Root Shoot Coordination Optimization: Conceptualizing Ascent of Sap and Translocation of Solute in Plant

A new nature inspired evolutionary technique called Root Shoot Coordination Optimization (RSCO) has been proposed here. This optimization method has been developed on the basis of conduction procedure of plant. Water and solute i.e. food circulation phenomena maximizes on the fruitful coordination between root and leaves/shoot. This circulation procedure in plant incorporates two vital processes which are ascent of sap and translocation of food. Ascent of sap occurs due to the combined effect of adhesion and cohesion tension of water molecules and transpiration pull for the evaporation of water through stomata of shoot. Translocation of food takes place due to the pressure difference of solute in the shoot and root. This thought has been mathematically modeled as a new soft computing tool. This method has been tested for some benchmark problems. This method showed its effectiveness with encouraging results

Use of an Innovative Simple Method for Anaerobiosis in the Diagnosis and Management of Infections in Two Unusual Cases

Technical limitations restrict routine anaerobe isolation from clinical materials in resource‑limited laboratories. An innovative two steps combustion candle jar technique may be suitable for such setup. This system was tried with one case of chronic osteomyelitis developed on supracondyler compound fracture. Porphyromonas spp. was isolated and identified. Vancomycin was recommended based on in vitro sensitivity test, but the leg was amputed after receiving a resistant drug gentamycin. While in another child with hydrocephalous, V‑P shunt associated infection by Peptostreptococcus anaerobius was successfully controlled by sensitive drug vancomycin. These two eye‑opener cases insisted us for large scale application of the technique.Keywords: Anaerobiosis, Candle‑jar technique, Osteomyelitis, Porphyromonas spp, V‑P shunt infectio

Development of an Advanced Engineering Polymer from the Modification of Nylon 66 by e-Beam Irradiation

When Nylon 66 was irradiated by an optimum dose of e-beam in presence of polyurethane as impact modifierin combination with triallyl isocyanurate as cross-linker, a superior performance was observed for the irradiatednylon 66. Significant improvement of properties, such as hardness, tensile strength, flexural modulus and impactstrength was obtained on radiation processing of nylon 66 by e-beam. More interestingly, percent water absorptionof such irradiated nylon 66 was reduced substantially. Improvement of mechanical properties and reduction of waterabsorption of irradiated nylon 66 were due to the cross-linking of the polymer system. Increase of cross-linkingwith dose of e-beam was verified by the increased gel content at higher doses. Irradiated nylon 66 showed betterdimensional stability than those achieved with pristine nylon 66. The increase in dimensional stability may beattributed to reduction in crystallinity with increasing dose of e-beam as revealed by DSC studies.Defence Science Journal, Vol. 64, No. 3, May 2014, pp. 281-289, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.64.732

The Absolute of Advaita and the Spirit of Hegel: Situating Vedānta on the Horizons of British Idealisms

$\textit{Purpose}$ A significant volume of philosophical literature produced by Indian academic philosophers in the first half of the twentieth century can be placed under the rubric of ‘Śaṁkara and X’, where X is Hegel, or a German or a British philosopher who had commented on, elaborated or critiqued the Hegelian system. We will explore in this essay the philosophical significance of Hegel-influenced systems as an intellectual conduit for these Indo-European conceptual encounters, and highlight how for some Indian philosophers the British variations on Hegelian systems were both a point of entry into debates over ‘idealism’ and ‘realism’ in contemporary European philosophy and an occasion for defending Advaita against the charge of propounding a doctrine of world illusionism. $\textit{Methodology}$ Our study of the philosophical enquiries of A.C. Mukerji, P.T. Raju, and S.N.L. Shrivastava indicates that they developed distinctive styles of engaging with Hegelian idealisms as they reconfigured certain aspects of the classical Advaita of Śaṁkara through contemporary vocabulary. $\textit{Result and Conclusion}$ These appropriations of Hegelian idioms can be placed under three overlapping styles: (a) Mukerji was partly involved in locating Advaita in an intermediate conceptual space between, on the one hand, Kantian agnosticism and, on the other hand, Hegelian absolutism; (b) Raju and Shrivastava presented Advaitic thought as the fulfilment of certain insights of Hegel and F.H. Bradley; and (c) the interrogations of Hegel’s ‘idealism’ provided several Indian academic philosophers with a hermeneutic opportunity to revisit the vexed question of whether the ‘idealism’ of Śaṁkara reduces the phenomenal world, structured by $\textit{māyā}$, to a bundle of ideas

Clinical effectiveness of cell therapies in patients with chronic liver disease and acute-on-chronic liver failure: a systematic review protocol

PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols) 2015 checklist: recommended items to address in a systematic review protocol*. (DOC 82 kb

Progress in development of tapes and magnets made from Bi-2223 superconductors

Long lengths of (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O(x) tapes made by powder-in-tube processing have been wound into coils. Performance of the coils has been measured at temperatures of 4.2 to 77 K, and microstructures have been examined by x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy and then related to superconducting properties. A summary of recent results and an overview of future goals are presented

Impact of Potential Technologies for Post-Rainy Season Sorghum (in Maharashtra) and Pearl Millet (in Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan) in India

In  India,  sorghum  is  cultivated  during  rainy  and  post‐rainy  season  in  central  and  western  Maharashtra,  Northern  Karnataka,  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Tamil  Nadu.  Sorghum  is  cultivated  in  Maharashtra  both  for  grain  and  fodder  during  kharif  (on  13.84  lakh  ha)  and  rabi  season  (on  31.12 lakh ha). The rabi sorghum occupied 64 % of sorghum area. In Marathwada rabi sorghum  is cultivated in 10.48 lakh ha, and in Western Maharashtra in 20.14   lakh ha.  HOPE  project  aims  at  increasing  productivity  in  the  target  areas  from  35‐40  %  in  four  years.  Under  this  project  six  clusters  and  12  villages  are  covered   in  Marathwada  and  Western  Maharashtra.    Besides  targeting  improved  varieties,  targeting  on  the  key  recommended  technologies,  management  practices  like  drilling  of  fertilizer  along  with  seed,  seed  treatment,  deep  sowing,  wide  row  spacing,  optimum  plant  population,  Integrated  Pest  Management  (IPM)  and  Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) are crucial. In addition, moisture use efficiency  towards  reducing drought risk is vital.