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Smart Home Product-Service-System (SH-PSS) Innovator Toolkit
(2024) Ganvir, Leeladhar
The prime inspiration of this research is to formulate a framework for factors affecting consumers' new technology acceptance and develop an innovator toolkit for idea generation enhancement during the smart home ideation phase of the design process. The effort has been experimented, validated and successfully demonstrated in this study. The term 'smart' has become widely used to describe advanced products and innovative business strategies, leading to substantial growth in the smart home market in recent years. The expansion has resulted in the launch of a multitude of unique products onto the global market. The appeal and practicality of smart devices lie in their ability to understand a user's surroundings and activities within a certain context, facilitating adaptive responses. The deployment of smart home technology has been found to give several advantages in the long run, hence boosting the quality of life for users, particularly among elderly people. These advantages reach across different domains, including healthcare, security, and entertainment, as highlighted by Marikyan (2019). The growing acceptance of smart homes worldwide can be attributed to the tangible benefits they offer in terms of promoting pleasant and healthy lifestyles. The representation of advanced intelligent technologies in science fiction movies has significantly influenced the level of user engagement and acceptance. In spite of the increasing prevalence of smart technology in household products, there is a conspicuous lack of research focused on user-centric perspectives in this field. The present collection of study has primarily focused on the technological elements, while overlooking the crucial user perspectives. Hence, it is important to incorporate user perspectives in the design and development of smart home technologies, specifically in relation to the acceptance and adoption of these innovative technologies by users.
Investigations in Enhanced Production of Bioalcohols and Their Derivatives Using Experimental and in-Silico Approach
(2024) Kumar, Karan
This thesis presents a comprehensive scientific investigation focusing on the challenges and advancements in bioalcohol (mainly biobutanol) synthesis through Clostridia , emphasizing enhancing production efficiency from sustainable resources. Emp loying a multidisciplinary approach, the research encompasses comparative genomic analysis, in depth exploration of cell central metabolism during ABE fermentation, experimental examination of butanol production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates using Clos tridial co culture systems, development of genome scale metabolic models (GSMs), and innovative investigations into production of value added bioalcohol using sono enzymatic processes.
Process-Product Characteristics of Refractance Window Dried Turmeric Powder and Golden Milk Products
(2023) Talukdar, Preetisagar
The Ph.D. thesis targets the sensitivity and optimality of the novel refractance window drying (RWD) process for the drying of Curcuma longa and associated product development. The conducted research work has been addressed in the five phases of research namely comparative efficacy of RWD, tray and oven drying process for the drying of paste and sliced Curcuma longa samples; sensitivity and optimality of mylar film thickness, water bath temperature and drying time during RWD of Curcuma longa sliced sample; RSM based optimization of bath temperature, drying time and air velocity; NaFeEDTA and folic acid fortification of RW dried Curcuma longa powder and associated characterization and analysis; storage and sensory studies of fortified and non-fortified RW dried Curcuma longa powder and golden milk product system and nutritional and sensory analysis of RW dried Lakadong turmeric variety powder and golden milk product system.
Children’s Literature in Assam: A Study
(2023) Bordoloi, Himaxee
Although children’s literature has gained considerable currency in the West in the recent decades, it receives very little scholarly consideration in India, and in regional literatures of India. In Assam, apart from a few scattered articles across newspapers and journals, book-length scholarly studies on children’s literature are almost non-existent. It is against this backdrop that this thesis attempts to undertake a critical study of children’s literature emerging from the Indian state of Assam, focusing on its formative period in the late nineteenth century and early decades of the twentieth century. The study also examines a few recent cinematic adaptations that pick up issues from and resonate with this body of literature.
Studies on Modified Jeevamrutha Bio-fertilizer Formulations for Organic Farming Application in Assam
(2023) Bhattacharjee, Udaratta
The Ph.D. thesis targets to develop a nutrient-rich Jeevamrutha bio-fertilizer for its wider applicability in rural sectors of Assam characterized by highly diverse summer and winter climatic conditions in the region. To obtain better shelf life of the developed bio-fertilizer formulations, solid Jeevamrutha bio-fertilizer has been targeted. A time-dependent study shall be addressed for the screening and optimization of the compositional set. Thereby, further optimization of the compositional set is desired by considering the inclusion of other natural resources for the improvisation of nutrient characters. Additionally, jaggery-based modified Jeevamrutha was replaced using other carbon sources such as sugarcane juice and starch rice water. Further, an integrated farming technique using vermicompost and solid Jeevamrutha bio-fertilizer was deployed to achieve higher growth characteristics in Phaseolus vulgaris, nutritional content and the presence of a good microbial population. Also, in the entire PhD thesis, the evaluation of total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) in the conventional approach was replaced with ammonium nitrogen (AN) due to its comparatively rigorous and quicker assessment. Thus, the thesis primary objectives that were fulfilled refer to (a) screening and optimization of Jeevamrutha bio-fertilizer (b) optimality of naturally available rural precursors (vermicompost, neemcake, tea waste and water hyacinth) in Jeevamrutha biofertilizer systems, (c) replacing jaggery carbon source with sugarcane juice and starch rice water and (d) assessment of integrated farming system. Accordingly, the outcomes of the thesis will serve as a useful guideline for the application of Jeevamrutha bio-fertilizer for organic farming in Assam and especially the application efficacy of the system in the winter season.