Gaussian Neighborhood-prime Labeling of Graphs Containing Hamiltonian Cycle

In this paper, we examine Gaussian neighborhood-prime labeling of generalized Peterson graph and graphs which contain Hamiltonian cycle

Contract Farming, Ecological Change and the Transformations of Reciprocal Gendered Social Relations in Eastern India

Debates on gender and the commodification of land highlight the loss of land rights, intensification of demands on women’s labour, and decline in their decision-making control. Supported by ‘extra-economic forces’ of religious nationalism (Hindutva), such neoliberal interventions are producing new gender ideologies involving a subtle shift from relations of reciprocity to those of subordination. Using data from fine grained fieldwork in Koraput district, Odisha, we analyse the tensions and transformations created jointly by corporate interventions (contract farming of eucalyptus by the paper industry) and religious nationalism in the local landscape. We examine how these phenomena are reshaping relations of asymmetric mutuality between nature and society, and between men and women

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Not AvailableThe performance of an intercrop-based conservation bench terrace (CBT) system for controlling runoff and soil erosion and improving crop productivity in comparison to the conventional system of farming on sloping borders was evaluated in a sub-humid climate. Analysis of runoff and soil loss data revealed that the CBT system reduced runoff and soil loss by about 80% and 88%, respectively, compared to the conventional system, thus signifying a drastic reduction. The results of storm analysis suggest that the CBT system was very effective in reducing runoff and soil loss from storms of all sizes as compared to the conventional system. The major part of runoff (81.2%) in the conventional system was contributed by storms of less than 75 mm, whereas 88.8% of runoff in the CBT system was contributed by storms greater than 75 mm. The CBT system responded mainly to large storms due to the storage effects in the impoundment (recipient) area. The storage abstraction mechanism in the CBT system was further verified by event-based hydrograph analysis, drawing an inference that abstraction is a major factor in peak discharge attenuation due to storage routing. A comparison of the performance of an intercrop system with a monocrop system established the superiority of the former in reducing runoff and soil loss and improving crop productivity. The SCS curve number (CN) method was employed to standardize CN and initial abstraction values for both intercrop and monocrop based CBT and conventional systems. The initial abstraction term was estimated as 0.44 for CBT, as compared to 0.0156 for the conventional system of sloping borders. The CN values for intercrop-based CBT and conventional systems were estimated as 62 and 63, respectively, compared to 71 and 74 for monocrop-based systems. Predictive relationships between runoff and soil loss in both the CBT and conventional systems were established. The C factor of USLE was estimated as 0.31 and 0.28 for intercrop-based conventional and CBT systems, respectively, which can be utilized as a standard factor for estimation of soil loss for a system using USLE-based simulation modeling. Analysis of crop yield data revealed that the CBT system was about 18% more productive than the conventional system in terms of maize equivalent yields, primarily due to better in situ rainwater conservation. It is thus concluded that the intercrop-based CBT system is an economically viable alternative to the conventional system of sloping borders in conserving natural resources of soil and water and improving crop productivity in a sub-humid climate.Not Availabl

Chronic type B aortic dissection in association with Hemolyticuremic syndrome in a child

Aortic dissection (AD) is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency usually encountered in the elderly. Here, we report a 9-year-old child who was incidentally detected to have asymptomatic chronic type B dissecting aneurysm of aorta when he presented with relapse of Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) without any genetic abnormalities like Marfan or Ehler-Danlos syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of AD associated with HUS in a child without any known associated genetic or inherited risk factors

Synchronization of Time-Delay Chaotic System in Presence of Noise

Chaotic synchronization, as a key technique of chaotic secure communication, has received much attention in recent years. This paper proposes a nonlinear synchronization scheme for the time-delay chaotic system in the presence of noise. In this scheme, an integrator is introduced to suppress the influence of channel noise in the synchronization process. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed scheme which is strongly robust against noises, especially the high-frequency noises