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In this paper, the Advaya Bot - Radiologist assistant robot development & its usage in healthcare applications is presented. The final year project under-taken by us consists of the designing & developing of a bot that can assist healthcare professionals, specifically in the Department of Radiology. It is a growing concern among the community of radiologists that radiation exposure, even under protocol scenarios, is causing harm to them in the form of cancers, tumors, cataracts, dry eye syndrome, etc. Also, in departments like that of Ultra Sonography imaging, the manual use of a transducer is something not looked forward to by the patients. We aim to build a bot that can reduce radiation exposure, workload, and uncomfortable interactions for the doctors in the department of radiology imaging. The use of such bots is strictly domain specific. For the purpose of our final project, we have chosen the domain to be that of Ultrasonography (USG). We aim at eliminating the manual use of the transducer and replacing it with a bot. The bot shall be capable of greeting the patient and adjusting the location of the end-effector with the help of a radiologist or specialist from a distance. The end edge of the bot will also be capable of placing the transducer with the required pressure on the required area of the patient’s body. In developing countries like India, the ratio of doctors to the number of patients is very low. We aim to unburden healthcare professionals and free them from harmful working conditions. The project undertaken represents the main project of the seventh semester by Electronics & Communication Engineering students, conducted under the guidance and supervision of faculty advisors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India achieved the goal of a circular economy towards regenerative, value-creating development and growth for long-term prosperity. But at the same time, due to the recent unprecedented urbanization and industrialization, wastes and pollutants generated from these activities are enormous, which causes water, air and soil pollution. For example, brine sludge is one of the large quantities of waste from the chlor-alkali industry. This paper reviews different environmental impacts of waste minimization of brine sludge from the chlor-alkali industry with current treatment and utilization technologies. Various materials developed like paver blocks, bricks, non-toxic radiation shielding materials, cement-free materials, etc., using brine sludge as resource material, which can be helpful for broad application spectrum. Conventional softening, Ion exchange, and membrane technologies are available to remove solute from brine sludge. For the salt content in brine sludge, resins' uses are most economical and immensely practical. Due to high-quality recovery with power generation and environmentally friendly brine treatment, membrane-based technologies like membrane distillation, forward osmosis, and electrodialysis can be preferred. In the future perspective, recent membrane technologies like pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis are used to generate power from the salinity gradient between waste brine and freshwater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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