Molecular dynamics studies on phenol– water clusters

Architectures of the molecules and their behavior in the clustered system are important for various consequence functions in the realistic environment. In order to gain detailed knowledge of the phenol-water clusters, 1-nano second (ns) the molecular dynamic (MD) simulation has been performed. The various structural parameters have been obtained from the MD trajectories. MD simulation reveals the presence of well-defined hydrogen-bonded network of water molecules around the phenol molecule and their dynamics. The existence of cooperativity in the hydrogen bonding and high dynamics nature of hydrogen-bonded network are evident from the present study. The calculated mutual diffusion coefficient is in close agreement with the experimental value of the phenol-water system

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROLAPSE TREATED WITH EPIDURAL STEROID AND LOCAL ANAESTHETIC - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY.

The intervertebral disc is subject to continuous and progressive degenerative changes through out life, L3,L4,L5 showing greatest degree of degeneration. This study aims to study the outcomes of use of a mixture of epidural steroid and local anaesthetic in cases of IVDP. 20 cases of IVDP were treated with above mentioned method. Clinical results were analysed at the end of 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks. The parameters assessed during each visit are: improvement in symptoms like, backache, sciatica, ability of carrying out daily activities, lifestyle, walking ability, SLRT and motor and sensory system improvements. This method has allowed symptomatic relief from back pain for atleast 12 weeks

Logarithmic correction to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy

The exact formula derived by us earlier for the entropy of a four dimensional nonrotating black hole within the quantum geometry formulation of the event horizon in terms of boundary states of a three dimensional Chern-Simons theory is reexamined for large horizon areas. In addition to the semiclassical Bekenstein-Hawking contribution proportional to the area obtained earlier, we find a contribution proportional to the logarithm of the area together with subleading corrections that constitute a series in inverse powers of the area

Schwarzschild horizon dynamics and SU(2) Chern-Simons theory

We discuss the effect of different choices in partial gauge fixing of bulk local Lorentz invariance, on the description of the horizon degrees of freedom of a Schwarzschild black hole as an SU(2) Chern-Simons theory with specific sources. A classically equivalent description in terms of an ISO(2) Chern-Simons theory is also discussed. Further, we demonstrate that both these descriptions can be partially gauge fixed to a horizon theory with U(1) local gauge invariance, with the solder form sources being subject to extra constraints in directions orthogonal to an internal vector field left invariant by U(1) transformations. Seemingly disparate approaches on characterization of the horizon theory for the Schwarzschild black hole (as well as spherical Isolated Horizons in general) are thus shown to be equivalent physically.Comment: 22 pages Latex, no figures, version accepted for publication in Physical Review

Enhancement Effects of Biosurfactant Produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 2297 and Pseudomonas fluorescens on Sugar Cane Bagasse Composting

Biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC2297 and Pseudomonas fluorescens (a Mangrove forest isolate) was added to the Sugar cane bagasse decomposing process to initiate and enhance the production of reducing sugars. Both isolates produced a glycolipid biosurfactant, namely a rhamnolipid that was confirmed by biochemical and analytical studies. The surface tension of fermentation broth reduced from 73 to 34.2 mN/m by P. aeruginosa MTCC 2297 and from 76 to 29 mN/m by P. fluorescens. Sugar cane bagasse decomposing process was attempted by two different methods, adding pure rhamnolipid and on-site production of it were compared. The study revealed that rhamnolipid concentration of 0.75gl-1 was  optimum for composting process and the optimum temperature for compost pile production was 32°Cfor the first 48h subsequently 35°C for the next 48h. At the optimum temperature for this two-stage fermentation, the production of reducing sugar could be increased to 15.73 gl-1 for P. aeruginosa MTCC 2297 and for the P. fluorescens  reducing sugar increased to 15.88 gl-1,  both experiments resulted  in higher values than  that of the treatment without rhamnolipid sample. The results indicate that application biosurfactant could possibly reduce the composting period. As the compost pile production of rhamnolipid does not require the purification process, the production cost reduced significantly.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India-608002. *Corresponding author, Email: [email protected], Mob: +91-9842059688                Cite This Article As: Parthasarathi, R. and   P. K. Sivakumaar. 2010. Enhancement Effects of Biosurfactant Produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 2297 and Pseudomonas fluorescens on Sugar Cane Bagasse Composting. J. Ecobiotechnol. 2(3): 33-39

Quantum Black Hole Entropy

We derive an exact formula for the dimensionality of the Hilbert space of the boundary states of SU(2) Chern-Simons theory, which, according to the recent work of Ashtekar et al, leads to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of a four dimensional Schwarzschild black hole. Our result stems from the relation between the (boundary) Hilbert space of the Chern-Simons theory with the space of conformal blocks of the Wess-Zumino model on the boundary 2-sphere.Comment: 7 pages, Revtex, some new references adde

Electric field driven destabilization of the insulating state in nominally pure LaMnO3

We report an electric field driven destabilization of the insulating state in nominally pure LaMnO3 single crystal with a moderate field which leads to a resistive state transition below 300 K. The transition is between the insulating state in LaMnO3 and a high resistance bad metallic state that has a temperature independent resistivity. The transition occurs at a threshold field (Eth) which shows a steep enhancement on cooling. While at lower temperatures the transition is sharp and involves large change in resistance but it softens on heating and eventually absent above 280K. When the Mn4+ content is increased by Sr substitution up to x=0.1, the observed transition though observable in certain temperature range, softens considerably. The observation has been explained as bias driven percolation type transition between two coexisting phases, where the majority phase is a charge and orbitally ordered polaronic insulating phase and the minority phase is a bad metallic phase. The mobile fraction f of the bad metallic phase deduced from the experimental data follows an activated kinetics with the activation energy nearly equal to 200 meV and the prefactor fo is a strong function of the field that leads to a rapid enhancement of f on application of field leading to the resistive state transition. We suggest likely scenarios for such co-existing phases in nominally pure LaMnO3 that can lead to the bias driven percolation type transition.Comment: Accepted in JPC

Universal canonical black hole entropy

Non-rotating black holes in three and four dimensions are shown to possess a canonical entropy obeying the Bekenstein-Hawking area law together with a leading correction (for large horizon areas) given by the logarithm of the area with a {\it universal} finite negative coefficient, provided one assumes that the quantum black hole mass spectrum has a power law relation with the quantum area spectrum found in Non-perturbative Canonical Quantum General Relativity. The thermal instability associated with asymptotically flat black holes appears in the appropriate domain for the index characterising this power law relation, where the canonical entropy (free energy) is seen to turn complex.Comment: Revtex, 5 pages, no figures. Typos corrected and a footnote and some references adde