GROWTH & CHARACTEIZATION OF INORGANIC POTTASSIUM PENTA BORATE TETRA HYDRATE ( PPBTH) SINGLE CRYSTAL

Single crystal of pottassium penta borate tetra hydrate an organic material: have been grown byslow evaporation technique at room temperature .The crystalline nature of grown crystal wasconfirmed by power x ray diffraction analysis (XRD). The structure of LKS consists of Li+ andlying on threefold axes and K+ ion has a tetrahedral coordination with Li-O distances 1.909 -1.923 Ǻ. The UV- Vis study was performed to know optical behaviour of the grown crystals

GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PURE THOURIA DOPPED WITH SODIUM CHLORIDE CRYSTAL

Poly crystals of pure thiourea an organic material: have been grown by slowevaporation technique at room temperature .The crystalline nature of grown crystalwas confirmed by functional group of the grown crystals was found by FTIR analysis.The spectral bands have been compared with similar thiourea complexes using FTIRspectrum in the range 1000- 3500 cm-1 .The UV- Vis study was performed to knowoptical behaviour of the grown crystals

HANKEL DETERMINANT OF CERTAIN ORDERS FOR SOME SUBCLASSES OF HOLOMORPHIC FUNCTIONS

In this paper, we are introducing certain subfamilies of holomorphic functions and making an attempt to obtain an upper bound (UB) to the second and third order Hankel determinants by applying certain lemmas, Toeplitz determinants, for the normalized analytic functions belong to these classes, defined on the open unit disc in the complex plane. For one of the inequality, we have obtained sharp bound

Changes in biochemical constituents and defense related enzymes in response to red spider mite incidence in tea

In recent years, red spider mite (RSM), Oligonychus coffeae (Nietner) menace challenged the crop productivity in tea. Though the reports on bush physiology are available, a compressive data on changes in biochemical constituents including enzymes is lacking. Crop shoots were collected from the field grown tea plants (UPASI-3 & UPASI-10) and segregated into healthy, moderately infested (~4 mites leaf–1) and severely infested (>4 mites leaf–1). The crop shoots were used for determining the biochemical constituents and quality. Stress-related enzymes such as catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase and ascorbate peroxidase were also analysed. Irrespective of the RSM damage, UPASI-3 significantly recorded higher amount of polyphenols, catechins, amino acids, reducing sugars and carotenoids. UPASI-10 possessed higher amount of total chlorophylls than that of UPASI-3. Irrespective of the clones, polyphenols, catechins, and pigments linearly decreased with severity of RSM infestation while reducing sugars and hydrogen peroxide linearly increased. Irrespective of the RSM damage, crop shoots of UPASI-10 contained significantly lower amount of quality parameters and stress-related enzymes, except polyphenol oxidase. Though quality related enzymes enhanced due to RSM attack initially and declined when the RSM infestation was severe. All the stress related enzymes progressively increased with the increasing degree of RSM damage. Interactions between activities of enzymes and clones with respect to RSM damage were elucidated

Quality related substrates and enzyme in tea as influenced by weather parameters

Recent threat on global warming and change in climate are not only the topic related with agricultural and biomass productivity; but on the basis of quality consciousness consumers demand, agriculturalists are indebted to offer due importance to the quality of the agricultural commodities. Quality attributes depends mainly upon the biochemical constituents. How far climatic changes influence the quality attributes of tea are unknown. In the pilot scale study, polyphenols, catechins and their oxidative enzyme are considered and variations in their ratios with respect to prevailing climatic conditions of the Anamallais are attempted. Crop shoots were collected at monthly intervals and subjected to determination of polyphenols, catechins and polyphenol oxidase assay. Weather data collected at UPASI meteorological observatory were used for correlation and factor analysis. Irrespective of the clones, "Cambod" cultivars registered higher quantum of polyphenols followed by "Assam" cultivar. Clones studied within the taxonomic group also significantly varied among them, irrespective of the sampling time. As the catechins are polyphenol derivates, the same trend was observed with total catechin content. Among the clones, SA-6 registered least amount of polyphenols and catechins when compared to other clones. Ratio of catechin to polyphenol exhibited different trend; "Cambod" cultivars registered higher values in catechin, polyphenol ratio followed by "China" and "Assam" cultivars. Polyphenol oxidase activity was significantly varied among the jats and the clones within the taxa. Microclimatic variables played an important role in accumulation of predominant quality constituents, polyphenols or catechins and the enzyme, poly phenol oxidase. Sunshine hours positively related with the above said biochemicals while rainfall has negative influence on the biochemical constituents. Maximum temperature had positive and significant correlation with quality constituents whereas, minimum temperature registered negative impact on their production. Relative humidity recorded at 8.00 am and 2.30 pm exerted negative influence on polyphenols, catechins and PPO activity. Multiple regression models derived based on the climatic variables are presented and discussed in detail

Effect of auxin treatments on male and female cuttings of Hippophae salicifolia

Hippophae salicifolia (Seabuckthorn) is one of the potential multipurpose underutilised plant species having huge multipurpose benefits including economic and ecological. Effect of different concentrated doses of auxins, on rooting percentage, number of root per rooted cuttings and root length of male and female stem cuttings was examined under open field condition. Results show that the cuttings pretreated with 50 mg L-1 indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) had best rooting traits (respectively for male and female rooting percentage was 50.00 and 76.67%, root number was 2.3 and 3.0 and root length per rooted cuttings was 2.5 and 3.5 cm). Therefore, cuttings pre-treated with 50 mg L-1 IBA is recommended for vegetative propagation through cuttings in H. salicifolia. Moreover, this study provides a significant lead towards the development of a simple cost-effective propagation technique for large scale cultivation and future domestication of the elite genotype for better nutritional security along with socio-economic upliftment and sustainable rural development in Indian Himalayan Region.Key words: Seabuckthorn, vegetative propagation, dioecious plant

Coefficient inequality for transforms of certain subclass of analytic functions

The objective of this paper is to obtain the best possible sharp upper bound for the second Hankel functional associated with the kth root transform [f(zk)]1/k of normalized analytic function f(z) when it belongs to certain subclass of analytic functions, defined on the open unit disc in the complex plane using Toeplitz determinants

Toward an mHealth Intervention for Smoking Cessation

The prevalence of tobacco dependence in the United States (US) remains alarming. Invariably, smoke-related health problems are the leading preventable causes of death in the US. Research has shown that a culturally tailored cessation counseling program can help reduce smoking and other tobacco usage. In this paper, we present a mobile health (mHealth) solution that leverages the Short Message Service (SMS) or text messaging feature of mobile devices to motivate behavior change among tobacco users. Our approach implements the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and a phase-based framework. We make contributions to improving previous mHealth intervention approaches by delivering personalized and evidence-based motivational SMS messages to participants. Our proposed solution implements machine learning algorithms that take the participant\u27s demographic profile and previous smoking behavior into account. We discuss our preliminary evaluation of the system against a couple of pseudo-scenarios and our observation of the system\u27s performance

A Comparative Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Endotracheal Suctioning with and without Normal Saline Instillation in Terms of Physiological Parameters and Patient Outcome Measures among Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Selected Hospital of New Delhi

Intubated patients are unable to cough sufficiently to remove pulmonary secretion. Nurses occasionally encounter thick and tenacious secretions during endotracheal (ET) suctioning. To manage these secretions, normal saline instillation (NSI) is used throughout the world. The use of NSI before endotracheal suctioning is intended to lubricate the catheter, liquefy and soften secretions, and stimulate coughing. The objectives of the study were to assess the effectiveness of endotracheal suctioning with normal saline instillation in terms of physiological parameters and patient outcome among mechanicallyventilated patients; to assess the effectiveness of endotracheal suctioning without normal saline instillation in terms of physiological parameters and patient outcome among mechanically ventilated patients; and to compare the effectiveness in terms of physiological parameters and patient outcome in mechanically ventilated patients with and without normal saline instillation.Methods: A quantitative research approach with comparative descriptive design was used for the study. The study was conducted in Max Super specialty Hospital, Saket and New Delhi. Purposive sampling was used for selecting 60 mechanically ventilated patients, from which 30 had undergone ET suctioning with normal saline instillation and 30 had undergone ET suctioning without normal saline instillation. Physiological parameters were assessed by using an observation checklist. Patient outcomes were assessed through observations made at 0–72 hours.Results: The significant findings of the study revealed that mechanically ventilated patients, who had undergone ET suctioning with NSI in comparison to patients who had undergone ET suctioning without NSI, were significant in terms of ventilator tidal volume at 18 hours, p value was 0.005 (p1), similarlysystolic blood pressure at 6 hours and 12 hours were 0.001 and 0.049 respectively, significant at 0.05 level of significance. p value of temperature at 12 hours was 0.031, p values of ABG PaO2 at 0 hour, 6 hours,12 hours and 18 hours were 0.036, 0.005, 0.022 and 0.043 respectively, significant at 0.05 level of significance, p values of ABG Na+ at 6 hours and 12 hours were 0.003 and 0.001 respectively, significant at 0.05 level of significance, p values of ABG K+ at 6 hours were 0.046, p values of ABG Ca++ at 0 hour and 12 hours were 0.044 and 0.045 which were significant at 0.05 level respectively; however, the p2 value calculated by ANOVA test from 0–72 hours of patient outcome was not significant at 0.05 level of significance.Conclusion: The findings of the present study conclude that normal saline instillation while ET suctioning was effective in comparison to ET suctioning without normal saline instillation among mechanically ventilatedpatients in terms of respiratory parameters