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Evaluation of Use of Consortium of e-Resources in Agriculture in Context of Kerala Agricultural University
As digital information resources available online are increasing at an exponential rate, several practices
have evolved for the economic and effective delivery of such information to the end users. In this context,
consortia-based information services have gathered momentum world over during the last few years. Though,
there are several library consortia in India, UGC Infonet is mainly meant for universities controlled by UGC and
CeRA is meant for agricultural universities. This paper discusses utilisation of consortia-based digital information
resources by the post graduate and doctoral students of the Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur. Results
show that cent percent of the students were familiar with the use of digital information resources available
online and 87.14 per cent of them used CeRA. Eighty two per cent students were acquainted with CeRA and
learned the required skills for the access and use of digital information resources through curriculum-based
courses like âlibrary and information servicesâ, âresearch methodologyâ, etc. The students in general would like
to strengthen the CeRA services by adding more resources and facilities
The essential roles of metal ions in insect homeostasis and physiology
Metal ions play distinct roles in living organisms, including insects. Some, like sodium and potassium, are central players in osmoregulation and âblood and gutsâ transport physiology, and have been implicated in cold adaptation. Calcium is a key player as a second messenger, and as a structural element. Other metals, particularly those with multiple redox states, can be cofactors in many metalloenzymes, but can contribute to toxic oxidative stress on the organism in excess. This short review selects some examples where classical knowledge has been supplemented with recent advances, in order to emphasize the importance of metals as essential nutrients for insect survival
U.S. FOOD POLICIES: THE PERSPECTIVE OF THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
Agricultural and Food Policy,
Interaction model for magnetic holes in a ferrofluid layer
Nonmagnetic spheres confined in a ferrofluid layer (magnetic holes) present
dipolar interactions when an external magnetic field is exerted. The
interaction potential of a microsphere pair is derived analytically, with a
precise care for the boundary conditions along the glass plates confining the
system. Considering external fields consisting of a constant normal component
and a high frequency rotating in-plane component, this interaction potential is
averaged over time to exhibit the average interparticular forces acting when
the imposed frequency exceeds the inverse of the viscous relaxation time of the
system. The existence of an equilibrium configuration without contact between
the particles is demonstrated for a whole range of exciting fields, and the
equilibrium separation distance depending on the structure of the external
field is established. The stability of the system under out-of-plane buckling
is also studied. The dynamics of such a particle pair is simulated and
validated by experiments.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures (18 with subfigures). to appear in Phys. Rev.
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Frequency dependence of partial discharge initiation voltages with embedded electrodes
Partial discharge initiation voltages of a dielectric insulation material exposed to ac voltages show little dependence on frequency in the power frequency range. This results after significant voltage conditioning at the measured frequencies with samples configured for embedded electrodes. Comparison to previously published results is made.Center for Electromechanic
University Library Websites in Kerala: An Analysis (Web Survey)
The article is an analysis of library websites or web
pages of the universities in Kerala. Factors like
speed, size, downloading time, facilities for
information services etc. have been analyzed. The
survey was conducted during the period from 14-01-
2013 to 19-01-2013. The study reveals that though
the websites provide lot of useful information to the
users, further improvement both in contents and
management of it is needed in most of the library
websites. The study also provided insight to judge the
quality of the library websites and information
services provided through them
Pared-down landscapes in Antarctica
The frigid-arid climate that now prevails in ice-free parts of Victoria Land, Antarctica, inhibits glacial erosion. If certain landscapes, more or less remote from the great troughs of outlet glaciers, have been glaciated in the past, as seems very probable, landforms that resulted from glaciation have been replaced by surfaces of different origin.
A widespread landscape glaciation was probably contemporaneous with the excavation of large cirques which still survive in mountain summit areas.
Replacement of glaciated landforms by others, in a general paring down of the land surface to forms of moderate relief, seems to have resulted from the process of gravity removal of debris from precipitous rock outcrops that were retreating because of disintegration by salt weathering and were eventually eliminated, in most cases, so that the landscape became a mosaic of smooth denudation slopes inclined at 33° to 350.
In the Darwin Mountains ice-free area (80ÂșS) an advanced stage of such denudation with respect to a base level some 400 m above the present level of surrounding glaciers has produced some pyramidal landforms. Just above the present ice level, however, narrow Richter denudation slopes that border weathering rock faces are at only a juvenile stage of development. Thus the ice level appears to have stood alternately at about its present position and 400 m higher in Pleistocene interglacials and glacial ages respectively. The higher ice levels must have been due to extensions of the ice sheet seaward caused by groundings of the shelf ice during low glacio-eustatic stands of sea leve
Flexible programmable networking: A reflective, component-based approach
The need for programmability and adaptability in networking systems is becoming increasingly important. More specifically, the challenge is in the ability to add services rapidly, and be able to deploy, configure and reconfigure them as easily as possible. Such demand is creating a considerable shift in the way networks are expected to operate in the future. This is the main aim of programmable networking research community, and in our project we are investigating a component-based approach to the structuring of programmable networking software. Our intention is to apply the notion of components, component frameworks and reflection ubiquitously, thus accommodating all the different elements that comprise a programmable networking system
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