Prospects and Problems of Tourism in India

The tourism ministry has proposed to create a ‘Land Bank' by acquiring land for building hotels in public-private partnership on a built, operate and transfer basis. The Railways has also decided to utilize its land inventory for hotels. The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation is planning to set up 100 budget hotels across the country. With a view to encouraging high-end tourism in the country, the government has identified five parts for developing as cruise tourism hubs. The ports identified are Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore and Kochi on the west coastline, and Tuticorin on the east coastline. The tourism ministry would also extend assistance for procurement of cruise vessels or boats for promotion of this new tourism initiative. The government is contemplating creating a tourism infrastructure fund with a corpus of $1-3 billion. It is expected to be financed by way of loans from multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL & FS) is advising the government on the concept plan. The entry of low-cost airlines has provided a fillip to the tourism industry. However, India's tourism industry must concentrate on encouraging Indian citizens to holiday within the country too

Spectrophotometric determination of nifedipine in pharmaceutical formulations, serum and urine samples via oxidative coupling reaction

AbstractTwo rapid, simple, sensitive and selective spectrophotometric methods have been developed for the quantitative estimation of nifedipine in pharmaceutical formulations and different human body fluids (serum and urine). The proposed methods are based on the reduction of the nitro group to amino group of the drug. The resulting amine was then subjected to proposed methods. Method A is based on the oxidation followed by coupling of nifedipine with 3- methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone (MBTH) in presence of ferric chloride (FeCl3) to form green colored chromogen at 685nm. Method B is based on the formation of oxidative coupling reaction between the corresponding drug and brucine – NaIO4 to form violet colored chromogen at 546nm. The procedures described were applied successfully to the determination of the compound in their dosage forms and body fluids. The results showed that the proposed procedures compared favorably with reference method are satisfactory sensitive, accurate and precise. The optical characteristics such as Beer’s law limits, molar absorptivity, Sandell’s sensitivity and various statistical data are reported. The results of the analysis for the two methods have been validated statistically and by recovery studies

Phase conjugation by degenerate four wave mixing in disodium fluorescein solution in methanol

Organic dyes are known to show the resonant type of nonlinear optical properties, including phase conjugation. In the present work, disodium fluorescein in methanol is used as an organic nonlinear medium for degenerate four wave mixing at 532 nm to see the intensity dependence of the phase conjugate signal at different concentrations of the solution. It is observed that the maximum reflectivity of the signal occurs in a concentration range of 5 x 10(exp -3)/cu cm to 1.2 x 10(exp -2) g/cu cm. It is also observed that the intensity of the signal drops suddenly to less than half of its maximum outside the concentration range mentioned above. An investigation of the phase conjugate signal intensity by changing the delay time between probe signal and the forward pump is also examined. Briefly discussed is the possibility of population grating in dye liquids as a source of enhancing the third order susceptibility besides the other techniques mentioned in reference. The experiment is done by beam splitting the second harmonic (532 nm) of Nd:YAG laser, Q-switched at 20 pulses/sec (pulse width is approximately 8 and 200 mJ per pulse)

A simplified control algorithm for three-phase, four-wire unified power quality conditioner

In this paper, a simplified control algorithm for a three-phase, four-wire unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) is presented to compensate for supply voltage distortions/unbalance, supply current harmonics, the supply neutral current, the reactive power and the load unbalance as well as to maintain zero voltage regulation (ZVR) at the point of common coupling (PCC). The UPQC is realized by the integration of series and shunt active filters (AFs) sharing a common dc bus capacitor. The shunt AF is realized using a three-phase, four leg voltage source inverter (VSI) and the series AF is realized using a three-phase, three leg VSI. A dynamic model of the UPQC is developed in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment and the simulation results demonstrating the power quality improvement in the system are presented for different supply and load conditions

Bianchi type-II cosmological model: some remarks

Within the framework of Bianchi type-II (BII) cosmological model the behavior of matter distribution has been considered. It is shown that the non-zero off-diagonal component of Einstein tensor implies some severe restriction on the choice of matter distribution. In particular for a locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi type-II (LRS BII) space-time it is proved that the matter distribution should be strictly isotropic if the corresponding matter field possesses only non-zero diagonal components of the energy-momentum tensor.Comment: 3 page

A study of MIPO by locking compression plate fixation in the management of distal tibial metaphyseal fractures

Background: Management of distal tibial metaphyseal fractures has been a difficult area because of the subcutaneous position of tibia. Exposure of implant has been a major problem in open reduction and fixation of these fractures. Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPO) is an established technique for fixation of fractures of the distal third tibia. Our study is aimed at management of intra-articular and extra-articular fractures of the distal third tibia by minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis technique by locking compression plate and follow them prospectively. Clinical and radiological outcomes were studied and clinical indications & efficacy of the procedure reviewed.  Methods: From June 2012 to May 2014, 22 patients of closed distal tibial metaphyseal fractures were operated by MIPO technique with a distal tibial locking compression plate having 4.5/5 proximal and 3.5/4 distal screw holes. The follow up duration was for 2 years at our hospital.Results: The mean fracture healing time was 5.5 months (range 4-13months). We had 90% of union rate with good ankle movements and walking distance in 75% of the patients. Pos-operatively we had complications of, superficial infection occurred in 2 patients, implant failure in 1 patient leading to non-union and delayed union in 1-patient each.Conclusion: MIPO technique provides good, stable fixation of distal tibial metaphyseal fractures. Although slightly delayed bone healing, MIPO decreases the incidence of non- union and need for bone grafting. This technique should be used in distal tibia fractures where locked nailing cannot be done like fractures with small distal metaphyseal fragments, vertical splits, markedly comminuted fractures and in fractures with intra-articular extension.

Genstat programs for summary tables from RBD and lattice designs

Data sets from multilocational trials have to be processed as soon after the growing season as possible to allow genotypic assessment over environments. Forming two-way tables with margins of each variable allows this assessment. Since randomized block and lattice designs are often used at ICRISAT Center and West African centers, programs for these designs have been developed for producing summary tables..

Mixed Metal & Polynuclear Complexes in Ti (IV)-Cu(II)-Tartrate System

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Influence of Citrate, Mandelate & Succinate on Titanium(IV)-Gallic Acid System

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Application of the Continuous Variation Method to Systems Involving Stable Stepwise Complexes: Ni(II)-1,10-Phenanthroline & Cu(II)-Ethylenediamine Systems

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