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Special Issue4.Pdf Internationally indexed journal Indexed in Chemical Abstract Services (USA), Index coppernicus, Ulrichs Directory of Periodicals, Google scholar, CABI ,DOAJ , PSOAR, EBSCO , Open J gate , Proquest , SCOPUS , EMBASE ,etc. Rapid and Easy Publishing The “International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences” (IJPBS) is an international journal in English published quarterly. The aim of IJPBS is to publish. peer reviewed research and review articles rapidly without delay in the developing field of pharmaceutical and biological sciences Indexed in Elsevier Bibliographic Database (Scopus and EMBASE) SCImago Journal Rank 0.329 Impact factor 5.121* Chemical Abstracts Service (www.cas.org) CODEN IJPBJ2 Elsevier Bibliographic databases (Scopus & Embase) SNIP value – 0.538 SJR - 0.274 IPP - 0.34 SNIP – Source normalised impact per paper SJR – SCImago Journal rank IPP –Impact per publication Source –www.journalmetrics.com (Powered by scopus (ELSEVIER) And indexed/catalogued in many more university *Instruction to Authors visit www.ijpbs.net For any Queries, visit “contact” of www.ijpbs.net Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” AVIT AARUPADAI VEEDU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institution, NBA-AICTE, New Delhi Accreditation for Major Courses ) An ambit Institution of VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY (Declared Under Sec 3 of UGC Act, 1956) NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT INNOVATIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (RIBT-2016) 18th April 2016 Organized by THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY National Conference on “Recent Innovations in Biotechnology” (RIBT-2016) 18th April 2016 CHIEF PATRON Dr. A. S. Ganesan Honourable Chancellor, 1 Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” Vinayaka Missions University. CONFERENCE CHAIR Dr. A. Prabakaran Principal, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. CONVENER Dr. K. Velmurugan Associate Professor and Head Department of Biotechnology Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. CO-CONVENERS Dr. B. Prabasheela Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. Dr. S. Vinoth Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dr. R. Devika Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. Ms. P.K. Sugashini Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, 2 Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. Ms. A. Nirmala Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. Ms. M. Padmapriya Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Missions University, Chennai. TREASURER Ms. A. Nirmala EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Dr. R. Devika Dr. K. Velmurugan Dr. B. Prabasheela Dr. S. Vinoth 3 Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” REGISTRATION COMMITTEE: Dr. R. Devika Ms. A. Nirmala STAGE AND RECEPTION COMMITTEE Ms. P.K. Sugashini Mr. L. Sudhakar FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION COMMITTEE Ms. M. Padmapriya Ms. S.Salome Ms. V. Savitha Volunteers from B.E Biotechnology Students 4 Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” CONTENT SPECIAL ISSUE S.No. Title of the paper Author (s) Page no. 1 NERVE STIMULATION BASED Hema.L.K, 7-17 PROSTHETIC ARM FOR AMPUTEES Krishnakumar.B, Mohammad Abdul Wahed Faisal, Muvva Praveen, Jeethika.R 2 IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND MATCHING Hema LK, 18-25 BASED DENTAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEM- A Ankit Singh, SURVEY Aravindan.A, Chalamcharla Kalyan, Vadavalli Naga Tejaswi 3 ADSORPTION OF MALACHITE GREEN Ameeth Basha, 26-32 DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING T. Shanthi, ACTIVATED CARBON PRODUCED FROM R.Nagalakshmi SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA STEM 4 IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE R.Nagalakshmi , 33-39 ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF NITI S.Rajendran, SUPERELASTIC ALLOY IN SYNTHETIC J.Sathiyabama, URINE IN PRESENCE OF METHYLENE I. Ameeth Basha BLUE DYE 5 GC-MS ANALYSIS OF METHANOLIC Devika. R, 40-46 EXTRACT OF TECOMA STANS Suganya Devi. S, Padmapriya. M Sugashini. P. K 6 PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING STUDIES Devika R, 47-53 OF SPAHGNETICOLA TRILOBATA Krishna Priya.S, Sugashini.PK, Padma Priya.M 7 EFFECT OF RHIZOMES OF WITHANIA Amutha Kumaravel, 54-62 SOMNIFERA AGAINST ENDOSULFAN Krishnaveni Sundaram INDUCED HEPATIC DEGENERATION IN FRESH WATER CATLA CATLA 8 ASSESSMENT OF CITRIC ACID ACTIVITY Girijabhaskaran 63-68 ON WOUND HEALING IN DIABETIC ULCERS 5 Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” 9 STUDIES ON THE MOULTING AND Madhuramozhi 69-75 REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE MOLE Govindarajalu , CRAB EMERITA ASIATICA (MILNE V.Vijayalakshmi EDWARD) 10 ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY STUDY OF Padma Priya M, 76-81 MARTYNIA ANNUA Prabhitha K S, Devika R, Sugashini P K. 11 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LIPID PROFILE T.Vijayalakshmi , 82-86 AND LIVER FUNCTION TEST Elangovan, Mallika Ravindran 12 EFFECTS OF ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS. L Sumathi, 87-96 ON INFLAMMATION Shanthi, A.Meena 13 CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF THE LEAF P Gunasekaran, 97-103 EXTRACTS OF TYLOPHORA INDICA MS Dhanarajan, E Jagathambal 14 ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY STUDY OF Sugashini. P K, 104-108 SENNA ALATA Gokul . R, Saravanan . M, Padmapriya. M, Devika .R 15 EFFECTS OF THE PLANTS TRICHOPUS A. Meena, 109-121 ZEYLANICUS AND GOMPHRENA B.Prabasheela, CELOSIOIDES ON LIPIDPEROXIDATION Premalatha AND ANTIOXIDATIVE VITAMINS IN DEN/HCB INDUCED LIVER CARCINOGENESIS 16 ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TWO R. Preethi, 122-130 MARINE ALGAL SPECIES P. Mohanapriya P.K. Sugashini 17 SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF Sugashini P.K, 131-136 BIOACTIVIE COMPOUNDS FROM SENNA Saravanan.M, ALATA BY GC-MS ANALYSIS Gokul.R, Devika.R, Padmapriya.M 6 Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” NERVE STIMULATION BASED PROSTHETIC ARM FOR AMPUTEES HEMA.L.K*1, KRISHNAKUMAR.B2, MOHAMMAD ABDUL WAHED FAISAL2, MUVVA PRAVEEN2, JEETHIKA.R3 *1Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Techonolgy, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Techonolgy, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu 3 Department of Biotechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Techonolgy, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu Corresponding author email *[email protected] ABSTRACT: The hand is an important organ of human being. About half the bones in the human body are found in hand and feet. Fingers have an indigenous range of fine, delicate movements. The electric powered hand was developed 50 years ago to grasp. But the advanced hand with microprocessor controls and miniaturized components within the individual fingers helps to deliver finest movements. A bionic arm combines robotics, biotechnology and electronics to recreate the functions of human arm. The advanced bionic arms like bebionic, I limb, Michelangelo arms facilitate the usage of all normal functions of tissue arms. These prosthetic hands are controlled and operated by capturing the Electro Myo Gram (EMG) signals and Li- ion batteries. These arms have special compartments to store the series of batteries. These hands give the boon to the amputees. This paper explains how to capture the EMG signals from the arms to convert into mechanical action of phalange. We have done a survey over the Advanced BIONIC ARM and noticed a drastic change from the ancient day to the present day. We proposed to develop a prototype of an enhanced bionic arm by capturing the nerve stimulators to activate the prosthetic limbs. KEYWORDS: Prosthetic hand, bebionic, Michelangelo, EMG signals, amputees, phalange. INTRODUCTION: The world moves on by century to century meanwhile the technology also growing rapidly. Human hand prosthesis is developed in earlier centuries with hooks. It has been upgraded step by step. The first prosthetic limb was developed in earlier stages called civil war prosthetic hook. Later it is developed into the Vincent, i- limb, i-limb pulse, bebionic, bebionic v2 ,and Michelangelo hands. These all prosthetic hands are working with the help of picking up the Myo signals from the amputees muscle. The main components of prosthetic limbs are electrodes, graphical recorder, servo motor, microprocessor and batteries. The function of this hand is to pick up 7 Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2016 Oct; Special issue SP03 “National conference on Recent innovations in biotechnology.” the electrical signal from the muscle and send it to the microprocessor to stimulate the process as shown in the figure (Fig 1)1. With the help of prosthetic hand we can able to hold the common things in daily life such as ball, bat, pen, cube etc., Figure 1 Picking up the Myo signals from the muscle and the prosthetic hand socket with electrodes. Courtesy: Muzumdar, 2004. This paper explains the functions and specifications of the current bionic arms which is commercially available in the market and a new system of prosthesis involving nerve stimulation. We noticed that the existing prosthetic hands are having some disadvantages
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