Pune University Research Articles

Library and information science theses in Shodhganga repository: a study

The study aims to analyse the availability, visibility, impact, and trend of LIS PhD theses deposited in Shodhganga. Data for the study were obtained from Shodhganga ETD repository (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/) and Google Scholar till December 2019. Ninety six Indian universities have deposited 1767LIS theses in the Shodhganga repository. Detailed analysis of the top five universities contributing to Shodhganga reveals that only 15.68% of the theses were cited. Theses from Savitribai Phule Pune University received the maximum number of citations. Most productive research guides in LIS research based on e-theses in Shodhganga have also been identified.

Design and development of digital information product and service using colour QR codes for smartphone user's of academic libraries

PurposeThe objectives of the study include the following: (1) to design and develop digital information products by using Quick Response (QR) codes (2) to make an awareness of QR codes in library users; (3) to study user preferences for black and green QR codes in the library services of management institutes and (4) to raise awareness of the product layer among the library profession.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a participatory action research approach. The researcher implemented QR codes in the library, and participants scanned QR codes through their smartphones. All data analyses were performed using IBM SPSS and Microsoft Excel 2016.FindingsThe researcher found that both QR codes will be popular in the future; however, users will prefer to scan the green QR code multiple times due to the code's increased benefits and advantages (which have been discussed in this report).Research limitations/implicationsThis study implemented QR codes in MBA libraries affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad areas.Originality/valueThe current study implemented a QR code in the library service with green and black colours. This study examined which QR code will be popular in the future owing to QR code's advanced features and specifications. This, in turn, will assist the library in designing such a collection and developing more QR codes that will be recommended to users. This will assist in the creation of good digital information products for smartphone users.

Impact of Fitness Applications on Level of Physical Activity And Body Composition Among Students

The physical activity level (PAL) is a way to express a person's daily physical activity as a number and is used to estimate a person's total energy expenditure. Body composition is the proportion of fat and non-fat mass in your body. The purpose of this study is to find the effect of fitness apps on the level of physical activity and body Composition among students from Savitribai Phule Pune University. This study was carried out on 100 students 50 in the control and 50 in the experimental group. Data were collected by using the Physical activity index questionnaire and body composition excel sheet formula in the form of google Form. Analysis of data was Quantitative, independent sample t-test was computed to find the effect of the Use of fitness app on level of physical activity and body composition among students of Savitribai Phule Pune University. In the case of Level of Physical Activity, the calculated t value is 1.775 which is not significant at 0.05 level of significance. (P=0.080) similarly, for Body composition, the calculated t value is 1.973 which is not significant at 0.05 level of significance (P=0.54). All the statistical analysis was done by SPSS version 19. The findings of this study indicated that there is no significant effect of fitness apps on the level of physical activity and body composition among students.

Project-Based Learning: Teaching Methodology to Impart Knowledge and Skills

For an enhanced learning experience, along with conventional classroom and laboratory teaching, project-based learning (PBL) has been introduced in the curriculum to motivate students to learn by working in a group cooperatively. However, true learning depends on the successful implementation of Project-Based Learning teaching methodology. In this paper, a case study of the implementation of the PBL over a semester is presented with outcome measurement for the Second Year Electrical Engineering students. Initially, a project-based learning implementation strategy is designed in line with the curriculum prescribed by the Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly Pune University). It is then carried out over a semester as per the predefined schedule. Outcome measurement is done at the end of the semester by collecting course feedback from individual students. The analysis of the course feedback showed the development of knowledge and skills of the subject matter in students. Keywords—Course Feedback; Outcome Measurement; Project-based learning; Teaching Methodology.

Evidential sighting of Mottled Wood-Owl Strix ocellate (Lesson, 1839), in Savitribai Phule Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra

The Mottled Wood-Owl (Strix ocellate) is rarely seen endemic species to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Least Concern by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The sighting of this species is very rare. This species usually prefers nesting away from the human settlement area. There was no previous record of its presence and nesting in the Savitribai Phule Pune University Campus (SPPU). In this note, we are reporting the first evidential sighting record of the Mottled Wood-Owl in Savitribai Phule Pune University Campus (SPPU).

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Scientometric Analysis of the Research Productivity of Savitribai Phule Pune University

The study is about the Scientometric analysis of published articles under the Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune since 2001 to 2019. Total of 6449 documents were studied. Specialisation Index and the Research Priority Index have been used for analysing the subjects and their sub-subjects Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Engineering. The study provides an overview of research conducted by the University and tries to show the weaker and stronger areas in four major subjects. The study measures and illustrates the research efforts taken by the Savitribai Phule Pune University in comparison with research efforts taken by the Nation and the World in the same subjects. The study found ‘Physics’ as a specialised subject in the University which obtained 1.455 SI Index Value. The study also reveals that ‘Medical Chemistry’ with 333.2 PI Value in Chemistry, ‘Polymer Science’ with 757.87 PI Value in Physics, ‘Microbiology’ with 1090.51 PI Value in Biology, and ‘Biotechnology Applied Microbiology’ with 936.9 PI Value in Engineering have received the highest research priority and corresponds to the Nation’s research productivity efforts in the same Sub-subjects. The study provides different ranking such as author’s productivity, most cited authors, author’s impact (h-index, g-index, m-index), most-cited journals and most contributed journals.

Information Seeking Behaviour of Teachers from Science Departments of Savitribai Phule Pune University

Information Seeking Behaviour of Teachers from Science Departments of Savitribai Phule Pune University

In the field: an interview with Rohini Balakrishnan

Rohini Balakrishnan is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, where she investigates animal communication and bioacoustics. After her undergraduate degree in Biology at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, she completed a Master's degree in Zoology at the University of Pune, India, and a PhD in neurogenetics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, before undertaking postdoctoral research at McGill University, Canada, and the University of Erlangen, Germany. Telling us about her research experiences in the Kudremukh National Park, India, Rohini Balakrishnan reflects on working with crickets, bushcrickets, bats and elephants, explaining how these animals communicate against loud background noise and why silent female bushcrickets are more vulnerable to bat predation than noisy males.

A Rare Stinkhorn Fungus Itajahya rosea Attract Drosophila by Producing Chemical Attractants

Itajahya rosea was found growing in association with Leucaena leucocephala plants at Savitribai Phule Pune University campus in India. The species identity was confirmed by phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and LSU regions of rDNA, wherein, our fugus was placed along with I. rosea in phylogenetic tree. It represents first record of I. rosea from India. Frequent visitation by Drosophila species on I. rosea fruiting body particularly on gleba was observed. The Drosophila got attracted to the detached gleba under the laboratory conditions and even sometimes, they prefer to sit over the gleba as compare to their food banana. It suggested that I. rosea gleba or pseudostipe produces some compounds for attraction and feeding behavior of Drosophila species. Therefore, we characterized the volatile attractants produced by gleba and pseudostipe of I. rosea by GC-MS analysis. Nineteen compounds were identified from gleba while nine compounds were recovered from the pseudostipe. Out of them, blends of three abundant odor producing volatile compounds were reported namely, Hexadecane, Pentadecane and Nonadecane, which are responsible for attraction of Drosophila toward the gleba. Three fatty acids namely 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z), hexadecanoic acid and benzoic acid ethyl ester produced are served as an appetitive signal through olfactory response of Drosophila, so the flies were feed on the gleba. Two pheromones’ compounds, heneicosane and (+)-(5S,9S)-5,9-dimethylpentadecane, were also reported in pseudostipe and gleba, respectively, which play a role in Drosophila for breeding. Our study highlights an intriguing chemical ecology of fungus–Drosophila interaction.

Changed avian assemblage of Savitribai Phule Pune University campus in last four decades

Savitribai Phule Pune University is known for its biodiversity in Pune. In the present study, we have analyzed changes which have occurred on the campus and surrounding area over the last 40 years. Of the 90 bird species reported in the campus and Khadki pond in 1976, we failed to notice 34 species in 2018. A major reason for the decline in bird diversity could be changes in the campus habitat from low scrub jungle, fallow lands and grassland to buildings, roads, and exotic plantations. Increase in human settlement surrounding the campus may also be a contributing factor. Replacing exotic plants by indigenous plant species and control of land use can prevent further loss of biodiversity.

Learners’ Perception of the Transition to Instructor-Led Online Learning Environments: Facilitators and Barriers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Online learning environments (OLE) continue to expand due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the transition of a majority of educational institutions and universities worldwide from traditional classroom settings to online learning methods. The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions of learners at a university in India toward the sudden transition from traditional face-to-face learning to an instructor-led OLE due to the pandemic-induced lockdown enforced across India in March 2020. Using a qualitative case study approach, structured interviews were conducted via Microsoft Teams with 35 learners from Savitribai Phule Pune University, a large public university in India. Interviews comprised eight open-ended questions, which were validated by experts. Results indicate that learners accepted the transition toward the OLE. Five key themes arose from the interview data: accessibility and comfort, Internet connectivity, OLE effectiveness, course content, and interactions between students and instructors. The study provides insights to the researchers with the emergent themes from the research. Also, it carries practical implications concerning implications regarding infrastructure readiness for remote learners, acceptance, and adoption of OLEs by faculty instructors, organizational support, and facilitating conditions.

Management of electronic resources by management institute in Pune City: a survey

PurposeThe present study was conducted to find what practices Pune city's management institutes are following for managing their online databases. Essentially, the purpose of the research was to study librarians' awareness about the life cycle of electronic resources and how to manage their life span, so that the data in use do not go obsolete.Design/methodology/approachThis experimentative study was based on a structured questionnaire designed to discover whether librarians of Pune's management institute followed the recommended six-step process in managing the life cycle of institutes' electronic resources as proposed by Jill Emery and Graham Stone in their Techniques in Electronic Resource Management (TERMS).FindingsOur study revealed that the librarians are not following any fixed protocol and are managing electronic resources in an ad hoc manner as per their own discretion. A majority are not even aware of the six steps the TERMS model prescribed for managing electronic databases.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of the study is to find the current practices of management of electronic resources at management institutes / colleges affiliated to Savitiribai Phule Pune University. Institutes which are not subscribing any database other than databases provided by UGC-INFONET thus got excluded from the study.Originality/valueA comprehensive literature review revealed that although such studies have been carried out elsewhere in the world, there is nothing specific to the Indian scenario. This study aims to plug that information gap.

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Новые данные о традиционном гончарстве Индии (город Пуна, штат Махараштра)

Purpose. A brief survey of the pottery community in the Mundhwa area was conducted in March 2019 and February 2020 as part of the Russian-Indian anthropological expedition organized by the Paleoethnology Research Center, State Museum of Biology (Moscow, Russia) and Savitribai Phule Pune University (Pune, India). The purpose of the study was to provide an initial insight into how traditional pottery functions in these urbanized environments. Results. Various forms of pottery production have been identified. The most widespread was men’s pottery using a potter’s wheel. Only men are engaged in the manufacture of pottery here – Hinduism forbids women from working on a potter’s wheel. All craftsmen work almost all year round, reducing production during the rainy season. With the rapid urbanization and concentration of the population, the demand for pottery has increased. Potters buy practically all raw materials. The clay is brought by peasants from villages within a radius of 80 km by trucks several times a year. The preparation of raw materials, as well as kneading the clay paste, is carried out by most potters by hand. All potters use an electric potter’s wheel to create the vessels. The surface treatment of products by potters is carried out by smoothing using fingers or scrapers while the wheel is rotating. Firing is carried out in square ovens made of bricks. The firing of products begins in the evening, active combustion lasts two to three hours, after which the oven is left to cool until the morning, when the finished vessels are removed. One firing requires about 150 kg of wood. Potters who migrated here from Uttar Pradesh use open firing for their vessels. Conclusion. The authors found that: the traditional nature of the craft is preserved in the community: knowledge and skills are passed down through the family line, the potters use traditional raw materials, building techniques and firing devices; resettled potters demonstrate mixed skills in different levels of pottery production, for example using a mixture of different natural clays; under the pressure of economic conditions, the electric pottery wheel is spreading, the way firing is organized has slightly changed.

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14.8 million Indian struggle with vaginal depression. 1 in 8 suffers with symptoms of depression. The Pandemic facing the world has adding even more to those numbers. Depression affects how people think, feel and interact with others, face has walnut. Many sufferers have trouble doing day to day tasks and may think life has not worth living. Clinical depression has much more than a few days of feeling sad. Patients suffering with depression may feel an emptiness that cannot be filled, experience appetite changes, have thoughts of suicide, suffer with physical pain and can no longer find pleasure in activities that they once enjoyed. Family history, sleep disorders, traumatic events and medications can also cause and contribute to one’s Depression. Researchers have found that changes in the brain occur during depression. Some patients exhibit changes in serotonin levels, dopamine levels and norepinephrine levels in the brain. These neurotransmitters send signals to the synaptic passages in the brain that controls emotions. Researcher has seen poverty during early service. Also, when working in the power politics institute in Pune University researcher observed that trustee take poor employees to bed hungry. Our entire team at Aguirre Specialty Care would like to assure that have heightened all of precautionary standards and procedures to maximum levels to ensure the safety and well-being of our patients and staffs.

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14.8 million Indian struggle with vaginal depression. 1 in 8 suffers with symptoms of depression. The Pandemic facing the world has adding even more to those numbers. Depression affects how people think, feel and interact with others, face has walnut. Many sufferers have trouble doing day to day tasks and may think life has not worth living. Clinical depression has much more than a few days of feeling sad. Patients suffering with depression may feel an emptiness that cannot be filled, experience appetite changes, have thoughts of suicide, suffer with physical pain and can no longer find pleasure in activities that they once enjoyed. Family history, sleep disorders, traumatic events and medications can also cause and contribute to one's Depression. Researchers have found that changes in the brain occur during depression. Some patients exhibit changes in serotonin levels, dopamine levels and norepinephrine levels in the brain. These neurotransmitters send signals to the synaptic passages in the brain that controls emotions. Researcher has seen poverty during early service. Also, when working in the power politics institute in Pune University researcher observed that trustee take poor employees to bed hungry. Our entire team at Aguirre Specialty Care would like to assure you that have heightened all of precautionary standards and procedures to maximum levels to ensure the safety and well-being of our patients and staffs.

A New Reality of Race Course Lady Begs Principal of Low Level Private Pharmacy Institution in Pune University

Single mother cannot produce benefit properly which has required to children, playing, and other food source into energy. Researcher has been looking for simple and effective ways to deliver benefit into the children who have a single mother to child by their choices as well as single mother has to her choice. The most common one has taking orally that has financial support from organization which has privately manage and ruled out by under the surveillances of Pharmacy council of India and abused principal of the college. However research shows that has easily broken down by the system. This problem has solved by using intervention by secretarial level department of health research (DHR) government of India. These can be done by binding pharmacy council of India by department of health research with government of India. The encouragement has protected with monthly salary that has single mother by choice which has service privately manage under the influence of abuse principal pharmaceutical Institutions which has linkage of slums and rural area in India. Once financial support reaches the children’s, another pathway takes over to help financial pass into the children needs. Binding of regulatory of pharmacy council of India to single mother by choice residing in private pharmacy institution in slum makes the financial hitch a ride on this protected supply chain, where it has released to do its work. Financial help also causes stimulation of brain which leads to increased release of sertraline moieties. Finding simpler ways to deliver cause into the slums pharmacy institution has one important avenue for tackling the myth of single mother by choice that has sweeping the developing world and GDP in slum occupied pharmacy Institutions. Single mother by choice has specific mechanisms for protecting and absorbing valuable things that would usually be correlate by financial conditions and better delivery method to their children.

Report on the Teacher Training Workshop in Earth Science Education, UGC-HRDC, Savitribai Phule University of Pune (SPPU), Pune, India

Report on the Teacher Training Workshop in Earth Science Education, UGC-HRDC, Savitribai Phule University of Pune (SPPU), Pune, India

Evaluation of Disposable Bed Sheets and Safety Guidelines for Black Dog Sex Workers Resumes in the New Normal Living with Burnside Pharmacy Institute in Pune University

Indian government eased isolation measures and introduced social distancing, as bars and nightclubs nationwide reopened in Low to high side category employees can villain. This has undergone and final result has publishing after the examination of skin pulp of angry employees according to their physic and anatomy of hair. Angry employees has more likely to engage in unethical behaviour at work, a new study has revealed. Researcher has seen poverty during early service. Also, when working in the power politics institute in Pune University researcher observed that trustee take poor employees to bed hungry. To control crime researcher realised that they have to go to ethical college where they will get a mid-day meal