SATISFACTION TOWARDS SOLAR WATER HEATER AT HOUSEHOLDS – A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO POLLACHI TALUK

Energy is the basic input required to sustain the economic growth and to provide basic amenities of life to the entire population of a country. Energy can be an effective weapon in the battle against abject poverty, especially in the developing countries. The main objectives of the study is to assess the satisfaction level of the consumers towards solar water heaters. A sample of 200 respondents has been chosen for purpose of the study. Convenient sampling method is adopted to select the sample. The study makes use of statistical techniques such as simple percentage analysis and Chi- square test in analyzing the data for finding the result. This study concluded that most of the consumers are aware about solar products through their friends and most of them using solar products. Solar products ensure the green quality of products. There is significant scope in future for direct energy through the installation of solar products

Common variants in CLDN2 and MORC4 genes confer disease susceptibility in patients with chronic pancreatitis

A recent Genome-wide Association Study (GWAS) identified association with variants in X-linked CLDN2 and MORC4 and PRSS1-PRSS2 loci with Chronic Pancreatitis (CP) in North American patients of European ancestry. We selected 9 variants from the reported GWAS and replicated the association with CP in Indian patients by genotyping 1807 unrelated Indians of Indo-European ethnicity, including 519 patients with CP and 1288 controls. The etiology of CP was idiopathic in 83.62% and alcoholic in 16.38% of 519 patients. Our study confirmed a significant association of 2 variants in CLDN2 gene (rs4409525—OR 1.71, P = 1.38 x 10-09; rs12008279—OR 1.56, P = 1.53 x 10-04) and 2 variants in MORC4 gene (rs12688220—OR 1.72, P = 9.20 x 10-09; rs6622126—OR 1.75, P = 4.04x10-05) in Indian patients with CP. We also found significant association at PRSS1-PRSS2 locus (OR 0.60; P = 9.92 x 10-06) and SAMD12-TNFRSF11B (OR 0.49, 95% CI [0.31–0.78], P = 0.0027). A variant in the gene MORC4 (rs12688220) showed significant interaction with alcohol (OR for homozygous and heterozygous risk allele -14.62 and 1.51 respectively, P = 0.0068) suggesting gene-environment interaction. A combined analysis of the genes CLDN2 and MORC4 based on an effective risk allele score revealed a higher percentage of individuals homozygous for the risk allele in CP cases with 5.09 fold enhanced risk in individuals with 7 or more effective risk alleles compared with individuals with 3 or less risk alleles (P = 1.88 x 10-14). Genetic variants in CLDN2 and MORC4 genes were associated with CP in Indian patients

PREFERENCE AND SATISFACTION TOWARDS SOLAR WATER HEATER AT HOUSEHOLDS – A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO POLLACHI TALUK

Energy is the basic input required to sustain the economic growth and to provide basic amenities of life to the entire population of a country. Energy can be an effective weapon in the battle against abject poverty, especially in the developing countries. The main objectives of the study is to identify the factors influencing the use of solar water heaters. A sample of 200 respondents has been chosen for purpose of the study. Convenient sampling method is adopted to select the sample. The study makes use of statistical techniques such as simple percentage analysis, Chi- square test and weighted average rank method in analyzing the data for finding the result. This study concluded that most of the consumers are aware about solar products through their friends and most of them using solar products. Solar products ensure the green quality of products. There is significant scope in future for direct energy through the installation of solar products

Evaluation on the Use of β-Lactamase and Aminoglycoside Modifying Enzyme Gene Sequences as Markers for the Early Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the major causes of infections including the hospital acquired (Nosocomial) infections. Detection of them and their antibiotic resistance profile by conventional method takes about three days. Recently, DNA based diagnostic methods are being used for the identification of the pathogens. Hence we have tested a rapid and sensitive method using DNA sequences as markers for detecting the presence of three genes coding for the enzymes that inactivate the two most commonly used Anti-pseudomonadal drugs such as β-lactam antibiotics (Penicillin, and its derivatives) and Aminoglycosides such as Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin. The internal region of these genes were used for designing and synthesizing primers and these primers were used in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to screen for the presence of these genes in the clinical isolates and to label them non-radioactively with Biotin. They in turn were used to detect the presence of the antibiotic resistance genes in the clinical isolates by hybridization. The specificity (ratio of positive results obtained in both methods and the sensitivity (the minimum amount of sample DNA and the labeled probe required for the tests) were evaluated

Progress on Pt-Salt Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Local Interconnects

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