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The research project undertook was “study to assess the knowledge regarding Alzheimer’s disease among people above 45 years of age in selected areas at Kollam”. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding Alzheimer’s disease among people above 45 years of age selected areas at Kollam, to find out the association between knowledge regarding Alzheimer’s disease among people above 45 years of age and selected demographic variables such as age, sex, educational qualification, occupation economic status, nutritional status. Non experimental survey design was adopted for this study. The study was conducted among 60 people above 45 years of age in selected areas at kollam. In order to assess the knowledge regarding alzhemiers disease, the study sample was selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique. The tool used for the data collection consisted of demographic performa and structured questionnaire, basic information of the study was given to subjects. The analysis of the data was based on objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there was no significant association between knowledge and demographic variables like age, sex, educational qualification, occupation, economic status, Nutritional status. Based on the findings investigator has drawn implications which were of vital concerns in the field of nursing practice, nursing administration, nursing pattern, nursing education for the future development.

The research project undertook was “A study to assess the knowledge regarding complementary therapy among antenatal mothers attending antenatal clinic in the selected Hospital at Kollam.” The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding complementary therapies. among antenatal mothers attending antenatal clinic in a selected hospital at Kollam, to find out the association between the knowledge regarding complementary therapies among antenatal mothers and selected demographic variables such as age, qualification, religion, occupation, income and support person, non experimental survey design was adopted for this study. The study was conducted among 100 antenatal mothers who were attending antenatal clinic in Bishop Benziger Hospital at Kollam. In order to assess the knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding complementary therapies, the study sample was selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. The tool used for data collection consisted of demographic performa and structured questionnaire basic introduction of the study was given to the subjects. The analysis of the data was based on the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the present study revealed that there was significant association between knowledge and demographic variable like religion, education, area of residence, support person and source of information. There is no significant association between age, occupation and parity. Based on the findings the investigator has drawn implications which were of vital concerns in the field of nursing practice, nursing administration, nursing pattern, nursing education for future development. Keywords: Assess; structured questionnaire, complementary therapy; antenatal mothers.

ZnO is considered as the most eminent semiconductors in the metal-oxide family because of its supreme properties which tempt many researcher groups to use this material for UV detection applications. In the earlier days, ZnSe and GaN based technologies create remarkable advance in the blue and UV LEDs and injection laser. Undoubtedly, GaN is considered to be the suitable candidate for optoelectronic devices fabrication.The effectiveness of photodetector is measured in terms of responsivity. The responsivity of n-ZnO/p-GaN is 0.678 mA/W at zero bias condition was reported, which can be improved by adding an intrinsic layer in between ZnO and GaN. At zero bias voltage, the peak responsivity of n-ZnO/i-ZnO/p-GaN heterojunction photodetector was 138.9 mA/W at 362 nm under the front illumination condition. This responsivity is still lower for various sensing and military applications. The responsivity of n-ZnO/i-ZnO/p-GaN heterojunction photodetector can be further improved by adding a SiO2 layer in between p-GaN and i-ZnO. The insertion of SiO2 layer reduces the visible response and boost the UV response. It is very important in many application such as whenever it is desirable to detect UV in visible and IR background. The n-Zno/i-ZnO/SiO2/p-GaN is a perfect structure for solar blind detector. By adding SiO2 layer the responsivity can be improved to 172.7 mA/W at 362 nm. This analysis is done by using TCAD tool.