An innovative value addition of entrepreneurship academic research to society – A case Study in Tamil Nadu, India

There has been a transition in the economic context of developing countries which have taken up the neoliberal policies and open up the economy. India has a protectionist trade policy but now adapted to the policy of globalization, liberalization and privatization relaxing the rigid policies to the utmost flexibility since 1991. The National Policy of Empowerment of Women 2001 in India, based on the Beijing International Conference women, presented that the women who are the most neglected section to get the distribution of development benefits need to be encouraged to have equality in education, employment, participation in decision making including political participation. Entrepreneurship is one area where the women can directly be involved in decision making and able to realise the flexi hours which is the long waited demand for women in economic participation. Policies to promote women entrepreneurship has been many and several intervention by the State to motivate the women to start enterprises has yielded a very limited results. Women still face the problems of balancing home and career, failure of family support to start the enterprises, finance, access to formal credit, market, gender bias in socialization etc constrain them to be equally participate in the field of entrepreneurship. Lack of self confidence and poor information, lack of awareness about the opportunities and above all, lack of role models and lack of networking organizations to encourage the women, have failed to facilitate and motivate the aspiring women to become entrepreneurs. Those who started remained confined to self employment or micro scale businesses, not aiming high. With the research conducted on the pattern of entrepreneurship in the Indian Context, it was realised that there is a tremendous potential and cope for women to enter entrepreneurship but there is hardly any guidance to bring the women together to facilitate and guide them to start enterprises. Women Entrepreneurs Association of Tamil Nadu (WEAT) created based on an Academic Research has been helping the women to become their own boss in Tamil Nadu, India. This paper discusses in detail the origin, growth and performance of WEAT in creating women entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu, India

Evaluation of opioid sparing effect of dexmedetomidine and pregabalin using acute pain model in male wistar rats

Background: Adjuvant analgesics are added to pain management regimen to reduce opioid consumption and minimise their side effect. Newer ones like dexmedetomidine and pregabalin have not been thoroughly researched. Objectives of the study to study the opioid sparing effect of dexmedetomidine and pregabalin using tail flick and hot plate method in male wistar rats.Methods: Forty two rats were grouped into seven groups with six in each group. Analgesic activity was tested using tail flick, where in the reaction time to flick its tail on a heated surface was noted. In the hot plate method, the reaction time to withdraw or lick the paws when placed on heated surface was noted.Results: The reaction time to flick its tail was prolonged with dexmedetomidine and pregabalin when combined with opioids even in sub therapeutic doses.Conclusion: Adjuncts like dexmedetomidine and pregabalin can be very useful  in mutimodal pain management and also to reduce the opioid consumption

N′-(2-Methyl-3-phenyl­allyl­idene)nicotinohydrazide monohydrate

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C16H15N3O·H2O, contains an N′-(2-methyl-3-phenyl­allyl­idene)nicotino­hydra­zide mol­ecule and a water solvent mol­ecule. The dihedral angle between the pyridine ring and the phenyl ring is 47.26 (5)°. Inter­molecular O—H⋯N, O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are found in the crystal structure. Furthermore, C—H⋯π inter­actions involving the pyridine and phenyl rings are also found

N′-(3-Phenyl­allyl­idene)nicotinohydrazide monohydrate

In the title compound, C15H13N3O·H2O, the dihedral angle between the pyridine and phenyl rings is 35.45 (7)°. Inter­molecular O—H⋯O, O—H⋯N, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are found in the crystal structure. In addition, C—H⋯π inter­actions involving the pyridine and phenyl rings are also found

Pigeonpea nutrition and its improvement

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millsp.), known by several vernacular and names such as red gram, tuar, Angola pea. yellow dhal and oil dhal, is one of the major grain legume crops of the tropics and sub-tropics. It is a crop of small holder dryland fmmers because it can grow well under subsistence level of agriculture and provides nutritive food, fodder, and fuel wood. It also improves soil by fixing atmospheric nitrogen. India by far is the largest pigeonpea producer it is consumed as decorticated split peas, popularly called as 'dhaL' In other countries, its consumption as whole dty and green vegetable is popular. Its foliage is used as fodder and milling by-products [onn an excellent feed for domestic animals. Pigeonpea seeds contain about 20-22% protein and appreciable amounts of essential amino.acids and minerals. DehuHing and boiling treatments of seeds get rid of the most antinutritional factors as tannins and enzyme inhibitors. Seed storage causes considerable losses in the quality of this legume. The seed protein of pigeonpea has been successfully enhanced by breeding from 20-22% to 28-30%. Such lines also agronomically performed well and have acceptable and color. The high-protein lines were found nutritionally superior to the cultivars because they would provide more quantities of utilizable protein and sulfur-containing amino acids

Crystal structure of (E)-2-(4-methoxystyryl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-perimidine acetonitrile monosolvate

The title compound, C20H18N2O·CH3CN, a perimidine derivative, crystallized as an acetonitrile monosolvate. The planes of the naphthalene ring system and the methoxyphenyl ring are oriented almost perpendicular to one another, with a dihedral angle of 87.61 (6)°. The conformation about the C=C bond is E. The hexahydropyrimidine ring has an envelope conformation, with the methine C atom as the flap. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by N—H...N hydrogen bonds involving the acetonitrile solvent molecule as acceptor, forming zigzag chains propagating along [100]

Investigations of structural, optical, dielectric and antimicrobial properties of Zirconia-Vanadia nanocomposite

Zirconia-Vanadia nanocomposite synthesized by coprecipitation-calcination technique was prepared. XRD plots confirmed the presence of both materials in the composite. SEM and TEM pictures showed the formation of spherical and needle shaped structures. EDX spectrum confirms the presence of both elements. A.C conductivity plots show a linear variation with frequency. Impedance analysis suggested a decrease in impedance with increase in temperature. Modulus analysis showed a temperature dependent relaxation process. The material has a high dielectric constant of about 2500, making it suitable for use as a gate dielectric. Antimicrobial activity analysis suggested the efficacy of the composite against three types of bacteria

Synthesis and spectral studies of some heteroarylpiperidin-4-ones and their derivatives

681-689The ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra have been recorded for t(3)-methyl-r(2),c(6)-di-2'-furylpiperidin- 4-one 1, t(3)-ethyl-r(2),c(6)-di-2'-furylpiperidin-4-one 2, t(3)-isopropyl-r(2),c(6)-di-2'-furylpiperidin-4-one 3, t(3),t(5)-dimethyl-r(2),c(6)-di-2'-furylpiperidin-4-one 4 and their derivatives 5-12 and analysed. The ¹H-¹H COSY and ¹H-¹³C COSY spectra are recorded for t(3),t(5)-dimethyl-r(2),c(6)-di-2'-furylpiperidin-4-one oxime 8 and from the results boat conformation has been proposed for 8. The possible conformations of ethyl group at C-3 in 2, its oxime 6 and its hydrazone 12 have been suggested based on ¹³C spectral data. The spectral data predict that the azine 10 exists as a pair of diastereoisomers in solution. An attempt to synthesise t(3)-carboxyethyl-r(2),c(6)-di-2'-furylpiperidin-4-one 13 using ethyl acetoacetate as the ketone component has yielded an unexpected dihydropyridine namely 3,5-dicarboxyethyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-(2'-furyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine 14 (supported by spectral data) instead of the expected piperidin-4-one 13

Structural, and magnetic studies of a novel homemade spray pyrolysis synthesized Fe-doped CeO2 thin films

Thin film samples of pure CeO2 and Fe-doped CeO2 were prepared via a homemade spray pyrolysis set-up with an aim to explore its suitability for use as functional materials in spintronics applications. Compressed air was used as a carrier gas to spray deposit the films on preheated glass substrate at an optimum temperature of 400 °C. Structural analysis using X-ray diffraction confirm the single-phase formation of CeO2 for pure and Fe-doped samples. Field emission electron microscope images illustrate the fairly uniform deposition of thin films with nanocrystalline nature. Energy dispersive X-ray analysis confirm the near stoichiometry of doped Ce1-xFexO2 (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) samples. Magnetic behavior of the samples were studied using Vibrating Sample Magnetometer which show a dominant diamagnetic behavior for both Fe-doped and pure CeO2 thin films. Insufficient number of oxygen vacancies produced during the deposition of thin films is expected to the cause for the absence of ferromagnetic ordering at room temperature