Applications of “Gas discharge visualization” technique in cardiovascular diseases in India SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING THE Ph. D. (YOGĀ AND LIFE SCIENCES) SVYASASvämé Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhäna Saàsthäna UNIVERSITY DEGREE (Declared as a Deemed University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956) BENGALURU – 560019 INDIA1. CONTEXT 11.1. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES 31.2. NEED IN INDIA 32. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 42.1. OBJECTIVE 92.2. OBJECTIVE 92.3. ASSUMPTIONS 92.4. NULL HYPOTHESES 93. METHODOLOGY 93.1. LOCATION OF THE STUDY 93.2. CONTROL GROUP 103.3. SAMPLE SIZE 103.4. AGE AND SEX 103.6. DESIGN: 103.7. INTEGRATION CRITERIA 103.8. EXCLUSION CRITERIA 103.9. INFORMED CONSENT 104.0. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 114.0. ASSESSMENTS 115.0. DATA EXTRACTION 116.0. DATA ANALYSIS 117.0. EXPECTED RESULTS 118.0. DISCUSSION 11REFERENCES: . 111. INTRODUCTIONThe gas discharge visualization (GDV) technique was developed by Konstantin Korotkov at St. Petersburg State Technical University in the 1990s (Korotkov, 1998). The first GDV camera was manufactured in 1995; subsequently, hundreds of such cameras were produced and developed into new models. GDV cameras are used in 64 countries (Kostyuk, 2011). The GDV camera is based on the well-known Kirlian effect (Korotkov, 2002) and uses modern optics, electronics and computer processing to analyze the electronic photon emission of various subjects called GDV grams. GDV-grams are obtained by the application of a pulsed electromagnetic field and make it possible to identify the functional state of an individual in real time. The GDV-gram based on the Kirlian effect occurs when an object is placed...... middle of paper ......V, Kovelkova, MN, Strychkov, P. V, & Yakovleva, EG (nd). GDV Analysis of High Blood Pressure, 1–9.• Technologies, NV and Companies, EL (2004). A CORRELATION BETWEEN GDV AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY, 59–64.• Kostyuk, N., Rajnarayanan, R., Isokpehi, R., Korotkov, K., Howcroft, S., Yeager, M., .. . & Cohly, H. (2009, July). Bioelectrographic method to detect heterogeneity and unique characteristics of autism. In the materials of the Internetional scientific congress “Science. Information. Spirit.”, Russia, Saint Petersburg (Vol. 4, No. 5).• Korotkov, K., Shelkov, O., Shevtsov, A., Mohov, D., Paoletti, S., Mirosnichenko, D., …Robertson, L. (2012). Stress reduction with osteopathy assessed by GDV electrophotonic imaging: effects of osteopathy treatment. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, NY), 18(3), 251-7. doi:10.1089/acm.2010.0853