installed in every consumer unit and a back-end database at the EB office which calculates the am... more installed in every consumer unit and a back-end database at the EB office which calculates the amount to be paid according to the number of units consumed. The GSM Digital Power Meter is a single phase digital kWh power meter with embedded GSM modem which utilizes the GSM network to send its power usage reading using Short Messaging Service (SMS) back to the energy provider wirelessly. The user interface also consists of LCD which displays the amount of power consumed. The advantages of the proposed system make the existing system incompetent. It is possible to connect to remote areas as it employs wireless technology. The new system is user friendly, easy to access and far more efficient than the existing system.
This paper analyses the relationship between the financial news reported in the mass media and it... more This paper analyses the relationship between the financial news reported in the mass media and its effects on the stock market returns. We have devised an algorithm that successfully determines polarity in financial texts using web scrapping and machine learning techniques in python to gather news texts from major financial news websites like Economic Times, Money Control, Reuters, The Hindu etc. The data collected is divided into 3 sentiments namely positive, negative and compound. By correlating the closing prices of leading players of the major sectors (like ITC-FMCG, TCS–IT, HDFC-Banking, ONGC-Energy, SunPharma-Pharmaceuticals, Maruti Suzuki-Automobile and SBI-Banking) with the sentiment generated from our algorithm we were able to conclude that indeed stock market returns are largely affected with the news and any significant news or shocks about a company can affect its stock price in the short run even though the news doesn’t have any bearing on the company’s fundamentals. Al...
International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, 2018
Background: Lung cancer patients have a high frequency of comorbidity. The diabetes mellitus (DM)... more Background: Lung cancer patients have a high frequency of comorbidity. The diabetes mellitus (DM) has been reported to be associated with postoperative complication and survival in several types of cancers. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of DM on postoperative complication and survival in operable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Method: We retrospectively reviewed 1231 patients who underwent surgical resection for NSCLC between 1996 and 2012. The outcomes were compared between the patients with DM (DM group, n¼139) and without it (Non-DM group, n¼1092). Patients were assigned to DM group if following conditions were identified; 1) a history of DM or medication use, and 2) preoperatively elevated fasting glucose (>126 mg/dL) or hemoglobin A1c (National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program) level (6.5 %) in spite of the unrevealed history of DM. However, diabetes of all patients in DM group was controlled by dietary or sliding-scale insulin therapy. Postoperative complications were defined as events of grade 2 or more according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. A multivariate Logistic regression model was used to identify clinical factors associated with postoperative complication. Survival was evaluated by overall, relapse-free, and disease-specific survivals using Kaplan-Meier method, and a multivariate Cox proportional hazard model was used to identify prognostic factors. Result: DM group included more elderly patients, males, smokers, patients with ischemic heart disease, patients taking antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs, squamous cell carcinomas than non-DM group. DM group showed higher incidence of postoperative complications than non-DM group (28% vs. 21%, p¼0.047). Logistic regression analysis showed that DM was an independent predictor for postoperative complication (OR: 1.851, 95% CI: 1.189-2.884). But, no significant difference was observed in thirty-day mortality between the two groups (2% vs. 1%, p¼0.061). DM group showed a worse overall survival than non-DM group (p¼0.024), and multivariate Cox analysis showed that DM was identified as an independent poor prognostic factor for overall survival (HR: 1.492, 95% CI: 1.053-2.113). DM group included more death from other disease than non-DM group (50% vs. 35%, p¼0.048), and there was no significant difference in relapse-free and disease-specific survival between the two groups. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that operable NSCLC patients with DM have distinct clinicopathological features. Although the presence of preoperative DM was associated with postoperative morbidity and worse overall survival, it did not increase perioperative and lung cancer-related mortalities. Operable NSCLC patients with DM can be still indicated for curative surgery if their perioperative diabetes was controlled.
La restitución de la estructura extensiva del macizo del Cotiella: integración con datos paleomagnéticos
ABSTRACT La restitución de la estructura extensiva del macizo del Cotiella: integración con datos... more ABSTRACT La restitución de la estructura extensiva del macizo del Cotiella: integración con datos paleomagnéticos. Coniaciense – Santoniense Inferior, que se formaron por el colapse gravitacional de los sedimentos de la plataforma por encima de las arcillas y yesos del Triásico Superior durante la apertura del Atlántico Central (García-Senz, 2002 y Mc. Clay et al, 2004). Durante el Santoniense Superior – Maastrichtiense dichas fallas fueron parcialmente invertidas, dando lugar al cabalgamiento del Cotiella – Bòixols. La inversión tectónica dio lugar a la verticalización de los estratos de crecimiento presentes en el bloque superior de las fallas extensivas lístricas. Durante el Eoceno fueron trasportadas unos 20km hacia el sur por encima del cabalgamiento del Montsec – Peña Montañesa. Después del Eoceno se formaron pliegues suaves de dirección NNE – SSW con los ejes subhorizontales, los cuales generaron rotaciones con un eje vertical de cómo máximo 40º que se superponen a la estructura extensiva y complican su restitución. No obstante, la geometría extensiva de las fallas lístricas, de los estratos de crecimiento y de las estructuras sintectónicas (roll-overs) está muy bien preservada. La restitución de la estructura extensiva es fundamental para definir un modelo evolutivo de la cuenca del Cotiella. Los materiales del bloque superior del cabalgamiento del Cotiella están constituidos por calizas (Formación Aguasalenz) y calcarenitas ferruginosas (Formación Maciños del Cotiella) de edad Coniaciense – Santoniense Inferior, que se depositaron durante la fase extensiva de la falla del Cotiella. Los materiales del bloque inferior están constituidos por brechas de Campo y turbiditas de edad Santoniense Superior – Maastrichtiense que están fosilizando el cabalgamiento del Cotiella – Bòixols. En un estudio paleomagnético previo (EGU-2005) se analizaron muestras de las calizas de Aguasalenz y de las brechas de Campo, distribuidas en un total de 18 estaciones, 11 de las cuales están situadas en el bloque superior del cabalgamiento del Cotiella y 7 en el bloque inferior. Se constató que: las brechas de presentan una magnetización primaria mostrando una rotación con un eje vertical de 40º, que coincide con las rotaciones calculadas para rocas eocenas más jóvenes situadas en el sur; las calizas de Aguasalenz presentan una remagnetización sincrónica al plegamiento de las brechas de Campo; el test del pliegue indica que Aguasalenz registra rotaciones idénticas a las que experimentan las brechas de Campo. Por lo
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