Maturity is the key factor which determines the storage life and ripening quality of fruits. In order to provide marketing flexibility and to guarantee the acceptable eating quality to the buyer it is very critical to determine the right maturity stage. Maturity indices are also important for trade regulation, marketing strategy and for the efficient use of labor and resources. The proposed system is based on implementation of image processing techniques on the JPEG images of different maturity stages of the plum variety 'Satluj Purple' grown under sub-tropical conditions. The external quality features like color, texture and size were analyzed. Color feature was extracted by using mean RGB values. Entropy, Local Binary Pattern and Discrete Cosine transformation were used for extracting textural features. Correlation coefficients between images of various categories were recorded to determine the most dominant factor for classification. Multi-Attribute Decision Making theory was used for taking final decision. The developed system accurately determined the maturity level. Color was found to be the most dominant factor for classifying the plums according to maturity level. The error percentage was less than 2.4%, when the length and width computed from application were compared with the manual readings. When RGB indices of fruit images were correlated with chemical properties of fruits, strong association was found between fruit acidity and mean intensity of green color (R = 0.9966). Significant variability in total soluble solids was also explained by variation in R/G ratio (R = 0.8464).

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Geographic tongue often develops throughout childhood and affects between 1 and 2.5 percent of people worldwide. It is a benign, inflammatory condition that most frequently affects the tongue's dorsum and may spread to its lateral edges. The loss of filiform papillae and thinning of the epithelium are represented by the erythematous patches. It can be asymptomatic or patient may complains of pain and burning sensation. We report a case of 5 year old boy with early shedding of primary teeth, geographic tongue which was asymptomatic, had itchy skin lesions in the past and still gets the on and off episode of skin lesion ; with review of literature.

The objective of this study was to evaluate quality of life among adult patients after non surgical extraction of teeth under local anaesthesia. The present study was conducted among 80 patients who were above 18 years and wanted extraction of one or two teeth. Following extraction, 80 patients were given a questionnaire (in English, Hindi, and Punjabi) with questions about post-operative quality of life. Patients were contacted by phone to inquire about their status on days 2, 4, and 7. Out of 80 patients, 95%, of the patients continue to do their social activities on day 2after extraction. 34 patients felt pain and swelling, 10 patients felt change in their physical appearance. 12 patients did not go to work, but out of these 10 females were housewives and were not working already. 14patients said that extraction affected their work performance. Only 6 subjects took the help of somebody to do their work, 19 patients felt difficulty in swallowing, 2 patients reported taste perception changes, 26 patients felt changes in mouth opening, five patients had interrupted meals ,10% of the patients reported changes in ability to speak and 6 patients had problem falling asleep on day 2. 100% of the patients had no issues on day 7. It is concluded that the patient's quality of life is affected by simple extraction, particularly on the first and second post-extraction days. The most affected domains were "Pain and swelling felt" and "Change in mouth opening". After a simple extraction, the patient's quality of life was negatively affected for the first two days before improving throughout the duration of the follow-up period. Therefore, the patient should be informed about how a simple extraction can affect their quality of life immediately following surgery and how it might cause them to change their regular routine.