{"title":"Real-Time Driver Distraction Detection Using Fast R-CNN Algorithm","authors":"Sapna Singh Kshatri, Yogesh Kumar Rathore","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01605-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01605-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Driver distraction is a leading cause of road accidents, highlighting the need for detection systems. This article presents a new real-time driver distraction detection system based on Fast R-CNN in real-time with the highest accuracy of 89%. Unlike previous studies, our solutions involve the CNN and the transfer learning of electrode arrangement and feature extraction for identifying activities like yawning, averting one’s gaze, and using the phone. Our system also includes a temporal analysis module that uses long short-term memory to capture temporal relations in driver behavior. This approach provided a novel way of identifying drivers’ distractions autonomously, leading to a 30% reduction in accidents. This research enriches the knowledge base for intelligent driver assistance systems, leading to improved road safety levels worldwide.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 3","pages":"433 - 438"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148380996","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":"Query Temporal Context Modeling and Multi-Modal Intent for Efficient Video Content Retrieval","authors":"Pratibha Singh, Alok Kumar Singh Kushwaha","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01604-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01604-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the era of exploding video data, efficiently retrieving relevant footage using natural language queries remains a challenge. Existing methods struggle with dynamic backgrounds and lack the ability to capture key moments effectively. Our primary innovation centers on a new method for modeling temporal context, which effectively captures long-term dependencies and contextual information across various time scales. We also integrate a specialized encoder-decoder model that incorporates multi-modal capabilities to extract intricate temporal patterns and interpret user intent from video data. This model effectively addresses temporal variance, enhancing content retrieval and analysis accuracy. We validate our method using extensive comparison analysis on open datasets, with a focus on ranking accuracy using mean average precision for overall ranking quality and recall measures (R@1, R@5) for top highlights. Our findings prove the effectiveness of our framework above current approaches and highlight the advantages of novel temporal context modeling and multi-modal intent.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 3","pages":"299 - 304"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148380949","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":"Characterization of Canopy Temperature in Bread Wheat Genotypes under Terminal Heat Stress","authors":"Anjali Tripathi, Girish Chandra Pandey","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01606-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01606-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Canopy temperature (CT) is one of the important traits for evaluation/screening for high temperature tolerance in wheat crop. In our study genotypes are sowing variation in terms of canopy temperature. The ten wheat genotypes were assessed during the 2021–2022 rabi season using a precise phenotyping technique under both timely sown (TS) and late sown (LS) conditions. 7th day after anthesis (DAA), PBW644 showed the highest value 39.60C and PBW752 showed lowest value 31.1 °C in TS condition. DBW14 (Delhi bread wheat) showed the highest value 51.5 °C and PBW757(Punjab Bread Wheat) showed the lowest value 37.0 °C in LS condition. 14th DAA, AKW1071 (Akola wheat) showed highest value 40.4 °C and PBW752 showed lowest value 32.2 °C in TS condition. PBW644 showed highest value 48.5 °C and DBW71 showed lowest value 37.1 °C in LS condition. High canopy temperature implies reduced heat tolerance or sensitivity to high temperatures or limited moisture. Low canopy temperature suggests better adaptation to heat or drought conditions, possibly due to traits like increased transpiration rates or better water use efficiency.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"48 2","pages":"145 - 148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143856522","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 Assessment of Epifaunal Biodiversity Associated with Gracilaria eucheumatoides Harvey, Reappeared After Two Decades in South Andaman Coast, India","authors":"R. Raihana, G. Padmavati","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01600-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01600-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Studies on the associated epifaunal diversity from red algae are limited in India. The current study was carried to assess the epifaunal assemblage from red algae <i>Gracilaria eucheumatoides</i> Harvey (<i>Hydropuntia eucheumatoides</i> (Harvey) Gurgel & Fredericq 2004), which has reemerged after 26 years in the south Andaman coast. There are no reports on associated fauna with this seaweed from Indian waters. A small patch of <i>G. eucheumatoides</i> was recently found at Corbyn’s Cove in November 2022 and was not observed at any other stations surveyed during this 2-year period 2022–2024. This seaweed patch weighed 17.619 g wet weight, 2.829 g dry weight, and has 14.79% of moisture content. The associated macrofauna observed were gastropods <i>Cerithium echinatum</i> (n = 1), <i>Euplica scripts</i> (n = 1)<i>,</i> and Majoidea crab, <i>Menaethius</i> sp. (n = 1). The abundant meiofaunal groups recorded were Harpacticoida (n = 68) and Nematoda (n = 35), followed by polychaeta (n = 9) and amphipoda (n = 7). Whereas, Tanaidacea and Foraminifera (n = 3) and Ostracoda (n = 2) were less abundant. This study presents first time data of the biomass of <i>G. eucheumatoides</i> and its associated epifauna from South Andaman.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 2","pages":"269 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147947046","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":"Correction: An Approach Towards Machine Learning Assisted HEMT Based Quantum Dot Sensor for Glucose Detection","authors":"Swastik Kumar Sahu, Kaushik Mazumdar","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01602-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01602-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 2","pages":"293 - 293"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147947052","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":"Structure-Soil-Structure Interaction Effect on Footing Settlement due to Varying Height of Adjacent Building","authors":"Shrish Chandrawanshi, Vivek Garg","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01612-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01612-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The faster growth of urban areas, coupled with limited available land, has resulted in the development of densely packed buildings sharing common soil media. This proximity increases soil stress, influencing the deformation characteristics of nearby footings. Hence, there is a need to investigate the effect of structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) on the footing settlement. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of SSSI on the footing settlement of a three-story symmetrical RCC building due to the presence of adjacent building with various height. The vertical and differential settlement of footings obtained from SSSI and soil-structure interaction (SSI) analyses are compared by using the finite element software ANSYS under gravity loading. The findings reveal that SSSI substantially amplifies vertical settlement in footings proximate to adjacent structures compared to SSI analysis, consequently inducing significant changes in differential settlement patterns between footings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 3","pages":"329 - 333"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148380723","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 Novel Multifunctional Plant Growth Promoting Bacterium Sporosarcina globispora EU-GRN-46 from Himalayan Region of Kinnaur and Their Role on Growth Promotion of Garlic (Allium sativum L.)","authors":"Rajeshwari Negi, Babita Sharma, Tanvir Kaur, Neelam Yadav, Sarvesh Rustagi, Sheikh Shreaz, Divjot Kour, Ajar Nath Yadav","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01594-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01594-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Plant growth promoting (PGP) rhizobacteria are crucial source of fertilizer, which have the potential to boost crop productivity and encourage plant development. Plant nutrition status can be improved by microbial inoculation with naturally occurring nutrients or by adding chemical fertilizers. The purpose of present study was to assess fertilization and multifunctional PGP inoculant on growth promotion of garlic (<i>Allium sativum</i> L.). A total of 65 bacterial strains were isolated from rhizospheric region of garlic and screened for various PGP attributes. On the basic of multifunctional PGP attributes, the rhizobacterial strain EU-GRN-46 was selected and identified as <i>Sporosarcina globispora</i> and evaluated on garlic crop under in-vitro and in-vivo conditions. The strain EU-GRN-46 showed efficient gibberellin producer GA<sub>1</sub> (45 ng mL<sup>− 1</sup>) along with other PGP attributes. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first report on gibberellin producing novel bacterial strain <i>Sporosarcina globispora</i> EU-GRN-46 for growth enhancement of garlic. Moreover, the inoculation of this identified strain improves the growth and physiological parameters of garlic as compared to cattle dung manure and chemical fertilizer. The efficient strain EU-GRN-46 could be used as bioinoculants for horticultural crops grown in mountainous regions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 2","pages":"231 - 235"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147947074","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":"On 4D Capabilities of Polycaprolactone Composite Matrix","authors":"Ranvijay Kumar, Rupinder Singh, Vinay Kumar","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01603-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01603-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Polycaprolactone (PCL)-polylactic acid (PLA) based composite matrix is one of the acceptable materials as scaffolds in tissue reconstruction. However, little has been reported on the 4D capabilities and one-way programming of PLA-nanofibers (NFs) reinforced PCL matrix under different stimuli for shape memory applications. This study reports the one-way programming of PCL-PLA-NFs under thermal, thermo-chemical, and hydro-thermal stimuli. In this study, inhouse prepared filaments of PCL- PLA-NFs (1/2/3% by Vol.) were exposed to thermal, thermal + H<sub>2</sub>O (hydro-thermal), and thermal + C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O (thermochemical) stimuli to ascertain the feasibility of the one-way programming. The study results suggest that better shape recovery was noticed in the case of PCL-3%PLA-NFs. The exposure to hydro-thermal stimulus resulted in maximum shape recovery, and the exposure to thermochemical exposure resulted in minimum shape recovery. Further, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis indicated that the absorbance spectrum of PCL is also affected by the concentration of PLA, as more uniform stretching and relaxation of carbonyl and C-C bond was observed in PCL-3%PLA-NFs. The study outlined that PCL-3%PLA-NFs-based filaments possess acceptable programmability for 4D printing applications of smart scaffolds under the influence of hydro-thermal stimulus.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 3","pages":"295 - 298"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148380720","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":"Hilbert Vibration Decomposition and Multiple Filtering with Pre-Enhancement-Based Image Fusion Technique","authors":"Gaurav Choudhary, Dinesh Sethi","doi":"10.1007/s40009-025-01607-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-025-01607-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work introduces a new method for multi-focal and medical image fusion applications. The process is based on multi-scale decomposition (MSD) criteria in which filtering at multiple levels with focus detection is applied. The MSD tool used in this algorithm is Hilbert vibration decomposition (HVD), which decomposes an image into a set of instantaneous image amplitudes. These image amplitudes are passed through a mean filter to obtain filtered image amplitudes. Then, with the help of a fundamental difference operator, we get the high-frequency information, i.e., rough focus maps. These rough focus maps are further refined using guided filtering to obtain accurate focus maps. After this, weights are estimated on the choose max rule to generate the initial instantaneous fused image amplitudes. For spatial consistency verification, these fused image amplitudes are again filtered with the help of a guided filter. Then, the final weights are used to obtain the absolute instantaneous fused image amplitudes. These are recombined to generate the output fused image. In addition to this, we also apply a simplified image enhancement approach at the preliminary stage for better textures and contrast at the output. The simulation results obtained with this approach are better than those obtained with the existing methods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"49 3","pages":"305 - 310"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148380719","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}
Chinmay Biswas, Piyali Dey, Thribhuvan R, Veegala Ramesh Babu, N. M. Alam
{"title":"Endophytic Beauveria Bassiana Isolates Induce Salinity Tolerance in Jute Plant (Corchorus Capsularis) by up-regulated Volatile Chemical Gene GDSL/KAT3","authors":"Chinmay Biswas, Piyali Dey, Thribhuvan R, Veegala Ramesh Babu, N. M. Alam","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01601-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01601-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fourteen isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> could be introduced as an endophyte into jute plant (<i>Corchorus capsularis</i>) through seed inoculation. Only four endophytic isolates induced the activation of salt stress-tolerant gene pathways in the jute plants that were treated. RNA Sequencing identified 1017 differentially expressed genes between the ‘endophyte colonized plant’ and the ‘untreated plant’. A total of 1117 genes exhibited upregulation, while 279 genes showed downregulation in the treated plant. The expression of salinity stress resistant genes (SLT1, GDSL, KAT3) were significantly up regulated. Furthermore, the analysis revealed the presence of genes encoding transcription factors MYB, bHLH, NAC, bZIP, WRKY, and zinc finger among the 1017 differentially expressed genes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"48 2","pages":"139 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143856575","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}