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights) in relation to developing countries There has been a great deal of discussion and worry about how Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) affect access to medications in developing nations. This paper will explore the research already in existence and examine how TRIPS has affected access to medication in developing nations. The study explores how parallel importing, compulsory licencing, and patent protection are affected by TRIPS. While it has made it easier for generic medications to enter the market, it has also made it more challenging for developing nations to use parallel importation and compulsory licencing to increase access to medications. In order to guarantee access to medicines in underdeveloped nations, authorities should investigate alternative methods like differential pricing and technology transfer.

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Developing, TRIPS, Medicines, Patents.

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During the Covid-19 era, everyone grasped the significance of non-contact health monitoring technology. Despite adhering to social distance rules, it is unacceptable to use the same gadget to track each patient's HR because each patient has a unique health condition. We then came up with the notion of measuring Pulse rate using a webcam and image processing to resolve all these concerns. We attempted to create such a system from scratch using the Python programming language, which helped us comprehend the area as well as its benefits and drawbacks in comparison to other biometric authentication techniques. After conducting research, we chose to utilize the OpenCV library for Python and Face API for face recognition because the project's requirements precluded us from utilizing a system that could consistently perform both detection and recognition. The human body's cardiovascular system inspired the concept of passive physiological parameter monitoring. Because of the circulatory system, the heart can continuously pump blood throughout the body. When our heart pumps blood through every blood artery in our body, the color of the skin on our faces varies with each heartbeat. Therefore, it is possible to determine the HR from the color fluctuation of facial skin. Heartbeat, i.e., cardiac pulse measurement is one of the most frequent examinations performed in health care monitoring. Electrocardiography (ECG) and Photoplethysmography (PPG) are the procedures currently utilized in mainstream medicine to monitor heartbeats. Heart rate is the frequency of a heartbeat over a given period. Every person's heart rate is different depending on their circumstances, age, and time. Monitoring the variations in heart rate can be used to measure physiological characteristics, emotional arousal, and cardiac issues. The different heart rate measuring techniques are categorized as follows: (1) Contact 2) Non-contact. Contact approaches are the ones that are most frequently employed for heart rate extraction. This technique employs several sensors that come into direct contact with the human body. ECG sensors, pulse oximeter sensors, and other similar devices are some examples of contact-based heart rate monitoring systems. Optical sensors are used in non-contact procedures, which do not involve placing anything on the human body. Non-contact technologies like laser, radar, and microwave doppler require highly precise sensors. Laser light and radar signals have certain detrimental effects on human health. One of the greatest methods is HR monitoring without any physical contact. Computer algorithms are used to process images and increase the accuracy of digital photos and movies. It is possible to use a considerably wider variety of algorithms to handle the incoming data without experiencing issues like signal distortion and noise accumulation. Evaluation is made simpler and more affordable by being able to determine Heart Rate variability from a simple recorded facial film. With our strategy, we present a fresh way to solve all these issues. This innovative approach, which is based on automatic face tracking and blind source separation of color channels into separate independent components, can be used on color video recordings of the human face. We were able to achieve high accuracy and correlation even in the presence of movement artefacts and various lighting conditions when we compared the heart pulse rate derived from the color films captured by a very basic camera to a pulse oximeter and fitness band.

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Pulse Rate, Electrocardiogram, Photopletysmography

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Pharmacognosy is the branch of pharmacy that deals with herbs. This medicinal plants are utilized for preparing and manufacturing myriads of medicines. Beside this, herbs are used for beautification of body, preparation of cosmetics, flavouring and colouring agent .Hair plays a vital role in personality of human and we use a lots of cosmetics product for the care of hair. The study aims reviewing the importance of herbal oil and their use in the common hair problem such as baldness, hair fall, hair dryness, dandruff etc. Various beauty and cosmetic products are used which contain herbs to give young and charming look. Various herbal ingredients are used in herbal hair formulation; they provide essential nutrients such as vitamins, antioxidant, etc. Herbal hair oil has been widely used for nourishment of hair and for the protection of hair from hair fall and hair damage. Now a day's side effect is a major problem after using any beauty product due to which herbal products are preferred because of having less probability of any types of side effects.

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Hair, herbal hair oil, dandruff,hair fall.

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The study planned to investigate the effect of Reggio Emilia Approach on the development of Cognitive Skills among preschool children. Quazi single group design was adopted for the present investigation to involve the preschool children in the study. The UKG students studying in JSS Pre School, Nanjanagud, Mysore considered as population. A sample of UKG students has been utilized as subjects to teach cognitive skills as a component arithmetic readiness by using Reggio Emilia Approach. This approach is based on the principles of student-teacher-parent role in learning and it emphasis on self-learning, experimental learning in relationship with environments. Totally 20 subjects were randomly selected to give treatment after administering pre test to them. The self prepared Arithmetic Readiness Scale was employed for this research. A 33-item items scale having internal consistency 0.90 measured through test and re test method with 30 days gap. The obtained data was analyzed descriptively and inferentially by computing paired 't' test and also independent 't' test. The level of sig. was fixed at 0.05 level confidence. The results were get with the help of SPSS Package and MS Excel. The results indicate that the Reggio Emilia Approach is effective in promoting cognitive development in both boys and girls. The lack of significant gender differences highlights the inclusive nature of this approach. These findings support the implementation of the Reggio Emilia Approach in early childhood education to foster cognitive growth and create a positive and equitable learning environment for all children.

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Effect, Reggio Emilia Approach, Cognitive Skills, Preschool, Children

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Detection of diseases of plants is one of the main points which determine the loss of the yield of crop production and agriculture using machine learning.

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Plant disease detection, machine learning

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In recent years, the increasing popularity of Korean Pop Culture and Korean Drama, also known as the 'Hallyu Wave', among Indians, especially the youth, augments the fundamental aspect of the notion of culture which transgresses the temporospatial bipartite. The Korean Wave's vast influence, encompassing all the significant facets ranging from music, drama and films, on the Indian youths popped up a dynamic cultural shift. With the success of the beautiful narrative, beauty products and addictive music which differs from the Western style of music, Korean culture has garnered attention from different people of different diversities leading to becoming a global phenomenon. This paper records not only the transference of two cultures but also attempts to highlight the correlation and acculturation of engrossing consumption of Korean Pop Culture among Indian youths.

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K-pop, K-drama, Films, Youth, Indian audience.

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Corporate governance is the system of rules, practices, and processes by which a firm is directed and controlled. The primary objective of corporate governance is to ensure that a company operates in a manner that is ethical, transparent, and accountable. It provides a framework for making decisions and managing the affairs of the company in a way that maximizes shareholder value while also taking into consideration the interests of other stakeholders. This study is conducted to know the disclosure of voluntary items of corporate governance by the companies. For the purpose of study, a sample of Ten IT Sector companies are selected. Five items have been undertaken on the basis of review of literature; List of Senior Managers , Ownership Structure, Listing on Stock Exchange, Share Prices and Investors Grievance Committee. The study is conducted for the period of five years starting from 2017-18 to 2021-22. The results of the study revealed that the average disclosure by the companies during 5 years is 54.24 percent. TCS is disclosing the maximum of 66.4 percent information regarding the voluntary items of corporate governance while HCL Technologies is disclosing the minimum of 31 percent information regarding the voluntary items of corporate governance. The disclosure by each company differs from the average disclosure by 12.23 percent. Listing on Stock Exchange is the most frequent item of corporate governance disclosed by the companies while Investors Grievance Committee is the least disclosed item by the companies. The study also revealed that the disclosure by the companies is increasing in the starting years and reaches to its maximum of 66 percent in the year 2018-19 but after it starts to decrease and reaches to its minimum of 42 percent in the year 2021-22.

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Governance, voluntary items, disclosure, board and stakeholders

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The current generation has seen a significant rise in milk demand, which has increased the number of milk centers in various regions. Milk is the most important source of nutrition for children, pregnant women, and adults. Milk of the highest quality is dense and free of contaminants. A few adulterants are added to milk to sustain milk income and increase yield. Since farmers supply so much of the milk, there's a fair chance they'll get the information wrong if they don't know what they're doing. The consistency of milk can be harmed by these adulterants. Adulteration of milk has been a major social problem in recent years. Consumption of tainted milk can result in serious health problems. Milk adulteration must be detected, and milk consistency must be ensured. Various types of sensors, such as pH sensors, gas sensors, and temperature sensors, may be used to detect milk adulteration. This implementation is designed to make the process more apparent to all people who deposit milk. The Arduino controller is used in this framework. The entire milk analyser system is regulated by this Arduino. Controllers are connected to a variety of sensors. This is an easy-to-use method.

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: Arduino, LCD, Solar panel, turbidity sensor, gas sensor, pH sensor, temperature sensor, ultrasonic sensor, ESP8266.

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