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Friday April 3 2020

Glimpse of Classes conducted on ICT Mode

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Sahyadri is on E-Class mode since the beginning of this week and receiving positive feedback from the students as well as their parents for Sahyadri’s initiative to shift to the Digital platform so quickly.
Here is the Department-Wise glimpse of the number of E-Classes conducted on 2nd April’2020.

Department
Number of Classes Conducted
Basic Science
11
Civil Engineering
30
Computer Science & Engineering
35
Electronics & Communication Engineering
30
Information Science & Engineering
22
MBA
31
Mechanical Engineering
25

ICT Class Details conducted by Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering

itc_class For the subject named ‘Digital Communication’ - Topics of signaling over AWGN channels, concepts of solving problems of gram Schmidt orthogonalization procedure, concept of optimum receiver on coherent detection were conducted.
For the subject named ARM Microcontroller & Embedded Systems, topics such as classification of Embedded systems, Major applications and purpose of ES, Memory, Sensors, Actuators and Onboard Communication Interfaces were discussed.

The Science behind 14-Day Quarantine after Possible COVID-19 Exposure

Science behind 14-Day Quarantine after Possible COVID-19 Exposure To stop the spread of the coronavirus, health officials have a favorite refrain: After being in a city or region where there have been a lot of COVID-19 cases, spend 14 days in quarantine even if you feel perfectly fine — don't leave your house
"That's a long-standing public health practice, and it's called 'traveler's quarantine,' " explains Lindsay Wiley, a professor at American University's Washington College of Law. "Fourteen days is not a made-up number here — it's based on what we know so far about COVID-19, and it's possible that over time we'll see that number change as we learn more [about the virus]."
The 14-day rule is widespread because public health agencies around the world work together on these guidelines. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sets the quarantine period, and its counterpart organizations do so abroad, all in concert with the World Health Organization. If you're one of the many people who are being asked to quarantine for a fortnight, you might be asking: Why 14 days, exactly? The answer has to do with how viruses invade cells and replicate.
Once a virus infects someone — a host — it takes some time for the virus to make enough copies of itself that the host begins to shed the virus, through coughs or sneezes, for instance. (That's the way the host helps the virus spread to other people — who are then new hosts.) This is the virus' incubation period. For us hosts, it's generally the time between when we're first infected and when we start shedding the virus, which may be a little before we start experiencing symptoms.
"The incubation period varies from virus to virus and sometimes from host to host," says Rachel Graham, a virologist at the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health.
For the virus that causes COVID-19 — its official name is SARS-CoV-2 — researchers have found that the typical incubation period is about five days. About 97% of the people who get infected and develop symptoms will do so within 11 to 12 days, and about 99% will within 14 days.
Science behind 14-Day Quarantine after Possible COVID-19 Exposure So that 14-day quarantine is being considered the outside "safety" margin, Graham says, to be certain you haven't developed an infection that you could spread to others.
With two similar viruses, SARS and MERS, the incubation periods are a little shorter, with most people developing symptoms within 10 days. Those viruses also had a higher proportion of people experiencing more severe symptoms, which made it easier to define the end of the "safety" window.
It'll be just as important to continue washing your hands frequently, cover your mouth when you cough, avoid touching your face and wipe down doorknobs and other surfaces frequently touched by many people — to help keep yourself and others healthy.
Source:
1. NPR News Desk
2. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , USA
3. Mr. Ankith S Kumar, Sahyadri Health & Counselling Centre

Quote for the day

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
-Albert Einstein

 


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