{"title":"Optimized Belief Propagation Decoder Using One’s Complement Processing Element for Polar Codes in 5G NR","authors":"J. L. Lakshmi, J. Jayakumari","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01649-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01649-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper proposes an optimized belief propagation decoder for polar codes in Fifth-Generation (5G) New-Radio (NR), leveraging a processing element based on one’s complement. By utilizing one’s complement, the design reduces the number of adders, thereby shortening the critical path within the processing element. This optimization not only decreases critical path delay but also minimizes the hardware resource requirements, enhancing overall hardware efficiency. The proposed belief propagation decoder synthesized using Xilinx Vivado, with one’s complement processing element achieves a 15% reduction in area compared to the conventional decoder. It also reduces the critical path of the processing element by 2T<sub>adders</sub> compared to the SMS-BP decoder.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"551 - 556"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Safety Evaluation of Caeselpinia bonducella, a Medicinal Plant of Assam, India","authors":"Shyamalima Gogoi, Arun K. Yadav, Amar Deep Soren","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01665-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01665-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Caesalpinia bonducella</i> (Caesalpiniaceae) is a proven traditionally used anthelmintic medicinal plant of India. It is used by the Mishing tribe in North-east India. Although a widely used effective anthelmintic remedy, its toxic potentials has not been explored. This study assesses its toxic potentials in rodent models following OECD guidelines. This study did not show any deviations in food and water consumption of the animals and the body weights and relative organ weights were found to be normal. However, reductions in WBC and platelet counts were seen along with an elevation in the lymphocyte percentage. Transmission electron microscopy study revealed alterations in the liver nucleus where the nucleolus was found to be deformed and reduced in size. The kidney tissue showed normal architecture. The results indicate that the plant can cause toxic effects in its long-term usage and should be used only for a short treatment period.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 5","pages":"675 - 679"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149099255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First Report on ACC Deaminase Producing Novel Psychrotrophic Bacterium Planococcus donghaensis (EU-MRN-53) Induced Chilling Resistance in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.)","authors":"Rajeshwari Negi, Ajar Nath Yadav","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01638-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01638-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Northern Indian regions are hotspots to the winter oilseed crop and other crops growing under the stress conditions. In recent couple of years, the crop growth and yield have been decreased due to various abiotic stresses. It has been revealed that applying rhizobacterial strains promote plant development and increase crop productivity under stress conditions. The goal of present investigation was to identify psychrotrophic bacterial strains from rhizosphere of mustard that could alleviate cold stress and enhancing mustard growth. A total of 88 rhizobacterial strains were isolated from mustard and screened for low temperature, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase (ACC) and other plant growth promoting (PGP) attributes. The strain EU-MRN-53 showed efficient psychrotrophic ACC deaminase producer (784 ± 1.08 nmol α-ketobutyrate mg protein<sup>− 1</sup> h<sup>− 1</sup>) along with other PGP attributes and identified as <i>Planococcus donghaensis</i> using 16 S rRNA gene sequencing. To the best of knowledge, the present study is the first report on ACC deaminase producing novel psychrotrophic bacterium <i>Planococcus donghaensis</i> (EU-MRN-53) for growth enhancement of mustard. Moreover, the inoculated psychrotrophic <i>Planococcus donghaensis</i> strain also aided in inducing stress response in mustard by improving growth and photosynthesis parameters. The efficient strain <i>Planococcus donghaensis</i> (EU-MRN-53) could be used as bioinoculants for horticultural crop growing in mountainous regions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"491 - 494"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"UAVsNet: A Convolutional Neural Network with Attention Mechanism for UAVs Classification","authors":"Jiangong Ni, Zhigang Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01651-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01651-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has been widely used, such as surveillance and monitoring, target strike, cargo transportation, etc. However, the abuse of drones will pose many severe threats to human society. Aiming at the characteristics of small size, small radar cross-section, and complex use environment of UAV, this paper designs a UAV classification mode based on a convolutional neural network (CNN). Firstly, the one-dimensional RCS sequence is converted into a two-dimensional image representation. In the experiment, four different conversion models are used. The conversion can enrich the amount of information in the original data, and the differences between different categories can be highlighted to obtain better recognition accuracy. Then it is imported into the improved CNN (UAVsNet) for recognition. Adding an attention module and modifying the classification module improves the recognition accuracy of the network. The experimental results show that UAVsNet has the recognition accuracy of 96.32% on the GASF dataset, which is 0.46–4.63% higher than other datasets. Through the ablation experiment, the influence of different changes on recognition accuracy was discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"567 - 571"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Punnam Chhetri, Rajesh Singh, Amit Kumar, Mayurkumar R. Meshram, B. Selectstar Marwein, Shruti G. George, Prateek Kumar
{"title":"Analyzing the Effects of Crop Establishment Tactics and Integrated Nitrogen Management Practices on Yield, Economics and Soil Health of Rice in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India","authors":"Punnam Chhetri, Rajesh Singh, Amit Kumar, Mayurkumar R. Meshram, B. Selectstar Marwein, Shruti G. George, Prateek Kumar","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01653-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01653-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) are crucial for rice production in India, but challenges like declining soil health, resource depletion, and economic sustainability persist. This study examines the impact of crop establishment methods (MTPs) and integrated nitrogen management practices (INMPs) on rice yield, profitability, and soil health in the region. The experiment was set up in a split plot design with three replications. The treatments included three MTPs in the main plot and seven NMPs in the subplot. The results showed that system of rice intensification (MTP3) exhibited approximately 14.6% higher yield as compared to other treatment. Under MTP3, the significant maximum net returns of 1144 USD ha<sup>− 1</sup> and B: C ratio (1.65) was documented. In case of INMPs, treatment INMP4 (75% N inorganic + 25% N through poultry manure (PM) + <i>Azospirillum</i>) recorded the significant highest grain yield (5.10 Mg ha<sup>− 1</sup>) as compared to the other treatments. INMP4 also recorded the maximum net return (1213 USD ha<sup>− 1</sup>) and B: C ratio (1.89) indicating its significant economic superiority compared to other treatments. The soil exhibited the significant approximately 10% higher available nutrients (NPK) after two years of cropping under the INMP4 followedby INMP2 (75% N inorganic + 25% N through PM) and surpassed those of all other treatments by a significant margin. Thus, the transplanting of rice in system of rice intensification along with application of 75% N inorganic + 25% N through PM + <i>Azospirillum</i> is a viable and suitable tactic for rice cultivation in IGP region of India or other similar ecoregions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"621 - 625"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Augmentation of Soil Nutrient Availability and Biological Activity Through Major and Minor Millet Cultivation Under Rainfed Vertisols of Central India","authors":"Sejal Narendra Bhoyar, Kulandaivelu Velmourougane, Lalita Rameshwar Harinkhede, Jimmy Bhardwaj Vaidya, Tanvi Balram Dhanorkar, Angamuthu Manikandan, Chandrashekar Mundafale, Yenumula Gerard Prasad","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01655-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01655-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Millets are climate-resilient crops that alleviate malnutrition and improve food security in several developing countries. Although sporadic reports on the nutritional aspects of millets are available, comprehensive data on the effects of millet cultivation on soil health in rainfed calcareous Vertisol has not yet been studied. With this research gap, this work was conducted to evaluate the effects of growing major and minor millets on soil nutrient availability and biological properties. Millet cultivation significantly decreased soil pH (2.6-7.6%), indicating soil acidification. Significant enhancements in soil organic carbon (18-57%), mineralizable nitrogen (48-104%), available phosphorus (92-180%), and available boron (133-300%) were observed in millet plots compared with the no crop treatment. In soil biological attributes, millet cultivation significantly increased glomalin (13-67%) and soil polysaccharide (122-211%) contents. Overall, minor millets provide greater soil health benefits in terms of soil nutrient availability and biological properties than major millets.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"581 - 585"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Senthil Murugan, P. Sathya Ramanujam, R. Ragavendiran, S. Girisankar
{"title":"Experimental Investigation into Safe Distances for Enhancing Firefighter Safety in Photovoltaic Fire Suppression","authors":"S. Senthil Murugan, P. Sathya Ramanujam, R. Ragavendiran, S. Girisankar","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01658-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01658-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During fire emergencies, firefighters face significant electric shock hazards when using water on Photovoltaic (PV) systems due to its conductive nature. The severity of this risk depends on various factors, including water conductivity, system voltage, distance, nozzle geometry, stream pattern, and water pressure. To enhance firefighter safety during PV fire suppression operations, an experiment was conducted to determine a safe distance for hose reel use by varying nozzle diameters, pressure, and distance. The research aims to determine specific distances that firefighters should maintain to minimize the risk of electric shock when suppressing fires involving PV systems. The results indicated that increasing water pressure reduces leakage current, assuming all other parameters remain constant. Additionally, leakage current decreases as the distance between the nozzle and the target electrode increases. Conversely, a larger nozzle diameter leads to a higher leakage current. For a 50 V DC supply, with a nozzle outlet diameter of 9 mm and water pressure of 1.2 bar, the safe distance for fire suppression was identified as 88 cm. With a nozzle outlet diameter of 5 mm, the safe distance increased to 98 cm. These findings offer valuable insights to mitigate electric shock risks for firefighters involved in PV fire suppression operations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"601 - 606"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable Concrete Advancements: Exploring Deccan Basalt Manufactured Sand as A River Sand Alternative","authors":"Yash Rathore, Juned Raheem","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01659-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01659-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rapid urbanization has led to an increasing demand for construction materials, resulting in a critical shortage of natural river sand (RS) and rising costs. Excessive RS mining disrupts ecosystems, causing habitat destruction and changes in river flow. This study investigates Deccan Basalt manufactured sand (DBMS) as a sustainable alternative in concrete production, replacing RS in proportions from 0 to 100%. The research aims to reduce the environmental impact of RS mining and lower construction costs. The investigation focuses on the mechanical properties and acid attack resistance of the concrete mixtures. Results reveal that fully replacing RS with DBMS significantly enhances compressive strength (CS) and durability, with minimal weight and strength loss under acid attack. Microstructural analysis shows a denser and more refined matrix in concrete with 100% DBMS content. These findings highlight DBMS as an effective substitute for RS, providing environmental and economic benefits while improving structural performance and longevity of concrete.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 5","pages":"633 - 639"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149099067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Significance of Personal Protective Equipment in Industry: Market Trend and Challenges","authors":"Karan Veer, Tanu Sharma","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01646-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01646-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Industry workers are significantly more vulnerable than workers in other industries to both fatal and nonfatal injuries. This is mostly due to their frequent non-compliance with personal protective equipment (PPE)—not wearing or misusing personal protective equipment. The present investigation employs a robust 4-step research methodology to investigate the reasons for PPE non-compliance. A literature analysis has been used to identify multiple factors including lack of climatic adaptability, poor risk perception, lack of management support, inadequate safety supervision, insufficient safety training, etc. This research significantly advances knowledge and application of safety, aiding academic researchers and industry professionals in their continued efforts to mitigate worker injuries. Additionally, this study offers a novel approach to enhancing worker safety by developing a PPE - SMS (Personal Protective Equipment Safety Monitoring System).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"541 - 544"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome among Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease","authors":"Shubham Sahni, Aakansha, Anuj Ajayababu, Animesh Ray, Prayas Sethi, Pankaj Jorwal, Shivam Pandey, Sanjeev Sinha","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01637-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01637-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>There has been an increase in understanding of the burden of sleep disordered breathing among patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). This study aimed to compute the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) among ILD patients without any traditional risk factors for OSAHS.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>ILD patients were recruited and underwent anthropometric evaluation, pulmonary function tests and overnight polysomnography. Sleep quality was assessed using Pittsburgh sleep quality index. Patients with body mass index > 30.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup> and other conventional risk factors of OSAHS were excluded.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>Thirty patients constituted the study group with 11 males and 19 females. Mean age of population was 47.1 ± 11.8 years and median BMI was 24.1 kg/m<sup>2</sup>. Poor sleep quality was reported by 83.3% of ILD patients. Significant nocturnal oxygen desaturation was found in almost a third of patients. Median AHI and ODI were 10.2 and 10.6 events per hour with sleep efficiency of 76.0%. Prevalence of OSAHS was found to be 70.0% with 43.4% having moderate-to-severe OSAHS.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Poor sleep quality was common occurrence among patients of ILD. Significant proportion of them had OSAHS, despite the absence of conventional risk factors. High clinical suspicion of OSAHS must be kept while evaluating patients with ILD to improve their quality of life and long-term outcomes. Small sample size of the study limits generalizability, hence larger and diverse cohorts need to be analysed to enhance robustness of the conclusions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 4","pages":"607 - 613"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}