Diversity of Bivalve and Gastropod, Molluscs of some localities from Raigad district, Maharashtra, west coast of India.

Diversity of bivalve and gastropod molluscs from mangrove habitat, rocky substrata, sandy beach, and muddy habitat was studied. 22% bivalves while 78% gastropods were recorded during October 2010 to September 2011. The numbers of molluscs was comprised of bivalve species namely Crassostrea cattuckensis, Saccostrea cucullata, Anadara granosa, Meretrix meretrix, and gastropods Planaxis sulcatus, Littorina scabra, Dostia violacea,  Cerithium cingulata,Telescopium telescopium, Nodilittorina melanostoma and Casidula nucleus  were dominant, The productive molluscan fauna in prevalence of different habitats so a wide chance of research to further explore on the possibility of ecological value and  there conservation

Kinetics of Acid-catalysed Hydrolysis of Hexanohydroxamic Acid

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Diversity of Bivalve and Gastropod Molluscs in Mangrove ecosystem from selected sites of Raigad district, Maharashtra, West coast of India.

Diversity of Bivalve and Gastropod Molluscs from mangrove habitat was studied. 37% bivalves while 63% gastropods were recorded during October 2008 to September 2009. The numbers of molluscs was comprised of bivalve species namely Crassostrea cattuckensis, Saccostrea cucullata, Anadara granosa, Polymesoda maxima, Meretrix meretrix, and gastropods Cerithium cingulata,Telescopium telescopium, Littorina scabra Nodilittorina melanostoma were abundant. These localities has productive molluscan fauna so a wide chance of research to further explore on the possibility of ecological value and there conservation

PRESERVATION OF PANEER BY USING PVC CLING FILM

Paneer is a popular indigenous variety of soft cheese in India and used as a base material for the preparation of a large number of culinary dishes. Paneer, like other indigenous products is highly ±perishable. At room temperature it cannot be stored more than a day and under refrigeration it may remain acceptable for six days. Therefore, study was undertaken to give a comprehensive package by application of sorbic acid and PVC cling film. It is observed that paneer could be stored safely up to 13 days at 7±ºC by adapting hygienic practices of manufacturing and wrapping during it in PVC cling film. Use of 0.1% sorbic acid alone could be recommended along with wrapping of paneer in cling film to extend its storage life up to 33 days in refrigeration (7±ºC ) and for 3 days at room temperature. There was reduction in moisture content but rise in titratable acidity, FFA, peroxide value and soluble nitrogen in treated paneer during storage at both the temperatures.Â

Design and its Verification of Belt Conveyor System used for Cooling of Mould using Belt Comp Software

Belt conveyor is the transportation of material from one location to another. Belt conveyor has high load carrying capacity, large length of conveying path, simple design, easy maintenance and high reliability of operation. Belt conveyor system is also used in material transport in foundry shop like supply and distribution of molding sand, molds and removal of waste. In this paper the study is carried out on DISA pattern moulding machine to meet the requirement of higher weight castings. The DISA machine is having the capacity of 100 moulds per hour. The mould size and density of material is given parameters. The present discussion aims to design the conveyor system used for cooling of mold, which includes speed, motor selection, belt specification, shaft diameter, pulley, idler spacing, gear box selection, with the help of standard practice and these results are verified with the belt comp software

Studies on Preparation of Quarg Type Cheese From Cow Milk and Goat Milk

The current upward trend in nutritional and health awareness is the consumer’s demands for high nutritive valuable product in the market with acceptable sensory characteristics. The present study was carried out to explore the possibilities of using goat milk alone and in combination with cow milk for preparation of quarg type cheese. The levels of cow milk and goat milk treatments were T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 as 100:00, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75 and 00:100 per cent  respectively. The product was served to the semi-trained panel of judges to know its acceptability. The treatment T3 having 50% cow milk and 50% goat milk was rated superior amongst experimental treatments. In respect of chemical composition protein, moisture and acidity were increased with increased in level of goat milk while fat, carbohydrate, total solid ash and pH were decreased with increased in level of goat milk

STW in the 1990s: School–Employer Partnerships and Student Outcomes

[Excerpt] Before the school-to-work (STW) movement began improving communication between schools and employers in the past decade, high-school achievement counted little in hiring decisions, because recent graduates could not signal skills and discipline to employers. Most requests for high school transcripts went unanswered, and employers hired workers with demonstrated job skills, freezing most graduates out of the primary labor market. Relegated to the secondary, unskilled market, graduates with strong basic skills saw a long delay before good job performance improved their income. Consequently, high-school students saw little relation between studying and labor-market rewards. Since they observed recent graduates with good grades holding jobs similar to those held by weak scholars, students not bound for college had little motivation to excel. Responding to this problem, the STW movement recommended that businesses reward high-school achievement in hiring and promotion practices and encouraged school–employer connections, including sponsorship of many STW activities. This article investigates efforts to communicate student achievement to employers and discusses the effects of school–employer connections on the labor-market success of recent high-school graduates. Participation in collaborative STW activities from 1995 to 1997 is examined. It is proposed that better signaling of student achievement improves job quality for high-school graduates and strengthens learning incentives. Analysis of longitudinal data on the labor-market success of secondary students supports that proposal. This article investigates efforts to communicate student achievement to employers and discusses the effects of school–employer connections on the labor-market success of recent high-school graduates. Participation in collaborative STW activities from 1995 to 1997 is examined. It is proposed that better signaling of student achievement improves job quality for high-school graduates and strengthens learning incentives. Analysis of longitudinal data on the labor-market success of secondary students supports that proposal

Intra-parotid facial nerve schwannoma: case report of a rare entity

Intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma was first reported by Ibarz in 1927. The frequency of intra-parotid schwannomas range from 0.2% to 1.5%. Facial nerve schwannoma can occur at any point along its course from the cerebello-pontine angle to its peripheral branches. Its typical presentation is a slow growing, painless mass mimicking a pleomorphic adenoma. Because of its low prevalence and very few clinical and radiological signs associated with it, pre-operative diagnosis of intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma is generally difficult. There is great potential of misdiagnosis and mismanagement when detected intra-operatively with the worst consequences of facial nerve palsy. In this case a 58 years old male had a parotid mass with a prolonged history of sixteen years with sudden increase in size. Preoperative work up of imaging modalities and fine needle aspiration cytology was not conclusive. Intraoperatively mass couldn’t be separated from the facial nerve, so total parotidectomy for the tumor with transection of facial nerve was done resulting in postoperative facial nerve paralysis. The diagnosis of schwannoma was offered only after histopathological examination. Parotid nerve schwannomas are extremely rare and routine investigations are not very helpful in diagnosis. Whenever a facial nerve is seen involved by a clinically benign appearing lesion, intraparotid schwannoma should be thought of as a diagnostic possibility to avoid radical surgery and prevent complications like facial nerve palsy.

A tracking algorithm for the stable spin polarization field in storage rings using stroboscopic averaging

Polarized protons have never been accelerated to more than about $25$GeV. To achieve polarized proton beams in RHIC (250GeV), HERA (820GeV), and the TEVATRON (900GeV), ideas and techniques new to accelerator physics are needed. In this publication we will stress an important aspect of very high energy polarized proton beams, namely the fact that the equilibrium polarization direction can vary substantially across the beam in the interaction region of a high energy experiment when no countermeasure is taken. Such a divergence of the polarization direction would not only diminish the average polarization available to the particle physics experiment, but it would also make the polarization involved in each collision analyzed in a detector strongly dependent on the phase space position of the interacting particle. In order to analyze and compensate this effect, methods for computing the equilibrium polarization direction are needed. In this paper we introduce the method of stroboscopic averaging, which computes this direction in a very efficient way. Since only tracking data is needed, our method can be implemented easily in existing spin tracking programs. Several examples demonstrate the importance of the spin divergence and the applicability of stroboscopic averaging.Comment: 39 page

EFFECT OF LOWER ETHANOL GASOLINE BLENDS ON PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SINGLE CYLINDER SI ENGINE

Alcohols, basically ethanol is considered as a leading alternative fuel for automotive application because of its ability to reduce the air pollution and cost of the fuel. This paper investigates the effect of lower ethanol gasoline blends (up to 20% by volume) on performance and emission characteristics of the single cylinder four stroke SI engine. Tests were carried out for power, torque, fuel consumption and brake mean effective pressure, while exhaust emissions were analyzed for CO, CO2, and HC by using different ethanol gasoline blends on volume basis at wide open throttle and variable engine speed from 4000 to 8000 rpm. Results were compared with the pure gasoline. It showed that as the ethanol content increases the power, torque, fuel consumption, brake mean effective pressure and CO2 emission while reduces HC and CO emission