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FIXED POINT RESULTS FOR (α − β)-ADMISSIBLE ALMOST z-CONTRACTIONS IN METRIC-LIKE SPACE VIA SIMULATION FUNCTION
In this paper, we establish the existence and uniqueness of a fixed point of (α, β)-admissible almost z-contractions via simulation functions in metric-like spaces. Our results generalize and unify several fixed point theorem in literature
Relation of wheat yield with parameters derived from a spectral growth profile
An attempt has been made to generate crop growth profiles using multi-date NOAA AVHRR data of wheat-growing season of 1987-88 for the districts of Punjab and Haryana states of India. A profile model proposed by Badhwar was fitted to the multi-date Normalised Difference Vegetation
Index (NDVI) values obtained from geographically referenced samples in each district. A novel approach of deriving a set of physiologically meaningful profile parameters has been outlined and the relation of these parameters with district wheat yields has been studied in order to examine the potential of growth profiles for crop-yield modelling. The parameter 'area under the profile' is found to be the best estimator of yield. However, with such a parameter time available for prediction gets reduced. Combination of different profile parameters shows improvement in correlation but lacks the consistency for individual state data
Tempering of Die-steels based on indigenous materials
This paper present studies on the effects of quenching temperature, tempering temperature and time on the hardness of three die steels of similar carbon contents but having increasing chromium percentages. While tempering in the range of 150°C to 400°C it was observed that hardness decreased as quenching temperature was raised. All the steels showed secondary hardening phenomenon in relation to the variables mentioned above. It was also observed that on tempering the steels above 450°C, after prior quenching from increasing temperatures, hardness gradually increased upto the quenching temperature of 1100°C, beyond which followed a decrease in hardness. This phenomenon was the decrease in hardness. This phenomenon was the same at all tempering temperatures upto 601°C, but the increase in hardness from low quenching temperatures to the maximum quenching temperature was less at 450°C than at the higher temperatures and attained a maximum at 600°C secondary hardening decreased with the increase of quenching temperatur
Interference of common lambsquarters and wild onion in winter onion
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the important vegetable crops grown in India. The crop yields are reduced by weed infestation due to slow emergence, low initial growth rate, long vegetative period and low competing ability of onion plants MATERIALS AND METHODS Two field experiments were conducted during rabi seasons of 2002-03 and 2003-04 at the National Research Centre for Weed Science, Jabalpur. The soil of the experimental site was clay loam (Typic Chromusterts) in texture, neutral in reaction (pH 6.9) and analyzing low in available N (220 kg/ha), medium in available P (16.0 kg/ ha) and high in available K (465 kg/ha) contents. The treatments consisted of 7 densities of C. album (0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Effect of Chenopodium album densities The dry weight of C. album increased at increasing densities from 5 to 160 plants/
Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is prevalent worldwide and can infect a remarkably wide range of hosts despite
felids being the only definitive host. As cats play a major role in transmission to secondary mammalian hosts, the interaction
between cats and these hosts should be a major factor determining final prevalence in the secondary host. This study
investigates the prevalence of T. gondii in a natural population of Apodemus sylvaticus collected from an area with low cat
density (<2·5 cats/km2). A surprisingly high prevalence of 40·78% (95% CI: 34·07%–47·79%) was observed despite this.
A comparable level of prevalence was observed in a previously published study using the same approaches where a
prevalence of 59% (95% CI: 50·13%–67·87%) was observed in a natural population of Mus domesticus from an area with high
cat density (>500 cats/km2). Detection of infected foetuses frompregnant dams in both populations suggests that congenital
transmission may enable persistence of infection in the absence of cats. The prevalences of the related parasite, Neospora
caninum were found to be low in both populations (A. sylvaticus: 3·39% (95% CI: 0·12%–6·66%); M. domesticus: 3·08%
(95% CI: 0·11%–6·05%)). These results suggest that cat density may have a lower than expected effect on final prevalence in
these ecosystems
Development of low tungsten substitute tool steels
Tunsten is a very important alloying element in high
speed tool steel, hot and cold work die steel and permanent magnet alloys, but its ore deposits are
limited to a few countries. Continuous development
user the years to reduce tungsten content in convent-
ional 18-4-1 high speed steel i.e. 18% tungsten, 1% chromium and 1% vanadium, has led to increase of molybdenum, cobalt, chromium or vanadium. These
steels have a hyper eutectoid structure in the fully
hardened state in which complex carbides are embedded
in martensite matrix. Both of these constituents in
high speed steel retain higher hardness at high
temperature than their counterpart in plain carbon
steel. Many such high speed steels with low amount or without tungsten have been developed. These low tung-
sten steels' apart from replacing the non-available alloying elements have the additional advantage of requiring lower hardening temperature than high speed
tool steel containing 18% tungsten, thus avoiding the formation of coarse grain size in steel
Isolation, production, purification, assay and characterization of fibrinolytic enzymes (Nattokinase, Streptokinase and Urokinase) from bacterial sources
Nattokinase, Streptokinase and Urokinase are novel fibrinolytic enzymes which are isolated from Bacillus subtilis, β-haemolytic Streptococci and urine sample. The fibrinolytic enzyme Nattokinase, Streptokinase and Urokinase was purified from supernatant of Bacillus subtilis, β-haemolytic Streptococci and recombinant E.coli containing short fragment genomic DNA of Pseudomonas sp. Culture broth and showed thermophilic, hydrophilic, and strong fibrinolytic activity. The optimum temperature and pH of Nattokinase, Streptokinase and Urokinase were 37-55°C and 9, 27-37°C and 7 and 55°C and 9, respectively. The molecular weight of Nattokinase, Streptokinase and Urokinase was approximately 28 kDa, 47 kDa and 34 kDa, respectively, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The caseinolytic activity of Nattokinase, Streptokinase and Urokinase were 576.73 U, 467.73 U and 785.73 U, respectively, while fibrinolytic activity achieved by fibrin plate method were 10 U, 5 U and 15 U, respectively.Key words: Anticoagulant activity, submerge fermentation, fibrinolytic enzyme activity, protein fraction precipitation, casein, serum and plasminogen plate technique, enzyme thermodynamics, haemolytic activity, enzyme screening, expression system, zymography, Edman degradation
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