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Paper Title: Ai-Powered Personalized Fitness Tracker With Intelligent Trend Analysis
Author Name(s): Nawas Salim Charoliya, Shahid Shamirahmad Patel, Siraj Shabbir Shaikh, Prof. Tushar Surwadkar
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605069
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Author Country : Indian Author, India, 401303 , Mumbai, 401303 , | Research Area: Health Science All Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605069 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605069 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605069.pdf
Title: AI-POWERED PERSONALIZED FITNESS TRACKER WITH INTELLIGENT TREND ANALYSIS
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Subject Area: Health Science All
Author type: Indian Author
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Year: May 2026
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The rapid growth of mobile health applications has increased the need for intelligent and personalized wellness systems. This paper presents Fitness Agent, an AI-powered fitness tracker that provides personalized health guidance through daily check-ins. The system evaluates seven wellness categories using a weighted scoring algorithm to generate a daily fitness score and detect health trends. A conversational AI assistant offers context-aware recommendations based on user history and goals. The application is developed using a cross-platform mobile framework and deployed on a serverless cloud architecture, enabling low-cost operation and fast response times. Testing across multiple devices confirmed consistent scoring accuracy and reliable AI performance. The system demonstrates that scalable, low-cost, and personalized health monitoring can be achieved using modern AI technologies.
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fitness tracking, artificial intelligence, mobile health, wellness scoring, trend analysis, serverless architecture, natural language processing
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Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605068
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DOI Member ID: 10.6084/m9.doi.one.IJCRT2605068 and DOI : https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v14i5.307335
Author Country : Indian Author, India, 282004 , Agra, 282004 , | Research Area: Arts All Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605068 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605068 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605068.pdf
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier) : https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v14i5.307335
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Subject Area: Arts All
Author type: Indian Author
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Year: May 2026
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Paper Title: DE-INFLUENCING ON INSTAGRAM: QUALITATIVE STUDY ON RATIONAL CONSUMERISM AND MINDFUL SPENDING AMONG INDIAN YOUTH
Author Name(s): Krutika Mishra, Sakshi Jain, Shatakshi Srivastava, Dr. Bhargavi D. Hemmige
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605067
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DOI Member ID: 10.6084/m9.doi.one.IJCRT2605067 and DOI : https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v14i5.307760
Author Country : Indian Author, India, 560027 , Bengaluru, 560027 , | Research Area: Medical Science All Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605067 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605067 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605067.pdf
Title: DE-INFLUENCING ON INSTAGRAM: QUALITATIVE STUDY ON RATIONAL CONSUMERISM AND MINDFUL SPENDING AMONG INDIAN YOUTH
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) : https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v14i5.307760
Pubished in Volume: 14 | Issue: 5 | Year: May 2026
Publisher Name : IJCRT | www.ijcrt.org | ISSN : 2320-2882
Subject Area: Medical Science All
Author type: Indian Author
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Issue: 5
Pages: a509-a518
Year: May 2026
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Young Indian consumers have joined a new digital trend that combines their social media usage with their desire to purchase expensive products. The study investigates Instagram's de-influencing trend, which causes content creators to stop people from buying popular but worthless and substandard products. The Gen Z and Millennial demographic group shows advanced influencer fatigue because of influencer marketing, which now reaches its highest saturation point through excessive product endorsements and a lack of marketing transparency. The research study uses qualitative analysis to study messaging patterns and six case studies, which demonstrate how major de-influencers create a new source credibility model. The study shows that current users value perceived authenticity and informational social influence more than traditional celebrity charm. The study examines these trends, affecting 28% of Indian Gen Z through their financial insecurity and increasing dedication to sustainability. The research shows that de-influencing content, which includes genuine product reviews and affordable product recommendations, functions as an educational tool that fights against aspirational spending and excessive consumerism, which traditional marketing drives. The movement promotes conscious consumption, which leads young Indians to choose products based on their practicality and environmental impact instead of social media advertising. The paper shows that de-influencing has evolved into a permanent shift, which has transformed how consumers behave in digital spaces while showing that social commerce enters an age of rationality and consumer empowerment.
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De-influencing, Indian Gen Z, Influencer Fatigue, Mindful Consumption
Paper Title: Back To The Future And Kala Chakra: Cyclical Time In 1980s Western Cinema
Author Name(s): Supreeth Sudhakar K, Dr. Meera Kumar
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605066
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Author Country : Indian Author, India, 560091 , Bangalore, 560091 , | Research Area: Medical Science All Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605066 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605066 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605066.pdf
Title: BACK TO THE FUTURE AND KALA CHAKRA: CYCLICAL TIME IN 1980S WESTERN CINEMA
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Subject Area: Medical Science All
Author type: Indian Author
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Issue: 5
Pages: a503-a508
Year: May 2026
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In Vedic cosmology, time unfolds through vast and repeating cycles rather than linear progression. For example, yugas within kalpas that cycle perpetually from creation (srishti) through preservation, decay and finally dissolution (pralaya). This paper analyses Back to the Future (1985) as a secular and popular embodiment of this Kala Chakra. Marty McFly's DeLorean navigates through timeline ripples that reflect cosmic flux. Parental alterations trigger existential fading like Kali Yuga entropy. These crises are resolved through lightning-struck resets, similar to divine renewal. The film's mechanics, such as flux capacitor activations, photo erasures, and perfected returns, emerge as playful visualisations of eternal recurrence, contrasting Western linear causality. By bridging ancient metaphysics and 1980s science fiction, it democratises cyclical time, which in turn offers moksha-like timeline harmony without explicit spirituality. This reading uncovers an unrecognised Vedic resonance in the mainstream cinema.
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Vedic cosmology, cyclical time, kala chakra, Back to the Future, yuga cycles.
Paper Title: MARKETGENIUS: AN ENSEMBLE MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR REAL-TIME INDIAN STOCK MARKET PREDICTION AND ANALYSIS
Author Name(s): Yogesh N, Shriraksha A S, Sheeba Mariyam, Syed Md Abbas, Varshith H D
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605065
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Author Country : Indian Author, India, 577004 , Davanagere, 577004 , | Research Area: Science and Technology Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605065 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605065 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605065.pdf
Title: MARKETGENIUS: AN ENSEMBLE MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR REAL-TIME INDIAN STOCK MARKET PREDICTION AND ANALYSIS
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Publisher Name : IJCRT | www.ijcrt.org | ISSN : 2320-2882
Subject Area: Science and Technology
Author type: Indian Author
Pubished in Volume: 14
Issue: 5
Pages: a495-a502
Year: May 2026
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Stock market prediction, ensemble learning, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, technical indicators, feature engineering, NIFTY 50, SENSEX, Flask REST API, financial forecasting, RSI, MACD, machine learning
Paper Title: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice: A Postcolonial Study of The Temptations of Big Bear by a Canadian novelist Rudy Weibe
Author Name(s): Dr. Reehana Abdullah
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605064
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Author Country : Indian Author, India, - , -, - , | Research Area: Arts All Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605064 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605064 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605064.pdf
Title: RECLAIMING INDIGENOUS VOICE: A POSTCOLONIAL STUDY OF THE TEMPTATIONS OF BIG BEAR BY A CANADIAN NOVELIST RUDY WEIBE
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Subject Area: Arts All
Author type: Indian Author
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Issue: 5
Pages: a484-a494
Year: May 2026
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Rudy Wiebe is a forerunner of restoring the 'Ignored History' and a devoted writer who turned his attention to the indigenous history of Western Canada at the crucial period when the Dominion Government ruled over Canada. Western Canada was in the position of opening the great West to European settlers and contrastingly encompassing the aboriginal people on reserves. Wiebe in his novel -The Temptations of Big Bear (1973) depict the period of social, cultural, political, and racial upheaval. The fiction writing of Wiebe remains a complex act of reading, as it is mainly based on afresh and innovative style. His works almost employ narrative practices, multiple voices, and through shifts in perspective and time. The status of natives and whites re-imposed in Canadian society has been exposed by Wiebe. Mennonite themes are not the only concern of Rudy Wiebe in his fiction. The concern of original inhabitants, the native Indians, and other politically marginalized minorities, like the Metis, form part of commitment to humanity. Wiebe gives voice to the repressed agony lying deep inside history. He carefully unearths these voices and listens patiently. Wiebe's novel The Temptations of Big deal with the past of native Indians and Metis respectively. Early Canadian literature was dominantly white; the natives were portrayed as savage and primitive as opposed to civilized white culture. As Monkman says: "The Natives were treated as the embodiment of ideals and principles defeated or disregarded by the white man..." (102).
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Postcolonialism, Hegemony, Hybridity, Primitive, Marginalization etc
Paper Title: Towards Smart Education: A Unified Dashboard for Learning Path Optimization and Student Monitoring
Author Name(s): Ajinkya Deore, Digvijay Shinde, Ayushi Singh, Malhar Dave
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605063
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Author Country : Indian Author, India, 412201 , Pune, 412201 , | Research Area: Science and Technology Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605063 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605063 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605063.pdf
Title: TOWARDS SMART EDUCATION: A UNIFIED DASHBOARD FOR LEARNING PATH OPTIMIZATION AND STUDENT MONITORING
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Subject Area: Science and Technology
Author type: Indian Author
Pubished in Volume: 14
Issue: 5
Pages: a473-a483
Year: May 2026
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Management of all the content in the courses, student progress, attendance in an efficient way is still a big challenge in the universities and organizations which results in unorganized data and less transparency into student's performance. The already present methods in the market are time consuming and take lots of hard work for the educators to maintain a proper track of learning path and provide proper guidance to the students. To overcome these limitations, the proposed "Learning Path Dashboard" is developed to provide a web based solution that combines automated learning path creation along with attendance management and resources. The platform under the supervision of the teacher automatically generates a learning path according to the course duration and along with that the educators can also upload the resources such as videos, images, pdf's with each topic. It also has attendance tracking which has a record of daily participation and also links it with the topics covered that day to highlight the learning gaps. The system is built using a React-based frontend and with Material UI features whereas the backend is handled using spring boot to ensure smooth performance and scalability. Some important features include dynamic topic planning, centralized resource handling, attendance monitoring and performance tracking through an interactive dashboard. With this approach, the system supports better and easier academic management, rescues the load of manual efforts, and helps improve the student learning.
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Learning Path Dashboard, Educational Technology, Learning Path Generation, Student Performance, Tracking, Attendance Management System, Resource Integration, Web-Based Application, React.js, Material UI, Spring Boot, Data-Driven Education, Academic Analytics, E-Learning Systems.
Paper Title: UNIVERSAL ID CARD VERIFICATION AND FRAUD DETECTION FRAMEWORK USING BLOCKCHAIN AND AI
Author Name(s): Mrs. R. PAVITHRA M.E1, BOOMIKA.S, KAVIYA.K, THIRISHA.D
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605062
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Author Country : Indian Author, India, 620006 , Select City, 620006 , | Research Area: Science and Technology Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605062 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605062 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605062.pdf
Title: UNIVERSAL ID CARD VERIFICATION AND FRAUD DETECTION FRAMEWORK USING BLOCKCHAIN AND AI
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Publisher Name : IJCRT | www.ijcrt.org | ISSN : 2320-2882
Subject Area: Science and Technology
Author type: Indian Author
Pubished in Volume: 14
Issue: 5
Pages: a467-a472
Year: May 2026
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Universal ID cards play a crucial role in validating an individual's identity and personal credentials, serving as a gateway to essential services such as education, employment, healthcare, banking, and government welfare schemes. However, traditional identity issuance and verification mechanisms are increasingly vulnerable to forgery, data tampering, and unauthorized duplication. Legacy identity management systems are often inefficient, costly, and bureaucratic, making it difficult to prevent identity fraud and ensure real-time verification. These limitations lead to delays in authentication processes, as data must be exchanged between multiple authorities and service providers, requiring significant manual effort to confirm authenticity. To address these challenges, this project proposes a secure and efficient digital identity management framework for Universal ID cards using Blockchain Technology and Capsule Siamese Networks. Identity records are stored with pre-hashes on the blockchain to guarantee data integrity and immutability. The ID holder generates a one-time symmetric encryption key to securely transmit identity information to verifiers, preventing unauthorized access and data leakage. The blockchain's pre-hashing mechanism enables rapid detection of tampering, while Capsule Siamese Networks are employed to detect and localize forged or manipulated identity content within digital ID documents, further strengthening the verification process. By integrating blockchain, cryptographic security, and advanced deep learning techniques, the proposed system delivers a robust, transparent, and scalable solution for universal digital identity management. This approach significantly enhances the security, efficiency, and reliability of identity verification, overcomes the limitations of conventional systems, and minimizes the risk of identity fraud in modern digital ecosystems.
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Universal ID Card,Identity Verification,Fraud Detection,Blockchain Technology,Artificial Intelligence (AI),Capsule Siamese Networks,Digital Identity Management,Data Integrity,Cryptographic Security
Paper Title: GASTRIC NON HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA: A CASE REPORT
Author Name(s): SIMRAN JAIN, JASMIN JASANI, TRUPTI JANSARI
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605061
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Publisher Journal Name: IJPUBLICATION, IJCRT
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Author Country : Indian Author, India, 391760 , Vadodara, 391760 , | Research Area: Humanities All Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605061 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605061 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605061.pdf
Title: GASTRIC NON HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA: A CASE REPORT
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Publisher Name : IJCRT | www.ijcrt.org | ISSN : 2320-2882
Subject Area: Humanities All
Author type: Indian Author
Pubished in Volume: 14
Issue: 5
Pages: a465-a466
Year: May 2026
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Primary gastric lymphomas (PGLs) are uncommon tumors, accounting for about 5% of all gastric malignancies.The majority (>95%) are Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL), arising from lymphoid tissue of the stomach.PGL represents a heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders with varied histological subtypes. It is the second most common gastric malignancy worldwide after gastric adenocarcinoma. CASE REPORT Here we present a case of 48-year-old female patient with complaints of nausea, vomiting, weight loss & abdominal pain for 2 months. Upper GI endoscopy showed an ulcerative lesion involving the pre-pyloric region & lesser curvature, which was further confirmed by CECT abdomen. The biopsy report showed a poorly differentiated neoplasm. CONCLUSION Primary gastric NHLs are not very frequent but still not very rare. The diagnosis of gastric lymphoma can be delayed for many years due to the presence of nonspecific symptoms. Early diagnosis and histopathological subtyping have a significant impact on the prognosis and management of the patient.
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Primary gastric lymphomas, Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, Immunohistochemistry, Gastrointestinal
Paper Title: Vertical Distribution Of Rhododendron Within the Himalayas: Field-Based Study of the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary
Author Name(s): Ayush Dubey
Published Paper ID: - IJCRT2605060
Register Paper ID - 307588
Publisher Journal Name: IJPUBLICATION, IJCRT
DOI Member ID: 10.6084/m9.doi.one.IJCRT2605060 and DOI : https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v14i5.307588
Author Country : Indian Author, India, 462016 , Bhopal, 462016 , | Research Area: Life Sciences All Published Paper URL: http://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2605060 Published Paper PDF: download.php?file=IJCRT2605060 Published Paper PDF: http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2605060.pdf
Title: VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF RHODODENDRON WITHIN THE HIMALAYAS: FIELD-BASED STUDY OF THE KEDARNATH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) : https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v14i5.307588
Pubished in Volume: 14 | Issue: 5 | Year: May 2026
Publisher Name : IJCRT | www.ijcrt.org | ISSN : 2320-2882
Subject Area: Life Sciences All
Author type: Indian Author
Pubished in Volume: 14
Issue: 5
Pages: a456-a464
Year: May 2026
Downloads: 162
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The Himalayas are one of one of the largest mountain ecosystems on the planet as well as their ecosystem is dependent on the altitude, climate, as well as topography (Shrestha et al., 2012). Rhododendrons play a significant role in these ecosystems due to their ability to help to maintain forest structure the stability of soils, cycling of nutrients and habitat for wildlife (Xu et al., 2019, 2019; Pandey et al., 2019). The study investigated what the distribution vertically of species from Rhododendron on the Chopta-Tungnath trekking route within the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand during a spring-time survey that was conducted between March 26 and 2025. The study examined the notion that Rhododendron species exhibit vertical segregation at higher altitudes, instead of being equally distributed throughout the slope of the mountain. The field observations were conducted from Sari village, which is located at around 2000m up and Chopta (2200 m) to Tungnath route at about 3200 m in a single trekking survey. The species were identified by ocular estimation as well as visual field observation. The results revealed an apparent pattern of altitudinal variation. In such respect trees were prevalent at lower elevations, while transitional forms emerged within the middle zones and shrubby forms became prominent at higher altitudes. These results support the notion that Rhododendron communities are segregated vertically across Himalayan elevation gradients, which is observed for a variety of other plant communities within mountain ecosystems (Saikia et al., 2017. Dash et al., 2021).
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Rhododendron, Vertical segregation, Altitude gradient, Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Himalaya Spring survey, forest ecology

