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Traditional knowledge for dairy animals in Una district of Himachal Pradesh
662-668Traditional knowledge (TK), also known as indigenous knowledge (IK) or local knowledge (LK) generally refers to the matured long-standing traditions and practices of certain regional, indigenous, or local communities. India stands at number 1 in milk production as dairy master across the world. However, due to large number of animal population, distant/remote location, shortage of veterinary staff, some time, veterinary aids are not available to the farmers. In such instances, it is the traditional knowledge of the people which guides them to mitigate the sufferings of the animals. In this article, some of the ITKs are described based on oral communication with the people
Traditional knowledge for dairy animals in Una district of Himachal Pradesh
Traditional knowledge (TK), also known as indigenous knowledge (IK) or local knowledge (LK) generally refers to the matured long-standing traditions and practices of certain regional, indigenous, or local communities. India stands at number 1 in milk production as dairy master across the world. However, due to large number of animal population, distant/remote location, shortage of veterinary staff, some time, veterinary aids are not available to the farmers. In such instances, it is the traditional knowledge of the people which guides them to mitigate the sufferings of the animals. In this article, some of the ITKs are described based on oral communication with the people
Changes in exclusive breastfeeding practices and its determinants in India, 1992–2006: analysis of national survey data
Production of He-4 and (4) in Pb-Pb collisions at root(NN)-N-S=2.76 TeV at the LHC
Results on the production of He-4 and (4) nuclei in Pb-Pb collisions at root(NN)-N-S = 2.76 TeV in the rapidity range vertical bar y vertical bar <1, using the ALICE detector, are presented in this paper. The rapidity densities corresponding to 0-10% central events are found to be dN/dy4(He) = (0.8 +/- 0.4 (stat) +/- 0.3 (syst)) x 10(-6) and dN/dy4 = (1.1 +/- 0.4 (stat) +/- 0.2 (syst)) x 10(-6), respectively. This is in agreement with the statistical thermal model expectation assuming the same chemical freeze-out temperature (T-chem = 156 MeV) as for light hadrons. The measured ratio of (4)/He-4 is 1.4 +/- 0.8 (stat) +/- 0.5 (syst). (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.Peer reviewe
Nitrogen nutrition in the cyanobacterium <i>Nostoc </i>ANTH, a symbiotic isolate from <i>Anthoceros: </i>Uptake and assimilation of inorganic-N and amino acids
163-169Amino acid uptake and utilization of
various nitrogen sources (amino acids, nitrite, nitrate and ammonia) were studied
in Nostoc ANTH and its mutant (Het-Nif) isolate defective in
heterocyst formation and N2-fixation. Both parent and its mutant grew
at the expense of glutamine, asparagine and arginine as a source of
fixed-nitrogen. Growth was better in
glutamine-and asparagine-media as compared
to that in arginine media. Glutamine and asparagine repressed heterocyst formation,
N2-fixation and nitrate reduction in Nostoc ANTH, but arginine
did so only partially. The poor growth in arginine-medium was not due to poor uptake
rates, since the uptake rates were not significantly different from those for
glutamine or asparagine. The glutamine
synthetase activity remained unaffected during cultivation in media containing
any one of the three amino acids tested. The uptake of amino acids was
substrate-inducible, energy-dependent and required de novo protein synthesis. Nitrate and ammonium
repressed ammonium uptake, but did not repress uptake of amino acids. In N2-medium
(BG-110), the uptake of ammonium and amino acids in the mutant was
significantly higher than its parent strain. This was apparently due to
nitrogen limitation since the mutant was unable to fix N2 and the growth
medium lacked combined-N
Functionalized graphene sheets as immobilization matrix for Fenugreek β-amylase: enzyme kinetics and stability studies.
β-Amylase finds application in food and pharmaceutical industries. Functionalized graphene sheets were customised as a matrix for covalent immobilization of Fenugreek β-amylase using glutaraldehyde as a cross-linker. The factors affecting the process were optimized using Response Surface Methodology based Box-Behnken design of experiment which resulted in 84% immobilization efficiency. Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM, TEM) and Fourier Tansform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were employed for the purpose of characterization of attachment of enzyme on the graphene. The enzyme kinetic studies were carried out for obtaining best catalytic performance and enhanced reusability. Optimum temperature remained unchanged, whereas optimum pH showed shift towards acidic range for immobilized enzyme. Increase in thermal stability of immobilized enzyme and non-toxic nature of functionalized graphene can be exploited for production of maltose in food and pharmaceutical industries
Functionalized graphene sheets as immobilization matrix for Fenugreek β-amylase: Enzyme kinetics and stability studies
<p>Statistical evaluation of the model generated using the Response Surface Methodology based Box-Behnken design of experiment for optimization of factors affecting immobilization of Fenugreek β-amylase on graphene sheets.</p
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